0p0 Chapter 283 Chaos
Chapter 283 Chaos
Upon hearing this, Meng Jun looked at the map carefully for a while, nodded and said, "Okay," and then ordered the clerk to draft a military document immediately. Meng Jun took a look at it and found nothing wrong, then asked Yu An to deliver the military document to Changsha immediately. Li Dingguo was not Meng Jun's subordinate, so Meng Jun could only use a negotiating tone in the military document.
At this time, Bai Yongfu said, "Your Majesty, it will take Duoduo more than ten days to reach Wuchang. Can we attack Ezhou first?"
"It's not appropriate. If it's just our group of people, it would be fine if we go along the river to Ezhou. Now the Jin army is in the west, we should capture Xianning, and then let the Jin army go west to seize Chibi. In this way, our army can support the Jin army." Lin Shiqi shook his head and said.
At this time, Liang Sanhu saw that everyone was discussing and hesitating, so he immediately said loudly: "The Jin army has 80,000 people, and we also have more than 100,000 people. In my opinion, we should rush forward and attack Xianning and Ezhou at the same time, and try to kill Haoge before Duoduo arrives."
Wang Fugui hesitated after hearing Liang Sanhu's words, then shook his head and said, "The King of Jin claims to have 80,000 troops, but I'm afraid he doesn't have that many troops. Even if he has that many people, I guess they are recruiting surrenders and rebels. When his main force went to Huguang, there were at most 40,000 people."
There were many different opinions at the time. Some said that they should rush forward immediately, some said that they should set up a pocket formation and wait for Duoduo to fall into the trap, and some said that they should wait until the troops of the three parties gathered together and then use their mighty army to overwhelm the enemy.
Qian Biao was annoyed by the noise, so he simply went to Meng Jun and said, "The King of Jin is also a veteran warrior, he won't be so reckless. Haoge has only 40,000 to 50,000 men. Your Majesty, you have won every battle, why don't you send out the army tomorrow and take down Haoge first?"
"When has this king ever fought a hundred battles? How can I win every battle?"
"Your Majesty, our army has more than 100,000 soldiers. With such a large army, why don't we divide our forces into two groups and attack Xianning with one group and Ezhou with the other."
"Your Majesty, there is actually no need to attack Xianning. From Xianning to Wuchang, most of the area is densely networked with waterways, which makes it difficult to transport troops, and it is also difficult to deploy a battlefield..."
The generals did not finish the discussion until dark. It was so noisy that Meng Jun had a headache. It would have been better if it had been just Han Xiong and Lin Shiqi at the beginning. At that time, they could decide how to fight the war with just a few words. It was nothing like this, where they argued for an entire afternoon and made Meng Jun dizzy.
Generals gathered in Jiujiang, and the war clouds were looming in Huguang. Ship after ship of war supplies from the port were transported into Jiujiang City. Patrolling soldiers went back and forth without any gaps, and cannon after cannon was dragged off the ship.
Song Jianping wiped his sweat, although he was a captain, he could not avoid going up to lend a hand. Whenever he thought of this, Song Jianping always felt lonely. He used to be so close to being above ten thousand people. The little soldiers in the baggage camp that he used to despise have survived to this day, and the worst of them have a higher rank than him. Song Jianping sighed helplessly and shook his head. Only he knew the feeling in his heart.
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Although Meng Jun had changed many aspects of Southern Ming history, he was ultimately unable to change the corruption and factional struggles among the Southern Ming bureaucracy. Just when Meng Jun was ambitiously ready to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army in Huguang, the Yongli court far away in Kunming started to cause trouble again.
The internal strife of the Southern Ming Dynasty was endless, and was actually a continuation of the party struggles of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, no matter whether the Wu Party or the Chu Party came to power, they could not completely destroy the other faction. The internal strife of the court could never be compared to the one holding the knife.
Sun Kewang felt more and more that the Yongli court was of little use. They always talked about using the emperor to control the princes, but looking at the world, which princes could be controlled by the Yongli court's orders? Those who could be controlled did not have much power. On the contrary, Sun Kewang felt more and more annoyed by the daily troubles of the court. Sun Kewang had already thought about kicking the Yongli court aside and rebuilding his adoptive father's foundation.
Sun Kewang's impatient attitude was easily known to the court officials. The literati, who had always taken the world as their responsibility, naturally could not tolerate Sun Kewang's rudeness to the emperor, his contempt for the court officials, and his increasing domineering behavior.
History has completely changed. Sun Kewang controls the court and Emperor Yongli. The threat of the Qing army is still far away, but the threat of Prince Qin is right in front of us. Qu Shisi and Yuan Pengnian conspire day and night and both agree that Sun Kewang has evil ambitions, but they have different opinions on how to deal with Sun Kewang.
Qu Shisi believed that the Prince of Jin should be invited back as soon as possible to check and balance the Prince of Qin. However, Yuan Pengnian thought that although the Prince of Jin respected the emperor, he was the sworn brother of Sun Kewang. If he let the wolf in again, the country would collapse in an instant. Yuan Pengnian believed that to catch a thief, one must catch the king first. Only by capturing Sun Kewang could the Ming Dynasty be saved. However, Qu Shisi believed that doing so was too risky.
At the end of the argument, the two men parted unhappily. Jiao Lian, Yuan Pengnian, Ding Shikui and Yang Keshi joined forces to try to capture Sun Kewang alive in order to control the Western Army.
Are these people stupid? No, they are all smart people. They all think that the situation in the world is critical and the only correct thing to do is to obey their own decisions. However, all matters in the court are decided by the Western Palace, and the court meetings are like child's play. This makes the Yongli court, whether it is the Wu Party or the Chu Party, extremely dissatisfied.
If the Chu Party dared to take this risky move, they must have been sure of it. Yang Keshi was a general under Sun Kewang and served as the Palace Gate Commander. There was naturally no such position as Palace Gate Commander in the Ming Dynasty. This was purely a backup plan used by Sun Kewang to control the court.
The Chu Party moved Sun Kewang's mind, and it was Yuan Pengnian who won over Yang Keshi. Yang Keshi had met Emperor Yongli, who was handsome and dignified, but Sun Kewang did not take him seriously. So Yang Keshi decided to swear allegiance to the emperor. All this was called the emperor's way of getting rid of the enemy, but in fact Emperor Yongli knew nothing about it.
On November 19th, the second year of the Yongli reign.
Yuan Pengnian took action. When Sun Kewang's sedan chair entered and exited the palace, Yang Keshi and his confidants rushed forward and captured Sun Kewang.
But when Yang Keshi saw the appearance of "Sun Kewang" clearly, his heart sank into an icy valley. The person in the sedan was not Sun Kewang at all.
It turned out that after Qu Shisi had a bad breakup with Yuan Pengnian, he was worried that the plan would fail and the emperor would be in danger, so he took the initiative to tell Sun Kewang about Yuan Pengnian's conspiracy.
The world is so wonderful. If Qu Shisi had not told Sun Kewang about this matter, perhaps no one would know what the result would be. But if Sun Kewang knew it, then the end of Yuan Pengnian and others would have come.
Sun Kewang was furious and killed Jiao Lian, Yuan Pengnian, Ding Shikui, Yang Keshi and others. The Chu party was severely weakened. Just when the Wu party was feeling mixed emotions, Sun Kewang implicated many people and killed 37 court officials. People from both the Wu and Chu parties died in this case.
Yongli was in a state of panic, shedding tears as he said to Qu Shisi: "Mr. Qu, is it because of my will that the King of Qin has brought this disaster upon himself?"
Qu Shisi hurriedly comforted him, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The King of Qin would never dare to doubt Your Majesty."
Pan Du'ao, Sun Kewang's aide, chanted a poem about this chaos: "A thousand ships pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees bloom in front of the dead tree. In today's world, the Ming Dynasty has become a dead tree, and even a panacea cannot save it!"