Chapter 130 Rebellious Minister (2)
Jiangxi Cheng announced that Yuanzhou Prefecture, under the jurisdiction of the General Envoy, had already established a county in the Song Dynasty, but it was not until the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty that the city was built because of the bandits in the nearby Ruizhou Prefecture. During the Jiajing period, the Japanese riots raided the southeast and even plundered Ganzhou for a while, which caused the whole province of Jiangxi to shake. In the end, with the support of Yan Song, the treacherous treacherous, who was here in his hometown, he built a brick and stone city of 18 feet high today. But one year after the construction of the city was completed, Yan Song fell. I wonder if this could be considered as one establishment and one destruction?
On the fifth day of the fourth month of the 13th year of the Yongli period, at the entrance of the county government office in Fenyi County, Hong Chengchou, who was about to return to Changsha, and Dasu, who was staying in Yuanzhou Prefecture, watched a fast horse running towards them.
That is the direction of Changxiamen, that is, the west gate of Fenyi County. From that direction, and can also ride horses in the city, it is only a messenger. Because military information is always fought every second, war is often closely related to national security. Even if someone is hit and killed, that person deserves it. This has been the case since ancient times and no matter what dynasty it has been.
The messenger obviously came from a long distance. Judging from the horse-riding posture, both Hong Chengchou and Dasu could easily see the messenger's fatigue. However, the war horse was running and the horse's hooves stepped across the street, but the blue bricks seemed light and rapid, which made people feel a little nervous while still feeling a little relaxed.
"Mr. Zhang Jia, it seems that the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou is settled!"
Hong Chengchou was full of confidence, and Dasu was the same - the Qing army was unstoppable invading Guizhou, and later it won the Battle of the Cyan River. Even the prince of King Jin was captured and killed. However, Li Dingguo, the father-in-law, dared to accompany him to evacuate Kunming. His fearful look was presented to them and the Qing court as if he was immersive.
The previous military information was that Bai Hetu was defeated by Bai Wenxuan at Yulong Pass. Doni led the army deep into the barren land. After reading that military information, how could it look like Zhuge Wuhou's "Memorial of the Departure". Dasu naturally couldn't understand this, and Hong Chengchou, who could understand it, just smiled but didn't say anything, just thought it was the excitement of the staff after successive victories. He had no intention of considering it in writing, and he was deeply grateful for the high morale in this.
It had been a long time in a flash, but the situation in Jiangxi took a sharp turn during this period. Hong Chengchou had to devote more energy to maintaining the Jiangxi battlefield. However, the gap in strength was too big. The Ming army in Jiangxi took advantage of the east wind of the great victory and quickly controlled most of the prefectures and counties in Jiangxi. They were forced to the door by Chen Kai, and Huguang behind them was extremely empty. As long as Chen Kai kicked them to the ground, Huguang would inevitably fall into its control.
Now, both sides are accumulating strength. The difference is that Chen Kai is waiting for the army to arrive one after another, while the Qing army can only wait for good news from Yunnan and Guizhou while constantly strengthening the city.
This is completely unequal, and it is also ten, percent, and thousandths of torment for them. Fortunately, at this moment, the military information from the army of the destruction of the southwest finally arrived, which was considered as guarding the clouds and seeing the bright moon.
The messenger rushed over quickly, and the guards of Zuoxia Camp rushed forward and stopped him, but were immediately repelled by Hong Chengchou. They had been waiting for this military situation for too long, and it had long been enough to make them lose the majesty of maintaining the dignity of the high-ranking officials. The messenger, seeing the banner of Zuoxia Camp, especially noting the old strategy among the crowd, also quickly pulled the horse away. The war horse was in pain and stood up. If the messenger had not been really superb in riding, he would have fallen to the ground if he was unstable.
"Master Manager, this is the general's urgent letter."
With the help of several guards around, the messenger quickly controlled the war horse, and then quickly turned over and dismounted, and delivered the urgent report of his personal collection to Hong Chengchou.
The word general made Hong Chengchou feel a little ominous premonition, because according to convention, Doni should send military information reports to him and the Qing court. Even if it wasn't Doni, it should have been Wu Sangui or Zhao Butai, who was the leader of the division, and it was not Wang Fuchen's turn. At first, they only thought that Wang Fuchen had made military achievements, and several generals wanted to praise him, so they asked his confidants to come to deliver the letter, but now it seems that it may not be that simple.
After receiving the letter, Hong Chengchou eagerly tore open the envelope. When the text of the letter appeared in front of him, he swept through it quickly like a line, but he felt that the sky was dark, as if the whole world was spinning.
"Old strategy!"
Seeing that Hong Chengchou was about to faint in front of him, Dasu hurriedly stepped forward to support him. But before he could hold Hong Chengchou firmly, he felt like he was being punished by a pair of wet and cold iron shackles. Looking closely, Hong Chengchou's hand, which looked like a ghost claw, was tightly pressed on his wrist. The force was so deep that he, a powerful general who was known for his bravery, felt a little suffocated.
"Yuanzhou doesn't want it anymore, hurry up, gather all the troops to withdraw back to Wuhan, be sure to get it!"
This statement was immediately expressed. Not only Dasu, but also the generals and officers around him were shocked. Since the Qing court won the top prize of Sun Kewang by luck, Hong Chengchou has been instilling in them that they must defend Jiangxi and prevent the disadvantages of the southeast battlefield from spreading to Huguang, which will affect the concept of the battle to destroy the country, which is related to who belongs to the world. After a long time of speaking, an unshakable truth was formed in their minds, that is, as long as they can defend Jiangxi, the army to destroy the country can destroy the Ming army in the southwest. All their combat intentions were also formed based on this truth.
For this reason, they asked the green camp to defend Ji'an Prefecture to death. After Chen Kai inserted into Jianchang Prefecture, they rushed to Fuzhou Prefecture to intercept it as soon as possible. Even if the war situation worsened, even if they threw some elite troops to the Ming army and abandoned a large number of prefectures and counties like they were abandoned, they would still have to go to Yuanzhou Prefecture as soon as possible to build a defense line, in order to avoid the Ming army threatening Huguang, which was actually controlled by the Changsha Shogunate, and thus threatening the Qing army's battle to destroy the country in the southwest.
However, Hong Chengchou, who was repeatedly reiterating the importance of Yuanzhou's defense to them half an hour ago, was tough at this moment and made them immediately give up Yuanzhou Prefecture, Changsha, the location of the Southwest Risk Office, and even give up most of Huguang, and retreat all the troops to Wuhan on the Yangtze River. This contradiction is difficult for anyone to understand for a while.
"Old Master, Prince Xin is still leading the army to fight in Yunnan. Will withdrawing back to Wuhan at this time kill the army?"
When Dasu heard this, his first reaction was that Hong Chengchou was so angry that Chen Kai was crazy today, but just as he had such an idea, he immediately denied it. Because Hong Chengchou had been back in Fenyi County for more than an hour, it was fine for such a long time, so why did he suddenly get sick? This is completely unreasonable.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked at the letter that had been twisted by Hong Chengchou. But just as his gaze touched the twist, Hong Chengchou's violent shouts were already ringing in his ears.
"There is no more army. If you don't leave at this time, are you waiting for the old thief and Chen Kai to attack us!"
Just as he said this, he immediately felt Hong Chengchou's body softening and fainted in his arms. Looking at this time, Hong Chengchou's lower lip was actually missing a lot. It turned out that he had just been forced to not fall down and it was achieved by stimulating his senses by stimulating his senses through such self-harm methods.
He quickly called someone to help Hong Chengchou in. He was already shocked by Hong Chengchou's amazing actions and took the letter from the generals who were stunned by Hong Chengchou's surprise. However, Hong Chengchou's hand was so tight that he almost had to break Hong Chengchou's fingers before he could take the letter into his hand. But even so, part of the letter was still left in Hong Chengchou's hands, but there was nothing to say.
Unlike Hong Chengchou's ten lines at a glance, he did not have that fast ability to understand Chinese, so he could only dig it out word by word. But the more he read, the faster his heart fell, and half of it fell into the endless abyss.
After finally rescuing some strength, Dasu looked at it word by word. This urgent report was written by Wang Fuchen, and the words were not covered in any way, so white that even the illiterate old woman could understand it. In the letter, he told the whole process he had seen after defeating Bai Wenxuan, including the temporary change of the marching sequence of Doni, including the surviving army in the rear army, including the vanguard of Doni, who was siege of the Ming army, and the unwarranted and unpredictable army when Doni was besieged by the Ming army, including how they fled in a hurry after discovering that Li Dingguo changed direction, and even the incredible number of beheadings of the Ming army they heard on the way to escape.
In addition, it also mentioned that Wu Sangui was full of resentment towards Hong Chengchou, believing that Hong Chengchou tempted them to trust bad elements like Sun Sike to revenge the grudges that he followed Wang Pu and Tang Tong and others in the Battle of Songshan that year, which was to avenge personal revenge. Moreover, Wu Sangui was still full of distrust of Hong Chengchou until he evacuated Guizhou. Not only did the army refuse to retreat to Huguang to assist in defense, but he also passed the Southwest General Office and did not know the memorial and sent the memorial directly to Beijing.
He was grateful to Hong Chengchou for his kindness, so he secretly wrote a letter to report to Hong Chengchou. As for what Hong Chengchou plans in the future, he didn't care at all, because the responsibility for defeat this time was too great, and it was enough to kill all the remnants of the Southwest General Office and the remnants of the Destroyed Army. He was afraid of death, so he decided to go to Sichuan with Wu Sangui.
I read a few pieces of letter paper, and there were many words in it, Dasu didn't recognize them at all, but fortunately, Wang Fuchen wrote it very white enough, so he could figure out what it meant after contacting the text before and after. But this article was full of shocking words - they did keep the clouds clear and the moon was bright, but the clouds dissipated, what they saw was not the bright moon in the darkness, but the brightness of the Ming Empire!
Hong Chengchou had completely fainted. The famous doctor who had been responsible for regulating Hong Chengchou's body for a long time did not know whether the old manager could still wake up. All the burden fell on Dasu, but when he hurried back to the core of Yuanzhou defense line, Yuanzhou Prefecture, he was surprised to find that Li Benshen, Hu Maozhen and others had already known Hong Chengchou's decision before fainting, and strongly advised him to take action immediately. Otherwise, even if Li Dingguo entered Huguang, even if Chen Kai's army arrived, they would have to end up dead.
"Since Hong Jinglei has an order, then withdraw it to Wuhan. Notify officials from all over the southern part of Huguang to destroy warehouses, documents, abandon cities, and withdraw them all."
The first half of this more clear order was for the army of Yuanzhou, and the second half was for the Southwest Martial Arts Office in Changsha. Dasu silently watched the generals take the order as they wished, and couldn't help but recall the devil's whisper that had sounded in his ears when he was in Fuzhou.
"Come."
A copywriter from a guise and a most trusted slave came. Dasu ordered the former to write a letter and send it back to the capital. However, the letter was not sent to the Tongzheng Envoy Office of the Qing Dynasty, but to the old brother who was the Huang Taiji guard with him. Now the "No. 1 Warrior in Manchuria" leads the guards and the Minister of Political Affairs, and he was also the recommended Guarjia Aobai, who served as the governor of the Eight Banners of Angbang Zhangjing, Nanchang!
Chapter completed!