In Guiyang City, Li Biao is ready and is about to send someone to set off.

At this time, someone below came to report,

"Your Excellency. The imperial court has sent someone, and the governor of the southwest has come! ”

Hearing this official position, Li Biao understood that this was the rebellion of Extravagant Chongming that had spread to the capital, and the capital had already reacted by sending a governor of the southwest.

Just listen to this official position, the governor of the southwest military and government, it seems that he can't fight this support, after all, from now on, what he said doesn't count.

Waving his hand to interrupt the person who came to report the news, Li Biao said, "Go and find Zhang Yanfang." ”

Soon Zhang Yanfang came, he thought that Li Biao was in a hurry, came to Li Biao's side, and said with eagerness in his tone: "Wait a minute, my lord, it will take some time for people to gather." ”

After hearing this, Li Biao waved his hand directly and said, "Don't worry. Now go out with me, the governor of the southwest sent by the imperial court has arrived. Let's go and greet it first, and then let's study the war. ”

After saying this, Li Biao walked outside.

After hearing this, Zhang Yanfang didn't react for a while, and the imperial court sent the governor of the southwest?

This made Zhang Yanfang a little worried, after all, he and Li Biao had been together for a long time and knew each other better. Now that the imperial court has suddenly parachuted a southwestern governor over, who knows what the situation will be?

The court trusted the new governor of the southwest, but he didn't trust it that much. You must know that the people sent by the imperial court are generally not necessarily capable, and more are gold-plated straw bales.

So Zhang Yanfang took a step forward, chased after Li Biao's side and asked, "My lord, I don't know who the imperial court sent?" ”

Glancing at Zhang Yanfang, Li Biao could naturally see his thoughts. Li Biao said with a smile: "Put your heart in your stomach, do you know Yuan Keli?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yanfang shook his head directly.

Although he is the chief soldier of a province, there are still some things that he still does not know, especially the affairs of civilian officials. I really haven't heard of this Yuan Keli.

Li Biao didn't care, this era is like this.

"Put your heart in your stomach," Li Biao nodded, and said with a smile: "This time the imperial court sent Yuan Keli Yuan Gong, this Duke Wanli Jinshi, to this day, can be regarded as the elder of the Three Dynasties." At the earliest, he pacified the Japanese in the southeast and the Tatars in the northwest. Although he is old now, he is old and strong. ”

"This time, the imperial court sent Yuan Gong over, and it also valued his old age. With him sitting in the southwest, there should be no big problem in pacifying luxury Chongming this time. ”

Although Li Biao said this, Zhang Yanfang still couldn't believe it, it was really a special situation in the southwest.

Fighting here is different from other places, and an inexperienced person coming to sit in the town does not necessarily lead to good results.

However, since Li Biao said so, Zhang Yanfang still chose to believe it for the time being.

The two of them hadn't gone far before they saw a group of people walking in from outside.

Yuan Ke stood in front, and a young man followed. As for the others, they are guarded from a distance.

After seeing Yuan Keli, Li Biao hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "Xiaguan Li Biao, see Lord Dutang." ”

"Excuse me." Yuan Keli said with a smile: "The city is solemn and the armaments are neat, is this going to send troops to Sichuan?" ”

Li Biao nodded, and then said with a serious face: "Now that the Ming Dynasty is rebelling, Sichuan is in danger. The official is sitting in Guizhou, so naturally he can't sit idly by, so he naturally has to send troops to support. ”

"Okay," Yuan Keli nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good job!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Todo, for the compliment." Li Biao hurriedly said, his attitude was unusually respectful.

In fact, in front of Yuan Keli, Li Biao really has no qualifications to talk about. Although he is now the governor, Yuan Keli is the governor of the southwest, and at the same time, he is much older than him in the officialdom.

Under such circumstances, Li Biao really has nothing to be proud of.

"Lord Dutang, the government is not ready for the time being, and the lower officials will immediately vacate the governor's yamen for Lord Dutang to move in." Li Biao said while taking Yuan Keli inside.

Yuan Keli shook his head directly, and said with a smile: "In this way, there is no need." This official came to Guiyang today not for this matter. This official will not stay here too much, but it is more convenient to go to Sichuan from here, and some people can be mobilized from you. ”

Yuan Keli didn't hide his intentions at all, and directly said his thoughts.

After hearing this, Li Biao hesitated a little, and he said: "Lord Dutang, after all, the front is a little more dangerous, why don't you sit in Guiyang, and let the next official handle the rest?" ”

After listening to Li Biao's words, Yuan Keli shook his head and said, "Some things are okay, and some things are not." ”

As he spoke, the group had already walked into the governor's yamen.

After coming to the lobby, Yuan Keli looked at the map of Guizhou hanging in the lobby, and the expression on his face was extremely satisfied. Li Biao is indeed an official who does things.

Walking to the front of the map and taking a quick look, Yuan Keli beckoned gently.

Sun Chuanting, who was standing behind Yuan Keli, walked over.

This scene made everyone stunned, especially Li Biao and others.

Who is this young man?

How did you get so much attention from the Lord of Todo?

Sun Chuanting came to Yuan Keli's side, and his eyes also fell on the map.

After reading it, Sun Chuanting's brows furrowed.

Yuan Keli naturally saw this scene as well, and he asked with a smile, "Is there anything inappropriate?" ”

Sun Chuanting stretched out his hand and pointed at a place and said, "Here." ”

There is a place name on the map, named Dafang. It is clearly marked next to it, and this is the territory of the Shuixi Yi people and Zhian Bangyan.

Yuan Keli's gaze followed what Sun Chuanting pointed out, and also fell to Dafang.

Nodding slightly, Yuan Keli asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" ”

Sun Chuanting sighed and said: "If we send people from Guizhou to Sichuan, the first place we have to fight is Zunyi." Now this place has been occupied by the people of Extravagant Chongming, and only by breaking Zunyi can it be regarded as opening the route into Sichuan. ”

"But once we enter Sichuan, the whole Guizhou will be empty. Luxury Chongming is here, Guiyang is here. If he took advantage of this time to make a rebellion, if the surrounding Tusi responded, the rebels could divide their forces and capture Anshun, Pingba, Zhanyi, Longli, Weng'an (now part of Guizhou Province), Biqiao (now Shibing County, Guizhou Province), Yuanzhou (now Zhijiang County, Hunan), Pu'an (now Panxian County, Guizhou), Annan (now Qinglong, Guizhou) and other places, cutting off the official army aid route and the Yunnan-Guizhou road. ”

"Under such circumstances, the whole of Guizhou and Sichuan will be cut off, and then Guizhou will fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness, and the whole of Guizhou will fall into their hands. It's a big nuisance, and it's a very unsafe point here. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Keli nodded again.

Li Biao, who was on the side, took a step forward and said: "An Bangyan came to the governor's yamen a few days ago, saying that he had a disagreement with Yu Chongming and was willing to help the imperial court send troops to quell the rebellion. ”

After hearing this, Sun Chuanting glanced at Li Biao and said, "Then you can be sure that he has a bad heart." ”

After these words came out, Li Biao was stunned.

How can it be concluded that An Kunihiko is going to rebel?

Isn't that too hasty?

Li Biao wanted to open his mouth to refute, or even scold this young man, but this young man was brought by Yuan Keli, and he had no way to do so.

So Li Biao's eyes looked at Yuan Keli, hoping that Lord Dutang would give him an explanation.

Although Li Biao respects himself, he is a governor anyway, and he still has to give this face. So Yuan Keli took a step forward and said, "This is Sun Chuanting, the squire of the military department, and this time he came to the southwest with His Majesty's holy decree. ”

Although Yuan Keli said it very politely, Li Biao also heard it. These clichés in officialdom are easy to understand, although the other party's official position is a squire in the military department, but there is no actual official position, to put it bluntly, he is a person who has come to gild.

As for the later saying that he received His Majesty's holy decree, it is even more clear that this is a person sent by His Majesty. On the one hand, it is gilded, and on the other hand, it is simpler, that is, the supervision of the army. No wonder Lord Todo is so polite.

So Li Biao said: "It turned out to be Lord Sun." Why did Lord Sun say that Ahn Bangyan would rebel? An Bangyan came to the governor's yamen, maybe it was to serve the country loyally? ”

Sun Chuanting thought about it, turned his head to look at Yuan Keli, and saw Yuan Keli nodding, Sun Chuanting said: "An Bangyan is a toast, and the possibility of serving the country with loyalty is very low, of course, it is not impossible, this can only be regarded as a small doubt." ”

"As for the suspicious place, if An Bangyan is really dedicated to serving the country, then it is good to serve the country, why do you want to say that he has a disagreement with Yu Chongming?"

"Taking personal suspicion as a believer, it can be seen that he is undoubtedly a villain; Winning trust with personal suspicions also shows that this person has a ghost in his heart, otherwise why is this? ”

Because he felt that he would be more able to trust the adults by saying so. The adults did not agree, which shows that the adults also have doubts in their hearts. ”

After hearing this, Li Biao nodded and said: "Although the imperial court can suppress the southwest, An Bangyan has expanded rapidly in recent years. Its sphere of influence has been extended from the 'Zhijin' area to Nawei (Guanzhai), Babu (Babu), Nuodong (Puding Pingshang), Boheng (Yina Ximu Di Ma Channeling Village), Degui (Yi Na Ximu Di Zhongzhai) and other places, An Bangyan also moved from Zhijin Pass to Nawei to live, known as 'Nawei Guanzhai' and 'Anjia House Foundation'. And the 'weaving gold' was handed over to An Wugong, the son of An Bangyan. So far, this branch of An's toast has two more words, called 'Xiongshu An'. ”

"I have asked the imperial court several times for an increase in military salaries, but I have not received any approval." When Li Biao said this, he glanced at Sun Chuanting and said, "Lord Sun can judge An Bangyan's ill-intentioned intentions through my words, which shows that he is far-sighted. It's just that at this time, he probably won't do this, right? There are still some horses in Guizhou. ”

"Quite the opposite." Sun Chuanting shook his head and said directly: "Since this person has always been ambitious, then there is no need to come to this place to say that he is willing to fight Luxury Chongming, he just needs to wait quietly, waiting for the court and Luxury Chongming to divide a winner." ”

"If it is said that Hao Chongming was attacking fiercely in Sichuan, and the imperial court sent Guizhou reinforcements into Sichuan, then he could take the opportunity to start an incident, why did he come to the governor's yamen? And said that he was willing to go to the counterinsurgency? ”

"Because he doesn't want to wait anymore, and he can't wait." Sun Chuanting said in a firm tone: "He has ambition, he also has courage, he doesn't want to wait for the court and luxury Chongming to separate the winner, because he feels that luxury Chongming can't resist the court." At the same time, he doesn't want to be extravagant, he wants to take Guizhou himself. ”

"If the adults let him reinforce the Sichuan, he will inevitably bring the men and horses to Guiyang. When his men and horses arrive in Guiyang, he will take advantage of the situation and kill the adults to seize Guiyang in one fell swoop. ”

In this way, the whole of Guizhou came into his hands. When the time comes, you can attack and retreat, whether it is to cooperate with Extravagant Chongming to fight against the imperial court, or to become bigger yourself, you can do it all. ”

"So I concluded that he was definitely going to rebel, and he was just waiting for reinforcements from Guizhou to enter Sichuan. Once the people of Guizhou enter Sichuan, he will definitely rebel directly. ”

After listening to Sun Chuanting's words, none of the people present continued to speak, obviously considering whether what he said was correct.

However, many people think that what Sun Chuanting said makes sense, and even Li Biao thinks so.

In fact, even though Li Biao felt that what Sun Chuanting said might not happen, he didn't dare to take risks. Especially if he is the governor of Guizhou, once the kind of thing Sun Chuanting said really happens, the whole of Guizhou will be lost, and he will be held responsible.

If Li Biao didn't go to the rescue of Sichuan, the court couldn't blame him. After all, he has an An Bangyan here who wants to rebel, and he can't leave, and he is powerless.

But if he lost Guizhou because of the rescue of Sichuan, and let his subordinates rebel, Li Biao felt that he would definitely not be able to explain.

Li Biao turned his head to look at Yuan Keli, wanting to see what Lord Dutang could do.

Yuan Keli looked at Sun Chuanting and asked, "What can you do?" ”

"It's very simple, as long as Dutang is in Guiyang, I will attack Zunyi; After conquering Zunyi, I took people into Sichuan, and said to the outside world that Guizhou reinforcements had entered Sichuan, luring An Bangyan to rebel. ”

Once An Bangyan rebelled, Dutang led the army to quell the rebellion, eliminated him in one fell swoop, leveled the entire Guizhou, and relieved Guizhou's troubles. Then the army entered Sichuan from Zunyi and quelled the rebellion of Extravagant Chongming. ”

"Even if you give you all the five thousand people of Qi Yuangong, you will not have enough manpower." Yuan Keli looked at Sun Chuanting and said.

"If you are given another 5,000 men, it will be only 10,000. Starting from Zunyi and going straight to Chongqing, there is no army in the rear to respond, you are alone. You can't do that, it's too dangerous. Yuan Keli said in a firm denial.

"My lord, if the southwest is unstable, the imperial court Jiangnan will be unstable; If the south of the Yangtze River is unstable, the Ming Dynasty will be unstable. Sun Chuanting took a step forward, bowed down and said, "At this moment, I can't think too much about it. Chongqing cannot be lost, Sichuan cannot be occupied by luxury Chongming, and Guizhou cannot be lost, so it can only be divided into two routes. ”

n.