Chapter 151 Cao Wenzhao’s current problems

After serving as the governor of the Three Borders, the first thing Yang He did was to order the troops of Xuanfu, Datongfu, and Liaodong towns to go south. At the same time, he ordered the veteran general Wu Guofu to drag down Wang Daliang, who was Shangluo Road, and ordered the Shaanxi soldiers and Liu Yingyu to lead the troops north to cooperate with the troops of Xuanfu towns to defeat Wu Yangui who was entrenched in Yan'an Prefecture.

Yang He's intention is very obvious. Shaanxi lacks troops, so we should concentrate our forces to destroy the chaos.

Yang He's decision was not wrong, but he really overestimated the combat effectiveness of local soldiers in Shaanxi.

As a military preparation in Shaanxi, Liu Yingyu was the best at understanding the situation of the soldiers of the various guards in Shaanxi. It seemed that there were more than 30,000 guards under his command, but in fact the quality of the soldiers was uneven. Being able to cooperate with Wu Guofu to limit Wang Daliang's rebellion to Shangluo Road was already the limit. Going to northern Shaanxi to wipe out Wu Yangui was simply a daydream.

Wenguan opened his mouth and the general ran away and broke his legs.

Liu Yingyu was full of anger, but he couldn't say that after two days of delay, he still went from Tongguan to northern Shaanxi. However, Liu Yingyu was also a veteran on the battlefield. Before leaving, he had already compiled a letter and sent it to Mizhi urgently.

This time, it was more because of the imperial orders. After all, the governor of the three borders, Yang He, was staying in southern Shaanxi. If he did nothing, the imperial court would definitely get angry. He must go there, but the border troops in northern Shaanxi must cooperate. If the border troops do not drag Wu Yangui's rebellion, and the rebellion took the opportunity to leave Ganquan and fight an ambush halfway, then he, Liu Yinghui, must be unlucky.

In the southern Shaanxi Hancheng, there are now wars everywhere in Shaanxi. Yang He inspected southern Shaanxi. Later, the rebel king Jiayin went south to besiege Xi'an Prefecture. Xi'an Prefecture could not be returned for the time being, so Yang He stopped in Hancheng.

With Yang He stayed in Hancheng with several officials from the Shaanxi Provincial Administration, one of whom was the governor Hong Chengchou.

In view of the current situation in Shaanxi, Yang He was frowning, but could not come up with any good ideas. Especially after the court allowed him to take charge of all military and political affairs in Shaanxi, the burden on him was heavier. Recently, he was even more angry at the behavior of Shaanxi soldiers Liu Yingyu. He ordered Liu Yingyu to go to northern Shaanxi, but the other party delayed for two or three days. If it weren't for repeated urging, Liu Yingyu would have been staying in Tongguan.

"It's really annoying that a magnificent army is prepared, and it's not going to serve the court at this time of crisis."

Yang He's face looked ugly, and Hong Chengchou also frowned. However, Hong Chengchou did not think that Liu Yingyu was wrong. Wu Yangui was not Wang Daliang. There were many rebels under his command who had rebelled before, and his combat power was not comparable to that of Wang Daliang's refugees.

I knew very well, but I didn't know how to persuade Yang He.

Lord Yang was devoted to the country, but he knew almost nothing about military affairs and human relations. At this time, he urged Liu Yingyu to go to northern Shaanxi to fight Wu Yangui. Isn’t this forcing him to die?

Liu Yingyu is not a fool. If he didn't say hello to the border troops in northern Shaanxi in advance, how could he easily send troops to the north? Unfortunately, Lord Yang could not see this at all. Moreover, Hong Chengchou also complained about some of Yang He's policies.

Mr. Yang issued an order to various troops, focusing on recruiting and pacifying. Haha, what kind of pacification should be used for? The court cannot effectively provide disaster relief. Even if the rebellious parties put down their swords and guns, they will have to continue to rebel in a few days.

The hungry people rebelled because they could not survive, and the fundamental reason was that they lack food. Without food, is there any use for officers and soldiers to recruit?

For the rebels, if there is no extra food resettlement, there is only one way, that is, killing.

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Mizhi, Tiemo and others from northern Shaanxi gathered together and were also discussing what to do next.

Yang He is now the largest official in Shaanxi in name, not only the three-sided governor, but also the commander of all the soldiers and horses in Shaanxi. Now that Yang He has an order, it would be unreasonable if he does nothing. After all, Yang He now represents the imperial court.

Liu Yingyu has led his troops north and will probably arrive in northern Shaanxi in less than two days. What should I do then? Or not?

"Hey, Governor Yang has raised a big problem for us!" Cao Wenzhao pinched his eyebrows. Since he joined Liaodong, he has experienced countless wars, and has become very knowledgeable. But even so, he still can't come up with an effective idea to deal with the situation in front of him.

Li Zicheng's sudden rebellion caused heavy losses to the border troops in Ningxia and Gansu towns, and even the kingdom and Li Xianzong died on Gaobai Mountain.

The northern Shaanxi border army was originally divided into two groups and advanced in unison. Now the border army in Bailuo City is completely destroyed. The border army in Gansu and Ningxia towns are still hiding in Bailuo City and licking wounds. How can they have the energy to cooperate with the Mizhi border army to attack Yan'an Prefecture?

I thought about having more ideas, but there is one problem that cannot be avoided, that is, relying solely on the border troops of Xuanfu, Datongfu, and Liaodong towns, there are too few troops.

Forces have become an unsolvable problem. Even if Cao Wenzhao has a strategy and is good at marching and setting up formations, he will never be able to sprinkle beans into soldiers and create thousands of soldiers out of thin air.

"General Tie, General Lou, if we stay in Mizhi City and keep our troops in motion, it is estimated that within a few days, the court will rule and order us to send troops. In any case, we must do something."

Tie Mo and Lou Daji looked at each other, and even Cao Bianjiao next to him scratched his head.

"What else can we do now? The troops along Bailuo City have been broken. How can we face nearly 10,000 bandits with less than 10,000 troops alone? Now that Li Zicheng has led 3,000 more than 3,000 troops to join the rebellion, Wu Yangui and others are thinking about looking for us to be unlucky."

As soon as Cao Bianjiao complained, Cao Wenzhao yelled, "Shut up, you don't speak, no one treats you as a mute."

Lou Daji quickly raised his hand and smoothed out the situation. "General Cao, don't scold Xiao Cao anymore. What he said makes sense. Now that the morale of the rebels is high, we are afraid of insufficient troops, so we have no intention of attacking Yan'an Prefecture. If we really follow Governor Yang's orders, even if we can defeat Wu Yangui in the end, we and Liu Shoujie's subordinates will probably survive."

"If you really want to fight, it's not impossible, unless......there are more troops..."

Speaking of the word "increase troops", Lou Daji smiled bitterly. Cao Wenzhao looked at his forehead with distress, his sadness getting deeper and deeper.

In fact, Cao Wenzhao also knew that adding troops was a dream. The important towns in the nine borders also had their own interests, especially Xuanfu, Datongfu and Liaodong, who had to guard against Mongolia and Jurchens, and would not send more troops to fill the bottomless pit in Shaanxi.

Anyone with a brain knows that the people in Shaanxi cannot be wiped out, there is not enough food, God still has droughts every year, and the people in Shaanxi cannot stop, unless all living people in Shaanxi are killed.

Because of the understanding, from the beginning, Hou Shilu, Man Gui and others were all thinking about making their troops pretend. Sending troops was purely because of the imperial orders, and they had to send troops, but if they continued to increase their troops in Shaanxi, I would be sorry, so I asked the imperial court to prepare food and grass first.
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