Is Jiangning Mansion, where Jiangnan travels and literary styles are gathered, a gathering of humanities? Jiangning Mansion was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, even though the Southern Dynasties had been subjugated for three generations, nearly four hundred years ago. But Zhang Gongming also knew that in the minds of many people in Jiangnan, Jiangning Mansion was the real capital. As for the current Xianxian Jingzhao Mansion, in their eyes, it is just a distant countryside that is not worth mentioning.
When the king of Guilin selected Zheng Tong as his general, Zhang Gongming raised objections because he had more than one experience of plundering people's property when he was quelling the rebellion of the barbarians and uniting the army against the Annan harassment. Opinion. But unfortunately, there are really not many generals who are good at commanding troops under the command of Guilin County King. There were only one or two who were relatively capable, but he wasn't reassured.
After choosing over and over again, I finally selected this person who has the most greedy temperament, but has quite a lot of practical experience. More or less, he has led troops into battle a few times. The most important thing is that this person was the commander-in-chief of the Arms Department of the Guilin County Prince's Palace and had served for many years. The Prince of Guilin spent a huge amount of money to forcefully buy the position of deputy envoy of Jiedu. It can be said that Zheng Tong is loyal to the Guilin County Prince.
At this time, Zhang Gongming discovered that the master of the capital had experience in uniting the Guangnan East-West Road and Fujian Road last year. As long as those who have served at Guangnan West Road for less than five years will be transferred from the fourth rank and above, they will be promoted on the spot from Guangnan West Road. Those who have served for more than five years, especially those who have served as officials in the Arms Department of the Guilin County Prince's Palace.
However, none of them were transferred, none moved from their original positions, and some were even promoted. When these officials began to be transferred last year, the King of Guilin was deeply distressed because the officials he bribed were transferred away. But all the officials he had painstakingly placed were promoted one by one, and even reached the important position of deputy envoy of Jiedu, which made him feel a little happy.
Looking at it now, this move can be said to be a blow to the bottom of the pot. Almost all those who had led troops in battles were transferred. The military attachés who remained were either of too low a grade or had never fought in a war at all. Nowadays, although the king of Guilin has relied on the large sums of money he has spent over the years to prepare for the victory, he has almost conquered Guangnan East-West Road and Fujian Road without any bloodshed, but there are only a few who are truly capable of taking charge of them alone.
Although Zheng Tong still has some abilities. But despite being arrogant and complacent, he actually refused to listen to advice. In Ningguo Mansion, they used troops to rob people and even kidnap people. This so-called good thing does not go out, but the bad thing spreads thousands of miles. With his approach, even if he can successfully capture Jiangnan East Road in the next step, how much more will the prince have to pay to appease the gentry in Jiangnan?
When the time comes, what will happen even if we kill him? No matter how valuable Zheng Tong's head is, how can he buy back the hearts and minds of the people in Jiangnan? Now Zhang Gongming dares to bet that those state capitals that originally wanted to submit to the Guilin County Prince. After he did what he did in Ningguo Mansion, unless the prince came in person. Otherwise, those people may never have the desire to surrender again. Even if there were, those squires would not agree.
It doesn't matter that Zheng Tong grabbed it. The prince's layout in Jiangnan, and even the entire Guilin County Prince's Palace, for more than a hundred years, was completely destroyed. Once the official gentry's heart is hurt, it will not be healed in a short time. I don’t know how much the prince will have to pay to pacify Jiangnan from now on. This bastard really thinks that the gentry in Liangjiang are just a group of landowners who are nothing?
Since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there has been the rebellion of the Eight Kings, followed by the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms. Since the Jin Dynasty moved to the south, many scholars went south to escape the chaos and settled in the south of the Yangtze River. He did not even think about how many Jinshi had been produced in Ningguo Prefecture alone since the founding of this dynasty, not counting other states. By doing this, Zheng Tong not only destroyed the Ningguo Mansion, but also completely lost the hearts and minds of the entire Jiangnan people.
When Zheng Tong was plundering the Ningguo Mansion, Zhang Gongming had the idea of getting rid of him now. But the problem is, killing him now is easy. But this has concentrated the most elite 20,000 troops and horses under the command of the Guilin County Prince. At least no one can take charge of them now. Even if the King of Guilin removes generals from other fronts, regardless of their ability, it would be too late now.
Although at this time, his heart was filled with murderous intent. But for what Zheng Tong did, even if he was extremely disgusted, Zhang Gongming could only endure it. Compared to Zhang Gongming, who was holding back his anger, these soldiers finally left. They had been suffering from these soldiers these days. Even his own concubine was snatched away. Facing the room full of scolding gentry, the magistrate of Ningguo and his fellow magistrates were filled with regret.
Originally, the two of them had no choice but to surrender to the rebels. Except for three hundred veteran troops, Ningguo Mansion originally had no troops stationed there. Huining has always been garrisoned as one. The garrison of Huizhou Prefecture was completely destroyed in the first battle. In the hands of the two of them, in addition to three hundred veterans who were unable to even catch thieves, they were unable to cope with the challenge at all. I was also worried that the defeated army would march into the city and loot everything, causing harm to the countryside.
That's why the two of them turned a blind eye to the defeated army. Later, seeing that the rebels were strong, they were forced to open the city gate and surrender under the pressure of the city's officials and gentry. Now that Ningguo Mansion has suffered such a catastrophe, although they cannot all be blamed, they can be considered as one of the instigators. What's more, the large group of fierce gods left, leaving behind a thousand troops and horses, under the guise of searching for deserters, and continued to harm the countryside, demanding money and silk.
In fact, Zheng Tong did not have time to find the whereabouts of those two thousand people. But these two people still knew the whereabouts of at least half of the two thousand people. The rebels had three groups of troops, and they succeeded in looting the Ningguo Mansion and entered the territory of Zhili Prefecture in Guangde. It was obvious that they planned to loot Guangzhou as well. But the new governor of Guangzhou is not a good person, let alone as weak as them.
Guangzhou is located at the junction of Jiangnan East Road and Western Zhejiang, and has always been the place with the strongest folk customs on Jiangnan East Road. In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Qi army marched south of the Yangtze River, they also suffered heavy losses in Guangzhou. The elites who had fought for the rest of their lives had suffered losses, so how could these rebels be opponents. With an order, the young and strong men were mobilized to train in 300 regiments, together with the cooperation of more than 100 defeated Huizhou troops.
While this group of guys spread out and started robbing. After using a hoe, a shoulder pole, and a steel knife and hunting fork, few of the thousand rebels who ran to Guangzhou survived. The thousand troops and horses he left in Ningguo Mansion refused to leave Ningguo Mansion for even a moment. If you just sit in the city all day long, where can you go to find someone? Moreover, what he did in Ningguo Mansion meant that the good days of these thousands of troops and horses were coming to an end.
As for Zheng Tong, he didn't care at all what the gentry and the people thought about the Ningguo Mansion, which was now in a mess. He was leading his men and horses, thinking about the rapid advance of Moling Pass, but he didn't know that it was the seven days when he sent troops to plunder everywhere that gave Cao Rui time. Let Cao Rui complete the deployment. He also mobilized three thousand guards and regiments from surrounding state capitals and rushed to Moling Pass for reinforcements.
And this seven-day pause has caused the two battalions of troops and horses to arrive in Liuhe. Especially Cao Rui's old subordinates, under Cao Rui's urging, completed the crossing calmly. However, now he is ordered to control the two battalions of troops and horses. After the arrival of the two battalions of 50,000 troops and horses, Cao Rui, who was no longer very confident, did not let the two battalions rush to Moling Pass for reinforcements immediately, and even did not allow them to enter Jiangning City.
Now, he plans to annihilate all 20,000 rebels in Moling Pass in one go, rather than defeat them. Because he knew how much harm would be caused to the place if the 20,000 rebels were defeated. A defeated army is not as good as a bandit; a deserted army is a thief. Once these defeated armies disperse, I don't know how many places will suffer in the future. I don't even know how much it will cost to defeat these soldiers once they are defeated.
Therefore, after the two camps crossed the river, Cao Rui ordered them to bypass Jiangning Fucheng. Walking at night and staying at dawn, all the secrets are hidden in Fangshan Mountain and Donglu Mountain in Lishui. Before receiving his command, even if the battle at Moling Pass resulted in rivers of blood, they could not fight. Cao Rui served as the commander-in-chief of the four major battalions, and many of the soldiers who were ordered to reinforce the two major battalions were his old subordinates.
As soon as his general order came out, no one dared to disobey him. Zheng Tong's plundering of the Ningguo Mansion made the local officials and gentry who originally favored the Guilin County Prince feel extremely chilled. They want to be the ministers of Conglong in the new dynasty, but if this Conglong is going to cost them, their family's wealth and life, and the property they have painstakingly accumulated, then they might as well forget it. ,
Zheng Tong's behavior in Ningguo Mansion made the officials and gentry afraid that if Qiu Ba led this traitor to their jurisdiction, he would be the next unlucky one. Therefore, even if someone discovered the strange movements of the officers and soldiers, no one dared to inform Zheng Tong. The affluent Jiangnan is indeed not comparable to the barren Guangnan West Road. Zheng Tong, who had made a fortune in Ningguo Mansion, knew nothing about Cao Rui's deployment.
When he led his army to Moling Pass, he encountered Cao Rui's stubborn resistance. He originally thought that the Moling Pass defenders would collapse at the first touch. To his surprise, they actually held on so resolutely. What he didn't expect was that there were so many cannons among the defenders of Moling Pass. The multiple waves of attacks he launched continuously were stopped in front of the earthen fortress without even seeing the city head.
While he was making a fortune in Ningguo Mansion, he knew that guarding Moling Pass alone might not be able to stop the rebels. Because of hundreds of years of peace, by the time he took office, the military equipment on the entire Jiangnan East Road was no longer generally decadent. Although Moling Pass is an extremely important protective site outside Jiangning Mansion, it is also extremely collapsed and abandoned. Coupled with the heavy rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River, only half of the entire Moling Pass remains.
Most of the remaining city walls have collapsed. In the early years of this dynasty, this military town was built to protect Jiangning Mansion when Jiangnan was pacified. Now it has become a tax collection gate. The original defensive function has long been lost. After he took office, although he asked for a sum of money and food, he thought about renovating the pass. But by the time the money and food were allocated, it was already too late.
Relying on such a pass, it is almost impossible to stop the 20,000 rebels. After leading his troops to Moling Pass, Cao Rui quickly gave up the idea of relying on Moling Pass for defense. He relied on Moling Pass and built a large number of earthen forts and trenches. All the surrounding trees were cut down and strong barriers were built. The seven days Zheng Tong was delayed gave him enough time.
When Zheng Tong led his troops to Moling Pass, all his defenses had been completed. Zheng Tong, who had completely ignored the combat power of the Jiangnan East Route Guards at this time, did not care at all about the fortifications that Cao Rui had painstakingly constructed. When they came up, they gathered five thousand troops and horses and launched attacks in turns. Because he knew that as long as he captured this place, Jiangning Mansion would be right in front of him.
If the opponent really relies on Jiangning Fucheng as a solid support. Because he was advancing rapidly along the way, he didn't carry any siege equipment, so he was still a little worried. But the opponent only built trenches and earthen fortresses, which was not a big problem for Zheng Tong. Therefore, after the vanguard arrived at Moling Pass, they gathered their forces and launched a fierce attack without even taking the most basic rest.
