Will you get money if you finish playing soon? Is it necessary to take advantage of the Ming army in southern Shaanxi to finish its rest and let the Ming army under Governor Yunchuan Gui finish the battle in one go? The troops under the Governor-General of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are all Southern troops, and they are not in the same system as the Northern Army, which is directly related to the Ming Dynasty...
Zhu Cihong thought to himself: As the chief minister of ZTE, can't you check the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts and the Ministry of Works? If two groups of profiteers are left like this, how can they leave a name in history as Zhuge Liang of the Ming Dynasty? Can it be written in the history books that Zhuge Liang, the great Ming Dynasty, couldn't even read the account books?
"When it comes to war, you can't be greedy for a quick word!" Zhu Cixi thought thoughtfully, "Now the armies in southern Shaanxi are exhausted and continue to rest and recuperate, and the candidate for the new governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi has not yet been decided... I’m afraid we won’t be able to fight again before summer.”
"Your Majesty," Wei Zaode reminded in a low voice, "the rebels in Huya Mountain are now moving westward along Jingmen Mountain, and they may be able to take advantage of it. If they can reach Zhongzhou and Shizhu through Shizhouwei's territory, they can surprise themselves and steal Zhongzhou or Shizhu. If it is Shizhu, then the elite soldiers under the Governor-General of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan will have a chance. As long as they can capture Zhongzhou, Shizhu, Fengdu, and Fuzhou, cut off the Yangtze River waterway, and cut off the communication between Kuizhou Prefecture and Chongqing Prefecture, they can move from the east to the east. The tunnel leading to Sichuan will be completely opened. When the army attacks from the northeast, the rogue bandits will have no choice but to abandon Sichuan and leave!"
Wei Zaode is the chief assistant, so of course he knows the inside story of the Huya Mountain riot... but he should not have the idea of a surprise attack on Zhongzhou or Shizhu. Zhu Cixiang knew the way of Chief Wei Wei very well. He was just an abacus. He could move it around without making any claims.
Today’s idea must be Ma Shiying’s!
After Wu Sangui's death, the Wu family's momentum plummeted, and there was no one with enough weight in the Beirut Party to hold the battle, and everyone's thoughts were on the line...
"Okay," Emperor Zhu smiled and nodded, "This is a good idea! I will go back and discuss it with Li Yan, Feng Sizhong, Zhu Chunjie, and Pan Yuchen to see if it can work. By the way, you and Ma Shiying should also discuss it together. !”
Although he understands in his heart, Zhu Cixiang will not participate in party struggle now - although party struggle is not good, there is no way to avoid it and can only guide and control it.
What the two parties in the North and the South are fighting for now is the opportunity to make meritorious service to the country, and they both have the ability to make meritorious deeds, so they are not fighting blindly. So this kind of party struggle can still be tolerated... so there is no need to stop it.
Of course, we cannot allow the Southern People's Party to expand too much through the battles in Sichuan and Yunnan.
The balance between the DPRK and China still needs to be found!
The noon meeting on the second day was originally the "Military Headquarters Meeting", which was a military meeting attended by the Generalissimo's Office and high-level officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Navy. The location is also in Qinzheng Hall, but not in the main hall, but in the west hall of Qinzheng Hall, also known as the annex building of the Map Hall.
Because Wu Sangui died of illness before the army, the Northern military attachés in the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War all seemed a little depressed.
Emperor Zhu did not mention the Battle of Sichuan when he first came up, but instead talked about Wu Sangui's funeral.
Of course, it was a grand burial, and he was buried next to the imperial mausoleum on Wolong Mountain in Chuzhou - the so-called Wolong Mountain is actually the general name for a series of hills in Chuzhou. It was a geomantic treasure found by Emperor Zhu's Feng Shui master in the first year of Hongxing. It is said that it can protect Guozuo for up to 300 more years of the Ming Dynasty (excluding the first year of Hongxing).
Before Wu Sangui's tomb is completed, Wu Sangui's coffin will be parked at the Wusheng Temple in Wuhan - this Wusheng Temple is not dedicated to the Second Master Guan, but to the Confucian Wusheng. Although Wu Sangui did not die in battle, his death was still related to fighting for the country, so he is also qualified to be canonized. From now on, he will be a minor saint in Confucianism, and his ranking must be placed in Wusheng Temple to enjoy incense.
Of course, a grand funeral must be held for Wu Sangui! None of the high-ranking officials in Wuhan can escape, they all have to follow the gang!
Zhu Cixiang himself had to take a share, no matter what, he had to take a hundred thousand taels of silver!
In addition, the person who presided over Wu Sangui's funeral must be Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzheng. He must be allowed to organize it properly for Wu Sangui. Don't follow the specifications of a prince. If it is one level higher, it should be done according to the specifications of a county king. I think Old Wu Quan will be very happy if he knows something.
There is also a posthumous title!
"How should Wu Sangui's posthumous name be decided?" Zhu Cixiang asked, "The first character must be Wu. Let's decide on the second character now. All the ministers will talk about it."
"Your Majesty, I feel that Wu Sangui won a great victory first and opened the door for the imperial court to enter Sichuan, and then died of illness, which can be called peace."
The person who answered this question was military advisor Feng Sizhong. This Wu Ning was the highest-ranked posthumous title among military generals in the Ming Dynasty. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, only Xu Da, the prince of Zhongshan County, received the posthumous title of Wu Ning.
"Wu Ning is not suitable," Zhu Cixiang rejected Feng Sizhong's proposal. "Although Sangui has worked hard and made great achievements, he is not ranked first among the Wu family."
Feng Sizhong understood that the number one meritorious official of the Wu family mentioned by Emperor Zhu was Wu Sanfu - Wu Sangui was a third official after all, and his achievements could not be compared with Wu Sanfu. So Wu Wuning can only be Wu Sanfu...
"Wu Yi is not suitable either. There is already a Wu Wuyi (Wu Xiang)," Feng Sizhong said again. "The only ones left are Wu Min or Wu Hui."
"Just use military agility!" Zhu Cixiang said, "Agility is also a disease! Sangui is quick in using troops, whether advancing or retreating, the speed is fast. I don't want to be slow in the battle of Lueyang and die of illness in front of the army... .”
Emperor Zhu opened Chrysostom, and Wu Sangui will be Wu Wumin from now on. Wu Min is also a beautiful posthumous title!
"Let's discuss the matter of entering Sichuan again!" Zhu Cixiang said, "What does the Generalissimo's Office think? Is now an opportunity to defraud Zhongzhou and Shizhu?"
"Your Majesty," Feng Sizhong said, "I think it is feasible to defraud Zhongzhou and Shizhu. However, the military force under the Governor-General of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan alone is still not enough to capture the whole of Sichuan. After all, the northern capital of the rogue bandits is in Chongqing Prefecture. , where heavy troops were stationed, and Chongqing was built into an iron wall.
Taking Chungju and Seokju would at best draw the attention of the rogue army from the northern front to the eastern front, creating conditions for a successful surprise attack on the northern front. "
The surprise attack on the northern line has been being prepared. The specific plan is to invade the Sichuan Basin through Songpan Wei. A division of the Guards has already gone up to the plateau and is adapting to the plateau climate while waiting for the weather to get warmer.
Zhu Cixiang looked at Ma Shiying again, "Ma Qing, you are a veteran of two terms as governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. What do you think?"
Ma Shiying said with a smile: "If Kuizhou Prefecture changes hands, the rogue bandits will definitely gather heavy troops in Chongqing. But they will not exhaust all the troops in Chengdu. The risk of going south on the Songpan Plateau is still not small. If you want to ensure the success of the surprise attack, you have to Send out another group of troops from Guizhou to attack Qujing and threaten the Yunnan base of the rogue bandits."
"Is there enough troops under the governor's office of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan?" Zhu Cihong asked.
The Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan Governor's Department had relatively few troops, with only three armies: the Yunnan Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Guizhou Army. Among them, the Yunnan Army was composed of people from the Duke of Mu's Mansion as its backbone, recruiting various ghosts and monsters from Yunnan. The Sichuan Army is the army of Xichuan Town and is the main force under the Governor-General of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. The Guizhou Army is an army put together by the local powerful military households and powerful chieftains in Guizhou.
The total strength of the three armies was only 70,000 to 80,000. Moreover, the combat effectiveness is weak, so they can only take a defensive position when facing the Dashun Army.
"It's not enough," said military advisor Feng Sizhong. "The three armies of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan only have 80,000 men at most. It's no longer easy to capture Zhongzhou, Shizhu, and Fuzhou. It's not enough to attack Yunnan at the same time. But the battle of Yunnan can't be fought at the same time." If you don't get up, there is still time to mobilize troops to Guizhou, and two new military divisions should be able to pose a threat to Qujing!"
Zhu Cixiang nodded with a smile and said with a smile: "Then let the Generalissimo's Mansion and the Ministry of War formulate the strategy!"
He did not seek Ma Shiying's opinion again. Now the Ming Dynasty's military affairs did not need to be interfered by the civil servants of the cabinet. It had its own professional officer system plan for the Grand Marshal's Office and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Navy. The reason why Ma Shiying was invited here was just because there were undercover agents from the Ministry of Punishment among the "rebels" moving westward along Jingmen Mountain, so Ma Shiying, the Minister of Punishment, had to follow them.
