Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Pfft!"

As soon as he opened the newly seized letter, Yu Zilian was amused.Seeing that the people around him looked at him in confusion, Yu Zilian smiled and handed the letter to Yang Tinglin and Zuo Yin.

And this letter also amused Yang Tinglin and the others. Such an obvious sowing of dissension was really an insult to their IQ.

"But it's hot to get this letter." Because he hasn't been in contact with Yu Zilian for a long time, Yang Tinglin didn't stop talking.

"Then enter Kaifeng and hand it over to Governor Gao! At most, we can write an ambiguous memorial and submit it together. Let the court handle it by itself. At that time, we will have an excuse for how the court will deal with Wu Runing." Zuo Yin suggested road.

Yu Zilian shook his head, disapproving of Zuo Yin's suggestion: "No matter what we do, we won't be able to escape a man who is jealous and jealous, and also offended Mrs. Wu. This time, I want to find a place for the Heiyun army. Maybe I still have to deal with Wu Biaofu, so I don’t want to create any troubles beforehand. Besides, Wu Biaofu has already grown his wings, what can he do? Why should he be a villain in vain?”

"But if you don't submit it, I'm afraid that the court will find out afterwards that it will be bad for Dong Weng!" Zuo Yin argued.

"This official recruitment of soldiers and food has already caused a lot of complaints. If there is no Heiyun Army, the road ahead will still be thorny without this matter, but with the Heiyun Army, it is still okay to do more." Yu Zilian replied.

"Then what does your lord want to do?" Zuo Yin asked.

"When we enter Kaifeng, I will hand over this letter to Mr. Wu. If he is willing to hand over Ruzhou to me again, that will be the best. Even if there is no result, it will be a good relationship." Yu Zilian replied.

……

On September [-]th, Yu Zilian's Heiyun Army rushed to Kaifeng City.On the second day, the Runing Army of the Three Routes also came to Kaifeng one after another, and the siege of Kaifeng City was broken.

September fifteenth.Li and Luo's coalition forces have all withdrawn to the west of Kaifeng City, and the whole army is advancing towards Henan Mansion.

In the following ten days, the pursuing Runing Army and the Peasant Army were inseparable, as if they were sending them out of the country respectfully.And the Battle of Kaifeng ended.

In this battle, the losses of Li and Luo's coalition forces were not large. In addition to the casualties of more than 2 old and weak women and children, the loss of soldiers was only more than 2.Compared with the huge number of Li and Luo's coalition forces, these casualties were very few.

On the government and army side, more than 7000 people from Yang Wenyue's department were almost wiped out.Although Yu Zilian's Heiyun Army did not lose its total strength in the end, it also lost nearly 670% of its recruits.Runing Army here.The army suffered [-] casualties and three people.

But compared to the small number of casualties of the Runing Army, the current Runing Army has completely controlled the eastern and central Henan regions.It can be said that the results of the battle are brilliant, and the goal before the war has been fully achieved.

The reason why the Runing Army did not occupy the Western Henan area, and even did not enter Ruzhou City, was to make way for the Li and Luo coalition forces.I hope they will go to Huguang for a happy self-driving tour.It is a pity that after the Li and Luo coalition forces entrenched in Henan Mansion.But he refused to move.This made the Runing Army somewhat helpless.

However, when the Runing army followed to the border of Henan Province, they stopped and stopped pursuing.This temporarily calmed down the battle situation in the Central Plains.However, in the city of Kaifeng, all parties engaged in a "fierce battle" for more than [-] days for their own interests.

In the beginning, the officers of the Runing Army who lived off their fists were no match for those civil servants who lived off their mouths.However, it is impossible for the Runing Army to give up its vested interests.So the negotiations reached an impasse.It wasn't until Zhang Xuebin and Wu Shili were urgently transferred to Kaifeng by Wu Shigong that the deadlock in the negotiations was gradually broken.Finally, after some disputes and compromises, the parties reached the following agreement:

The first thing is to solve the anarchy in the eastern and central Henan regions.To put it simply, it is who should arrange the officials in these areas.at last.The Runing Army made a huge "concession" on this point.

About [-]% of the vacant senior officials (mainly county magistrates) in those places will be arranged by the Henan government, and the remaining [-]% will go to the Runing Army.Of course, the personnel to be arranged should also be approved by both parties in principle.

In exchange, Gao Mingheng and other high-ranking officials in Henan also agreed that before the peasant army was wiped out, the security in the territory would be resolved by the Runing Army, and they acquiesced in the implementation of the "Three Laws" by the Runing Army in Henan.In this way, the grassroots officials at the township level were actually controlled by the Runing Army.From the perspective of actual rights, the Runing Army is not at a disadvantage.

The second is the arrangement of the army.The Henan government agreed to Wu Shigong's nominal command of all the official troops in Henan (excluding Yu Zilian's Heiyun Army).In fact, this is justified. Because Wu Shigong has the title of "Dangkou" general, he is superior to other generals in name.But this time, it was nothing more than an official reaffirmation.

As soon as this decision was made, Chen Yongfu went out of Kaifeng City in person to visit Wu Shigong.At this time, Chen Yongfu would not dare to disobey the order, and his son Chen De is still being pinched by Wu Shigong.

But this meeting was still a pleasure.After Chen Yongfu returned to Kaifeng, he immediately drove the Nine Thousand Henan Army under his command out of Kaifeng City to follow Wu Shigong's command.And Wu Shigong will also let Liang Hui lead an association of the Runing Army to form a new town with Chen Yongfu's department, and drive to the Taihang Mountain area in northeast Henan to exterminate the remaining bandits and refugees in this area.

And the Runing Army will march into a regiment of Kaifeng City, and they will be responsible for the defense of Kaifeng City together with Gao Mingheng's [-] Governor's Biao Battalion.

In the end, it was the arrangement of Yu Zilian's Heiyun Army.

Both the Henan government and the Runing Army promised that if the Henan government is recovered, the Henan government will be used as the garrison of the Heiyun Army.But now the Henan Mansion is still in the hands of the Peasant Army. In order to compensate the Heiyun Army, the Runing Army will transfer the 15 taels of opening fee paid by Kaifeng City to Yu Zilian.

In addition, the Henan government and the Runing Army also promised that they would give the Heiyun Army the first victory in breaking the siege of Kaifeng.He also strongly recommended Yu Zilian to the imperial court so that he could take over the official post left by Yang Wenyue, governor of Zhili who died in battle.Of course, Yu Zilian had to worry about the court's operations.However, regarding this matter, the Henan government and the Runing Army will work hard.Because Heiyunjun is a guest army after all, no one wants him to stay in Henan.If Yu Zilian succeeds as Governor of Zhili, then his Heiyun Army can go to North Zhili.

So for Heiyun Army, this agreement has gained a lot.Among them, there is also the reason why Yu Zilian took the initiative to hand over the forged letter to Wu Shigong.

In this agreement, all parties have their own interests.But it must be seen that the Henan government has nothing to do with the strong position of the Runing Army, and in many places it has acquiesced to the "offside" of the Runing Army.

In addition, it can be seen that in many aspects, such as: the appointment of vacant officials; the determination of the command of the Henan Army, etc., the Henan region made its own decisions and no longer passed the court.And this also proves that the centrifugal force of the Ming Empire is getting bigger and bigger. (To be continued..)