Chapter Eighty-Four: Waiting (I)

"Wait?" Du Changshi Wang Kai shivered again, and his eyebrows quickly wrinkled into a lump.

When he joined the army under the account of General Manager Zhu, all he saw was how to lay out and plan, how to calculate and weigh, and he was eager to deduce every move of the enemy and us on paper first. But when it came to Hu Dahai, it was a completely different style, as if all the tricks were swinged, which not only made the enemy unpredictable, but also confused his own people.

"Liu Shumi has no last resort, and Hu can't reach it. The governor is even more talented, and it is difficult for idlers to look at him! I was confused, but I heard Hu Dahai add in a low voice. So Hu can't learn them anyway, and if he does it reluctantly, it's tantamount to a toddler in Handan! ”

"Both the Chen family and the Pu family have been operating in the local area for many years, and their roots are far from being comparable to Shi Mo Yisun. And our army's gunpowder is about to run out, and the ability to attack fortified positions will inevitably be greatly reduced. Stay in Chuzhou for a few days, just enough to wait for the supplies to come later! Ivanov was thinking about the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Huai'an Second Army itself. He smiled and whispered.

Since the chief and deputy commanders have the same opinion, Wang Kai's long history can only be followed. After thinking about it, he said with a smile: "Then kill Shi Mo Yisun first, and then continue south." Just don't know how many days it will be delayed? Can the supplies be brought in time?! ”

"Before leaving, the governor had an appointment with Fang Guozhen, and my Huaiyang sailor's cargo ship could dock in Wenzhou. Then send supplies to the 2nd Army by water. Ivanov smiled again and explained very patiently. If you send a fast horse to Jiqing to urge the transportation now, it is estimated that there will be seven or eight days, which will be enough! ”

Seven or eight days is not too long. Wang Kai himself predicted that Shi Mo Yisun would not run out of food at hand, and it would not be so easy to take the initiative to rush down from Fan Ling and fight the second army to the death. So he no longer put his beak, put his heart back in his stomach, and waited for Hu Dahai to let go.

Facts have also quickly proved that Hu Dahai's use of troops is indeed unique. Three days later, Hu Shen, Wang Zhang, Liu Yi and others sent back the good news, Lishui City was conquered by the soldiers in a bloody battle, Mengyuan Chuzhou Lu Dalu Huachi also committed suicide by throwing himself into the water, and the town of Lai Buhua, Li Guofeng, the prefect of Lishui, and others led the remaining civil and military officials in the city to hold the account books and surrender.

When Wang Kai heard the news, he was surprised and delighted. hurriedly wrote a seal to report to the Privy Council, and then found Hu Dahai again, and proposed in a low voice, "General Hu, is the commander of the envoy to move to Lishui?" According to the opinion of the last general, that Shi Mo Yisun may have been prepared to hold on for a long time, and stored enough grain and grass on top of Fanling in advance! ”

"Don't worry, you give me an order, let Wang Zhang stay in Lishui, and Hu Shen will attack Songyang, Longquan and Suichang. Liu Yi went to recover Qingtian! Hu Dahai shook his head lightly and gave an incredible answer again.

"That, that" Wang Kai was speechless again, and there was a faint smoke rolling back and forth in the mountain of his head.

The large and small cities under the rule of Chuzhou Road are combined, but there are only seven. And except for Qingyuan in the southernmost part, Hu Dahai actually handed over the remaining six to the newly descended Hu Shen and others to attack. The Second Legion, armed to the teeth, has not recovered a city until now, and only stays in the barracks to enjoy its success!

If this continues, won't the merits of Hu Shen, Wang Zhang and other generals become more and more established? Coupled with the local influence of the families behind them, it is inevitable that the tail will not fall.

"Wait!" Seeing Wang Kai's confused appearance, Hu Dahai rarely smiled again. Raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "The result is coming out, even if you don't believe me, you should believe the governor." Since his debut, which battle has been as risky as this one? Unexpectedly, he didn't even consider the reaction of the surrounding forces, and directly let the Second Army run thousands of miles?! ”

"This" Changshi Wang Kai didn't listen to it, but after listening to it, it became more and more like a cloud.

"Wait, wait with confidence!" Hu Dahai patted him on the shoulder again and laughed.

He has confidence in himself, in the Huai'an Second Army under his command, and in Zhu Chongjiu, so he doesn't care about spending a little time waiting. However, thousands of miles away, Emperor Mengyuan Tuhuan Timur could not wait any longer. After receiving the news that the door of Chuzhou was wide open and Shi Mo Yisun was trapped in Fanling, he immediately sent someone to pull out several civil and military ministers from the bed overnight. After meeting each other, he didn't say a word, and directly threw the latest secret report about the battle situation on Prime Minister Hama's face.

"That's what you said, Tigers and Wolves? That's what you said, a thousand-mile attack will lead to a general? It's only been more than a month, and Hu Dahai is about to enter Jianning. How much longer are you going to have to wait before you can come up with a proper solution? ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is angry! Calm your anger! Weichen, Weichen expects the enemy to be unknown, and the crime deserves death! "Prime Minister Hama was beaten so that his nose was sour and his scalp was tight. Trembling, he knelt down and whispered guilt.

Nanjing and Quanzhou are separated by more than 2,000 miles, and there are Zhang Shicheng, Yang Wanzhi, Fang Guozhen and others along the way. Therefore, according to his initial judgment, it was impossible for Zhu Chongjiu to attack the Pu family from land. And if the Huai'an Navy Division launched an operation from the sea like the sneak attack on Jiaozhou back then. It is not necessarily known who will win and who will lose.

After all, since the Song Dynasty, the Pu family has controlled the shipping of the entire southeast coast. It has more than 1,000 large and small warships, and tens of thousands of experienced sailors. With familiarity with naval warfare and hydrology, it is entirely possible to bridge the gap with the Huai'an Navy Division in terms of firearms.

But after thousands of calculations, he didn't expect that Zhu Butcher's "gambling nature" was so heavy, and he actually risked the grain road being cut off by others, and ordered the Hu thief to lead a lone army to attack thousands of miles. Unexpectedly, after nearly two years of rest, the strength of the Huai'an Army has improved a lot compared with before. Only one of the six main forces can be used to defeat the officers and soldiers of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. At this moment, Zhu Butcher actually held two other strong teams in his hands, and used one of them to watch Zhang Shicheng to death, and the other one specially cleaned up the back road for Hu Dahai

Now it seems that it is obviously impossible to expect the Pu family to fight with the Huai'an army on the sea. After Hu Dahai leveled the state, he could climb over the Donggong Mountain, which was far from being precipitous, take Shouning, and go straight to Fu'an. And when he successfully got Fuzhou Road, Quanzhou Road was already close at hand. After a short rest, he joined forces with the Huai thief Xu Da to pounce on the past, no matter how strong the Pu family's advantage on the water is, when it comes to land, it can't stop the joint blow of Xu and Hu!

The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that Hama, as the prime minister, has long understood that he accidentally made a big mistake. However, after careful weighing, he was dismayed to find that he could not come up with anything to remedy it. The soldiers and horses of the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, whether it is the Chen family army, the Pu family army, or the Miao army, which has been defeated by Xu Da, have long ceased to obey the dispatch of the imperial court. The neighboring province of Jiangxi has also been full of smoke in the past two years. The officers and soldiers were still unable to fight the fire, let alone free up their hands to support Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

So today, he was questioned by Tuhuan Timur in person, and Hama couldn't do anything except ask for sin. And the Great Yuan Emperor Tuhuan Timur, but he was stimulated by his behavior of playing a dead dog, "Ten thousand deaths? How dare I let you die! My Prime Minister?! Slapped the table hard, and he asked rhetorically, "You are the pillar of my Great Yuan Dynasty, not only did you have a surplus in the treasury again, but who didn't get your benefits from this Manchu Dynasty?" Which one mentions you and doesn't pick a thumbs up? If I really dare to wronged you, I'm afraid that the next day, this Daming Hall will have to change its owner! (Note 1) This is too harsh. Not only did Hama sweat alone, but also the Taiwei Yue Kuochaer, Zuo Xiang Dingzhu, Shi Wang Jianu, the Privy Council, and the Privy Council, all of whom were also prostrate, and scrambled to justify, "Your Majesty, stop your anger!" The judgment of the non-ministers is unclear, and the ministers did not expect that the Zhu butcher would be so bold in doing things! ”

"Your Majesty, although the sea of thieves has invaded Chuzhou, the descendants of the Zhu thieves are still entrenched in Jiqing at this moment. Whether the next step will be by land or water, it is too early to tell! ”

"Your Majesty, if it weren't for Lord Hama's mishandling, it was actually the treachery of the local Han generals, and it would be difficult for Shi Mo Yisun to come out!"

"Your Majesty, the thief has only succeeded in a surprise attack, and he may not be able to continue to advance as before. After all, further south is the territory run by the Chen family, the Lin family and the Pu family in Quanzhou. ”

"Your Majesty is angry, the Pu family in Quanzhou has not delivered a grain of grain or a single ingot of gold and silver to the imperial court for many years. His wolf ambitions are clear. If the Zhu thief can fight with him and lose both, I will just take advantage of the fisherman! ”

"! Shut up, wait until you all shut up with me!! The more Tuhuan Timur listened, the more irritated he became, grabbed the paperweight, inkstone, pen and ink on the table, and smashed them one by one on the top of everyone's heads, "At this time, you still expect the Zhu butcher and the Pu family to fight on the water!" Do you think that Zhu Butcher is a fool?! How far is Jiqing from the waterway of Quanzhou, and how far is Chuzhou from the land of Quanzhou? That Zhu butcher let his two most proud thieves armies stand still, but he wanted to risk a sneak attack on Quanzhou from the water, was he full of food, or was his head trampled by the horse's hooves?! ”

"This" The ministers of civil and military affairs were scolded speechless, and lowered their heads one after another, staring at the floor in a daze.

When Tuhuan Timur saw this scene, he became more and more anxious. "I don't talk anymore, I have become dumb, and I still have a short mouth. 500,000 guan, Zhu butcher only used 500,000 guan, and you were bribed to give up Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. If he comes up with another million guan, will I have to go away to Saibei now?! ”

"Your Majesty!" couldn't stand the wanton planting of Tuhuan Timur, and Prime Minister Hama wept and kowtowed. "Zhu Butcher spent 500,000 yuan to buy wool, although it was the result of negotiations between his brother Xuexue and his subordinate Feng Guoyong, but the specific whereabouts of this money, the minister had already presented the account book! The minister can swear to the sky, if there is a penny into the minister's pocket, the minister, the minister is willing to be punished by the five horses, and he will never cry out for injustice! ”

"Your Majesty, the original promise of 500,000 guan was to buy wool for his workshops. And after the ministers got the money one after another, they also spent it on the people, and they were not greedy for money! If His Majesty finds out that the minister is corrupt, the minister and the minister are willing to work with the prime minister to receive the punishment of five horses and divide the corpse! The servant Shi Wang Jianu also hurriedly kowtowed, and swore an oath with Hama, who was usually not very good at dealing with him.

"The old minister is wronged!"

"Wechen promises the country with his body, and there is no selfishness!"

"Although the old minister's family is poor, he doesn't bother to touch this wool money!"

"Wechen".

"Old Minister"

Other civil and military ministers also spoke one after another, and none of them refused to admit the charges that Tuhuan Timur had withheld out of thin air.

It was not that they united to deceive the king, but that Timur, who was the emperor, acted a little too absurdly. Acquiesced in the Huai'an army to go to the Pu family in Quanzhou to settle accounts, and Da Yuan's side pretended to be deaf and dumb about it, which was a decision that was made after court discussion. All those present today, including Tuhuan Timur himself, were supportive at the time, and no one tried to turn away the 500,000 people who had been sent to the door.

Although everyone had misjudged the next move of the Huai thief, they wishfully expected that the Zhu butcher and the Quanzhou Pu family would fight on the sea to lose both, and then the imperial court would just go to get the benefits of the fisherman. However, it cannot be said that everyone was bribed by Zhu Chongjiu, so they deliberately misjudged the situation. Moreover, the 500,000 large copper coins that have been received are at least 20% traded with the imperial merchants, and the profits obtained have gone into the inner treasury. You can't be the emperor just finish collecting the money, and then turn your head and hit a rake.

"You, you" were so angry by the attitude of the civil and military that his eyes turned black for a while, and Timur held the table with his hand, his body shook back and forth, "You are all loyal ministers, you are all Bigan and Zhuge Liang, I am the king of Shang, I am Adou who can't be supported, can't I be Adou?" Come on, call the prince to come, and I will write an edict of succession. In front of you, you passed the throne to him, and completely fulfilled your wish! ”

"Your Majesty!" When Hama and the others heard this, they cried again and exclaimed, "Minister, minister and others are wronged!" ”

"The ministers have no such thoughts, if they are insincere, they are willing to be thundered by the sky!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are just acting according to the facts, and they definitely don't mean to touch your scales!"

Said a thousand, said ten thousand, and the people just refused to obey the edict. Including the hardcore henchman Pu Buhua, who was standing beside Tuhuan Timur, they all wept and bowed down, begging him to take back his life.

However, Tuhuan Timur made a heart and vowed to pass the throne to the crown prince immediately. Then he cut his hair and escaped into the empty door, the green light ancient Buddha, and the remnants of his life.

was really forced to have no choice, Prime Minister Hama had to grit his teeth and kowtow, "Your Majesty, do you have to do it to Zhu Butcher now?" If the minister is reluctantly pieced together, he can piece together an army of 100,000! It's just"

"Just what? Isn't it your job to put the country in order? Or are you reluctant to spend the 500,000 yuan next year, and would rather sell the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to Zhu Thief? ! When Timur heard this, he immediately came to his senses. His eyes widened, and he interrupted sharply.

"It's not!" Hama's eyes were red and he shook his head vigorously. "Your Majesty, don't worry, listen to the minister's words. The minister was reluctant to make any moves before, and one was that he misjudged the direction of Zhu Thief's troops. Second, he wanted to use the power of the Zhu thief to force the Pu family. It is also good to knock out the money and food from the Pu family to save the expenses of the imperial court. Since His Majesty didn't want to wait any longer, the minister had to let the Pu family pick up a cheap one for nothing. Minister, minister will go to mobilize money and food, and prepare the army for war. Within half a month, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court must be killed across the Yellow River, forcing Zhu Butcher to return from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to save himself! ”

Note 1: Daming Palace, the place where the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty dealt with the government, there is the emperor's bedroom behind the palace.