Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 4 Recruiting Troops and Gathering Strength

Section 9: Urgency on both fronts

After Liu Yunwei, Yuan Mingxuan, and Lu Ying heard the news of the chaos in the southwest, they were all shocked, and asked about the details of the rebellion of Xuan Chongming, the Xuanfu envoy of Yongning, Sichuan, and the Tongzhi An Bangyan of the Xuanfu Department of Guizhou. Liu Yunwei was even more worried, a heartstring was almost about to break, you must know that his mother is in Chengdu, and that is his only relative! Now that the southwest is in turmoil, if the war spreads to Chengdu, won't it endanger my mother's life!

"Master Li, what's going on now? Why didn't there be any clues about such a big thing as the rebellion between Yu Chongming and An Bangyan? ”

Li Linbin first comforted Liu Yunwei with kind words, and then said with an unkind face: "Now the soldiers and horses from Shuixi, Yongning and other places have gone to quell the chaos, according to the emergency report, the two sides are fighting fiercely, and the specific news will have to wait a little longer to come back." However, whether it is Xuan Chongming or An Bangyan, it is a Tusi family that has been established in the southwest for hundreds of years, and both the strength and power are extremely large, and I am a little worried that the soldiers and horses in the southwest alone will not be able to resist the offensive of the rebels. ”

Liu Yunwei was even more worried when he heard this, and said eagerly: "Lord Li, I will return to Tongzhou Town immediately to rectify the soldiers and horses, can you discuss with Huang Shangshu and requisition my Hanwei army to reinforce it?" ”

Li Linbin frowned and thought about it, and then said: "I'm afraid this matter is difficult, the Han Wei army is requisitioned for thousands of miles to reinforce the southwest, and the imperial court can't come up with so much money." In this case, I will discuss it with Lord Huang first, and the little general will go back and wait for news first. When the results are available, I will let the little general know as soon as possible. I understand what the little general is worried about, but it's better to stabilize my mind for the time being, the rebels will not be able to fight Chengdu for a while. ”

"I know, there's Lord Laury."

After that, Liu Yunwei said goodbye to Li Linbin depressedly, and did not stay overnight in the capital, and directly returned to Tongzhou Town with everyone overnight. Early the next morning, Liu Yunwei summoned all the generals above the thousand generals and all the governors of the shogunate to discuss the proceedings, and told everyone the news of the rebellion of Southwest Chongming and An Bangyan.

As soon as the words fell, everyone exploded. The dynasty already has the great trouble of Liaodong Jiannu, and now there is a new shocking disaster of the Southwest luxury and An rebellion, it is conceivable how difficult the state affairs will be in the future, if the imperial court does not have a complete countermeasure, it will shake the country, and even destroy the country!

At this time, Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, and Wen Poyu, the generals who followed Liu Yunwei from Sichuan to the north, were even more anxious, and they all shouted loudly to lead their troops back to Sichuan.

Zhao Kaishan shouted loudly: "Big brother, these toasts are a bunch of miscellaneous pieces, you let me go back with the Tiger Camp, I will definitely kill all the rebels!" ”

Wen Poyu, Wu Xing, and Lu Ying also asked for battle, while Li Tianhao, Wang Dangdang, Gao Hongguang, and Huang Fuming also stood up and asked for their lives.

Liu Yunwei slowly stood up, looked at the excited generals, and said: "I know that everyone is very anxious now, to be honest, I am more anxious than you, after all, my mother is in Chengdu!" But have you ever thought about it, how much food does it take for tens of thousands of Hanwei soldiers to leap thousands of miles into the southwest? Now the imperial court doesn't have so much money and food, so we can only wait for further orders from the imperial court. I've thought about this matter carefully, we can only wait for the news, there is no other way! ”

Wen Poyu said anxiously: "Big brother, even if the army can't go south for the time being, do you send someone to take the old lady back to Tongzhou first?" It is too dangerous to leave the old lady on the Chengdu side, who knows when the rebels will fight over? ”

After listening to Wen Poyu's suggestion, Liu Yunwei was obviously very moved, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head, sighed, and said, "No need, according to my mother's temper, I won't leave Chengdu at this time." Now that Sichuan is in turmoil, her old man will only stay in Chengdu to take care of my grandfather and father, and Wanxin's spiritual position, and will not leave half a step. ”

Speaking of this, everyone was gloomy and silent.

Liu Yunwei calmed down his emotions for a while, and then said, "Okay, let's talk about military affairs." Now that Liaodong and Southwest China are in chaos, the imperial court is facing a dangerous situation on two fronts, and it can be said that the situation is already very critical, and the slightest carelessness is a monstrous disaster that shakes the capital! No matter which direction my Tongzhou Town will send troops to participate in the war in the future, we must prepare in advance. From today onwards, all divisions in Tongzhou Town must go all out to actively prepare for war, and the Investigation Division must always pay attention to the news in the southwest, and the General Division must also speed up the building of military equipment; In addition, the soldiers of each battalion should also be mobilized and trained, and now that the strength of each battalion has been replenished, improving combat effectiveness has become the primary task, if the imperial court sends a requisition order, I want the 200,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army to set off at any time! ”

Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Zhao Kaishan, Wen Poyu, Li Tianhao, Wang Gandang, Gao Hongguang, Huang Fuming, as well as Jiang Wentian, Wang Bo, Wu Hang, Liu Jinhui, Lan Yuan, Li Mingzhi, Edward and other dozens of thousands of generals clasped their fists in unison to receive their orders, and dozens of generals were sonorous and full of fighting spirit.

And Yuan Mingxuan, Sun Yuanhua, Chen Zitong, Zhou Tianyi, Hu Kun, and Ma Shiming also got up together and hugged their fists to receive the order, and expressed their determination to make all preparations for the army.

At the same time, Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, and Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong, who had already rushed to Liaodong, often had frictions over the battle and defense issues in Liaodong, and the contradictions between the two due to political disagreements finally tended to erupt.

As early as when Emperor Tianqi was preparing to re-enable Xiong Tingbi to pass through Liaodong and summon him to enter the court to take countermeasures, Xiong Tingbi proposed the "Liaodong Tripartite Arrangement Policy" to Emperor Tianqi in person: first, in Guangning (now Beizhen, Liaoning) Houji Cavalry to contain the main force of Houjin, and stick to the current front; Second, in Tianjin, Dengzhou, and Laizhou (now Penglai and Ye County, Shandong), governors were set up, and boat divisions were set up, and they took the opportunity to wave their troops across the sea into southern Liaoning, so as to flank the side of Jiannu; Third, in the east of Liaodong, we united with Korea to attack Jiannu from the rear, and set up a tripartite control at Shanhaiguan to make Jiannu unable to take care of each other.

Emperor Tianqi greatly appreciated Xiong Tingbi's strategy, and immediately appointed him as the right deputy capital of the military department, stationed in Shanhaiguan, and promoted to Liaodong Economic Strategy for the second time.

However, Xiong Tingbi was happy not long before he suffered a heavy blow. At the same time, Wang Huazhen, who was promoted to the governor of Liaodong, underestimated the strength of Jiannu, and when discussing the situation in Liaodong, he opposed Xiong Tingbi's defensive strategy in person, but advocated that the imperial court once again gather a large army to take the initiative to attack and start a decisive battle with the main force of Jiannu, preparing to completely wipe out Jiannu within three months.

As a result, Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen had a huge disagreement on the issue of the war in Liaodong, and the two of them had one main battle and the other main defense, resulting in a serious situation of "economic disagreement".

When the news reached the capital, the civil and military officials in the court also launched a fierce debate about the differences between Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen. Among them, Wei Zhongxian and Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, advocated supporting Xiong Tingbi and stabilizing the situation first in Liaodong; However, the vast majority of ministers led by Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the cabinet, advocated supporting Wang Huazhen, gathering the strength of the whole country to gather the army again and counterattack Liaodong as soon as possible. In the end, the result of the argument between the two sides was to support Wang Huazhen's offensive strategy and abandon Xiong Tingbi's defensive strategy.

After receiving the support of the imperial court, Wang Huazhen immediately garrisoned Guangning with heavy troops, actively prepared for the attack on Jiannu, and almost asked the court for money and food almost every day; Xiong Tingbi was very depressed, with the false name of Liaodong Jingluo, and there were only thousands of soldiers under his command, so he could only be left aside by Wang Huazhen and had nothing to do. Since then, Wang Huazhen has completely ignored Xiong Tingbi's moderation, and began to plan a specific strategy for attacking Jiannu, preparing to gather troops to attack.

For a time, the situation in eastern Liaoning was unpredictable.

In the first year of the Apocalypse (the sixth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in July, the residence of Wei Zhongxian in the capital.

For more than a month, the situation in Liaodong has become increasingly corrupt, and the disagreement between Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen on the strategy of war and defense some time ago made Wei Zhongxian worried, and the urgent report of the Southwest Lu'an Rebellion immediately made Wei Zhongxian unable to sleep and almost collapse.

After thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian still invited Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, to discuss how to deal with the crisis in the south and north.

Who knew that after Huang Jiashan was invited, the whole person looked very sluggish, and there was no countermeasure at all for the war in eastern and southwest.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help frowning, and asked in an unkind tone, "Lord Huang, what's wrong with you?" Now that most of Liaodong has been lost, and there is a rebellion in the southwest at this time, isn't you, the secretary of the military department, in a hurry at all? ”

Huang Jiashan didn't care when he heard this, but said with a wry smile: "Gonggong Wei, it's useless for me to be in a hurry, don't you know, yesterday I was summoned into the palace by His Majesty to discuss the matter of resisting the rebels in the southwest, and I sensed from His Majesty's words that His Majesty has intended to depose me, in this case, what else do I have to worry about?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but feel moved, he never expected that the Emperor of the Apocalypse would move the idea of replacing the military department at this time, so he asked, "Is there such a thing?" Then Lord Huang, does you know who His Majesty is going to use to succeed him as the secretary of the Ministry of War? ”

Huang Jiashan shook his head and said, "I don't know, Your Majesty didn't say it explicitly, maybe I felt wrong." But ......"

"But what?"

"When Your Majesty summoned me, Your Majesty's teacher Sun Chengzong was also present, but he just listened to my conversation with His Majesty without speaking."

Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard this.