Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 936 Adjusting Deployments
Han Chaoxuan was ordered to meet with He Tengjiao on the south bank to discuss the exchange of corpses and captives. Only then did the Ming army get the exact news that Yuan Zongdi and Wu Yishan were really killed in battle, Wu Yi set himself on fire in the government office, and the Jin army actually still had the upper hand. Captured by the Qianming army.

He Tengjiao had already agreed to the exchange, but He Tengjiao couldn't make up his mind about the condition that Jin Guo added that Wu Sangui's second son should be exchanged for a truce with the Ming army.

The idea of ​​the exchange came from Li Dingguo, but his official position is too low, so he only has the right to make suggestions. The specific discussion and decision-making still depend on a senior official like He Tengjiao.

In the Chongqing government office, He Tengjiao, Fan Yiheng and others were sitting, discussing the conditions proposed by Han Chaoxuan and Jin Guo's expressed willingness to cease the war.

Seeing He Tengjiao's hesitation, Zhang Tongchang, the inspector of Guizhou from the Chu party's He Tengjiao, got up and said, "Mr. Ge, I think this matter is easy to decide. As long as we do something, our Southwest officialdom will be able to explain to the imperial court." .”

Zhang Tongchang is a descendant of Zhang Juzheng, a descendant of a famous family, He Tengjiao was very interested when he heard what he said, "What does Bie Shan think about it!"

Zhang Tongchang cupped his hands, "The lower official thinks that the decision we make should only be in line with the current interests of the imperial court. The lower official thinks that our current goal is to stabilize the front line in Chongqing, accept the exchange, and verbally promise to return Wu Yinglin There is nothing wrong with it, and this will buy us time to stabilize the defense of the river. Now the imperial court is not clear about the situation in the southwest, and we have no way of knowing what specific decisions will be made, so as long as we do not help the imperial court make decisions, this exchange , or even a truce, nothing in writing was left behind, it was just a verbal agreement with the Kingdom of Jin, and it could be done without binding the hands and feet of the imperial court. After all, this can be exchanged for more than a thousand soldiers. No matter how you look at it, we have more benefits Some."

Fan Yiheng listened, nodded, and said: "I agree with Mr. Zhang's opinion. After the First World War in Eastern Sichuan, we also need to rest. Hauge wants to compete with the western thieves in southern Sichuan. We might as well do what he wants and withdraw." Come out, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

Fan Yiheng paused, and added: "However, we can't just ignore the situation in Sichuan. We must always be prepared when we sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. , We will secretly help whoever is weak, and let them fight until we regain our strength, and according to the court's decision, we will rejoin Sichuan."

After hearing what they said, He Tengjiao has basically settled down in his heart. He wants to keep Chongqing safe, which is the most important thing right now.

"Okay, the governor knows what to do about this matter!" He Tengjiao nodded slightly, accepting everyone's suggestions.

At that moment, He Tengjiao asked Han Chaoxuan to talk and agreed to the exchange, but he did not guarantee that the court would return Wu Yinglin. After all, this person was not in the southwest, but was under house arrest in Nanjing. As for the truce, He Tengjiao did not. Giving a definite answer only reveals that the Ming army also needs to rest and reorganize.

This was enough for Han Chaoxuan, and he did not naively think that meeting He Tengjiao would make the two countries shake hands and make peace, forgetting the previous unhappiness.

After Hauge’s surprise attack on Sichuan, Xi’an had already expelled Jin Bao, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty who had been under house arrest for more than a month. , Re-establish a communication channel. Only after having a channel can it be convenient to continue to communicate in the future.

Han and North Korea have established channels, and his goal has been achieved. As for whether the two countries can reach a peace agreement again, it depends on how things will develop in the future.

After the two parties initially reached an oral agreement, Jin Guo took the initiative to send back the corpses of Yuan Zongdi, Wu Yishan and others in order to show his sincerity. But he took the initiative to hand it over to the Ming army.

He Tengjiao and others immediately held a big funeral in Chongqing, and allocated money to build the ancestral hall, reported to the imperial court for a posthumous title, and enshrined the tablet in the ancestral hall of Zhonglie.

More than 1000 soldiers of the Ming army were released by the Jin army. He Tengjiao sent a ferry to meet him. Jiang Tianyi stood at the ferry with tears streaming down his face. Among them, many old people did not die in battle. For example, Yu Shizhong, the son of the former Fengjie Battalion commander Yu Shizhong Youming was carried across the river.

After the Ming army finished these tasks, they also returned the bodies of Oboi and Zhuobutai to the Jin army as agreed. At this time, Hauge had already led the main force back to Chongqing, preparing to fight for southern Sichuan.

Due to their own reasons, the two parties of Ming and Jin formed a confrontation in eastern Sichuan. The two sides used the Yangtze River as the boundary. Although there were small conflicts from time to time and the front line was not peaceful, there was no major war again.

At the end of December, it was time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, to enjoy the fruits of the year and celebrate the new year, but the tense situation in the southwest made it impossible for the three parties to celebrate the new year with peace of mind.

Needless to say, Hauge and Sun Kewang have already fought in southern Sichuan, but because Hauge lost more than 5000 people in eastern Sichuan, the Ming army restrained another [-] Jin troops in eastern Sichuan, and He Tengjiao was in the way, allowing Sun Kewang to use Yunnan's Pucha and well salt from southern Sichuan were exchanged for some Ming army weapons, which made Hauge not have much advantage when facing Sun Kewang.

Hauge and Sun Kewang obviously couldn't celebrate the new year, and the Ming army was also busy.

Sun Kewang's judgment was not wrong. The Nanjing court received changes in the southwest. After nearly three months, the Ming Dynasty finally completed the redeployment of troops.

Hao Yaoqi was stationed in Shangyong to threaten Hanzhong, Wang Yuncheng was stationed in Jingzhou to guard against the direction of the Three Gorges, Sun Shoufa was transferred to Nanyang and Dai Zhifan to defend against the enemy in Henan, Liu Shun was stationed in Yangzhou, Zhang Mingzhen was stationed in Huai'an, and Li Guo was stationed in what the Qing army voluntarily gave up. In the city of Hefei, the three towns were arranged in the form of finished characters to defend Huainan. Gao Yigong continued to defend Nanjing, while Houyong Town, stationed in Hunan, entered Guizhou in mid-December, and Ma Jinzhong in Hubei followed closely behind. They also arrived in Guiyang City at the end of December.

This time, the Ming army made a huge adjustment to the deployment of troops. If the previous Wang Deren's tribe is counted, the Ming Dynasty had 9 troops to the southwest at once. Therefore, Zhang Xianzhen's threat to Sun Kewang is not necessary. If you want to go to a big country, you have to get all his shit out.

Regarding the changes in the deployment of troops in the Ming Dynasty, the secret agents of the Qing Dynasty naturally reported to Dorgon in Beijing. At the same time, Hauge broke through Hezhou and killed Yuan Zongdi and more than 2 Ming troops. The news of the ambushes also spread to Beijing at the same time.

After hearing this, Dorgon was overjoyed immediately. As soon as he made a bitter plan, he assassinated his own envoy and instigated Hauge to go to war against Nanming, which really shifted the strategic center of Nanming, so that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Mingjin became a loser, and He became the only beneficiary of Jin Guo breaking the contract and attacking Sichuan.

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