"Lao San, could you be talking about a concrete straight road?"

Just when Pan Sheng, the Undefeated Army God and other civil and military officials were confused and curious, the little fat man on the throne suddenly lit up his eyes and looked at Wang Bing with some uncertainty.

"Your Majesty is wise, I am talking about the concrete straight road!"

Seeing that it was the little fat man who guessed his idea first, Wang Bing was not surprised. After all, when he proposed to build this cement straight road connecting the two capitals and thirteen provinces, he had mentioned to the little fat man that the cement

The biggest role of the straight road was to strengthen the court's control over local areas.

"Concrete straight road? What does this have to do with intimidation... uh, this..."

Seeing that Wang Bing's so-called method of deterrence actually appeared in the 11th year of Wanli, and then began to use Tatar prisoners to build a large-scale cement straight road in the 16th year of Wanli, everyone looked puzzled at first, and then became very confused.

Soon they all woke up.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, one of the most fundamental reasons why there are so many chieftains in this southwestern land is that these places have inconvenient transportation with the Central Plains Province. That's why these chieftains can take advantage of the terrain and the inconvenience of the imperial conquest.

Come and be the 'Emperor of the Earth'"

"As long as we connect the southwest areas with this concrete straight road, once there are changes in these places, the imperial army will arrive at dawn and at night..."

Seeing that everyone had reacted to the effect of the cement straight road, Wang Bing naturally stopped talking and expressed his thoughts in detail.

"In the future, as long as there are places connected by concrete straight roads, whether it is east, west, north or south, the imperial court's control over these places will be greatly strengthened!"

You must know that in the thousands of years of Chinese history, the central government's governance strategies for border areas, from the five-service system in three ancient dynasties to the later Jisizhou and chieftain systems, were largely due to transportation problems.

For example, Qin Shihuang spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build Chidao, and the purpose was only to strengthen the rule of the empire, not for the convenience of patrolling as slandered by literati.

But now that the Ming Dynasty has a cheaper method than building Chidao, and there is no need to recruit people's power, why should they continue to use the chieftain system, which already seems a bit backward, to govern the border areas?

"Come here and pass on my decree to immediately mobilize 100,000 Japanese laborers from Liaodong, together with the previous Tatar prisoners, and order the Ministry of Industry to give priority to the construction of cement straight roads between the southwestern lands and the inland provinces..."

Before Pan Sheng and others could raise the issue of too few Tatar prisoners and insufficient manpower, the little fat man solved the problem first.

Obviously, the little fat man was really tempted by Wang Bing's proposal to implement the policy of "reforming the land and returning it to the locals" in the southwest.

"Your Majesty, in fact, when we encircle and suppress Yang Yinglong this time, there will definitely be a lot of prisoners..."

Seeing that Little Fatty ordered the mobilization of Japanese laborers from Liaodong, Wang Bing, who was worried about affecting the development of Liaodong, was prepared to propose using the prisoners of war captured during the encirclement and suppression of Yang Yinglong as laborers.

However, before Wang Bing could finish speaking, the little fat man directly interrupted his proposal.

"Since we want to frighten the southwestern regions, how can we avoid losing blood? This time we are encircling and suppressing the Xuanwei Division in Bozhou. No one who participated in the rebellion will be spared!"

"His Majesty……"

After hearing the murderous order from the little fat man, not to mention Pan Sheng and other civil servants, even Wang Bing, a guy who always used the heads of foreigners to watch in Beijing, couldn't bear it now.

There was no way, compared to the Tatars and Japanese, Wang Bing didn't have any hatred towards these "Southern Barbarians" who were very obedient most of the time and often sent troops to help the imperial court in the battles.

"No need to say more, I have made up my mind! Now let's talk about the specific matters of entering and suppressing Bozhou!"

After waving his hand to stop everyone's further remonstrances, the little fat man directly changed the topic to the specific military deployment.

There was nothing I could do about it. The annihilation of the three thousand troops of the governor of Jiangdong in Guizhou really aroused the little fat man.

'Forget it, let's wait until we get to Banshu and then we'll deal with the situation!'

Seeing that the little fat man had a very tough attitude on this issue, Wang Bing had no choice but to secretly make the decision to 'flexibly deal with it' when the time came.

However, at this time, he did not expect that when he arrived at the place, he would not be able to find any reason to persuade himself to discount the little fat man's order.

…

"Your Majesty, I believe that in this encirclement and suppression of Bozhou, we should use the force of 'killing a chicken with a bull's knife' and use the force of thunder to destroy Yang Yinglong as quickly as possible..."

When it came to the march and battle, the Undefeated Military Gods, who had basically remained silent before, suddenly became energetic, as if they had regained their souls.

"Didn't the Beijing army previously send three battalions with a total of 30,000 people to Hechuan, Jiangjin and Nanchuan for 'training'? They used these three battalions as the main soldiers and recruited local Sichuan garrison troops as guides to crush them from north to south.

Press through!"

"In addition, we can also dispatch troops from Xuanda and Jizhen, and troops from Bainisi and Xinglongwei to attack from both sides..."

Soon, under the planning of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion led by the Invincible Army God and others, a five-way encirclement and suppression plan that was very similar to the Eighth-Road March in original history was formulated.

However, it is different from the original history where there were both imperial troops and other chieftain troops. This time, in the encirclement and suppression plan formulated by the Fifth Army Governor's Office, there were no 'local soldiers' among the five planned troops!

"Lao San, what do you think?"

Faced with the five-pronged army encirclement and suppression plan formulated by the Undefeated Army God and others, the little fat man was very satisfied, but he still looked at Wang Bing out of habit.

"Hey, Your Majesty, since there are already five routes, why not add three more? Just add Yongning, Shaxi, and Wujiang, and give him an eight-pronged attack from the southeast, northwest, and northwest!"

Seeing the Invincible Army God, they had mapped out the marching route of the Fifth Route Army, but Wang Bing simply restored the Eighth Route Army that the imperial court used to pacify Bozhou in history.

"But I think it's okay to mobilize troops from Xuanda and Jizhen. After all, if one more troops are deployed, the cost of the court will be higher. I think that if we mobilize another 20,000 Yulin Guards, the total of 10,000 Beijing troops will be 30,000.

When people leave Bainisi and Xinglong Guard, it is enough to recruit a few more 'local soldiers' as guides and auxiliaries. As for Yongning, Shaxi, and Wujiang, you can also recruit local local soldiers and guardsmen..."

On the basis of the five-pronged army formulated by the Undefeated Army God and others, Wang Bing also made some changes, eliminating the Xuanda and Jizhen armies and completely replacing them with the Yulin Guards and Jingying.

It's just that since then, the numbers of these armies have become a bit thin.

"Champion Marquis, if we all use the Yulin Guards and the Beijing Camp as the main ones, will the force be a little thin? In addition, since we want to establish our power in the south and west, if we recruit local soldiers to help, won't it seem a bit weak?

The momentum of the imperial court?"

Faced with Wang Bing's revised eight-way encirclement and suppression plan, Li Rusong raised his own concerns on behalf of the Undefeated Army God and others.

"Haha, establishing power does not necessarily require a large number of people, as long as our army is strong enough and the soldiers are brave enough. As for whether recruiting local soldiers will weaken the momentum, hey, we don't let them see the power and bravery of the imperial army with their own eyes, and

How to deter them? After all, they didn’t make any mistake, so we can’t beat them for no reason, right? Haha!”

Although Wang Bing's Eight-Road Encirclement and Suppression Plan was at least half as weak as in the original history in terms of troop deployment, can the Ming army in the original history be as good as the newly reorganized Xinjing Battalion in terms of combat strength?

What's more, among the Eighth Route Encirclement and Suppression Army in original history, there was no Yulin Guard, an army led by the emperor himself!

"The champion prince Wang Bing listens to the order. I order you to be the general manager of Pingbo and lead the Yulin Guards, Jingying and various local soldiers to suppress the rebellion; you will be the full governor to control the military affairs of Sichuan, Guizhou, Huguang and other southwestern provinces..."

"His Majesty……"

Seeing that a few of them had been planning the war for a long time, but in the end Wang Bing caught them off guard, the Undefeated Army God, Ma Gui, Li Rusong and others couldn't help but look at the little fat man with some grievances.

"Haha, Marquis Jinghai, you are already old. Let the third brother do these things of contribution. What's more, Yang Yinglong is just a mere man, so why do I have to send four military lords in a row? That's too much for him!
Chapter completed!