Chapter 368: The wind and clouds are turbulent, and the rivers and mountains are shaking

Since ancient times, the emperor has a charter when he ascends the throne, whether it is justified or rebelled, there will be a drama of three invitations and three resignations, it is obvious that Pu Xiang and Yang Can are Chen Cao's knives, and the two chose to stage the drama of asking for the throne again after Chen Cao refused three days;

Not surprisingly, he was still rejected by Chen Cao, the reason is very simple: this king is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and he is on the throne, how can he cause trouble to the dynasty...

If Chen Cao admits the second, no one in the entire Ming Dynasty will dare to admit the first.

I don't know why, just when many people were about to watch Chen Cao's third resignation drama, it was surprising that Pu Xiang and Yang Can, who had taken the lead, actually stopped moving, why is this?

"In fact, the prince can go straight to the throne, and he doesn't have to worry about those things, now most of Nanzhili is in our hands, as long as our Liang Domain is willing, the entire southwest can also be planted with the battle flag of my Liang Domain."

Xu Fuyuan nodded with satisfaction, he thought that his talent was not lost to Huang Chunyao, and he showed himself hard while Huang Chunyao was away.

Chen Cao was very satisfied with being blown by a beautiful palace maid before, and at this moment Changshu shook his head: "It's still early, no, if I call myself emperor and stimulate Zhu Youzhen, maybe this guy will do something against the great cause of his ancestors, as far as I know, he is a very face-saving emperor." ”

Chen Caozhi is so confident, or because he has already secretly ordered Zou Weilian and Chen Yan to act in the north, the identity of these two people is now rising, Zou Weilian has become a cabinet member from the General Political Envoy Department, although he is the last one, but he also has the position of General Political Envoy, as for Chen Yan, he has already become the left deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Gao Panlong is ready to train him as his successor.

"If the news from the north doesn't come for a day, I won't take the next step for a day."

...

Chen Cao did not meet with the officials and gentry of Nanjing, and after the arrival of support from Shanghai, the city of Nanjing, which had been gradually depressed, gradually regained its vitality, especially in the case of the Qinlou Chu Pavilion on both sides of the Qinhuai River.

On the ninth day of entering Nanjing, Long Wujun sent a battle report, along with Zhao Xin, bringing the latest news.

"The Longwu army entered the Great Victory Pass last day, killing 30,000 enemies, and the Qin army fled north under the command of Yang Qi.

In addition, according to reliable sources, Yang He, the governor of the five provinces, was escorted back to Beijing by the people of Dongchang, and Yang He ordered Yang Qi to temporarily act as a military agent before leaving, but according to the news from the old Tang, there were many people who disobeyed Yang Qi in the Qin army, especially the official army Gao Yingxiang who was headed by him. ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "Gao Yingxiang? ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "Yes, Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong died in Nanjing one after another, and their exile army was led by Gao Yingxiang anyway, but I don't know why, when the battle of Dashengguan opened, Gao Yingxiang's troops began to run frantically, so that Gao Yingxiang couldn't hold down the position, so that Yang Qi suffered a loss in the city, and the sergeant ran away, and the army had no heart, and this battle could not continue." ”

"Where is Zhu Yujian?"

Zhao Xin was about to report this matter: "It was said by the prince, Zhu Yujian did not plan to flee back to Nanyang, his military casualties were not large, and the military strength did not decrease but increased after collecting a lot of defeated soldiers, according to the brother who investigated and came back to report, Zhu Yujian's Tang army under the banner has increased to about 100,000, and now all of them are gathered in Dangtu City. ”

"He has a very powerful strategist under his command?"

Chen Cao asked with a frown.

"I heard that his name is Li Yan, but according to the investigation of the Jinyiwei brothers, this Li Yan's original name is Li Xin, and he is a showman, and Zhu Yujian has attacked Nanjing several times, but this person is making plans."

Hiss...

Li Yan and Chen Cao knew that such a famous person in the army was a real talent under Li Zicheng, but it was a pity that Li Zicheng did not know how to use people, otherwise it would be a question mark whether the Manchus could attack the Guannei.

"The Longwu Army is already a tired division after successive battles," Chen Cao touched his sleek chin and muttered: "Hong Chengchou's Shence Army is located in the southeastern coastal provinces and cannot be separated, and the Dingwu Army is scattered south and directly subordinate to the Songjiang River, and the only one who can be mobilized at the moment is the Shenwu Army." ”

Chen Cao seemed to react, and looked up at Zhao Xin: "How is Shi Xiu?" ”

"He's not bad, if it weren't for the fierce battle of Yuhuatai, maybe he wouldn't have been able to rest for four days, and he was still recuperating in the mansion these days, but Lao Song insisted on leading the troops, worried that he would be abandoned by you, the prince."

Chen Cao smiled helplessly, with his Song Che and his own identity, do you still need to engage in these famous halls? The two of them are a typical copy of Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da.

"Send someone to send some precious medicinal materials over, let him recuperate well, and fight some battles, in addition, immediately send someone to inform Huang Chunyao, order all units of the Shenwu Army to come to Nanjing to assemble, and also order Songjiang to issue a conscription order, and recruit ten more divisions of full soldiers."

"It's... By the way, what to do with Ding Wenqing of Yangzhou Xiancheng? ”

Only then did Chen Cao think of the person his brother-in-law Weng Linzhi sent to press: "How is this person?" ”

Zhao Xin had already prepared: "Ding Wenqing turned out to be one of the thousand households under Zhang Gaoping, and Li Mingyuan was Zhang Gaoping's right-hand man at the same time, after Zhang Gaoping's death, Li Mingyuan was responsible for escorting people back, Ding Wenqing seemed to see through the situation, so he took the initiative to sacrifice Yangzhou City, and tens of thousands of soldiers;

This person has been defeated by Du Wenhuan, in terms of qualifications, not high, not low, not up and not down. ”

Chen Cao nodded silently, and then said: "It can be used, in this way, send someone to tell Weng Linzhi, order all Ding Wenqing's troops to go south to Songjiang for training, and order Ding Wenqing to be the commander of the 61st Recruit Division, and all the rest of his subordinates will be scattered and reorganized." ”

"Yes..."

"What happened to the Northern Army?"

"Zhu Chunchen may not be reconciled, but according to the report of the spies on the northern army's side, hundreds of thousands of defeated troops of the northern army have now returned to Gaoyou to garrison."

"Hmm..."

...

Ding Wenqing was personally sent away by Weng Linzhi, accompanied by a regiment of troops to escort south, these tens of thousands of people had no weapons, their target was located in Qingpu recruit training ground, waiting for them was a three-month devil training.

Yangzhou now has five integrated divisions, namely the 51st Division Kang Zhihuan, the 53rd Division Pang Zhihuan, the 54th Division Qi Xianyun, the 55th Division Weng Linzhi, and the 56th Division Cao Bianjiao, which was reinforced in the later period.

Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew have been receiving training at the Huangpu Military Academy since Liaodong followed Chen Cao back to Songjiang, and after the training, they went to the recruit training base in Qingpu to continue their studies for half a year, and at the end of last year, the uncle and nephew were appointed as the commander of the 10th Division of the Dingwu Army and Cao Bianjiao's current 56th Division.

The temporary commander of the five divisions in Yangzhou was Weng Linzhi, and several division commanders knew that his sister was the woman of the prince, and the Weng family dominated the Cao Gang, and once led the Cao Gang to rebel under the instruction of Chen Cao, so his identity was naturally not ordinary.

Although he did not become the commander of any division in the five armies, it is said that in order to avoid suspicion, he was awarded the commander of a recruit division.

In the Liang Army, except for the five main armies with commanders, the rest of the divisions often temporarily set up a commander-in-chief to serve as the commander of the front line when they gathered to fight, and they were called 'commanders'.

"Division Commander Kang and Division Commander Cao are temporarily drawn for reinforcements, and they are not too familiar with the situation in Yangzhou, I will not go into too much detail here, according to the instructions of the prince, our army will capture Shao Bo Town in five days;

According to the report of the spies, Shao Bo Town has 30,000 troops of the Northern Army stationed, and Shao Bo Town is an outpost for attacking Yangzhou, and it is also an outpost for our army to attack Gaoyou, which must be captured. ”

Several people are a little hot, but Weng Linzhi is the commander, how to arrange it has to listen to him.

Weng Linzhi also saw their appearance, so he said: "Our army is a recruit division, and this battle will be sent by Commander Cao." ”

Cao Bianjiao was the youngest, so he smiled at the moment and arched his hand towards the remaining three: "Brothers, I will be disrespectful, brothers, and wait for the good news of the younger brother." ”

The remaining troops of Shao Bo Town are only 30,000 people, and there is no nobleman left behind, only a Beijing battalion general soldier is left, Cao Bianjiao arrived in Shao Bo Town with a large army, and he personally took the lead in launching a charge with indiscriminate bombardment, and a fierce son personally rode into Shao Bo Town.

The Northern Army was in turmoil, Zhu Chunchen's vomiting of blood was originally a major event, the Northern Army's heart was unstable for a long time, and after two years of fighting outside, the soldier's fighting heart decreased sharply, and the heart of returning home increased sharply, and the remaining general soldiers simply took the lead in escaping, which also left a huge credit to Cao Bianjiao.

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"In the first battle of Shao Bozhen, Cao Bianjiao captured more than 20,000 people of the Northern Army, killed more than 4,000 people, and participated in 17 generals at all levels below the general, which was very brave."

Chen Cao looked at the document in his hand that Weng Linzhi brought from Yangzhou by Jinyiwei to Cao Bianjiao, and then looked up at Zhao Xin, who sent the information: "It seems that Gaoyou will not be broken in a few days." ”

Zhao Xin smiled and said: "It is rumored in Yangzhou that Cao Bianjiao fought with the temperament of a Liaodong horse bandit, and the muskets under his command fired a salvo, and then started a white-knuckle battle, which was even more fierce than Xiao Yongguang's 21st Division, and this kid was the first to ride a horse into Shao Bo Town." ”

"His uncle is not a good stubble," Chen Cao borrowed a sentence: "Cao Wenzhao is brave and strategic, and he is not far behind You Shiwei." ”

Speaking of You Shiwei, Chen Cao asked Zhao Xin: "How are the three brothers of the You family?" ”

"A few days ago, I completed training at the Huangpu Military Academy, and according to the rules of recruits, I want to go to the training ground in Qingpu to form an army, but the three of them said that they will go to the military academy to study for another month."

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully: "The three brothers will be transferred to the recruit division as the division commander first, and as for the division, we will talk about it later, but it is a little unrealistic to let them fight the Northern Army now, after all, it is the original old master." ”

"By the way, Lord Wang, this is the legion restructuring plan sent by Xia Yunyi..."

"Hmm..."

Chen Cao took a closer look, Xia Yunyi made changes and detailed arrangements for the group army plan he proposed, and couldn't help but sigh how correct this person's choice was to do logistics.