There is no problem with Yang Jiyuan's ability, but his character is too extreme, especially being too impatient. He was most worried that Yang Jiyuan would receive some undue stimulation due to his victories in other battlefields. In the final stage, he underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly because he was eager for success. In the view of Yu Mingyuan, who has a very stable temperament, the closer it is to the last moment, the more cautious it is.
The rebels on Fujian Road were almost all composed of former imperial guards. They knew very well that even if they surrendered, the court might not really spare them. Even if it was divided before, each one was still independent. But at the end of the road, those rebels were just trying to survive. They will also temporarily become a rope and work together to fight against the imperial court.
These people will fight to the death to survive, or to negotiate terms with the court, to save themselves and their families. Even if the dog is anxious, it will jump over the wall, not to mention these are fully trained troops. Therefore, from Yu Mingyuan's point of view, the more this time comes, the more important it is to proceed steadily and never to rush for success. But Yang Jiyuan's character is that of a proud and arrogant person.
He is the kind of person who never sees anyone surpassing him. Although he was born as a second-ranked Jinshi like Yu Mingyuan, his temperament is more like a military attaché than Yu Mingyuan. Although even if this guy loses the battle, it will not affect the overall situation. But Yu Mingyuan is still worried. As for Cao Rui, who had gathered the last elite of the rebels, Yu Mingyuan was not too worried.
Although Cao Rui is a troubled person, overall he has a stable temperament. The more this time comes, the more cautious Cao Rui will be. Apart from spending more money on food and salary, nothing major will happen. On Cao Rui's side, the top priority is to restrain military discipline, calm down the troops who continue to act recklessly, and not to make the subsequent aftermath too rigid. What he is most worried about is Yang Jiyuan on Fujian Road.
Seeing that the overall situation of others has been decided, I underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly in order to seek quick success. Before he left Beijing, Yu Mingyuan once suggested that the war on Guangnan East Road has now been completely settled. Ouyang Shan himself is also a very capable person. Either Ouyang Shan is transferred to Fujian Road to replace Yang Jiyuan and continue to be responsible for the rest of the war. Either let Ouyang Shan stationed in Chaozhou area to cooperate with Yang Jiyuan.
When I first considered Yang Jiyuan, I had little self-esteem. Also considering that most of the area on Fujian Road has now been pacified, except for the two prefectures of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. And within the Fujian Road rebels, they were fighting on their own. For the rest of the war, there were basically no major changes. Therefore, Huang Qiong only agreed to transfer Ouyang Shan's troops to Chaozhou to prevent the rebels from entering Guangnan East Road.
As for the war on Fujian Road, it was still left to Yang Jiyuan. In Huang Qiong's words, we have reached this stage, and if we change people again, it will be another insult. Although Yang Jiyuan's character is a bit stubborn, he always defies heaven and earth. Even he, the emperor, is often criticized. The emotional intelligence is so low that it makes people laugh, but there is still some potential. He can cause trouble and offend others, but he can also fight.
If this kind of person was replaced at this time, I'm afraid he would be angry to death. Talents are rare, and once such an arrogant person is hurt, it will be difficult to make up for it. Huang Qiong's attitude was to leave the war to Yang Jiyuan, but let Yu Mingyuan keep an eye on him in the capital. But Huang Qiong didn't expect that Yu Mingyuan really got it right. Yang Jiyuan still lost to him.
Huang Qiong was a little hesitant about whether to make a substitution or not. He admits that he has always been a decisive person in handling military and government affairs. But today, he was extremely hesitant on this matter. Yang Jiyuan is a talent, there is nothing good to say about this. His main problem is that the natural flaws in his character make him easily suffer at critical moments.
Huang Qiong didn't believe it. With his ability, he really couldn't see the trap set by the rebels. But he still rushed in. After all, he was too arrogant and did not force the general to capture the troops. He also gathered the rebels from other states. After the defeated soldiers withdrew, the number of rebels had expanded to more than 50,000. Take it seriously. And blindly attacking fiercely led to this defeat.
Still eager for success, he wanted to get rid of the rebels on Fujian Road before Nanning, so as to show himself and the court that even though he did not have the elites of the four major battalions, he did not have any elite soldiers or generals. Can a partial division composed of a group of new troops still defeat a powerful enemy? From Huang Qiong's point of view, among the two, Yang Jiyuan's arrogant character may be that the latter is more likely.
Before this guy went south, most of the troops under his command were a group of new troops that had just been trained, plus the remaining local guards from the Jiangnan West Road battlefield, plus the so-called elites from the two Zhejiang provinces. army, but there are still some complaints. Although he was suppressed by himself and did not dare to show it on the surface, there was no doubt that he was filled with anger.
Although he was given a partial division, it was also a relatively weak battlefield. But judging from this guy's performance on the battlefield, he must have wanted to compare with Yu Mingyuan and Cao Rui in order to compete. Otherwise, we would not have faced fifty thousand rebels and ignored the attack. I'm afraid that in his mind, he just wanted to get rid of Fujian Road before Cao Rui.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong pinched the bridge of his nose, turned his head and looked at the memorial on the desk. After glancing at this memorial, I once asked Cao Rui. Nanning Prefecture, can they mobilize 10,000 elites and transfer them to other battlefields? But Cao Rui said categorically that there would be no problem if he was transferred back to the capital. But if they are transferred to other battlefields, I'm afraid the morale of the troops will be in chaos.
It is even extremely possible that there will be a large number of deserters during the defense deployment. Now he is preparing to immediately transfer the troops and horses that are still capable of fighting to the direction of Dali Kingdom in accordance with the imperial decree. Most of the remaining military horses will probably have little combat effectiveness without a period of training. Now the soldiers in the army have been fighting for three years. Now that the fighting on Guangnan West Road has subsided, everyone in the army is thinking about returning home.
If you want to transfer these soldiers to other directions, you must first give them at least three months of training. Although he didn't say it clearly, what Cao Rui didn't say was that when he went south to Guangnan West Road this time, most of the soldiers were grabbing a lot of money, and they actually had no intention of fighting anymore. Now they are all thinking about being able to return to the capital as soon as possible to rest and reunite with their families.
To put it bluntly, the military is now in a state of confusion. Of the tens of thousands of troops and horses, there are not many soldiers available immediately. Even supporting Zhao Wusha was somewhat beyond his capabilities. Under this situation, Cao Rui really couldn't guarantee whether those soldiers would escape halfway when they were transferred to other battlefields. After all, many of these people have been fighting on the battlefield since the beginning of the counter-insurgency.
The vast majority of people have not received any large-scale rest since the beginning of the counter-insurgency. Even an iron man is exhausted. Now that the war on Guangnan West Road has been calmed down, if these people are transferred to other battlefields, I am afraid that the fatigue will make many people become deserters. Especially when everyone has gained a lot, some people are worried that they have the life to earn but not the life to spend.
It was Cao Rui's words that made Huang Qiong feel the seriousness of the problems existing within the armies now concentrated in Nanning Prefecture. In Cao Rui's words, even when the country was founded, there had never been such frequent wars with only one force. Now after three years of bloody battles, the military horses who have been on the front line of counterinsurgency have become war-weary from top to bottom.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong stared at Yang Jiyuan's statement for a long time before sighing. When Huang Qiong just opened the book and wanted to write it back, Huang Qiong pondered for a long time without writing. Huang Qiong, who woke up from the silence, closed the fold again until the sound of the clock was heard in the yard. I thought carefully about Yang Jiyuan's arrogant character.
Huang Qiong couldn't help but smile lightly, but ordered someone to send the fold back to Yang Jiyuan intact. And looking at the military plane that followed him all the way south from the capital with a confused look on his face after receiving the certificate, there was a shocked expression on the young face. Huang Qiong said solemnly: "Go to Tingzhou Mansion in person and return this document to Yang Jiyuan. As for the rest, don't say anything."
"If that guy asks something, just say whatever you want. After the Zhezi is sent to Tingzhou, don't go back to Jingjiang Mansion, just stay in Tingzhou Mansion. Help that guy and coordinate the baggage and food. If you do this well, I will naturally reward you heavily when the army returns to the capital. Remember, I don’t use you to supervise the army, I just ask you to cooperate with him in coordinating food and grass affairs."
Huang Qiong's move made him look confused. I really don’t know why this emperor made him personally go to Tingzhou Mansion with this document without approving a single word, which can be said to be sent back intact. But he didn't dare to ask again, but he was somewhat troubled by this errand. The military plane, who was unwilling and afraid to talk about it, could only turn around and leave with this information in hand.
Seeing this military plane leaving with a sad expression on his face, Huang Qiong couldn't help but smile. There is no one in this world like Yang Jiyuan who dares to fight back. As long as he doesn't satisfy himself even a little bit, he will always say so-and-so, your mother, and he will almost always say bad words. Even though the military planes around him are all talented people, they still have a lot of headaches for this guy.
Fortunately, that guy was also a second-ranked Jinshi, but he could say such dirty words with ease. There was not a single one of the military aircraft in the Military Aircraft Department that had not been scolded by him. Except for Jia Quan, he used his sharper and venomous tongue to attack this guy several times and let this guy know how powerful he was. In addition, Jia Quan is the person who lives in his residence, which makes this guy somewhat taboo.
Those military officers who were selected from Jinshi and Imperial College students, weren't they full of arrogance? But in the face of this, a guy whose temper has caused disaster for eight generations of his ancestors is helpless. When that guy was sent to the battlefield in Fujian and cooperated with him in handling military affairs, the young military planes around him who had suffered so much from him were very happy to celebrate.
It's no wonder that this military plane, even in front of him, had a frown on his face when he learned that he was sent to him on an errand. Especially now that that guy has just suffered a huge defeat, why should he scold him to death if he goes to his place? But compared to this military plane who happened to be on duty tonight and was assigned such an unlucky job, he could only admit that he was unlucky.
Huang Qiong ignored his thoughts. What's more, even if Huang Qiong knew everything about these military planes, he wouldn't pay attention to them. In Huang Qiong's opinion, every one of these military aircraft was very young, so they were chosen to run errands by his side. For a long time, they all looked arrogant. If you don't polish it well, you may not go very far in the future.
