Chapter 876 Anxious Guan Ningjun
The reason why Li You did not bring all the Song army with him this time was because he had to keep his men in the capital. Now he regarded the civil servants as enemies, and the previous series of actions greatly damaged their interests. So when he was in charge of the army, he knew what kind of things they would do in the rear. Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing alone could not completely control the situation in the capital. He had to leave a more reliable force.
So Li You simply left Yue Yun and 20,000 Song troops in the capital. This force was definitely something that the officials of the Ming Dynasty could not interfere. With them, Luo Yangling, Cao Huachun, and Zhang Zhiji, Wang Qia and others who had long been devoted to Li You, could still compete with those civil officials.
This time, the imperial army was completely different from the last time. The last time he was accompanied by the corrupt Ming Jing Camp. People kept falling behind and running away along the way. Almost no one thought that Li You might win. However, this time he led the Song army with a combat effectiveness far exceeding that of this era, and there were 30,000 new troops. They not only had sufficient training, strict discipline and well-equipped, but also had special loyalty to reasons. There were also famous generals such as Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Guo. After receiving the training of Li You and Yue Yun, these people had a broad vision and had already surpassed themselves in military tactics.
There is a precedent for defeating Huang Taiji. He has such a powerful army and sufficient logistics supply, so almost no one doubts that Li You will win the final victory this time. In this case, the one who should be anxious becomes his enemies. Huang Taiji is still far away from Shenyang and is still a long distance from the capital. There is no need to be too anxious for the time being, and the Guanning Army is different. Since Zu Dashou and others have been in a state of panic since they received the news that Li You decided to lead the imperial army, they have been in a state of panic and do not know how to overcome the difficulties in front of them.
Those people in the court are really useless. They agreed to solve the emperor. As long as they change another emperor, we can still make a fortune with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, the person they sent to poison was discovered by the emperor and immediately made the decision to command the imperial army. Did anyone buy us? Zu Dashou frowned and thought, judging from the news, there were already many Jinyiwei and Dongchang people in the Guanning Army. Although there were few people involved in this matter, it was not foolproof.
If he could only be able to embezzle money, Zu Dashou might be able to grit his teeth and build this wealth, resign from His Majesty and return home. With the wealth accumulated over the years, he could live a good place to be a rich man, but now he can't guarantee that he might be safer to stay in the army with the protection of the more than 100,000 Guanning Army.
"Who leaked the matter of buying the head from Huang Taiji? If I knew it, I would have to cut him into pieces!" Someone cursed. If this wasn't the emperor's ears, maybe they could still stay in Liaodong and live a comfortable life with a generous Liao salary.
"Even without this, our lives will not be easy." Zu Dashou analyzed calmly, "Since the Battle of Zunhua, our Guanning Army has no longer been the only army that can block Jiannu. Its usefulness has been greatly reduced, so Your Majesty will press forward step by step." The reason why no one dared to touch the Guanning Army in the past was because they could barely stop Jiannu. If they were dealt with, Jiannu would probably immediately go south. Now His Majesty brought a group of "Beijing Camp" troops to pieces and beat Huang Taiji to pieces. And it was still in the field. After this battle, no one dared to say anything about "The Jurchens are not worth ten thousand, and they are invincible". Then the Guanning Army, who held millions of taels of silver in the court every year but did not win much, became the emperor's thorn in the flesh, and he had to get rid of it quickly.
"It is the best strategy to build a castle and lock Jiannu when it is built. Our Guanning Army used to prepare for this, but now His Majesty hastily asked us to go north to fight Jiannu in the field, so it is so easy to change." Wu Xiang complained that from the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty to the generals of the Guanning Army, they all agreed with the strategy of building cities in Liaodong. On the one hand, they can use the strengths of the Ming army's goodness in defending the city to avoid fighting Jiannu in the field. On the other hand, it is because the cost of building a city is huge, which gives them too many opportunities to make a fortune and not worry about someone checking it.
If the court heard the news that they were going to investigate, they would immediately report that Jiannu had invaded and destroyed several cities. Fortunately, the Guanning Army soldiers used their lives to block Jiannu just now. When the officials who came to investigate the court arrived, the city with problems had long been ruined, so how could they find out? The city needed to be rebuilt afterwards, which was another huge expense and another opportunity to make a fortune. Zu Dashou and others used this method to make a fortune.
"It's too late to say this now. Now Your Majesty seems to be determined to deal with our Guanning army. The army that was in charge of the army has left the capital and is about to arrive in Liaodong. What should we do?" Zu Dashou stopped everyone's complaints and brought the topic back on track.
"This" people couldn't help but hesitate when they heard this. After all, even if they were corrupt, they were all officials of the Ming Dynasty. Except for a few people such as Zu Dashou who knew that they could not escape the blame and had completely sacrificed their lives, the rest of them dared not confront the emperor head-on.
"Have you heard of the consequences of the imperial officials who had colluded with the Shanxi merchants before? Those are all civil officials! All are Jinshi. If they are like this, what good consequences will we have?" Now that the civil servants are inferior to those of the civil servants, even the civil servants with prominent backgrounds and deep relationships have been uprooted by Li You. Do these generals dare to escape easily? Seeing that people are unstable, Zu Dashou immediately warned, "What we have done in recent years is even better than those of the Shanxi merchants. Your Majesty will never forgive me. If you don't think of a good solution, not only will I die without a place to die, but even my family members who are waiting for the night will be killed by the whole family!"
Chapter completed!