Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 229
After receiving these three good news, Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of Eastern Zhejiang, studied them carefully.

In the end, I also felt that the situation in Sichuan was good. Zhang Xianzhong wanted to swallow Hanzhong, but he failed to beat He Zhen. Instead, the Qing army headed by He Zhen began to squeeze into northern Sichuan. The Western Army's navy was broken and forced to stop.

Wang Yingxiong was a bare-bones supervisor, but in the end he managed to gain a firm foothold in Sichuan.

On the contrary, Zhang Xianzhong is now a bit in a dilemma, especially after the Daxi Army has just undergone a round of purges. Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, the commander of the Chinese Army, Zhang Sihu, died in battle, and Xu Yixian, the Prime Minister of Zuo and Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, fell into the water and drowned.

The Prime Minister of You, Yan Ximing, was executed for corruption. Wu Jishan and Jiang Dingzhen, the two Ministers of the Ministry of War, Gong Wanjing, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Junyong, the governor of Shence Battalion, Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, were all convicted and killed.

The morale of the army in Xiying was a little unstable for a while.

Zhu Yihai thinks that Zhang Xianzhong is currently under attack from both sides. Although he occupies most of Sichuan, he can't even defeat a Qingshun general like He Zhen, nor can he defeat a Ming Chuan general like Yang Zhan, let alone provoke Qin Liangyu from Shizhu.

So good timing.

He sent Zhang Dai to serve as a patrol officer in Sichuan to announce the decree and reward the army.

He not only granted Zhang Xianzhong the king of Yunnan, but also made another arrangement. He named Qin Liangyu Zhongyonghou and General Zhendong, worshiped Wang Yingxiong as the governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shaanxi, granted Yang Zhan the general soldier of Syria, and awarded Wang Xiang the general soldier of Luzhou. , awarded Zeng Ying as the general soldier of Chongqing.

Take Qin Liangyu as the admiral of Sichuan, and Qin Yiming as the commander-in-chief of Zhongyong Town.

Ask Zhang Dai to contact Qin Liangyu, Wang Yingxiong, Yang Zhan, Zeng Ying, and Wang Xiang to find opportunities to take Chongqing as appropriate.

Chongqing can be said to be the gateway to eastern Sichuan. If Chongqing can be captured, it will prevent Zhang Xianzhong from rushing down the Yangtze River to Huguang.
It can also be used as the base camp for guarding eastern Sichuan, connecting Chongqing, Kuizhou, Bozhou, Jiading, Xuzhou, Luzhou and so on.

Prevent Xiying from entering Guizhou and Huguang in the east, and even prevent him from going to Yunnan.

After Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing, he divided the former Sichuan governor Chen Shiqi into five horses, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses to garrison Chongqing. Now the main force of the West Camp is in the north of Sichuan, and the east of Sichuan is empty.

It is opportunity.

To fight Chongqing, Zhu Yihai hopes that Qin Liangyu, who is nearby, can take the lead. Although Wang Yingxiong is also very diligent, he is a civil servant after all.

Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, and Wang Xiang are generals, but he is not familiar with them.

Regardless of prestige or qualifications, Qin Liangyu is enough to hold Zeng Ying and several generals.

"Hit Chongqing?"

"That's right, for the purpose of supervising the country, although we want to appease Zhang Xianzhong, we may not have much effect if we directly recruit him to surrender. Therefore, we must use fighting to appease him. While he is stationed in northern Sichuan to take Chongqing, Zhang Xianzhong has only two choices, or be us." Blocked in northern Sichuan, fighting with the Tartars will hurt both sides, or we can only accept our consolation, please let us open a way and let them go south to Yunnan.

In the worst case, Zhang Xianzhong defended the west of Sichuan and the north of Sichuan, but he was unable to regain the east of Sichuan.We can at least prevent him from going out of eastern Sichuan to Huguang again. "

"Don't we need to reinforce the Huguang battlefield?" Qin Liangyu asked.She originally thought that Jianguo was going to transfer soldiers from Sichuan to Huguang.

Zhang Dai smiled, "Marquis Zhongyong has a heart, and there is actually no shortage of soldiers on the Huguang battlefield."

"The Zhongzhen Camp claims to have 30 troops, and its soldiers are strong and strong. Now it is under the command and dispatch of the imperial court, and the Jian Guo has already agreed. When Jingxiang and other places are captured, they will be handed over to the Zhongzhen Battalion. They are fighting for their own territory, so they will be very serious. Desperate."

"Besides, the Tartars are actually very empty in Huguang now. Governor Tong Yanghe doesn't have a few soldiers in his hands. They are all relying on the former Shun army's thieves and Zuo Liangyu's troops to garrison."

Qin Liangyu knew a little bit about the situation in Huguang, "Although the Huguang Tatars are empty, the Yangtze River is now in the hands of the Tartars. If Jingxiang starts a battle, the Tartars may quickly send reinforcements from the lower reaches."

"To be honest with you, Zhongyonghou, His Highness has already had countermeasures. Now Jiangxi has Liangjiang Governor Zhang Guowei and Admiral Zhang Mingzhen sitting in Nangan, Huizhou has Anhui Governor Huang Daozhou and Admiral Zheng Zunqian, and Chongming at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River also has a navy fleet. As long as Jingzhou is there Once the war starts, all regions will support it, and it will be very difficult for the Tatars to send reinforcements from Jiangning, Hangzhou, Anqing, Nanchang and other places."

When Qin Liangyu heard this, he couldn't help but be extremely impressed.

There is such an overall plan, but she still has a somewhat conservative attitude, "Should I first dispatch Sichuan soldiers to take down Jingzhou first, and then go back to fight Chongqing? Concentrate the troops and come one by one?"

Qin Liang had fought battles for a long time, and had seen all kinds of scenes. Thinking back to when Chen Shiqi was guarding Chongqing, she also put forward many useful suggestions, but they didn't adopt them at all. As a result, Sichuan fell into the hands of Zhang Thief.

Now Jian Guo's hand is too big, she is worried that it will be difficult to do it, and if the time comes and the Tartars and Western thieves break it one by one, it will be miserable.

Just like when they attacked Shenyang back then, the white-armed soldiers fought bloody battles in Hunhe, and almost the whole army was wiped out.

No matter how good the strategy is, it is afraid that it will not be implemented. Whether it is suppressing thieves or fighting Jianlu, the Ming army has developed a set of strategies over the years, but they have never really succeeded every time.

"Jian Guo said that if Sichuan soldiers leave Sichuan at this time, they are afraid that Zhang Thief will sneak in and attack the rear, so it is better to defend the middle of Sichuan. Even if Chongqing cannot be taken, these current territories cannot be lost."

"When I came, Master Zhu also asked me to tell Zhongyonghou that if there were not enough troops to fight Chongqing, he could send some troops from Huguang to reinforce."

"If that's the case, then I'll count."

"I'm going to pay a visit to Governor Wang and others, and I would also like to invite Hou Zhongyong to send a few children to accompany me."

Qin Liangyu nodded, he also knew that Wang Yingxiong was appointed by Hongguang, Yang Zhan, Zengying, Wang Xiang, etc. were all generals he recommended for promotion. It is hard to say whether he would accept Lu Jianguo's plan.

Qin Liangyu is more familiar with them, if she sent her children to introduce them, it might be different.

"I'll personally accompany Zhang Xunyin to Zunyi."

Zhang Dai is not only a patrol officer, but also has the title of censor of the army. The Sichuan army fought in Chongqing. This angel is not high in rank, but his status will never be low.

"that would be great."

Qin Liangyu ordered, "Leave [-] points of the money given by the supervisor to reward the soldiers, and take the rest and distribute it to Governor Wang and other friendly soldiers."

Zhang Dai stopped.

"The 10 is for the Marquis of Zhongyong and the soldiers of Zhongyong Town. For Governor Wang and Yang Zhan and the other three commanders, His Highness also drew another coin. Governor Wang 5 taels, Yang Zhan and others [-] taels each. share."

Qin Liangyu was surprised again, unexpectedly Jian Guo gave Sichuan soldiers 35 taels of silver at one time. It seems that the situation in eastern Zhejiang is really as Zhang Dai said, and everything is going well.

"Jian Guo succeeded to the throne. We in Sichuan have been very ashamed for not being able to deliver taxes, money and food. Now we still have to rely on His Highness's rewards to support us."

"It's all for the sake of restoring ZTE, and don't say anything out of the ordinary. After Chongqing is captured, it won't be too late for us to rectify taxes."

"It's not too late, let's go to Zunyi now." Qin Liangyu said. "If you want to fight, you have to be fast, don't miss the opportunity."

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Yuezhou, Baling.

Huguang Governor Du Yinxi rode into the city alone.

At the gate of the city, a group of soldiers will greet you.

"Humble post Ma Jinzhong pays homage to Futai!"

Although Du Yinxi faced thousands of troops by himself, he had no fear. He looked at Ma Jinzhong's bald forehead and the money rat tail behind his head, and pointed, "The general has done everything right, why does he still have this braid?" ?”

Hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately drew his knife and cut off the braids on the back of his head, "The order will be passed on, and everyone will have their braids cut off, as well as the people in the city. Anyone who dares not to cut off the braids will be hacked to death by me."

"Okay, you are a hundred thousand, you are really impatient."

Du Yinxi said with a smile, and then took out an imperial decree from his bosom.

"Yuezhou Ma Jinzhong and other generals listen to the order!"

In the early years of Chongzhen, Ma Jinzhong rebelled in his hometown in northern Shaanxi.Following Zuo Liangyu Qingjun, Zuo Liangyu died on the way, and followed his son Zuo Menggeng to the Qing Dynasty, but he was unwilling to surrender his troops and horses, so he pretended to Azig that he had many ships and was willing to help the Qing army transport cannons.

As a result, the boats sailed on the river, but they threw all the cannons into the river halfway, and then the light boats and fast boats escaped from the Qing army and ran away, driving Azig to death.

Ma Jinzhong joined forces with Wang Yuancheng, Lu Ding and others to retreat between Jiang and Chu, and was later recruited by He Tengjiao and placed them in Yuezhou.Later, Wang Jincai, Zhang Guangcui, Niu Wancai and other ministries also joined forces with him.

Because He Tengjiao was called to travel to the east of Zhejiang, Ma Jinzhong and the other people he recruited became a little uneasy. During this time, he was not very obedient, and even called for He Tengjiao several times to come back to supervise the teacher.

Du Yinxi went to Jian Guo one after another, suggesting that his army should be treated generously according to the treatment of the Zhongzhen Camp.

Now the decree has finally come down.

"Ma Jinzhong was granted the title of Earl of Wuchang, Chief Military Officer of Yuezhou, with the seal of General Pingman, and the title of Zhongwu Town given by the Yuezhou armies..."

Ma Jinzhong knelt down to listen to the imperial decree.

He pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and was overjoyed when he heard that he and others were awarded the military title of Zhongwu Town, but he was a little dissatisfied when he heard that he was awarded the title of Earl of Wuchang and General Soldier of Yuezhou.

"Li Guo of the Loyalty Battalion and others were conferred Marquis titles, why should we be Earls?"

Facing the dissatisfaction of this vulgar man, Du Yinxi scolded him bluntly, "Is it a bargain for buying vegetables at the vegetable market? Think about it carefully, and give you such high-ranking officials and titles, why are you dissatisfied? You are a ten-year-old What was Wan's identity before? He was a thief for ten years, and then an officer and soldier for seven years, how much credit did he have?"

"His Highness is good enough to you now, don't be dissatisfied."

"Of course, His Highness also said that if you want to be an official, you can earn it with your ability. This time you will attack Wuchang with your own hands, and then it will depend on your real skills. Take Wuchang, and I will ask His Highness for credit for you. Ask for the title."

Ma Jinzhong wiped his head, "We can still let Futai look down on us, isn't it just Wuchang, our [-] brothers in Zhongwuying will surely win in a single battle."

Du Yinxi reminded him, "Where did the Zhongwu camp get 10 troops? Your Highness will give you six quotas of troops, and each of the six generals will bid one for the five battalions, each with 500 people, totaling [-], and you will be paid according to this. Reorganize, weed out the old and the weak."

(End of this chapter)