Chapter 167 Victory
"I will wipe out the enemy army and no enemy is allowed to escape here. This battle must be kept strictly confidential, and no one will talk much about it!" Li Ming couldn't say too much on the battlefield, so he could only give a few instructions in such a short sentence.
Zhuo Junhao responded loudly and said goodbye to Li Ming and turned to arrange his subordinates. Although he was puzzled by Li Ming's last order, he agreed without hesitation out of respect and trust in Li Ming. The lord's order must have his own reason. As his subordinate, he can only repay his kindness for his understanding by trying his best to complete the order. Zhuo Junhao often warned himself like this. Therefore, Li Ming's order was quickly implemented in the army. After the victory, the army quickly organized a search team and annihilation team, and searched everywhere to capture the enemy troops who had missed the net.
"I am another good general. In time, he will be a tiger general in my Tang Dynasty." Zhang Meng, who had completed the task, came to Li Ming and saw that he was looking at Zhuo Junhao with praise, he said to him with great emotion.
Li Ming frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy, but he didn't say anything. After all, Zhang Meng is his father-in-law and a few generals who are loyal to the court. It is also appropriate to think about the court everywhere. However, Li Ming felt that this should not be continued. In the future, there should be more and more wars and more troops. When necessary, Zhang Meng and Yuchi Xiong should come forward to lead the troops to fight. If he still doesn't understand his true thoughts, it may cause something else. Therefore, when he has time another day, he should be with his master to persuade him.
So, he just frowned slightly, and then smiled quietly and said: "My father-in-law is right. Zhuo Junhao is a good seedling. I will rely on you to give him more advice in the future. After all, his experience is still far from it. By the way, I have never talked to you in detail. While they are cleaning the battlefield, please tell me your judgment on the current situation."
Zhang Meng smiled heartily and said, "Haha, why, I have started to take the exam to compete with me? Although I am not very clear about the situation outside now, based on my years of observation and judgment, the emperor should not have anything to do. You have also said that when the old emperor was alive, he had already taken back the military power of Mengyin border and Nandian Prefecture, and the confidants of the two princes were also replaced. Therefore, there will be no problems in these two places at present. After all, I have been locked up in Mengyin border for more than 20 years. I am in the form of the situation there.
What I understand best is that since Ke Ba was the Imperial Guard officer of the late emperor, he must be a loyal person, so he will not betray the emperor. I am hard to say about the situation in the Southern Dian Prefecture, but it is probably the same. As long as there is no problem with these two places, relying solely on the garrison of the two princes' fiefs, it may not cause any big storm. So I estimate that these two princes will be ruined within half a year. Li Ming, a large part of the safety and danger of my Tang Dynasty this time depends on your performance. I hope you don't disappoint me."
Li Ming couldn't help but feel funny. Although his old father-in-law was invincible on the battlefield, he was very simple in politics. He thought the current situation too optimistically. In order to convince him with confidence in the future, it was necessary to give him some blows from time to time.
"There is a news that has always made me wonder. When fighting with the two princes, I have never dared to say that to others. You are the person I trust the most, so today I want to tell you to Guanxiang so that you can make a better judgment for me. According to my insider investigation, it seems that the late emperor died suddenly overnight. It seems that this is very doubtful. At that time, the three princes were in the imperial city, so if the late emperor's death was not normal, then the culprit must be among these three people, but who has the greatest benefit? There is no doubt that it must be the current emperor. Moreover, Li Jiao was under house arrest at that time, and all his followers were swept away; Li Qing was rigorously moved half a step in his palace. If he wanted to act, he would definitely not hide the tips of the late emperor. Therefore, I judged that hey, but
I wish it is my guess. After all, the emperor is very kind to me now, and I should not doubt these things. Father-in-law, please refer to my words first. Don't worry, I am definitely not talking nonsense, so I have to give me an opinion. We are very busy these days, so you don't have to be too anxious. After going back, you should slowly consider it. Now let's rush back to Linpenang, where we need us to rectify the order. Father-in-law, I want to temporarily hand over the defense of Linbincheng to you. What do you think? At present, the First Army Brigade is our main attack force. I need them to complete the task of siegeing the city and land, and the Second Brigade needs to be responsible for the defense of Biquan Island. You also know that there is too important and there must be no more mistakes. Wang Wen and his team have not returned yet. Yuchi Xiong and Cao Bao were seriously injured. At present, you are the only generals with experience in military management and leadership. Look.
Li Ming just said this, Zhang Meng, who was already itchy, asked incessantly: "What you said is true? I am no longer afraid that my appearance will cause trouble for you? If you are not afraid, haha, I still have to help you with this. Who made you my son-in-law of the Dragon?" It seems that Zhang Meng was so suffocated after leaving the army. When he heard that he could lead the troops himself, he was naturally very happy.
"This is great, and someone finally comes to solve my troubles. Li Ming was sincerely happy when Zhang Meng came out of the mountain: "At present, Gao Wei is responsible for all administrative affairs in Jiangzhou, so you need to feel wronged and cooperate with him more in normal times. Now I appoint you as the commander of the Linbin City garrison. You need to start recruiting immediately after taking office, so that 30,000 new recruits can be led by you within a month. Then you need to train these new recruits and let them be responsible for the guarding work of Linbin City. After all, Linbin City and Biquan Island are our bases. Once any problems arise, it will have a great impact on us. Okay, let's hurry up, and you must race against time at this time."
Linbin City is still in a mess. Since Li Ming took away all the uninjured soldiers, many seriously injured soldiers are now untreated. They are helplessly lying on both sides of the street and moaning weakly. Many of them have died of serious injuries. Gao Wei and other major officials in Jiangzhou are busy pacifying the frightened residents and maintaining public order in the city, and they have no time to pay attention to the situation of the wounded. Moreover, outside the city is the logistics troops of the directly affiliated troops of Biquan Island, so there is no need to worry about the enemy's remaining soldiers coming to make trouble.
After Li Ming returned to the city with his personal guards and the remaining defenders in Linbin City, Li Ming immediately handed over the remaining defenders to Zhang Meng. As his first group of soldiers, Zhang Meng looked at the hundreds of soldiers standing in front of him and said nothing. He just saluted Li Ming formally and then hurriedly took office.
"You kid is becoming more and more insidious. He is actually playing tricks on his father-in-law. It seems that I have to be careful, maybe you will be sold one day." Looking at Zhang Meng's back as he was leaving, Lin Lingfeng couldn't help but feel angry and funny, and couldn't help but laugh and scold Li Ming.
Li Ming smiled embarrassedly and said, "Actually, it's not my fault. You can't let me give up my great cause because of him. Haha, for a pedantic person like him, you can only deceive him. No matter what method you use, the ultimate goal is to fight for him. As for you, Master, I want to sell you, but who dares to buy it?" He just won a big victory and asked Zhang Meng out to help him. Li Ming was in a great mood, so he couldn't help but joke with Lin Lingfeng."
The first real war that Li Ming experienced since his debut took three days from the transfer of troops to the end. During these three days, Li Ming's First Army's First Army team, with advanced weapons and novel tactics, wiped out Li Jiao's more than 27,000 troops from the Shui Island and 20,000 Zhongzhou troops. No one was able to escape back to Li Jiao's sphere of influence. Among them, among the more than 47,000 enemy troops, 36,000 were killed, 8,000 seriously injured, and in the end only three or 4,000 were captured. The nearly 50,000 troops were eliminated, Li Ming's army only killed 5,000 soldiers and seriously injured more than 1,000 people. Most of these casualties were caused by the vanguard troops. As the main combat force, the central army troops actually only suffered more than 2,000 casualties. This is a miracle in the history of war.
Therefore, when reporting this battle report, Zhuo Junhao's face was full of pride and pride. Such a huge gap in strength made all the generals present full of confidence in the future wars, so that some people now began to propose whether to counterattack Li Jiao.
Li Ming stopped them in time and did not let them continue. He knew that the generals who had never experienced war had already developed some underestimation of the enemy. Yes, with only 6,000 casualties, they wiped out 50,000 well-trained elite soldiers. Any general was qualified to be proud, but Li Ming knew that he did not have such pride. At present, he only had more than 50,000 troops in his hands, including nearly 4,000 naval forces. With these people and his equipment and tactics, Li Ming believed that he could withstand anyone's attack. However, this confidence was conditional, that is, he required every general and soldier to really go into the war, otherwise, no matter how well-established the weapon, he could be defeated.
"Remember, your victory is based on excellent weapons, new tactics, hard training and all the soldiers' full efforts to put their troops into the battlefield. No factor can be done without any factor. Don't think that if we win this time, we can underestimate the enemy in the future, that is absolutely not possible. I will never let the thought of underestimating the enemy paralysis spread and breed in my army. When facing the enemy, whether they are old, weak, sick, disabled, or elite soldiers and generals, I ask you to treat them with all your might and not be despised or careless. This is my basic requirement. If anyone fails because of despising the enemy in the future, I will first take off his head to warn future generations." Li Ming said this very resolutely and harshly. He absolutely does not want such a thing to appear on his head in the future.
The biggest gain of the victory of this battle was to increase the confidence and work enthusiasm of all the people of Biquan Island, and at the same time increase his prestige among the people of Jiangzhou to the extreme. It can be said that with this victory and the reputation of the previous reputation of the God of Medicine, he began to truly become the master of Jiangzhou.
Five days later, the traces of war inside and outside Linbin City began to gradually dissipate, and people began to live like before. Except for the families of the fallen soldiers, almost all residents were smiling, because not long ago, Jiangzhou Government issued an order that as long as they were residents of Jiangzhou, they could enjoy the same treatment as those of the residents of Biquan Island, including all free medical care and education. At the same time, there were many opportunities to work in Biquan Island's own factory in the future to receive considerable rewards. These points alone can attract all residents of Jiangzhou, not to mention that residents can enjoy the discount of half of the tax in the first year.
In fact, when it comes to taxation, the people of Jiangzhou are really burdened. Although Jiangzhou is rich and the people's income is very high, nearly 80% of the income has been collected by various taxes. The remaining money and grain are only enough for the family to live for a family. If it encounters natural disasters and man-made disasters, it will be a disaster. So after Gao Wei took over Jiangzhou's work, he comprehensively learned about the situation and found that although Jiangzhou's tax revenue is very heavy, most of the money has flowed into the personal pockets. Only 20% of the actual tax payments are paid to the state tax treasury, and the remaining 60% are included in the pockets of officials of all sizes. Now that King Kang has ascended the throne, the 40% tax payments under his name can be exempted. In this way, the remaining 40% tax payments are paid to 20%
In addition to the national treasury, the 20% can be taken from the people and used for the people. Jiangzhou has a large population, fertile land, crisscrossing lakes and rivers, and developed transportation. It is a place where commerce, agriculture, fishery and transportation are also very developed. All these 20% of the taxes can not only guarantee the entire welfare of medical education, but also have a lot of surplus. The remaining money can develop more minerals and add a little raw material supply to the industry of Biquan Island. In this way, Li Ming can win the support and love of all the people in Jiangzhou without spending a tael of silver. What's the pleasure of not doing? After Jiangzhou was controlled, even if the emperor sent new officials in the future, Li Ming didn't have to worry about Jiangzhou losing control. This time it was an excellent opportunity to set up this base camp himself, and Li Ming would never use it.
Therefore, five days after the Battle of Linbin City, the streets of Linbin City, whose vitality had not recovered were crowded with people, and their faces were filled with joy and excitement, and the sorrow of war seemed to have disappeared. In front of the gate of Jiangzhou Government Office, there were even more crowds of people. Groups of people kept paying homage to the gate of the government office, thanking the Grand Governor for their great kindness to them.
After a whole day, the streets were crowded, so many people who needed to do serious things complained, but no one complained because they were also beneficiaries.
In front of the camps of the troops outside the city, there were even more young men waiting for the screening interviews of recruitment officials. As the commander of the Linbin City garrison, Zhang Meng also asked for a lot of benefits from Li Ming. At the same time, Li Ming also gave him many ideas, including the military family system. This system stipulates that all citizens who participated in the army under the Grand Governor's army in Jiangzhou can enjoy the treatment of military family. The benefit of this treatment is that the family members are given priority to participating in all factories run by the Grand Governor's subordinates. At the same time, the special department of the government office will also give the family a certain living expenses, enough for them to wear.
You have no worries. At the same time, you can not only have enough food to eat, but also have a little pocket money every month, but also have a certain service period. After the service period expires, the government arranges work. People who are first exposed to the concept of "work" seem happy after the real name of "work". Therefore, in just a few days, some "modern" atmosphere appeared in the entire Jiangzhou. The words that are most spoken from people are "work", "welfare", etc. Maybe they don't know how to write about these words, but the meanings are clear and yearn for by everyone.
On Biquan Island, Li Ming, who handed over all the internal affairs and military rectification work to Gao Wei and Zhang Meng, had already secretly ran back. He has always had a headache about internal affairs. Now that the policies and policies have been formulated, the remaining implementation and improvement of the matters will be left to his subordinates. This may be the overall concept that a leader must have.
Of course, Li Ming has not been idle these days after returning to the island. His power has expanded from Biquan Island to Jiangzhou City. Although Jiangzhou City is still unstable, he has sowed a seed on such a land, which is hope. As for whether this seed can sprout and take root well, it depends on his ability to stand high. At this time, he was raiding and interrogating Tang Bingjia in the cell of the Ministry of Security.
Li Ming has never been able to figure out the situation of Li Qing's actions and goals. Although Li Qing took away a large number of carefully crafted weapons from Biquan Island before King Kang ascended the throne, he has not taken any action until now, as if he suddenly disappeared from this world. However, Li Ming, who knows Li Qing's behavior, has always been guessing the date and destination of Li Qing's action, but he has no choice but to use all the intelligence networks, but he has not been able to find any clues about Li Qing. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that there is no urgent matter today, Li Ming decided to go to Tang Bingjia to get some useful information in person.
However, Tang Bingjia is really worthy of being Li Qing's right-hand man. No matter how Li Ming threatens and induces, or even serves a large number of people, he cannot get a few words from Tang Bingjia. At the end of the fuss, Li Ming couldn't help but be furious and shouted at Tang Bingjia: "Tang Bingjia, I tell you honestly, I have never really cooperated with Li Qing, so you don't expect him to save you. Answer my question honestly, I will play you back, otherwise this island will be your burial place!" In an impatient manner, Li Ming couldn't help but start threatening Tang Bingjia-
Wumeiju's recommended works: 1, "Flowers Blooming to Fold": Author, Snowland Love, Fantasy, http:///showbook.asp?bl_id=5192
2. "Three Kingdoms of Business": Author, Chihu, History, http:///showbook.asp?bl_id=11351
3. "Rare Dragons Crossing the River", author: Skeleton Elf http:///showbook.asp?Bl_id=11303
Chapter completed!