Chapter Thirty-Six: Veterans Are Not Old

When Zhu Qizhen's instructions were sent to Kunming, Yunnan Province, Meng Ying and Wang Ji were in a fierce conflict.

Because Jingdong has been besieging the city for half a month.

Si Renfa's ambition is also cultivated step by step.

In fact, Si Renfa did not mean to besiege Jingdong when he marched eastward.

After all, Si Renfa knows his own affairs, and the Luchuan army is also a bitter hand in the siege. He besieged the cities of the Ming Dynasty several times, but could not capture them.

Therefore, Si Renfa only wanted to declare his military presence, and even returned a number of generals, and once again prepared to pay tribute to the imperial court and pray for peace.

Under the condition of maintaining military superiority, ending the war is already the best ending in the eyes of Luchuan Sijia.

It's just that there is a piece of news that stimulates Si Renfa, that is, the disagreement between Meng Ying and Mu Ang.

In the past few months, almost everyone knows that Meng Ying came forward for the general Fang Zhengfang who died in battle, and embarrassed Mu Ang everywhere, and even Mu Ang's defeat was also Meng Ying's order to govern him in the way of others.

Therefore, Jingdong soldiers and horses are rarely there, and Mu Ang has asked Kunming for help several times, but Kunming just doesn't move.

Si Renfa was ready to besiege Jingdong. As soon as he attacked, he immediately discovered that Jingdong's troops were insufficient and his material reserves were in short supply. It's the best time to conquer it.

As a result, Si Renfa ordered the mobilization of Tusi soldiers from all departments, and at one time there were nearly 200,000 horses and horses to besiege Jingdong City.

If it weren't for the Luchuan army's siege methods being too ugly, I don't know if Jingdong could hold on.

At the same time, Mu Ang sent letters for help to Kunming one after another. The posture is getting lower and lower, and I want to be humbled into the dirt.

It can be seen that Mu Ang's situation is critical.

But Baoding Hou Mengying has not moved. I don't even see Muang's messenger.

This makes Si Ren even more heartfelt. But it also made Wang Ji feel uneasy.

Wang Ji was worried about the battle situation on the front line, so he had to rush over from Qujing to make a statement to Meng Ying.

And Meng Ying didn't say anything, just didn't save Jingdong.

Wang Ji was suddenly furious and said: "Marquis of Baoding, you have a personal grudge with Mu Ang, the old man doesn't care, but you want to harm the state with selfish intentions, the old man has fought for this old life, and he will impeach you." ”

Meng Ying said lightly: "Please." ”

Baoding Hou Meng Ying is a veteran in the Yongle period, in the Yongle period, the civil official dared to stab in front of him, even if it was a group of cabinet members, Meng Ying was just jealous, never afraid.

Wang Ji shouted in front of him, Meng Ying was already impatient in her heart, but fortunately, Meng Ying's temperament has improved a lot after years of displacement.

Otherwise, I really can't help Wang Ji.

Wang Ji can lead troops to fight, so he is naturally a tough person. Otherwise, he would not have been able to do anything to defeat the Northwest Frontier Army in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the Marquis of Baoding was like this, he was even more angry,

He was about to speak, but he heard a shout outside: "The Divine Decree has arrived." ”

Baoding Hou suddenly got up and stood in the courtyard to receive the order.

After a eunuch read it, the Marquis of Baoding was suddenly full of emotion, but Wang Ji's face was extremely ugly. With this holy purpose, the right of the Marquis of Baoding to act cheaply was not lifted, but strengthened.

It was useless for Wang Ji to say anything, so he could only leave in embarrassment.

The Marquis of Baoding sent Wang Ji away, returned to the inner room, studied the holy decree, and then opened a mahogany box and carefully flipped through the contents. sighed and said, "Your Majesty has a deep affection for me. ”

As Zhang Fu said, Baoding Hou Mengying felt that Mu Ang was determined to defeat Luchuan smoothly, but he never thought that Mu Ang would be incompetent to such a point, defeat the battle, defeat to such a point, and lose the face of King Qianning.

Even he was tired.

Surrendering 10,000 or 20,000 troops, he can still cover it up, but he never thought that losing 30,000 horses in one go can be said to be the biggest defeat of this dynasty except for the abandonment of Annan.

Meng Ying even felt that Mu Ang was embarrassed to survive, why didn't he learn from his brother, commit suicide by taking poison, and don't embarrass the Mu family.

However, Mu Ang's defeat certainly brought a lot of political risks to Meng Ying, but it also brought military opportunities. If Mu Ang hadn't been defeated so badly, Si Renfa wouldn't have been so bold.

Of course, Meng Ying also did a lot of work in it, such as spreading the contradictions between him and Mu Ang in its original form, and even letting the women and children in Kunming know about it.

To tell the truth, Zhu Qizhen really felt sorry for the 30,000 soldiers. But neither Zhang Fu nor Meng Ying was distressed. They just care about political influence.

Meng Ying is such a general, and he has seen too much life and death.

As long as there is victory, what are 30,000 men? If there is a frontal attack, under the protracted period, the soldiers will attack Xiongguan and die, and the people will die of exhaustion in transporting grain and grass. The number of people added up will never be less than 30,000.

It's better to do it once and for all.

Now Jingdongcheng is the bait, Si Renfa is the fish, the fish has just bitten the bait, and it is not a thread, and he must wait for him to go when he wants to go and can't go.

Now Ren Sifa has besieged the city for fifteen days, and the calculation time is almost the same.

Meng Ying had already summoned the generals around her to assign tasks.

In fact, there are no tasks to be assigned.

Meng Ying has been sitting in Kunming for the past few months, but he has not been idle, and many things are ready.

"General Mao, General Guo, the three of you will take the men and horses of your headquarters, follow me, and attack Jingdong City." Meng Ying said.

Mao Rui and Guo Cheng immediately got up and said, "Yes." ”

Meng Ying said: "Ordered Fang Jin to prepare the boats, and the army went south along the Lujiang River to intercept the rear road of the Luchuan army. ”

"Yes." Shi Jing said immediately.

Meng Ying said: "Let Jinyiwei follow the plan."

acted, after Luchuan's defeat in Jingdong City, let the toasts fight back and make meritorious contributions. ”

Shi Jing said, "Yes." ”

Meng Ying has polished this plan I don't know how many times. It's not perfect, but there's not much to change.

It was nothing more than three steps, Meng Ying took 30,000 people, used both foot and horse, and within a few days, broke into Jingdong City and broke the Luchuan army. Then let Jinyiwei Qianhu Wang Yu arrange all the people around the toasts and let the toasts defect. He then pursued the people of the Luchuan headquarters.

And the most wonderful move was that the Ming army on the north road passed through the Lujiang River, that is, the Nu River, and intercepted the Luchuan army downstream.

As long as Luchuan goes out of the east and no one can return to Luchuan alive, then Luchuan doesn't have to fight at all.

I can't hold on to it.

Even if they are not completely annihilated, as long as they are defeated and returned, the hearts of the Luchuan people will fluctuate, and almost as soon as the soldiers arrive, they will surrender.

But the crux of this battle lies in two places.

The first place is whether Meng Ying can Jingdong City and break through Luchuan with 30,000 people.

Meng Ying is very confident in this.

The army cannot be looked at just the numbers.

Compared with the Yunnan soldiers, Meng Ying selected the best army from the guards in the south of the Yangtze River, which is one layer worse, and the army selected by the guards in the south of the Yangtze River is a step worse than the border army, and the border army is worse than the Beijing camp.

However, Meng Ying's headquarters is a strong force composed of more than 10,000 Beijing battalions, and the rest are a strong force composed of border troops, the winners and losers of this war, with these people, Meng Ying believes that what Mu Ying can do at the beginning, he can also do.

But Meng Ying didn't want a victory. It's a total annihilation.

That's a little bit tricky.

Therefore, it is very important whether the Fang brothers can appear in the rear of the Luchuan Army in time.

Sailing in the Nu River, to be honest, is a little difficult, but where Meng Ying transferred troops from, in the south, most people know water.

During this period of time, the Fang brothers Mingli was building bridges on the Lujiang River, but in fact, they were exploring the hydrology of the Lujiang River and choosing a place to build ships.

Although these months of preparation have not been able to build any large ships, in an emergency, the ability to transport 20,000 soldiers is available.

It's just that there will definitely be non-combat casualties among them.

It's just that Meng Ying didn't even pay much attention to the 30,000 horses lost by Mu Ang, and naturally paid attention to the non-combat casualties in the middle of the river.

The so-called Ci is not in charge of the army, before Meng Ying went to the battlefield, all she thought about was victory.

"Master Hou, why don't you tell Inspector Wang about this matter? Wouldn't it be much more convenient in this way? After Shi Jing dealt with everything, he asked Meng Ying quietly.

Meng Ying chuckled and said, "Military affairs should not be leaked to others. ”