After receiving these three good news, Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of eastern Zhejiang Province, studied them carefully.
Finally, I felt that the situation in Sichuan was good. Zhang Xianzhong wanted to annex Hanzhong, but he failed to defeat He Zhen. Instead, he led the Qing army headed by He Zhen to begin to squeeze into northern Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong's plan to go south to Yunnan and Guizhou was also blocked by the sudden appearance of Yang Zhan.
The Western Navy was defeated and forced to stop.
Wang Yingxiong was a bare-bones supervisor, but he managed to find a foothold in the middle of Sichuan.
On the contrary, Zhang Xianzhong is now in a difficult situation, especially since the Daxi Army has just undergone a round of purges. Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Zhang Sihu, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, died in battle, and Xu Yixian, the prime minister of Zuo and Minister of Punishment, fell into the water and drowned.
The right prime minister Yan Ximing was executed for corruption. Wu Jishan, the two ministers of the Ministry of War, Gong Wanjing, the minister of the Ministry of Rites of Jiangding Town, and Zhang Junyong, the righteous son of Zhang Xianzhong and the governor of Shence Camp, were all convicted and killed.
The morale of the troops in Xiying was unstable for a while.
Zhu Yihai believed that Zhang Xianzhong was currently under attack from both sides. Although he occupied most of Sichuan, he could not defeat even the generals like He Zhen who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, nor could he defeat the generals of the Ming Dynasty like Yang Zhan, let alone Qin Liangyu of Shizhu.
So the timing is good.
He sent Zhang Dai as the patrol commander of Sichuan to announce the decree and reward the troops.
He not only gave Zhang Xianzhong the title of King of Yunnan, but also made other arrangements, naming Qin Liangyu as Zhongyonghou and General of Zhendong, worshiping Wang Yingxiong as the governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shaanxi, granting Yang Zhan the title of Commander-in-Chief of Xuzhou, and granting Wang Xiang the title of Commander-in-Chief of Luzhou.
, awarded Zeng Ying the title of Commander-in-Chief of Chongqing.
Qin Liangyu was appointed as the admiral of Sichuan, and Qin Yiming was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Zhongyong Town.
Ask Zhang Dai to contact Qin Liangyu, Wang Yingxiong, Yang Zhan, Zeng Ying, and Wang Xiang to look for opportunities to capture Chongqing according to the situation.
Chongqing can be said to be the gateway to eastern Sichuan. If we can capture Chongqing, we can prevent Zhang Xianzhong from jumping over the wall and going to Huguang along the Yangtze River.
It can also be used as the base camp for the garrison in eastern Sichuan, connecting Chongqing Prefecture, Kuizhou Prefecture, Bozhou Prefecture, Jiading, Xuzhou, Luzhou, etc. into one.
Block Xiying from entering Guizhou and Huguang from the east, and even prevent him from going to Yunnan.
After Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing, he cut the former Sichuan governor Chen Shiqi into pieces, leaving only a small number of troops to garrison Chongqing. Now the main force of the Western Camp was all stationed in the north of Sichuan, and the east of Sichuan was empty.
It's the opportunity.
To conquer Chongqing, Zhu Yihai hoped that Qin Liangyu, who was nearby, could take the lead. Although Wang Yingxiong was also very diligent, he was a civil servant after all.
He was not familiar with generals Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan and Wang Xiang.
Qin Liangyu's prestige and qualifications are enough to control General Zeng Ying.
"Invade Chongqing?"
"That's right, for the purpose of supervising the country, although we want to appease Zhang Xianzhong, directly recruiting him to surrender will probably not have much effect. Therefore, if we want to use war to promote appeasement, and take advantage of him to station troops in northern Sichuan and capture Chongqing, then Zhang Xianzhong has only two choices, either he will be defeated by us
Blocked in northern Sichuan and fighting with the Tatars, both sides will lose, or they can only accept our appeasement and ask us to open a way for them to go south to Yunnan.
The worst-case scenario is that Zhang Xianzhong clings to western Sichuan and northern Sichuan, but is unable to recapture eastern Sichuan. At least we can prevent him from leaving eastern Sichuan and going to Huguang again."
"Don't you need us to reinforce the Huguang battlefield?" Qin Liangyu asked. She originally thought that the supervisor was going to dispatch Sichuan troops to Huguang.
Zhang Dai smiled and said, "Marquis Zhongyong is determined. Now there is actually no shortage of soldiers on the battlefield in Huguang."
"The Zhongzhen Battalion is said to have 300,000 troops and strong troops. Now it accepts the command and dispatch of the imperial court, and the Supervisory State has already agreed that when Jingxiang and other places are captured, it will be handed over to the Zhongzhen Battalion for garrison. They are fighting for their own territory, so they will
Very hardworking.”
"And now the Tatars in Huguang are actually very empty. Governor Tong Yanghe doesn't have many soldiers at all. They rely on the former Shun army to surrender thieves and Zuo Liangyu to surrender troops to garrison."
Qin Liangyu was somewhat aware of the situation in Huguang. "Although the Huguang Tatars are empty, the whole line of the Yangtze River is now in the hands of the Tatars. If the battle between Jingxiang and Jingxiang begins, the Tatars will quickly mobilize reinforcements from the lower reaches."
"To be honest with Marquis Zhongyong, His Highness has already had countermeasures. Now Jiangxi has Zhang Guowei, the governor of Liangjiang, and admiral Zhang Mingzhen is in charge of southern Jiangxi. Huizhou has the governor of Anhui, Huang Daozhou, and admiral Zheng Zunqian is here. There is also a naval fleet in Chongming at the mouth of the Yangtze River downstream. As long as Jingzhou is there,
Once the war starts, various places will also provide support. When the time comes, it will be very difficult for the Tatars to send reinforcements from Jiangning, Hangzhou, Anqing, Nanchang and other places."
When Qin Liangyu heard this, he couldn't help but admire him greatly.
There is such overall coordination, but she still has a somewhat conservative attitude, "Should we first deploy Sichuan troops to capture Jingzhou, and then go back to attack Chongqing? Concentrate the troops and come one by one?"
Qin Liang has been in battle for a long time and has seen all kinds of scenes. When Chen Shiqi was guarding Chongqing, she also put forward many useful suggestions, but they didn't adopt them at all. As a result, Sichuan fell into the hands of Zhang Thief.
Now that Jianguo's plan was too big, she was worried that it would be difficult to do it. What would happen if the Tartars and Western bandits defeated him one by one?
Just like when they attacked Shenyang, the Baigan soldiers fought a bloody battle in Hunhe River and almost the entire army was wiped out.
No matter how good the strategy is, it is afraid that it will not be implemented. Over the years, the Ming army has formulated strategies one by one, whether it is to suppress bandits or fight against rebels, but it has never been truly successful every time.
"The Supervisor said that if the Sichuan soldiers leave Sichuan at this time, they are afraid that Zhang thieves will take advantage of the situation and sneak in to attack the rear, so it is better to defend the center of Sichuan. Even if Chongqing cannot be captured, these current territories cannot be lost."
"When I came, Commander Zhu also asked me to tell Marquis Zhongyong that if there were not enough troops to attack Chongqing, he could send some more troops from Huguang to reinforce."
"If that's the case, then I'll know."
"I am going to visit Governor Wang and others next, and I would also like to ask Marquis Zhongyong to send a few of his disciples to accompany me."
Qin Liangyu nodded. He also knew that Wang Yingxiong was appointed by Hongguang, and that Yang Zhan, Zengying, Wang Xiang and others were all generals he recommended and promoted. It was hard to say whether he would accept Lu Jianguo's plan.
Qin Liangyu was relatively familiar with them, but it might be different if she sent her disciples to introduce them.
"I will personally accompany Zhang Xunjian to Zunyi."
Zhang Dai is not only the patrol commander, but also has the title of censor of the army. The Sichuan army is fighting in Chongqing. This angel's rank is not high, but his status will never be low.
"It would be great."
Qin Liangyu ordered, "Keep 30,000 cents of the money given by the prisoner to reward the soldiers, and take the rest with you and distribute it to Governor Wang and other friendly soldiers."
Zhang Dai stopped him.
"This one hundred thousand is for the Zhongyong Marquis and Zhongyong Town soldiers. For the three generals such as Governor Wang and Yang Zhan, His Highness also gave another one hundred thousand taels of silver. Governor Wang and Yang Zhan each have 50,000 taels.
share."
Qin Liangyu was surprised again. He didn't expect that the supervisory government would give the Sichuan soldiers 350,000 taels of silver at a time. It seemed that the situation in eastern Zhejiang was indeed as good as Zhang Dai said.
"After Jian Guo succeeded to the throne, we in Sichuan were already very ashamed because we were unable to collect taxes, money and grain. Now we still have to rely on His Highness's rewards and support."
"It's all for the purpose of restoring ZTE, and we won't say anything out of the ordinary. After we capture Chongqing, it won't be too late for us to rectify taxes."
"Without further delay, let's set off for Zunyi now." Qin Liangyu said. "If you want to fight, you have to be quick. Don't miss the opportunity."
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Yuezhou, Baling.
Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang, rode into the city alone.
At the gate of the city, a group of soldiers will greet you.
"Ma Jinzhong, a humble employee, pays homage to Futai!"
Although Du Yinxi faced thousands of troops by himself, he showed no fear. He looked at Ma Jinzhongguangguang's forehead and the money rat tail behind his head, pointed at it and said, "Since the general has changed his mind, why does he still have this braid?"
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Upon hearing this, Ma Jinzhong immediately drew his knife and cut off the braids on the back of his head, "Give me the order and everyone will have their braids cut off, as well as the people in the city. Anyone who dares not to cut off their braids will be hacked to death by me."
"You're such a fool, but you're really impatient."
Du Yinxi said with a smile, and then took out an imperial edict from his arms.
"Yuezhou Ma Jinzhong and other generals listen to the order!"
In the early years of Chongzhen's reign, Ma Jinzhong rebelled in his hometown in northern Shaanxi and was known as one hundred thousand Hun. Later, in the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign, he was recruited by Zuo Liangyu, and became the governor and deputy commander-in-chief of the army. He followed Zuo Liangyu to Qingjun's side, but Zuo Liangyu died on the way.
, followed his son Zuo Mengeng to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but was unwilling to hand over his troops and horses, so he pretended to Azig that he had many ships and was willing to help the Qing army transport artillery.
As a result, while sailing on the river, all the cannons were thrown into the river, and then the boat and the fast boat escaped from the Qing army, which made Azig half angry to death.
Ma Jinzhong united with Wang Yuancheng, Lu Ding and others to retreat to the area between Jiang and Chu. Later, He Tengjiao recruited them under his command and settled them in Yuezhou. Later, Wang Jincai, Zhang Guangcui, Niu Wancai and other troops also joined forces with him.
Because He Tengjiao was summoned to travel to eastern Zhejiang, Ma Jinzhong and other people he recruited became a little uneasy. During this period, they were not very obedient and even called several times asking He Tengjiao to come back to supervise the division.
Du Yinxi made successive reports to the supervisory state, suggesting that his troops should be treated generously according to the treatment of the Zhongzhen camp.
Now the will has finally come down.
"Ma Jinzhong was granted the title of Earl of Wuchang, Chief Military Officer of Yuezhou, and was given the seal of Pingman General. The Yuezhou armies gave him the title of Zhongwuzhen..."
Ma Jinzhong knelt down to listen to the imperial edict.
He pricked up his ears and listened carefully. He was overjoyed when he heard that he and others were awarded the military title of Zhongwuzhen. However, when he heard that he was awarded the title of Earl of Wuchang and Commander-in-Chief of Yuezhou, he was a little dissatisfied.
"Li Guo and others from the Zhongzhen Camp were awarded the title of Marquis, so why should we be awarded the title of Count?"
Du Yinxi faced the old man's dissatisfaction and scolded him bluntly, "Do you think it's like bargaining for food at the market? Think carefully about the fact that the Supervisor State can ignore past grudges and grant you such high-ranking officials and honors. Why are you dissatisfied? You are a fool.
What was Wan's identity before? He was a thief for ten years, and then an officer and soldier for seven years. How much credit did he have in the end?"
"His Highness is good enough to you now, don't be dissatisfied."
"Of course, His Highness has also said that if you want an official title, you must rely on your ability to earn it. This time you will follow me to attack Wuchang. It will be seen how capable you are. Take Wuchang, and I will ask Your Highness for your credit.
Begging for nobility."
Ma Jinzhong wiped his head and said, "How can we make Futai look down on us? This is Wuchang, and our 100,000 brothers in Zhongwu camp will definitely fall in one battle."
Du Yinxi reminded him, "Where are the 100,000 men and horses from the Zhongwu camp? Your Highness will give you six quotas for troops. Each of the six generals will have one quota for five battalions of troops, each with 3,500 men, totaling 21,000. We will pay according to this."
Reorganize yourself and eliminate the old and weak."
