The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 165 Desire for Power
Su Guansheng is now Zhu Yu'ao's number one officer.Zhu Yu'ao went up and sat down, and hurriedly motioned: "Su Ge Department, please tell me."

Su Guansheng immediately said with a serious face: "Have you ever forgotten your original intention, Your Highness?"

"What does the Su Ge Department say?"

"Now half of our Ming Dynasty is occupied by captives, and tens of thousands of bandits are raging in Fujing. It is really a time when the country is in turmoil and the people are hanging upside down, just when a sage king is needed to rule the world.

"However, the current monarch is weak and the country is suspicious, and the people's hearts are unstable, so how can we suppress the enemy and restore the country?" Su Guansheng said with awe-inspiring righteousness, "The Empress Dowager Kuang Zeng took power and replaced the imperial edict with Yizhi. , as it has been in the past, it is difficult for the country to continue...

"Your Highness should save all the people from the fire and water with inexhaustible resources. This is His Highness' destiny, but it's your fault!"

Zhu Yu'ao was startled when he heard the words, Su Guansheng's words were like a spark, rekindling his cooling desire for power.

He immediately remembered that just a few days ago, he was still dreaming of being king, and he had even thought about the name of the country. In the dream, he expelled the Jian captives, rejuvenated the country, praised the people, and became a generation of sage kings who will last forever .

If Empress Zeng hadn't suddenly returned to Tianxing Mansion, the enthronement ceremony yesterday would have been held for Zhu Yu'ao.

But right now, the woman casually named him a "counselor king", just wanting him to bow his head and serve that infant child just like that.

Is this what he wants?
No!In terms of strength, popularity, and governing the country, he believes that no one is more suitable to ascend to the throne than him.

So why give it to a baby?
Seeing that Zhu Yu'ao's expression changed a few times, Su Guansheng knew that he had said what was on his mind, so he hurriedly said: "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, your Highness is the assistant king, I am afraid that Empress Dowager Zeng also sees it as a thorn in her throat .

"Now that Fujing is in critical condition, she will use His Royal Highness to stabilize the situation. After the captive army retreats and Tianxing Mansion is stabilized, she will try her best to weaken His Highness's power. It will be a matter of transferring Liu Ruolin out of Tianxing Mansion today." an example.

"Your Highness is supposed to be the saint of the whole life, why should he be trapped in the hands of a woman?"

Seeing that Zhu Yu'ao's eyes were full of resentment, he finally said in a deep voice, "Your Highness has heard that some of the powerful ministers who have worked hard to protect the country since ancient times have ended well?"

Zhu Yu'ao's pupils shrank, he pondered for a while, and finally raised his head and said with difficulty: "It's just that the general situation is now, the new king is about to be established, and the name has been determined, what should we do?"

Su Guansheng smiled slightly when he heard the words, cupped his hands and said: "I have two strategies, far and near, for Your Highness."

Zhu Yuao stared at him hard and nodded.

"Nearer is King Chen." Su Guansheng looked north, "Within Fujing, King Chen's troops are the most powerful, and they are closely related to the armies in Jiangxi.

"However, he has had little contact with the officials in the Tianxing Mansion, and has little power. If His Highness promises him great benefits and wins his support, he will have the support of most of the generals in Fujing and Jiangxi. In addition, His Highness Yu Chao For the influence of the Chinese officials, we only need to tell the world that the son of the former emperor has passed away, and that the prince brought by Zeng and Empress is really a fake, and then we can go up and shout..."

Zhu Yu'ao pondered: "But how can we move the heart of King Chen?"

Su Guansheng said: "Your Highness can promise Prince Chen to be called the 'Shang Prince', who will be on the left of all the princes, and Ganzhou will be granted to him as a vassal land. Let him embrace His Highness instead of serving as the young emperor."

Zhu Yu'ao was also secretly surprised when he heard the words, and said to himself that Su Guansheng was really generous. Ganzhou is the largest and richest state capital in Jiangxi, accounting for [-]% of Jiangxi's land.King Chen is just a family member with no roots. He can be given such a heavy vassal and the honor of being a "prince". It is expected that he will obey!
Su Guansheng continued: "This is the near one, but we should not rely too much on it. And the farther away, you need to go to Guangdong in person.

"According to my official's estimate, Ding Kuichu's troops have at least 3 horses. As long as the Cantonese army can be mobilized into Fujian, the effect will be even greater than that of Chen Wang's soldiers. In addition," he sneered, "after cutting off the captive army, there will be tens of thousands of troops. The Cantonese soldiers stationed in Fujing can still keep an eye on King Chen, so as to prevent him from having other thoughts."

Zhu Yu'ao immediately nodded and said: "I will write a letter immediately and take it to Guangdong by the Su Ge Department. If there are other requirements, the Su Ge Department can take advantage of them."

He turned to Wang Yinghua again and said, "I'd like to go to the Jianning mansion at the King's Department Hall, it's the terms discussed by the Suge Department just now, it must be agreed with the King Chen and me."

Su Guansheng and Wang Yinghua held hands together.

"I will live up to His Highness's trust."

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Jianning Mansion.

Shi Fu led an army of [-] troops to rush to Pucheng from Jian'an.

He was the number one general under Zheng Zhilong, and he was entrusted by Zheng Zhilong with the important task of the general of Fujing.

Along the way, his troops moved quickly and with great discipline, and the ranks were not chaotic at all.

In addition, he knew that most of Jianning was under the control of the Ming army, so he was very careful along the way and sent a large number of scouts to investigate, fearing that the Ming army would ambush him.

But when he was sixty or seventy miles away from Pucheng, he saw most of the Ming army, so he ordered people to set up camp and sent people to investigate.

As Shi Lang "predicted", this Ming army had a lax military discipline and low combat effectiveness.However, it had already dug a large number of trenches around Pucheng, and built earth and rocks to defend the walls layer by layer.

At first Shi Fu didn't care about these Ming troops, so he ordered the forward battalion to storm the enemy's position that day.

Unexpectedly, although this Ming army only dared to hide behind the earthen wall and fire their guns, they didn't have the courage to go forward to fight at all, but the firearms they held were extremely fierce, and some of them could penetrate cotton armor from a hundred steps away.

The forwards of the Shifu Department charged for a few rounds, and the Ming army retreated in fright, and then took several trenches and an earthen wall, but it took half a day, and they were killed by gunfire and injured more than 300 people.

And Shi Fudeng looked from afar, there were at least seven or eight floors of similar fortifications, and he couldn't help frowning secretly. According to this strategy, it would take a monkey year and a month to reach the city of Pucheng?

It's just that no matter how provocative and insulting he made the soldiers, the Ming army always retreated behind the earthen wall and fired their guns, never coming out for a decisive battle.

Three days later, Shi Lang paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties, and finally broke through the six defense lines of the Ming army, and almost rushed to the city of Pucheng.

"Yu Xiuluo, it's not a problem to fight like this!" Deng Shan glanced at the Qing army formation not far away, and said in a rough voice, "This way of fighting is certainly safe, but it's too useless! You've been pushed to the front, and you want me to say, form a phalanx and beat the ****..."

Zhen Zhen patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Deng still has such a quick temper, let's rest for a few more days. According to His Highness, it will be these days. Then you will enjoy killing the enemy."

Deng Shan pointed behind him, "But if the bandit army moves forward, Pucheng will be behind us, and there is no way to retreat."

"This is a little troublesome." Zhen Zhenliu frowned slightly, thinking in his heart that he didn't know how Mr. Gu was doing, but the bandit army was approaching the city, so they had to be driven back.

She hesitated for a moment, then waved to Sun Qi and said, "Mr. Sun Qian, let's bombard him first."

"Yes!" Sun Mazi was overjoyed, rubbing his hands together and said, "It's my turn!"

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