Chapter 3: The Jingyun Controversy
Ming Xi, Zhou Shilong, and Zhao Jun rode horses to the ranks of the Chinese army, and saw that Ban Zhaolin also came from the rear army.
Ming Xi thought to himself: Mr. attaches great importance to this Zhao Jingyun.
Zhao Jingyun rode a sturdy and healthy horse and walked side by side with Xu Ruyu, while Zheng Menghuai, Tu Wenyong and others lagged behind slightly.
Xu Ruyu pointed to Mingxi and Zhao Jingyun, and said: "Jimo Mingxi, the chief general of my Su Guard." ”
Mingxi was one of the most important generals of the Qingyan Army, Zhao Jingyun didn't know why Xu Ruyu called him Jimo Mingxi, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned over and immediately stepped forward to worship.
Ji Mo Mingxi saw Xu Ruyu restore his surname in public, knowing that the gag order would be lifted from now on, his heart was agitated, and he bowed his head slightly to Zhao Jingyun, which was regarded as a face-to-face, and walked to Xu Ruyu in front of him, and asked, "Mr. is determined to form General Qingfeng's Mansion?" ”
Xu Ruyu nodded slightly, and said: "The government affairs hall is in charge of government affairs, and General Qingfeng's mansion is in charge of the military, these are all ideas that I had at the beginning, and I will start to raise them after this battle." ”
Jimo Mingxi glanced at Zhao Jingyun obliquely and said, "General Zhao once said: If Mr. intends to be in Yongjiabao, he will not be so troublesome. It seems that General Zhao knows Mr. Quite well, does Mr. want to keep General Zhao by his side? Seeing that Xu Ru smiled and was silent, he sighed slightly: "There is a captain in the Xiao Guard Army who joins Tu Wenyong, and my Su Guard Army is going to fall behind him." ”
Xu Ruyu said: "The military general of the Senate will be set up as a fictitious title, which is convenient for the princes of the political hall to participate in the military, and the Qingfeng General's Mansion will set up another general, and Wen Yong will also be transferred over." ”
Tu Wenyong thought to himself: General Mingxi also knew that Zhao Jingyun's words were in the heart of the adult. Seeing that Xu Ruyu intended to transfer himself out of General Qingfeng's Mansion, he naturally suppressed the smugness in his heart. Riding his horse behind him, lest people see him as frivolous.
Although Zhou Shilong heard Jingwei retell the conversation between Zhao Jingyun and everyone, he didn't quite understand the meaning, and rode his horse behind, and asked Zheng Menghuai in a low voice what the mystery was.
Zhou Shilong was only a middle-level general before this, and he had no time to touch things at the strategic level. Zheng Menghuai also had high expectations for him, and he knew everything, and said: "There are three places for the Qingyan Army to go along the way, and I will return to Zhangtai to reject the Puji bandits; bypassed the southern end of the Minzhong Mountains and attacked the Yan Qing rebels south of Yongjiabao; Rush to Quanzhou. ”
Zhou Shilong said: "Choose one of the three, at this time, our army is here again, Zhao Jingyun guesses that the intention of the lord is in Quanzhou instead of Yongjiabao, it is not a difficult matter?" ”
Zheng Menghuai sighed slightly, and saw Xu Ruyu looking back, his limbs lightly clamped the horse's belly, and he drove forward with Zhou Shilong.
Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "Shilong might as well listen to Jingyun to explain in person. ”
Zhao Jingyun and Xu Ruyu just talked like a dumb riddle, only Mingxi, Zheng Menghuai, Tu Wenyong, and Ao Fang understood what they meant, and the other generals were in the clouds, and Zhao Jingyun was slightly dissatisfied with Xu Ruyu's courtesy.
Zhao Jingyun saw that all the generals of the Chinese army were surrounded by him, thought about it for a while, and said: "The front of Yongjiabao is open, and the low ridges are continuous, which is conducive to a decisive battle but not conducive to encirclement and annihilation, our army bypassed the southern foot of Zhongshan in Fujian and attacked the Yanqing Righteous Army in the south of Yongjiabao, at most to expel the Yanqing Righteous Army from the southwest foothills of Zhongshan in Fujian. ”
Zhou Shilong said: "Yan Qing's righteous army left the southwest foot of Zhongshan in Fujian, and our army relieved the siege of Yongjiabao and besieged more than 30,000 Southern Fujian guards between Yongjiabao, Hutongxia and Zhangzhou City. Isn't this a result exciting? ”
Zhao Jingyun said: "Zongzheng Xunda sees that Yongjia Fort cannot be attacked, he will break through from the direction of Hutong Gorge, our army at the mouth of Hutong East Gorge according to the simple barrier, that is, it can resist, casualties will inevitably be heavy, its disadvantage is also, Puji bandits have landed from Zhangtai, even if our army can send a certain amount of troops from Zhangzhou City into Zhangtai, but can not completely remove the threat of Puji bandits to the flank of the camp in the East Gorge of Hutong Gorge, its disadvantage is also; If Zongzheng Xunda sees that the siege is insolvable, he gives up 30,000 guards and returns to Quanzhou alone, which is not conducive to Sanye. ”
Ban Zhaolin agreed with the first two points of his analysis, and the last sentence of his treatment actually said that Zongzheng Xunda's escape was also a matter of fact, and he was quite puzzled, and asked: "Zongzheng Xunda escaped alone, how can it be said that it is not good for our army?" ”
Zhou Shilong also meant this, and looked at Zhao Jingyun intently to see how he defended.
Zhao Jingyun laughed and said: "My lord is not a person who loves to kill, if he can't solve the upside down of the people, he will not be able to slaughter 100,000 enemies." ”
Zheng Menghuai and Tu Wenyong glanced at each other, and saw that there was a hidden shock in his eyes like himself, and thought: This son is so good, fortunately it is not reused by Zongzheng Xunda.
Tu Wenyong thought to himself: It is rare for adults to be young and calm in the world, but after hearing this sentence, I still feel useful in my heart.
Zhao Jingyun looked at the smile in Xu Ruyuxing's eyes, and continued: "Our army is to capture 30,000 guards in Southern Fujian, and these 30,000 prisoners of war will become a containment for our army to continue to advance south, and we can't ignore the threat of the Puji bandits on the flank, and our army can only reorganize in Yongjiabao and wait for the opportunity." Zongzhengjia still has 40,000 elite soldiers in Fengzhu, Putian and other places, and 20,000 naval troops stationed in Quanzhou Zhugang. The most important thing is that our army lost the opportunity in Yongjiabao, and Zongzheng Xunda can fully benefit from this period of time to carry out a strict and effective integration of the forces of the Southern Fujian family and restore its combat strength. The Southern Fujian family has always been dominated by the Zongzheng and Yan clans, and only 30,000 guards have been eliminated, but the Zongzheng family in Southern Fujian cannot be touched, and the political situation in Southern Fujian will still be dominated by the Zongzheng and Yan clans. Perhaps the power contrast between the Yan clan and the Zongzheng clan has changed, but it is not beneficial to the Qingyan Army. If this is the result, it is better to occupy Yongjiabao in the first place, and there is no need to go to such great lengths. ”
Xu Ruyu approving: "Good talents are made in heaven, and Jingyun attaches me to be a godsend." ”
Zhao Jingyun said with trepidation: "If it weren't for seeing the adults leading the army to sneak here, Jingyun would never be able to see through it, and Jingyun would be difficult to reach the adults and the princes." Even now, Jingyun still has a lot of things he doesn't understand. ”
Xu Ruyu said: "You are in our Chinese army to participate in the military, you can know about the military aircraft, if you don't know, you can ask." ”
Xu Ruyu set his core identity in a sentence to know the military aircraft, Zhao Jingyun was full of emotion, he used to be a low-level general in the Southern Fujian Army, and there was no chance of promotion, but he didn't put others in his eyes, that is, Xu Ruyu rose to Qingjiang, thinking that it was just him who took advantage of the fortune, although he admired him, he was also very limited, and at this time he was really impressed by his heart, and thought: It is such a lord who is worthy of my life. The mood was agitated, but I didn't know where to ask for a while.
Zheng Menghuai is the most knowledgeable person, seeing Zhao Jingyun's situation, he naturally knows what he thinks in his heart, and said: "Jingyun has a few puzzles in his heart, first, how our army hides more than 10,000 soldiers in Fujian Mountain; second, why can't there be any trace of the rear army here; third, how can our army solve the flank threat of the Puji bandits; Fourth, everyone is somewhat sure of the attack on Quanzhou. ”
Zhao Jingyun was surprised when he saw Zheng Menghuai say what he was thinking, but he also knew that Zheng Menghuai was warning himself not to despise the people of the Qingyan Army. Xu Xing commented on the Southern Fujian Masters that year, Zheng Menghuai ranked first, naturally he was not allowed to peep, and his status in Xu Ruyu's heart was extremely high, Zhao Jingyun said respectfully: "Jingyun is taught. ”
Zheng Menghuai chuckled: "In the Wuling Mountain northwest of Dongyang Fort, it seems to be a dense forest barrier, but if you enter the mountain again, there is a new passage, which was built by 80,000 people last year for half a year, and Zongzheng Xunda only sent troops from Qingjiang to reach Zhangtai through the Dazhangxi channel. Later, when the strength of Zhangtai increased, he would think that the 15,000 people who moved to Zhangtai last year were the main force of the Qingyan Army, and that the 5,000 troops of Gantang Fort were removed. ”
Zhao Jingyun sighed: "Good plan, Jingyun can't see through it." ”
Zheng Menghuai continued: "Our army has more than 10,000 troops, and 2,000 troops are divided to pursue the rout of Southern Fujian, which is really the main force to open the way, and it is also the real front army, and the Chinese army of 6,000 is here; The rear army was four thousand, twenty miles behind the flank. In case the whereabouts of the reconnaissance cavalry in the direction of Quanzhou are discovered, the front army will merge with the rear army and break through to Yongjiabao with all its might, thinking that it is a suspicious soldier and covering the main force of the Chinese army to continue to attack Quanzhou. ”
Zhao Jingyun pondered for a moment and said: "Jingyun thinks that within 100 miles of Quanzhou, the front army should still assemble and go to Yongjiabao, first, for suspicious soldiers, and secondly, to relieve the pressure on Yongjiabao. ”
Xu Ruyu suddenly laughed, Zhao Jingyun didn't know why, but he turned his head sideways and saw Xu Ruyu looking at Tu Wenyong with a smile, knowing that it was related to Tu Wenyong.
Xu Ru pointed at Tu Wenyong and said with a smile: "He told me this plan this morning, he just thought that no one could think of it, and he was proud until now, but Jingyun thought of it with him." ”
Tu Wenyong's face was slightly red, and he argued: "How could Wen Yong ever be proud, and the adults framed him? ”
Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "Why do I need to arrange you?" Okay, okay, the credit for this plan is yours to do it, okay? Then he said to Ao Fang: "Uncle Ao Fang, you and Shilong should rush to the front army, take Minshui as the boundary, get rid of the rout, and quickly intersperse with five thousand soldiers, and quickly intersperse to the west, looking for an opportunity to disturb Yan Qing's righteous army." ”
Ao Fang and Zhou Shilong were ordered to leave, and Ban Zhaolin also returned to the rear army. Zhao Jingyun, Tu Wenyong, Zheng Menghuai, and Jimo Mingxi stayed in the Chinese army together.
Xu Ruyu said: "Jingyun still has two points to understand, Zheng Gong will explain them to him together." ”
Zheng Menghuai said: "Zongzheng has become a royal family of Southern Fujian, and has an appointment with all the families of Southern Fujian. However, it has been more than a month since the Southern Fujian military was raised, but the strength of the Southern Fujian Guards has not increased, which shows that the Zongzheng has lost the hearts of the people. We had such an expectation as early as the beginning of the year, so we carefully arranged to launch the Battle of Southern Fujian. The Yongyang family prospered by business, and after the war in the East China Sea, the scale of annexing fields and raising private soldiers was far from being comparable with Quanzhou and Putian, but the private soldiers of the Yongyang family were 30,000, which showed that there were no less than 100,000 private soldiers in Southern Fujian. ”
Zhao Jingyun knew that what Zheng Menghuai said was not far from the truth.
The Zhao clan has only more than 300 people in the clan, more than 1,200 people in the attached people, no less than 200 adult men who govern martial arts and cultivate the military, and in addition to the 100 people who have joined the guards with themselves, there are more than 100 private soldiers in the clan. The family of Nanmin like Futian Zhao does not know how many, and 100,000 private soldiers can be regarded as a conservative estimate.
Xu Ru smiled and said: "I know my own family affairs, and the small and medium-sized families in Southern Fujian do not support Zongzheng Xunda, but they will not welcome me." The Nanmin family probably hopes that I and Zongzheng Xun Da will fight and lose both sides to meet their wishes. ”
Zhao Jingyun thought to himself: It is rumored in the world that the county policy is from the hands of Xu Xing, and Xu Ruyu has vigorously implemented the county policy in Yongyang and Qingjiang.
Xu Ruyu said: "The initial purpose of the Battle of Southern Fujian was in Zhangzhou and Longyan. Since the landing of the Puji bandits was a foregone conclusion, I changed my vision and set out to subvert the rule of the Zongzheng and Yan clans over the land of Southern Fujian. Everyone in the world said: The landing of the Puji bandits in Zhangtai is extremely unfavorable to our Qingyan Army, but I know that this is a great opportunity for me. ”
Xu Ruyu spat out these words lightly, looked into the distance, and the colossal confidence revealed between the words infected the generals around him.
Zhao Jingyun sighed slightly and said, "Jingyun, as the concubine of the Futian Zhao family, has his own experience. Before the Puji bandits landed, the Southern Fujian family did not want the Zongzheng family and our army to be defeated, but after the Puji bandits landed, the Nanmin family hoped that at least one of our army and the Zongzheng family could preserve their strength to resist the possible invasion of the Puji bandits on Southern Fujian. ”
Xu Ruyu smiled: "In the eyes of the Southern Fujian family, I, Xu Ruyu, am not an open-minded person, and I am not afraid of being such a person." ”
Zhao Jingyun thought to himself: If there is no support from the families of Southern Fujian, it is a surprise attack to seize Quanzhou City, and it is impossible to subvert the regime of Southern Fujian, Quanzhou, Fengzhu, Putian, Zhangzhou, more than ten big cities, Quanzhou City is deeply hung in it, and the families of Southern Fujian can completely elect new royal leaders in other big cities to lead the families of Southern Fujian, so as to resist the subversion of the clan system of the Southern Fujian family in the "Zhixian Policy".
Zheng Menghuai said: "The main force of the Zongzheng family was trapped in the north of Yongjiabao, and the 40,000 elite soldiers of the Puji bandits invaded Zhangtai, and a very terrifying scene was presented in front of the Southern Fujian family, that is: our army annihilated the main force of the 30,000 Southern Fujian Guards north of Yongjiabao, and advanced south with Yongjiabao as the base. The two passages in Zhongshan Fujian, the Dazhangxi Passage and the Hutongxia Passage are controlled by our army, and the Puji bandits cannot cross the Zhongshan in Fujian, so they have to advance to the south on the east side of the Zhongshan in Fujian. ”
Zhao Jingyun fully understood the overall layout of the Qingyan Army's battle in Nanmin at this time, and said: "The Nanmin family does not know the mind of the adults to relieve the upside-down for the people, and they will indeed have such worries. From this point of view, our army is eighty percent sure of attacking Quanzhou. ”
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