Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 128

Although Taichang didn't know how severe the She'an Rebellion was in history, he could roughly judge the severity of the rebellion after listening to Qin Liangyu's description.

You must know that there are more than 20 troops under the hands of the Chongming brothers and sisters. If you don't rush to suppress the rebellion, the entire southwest will probably be occupied by them!

It is unimaginable what kind of chaos Daming will be at that time.

The problem is that apart from having an army of more than [-] in Liaodong, Ming Dynasty can't spare so many troops from other places.

There is no way, Taichang can only let Sun Chengzong temporarily switch from offense to defense, and dispatch guards, pro-army and white soldiers to the northwest to counter the rebellion.

At this time, he had to sigh, Jiannu was really like a god!
The same is true in history. Whenever the situation in the war of establishing slaves is unfavorable, there will be accidents in Ming Dynasty.

Then Jianu will take the opportunity to recuperate and grow stronger.

But Ming Dynasty will continue to weaken and weaken due to internal and external troubles, until it perishes!

She Chongming grasped this timing, it was so appropriate, it was as if he was intentionally helping the slaves.

your mother!
If possible, Taichang even wanted to go on a personal expedition again and personally lead the army to counter the rebellion.

However, Liaodong is too far away from Sichuan. It is more than [-] miles from the Daliaohe River to Chongqing.

It is impossible for the infantry to run wildly for more than a month. Human physical strength is limited. Regardless of the urge to rush, it will kill people. The infantry will probably run to death after running for more than ten days.

Therefore, no matter how anxious you are, you can't let the infantry run to death. For such a long distance, the infantry can only walk slowly at a normal marching speed.

In other words, it would take at least three months for this journey, and it would take more than half a year to go back and forth. If the counter-insurgency time was added, it would probably last more than a year.

He is the emperor, and the eunuchs above the court are fighting fiercely with Donglin at the moment. If he leaves the capital for more than a year, then the whole Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos!

There is no way, he can't go, he can only lead the guards, pro-army and white soldiers back to the capital first.

Early the next morning, he led the army to set off. Originally, he did not plan to urge the army to rush, because it was useless to rush, and the infantry's physical strength was limited. The rush march could last for four or five days at most, and if they ran any further, they would really run to death , Thousands of miles away, it is impossible for pawns to run all the way.

However, in the evening of the next day, just as he ordered his army to set up camp by the Shuangtaizi River and was about to rest, there was another rush of horseshoes from the west.

He couldn't help but thump in his heart, it's troublesome, maybe something big happened again!
Sure enough, after a while, a postman with a command flag on his back walked in quickly, knelt on one knee, holding an envelope in both hands, and said out of breath: "Report, Your Majesty, the capital is within eight hundred miles to send an urgent message."

He took the envelope and tore it open, his face turned green.

This time, the cabinet and the Ministry of War seemed afraid to write a memorial to him. Donglin and the eunuch party were probably scared to death and didn't know what to do.

These guys directly forwarded the eight-hundred-mile urgent report of Zhu Xieyuan, the political envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, the Zuo Buzheng envoy.

Zhu Xieyuan, the Zuobu Political Envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, reported:
Shechongming's rebels have already broken through Hejiang and Luzhou, and are marching towards Chengdu in a big way. Fushun and Longchang counties have been surrounded by rebels, and there are no defenders in these two counties, so the situation is extremely critical.

In addition, there are no guards in Neijiang, Ziyang, Jianzhou and other places along the line from Fushun and Longchang to Chengdu, and the situation is also extremely critical.

In addition, there are two thousand guards suspended in Chengdu City, and there is a serious shortage of food and grass, and the situation is even more critical!
hurry hurry!
When Taichang saw the three urgent characters in the memorial, his whole body was almost like an ant on a hot pot.

The speed of the rebels is too fast, and they took down two cities in less than two days. If the reinforcements arrive in more than three months, then the road to Shu will probably be blocked by the rebels!

How to do?
Holding the report, Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then decisively said loudly to the door of the tent: "Quickly pass on the discussion in the future."

Soon, more than a dozen generals poured into the commanding tent, Qi Jin, Qin Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao, Qin Banghan, Qin Bangping, etc., were all rare fierce generals. If one or two of them were in Sichuan right now, they would definitely be able to stand up Live in luxury Chongming.

It's a pity that they are still here at the moment, and they can't fly to Sichuan at all.

Taichang could only helplessly say: "According to the report by Zhu Xieyuan, the political envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan, the Zuo Buzheng envoy, the rebel army has captured Hejiang and Luzhou, and is marching towards Chengdu in a big way, and basically there are no guards in all the cities along the way. You can find a way out of this crisis."

"what!"

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "What's the matter, Wen Zhao?"

Cao Wenzhao also said anxiously: "Your Majesty, tea bricks, most of the tea bricks produced in the tea-horse exchange market come from Sichuan, and those from other places such as Maojian, Longjing, Biluochun, Tieguanyin, etc. are all famous tea bricks. Tea, the price is several times more expensive than tea bricks, and few people make these famous teas into tea bricks! Once Sichuan falls, we simply don’t have enough tea bricks to exchange for war horses!”

Uh, are you not making trouble?

Hearing this, Taichang almost vomited blood. Without the tea bricks, the horses of the Shenwu Battalion would not be able to supply them. If the Shenwu Battalion didn't have horses, then they would form a cavalry!

I, care about your horses!

Taichang had no choice but to ask Qin Liangyu: "General Qin, are there only two thousand guards near Chengdu?"

Qin Liangyu hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "There are more than two thousand guards near Chengdu. The general thought that Lord Zhu meant to want military power. After all, he is only a political envoy, not a governor or a governor. He has no right to mobilize troops at all. .”

This!
Hearing this, Taichang picked up the memorial and looked at it again. Sure enough, Zhu Xieyuan's memorial seemed to be in a hurry.

There is no way, people don't have military power, so naturally they can only be anxious!
He was a little anxious and confused just now, his mind was in a mess, and he didn't pay attention to the hidden meaning in the report.

The gang of idiots in the court, Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, was killed by the rebels. There is no one in Sichuan to take charge of the overall situation. Don't you know how to promote a governor to take charge of the overall situation?
This Zhu Xieyuan is not bad, as long as he is promoted to governor of Sichuan, will he have the right to mobilize the army?
There is another problem, food and grass.

Without food and grass, it is useless to have horses and horses!
If there is no food and grass in the city of Chengdu and all the troops are trying to move in, once the rebels besiege the city, the consequences will be unimaginable!

This guy, is there still a way to get food and grass?

Taichang picked up the report again and looked at it carefully, his face could not help showing a thoughtful expression.

This Zhu Xieyuan is not simple, not only has a thorough understanding of the whole situation, but also secretly pointed out the solution to the problem.

Thinking of this, he asked again: "Is there any food around Chengdu that can be mobilized?"

this?

Qin Liangyu thought about it carefully, and then suddenly said: "Now is the time when the millet is ripe, Master Zhu probably means to grab all the millet around Chengdu and bring it into the city as military food. Anyway, if the rebels besieged the city, the surrounding The food will definitely be robbed by the rebels."

Sure enough, this Zhu Xieyuan is a capable person, it's just that he has never met Bole.

Taichang immediately said without hesitation: "Zi Ru, draw up an order to promote Zhu Xieyuan as governor of Sichuan, responsible for all military and civilian affairs in Sichuan."

When Cao Huachun heard this, he quickly took out a blank imperial decree, picked up a pen and began to write on the small table beside him.

After a while, he respectfully handed the written edict to Taichang.

Taichang took the imperial decree and looked at it, and then stamped his own seal.

Of course, this can only be regarded as the imperial edict, and the real imperial edict has to be signed by the cabinet.

However, if the cabinet dared not sign it now, he would really kill him after he returned.

He directly handed the imperial decree to Cao Huachun, and said coldly: "Immediately send it back to the capital in a hurry for [-] miles, and let the cabinet sign it immediately, and send it to Sichuan. Anyone who dares to make mistakes will be killed!"

After Cao Huachun went out with the imperial decree, he frowned and thought again.

It seems that Zhu Xieyuan must have the confidence to defend Chengdu. The problem is that it is not enough to just defend Chengdu. If the rebels are allowed to burn, kill and loot everywhere in Sichuan, the tea bricks will really be lost.

Thinking of this, he ordered decisively: "Qin Liangyu, Cao Wenzhao, the two of you will set off tomorrow morning with [-] elite cavalry from the Shenwu Battalion, and rush to Chengdu for support."

Although war horses can't run wild without limit, it's no problem to run more than two hundred miles a day. That is to say, it will take about 20 days for [-] elite riders from the Shenwu Battalion to arrive in Chengdu.

At that time, the main force of the rebel army probably had just surrounded Chengdu. With the support of these ten thousand fine cavalry, the siege of Chengdu should be solved.

After all, armored cavalry is the nemesis of infantry, no matter how powerful the rebel army is, they probably would not dare to fight the armored cavalry outside Chengdu.

In fact, Taichang's decision is similar to that made when Donglin was in power in history.

Of course, Donglin was not Bole, and they were not interested in Zhu Xieyuan's ability at all.

At that time, they were forced to do nothing, no one was in charge of Sichuan, and the whole Bashu was in chaos. There was only one Zuo Buzheng, Zhu Xieyuan, who was rushing to report for eight hundred miles.

Donglin looked at it, worried that no one would dare to go up, you guys like to shout, right, okay, go up.

(End of this chapter)