On the 20th day of the first month of the 51st year of Kangxi, Zhu Bomu was sitting in a heated hall reading a book. Li Sujun, who was sitting next to him, was holding Zhu Bomu's feet and using her abdomen to warm the soles of Zhu Bomu's feet.
After a while, Shen Lian, who was dressed in a crimson brocade robe, walked in. Li Sujun also put Zhu Bomu's feet down and tucked them into the blanket before leaving.
"How is it?" Zhu Bomu put down the book in his hand and asked with a smile.
Seeing Zhu Bomu asking, Shen Lian nodded,""We've basically taken care of the scouts from Guang Xi, Kai Hua, and Guang Nan. The messenger pigeons that flew out were also killed by our messenger eagles. The people who sent the letters recently are getting weaker and weaker.”
"We can't be careless. We have to keep an eye on these three places. There can't be any mistakes. Mu Yong has only been with Yang Mubo for half a month.”
Zhu Bomu said as he got up to put on his shoes. Shen Lian wanted to help but Zhu Bomu stopped him.
Seeing Zhu Bomu stopping him, Shen Lian continued,""Yang Mubo's 30,000 soldiers have been refined to 15,000 by General Mu. Recently, the staff of the shogunate has received more and more chieftains from the provinces.”
"It won't be long before many chieftains in Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan know that there's a place in Kaihua Prefecture where we can buy armaments. Should we divert the Tartars 'attention?”
"Tell me your thoughts." Zhu Bomu stood up and asked when he saw Shen Lian was so prepared.
"I think we should send out a surprise attack to kill some of the Qing soldiers in the Southern Mountain's City and then frame Lord Zheng in the northern part of Annan. We should also give Lord Zheng false information and make him think that Lord Ruan did it.”
" There are more than two thousand Qing soldiers in Zhennan Pass. It's not a wise move to kill them…" Zhu Bomu hesitated. Shen Lian took out a white cloth with the defense of Zhennan Pass drawn on it.
"Long live, although the Southern Mountain's Zhennan Pass is an impregnable pass that prevents Annan from going north, the two thousand Green Camp soldiers stationed there have not used their troops for more than twenty years. Their combat strength is extremely weak, and there are also people who eat empty salaries.”
"In addition, there are quite a number of Qing Beacon Towers in the southern part of Zhennan Pass. The Beacon Towers have ten people. It won't be too difficult to intercept one or two Beacon Towers, but it will attract the attention of the neighboring Guangxi Province to Zhennan Pass. This way, we can deploy our troops in the more important Guizhou and Kunming passages.”
"Secondly, we can test the Green Camp's combat power, and then use the Green Camp to test the Southern Zheng's combat power. It can be said to be killing three birds with one stone.”
"It's not impossible to say that, but we have to let Yang Mubo stay quiet for a while longer. If he sends his troops east after training and sweeps away the chieftains of Zhen 'an, Ensi, and Sicheng in Guangxi Province, it will undoubtedly attract the attention of the Governors of Guangdong and Guangxi.”
After hearing Shen Lian's words, Zhu Bomu looked at the map and pinched his chin. He then turned to Shen Lian and said,""Tell Mu Yong to stall for more time. At the very least, he will hold off the Yang chieftain for three months as promised.”
"Yes, sir!" Shen Lian cupped his fists and continued to talk about the information.
"Recently, the Thousand Households Office in Kunming Prefecture has been set up. It is said that Lijiang and Songpan are in a tense situation. There are fast horses flying out of the camp every day.”Shen Lian explained the information in detail.
Zhu Bomu, who was next to him, frowned after hearing this because he knew nothing about the strategy against Arabtan. In his memory, he only remembered the knowledge of Zhungar, Galdan, and Zhungar that had troubled Kang Yongqian for three generations.
Who would have the time to study this history? Even Zhu Bomu had read the history of the late Ming Dynasty from novels. He was interested in it and went online to understand the official history.
The appearance of Junggar was a chance for Zhu Bomu to catch his breath, because he had restrained most of the elites of the Qing Dynasty.
The disadvantage was that when Zhu Bomu went north in the future, Junggar might also take advantage of the situation and annex the Hexi Corridor of the Qing Dynasty, just like how Tubo annexed the four towns of Anxi and the Hexi Corridor of the Tang Dynasty.
However, it was fine. As long as he cleaned up the Qing Dynasty, a younger brother like Zhunggar would not be his match.
"It seems that we still need to support a hundred households in Zhungar to understand the movements of Cewang Arabtan's army."”
" This..." Hearing Zhu Bomu's words, Shen Lian's face was troubled,""If that's the case, we need to establish a small merchant group in Chengdu Prefecture. Then, we need to use small roads to transport ironware and tea leaves to do business with them. In this way, we need at least 30,000 to 40,000 taels…"
" Thirty to forty thousand taels…" Zhu Bomu felt a headache when he heard Shen Lian's words. The word 'money' could be used anywhere except in primitive society…
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