Wang Ji summarized the intelligence coming from the capital, combined it with the emperor's secret decree, and weighed it repeatedly. He shook his head repeatedly at this treacherous situation in the court.
Since Guizhou is four thousand miles away from the capital, the information in Wang Ji's hands was only available on the third day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jingtai.
So what Wang Ji knows now is that the emperor restored Queen Hu to the throne and adopted her name; then King Yi was poisoned, the Wang family set themselves on fire, and the entire Prince Yi's palace was wiped out; and finally the Fengtian Palace fire burned down the entire three halls.
As for the emperor issuing an edict to sin against himself, then the Cining Palace and Qianqing Palace were in flames, and then the empress dowager was forced to issue an edict to sin against herself, and the emperor's faction was completely defeated, these Wang Ji didn't know yet.
Judging from the intelligence in Wang Ji's hands, the emperor had lost all his heirs, the three main palaces had been burned down, and he was still in a very passive situation.
Whether to continue to wait and see, or to take refuge immediately, has become a more difficult question.
Heirs were a big issue and became the biggest obstacle for civil and military officials to change their stance. If you surrender rashly, if the new emperor's heirs are in trouble, you will be in big trouble.
And this is very possible. Xuanzong's lesson is there. After living for thirty-seven years, he gave birth to a total of two sons, one of whom was almost an illegitimate child.
While Wang Jizheng was suspicious, Baoding Bo Liangjue and deputy commander Fang Ying had already arrived. Wang Ji hurriedly ordered people to come in, and then retreated to the left and right, and the three of them gathered together to discuss secretly.
Wang Ji decided to test the two people's attitude towards the emperor first. If he could drag the two people into the water, he could greatly diversify his own risks. If something goes wrong, if there are two more people to handle it together, the pressure will be much less.
Since Zhu Qiyu's secret edict was relatively obscure and contained no shady content, Wang Ji handed the secret edict to the two of them for circulation.
After watching it, the two had different reactions. Baoding Bo Liangjue frowned and was silent.
Fang Ying, on the other hand, congratulated Wang Ji repeatedly: "The day when Jingyuan Bo will become the Marquis of Jin is not far away. It's really gratifying and congratulatory."
Wang Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Your Majesty gave us another hundred thousand troops and suggested a full-scale attack to quickly suppress the Miao rebellion.
His Majesty declares that this is only a suggestion, and it is entirely up to us to decide how to use the troops.
Tell me, both of you, how to deploy the army next? "
Hearing this, Fang Ying replied tentatively: "Then we will listen to Your Majesty and attack with the entire army. With more than 200,000 troops working together, we will completely put an end to the Miao chaos?"
Wang Ji shook his head: "Although we have an army of 250,000, our original army of 100,000 that conquered Luchuan has already marched to Wuchang.
The seedlings sprouted, and we were called back. This part of the army has been fighting continuously and is extremely exhausted.
Your Majesty has successively given us an additional 50,000 troops. Most of these troops are new soldiers and they need more training before they can make achievements on the battlefield.
The 100,000 troops brought by Yu Qian and Shi Heng this time are considered a new force and can be used.
In addition, as the military governor of the five provinces, I previously mobilized Anyuan Marquis Liu Pu to lead 30,000 Guangxi troops to help suppress the bandits.
Although His Majesty has now assigned Guangxi to Governor Wang Ao, I have already transferred this part of the army and I will definitely not be able to return it.
So I plan to use these 130,000 fresh troops to launch the first wave of attacks. Anyuan Hou's 30,000 troops set out from Liuzhou and marched towards Guiyang.
The new army of 100,000 sent by the imperial court was first stationed in Yuanzhou, and then swept all the way to the southwest to meet up with Anyuan Hou in Guiyang. "
Liang Yue and Fang Ying looked at each other after hearing this. The two of them immediately understood what Wang Ji meant. This was asking for directions. First, 130,000 troops were sent to test the strength of the Miao people.
If the seedling chaos can be suppressed easily, that would be the best. If the war goes unfavorably, it will not be too late to send the most elite 100,000 troops.
No matter how brave the Miao people are, they can't resist the imperial court's well-equipped and battle-experienced main force of 100,000 people.
Besides, if more than 200,000 troops were dispatched together, the logistical supplies alone would be completely overwhelming.
Liang Yue, who had been silent all this time, suddenly added: "Our army has already marched to Wuchang. Miao rebellion broke out, so we had to turn around and go south, passing through Yueyang and Changsha, and entering Hengyang and Yongzhou.
I suggested that the army continue southward to Guilin.
Then the entire army was divided into three routes. The northern route was led by Shi Heng, Marquis of Wuqing, with an army of 100,000, and marched towards Guiyang via Yuanzhou.
From the south, Marquis Anyuan led an army of 30,000 to Guiyang.
Our 150,000-strong army serves as the middle route, passing through Guilin and sweeping forward slowly towards Guiyang.
In this way, the twenty-five armies will eventually reunite with Guiyang, and then use Guiyang as the center to continuously attack to completely suppress the Miao rebellion in Guizhou. "
Hearing this, Fang Ying asked in confusion: "It is good for the three armies to attack together, but if this happens, Huguang will be empty.
If the Miao people invade the various prefectures in Huguang in large numbers, threatening Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Wuchang, and Changsha, and causing a catastrophe, how should we explain to the court? "
Liang Yue smiled confidently: "The Miao people are scattered in the mountains and cannot coordinate their actions. How can they go deep into the interior in a large scale? Besides, my army of more than 200,000 is so powerful. The Miao people know that they will only rely more on the dangerous places in the deep mountains and dense forests. How could he be so stupid as to run to the plains?
Even if a small group of Miao people enter the plains, just let the local guardsmen be responsible for exterminating them. "
Wang Ji also fell into a long silence, and after a long time, he sighed deeply: "Our 150,000 army was divided into two parts, and the 100,000 elite soldiers who conquered Luchuan went south to Guilin according to Baodingbo's words.
The 50,000 troops initially mobilized by the Holy Spirit guarded Xiangyang to prevent the Miao people from entering the plains. "
Liang Yue and Fang Ying both nodded in agreement.
Wang Ji was very satisfied when he saw this. Now it's better, Liang Yue and Fang Ying are both on the pirate ship.
The subsequent suppression of the Miao rebellion will definitely satisfy the emperor.
The three of them are all the best among men, and each of them has a tacit understanding of the mysteries of these military deployments.
There are some things that can only be done but not said. The certificate of submission to the emperor must be shrouded in clouds and traceless. It would be best if there were no traces of it in future history books.
The only thing the three of them are worried about now is whether the emperor is willing to take the blame for the 'flaws' that appeared in the process of suppressing the Miao rebellion.
If the emperor is willing to bear the consequences, then the three of them can just wait for promotion.
But if the emperor is the kind of person who takes advantage of himself and leaves all faults to his subordinates, then the fun will be great.
After reaching a consensus, the three discussed the specific details in detail, and then wrote the agreed military deployment into a secret report, which was sent to the capital as a haste at 800 miles.
Although Wang Ji had the right to act expeditiously, major military operations still had to be reported to the emperor.
And in this way, you can get the emperor's reply in less than a month, so that you can know the emperor's attitude as soon as possible.
…
On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, early in the morning.
Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to lie on the bed, preparing to drink a bowl of porridge, and then continue to sleep until noon.
Unexpectedly, God failed to fulfill his wish. As soon as he finished half of the porridge, a little maid rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, it's not good. Several pavilion elders are here accompanying the envoys from Wala.
The envoys of Nawala were not willing to give up and made trouble, insisting on seeing His Majesty. "
(End of chapter)
