Since the civil strife in Sichuan and Sichuan broke out, the civil servants and generals of the Chengdu court have been worried about whether the Ming army would take the opportunity to interfere with them.
They went north to inquire about news, and at the same time they went east to inquire about news.
There are 20,000 elites left by Wu Lin in the Northern Sichuan Military Region, and Wu Gong, Wu Jie's son, is guarding there. In addition, the Shu Road is difficult to reach the sky, so the ministers are not too worried, thinking that even if the Ming army launches an attack from northern Sichuan , also takes quite a long time.
They have enough reaction time to launch reinforcements in the Hanzhong area.
However, the defense line in eastern Sichuan was only installed after Wu Lin took office as Privy Councilor. No matter the soldiers and horses, or the ability of the chief officers, they cannot be compared with those in northern Sichuan.
Moreover, there are still waterways in the eastern Sichuan area that can be utilized. If a fight really breaks out, it may not be very difficult for the attackers. Therefore, the Chengdu court's investment in the eastern Sichuan theater is not small.
Wu Lin sent his admired general Mao Zhiwen to guard the area. He commanded more than 20,000 troops and built a defense line along the waterway. He formulated the tactics of layer-by-layer defense, step-by-step resistance, luring the enemy deep, and gathering and annihilating them.
But I have to say that Wu Lin's arrangement is very reasonable and has military literacy. But the problem is that Wu Lin has never had a head-on confrontation with the Ming army from beginning to end.
All his knowledge of the Ming army came from military intelligence, other people's mouths, and other people's descriptions. He had never directly faced the Ming army's powerful military deterrence.
Therefore, although he agrees with the strength and eliteness of the Ming army, in terms of strategic deployment, he should naturally place the Ming army at the level of what he considers to be the pinnacle of elites - the Yue family army, in order to cope with the level of the Yue family army against the Ming army. Make arrangements.
He felt that he already had enough understanding and assessment of the Ming army, that he had paid enough attention to the Ming army, and used the level of the Yue family army to deal with the Ming army.
But he overestimated Mao Zhiwen's fighting will, overestimated the Song army's fighting will, and underestimated the Ming army's fighting quality.
As a result, the Eastern Sichuan War Zone was destroyed by the Ming army in one battle, and the four state capitals fell in an instant. Many people surrendered directly, and there was no fighting at all.
There had been an uprising of rebels in Zhongzhou. Now the Daningjian, Kuizhou, Yun'an, Wanzhou and Zhongzhou rebel armies are all connected. A transportation route along the Minjiang River waterway has been opened by the Ming army. Sichuan The local thieves in Shu have joined forces with the Ming army, and the Ming army is about to penetrate further into Sichuan and Shu.
Their next target must be Fuzhou, and the next step is Chongqing Prefecture, followed closely by Luzhou. Then, the Chengdu Plain is directly in front of the Ming army, and the door to Chengdu is wide open.
This was the route Liu Bei took when he entered Shu, and it was also the route the enemy attacked when the regime established in Shu was overthrown many times.
What else can Chengdu do?
At Wu Lin's memorial service, the civil and military officials in the court looked at the stunned Zhao Buji with strange expressions, and their thoughts were spinning in their minds.
Zhao Buxi was completely stupid and didn't know what to do. He didn't even know how to continue using the previous method of holding the coffin and crying to win people's hearts.
And in this extremely sensitive and weird stall, it was Ma Yongkang who stepped forward to relieve Zhao Buxi from the temporary crisis.
The method is still the same as before, using Ming Dynasty's revolutionary policy and liquidation policy as an excuse.
surrender?
What Mingguo wants is your life.
Some officials felt that the pressure was too great and cried loudly, scolding the Ming Dynasty for being cruel, scolding Su Yonglin for being cruel, and scolding the Song army for being incompetent and unable to protect him, and wasting his efforts.
He obviously didn't want to resist, he obviously wanted to surrender and continue to live a good life and continue to be a master, but why didn't damn Ming Guo and Su Yonglin agree?
Why must I die? Why must I die?
Where does this bullshit come from? How does my being a master hinder you?
They vented wildly and cursed wildly, scolding Su Yonglin from the eighteenth generation of his ancestors to his grandson.
Because they felt that Su Yonglin would annihilate his descendants.
After listening to their curses and rebuke, Ma Yongkang smiled coldly.
"You guys have been cursing Su Yonglin day and night. How can you curse Su Yonglin to death? If you can't curse him to death, he can still lead his troops to come and take your lives!"
Of course, scolding would not kill Su Yonglin. This was just their wish, but if the wish could be realized so easily, the Ming Kingdom should not exist at all.
So in the end, they still have to recognize the reality, know what they are facing, and know what to do.
Although they were very dissatisfied with Zhao Buxi, under huge pressure, they did not think about overthrowing Zhao Buxi and actively suing for peace. Instead, they continued to respect Zhao Buxi as their emperor and maintained the shaky ventilation of the Chengdu court. The existence of leaky shabby houses.
The broken house must be propped up first, otherwise the broken house will be gone and they will face the strong wind.
The most immediate trouble Zhao Buxi faced was solved, but more troubles remained.
For example, the Ming army, and the Song army itself.
The top priority is to resist the Ming army. The Ming army cannot really conquer Chongqing Prefecture and Luzhou, and really go deep into the Sichuan-Sichuan Plain to face Chengdu. They must be stopped.
But then, a problem arises.
When Wu Lin was alive, the army would still obey orders because of Wu Lin's words. However, now that Wu Lin is gone, will the army still obey orders after he is dead?
Zhao Buji felt seriously uneasy.
Out of this emotional consideration, Zhao Buxi felt that he had to replace Lu Yu, Qi Xiuwei, Xie Qingsheng and Du Ren no matter what, and replace them with people he trusted as generals to command the troops, so that he could feel at ease.
But now they are all united outside. If they are not careful, wouldn't it be a real-life version of the Huangqiao Mutiny?
I don’t know whose heart Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty lives in.
So, what to do?
What Zhao Buxi is best at is economic work. He is still good at economics, such as making a Jiaozi collapse to make money.
Although he is relatively weak at political work, he is not completely incompetent.
Only in the military field, he is really completely incompetent and has no experience, so he used to entrust Wu Lin to do it, but now that Wu Lin is gone, he has lost a trustworthy commander.
Since there is no trusted commander, he can only do it by himself. Not to mention fighting, at least he must control the military power in his own hands.
The prerequisite for coming by yourself is to gain complete military power, so that the army can completely become the emperor's soldiers. The commanders of the troops are people you trust, rather than people who ask you for money at every turn.
How to obtain complete military power?
It is said that Wu Lin may have thought of this before his death, so he gave Zhao Buxi a heads up, mainly so that he could control the four generals in a targeted manner, so that he could control the army.
However, Wu Lin may have been seriously ill, but he still could not suppress the inertia of the Southern Song Dynasty's senior officials who liked to beat around the bush over the years. The advice he gave to Zhao Buxi seemed a bit guilt-tripping in Zhao Buxi's eyes.
Originally, Zhao Buji planned to kill a few guys he felt he couldn't trust, but now in this state, Zhao Buji's thoughts became more and more radical.
Zhao Buxi thought of a good operation method for military power.
He decided to use the excuse of commemorating Wu Lin to let the chief generals of the four armies come back with their cronies, then take away their military power, and then send people he trusted to take over the troops stationed in other places, and then mobilized these trustworthy people The army went to resist the Ming army's invasion, and it was done in one go.
It's like putting an elephant in the refrigerator. Just open the refrigerator door and push the elephant in, and it's solved. Does the whole process require any elaborate planning?
It does not need.
They came, were controlled, and then announced in front of them that the military power was lifted, and then sent people to take over the military power.
Does the whole process take three to five days?
Perfect!
