Chapter 811

Such growth in one year?

"If one strike is successful and the main force of the rebel army is wiped out, the remnants left in Longchuan will not be a cause for concern. Father can send troops to station in the villages and strongholds, cleaning up small groups of enemies area by area, and advancing steadily like this until all the remaining enemies surrender or are cleared out."

He sighed in his heart, if the water bandits of more than a hundred years ago dared to go north like today's rebel army, Yuheng City would have wiped them out in one pot, so why would it be so troublesome?

He Chunhua gave an "Um": "Your idea is similar to Wu Shaoyi's."

Wu Shaoyi was originally a general under Hong Xiangqian, and was subdued on the way the He father and son went north to Xiazhou, and later he was always used by He Chunhua.

He was ill and could not ride a horse to fight, but his knowledge was still there.

Father wanted him to say something new? He Lingchuan laughed: "If the clearing is fast or slow; if slow, then follow what I and Wu Shaoyi just said."

"What about fast?"

"If you want to be fast, you have to cooperate with Father's administrative means," He Lingchuan pointed to the position of Yizhou on the sand table, "You are already the Yizhou Superintendent, and you have the final say in this land. Issuing benevolent policies of tax reduction and showing grace to the people as soon as possible can reduce the hostility of the villagers and rebels towards the government army, and the progress of taking Longchuan will be accelerated."

Reduce taxes and lighten levies, so where will the financial income come from? No need to worry, there will be ways later.

The bottom-level common people have long been breathless, and if they cannot truly benefit the people now, the people and officials will be in opposition.

"Good, good!" He Chunhua clapped, "Well said. Other staff only talk about how to fight, and never thought about winning the hearts of the people."

He sighed: "If you could go on an expedition with me, that would be great."

"I want to go too, but I am the Rongshan Special Envoy and have to stay in the Yuan capital to supervise the destination of the loan," He Lingchuan spread his hands helplessly, "Good steel must be used on the blade. With this little money, we can't let people ruin it, otherwise you won't be able to fight on the front line."

"That's true." If his eldest son didn't sit in the Yuan capital and review the use of funds, wouldn't those millions of taels be gone? He Chunhua also knew this very well, "We must prioritize the supply of military materials to the front line. Generals Ke and Zhao are also having a hard time, so we can't be short of them."

Wu Di even died in battle on the northwestern front, and now it is Zhao Pan who replaced his position and partnered with Ke Jihai.

These people have exhausted their efforts for the country, and He Chunhua is also very admirable.

"It's a pity that there is a small gap between General Zhao and General Ke, and their cooperation is not as good as the previous Wu and Ke."

He Lingchuan looked at the sand table again.

The water bandits of that year were strong and seeking wealth, and behind them were Beijia and Jin Tao, with intertwined interests.

Today's rebel army is ragged and seeking survival, and their composition is very pure, that is, poor farmers. If they can eat their fill, they might not make trouble.

Neither their combat power nor their scale, nor their ability to pull, can be mentioned in the same breath.

He sighed slightly.

Time flies, the Yuheng City and Longchuan water bandits of 170 years ago have long been buried by history.

Everything is gone, only war starts the next reincarnation.

The only thing that remains in the world is Beijia, and it is as strong as ever.

The next day, He Chunhua invited the Rongshan Special Envoy, his eldest son, to review the troops.

The main composition of this army is the main force of the Xiazhou army that followed the He family south, the soldiers of the four Zhechong battalions nearby, and a part of the forbidden army guarding the vicinity of the capital, totaling more than 45,000 people.

Time was too short, and He Chunhua could only organize multiple confrontation military exercises in the hope of letting this mixed army integrate quickly.

In He Lingchuan's view, as expected, the strongest here is the Xiazhou army.

He still remembered the embarrassment when He Chunhua formed this army last year, lacking food and clothing and command, and having to rack his brains for the first victory when facing the Xunzhou guerrillas who were fighting Mobile Corps Commander warfare.

Now, however, they are well-organized and well-equipped, and their charges are also quite decent.

He Lingchuan himself is a veteran of the battlefield, and he saw at a glance that this team had long been on the battlefield and seen blood, and was not panicked when encountering things.

I think they have fought a few times with the Xunzhou army.

He felt some emotion in his heart. Over the past year, he had grown rapidly, and He Chunhua had also been operating diligently here, without any slack.

Heaven rewards diligence; He Chunhua gritted his teeth and waited, just missing an opportunity.

Now, the opportunity finally came, it just depends on whether he can grasp it.

The Yuan King also tried his best, selecting the elites of the forbidden army and the Zhechong battalions and allocating them to He Chunhua. The urgency of achieving success in one battle can be seen from this.

With the expedition imminent, He Chunhua was even busier like a spinning top, simply eating and living in the military camp and not going home.

He Lingchuan took the opportunity to invite Wu Shaoyi to dinner, and during the meal, he made a request: "Wu Gong, please find the county annals of Tu County for the past two hundred years on your way to Yizhou, preferably related to Longchuan."

He couldn't go himself, so he could only find a reliable person to do things.

"Longchuan?"

"Right, but any clues related to Longchuan, I want them! The more detailed the better."

Wu Shaoyi did not hesitate: "A small matter, leave it to me."

He Lingchuan saved his life, and this small matter of repayment was easy to come by.

Two days later, the military supplies aided by Rongshan arrived, and the Wang Ting was shaken.

This is life-saving money, this is timely rain.

The threshold of the Yuan King's imperial study was almost trampled, but under the close watch of the Rongshan Special Envoy and Assistant Manager Hu, the Wang Ting still withstood the pressure and prioritized aid to the two major battlefields.

That night, He Chunhua rushed back to the He Mansion to reunite with his family, and led the army south to quell the rebellion early the next morning.

The Yuan Monarch personally climbed the city gate to see him off, which was quite sensational along the way.

He Lingchuan accompanied Lady Ying and also stood on the city gate, seeing his father turn his head and wave and smile at him.

Father and son looked at each other across the air, and both felt that the other was distant in the crowd.

Although they both smiled brightly.

Afterwards, the army went far away.

The bustle of the Yuan capital also came to a temporary end, and the crowd slowly dispersed.

Lady Ying was surging with emotion and didn't want to return to the mansion for a while, dragging He Lingchuan to stroll around the street for half a day. The latter had been practicing martial arts for half a day and was fine, but after strolling for less than half an hour, his legs began to ache, so he had to slip away under the pretext of being busy with official business.

Just out of the street, Qiu Hu appeared from nowhere: "Task completed."

He Lingchuan understood, found a restaurant, asked for a private room, and poured wine for Qiu Hu.

Qiu Hu pressed both hands on his knees and did not touch the wine glass: "Reporting to the Young Master, I have been following General He for these five days."

Although He Lingchuan was easy-going, there was still a difference between superior and inferior between him and He Lingchuan, and the report was not finished, so how could he eat and drink in front of the master? He Lingchuan saw it in his eyes and smiled slightly.

The task he assigned to Qiu Hu was to keep an eye on He Chunhua.

"Any gains?"

(End of chapter)