Su Yonglin is vigorously preparing to lead the revolution of the times, while thousands of miles away in the Luoxiao Mountains, Zhao Yucheng is also preparing for the third counter-encirclement and suppression battle.
The first two encirclement and suppression battles launched by Shao Hongyuan failed and were successfully crushed by the peasant army, and they lost thousands of troops, but this was obviously not the end.
Shao Hongyuan never admitted that he was defeated, but he just ignored it for a while.
He felt that as long as he had enough logistical support and intelligence support, he could definitely win. He didn't think he would be defeated at all.
The other party is just a group of thieves. If someone on his own side is not holding him back, and he is not familiar with the roads in the mountains, how can this group of thieves make him fall into the sand?
Shao Hongyuan, who has been in the army for decades, has a certain degree of confidence in himself.
So after Feng Shixing, the special envoy sent by Zhang Jun, arrived in Jizhou, Shao Hongyuan immediately went to see Feng Shixing and told Feng Shixing his needs.
Feng Shixing came to Jizhou, bringing with him the title of Privy Council official and Zhang Jun's personal letter, and he existed in the army as a supervisor.
His duty is to deal with some dirty things in the military.
Before coming, Zhang Jun told Feng Shixing some things in the army, so Feng Shixing probably knew that the one who dared to fight was Shao Hongyuan, and the one who wanted to waste national funds was Qi Fang.
Moreover, this Qi Fang is very likely to have colluded with the rebels, so once Feng Shixing finds out that Qi Fang has violated laws and disciplines, he must find ways to cooperate with Shao Hongyuan to seize his military power, capture him, punish him, and then hand over the military power to Shao Hongyuan. Let him put all his efforts into suppressing the rebellion.
Feng Shixing came to Jizhou with a halo. Before he arrived at the military camp, he secretly met Shao Hongyuan who had arrived and had a conversation with him.
Shao Hongyuan told Feng Shixing the general situation here, and excused his defeat. He also gave Qi Fang eye drops, saying that his defeat was purely due to Qi Fang's interference, otherwise he would not have been defeated.
"Is Qi Fang really so bold?"
After Feng Shixing learned the specific situation, he stroked his beard and looked at Shao Hongyuan suspiciously: "As a general of the imperial court, he had liaison with the rebels and made deals with the rebels. This is a capital crime of losing his head. How dare he do it? This is too much Are you a little bolder?"
Shao Hongyuan shook his head.
"If you don't think about it this way, I really can't understand why the rebels are not inferior to our army in terms of weapons and equipment! Those are rebels, and our army is a border garrison army. How can it be that they are even inferior to the rebel army in terms of equipment? These tens of millions impossible!
Not to mention this land of barren mountains and rivers. The locals say that the land is not even three feet flat. How much food can be brought in? Therefore, there have always been a lot of unruly people. Tens of thousands of unruly people ran into the Luoxiao Mountains with the bandit army. How can they survive? "
Feng Shixing frowned.
"General Shao, do you mean that Qi Fang sold grain to the bandit army so that the bandit army could survive in the harsh mountains and rivers?"
"This is the only explanation. Even if it's not Qi Fang, there must be someone related to Qi Fang who did such a thing. Otherwise, this barren land will never be able to support those unruly people and rebels.
Moreover, as for mediocre people who are not strict in running the army, basically similar things happen in the army. They don't care about the situation of the army at all, as long as they live comfortably, the same is true for the people below who secretly sell ordnance to the thieves. common. "
Shao Hongyuan's explanation is somewhat convincing.
Feng Shixing gradually believed Shao Hongyuan's statement.
"In this case, General Shao, you have to cooperate with me. When I find out the truth, if it is indeed related to Qi Fang, I will still need your help."
Shao Hongyuan heard the hidden meaning of Feng Shixing's words.
"Is this what the prime minister meant?"
"yes."
"Understood, the general will definitely help!"
"good!"
Feng Shixing nodded, stroking his beard, looking like he was wise.
But not long after, he suddenly coughed violently, which made Shao Hongyuan look confused.
"Feng Jianjun, you..."
"It doesn't matter, cough, cough, cough... cough, cough, cough... it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..."
After breathing for a while, Feng Shixing finally regained his breath and whispered: "It's an old problem. It's not in the way. Official business is important, official business is important..."
Then, Feng Shixing coughed again. He coughed for a long time and had to drink several bowls of hot water before he could calm down.
After secretly meeting with Shao Hongyuan, Feng Shixing went to the Jizhou army garrison camp to meet Qi Fang.
After Qi Fang met Shao Hongyuan, he complained bitterly when he caught him, which increased his difficulties many times. He also described Shao Hongyuan as a person who took advantage of Zhang Jun's power and acted recklessly and disobeyed orders, resulting in the loss of troops and generals.
"He marched the army indiscriminately and did not obey orders. As a result, he lost troops and generals, and his morale was greatly reduced. I really don't know how to control such a general. Please ask the supervisor to make a decision."
Of course Qi Fang would say things that were beneficial to him, and Shao Hongyuan had already told Feng Shixing about this in advance, so Feng Shixing didn't take it seriously. He just said that he would deal with it impartially, but at the moment, the traitors needed to be eliminated.
"Your Majesty can no longer tolerate the Jizhou rebels. He has repeatedly asked the Privy Council to end this war as soon as possible. If it continues to drag on, no one will be able to escape. Your and my official positions are both in danger. General Qi, you should understand this. stakes."
Of course Qi Fang understood, and he was not stupid. In the end, things just couldn't end and he was held accountable.
He knew early on that Zhang Jun was dissatisfied with him and even wanted to depose him. How could he still trust Zhang Jun and the people he sent?
In fact, when Qi Fang sent people to Lin'an to deliver the message, he also sent a group of people to Lin'an from different routes to secretly meet with the famous eunuchs around the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou, open up the eunuch's network, and successfully communicate with the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou. Gou got into a relationship.
Thinking that Zhang Jun and the current emperor Zhao Yu were the same, Qi Fang was very disappointed with his future because he had an old relationship with the deputy general around Yang Cunzhong. When the two of them corresponded, the deputy general told him and Yang Cunzhong about their current embarrassing situation. Qi Fang.
Only then did Qi Fang realize that the reason why Zhao Gou was hiding away and unwilling to return to Lin'an was not only because he was afraid of the Ming army, but also because all his direct troops were wiped out by the Ming army, and Zhao Min took advantage of the war to control He seized the political and military power and seized Zhao Gou's ruling foundation.
Therefore, Zhao Gou felt unsafe and worried that Zhao Min would be detrimental to him, so he refused to return to Lin'an. It was not until Zhao Min exchanged Yang Cunzhong and 40,000 imperial troops for Zhao Gou as his security guarantee that Zhao Gou returned with confidence. Arrive at Lin'an.
The current situation is like this, but the lieutenant general is very worried about their future. He feels that Zhao Gou is in the ongoing tense and Zhao Gou is in the past tense. Zhao Gou is old. Once he dies, they will definitely be killed by Zhao Gou. Clean.
So he was very anxious.
Qi Fang learned about the subtle relationship between Zhao Gou and Zhao Hao through this news, and thus discovered his own vitality.
Zhao Hao trusted Zhang Jun, so it was impossible for him to trust people like himself. What they wanted was the Northern Expedition, and he just wanted to live a stable life.
I will definitely not be able to compete with Zhang Jun and Shao Hongyuan, but if I can get in touch with the Supreme Emperor, maybe things will turn around.
With such thoughts, Qi Fang decided to embark on the road of Shura and entrusted his family and life in the hands of Zhao Gou. No matter when Zhao Gou died, as long as he could persist for a few more years, he would have many more years of good life. .
Anyway, he is not young, and he may not live for a few more years. If he dies before Zhao Gou dies, then he can have a good death.
Try your luck.
With such determination, Qi Fang is not worried about the people sent by Zhang Jun at the moment.
Not to mention that those who did stupid things in the army have been cleaned up by Qi Fang.
