Nanming Engineer

Chapter 262 I'm going to Wugang

"The news from the prefect Xu also arrived yesterday. It's very good!" Wang Huan threw another piece of pickled radish into his mouth, chewed it so much that his mouth was full of juice, and quickly swallowed a mouthful of juice and said, "He Tengjiao's newly recruited old general Hao Yao As a general, he led a large number of warships from the Yangtze River into Kuimen, trying to occupy our Shizhu silver mine and gold mine, but he didn't know that Chen Qiyu was sitting in Kuimen, and he bumped into an iron plate, damaged countless warships, and drowned. Thousands of soldiers and horses retreated to Changsha in despair."

After hearing this, everyone was very excited and jumped for joy, and there was a lot of laughter in the wooden house.

Zu Bian jumped up with joy and shouted loudly: "Grandma's bear, this old man He Tengjiao is not good at beating Tatars, but he is good at stabbing himself in the back. This time he was so good that it hurt his heart! Prefect Xu and Mr. Chen should beat up the lost dog, chase him directly to his hometown in Changsha, seize Old Man He's treasury, and let him steal the chicken but lose the rice!"

Everyone laughed again, Li Tingyu shook his head and said: "First-class officer He Tengjiao, regardless of whether we can attack Changsha, even if we can go, we can't attack. If we attack Changsha, it will be an open rebellion. Kuizhou Army's wings Weifeng, can't make mistakes."

Zu Bian was dissatisfied and asked: "Is it true that he can only beat us and we can't beat him? What kind of truth is this?"

Wang Huan threw a steamed bun to Zubian, gagged his mouth, looked at Li Tingyu again, and said with a smile: "General Li is right, our current situation is somewhat different from the situation faced by Emperor Taizu when he rebelled. resemblance."

"In the early days of Taizu's uprising, his strength was weak. Meng Yuan could destroy him with just a little effort. But fortunately, Taizu's territory was surrounded by friendly forces from the Red Scarf Army system. Although there were constant disputes with each other, small frictions occurred every day. , it is common for people to die and hurt others, but they are always the rebels against the Yuan Dynasty. They have a common enemy and will not fight to the death. Only then can Taizu survive that difficult period of development and achieve great success later. " The room became quiet, everyone stopped eating, and listened attentively to Wang Huan's words. Wang Huan spoke eloquently and reasoned: "So, although He Tengjiao has a narrow vision and forgets justice when he sees profit, he is still a minister of the Ming Dynasty. With him here In Huguang, if the Tatars want to come from behind us, they must be destroyed first. Therefore, if He Tengjiao is there, we do not need to set up heavy defenses. We can free up our strength to concentrate on Guanzhong and concentrate on dealing with Meng Qiaofang. In this way, everyone, we should also Shouldn't the call go to Changsha?"

With gentle words, everyone in the room nodded their heads loudly, thinking that what Wang Huan said made sense.

Zu Bian was the first to speak again, and he raised his voice: "You can't fight! As your lord said, old man He is just a meat shield. If we beat him, we are helping the Tartars. This kind of thing that hurts others and does not benefit ourselves, We can't do it!"

"Not only can't fight, I think, at the right time, Wang Yingxiong can transfer some money to him to resolve the grievances this time. Of course, it can't be free. He Tengjiao must use weapons in exchange. There will be no shortage of such things in the Changsha government treasury."

Wang Huan rapped the table with his knuckles and said slowly: "We can't show that we are afraid of trouble, but we also want He Tengjiao to accept it. This matter is not easy to handle."

All the generals stopped nodding, and felt that this matter was difficult to handle, so they frowned.

Li Tingyu blinked, smiled slyly, and said to Wang Huan: "Why bother, sir, just leave this matter to Governor Wang Yingxiong. This man is sophisticated and has been in officialdom for a long time, so he naturally knows what to do."

"Okay, let Governor Wang worry about it. He took our money for nothing, so he has to do something." Wang Huan said with a smile: "We will draft a memorial today to report our victory to the court!"

The memorial in Hanzhong was written very quickly. It described in detail how Wang Huan's Kuizhou army dealt with the Qing army and how it fought fiercely with Zhang Xianzhong. The people were rescued from the dire straits, and they stated that now that Sichuan is newly attached and Longxi is unstable, Wang Huan, the general of Kuizhou, must continue to guard to prevent the Qing army from counterattacking.

"My lord, for such a great achievement, the imperial court must award him the position of Chief Soldier of the Official Seal, so as to be worthy of this day's great contribution!"

"Where are you talking! Apart from the official position, your lord should be named an earl. Which of the four major towns in Jiangbei is not a marquis? Have they killed so many tartars?"

"What earl? From my point of view, it should be at least a marquis. If your lord is not too young, maybe the duke can fight for it!"

When the clerk was writing the memorial, a group of military generals sat in the hall bragging and chatting. Somehow, they talked about what kind of reward Wang Huan would be awarded, and immediately sparked a dispute. The warriors blushed and competed with each other.

Wang Huan was okay, he was concentrating on reading the scribe's writing, giving some pointers from time to time, as if the generals' words were farting.

Li Tingyu couldn't do it anymore. After listening for a while, he stood up impatiently and shouted: "What are you talking about? Do you think you are the emperor? Is the court's reward so important? Don't forget, the Kuizhou army has today, But there is no such thing as a penny from the imperial court, the official titles and titles of the imperial court are nothing but useless, in the end it depends on who is faster with the knives in our hands!"

After everyone yelled at him, they all dared not say anything, because what Li Tingyu said was true.

At this moment, Nanming is already precarious, and a stronger wind can blow out this residual candle. Starting from Emperor Longwu in Fuzhou, in just over a year, two emperors, Emperor Longwu and Emperor Shaowu, died for their country successively. Fuzhou and Guangzhou, the capitals of the two, were successively attacked by the Qing army, and a large number of Ming troops were scattered and defeated. Gui Wang Zhu Youlang ascended the throne in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and was known as Emperor Yongli in history.

The ridiculous thing is that when Zhu Youlang proclaimed himself emperor, Emperor Shaowu in Guangzhou had not yet been wiped out. The two of them took time to fight a civil war when the Qing soldiers had chased them to their doorstep. Emperor Yongli's army was defeated Emperor Shaowu sent people to set up an ambush, and he was defeated and fled to Guangxi.

Later, Emperor Shaowu was killed by the Qing army Li Chengdong who broke through Guangzhou a month later. Emperor Yongli was terrified to death in Guangxi. He fled Guilin, Guangxi overnight, entered Wugang, Huguang, and went to Dingman Bo Liu Chengyin. In order to survive, Emperor Yongli did not hesitate Throwing an An Guogong's hat to Liu Chengyin, Liu Chengyin was overjoyed and patted his chest to ensure Zhu Youlang's safety.

At this time, the Qing generals Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren raised a rebel flag in Jiangxi. Li Chengdong's troops, who were pursued by the Qing army, were forced to return to suppress the rebellion. The fragile small court of Nanming finally had a glimmer of hope.

So at this time, Emperor Yongli was in Huguang, relatively close to Sichuan, and the roads were relatively smooth, all under the control of the Ming army.

The hall was quiet, and the clerk also finished writing a memorial with dripping ink at this moment, lifted the paper with both hands, and handed it to Wang Huan quite contentedly, Wang Huan raised his eyes to review it, and nodded in satisfaction.

After carefully drying the ink, Wang Huanfu returned the paper to the clerk to install it. He turned around, looked at the generals in the hall with a serious expression, and said.

"Masters, I have not let everyone leave for a long time. The reason why I want you to wait until the memorial is finished is because I have something important to announce." Wang Huan spoke slowly, word by word: "I will send this memorial to Wugang personally. go!"

(End of this chapter)