Chapter 346 Withdrawal from Huguang

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"Left Prime Minister."

"Today, I received news that the rebel army has occupied Kaihuai Prefecture, Tongzhou, Xing'an Prefecture, Chunpu Prefecture and other places in Mozhang Province. What should the main force stationed in Mozhang do? Attack or withdraw? The left prime minister decides.”

Above the court, the person speaking was none other than Grand Governor Du Antong.

And Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, was sitting on a chair, holding his head with one hand and feeling distressed.

Let's talk about this. Sitting on the chair and participating in the court meeting have been allowed by Da Mo since the beginning of the court.

Of course, when the emperor does not personally govern or does not go to court, it is left to the left and right prime ministers to deal with it. If the emperor personally governs, the two prime ministers will stand like those officials.

But now that the emperor does not go to court, he is not pro-government. All political affairs in the court are handled by the two prime ministers. It is normal to sit in a chair and participate in court meetings.

As for the emperor's personal eunuch Li Zi, he was still standing on the stage listening to the government as usual, but he was standing beside the empty dragon chair to listen to the government.

Seeing that the left prime minister had not spoken for a long time, and no one among the civil and military officials said a word, Cen Anze, the Minister of War, stepped forward.

"Prime Minister Zuo, it's better to make up your mind about this matter earlier. It's too late. By then, the main force of Mozhang Province, one of the main forces of the three provinces of Mozambique, will be difficult to evacuate." Cen Anze, Minister of War, said.

Since the last riot in the Su Mansion, well..., it was not a riot to be precise. In short, since that time, Cen Anze never went to see left prime minister Su Yunqi again, so the matter was delayed for a while.

Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs among the ministers, listened to his son's words, and then looked at the left prime minister Su Yunqi's appearance. Without saying a word, he stood on the ground like a stone pillar, as if he was sleepy, and sometimes Eyes open and sometimes closed.

After a long time, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi came to his senses and looked at the civil and military officials in front of him with dull eyes.

Perhaps it was because he was so tired during this period that left prime minister Su Yunqi had a lot of gray hair on his hair.

"Everyone, what do you think about this matter?" Su Xiang asked feebly.

After hearing this, the officials who were napping below raised their heads one after another and started thinking along with them.

At this time, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, grinned, but he did not dare to smile too much. He just stopped smiling immediately, and he stood up from among the officials.

"Xiang Su, although I don't know much about military affairs, I know that the main force stationed in Mozhang has three options: either fight with the rebels, or join forces with Huguang and Jianglai Fight together, or else we have to retreat to Huguang or Jianglai." Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, said.

After hearing these words, Su Xiang looked at the Governor Du Andong with weak eyes: "Captain Du, Minister Cen of the Ministry of War, what do you two think?"

Du Antong, the governor-general, did not say anything immediately, but Cen Anze, the Minister of War, spoke first: "Prime Minister Su, I believe that it is difficult to defeat the rebels with only the main force of Mozhang Province. Therefore, there are only two remaining The method is to either fight with the main forces of Huguang and Jianglai against the rebels, or to withdraw Mo Zhang's main forces to Huguang.

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, Jianglai. "

After Cen Anze, Secretary of the Ministry of War, finished speaking, Du Antong, the governor-general, spoke at this time: "Today, I received news that Chunpu Mansion in Mozhang Province has been attacked by the rebels. Now we should attack Rongyang Mansion."

"Rongyang Prefecture is bounded by Mojiang to the north, Chunpu Prefecture to the south, and Huguang to the east. If we want to withdraw our troops, we must do so before those rebels capture all of Rongyang Prefecture. Otherwise, our main force towards Mozhang will have no way out. Can be withdrawn.”

Listening to these words, Su Xiang's face became a little more sad: "Then... according to you, is it feasible to withdraw Mo Zhang's main force before they all occupy Rongyang Mansion?"

Grand Governor Du Antong shook his head: "I'm not sure about lowering the official rank, but it's probably not feasible. If we order people to bring the news to Shunyuan Mansion immediately, it will take four or five days to arrive no matter how fast we go.

"In addition, Mo Zhang's main army has more than 100,000 men, as well as various weapons, food and horses, etc. It would take ten days to evacuate Mo Zhang and head towards Huguang."

"At this time, the rebel army is fully capable of occupying the entire Rongyang Mansion."

At this time, Su Xiang closed his eyes, put one hand on the chair, and held his forehead with the other.

After a while, when Su Xiang raised his head, he saw that his face was already full of sorrow.

"This won't work, that won't work either, then tell me what to do!" Su Xiang said angrily.

This anger made Grand Governor Du Antong afraid to speak, for fear that if he said anything that would make him unhappy, he would lose his official position.

Seeing this, Yang Youcheng, the Right Prime Minister sitting next to Prime Minister Su, asked: "Captain Du, do you dare to say, should we fight or withdraw? Even if we withdraw, is there any way to withdraw?"

As soon as Yang Xiang opened his mouth, the tension in Governor Du Antong's heart was relieved a little.

Looking at the hair of Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng, it seems that there are more white hairs than that of Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi next to him. If he didn't know better, he would have thought that Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng was older than Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi. .

After thinking for a moment, Governor Du Antong finally came up with a good idea.

"Back to Prime Minister, there is a way. But..." Du Antong seemed not confident that such a way would work.

"But what?" Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng asked.

Du Antong still said this method: "We can't fight, we can only withdraw. If we withdraw, the retreat route of Rongyang Mansion will be occupied by the rebel army, and the only way is water."

"Waterway?" Yang Xiang asked.

Du Antong nodded: "We can only evacuate to Huguang by water. I think we should go down the Mo River and evacuate to Huguang."

After listening to the words of Governor Du Antong, Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng's eyes shifted from Du Antong to Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi.

"Prime Minister Zuo." Yang Youcheng shouted softly.

Su Yunqi raised his head, looked at the civil and military officials in front of him, and then looked at Yang Youcheng, the Right Prime Minister on the side. Thinking about what Du Antong said just now, he had no choice but to agree: "Then do it."

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"The left prime minister is wise." The civil and military officials shouted.

"Then retreat." Su Yunqi said weakly.

Not far after walking out of the court, Cen Anze, the Minister of War, struck up a conversation with Du Antong, the governor.

Although the age difference between the two was quite large, Du Antong saw that he was the son of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, and that he did know some military skills, so they did not become estranged because of the age difference.

"Captain Du, you just said we should take the water route. Is it possible to take this water route in time?" Cen Anze, the Minister of War, asked.

Du Antong glanced at Cen Anze and smiled slightly: "There is enough time. In Mozhang, there are only Kaihuai Mansion, Tongzhou, Xing'an Mansion, Chunpu Mansion, including Rongyang Mansion that will be occupied, and we also have Laijiang Mansion. As long as we evacuate before the rebel army attacks Lai Jiang Mansion, we'll be fine."

"Then this route...?"

Du Antong said again confidently: "Don't worry, I have already thought about it. We evacuated along Baoman County, Benxi County, Heiding County, and Wendang County, to the Wendang County Pier, and then went down the Mo River. "

"They won't attack here in a short time, as long as they are fast enough."

Looking at the current time and thinking that it would be better to evacuate as soon as possible, Du An said: "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. I have to get busy with this matter. This matter cannot be delayed."

"good."

Watching the departing shadow of Governor Du Antong, Cen Anze, the Minister of the Ministry of War, headed towards his own Ministry of War.

Seeing that all the civil and military officials were almost gone, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi just got up from his chair.

However, the condition is still a bit poor, like that of an old man who is over sixty years old.

Just as he was about to leave, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, saw that Eunuch Li had not left yet. Although he had not spoken, Su Yunqi understood what he meant.

"Eunuch Li, please."

After receiving the small bag of silver presented by Su Yunqi, Eunuch Li smiled, hurriedly hid the silver, and then said: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Su. I will definitely do as I am told, and there will be no accidents."

"Okay." Su Yunqi forced a smile.

Eunuch Li: "Well, let me go and get busy first."

"good."

After watching Eunuch Li walk away, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Eunuch Li and Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, have done this not once or twice, but countless times. It is precisely because of Eunuch Li's sweet words that the emperor who lives in the harem believes that everything is fine in the world. , the people still live and work in peace and contentment.

A few days later.

"quick!"

"Hurry up!"

"Move the ones that are useful and ignore the ones that are useless! Evacuate immediately!"

At this time, I saw busy figures in the military camp of the main force of Mozhang Province, and everyone was hurrying to carry supplies and evacuate along the planned route.

(End of chapter)

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