Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 468 Betrayal

"My lord!"

In the newly built bastion in Laizhou, the eunuch Liu Chao, the supervisor of ceremonies, gently awakened Zhu Yihai.

"My lord, Southwest Express."

Zhu Yihai sat up with red eyes, "Defeat? Wu Sangui entered Sichuan?"

Liu Chao's face was full of worry, "It was Yunyang Wang Guang'en who rebelled and surrendered."

"?" Zhu Yihai was full of doubts. Although Wang Guangen was from a peasant army, since returning to the Ming Dynasty, he has defended the city in Yunyang for many years and defeated the peasant army several times. It can be said that the two cities of Xiangfan have dealt heavy losses to the Tartars.

Even not long ago, Xu Qiyuan, the governor of Yunyang, also played Jie Yuqian, saying that Admiral Wang Guangen sent troops to pretend to attack Xiangfan, and led Huguang Admiral Sun Dingliao to send troops to reinforce him. This is an important town that the Wuguan Road from Xiangyang to Guanzhong must pass through.

When Sun Dingliao heard the news, he hurriedly dispatched troops from Xiangyang to join the general army from Nanyang, Henan Province to rescue them.

Wang Guangen waited for Sun Dingliao to arrive, then withdrew from the siege and returned to the division. Sun Dingliao pursued him. Wang Guangen cheated and lured the enemy to go deep, and finally ambushed him at Anyangkou in the north of Xunyang.

Sun Ding's Liao army was defeated in an ambush, and they retreated and retreated to the river bend. Wang Guangen led the soldiers and horses of the Zhongkai Town battalions who had been ambushing here for a long time, and pursued them fiercely.

Sun Dingliao was shot by Wang Guangen's bow and arrow, fell off his horse, and rolled into the river. As a result, Sun Dingliao, who knew nothing about water, drowned and died, and the Qing army was defeated.

Wang Guangen even led the army to counterattack on a large scale, and then besieged Xiangfan. The main force of the Qing army was defeated and the guards were insufficient. , Xiangyang fell again.

Seeing this, a small number of Qing troops left behind in Fancheng in the north of the Yangtze River were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled to Nanyang.

In this battle, Sun Dingliao, the admiral of the Tartars Huguang, was wiped out, thousands of them were defeated, more than a thousand were beheaded, Xiangyang, an important town, was captured, and Fancheng was captured.

Therefore, the emperor specially decreed that Wang Guangen, the Marquis, was granted the title of Duke of Xiangguo.

The decree of sealing is probably still on the way, why Wang Guangen reversed it.

"what happened?"

Zhu Yihai rubbed his head to wake himself up, "Pour me a cup of tea."

Liu Chao hurriedly asked for hot water to make tea.

Hot water is poured into the teapot, and the Longjing well is rolled in the pot, and the fragrance of tea is overflowing.

Zhu Yihai took the tea and sat there without saying a word.

Liu Chao posted the urgent report he received.

The incident happened suddenly, and the urgent report was sent by Zhu Dadian, the governor of Huguang. There were not many specific circumstances, but it was clearly reported that Wang Guangen turned his back.

Not only Yunyang Admiral Wang Guangen rebelled, but Yunyang Governor Xu Qiyuan also rebelled. Now we know that in Zhongkai Town, only Deputy General Wang Bin guards Fang County, and General Chen Jiao guards Zhushan.

In addition, Wang Guangtai, Wang Guangen's brother, had previously entered the Guanzhong to fight, and now he is in Zhongnan Mountain, so he did not participate in it.

Others seem to have followed Wang Guangen's lead.

Now Wang Guangen sits in Xiangyang, the Qing court awarded him the king of Yunyang, Xu Shifeng Yongzhen, and was changed to Huguang Admiral, and his bid was 5000.His younger brother Wang Chang succeeded Wang Guangen, the former Marquis of Xiangyang.

Xu Qiyuan remained in the post of governor, with a bid of [-].

Jiang Chongwu and Wu Shiying, generals of the Jin Dynasty, were stationed in Yunxi and Junzhou, and generals Luo Yineng was stationed in Gucheng.

Gao Shiqing, Cui Shineng and others were all guerrillas.

Wang Chang, the younger brother of Wang Guangen, granted the title of General Town of Yunyang, with a mark of [-], and was stationed in Yunyang.

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"What does Zhu Dadian mean? Could it be that because the Tartars gave Wang Guang'en the title, Xu Qishi was in charge of Yunyang, and then he turned against him?"

Liu Chao didn't know how to answer.

"Is there no sign of this?" Zhu Yihai took a sip of tea, put it down again, and couldn't help losing his temper. Is it the opposite? Why is it suddenly reversed after making great achievements now?"

"There must be a reason?"

Liu Chao couldn't answer.

"Go check it out!"

"My lord, how will Yunyang deal with it?"

Holding a teacup, Zhu Yihai fell into deep thought.

The situation in Sichuan had just been sorted out, but Yunyang turned upside down, which was really unexpected.

You know, even in the difficult time when the two capitals fell, Yunyang still stood firm and fought against the Chuang army for several years, but never retreated. When the Qing army went south, Wu Sangui personally went to surrender, but they did not surrender. .

But now, the situation is improving, but they surrendered, or surrendered after a big victory just now, which is too unreasonable.

Not only Wang Guangen surrendered, but even the fuchen Xu Qiyuan surrendered.

He didn't understand.

After Liu Chao withdrew, Zhu Yihai sat there holding a teacup but couldn't fall asleep anymore. It was still midnight, and Zhu Yihai sat there in a daze.

Looking back on this road, it is really not easy.

However, he has already embarked on the road here, but many places are still very difficult, such as Yunyang. Before Huguang fell into the hands of the Chuangjun, they supported it alone for several years. After finally waiting for Huguang to recover, they got some relief, but soon Wuchang The army collapsed, and Yunyang became a lone army again.

Fortunately, the Loyalty Battalion has established a foothold in Padang, which can be regarded as giving them a flank support.

However, with the collapse of the Qing army in Xi'an and the surrender of Hanzhong Ma Ke to the Qing, the situation in Yunyang also became worse. Hanzhong in the upper reaches, Nanyang in the north, Xiangyang in the lower reaches, and Jingzhou in the south were all controlled by the Qing army, and only the southwest The Badong mountainous area is still occupied by the Ming army, but this side is full of continuous and steep mountains, making it difficult to communicate.

Yunyang has been fighting alone.

But they were able to persist before, why can't they persist now?
Zhu Yihai has been thinking about the key here.

dawn.

When Liu Chao came back, the emperor was still sitting there thinking hard with his eyes red.

"My lord!"

"Have you heard clearly?"

"There are a few more urgent reports, including Zhu Dadian's and Wen Anzhi's. In addition, there are also some news from Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Editing Office, Detective Department, etc. When gathered together, it becomes clearer."

"Say it straight, what is the reason for the rebellion?"

Liu Chao hesitated, "Looking at the current situation, it seems that Wu Sangui used a trick to separate people."

"What kind of alienation scheme can be so powerful?"

It's a long story, but it's not very complicated.

Brother Wang Guangen's rebellion had both external and internal reasons.The external reason is that the situation in Yunyang has become more dangerous. After the two major defeats in Wuchang and Xi'an, Yunyang once again became a single army, and Wang Guangen's brother Wang Guangtai's troops were also defeated when they left the pass and fell into Zhongnan Mountain.

After Hanzhong Ma Ke surrendered, Yunyang was almost surrounded on all sides.

Not only that, Yunyang is facing a serious famine. Although it is also engaged in reclamation and farming, it is difficult to support itself. Although the Qing army failed to break through Yunyang, they were encircled on all sides, but they have been pressing every step of the way. The supplies are blocked, and the situation in Yunyang is very bad.

After Wu Sangui, Haoge and other main forces of the Qing army went south to Hanzhong and Xi'an, the crisis in Yunyang was exacerbated.

In addition, there are internal reasons.

That is, since Wang Guangen was recruited by Gao Doushu, he has been fighting for Daming, but there is one thing that cannot touch him, and that is his soldiers, and soldiers are his lifeblood.

The three brothers guarded Yunyang for Daming for many years, and there were only a few thousand soldiers left. After setting up Zhongkai Town, the Wang Guangen brothers all expanded their army aggressively, and Zhongkai Town once expanded to 5 horses.

However, after Wen Anzhi left Yunyang and went to Pianyuan, especially after the Sanzhong Rebellion, the imperial court was extremely dissatisfied with this random expansion of the local army leaders, and demanded reorganization, downsizing, etc., and real soldiers, training and real wages.

The reorganization order of Zhongkai Township had also been issued to Yunyang earlier, requiring Zhongkai Township to set up bids of one bid, one bid, three thousand bids, and one thousand five bids, and then set up two association camps and one travel camp, and a total of six townships would be reserved. Thousands of soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers will be reorganized into township regiments.

Wang Guangen was extremely dissatisfied with this reorganization order.

Originally expanded to 5 horses, now it needs to be changed to [-]. Basically, it is to restore the situation before the Zhongkai Army was established in Yunyang Town, and no one wants it.

In troubled times, where there are soldiers, there is power.

Especially for the brothers Wang Guangen, who was born in the peasant army, they were more and more unwilling to give up their military power.

Marquis and admirals, these are all imaginary to them, what is real is military power and territory.Wang Guangen has been bargaining with the court and is unwilling to reorganize.

This matter has been dragging on.

Then Wen Anzhi completed the reorganization in Sichuan. Although there was a mutiny, it was still completed. Ma Gan, Zeng Ying and other governors, admirals and other military leaders were kicked out of Sichuan and sent to Nanjing.

This incident greatly shocked Wang Guangen.

He seemed to see his end.

Then it happened that Wu Sangui kept coming to recruit for surrender.

Wu Sangui's envoy made good use of the upheaval that just happened in Sichuan to persuade Wang Guangen, saying that the son of tomorrow has always been like this, and the three loyalists such as Zhongwu were like this before. When he was weak, he immediately declared rebellion mercilessly, sent troops to crusade, and chased Wang Chaoxuan, Zhang Xianbi, etc. to the end, and finally killed them all.

The generals of Sichuan made great efforts for Tianzi, and as a result, all the birds were exhausted. As soon as the situation in central Sichuan improved, they were immediately arrested and sent to Nanjing. Those who waited for them would surely die.

Then he used the surrender conditions of the Qing court to lure Wang Guangen, such as being crowned king, Yongzhen, etc., all of which moved Wang Guangen very much.

According to the conditions of the Qing court, Wang Guangen was named king, and his two brothers were both named admirals and commanders-in-chief, each leading several thousand pacesetters, and then their generals were also awarded deputy generals, generals, guerrillas, etc., each with real positions , and keep the department and so on.

These conditions really moved Wang Guangen.

What's more, the conditions in Yunyang are harsh, the famine is serious, and the Qing army is pressing hard. Even if they just won a battle, the situation has not improved much, and they are still surrounded by all sides.

In the end, Wu Sangui and Wang Guangen secretly met in Xing'an and reached an agreement on surrendering the Qing Dynasty.

Change flags.

Governor Xu Qiyuan was unwilling to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but Wang Guangen and his generals wanted to surrender, so they could only be coerced into surrendering. Among the generals in Yunyang, only Wang Bin, Chen Jiao, and Liu Erhu did not surrender.

Plus Wang Guangtai and Li Shiying who are still trapped in Zhongnan Mountain without knowing it.

It's not just one Wang Guang'en, but almost the entire Zhongkai town.

The reason why they rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and turned to the Qing Dynasty was nothing more than the fact that they were surrounded by the Qing army on all sides, fighting alone, and there was no food supply, and the imperial court ordered the army to be reorganized inside. These generals who were ordered by the peasant army refused to give up. The military power in his hands was finally tempted by the Qing court to confer king and duke, and finally rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

After understanding this, Zhu Yihai was somewhat relieved.

From the rebellion of Sanzhong in Huguang, to the mutiny of military leaders such as Wang Xiang and Zeng Ying in Sichuan, to the rebellion of Zhongkai Town in Yunyang, it is all the result of the military leaders who supported their own self-esteem and refused to hand over power in troubled times.

"Let Li Chixin and Gao Bizheng from Zhongyi Town send troops into Zhushan, Fangxian, Zhuxi, Pingli, Xing'an and other places, and the mountainous area south of Yunyang Han River, west of Jingshan Mountain, and north of the Three Gorges must be kept and stabilized. Hold the situation."

Zhu Yihai fetched the map, looked at it for a while, and then made an order.

"Where's Yunyang?"

"Let's stabilize these places first, leave Yunyang and Xiangyang alone."

By controlling these places, the connection between Hanzhong and Yunyang can be blocked first, and at the same time, the connection between Kuidong, Yunnan, and Jingxi can be guaranteed, and the Three Gorges section can be maintained.

Take your time with the rest!
This time, he was indeed caught off guard.

(End of this chapter)