Qiming 1158

Chapter 752 Qi Fang Wants Revenge
From Zhang Jun's point of view, the bandit army that suddenly came out and changed the situation of the battle was very evil.

After Li Dao's entire army was annihilated, the bandit army actually went north to attack Yichun County, so that the unsuspecting Tian Shizhong was defeated and died.

Then this thief army destroyed Wu Gong's main force's grain and all military supplies, putting Wu Gong's department in a dilemma.

Wu Gong directly said that he could not fight this battle. Without food and supplies, he would not be able to fight anyway.

By the way, Wu Gong did not forget to apply eye drops to Qi Fang, saying that Qi Fang was unwilling to help Wu Gong with his military rations, so Wu Gong could only choose to return to the station in Ezhou to prevent all the army from being damaged.

The results obtained this time are extremely limited. I hope that the court will take the face that Tian Shizhong and Li Dao have both died in battle, and not to blame the two, so as not to chill the hearts of the soldiers.

If you want to punish severely, punish Qi Fang severely.

After reading Wu Gong's battle report, Zhang Jun's heart froze for the most part.

I thought it was just a simple war against rebellion, but I didn't expect not only to lose an army, but also to lose the commander of the battle.

Right now, the imperial court had damaged the entire Jianghuai theater army because of the Ming-Song War. I thought that the main force of the Jinghu Theater still existed, and they could fight and easily quell the rebellion.

Tian Shizhong, who was eager to retire, died.

Died at the hands of the rebel army, very unlucky.

It seems that this thief army is not a simple thief army, its combat effectiveness is not weak, and it has a bigger picture. It can find an opportunity to turn the situation from a disadvantageous situation, and it must not be taken lightly.

They underestimate the enemy, and it is because they underestimate the enemy that all this is caused.

Zhang Jun was very annoyed. While reporting the matter to Emperor Zhao Tan, he ordered an investigation into the matter, and then prepared to deal with the aftermath of the war.

He anticipated that the defeat of this war would inevitably bring him a huge crisis of credibility and power.

Sure enough, because before the war everyone believed that this was a war that was bound to be won, the whole court was in an uproar when the news that the war had not been won.

In particular, the fact that the coach Tian Shizhong was attacked to death by the rebels caused a public outcry in the court and the opposition, and everyone was asking how the war was fought.

The courtiers chased the Privy Council led by Zhang Jun in the courtroom and asked Zhang Zhang how to plan and fight, how the Privy Council employed people, and how it was commanded. They were actually defeated by a group of rioters and the [-] troops were also sent away. ?
It is true that the direct responsibility for the failure of this war does not belong to the Privy Council, because Zhang Jun delegated power to Tian Shizhong to let Tian Shizhong command the battle, but the Privy Council, as the existence leading the war, must be responsible for this.

The choice is the Privy Council.

It is also the Privy Council that negotiates the tactical planning route.

The Privy Council is responsible for logistics.

The entire war was directly led by the Privy Council. Your Privy Council is not responsible. Who else can be responsible?
That is to say, the seven, seven, seven, eight, who were previously rejected by the Lord and the ministers. Zhang Jun was considered to have the foresight to exclude all the senior leaders and officials who could threaten his Northern Expedition. Therefore, in terms of power, Zhang Jun was not greatly affected. Shock, the status of the privy envoy has not been changed.

However, Zhang Jun's actions of the often defeated general and the past several major failures he experienced were picked up and discussed again in the court for the first time.

Quite a number of officials have begun to doubt whether Zhang Jun can do the position of the privy envoy.

They began to doubt Zhang Jun's military capabilities again, whether he had improved over the years, and whether he had ever reflected on his failure of Fuping, which destroyed most of his family in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Jun is of course very embarrassed about this, how could he not reflect on the defeat of Fuping that year?

He is reflecting every moment.

It's just that he underestimated the enemy in this war. He devoted all his energy to rebuilding the Jianghuai Theater, but he ignored the war and felt that it would not be difficult to pacify the small uprising.

Some officials in the court impeached Zhang Jun, believing that Zhang Jun was guilty and should not continue to serve as the military chief, but should choose another virtuous minister to serve as the military chief.

Zhang Jun was impeached, so he pleaded guilty and resigned according to the procedure.

Of course, Zhao Tan would not dismiss Zhang Jun because of this defeat, but in order to block Youyou's mouth, he still fined Zhang Jun three months' salary as an example.

But the next thing is still up to Zhang Jun to preside over.

If the first crusade failed, we couldn't just stop there, and there would be a second crusade.

The rebellion must be quelled, otherwise the entire rear of the Jinghu Theater will catch fire. If the Ming Kingdom gets the news and intervene, wouldn't it all be over?
However, this wave of the Ezhou army suffered losses and could not recover for a while, and could only rely on the Jiujiang army led by Qi Fang to continue to advance.

Zhao Tan somewhat complained about Zhang Jun in his heart, complaining that Zhang Jun was confused when he shouldn't have, so that the situation made it ugly.

Zhang Jun was very helpless, but he still allocated money and food support to the Jiujiang army, and then prepared to mobilize the army of the Chizhou Metropolitan Division to support.

The Lin'an Imperial Army cannot be mobilized. Right now, there is only one army in Lin'an. The problem of mobilization is too great, and in the entire Jianghuai theater, only the army of the Chizhou Dutong Division has been completed and can be mobilized.

It is true that the troops in the Sichuan and Shu regions can be mobilized, but the distance is too long, and they are worried that when they arrive, the situation of the rebel army can no longer be restricted.

To deal with the insurgent army is to be quick, not to give them the opportunity to develop and expand their forces, to eliminate them at the earliest time, the sooner the better.

At this time, Qi Fang's department sent a military report, saying that they had conquered Nanchang City, killed the most powerful rebel thief Han Wu, asked the court for rewards, and asked about the next plan of the court.

Is it to stop the march, or continue to fight?
My subordinates were all very tired and could hardly continue fighting.

Qi Fang deliberately expressed this.

Zhang Jun knows, isn't this just sitting on the ground and starting the price?

I just wanted to ask the imperial court for more things!
Zhang Jun can only continue to increase the allocation of money and grain to Qi Fang's department, increase the number of rewards, to motivate his period, and further order Shao Hongyuan, the chief of the Chizhou Dutong Division, to follow Qi Fang's command to increase Qi Fang's authority.

Then he gave Qi Fang more rewards, and promised to give him a promotion after the end of the counter-insurgency, adding titles and honors.

Then he ordered that Qi Fang's troops continue to conquer the rebels, and strive to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop, so as not to leave future troubles.

But in a hurry, Zhang Jun forgot the letter of rebuke he sent to Qi Fang earlier——

There is content to make Qi Fang obey Wu Gong's orders.

The rebuke book first sent the reward document to Nanchang, so that Qi Fang could see it. After Qi Fang saw it, he felt a chill in his heart. He was very dissatisfied with Zhang Jun and secretly hated him.

Zhang Jun really had his heart toward the Wu family, and was very unfriendly to Zhang Jun's old clan, and in every sense he was ready to suppress their old Zhang Jun clan.

Now that Emperor Taishang has abdicated, and the representative figure of Tian Shizhong has died again, Zhang Jun's old army has suffered a heavy blow in the military circle, and he doesn't know what kind of treatment he will encounter next.

After thinking about it, Qi Fang was disheartened.

He felt that his future was bleak, and the old Zhang Jun group of them would be eliminated, so he felt a little like he wanted to resign and retire.

If you continue, you won't have his good fruit to eat.

But after thinking about it, he felt that it was too unwilling to do so. He worked hard for the Southern Song Dynasty for decades, but when he arrived, he was only treated like this?
In order to favor Wu Gong, Zhang Jun disregarded the facts, scolded him, gave Wu Gong a platform, and let him listen to Wu Gong, which is too disrespectful.

The strong dissatisfaction stimulated Qi Fang's heart, and he felt that he would always do something to retaliate against Zhang Jun.

A few days later, he received other documents from the Privy Council, including reward documents, reward documents, and military orders.

The Privy Council ordered Qi Fang to be the commander-in-chief of this crusade, and will mobilize 1 people from Shao Hongyuan's subordinates of the Chizhou Metropolitan Command to support him, obey his dispatch, let him stabilize the current front, consolidate the current results, and don't let the previous The blood of the soldiers was shed in vain.

Slap a sweet date?
How can there be such a good thing in the world?

Without the previous letter of rebuke, Qi Fang would have been really moved.

just now……

snort!
What is the best way to get revenge on Zhang Jun?

Qi Fang began to think happily.

(End of this chapter)