Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 56
"I don't know if the imperial court sent only one general, or several armies at the same time?"

How many soldiers and horses were dispatched by the imperial court is a very critical issue. Sang Kaidi is also very concerned about this matter, because it is related to whether the Chuang army will fight back in the future.

"I was ordered by His Royal Highness to lead an army of [-] volunteers from Shandong to attack Guide, but I didn't expect that the guards in Guide would be so useless. You surrendered before the war."

All the way south, without fighting a single battle, this made Zhang Yong very depressed.

"Haha, the general was joking. We felt the prince's benevolence, that's why we offered the city to surrender. Besides, we were also ministers of the Ming Dynasty before. This time we are just changing from evil to righteousness."

When Sang Kaidi heard Zhang Yong's words, his whole body was about to split apart. He thought to himself, why, you won't be happy if you don't fight and die, right?

"Hmm." Zhang Yong hummed expressionlessly.

Sang Kaidi is the same as Yucheng County before, how to deal with him doesn't matter, don't look at Sang Kaidi is so jumping in front of him now, and he talks a lot to himself, wait until they send their news to Jinling It is not certain whether they can still talk for a few days.

In short, at present, Zhang Yong has brought 2 Shandong volunteers and has stationed in Guide and occupied it. However, he did not divide his troops to garrison various places, but stationed all [-] horses inside and outside the city of Guide.

In order to express their determination to make meritorious service, and to help the imperial court recover the Central Plains and eradicate the rogue bandits, Sang Kaidi called on the local gentry in Guide to use their property to serve the military.

As for him and Ding Qiguang, each of them took out 1000 taels of silver. This time, they gave Zhang Yong tens of thousands of taels of silver and several thousand shi of corn.

As a system soldier of Zhu Cixiang, Zhang Yong naturally reported all the actions of Sang Kaidi and others to Zhu Cixiang, down to the smallest detail.

If Zhang Yong didn't know how to read, let alone write, he would even describe in detail the first impression he had when he saw Sang Kaidi, and then wrote it in a letter for Zhu Cihong to read. .

"Your Majesty, General Zhang Yong is so powerful. He recaptured Guide Mansion so quickly." Liu Bao was shocked by Zhang Yong's speed after receiving a letter from Zhang Yong reporting his victory.

One must know that only ten days have passed since Zhu Cihong ordered Wu Xiaosan to go to Shandong to order Zhang Yong to lead his troops to Guide, and even Zhou Yuantong came to Jinling only yesterday.

"What's so powerful about him? Take a closer look at the contents of his letter. Before he saw Yucheng, the county magistrate of Yucheng brought the gentry in the city to kneel outside the city to greet him. Also like this."

Zhu Cihong knew that this was not Zhang Yong's credit. Originally, Henan was very barren due to the war, and there was no defense force in the area.

In addition, the Qing army has been staring at the Chuang army, so Li Zicheng has no time to manage Henan, allowing the officers, local bandits, and gentry to retake the prefectures and counties. That's why Zhang Yong took back Guide so easily.

"Hey, this Ding Qiguang's name is a bit familiar." Liu Bao heard that Zhu Cilang said Ding Qiguang, and felt as if he had heard this person's name somewhere before, but he didn't have this person in his mind.

"Oh, his elder brother is Ding Qirui, a former Inspector University scholar. Of course you will feel familiar. I used to think that a man like him was promoted to the position of general by his elder brother. I didn't expect that he really has some skills."

Don't say that setting up a banquet and ambush is a low-level tactic, as long as it can be successful, there is no distinction between good and bad. Ding Qiguang's ability to cooperate with Sang Kaidi in arresting all the Dashun officials in Guide shows that this person has some ability.

Otherwise, when he orders his subordinates to come over and prepares for an ambush, the information may be leaked.

"Then should the prince reuse this kid?" Liu Bao asked.

"It doesn't matter what I said. I just want to give him an official position now, but I can't. He is only one step away from the throne, but the middle power is thousands of miles away."

Zhu Cihong shook his head helplessly and sighed, without ascending the throne, he would not gain real power. Although the status of prince is noble, it has been an embarrassing position since ancient times.

Everyone knows that you are the future emperor, and everyone knows that if you were by your side when you were young, you will definitely give them great rewards in the future.

But no one dared to do this, because if he did so, the prince would be suspected of colluding with the ministers, and there was a possibility of subverting the emperor's rule. Prince.

Moreover, the power of the prince is getting smaller and smaller. During the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the prince could still have an official position. If he had the ability, he could still do something in the officialdom or the battlefield, such as Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

But after the Song Dynasty, even the prince who sent troops to fight and was a general rarely heard of it.

"Prince, don't be dejected. Didn't you send someone out to contact generals like Zuo Liangyu, Zheng Zhilong, and Liu Zeqing? Wait until they agree, and you won't be able to be emperor." Liu Bao said with a smile.

"By the way, what should we do with these demoted officials? They have all been thieves, and they have stains. I don't think it will be difficult to give an account to the Minister of the Manchu Dynasty if they are not killed."

Liu Bao thought of people like Sang Kaidi and Ding Qiguang, the stains on their bodies could not be erased no matter what, even if he could save his own life, it was hard to say.

"This is a problem, but I must save their lives. Although they are a little tainted, but you see, Sang Kaidi and Ding Qiguang are still a little bit capable. Once our army arrives, he will be able to arrest the false officials who broke the thieves Rise up and offer it to us, for that alone I will not let them die."

Zhu Cilang thought that they had done meritorious deeds by reneging on the battle, which was enough to offset the guilt of being a thief before.

The most important thing is that these people are currently on the battlefield in the Central Plains. Where is the frontier area? , that kind of influence is very bad.

"Tomorrow, I will ask King Fu to summon all the civil and military officials in Jinling, and everyone will go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and talk to see who dares to oppose my opinion."

Now Donglin Fushe is almost all working under Zhu Cihuang's command, and the ministers who came from the south of the capital have come here one after another during this period of time, including high-ranking officials and small officials. Generally speaking It can be regarded as a relatively large political force.

And this political force, the natural leader, the spiritual leader is Zhu Cihong, not because of how deep their feelings for Zhu Cihong are.

(End of this chapter)