The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 289: Can You Turn Back After Rebellion?

Yang Yinglong rebelled!
The entire Bozhou army wore mourning clothes and headed straight for Chongqing City.

That guy, the white flags almost covered the sky, and the team was dozens of miles long.

As a result, all the prefectures and counties along the way from Bozhou to Chongqing were frightened.

They quickly closed the city gates and tried their best to recruit young and strong men to defend the city walls.

However, Yang Yinglong did not attack the cities along the way.

He didn't even order his men to march quickly.

No one knew what this guy was trying to do. He actually ordered his men to invite all the monks from the temples along the way to come and march with his army.

The Bozhou Army was originally mainly composed of infantry, and with so many monks, it would be considered good if he could cover forty or fifty miles a day.

Is this how rebellion is started? Isn't speed of the essence in war?

Yang Yinglong attended the Imperial College and should have learned some military tactics. How could he not know this?
Bozhou is more than 500 miles away from Chongqing City. It will probably take them half a month to get there if they walk like this.

Wouldn’t the imperial court mobilize a large army to provide support?
If he wanted to capture Chongqing City, he should march there quickly and attack immediately.

If the imperial army gathered in Chongqing, how could he take it?
At this moment, Wanli was really anxious.

He never expected that the three powerful families in Puzhou had already designed a series of inhumane and vicious schemes in order to force Yang Yinglong to rebel.

Once Yang Yinglong rebels, will he turn back?

This rebellion is no joke. According to the law, all nine generations of the family should be executed.

After Yang Yinglong raised the banner of rebellion, could he still believe that the court would forgive such a thing?

It would be difficult for Qin Liangyu and Ma Qiancheng, the two little guys, to convince Yang Yinglong to turn back.

There was no other way, he could only rush to Chongqing in person.

He hastily assembled more than two thousand naval warships, and then took ten thousand imperial guards, ten thousand Jinyiwei, and more than twenty thousand spearmen from the Shenjiying, and set off without bringing any war horses or chariots.

On the Grand Canal, a huge navy fleet stretched for three or four hundred miles.

The Bozhou Army and the imperial army were rushing towards Chongqing City, one in the south and one in the north, like two long dragons. As soon as the two dragons met, it seemed that a great battle would break out.

However, the Bozhou army did not seem to be in a hurry at all. They moved very slowly, but the navy warships were rowing desperately. Even the imperial guards, the Jinyiwei and the Shenjiying soldiers were helping to row desperately.

More than ten days later, the imperial army miraculously arrived at Chongqing Prefecture City earlier than the Bozhou army.

At about 5 p.m. that afternoon, as the sun set, the long fleet finally arrived near Chongqing City.

Wanli held up a telescope and scanned the white-pole soldiers standing in neat rows on the city wall, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the fight hasn't started yet.

At this moment, Qin Liangyu and Ma Qiancheng were extremely surprised.

Can His Majesty’s reinforcements arrive so quickly?
It's thousands of miles from Beijing to Chongqing.

Upon hearing the news, they ran to Chaotian Gate in the northeast corner of the city and saw, my God, so many naval warships.

At this moment, Chaotianmen, Dongshuimen, Gansimen, Taipingmen, Linjiangmen and other places with docks were already full of naval warships, and the naval fleet behind was still out of sight.

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp, carrying muskets, rushed onto the dock like a tide and quickly formed into square formations.

Seeing this, Ma Qiancheng couldn't help but ask, "Liangyu, should we open the city gates and go to welcome them?"

His beloved wife was better at martial arts than him, taller than him, held a higher position than him, and her status was frighteningly high, so he had to ask his beloved wife's opinion on everything.

Qin Liangyu nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course we have to go. With so many muskets, they must be soldiers from the Beijing camp. Let's quickly open the city gates and go to welcome them."

Soon, the city gate opened, and Qin Liangyu and Ma Qiancheng strode out.

At this time, Wanli and Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan also arrived at the dock.

They both stand out from the crowd.

Qin Liangyu saw Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan at the first sight. She could not help but run up to hug Qin Lan and said excitedly, "Auntie, why are you here?"

Oh, little girl, why do you only see me?
Imperial Noble Consort Qin Lan patted her on the back and whispered in her ear, "I came here with His Majesty. He's right next to us, didn't you see?"

Uh, Your Majesty?
No one here is wearing imperial robes. Everyone seems to be wearing military uniforms.

Qin Liangyu turned around and quickly let go of her aunt, then bowed and said, "I pay my respects to His Majesty."

Your Majesty?
Ma Qiancheng, who had hurried over from behind, saw this and quickly bowed and said, "I, the Deputy General of Sichuan, Ma Qiancheng, pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Imperial Concubine."

This guy didn't seem to be more than twenty years old, and he seemed less than 1.8 meters tall, but he was quite sturdy and handsome. Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Well, we're family, so there's no need for formalities. How are the Bozhou troops?"

Ma Qiancheng quickly looked at Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, the Bozhou army only crossed Jiangjin the day before yesterday and only reached the west side of Zhongliang Mountain yesterday. They definitely won't be there today. It would be good if they can reach the outside of Fotu Pass tomorrow morning."

Uh, you are familiar with this place, but I am not.

I don't know how far Jiangjin, Zhongliangshan and Fotuguan you mentioned are from Chongqing City.

He must find out the location of the Bozhou Army.

Wanli simply said, "Let's take a look at the map."

This time it was Qin Liangyu's turn to look at Ma Qiancheng.

Ma Qiancheng hurried back to the city and got the map.

Qin Liangyu pointed at the map and explained in detail, "Your Majesty, look, a hundred miles to the southwest is Jiangjin, thirty or forty miles to the west is Zhongliang Mountain, and four or five miles outside Tongyuan Gate is Fotu Pass."

Wanli took a closer look and frowned, "Did they cross the Yangtze River?"

Qin Liangyu nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the river on this side of the city is too wide to build a pontoon bridge. Moreover, there is no official road on the south side of this section of the river, making it difficult for the army to pass through. So they built a pontoon bridge near Hejiang to cross the river."

Wanli pointed to Zhongliang Mountain on the map and asked, "Aren't there two passes here? Didn't you send people to guard them?"

This is it.

Qin Liangyu explained carefully, "Your Majesty, the Bozhou army can cross mountains and ridges as easily as if they were walking on flat ground. If we divide our forces to defend Erlang Pass and Longdong Pass, we probably won't be able to stop them. The defenders we send will probably be surrounded and defeated one by one.

Moreover, although Fotu Pass is in a dangerous position, the river bank below the pass is relatively flat, and the Bozhou army can easily wade across and surround Fotu Pass.

Therefore, we decided to concentrate our forces to guard the line from Fotu Pass to the city. As long as they can't get around Fotu Pass from the river bank, then the front of Fotu Pass will be impossible to break through."

Her tactics were correct.

During the She'an Rebellion in history, She Chongming also sent 20,000 to 30,000 troops under the pretext of passing through to rest and recuperate, and captured the Chongqing city.

However, She Chongming's troops did not know that they could not split up. This group of guys set up 17 camps all the way from Chongqing City to Fotu Pass and then to Erlang Pass. They also tried to use Erlang Pass and Fotu Pass to block the white-pole soldiers led by Qin Liangyu.

As a result, Qin Liangyu led several thousand white-pole soldiers to easily capture Erlang Pass, and then defeated them one by one, destroyed their seventeen camps, directly captured Fotu Pass, and recaptured the Chongqing city.

She was indeed a natural born general and saw the disadvantages of dividing the troops at a glance.

If it were any other rebels or even the imperial army, they could still send troops to garrison there. After all, they couldn't defeat them in the mountains, so they weren't afraid of the pass being surrounded.

But the Bozhou Army is also good at mountain warfare, and they have as many as 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers. Erlang Pass and Longdong Pass are surrounded by mountains on three sides. The Bozhou Army does not need to attack the front, but can directly cross the mountains and ridges to besiege them on three sides.

How many troops could they send? They had to guard Chongqing City and Fotu Pass with 30,000 troops. Erlang Pass and Longdong Pass could only be guarded by 5,000 troops each.

Five thousand against seventy or eighty thousand, even if the White Spear Soldiers could fight ten at a time, they would not be able to win, not to mention that the combat power of the Bozhou Army was not ten times weaker than theirs.

So if they split their forces, they would be courting death.

Upon hearing this, Wanli nodded slightly and then asked, "Is Yang Kedong okay?"

Qin Liangyu nodded repeatedly and said, "He's fine. We've sent over a thousand men and hundreds of secret guards. We've got him well protected inside and outside. He'll be fine."

That's good.

Wanli nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Where is Jiang Dongzhi?"

Qin Liangyu said without hesitation: "He has been thrown into the government jail."

This guy needs a thorough trial.

The key now is not to try Jiang Dongzhi, but to persuade Yang Yinglong.

This guy has mobilized his entire army to rebel, is there any way he can turn back?
How to persuade this guy to turn back?
Wanli couldn't help but look at the setting sun in the west, frowning and thinking.

Sunset, heartbroken people in the horizon.

Yang Yinglong is not at the end of the world, but about ten or twenty miles away to the west.

However, at this moment Yang Yinglong must be extremely sad and furious.

Even if he asked Yang Kedong to persuade him, it might not be helpful.

The series of vicious plots by the three powerful families of Puzhou made Yang Yinglong so angry that he lost his mind and started a rebellion.

(End of this chapter)