Chapter 57: The Great War is Coming

After finishing the conversation with Pang Yue, the next morning, Emperor Longwu summoned all the ministers to come again. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this time, we are talking about the itinerary of moving to Huguang. After the arrival of the ministers, Emperor Longwu made it clear that he would no longer wait for Huguang's soldiers and horses to come, but would be directly escorted by Pang Yue to Huguang.

Faced with Emperor Longwu's decision, the ministers were in an uproar, they didn't know why Emperor Longwu would change his original decision so quickly, and trust Pang Yue so much.

As a result, the ministers made their statements one after another to express their views. The general view is roughly divided into three kinds, the first is from the ministers headed by Fu Guan, the second assistant of the cabinet, saying that since Emperor Longwu has summoned Huguang's soldiers and horses to meet him, it is not appropriate to change them casually, so as to avoid chilling the hearts of loyal ministers, as for the delay in welcoming the soldiers and horses, he will send another edict to urge him, and Pang Yue, who leads troops without authorization and disturbs the holy car, must be severely punished; The second came from the ministers headed by Huang Daozhou, the first assistant of the cabinet, who said that the current situation was becoming increasingly tense, and it was not impossible for Emperor Longwu to move on his own, but he could not let Pang Yue's soldiers and horses escort him, and he must be severely punished for his rude behavior; The third is from the ministers headed by Zhu Dadian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who said that Pang Yue led the army to meet him without receiving the edict, which was certainly wrong, but he had always been loyal and commendable before, and now the situation is urgent, so it is not impossible for him to make meritorious contributions and serve as an escort.

Zhu Yuao, the king of Tang who was present, stood firmly on Fu Guan's side, saying that he could neither tolerate Pang Yue's rebellious behavior, nor let loyal ministers like He Tengjiao chill.

Everyone, you and I are saying a word, trying to defend your point of view. The atmosphere at the scene was very warm, and there were even signs of quarrels several times.

In the end, Emperor Longwu stopped the fierce argument between the three parties and made his decision succinctly: punish Pang Yue for leading his army without authorization, demote his rank from the protector to the captain of the light car, and deprive him of the title of general of Fengguo and demote him to the general of Zhenguo. But he had always been loyal before, and this time he was escorted by him for meritorious service and leading the army.

After learning of Emperor Longwu's intentions, Zhu Yuao, Fu Guan and others were deeply unimpressed, in their opinion, for such a rebellious act of disturbing the Holy Driver, the punishment of merely lowering the rank and title was really minimal, and it could not serve as an example at all. In addition, Pang Yue has no monarch in the first place, if he is allowed to escort him again, then where is the majesty of the imperial court?

However, this time, Emperor Longwu seemed to have made up his mind and rejected the persuasion of Fu Guan and others one by one. Seeing that Emperor Longwu insisted on his own opinion so much, Huang Daozhou and others had no choice but to change their previous views and agree to let Pang Yue make meritorious contributions. After all, Emperor Longwu also adopted some of their opinions, and if he blindly held on to it, it would inevitably embarrass the Son of Heaven.

After Huang Daozhou and others compromised, Fu Guan, Zhu Yuao and others understood that no matter how insistent they were, they might not be recognized, so they had no choice but to give up.

After the matter of moving the car was confirmed, Emperor Longwu asked everyone to go down to prepare. Due to the current situation, the Qing armies on both routes were eyeing each other, so Emperor Longwu adopted Pang Yue's previous suggestion and instructed to go down: all preparations should be carried out with the words "light car and simple obedience", so as not to delay on the road.

Having said that, it was not easy for the people under him to carry it out, and at this time, there were still a large number of officials and clans in Yanping, and their families and various personal belongings were probably not something that could be taken care of in a day or two. Although there is Emperor Longwu's colloquial saying about "light car and simple obedience", who can easily give up their property and abandon their families? As the saying goes, the law does not hold the people accountable, everyone is like this, and the emperor's orders cannot be implemented. Moreover, Emperor Longwu himself seems to have a hard time parting with those books that have followed him for many years and are enough to fit several carts. For a while, the entire city of Yanping Mansion was full of busy and mixed scenes, and it seemed that it was not necessary to figure out the clues in a short period of time. …,

Seeing this situation, Pang Yue was almost so anxious that he stomped his feet, and even wanted to scold those who were procrastinating and even the bed was ready to be dismantled and taken away. What time is it now? The main force of Jiannu led by Bolo has already advanced to Xianxia Pass step by step, and Tulai and other troops may have also moved south from Nanchang! But at this juncture, there are still so many people who are reluctant to have anything outside their bodies! If we want to go on like this, the tragedy of history will have to be repeated! So, Pang Yue asked Emperor Longwu again, clarified the stakes to him, and put forward his own suggestions: Emperor Longwu and the empress, the prince, the ministers and the kings set off with a small entourage first, and the ministers and the kings' families, property and a large number of palace people followed.

Emperor Longwu has always agreed with Pang Yue's strategic vision, and now when he heard him say it so seriously and even eagerly, he couldn't help but pay attention to it. However, this matter is very important and involves a wide range of aspects, and Emperor Longwu inevitably fell into deep thought, as if he wanted to think of a complete strategy before he would stop.

Just as the thoughts in Emperor Longwu's mind were colliding violently, Pang Yue "pounced" on his knees on the ground, and kowtowed his head with a "bang", and he couldn't care so much about it.

Pang Yue's move made Emperor Longwu shocked, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Pang Yue up. After getting up, Pang Yue persuaded Emperor Longwu to consider his suggestion and move forward lightly in an almost pleading tone.

Seeing that Pang Yue, who had always been not afraid of heaven and earth and was known for his courage, was so earnest, Emperor Longwu had no reason not to be touched, and after thinking about it, he finally gritted his teeth and agreed to Pang Yue's request, and sent someone to convey his decision. Seeing that Emperor Longwu had adopted his suggestion, Pang Yue was slightly relieved.

On the morning of July 25, Emperor Longwu finally set off from Yanping. Pang Yue divided the Flying Tiger Battalion into two parts, of which more than 1,500 horse-owned cavalry were personally led by himself to protect Emperor Longwu and the empress, the prince and the ministers, and the kings set off first, and the remaining more than 1,000 foot soldiers (horseless cavalry, in fact, became foot soldiers) together with a small number of troops in the original Yanping Mansion City to protect the ministers and the kings' families, property and baggage came later.

At the beginning, there were many ministers and clans who opposed Emperor Longwu's decision, and insisted on taking their families, property, and descendants with them. In this regard, Emperor Longwu was not reluctant, and began to prepare to set off after clarifying the view of "may follow with you". At this time, the ministers and vassal kings who made the most trouble were completely out of luck, so they had to catch up with Emperor Longwu and his party in a hurry. However, when they knew that they had inadvertently known that this suggestion was made by Pang Yue, they immediately became angry with Pang Yue, and secretly sent out words such as "traitor" and "villain" without hesitation.

Although Pang Yue hadn't heard these modifiers with his own ears, he had guessed from those obviously hostile eyes. He doesn't bother to take care of these things, and doing the right thing in front of him is the king.

It's finally time to go! After escorting Emperor Longwu and his entourage out of Yanping Mansion, Pang Yue suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed in his heart: July 25, more than 20 days earlier than August 21, when Emperor Longwu left Yanping Mansion in history, Emperor Longwu was finally out of danger temporarily. This can be regarded as the result of their own efforts! The so-called things are man-made, and I hope I can avoid more tragedies in the future!

Jiannu, you just wait! I'll replace the protagonist of the tragedy with you! Looking at the flying tiger flag fluttering in the wind, Pang Yue silently swore in his heart.

On the evening of the first day of August, Pang Yue led his army to protect Emperor Longwu and his entourage to arrive at Tingzhou Mansion first, and after Tingzhou, they could set foot on the border of Jiangxi to the west. Although he was about to rush to his "territory", Pang Yue's mood was not relaxed at all. On the way to Yanping, he had already received the news that Turai had led nearly 10,000 Manchurian troops to Nanchang, but at present, due to the long distance and the news transmission was not smooth, he did not know the specific movements of the Qing army in Nanchang. However, no matter what, since Turai is here, he will definitely not sit idly by and watch Gannan still be controlled by the Ming army, Jin Shengheng, Ke Yongsheng and others are mostly thinking about how to regain the face they lost in Ji'an last time, and the Qing army's southward movement again can be said to be only in the mundane. …,

Therefore, Pang Yue understood that the first priority at present was to rush back to Ganzhou as soon as possible, and then send troops to send Emperor Longwu to Huguang. Only in this way can he face the Jiannu and traitor soldiers who went south without worries.

Don't say anything, keep going! After resting in Tingzhou for one night, Pang Yue decided to continue in the direction of Ganzhou. Before leaving, Pang Yue went to ask Emperor Longwu for advice.

This is a long journey, and the soldiers who usually train often are nothing. But those ministers and princes who are usually pampered are somewhat unbearable, and their faces are ugly and miserable. Emperor Longwu's face was also full of tiredness, especially Empress Zeng, who had just given birth, was a little weak, and even the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Linyuan, who had just completed the moon, cried from time to time, as if he was protesting the discomfort along the way in his own way.

But even so, Emperor Longwu still supported Pang Yue's decision, and asked him not to care about other things and just continue to hurry. Facing Emperor Longwu's trust, Pang Yue was naturally moved.

On the fourth day of August, Pang Yue received a message from Ganzhou sent by Zhang Yunli on the road: The Qing army had moved south from Nanchang on July 25.

Although he had expected it before, after getting the accurate news, Pang Yue's heart was still tight. On July 25, it had been almost ten days since then, and the Qing army was afraid that it had already arrived at the city of Ji'an. Although the current Ji'an City already has reinforcements from Tong Yizhen, Chen Ke, Cao Zhijian and other troops, plus the original Wu Zhifan and Zhang Guozuo troops, the total strength is not less than 15,000, but it is still unknown how long it can hold out.

As Pang Yue expected, at the same time as he received the news, on the fourth day of the eighth month, Tulai, Jin Shengheng, and Ke Yongsheng had already led their troops to the city of Ji'an. However, Turai's interest did not seem to be in capturing Ji'an, leaving only Jin Shengheng's troops and a small number of Eight Banners soldiers to attack the city and contain the defenders in the city, while he led the main force of the Eight Banners and Ke Yongsheng's troops to continue southward and approach Ganzhou, because there was an opponent there that he had always wanted to see.

On the evening of the sixth day of August, Pang Yue finally escorted Emperor Longwu and his entourage to Ganzhou. Finally arrived in Ganzhou, and the half-dead officials and princes who were tired of the road were relieved and sighed loudly about the hardships of the road.

After arranging for Emperor Longwu and his entourage to stay temporarily, the strings in Pang Yue's mind were still tight, and he didn't dare to slack off. Because, the Qing army in the north is coming towards Ganzhou, including nearly 10,000 Manchurian soldiers, which means that Ganzhou Town will face a more severe test than before.

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