Chapter 367: The mobilization of the Southern Conquest has hidden worries

"This battle is really ugly."

Li Meng looked at the war report from Nanzhili and couldn't help but sigh that Chen Liu and Gaoke from Huai Yang Army had no concealment in such military newspapers, and there was something to say.

Moreover, when such a large army comes into battle, all generals and officials have to write diaries in the formation according to the usual rules, and then take them back to compile them into a war history as a reference. A couple of diaries from several people can have nowhere to hide if they want to hide them.

This battle was really clumsy, from the pre-arrangement of the army to the subsequent misattack reaction, clumsy and chaotic response. If the veteran saw this, he might have to laugh out loud, but even so clumsy, he still successfully completed the pre-arrangement, blocking all the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo in Nanzhili.

In the final analysis, the strength of the army determines everything on the battlefield. Even if the Fifth Battalion of the Gzuozuo has 50,000 veterans and is well equipped, Li Meng knew that if the two sides fought, even under such a terrain that was not suitable for large-scale battles, the Huai Yang Army could easily penetrate the other party's heart and win.

But the purpose of the battle between Shouzhou and Yingshang was not to defeat the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo, but to lock the main army of the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo and Nanzhili together and let them fight themselves. Shandong would not get any benefits.

Despite his feelings, he put himself in his shoes and thought about it. Li Meng thought that if he changed his position with Chen Liu, he might not be much more skillful.

Li Meng and his officers' group were not traditional military generals of this era. They were an army built by Li Meng relying on the non-commissioned officer education received by the People's Liberation Army before traveling through time and the knowledge he had learned, combining the weapons and reality of this era.

His training and discipline are not much different from the modern Chinese army, but their weapons and organizational structures are not beyond this era. From the outside, Li Meng's Jiaozhou camp was no different from other Ming armies. Even the weapons were muskets and spears, which were also found in this other army.

However, Li Meng did everything he could do, and improved the details he noticed. Through sufficient food and salary and daily propaganda and training, the soldiers' mental outlook and physical fitness and skills were greatly improved. He focused on the quality requirements of weapon manufacturing, so that weapons could exert their original power as much as possible. In terms of the quality of the army, orders and skillful martial arts were also a powerful army that could be counted.

After doing these details, his overall strength naturally increased to a higher level. Although he did not understand many common sense of the army and military personnel in this era, his subordinates were all from ordinary soldiers and subordinate officers. He also did not understand, and everyone's grasp of the situation of the war and the innate sense of smell of the fighter. However, on today's battlefield, with the strength of the Jiaozhou Camp, he could still win. This is an army that is more like a worker than a military general, and is diligent and rigorous than talented and brave.

Hearing Li Meng's low mutter, Sun Chuanting smiled and said nothing. He just reminded him:

"Master, the generals are waiting outside."

Li Meng glanced at the military newspaper in his hand a few more times, handed it to Sun Chuanting beside him, and said with a smile:

"Although the game was ugly, I finally achieved the predetermined goal and finally made this game. What I did next is to finish it."

After saying that, he walked towards the main hall. The personal soldiers behind him hurriedly followed, and Li Meng rarely put on his armor. When he was urging various battalions to train soldiers around Jinan City on weekdays, Li Meng was just wearing the general's casual clothes. When he saw that civil and military officials from the Ming Dynasty were not Shandong, he also had a big red dress embroidered with beasts similar to civil servants' robes.

Wearing armor and fully armed, there are two situations: one is going to the battlefield, and the other is the one in front of you...

The main hall of the General Army’s yamen is extremely spacious. Before Li Meng came out, there were more than 30 people sitting or standing there. Wang Hai and Tang Er were sitting in the uppermost position. These people were also the uniform of the General Army of the King of the Central Committee at the lowest point. A personal soldier sang a loud report when he entered the house:

"The handsome man is here!~~~~"

Everyone in the room stood up, and the armor and the adornment sounded clangingly. Wang Hai and Tang Er stood in front, and the other people lined up in the back ten, waiting solemnly. Li Meng walked into the room with big strides. Wang Hai and Tang Er led their heads, and their legs slammed together. The spurs hit each other. Everyone seemed to be yelling out the last time in their lungs, yelling to:

"I will meet the Grand Marshal at the end!"

After glanced around, Li Meng nodded slightly and said loudly:

"Generals, today the army is about to go south to pacify the thieves. The camps cancel all vacations and go out. The entire camp is ready to go and fight south at any time!!"

The generals who were interested in observing Li Meng's orders or collecting information could guess, but when they heard the commander confirm, everyone's face was excited, and fame should be taken immediately. If the generals want to make a fortune, they always have to exchange military merits in the sea of ​​swords and fire. However, the old camp did not fight much and they trained non-stop every day. This really made these officers and soldiers feel bad. At this time, they finally had this opportunity.

Although the person who went there was a Shura Field and the place where the dead and wounded were without eyes, everyone was still excited and their blood was boiling. They bowed and clasped their fists together, and almost roared and replied:

"Abide by the commander's military orders and are willing to die for the commander!!"

In early August, martial law was imposed around the military camps of various prefectures and counties in Shandong. The armed salt stewards patrol and checked everywhere every day, but the atmosphere gradually became tense. To the outside world, it was claimed that the situation in Henan was chaotic and Shandong was in critical condition, so it made this gesture.

The troops of the Fifth Battalion of the Gezuo and the Yang Army of the Jiaozhou Camp were relentless and suffered losses every time, but they still had some contacts in fighting against the officers and soldiers of the Southern Zhili led by Lu Jiude.

The fierce rush of General Huang Degong was indeed effective, but he was immediately stopped by Wei Xiaobei and suffered a small loss. Liu Liangzuo, who was on the flank, originally wanted to watch Huang Degong's lively, but was urging by Lu Jiude several times, so he had to attack from the flank, but was stopped by He Yilong and Liu Xiyao, and was beaten to pieces.

The eunuch Lu Jiude, the governor of Nanjing, led a large army to the center and moved forward steadily. His front was the troops raised by the reincarnated Wang Lin, and the two sides confronted each other. No one dared to take action first.

The strongest old Hui Hui Ma Shouying troops of the Fifth Battalion of the Le Zuo suppressed the back formation. This time, the head of the Fifth Battalion of the Le Zuo had no objection to the matter behind the strongest old Hui Hui, because everyone knew that the back of the Ma Shouying was the Huai Yang army who had inexplicably acted alert.

"Master General, the governor's yamen sent another letter."

It was already dinner time, and only at this time can the letters sent during the day be handed over to Li Meng. Since the order was given to the generals of the Jinan camp that day, Li Meng has been staying in various camps every day, observing and supervising the training of the soldiers, or participating in them personally.

It was not until the evening that he returned to the mansion in the city to reunite with his family and had a short rest. The next day, he was like this again. He was not at ease when he returned home. Before dinner, these subordinates had to use a bunch of documents for him to review.

Seeing the letter handed over by Yuan Wenhong, Li Meng took it and said with a smile:

"What's going on? It's so close to you, and you'll just say something in person."

Expanding the letter and looking at it, Li Meng frowned and said coldly:

"Is it a rough man to bully me? Is this a man who is begging for bones? He said this to His Majesty when he submitted a memorial, and he told me. Wouldn't he want to be disloyal? He is a civil servant in the military supervisor and a military general. He wrote this to accuse me of being domineering and not being able to dominate the superiors and subordinates?"

After saying that, he threw the letter paper on the table and said to Yuan Wenhong:

"I will send it back to him tomorrow. It is said that it is a different path for civil and military officials. This important minister, Mo Jian, was the emperor who was in charge of it. Where can I say anything like the general? If you want to retire and return home, your Majesty from the capital and all the big guys will make an idea and come here to ask me what it is for."

Yuan Wenhong had a smile on his face and nodded in agreement, but he understood what was going on. Although Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was good at eating, drinking and having a good waist bag in Shandong, he did things with Li Meng and did not say anything. He was also frightened every day, afraid that Li Meng would fail or that he would violate Li Meng, and that he would be a death-death situation.

From the enthusiasm of the Ministry of Personnel to the events that they experienced when they left Beijing, the current Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was discouraged and only thought that his wife would spend the rest of her life and would never be willing to interfere in the Ming Dynasty officialdom again, let alone the career of Shandong Li Meng.

But he wanted to resign, but Li Meng refused at all. With such a well-employed governor in Shandong, there would be a lot of trouble. If this person left and sent another new one, he would have to be coerced and tempted. Now there are so many things, who would be willing to spend more of these thoughts?

Yuan Wenhong thought clearly that Li Mengdi's next words were indeed as expected. After throwing the letter paper, Li Meng took a sip of tea, and said with a smile:

"Zheng Zhuan Yuan, you go to the Governor's Office tomorrow and persuade the Governor. This Shandong wife is mediocre and there are chaos in other places. How good is it to stay here? Good days are still coming!"

Yuan Wenhong quickly bowed to agree, but he laughed secretly in his heart. Of course, what Li Meng said was not about peace in Shandong, but about the fact that if you, Yan Jizu, were not in office, it would be uneasy.

The Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was really pitiful. He begged for bones. It was because his ministers told the emperor that he wanted to retire. But now he has used the letter to generals like Li Meng. It can be seen that he is already a little panicked when he put his posture down.

But as long as Li Meng did not agree, Yan Jizu did not dare to resign. Although according to the status and actual personnel procedures, the governor of a place had to be approved by the emperor to resign, and only the emperor could decide. However, Yan Jizu ignored the court at all and just kept asking Li Meng to agree.

This incident is ridiculous and pitiful to outsiders. Among the civil servants in the Jiaozhou Camp system, everyone is gloating and watching the fun.

However, Li Meng did not talk to Yuan Wenhong about some things. According to Sun Chuanting's analysis, in the current situation in the world, the Minister of War is a furnace that is on fire. No matter who sits in the position of the Minister of War, no matter which party he belongs to, no matter how famous he had before, no matter how many censors he won over, he would not sit for too long, and he would definitely step down in a mess, or even lose his life.

Whoever comes to this position is roasted by fire below, but this position is also one of the most important and nobles among the cardinal ministers, with great power.

Since the appearance of Jiaozhou Camp, except for Liu Fulai as the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor and the eunuch of Nanjing, the central government has been cold and hostile towards Shandong. If a minister who was close to Shandong, or knew the power of Shandong, and knew Li Erlang's power, would definitely be less trouble. After all, the court was helpless against Shandong. Those who were truly familiar with Shandong would definitely be afraid and consider the specific situation to act, which would be much more convenient.

Judging from the number of senior officials and ministers in the world who are qualified to be the Minister of War, there are not many people who are suitable for counting them, and even fewer of them are suitable for them. In the past few years, Yan Jizu, who has made great achievements in recent years, is a powerful candidate, and maybe one of the most powerful candidates.

After all, Li Meng has been invincible in the past few years and has made great achievements. As the governor in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, Yan Jizu naturally has the best of his ability to plan and command. Moreover, in the system, the best of his ability to plan is the first. With such a martial arts, he has worked as a big boss in the center and has a wide network of contacts. No matter how you look at it, it is also suitable for the candidates of the Minister of War. In addition, Jiaozhou is rich enough to compete with the country. If you pay for money to communicate, it will naturally be considered even bigger.

The plan for Li Meng has been completed. As long as the court decides to promote Yan Jizu to the Minister of War, Yan Jizu will definitely be alone. All the servants and servants of Jiaozhou Camp are arranged with "kind intentions".

By then, the Minister of War in the capital would definitely have a pro-Shandong position, or rather, a pro-Shandong position.

Yuan Wenhong complained, bowed and retreated, and arranged for the affairs of the governor's office, but the servants outside were circulated:

"Mr. Zhou Yang, the co-magistrate of Jinan Prefecture, has arrived."

Li Meng shook his head and told a servant next to him to inform the inner house and leave food for himself without waiting. Since he was stationed in Jinan, the whole family has to wait for him to have breakfast and dinner together. Many times in the evening, Li Meng is plagued by official duties. His wife, children and elders are waiting for him to go hungry.

This action certainly made Li Meng feel warm, but he felt sorry for it. After a long time, he would arrange for his servants to go back and tell him, but the few female relatives still had to wait, and he was helpless.

Zhou Yang is not the scholar who was so arrogant that he was instructing the country that day. He is the top three civil officials in Shandong. Although he is a Tongzhi, Shandong people don’t know who the inspector is. Jinan people don’t know who the prefect of Jinan is, but they don’t know that there are almost no Zhou Tongzhi. Below a few people, above ten thousand people, he has the authority and his status and demeanor are not comparable in the past.

However, in front of Li Meng, he was still the juren on that day. He was respectful and polite, and he spoke very directly. He bowed politely as soon as he entered the door, sat on the chair and spoke directly:

"The Grand Marshal, the officials and tents of the Yanzhou gentry arranged yesterday were already set off this morning."

Compared with other senior executives of Jiaozhou camps, Zhou Yang has been the one with the least contact with Li Meng recently. Zhou Yang is always very uneasy about this situation. In a group, the closer he is to the core, the higher his status. Zhou Yang has been in charge of civil affairs and farming in the local area. This work is almost a system of its own. There are not many opportunities to contact Li Meng. Both sides feel that they are busy with their own people. Zhou Yang feels that he is becoming increasingly alienated.

Especially after Yuan Wenhong became the landlord of the General of Zhendong, Zhou Yang regretted even more. According to the Ming Dynasty system and concept, although Yuan Wenhong's rank was low, he was confidential. In the eyes of Shandong scholars, Yuan Wenhong's status was already equal to Zhou Yang, and he was vaguely higher than that of Zhou Yang. After all, this was closer to the core.

Zhou Yang was naturally uneasy when he was in Jinan. During the period when Li Meng was stationed in Jinan, he naturally came more diligently. However, when he observed his expression, Li Meng was kind to him, and he was dating friends, and he was respectful to Yuan Wenhong, and he was willing to let him do many things. This was to feel at ease.

The atmosphere in Shandong became increasingly tense, but the wealthy families in Yanzhou Prefecture were still out of the system and did not know who the tense atmosphere was targeted.

What's more, they are suffering from the increasing salt prices. On one hand, they are mentally frightened and economically nervous. More and more people are directly joining the Jiaozhou Camp system.

But the ones who came in later no longer had the qualifications to be a horse bone. They honestly planned the land according to the Jiaozhouying system, counted the population, sent their children to join the army, etc., and these large households occupied a huge land, and the population dependent on them was also very troublesome. The work of receiving was really troublesome.

Whenever there were any new wealthy families surrendered, Zhou Yang's aide team sent someone to take the lead and sent people to take over with Master Ning and Lingshan Trading Company. They were so busy that they were over.

However, Zhou Yang was happy after being busy. On the one hand, Li Meng's credit for him was not reduced. On the other hand, the village he proposed for military farms was gradually being promoted throughout Shandong Province. This sense of accomplishment is really satisfying and proud.

Zhou Yang's uneasiness and anxiety some time ago were naturally worrying about nothing. His military farming policy was the source of the strong land of the entire Jiaozhou camp, the source of troops and food, and it can even be said to be the Jiaozhou camp. The basis of this local regime with some separatist nature.

You should know that the existence of the military farmlands is equivalent to reconstructing a system outside the local administrative system of the provinces, prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty. In this system, it provides a place for all the scholars of Lu who cannot stand out and brings hope to the children of the powerful tribes to enter the ruling class. This is also one of the reasons why the local gentry and tribes resist less and more surrender when the armed group of Jiaozhou Camp appeared.

The military farming period lasted for one day. Zhou Yang's status was stable for one day. When Li Meng saw the military farming period, he thought about Zhou Yang's contributions, so how could he be alienated?

Therefore, every time Zhou Yang comes, Li Meng's attitude is always quite serious. For Li Meng, Ning Qiangui and Hou Shan are his servants, so they can beat, scold and shout at will. Instead, they will feel that they are close to each other; Sun Chuanting is his consultant, so they should respect him and not be ashamed to ask questions; Liu Fulai is his elder and half-teacher, so they should respect him; and the generals are his subordinates, so they should use both kindness and power, and only this Zhou Yang is an assistant and friend.

Hearing Zhou Yang's report, Li Meng nodded, and there were also reports of documents. Li Meng stood up and flipped through the bookshelf behind. He took out a booklet and looked at it on the lights. He spoke:

"So, now the Confucius Mansion and King Lu are no longer under my jurisdiction."

Zhou Yang nodded, and had a long ambition to Li Mengdi's question, and bowed and replied:

"The Great Marshal, the fields and fields in the Confucius Mansion and the Lu Fan have been too old and have blurred boundaries with the surrounding folk fields, and there are many disputes. Now the people who go to Yanzhou Mansion are checking the population of the land there. Do you think you can take this opportunity to clean up the territory of these two families."

Li Meng was stunned at first, and immediately laughed out loud. The Qingliang land was often used by the officials and powerful people of the Ming Dynasty. However, every time the Qingliang land was measured, the farms of the officials and powerful people always had a little bigger, but everyone would change their tricks. In this Shandong land, the Qingliang Kong Mansion and the Lu Wangdi lands are big or small, and the result is obvious.

"This idea is good. I will arrange someone to do it immediately. I will write a letter to the prefect of Yanzhou, and then go to the Lijin side of the canal transportation to ask Kong Sande. He is sure to know the authenticity here. He will check the land deeds of the Kong Mansion and the Lu Fan, and whether someone has taken advantage of it and can't be careless."

Li Meng said with a smile, Zhou Yang also agreed with a smile. This investigation will cause the Kong Mansion and Lu Fan to be damaged. There is no way. Since it is impossible to stand on the side of Jiaozhou Camp, you must often think of ways to beat them.

"Drink tea!"

Li Meng smiled and poured Zhou Yang a cup of tea. The Grand Marshal poured tea. This was an important symbol of Shandong civil and military officials to measure the status of the status. Zhou Yang happily received the tea and thanked him.

During these days, every time Zhou Yang came to the General Army to ask for a meeting, he had some ideas and plans, and he also had to talk about his achievements. This is also a common trick in the officialdom.

In short, you have to show your abilities on the Shangfeng side and show what you have done so that you can gain attention. Li Meng has no objection to this, after all, it is something the other party is doing.

After drinking the tea, Zhou Yang hesitated for a while and said to Li Meng with a serious expression:
To be continued...