Chapter Ninety-Nine: Cowardly as a Mouse
After thinking about it, Chen Sangun felt that what Tian Kebang said was reasonable, so he handled it according to Tian Kebang's idea, and raised the banner of avenging the grievances of the crown prince Zhao Hong, and really got the welcome of many people and received a group of businessmen's funding. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
And this Tian Kebang seems to be very well-informed, under his advice, Chen Sangun quickly captured a lot of states and counties, and obtained a lot of assets, so Chen Sangun has more trust in this Tian Kebang, and he has to consult Tian Kebang's opinion on everything.
More than two months ago, after hearing the news that the imperial court sent a large army to Jiangnan West Road to suppress their righteous army, Chen Sangun was really nervous, but this Tian Kebang told him that the official army was not to worry at all, and the commander who led the official army was simply a rice bucket, so Chen Sangun did not have to be afraid.
Tian Kebang also personally led people to survey the terrain, selected a place north of Ganzhou, and asked Chen Sangun to arrange a large number of soldiers and horses to ambush the official army here, but under the first battle, the official army was defeated and fled, and also captured Liu Xu, the commander of the official army.
After the victory of Ganzhou, the small rebels in the area of Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road came to vote, so that Chen Sangun's power was greatly expanded again, and with the new victory, Chen Sangun sent Zhang Demon King to wave his army north, and soon hit the Xinzhou area along the way.
With such a victory, even Chen Sangun himself couldn't believe it, and couldn't help but start to be a little fluttering, thinking that if he didn't do it for a few more years, he might be able to overthrow the Southern Song Dynasty court, and he would also be addicted to being an emperor!
But the good times didn't last long, it was just over two months, and the imperial court sent another official army to come to suppress him, which made Chen Sangun a little nervous again, so he hurriedly consulted with this Tian Kebang.
Tian Kebang has now been appointed by Chen Sangun as his military advisor, and he is responsible for giving him advice, and Chen Sanbang has also handed over the relevant logistics affairs to Tian Kebang to take care of.
After listening to Chen Sangun's inquiry, Tian Kebang sat on the chair and drank tea leisurely, smiled and said to Chen Sangun: "King! Don't worry about this! Last time, the imperial court sent nearly 40,000 troops, and we only had 50,000 or 60,000 troops, so we defeated the Song army and captured that Liu Xu, and this time the official army only came with more than 20,000 people, and we now have more than 200,000 troops, so why should the king be nervous? Even if you fight, you can eat this official army!
I have calculated a hexagram, as long as the king gathers troops in Jizhou and fights a decisive battle with the official army, the official army will definitely be beaten to the ground by the king, and there is no need to worry about this matter at all! With me in Ganzhou, I will be able to ensure that the king is foolproof!
Chen Sangun can now be said to be like a god to Tian Kebang, after listening to Tian Kebang's words, he feels that things are indeed like this, he now has nearly 200,000 troops, and the official army is only 20,000, even if it is a pile of people, it can crush the official army to death, so he immediately relaxed again.
After discussing with Tian Kebang for a while, Chen Sanshu handed over Ganzhou to Tian Kebang to guard, ordered 70,000 soldiers and horses himself, and let his friendly army Zhang Mowang lead 50,000 righteous troops on Fujian Road, and assembled in the direction of Jizhou.
At this time, Jizhou was not conquered by the rebels, Chen Bootshang, who was the prefect of Jizhou and the pacification envoy of Jiangnan West Road, led 6,000 Song troops to hold on to Jizhou, although the rebels attacked Jizhou several times in a row, but after all, the combat effectiveness of the rebels was not strong, and the siege ability was very poor.
Therefore, under the rise of the rebel army, Jizhou became a nail left by the government on Jiangnan West Road, and when Chen Sangun sent troops to Jizhou, he was still thinking about defeating the official army of the imperial court, and by the way, Jizhou was also solved.
Gao Huaiyuan looked at the information in his hand, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his hand to put the note on the candle flame and lit it, until the note turned into ashes, and then threw it on the ground and crushed it with his feet.
Pass my general's order, the whole army will accelerate the advance towards Jizhou, victory or defeat will only be in Jizhou, I hope that the monarchs and this official will capture the rebel generals together! Gao Huaiyuan sat in the big tent and waved his hand to the generals in the tent and said loudly.
My lord! I think it's a bit dangerous to do that! I heard that the rebel generals Chen Sangun and Zhang Mowang led more than 100,000 rebels this time, and they have arrived in Jizhou and began to arrange, just waiting for our army to go to a decisive battle!
However, our army only has 20,000 troops at the moment, and there is a huge disparity between the enemy and our troops, I am afraid that when we go to Jizhou this time, we will repeat the mistakes of Lord Liu and Lord Yao! I hope the handsome man will think twice! After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, a civil official sitting under Gao Huaiyuan's left hand hurriedly stood up and persuaded Gao Huaiyuan.
This time is different from before, when Gao Huaiyuan sent troops, the imperial court did not arrange for the supervision of the army to supervise the battle with the army on the first two occasions, but this time when Gao Huaiyuan was far away from Beijing, Zhao Yun sent a civilian official named Zeng Quan to accompany the army as a supervisor, and this Zeng Quan does not need to ask, it is the backbone of Zheng Qing's party, and the reason is not to think about it, it is to supervise Gao Huaiyuan with the army.
And this Zeng Quan's official position is not big, but he wears the hat of the supervising army, so he has the right to speak under Gao Huaiyuan's account, and when he followed Gao Huaiyuan to the army this time, he was not very happy, because of the experience of Liu Qi and Yao Yuzhong last time, he was afraid that Gao Huaiyuan would also be defeated by the rebels this time, and accidentally lost him to the rebels.
So as soon as he heard that Gao Huaiyuan was going to lead the army to Jizhou to fight a decisive battle with the rebels, Zeng Quan's heart immediately beat a drum, and he stood up nervously and persuaded Gao Huaiyuan.
Gao Huaiyuan squinted at this Zeng Quan, a look of disdain flashed in his eyes, but he still asked Zeng Quan very politely: So what should we do with what Master Zeng sees?
As soon as Zeng Quan heard Gao Huaiyuan asking him for advice, he felt that his opportunity had finally come, and hurriedly replied: The following officials think that it is obviously inappropriate for Lord Cardinal to go to Jizhou to fight a decisive battle against the rebels this time.
In his humble opinion, he thought that our army was limited, so we should avoid a decisive battle with the rebels for the time being, and temporarily stationed troops south of Hongzhou, and not rush forward, and at the same time we could adjust the soldiers and horses of Guangnan East Road, Fujian Road, and Jinghu Road to enter Jiangnan West Road to fight against the rebels together, and when the time is ripe, our army can march to Jizhou, join the other soldiers and horses, and then seek a decisive battle with the rebels! Zeng Quan shook his head as he spoke, as if he was very wise, but his tone also revealed his weakness, for fear that Gao Huaiyuan would advance alone and be defeated by the rebels.
Gao Huaiyuan looked at Zeng Quan with mocking eyes, waited for him to finish speaking, and then immediately asked him: If according to what Master Zeng said, I wait for this crackdown, how long do you think it will take?
Zeng Quanleng paused, then quickly looked at the map, pretended to pinch his fingers and calculated, and then replied to Gao Huaiyuan: According to the calculations of the following officials, the rebels should be wiped out within two years!
Joke! Then please tell this official that Jizhou has been besieged by rebels now, and in two years, do you think that Lord Chen of Jizhou may be able to hold on? Not to mention how many soldiers and horses there are in Jizhou City, is the food in Jizhou City enough for the soldiers and civilians of Jizhou to eat for two years? Gao Huaiyuan immediately interrupted Zeng Quan's words, stood up and questioned him angrily.
This Zeng Quan was immediately blocked by Gao Huaiyuan and had nothing to say, because what Gao Huaiyuan said was the truth, Jizhou City has been besieged by the rebels for nearly two months, Chen Boots sent people to the Beijing Division to report urgently, asking for troops to come to the rescue quickly, the grain in Jizhou City is no longer enough to support another month, if within a month, Jizhou City can not be relieved, then he and the soldiers and civilians in the city can only be loyal to the country, and Zeng Quan just said that it has been two years, this really can't be said.
Master Zeng, let's step aside! War or not to fight is the official has the final say, the siege of Jizhou City must be lifted within a month, the imperial court can not wait two years for us to slowly suppress, this battle is not only related to the victory or defeat of our army, but also related to the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Jizhou City, the official has made up his mind, tomorrow he will send troops to Jizhou to fight against the rebels, no one is allowed to persuade the official not to go, otherwise the official can be regarded as shaking the heart of the army!
What's more, although the rebels are outnumbered, they are just a group of untrained rabble, and with the bravery of our army, how can they be compared with the rebels? In my opinion, the combat power of our soldiers is enough to be ten, what are you afraid of? Gao Huaiyuan scolded Zeng Quan with anger on his face.
This Zeng Quan was immediately blocked by Gao Huaiyuan's face flushed, their civil officials have been riding military generals since Taizu established the country, whether it is in the court, or sending troops to fight, it is the military generals who have to listen to the dispatch of their civil officials, although he Gao Huaiyuan is in a high position nowadays, but he is still a military general after all, and he is so rude to a civilian official like him, which simply makes Zeng Quan crazy.
You, you high cardinal! This official respects you as an important minister of my court, and does not argue with you! But if Prime Minister Gao insists on going to Jizhou to fight the rebels in a decisive battle this time, if you fail, this official will not speak for you! This official will definitely join you in front of the official family, and accuse you of being arrogant and arrogant! If you have to go, I'm going to go! The next official will not be accompanied! Zeng Quanqi's beard trembled, pointing at Gao Huaiyuan and threatening loudly.
Gao Huaiyuan also stood up, and said to Zeng Quan with a sneer of contempt: Since Lord Zeng is so timid and afraid, then this official will not work with Lord Zeng to follow this official to Jizhou to fight the rebels! If this official is defeated this time, there is no need for you to go to the Holy Lord to join me, and the official himself will resign and go to the Holy Lord to receive punishment himself! But this official also wants to tell you that you, as a prison soldier, are too timid and afraid of death to go to war with the army.
Ok, good, good! Gao Shu Xiang is really amazing! This official will also write to the court and tell the current saint that you are stubborn and self-serving, and do not listen to the advice of the lower officials! I'm going to start playing to the Holy One! Zeng was trembling with anger, but he still insisted on not following Gao Huaiyuan to Jizhou, even if he was impeached by Gao Huaiyuan for being greedy for life and afraid of death, it was better to just lose his official position than to throw his old life to Jizhou.