The content of the imperial edict was to avenge Ma Qian's injustice, punish the eunuch who framed him and put him to death by whipping his corpse, and confiscate his family and exterminate his clan.
He was also posthumously named Zuo Dudu of the Zuo Army Dudu Mansion and General Zhaoyi, and was reburied with the courtesy of an earl to inform the world.
Ma Xianglin's trembling hands did not hide his inner excitement and gratitude. After so many years, his father was finally no longer a fugitive general, but an upright General Zhaoyi of the Ming Dynasty.
Ma Xianglin knows very well that over the years, although his mother has never mentioned this matter and has never complained about it, her mother has been tortured in her heart every day.
When she encounters injustice, she just tries her best to mediate and negotiate. She never bullies others or makes matters worse.
Zhu Youzheng knew Qin Liangyu's character, so he had already prepared the imperial edict and arranged everything. He just wanted to find an opportunity to deliver a surprise to her like now.
"I will be flattered to know that your late husband is so cared for by your majesty. I swear to death that I dare not forget your majesty's kindness. I am afraid that I will not be able to repay you in this life."
Qin Liangyu thanked him again.
Zhu Youxiao didn't want to continue to waste time on this matter.
If he hadn't admired Qin Liangyu and wanted to win their loyalty, he wouldn't have bothered to care about Ma Qiancheng. Everyone was dead, and it was useless to say anything.
"I've made my thoughts clear to you. Now let's talk about how we can catch this big fish An's as quickly as possible. What do you think? If you have any opinions, feel free to tell me directly in front of me."
"Your Majesty, according to what I have seen, it is not appropriate for us to engage in a head-on decisive battle with them now. We should try to avoid fighting with them. If necessary, we can give up some places to increase the momentum of extravagant rebellion."
Ma Xianglin has always been with the emperor and knows the most about the emperor's strategic plan, so he is qualified to be the first to speak.
His meaning was the same as that of the emperor. They and the Yulin Army completely sat back and let Sichuan's soldiers and horses deal with She Ni. They waited in Chongqing for news of the An family's rebellion.
Qin Liangyu and others also believed that this should be the case, and they wanted to abandon the defense of the river crossing and let the rebellious rebels cross the river. They deployed troops outside Chongqing according to the terrain to block the rebel front and delay time.
But Zhu Youxiao's idea was different from theirs. He proposed a bold plan, that is, to abandon Chongqing and allow She She to counterattack and capture Chongqing.
This shocked the generals. Is the cost too high?
It's just to lure the An family. There's no need to give up such an important city, right?
With so many ordinary people in Chongqing Prefecture, are they just left alone and allowed to suffer the slaughter of the rebels?
Regarding this bold proposal, the generals present repeatedly objected and asked the emperor to think twice.
But why would Zhu Youxiao want to do this? He was also forced by the difficult situation and came up with such a move as a last resort.
Although An Bangyan is not very good, it does not mean that the entire An family is a stupid pig. They are very cautious in this kind of thing.
She Chongming has only captured several cities and areas in Zunyi, Luzhou, and Hejiang, and has not even secured a foothold. For the An family, such achievements are far from satisfactory.
In history, the first place She Chongming conquered was Chongqing, and he also killed the governor of Sichuan and other high-ranking officials. Moreover, he attacked the city much faster than now, and the area he conquered was also huge.
But even so, An remained unmoved, still looking forward and backward in fear of wolves and tigers behind. She Chongming's messenger did not know how many times he ran, and his horse's legs were broken, but An still stood still.
This shows how cautious they are, and they will not act rashly if they are not sure that something will happen.
Moreover, the current rebels have only captured a few cities. Only by allowing them to capture important cities like Chongqing can they have a little bit of capital, and An will increase their "investment."
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On the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, opposite Chongqing, She Chongming's rebels are resting here.
Due to an ambush by the Ming army when he was disembarked, his 20,000 soldiers suffered heavy losses, leaving only a little more than 10,000 capable men.
Seeing that the Ming army on the opposite side was so strong, he issued several military orders as soon as he had just gained a foothold. The warships were in front and the army was behind, in a defensive posture.
But after waiting for most of the day, the Ming army still did not come to attack. After sending out sentries to investigate, they learned that the Ming army had already cleared the battlefield and retreated.
After She Chongming counted the battle losses and arranged the defenses, he returned to the temporary tent with exhaustion and fell down on the wooden bed with a bang.
For a whole day, he couldn't figure out why there were so many Ming soldiers ambushing them here.
From the intelligence he collected, it was revealed that the Chongqing government did not have an army of this size at all, and that all of them were extremely brave and capable of fighting compared to his fellow Yi soldiers who had been practicing for a long time. This was simply unbelievable.
What's even weirder is that this Ming army ambushing them is actually equipped with cloth armor, and the weapons they hold are no better than before. They are much stronger than the crude and simple weapons in their hands.
He thought of the army that the sentinel detected when they captured Luzhou, which was also equipped with the standard equipment of the border army.
He suddenly had an extremely bold idea in his mind. Could this really be the border army? But he couldn't figure out why the border troops appeared in the southwest? This is simply unreasonable.
Before he started the army, he had done quite a lot of intelligence work. He didn't know everything about Sichuan and Sichuan, but he at least had a good idea.
But at this time, after two completely unexpected encounters and wars, he was really confused.
There was no turning back when the bow was fired. Although She Chongming was extremely puzzled, he could only bite the bullet and go ahead.
Just when he was thinking about how to restore the morale of the army and try to capture Chongqing, the military report of the partial division led by Fan Long and Zhang Tong was delivered to him.
He immediately announced the good news of these victories to the entire army and publicized it. The morale of the rebels who had just experienced a great defeat suddenly improved a lot, and the dejected air suddenly disappeared.
She Chongming's confidence also greatly increased, and he was full of ideas and hopes for capturing Chongqing.
Although he suffered heavy losses along the way, Fan Long and Zhang Tong's partial forces were already much stronger than the main force he led.
There were originally 7,000 troops, but now nearly 50,000 troops have been reorganized. It was beyond expectations, and the progress was too smooth.
And these 50,000 troops have already captured Shengdeng Pass, captured this fortress pass guarding the south gate of Chongqing, and are approaching Chongqing.
His strategic intention of attacking from two fronts and joining forces to besiege Chongqing was about to be realized.
Early the next morning, he sent a team of people to sail up the river and return to Yongning via Luzhou. He asked his brother She Chonghui to gather 10,000 elite troops and send them to the front line to help him capture Chongqing.
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