Luzhou City, the prefectural yamen, and inside the Qinzhi Hall.

Zhu Qizhe was discussing with Ma Qiancheng and Qin Banghan around a spread out map of Bashu.

Sichuan Chengxuan’s Political Consultative Office has thirteen prefectures, six Zhili prefectures, fifteen scattered prefectures, a total of 111 counties, one Xuanfu Department, one Anfu Department, and more than twenty chief officials.

Now, they have occupied Chongqing Prefecture, Kuizhou Prefecture, Bozhou, Xuzhou and Luzhou. Although their territory is already quite large, they are still far from occupying the entire Bashu.

With such a large territory and so many prefectures and counties, how many troops do you have to mobilize to attack?

Zhu Qizhe, Ma Qiancheng and Qin Banghan, took a long time to come to a terrifying conclusion.

Even if a county town only sends only one thousand people to attack, a prefecture town only sends only five thousand people to attack, and a prefecture town only sends only ten thousand people to attack, that would require more than 200,000 people!

This is still the ideal state. In fact, if you choose to attack hard, you will need far more than so many people. Because Bashu has a large population, let alone the city and the city of the prefecture, it is not a problem for many county towns to recruit thousands of towns. Moreover, Chengdu City cannot be taken down by 10,000 people.

You know, She Chongming launched more than 100,000 troops, but he took half of Chongqing Prefecture and half of Chengdu Prefecture, and the Chengdu Prefecture City had not been taken down yet.

In other words, hard attack is not advisable. Although Sichuan seems to be unprepared for defense at this moment, the gentry and local tyrants in Bashu are not very strong, and there are not many treasurys near Chengdu Prefecture. If you choose hard attack, there are probably not enough 300,000 troops.

Many times, fighting depends on your brain, rather than relying on your own strong troops or well-equipped equipment to do it.

Just like Jiannu, their total population is less than one million now, and the Eight Banners elites are only one hundred thousand at most. If they had no brains and had just relied on their own strength to fight against the Ming army, they would have probably been exhausted long ago.

It is impossible for Zhuqizhu to mobilize so many people to attack Sichuan. What he wants is not a bashu that is full of holes.

He stared at the map for a long time, then said solemnly: "It seems that we can only take down Chengdu City first, and then issue a document in the name of Chengxuan Political Envoy, the Criminal Censorship Department and the Commander Command Department to deceive the prefectures and counties in various prefectures and counties!"

Uh, it's a liar again!

Of course, Ma Qiancheng and Qin Banghan knew what Zhu Qizhi was talking about, because Qin Bangping used this trick to deceive Kuizhou Prefecture.

Problem, Chengdu City is not so easy to take down.

Ma Qiancheng also said with a serious face: "Emperor, even if we only attack Chengdu City, we don't have enough manpower. If we want to attack Chengdu, Luzhou to Chengdu, Fushun, Neijiang, Zixian, Ziyang, Jianzhou, Xindu, Longquan and other seven or eight cities, we have to take down. Moreover, there are tens of thousands of Tunwei near Chengdu City, and it is easy to recruit tens of thousands of local brave men in the city. At that time, She Chongming launched more than 100,000 troops to fight from Chongqing to Chengdu.

Moreover, he led 50,000 main force to besiege Chengdu for more than a year but has not taken it down. We only have 20,000 troops at this moment. If we take down the city along the way and then send people to guard it, there will probably be no 10,000 troops to fight to Chengdu. How can we siege the city? If we don’t siege the city, the Tunwei near Chengdu, including Longan Mansion, Baoning Mansion, Tongchuanzhou, Meizhou, Songpan Mansion and other places, will definitely rush to defend the city. At that time, the more people fight, what should we do?"

What are the things to worry about with people?

Zhu Qizhuo said without hesitation: "The chieftains in Bozhou, Xuzhou and Shuixi have some people. Just ask them to gather 200,000 people and fight from Luzhou to Chengdu all the way."

ah!

Isn't that great?

Ma Qiancheng couldn't help but remind: "Master, those chieftains are not good at fighting. They are not ordinary erratic when fighting. Once they capture the city, they not only rob things, but also kill people. If they are summoned to attack Chengdu, your reputation may be ruined."

What's there in this?

Zhu Qizhua said lightly: "We can make three rules with them. Killing people is not possible. After capturing the city, those who resist can only be caught but not killed. As for robbing things, it is OK, but they cannot rob them randomly. They can only rob those gentry and tyrants who are unkind. After all, they will send so many soldiers to help, and it is definitely not possible to let them catch any benefits without any benefit."

This is not so easy to control, right?

Ma Qiancheng said with some concern: "We can control their leader, but once the people below are red, they will not be able to control them. Other cities are fine, at most, there are only thousands of village warriors. They should be able to take them down easily. It is hard to say that Chengdu City is not possible. It is estimated that they will not be able to fight without tens of thousands of people. At that time, they will definitely kill people in order to vent their anger, and it is not easy to control them!"

Who said they were asked to attack Chengdu City?

This is not how this battle is fought!

Zhu Qizhuo said wisely: "They can capture the cities along the way. As for Chengdu City, they only need to be besieged. At that time, you lead the army to attack from the weakest part of the siege chieftain army and pretend to help others defend the city. Do you think they will let you enter the city?"

this!

It turns out that Chengdu City also used stealing!

Ma Qiancheng said with sincerity: "The Emperor is wise."

Next, Ma Qiancheng issued a summoning order to Bozhou, Xuzhou and Shuixi, ordering chieftains from all over the country to gather their subordinates to come quickly to Luzhou to obey the orders. The fewest ones cost a few thousand and the more were tens of thousands. In short, at least two hundred thousand people had to be collected.

These chieftains dare not disobey his orders, because the Bai Gan soldier is too fierce. Whoever dares to disobey will definitely be destroyed by this Xuan Wei.

Within a month, more than 200,000 chieftains army gathered in Luzhou. For a time, the entire Luzhou city was full of chieftain soldiers in strange clothes, colorful and beautiful.

However, Ma Qiancheng did not ask them to go out to attack Chengdu immediately, because this time he did not take the lead in rebellion, but sent troops to suppress the rebellion. The army of more than 200,000 chieftains still had to have a leader.

This leader is the Guizhou Xuanwei envoy to settle down.

Because the position was far away, he came at the latest. He had just arrived in Luzhou and had a day off. The next morning, he was recruited by Ma Qiancheng to the prefect's yamen.

He really didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the gate of the prefectural yamen, Ma Qiancheng came up with a smile on his face and said kindly, "Mr. An, work hard all the way, work hard all the way."

Although both of them were Xuanwei, he was just a little brother and he didn't dare to put on any airs in front of Ma Qiancheng.

He quickly smiled and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard. I wonder what happened to Lord Ma when he recruited me here this time?"

Ma Qiancheng said mysteriously: "I didn't ask you to come this time. I'll take you to see someone."

An Yi couldn't help but curiously say, "Who is it?"

Ma Qiancheng pulled him into the prefect's yamen, looked around carefully, and then said solemnly: "I took you to see the emperor, you have to be more respectful."

emperor?!

When An Wei heard this, his legs became weak and he almost tripped himself.
Chapter completed!