Chapter 35: Truth and Disposition

Mu Ang pushed all the faults to Meng Ying. Zhu Qizhen can also understand this, is it to get rid of the crime?

And what Mu Ang said may not be true.

The news they came from was that Meng Ying asked Mu Ang several times to use his troops carefully, step by step, and not to be too aggressive. But they were all blocked by Mu Ang.

The two have a lot of grievances.

Baoding Hou Mengying is not very supportive, and it is natural for Mu Ang.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen couldn't understand why Wang Ji was involved in the front army.

Although Wang Ji is a supervisor, he is stationed in Qujing, which is quite far away from the front line, and is responsible for the grain and grass in the rear, but he doesn't know why he is mixed in here.

Zhu Qizhen carefully read Wang Ji's recital again, and finally found out where the root knot was.

That's food.

Just as the catastrophe in the north was intensifying, there was a big problem with the supply of military rations.

Originally, the main supply of grain and grass was Huguang grain, but now all the grain from Huguang has been transferred to the north, so most of the grain and grass that supported the war came from Sichuan, and it was already the local grain of Yunnan.

Wang Ji's worry about the grain and grass jumped on the paper.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen judged that Wang Ji may not support Mu Ang, he is in favor of a quick battle and solve Luchuan as soon as possible, and he is worried that the supply of grain and grass in the rear will not be available.

Truth be told, the battle turned out like this.

Zhu Qizhen was also quite dissatisfied with Meng Ying.

No matter what Meng Ying's plan was, most of the 20,000 famous soldiers were true. Losing a teacher like this is a big sin no matter what.

After all, Meng Ying is the commander of the army, and if something happens to the people below, Meng Ying will be responsible.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen also understands that he is satisfied with Meng Ying or dissatisfied, but now he can't move.

Since the drought in the north was satisfied, and the locusts were in full bloom, a large number of locusts have appeared one after another in various places, except for a wave from Tianjin to the west.

However, Qin Tianjian estimated that the locusts had not yet reached their peak, and the real peak was in May. Now we are trying to kill one more locust, so that after May, we will reduce the number of locusts by one litter.

So, almost everything, made way for that.

In addition to two things, one is the Luchuan War, and the other is disaster relief, which is work for relief. Many projects are still going on, and even faster, because the locust plague is so great that the emergence of displaced people is inevitable.

While the imperial court hired people to kill locusts, several other water conservancy projects were also started.

The imperial court no longer has the ability and cannot send a general to lead Yunnan. can only be found in Yunnan, and there are only three people in Yunnan who can lead the soldiers and horses, Mu Ang, Meng Ying, and Wang Ji.

Mu Ang is impossible. No matter how much responsibility Meng Ying has. Mu Ang's loss of troops and generals cannot be easily passed. Therefore, Zhu Qizhen can't use this defeated general as the coach no matter what

Target.

Regarding the relationship between Wang Ji and Meng Ying, Zhu Qizhen hesitated for a moment. But he quickly made up his mind that Wang Ji's ability may not be above Meng Ying.

And changing generals on the spot is a taboo for soldiers. So far, Meng Ying can only continue to fight.

When the war is over, it's not too late to make plans.

However, although Zhu Qizhen has a conclusion in his heart, he still has to consult Zhang Fu.

Only before that, he had to wait.

What are you waiting for? Wait for Meng Ying's recital.

Looking at what Meng Ying said, you can't just listen to one side of the story and draw conclusions.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen hasn't waited for Meng Ying's recital, but he has waited for the Manchu Dynasty to come and the civil and military forces don't know how many bullets.

In a single day, there are dozens of plays.

And these impeachment of Meng Ying can't be handled by the cabinet, so Zhu Qizhen can only deal with it.

Zhu Qizhen immediately understood that this matter must be concluded immediately, and it cannot be delayed, and the longer it drags on. The more turmoil in the court, the greater. It even affected the smooth progress of locust fighting and disaster relief.

Zhu Qizhen immediately summoned Zhang Fu. It's in the Wuying Palace.

"Guogong, what do you think?" Zhu Qizhen asked Wang Zhen to hand over more than a dozen books to Zhang Fu, among which there were reports from all parties, Zhang Fu glanced at ten lines, confirmed each other, and after reading it, he said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty's destruction of Luchuan is just around the corner." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "If 30,000 soldiers died in Mubang, did they get such a sentence as the Duke of the Kingdom?" ”

Zhang Fu said: "The minister knows that this is indefensible for Meng Ying, and he probably didn't expect that there would be such a big loss, but after this battle, the Sijia had to go east to Jingdong." ”

"The reason is very simple, the Ming Dynasty is strong, Luchuan is weak, and Luchuan can no longer withstand a soldier coming to the city, so Luchuan must be attacked instead of defended."

"Try to ensure the safety of Luchuan."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, he understood.

If you compare the national strength alone, a single province is taken out, it is richer than Luchuan.

A long-term war cannot be afforded by the national strength of Luchuan.

"And Sijia understands better that if they don't want to go east, I'm afraid that the toast east of Luchuan will be shaken. It must be suppressed by a large army to ensure that these wall grasses are leaning towards Luchuan. ”

"The manpower and material resources provided by these toasts are the icing on the cake in the imperial court, and they are charcoal in the snow in Luchuan."

"Therefore, no matter what the reason, Luchuan must be stationed in the east of Luchuan and west of Jingdong."

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this way, it can't be called a victory. ”

Zhang Fu said: "Luchuan is in the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, General Mu's battle has been shown, the Ming soldiers and horses want to conquer Luchuan, the loss must be great." ”

"And at this moment, the Luchuan army is coming east, which is an opportunity to annihilate them."

This is exactly what Meng Ying is planning. Especially at this time, His Majesty is far from being able to waver. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Pity the 30,000 famous soldiers. ”

Zhang Fu said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, these 30,000 soldiers may not all have died in battle, there should be someone captured by Luchuan, and there are -----" Zhu Qizhen said this, and suddenly stopped talking.

Zhu Qizhen was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood something.

Zhang Fu hinted again that there was moisture and vacancies in this number.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly sneered and said secretly: "This is my Ming army." Zhu Qizhen suddenly figured out what Zhang Fu said, and changed the way to understand it, that is, Zhang Fu was worried that the imperial army's ability to attack the fortified positions was not good.

What the hell is not working?

Zhu Qizhen wanted to know, and he didn't want to know. But you can see some of it from the vacancy.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know what to do. ”

"Report, Your Majesty." Wang Zhen suddenly came in from outside and said: "Yunnan urgent report, Pingban general, Baoding Hou Shangshu." ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately took it and opened it to see that it was Meng Ying's petition for guilt. He explained the situation of the war in detail, including that he wanted to stop Mu Ang from continuing to advance westward many times, and after seeing Mu Ang enter Mubang, he was worried about Mu Ang's safety and was ready to send a large army to respond, but Mu Ang mistakenly thought that he was coming to grab merit, and he also vetoed it.

That's where today's defeat comes in.

Zhu Qizhen looked at it carefully, with a slight sneer in his heart.

If Meng Ying really wants to order support, such as personally leading people to supervise the formation. How dare Mu Ang be hard, no matter how hard his neck is, it can't be as hard as the sword in Meng Ying's hand.

It is clear that Meng Ying doesn't want to go, but she just does things well. If I buckle it finely. It is clearly a trap for Mu Ang.

It's just that the big war is coming, and there are many things that don't need to be studied in detail.

When no one can replace Meng Ying, Zhu Qizhen naturally has to turn a blind eye, just as Meng Ying said it is true.

The first part is a petition, and the next part is a military writ.

He said that the soldiers and horses had been adapting to Yunnan for three months. The soldiers are well fed and their morale is high. Now after the new victory of Luchuan, there is an arrogant atmosphere, and it actually surrounds the east city.

The time has come to decide the winner.

He issued a military order, and in May this year, he broke the Luchuan River. If not, please behead your ministers.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "May." He clearly had a hunch that this May was not going to be easy.

Zhu Qizhen read this recital, handed it to Zhang Fu, and said, "What does the British public think?" ”

After Zhang Fu read it, he didn't dare to speak easily, because what he had just said was said and what should not be said was also revealed.

Only Zhu Qizhen's decision is left, and it is useless to say more. Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty, please make a holy judgment." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Proposed purpose. It is said that the generals will not be subject to the military orders abroad, and the battle in Luchuan will be entrusted to the general, and I will not control it. Then he said to Wang Zhen: "Send him these notes of impeachment to him." Give him a heads-up. ”