Cao Yue knew that the general situation in the world was unpredictable today, Sun Chuanting's defeat and hibernation after his defeat and escape, and Li Yan's early killing, all of which indicated a more drastic evolution to follow. He had to be prepared for this so that he would not be unable to cope with it then.

And at this time, something happened that Cao Yue didn't expect again.

Under the impeachment of Liu Zongzhou and others, Emperor Chongzhen made an extreme decision to remove Sun Chuanting from the post of trilateral governor and replace it with Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liaodong. Emperor Chongzhen ordered Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, to take over Hong Chengchou's position, guard Liaodong, and make Cao Bianjiao his deputy.

Sun Chuanting was originally not popular in the court, and almost no one liked him, but when he came out of prison this time, he was directly given a high-level reuse, which has made many people unconvinced. If Sun Chuanting wins the battle, the ministers who are dissatisfied with him will not stand up for his impeachment. However, after winning several battles, Sun Chuanting suffered a heavy defeat, and most of his men and horses were lost. The most favorite thing for the ministers of the DPRK and China to do is to use this opportunity to eliminate dissidents, and at the instigation of Liu Zongzhou, many officials stood up and collectively impeached Sun Chuanting as if the wall was falling down and everyone was pushing it.

After hearing that Sun Chuanting suffered a great defeat, Emperor Chongzhen was already very angry, and he could not remain indifferent to the collective impeachment of the officials, and finally he made a decision to remove Sun Chuanting from his post and make him return to Beijing to confess. After removing Sun Chuanting, the military courts of Shaanxi and Henan could not find competent ministers to lead, and finally obeyed Chen Xinjia's proposal and let Hong Chengchou, who was in charge of Liaodong affairs, go to Shaanxi to replace Sun Chuanting.

Chen Xinjia, who made this suggestion, was also arrested by Emperor Chongzhen and went to Songshan to preside over military affairs. Chen Xinjia, who suffered a loss from his own suggestion, after all kinds of excuses were sternly rejected by Emperor Chongzhen, he could only go to Liaodong to preside over military affairs. Fortunately, he recalled Cao Bianjiao's men and horses, and today's Jiannu is not as good as before. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to attack, with Cao Bianjiao's combat effectiveness, it should be no big problem to block the attack of Jiannu. He also knew that Emperor Chongzhen also believed that the current Jiannu did not have the ability to continue the large-scale southern expedition, but just wanted to occupy some places outside the pass, so after recalling Cao Bianjiao, a general, he dared to send Hong Chengchou to Shaanxi to replace Sun Chuanting.

When the news reached Cao Yue, he was directly stunned. Jier was furious.

The imperial court tossed like this, and the officials in the court and the central government could not tolerate Sun Chuanting, the trilateral governor who occasionally lost battles, and wanted to punish him for his crimes, and did not give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

After Sun Chuanting suffered a defeat, he retreated to Shaanxi, wanting to take advantage of the natural danger of Tongguan to hold on, and then slowly recover his strength. Continue to fight the Rogues. Cao Yue recognized Sun Chuanting's approach and believed that Sun Chuanting could succeed, but now the imperial court did not give Old Man Sun a chance and directly dismissed him. And throw him into prison again, "This is the Great Wall of self-destruction!" Cao Yue couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

Cao Yue knew that now that Sun Chuanting was thrown into prison again, there would be no day of rebirth. Maybe he'll die in prison. Cao Yue also immediately went to the court to intercede for Sun Chuanting, and said that he was willing to use his own gold medal for avoiding death. Chang Sun Chuanting is not guilty.

Cao Yue wrote a letter to Hong Chengchou again, hoping that Hong Chengchou could also go to the court and intercede for Sun Chuanting.

Emperor Chongzhen did not respond to Cao Yue's request immediately, but Hong Chengchou immediately replied to Cao Yue, saying that he was willing to intercede for Sun Chuanting.

Hong Chengchou knew Sun Chuanting's ability, the two had presided over the crusade against the Liukou together, and achieved great success, if it wasn't for the Jiannu offense, the last time the two cooperated to crusade against the Liukou, they would have been able to eliminate Li Zicheng. That time, Sun Chuanting commanded Cao Bianjiao's troops and pursued Li Zicheng, but in the end, Li Zicheng only led 18 horsemen to escape and almost lost his life.

Hong Chengchou also played the court at the first time, asking for Sun Chuanting's crime to be exempted, hoping that the court would continue to use Sun Chuanting and order him to supervise the trilateral military affairs, but Emperor Chongzhen unceremoniously rejected Hong Chengchou's suggestion. Hong Chengchou played again and recommended Sun Chuanting to lead the army in Liaodong and take over his position, but Emperor Chongzhen once again rejected Hong Chengchou's request, saying that Sun Chuanting must be held responsible for the defeat.

Hong Chengchou was not reconciled, and played again, asking for Sun Chuanting's crime to be exempted, so that he could go to Nanjing to do things and assist Cao Yue in training.

At this time, Cao Yue's second recital was also sent to Beijing, still interceding for Sun Chuanting. In the end, Emperor Chongzhen gave Hong Chengchou and Cao Yue a face, and did not punish Sun Chuanting for his serious crimes, but removed him from all official positions and ordered him to go to Nanjing to assist Cao Yue in training.

This result still made Cao Yue slightly satisfied. He knew that Old Man Sun was a very capable person, and this unexpected defeat was due to many factors, and Sun Chuanting did not lose his old capital, and the elite men and horses under his command were still there, as long as they recuperated and rectified for a period of time, and replenished the soldiers, they still had the strength to fight to the death with the Liukou.

The imperial court does not use such talents, but mediocre talents like Chen Xinjia and Liu Zongzhou have always been in high positions, and Cao Yue has been completely disappointed in Emperor Chongzhen and the current Ming Dynasty. Only by reversing and starting over can everything be done well. He could foresee that many things would still develop as in the original history, Li Zicheng's men might still invade Beijing, and the fate of Emperor Chongzhen would be as tragic as before.

He finally made a cruel decision, that is, to let all this happen, and after the fall of the Beijing court, he would support which son of Emperor Chongzhen would ascend the throne, rely on his own military strength, control everything, and then try to do the rest. Therefore, he finally accepted the fact that Sun Chuanting had served under him, and also eagerly hoped that Old Man Sun would come to him as soon as possible.

At the beginning of December of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou braved heavy snow and severe cold and arrived in Xi'an. After handing over military affairs with Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou officially took over the post of governor of the three sides and presided over the military operations against the Liukou.

Sun Chuanting, with a few entourages, braved the bitter cold from Xi'an and came to Nanjing.

Before Sun Chuanting left Xi'an, Cao Yue had already sent a small detachment of the special guard battalion to Xi'an to secretly escort Sun Chuanting. Cao Yue strictly ordered the general of the team to send Sun Chuanting to Nanjing safely no matter what.

After Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou handed over the military affairs, the two drank a parting wine together. In the end, both of them were very drunk, and after being greatly drunk, they wailed and cried, grieving for their fate and the fate of Daming. Although they didn't say it, both of them knew that the current Da Ming had reached the point of despair, and no one could predict what the final outcome would be.

"I hope that Cao Yue can complete the training of the new army as soon as possible, and the general trend of the world will be reversed, only look at his new army!" This is the last sentence that Sun Chuanting said to Hong Chengchou. In this regard, Hong Chengchou, who was infected with the wind cold and coughed incessantly, also basically agreed. (To be continued.) )