Seven hundred and ninety-four shaken Deng Zilong
At the same time, on June 15, in Jingshi, the heads of Shen's government were still arguing over whether Xiao Ruxun was the one who was burned to death, and at the same time, the policy of martial law in Jingshi had long been untenable.
As early as the tenth day of the sixth month, Jingshi was forced to declare no longer martial law, because the martial law lasted too long and affected the lives of the people, so that their daily lives were seriously affected, and the people were extremely resentful, and the literati and scholars were full of complaints.
In order to appease the anger of the people, Shen had to compromise and open martial law to the capital, but the strict guarding of the city gate was still carried out, and the entry and exit of the people had to be strictly censored.
The only good news is that after learning the news, Chai Guozhu, the chief soldier of Jizhen, and Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, expressed their obedient attitude, expressed their resolute support for the decision-making of the imperial court, and pledged allegiance to the new emperor without any objections.
They accepted the materials from the imperial court, accepted the appeasement, and said that they would continue to be dutiful and loyal to the imperial court.
That's what the man who came back said anyway.
In addition, the arrival of a new batch of Jiangnan Cao grain, the grain price in Jingshi has finally returned to normal, and the Shen government has initially stabilized the situation near Jingshi.
It's just that in Shen Zheng's heart, the mystery of Xiao Ruxun's life and death is still a problem.
He didn't quite believe that the person who was burned to death was really Xiao Ruxun, even if Xu Zuo found the jade pendant, he still had deep suspicions.
The four corpses were burned incompletely, and some places were even scorched, but a few highly experienced old servants found some suspicions during the autopsy, so Shen was even more suspicious.
Shen has always been very worried about the fact that Xiao Ruxun still can't be found after four or five days of wanton searching, and he can't even be sure whether Xiao Ruxun is still in Jingshi, or if he has escaped from Jingshi through some secret way.
For this reason, he has already begun to carry out search operations around the Beijing Division, asked Jinyiwei to increase the search intensity, and ordered the major checkpoints around the Beijing Division to strictly investigate the road guides, and ordered officers at all levels to have a portrait of Xiao Ruxun, and would rather catch a hundred by mistake than let go of one.
But if Xiao Ruxun had already escaped from Jingshi, it would be the worst-case scenario, although the possibility of this was slim.
Xiao Ruxun still has the basic plate of Myanmar, and there are still 30,000 elite Zhennan troops in Myanmar, although it cannot be called a big disaster, but if this army cannot be properly handled, it will also be a big trouble.
But fortunately, at this time, the governor of Yunnan was a governor who knew the soldiers, and had repeatedly fought with the barbarians of Dongwu State in the past few years, and his record was okay, and Deng Zilong, who served as the general army of Yunnan after the Korean War, was a veteran of a hundred battles and was also very good.
Together, these two should have no problem dealing with the wild land of Myanmar.
Therefore, after Shen Yi hesitated for a few days, he took 200,000 taels of silver from Zhu Changluo's internal money and sent it to Yunnan to Chen Yongbin for military expenses, and also allowed Chen Yongbin to mobilize Sichuan's elite troops to go south to help in the war, so that Sichuan could provide grain and grass to Chen Yongbin, and strive to pacify the Burma town in one fell swoop.
He didn't know how shocked Chen Yongbin was and how shocked Deng Zilong was when the news of Jingshi reached Yunnan, and the two were completely unprepared for this kind of sudden incident.
The new emperor ascends the throne?
Xiao Ruxun rebelled?
Are they going to send troops to conquer Burma Town?
The two of them had their own ideas in their hearts.
Chen Yongbin has been patrolling Yunnan for almost six years, and he knows Yunnan well, and he also has a deep understanding of Yunnan's several years of war before Xiao Ruxun led the army to pacify Dongwu Kingdom.
He knew how much damage the fierce war had brought to Yunnan in those nearly ten years, and it could basically be said that all the essence of Yunnan had been consumed in those ten years.
In those ten years, Yunnan sent troops and money and grain, it was not a very rich place, the loss was huge, after the end of the war, Yunnan was also exhausted, this has just been recuperating for more than three years, just a little bit of improvement, as a result of the imperial court's order, Yunnan will send troops again?
What about money? What about the grain? What about soldiers?
After Burma was used as a southern barrier, Chen Yongbin trusted Xiao Ruxun's ability to command the army, so he did his best to restore Yunnan's economy and people's livelihood, and paid relatively little attention to the military.
Deng Zilong took over the rectification of military affairs for more than a year, and rectified seven or eight thousand combatable soldiers, but Xiao Ruxun's Burma town has 30,000 elites under his hands, which is the army brought out by Xiao Ruxun, who is the most proficient in training and fighting in the Ming Dynasty!
Although you said that Xiao Ruxun was gone, and the law was subdued, but if that army resisted desperately, these seven or eight thousand people would not be enough, right?
In order to stabilize people's hearts, Shen has always said to the outside world that Xiao Ruxun has subdued the law, and Chen Yongbin is far away in the south of Caiyun, of course, he doesn't know what is happening in the capital, so he naturally believes it, but this does not bring him much confidence.
As for Deng Zilong.
Xiao Ruxun, who had worked closely with him, rebelled? He's dead? Has Burma become a rebel town? His family is going to be killed?
What the hell is going on here?
The veteran, who is over 70 years old, is in a state of confusion.
After the envoy left, the two sat facing each other, and the atmosphere was very strange.
"Futai, this thing is a little too sudden, right?"
Deng Zilong still couldn't accept this fact: "Xiao Zhennan has been fighting for the country for so many years, why did he rebel?" Why did Your Majesty abdicate? How did the new emperor ascend the throne? It's just an edict and it's over? Nothing else? ”
Chen Yongbin had some bad guesses, but in front of Deng Zilong, he couldn't say much.
"Old general, although I also feel very confused about this matter, but after all, this is an order of the imperial court, an official order with the national seal, reasonable and legal, if you and I don't do it, it is disrespectful to the will, and we are leaving a handle for others, at this critical moment, we can't do such a thing."
Deng Zilong was quite helpless.
"This ...... This general naturally knows, but the court can't be unreasonable, right? Only the order is not explained, this ......"
What else can Chen Yongbin say?
The affairs of the imperial court are inherently unreasonable, and the great tomorrow is not won by reasoning, it is fought with a knife and a gun, whoever has a big fist and a hard wrist, then listen to whom.
"All in all, we have to do the things that the court has explained, as for how to do it, we can discuss it again, first of all, how many people can we dispatch now?"
Deng Zilong paused for a moment, and said with a worried face: "Those who have been prepared and can be dispatched immediately will not exceed 10,000 soldiers at most. ”
"Not enough, how can 10,000 people be enough? If you want to attack Burma Town, unless the Zhennan Army is captured...... Yunnan has long been tired, it has only been three years of recuperation, and it has just seen some improvement, but it turns out that there will be a war again! Alas! ”
Chen Yongbin shook his head: "Old general, if you put it together, at least, you must gather 15,000 people, otherwise you can't even do the least deterrence, I will send a document to the Burmese town to ask them to disarm and surrender, if they are willing to surrender, they can avoid death and save the war." ”
Deng Zilong had no choice but to agree.
Chen Yongbin and Deng Zilong acted separately, but three days later, a new order came, allowing Chen Yongbin to mobilize troops from Sichuan to assist in the attack, ordering Chen Yongbin to send troops into Burma within a month, and allocate 200,000 military expenses for backup.
Chen Yongbin was a little confident, and ordered Liu Wei, the general soldier of Sichuan, to lead 10,000 Sichuan soldiers to the south to help in the battle.
At this moment, the two generals in the southwest who had dealt with Dongwu Kingdom gathered again, but this time the target of the attack was quite ironic.
Both Liu Wei and Deng Zilong felt panicked in their hearts.
It is no exaggeration to say that these two people were taken care of and favored by Xiao Ruxun in North Korea, not only did they gain a lot of military exploits, but Xiao Ruxun was willing to help them speak in front of the military department, so that they could regain a foothold in the local area as a stain after the war and be reused.
This favor has always been kept in mind, when Xiao Ruxun was in Myanmar, he did not forget to send them a little gift during the New Year's holidays, and they did not forget to return the gift, and they usually basically maintained letter exchanges, and the relationship has been maintained well.
Liu Wei and Deng Zilong also wanted to send their family's favored offspring to the Zhennan Army to experience and learn some real skills, and Xiao Ruxun also agreed.
But overnight, the benefactor became a rebel and died, and they were forced to go south to attack Burma Town, what do you make them think?
The two of them didn't want to be uncomfortable.