Chapter 253: A Last Resort

Chen Cao finally decided to fight Suzhou or act in person, after all, in the future, the two prefectures of Susong are the base areas, and besides, this time the army is also a last resort, if it is not for Jiannu suddenly to recuperate and prepare to negotiate peace with the imperial court, he will not have the urge to suddenly make a move.

However, according to the original plan, Tang Kainian and Man Gui still led the Longwu army to take the Jiading Road, while he acted with Song Che and others, starting from Qingpu and heading straight to Suzhou Fucheng.

Of course, before Chen Cao acted, he made the edict public, and made a well-known name.

Qingjun side...

And Chen Cao has also publicly supported the content of the edict as the Duke of Liangguo, and King Fu should ascend the throne as the emperor.

Regardless of whether King Fu wants to or not, in short, from the moment he met Chen Cao, King Fu had already boarded Chen Cao's 'thief ship', and Chen Cao needed to wait for a message before finally setting off.

Seven days later, Kuaima returned from Nanjing, bringing the news that Chen Cao wanted.

"The emperor was furious after learning of Wei Zhongxian's edict, fainted in the Qianqing Palace, and then passed the decree of the political secretary, stripped the name of the Fu Wang clan, and sent personnel to Luoyang to arrest the Fu Wang family, and imprisoned Fengyang;

In addition, the emperor scolded the grandfather, and the humble position did not say the content, and then there was a will to convey Nanjing, not to recognize the title of the grandfather, and to characterize us as anti-thieves. ”

"Hahaha..."

Chen Cao raised his head and smiled, and after letting the captain who reported the news retreat, he looked at the participants at the round table: "Everyone, Qingjun's side, the whole army, let's set off immediately..."

Since last year, Chen Cao has decided that not only the Dingwu Army, but also the new army will no longer wear plate armor, and a relaxed soldier only needs to carry a flintlock pistol and enough ammunition to go to the battlefield, and the speed of assembly has naturally increased significantly.

At the same time, in Luoyang City

Luoyang as the capital of several dynasties, its prosperity in Henan is even Kaifeng can not be compared, in the city of the palace imperial city, the noisy and lively Fu Wangfu is a slaughter, the palace left guard commander Zhang Gaoping is dressed in armor, towards the Fu King Zhu Changxun who is sitting on the throne of the carrier hall hugged his fist: "Qi Yu Wang, everything is ready." ”

After hearing this, Liu Shuang turned around and arched his hand towards King Fu with a serious face: "Lord Wang, except for the prefect of Luoyang and other stubborn people, all the troops around Luoyang are willing to obey the command of the prince and ask the prince to give an order." ”

King Fu stood up with Sun Dewen's support: "This king is willing to obey the edict of the first emperor, go north to the emperor's throne, and assassinate the first emperor in the court. ”

"I am willing to die for the king..."

On the square outside the carrying hall, more than 1,000 guards of the Fuwang Mansion shouted in unison.

"Liu Changshi, the matter of contacting Liang Guogong will be handed over to you."

"Don't worry..."

Liu Shuang bowed and turned his head to look at Zhang Gaoping: "Commander Zhang, let's act..."

"Yes..."

...

The official road south of Suzhou Prefecture

The inspection department along the way didn't even have the will to resist, and after seeing the flag of the Dingwu Army, they honestly put down the rusty long knife in their hands and knelt down to greet Chen Cao, the Duke of Liangguo.

It is not to blame that these patrol officers are cowardly, even if they have the equipment of the guard troops, if they really want to resist, they will be shot into a sieve with muskets at a distance of 150 paces.

And these people in front of him are all small shrimps, and asking them about the situation is not as clear as his investigation, after Enwei and Shi, let them return to their posts to stick to it.

This made the people in the inspection department unclear, and then after seeing the word 'Qingjun side' written on a big flag, they reacted, and felt that Liang Guogong wanted to go north to Qingjun's side.

Since they can not die, a group of soldiers from the inspection department have been thanking each other like garlic, and they actually got a reward of ten taels of silver per person, but what they got in their hands was actually a silver dollar that they had never seen before.

"Grandpa..."

Zhao Xin quickly caught up with Chen Cao, and pulled the reins to make the premise of the war horse lift, this equestrian skill is not ordinarily good: "Grandpa, good news..."

"But the Fu King has an incident?"

Zhao Xin nodded suddenly: "Exactly, I heard that the eunuch who passed the decree was beheaded as soon as he entered Luoyang City, and the prefect of Luoyang did not follow King Fu and also showed the public that he was beheaded, Luoyang was already under the control of King Fu, and King Fu also sent a messenger over." ”

The envoy is a warrior, an official position of a hundred households, and an important responsibility is to come to liaise.

"Yin Guoxian, a hundred households of the left guard of the lowly palace, meet the Duke of Liangguo..."

"What did His Royal Highness King Fu tell you to preach?"

"The prince asked the humble post to send a letter to the Duke of Liangguo, asking the Duke of Guo to take a look."

"Come on, take Yin Baihu down to rest..."

After Chen Cao read the letter, he handed it to Huang Chunyao beside him: "Look at it, King Fu is not a fool..."

Huang Chunyao replied while watching: "The aid is all trivial, but he asked us to go to Fengyang within a time limit, but the students thought that they couldn't go." ”

"What's the explanation?"

"As the student said before, let's pull King Fu is just borrowing a name, as far as the student knows, King Fu is just a talented person, if you really expect his current strength to go north to win the world, I'm afraid it's impossible;

And we only need a gibberish word, as long as we don't take further action after taking Suzhou, we can't threaten Nanjing, I believe that even the grandfather of Wei will not pay too much attention to us, just on guard, and King Fu from the west is the key to the imperial court. ”

Chen Cao understood what Huang Chunyao meant, so he said: "In this way, let the hundred households surnamed Yin go back and reply, we will vigorously support King Fu, if he wants weapons, he will give him weapons, and if he wants grain and grass, he will provide grain and grass." ”

"Grandpa Gao Jian, King Fu is stunned by how he tosses, let's just take Suzhou here."

Huang Chunyao tore up the letter as he spoke: "Besides, grandfather, we also have to hold Nan Zhili in our hands before King Fu's rebellion is completely put down." ”

"It's too fast..."

Chen Cao disagreed with Huang Chunyao's opinion that he would attack Nanjing after taking Suzhou: "First, if King Fu can't take the central capital, we will never have a chance, and second, now the new army is still unbearable, only the military army will attack Nanjing, I don't have any certainty, if it is attacked with advanced artillery, the chance of victory is only fifty percent, and the casualties after taking Nanjing are not to mention, once Nanjing is lost, under the shock of the Beijing division, I am afraid that it will concentrate all its strength to attack us." ”

"But isn't that what we need?"

Huang Chunyao saw that Chen Cao's henchmen were all around, so he said in a low voice: "Grandpa, Nanjing must be in our hands, otherwise with the power of the Jingshi, the north will definitely be at a loss, and when the time comes, it only needs a little trick, and the grandfather will be famous..."

Chen Cao suddenly felt that Huang Chunyao's words actually pierced his heart, although he is only twenty-five years old now, how many years can he toss in his life, if he wants to make the future generations prosperous, it is not possible to do it without thirty or fifty years, and now he has just taken the first step, even if he is the fastest speed, he needs to get the entire great tomorrow within five years.

"Hmm... But the first attack on Nanjing can't be our go..."

Huang Chunyao also agreed with Chen Cao's suggestion: "Grandpa Mingjian, the first attack on Nanjing is none other than King Fu..."

Thinking that the fat man had become his scapegoat, Chen Cao felt very interesting: "In this case, send a few instructors with flintlock pistols, and flintlock pistols or something, and send them all the eliminated arquebuses and cannons, and send ten Hongyi cannons over." ”

"Grandpa Mingjian..."

On the second day of the march, a regiment of the forward unit of the Dingwu Army was ambushed in the town of Qiandun, forty miles away from the city of Suzhou, but a battle of annihilation was fought by an ambush, and the guerrilla general commanded by the enemy army was captured.

When the captives were escorted to Chen Cao, the captured commander and general wept bitterly, begging for Chen Cao's forgiveness.

It turned out that after Chen Cao left Qingpu, Suzhou got the news, and martial law immediately became imposed, and General Su Song sent the guerrilla general in front of him to lead 1,000 soldiers and 2,000 soldiers, a total of 3,000 people in Qiandun Town to ambush Chen Cao's vanguard troops.

As a result, because he did not know the strength of the Dingwu army, he misestimated the situation at that time, and felt that the psychological attack of 3,000 people against 1,000 people would definitely be a complete victory, but he was defeated by the firearms of the Dingwu army.

Chen Cao shook his head with a wry smile, then looked at Song Che and said: "Shi Xiu, look at it, these are still town soldiers, the whole army was defeated under a round of salvos, if you engage in a battle with Jiannu, I think only all of them will become slaves." ”

Tang Yannian waved his hand: "Come on, drag it down and shoot it..."

"General Tang, slow down..."

Huang Chunyao said loudly: "Grandpa, these people can't be killed for the time being, we belong to the benevolent and righteous division of the Qing monarch, these people are all soldiers recruited locally in Suzhou, if you kill them, I am afraid that it will arouse the resentment of the local people and be detrimental to the reputation of the grandfather." ”

The guerrilla general thought that he was going to die, but when he heard this, he immediately kowtowed: "Please be gracious to Grandpa Guo, the little one is willing to atone for his sins, and the little one can tell Grandpa Guo if he has military information." ”

Tang Yannian stood aside and said coldly: "If it's nonsense, Grandpa Guo won't treat you well." ”

"General Mingjian, Grandpa Mingjian, I got the news before the little one set off, and after the martial law in Suzhou, Governor Yang Weizhi sent someone to Nanjing to ask for help."

"I thought it was big news..."

Chen Cao sneered and shook his head: "Okay, my father is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and he will not make indiscriminate killings, we are all from the Ming Dynasty, and we will not use the knife unless we have to, you can rest assured." ”

"Grandpa Xie Guo's grace of not killing... Grandpa Xie Guo's grace not to kill..."

"Yunsheng, what to do with these people?"

"Grandpa has the virtue of a good life, although they don't die, they are all veterans, and they can't be used for war, but in terms of infrastructure, they are all cheap labor."

"It's exactly what I want..."

Suzhou Prefecture must be rebuilt, and with these captives, it is only necessary to provide food in terms of infrastructure, and no money is required, which can be regarded as a benefit.

"Set up a temporary prisoner of war camp to watch over these people, and it will come in handy when the time comes."