The whole situation became more complicated and confusing. With Emperor Shaotian's personal expedition to the Northern Expedition, the Ming army used offense instead of defense and counterattacked across the board. From Denglai in the east to Sichuan and Shaanxi in the west, they launched attacks everywhere.
Even Yunnan, Taiwan and other places in the rear are starting to fight.
Mu Tianbo, Duke of Guizhou, lost Kunming and fled to Yongchang, Kunming, Menghua, and Dali successively. Yang Weizhi, the deputy envoy of the separate defenders, and Wang Yunkai, the official who promoted him, stood firm in Chuxiong and fought unyieldingly.
After hearing the report, the emperor made a special mission to Yunnan. He appointed Yang Weizhi as the governor of Yunnan, and Li Qiande remained the governor of Yunnan.
Mu Tianbo, the chief military officer of Yunnan and the Duke of Guizhou, Xu Daizui, was awarded the title of admiral of Yunnan for his meritorious service. He also transferred Cao Xun, the commander-in-chief of Jianchang, Sichuan, and Pi Xiong, the admiral of Guizhou, led his troops southward.
He transferred the Admiral of Guangxi, the common general Chen Bangfu, and the commander-in-chief of Guilin Town Jiao Lian to lead the Guangxi troops westward into Yunnan.
Coordinated to attack Shadingzhou and recover Kunming, Dali and other places.
It was also decreed that Chieftain Shiping of Shiping be granted the titles of deputy admiral and general Long Zaitian as chief military officer of Lin'an Town.
The chieftain Wang Yangzu, the chieftain of Ningzhou Lu Yongming, and the chieftain of Jingdong Diao Xun were each awarded deputy generals and staff generals, and ordered them to recruit native soldiers to help suppress the rebellion.
Although Yunnan was remote and out of reach, the emperor still paid attention to Yunnan while his imperial commander personally conquered Shandong. After the situation in Sichuan stabilized, he immediately dispatched troops and horses from Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi to quell the chaos.
After Sha Dingzhou occupied Kunming, captured Wuding, Yao'an, Dali, and Mongolian state capitals, he coerced the captured Yunnan governor Wu Zhaoyuan and Wang Xigun, a scholar from Lufeng who was a resident scholar, to evict Zhu Yihai, calling him Mu Tianbo rebel. If Shadingzhou is pacified, it is appropriate to use it to control Yunnan.
I want to be officially appointed by the court to replace Mu.
Naturally, Zhu Yihai could not agree to such an unreasonable request. Sha Dingzhou was a chieftain who had been recruited by Mu Tianbo to help quell the rebel chieftains. Later, he launched a mutiny in Kunming, captured the provincial capital, and then attacked Yunnan. If Sha Dingzhou was recognized as the deputy town Yunnan, that’s okay.
Fortunately, although the situation in Yunnan is bad, it is not bad to the end. Mu Tianbo is young and has no ability, so he can only escape again and again, and escapes to Baoshan, Yongchang Prefecture. But Yunnan is not empty. For example, Yang Weizhi, who originally only guarded the road, He was a civil servant, but he was able to defend the small city of Chuxiong and withstand the siege of Sha Dingzhou rebels.
The rebels captured Menghua, Dali, but could not capture Chuxiong, which is right next to Kunming.
In addition, Shiping chieftain Long Zaitian was a fierce general. He had already led the soldiers to the forefront as early as the Wanli period. Later, he was recruited by the court many times to lead the soldiers to participate in quelling rebellions, encircling and suppressing peasant armies, etc. During the Chongzhen period, under Xiong Wencan, He was also ordered to monitor Zhang Xianzhong's troops who were being recruited. Zhang Xianzhong admired Long Zaitian very much and even took the initiative to worship him as his adoptive father.
Previously, Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Wuding, took the opportunity to launch a rebellion. Mu Tianbo summoned chieftains Long Zaitian, Sha Dingzhou and other chieftains to send troops to quell the rebellion, defeating him and capturing him alive.
But later Sha Dingzhou took the opportunity to cause chaos again, but Long Zaitian also firmly opposed it, and now Bao Mu Tianbo retreated to Yongchang.
Many other chieftains in Yunnan are also dissatisfied with Sha Dingzhou. Although some now see his power and are attached to him, the Ming Dynasty still has a strong prestige in Yunnan for three hundred years. Even the Mu family in Yunnan , still has a strong appeal.
This is why even though Zhu Yihai was very angry with Mu Tianbo for his incompetence, he still appointed him as the admiral of Yunnan in the end. The Mu family in Yunnan was equivalent to the Ming Dynasty, and they still needed this brand.
Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces are also forced by the situation to send reinforcements to Yunnan. If the chaos in Yunnan is allowed to continue, it will threaten the three provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, and even trigger rebellions by other chieftains in the southwestern provinces, which must be suppressed.
It is ridiculous to say that before Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan, Mu Tianbo was afraid that the Western Camp would enter Yunnan, so he sent troops north to defend the camp. As a result, he caused conflicts with the chieftains in Wuding and triggered a rebellion that was out of control. Now, instead, Sichuan is sending troops to assist.
Suppression.
The Nanjing court could not transfer money and food to Yunnan, so it could only make some intermediary arrangements. As for money, food, weapons, etc., it was up to them to raise money, food and weapons by themselves. Anyway, it was a bad war.
But no matter how bad the conditions are, we still have to fight, and Shadingzhou cannot be allowed to erode Yunnan.
Among the important ministers and generals appointed by the emperor, there are actually few who are truly reliable, such as Chen Bangfu, who is from Shaoxing and comes from a wealthy family. He is eloquent and courteous. He only gained fame in martial arts examinations by bribing examiners.
Later, he also relied on bribery to become the general of Liuzhou.
When King Zhu Hengjia of Jingjiang rebelled, his confidants were Chen Bangfu's in-laws, who came to persuade him to raise an army. However, Chen Bangfu saw that King Jingjiang could not succeed, so he obeyed the orders of Qu Shichu and Ding Kuichu, and went to welcome him under the guise of welcoming him.
King Jingjiang secretly took the opportunity to approach him and raided King Jingjiang's camp, achieving great success in one fell swoop.
He even cruelly drowned his relatives in the river to claim his merit. Afterwards, he was indeed granted the title of earl, the admiral of Guangxi, and the seal of general for suppressing the rebel vassal.
Another general, Jiao Lian, who was an internal collaborator in Guilin City and turned against him, was promoted to the Chief Military Officer of Guilin Town by killing his boss, former Guangxi Commander-in-Chief Yang Guowei.
But Chen Bangfu, relying on his own merits, actually dared to ask the imperial court to rule Guangxi, and even claimed to be the ruler of western Guangdong. Previously, he and Ding Kuichu had formed a clique, treated Guangxi as their own territory, expanded the army at will, withheld taxes, etc., which was equivalent to
Tu emperor.
If Qu Shichu hadn't suppressed him, he would have been even more lawless.
Jiao Lian was a strong general, very capable of fighting, but he also had the habit of being domineering. Qu Shichu created conflicts between Chen and Jiao, restricting each other and barely maintaining a balance.
But these two people are not good birds, they are just like warlords.
This time the emperor also specially sent these two generals to Yunnan to help suppress the rebellion. He also sent the tiger away from the mountain, so that Qu Shichun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, could take the opportunity to rectify Guangxi.
In addition, it is also an opportunity to weaken the next two generals.
The situation of Pi Xiong, the admiral of Guizhou, was similar. He had previously planned to establish a vassal vassal.
The new governor Li Gande and Jianchang general Cao Xun were not from the imperial court in eastern Zhejiang. They were among the Sichuan military leaders. Fortunately, under Wen Anzhi's rectification before, they were able to obey the imperial court. This time, Zhu Yihai paid more attention to them.
hopefully.
It is hoped that Li Qiande and Cao Xun will enter Yunnan to reorganize the situation in central Yunnan.
But in the final analysis, it is still a fight between various gods and gods, and the emperor is beyond his reach. The final result is unknown.
Wen Anzhi's reorganization in Sichuan even triggered a major mutiny and caused a big controversy in the Nanjing court. Many people believed that Wen Anzhi was harming the country.
Some people believe that Wen Anzhi's performance shows that he is not qualified to hold the post of manager of the five provinces in the face of a formidable enemy.
Various controversies reached the ears of the emperor.
Zhu Yihai ignored these arguments from the outside world. In fact, he had always been very clear about the situation in Sichuan. Although the news was somewhat delayed, it did not hinder his judgment.
He had long wanted to rectify the various military leaders in central Sichuan, but he was unable to do so, so he later established the Sichuan-Shaanxi Expedition Camp and later sent Yuan Zongdi, who had stayed in the imperial camp for a period of time.
All to help Wen Anzhi establish his authority.
Wen Anzhi's performance actually exceeded Zhu Yihai's expectations. He did better than he expected. There was some trouble in Kawanaka, but now the result is very good.
The three governors Ma Gan, Wang Yingxiong, and Fan Yiheng were sent to Nanjing. Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying, Gan Liangchen and other original military leaders were also captured and taken to Nanjing.
The previously chaotic situation in central Sichuan was broken, and Wen Anzhi's strategy was truly able to give orders and command in central Sichuan and reorganize the Sichuan army.
Many people in the court said that Wen An's forces turned against the Sichuan Army and caused turmoil in central Sichuan. However, what Zhu Yihai saw was that he could neither destroy nor establish, and reestablish the pattern.
It is not Wen Anzhi who needs to be dealt with, but people like Wang Yingxiong and Wang Xiang.
However, the current situation was such that he could not kill the governor and generals at every turn like Chongzhen, so he could only suppress his anger and finally issued an order to transfer Ma Gan, Wang Yingxiong, Wang Xiang, Zeng Ying and others to the imperial court.
They were all given promotions and promotions, which was considered as appeasement. However, they were only given empty titles and no real duties. They were placed in front of the emperor for control. In fact, they still supported Wen An.
This is actually the benefit of Zhu Yihai as a time traveler. He knows the future trend and the general trend of history, so many things may seem confusing to others, but he can see through the essence at a glance, and it will be much simpler for him to deal with them.
But it is said that Wen Anzhi is indeed capable. Even though he is just a scholar, he was able to obtain the full support of Qin Liangyu in such a short period of time, and with the help of the camp established by the newly arrived Sichuan imperial camp officers, he was able to win over Yang Zhan and Cao Xun. It is not easy to wait for some small army leaders to launch a large-scale operation to lure and annihilate these large army leaders, and it is very successful.
This kind of thing will turn over if you don't do it right.
And once the situation overturned, Zhu Yihai could only put the overall situation first, appease the military leaders, and transfer Wen Anzhi back, or even punish him.
Fortunately he succeeded.
Although it was a bit dangerous to force so many military leaders to rebel, those military leaders underestimated Wen Anzhi and were blamed for it. Fortunately, if they could endure it and return to their respective territories, if another one refused to listen to the instructions and propaganda, then That's the big trouble. This also shows Wen Anzhi's ability to deliberately provoke these people. In fact, he has everything under control.
However, Sichuan's main trouble now is external threats. It is the Xiying army that has moved north, and the Qing army that has heavily moved south. Intelligence shows that the main force of the Qing army led by Wu Sangui has entered Hanzhong, but Zhang Xianzhong was a step too late after all, and was blocked in In the middle of Jinniu Road, Zhang Xianzhong was unable to move at the Yangping Pass.
Now, while Zhang Xianzhong sent troops to continue to attack Yangping Pass, he divided his troops and tried to find other roads. All the troops went northwest along the Bailong River, trying to go to Jiezhou, then bypass Yangping Pass, or open a direct channel to Tianshui in Qinzhou.
Along the way, they tried to go east to the Nanjiang River, open up another road, Micang Road, and cross Micang Mountain into Hanzhong.
However, Jiezhou is now occupied by the Shaanxi-Gansu Xingying Camp of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Camp. Liu Jinzhong of the Xiaoqiying Camp is still a general of the Western Army and leads his troops to fight against the bandits in Jiezhou area. In fact, he has long been the deputy admiral of the Xingying Camp.
Micang Road to the east and Liulicuan to the south are now occupied by the Damingchuan Guixing Camp, where they are hunting down yellow thieves and others to seize the opportunity first.
Zhang Xianzhong was now unable to dismount from the tiger, and could not advance from left to right. He wanted to advance east of Sichuan, but Qin Liangyu of Wen'an led his elite troops to set up camp at Shunqing Fenghuang Mountain, blocking the way.
Wu Sangui newly took Hanzhong, but the situation was not very good, because the supply of grain and grass in the rear was not good, and now he was hungry and full. Zhang Xianzhong was blocked in northern Sichuan and could not leave Sichuan, but Wu Sangui could not enter Sichuan.
However, Zhu Yihai also knew that this confrontation could not last long, and one party would definitely break the balance.
It is difficult to say whether Wu Sangui entered Sichuan first or Zhang Xianzhong fought out of Sichuan.
No matter who breaks the balance, the Sichuan Army, which has just experienced drastic changes, will face new challenges.
Fortunately, Zhu Yihai is a relatively open-minded person. No matter how bad it is, the situation today is better than in history, right? At least now the Sichuan army has been reorganized and can give unified orders.
If Zhang Xianzhong can carry it on again, the Sichuan army can be stronger, and even if it takes a little longer, the rebellion in Yunnan may be put down, and then the court will be free to mobilize more troops from the southwestern provinces into Sichuan.
Woolen cloth?
The pressure on the Western Front was great, and Zhu Yihai planned to put more pressure on the Tatars on the Eastern Front.
This is also the fundamental reason why Zhu Yihai went straight to Shandong, and even after knowing that the Qing army had begun to come for large-scale reinforcements, he still no longer planned to evacuate and wanted to meet the Tatars in Denglai.
In the past, Zhu Yihai always avoided the real situation and attacked the weak, retreating immediately with a single blow, and never fought easily with the Tatars to avoid losses in fierce battles.
