Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 2 The soldiers are divided into three routes

Section 1 The Smoke Rises from the North and the South (1)

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse (the eighth year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in mid-March, the capital, the imperial study.

It is very rare for the Emperor of the Apocalypse not to do carpentry work, but to sit in the imperial study and watch the fold in his hand, but at this time, Emperor Apocalypse's expression was very gloomy, and the hands holding the fold were tightly pinched, and the fingertips were a little white.

On the side, Wei Zhongxian stood with low eyebrows and kind eyes, without a trace of words, as if nothing had anything to do with him, for fear that a little word would cause trouble.

After a while, Emperor Tianqi suddenly slammed the music in his hand on the table, and said hatefully: "Didn't Shandong's Wenxiang Sect be exterminated by Liu Yunwei a few years ago?" Why is it now resurrected! Jinan Mansion, Yanzhou Mansion, and Qingzhou Mansion all have bandit suppression activities, and the cities of Yuncheng, Dongpingzhou, Tai'an Prefecture, Xinwen, and Mengyin have all fallen within a few days. ”

Wei Zhongxian said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, back then, Liu Yunwei, the Governor of Jiliao, had indeed uprooted the Wenxiang Sect, and he had slashed nearly 100,000 levels in ten battles and ten victories!" However, the Wenxiang Sect has been poisoning in Shandong for decades, and it is difficult to guarantee that some small shrimps will be missed. Hearing that the Wenxiang Sect made waves again, a man named Xu Chao pretended to be the son of Xu Hongru, the bandit leader of the year, and gave some shrimp soldiers and crab generals to Zhang Luo, so he made this move. ”

"Humph! Some shrimp soldiers and crabs will be able to attack the city in Shandong? Can you run rampant in the land of Sanfu as if you were in a no-man's land? The local generals in Shandong are too incompetent! It's just a bunch of rubbish! ”

"Your Majesty, those local officials and generals in Shandong are indeed useless! According to the report of the Dongchang banner sent by the old slave: Hao Wenyu, the magistrate of Yuncheng County, and Zhang Yuxing, the commander of Ren Chengwei, were all killed by the bandits in a battle, and even the corpse capital has not been found, which shows that the officers and soldiers in Shandong have no power to parry in the face of the bandits! ”

"A bunch of rubbish! Empty court food! ”

Emperor Tianqi gasped, then picked up another letter and said, "Then what's going on in Fujian?" What is the origin of this bandit named Zheng Zhilong? With tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of warships, the Fujian Navy Division and the southeastern generals could not resist it at all, the Kinmen guerrilla Lu Yuying and the Fujian General Army Officer Yu Zhigao died in the first battle, and Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jiuzhen, and Taiwan (part of it) were all lost! Where did this Zheng Zhilong pop up as a monkey! ”

Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian's originally calm face flashed with a trace of anger, and said: "Your Majesty, that Zheng Zhilong was originally just a nobody who ran the sea, I don't know what kind of shit luck he had, and suddenly there were so many people. Since Zheng Zhilong was active overseas before, Dongchang and Jinyiwei knew very little about him. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse slammed the table and yelled, "Then what should I do now? Immediately inform the military department and the household department, and mobilize a large army to conquer the bandits in Shandong and the Haikou in Fujian! ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a little embarrassment: "But Your Majesty, not long after the rebellion in the southwest and An has just been pacified, and the imperial court has not yet recovered, the money and grain for this army to go out is a big problem, and it is estimated that the household department will not be able to raise much food for a while and a half; In addition, now that the imperial court has no available troops except for the Hanwei army stationed in the three towns of Jiliao, and the elite of the nine sides cannot be mobilized at will, does Your Majesty want to recruit the Hanwei army to go out again? ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Tianqi calmed down a little and said: "If the Han Wei army goes out to fight, the soldiers of the three towns of Jiliao will definitely be damaged, and the time for the country to go north to Liaodong will be delayed, and Jiannu will have another chance to breathe for development!" ”

After talking about the situation of Jiannu, Wei Zhongxian said with an unkind face: "Your Majesty, it is reported that recently, there have been changes in Jiannu!" ”

"What!" Emperor Tianqi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Jiannu has gone south?" ”

Wei Zhongxian nodded and said: "It is reported that Nurhachi, the chief of Jiannu, has gathered tens of thousands of Jiannu Eight Banners and traitor troops, a total of 150,000 troops gathered in the Shenyang area, and is collecting money, grain, and utensils from all over Liaodong, and has the potential to attack Jinzhou and Ningyuan in the south!" ”

At this time, Emperor Apocalypse's face had turned purple, and he kept walking back and forth in the imperial study, already angry. After a long time, Emperor Tianqi said loudly: "Give an order to Liu Yunwei, the governor of Jiliao, and order the Han Wei army to strictly guard the three towns of Jiliao, and if Jiannu goes south to Jinzhou and Ningyuan, immediately lead the army north to fight a decisive battle!" ”

"Your Majesty, you must not!"

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian immediately stopped loudly and said: "Your Majesty, now the elite army of the dynasty is left with only one of the Hanwei army, if Jiannu goes south, and the Hanwei army confronts it in the area of Jinzhou and Ningyuan, then there will be 300,000 or 400,000 troops on both sides assembled for battle, and it will be a strategic decisive battle far greater than the Battle of Salhu!" Once the Hanwei army misses, it will shake the country's foundation, and not only Jinzhou and Ningyuan will be lost, but even Shanhaiguan may fall in a battle! And the dynasty will have no more available troops in the short term! ”

Emperor Tianqi was shocked when he heard this, sat down and thought for a while, and then said with palpitations: "Spread the decree, Liu Yunwei, the governor of Xuanjiliao, will enter Beijing immediately!" ”

Three days later, Shanhaiguan Jiliao Governor's Mansion.

Liu Yunwei looked at the holy decree in his hand, and his heart was very uncomfortable, although the army of more than 100,000 Jiannu could go south at any time, but the Hanwei army sat on the three lines of defense of Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan, and there were 200,000 main forces and 100,000 Tuntian soldiers stationed there, even if Nurhachi was a heavenly soldier, it would never be possible to enter it. What made Liu Yunwei feel tricky was the Shandong Wenxiang Sect Bandit Rebellion and Zheng Zhilong, who was the gateway to Fujian's self-reliance!

"It's really unexpected, in just a few years, Zheng Zhilong has become a scourge of the dynasty!"

Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei regretted very much that he had funded Zheng Zhilong in the first place, otherwise Zheng Zhilong would never have developed so fast and laid such a foundation in just a few years. But after thinking about it, Liu Yunwei always felt that Zheng Zhilong did not look like a heinous character with the intention of rebellion. For a while, Liu Yunwei's heart was very entangled.

"I don't want to, let's wait until I get to the capital!"

Liu Yunwei put down the holy decree in his hand and stood up, and said to Yuan Mingxuan, Zhao Shujiao, and Wu Xing, who were seated: "This governor will leave for the capital early tomorrow morning to face the saint!" After the Governor left, Governor Yuan was responsible for all the daily affairs of the Governor's Mansion, General Wu was responsible for all the military affairs of the Hanwei Army, and General Zhao was responsible for all the affairs of Shanhai Town. I hope that the three of them can do their best to defend Shanhai Town, and notify Jizhou Town and Tongzhou Town in the name of Jiliao Governor's Mansion that the whole army of the Hanwei Army is ready to go out at any time, and the food and military equipment of each town are all loaded and ready to be transported! ”

Wu Xing, Yuan Mingxuan, and Zhao Shujiao got up together and clasped their fists together and said, "Humble (subordinates) obey orders!" ”

Early the next morning, Liu Yunwei did not bring any guard of honor, but led a hundred guards and soldiers out of Shanhaiguan to the south. Three days later, Liu Yunwei and his entourage rushed to the capital, entered the city from the Desheng Gate in the north, and went straight to Wei Zhongxian's mansion.

Wei Zhongxian didn't expect Liu Yunwei to come so quickly, smiled and said kind words, and said: "Inspector Liu, now that the dynasty is in an eventful time, I hope that Inspector can be in the same boat with His Majesty!" ”

Liu Yunwei looked at Wei Zhongxian, who was smiling, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what does Your Majesty mean?" Do you want to recruit my Hanwei army to the south to quell the rebellion? ”

Wei Zhongxian sighed and said, "Inspector Liu, the miscellaneous family will tell you something from the bottom of your heart. Now the Jiannu outside the Guan, the bandits in Shandong, and the sea bandits in Fujian are all over the place at the same time, and the miscellaneous families can't make up their minds for a while. His Majesty's intention was to let the Han Wei army fight a decisive battle with the Jiannu army in Shanhai Town, and resolutely hold the line of Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan. I don't know what Governor Liu means? ”

Liu Yunwei thought for a while, suddenly laughed, and said, "Father-in-law, this governor thinks that His Majesty and you are a little overly nervous. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Liu Yunwei said: "Although Zheng Zhilong of Fujian seems to be menacing, and his troops are rampant in Fujian and Guangdong, in the eyes of this governor, he is not to worry!" The tens of thousands of soldiers under Zheng Zhilong's command are also rabble, and my Hanwei army only needs to send a battalion of soldiers south to pacify it! ”

"As for the Shandong bandits, they are just some clowns who jump off the beam, and it is not difficult to sweep them away, but the difficult thing is to completely eliminate the influence of the Wenxiang Sect among the people. In this matter, my Hanwei Army only needs two battalions of soldiers to do it! ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he stood up excitedly and hurriedly asked, "What about Jiannu?" ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Although the Jiannu army is very sharp, but the soldiers of my Hanwei army still have six battalions of soldiers, thirteen or forty thousand soldiers and 100,000 Tuntian soldiers, and there are three solid defense lines in Jinzhou, Ningyuan, and Shanhaiguan. ”

"Good!" Wei Zhongxian shouted and said, "Inspector Liu! You will immediately enter the palace with the miscellaneous family to face the saint! ”

"Father-in-law Wei, don't be busy, this governor still has something to say."

Wei Zhongxian was slightly stunned and said, "Inspector Liu, please speak." ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "It is not difficult for my Hanwei army to win these three battles at the same time, but it will inevitably affect my Hanwei army to go north to Liaodong. Therefore, the Governor wants to ask Father-in-law Wei for a favor, and help the Governor fight for it when he faces the saint for a while, and see if he can put down the rebellion in Fujian and Shandong, and after the soldiers of my Hanwei Army immediately go north to Liaodong and launch a major battle to recover Liaodong! ”

Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard this, and exclaimed, "Inspector Liu, you are crazy! At that time, 150,000 Jiannu will go south, and you are going to block the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty! ”