Chapter 207 Success and Failure
Seeing She Chongming and his son coming to surrender in embarrassment, with only a few thousand defeated troops left around them, An Bangyan was shocked: "Brother A Ming, A Yan thought you had conquered Chengdu. In order to make the Han dogs focus on the west and not on the east, he raised troops to respond to you. . Thinking that we should first connect the two provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou into one, and then bring in the Xiaoguan family from Zhanyi in Yun Province (today’s Xuanwei area in Qujing, Yunnan Province) to make things happen together without being bullied by the Han dogs... ...There are only a few Han soldiers in Chengdu, how come my brother is like this?"
"Alas," She Chongming sighed, "Ayan, Chengdu can be captured just a little bit away. There is a Han general named Sun Jie, who is really a warrior. If it weren't for him, Chengdu would never have lasted two days. However, This big defeat, speaking of it, there is still an insider..." Then he told the story of what happened these days exactly.
"Tsk, tsk, that Sun Jie is really a warrior, and only warriors can bring out warriors!" An Bangyan sighed sincerely after hearing She Chongming's confession, especially Shi Meng's team who looked forward to death. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but feel a little scared: "Brother A Ming, do you think Sun Jie will come to Guizhou?"
"No." She Chongming said flatly, "My brother's spies who stayed in Chengdu were all killed by Zhu Gouguan, but we still have many friends. We listen to those Han officials on the surface, and secretly tell my brother from time to time. Some news. According to them, Zhu Gouguan's mother died and went home to observe mourning. The new arrival in Sichuan was Zhang Heming. As soon as he arrived, he transferred Sun Jie back to Chengdu, and the ruthless woman was also sent back to Shidui. . My brother is here to ask you to borrow some troops to fight back to Yongning!"
In terms of bravery, An Bangyan was inferior to She Chongming, and the Shuixi Army was much weaker than the Yongning native soldiers, but his brain was very flexible, and the chieftains in the southwest were willing to listen to him. Hearing that She Chongming wanted to borrow troops, he thought deeply and said: "Zhang Laogou went to Sichuan? No way, I can't go back for the time being!"
She Yin touched his injured arm and muttered bitterly: "Huh, if you don't want to borrow it, I won't. Dad, let's go."
An Bangyan glared at him: "Ayin! Don't think that uncle is stingy. No matter how we had arguments in the past, it was a family that broke bones and connected muscles. After listening to what uncle said, it's not too late for you to get angry again."
An Bangyan turned to She Chongming: "Brother, do you still remember what this old dog Zhang Heming did when he was the governor of Guizhou?"
She Chongming said suddenly: "Of course I remember, he asked me to beat you."
An Bangyan smiled bitterly: "Yes, he wants to take advantage of A Yin and my aunt's quarrel to start a fight with our own family. A Yin, do you think he is really kind?"
She Yin said angrily: "Of course Han dogs don't have any good intentions. You are stingy even if you don't lend troops."
An Bangyan said seriously: "Listen to my uncle, if you still want to borrow troops, my uncle will give you as many as you want!"
Hearing what An Bangyan said, She Yin shut up.
An Bangyan continued: "Why does Zhang Laogou instigate us to fight among ourselves? The old dog wants to make meritorious deeds! Ayan knows this kind of people very well. Nine out of ten Han officials are like this. When we fight ourselves, both sides will lose. All the mountains and land belonged to the Han family! They called this "reforming the land and returning it to the flow". They took away the land that our ancestors had lived for thousands of years, covering thousands of miles, and soaked in the blood and sweat of our Miao family. Going there is of course a great contribution to the Han court, and almost all Han officials are eager to take it. However, Zhang Laogou is as cunning as a fox, but as timid as a rabbit. Seeing that his elder brother will not be fooled, Ayan has different opinions here. The villagers were also very angry, fearing that something would happen and harm themselves, so they found an excuse and ran back to the capital. That guy must have a deep connection in the court, and I heard that he was the minister of the Ministry of War. My brother just said that he Being sent back by the Great Emperor again this time, Ayan guessed that he felt that he wanted to instigate us to beat him before because he was loyal and he was familiar with our situation."
"However, Ayan knows that he is timid and wants to take advantage and will never take any risks - otherwise, when he is Guifu, he will directly ask Fubiao to fight with us, and then call Brother to help when the fight begins. Brother It would be very difficult for him. But he was just afraid that his brother would not send troops, and then he would be beaten by Ayan! So he pushed the matter forward and asked the court to come forward to give orders to his brother, but he was a good person. Later he found out that we had discovered it, and he immediately Run away in a flash! Just now, my brother said that he called that Sun Jie back to Chengdu. Well, it can be said that he understands the military situation, but if I want to think about it, why did he send Qin Liangyu back to Shili? "
She Chongming was stunned: "I never thought about this. That woman is so cruel. The man has been in prison for several years and he doesn't know whether he will live or die. My brother once sent someone to bring money to find her to start a fight with her, but he didn't expect her." He actually 'killed the messenger and left the silver'! He did it so brilliantly, don't fall into my hands in the future... Alas, those things are too far away, my brother is just thinking now, there is only one Luo rebel dog left in Yongning, where my brother has been operating for many years , Luo Beigou's foothold is not stable, so we can take it back with some troops."
An Bangyan shook his head: "So Ayan said no. Ayan guessed that Zhang Laogou wanted to protect his own dog's life! He called Ma's wife back just because he was afraid of forcing us to fight him! Sun Jie, A' Together, the Luo and Ma families are indeed very likely to defeat us - but what if we win? The credit does not belong to the old Zhu Laogou, how much can he get? What if we are defeated? We If he counterattacks all the way back, he will lose his life! So, Ayan guessed, he withdrew the troops to send us a message: He is Sichuan Fu, and as long as we don't attack him, the Sichuan troops will never leave Sichuan!"
After hearing this analysis, both the father and son of the She family felt that it made sense, but She Yin was still unwilling to accept it: "Uncle, can we bear this tone? It is the Yongning of my She family that has been lost!"
An Bangyan smiled: "Ayin made the mistake again. Let's kill the Han officials together to rebel. If we lose, no one will survive. Now let's not talk about the She family settling down. We are one family! It has been one or two thousand years, we How many times have you been beaten? So what? The Han court still treats us as one family. They bullied uncle and bullied you the same way, right? Don’t talk like this again in the future. You have to think, if you get What will Zhang Laogou think if the soldiers take Yongning back? He will definitely be afraid that you will kill him again and go to Chengdu to avenge him! Even if you don't go to him, Zhu Laogou will lose the place he just occupied as soon as he comes over. How could he? Account to the great emperor? At that time, he has only one way left: he can only fight with us. The Ma family's mother-in-law has not gone far yet, Sun Jie is a warrior, how can the man named Luo be willing to eat it honestly? If you spit out the Yongning inside... Even if I give you 40,000 to 50,000 people, can you really defeat them? That's why I said it can't be like this."
She Chongming suddenly said: "Then... what should we do? Ayan, you have a good mind. How can you say that I will listen to you."
"Brother, please stay at Ayan's place. Let's go to Guiyang together! Ayan is right. As long as we don't touch Sichuan, Zhang Laogou will never lift a finger. Even if someone leaves Huguang, A good life is just a matter of running over to rescue him. Hehe, it will take more than half a year to walk on the mountainous road of more than 2,000 miles! When we take Guiyang... well, it doesn't even have to be until then. As long as you see clearly, Zhang Laogou is a turtle. Xiaoguan and others in Yun Province can start a riot with us! Then we will go to Chengdu together to avenge brother! Wait a minute, A Yin, your arm, uncle will find someone to look at it for you, and heal the injury. Go kill the Han dogs!" An Bangyan replied decisively.
Although the identities of Zhu Xieyuan and An Bangyan were completely different, and their ways of thinking about the problem were also completely different, the conclusions they derived were exactly the same. And, things turned out just as they both expected.
Zhang Heming recalled Sun Jie, asked him and Shen Gang to stay in Chengdu Mansion after some greetings. Every once in a while, Mr. Zhang would come over in person, or he would call the two of you to Fu Yamen. Anyway, you would have to drink a few drinks each time. When it comes to military affairs, Mr. Zhang expresses his sympathy for the hardships of military life. He stationed the entire army in Longquan, Xindu and other places. Not to mention the supply of military pay and food, he also sent large quantities of pigs from time to time. Yang Laojun, during these days, the soldiers of the Sun Division were not to mention how comfortable they were.
Qin Liangyu officially received the title of deputy general. According to past practice, the local soldiers did not belong to the regular establishment of the Ming Ministry of War, and they raised their own food and salary. At most, some symbolic rewards were allocated - remember, the imperial court mobilized Chongming to aid the Liao Dynasty, and the expedition was thousands of miles away, and 20,000 people were fed and paid for. Chongming only reported a total of 400,000 taels, and the court deducted 90% without saying a word... However, this time the Chengdu government not only implemented the rule of "full pay for guest troops", but also did not turn a blind eye to "others". Even though Qin Liangyu didn't ask for it, the Chengdu Prefecture converted all of it into cash according to the standard of "four liters of rice, wheat and salt and vegetables per soldier per day" according to the number of heads she reported. They brought out 5,000 white-armed soldiers, but only a few dozen people died in the battles of Chongqing and Yongning. Including other injuries and accidents on the way, the number of dead was less than 300. Somehow, Chengdu Prefecture recorded them as Shili Xuanfu Si's reinforcements lost more than 2,700 people. Of course the casualty compensation is not a penny less! Anyway, in the end, everything was turned into silver by Qin Liangyu. Well, what he received was official silver with a fineness of up to 90%!
Luo Qianxiang was also called to Chengdu Mansion by Master Zhang. As soon as he met Mr. Zhang, he held his hands firmly and said enthusiastically that he had heard of the "loyal and brave" Lord Luo as early as when he was in Guizhou. Today he finally met him in person, and he was so happy! The Lord has always been aggrieved by She Chongzhou's grievances - now that She Chongzhong has passed away, "there is no direct descendant, but no direct concubine". It is clearly recorded in the saint's book, so what is She Chongming? Lord Zhang has long known that that guy is definitely not a good guy! Then Mr. Zhang expressed great regret: Chief Luo, oh, no, he is General Luo now. He has made such great contributions, and it is indeed too unfair to only be given the title of General. Shi Li's General Qin is just here to help. In terms of merit, he can't compare with General Luo, but he has led a deputy general... Humph, if Mr. Zhang had visited Fuchuan a few days earlier, a deputy general would not have been able to escape anyway! However... Well, it's a bit inappropriate to be promoted to deputy general now. Isn't that a clear way to embarrass some people? However, Mr. Zhang also told General Luo to rest assured: defending Yongning is to make great contributions to the court. When the time comes, not to mention the deputy general, the general commander will never escape, and this matter will fall on me! Moreover, General Luo was originally the same as She Chongzhou. Now that the latter is gone, the Yongning Xuanfu Division should be handed over to General Luo! Then Mr. Zhang added in a whisper, sincerely, "I don't feel at ease if I leave it to someone else." However, Mr. Zhang returned to sitting upright. The capital is far away and Chengdu is close. Someone has to convey General Luo's loyalty and bravery to the court, right? I hope General Luo is optimistic about Yongning. If the extravagant thief comes, it will be a good time to express his views to the court, and I can speak for General Luo! Don't be afraid of dead people, just do it with him! As many as you die, I will catch General Luo from other villages to make up for your loss!
Luo Qianxiang burst into tears with gratitude and took the full 10,000 taels of Fumin silver given by Lord Zhang to bid farewell to Zhang Fuzun - this was the first time in the two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty that the Miao people received white money from Han officials! Luo Qianxiang made a special trip to visit Sun Jie before leaving Rongcheng. The two warriors who had formed life-and-death friendships on the battlefield were bound to get drunk, but Mr. Zhang didn't take it too seriously. Of course, Zhang Heming, who was not at the scene, did not see Sun Jie's strange hesitant expression, but Luo Qianxiang, who was thick on the outside and thin on the inside, noticed it and whispered: "I should still treat you as a soldier of the Han family, brother. In the village They are all relatives. Can we replace the head with the blood?" After saying that, he smiled innocently. So Sun Jie felt relieved: Mr. Zhu was right, Brother Luo looked naive, but he was smart at heart. He was worried for nothing.
However, An Bangyan still miscalculated: the battle in Guiyang was hundreds of times more tragic than he imagined.
War-torn land cannot grow food and money overnight. Sun Jie, Qin Liangyu and Luo Qianxiang all received a lot of money and grain, so where did these silver grains come from?
The Holy Emperor received Xin Fu's tearful petition for life for the people. He sighed and approved his request to be exempted from taxes for three years (full exemption in the first year, 70% exemption in the second year, and 50% exemption in the third year). . All the soldiers and civilians in Sichuan heard the good news that after the governor resigned from office in protest, the imperial court would be exempted from half of the money and grain this year and 30% of the food next year. The people praised and rejoiced.
At this point, a chaos that could have been quickly put down finally failed.
