Pan Shiliang, who governed Yunyang, had to stay in Xiangyang because Yunyang was still in the hands of the Ming army. Early in the morning, Pan Shiliang was awakened by the pacesetters and asked, "Brother Wang Guangen secretly requested to surrender?"
I hurried to the front hall and saw that the commander-in-chief Yang Wenfu, deputy general Qi Shangyou, and others were already here.
"Why is this Hua Guansuo suddenly willing to surrender?"
Pan Shiliang stared at the map, a little surprised. Since he came to Huguang, he has been planning how to take down the hard nut of Yunyang.
Take action, after all, this person was originally a bandit. Who knew that this person killed him several times and pulled out his envoys, and then he was no longer willing to persuade him to surrender.
Pan Shiliang refused to surrender and was prepared to trap these guys to death through a long-term blockade.
"I heard that just after Yunyang came out of the internal strife, Wang Bin and Wang Guangen, generals of Xunyang's Zuoqi battalion, fought over a woman. They had a feud over food before. This time, Wang Bin simply fled with his men and ran to
In Fang County in the south, they have occupied the city, gathered thousands of troops, and are announcing that they will fight back to Yunyang and kill the three Wang brothers."
"Zhu Yubian of the Yunyang Army Preparatory School also blamed Wang Guangen and listed him for several crimes. He also took away his post as commander-in-chief, demoted him to a guerrilla, and gave him twenty military sticks. If Gao Doushu and Xu Qiyuan hadn't protected him, Zhu Yubian would have
I want to kill him."
Pan Shiliang was very excited when he heard this.
"I know this Zhu Yubian. When Li Zicheng went north, he left Yingbiao and Feng Yangzhu to lead 30,000 troops to attack Yunyang. It was Zhu Bingbei who resorted to a stratagem, causing internal strife between Lu and Feng, and finally Lu Yingbiao.
He was stabbed to death by Feng Yangzhu, the two armies merged, and the siege of Yunyang was over."
Pan Shiliang is a Yanzhou fellow of King Lu who is now the supervisor of the country in eastern Zhejiang. He was a Jinshi in the Wanli year. He served as the censor of Jiangxi and the inspector of Su Song. Since then, he has been in the two capitals, serving as the imperial servant Shaoqing and the Guangluqing of Nanjing.
, Dali Qing, right minister of the Ministry of Punishment in Nanjing, etc.
The Qing army went south and surrendered. Recommended by Aoyong, the current governor of Shandong who had served as governor of Yunyang, he was appointed governor of Yunyang. However, it was not easy to govern Yunyang. When Li Zicheng left Shangluo, he traveled across the Central Plains and almost captured the entire Huguang.
Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Wuchang and other important towns were captured, but Yunyang could not be captured.
When the Qing army went south, it was impossible to recruit and persuade them to surrender and attack with force. If he wanted to secure his position as governor of Yunyang, he had to capture Yunyang first.
But Azige, Wu Sangui and others had already returned to the court with their troops.
Tong Yanghe, the governor of Huguang, received another transfer order and was about to leave office. The new governor was Luo Xiujin, the former governor of Henan. He was ordered to governor Huguang, Sichuan, but he had not yet taken office.
Tong Yanghe is busy packing his things and returning to Beijing. Luo Xiujin is still in Henan for handover. For a while, Huguang has neither soldiers nor officials. As the governor of Xunyang, he can only stay in Xiangyang temporarily, but there are no men under him.
There were so many soldiers and horses, just a few thousand soldiers and horses who had been recruited and surrendered to form a new green camp. Even Wu Sangui was not able to capture it. What could he do?
"Recently I heard that the remnants of the Shun thieves have returned to the north and have fled to the north of the Yangtze River. At this time, there is actually internal strife in Yunyang. God helps me."
"Futai, be careful of fraud!" Yunxiang Dao Li Zhigang reminded.
Pan Shiliang is now a bit ill and has sought medical treatment. Yun Yang has been unable to take care of him due to the intense urging from his superiors. His care may need to be replaced at any time.
This is his first job after being transferred to the Qing Dynasty. He must do it well and do it beautifully.
He looked at Li Zhigang and was very dissatisfied with this guy, "Li Daotai is about to have suspicions, so I will send you to go personally to meet the Wang brothers secretly to find out what's going on."
Li Zhigang was stunned.
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Three days later, Li Zhigang returned to Xiangyang from Yunyang along the Han River.
Although he was reluctant to go on this trip, he was still smiling when he came back. As soon as they met, the Wang brothers gave him a large bag of gold and silver, worth several thousand taels of silver.
"Brother Wang Guangen of Futai is willing to surrender. Not only is he willing to surrender, but he is even willing to surrender at the expense of Yunyang. He is willing to serve as an internal support. Please go to Futai to assist."
With that said, he presented the gold and silver given to Pan Shiliang by brother Wang Guangen, which was worth five thousand taels of silver.
"He hopes that after the matter is accomplished, he will still be given the post of commander-in-chief. His two brothers will each ask for a deputy general."
Pan Shiliang looked at the gold and silver and was very satisfied.
"Li Daotai has worked hard and I will take note of his great contribution."
This time it was Commander-in-Chief Yang Wenfu's turn to suspect a scam, "Fuyuan, this is too easy, be careful."
Yang Wenfu is the deputy general of Xiangyang, with the rank of general in the department. He is just a registered general. He was originally from the peasant army, and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. At this time, he was the deputy general of Xiangyang.
After Azige went to Huguang, he was the governor of Dingchuan Lake in Beijing and the governor of Huguang in Sichuan. The governor's supervision was divided into three battalions on the left, middle and right, with eight generals and three thousand soldiers.
There are still the governors of Yunyang, Huguang, Pianyuan and Sichuan under his command. The pacesetters under the direct control of each governor are divided into two battalions on the left and right, with two thousand soldiers.
Under the governor, there was also the admiral of Huguang. The admiral directly controlled the pacesetters and divided them into five battalions with 5,000 soldiers.
Three general towns were set up in Huguang, three general soldiers were stationed in Jingzhou, Yunyang and Changsha, and a Xie town was set up in Chenzhou. The general soldiers were also divided into three battalions on the left, middle and right, with eight generals and 3,000 soldiers.
However, various parts of Hunan are still in the hands of the Ming army, and Yunyang is still in the hands of the Ming army.
Pan Shiliang, the governor of Yunyang, can only mobilize Yang Wenfu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Xiangyang, and his own standard camp is still in name only.
Yang Wenfu was nicknamed Yang Yao'er. Although he also wanted to be promoted to Yunyang Commander-in-Chief, he also knew how much he weighed. Yunyang had resisted Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Wu Sangui, etc. for more than ten years. What ability did he have to take it?
Come down?
Not to mention a strong attack, even if he went to accept the surrender now, he seriously suspected that there was a fraud. He was not afraid of 10,000, but just in case. If there was a fraud here, wouldn't he be like a piece of meat and beat a dog with no return?
So if he doesn't want to take the risk, wouldn't it be better to just stay in Xiangyang?
It's just that Pan Shiliang couldn't sit still. He had to go to Yunyang as soon as possible. He had to capture Yunyang before the arrival of the new governor Luo Xiujin. Otherwise, the first thing Governor Luo would do when he took office would be to remove him.
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For the future, it is worth taking some risks.
What's more, the Wang brothers are very sensible. These five thousand taels of silver are a huge investment. Isn't it a real surrender? Why would you pay so much money?
Yunyang has been besieging the city for so long, so this little money is probably his last possession, right?
After thinking about it, Pan Shiliang felt that the Wang brothers were really surrendering and they were aware of current affairs.
"Why not let Wang Guangen capture Xunyang first, and then transfer him to Xiangyang when the time comes, take a humble position, and then follow Fuyuan to take over Yunyang?" Yang Yaoer made another suggestion.
Daotai Li Zhigang also thought this was a good plan. If you don't see a rabbit, don't let an eagle fly. Wait until Yunyang City is captured. Then let Yang Wenfu take over Yunyang. The Wang brothers come to Xiangyang, but there are still soldiers here, so everything is safe.
Pan Shiliang stroked his beard and couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, "This is a very good plan. Li Daotai will go to Xunyang again. General Yang, you will lead three thousand troops and go there afterwards to lurk near Yunyang. Once Wang Guangen really captures Yunyang
, you go to take the defense immediately!"
"After this is accomplished, I will recommend you to be the Commander-in-Chief of Xunyang!"
Yang Wenfu got this promise, and immediately he became energetic and promised, "I'll get ready now for my humble job!"