Huangmei County, Huangzhou Prefecture, is where Li Dingguo's troops from the Beijing camp are stationed, as well as his original subordinates, namely Wu Sansheng and others.
Wu Sansheng and others could not understand the sudden military order to stop the attack.
Hearing that Li Dingguo, who had received military orders to attend a meeting, was back, Wu Sansheng and others hurriedly welcomed him out of the city.
What surprised them a little was that another army also came with them, from the Fang Guoan Division. In addition, Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, also came over.
Is this preparation for a general attack on Wuchang? When Wu Sansheng and others saw it, they all speculated in their minds. They quickly met Li Dingguo and asked about the situation.
Li Dingguo let Fang Guoan and Li Ruolian advance into the city, and then he said to Wu Sansheng and others: "The Jianlu in Liaodong have started to make trouble again. Your Majesty has issued an order to send Uncle Zhongwu back to the capital to defend the capital. He is expected to go to Shanhaiguan. I am Zhongwu.
Naturally, I will go back under my command."
Hearing this, Wu Sansheng and others couldn't help but be surprised, but it wasn't too surprising.
What surprised them was that now that the war in Huguang was going smoothly, if they just transferred the troops back, would they still fight here?
Not unexpectedly, this kind of thing often happens, even if they were bandits before, they have experienced it several times. As time goes by, the imperial army is transferred back to deal with the Jianlu, and then they are wiped out by the Jianlu.
Therefore, Wu Sansheng and others had something to say after hearing this.
Li Dingguo saw it, and before they could speak, he said to them: "I reported to the Governor and got his consent. You have two choices. It depends on you how you choose!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at him and listened carefully to his next words.
Just listen to Li Dingguo say: "The first option is that you go north with me, and with a high probability, you will be under my command to participate in the battle against Jianlu; the second option is that you stay here, but there will be no future
There will be a big war, and you will be reorganized first, and then you will be dismantled and mixed with other armies."
This matter of reorganization had been mentioned from the beginning, so Wu Sansheng and others were not surprised.
After Li Dingguo finished speaking, he looked at his brothers to see how they made choices.
Relatively speaking, Jianlu was more brutal, at least because of his reputation. Even if Jianlu was defeated in the Battle of Jizhou, in the eyes of most people, Jianlu's combat effectiveness was definitely stronger than that of Zhang Xianzhong's troops!
Therefore, Li Dingguo can understand if someone chooses to live here and accept the adaptation instead of facing a more ferocious enemy.
However, just after he finished speaking, he heard Wu Sansheng and Wang Zhibang say almost in unison: "Let's go with eldest brother!"
The title of Commander-in-Chief is an official position conferred by Zhang Xianzhong. Now that he has surrendered to the imperial court, naturally he cannot be called Governor.
We are all brothers, so they are naturally willing to call Li Dingguo their eldest brother. In fact, several of them are older than Li Dingguo. However, this does not prevent them from calling Li Dingguo that way.
When other people heard what the two of them said, they all followed suit and wanted to follow Li Dingguo.
Obviously, in their eyes, even if the enemy is a brutal Jianlu, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is that they can follow Li Dingguo.
Seeing this, Li Dingguo couldn't help but feel a little moved.
In fact, there was one thing that he didn't tell the brothers in front of him.
At the military meeting, the Governor actually considered letting Li Dingguo stay.
However, Li Dingguo thought to himself that he would face Zhang Xianzhong next. There was no way to persuade him to surrender. The emperor also decreed that Zhang Xianzhong would not be pardoned. If he had a choice, he would not want to fight Zhang Xianzhong directly on the battlefield.
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Therefore, Li Dingguo finally decided to go north to fight against the Jianlu, and he also mentioned his original subordinates to Ma Shiying, saying that it would be easier to go north to fight against the Jianlu with familiar subordinates. If they were willing to follow him northward, I hope
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As mentioned above, Ma Shiying was actually very concerned about the situation in the capital. He also noticed that Emperor Chongzhen had a very favorable impression of Li Dingguo and others.
In addition, Li Dingguo's request was reasonable and reasonable, so he agreed.
Of course, as for whether the emperor would make other arrangements after arriving in the capital, he didn't care and couldn't control it.
At this time, when Li Dingguo saw Wu Sansheng and others, they all expressed their willingness to follow him. Without saying much, he said to them: "In this case, pack up as soon as possible and go north immediately after handing over the defense."
Later, after Li Dingguo entered the city, he reported the situation to Li Ruolian.
Li Ruolian listened and said with a smile: "You brothers are so loyal! In this case, my trip will be in vain. Okay, let's go north together!"
He came here originally to supervise the reorganization of Li Dingguo's men and arrange for them to be mixed with Fang Guoan's troops. Since Li Dingguo's men were all going to fight against the rebels, there was no need for him to stay.
Soon, the team heading north started and hurried to Fengyang to meet up.
After arriving here, Wu Sansheng and others discovered that Liu Wenxiu's side was in the same situation as Li Dingguo's side. His men also chose to follow Liu Wenxiu to the north.
However, the purpose of heading north is to fight against Jianlu, so while the two armies rested here in Fengyang, they eliminated the weak and retained the strong.
Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu's men each left five thousand men behind. The main force stayed here in Fengyang. Those who were willing to stay in the army were sent to other armies, and those who were unwilling to stay in the army were resettled in places.
In addition to them, Wu Sangui's troops were also ordered to move north. In the end, Zhou Yuji led nearly 40,000 troops back north.
Some of them were originally Huang Degong's men and soldiers who participated in the Battle of Jizhou.
As for Huang Degong himself, according to Emperor Chongzhen's will, he still has to stay in Fengyang.
Zhou Yuji led his army back north. It was just after the autumn harvest. He did not need to carry a large amount of military rations. He had his own supplies along the way. After passing Xuzhou, he recruited ships in the canal and advanced both by land and water, speeding up the pace.
Finally, in early October, after less than a month, we finally arrived in the capital.
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Let’s talk about Emperor Chongzhen. He was busy with infrastructure construction, building water conservancy, building cement roads, building railways and other things to restore people’s livelihood. Unexpectedly, Governor Xie Xuelong of Jiliao sent an urgent report saying that there was something unusual happening among the Jinzhou Jianlu.
A large-scale force crossed Ningyuan and invaded areas from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan. A lot of food was robbed.
However, Jie Xuelong only had the white pole army guarding the city and was unable to fight Jianlu in the field, so he asked for help from the capital and asked for more troops.
Regarding the situation outside the customs, Emperor Chongzhen also turned a blind eye.
History has changed a lot. Even with Liu Weichao here, there is no way to cheat and know the situation of Jianlu.
When Emperor Chongzhen received the military information, he immediately held an imperial meeting.
His ministers, including his chief ministers He Fengsheng and Zuo Maodi, petitioned one after another to request the transfer of some elite troops from the south of the Yangtze River to deal with the changes of Jianlu.
They were afraid that the defense line of the Great Wall was not strong enough. If the rebels were to break through again and wreak havoc on the capital, all reconstruction would be in vain. This was something the imperial court could not afford.
Especially steel plants, railways, etc., all have no defensive capabilities and are built outside the city.
After all, a victory in the battle of Jizhou did not make them feel that Jianlu was vulnerable. The psychological impact of Jianlu's many years of victories was still playing a big role.
Not to mention, most of the army that defeated Jianlu in the Battle of Jizhou, or the main force, was transferred to the south to quell the rebellion.
Even though many of the princes in the court were from the south, they were still afraid of the threat from the rebels, so they thought of bringing back some elites from the south.
Regarding this situation, Emperor Chongzhen would naturally ask Liu Weichao for his opinion.
Liu Weichao did not give any direct advice. According to Liu Weichao, he came to give advice directly from a world away, fearing that he would be able to talk on paper.
Of course, despite this statement, Liu Weichao would have felt that there were some shortcomings if he had not given any advice.
Therefore, his suggestion to Emperor Chongzhen was that, to be on the safe side, it would be better to bring back some of the elites.
Besides, one year has passed since the Battle of Jizhou. Jianlu will definitely cause trouble, either at this time or that time, and there will be no peace.
If possible, if we fight Jianlu again and hurt Jianlu once more, then Jianlu will be content for a while.
In short, Jianlu during this period of time deserves a beating!
In addition, Liu Weichao also analyzed it for Emperor Chongzhen and reminded him not to forget that the most fundamental purpose of the Jiangnan side was to rectify the place while quelling the rebellion.
If the army quells the chaos too quickly, the local government will not have time to rectify the situation, and one less goal will be achieved.
Although it is said that the place can be reorganized afterwards, but without the army in charge, I am afraid the effect will not be very good. If possible, use the pressure of the bandits to reorganize the place with the army in charge, and the effect will be the best!
Emperor Chongzhen felt that it made sense, so he finally decided to transfer Zhou Yuji and Wu Sangui back to their command.
Sun Chuanting's army was not mobilized because the defense line was too large to allow the bandits to return north and break into the Central Plains.
In addition, he was worried that Jie Xuelong would be too strong in defense but not enough in attack. In short, he was not confident about Jie Xuelong's ability to lead troops.
The best thing of course is to bring Sun Chuanting back to take charge, but now Sun Chuanting's affairs are also very important, and he doesn't trust leaving them to others.
In the end, Emperor Chongzhen made the decision to transfer Du Yinxi back to serve as the governor of Jiliao, while Xie Xuelong was changed to the governor of the three sides, which was considered a smooth transfer.
Because at this time, he had already received the victory report from Du Yinxi and knew the situation in Qin and Shu. After Jie Xuelong was transferred to the governor of the three sides, he only had to defend the situation!
On this day, while he was busy, Wang Chengen came to report that Zhou Yuji's troops had arrived in the capital.