A day later, Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, came to Baishi Mountain City with Sichuan political envoys, commanders, inspectors and others, and participated in the fundraising meeting convened by Chu Zhennan, the lord of Baishi Mountain City. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Sun Yueling never expected that the scale of this fundraising conference would be so large, and the owners of the entire Southwest Chamber of Commerce would personally participate, and even the shopkeepers of some small businesses and small workshops were vying to come to the meeting, as if it was a very honorable thing to participate in this grand event.

At the fund-raising meeting, after Chu Zhennan's passionate and righteous speech, coupled with the earnest remarks of the governor Zhu Xieyuan, the major merchants expressed their willingness to support the imperial court's fundraising, and expressed their remarks that they would donate silver, grain, chariots and other materials to the Sichuan army, hoping that the Ming court could suppress the rebellion in southern Sichuan as soon as possible and resume the trade route from central Sichuan to southern Sichuan as soon as possible.

It can be seen from this that the rebellion of the extravagant Chongming in southern Sichuan also had a great impact on the merchants who operated by these merchants, seriously blocking the business routes from central Sichuan to southern Sichuan and northern Guizhou, causing them considerable losses, so they all hoped that the imperial court could quell the chaos as soon as possible and resume trade in the Sichuan-Guizhou area.

This time, the fundraising conference was very successful, and even Sun Yueling did not expect to achieve such a good effect. After the whole meeting was over, the political envoy Yamen liquidated the money, grain and other materials donated by this fundraiser, which was converted into a total of 1 million taels of silver, which actually exceeded the 800,000 taels of silver that the imperial court spent every year on quelling the chaos in the southwest.

Sun Yueling was overjoyed when he learned the news, and felt incredulous, this was something he never expected. At the same time, I was even more grateful to Chu Zhennan and Chu Xinying in my heart, if it weren't for Baishi Mountain City having such a great appeal, I'm afraid this matter would be difficult to do so properly.

In this way, Zhu Xieyuan should no longer have a reason to stand still.

He was extremely excited, and hurriedly rushed to the governor's yamen, intending to discuss in detail with Zhu Xieyuan about sending troops to suppress the Kou.

Sun Yueling entered the back hall of the governor's yamen, and saw the governor Zhu Xieyuan standing in front of the square table, talking with a person. This person is full of clothes and burly, and he is actually a military general.

Seeing him coming, Zhu Xieyuan raised his hand at him and said, "Master Sun, you came just in time, I will introduce someone to you." "One finger at that general," this is General Li Weixin, the general of Xulu, who returned from the battlefield ahead. He pointed to Sun Yueling and said: "This is the imperial court appointed to Sichuan to patrol the imperial history Sun Yueling Sun. ”

Sun Yueling was overjoyed, it seemed that Zhu Xieyuan had really put the matter of sending troops on the agenda, and hurriedly saluted Li Weixin.

Zhu Xieyuan said with a smile: "General Li, this time I was able to provide the front-line soldiers with sufficient salaries, food, and armor and canes, all of which were the work of Master Sun's planning, why don't you hurry up and thank him." ”

Li Weixin once again hugged his fists at Sun Yueling and said earnestly: "Lord Sun's love for the soldiers, I will remember it in my heart, and I will thank Lord Sun on behalf of the soldiers of the whole Sichuan!" ”

Sun Yueling hurriedly humbled and said: "General Li is serious, this official is the Sichuan patrol, and he shoulders the heavy responsibility of supervising and quelling the chaos, this is the officer's duty, and General Li does not need to thank him." ”

Li Weixin said: "Master Sun is really high-spirited, and I will admire him." ”

Seeing that the two of them were so polite, Zhu Xieyuan laughed and said, "Lord Sun, aren't you bent on sweeping down the rebellion in southern Sichuan as soon as possible?" Now Mr. Li has brought you good news. He walked to the square table, pointed to a map on the table, and said, "Master Sun came and took a look." ”

Sun Yueling walked to the table, and the three of them looked at the military map of the whole Sichuan in front of them.

Zhu Xieyuan pointed to a military stronghold at the southern end of the map and said: "This is Changning County, an important stronghold of the rebels in the north, and this stronghold has now been captured by General Li last month. After a pause, he continued, "Now, as long as our army joins forces in one place, fights a head-on battle with it, and breaks through Yongning, the rebellion of Chongming can be put down!" ”

Sun Yueling was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to speak, but Li Weixin frowned and said: "Lord Governor, although our army has achieved a certain advantage at present, but the extravagant Ming Department relies on the bluestone cliff to hold on, and it is really difficult for our army to overcome. The terrain here is extremely dangerous, there are cliffs on both sides, only a line of heaven in the middle, and our army does not know the deployment of the rebels in the bluestone cliffs, if you rashly attack, ambush, I am afraid that the whole army is in danger of annihilation......"

Zhu Xieyuan smiled slightly, and said: "What General Li said is also where the worries of this mansion lie, how can this mansion not know that the bluestone cliff is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is an important barrier for the rebel Yongning lair?" ”

Slowly glanced at the two of them, pointed to a direction on the map, and continued, "So this mansion has long thought about it in its heart, and it does not plan to forcibly attack the bluestone cliff, but to be here and defeat it in one fell swoop. The direction he was referring to was a wilderness plain in the north of the old forest in the deep mountains of the bluestone cliff in southern Sichuan, where the terrain was flat and suitable for the deployment of the imperial army.

Li Weixin chewed on Zhu Xieyuan's words, and said, "What does Lord Governor mean is to repeat the strategy of relieving the siege of Chengdu back then, lure Gao Chongming to fight in the field, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop?" ”

Zhu Xieyuan nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what I meant." ”

"This ......," Li Weixin pondered, "Extravagant Chongming has become a frightened bird, will he come out easily?" After all, the situation is different now, how could he be tricked again? ”

When Luxury Chongming besieged Chengdu, Zhu Xieyuan sent his generals to surrender in order to relieve the siege of Chengdu, and rebelled against Luxury Chongming's subordinate general Luo Xiangqian, lured Luxury Chongming to the city of Chengdu, and laid a heavy ambush outside the city, so as to completely repel Luxury Chongming. Now, Zhu Xieyuan plans to repeat the old trick, but Li Weixin thinks about it and finds it difficult to implement, so he says so.

Zhu Xieyuan smiled incomprehensibly and said: "In normal times, it is impossible for Luxury Chongming to fall for the trick again, but now, he is eager to counterattack Syria and Lu Erzhou, as long as we deploy properly and let him think that it is inevitable, Luxury Chongming may not repeat the mistakes of the past." ”

Li Weixin hurriedly asked, "How to use the trick?" ”

Zhu Xieyuan's eyes flashed, and he said, "Chief Li, you probably don't know that the White Lotus Sect in Sichuan has been extinguished by the government, right?" Now, the article we want to do falls on this White Lotus Sect. ”

Looking at the puzzled eyes of the two, he continued, and said, "The reason why Yu Chongming didn't dare to attack again was because he was worried that the imperial court would join forces, so he kept harassing our troops, and the reason why our army was slow to concentrate its forces was nothing more than to prevent the White Lotus Sect demons in Sichuan from making a rebellion. If, after Gao Chongming learned the news that the White Lotus Sect had rebelled and invaded the prefectures and counties, you said, would he think that this was an opportunity, so as to leave Yongning's lair and take the opportunity to attack Syria and Lu Erzhou? ”

Sun Yueling was puzzled: "But now, aren't the demons of the White Lotus Sect already subdued, how could Yu Chongming leave the lair in a hurry?" ”

Zhu Xieyuan turned his head and said to Sun Yueling: "Sun Xun, the White Lotus Sect Demon Subduing Method, it was just a few days ago, and even General Li didn't know about this news, do you think that Yu Chongming will know?" ”

Sun Yueling was dumbfounded for a while and said, "This ...... Maybe...... He really didn't know the news so quickly. "This is a very likely thing, after all, under the circumstances at that time, the transmission of information was an extremely slow process, except for those urgent reports of the imperial court, often some major events in one state capital will not be transmitted to another state capital until ten days and a half months apart, which is still close, if the news spreads to a little farther place, sometimes it will take several months.

Zhu Xieyuan went on and said: "Arresting the demons of the White Lotus Sect has always been a secret matter of our government, and the demons of the White Lotus Sect have been locked up in prison by us, and they have not announced this matter to the public at all, and even the people in Chengdu City know that the demons of the White Lotus Sect have been subdued, not to mention the extravagant Chongming who is far away in the deep mountains and old forests of southern Sichuan. After a pause, he continued, "Therefore, as long as we send someone to pretend to be someone from the White Lotus Sect and go to Yu Chongming's place to discuss with him about the joint army, it is very likely that Gao Chongming will take the opportunity to cause chaos. ”

Sun Yueling frowned and said, "Can this work?" ”

Zhu Xieyuan's eyes were firm, and he said: "As long as this person can gain the trust of Yu Chongming, the old man is sure that he will definitely come out of the nest." Besides, the White Lotus Sect demon has long been in contact with the rebels of Yu Chongming, have you forgotten that Xu Chengming wants to use your head as a gift and send an envoy to Yongning to agree with him to raise troops together? ”

Sun Yueling was reminded of this by him, and said: "After Lord Governor Fu said this, I think this strategy is feasible. It's just that it's not easy to trust this envoy sent by us. Besides, if the matter of the White Lotus Sect's demon subjugation spread to Yu Chongming, this plan might fail, and the person we sent would also suffer the danger of annihilation. ”

Zhu Xieyuan said coldly: "In order to completely sweep away the rebellion in the southwest, this is the only feasible method for us now. Otherwise, you will have to storm the bluestone cliff, which is an extremely risky thing. Staring at Sun Yueling, he said in a deep voice, "In order to relieve the worries of the saint as soon as possible, and for the well-being of the people of Sichuan, we have to do it!" ”

Seeing that he was so solemn, Sun Yueling knew that Zhu Xieyuan had probably already made a plan, and said: "The lower officials agree with Lord Zhu's plan, so let's do what Lord Zhu wants." ”

Seeing that both of them agreed, Li Weixin knew that he was disobedient, and said: "Two adults, it is not easy for this person to pretend to be the envoy of the White Lotus Sect and go to the place of extravagant worship to gain his trust, I don't know who the governor plans to send?" ”

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