Gao pragmatism wanted to fight a war to destroy the Yuan Dynasty with force, which meant that he gave up the fast surprise attack and chose to slowly approach in the wide front, causing the mountain rain to come and the wind to fill the building, and the dark clouds to suppress the city. The overwhelming force is overwhelming and no one can stop it.
However, although this momentum was magnificent and indeed achieved his goal of making this battle "attractive at home and abroad", it also brought about a problem: it has been more than a month since he announced the dispatch of troops, and he himself has only returned from the capital. We arrived in Daning and stayed in Daning for half a month, but there has been no new movement so far. The remaining three armies seemed to be marching step by step, and there had never been any fighting on the four fronts.
But for such a long time as "more than a month", under the operation of the post system after the reform, the news had already spread throughout the world. Everyone knew that the most capable generals and the most capable troops of the Ming Dynasty had already left the Great Wall. Some people looked forward to this news as they looked forward to the rain after a long drought. For example, Yang Yinglong, the governor of Bozhou, was the first to bear the brunt.
The Yang family in Bozhou has a long history. In the 14th year of Xiantong (873) at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Nanzhao invaded and captured Bozhou. At that time, the Tang Dynasty had long ceased to be as powerful as the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In terms of the imperial court, there were vassal towns, but among the people, The uprisings were swarming, and it was really difficult to expect the central government to send troops to Bozhou, a place with eight mountains, one water, and one farmland to recover the lost territory.
However, the territory could not be lost just like this, so in the third year of Qianfu (876), Tang Xizong recruited warriors from all over the world to regain the lost territory. Yang Duan from Taiyuan applied for the recruitment and joined the local powerful to defeat Nanzhao. After that, the Yang family settled in Bozhou and inherited it hereditary for more than 700 years. Gao pragmatic had previously said that the Yang family in Bozhou had a history of native emperors that even surpassed that of Huang Zhiting's family, and this was how it came about.
There is of course a reason why a semi-independent regime can exist for so long. The main reason is that Yang is good at embracing the imperial court.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Yang family embraced the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty wants to send troops, the Yang family will send troops; if the Song Dynasty wants food, the Yang family will send food; if the Song Dynasty wants to pay tribute, the Yang family will pay tribute. In short, Yang is absolutely obliged to do whatever the court needs. Faced with such an obedient and good baby, Song Ting considered that Na Da was not a place to mobilize troops, so he naturally let it go and allowed the Yang family in Bozhou to continue to exist.
The Song Dynasty was able to accommodate the existence of the Yang family in Bozhou. On the one hand, it was because the Yang family was very obedient, but on the other hand, it was also directly related to the "cost of governance" issue that Gao Pragmatic had previously discussed with Liu Xin.
Any court that directly rules any place will inevitably have costs of governance. If it cannot collect much tax throughout the year, there are often troubles in the place it rules, and the army must constantly go to the place to quell rebellions, then there will be problems in ruling this place. Loss.
After all, when a cannon is fired, gold is worth ten thousand taels. Even without the use of cannons, the food and military salaries consumed by the army during the campaign are astronomical. For a place like this, it can be summed up in one word: loss.
For example, the southwest border where the Yang family is located has always been a barren land. Even if the court directly administered it, it could not collect much tax. However, the ethnic composition is extremely complex and the ethnic conflicts are also very sharp. There are conflicts every day. To rule a place like that, For the Central Plains dynasty, it was the most typical loss-making transaction.
Therefore, throughout the dynasties, the system of chieftain management was often adopted for the southwest border areas. To put it bluntly, it means allocating a piece of land to the chieftain and letting him "contract" it. As long as he pays the contract fee to the court on time, he may also be asked to send troops to accompany him.
In this way, not only did the court save the trouble of governance, but it could also receive contracting fees on a regular basis, which could be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. To put it more bluntly, it means mutual use. The court needs toasts in some places, and the chieftains also need the court in some places.
The Yang family also deeply understood this truth. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, they quickly took refuge in the Yuan Dynasty. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, they quickly turned to the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the Yang family had a foundation in Bozhou for more than 700 years.
But when the Bozhou Yang family passed down to Yang Yinglong's generation, they suddenly didn't understand this truth. At the beginning, Yang Yinglong was very obedient and helped the Ming court put down several rebellions. Due to his military merits, he was awarded the title of "Hussars General" by the Ming court - this was the second rank.
At this time, the Yang family had been entrenched in Bozhou for more than 700 years, and was definitely deeply rooted in the local area. Yang Yinglong was a real wealthy N generation. He inherited the family business at the age of twenty, and later became a nominal Senior officials of the imperial court and local officials were naturally very proud.
Yang Yinglong, who was proud of his success, began to be arrogant and arrogant. The place where he lived was decorated with images of dragons and phoenixes, and he also called himself "Qiantai" and "Handi Emperor" in the area, and acted arrogantly. But fortunately, his place is really remote, and the court usually doesn't send people to check it out, so everything is fine.
But at the same time, the Yang family and other families in Bozhou were also in the same situation, with many disputes and fights. During Yang Yinglong's reign, he was extravagant and promiscuous in Bozhou, committed crimes, acted tyrannically, and plundered other people's property wantonly. The people of the five divisions and seven surnames under the jurisdiction of the Xuanwei Division in Bozhou could not bear to be disturbed.
What is speechless is that the direct trigger of Yang Yinglong's rebellion turned out to be a murder caused by adultery.
Yang Yinglong's first wife was named Zhang Chunhua. She was from the Zhang Tianshi family in Longhushan, Jiangxi. However, Yang Yinglong did not like this wife and lost interest in Zhang Chunhua not long after they got married. Later, he fell in love with Tian, who was originally the fiancée of his clan brother Yang Duanlong. Yang Yinglong fell in love with Tian at first sight and took his sister-in-law away by force.
Later, Yang Yinglong discovered that his wife Zhang Chunhua was having an affair with a subordinate, and he was about to kill Zhang Chunhua in a rage. Fortunately, his mother came out to intercede, and Zhang Chunhua was spared. After that, Yang Yinglong married Zhang Chunhua to his other brother Yang Shenglong.
I don’t know if it was because he was bitten by a snake and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. Later, Yang Yinglong got drunk and thought that Tian was also committing adultery, so he wanted to kill Tian. Tian brought up Zhang Chunhua's past at the critical moment. Yang Yinglong became so angry that he ordered Zhang Chunhua to be killed.
Zhang Chunhua was not a light-hearted person, so she called on her mother, Guanshi, to avenge her. Yang Yinglong also delayed Zhang Chunhua's mother, Guanshi, which completely offended Zhang's mother's family. As one of the Taoist leaders of Longhushan, the Zhang family of Longhushan had always had a high status in the Ming Dynasty. The title of "Heavenly Master" was not a self-title, but was often conferred by the court, which shows its specialness.
In the 16th year of Wanli, the leader of the Zhang clan took other representatives of the Five Divisions and Seven Surnames who had been oppressed and tortured by Yang Yinglong to Sichuan and Hu to complain, and boldly exposed Yang Yinglong's various illegal deeds. The prelude to the Bozhou Rebellion should be counted as This beginning. This year was also the beginning when Gao Pragmatic began to pay attention to Bozhou.
The memorial to impeach Yang Yinglong was quickly delivered to the imperial court, and the imperial court appointed magistrates from Sichuan and Guizhou to conduct a detailed investigation. After hearing this, Yang Yinglong was furious and launched a brutal revenge on the five surnames and seven surnames. He also colluded with the Miao people as foreign aid, and at the same time sent troops to plunder the surrounding states, counties and chieftains.
At that time, the imperial court was divided into two factions regarding Yang Yinglong's affairs. Ye Mengxiong, the governor of Guizhou at the time, believed that Yang Yinglong's crime was unpardonable, while Li Hualong, the governor of Sichuan, was resisting Songfan at this time and needed the help of Yang Yinglong's Bozhou soldiers, so he suggested that the imperial court suspend Yang Yinglong's crime. I wanted him to send troops to help me fight the war first, but as a result, the two factions within the court were at loggerheads.
Later, Gao Yingshi returned to Beijing from Liaodong and intervened slightly in the matter. Therefore, the Ming court asked Yang Yinglong to go to Chongqing Mansion to listen to the investigation. The result of the interrogation was that Yang Yinglong should be executed for his crime.
However, something unexpected happened later, that is, Gao Yingshi went to pacify Bobai because of the Northwest Rebellion. Since Chongqing was not the main position of the Shi School, I don’t know what happened in the end. In short, Yang Yinglong paid 20,000 taels of gold. Redeem your life, and so it goes.
After being pragmatic and thunderous in quelling the war in Ningxia, when he returned to the capital, he discovered that Yang Yinglong had taken over the Sichuan officialdom so easily. Although he didn't say anything harsh at the time, his subordinates acted without hesitation. Soon the imperial court sent Song Liangzuo to serve as governor of Sichuan. .
Song Liangzuo was a disciple of Gao Gong, but he was not part of the core group. He was probably the "core peripheral circle". Before he became the governor, he was the You Shaoqing of Dali Temple. However, his qualifications are really old enough and he is not lacking in qualifications to be the governor. of.
After Song Liangzuo took office, he brought up the matter of Yang Yinglong again and asked Yang Yinglong to be interrogated again. When Yang Yinglong saw that the governor was replaced by someone he didn't recognize, he knew that his trip was bound to be a disaster, so he didn't listen to the imperial edict and came up with a bunch of excuses, but he refused to come out for interrogation anyway.
When things got to this point, Song Liangzuo began to think about how to lure the snake out of its hole. However, God's calculations were not as good as those of man. When Yang Yinglong heard that Gao Pragmatic was leading an army of 600,000 to conquer the Yuan Dynasty, he immediately thought that the court had no spare capacity to pay attention to him.
Even in his opinion, as long as he stepped out and acted tough at this moment, in order to avoid affecting the great cause of conquering the Yuan Dynasty, the court could only choose to settle the matter, or even make a major compromise and write off the previous affairs.
So he chose to take a desperate risk and ordered the killing of more than 200 officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to Songkan (within Bozhou's jurisdiction). In response, Yang Yinglong claimed that it was done by the Miao people and had nothing to do with him, Yang Qiansui.
To a certain extent, this is clearly a rebellion.
The biggest reason why the imperial courts of all dynasties, including the Ming Dynasty, could accommodate the existence of the Yang family in Bozhou was that the Yang family in Bozhou was very obedient. But once they were disobedient and even wanted to rebel, it would be another matter, especially for those who thought they wanted to revitalize the country. For Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of provocation could never be tolerated.
So Song Liangzuo rushed six hundred miles to report to the capital. Before Gao Pingshi had time to react, the emperor's imperial pen Zhu Pi personally issued the final instruction: to conquer Yang Yinglong.
Song Liangzuo, the governor of Sichuan, obtained the emperor's permission and carried out the holy will as quickly as possible. Immediately, troops were sent to three routes: the northern route led by Guo Cheng with 5,590 troops, marching from Qijiang, Anwen, and Songkan; the southern route led by Wang Zhihan with 11,400 troops, marching from Huangping and Meitan; and the west route led by deputy general Cao Xibin 9,000 people marched all the way from Yongning and Jimashan, and the three armies planned to encircle Yang Yinglong.
There is a problem to explain here: among the three generals who sent troops, there were two staff generals and one deputy general, but there was no Sichuan general Liu Wei. The reason is that although Liu Wei's troops had previously accepted Gao Pragmatic's order to be transferred to Xuzhou and planned to prepare for the Bozhou incident, some accidents occurred that could not be changed by manpower: the climate was not suitable for them.
Many people in Liu Wei's department were originally from Sichuan. Logically speaking, they should not be acclimatized in Sichuan, but acclimatization is not that simple. It was several years ago that his troops went to Burma. After the war, they stayed there without moving. In fact, they were accustomed to the climate and environment in the border area of Yunnan and Burma.
When the sudden long journey arrived in Xuzhou, although it seemed that they were arriving from one mountainous area to another, the climate and environment still changed a lot. Therefore, there were still a lot of acclimatization in the army, and many people even suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. increased combat effectiveness.
Song Liangzuo, who was also from the Gao Dang faction of the Real School, naturally knew this news. Not only that, he was even more aware that Liu Xin, Liu Xin's sister, had always stayed with Gao Pragmatic as the "Secretary-General." It's hard to say whether there is any other relationship between the two, but at least she is definitely an absolute confidant around Gao Situ. By extension, Liu Wei's identity is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary military generals.
Under such circumstances, Song Liangzuo certainly did not dare to take the risk of sending Liu Wei's troops out to use them when they were sick, so he only sent a letter to Liu Wei, asking him to stabilize the epidemic situation in the army as soon as possible, restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and replenish supplies at any time. battle front.
The generals of the Three Route Ming Army also got some information and learned that Liu Zongrong not only had his father Liu Xian's Yu Yin in Sichuan (Liu Xian also served as Sichuan's general soldier for a long time), but it was also said that his family was closely related to Gao Situ and Gao Jing. He was very close, and his troops were always known as elites. When they attacked Burma, they were just like chopping melons and cutting vegetables. Therefore, once his troops recover, this battle may not be a problem for the three of us. Therefore, the three of them have a tacit understanding: the key to this battle is to be quick!
Speaking of which, "Soldiers are more valuable and faster" is exactly in line with Song Liangzuo's previous plan. At that time, the new governor of Sichuan, Song Liangzuo, arrived and convened a gathering of officials of the fourth rank and above in the province. Everyone met with the governor. After Song Liangzuo greeted him and sat down, he said: "Before I took office, I had heard that Yang Yinglong, the governor of Bozhou, was often rebellious and rebellious. The previous governor deliberately shielded him, and some of you in Sichuan had accepted bribes from Bozhou. These governors can just forget about it.
I also know that Yan Kan Yang Yinglong from Guizhou actually wants to bring Bozhou under his control. I would like to remind everyone that the ownership of Bozhou should be fought by each of you, and the emperor will make your own decision. However, Yang Yinglong's ambition was so arrogant that it harmed one party just like separatism and self-reliance. For the sake of the future, the foundation of the Yang family must be eliminated in Bozhou. The two provinces of Guizhou and Shu are consistent and there is no need for objection.
In addition, since I took office, I have repeatedly asked for questioning. Yang Yinglong actually refused to obey the order and showed his rebellion. I have already obtained permission from Shangshu to carry out the attack immediately. This will not avoid delaying the great cause of conquering the Yuan Dynasty. This battle Must hurry. Now Liu Zongrong's troops are coming from afar. There is an epidemic in the army, so he has to sit in Xuzhou to recover. The remaining troops can be divided into three groups and attack from each side. What do you think? "
A Sichuan official advised: "Fujun, please be patient and calm. The Yang family has been in this area for seven hundred years and is deeply rooted in the country. Moreover, Bozhou has always been brave and has an advantageous location... Liu Zongrong and his son had defeated them in a battle in the past. Jiu Si Man, who strangled all the Zhang Barbarians in World War II, was so powerful that the local people from all over the world trembled and dared not raise their eyes. If he sent troops, this would be helpful. Now that it is inconvenient for Liu Zongrong to go out, is it safe for us to rush into the army rashly? Is there something wrong?"
Song Liangzuo replied: "You don't know the general trend of the imperial court, and I don't blame you. Now the world's attention is on the defeat of the remaining Yuan Dynasty, and how can the small matter of Bozhou compete with the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty? Therefore, we must put down the rebellion as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings. This is a major event in the world.
I have made up my mind. As the saying goes, it is important to attack quickly and unprepared. Besides, there is no need to occupy the entire territory of Bozhou this time. These three armies are only to occupy dangerous points and deter Bozhou. If Yang Yinglong is willing to come out and wait for trial, I will still keep the Yang family's inheritance; if the Yang family dares to rebel, then when General Liu has settled his troops, our army will march into Bozhou, and there will be no trace of future trouble for his descendants. also! "
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