Chapter 107: Heavenly Collapse (7)
Liu Wenxiu sent troops to Huguang, which was originally something that Sun Ke could not hope for. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info But now, with the upside down in Jiangxi, Liu Wenxiu chose to send troops at this time, and the meaning is likely to be not so simple.
In fact, in history, Liu Wenxiu did not send troops to Huguang until the second year. As they expected, it was not that simple.
"Your envoy is coming soon, why don't you stay in the army for a few more days and see the military appearance of my southwest royal division?"
"If you go back to the king, you still have official duties, and the marshal of my family ordered the lowly to send the letter to the queen, and then set off to the north and go to Fengjie to ask for a meeting with the Governor Wen."
"Then the king will not delay your envoy, and have a smooth journey. In addition, there is a labor envoy who greets the Inspector on behalf of the king. ”
"Thank you to the king, and I also wish the king a victory on behalf of my family."
The overall strength of the Kui Dongming army under the control of Wen'an is not small, but it is divided into several families, and it is difficult to combine forces. For Liu Wenxiu, if he attacked the southern part of Huguang at the same time, the Kuidong Ming Army sent troops to the northern part of Huguang, then the next battle would naturally be easier, which was what Liu Wenxiu was happy to see.
Asked his son to send a team of guards to accompany him, and along with the escort of the gifts for Wen Anzhi, Chen Wen's envoy set out from Liu Wenxiu's camp in Tianzhu, Guizhou, and headed for Fengjie.
In the big tent, Liu Wenxiu began to plan the eastward advance of the army, but his son Liu Zhen was a little surprised by his father's 180-degree turn.
"Father, Xiuguo Gong has recovered Jiangxi, but with the strength of the Zhejiang Wangshi, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cooperate with the battle now, why is he in such a hurry to go on the expedition now?"
For the time being, it is impossible to send troops to cooperate, this is what Chen Wen wrote in his letter, since no one cooperates, why rush to send troops to fight a tough battle now.
Hearing his son's question, Liu Wenxiu also knew that his son, Li Dingguo's son, Sun Kewang's son, and even Ainengqi's son were far inferior to their generation in terms of talent, and they couldn't understand it for a while, but it was normal. There are only two father and son in the big tent here, so it is natural to make it clear.
"Zhen'er, you should know why my father was not in a hurry to send troops before."
"The child knows."
"Times have changed, but now it's different......"
When he went south to Yunnan, on the one hand, he was hiding from the Qing army and looking for a new base, and on the other hand, he was also fighting against the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, avenging Zhang Xianzhong, and by the way, he could also wash away the name of the thief, which Liu Wenxiu has insisted on until now.
But over the years, especially after the son of Yongli Tianzi was placed under house arrest by Sun Kewang to Anlong, Sun Kewang's intention to usurp the throne was clearly revealed, and he didn't even do the least cover-up, and his cronies added fuel to the fire.
As early as when Yongli was welcomed to Anlong, Sun Kewang was once ready to go to Anlong to see His Majesty. Ren Yan said: "If the lord of the country wants to enter Anlong, how can the two dragons meet?" As a result, Sun Kewang did not even hold this minimum etiquette. After that, Ren Xuan used the Mandate of Heaven to propose that "the Ming fortune has ended, and nothing can be done", advocating that the Yongli Emperor should give Sun Kewang the throne, and the editor Yu Xuan was Sun Kewang "Dingtianzi Lu Book, Dingchao Yi." Emperor Yan Xingming is in the well, and the book is persuaded to enter", ""Dingyi system, set up the temple, and enjoy the three masters of the temple: Emperor Taizu Gao is in the middle, Zhang Xianzhong is in the left, and the right is the grandfather master. It is planned to change the name of the country to be tomorrow, and seek Zen day and night".
Ren Xian, Fang Yuxuan and others are all Sun Kewang's cronies, so it is not surprising. But things developed step by step, and Ma Jixiang also sent someone to ask Lang Zhonggu of the Yongli Imperial Court to paint a "Yao Shun Chan Receiving Picture" to prepare for Sun Kewang, but he was refused. Ma Jixiang held a grudge and reported Sun Kewang privately. Sun Kewang actually ordered someone to lock Gu Qipin out of Guiyang and kill him under the rod.
A bloody case caused by "Yao Shun Chan Receiving Pictures", Sun Kewang can see his heart. And some other things are all in Liu Wenxiu's eyes.
There is a very big tree in the Ziyang River of Baoqing Mansion in Huguang, and Sun Kewang was named the "King of Trees" after watching it last year. This is not a big deal, but what Sun Kewang engraved on the trunk of the tree is "Lord of the Qin State", and the Yongli year name is abandoned. Recently, Sun Kewang is still preparing to open a township test in Yunnan, and what he is preparing to engrave on the "Title List" is said to be the words of Qin Jiawu Branch, not Yongli Jiawu Branch.
In addition, Sun Kewang set up his own cabinet, six ministries, Kedao and other officials in Guiyang, and the local civil and military generals were also appointed by themselves, and the official seal was changed from the nine-fold seal script of the Ming Dynasty to the eight-fold seal, which made it clear that the imperial system was self-made. Sun Kewang's attempt to usurp the throne was still in full swing, and even two months ago, there were rumors that he had returned to Yunnan to prepare for a meditation ceremony, but it rained heavily and he could not make the trip.
Liu Wenxiu also hinted to him at the banquet in the Qin Palace's banquet after accepting the appointment of the Great Recruitment, and now throw the big Buddha of Yongli aside, and our group of monks will not be able to do well. However, Sun Kewang not only did not listen to people's words, but a few months ago he killed a group of ministers of the Yongli Imperial Court who planned to lead Li Dingguo into the guard, including Wu Zhenyu, the first auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and eighteen ministers were killed.
So, after Liu Wenxiu arrived at the front line, after patrolling the Ming army on the Huguang front, he returned to Tianzhu in Guizhou and camped, saying that he was preparing, but in fact, he had no intention of going east, and stared at Sun Kewang in Guiyang with all his attention, in case there was no one to check and balance after the army went out - what happened to Yongli this guy, their thief name could not be washed away completely.
"Since ancient times, the success of usurping the throne has basically been after sweeping away the heroes, to put it mildly, isn't the Taizu of this dynasty also the southern Da Ding to make people sink King Xiaoming. At that time when I was under the tent of Ganda, your uncle Sun was more shrewd than the three of us combined, and it has only been like this for a few years. ”
With a sigh, Liu Wenxiu then said to Liu Zhen: "But now, Xiu Guogong has stabbed the entire sky south of the Yangtze River in Jiangxi. At that time, Huguang has been regained, and the prestige of the army is re-established, his ambitions will surely swell, and no one will be able to stop him from usurping the throne. ”
The Battle of Baoning more than a year ago had a great impact on Liu Wenxiu, and the old team under his command suffered heavy losses, and was even deprived of military power by Sun Kewang. When he lived in Kunming, he was disheartened by "following the rules, carefully training his son to read for the Confucian style, and wanting to enter the Jizu Mountain to learn the Tao". But now, in order to prevent Sun Kewang from usurping the throne, he has to lead his troops out of the mountain, and now he is going to attack Huguang on a large scale, and he is afraid that Liu Zhen will not be able to understand the twists and turns in it.
"But Father, if Uncle Sun cuts off the military supplies like he did with Uncle Li, then wouldn't Father be in danger?"
Hearing this, Liu Wenxiu shook his head, and then said: "It's different now than it was then, after the fork in the road, his prestige was deeply affected. If the army is uttered out because he has lost food and grass, the hearts of men will be scattered. He won't be unaware of this. ”
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In late July, after more than 10 days of preparation, Liu Wenxiu, the king of Funan, led Lu Mingchen, Feng Shuangli and other troops to march to Huguang in the capacity of a great recruit, with 60,000 cavalry and more than 40 war elephants, and launched this major counteroffensive against Huguang nearly a year ahead of schedule.
Liu Wenxiu got the news far earlier than Sun Kewang, in addition to the difference in distance between them, it was the result of Chen Wen's deliberate actions.
Just when Liu Wenxiu got the news, the main hall of the Pingnan Wangfu in Guangzhou Mansion also proudly stood a figure in the uniform of a Ming army general, and after handing over the letter he was ordered to send, he stood there like a green pine.
Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi, his father Shang Xueli was the general of Mao Wenlong, the general of the Dongjiang Army, and after the martyrdom of his son, Shang Kexi was able to be promoted step by step to the deputy general of Guangludao.
After Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, the chaos in Dongjiang Town was day after day, and the successors Chen Jisheng and Huang Long died one after another. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Shen Shikui planned to reunify Dongjiang Town, and had Shang Kexi's idea, but it led to Shang Kexi's surrender. And this Shen Shikui is the last chief military officer of Dongjiang Town, the uncle of Shen Zhixiang, the Duke of Xushun.
Since the Qing Dynasty, Shang Kexi has also made repeated military exploits, from the King of Zhishun to the King of Pingnan, all the way to Guangdong, creating the Guangzhou Massacre, according to the account of the monk who collected the corpse, no less than 700,000 people were killed!
Today's Shang Kexi, the big lama sits on the main hall, fifty years old, richly dressed, from top to bottom with a sense of wealth. seems to be a rich man with dough, but inadvertently reveals that wisp of coldness, but it is the same as back then.
"With a letter, I want this king to betray the court, Chen Wen'er is dizzy."
After looking at it twice, the envelope and the envelope slipped from his rough fingers, and he changed his posture on the Taishi chair padded with tiger skin, and Shang Kexi looked at the Ming army officer with a contemptuous expression.
"Vice General Shang can't read what is written in my family's marshal's letter, so he probably should know what happened to Inspector Hong."
"Presumptuous!"
As soon as the envoy said this, the generals in the main hall scolded one by one, and even pulled out their swords, and even pulled out their swords, and they were about to slaughter the messenger.
The envoy was like this, but Shang Kexi on the seat only frowned, and then asked, "These words were taught to you by your family commander?" ”
As soon as Shang Kexi opened his mouth, his subordinates immediately stopped scolding. Without looking at this group of guys, the officer replied directly to Shang Kexi: "That's right, my family marshal said that the deputy general of the Lie Emperor when he was alive is now worth a lot." Whether to be a dead Tartar vassal king or a living Ming vassal king, you can decide for yourself! ”
"How daring!"
These two words burst out of his mouth, and Shang Kexi then shouted: "Come on, pull this guy down to this king and cut it down!" ”
The prince's personal soldiers stepped forward and made a gesture to take charge, but the officer's eyes widened and glared at the two personal soldiers, but he turned around and walked outside the palace. On the contrary, the two pro-soldiers had to follow behind, as if they were followers.
At this moment, Shang Kexi's eldest son, Shang Zhixin, jumped out and said loudly to his father: "Father, the two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed. This guy is here to deliver a letter, just give a light punishment, but killing him will fall into the prestige of our Pingnan Palace, and make Chen Wen look down on him. ”
"This king is a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he has nothing to say to these thieves. If you persuade again, get out of the palace, don't say that it is my happy son! ”
After saying that, Shang Kexi walked to the apse angrily. However, Shang Zhixin was stunned on the spot, and it seemed that he never expected his father to be so angry.
"The prince is not going to apologize to the prince soon."
"Thank you, Mr. King, for your advice." Before the words fell, Shang Zhixin hurriedly saluted and strode after his father.
The person who spoke was called Jin Guang, who was Shang Kexi's closest advisor, and was called the reincarnation of the ovary by Shang Kexi. Jin Guang replied to Shang Zhixin's salute, and then said a few words to a prince soldier, but seeing that the soldier rushed out of the hall, Jin Guang also followed Shang Zhixin's footsteps, just walked to Shang Kexi's Taishi chair, but picked up the letter, and then put it into his arms.
When Jin Guang arrived in the apse, Shang Zhixin had already been blasted out by Shang Kexi, and after a few words of appeasement, Jin Guang asked Shang Zhixin to wait for him outside the door, and he strode into the apse.
"Mr. Jin, this Chen Wen'er actually sent someone to Lao Tzu's house to reprimand Lao Tzu, it is really too deceitful."
Seeing that Shang Kexi was still snorting like this, Jin Guang didn't say anything, but moved a chair by himself and sat opposite Shang Kexi.
"Lord Wang, the situation is stronger than people, now that the north-south traffic is cut off, our situation is a little better than the Geng family. However, Li Dingguo's army is now besieging Xinhui, and it is difficult to say how long Wu Shuai and You Shuai can hold it, but the reinforcements of the Eight Banners will definitely not come. Chen Wen pinched and sent someone at this time, just to calculate these things and force us to follow his rhythm. ”
"It's not that these kings don't understand, it's just that this surname Chen is really, really, hey."
Li Dingguo's army had already begun the siege of Xinhui on the 29th of last month, although Li Dingguo himself did not appear, but Shang Kexi did not dare to have the slightest contempt. The two generals under his command, Wu Jinzhong and You Yunlong, have been in the city to help defend, but he also knows the truth that there is no army to save outside, there is no city to defend inside, and now the balance of power in the Ming and Qing dynasties south of the Yangtze River has been reversed, and Chen Wen, who caused all this, blocked the road for reinforcements to go south, and it was really impossible to break the siege.
However, Chen Wen's tone was too arrogant, he didn't give him any face, which really made him angry.
Jin Guang knew that there was no need to persuade him at this time, Shang Kexi was angry, but he did not lose his mind, the news of Hong Chengchou's death came before, and they had also discussed it, so he would make his own opinion. Since they were speechless at the moment, he took out the letter and read it carefully.
The strong and powerful handwriting proves that this is from the handwriting of a military general, and the words and dictionaries are also just right, indicating that this military general is not the courage of such a husband.
The more he read, the more Chen Wen's image gradually took shape in his mind. However, when he saw the end of the letter, his fingers holding the letter shook and the letter fell to the ground in a flash.
Seeing this, Jin Guang hurriedly picked up the letter, and then trembled and pointed to the last paragraph of the letter and asked Shang Kexi: "Lord Wang, is this true?" ”
He had already expected Jin Guang to ask such a question, but Shang Kexi still sighed before he said to him: "These two bastards, hehe, nine times out of ten!" (To be continued.) )