Chapter 337 Tongling Tongling

Suddenly, Ke Minxing thought of something, and his whole person trembled. After a long time, he raised his head and said with some bitterness: "Actually, if you want reinforcements, it's not impossible...... Just ......"

At this time, other officials said eagerly: "Lord Prefect, it's all this time, what scruples do you have?" Is there any way to say ......"

"Okay" Ke Minxing exhaled and immediately made up his mind, "In order to be safe, the Beijing camp wants to protect Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Tianfu, and I refuse to come, but we can find the Iron Inspector to ask for reinforcements, as far as this official knows, a few days ago, a Yunfu cavalry entered Fengyang Mansion, and now it is stationed in the Shouzhou area." Shouzhou is less than 100 miles away from Luzhou, and it only takes one day to take advantage of cavalry. ”

"As long as the Iron Overseer is willing to send troops, we only need to defend for two days, and this cavalry can gallop to our aid from the north!"

Is Ke Minxing's method clever? It's not clever at all, it looks very simple. Didn't anyone think about it before? Of course someone thought about it. As the governor of the three provinces, Tiemo was ordered to suppress bandits, and the three provinces included Nanzhili Ying Tianfu. But who would take the governor of the three provinces seriously? Tiemo, the governor of the three provinces, was appointed by His Majesty, and he had other intentions. Nan Zhili doesn't admit that there is such a person in his heart, you can do whatever you want to do with the official position of governor of the three provinces, but if you want to meddle in the affairs of Nan Zhili, you can't do it.

The people on the Nanzhili side thought so and did the same. Since the beginning of the Zhengde period, hundreds of officials have run Nanzhili, and the Jiangnan business is ironclad, even if the Xu family of Wei Guogong can only stand by and watch, you Tiemo, an outsider, also want to meddle in the affairs of Nanzhili? What do you think?

The officialdom of Nanzhili has been monolithic for nearly a hundred years, and has never only listened to the orders of the six cabinets, and even the emperor's orders can be put aside. Tiemo came with the title of governor of the three provinces, but for the officialdom of Nanzhili, Tiemo was a joke.

Similarly, the monolithic officialdom of Nanzhili looks down even more on those who eat inside and outside. If anyone dares to hook up with outsiders, then they will be attacked by the Nanzhili officialdom again, and don't think about mixing it up in this life. During the Chongzhen period, the rules of Nanzhili officialdom were like iron laws, and no one dared to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

Now that Ke Minxing's words come out, it is a little scary. For a while, the officials of Luzhou Government looked at each other, and no one dared to answer. Everyone is thinking about the gains and losses, looking for Tiemo to ask for reinforcements, and I don't know if Tiemo will send troops, but afterwards, the officials of Luzhou Mansion will definitely be regarded as an outlier by the officialdom of Nanzhili, and future generations will be blacklisted in the officialdom from now on.

Is it worth it?

Some people don't think it's worth it, and some people think it's worth it. At least Ke Minxing thinks it's worth it, as long as he keeps his life, it's a big deal not to mix with officialdom, and he can be a rich man in the future. Or, wait for another eunuch to be restored.......

Not everyone has the same idea as Ke Minxing, many people think not only about themselves, but also about the fate of the entire family. It is difficult to choose between the gains and losses of one person and the gains and losses of the descendants of the family. Once abandoned by the orthodox officialdom, the career path of future generations will also be cut off, not to mention the possibility of subsequent retaliation. At this time, there is some nostalgia for the eunuch party, at least when the eunuch party is still there, everyone has more choices, if you can't go on, you will vote for the eunuch party, although the eunuch party is unstable, there is no time for a while, but it is better than no choice.

Tongzhi Ye Wen frowned, rubbing his hands on his knees uneasily, in fact, he is not the same as Ke Minxing and others, he is an outsider. When the eunuch party was still there, he served in Beizhili and had something to do with the eunuch party, and later the imperial court changed greatly and cleaned up the eunuch party, and he was also implicated. However, he later found someone to use a lot of silver, so he was spared, but he was still transferred to Luzhou Mansion. seems to be the same acquaintance of the Luzhou Mansion, but in fact he is a dispensable character, and the officials of the Luzhou Mansion, large and small, do not take him seriously.

Ye Wen also wanted to open it, compared to those who died in prison, he was already very good. If you don't have real power, then you can go on with peace of mind and enjoy the blessings. However, this nominal acquaintance also couldn't sit still with the attack of the rogues. According to his thoughts, he can save his life, why do you think so much? But he didn't dare to say these words, if he really said it, if nothing happened later, once he was liquidated, he would not be able to take this idle official position, and if he didn't get his previous eunuch resume turned out, he would have to be imprisoned.

No one spoke, proving that everyone did not agree too much with Ke Minxing's suggestion. Ke Minxing had already been mentally prepared for this, he nodded on the table, and said with a wry smile: "Colleagues, at this critical moment, I can't take care of those false things. The official wants to ask the Iron Inspector to send reinforcements, and he is willing to stay with the officer, and he can leave if he is unwilling. ”

Everyone's faces changed again, which meant that everyone had to take sides. Either follow Ke Minxing all the way, or the opposition. At this time, there was no room for the wall-riding faction, and soon, some people got up and left, and in the end, there were only a few people left in the hall, and of course, Ye Wen was also in the ranks. There are less than ten people in the room, and I'm afraid only Ye Wen can think about it the most.

There are more than 20 officials, large and small, and only a few people are on their side. Ke Minxing was bitter in his heart, he had been the prefect for two years, and his popularity was so bad. Not long after, an official document was sent from the prefect's yamen, and it was quickly entered into Fengyang Mansion and delivered to Shouzhou.

The Luzhou government anxiously waited for Tiemo's reply, but the peasant army occupying Gushan did not stop, they did not attack the nearby city of Luzhou, but through Lujiang County to the southeast, approaching Tongling. In just two days, Li Yan led a peasant army of 6,000 to capture Fushan in the west of Tongling, and at this point, Tongling was in sight.

Tongling City, the geographical location is very special, just at the junction of several state capitals. Luzhou Mansion, Hezhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion, Chizhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Taiping Mansion, the junction of these state capitals, is just Tongling. It can be said that the occupation of Tongling, the connection between Luzhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion, Chizhou Mansion and Nanjing will be cut off, and the imperial court soldiers and horses will not be able to bypass Tongling if they want to enter these three places. In the same way, if the Nanjing Jingying army could not enter the western state capitals, it would not be able to stop the footsteps of the peasant army with only the few remnants of the local army.

What's more deadly is that taking Tongling is equivalent to having a powerful springboard, which can enter Ningguofu in a short period of time and sweep through Zhejiang. At that time, the Wujiang defense line garrisoned by the Beijing camp lost its meaning.

Sometimes I really have to admire Li Zicheng's vision, when everyone was bent on fighting Anqing Mansion, he tried his best to override public opinion and attack Tongling. Now Li Yan and Chen Bing are floating in the mountain, and as Li Zicheng continues to increase his troops, the effect is revealed.

Nanzhili wanted to rely on the Wujiang River to block the enemy, so they gave up Luzhou Mansion, but it does not mean that they are willing to give up Tongling, or even the three southwestern prefectures. If the peasant army really occupies Tongling City, then the imperial court will be too passive. What is the style of the rogue? The rogues are here to rob things, and with their style, it only takes half a month to penetrate the Ningguo Mansion and deal a devastating blow to the Zhejiang region. If Zhejiang is really looted, then all the officials of Nanzhili will have to be unlucky. Zhejiang Su Yang, this is the heart of the Qingliu officials.

As a result, Nanjing had to quickly mobilize heavy troops to Ningguofu, and at the same time strictly ordered the officers and soldiers near Wujiang to divide their troops to Tongling, intending to firmly control Tongling City in their own hands. It's a pity that the opponent they met this time was Li Zicheng.

The area around Tongling is a typical landform in the south of the Yangtze River, with rivers and lakes, and countless mountains of all sizes. In the northwest of Tongling, there is a river called Nijiang River. As the name suggests, due to the local topography, the river is turbid all year round, as if a thick layer of silt has been deposited. At noon, the soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion, which had been more than 4,000 people, came to the vicinity of the Nijiang River, but before they could cross the river, Lu Weiliang led a large army to attack the town of Nijianghe and launched a fierce attack on the officers and soldiers who crossed the river.

The attack of the peasant army came too suddenly, and relying on the terrain of Nijianghe Town, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were beaten a little dazed. The encounter lasted an hour, and in the end, after the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp left hundreds of corpses, they hastily withdrew to Wuwei Prefecture. After this defeat, the Beijing camp did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly asked Xu Wenjue for help, asking for more soldiers and horses to go to Tongling.

The battle of Nijiang River heralded the official start of the Battle of Tongling. After Lu Weiliang repelled the reinforcements of the Beijing battalion, he cooperated with Li Yan to carry out a joint attack on Tongling City, and launched an attack on Tongling in the early morning of the next day. For a time, Tongling City touched the hearts of countless people.

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The Battle of Tongling was in full swing, and Baofeng City, which was hundreds of miles away, had also changed. A few days ago, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu began to pull out the camp, but they did not attack Baofeng City, but entered Kaifeng Mansion eastward. This made Li Yangchun in Baofeng City very puzzled, but he didn't dare to act rashly. The previous lesson of blood and tears told me that in the face of the living Hades, it is better to be careful, and many times not making mistakes is a great achievement.

The soldiers and horses of Xuanfu withdrew from Baofeng City, and at the same time, the soldiers and horses in Ruzhou City and Ding Luyan in the north of Funiu Mountain also led their troops to retreat eastward, intending to join forces with the main army of Xuanfu. At this time, it was already the end of October, and the weather was getting colder, and winter clothes had become a big problem, but fortunately, Hai Lanzhu and Chang Minyue were worried about these things, so there was no need to worry too much about Tiemo. However, Tiemo is not without worries, at least he has to consider the feelings of others.

With the influx of Gao Yingxiang's main army into Runing Mansion, and then into the boundary of Nanzhili, Ruzhou is equivalent to letting go, in this case, Zhao Shujiao and others, who have been staying in Xiangyang, quickly seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack on the remnants of Nanyang Mansion, and soon recaptured most of Nanyang Mansion. According to Sun Chuanting's idea, he took this opportunity to besiege Baofeng City with the Xuanfu army, and took advantage of Gao Yingxiang's main force in Nanzhili to destroy Li Yangchun's tributary with thunder. Sun Chuanting also customized a detailed plan for this, and then sent an official document to Tiemo, asking Tiemo to decide.

But where did Sun Chuanting think about it, after Tiemo received the official document, he just smiled faintly, and then threw the official document into the furnace and burned it. Next, the Xuanfu army retreated and emptied Baofeng City, which made Sun Chuanting even more puzzled. As the officers and soldiers of Ruzhou and Funiu Mountain retreated, Sun Chuanting was a little furious. In Nanyang City, Sun Chuanting held the military newspaper with a solemn face, and his tone was a little bad, "What does Master Inspector mean?" Great opportunity, but give up Baofeng City, isn't this a waste of previous efforts? ”

Sun Chuanting felt that he was polite enough to speak, in his opinion, Tiemo's behavior was a crime, and this was a chance to breathe for the rogue. was angry, but Sun Chuanting couldn't help it, so he had to write an excerpt and send it to the capital, hoping that the court could warn Tiemo. The governor of the three provinces, responsible for the heavy task of suppressing bandits, but he didn't want to find a way to exterminate the rogues, and he always chased with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, and he didn't know what he was doing.

It is absolutely rare for someone like Sun Chuanting to be unhappy and directly impeach Shangguan. But others are not surprised, Sun Chuanting has always been such a person, he is capable and diligent, but he can't rub sand in his eyes.

Sun Chuanting was dissatisfied and understandable, but Zhao Shujiao didn't feel that there was anything wrong. Sun Chuanting is the one who eats the imperial court in the entire Eight Classics, but Tiemo is different, most of the people under his command are supported by themselves, and the first thing people think about must be how to benefit themselves, do they want to fight with the rogues first? Really desperate, heavy losses, the court to make up for it?

"Why is Lord Sun so angry? The overseer has his own reasons for doing this, and what we should be concerned about now is what to do next! Now that the Xuanfu army has withdrawn, presumably Zhang Xianzhong and Wang Ziyong on Funiu Mountain will not be willing to be calm! ”

It's okay if Zhao Shujiao doesn't say it, but when he said this, Sun Chuanting frowned when he heard it. Sun Chuanting had a good impression of Zhao Shujiao, and also knew that Zhao Shujiao had an old relationship with Tiemo, and even Tiemo had a life-saving grace for Zhao Shujiao. But Zhao Shujiao defended Tiemo like this, Sun Chuanting was still a little unhappy, "Mr. Zhao, having said that, as an important minister of the imperial court, can he only think about himself and not suffer a loss?" ”

Zhao Shujiao frowned, and secretly smiled bitterly in his heart. Sun Chuanting's thorn is really a stinky stone, why do you still talk about him Zhao someone? If he didn't know Sun Chuanting's personality, Zhao Shujiao really wanted to throw up his sleeves and ignore it. Sun Chuanting, this guy is good at everything, but he is too brainless.

"Gotta get it, you have a reason!" Zhao Shujiao was too lazy to argue with Sun Chuanting. Is Sun Chuanting really brainless? In fact, he sees many things clearly, but he prefers that most people can take care of the overall situation. At least, this time, Tiemo's approach is a bit disregarding the overall situation. Perhaps from the perspective of iron and ink, this is the best, but in this way, it may not be the best for the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of October, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu were drawn, but they stopped in Taikang County, Kaifeng Prefecture. After receiving a letter of help from the Luzhou government, Tiemo was not in a hurry. Because Li Zicheng did not attack Luzhou City, but turned to launch a fierce attack on Tongling. In that case, you might as well let Liukouduo create some pressure on Nan Zhili.

Tongling's military newspapers kept coming, Wang Zuo looked at the military newspapers, wrapped in the thick clothes on his body, "Hehe, it's worthy of Li Zicheng, just hitting Tongling, it attracted all the attention of Nanzhili." ”

Tiemo also smiled bitterly: "Yes, now that all the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili have paid attention to Tongling and Ningguo Mansion, who still has the heart to care about the affairs of Anqing Mansion and other places?" Now Gao Yingxiang can make a fortune, and he will sweep the land of Sanfu without much effort. There must be a lot of materials in hand, and we still need to plan carefully. ”