Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 961

This morning, He Tengjiao led a group of generals to inspect the barracks to see how the army was training and recovering.

In the big camp, the military flags were fluttering, hundreds of Liangfulang machine-gun vehicles were neatly placed beside the wall of the village, and more than a dozen large vehicles were placed on the school grounds. The general in charge of military supplies ordered people to lift the long wooden boxes on the vehicles Come down, and then pry it open with an iron bar, revealing a bunch of shiny new guns.

He Tengjiao walked past the school grounds and saw soldiers lined up to receive new guns. He said to Li Dingguo beside him, "The Ministry of War dispatched [-] Lumi guns, [-] self-generated fire guns, and [-] Lumi guns. The pavilion is for Chen Youlong and Wang Deren. Divided, this self-generating firecracker is said to have shown its prowess in the Yangzhou battlefield, and I will hand over the whole pavilion to you to rebuild Zhongyi Town."

"The last general thanked the supervisor for his cultivation!" Li Dingguo hurriedly clasped his fists and said.

He Tengjiao waved his hand, "This is also the meaning of King Chu, Dingguo should not disappoint His Highness' trust!"

Zhongyi Town has 6000 soldiers, and there are only more than [-] left. It will take a while to add, and after Yuan Zongdi died in the battle, Li Dingguo is now the deputy commander, and temporarily manages Zhongyi's military affairs.

At this time, Fan Yiheng looked at the piled up military supplies, and couldn't help sighing, "It seems that the imperial court is really planning to clean up the Southwest. We have asked the imperial court many times before, and the supplies and equipment we asked for are not as much as those brought in in the past six months. .”

In the past, the strategic center of gravity was not in the southwest, but now that the center of gravity has been adjusted, equipment, food, and silver will naturally be transported here. Fan Yiheng seems to have a little complaint in his heart, but he is more happy. The chances increased.

Fan Yiheng was not the only one who wanted to make meritorious deeds and avenge his shame. The officials in Southwest China were all looking forward to a war to wash away the humiliation of the defeat in Eastern Sichuan.

When He Tengjiao and others were continuing to inspect, suddenly a group of people came in a hurry. They got off their horses at the gate of the camp, and they led an official in scarlet robes, and came quickly looking for He Tengjiao.

The person who came was Zhang Tongchang. When he arrived in front of He Tengjiao, he immediately cupped his fists and saluted, and then said: "Master, Sun Kewang is not willing to accept the court's conditions."

When He Tengjiao heard this, he frowned, turned to Li Dingguo and said, "Arrange a big tent, let's go in and talk!"

In March, Wang Yan created the illusion for Bai Wenxuan in Nanjing that the Kingdom of Jin invited the Ming Dynasty to carve up the Western Army. He was so frightened that Bai Wenxuan quickly expressed his willingness to convey the conditions of the Ming Dynasty to Wang Yan, and hurried back to southern Sichuan to report the crisis to Sun Kewang , persuading him to accept the terms.

Before the negotiation, Wang Yan had issued a secret order to He Tengjiao through the cabinet, asking him to prepare his army for war and prepare to accept Sun Kewang's territory.

Wang Yanxin explained that he was asked to station troops on the border and put pressure on Sun Kewang. If he returned to the Ming Dynasty, everyone would be happy. If he didn't accept it, the pressure from the troops would turn into a direct attack and quickly annihilate Sun Kewang.

About ten days ago, Bai Wenxuan entered southern Sichuan from Guizhou. In order to prevent Sun Kewang from arguing and procrastinating, He Tengjiao agreed with the accompanying Ming Dynasty envoy for [-] days, which means that the answer can be obtained within [-] days. If there is no news within fifteen days, then He Tengjiao will not wait for the news and go to war directly.

It was precisely because of the critical moment that He Tengjiao was in a hurry to inspect the barracks.

At that moment, the crowd entered a large tent, and the soldiers moved the seats. After He Tengjiao sat down in the middle, he said to the crowd: "Since Sun Kewang has rejected the court's conditions for surrender, let's act according to the King of Chu's will and start a war." !"

Sun Kewang did not surrender, which was expected by He Tengjiao. If Sun Kewang was willing to surrender, he would not have gone to Yunnan in the first place.

After Zhang Tongchang sat down, he was going to report in detail the news sent by the envoy, but Ke Tengjiao didn't expect that after hearing him that Sun Kewang didn't accept the conditions of the court, he decided to send troops to attack without asking. He couldn't help standing up and saying : "Supervisor, Sun Kewang and Sun Ran did not agree to the conditions of the court, but it does not mean that he has no intention of peace talks. He put forward new conditions and asked the court to make him king, and he accepted all other conditions."

As Zhang Tongchang said, he stood up and took out a letter from his sleeve, probably Sun Kewang's personal letter, which stated his conditions.

When He Tengjiao saw that Zhang Tongchang was about to hand over the letter, he hurriedly waved his hand and refused directly: "Tie Sun also wants to be crowned king. He is either insane or intentionally procrastinating, so he will not read the Xinben Pavilion. His Royal Highness the King of Chu has already explained. , if Sun Thief does not accept the conditions of the court, we will go to war immediately, and we cannot give him time to communicate with Hauge."

Sun Kewang wants to be crowned king, isn't this a joke, how many people in the Ming Dynasty wanted to be crowned king, let him be crowned king?
Except for Li Dingguo who hesitated to speak, the other generals in the tent nodded, obviously supporting He Tengjiao's decision.

If you want to talk about a king, exchanging a land of thousands of miles, 10 horses, it is a good deal, but He Tengjiao has his plans.

Was it because he had seen through Sun Kewang's intentions, that Sun Kewang really wanted to procrastinate for time, even if he was sincere, He Tengjiao would not think about it and had to mess things up.

If other ministers were in charge of the Southwest, they might talk to Sun Kewang again to avoid using swords, but Sun Kewang miscalculated He Tengjiao, and he proposed to be king, just giving He Tengjiao an excuse.

This is because he is jealous, how much credit he has made, he has not been crowned king, why should Sun Kewang beg for the king.

The second is that He Tengjiao held grudges. After Sun Kewang occupied Yunnan, he repeatedly caused friction on the border of Guizhou and encroached on several counties of He Tengjiao, causing him a lot of trouble. He Tengjiao naturally remembered it in his heart.

The third reason is that because of Sun Kewang's background, he killed too many gentry and offended too many people. In addition to the policies he implemented in Yunnan against the gentry class, the gentry in the Ming Dynasty were extremely disgusted with him and wanted him to die. There are countless people.

Fourth, He Tengjiao needs credit. Now that the Southwest army is gathering, the Jin army is not easy to fight. He can only fight Sun Kewang. If Sun Kewang surrenders, he will have no chance to make meritorious service.

Just now He Tengjiao announced the war without asking for details. None of the generals below raised any objections. After Zhang Tongchang finished speaking, they still nodded in support of He Tengjiao, which shows that the same is true for many generals. The army also needs military exploits. After the reform, they have to make more military exploits and increase their titles so that the titles can be passed on to several generations, or they can simply earn a Spyker, which can be passed on to future generations forever.

In addition to these four points, there is another important reason why He Tengjiao wants to fight the Western Army so much, that is, the interest groups behind the Chu Party also hope to use force to solve it.

In addition to the army, various companies in Guangdong and Huguang are also a great help, even the biggest help, because they have a large number of military workshops such as weapons and armor. Money can be earned.

Military supplies go from raw materials, to production, to government procurement, to equipping the army. There is a powerful vested interest organization, including the military, civil servants and business houses, as well as big landlords who provide raw materials. They urgently hope that the court will fight not finished.

Seeing that He Tengjiao resolutely refused, Zhang Tongchang had to retreat to his seat and sit down. He Tengjiao saw him and said immediately: "If no one has any objections, then follow the previous plan. Wang Deren will lead 3 people to guard Chongqing to guard against the Jin army on the other side. On the Guangxi side, Wang Jincai was the main force, Liu Wenxiu was the assistant, 4 people collected from Yunnan, and on the Guizhou side, Chen Youlong led 1 people to cut off the connection between Yunnan and southern Sichuan. Attack Luzhou and capture Sun Kewang alive."

Since the end of the Battle of Eastern Sichuan last year, the Ming army in the southwest has been preparing for the battle. It took nearly seven months to prepare, but it is said to be one of the battles that the Ming army took the longest to prepare for. It is almost comparable to the preparations for attacking Jiangnan. The three-way army , 11 people killed a thief, He Tengjiao is still very confident.

If Sun Kewang knew such a result, he would probably vomit blood immediately. He made a mistake, He Tengjiao is not an upright official.

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