Chapter seven hundred and seventy seventh who wants to rebel
Wu Shigong then persuaded: "As for people, my son has 30,000. Let Ningyuan General Wu give half of it to 20,000. This is not too much! You have 3,000 here. You can make up for it in other places.
10,000. Let me practice with full authority for a month, and then I can barely do it, and then I can meet the conditions for going on rescue missions."
"But are you afraid that over time, Songshan and Jinzhou will not be able to support it?" Yang Zhen asked worriedly.
"In three months, Songshan City should be fine, and Jinzhou should just listen to fate." Wu Shigong also told the truth, "When the preparations are complete, the army will first defeat the Tatar interception, arrive at Songshan first, and seize Governor Hong and more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city.
Let’s talk about rescuing it. Then look for opportunities to rescue Jinzhou!”
In fact, this was a method that Wu Shigong considered on his way back. Although the Ming army returned with a disastrous defeat, Wu Shigong discovered a very important point - the Qing army had no good way to deal with the car array and firearms.
To deal with it. Whether Hong Chengchou used this tactic to advance to the foot of Jinzhou City or the Runing army used this tactic to return safely, the Qing army felt helpless.
Therefore, Wu Shigong had to make good use of this. He imagined an enhanced version of the vehicle array plus firearms: a small vehicle barrel array composed of large vehicles surrounded the front and sides of the army to support each other, and leave a gap in the middle.
The passage allows the cavalry to counterattack, turning the army into a "moving city."
Moreover, Wu Shigong will also allow the entire army to carry enough grain and grass this time. He will not be afraid of the Qing army intercepting the grain road, and can also allow the entire army to camp on the spot at any time, not to mention the need to allocate troops to protect the grain and grass baggage in the army.
As long as this tactic is adopted, although it is extremely conservative and there is no possibility of defeating the Qing army, it can completely repel the Qing army and defeat the Qing army's interception. And this is enough for the Runing army.
As long as he can reach Songshan, or even be lucky enough to reach Jinzhou, he can rescue at least 10,000 Ming troops. After that, Wu Shigong will abandon Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan and other cities, and retreat the Ming army's defense line to Ningyuan City.
On the front line. With such a reduction of troops, coupled with the fact that Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan are at each other's horns, although the Ming army is unable to attack again in Liaodong, it is enough to defend.
At that time, Wu Shigong will also escape. He will lead the main force of the Runing Army back to Runing and join the war in the Central Plains. At most, he will leave one general in Liaodong and ten thousand people. For the Runing Army
After all, Liaodong is a very secondary battlefield.
However, to implement this plan, two conditions need to be met: first, Wu Shigong must have full command; second, there must be at least 60,000 troops.
According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, such armies should be led by civilian officials. However, Wu Shigong had suffered enough from the civilian officials during the Songjin War, and he would never hand over the command of his troops to others again.
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And Wu Shigong will not sacrifice his own strength for the sake of the imperial court. Although with the current strength of Runing Army, it may barely be able to complete the rescue mission. But Wu Shigong is by no means Lei Feng. He can send out his own troops for rescue, which is already the most benevolent and righteous thing.
Therefore, he needs at least 30,000 cannon fodder troops to fight around the main force of the Runing Army. Of course, the best situation is to assimilate those Ming troops and make them part of the Runing Army, at least the Runing Army.
The peripheral troops of the army. Therefore, Wu Shigong had the requirement of at least 60,000 troops.
Although Wu Shigong persuaded Yang Zhen sincerely, Yang Zhen could not believe Wu Shigong. And here, Wu Shigong had an information blind spot. He did not know that the imperial court had appointed Wu Sangui as the chief military attache in Liaodong.
But Yang Zhen knew this news. So although Wu Shigong was speaking truthfully, Yang Zhen knew in his heart that even if the military plan was to be implemented, it would be commanded by Wu Sangui, not to mention the previous tradition of civilian command in the DPRK.
.So no matter how we turn, it won’t be Wu Shigong’s turn.
So Yang Zhen shook his head and started to do the next best thing: "Although General Wu has a plan, no one knows whether the court will agree to it. Saving people is like putting out fires. The general is also following orders, how dare he delay? Like General Wu,
Don’t be stingy with your troops, give the general some soldiers! This will also give you more hope of rescuing the Governor.”
Of course Yang Zhen didn't want Wu Shigong's direct troops, he was interested in the defeated troops rescued by Wu Shigong. But when he said this, Wu Shigong's face suddenly turned cold. He already regarded all the troops he brought back as his own.
How could the contents in the bag be allowed to be accessed by outsiders, let alone be squandered by Yang Zhen at will. So Wu Shigong refused: "No one!"
Although Yang Zhen was a little disappointed, Yang Zhen was also mentally prepared for Wu Shigong's refusal to mobilize more troops to supplement his own troops. So he once again retreated and settled for the next best thing, saying: "Then General Wu will be willing to give some horses, weapons and baggage."
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"Nothing!" Since he is already rude, Wu Shigong doesn't mind being rude to the end. Now every person and thing in Liaodong is precious. Wu Shigong will not let Yang Zhen waste wantonly, even if his motives are very noble.
Neither works.
"Hey——!" Yang Zhen let out a long sigh. He bowed his hands to Wu Shigong, said nothing more, and just wanted to turn around and leave.
"Wait!" Wu Shigong wanted to make his last effort, and he finally advised: "Now the military strength in Liaodong is insufficient. Although you can gain a posthumous reputation by doing this, what benefit will it have to the court? What benefit will it have to the world?
It’s just a wanton act. Let’s stay and consider the long term!”
Yang Zhen nodded and agreed with Wu Shigong's statement. He was not a fool and knew that the possibility of his success was slim. However, Yang Zhen felt aggrieved. He said bitterly: "There are so many military orders! The governor ordered.
The general must not stay until the end, and must send out troops immediately."
"Then...!" When Wu Shigong heard this, he felt a little hopeful, and he quickly said, "Then Vice-General Yang will wait a moment and stay here for one night, waiting for me to go to Shanhaiguan to persuade him. At least he can't
Let your troops die in vain."
Yang Zhen thought for a while and agreed with some hesitation: "Okay! I will wait until noon tomorrow. I hope General Wu will have good news."
Wu Shigong immediately left the Runing army under the command of Yu Ji and asked him to place the troops in the Ming army camp outside Shanhaiguan. Then, he took his own soldiers, knocked on the city gate, and went inside to find the governor.
Yi Zao and the supervisor dived high.
Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian had already known about the return of Runing's army. They had gathered the civil and military forces in the city and sent people to greet Wu Shigong at the city gate. After all, such a Ming army had returned and its number was
It was so huge, which made Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian, who had been having trouble sleeping these days, overjoyed.
But as soon as they met, a fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides. Of course Wu Shigong laid out his plan, but Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian strongly opposed it. They were both frightened by Hong Chengchou's disastrous defeat and did not dare to
Send such a large Ming army again, otherwise, another disastrous defeat, and the Ming Dynasty will really have to sing the "empty city strategy" in Liaodong.
Besides, both Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian absolutely supported Wu Sangui. It was intolerable for Wu Shigong to protest in a separate court. He actually wanted to seize part of Wu Sangui's troops and control the main military power in Liaodong. This was Fang's fault anyway.
Something that Yizao and Gao Qiqian would never agree to.
The two sides were at loggerheads and argued all day and night. In the end, Wu Shigong saw that the argument could not produce a result tonight, so he retreated to the next best thing and demanded that Yang Zhen's order to rescue Songshan should at least be cancelled.
In Wu Shigong's view, it was in the interests of Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian to preserve the Ming army's strength in Liaodong. As long as it was explained clearly to them, they would probably cancel this ridiculous order.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian were very clear in their minds, so they flatly rejected Wu Shigong's request. On this issue, Wu Shigong was absolutely indifferent to these two people. Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian
But they are all politicians, so everything they do serves politics.
For Fang Yizao and Gao Qiqian, as long as they send troops and prove that they are working hard to rescue Songshan, they can explain it to Emperor Chongzhen. As for whether such dispatch of troops is feasible? What will happen to Yang Zhen's life and death?
?These two people don’t care at all.
At the end of the story, Wu Shigong was finally offended. He started to fight against each other, and persuaded Gao Qiqian: "Eunuch Gao! I come from a noble family with the same country, and you are the emperor.
Chamberlain. The Ming Dynasty is in danger, the Emperor is in danger, and we can’t escape even if we want to. Unlike those civil servants, they have many escape routes!"
When Gao Qiqian heard this, he also had a sad face and found it difficult to speak. Wu Shigong's theory was quite right, but now Gao Qiqian was riding a tiger with difficulty.
However, these words immediately angered all the civil servants present. Zhang Ruoqi, the representative of the Ministry of War, immediately shouted: "Idiot! You dare to openly provoke the emperor and his ministers with evil intentions! You should be killed! You should be killed! I will impeach you! Impeach you!"
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"Are you trying to fool your Madness?" Wu Shigong immediately showed off his sarcastic skills, "The Taizu system was ancestral. The leader should have come from the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and civilian officials should not be involved in military affairs. But what happens now?
The civilian officials not only extended their hands into the army, but also went so far as to command the army. Why are you so good at commanding it? You have treated us general military officers as pawns. Let me tell you: you civilian officials can decide whether or not you should do it.
Fight? And how to fight? When to fight? It should all be decided by our military attachés. This is the original intention of Taizu Taizu to establish a civil and military system. And now you want to control military affairs, what are your intentions?
Do you want to wipe out all the civil and military affairs before taking away all the rights of the emperor? You are the rebels! I will also impeach you!"
