"Arrogant, domineering!" Meng Yunhe's body trembled like a rooster with a high fever, and he almost didn't crow.

"You are a rebel and thief, how dare you compare with the emperor today, the emperor is the son of heaven, the emperor is orthodox, you are a lowly military household, you dare"

"Gotcha, gotcha!" Pang Gang interrupted Meng Yunhe's words impatiently, and said disdainfully: "Don't you just tell me how noble the emperor's bloodline is, how amazing it is, in fact, what's this, isn't Zhu Yuanzhang from a herding cow baby?" This king doesn't believe that he can be noble with a cattle-herding bloodline, and this king was originally a down-and-out military household, but now he is also a prince? In fact, these are not the key, the key is that the current old Zhu family and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty will not do personnel, and they will shout all day long about how to stabilize the world, in fact, they are all written and will not do, and the master of the eyes is high, and the Ming Dynasty is defeated in the hands of you waste!"

Pang Gang crackled, and unceremoniously reprimanded Meng Yunhe, Meng Yunhe's face first turned blue, then turned white, and finally turned gray, his eyes rolled wildly, and his body trembled for a while before falling backwards.

The people behind him hurriedly supported him, and some of them cried after holding him: "Lord Meng, Lord Meng, wake up!" ”

"Grass, this old man can't be braided, right?" The people behind Pang Gang also looked at each other one by one, thinking that this guy didn't really have braids, if he was really angry, the prince's tongue was too poisonous, that old man was the governor of a province, how much ability he could scold the governor of a province to death!

Probably feeling a little embarrassed, Pang Gang said a little annoyed: "Okay, what's there to see, why don't you hurry up and ask the doctor to see Governor Meng." ”

"Yes!"

The crowd who had no drama to watch dispersed in a hurry, and they scattered one after another, but Pang Gang walked out of the lobby a little depressed, he reflected on what he had just done, but found that he seemed to be much more angry than before.

Nanchang Mansion was lost, and it was lost in less than two hours by the Great Zhou army, and the news spread throughout Jiangxi like the wind, and since then, officials in various parts of Jiangnan have considered whether they can keep Jiangxi from time to time, but whether they should take the initiative to surrender to the Great Zhou army.

After conquering Nanchang Mansion, Pang Gang did not stay, but waved the army to fight continuously, until the end of March of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, after more than a month of campaigning, around the state capital, Huizhou Mansion, Guangxin Mansion, Anqing Mansion, Fuzhou Mansion and other state capitals fell to the fall, the surrender of Chengcheng, the entire Jiangxi Mansion has been controlled in the hands of Pang Gang.

At this time, Pang Gang's hands already owned Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi five provinces, and the people under his rule also reached more than 60 million, although from the map, these regions only accounted for about 30% of the Ming Dynasty, but these places are all really rich land, but not Wusi Tibetan Division (Tibetan Province), Duogan Dusi (Qinghai), Yili Jiangli (Xinjiang Province) and Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan These barren places can be compared, whether it is population, The wealth or prosperity has stood nearly half of that of the Ming Dynasty, and now it has fallen into the hands of Pang Gang one after another, which has to make many people have different thoughts in their hearts.

After the loss of Jiangxi, the twists and turns also flew to Chongzhen's dragon case like snowflakes, these twists and turns to Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are the most twists and turns, the governors of the provinces are as much as possible to exaggerate the strength and strength of the Zhou army in the twists and turns, a strong request for the imperial court to send reinforcements, everyone will describe their situation as dangerous as much as it is dangerous, with the danger of this is no longer enough to describe their danger.

Especially to the governor of Jiangsu Gu Sitong and stationed in Nanjing "Ping Thief General" Zuo Liangyu as the most, their recital is a day without interruption, the situation is getting worse day by day, so angry that Chongzhen almost bit his mouth full of steel teeth, Chongzhen watched their secret performance and scolded angrily, and then cried bitterly, sighing that since Lu Xiangsheng's death, the remaining ministers are all mediocre. He immediately issued an order to "relinquish his post and wait for his deputy" and Wu Tianqing, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, to "resign himself from his post and wait for investigation (waiting for investigation - waiting for questioning)", but Zuo Liangyu, the "general of the thief of peace," only issued an order to take responsibility for it, hoping that he would stick to Nanjing and reorganize his troops to fight again in order to make up for his previous mistakes.

Just when the Manchu civil and military thought that Pang Gang would continue to attack the provinces south of the Yangtze River, Pang Gang stopped his progress and turned around to start the reconstruction of the occupied area, which also made the Manchu civil and military who originally thought that he would capture Jiangnan in one go.

"Lord Wang, why don't we continue to attack, if we continue to attack, the last general will not dare to say anything else, and it is still certain to capture Zhejiang."

In the Yamen of Nanchang City, Pang Gang's temporary residence, Cheng Kai was looking at Pang Gang with puzzled eyes, and next to him stood the fourth officer commander Bin Shiqian, these two people came to Pang Gang to fight.

Looking at the two legion commanders standing in front of him, Pang Gang frowned slightly, "What are you doing here, you are all dizzy, don't forget, when we set out on the expedition, the plan we made was only to capture Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, and now what we have to do is to consolidate our territory, you really want to eat a fat man in one go!" ”

After the capture of Jiangxi, the morale of the whole army was very high, and they all wanted to capture the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River in one go, but they were all stopped by Pang Gang, which was enough for Pang Gang, if the rest of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were also captured, it would be a bit too much, and they were not ready, and the meal had to be eaten in one bite. But the people below didn't understand, no, Cheng Kai and Bin Shiqian, the two corps commanders, also came to join in the fun.

Faced with the huge credit that seemed to be at his fingertips, even Bin Shiqian, an old and respectful person in ordinary times, couldn't help but say: "Lord Wang, but we still have the ability to defeat them." ”

Pang Gang didn't speak, just stared at Bin Shiqian and sighed lightly and shook his head, seeing that Bin Shiqian was panicked before he said: "Bin Shiqian, Bin Shiqian, do you remember, this king has known you since the first day he came to Lingshanwei, and it stands to reason that there were many hundred households with you at that time, such as Qi Wuming and others, but why did this king only let you lead a legion, and Qi Wuming and others only led a battalion of soldiers and horses at most?" ”

When Bin Shiqian heard this, his heart suddenly trembled, it was broken, the prince was about to get angry, he quickly knelt down and said: "The last general doesn't know, please atone for the prince!" ”

"Get up!" Pang Gang raised his hand, motioned for him to stand up, stood up himself, walked up to Bin Shiqian and sighed softly: "The reason why this king let you command an army of 20,000 is because I see that you are old and respectful, and you do things in an orderly manner. This time, Cheng Kai shouted that he wanted to continue fighting, can this king understand, after all, he is still young, but he never thought that you would also be coaxed? ”

As soon as Pang Gang said this, beads of sweat immediately appeared on the forehead of Bin Shiqian, who had just stood up, "The prince is confused for a while, you can deal with the general!" ”

Pang Gang let out a long sigh and said, "Alas! What to dispose of? Is it because the soldiers under his command are eager to fight, and the king will deal with you? To the disappointment of this king, none of you can see the king's thoughts, and you only know how to fight and rush, and you are a reckless man, just go down, and you must not mention the matter of continuing to march into the army. ”

With that, Pang Gang waved his hand and motioned for them to retreat.

After the two retreated, Pang Gang shook his head with a wry smile, it seems that these generals under his command still lack long-term strategic vision. If it was Wen Renjun, Hua Yan, or even Li Xianfeng and others who had surrendered here, they would definitely not persuade Pang Gang to occupy the rest of the Jiangnan provinces in a hurry, the reason is very simple, these provinces they can't occupy, but the various problems they have to face after the occupation, and it is very stupid to blindly occupy them before these problems are solved.

Occupation is different from capture, it is very simple to capture a place, but it is not so easy to really occupy a place, first of all, it is a matter of appointing officials, now is not like the era when college students are full in later generations, you can attract tens of millions of college students with a wave of your hand, and now there are only a few scholars among the people, you have to send officials to occupy a place, and these officials have to understand your will and ideas, and they must have the ability.

If this place suffers a disaster, you have to allocate supplies to help the disaster, and you have to send a certain number of troops to garrison it, and all kinds of things are enough to exhaust people to death. Of course, if you imagine Li Zicheng like Li Zicheng, after capturing a place, scraping a layer of ground, and then occasionally patting his ass and leaving, it is another matter.

"Okay, don't think about these things for the time being, let's send someone to search for tungsten ore quickly." Pang Gang shook his head, collected his mood, and called Shi Bowen, who was standing outside and waiting

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair in a daze, at this moment he was already a little disheartened, after receiving the news of the loss of Jiangxi, he had a premonition in his heart, that is, the ancestors passed on to him the Ming Dynasty is likely to be lost in his hands, these days his mood is very bad, so that even the fold did not approve a few copies, and now he is waiting for Yang Sichang to report to him the situation in Jiangnan.

At this time, Yang Sichang was walking with Wang Chengen on the way to Wenhua Palace, he thought that although the emperor was angry in Jiangnan, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were terrified, although he was responsible for the second assistant of the cabinet, the most important responsibility still fell on the head of the newly appointed cabinet chief assistant Fan Fucui, he was at most a crime of negligence, and he should be fine this time.

After coming to the Wenhua Palace, Yang Sichang saluted Chongzhen, and Chongzhen immediately asked after sitting down: "Now Jiangnan is in frequent emergencies, and it is very urgent to help." Who can go to supervise the division and relieve the siege of Jiangnan? ”

Yang Sichang pondered for a moment and said, "Has the emperor ever heard of Zuo Liangyu? ”

Chongzhen's brows furrowed, and then he said, "I have also heard of it. ”

Yang Sichang continued: "Although Jiangxi has fallen into the hands of Pang Gang's traitors, Zuo Liangyu has already established himself in Nanjing, and it seems that it is not difficult to recover quickly and fight again with the whole army. The defeat of Jiangxi was due to the fact that the governor, the governor and the general of the thief could not help each other. Therefore, it is necessary to appoint a minister who is convinced by the general of the thief to be the overseer, such as "

Chongzhen stopped and asked, "You mean Hong Chengchou?" ”

Yang Sichang bowed down and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." Now I'm afraid that only Master Hong can command him. ”

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said fiercely: "Zuo Liangyu is arrogant and domineering, I have endured it in every way, but I still don't know how to change!" ”

Yang Sichang said cautiously: "Although Zuo Liangyu has failed to live up to the grace of the saint, but at present, that Pang is arrogant and rampant, if I don't get rid of it, I will never be able to say that it is not easy to get a general like Liangyu who has experience and strategy." I hope that Your Majesty will look at the big picture and wait for it to be overcome. There is a good jade, not only the traitor Pang Gang is bold, but that Pang Gang also has scruples and can't be wanton in Jiangnan. Looking at the fact that although Pang Gang captured Jiangxi, he did not dare to take advantage of the victory of Jiangxi to attack the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and went straight to Zhejiang and Jiangsu, it can be seen that Pang Gang, a thief, still did not dare to despise Liangyu. ”

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and asked, "Can Zuo Liangyu recover quickly?" ”

"Zuo Liangyu is well-known in prestige and good at controlling, far beyond the reach of ordinary generals. Looking at his secret performance, he said that after he arrived in Nanjing, he would try his courage and recruit the old department to know that this person was still available."

Chongzhen was impatient, and without waiting for Yang Sichang to finish speaking, he asked, "Can Qing Liangyu recover Jiangxi again?" ”

Yang Sichang shook his head and said: "Now that the thieves are already eyeing me, we must not make waves again." ”

"He can really obey Hong Chengchou's command?"

"The minister didn't dare to say that he would obey Lord Hong's command, but I know that he still regards Lord Jing Hong, the former official."

Chongzhen still couldn't decide, and said in a deep voice, "Let's try? ”

Yang Sichang said: "The old minister thought that the emperor could send Hong Chengchou to Jiangnan. ”

Chongzhen really had no other way to think about it, and felt that this was a feasible way. Now that the situation in Jiangnan has been eroded, there is only a glimmer of hope for Zuo Liangyu. After thinking about it, he sighed: "Now there are only dead horses as live horse doctors, Yang Qing, let's make a purpose!" ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Chongzhen had made up his mind, Yang Sichang walked to the dragon case and began to grind, and began to draft the holy decree

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, the military department Shangshu Hong Chengchou is bold and capable, known as the talent of training and commanding the army, and ordered him to serve as the governor of Jiangnan, and the soldiers and horses in all parts of Jiangnan are under his control.

"Emperor Xie, long live my emperor, long live!"

In front of the incense case, Hong Chengchou knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to Wang Chengen, who came to deliver the decree, and then stood up and stretched out his hand to take the holy decree made of bright yellow satin.

After receiving the holy decree, Hong Chengchou walked up to Wang Chengen and asked respectfully: "Princess, the emperor suddenly ordered Xia Guan to serve as the governor of Jiangnan, but this move was quite unexpected by Xia Guan, I don't know who proposed this?" ”

Wang Chengen glanced at Hong Chengchou slightly, slowly raised his head, looked upward, and then stopped talking, Hong Chengchou looked at Wang Chengen's movements and pondered for a while, the expression on his face changed a few times, and then he smiled bitterly: "Thank you for your guidance, and the lower officials understand." ”

Wang Chengen's originally calm face showed a slight smile, and he nodded slowly: "Well, Lord Hong is a smart person, there is no need for our family to say more about what to do, in short, this going to Jiangnan is very important, and it must not go wrong, otherwise the emperor will be angry, and we don't need to say more about the consequences, right?" ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands!" Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "Xia Guan knows that he has a big stake when he goes to Jiangnan, but the emperor can't let Xia Guan take office empty-handed, right?" ”

Wang Chengen glanced at Hong Chengchou playfully and said, "Oh, what do you want?" ”

Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth and said, "Xiaguan wants to transfer a Shenji battalion to Jiangnan!" ”

"What?"

An exclamation shouted out of Wang Chengen's mouth, and Rao couldn't help but shout with Wang Chengen's composure: "Do you want to transfer the Shenji Camp to Jiangnan?" You are crazy? ”

"Xiaguan is not crazy!" Hong Chengchou's eyes were unusually bright at the moment, and he said firmly: "Xiaguan knows that this time he went to Jiangnan to fight against Pang Gang, although Xiaguan has never fought with Pang Gang, but he has never heard that Pang Gang's firearms are sharp, if Xia Guan goes to Jiangnan without a firearm elite soldier in hand, how can he fight with Pang Gang!" ”

Wang Chengen snorted coldly: "Lord Hong, don't you know that today's Jingying is not the Jingying of the Taizu period, and you know better than our family what kind of virtue the children of Jingying are now, do you still use our family to remind you of this?" ”

The Jingshi Jingying is also known as the three major battalions, including the five military battalions? , 3,000 battalions? And the Divine Machine Battalion?. It was personally formed by Zhu Yuanzhang during the Hongwu period, and the three major battalions were the strongest in combat effectiveness when they were first established. However, in the civil engineering change, the main force was exhausted, and during the Jingtai period, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, reformed the establishment of the Beijing battalion and selected 100,000 elite battalions among the three major battalions. It is divided into ten battalions for regimental training in case of emergency call, so it is also called the tenth regiment battalion.

Theoretically speaking, the Beijing camp stationed in Yanjing is the most elite armed force of the Ming Dynasty, his equipment is the most sophisticated, and the personnel are all the nobles of the Ming Dynasty, it stands to reason that they are also the most loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness is also the strongest, but in fact it is not the case. The combat effectiveness of the Beijing battalion composed of them can be imagined, and the Shenji battalion that Hong Chengchou asked to transfer is the only pure firearms battalion in the Beijing battalion.

"Xia Guan naturally knows!" Hong Chengchou said categorically: "But it is precisely because the Beijing camp is still rotten, so the lower officials should bring the elite of this Beijing camp to the Jiangnan battlefield to experience a turnover, as long as this Beijing camp can be trained, the lower officials can be regarded as not going to Jiangnan in vain, besides, what has become of that place in Jiangnan now, you don't don't know, if the lower officials don't have a trustworthy elite soldier in hand, can they suppress those veterans in Jiangnan? Or could it be that the emperor promised the lower officials to mobilize a Xuanda elite to accompany the lower officials to Jiangnan? ”

(To be continued)