In the days after the battle of Liangshan, Ning Yi spent most of his time on the road and eating. On the way, he sorted out all kinds of information. When he ate, he mostly socialized with the magistrates of the counties, prefectures, and other officials in charge of the reserves and the allocation of resources. It was difficult for him to rest while he was busy.
Of course, although the outcome of a war was mostly decided by logistics, Ning Yi's socializing was not for this.
During the whole process of dealing with Liangshan, he cleverly separated more than 50,000 people that could be eliminated. In the eyes of others, it was already an immeasurable achievement, but for Ning Yi, it was only half done. From the beginning, he did not think that his strategy could solve all the problems at once. In the end, they had to fight, but he knew that he was not familiar with war. Although Supervisor Fang and Dulonggang were willing to ask him about the final plan, Ning Yi completely gave them the right to command. The soldiers belonged to the soldiers, and Dulonggang belonged to Dulonggang. He only watched everything with a learning attitude. Occasionally, he would ask questions about things he did not understand, but he would never question the other party's decision.
With the previous achievements of Liangshan as a foundation, if he had doubts and the other party did not listen, it would be the most troublesome thing if they wavered. If he wanted to do things, he could not let the layman command the experts.
In the battle of Liangshan, the achievements, military merits, and gold and silver could now be determined. Ning Yi could be considered to be kind to others. He turned the whole matter into a major event that the surrounding prefectures and counties and the Wu Rui Camp jointly encircled and suppressed them. During this period, on one hand, he had to coordinate with all parties, distribute the benefits, and report the whole matter to the Right Minister. On the other hand, he needed to urge the officials of several prefectures and counties not to be half-hearted and visit them one by one. With the momentum of destroying Liangshan, Qin Siyuan's tiger skin not only tempted the surrounding officials with benefits, but also threatened them.
"If possible, I don't want to talk about the blood feud of the Su family all day … But now, I can only do this, in case someone drags me down …"
Over the next few days, Ning Yi traveled back and forth between Yunzhou, Ji Province, and other places. He met with groups of people. Apart from distributing the benefits and hiring people to assist him in the future, he would also talk about the Su family during the banquet. His words seemed to be unintentional, but only Wang Shanyue, Su Wenyu, and the others who were with him knew that this was a routine at almost every meal. When Ning Yi met people, he seemed to be kind, but when it came to the matters of the Su family or the children he used to teach, his eyes would turn red and his gaze would turn cold. He would even punch the table in front of many officials before he reacted and apologized to them.
When he first mentioned it, Wang of Su Wenyu also felt sympathetic. Wang Shanyue also felt. Su Wenof of the Su family Su Wenyu was was and almost of of of of of the Su family. But after a few times, they realized that these seemingly unintentional words were the main point of Ning Yi's output every time. When he asked the people of Dulonggang to go out and spread the news of Liangshan's defeat, he also emphasized that they were not only sent by the imperial court, but also because of the blood feud. This point must be emphasized.
After a few days of traveling and having dinner, Ning Yi only told Luan Tingyu, Zhu Biao, Hu Sanniang, and the others about the whole situation when he returned and met with more than two thousand people of Dulonggang. In his words, this was the communication between political level and military level. Only when the direction of the strategy was known, the leader of the army could better decide the tactics.
After the battle of Dulonggang, Luan Tingyu and the others did not participate in the battle of Liangshan. But after comforting the villagers and treating the wounded, they still gathered more than three thousand people and chased after Song Jiang according to Ning Yi's instructions. Among these three thousand people, the villagers who were the most capable of fighting and had a blood feud with Liangshan made up the main force of about two thousand. Moreover, Hu Sanniang brought slightly more people of Hu Family. As for the other one thousand people, they were not the logistical personnel prepared for the expedition. Instead, according to Ning Yi's arrangement, they were the many personnel who carried out the chores, led by doctors, accountants, and stewards. They were specially prepared to clean up the mess left by Song Jiang.
At noon that day, Ning Yi had already gone to inform the commanding officer of Wu Rui Battalion. Finally, he arrived at Dulonggang and his people followed Song Jiang all the way up to the barren mountain called Night Crow Ridge, where they were temporarily stationed, and informed Luan Tingyu and the others.
"… I don't know how to fight, but after the battle of Liangshan, Song Jiang and the others can choose a total of two directions. To put it bluntly, it's actually very simple. They can either delay or surrender. As for the third option, they can leave Shandong and seek refuge with Tian Hu and Wang Qing. I don't think they will do that."
As the sun set in the west, in the camp set up on Night Crow Ridge, Ning Yi spread out the many delicacies he had brought on the grass. A wild boar was being roasted on the campfire. It was the harvest of Zhu Biao and the others on the road. At this moment, the oil was dripping, and the aroma was constantly wafting out. Luan Tingyu and the others were gathered here. If any young people came over to take a look, Ning Yi would also greet them and ask them to take a box of food and cut a piece of pork.
"It's very easy to delay. In Shandong, the power of the government is not strong to begin with, and many things are old-fashioned. There are barren mountains and wilderness everywhere. Although they have lost Liangshan, it is impossible for the Wu Ruiying Camp to mobilize more than 20,000 people to accompany them everywhere. The benefits of Liangshan have already been obtained, and everyone has to split them. Once they get their share, no one is willing to take it out. In terms of logistics, the Wu Ruiying Camp can't delay, and they are not in the mood to delay. As long as they delay until the Wu Ruiying Camp loses their ideas, they will find a mountain top and set up a stronghold again. In a few years, they will be able to make a comeback. "
"Of course, it's not easy to just delay, so as they run, they take the village and burn people's houses. They don't kill many people because they want to leave behind complaints. You are a county magistrate, so you may be able to get some credit in this matter, but after the few places below are all burned down, and the people are not all dead, maybe you won't be able to make up for the credit in this year's performance evaluation. This is a more troublesome matter. "
Ning Yi paused for a moment. "So, after they burn and loot in Yunzhou for a while, they might run to Ji Province. When Ji Province sees that there is already a problem in Yunzhou, Lu Zhizhou and the others might think that it is better to avoid trouble and make the decision to recruit them. Moreover, recruiting them can be considered a contribution. They will get rid of the bad evaluation in the performance evaluation, and they will get one more credit than Yunzhou. It is very likely that they will do this. This is the only way to surrender, and once they really surrender, it will be very difficult for us to kill them. "
Luan Tingyu nodded. "So, the decisive battle will be held at the edge of Yunzhou."
"Commander Fang and I said the same. Of course, it is only a possibility." Ning Yi nodded. "For Song Jiang and the others, if Ji Province doesn't accept them, they can continue to cause trouble. They can go north or east, Lingzhou, Qingzhou, and so on. However, they won't be able to estimate our ability. The longer they delay, the more trouble they might cause, so I think they will want to do it as soon as possible. I've been coordinating with them for the past few days. I'm here for revenge, to avenge the annihilation of my family. Whoever dares to drag me down in this matter, don't blame me for getting mad and killing his entire family. So, the authorities should be holding on for a while. "
Ning Yi's ruthless plan to destroy Liangshan was now heard by the people in the nearby states and counties. Then, the news that the Su family had been destroyed and he had come to seek revenge spread. In the eyes of some officials, Ning Yi was not only a fiend that was difficult to provoke, but he had also gone crazy on this matter. Now that he had a relationship with Qin Siyuan, even the most powerful officials in Shandong would have to weigh the pros and cons if they wanted to protect the people of Liangshan. When he mentioned this, Zhu Biao and the others laughed.
"With Brother Ning's current reputation in Shandong, who would dare to pull the tiger's whiskers at this juncture? In the past few days, I heard that there is a rumor in the Lulin that there is an 'inner demon' in our Shandong West Road."
"It's hard to say for the officials, and the inner demon is not a good thing …" Ning Yi smiled and shook his head. "It's just to prepare for a rainy day … We can't afford to drag it out now, and neither can Liangshan. They have more than 3,000 people. No matter how fierce they are, a group of mountain bandits without a stronghold can only run all day long. The officers and soldiers won't give up, and everyone around them is shouting at them. In short … the war still depends on everyone. I can only try to drain all the water around them. They run here and there for hope, so we can make up for the mess they made up for one by one. As long as they don't feel hope, they will collapse faster and faster. "
At this time, Hu Sanniang smiled. "Brother Ning is talking about those villages. In the past few days, I heard that a few stewards have done a good job. There are already many people who are willing to go to Dulonggang to work. There are also dozens of people who are willing to move there. If Song Jiang and the others know that what they are doing is ultimately useless, I'm afraid they will die of anger. " At this time, in the Hu Family Village, Great Grandfather Hu and Hu Cheng were both injured. Hu Sanniang was grieving and only wanted revenge. Only by talking about things that could make Song Jiang suffer would she feel better.
While they were talking about these things, in a valley 20 miles away from Night Crow Ridge, Song Jiang and the others were also discussing a similar topic.
In the past few days, Song Jiang and the others had charged and killed all the way in Yunzhou. In five days, they had looted and burned down more than a dozen villages. Often after looting, they would burn down the houses and hide in the forest. The remaining 3,000 people could be considered elites. They crossed mountains and rivers at an extremely fast speed. They encountered thousands of officers and soldiers at one time, but they still managed to break through.
This was the first period of their escape, so their morale was still very high. Because of the previous setback at the hands of Ning Yi, Song Jiang and the others were also holding their breath. At this time, they also knew that as long as a village was burned down, the government would have an additional burden. Thinking of this and being able to watch the helpless people unscrupulously, the people of Liangshan were also extremely happy.
"They say that it's an overt plot, and ours is also an overt plot. No matter what, there will definitely be resentment. If the officers and soldiers force us into a corner, the disaster will fall to the government. As long as they can't solve us, there will be conflicts between the two sides one day. If there is a conflict, we will be removed … Let's just see how they solve this problem. "
The setting sun was bright red. The tents were spread out from the valley to the foothills on the side. Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Song Jiang, and the others watched the scene of the camp gradually becoming orderly and the morale still high. They sighed a little, but there was not much arrogance in their words.
In the past few days, while they were fleeing, they began to set strict rules, such as counting the number of people, temporarily dispersing the mountain, and requiring the soldiers to obey orders and so on. At this time, under the strong external pressure, these desperate people also began to try to obey these rules.
On the other hand, Wu Yong and the others began to tell and publicize their overt plot to the soldiers in the army. It was easy to fight near the lake, and as long as they continued to fight, the government could only suffer. Song Jiang, on the other hand, spared no effort to use conciliatory means to get close to the leaders and soldiers. Previously, he was famous in Jianghu as "Timely Rain" because he was very good at socializing. He might not be able to cover all the 60,000 people in Liangshan, but at this time, with more than 3,000 people, it was easy for people to feel the existence of this big boss of the Greenwood Forest. As a result, the morale of the people was raised.
Of course, this kind of morale might be able to last for half a month or a month, but it might not be able to last for a long time. Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, and the others all understood this. But they also knew that as long as they could last longer than Wu Ruiying's camp, there would be a turning point in the situation. When this force expanded again, a Liangshan team that obeyed orders would be enough to fight back and take revenge.
They could only believe in this.
Overt plot against overt plot. Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Song Jiang, and even the more than 3,000 people on the run all felt that this strategy was useful. But what they didn't know was that in the past few days, whenever they burned down a village, the first to rush over was not the government's rescue, but the team from Dulong Gang.
They first rescued people, then distributed enough money and food supplies for a few days, and then began to incite. Everyone had been harmed by Liangshan, so they were a family. "It doesn't matter if your houses are burned and you have nothing left. Come to Dulong Gang to work. There's money and food there. "There's still food waiting to be harvested in your fields, so we can borrow money and food temporarily. The interest is fair. After you settle down the elderly in your families, go to Dulong Gang to work and earn money, then come back to build a new house. Or you can choose to settle in Dulong Gang. "And if you work for a long time, Dulong Gang will have several benefits … and so on.
The resentment of the residents would only turn to the government when they had nowhere else to go and no one was willing to help. In the battle of Dulong Gang, the Zhu and Hu villages happened to lose a lot of manpower. After the houses of the people in these villages were destroyed, the rescue team from Dulong Gang came over. At the same time, it aroused the common enemy mentality of the people of Liangshan. The blood feud against the people of Liangshan would probably last for years or even decades.
There weren't many people in more than a dozen villages. But in a sense, this pattern was almost similar to the capital accumulation of the Industrial Revolution in Europe in the future. Farmers would devote themselves to industry after losing their land. At Dulong Gang, they plundered everything, and at the same time, they threw all the resentment that Song Jiang and others thought would be aroused back at them. After a few days, the people of Liangshan, who had been burning and looting all the way, sent people out to check the situation of the resentment for the first time. The news they got back shocked Wu Yong and Zhu Wu.
That night, after settling everything at Crow Ridge, Ning Yi went to the many villagers who had come over to chat with them and cheer them up. "I told you! After this battle, you will be the best team in Shandong! Who wants to fight with me? Come on — "
In fact, over the past few days, Luan Tingyu, Zhu Biao, and the others had been building up the morale of these people. The great victory at Dulong Gang, the subsequent defeat of Liangshan, and the hatred in their hearts had indeed made the combat strength of these more than two thousand people reach a rather high level. After joking and joking for a while, it was already late at night when Ning Yi could finally calm down. The tension that had been accumulating since the fifth day of June, and even earlier, finally subsided a little.
He had been in a state of high pressure for more than a month. First, he constantly deliberated and calculated. Then, he had to grasp almost every clue with high intensity. He did not have much time to sleep every day. This was not the craziest state of work he had ever been in. His spirit still maintained a strong sense of hunger and thirst. As long as the enemy was not completely cornered, he would never want to stop. Everything in the entire spiritual realm was still in a state of invasion, invasion, and invasion. But his body would eventually feel a little tired.
At this point, the strategic arrangement was finally in place. Next, perhaps he only needed to check for loopholes and fill in the gaps. As for the use of the enemy's spies, it was also a matter of tactics. It was more of a matter of improvisation. His brain did not need to be as tense as before. Ning Yi felt the wind outside the tent. In fact, the work this time was not at the level of a real large-scale battle. It was just that he had not yet established a professional operation team. He had to do everything himself, so he could only do this.
"I really admire what you've done these days." Wang Shanyue, who was walking over from not far away, smiled at him. "I originally thought that after Song Jiang and the others escaped, you would use more exaggerated schemes. But looking at what you've done now, it's really like … a net."
"Schemes are used by storytellers to deceive people. They're just things for those who want to reap without sowing and are unwilling to work hard to comfort themselves." Ning Yi twisted his neck and looked at the campsite in the night. "Everything in the world is done step by step. To solve the siege of Dulonggang, we just need to defeat the people of Liangshan. How do we defeat them? We can weaken them internally, but we still have to fight them externally. How do we weaken them internally? Let them split up and hit their morale? There are countless ways to do it. The theory is actually very simple. We just need to do it step by step. "
"It's the same now. I only want them to feel three things. First, the government will absolutely not dare to surrender them. Second, if they're shouting for us to kill them, we'll definitely bite them to death. Third, what they're doing is useless. The rest is up to the battlefield. " Ning Yi shook his head. "I never accept schemes. Nothing is a scheme. It's just a means to do things well. If you can really think of things step by step, any scheme is a wonderful scheme. If you can't do things well, it's useless even if you have a wonderful scheme. "
Wang Shanyue was now a member of his team. After Ning Yi said this, he smiled and said, "Of course, everyone sees things differently. If you think of it as a scheme, it's okay to look at it this way."
"I'm just a little curious about what you think about Dulonggang."
Wang Shanyue was, after all, a government official. He was worried about the people of Dulonggang. Ning Yi glanced at him, thought for a while, and considered his words carefully.
"I'm a businessman. After taking revenge, it's business after all. There are too many places in Shandong that the government can't control. Moreover, Liangshan has been eliminated. Whether or not it's completely eliminated this time, the power will be reshuffled. It's not easy to get in touch with them. I hope they can become another Zengtou City. "Ning Yi looked at Wang Shanyue." We have connections. Business will be good. I know that Lord Wang used the righteous Confucian way to govern his family. But as you said, the Wang family may not be very successful in the capital now. Your family is famous and has connections. You also have a family of women and children to raise and protect. Everyone has a good cooperation. Do you want to invest? "
"I promise I won't do anything too excessive … I promise to make money. Do you want to think about it? "
Ning Yi smiled and raised his hand. The temptation in his tone was like that of a devil who could read people's minds. Wang Shanyue originally came to say this because he was worried about the ungoverned area. He didn't want Dulonggang to become another Liangshan. But now, his eyes suddenly became chaotic. In fact, although he was smart, he had received a very formal Confucian education. Later, he was forced to eat people to increase his deterrent power. But in his heart, he still insisted on the righteous Confucian way.
But after the Wang family came to the capital, sticking to the righteous way didn't necessarily make the family prosperous. Even if a woman married a few men to support the family, the Wang family didn't seem to have a good life except for the favors and fame that Wang Qisong had accumulated. As the only man in the family, Wang Shanyue had his reasons for being forced to this extent.
"What, what …"
"Oh, it's business after all. Let's talk about it later. Don't worry, I won't let you bring disgrace to the family name. The Su family here is not famous, but they have the name of the Wang family. Outside of Shandong, it's easier to talk to the officials. Otherwise, I'll have to ask Elder Qin to introduce me to other people. " Ning Yi laughed and then looked into the distance. His eyes had already turned cold. "But these are matters of the future. Let's kill all those people first."
He paused, patted Wang Shanyue's shoulder, turned around and walked away. Wang Shanyue stood there with a frown. He looked in the direction that Ning Yi left and hesitated for a long time.
"But … I really want to say it now …"
He stood there for a while, then finally laughed and patted his forehead. He felt like he had been fooled and incited. But in his heart, he really wanted his family to live a better life. His heart had always been burning hot, but now it gradually warmed up again …
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There are signs that my work and rest schedule are starting to become chaotic, and there was a power outage in the afternoon … But I will still try my best to adjust ^ _ ^
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