Attacking the heart is the best, and attacking the city is the best.

Shao Jiugong, who was determined to show his might in the southwest, kept these eight words in mind, but how to attack the heart, it changed a little when it was implemented in detail.

To be precise, the eight words "attack the heart is the best, and attack the city is the best" were passed from Zhenjiang to Guangxi, and then implemented on those Wu army generals, and they simply turned into money and women.

After taking down Dushan City, Lu Guangzu's second town and Wang Youxi's fourth town were pioneers. He marched towards Pinglangsi, which was 80 miles away from Dushan without resting for a day.

There was another person who rushed to Pinglang with the Taiping Army. This person was named Li Zhiting. He was aide to Zhang Chaolin, the former governor of Jiangxi of the Qing Dynasty. He was a juren from the Ming Dynasty and had outstanding writing skills. He was quite famous in the Jiangxi area. However, this person's master was more famous than him. He was a backbone of the eunuch party and the current Grand Secretary of the Zhonghe Hall of the Qing Dynasty. Li Zhiting was able to counsel military and political affairs under Zhang Chaolin because of the recommendation of his teacher Feng Quan.

During his time in Jiangxi, Li Zhiting had instigated some Southern Ming rebels for Zhang Chaolin several times. In addition, in order to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Ming army and the Han people in the Qing Dynasty, Li Zhiting also wrote many whitewashing articles for the Qing Dynasty's rule under the instruction of Zhang Chaolin. After the Taiping Army attacked Jiangxi from Guangdong and captured Nanchang, Zhang Chaolin, Tong Fengcai and others were dismembered and abandoned. However, Li Zhiting was unwilling to die with his master, but instead shook his tail and begged for mercy from the Taiping Army. Because of his good literary talent, the Taiping Army could use it, so he saved his life and stayed in the Jiangxi Governor's Office as a clerk.

Once, Jiang He, the then governor of Jiangxi, was anxious to write a document for Shao Jiugong of Guangxi, but he could not write at all. He had a few old books under his command, but his writing was limited and he could not accurately express what Jiang He wanted. Jiang He was extremely anxious, and Li Zhiting recommended himself and said it would be better to let him write it. As a result, Li Zhiting took it in a flash. Those old books had read it, and they all praised it. He read it to Jiang He. Jiang He was also very happy, thinking that this person was a talent and must be used. But before Jiang He was about to reuse Li Zhiting, he was summoned back to Nanjing by a transfer order.

Without Governor Jiang's support, Li Zhiting still regarded his clerk as his clerk. Fortunately, Li Zhicui, the governor of Jiangxi, knew his ability and felt that Li Zhiting was a waste of being a small clerk, so he prepared to protect him as a county's parent to the Military Commander's Office. At this time, the Governor of Guangxi Shao Jiugong submitted a press conference on the Military Commander's Office, saying that there were too many vacancies in Guangxi and requested that the Military Commander's Office be sent to Guangxi. When Jiang Hegongwen came, Li Zhicui's letter of recommendation was also delivered, so Gui Yongzhi, who was in charge of the selection of local officials in the Military Commander's Office, sent Li Zhiting and some other people to Guangxi.

The gold would shine everywhere. Li Zhiting was praised by the governor Shao Jiugong within a few months after he arrived in Guangxi. Like Jiang He, Shao Jiugong also believed that Li Zhiting, who wrote excellent articles, had a talent, and was also very skillful and had extraordinary verbal words, so he devoted himself to cultivating it. This time, Li Zhiting followed the army to enter Guizhou with the army and fought against the Wu army with money and beauty attacks.

Shao Jiugong didn't understand exactly what Dasang said about attacking the heart means. He understood "attacking the heart" as asking for money and asking for women, as long as you are willing to surrender.

However, Li Zhiting, who specifically enforces the payment to women, has his own understanding, that is, he must be generous, be generous, and never be petty. As long as you offer a bid code, you will never bargain.

When she learned that Li Zhiting spent money in Guizhou, Shao Jiugong couldn't stand it anymore, but Li Zhiting dispelled his concerns with just one word and firmly allocated him.

Li Zhiting said this: "We give money, but Wu Sangui also gives money, so we must give more money than Wu Sangui, so that those people cannot refuse. In this way, more and more people will join us or agree to our conditions. If this continues, even Wu Sangui's direct generals will probably be moved by it."

Li Zhiting’s point can be summarized in one sentence, that is, he must leave a deep impression on the Wu army in Yunnan and Guizhou, that is, the Taiping Army’s General Zhou is more generous than Wu Sangui!

In addition, Li Zhiting's cleverness is that he and those who persuaded surrender never talked about their positions, nor did he ask them to join the Taiping Army, as long as they took the benefits and went to other places.

In addition to giving money to buy the Wu generals in Guizhou, Li Zhiting also knew people's hearts well. The women he gave to the Wu generals were not the goods in brothels, nor were the beauties stolen from the people, but all the noble ladies of flags. Not to mention whether these noble ladies were as noble as Li Zhiting boasted to the Wu generals, and whether they were really good-looking, the generals of the Wu army really enjoyed a good deal. Because in their eyes, the noble ladies were always high, but today they became their own toys. This sense of accomplishment was not ordinary satisfaction.

In order to loot the women of bannermen who were enough to satisfy the generals of the Wu army, Guangxi Governor Shao Jiugong issued a document in various provinces in the name of Guangxi Governor, requesting that young women of bannermen be sent to Guangxi. As a result, many bannermen who became prostitutes had a new way out. Of course, there are many bannermen who have given their own bannermen to the government and then sold them to the government.

As the offensive of money and women worked, the Taiping Army continued to approach Guiyang. However, more and more bannermen and women accompanied the marching team. Guangxi Governor Shao Jiugong specially ordered the front line to allocate hundreds of horse-drawn carriages for Li Zhiting to use, and these carriages were specially used for those bannermen and women to ride.

A scene that made people laugh and cry appeared. Before the Taiping Army's artillery was set up, many Wu army generals and soldiers came to one end of the front line. While collecting money, they enjoyed the bannermen and ladies who had never been able to ride in their dreams. After eating, drinking, gamble, the Taiping Army was busy putting away the artillery because the city they were about to attack had already opened the door.

In this way, from Duyun to Guiyang, almost all the Wu army was attracted by Li Zhiting. The sound of drinking and having fun every day overshadowed the rumbling of cannons and the shouts of killing. Guizhou Governor Zhang Guozhu wailed that his soldiers were good everywhere, but he could not stand the money or the women.

There were naturally people from the Military Information Department on the front line, and the news soon arrived in Zhenjiang.

Zhou Shi was also amused and crying because he felt that by Shao Jiugong and Li Zhiting, the impression that Marshal Zhou now gave people is probably "there is a lot of money and people come quickly."

However, he agreed with this approach, and he said to Guo Xiong and others: "Yue Fei said that civil officials do not love money, military officers are not afraid of death, and peace in the world is peaceful. But he did not say that military officers cannot love money, and they should not be lustful. Sun Tzu's Art of War said that the military plan is the first to attack the enemy, the second to attack the enemy, and the last to attack the enemy, he would only have no choice but to act as a rough guy. If he could not lose one soldier and one soldier, and only use some money to achieve the effect of moving the enemy, why not do it?"

However, Zhou Shixiang knew very well that it was effective for the time being that the bribery of Wu generals with positions and money, but it was actually extremely disadvantageous. However, as long as the Taiping Army could control the overall situation, these guys who were bribed by money and women would still be eliminated step by step.
Chapter completed!