As soon as Li Yao spoke, Lou Dongfang, who was next to him, kicked him quietly, indicating that he should not tell the truth tonight, so as not to give people the feeling of cramming.
You just finished talking about promoting someone to be a county magistrate, and then you turned around and said I need your help. The purpose of taking advantage of this is too obvious. It would be better to wait three or two days before asking Zhu Renxia to send troops.
But Li Yao turned a deaf ear to Lou Dongfang's reminder and said frankly: "It's just because the governor of Jiangdong ran into trouble and asked all places to send troops to reinforce the provincial capital. We in Liping really can't send troops, so I thought of you, brother... …”
As he spoke, Li Yao took out the letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Renxia: "This is Governor Jiang's letter asking for help. Brother Zhu, please take a look."
"Thank you, Lord Magistrate, for telling me frankly."
Zhu Renxia thanked him, took the letter with both hands and read it quickly.
After reading it, I couldn't help but take a breath: "Hiss... Yang Yinglong has become so popular that even Lord Dusi died in battle?"
Li Yao said with emotion: "In the battle of Feilianbao, the 5,000 troops led by Du Si Yang Guozhu were wiped out. This was one-third of Guizhou's troops. Without the loss of these troops, our Guizhou military power alone can no longer annihilate them. Yang Yinglong's rebels must wait for the imperial court to send troops to attack them before they can quell the Bozhou rebellion."
In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established fourteen guards in the southwest border. With the continuous elimination in the later period, coupled with the abandonment of the guard system, there are only six guard posts left in Guizhou today.
Moreover, the number of people in each guard post has dropped sharply from 5,600 to less than 3,000, which means that the entire military strength of Guizhou is about 18,000.
These troops are scattered throughout Guizhou, including Guizhou Guard, Yongning Guard, Tonggu Guard, Bijie Guard, Qingping Guard, Duyun Guard, and a Huangping Thousand Household Guard.
As the regular military force of the Ming Dynasty, the guards not only had to obey the orders of the governor and the capital, but also had to shoulder the tasks of protecting the place and cultivating the fields. It was impossible for everyone to be brought to the front line to fight.
In order to attack Yang Yinglong, Du Si Yang Guozhu mobilized 2,000 men from Guizhou Guards and 3,000 men from each of Yongning, Tonggu, and Bijie Guards, forming a regular military force of 5,000 men and launched an attack on Bozhou.
Yang Yinglong used a trick to lure the enemy and lured Yang Guozhu to Feilian Fort. The 30,000 ambush soldiers fired random arrows and killed all 5,000 guards in one sweep. Even the commander of the capital, Yang Guozhu, and the commander Li Tingdong were all killed.
Guizhou Dusi Yang Guozhu is a native of Dengfeng, Henan. He is 49 years old this year. His full official title is Guizhou Du Commander Shi Si Commander, or Du Si for short, and he is a second-rank official of the Ming Dynasty.
In short, Dusi is equivalent to the commander of the Guizhou Military Region in later generations, an absolute heavyweight.
Unexpectedly, Lord Dusi actually died on the battlefield, killed by Yang Yinglong's rebel gun. This was definitely big news that could shake the imperial court.
In Guizhou's officialdom, the current boss is definitely Governor Jiangdong, a dignified second-rank official who is in charge of Guizhou's military and political power.
He is from She County, Anhui Province. He is fifty-five years old this year. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Wanli. He once served as the censor of Zuo Qiandu in the Yushitai.
Because of his upright character and fear of power, Jiang Dongzhi was highly valued by Emperor Wanli. He was appointed governor of Guizhou three years ago and became a feudal official of the Ming Dynasty.
After Jiang Dongzhi took office, he abolished bad government, developed education, actively promoted well-educated scholars, and established the "Jiaxiu Building" in Guiyang, so he was deeply loved by Guizhou scholars.
Although Jiang Dongzhi was good at internal affairs, he was not good at military affairs. He was unable to contain Yang Yinglong, the Bozhou Xuanwei Secretary who was close at hand, which led to the rapid growth of the Yang rebels.
In history, it was because of the annihilation of the entire army of the capital commander Yang Guodong that the Wanli Emperor became furious and dismissed Jiangdong from office. Guo Zizhang, the inspector-general, took over as governor and continued to preside over the military and political work of Guizhou.
Below Governor Jiangdong are the three divisions.
They are the chief envoy Jia Chang, a native of Huaihua, Hunan, and a third-rank official.
The inspector-general Guo Zizhang was from Taihe, Jiangxi, and a third-grade official.
As well as the commander Si Yang Guozhu who just died in the Feilian Fort, his body is still not cold yet.
In addition to Jiangdong, the governor of Guizhou, and Tan Xisi, the governor of Sichuan, the feudal officials who were demoted due to the Bozhou Rebellion were all demoted to common people and went to the capital to await their fate.
At that time, Yang Yinglong, who had 80,000 troops, was extremely powerful, winning consecutive battles and winning victories across the southwest. He was unrivaled. The Guizhou Command, Sichuan Command, and Guangxi Command all suffered greatly and suffered repeated defeats.
Sun Shitai, Yang Yinglong's military advisor, suggested to him that he should take advantage of the victory to capture Chongqing, then go straight to Chengdu and occupy Sichuan to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
But Yang Yinglong was hesitant and did not want to leave his hometown in Bozhou. Instead, he hoped to continue to use his victories as bargaining chips to bargain with the Ming Dynasty court and continue to be his chieftain king in the southwest region.
The chaos in Bozhou made Wanli Emperor Long Yan angry, so he appointed Li Hualong, a famous minister who had been dismissed from the post of governor of Liaodong, as the censor of Zuo Qiandu and the minister of the Ministry of War. He gave Shang Fang the sword to control the military power of Guizhou, Sichuan and Huguang. Go to the southwest to quell the Bozhou rebellion.
After Li Hualong took office, he successively dismissed many generals, staff generals, and more than ten deputy generals, and mobilized 240,000 troops from all over the south to encircle and suppress Yang Yinglong.
After four years of war, the Ming army finally captured the lair built by Yang Yinglong in Hailongtun and put down the rebellion, which was included in the "Three Major Conquests of Wanli".
It can be seen that Yang Yinglong's rebellion was so powerful that the Ming court mobilized half of the country's army and spent more than three million taels of military pay to put it down. Only the power of a governor from Jiangdong could not put out this raging fire.
Of course, these are all things for later. The Battle of Feilianbao had just happened, the bad news had not yet reached the capital, and Jiang Dongzhi still had a few months left in his position as governor of Guizhou.
After the victory of the rebels, the troops were divided into two groups. Yang Yinglong ordered his generals Xiang Fan and Deng Wuqian to each lead 20,000 troops to encircle Guiyang and target the political center of Guizhou.
Jiang Dongzhi knew that if Guiyang was lost, he would not be able to keep not only his black gauze hat, but also his head, so he conscripted troops from various places in the name of the governor.
Zhu Renxia also knew that the matter was critical, so he returned the letter to Li Yao, handed it over and asked: "Master magistrate, may I ask how many troops and horses there are in Guiyang at present?"
"It is estimated that there are three to four thousand guardsmen in Guizhou Guard, plus Minzhuang, officers, etc.!"
Li Yao put down his wine glass and said worriedly. Thinking of the governor's predicament, Li Yao felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. Is it possible that the governor will be dismissed from his post before he can repay his kindness?
"With a gap of ten times, it is too difficult to defend Guiyang!" Zhu Renxia was also worried about the governor.
"That's why the governor conscripted troops from all the prefectures under his control and asked them to send soldiers and horses to defend Guiyang. But our Liping Mansion has just been sacked, and the people under Tian Zongren have collapsed. Where can I send troops to the governor in such a short time?"
As Li Yao spoke, he stood up and bowed to Zhu Renxia, "I have no choice but to ask Brother Zhu for help and promote you to the post of Jinping County Magistrate. After you have an official status, I hope you can lead the people of Chang'an Town to represent us." Liping Mansion marches westward to Guiyang to support the governor."
"Your Majesty, please come quickly. You are Liping's parent. If you give me such a great gift, wouldn't it hurt my little brother?"
Zhu Renxia hurriedly supported Li Yao and returned a salute to him.
Li Yao asked: "Brother Zhu promised Brother Yu?"
Zhu Renxia said with emotion: "Jiang Futai has been deeply loved by the people since he took charge of Guizhou. What's more, Guiyang is the provincial capital of Guizhou. If Guiyang is captured, Yang Yinglong will be even more powerful after seizing the supplies.
The chieftains in the southwest, relying on the protection of their ancestors, have always been lawless and oppressed the people. Now they are openly causing chaos and affecting the people. As a descendant of Inzu, how can I, Zhu Renxia, sit back and watch? I am willing to lead the people from Chang'an Town to march westward to Guiyang to support the governor. "
"Haha... That's great. Brother Yu really did not misjudge you!"
Li Yao was overjoyed and immediately picked up the wine flask and filled Zhu Renxia's glass, "Brothers, please sit down quickly. Let's discuss the next plan while drinking."
"Master Magistrate, please take a seat. How dare I ask you to pour wine?"
Zhu Renxia hurriedly held Li Yao's hand and pushed him down on the seat, "Let Mr. Liu pour the wine."
Liu Gongfu said in astonishment: "It's okay to let me pour the wine, but mayor, why do you call me the head catcher?"
Zhu Renxia explained with a smile: "I want to lead the Minzhuang with Captain Jiang to support Guiyang. Jinping County is temporarily uncontrollable, so I have to ask my brother-in-law to resume his post and take care of the county's affairs temporarily."
Liu Gongfu said with a naive smile: "Is that so? I actually want to follow you to Guiyang to support the governor, but it's okay if you stay in Jinping County to maintain law and order. I, Liu Gongfu, can be at your disposal."
