Chapter 320 It turns out that we still have to divide our troops
Chapter 320: It turns out we still need to divide our forces
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict. At this time, thieves and slaves are rampant in our Ming Dynasty, and bandits are raging. It is the time for the court to employ people. Lu Xiang was promoted and reinstated. He led King Qin's troops to defend the capital, and cooperated with Gao Qiqian to lead the army to defend the capital. I hereby express my gratitude.
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The shrill voice of the little eunuch who delivered the order echoed in the camp, dumbfounding Lu Xiangsheng and the generals who were lying on the ground. - < Shuhai Pavilion > - Net.
Seeing Lu Xiangsheng still lying on the ground in a daze, the little eunuch who delivered the order was a little unhappy and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Captain Lu, why don't you thank me?"
Lu Xiangsheng, who was awakened by the little eunuch's voice, quickly stood up and said: "I accept the order and thank you!"
After receiving the imperial edict, Lu Xiangsheng was still a little confused, "What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd, Your Majesty? Why did you suddenly reinstate yourself as an official? Could it be that the Emperor has already figured out how to replace the idiot Gao Qiqian?"
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Lu Xiangsheng thought about it and shook his head secretly. No, if the emperor really wanted to change Gao Qiqian, he would not let himself cooperate with Gao Qiqian. It seems that the emperor still planned to let him be Gao Qiqian's follower and puppet.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness. Between himself and Gao Qiqian, the emperor still chose Gao Qiqian, the domestic slave.
The surrounding generals didn't know what was going on, and they all started talking happily when they heard the news about Lu Xiang's promotion and reinstatement, "Brother, Governor Lu has been reinstated. Now our life will be much easier."
"No, at least we don't have to go out and fight the Tatars to death."
Although the generals were discussing in a low voice, some of them were still heard by Gao Qiqian on the side. Naturally, he felt uncomfortable being treated by Gao Qiqian like this. He secretly gritted his teeth and said, "Wait until we kick that Lu Xiangsheng."
After opening it, I must make sure you look good!"
Thinking of this, Gaoqiqian smiled and said to Lu Xiangsheng, "Congratulations to you, Governor Lu. You see how much the emperor trusts you. In less than a month, you have been reinstated. This is
This kind of grace is unique in our Ming Dynasty!"
Lu Xiangsheng just raised his hand and arched it, without a trace of expression on his face: "Eunuch Gao, I'm so sorry. They are all ministers who share the emperor's worries. There is no unique favor. I was just wrongly loved by the emperor."
I just became the head coach. Now I don’t ask for promotion, I just want to kill more Tatars.”
"Humph... This old stubborn man has been thinking about a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers all day long. Well, our family will follow your wishes today!"
Gao Qiqian groaned a few times in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face: "In that case, that's fine. Since the emperor has reinstated your official position, our family won't say anything. So, our family knows that Governor Lu
Since you are eager to fight, let us divide our forces again."
"What, divide the troops?" When he heard about dividing the troops, Lu Xiangsheng was surprised. Could it be that he had not suffered enough from the hardships of dividing the troops last time, so he was going to do this again?
Gao Qiqian said with a smile: "Yes, our family has thought about it. Now that our army is crowded here, it is of no use at all. But if we divide our troops, it will be different. The two families are each other's horns.
We can also support each other!”
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he almost lost his temper. What kind of nonsense is this? Originally, 90,000 troops were tied together and fought with others for nearly a month. They also lost 20,000 to 30,000 people. Now you are still making trouble?
If you want to divide your troops, you are not calling this division of troops, you are seeking death!
It was a matter of life and death for the entire army. Lu Xiangsheng could no longer care about his quarrel with Gao Qiqian, and immediately said sternly: "Eunuch Gao, don't you know that when troops are united together they are strong, but when they are divided they are weak? Now our army already has insufficient food and grass, and its morale is low. If
If we divide our forces again, how can we fight against the Tatars?"
"Hey, Governor Lu, what you said is wrong. (-< Shuhai Pavilion > - Net.)" If Lu Xiangsheng was really not afraid of talking loudly, he smiled lightly: "It's not our family to divide the troops.
What I meant was that it was the idea of the Emperor and the Ministry of War. Besides, didn’t the Emperor also say it in the imperial edict last month that we should divide and attack according to the situation? What does it mean to divide and attack? Soon it means that we will try to divide our troops.
What?"
Listening to Gao Qiqian's misinterpretation of the imperial edict, Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he almost trembled all over. He, a man who grew up reading books about sages, was so talkative that Gao Qiqian, who had spent most of his time playing tricks with people in the palace,
The eunuch's opponent for life.
Listening to Gao Qiqian's words, which were both yin and yang, Lu Xiangsheng asked sadly and angrily: "Then I dare to ask Eunuch Gao, how many soldiers and horses do you plan to let me take out?"
By the way, the military system of the Ming Dynasty was actually very strange. Originally, fighting was a matter for military generals. However, the court was afraid that military generals would have too much power, so they sent civilian officials to lead the army.
Why don't you feel at ease? Just put the eunuchs around you into the army.
However, the emperor also knew that it would look too ugly to do so, so he euphemistically called him the Supervisor of the Army. The Supervisor of the Army was not responsible for fighting, but only helped the commander in charge of food and fodder and recorded merit. But these days, even fools know that if the army's food, fodder and records are
The power of merit is gone, so what autonomy does the commander have? No matter how well you fight, you have to earn a living, and no matter how great your achievements are, you have to let your superiors know about them before they can be useful. Therefore, although the supervisory army is nominally a supervisor,
military, but its actual power is much greater.
For example, when it comes to dividing the troops, it stands to reason that how to divide the troops and how many troops to divide is the power of the coach Lu Xiangsheng, but in fact things cannot be seen that way. The food and grass are compiled in the hands of Gao Qiqian. If you draw the troops to yourself
If there are too many, if they don't allocate food and grass to you, you can't let the soldiers eat dirt. That's why Lu Xiangsheng heard about the division of troops and asked Gao Qiqian how many troops he would allocate to him.
After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, Gao Qiqian thought for a while and then said: "In our opinion, we can't stay here any longer. It's too unlucky. Governor Lu, you can lead 10,000 troops to seek opportunities to the west, and we will lead the rest."
Soldiers and horses are following behind, looking for opportunities to fight, what do you think?"
"What, ten thousand people?" Lu Xiangsheng was furious when he heard this. Although the strength of the Ming army was depleted several times, there were more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in the camp. However, Gao Qiqian let himself, the commander-in-chief of the first army, lead only
Ten thousand men and horses are looking for a fighter opportunity, but he is just a supervisor, but he leads a large army behind to watch the scenery. This is too bullying!
Even though Lu Xiangsheng was well-behaved, he couldn't help but get angry. He turned red with anger and said, "Eunuch Gao, as an expectant soldier, you asked me to only bring 10,000 soldiers to fight against the Tatars.
And you are following behind with fifty thousand troops, what are your intentions!"
Gao Qiqian squinted his eyes and smiled, "Captain Lu, don't worry, our family is not asking you to die. Our family is also leading an army of 50,000 to follow you. If something happens to you, will our family be able to survive?"
It’s impossible to just sit back and watch.”
Lu Xiangsheng shook his head like a breaking wave drum, and Ran Ping's words made the lotus flowers fall. He would never attack with only 10,000 people. That is not a decisive battle, it is a death!
Gao Qiqian rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Well, since neither of us can convince the other, then we will each submit a memorial and ask the emperor to make a decision."
"Go ahead, whoever is afraid of whom!" Lu Xiangsheng's bad temper also got worse, and they both went back to their accounts to write memorials without mentioning it.
That night, two memorials were placed in front of Chongzhen. After reading the memorials, Chongzhen frowned and cursed "Damn it."
It turns out that Lu Xiangsheng criticized Chongzhen in the memorial. He wrote in the memorial: "Only when you can fight can you defend. If you can't fight and defend everywhere, the more you defend, the more you will be controlled by the enemy. Today we must use war as our priority.
Only by taking the lead and defending as the auxiliary can we control the enemy without being controlled by the enemy. The enemy rides freely and horizontally, and drives the people straight, and the Ming Dynasty is in danger." If we don't "fight to save the crisis", we will "repeat the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty"!
This made Chongzhen, who always wanted to save face, feel particularly unhappy, but that was all. In the end, Lu Xiangsheng also asked Chongzhen to issue an edict to punish himself. This made Chongzhen's heart hurt. In Chongzhen's view, the country's situation was like this.
It's all the civil and military ministers who have harmed the country. What's wrong with him? Hasn't he worked hard to run the world in the past ten years and always tried his best to govern, but the ministers and workers have failed to live up to his expectations? The second most hurtful thing about him is about his colleagues
Regarding the issue of peace talks with Manchuria, Lu Xiangsheng actually used the word "peace talks" in his memorial. This was an intentional insult to him. Not only did he speak for the deceased Yuan Chonghuan, he also wanted to hinder future "peace talks" with Manchuria and oppose him.
Plan for the country.
In a rage, Chongzhen punched the imperial desk, jumped up, and walked around the pillars in the Qianqing Palace. As he walked, he thought bitterly: Now that the country's affairs have deteriorated so much, no one is willing to help him.
Instead, he only saw the imperial relatives stubbornly resisting him, the ministers criticizing him and blaming him, and the common people constantly coming to him to "submit letters" to him, while the civil servants and generals from all over the country would only report disasters, famines, and pay to him.
, please send troops, please help!
Chongzhen was so angry that he sat back at his writing desk and started writing...
The next day, Chongzhen's decree arrived. In this decree, Chongzhen not only agreed with Gao Qiqian's troop division plan, but Chongzhen was also kind. Although he was extremely angry, he still sent all Xuanda's 20,000 soldiers and horses
It was assigned to Lu Xiangsheng and asked him to look for fighter planes.
"Captain Lu, how's it going? What we said was right, the emperor still agreed to divide the troops." Gao Qiqian looked so proud at this moment that people wanted to smash his nose with a punch.
Lu Xiangsheng sighed secretly, the emperor finally agreed to divide the troops, but fortunately, although Chongzhen was confused, he still gave him 20,000 Xuanda troops. With these troops, I dare not say that I will kill the enemy and serve the country, but at least I can protect myself.
No problem.
Lu Xiangsheng had no choice but to lead Yang Guozhu and other 20,000 Xuan soldiers to break out of the camp and march to Zhuozhou, a hundred miles away from the capital, because Gao Qiqian said that there were often small groups of Qing soldiers there, and we couldn't defeat Yue Tuo's army.
How could a fifty thousand army still be unable to defeat those small groups of Qing soldiers?
Just when Lu Xiang raised his camp and marched towards Zhuozhou, Pang Gang also came to Jinan with thousands of his troops.