Chapter 1543 Xin Zi Juan’s Early Cold
Not long after Feng Ziying became a nanny and took care of her children, Baoxiang from outside came to announce that Mr. Zheng and Mr. Wang from the Ministry of War were here.
Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment before she realized that the Lord King of the Ministry of War refers to Wang Yingxiong. Needless to say, Zheng Chongjian, but after Wang Yingxiong arrived at the Ministry of War, he followed Sun Chengzong to the southwest. He has been missing for more than a year. Is he finally back this time?
He quickly went out to the study room and invited Wang Yingxiong in. The three of them sat down, and Feng Ziying looked up and down at the much thinner classmate next to Zheng Chongjian, "Look at you, you are not having a good time despite the wind and rain?"
Picked up the tea, took a sip, and put it down. Wang Yingxiong shook his head, with a lot of emotions on his face, "It's not just difficult, it's too difficult."
“Ziying, I’m afraid something is going to happen.” Zheng Chongjian explained his intention in one sentence.
"Something happened? What happened?" Feng Ziying was startled and looked at Wang Yingxiong, "In the southwest? Didn't it mean that Master Sun has stabilized the situation, and Master Yang's Jingxiang Town is integrating the first part of Guyuan Town?"
Wang Yingxiong's face was a little ugly, and he didn't speak for a while. After thinking for a while, he slowly said: "Master Yang's actions were too violent, Guyuan Town's first unit was not cooperative, the soldiers were clamoring, and the integration was not going smoothly, especially when I heard that your father was going to After Xibei became the governor of the three sides, these soldiers of Guyuan Town saw hope, and they were even more unwilling to be integrated into Jingxiang Town and asked to return to Guyuan Town."
Feng Ziying frowned, but this was an unexpected problem. Guyuan Town originally thought that it had been more than a year since it arrived in Huguang. After Yang He's Jingxiang Town took over, it should have been digested. Unexpectedly, it turned out that So tricky.
"Yang He is incompetent!" Zheng Chongjian with a gloomy face said angrily: "It has been a year, and the combat effectiveness of Jingxiang Town is still weak, far unable to compare with Ziteng's Denglai Town! To say that most of the soldiers in Denglai Town are from Shandong, In terms of adaptability, they are not as good as the soldiers of Jingxiang, but compared to fighting, Jingxiang Town has suffered defeats again and again. He was allowed to integrate Guyuan Town, but it was always clear. He himself drew a path in it, and Jingxiang Town used its original principles. The town thinks of itself, but the soldiers of Guyuan Town feel that Yang He is partial, but in fact they are even more unwilling to cooperate, which is why it is like this."
Feng Ziying was silent. Yang He was a royal censor, and training and fighting was not his specialty. The reason why he was put in charge of Jingxiang Town was because he was appointed as the governor of Yunyang, and in addition to patrolling the local area, he recruited homeless people from Jingxiang Mountain. The formation can not only pacify the local area, but also isolate the most unstable and likely civil volts in the Yunyang mountainous area, thus reducing the possibility of a civil uprising breaking out in the Yunyang mountainous area.
Everyone thought that these elite refugees could form an army with a little training, but they didn't expect that Yang He did such a poor job. This is how civilians lead the army. Without the assistance of one or two generals who are familiar with military affairs, it is indeed difficult to form an army.
Look at Wang Ziteng's Denglai Army. Although this guy is very ambitious, he is a good hand at training and formation. The Denglai Army quickly formed combat effectiveness in his hands. If this person hadn't been unpredictable and deliberately obstructed it, Feng Ziying thought that Bozhou was rebelling. This should have been resolved long ago.
Of course, there is another big problem here, which is that there has never been a unified command for the southwest war situation.
Yang He's Jingxiang Town, Guyuan Town's reinforcements, Sun Chengzong's local guards, and Wang Ziteng's Denglai Army were too complex.
In terms of Pinyi, Wang Ziteng must be the most respected, but Wang Ziteng's unreliability prevented the court from letting him command the entire southwest army. In terms of military proficiency, Sun Chengzong, who was born in the Ministry of War, must be the best, but how could Sun Chengzong command the censor? Yang He, who was born and also served as governor of Yunyang?
“Feixiong, what do you think?” Feng Ziying thought it would be better to listen to Wang Yingxiong’s opinion first. After all, he is from the front line. There must be this reason for his return.
“The key is still Denglai Town of Wang Ziteng.” Wang Yingxiong did not agree with Zheng Chongjian’s point of view.
Yang He is certainly incompetent, but even if he can integrate the remnants of Guyuan, so what. As long as Denglai is restrained and the other two units cannot concentrate on fighting the enemy, the southwest war will be an unsolvable problem, but now Denglai cannot be transferred town.
It can be said that the court's original plan to use Denglai Town to fight fire with fire to annihilate Yang Yinglong's rebels in Bozhou was the biggest failure. Now the court wants to use the enemy to attack Wang Ziteng, but it is afraid of forcing Wang Ziteng to rebel, especially when the current situation becomes more and more delicate. .
“Then the imperial court should have made up its mind early on, transferred Wang Ziteng away, and sent someone to take over Denglai Town!” Zheng Chongjian said solemnly.
He and Wang Yingxiong have both officially entered the core departments of the imperial court. After staying in the Ministry of War for so long, they have already become aware of Wang Ziteng's problem. Of course, they are also aware of the complex relationship between the current emperor, the Supreme Emperor and Prince Yi Zhong.
He had seen Wang Ziteng's prestige in Denglai Town in Huguang. If you want to take over Denglai Town from another person, it is purely a dream. Otherwise, it may be a mutiny, or even Wang Ziteng directly raises a rebel flag to demand the Qing Dynasty. .
"Then cut off its logistical supplies..." Zheng Chongjian shook his head as soon as he spoke.
Now Denglai Town is in Huguang, and its logistics supplies mainly rely on Huguang, and Huguang is the main grain-producing area of Dazhou. If he is pressed, it is not impossible to directly control Huguang. The lifeline of the imperial court was cut off.
"I'm just afraid that if we force him to rebel and he joins forces with Yang Yinglong of Bozhou, it will be a huge disaster." Wang Yingxiong's face was gloomy, "I have been in the southwest for so long and have carefully studied the war. In fact, although Jingxiang Town is not fighting well, However, Lord Sun's integrated guards still fought vigorously, but they were insufficient in strength, Jingxiang Town did not cooperate well, and Denglai Town actually did not attack the Bozhou native troops at all..."
Feng Ziying was taken aback and asked quickly: "If Denglai Town didn't attack the Bozhou Turkish Army, then who were they fighting?"
"The targets were all other native troops in the fringes of Huguang. There were some chieftains who disobeyed the orders of Denglai Town. Wang Ziteng used the excuse of colluding with Yang Yinglong of Bozhou to attack them. He plowed the court and swept holes. So far, he has conquered five or six soldiers. All the chieftains have been wiped out, and their elites have been selected as vassals, auxiliary masters and labor subordinates in Denglai Town." Wang Yingxiong said dullly.
“Ah? Don’t the Ministry of War and the imperial court know?” Feng Ziying was shocked.
"I know, but the chieftains in the fringes of Huguang did have contacts with Yang Yinglong of Bozhou. It depends on whether you think it is collusion. This is true for the chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou. It has been many years since he changed his native land and returned to Liuti. But it has never been implemented. These chieftains are kings and hegemons behind closed doors, and the local officials can't control them at all. So when the Denglai army did this, the local officials naturally applauded and welcomed it and were willing to strongly support it, and the imperial court seemed to have no control over it. If you don’t object, the situation will be like this now. Each victory in the annihilation campaign will be reported to the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War will just hold your nose and admit it.”
Wang Yingxiong sighed, "It's not that there were no battles between Denglai Town and the Bozhou Army, but there were only a handful of them. The two sides seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding. You advanced and I retreated. The scale of the battles was not large, and the captured There are only a few of them. Basically, the occupied areas were taken by the Bozhou side who retreated on their own initiative. As soon as Wang Ziteng withdrew due to insufficient logistical support, the Bozhou side made a comeback and even expanded the control area. It turned out that some surrounding areas were not controlled by Yang Yinglong. The area is now controlled by Yang Yinglong."
Feng Ziying's expression changed slightly. So Wang Ziteng was actually trying to counter rebellion like this? Isn't this a disguised expansion of power in Bozhou?
After thinking for a long time, Feng Ziying asked Wang Yingxiong the purpose of returning this time.
Wang Yingxiong also talked about what he would report to the Ministry of War and the court when he came back this time.
The southwest war situation is now in a stalemate. Yang He's Jingxiang Town is poorly integrated and internal strife continues. The remnants of Guyuan Town are extremely resistant to this and demand to return to the old army. Yang He firmly refuses, but he is afraid of intensifying conflicts and causing mutiny.
Sun Chengzong was quite effective in reorganizing the guards, but the power given to him by the court was only so great. Even with the support of some of the people raised by Geng Ruqi in Chongqing, it was still not enough.
By wiping out many chieftains in Huguang, Wang Ziteng's power has been greatly expanded. The number of his vassals in the name of Minfu, Minzhuang, etc. has reached more than 30,000, many of whom are the native troops of the original chieftains. This force After receiving the recruitment and logistical support of the army officers, their strength should not be underestimated. Especially when Wang Ziteng privately promised that if they performed well, they could be considered for inclusion in the army system. This greatly stimulated these people who were already living in poverty and living under the chieftain. The mountain people who were hungry were very eager to fight for their lives.
This also caused great concern to Sun Chengzong, because the mountain people under the rule of the chieftains could be incorporated into the army of the Zhou Dynasty for their own use in wartime. However, if they want to enter the Zhou army system, it is obviously beyond the scope of Wang Ziteng. The authority of Governor Denglai is that the Ministry of War also needs to report to the cabinet and the emperor for approval, but does Prince Teng not know the rules here?
If it is lies and deception, it may trigger a mutiny in the future, but this is secondary. I am afraid that the other party really has other ideas, which will be troublesome.
Feng Ziying did not expect that Wang Ziteng's expedition to Huguang to suppress the rebellion would reach this level. The failure of the imperial court to appoint a general with full command would bring such great harm. But having said that, with Wang Ziteng's qualifications and prestige, the imperial court could send Who can suppress him?
Li Chengliang?
Hsiao Tycoon?
Ma expensive?
Li Chengliang is ill and bedridden, Xiao Daheng is even more decrepit, and Ma Gui is also an octogenarian. These three people have already entered the official service, and now there is no one in the Zhou army who can defeat Wang Ziteng in terms of qualifications and prestige, and that is Feng Ziying. Father Feng Tang is also a little worse.
(End of this chapter)