Chapter 370: Fight to Fame (Second Update)
The more Qin Guangyi thought about it, the more afraid he became, Emperor Xuande might treat the rebellious Han King well, but he would definitely not let go of those who followed the Han King to rebel, because those followers betrayed Emperor Xuande and were out-and-out sinners of the Ming Dynasty, and they must definitely be severely punished.
I am afraid that even if Emperor Xuande wants to deal with the rebellion of the Han King in a low-key manner, those ministers in the court will not agree, how can they let go of such a good opportunity to eradicate dissidents and install cronies, and I am afraid that many innocent people will also be implicated at that time.
After all, Emperor Xuande is too young to control the court like Emperor Yongle and Emperor Hongxi, and will inevitably be swayed by the important ministers in the court.
Tianjin is an important town on the canal, the hub of Cao Yun, not only the location is important, but also the deputy general of Tianjin is also an out-and-out fat shortage, I don't know how many people in the court are staring at the noble eyes.
Therefore, Qin Guangyi weighed and finally made up his mind, decided to preemptively tie up the deputy general on the grounds that his deputy general was secretly having an affair with the King of Han, and personally escorted the deputy general to Emperor Xuande to ask for guilt.
I have to say that Qin Guangyi's plan to move Jiangdong away can be described as a salary from the bottom of the kettle, putting all the blame on the deputy general, which not only cleared the suspicion, but also explained the reason why the King of Han ventured north, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
The deputy general has followed Qin Guangyi for many years, knowing that if Qin Guangyi falls, he will also be implicated, so it is better to protect Qin Guangyi, so that Qin Guangyi can still take care of his family, so he gritted his teeth and admitted that he had an affair with the King of Han and was ready to take the blame down.
Qin Guangyi knew that his approach could not deceive those treacherous and cunning civil and military officials in the court at all, and if he wanted to confirm this matter, he had to find enough help in the court to help him speak.
Therefore, he wanted to ask Emperor Xuande for his guilt, and almost all the ministers who were enough to influence Emperor Xuande followed Emperor Xuande to quell the rebellion, and he happened to take this opportunity to contact those ministers in private.
For Qin Guangyi, his primary target is naturally Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian is not only a popular man in front of Emperor Xuande, but also has made great contributions in counterinsurgency, if Li Yuntian can help him speak, then his suspicion of secret collusion with the King of Han can be cleared.
Therefore, Qin Guangyi first went to Heiniu Town to find Li Yuntian, and went to Wu'an County with him, waiting for Emperor Xuande to arrive.
Because of the defense of Tianjin, Qin Guangyi and Li Yuntian are not familiar with each other, but he has a good relationship with Zhou Zheng and Zhang Hao, and he was worried that Li Yuntian was young and vigorous and difficult to deal with, but Li Yuntian was very respectful to him, which made him feel a lot more at ease.
When Li Yuntian arrived in Wu'an County, Zhang Hao in the county town personally led the civil and military officials out of the city to greet him and warmly welcomed him into the city.
Zhang Hao had already set up a banquet in the restaurant in the county town to wash the dust for Li Yuntian, and during the banquet, all the officials stepped forward to toast Li Yuntian, and they were quite in awe of Li Yuntian in their words and deeds.
As the saying goes, Shibei should be impressed in three days, and Li Yuntian and Xiaowu Army became famous after the first battle of Black Bull Town.
No one thought that Li Yuntian, as a civilian official, would have such amazing military talent, and he would defeat the elite of the 40,000 rebels of the Han King in Heiniu Town with a mere 25,000 improvised soldiers, and then forced the Han King into a desperate situation.
The reason why Li Yuntian brought the 5,000 Xiaowu troops to Le'an this time was because Emperor Xuande wanted to review this army that had created a miracle.
Before this, Li Yuntian had been living under the aura of Zhou Zheng, and whenever the outside world mentioned him, especially those nobles in the court, the first thing that came to mind was that he was Zhou Zheng's son-in-law.
However, with Li Yuntian's wonderful performance in counterinsurgency, he has gradually been recognized by the civil and military officials of the imperial court and has become a rising star in the Ming officialdom.
Now, when people mention Li Yuntian again, the first thing that comes to mind is his beautiful achievements on the battlefield in Shandong.
Originally, Emperor Xuande let Li Yuntian sit in Jinan City to resist the attack of the rebels, but Li Yuntian first unexpectedly conquered Qingzhou, and then defeated Chen Lang and Yang Yong who attacked Qingzhou with lightning speed, and then stabilized the situation in Qingzhou, completely cut off the connection between the eastern and western parts of the rebels, and took the opportunity to recover Dengzhou through Guò Chen Lang, forcing the enemy of Laizhou to retreat to a corner.
It is worth mentioning that when the news of the defeat of the Han King in Heiniu Town reached Qingzhou, Jin Rong, who was guarding Qingzhou City, sent a force of 10,000 soldiers and horses to join Chen Lang's troops in Dengzhou, and forced the rebels in Laizhou City to surrender without blood.
If the battle in Qingzhou is just Li Yuntian's small test, then the battle of Heiniu Town is amazing to the outside world, Li Yuntian not only smashed the flanking attack of the rebels in Cangzhou City, but also defeated the elite of the 40,000 rebels of the Han King, which can be called a miracle.
In addition, the reason why the rebels in Texas surrendered was that the crushing defeat of the Han King at Black Bull Town was an important inducement.
In this way, the recovery of Qingzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Cangzhou, and Dezhou was directly or indirectly related to Li Yuntian, who almost single-handedly pacified the war situation in Shandong, and his achievements were so great that no one could match him.
With the King of Han trapped in Le'an City, those civil and military officials in Wu'an County knew that the rebellion launched by King Han was about to end, and Li Yuntian would definitely be rewarded by Emperor Xuande at that time, so he naturally wanted to rush to befriend Li Yuntian.
On the morning of the next day, Emperor Xuande drove to Wu'an County surrounded by hundreds of civil and military officials, and the small Wu'an County suddenly became lively.
The inhabitants of the city took to the streets, gathering on the side of the road with great interest and stretching their heads to look at the procession entering the city, all wanting to take advantage of this golden opportunity to witness the dragon face of the great tomorrow.
It's a pity that Emperor Xuande sat in the imperial chariot, and the people didn't see his appearance, but even so, everyone was very satisfied, at least they saw those civil and military officials in the capital who were high in the capital on weekdays, which was enough to brag and show off later.
After the dinner, Emperor Xuande sent Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Zhang Hao and Li Yuntian and other close ministers to the study to discuss how to solve the matter of Le'an City.
Although Zhang Hao led a large army to surround the city of Le'an, and shouted to the king of Han in the city to persuade him to surrender, the king of Han ignored it at all and put on a posture of a fish to death, which made Emperor Xuande have an extraordinary headache.
Obviously, Emperor Xuande did not want to storm Le'an City, not to mention that it would bring a large number of casualties, he also had to take into account the battle situation between Juyongguan and Zhendingfu, if he could force the Han King to surrender Kaicheng, the war between the two places would undoubtedly subside.
In addition, if the Han King surrendered, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the prestige of Emperor Xuande, which was exactly what the young Emperor Xuande desperately needed, and he felt an indescribable depression in front of those important ministers of the court.
In order to end the war in Shandong as soon as possible, Emperor Xuande decided to personally go to Le'an City the next day to persuade him to surrender.
At the same time, there was another incident that troubled Emperor Xuande, in early November, a battle report came from Jiaozhi, and Chengshan Bowangtong was defeated by the rebellious bandit leader Li Li, with tens of thousands of casualties.
What is particularly surprising and shocking is that Chen Qia, the deputy assistant of the military cabinet of the military counselor, committed suicide and martyrdom after being besieged by the enemy, becoming the highest-ranking Ming official to die in battle since the Li Li rebellion.
The defeat of Jiaozhi made Emperor Xuande very angry, he could not imagine that the small Jiaozhi would cause the Ming army to lose twice in succession, and also took Chen Qia's life.
Therefore, after discussing the war in Shandong, Emperor Xuande brought up the matter of Jiaozhi again.
After the discussion of the ministers, Emperor Xuande decided to appoint the crown prince Taifu, the right governor of the right army governor's mansion, and An Yuan Houliu to be promoted to the deputy general of the conquest, replacing Wang Tong as the commander-in-chief of Jiaozhi, and leading troops to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion after the war in Shandong was calmed down.
When Zhang Fu conquered Jiaozhi that year, Liu Sheng was his deputy general, and he had a lot of military exploits, and he knew a lot about the topography and customs of Jiaozhi, so he was the best candidate to quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi.
Li Yuntian sat silently on the seat below, his brows furrowed slightly, although he also felt that Liu Sheng was the best candidate to quell the rebellion, but from a historical point of view, Liu Sheng undoubtedly failed, otherwise Jiaozhi would have become the fourteenth political envoy of the Ming Dynasty.
Early the next morning, Emperor Xuande's imperial chariot set off from Wu'an County, and went to Le'an City surrounded by everyone.
At this time, the four gates of Le'an City have been surrounded by the Ming Army, and the camp tents outside the city are endless, surrounding Le'an City to the point of impassing.
In the open space outside the north gate, dozens of heavy cannons made of cast iron were lined up, aiming the muzzles of the black hole at Le'an City, and the atmosphere was extremely desolate.
These heavy artillery pieces have a name, called "General", and they are the most powerful firearms of the Ming Dynasty, capable of firing solid and flowering bullets, which can not only siege cities but also kill and injure enemy troops in large numbers.
Behind the heavy artillery were neatly lined up with three thousand firecrackers carrying firecrackers on their backs, all brightly dressed and armored, with stern expressions.
These musketeers and heavy artillery are all the belongings of the famous Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the killer weapons of the Ming Emperor's foreign expeditions.
When Emperor Yongle invaded Mongolia in the north, the heavy artillery and firecrackers of the Shenji battalion made the Mongolian cavalry suffer a lot, and the cavalrymen were beaten on their backs and trembled.
The Beijing army of the Ming Dynasty was divided into three battalions, namely the Shenji Battalion, the 3,000 Battalion and the Five Military Battalions, the Shenji Battalion was the firearms battalion, the 3,000 Battalion was the cavalry battalion, and the Five Military Battalions were the Jingwei stationed in the capital.
The Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion can be described as the emperor's guards, tasked with protecting the emperor, usually following the emperor's actions, and are under the control of the emperor's trusted nobles, and only the emperor can mobilize them.
The rebel soldiers on the wall of the north gate looked at the heavy artillery and musketeers with surprised expressions, it was the first time they had seen the firearms of the Shenji Battalion, and they didn't know what they were.
Inside the city, the palace of the Han king.
King Han was drinking sullen wine alone in the hall in the backyard, looking lonely, with a lot of gray hair on his temples, and he seemed to be more than ten years old in just twenty days.
What King Han never imagined was that he was forced into a desperate situation by Emperor Xuande in Shandong in just over four months, and was firmly trapped in Le'an City, which was like a nightmare that could not be looked back.
In fact, the King of Han had the opportunity to leave Le'an and go to Zhending Mansion to join Lu Zhongqian, who still had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, although not as elite as the rebels, but as long as they were tempered by time, they would definitely become a brave army.
If the King of Han was an ordinary person, maybe he would have quietly gone out of the city and sneaked to Zhending Mansion to find Lu Zhongqian, but unfortunately he was the King of Han in Daming, and his dignity and arrogance did not allow him to leave Shandong in disgrace.
Moreover, the family members of the King of Han are all in Le'an City, he can't take them away, so he can only leave his wife and children in Le'an City to the Ming army.
"Lord Wang, the Shenji Camp has arrived, and the emperor may be coming!" Just when the King of Han was sad there, Zhu Heng, the former governor of Le'an Prefecture and now appointed by the King of Han, the Puppet Military Department Shangshu and the Governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, walked in from outside the door, bowed his hand to the King of Han, and said in a deep voice.!^!
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