In the early morning, there were no sunflowers blooming, only the biting cold wind.
More than ten miles east of Puzhou City, by the lakeside named Wu, Li Yan bid farewell to Chang Yu.
"General Li, please do more work on the defense of the Yellow River. Let's see you next year." Chang Yu had already talked to Li Yan at night last night, and he still gave his instructions before leaving. Now the two armies are facing a tense confrontation across the river. Although he knows that they will not go to war, he When the river froze, both sides sneaked into each other's positions from time to time to attack, and small-scale firefights never stopped. This time, all military affairs were left to him.
"I don't dare to say anything about things that are within my duties as a general." Li Yan has always been low-key and humble. This is one of the things Chang Yu admires about him. He is neither arrogant nor arrogant, but he can always complete the tasks assigned to him well and even It exceeds your expectations, so everyone around Chang Yu knows that he speaks highly of Li Yan: I can rest assured that Li Yan will do things!
"Our family has invited the commander-in-chief for you, and the imperial edict will be issued in half a month at most. It will be convenient for the general to act at that time. If there are still people who disobey the military order, our family will invite the Shangfang Sword for the general!" Chang Yu said with a relaxed expression. Seriously, not to mention that most of Li Yan's subordinates are the arrogant gangsters under Liu Zeqing, including Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and other generals who are about to hold a military conference. Which generals are fuel-efficient? Those generals under Liu Zeqing respect Li Yan. Yes, but what about Wu Sangui and his gang?
They will definitely not obey Li Yan's orders just because Chang Yu asked Li Yan to supervise military affairs, because many of them are far superior to Li Yan in terms of military exploits, qualifications, status, and status. If you want In order for Li Yan to take charge of them, he must come up with a name in black and white.
So Chang Yu immediately sent people back to Beijing to ask for an imperial edict. He wanted to hire a governor for Li Yan, like the previous governors of the three sides of Shaanxi Province, like Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting. Although there are no more three sides of Shaanxi Province now, the Yellow River Bank Headquarters needs it. It’s the governor’s big hat, which is also called taking command!
In order to suppress those unruly thorns.
This governor is different from Chang Yu's military governor. Chang Yu is a eunuch. According to Ming laws and ancestral rules, he is not allowed to engage in politics or interfere in military affairs. Even though he is actually the governor of military affairs, he only has the title of military governor, which means supervision, but The courtiers all knew that this was selling sheep's meat to dogs, but no one stood up to oppose it. There was no way, no one except him would do it.
If Chang Yu was in Puzhou at this time, there would be no need to go through such trouble and hire a governor, but if he wanted to return to Beijing, there must be someone in charge on this side of the Yellow River. He asked Li Yan to guard the front line in Puzhou. The intention is not simply to support Li Yan. Everyone knows its deep meaning. One of them is to deliberately create hatred for Li Yan and Li Zicheng. Of course a smart person like Li Yan knows this, but he has to work hard. This is often the case. Yu's means are so high.
But even if Li Yan saw that Chang Yu had used tricks on him, he was sincerely grateful to him. After all, he could also see that Chang Yu truly appreciated him, was sincerely for Daming, and had always supported him.
After all, people always have a grateful heart.
This time I have to take command for him again, and I clearly support him again. Since Li Yan does have the ability to take command, and the frontline also needs someone who can take charge of the overall situation, of course it is also for people like Wu Sangui to see and figure it out for themselves.
Now that the two armies are facing each other across the river, will there be a major conflict for a while? At least not before the beginning of spring. At present, neither side has the strength to cross the river to attack the city and seize the territory. They are both holding their breath and taking a breath. There may be a conflict after the beginning of spring. Big move.
However, Chang Yu had already deployed nearly 20,000 troops and horses along the Yellow River in Puzhou. It would be really difficult for the rebels to kill them. Moreover, Wu Sangui and others' troops were stationed along the Yellow River in Kaifeng and Luoyang, so they could come over at any time. Support can also block the rebel army's attempt to advance eastward along the river from Tongguan.
Celebrate the New Year in peace and deal with you later. This is Chang Yu’s idea, and it is also the current situation. Everyone is recuperating and resting, and will only wait until next year to decide who is better. Since there will be no big fight, Chang Yu does not need to stay here for a long time. It is more than enough to leave the remaining military affairs to Li Yan and other generals.
When Chang Yu set out to return to the capital, his team was much smaller than when he came. When he came, there were three guards and Shi Kefa and other civil servants. When he left, there were only nearly a hundred personal guards. Li Yan had repeatedly requested to send troops to return to the capital and was rejected. Chang Yu refused. One hundred people were enough. After all, Gu Junen, the leader of the largest assassination organization in the country, has now become his staff and is currently assisting Li Yan in handling military affairs in Puzhou.
The remaining unorganized and undisciplined retail investors have nothing to fear.
"Where is Shi Kefa? When will he return to Beijing? Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu went to Xiangning County to quell the thieves. Have they caught anyone? When will they return to Beijing?" Zhu Cixiang always had a lot of questions, and Chang Yu found it particularly annoying: "I don't know where they are, and I don't know when they will return to Beijing. They have their own things to do, and they will go back when they are done. If they are not done, they will go back again. Let's just go back on our own!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Then tell me how Gao Jie and the other three chased the intruders from Baoding Prefecture to Puzhou at the beginning of the year..."
grass! Chang Yu couldn't help but curse in his heart.
Three days later, Chang Yu and his party traveled east from Xia County into the mountains, passed through Yuanqu County, and then left the mountains one day and night to enter Jiyuan County, Huaiqing Prefecture. After a little repair, they hurriedly hit the road again. They arrived in Hanoi County (now Qinyang), the capital of Huaiqing Prefecture, in half a day. It was getting late. Chang Yu then ordered people to stay in the city and went to the inn with his troops. In the evening, he called the Chen family brothers and asked, "Is your hometown located in Wen County?" The answer was: "Ten miles east of Wen County."
"Wen County is a hundred miles south of Huaiqing Prefecture. You two will return to your hometown tomorrow to celebrate the New Year. You will not return to Beijing until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year." At this time, Chang Yu asked the two to go home to visit relatives. The two were overjoyed but worried about Chang Yu's journey, and promised to escort him back to Beijing before returning home with his uncle.
Chang Yu declined politely, saying that the two of them would go ahead. After he returned to Beijing, he would inform Chen Wangting of his return to his hometown for the New Year. After all, Dongchang still needed Chen Wangting to be in charge at this time, so the two of them agreed and bought some gifts in Wen County early the next morning. After getting new clothes, he said goodbye to Chang Yu and went back to his hometown. Others were envious because he returned home in real clothes!
Ten days later, the group arrived at Zhangde Prefecture (the seat of government is now Anyang), but they did not go directly to Neihuang County, a hundred miles due east of the prefecture. Although this small county is also a thousand-year-old city, there is a story of "breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat", and it was Yue Fei. The place where I grew up in my childhood is now extremely dilapidated and barren. Especially the war at the beginning of the year and the subsequent drought and locust plague have left the red land almost uninhabited for thousands of miles. Words such as people living in dire straits and starving everywhere are no longer enough to describe the tragic situation. , can be said to be the hardest hit area among the disaster areas in the north!
At first, Zhu Cihong didn't know why Chang Yu suddenly deviated from the direction of returning to Beijing and came here. However, what he saw on the way made him feel extremely depressed. He knew that Chang Yu was here to understand the sentiments of the people, but Chang Yu told him that he was just here to meet someone.
Who to meet?
Are there any acquaintances of Chang Yu here?
Yes, he is a county master!
