Chapter 329: Wrestling with the Parties

Huo Yuan, Li Mi and Sui Yi's delay in returning to the army made Min Shaoqing feel the crisis, originally he thought that with the political minds of these three people, they would not be aware of his big conspiracy, but now they are doing something against him, that is, the two armies are holding each other. This is a sign of civil strife.

The army led by Min Shaoqing was withdrawn before the Battle of the Grassland, with more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Liu Yue's old subordinates also led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. Because everyone knows that Liu Yu's old subordinates include the new army, and also include Huo Yao, the war maniac, Min Shaoqing can only use political means to solve this matter, and he is even considering going to the military camp 600 miles outside the city to directly seize power.

But soon, the special situation in Jin Yao City aroused Min Shaoqing's vigilance.

In order to solve the problem of military power as soon as possible, Min Shaoqing had to convene a regular meeting, at this time the Son of Heaven has also issued a holy decree, the meaning of the holy decree is obvious, let Min Shaoqing temporarily take over the military power when Liu Yu disappeared. Min Shaoqing had the holy decree as his backing, and felt that everything should fall into place.

There is only one topic on the agenda of the military meeting, that is, the question of who is in charge of the military power in the post-Liu Yu era, Min Shaoqing has a holy purpose in hand, and the meeting went smoothly, and those veterans who were originally worried that they would make trouble were honest at this military meeting, and they did not even say a word of complaint. So after the military meeting, Min Shaoqing changed from the self-appointed acting commander to the rightful commander of the army of the Great Shun Dynasty. Then he had a copy of the decree with him. Go to the barracks of Huo Ill to seize power. Choose and choose, this person is the most suitable for Ma Feng.

Ma Feng and Min Shaoqing are old friends, and they are also brothers in distress, the two have become close friends since Xuzhou, and he put forward the idea of opposing Liu Yu this time, Min Shaoqing is not worried about Ma Fengfeng turning back halfway. If Ma Feng takes over Huo Yi and Li Mi's subordinates, then the entire army will fall into his hands.

But Ma Feng refused to go.

Min Shaoqing talked to Ma Feng after the military meeting, and Ma Feng's meaning was very clear. This time to seize power, it is appropriate for anyone else to go, and it is not appropriate for him to go. didn't say the reason, so Min Shaoqing was confused. It stands to reason that now the big thing will be accomplished, Liu Yu has been eliminated, and his old subordinates are only left with Huo Disease, a big henchman, with a copy of the Holy Decree, Huo Illness still has the reason to disobey the Holy Decree?

But Min Shaoqing thought about it again, it was really possible for Huo Yi to disobey the holy decree, such a bad person. I don't know what the rules are, Liu Yue can suppress him before. Now that Liu Yu is gone, who can control it? Min Shaoqing looked at Ma Feng's embarrassment again, and roughly thought that Liu Yu's intelligence personnel were all over the army, if Huo Yu knew that Liu Yu was killed by Ma Feng, would Ma Feng still have a reason to come back alive? If Ma Feng is killed, then there will definitely be civil strife within the Shun Dynasty army, and it will be the Turks who will pick up the bargain at that time.

Whether Ma Feng is greedy for life and afraid of death, or whether Ma Feng thinks too much and doesn't want to have civil strife, Min Shaoqing can't care anymore, he knows that he must now send someone to take over the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses outside the city. The army was originally dispatched quickly, but it has been delayed on the grassland for more than two months, and logistical supply difficulties have long appeared, if this matter cannot be resolved, he, the commander of the whole army, will also be held accountable by the emperor.

Winning a battle without advancing or retreating is a sign of rebellion. Min Shaoqing is not only Liu Yu's political enemy in the DPRK, the two ministers, Yuan Bolang and Lan He, will definitely make a fuss about this matter.

Find a vigorous and trustworthy person as a special envoy to take over the military power, and then find a more moderate general to assist in preventing irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides. Min Shaoqing spent a lot of brains when calculating this candidate, and after the end, he chose Zhang Shaoyun, a black-faced general who had an argument with Liu Yu at a military meeting, and fought with Huo Yi with his vigorous and resolute behavior, as for the person who assisted from the side, he chose He Mao, because He Mao is a good man, and everyone has a heartfelt respect for him.

After the matter was settled, Min Shaoqing talked to the two of them. Zhang Shaoyun has always had to be reused after Min Shaoqing took control of the border army, and has been regarded as his own by Min Shaoqing, but He Mao is different, He Mao has been in the air for a long time. This time he sent a special envoy to take over the military power, and even let He Mao be Zhang Shaoyun's deputy, even Zhang Shaoyun felt a little ashamed, He Mao was his old boss, and his reputation in the army, Zhang Shaoyun could not be compared with He Mao. But after all, it was the order of the new commander-in-chief, and he obeyed it.

He Mao didn't say anything, but said that he would do his best to do it well.

Because Zhang Shaoyun has a very high authority in the border army of Jin Yaocheng, with more than 4,000 people, this time Zhang Shaoyun went to take over Huo Yi and Li Mi's department, and the original subordinates had to arrange other generals to take over. Worried about this matter, He Mao proposed: "It's better to let some experienced veterans take over, so it's okay!" ”

Min Shaoqing originally thought so, after all, just promoting some newcomers who have no qualifications and can be trusted to take on important responsibilities has made the whole army dissatisfied, and now he has taken over the military power as a civil servant, and the foundation is not stable, it is time to win over some veterans to serve him. In order to prevent any of these veterans from being overly autocratic, Min Shaoqing divided the more than 4,000 soldiers and horses under Zhang Shaoyun's department into six parts, and found more than a dozen veterans to lead them, so that they are still generals in name, but in fact they do not have much power.

After the arrangements were made, Zhang Shaoyun set off with He Mao.

Jin Yaocheng, it seems that nothing has happened, everything is very peaceful.

Six hundred miles of road, one go and one back, if it is a fast horse, it will not take three days of work. But Zhang Shaoyun and He Mao took people for five days, and there was still no news at all. Min Shaoqing began to sit still.

Min Shaoqing has now received an order from the imperial court to withdraw the army, and he understands that the withdrawal of the army will be sooner or later, and if he does not withdraw, the right minister Yuan Bolang and the left minister Lan He will also put pressure on the emperor and force him to withdraw through the emperor's hand. Now there is no Liu Yu in the army, but there is still him Min Shaoqing, Min Shaoqing must return to Chang'an City as soon as possible to report on his work and hand over all the military power, so that the imperial power can completely control the military power and achieve his goal.

He also figured out that if Huo Yi was a mistake, that is, he would continue to make trouble with the remnants of the Turkic army on the steppe, so he was ready to withdraw the army first and abandon this part of the people. Aren't you able to fight Huo disease? Let you see how there is no supply of food and grass, no backup support, and how to run rampant on the grassland? Isn't it time to obediently withdraw to Kannai? Even if you kid can resist it, the soldiers below you can't stand it, after all, most of the soldiers in Huo Ill and Li Mi's subordinates are border troops, and they are eager to win the battle at this time, and Huo Ill's aggressive and insistent attitude of war madmen will sooner or later cause complaints from the generals below.

Min Shaoqing focused all his attention on Liu Yu's old subordinates, six hundred miles outside the city, ignoring the internal crisis. At this time, Hua Ji'an was working as an idler in Jinyao City, but he had already attracted the support of most of the veterans, and he was ready to seize power. In order to seize power, we must first talk about prestige in the whole army.

Hua Ji'an received news that Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu had been ordered by the emperor to lead troops into Shaowuguan. This matter was carried out in secret, and even Min Shaoqing was not notified in advance. This intention is obvious, the emperor is worried that Min Shaoqing will be the second Liu Yu, afraid that he will not return to the grassland, and will rebel against the military power. Therefore, the emperor sent Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu, two trusted generals, to the border army, only waiting for Min Shaoqing to lead the army back to Shaowuguan, and also relieved Min Shaoqing's military power.

Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu's expedition is also reasonable, after all, as long as the two of them come out of the pass, Liu Yu's power in the pass is basically gone, and the emperor can easily take the military power in the pass into his own hands, which is the first step to consolidate the imperial power. The once immature emperor also learned to use his own means to ensure the stability of the imperial regime.

After all, the three major passes such as Shaowuguan gathered nearly half of the soldiers and horses of the border army, and when Liu Yu set out on the expedition, he only hurriedly gathered some remnants of the defeated army and set out with more than 40,000 horses, but afterwards the border army gathered at the border pass, and there were still as many as 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers. This was partly because of Liu Yu's victory on the front line, and it was also considered that there was no need to send the grassland, so he stayed in the pass until the arrival of Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu.

Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu were already generals in the army before they met Liu Yu, although they were unwilling, they were well versed in the rules of the army, and on the first day they entered Shaowuguan, they had already firmly controlled the military power in their own hands.

Min Shaoqing thought that everything was within his expectations, but he didn't know that Liu Yu's old subordinates had secretly made contact, thanks to the tight layout of Yang's intelligence network. Min Shaoqing's department is only 20,000 horses, and at this time, Liu Yu's old subordinates have more than 60,000 soldiers and horses.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, a month after Liu Yu disappeared from the battlefield, there was a sudden upheaval in Jin Yaocheng.

On this day, Min Shaoqing was anxious for his trusted generals to hold a meeting on the withdrawal of troops, and the Chinese army's big tent was suddenly besieged by a group of soldiers, and then He Mao, who was supposed to take over the military power of Liu Yu's old department, appeared in front of everyone, and He Mao was accompanied by Hua Ji'an and some veterans. Zhang Shaoyun was not seen.

Min Shaoqing faintly felt uneasy, he didn't expect that He Mao, who had always been gentle and did not fight with others, and even followed the crowd as a deserter, would have such a disobedient order.

Min Shaoqing stepped onto the handsome case, read Liu Yu's "suicide note" in public, and the general Hua Ji'an took over the three armies, and continued to crusade against the Turks until the Turkic court was broken!

The suicide note was clearly forged.

Min Shaoqing sneered, and Ma Feng on the side had already jumped out and accused: "Okay, you He Mao, you dare to commit a rebellion!" Do you think that with the support of these old guys, you will be able to push this puppet to the top? Don't forget the entire Jinyao City, which is under the control of General Min! (To be continued......)