Chapter 429: Self-Inflicted Consequences
Zhang Ying's journey is the main battlefield of this crusade against Guangdong.
He marched into the prefectures west of Guangzhou Mansion, and the first to bear the brunt was Zhaoqing Mansion where Gu Yuanjing and others fled. Surprisingly, when Zhang Yingsuo led the Xuanjia Army to the territory of Zhaoqing Prefecture, he did not go deeper, but took over several county towns close to Guangzhou Prefecture, stationed 30,000 troops in the county towns adjacent to Zhaoqing Prefecture, and did not advance any further.
On this side, the Xuanjia Army attacked from all sides and wantonly took over the provinces in Guangdong, and Zhang Ying also pressed the border with a large army. And on that side, Gu Yuanjing, Wei Yuan, Qi Yunshan and others had fled to Zhaoqing Mansion.
The Xuanjia army may pursue at any time, the situation is very urgent, this line of officials who are almost at the end of the road again sent a letter of help to Zhu Hengjia, the king of Jingjiang, and the Tusi of Guangxi, or ten in a row. Because they also got news from their eyes in Guangxi, Fang Yuan also sent someone to Zhu Hengjia, and Guangxi Tusi sent a letter of alliance, giving the condition that it cede several prefectures and counties inhabited by the Yao and Dong ethnic groups in Guangdong.
These officials raised the price again in the letter asking for help, and also agreed to cede these prefectures and counties, and even Lianzhou Prefecture and Gaozhou Mansion were also given, as long as Zhaoqing Mansion had a place to live.
For half a month, Gu Yuanjing and others have been tormenting in Zhaoqing Mansion, fearing that Zhang Ying would suddenly attack and attack Zhaoqing Mansion; I am also worried about whether the Guangxi side will send reinforcements in time.
It wasn't until Guangxi's big toast Washi Tusi, with seven or eight small toasts, and 20,000 wolf soldiers appeared outside the city of Zhaoqing Mansion that Gu Yuanjing and other officials breathed a sigh of relief, and all arrived at the city gate, ready to welcome Washi Tusi into Zhaoqing City.
However, Washi Tusi made a request, and the wolf soldiers must enter Zhaoqing City together.
Gu Yuanjing and others had already heard of the military discipline of the wolf soldiers, and with their original intentions, they didn't want the wolf soldiers of the Washi Tusi to enter Zhaoqing City, otherwise the people in the city would inevitably be plundered. It's not that they love the people like sons, but because Zhaoqing City is their only place to live, and if Zhaoqing Mansion is also looted to a mess, the people's livelihood will be poor, and it will also affect their lives.
Seeing their reluctant prevarication, Washi Tusi was furious, and immediately pulled the wolf soldiers to withdraw, leaving these people to fend for themselves.
The wolf soldiers were the only chance for Gu Yuanjing and the others, they were frightened when they saw this, where did they care about the people or the people, and immediately agreed to the request of the Washi Tusi, and acquiesced to the wolf soldiers entering the city to plunder.
In the palace of Zhaoqing Mansion, a banquet to welcome the Tusi reinforcements is being held, between the Yingge and Yan Dance, the Washi Toast, and the generals of the wolf soldiers are hugging left and right, and there are even people who begin to humiliate the maids who serve in public; Outside the palace, the wolf soldiers have been dispatched everywhere, wantonly raping and plundering in the city, and the people are crying and screaming to the sky.
Gu Yuanjing and the others looked at each other, but they didn't dare to have the slightest objection, so they could only accompany Wa's toast with a smile and serve carefully.
After three rounds of drinking, Washi Tusi suddenly asked, "How many Guangdong soldiers and horses are there in the city?" ”
It is a matter of cooperation between the two armies to resist the enemy, Gu Yuanjing can't hide anything, but if he bluntly says that there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, then he will show his hole cards to Washi Toast, and the consequences are unpredictable.
After a little contemplation, he began to play Tai Chi habitually, "There are still 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the soldiers and horses of other prefectures are rushing to support. ”
Washi Toast smiled and said, "Okay, okay, so be it!" When your soldiers and horses are assembled, you will be the main soldiers, and face the Xuanjia army head-on; When the two armies are engaged, we will attack from the flank, and we will be able to defeat the Xuanjia Army in one battle. ”
The only bargaining chip for Gu Yuanjing and the others is 3,000 soldiers and horses, where are the soldiers and horses gathered? Seeing that the Washi Toast was not so easy to fool, he smiled awkwardly and said, "The Xuanjia Army has been overwhelmed by a large army, and only the wolf soldiers who rely on the Venerable can resist the enemy first." ”
Washi Toast snorted coldly and slapped the table heavily, "Then wait for your soldiers and horses to be assembled before attacking!" ”
The toast wolf soldiers did not see the rabbit and did not scatter the eagle, and Gu Yuanjing and the others did not dare to expose the hole cards easily, and this banquet was unhappily dispersed.
In the next half month, the wolf soldiers of Washi Tusi have made a big profit in Zhaoqing Mansion, and they have robbed at least 3,000 women, countless grains and silver.
The wolf soldiers here had a big meal, and the Washi Tusi side repeatedly asked Gu Yuanjing when the soldiers and horses in Guangdong would be assembled.
Gu Yuanjing could only repeatedly procrastinate and tell him that the reinforcements were coming, but for half a month, he didn't even see a shadow of a reinforcement.
On the 23rd, Washi Tusi suddenly invited Gu Yuanjing and all other officials to go to the army to inspect and inspect the appearance of the wolf soldiers, and after the review, they were ready to take the initiative to attack the Xuanjia Army.
Gu Yuanjing and the others thought that they could keep the clouds open and see the moon, so they immediately brought 10,000 taels of silver to the wolf soldier camp as the cost of the army.
Everyone sat down in the Chinese military camp, and Gu Yuanjing asked again when the Tusi wolf soldiers would send their troops.
Washi Tusi suddenly asked, "Lord Gu, can I send five thousand wolf soldiers to occupy Lianzhou, Gaozhou, Qiongzhou and other prefectures?" ”
Gu Yuanjing didn't know what he was talking about, so he cautiously responded and said, "No, the five thousand wolf soldiers are a little insufficient." ”
When Washi Tusi heard this, his face sank, and he snorted coldly and said, "Five thousand wolf soldiers can't occupy the three mansions, and your army only has three thousand soldiers and horses, will these three mansions still listen to your dispatch?" These three mansions have long had nothing to do with you, and as soon as the Xuanjia army arrived, the three mansions immediately looked at the wind and fell. You actually used the three mansions that no longer belonged to you to trick our army into attacking, did you really take me for a fool? ”
Gu Yuanjing and the other officials also changed their faces greatly, and asked in a panic, "Lord Tusi, are you ...... What are you doing?! ”
Washi Toast sneered and said, "Whoever has a knife in his hand, I will talk to whomever I want." If I want to talk about the ownership of the three mansions, I should also go and talk to Governor Qin, what are you talking about with you lost dogs?! ”
"Someone! Hold them all captive! ”
A group of wolf-like wolf soldiers rushed in and tied up all the officials, scaring them all into death.
Gu Yuanjing glared at Wa's Toast angrily, and scolded, "Wa's Toast, why don't you talk about morality!" ”
Washi Tusi raised his whip and whipped him a few times, beating him so that he couldn't stop crying wolf, and then he said slowly, "As court officials, you can't protect the territory and the people, and you will lead us to plunder the people." Just rely on you shameless birdmen to talk to me about morality?! I'll talk about your grandma's bear! ”
Gu Yuanjing knew that he had lost most of his life, so he could only continue to persuade the toast wolf soldiers, "Washi Toast, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, the Xuanjia army has occupied Guangdong, and the next one will be Guangxi's turn!" ”
Washi Tusi sneered and said, "You corrupt officials and corrupt officials, when you are strong, you call us uncivilized beasts and beasts. When we were at the end of the road, we were pretending to be grandsons on our faces, but we were still scolding beasts and beasts in our hearts. ”
"And Fang Yuan, the style of the Xuanjia Army, we have already inquired. The policies they implemented in Fujian and Taiwan were treated the same as the people of the Ming Dynasty, and Fang Yuan really regarded us as the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"And the Governor of Qin promised to loot your family wealth and land, and we will divide it equally. Since you can loot your silver without blood, and you can still get a few states and counties, why do you still have to fight and kill the Xuanjia Army?! ”
Only then did Gu Yuanjing and the others know that Washi Tusi had already decided to cooperate with the Xuanjia Army to slaughter these fat pigs who had no ability to protect themselves. It took so many days before, but it was just to find out their details and how many reinforcements there were. When he realized that they were already alone, he immediately turned his face and started to take people.
The corrupt officials led by Gu Yuanjing collapsed to the ground in fright one by one, begging and begging.
When Wa's toast saw these cowardly buns, he was furious, and if he hadn't wanted to squeeze the silver from them, he would have cut it down with a knife a long time ago.
He immediately ordered the wolf soldiers to escort them down, and then sent someone to inform Zhang Ying, and led the army to Zhaoqing Mansion to hold an alliance ceremony between the two sides.