Chapter 218 Rescue
"The singing ceremony will be simplified from now on. I want to hear the real things, especially the Miao chaos in the southwest. What's going on in Guiyang? You pick out the important things and let the elders vote for the rest." When the officials came in, they played the first music and the choir, and all the officials knelt down and performed another music, and sang songs... Today's music was really harsh, and the Holy Emperor, who has not been in good health recently, was a little annoyed by the noise, so he patiently He waited patiently for the whole ceremony to be completed and immediately gave the order. The wind in early winter was also strong, and it was a bit chilly on my body.
Li Shizhong, who lowered his eyelids, did not raise his head and quickly glanced at the back of the Holy Emperor in front of him, his eyes full of concern. Eunuch Li remained calm on his face, but he was thinking to himself. Fortunately, the outer court had a strong supporter like Ma Quan. Coupled with the court battle a while ago, the arrogance of the officials had been reduced a lot. Otherwise, as soon as the Holy Emperor said these words, some bastards would probably jump out right away, saying that the ancestral system must not be violated, the majesty of the heaven must not be slowed down, and the appearance of all nations should not be taken lightly. Most of the morning session was wasted in such a noisy manner. These guys are all well-educated people who know the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, but... shouldn't studying make people understand the truth? Why do they become more assholes the more they read? Eunuch Li couldn't understand.
"Your Majesty, the latest report from Guizhou Province is that Guiyang is still waiting for help, and everyone is eating each other. Wang Fuzheng, the governor's officers and troops rushed to help, and have arrived at Pingyue Guards." The person who replied was Shen Xuan. Because the journey was too long, the news that Wang Ershan had entered Longliwei had not yet reached the capital.
silence.
Guiyang has been besieged for more than ten months. Both the Holy Emperor and the officials all know what the three words "people eat each other" mean: people in this era believe in "reception between heaven and man", which is God's "eating". An immoral king*” is the final warning. Unless the situation has become completely corrupted and beyond control, officials at any level dare not openly say these three words - Guiyang Hecheng is already a hell on earth.
"There are not enough soldiers, not enough food, not enough pay... I know all these. However, it has been almost a year, and the deployment of troops, increase of taxes, and donations have already been enough, right? They are still dilly-dallying, and Wang Ershan is deeply disappointed with my expectations!" I will issue another stern decree: If Guiyang makes any mistakes, he will be ordered to wear shackles and ride in a prison car back, and I will personally question his crime!" The Holy Emperor finally broke out.
"I obey the decree." The cabinet scholar began to draft the imperial edict seriously and carefully. However, by the time Wang Ershan received the edict, he was already in Guiyang City - the imperial court's war reports would be used separately according to the urgency of the matter. The speed of the stagecoach system for speeding up three hundred, four hundred or even six hundred miles, but the speed of the father-in-law announcing the decree was several times slower. Of course, announcing the edict is just a formality: the content of the edict will be conveyed to the Guizhou front line in the form of Di Bao as soon as possible.
However, Wang Ershan still didn't know.
Because Mr. Wang has not dared to read the newspaper for a long time.
Wang Ershan is a Beijing official. Although this was his first time dealing with local military leaders, and he had been fooled and led by those guys for a long time, the rules of the game in the capital's officialdom were very familiar to him. He didn't read the Di newspaper not because he was afraid of being scolded - but because he wanted to save his life! After such a long delay, the tragedy in Guiyang City was revealed through sporadic escapees and prisoners, and even the information conveyed through the newspapers was very clear to Wang Ershan. The anger of the Holy Emperor could also be imagined, in case any of the newspapers conveyed the thunder of the Holy Emperor. If he fired himself on the spot in anger, the generals would immediately stop their march and wait for the new governor to take office. No one can say how long this period will last. There are only two things that are certain: First, Guiyang is definitely lost! Secondly, by that time, even if I am deeply wronged, I will definitely not be able to save my head! Therefore, it is better not to look at it - if you don't look at it, you don't know, and if you don't know, you don't have it. Stop talking nonsense and let me move forward! As long as the siege of Guiyang is solved, even if there is punishment afterwards, it will not be too severe.
In fact, several generals are well aware of this situation, so everyone is paying attention tacitly and always "kindly" reminding: "Sir, what does the imperial newspaper say?" In this regard, Wang Ershan's answer is always One sentence: "There are different opinions in the court about whether to fight or to defend. I have been ordered by the Holy Emperor to kill the thieves and quell the chaos. How can I allow his followers to disturb people's hearts? I will not do anything about you, so hurry up and march in the army!"
After the Qinshu Pass was lowered, Longli Division was headed towards the front of the Ming army. With the military power of "big victory" and the backbone of the Zhenyu soldiers, Liu Chao actually defeated them in one go. Guiyang has already It’s in sight!
Strange to say, An Bangyan's so-called hundreds of thousands of rebels had already deployed heavy troops to block the east and south roads. However, Wang Ershan's army was full of soldiers along the way. It almost collapsed several times, but it was all by himself. Just to scare yourself, why is it that you are in a deserted place at this time, with no sign of the An Ni army?
Because An Bangyan took the main force to western Guizhou.
To be precise, it was because of Sun Jie.
Sun Jie was kept idle in Chengdu for nearly half a year by Zhang Heming. Because Zhu Xieyuan had warned him before leaving, he never dared to make mistakes. Later, he couldn't stand it any longer, so he took his guards into the mountains every once in a while to hunt. As long as the army didn't leave his sight, Zhang Heming didn't care much about him. Later, She Chongming got help from An Bangyan to take a breath. He never forgot his hometown and began to harass Yongning from Chishuiwei and Pushi. The pressure on Luo Qianxiang suddenly increased - Luo Shen would start his own business. The strength of Shuinao Village is far inferior to that of Yongning. Although Sun Jie's reputation in the Chengdu battle is far-reaching, with such a powerful evil star man controlling the city not far away in Chengdu, the leaders of various tribes and villages do not dare to act rashly in response to his old master. But Luo Qianxiang was still worried. However, Luo Shen was very quick-witted, and in the end he came up with a plan: to report to Sichuan Governor Zhang Heming that he was sick, and that he wanted to give up Yongning and return to Luzhou Shuinao Village to recuperate!
Zhang Heming's original plan was to use Yongning's piece of fat to tie up Luo Qianxiang to protect him from the knife. Now Luo Manzi has a bad temper and is trying to be strong without desire. He simply doesn't want this piece of meat. How can he get it? If She Chongming recovers from his loss and makes a comeback, even if the court can deal with it, and the She Chongming invades Chengdu again, his life will be in danger! After thinking about it for a long time, there was really no other way, so I had to find Sun Jie and ask him to "visit" his brother Luo.
However, Mr. Zhang would never let Sun Jie's entire army go south. After talking for a long time, Sun Jie personally agreed to only take two battalions and three thousand auxiliary troops, and at the same time never cross the provincial border to engage in war. Then he asked him to go to Yongning. Of course, Lieutenant General Shen Gang and the Panshi Battalion who are the best at holding on - well, this is Mr. Zhang's judgment based on the name. Just don't ask General Ishii to hear it, otherwise he will be unconvinced - as well as the cavalry. Master Zhang stayed in Chengdu.
Zhang Heming is an old fox. He sent Sun Jie out to Yongning just to stabilize the situation in his province. What he was most worried about was that Sun Jie would go to Guizhou when the war broke out, so as not to draw fire into Sichuan. As for the people and colleagues there, whether he would be closed down alive or dead What's the matter, sir? Of course, these words cannot be said clearly, so he still has one hand left: holding the army's food channel. It's not that we don't provide food, but that we transport it in small quantities and multiple times. Each time we transport only enough food, rice, salt and beans for five thousand people to eat for ten and a half months. We don't have enough military ration reserves. I don't think you, Sun Jie, can even mess with Master Zhang. Palm.
However, Zhang Heming still underestimated Sun Jie.
When Sun Jie arrived in Yongning, Luo Qianxiang's "condition" naturally "improved" and he stopped making troubles. After a while, Sun Jie actually accepted the invitation of Luo Qianxiang, who "suddenly recovered", and took his soldiers to participate in the traditional "hunting" of the Miao Yi! This kind of hunting is a kind of blessing and thanksgiving: in order to celebrate the recovery of important leaders from illness or the escape from disaster, the young men of each village go out collectively, each occupying a hilltop, and then everyone drives the prey to a designated area. Finally, the tiger and leopard hunt The most precious prey will be offered to God as a sacrifice to express gratitude.
Let's hunt. Sun Jie, who was unfamiliar with the place, "lost his way" in the mountains, and ran all the way across Chishuiwei to the south. In his words, "Only when he came out of the forest did he realize that he had hit the ground by mistake. Bumped into Bijiewei!" Then...in order to return to Yongning as soon as possible, he killed Anbang Junge, the younger brother of Anbangyan who was guarding Qianxi Guizhou, and captured Elder An's younger brother Allen alive!
Luo Qianxiang, who also didn't stay in Yongning for long, "coincidentally" also got lost. Three thousand water soldiers ran to Aluo Secret Institute - who knew that it was the base for She Chongming's counterattack on Yongning! The two sides were fighting lively, but unexpectedly Sun Jie came up from behind...
Needless to say, She Chongming's younger brother She Chonghui was beheaded by the formation, and She Chongming's wife An was captured. She Chongming and She Yin took hundreds of cronies and ran away again through the forest...
Counting the days, half a month has passed since Sun Jie set out to organize his army to today!
Zhang Heming looked at the military intelligence report written by Mr. Shang and his beard stood up in anger: Sun Jie, you said you were lost in the mountains. Who can be fascinated by the road of hundreds of miles in one breath? Let’s not mention it for now. You always go south to north. Can you tell the difference? Looking at Luo Manzi's part, Mr. Zhang became even more angry: You, a native barbarian who has never been out of the mountains in your life, can't tell the south, east, north, and west. Let's not talk about it. The Chishui River lies across there, and your whole army doesn't know where to go when they cross the river. Were the three thousand people who took the wrong road a pheasant and turned into a spirit and flew over?
It was precisely at this time that the imperial court issued an imperial edict, promoting Mr. Zhang to be the governor of Sichuan and Guizhou, to lead the two provinces to quell the rebellion. With these two great victories, not only did the pressure on Sichuan Province disappear immediately, but as long as the date was slightly changed, Mr. Zhang deservedly "lived up to the trust of the Holy One"! So Zhang Heming smiled and praised Sun Jie and Luo Qianxiang, and rewarded the entire army, including the two generals who were not dispatched to guard the camp. Of course, Mr. Zhang also made a note of these two in his heart. , I will have to settle this account with them if I have the opportunity in the future.
The two She'an people were suddenly attacked by Sun Jieluo Qianxiang. Not only did they lose a lot of blood, they almost lost half of their lives! Needless to say, She Chongming was afraid of Sun Jie to the core. An Bangyan was even more afraid of being stabbed to death by Sun Jie from behind, so he hurriedly mobilized most of his troops and rushed to his hometown in Shuixi, Qianxi Guizhou to set up defenses. Wang Ershan was there. No large-scale resistance was encountered.
On the seventh day of December, Qilichong in the south of Guiyang City was captured by Tian Baisheng's troops. In order to prevent the defenders from being accidentally injured, Wang Ershan sent a number of messengers holding bright red military flags of the Ming Dynasty to ride on their horses and shout: "New Fu is here!"
The siege of Guiyang is solved.
*The division of the four seasons in ancient times is very simple: the first month, February, and March are spring, April, May, and June are summer, July, August, and September are autumn, and eleven and twelve are winter.
The emperor's self-proclaimed "little man" does not mean that he is lonely, but refers to his "virtue". He humbly calls himself "a man of few virtues".
