Ming Empire

Chapter 173 Daming is at the end of the day
Cao Yue knew that the general situation in the world today was unpredictable. Sun Chuanting's defeat and hibernation after his defeat, and Li Yan's early killing all indicated that more dramatic changes would follow.He must be prepared for this, so as not to be unable to deal with it when the time comes.

But at this time, something unexpected happened to Cao Yue.

Under the impeachment of some officials such as Liu Zongzhou, Emperor Chongzhen made an extreme decision to revoke Sun Chuanting's trilateral governorship and replace him with Liaodong Governor Hong Chengchou.Emperor Chongzhen ordered Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to take over Hong Chengchou's post to guard Liaodong, and ordered Cao to become Jiao's deputy.

Sun Chuanting was originally unpopular in the court, and almost no one liked him. After being released from prison this time, he was directly given high-standard reuse, which has made many people unconvinced.If Sun Chuanting won the battle, those ministers who were dissatisfied with him would not come forward to impeach him.However, after several victories, Sun Chuanting suffered a disastrous defeat, and most of his men and horses lost.What the ministers in the court like to do the most is to use this opportunity to eliminate dissidents. Under Liu Zongzhou's instigation, many officials stood up and collectively impeached Sun Chuanting as if they were overthrowing the wall.

After hearing that Sun Chuanting suffered a big defeat, Emperor Chongzhen was already very angry. Of course, he could not remain indifferent to the collective impeachment of the officials. In the end, he made a decision to remove Sun Chuanting from his post and order him to return to Beijing to accept the crime.After Sun Chuanting was removed, the military affairs courts in Shaanxi and Henan could not find capable ministers to lead them, so they finally followed Chen Xinjia's proposal and asked Hong Chengchou, who was in charge of Liaodong affairs, to go to Shaanxi to replace Sun Chuanting.

Chen Xinjia, who made this suggestion, was also arrested by Emperor Chongzhen and went to Songshan to preside over military affairs.Chen Xinjia, who suffered from his own suggestion, was rejected by Emperor Chongzhen in every possible way, so he had no choice but to go to Liaodong to preside over military affairs in despair.Fortunately for him, Cao Bianjiao's troops were recalled, and the Jiannu are not as good as before. As long as they don't take the initiative to attack, with the fighting power of Cao Bianjiao's troops, it shouldn't be a big problem to block Jiannu's attack.He also knew that Emperor Chongzhen also believed that the current Jiannu did not have the ability to continue the large-scale southern expedition, but just wanted to occupy some places outside the pass. Therefore, after recalling the general Cao Bianjiao, he dared to send Hong Chengchou to Shaanxi to replace Sun Chuanting.

When the news reached Cao Yue, he was stunned and Jier was furious.

The imperial court was so tossed about, and the officials in the imperial court were so intolerable that Sun Chuanting, the trilateral governor who occasionally lost battles, wanted to punish him for his crimes and not give him the opportunity to perform his crimes and meritorious deeds.

It is a big taboo for military strategists to change generals before the battle. After Sun Chuanting was defeated, he retreated to Shaanxi and wanted to take advantage of the natural danger of Tongguan to hold on, and then slowly recover his strength and continue to fight against the bandits.Cao Yue recognized Sun Chuanting's approach and believed that Sun Chuanting would succeed, but now the court did not give old man Sun a chance, directly dismissed him from his post, and wanted to put him in prison again, "This is self-destruction of the Great Wall!" Cao Yue endured Can't help looking up to the sky and sighing.

Cao Yue knew that now that Sun Chuanting was thrown into prison again, there would be no day of rebirth, and he might die in prison.Cao Yue also immediately went to the court to intercede for Sun Chuanting, and said that he was willing to use his gold medal for avoiding death in exchange for Sun Chuanting's innocence.

Cao Yue wrote to Hong Chengchou again, hoping that Hong Chengchou could also go to the court to intercede for Sun Chuanting.

Emperor Chongzhen did not immediately respond to Cao Yue's request, but Hong Chengchou immediately wrote back to Cao Yue, saying that he was willing to intercede for Sun Chuanting.

Hong Chengchou knew Sun Chuanting's ability. The two had presided over the war against the bandits together and achieved great success. If it weren't for the establishment of slaves and offenders, the last time the two cooperated in the crusade against the bandits, they could have wiped out Li Zicheng.At that time, Sun Chuanting commanded Cao Bianjiao's troops and chased after Li Zicheng. In the end, Li Zicheng escaped with only [-] cavalry and almost lost his life.

Hong Chengchou also appealed to the imperial court immediately, requesting that Sun Chuanting be spared the crime, and hoped that the imperial court would continue to use Sun Chuanting to supervise the trilateral military affairs, but Emperor Chongzhen rudely rejected Hong Chengchou's suggestion.Hong Chengchou played again and recommended Sun Chuanting to lead the army in Liaodong to take over his position, but Emperor Chongzhen once again rejected Hong Chengchou's request, saying that Sun Chuanting must be held accountable for the defeat.

Hong Chengchou was not reconciled, and played again, requesting that Sun Chuanting be exempted from the crime, and that he could be ordered to work in Nanjing to assist Cao Yue in training troops.

At this time, Cao Yue's second memorial was also sent to Beijing, still pleading for Sun Chuanting.In the end, Emperor Chongzhen gave Hong Chengchou and Cao Yue face, and Sun Chuanting was not punished for his felony, but he was dismissed from all official positions and ordered him to go to Nanjing to assist Cao Yue in training troops.

This result made Cao Yue somewhat satisfied.He knew that old man Sun was a very capable person. The unexpected defeat was due to many factors, and Sun Chuanting did not lose all his money. The elite troops under his command were still there. Soldiers, still have the strength to fight to the death with the bandits.

The imperial court does not need such talents, but mediocre talents like Chen Xinjia and Liu Zongzhou have always held high positions. Cao Yue has been completely disappointed with Emperor Chongzhen and the current Ming Dynasty.Only by overthrowing everything and starting over can it be possible to go well.He could foresee that many things would still develop as before. Li Zicheng's men might still invade Beijing, and the fate of Emperor Chongzhen would be as miserable as before.

He finally made a cruel decision, which is to let all this happen, and after the collapse of the Beijing court, he will support the son of Emperor Chongzhen to take the throne, relying on his own military strength to control everything, and then Xu Tuo.Therefore, he finally accepted the fact that Sun Chuanting was serving under him, and he also earnestly hoped that old man Sun would come to him as soon as possible.

At the beginning of December in the 15th year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou braved the heavy snow and severe cold and arrived in Xi'an.After handing over military affairs with Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou formally took over as the governor of the three sides and presided over the military operations against the bandits.

On the other hand, Sun Chuanting set out from Xi'an in the severe cold with several entourages, heading for Nanjing.

Before Sun Chuanting left Xi'an, Cao Yue had already dispatched a small unit of the Special Guard Battalion to secretly escort Sun Chuanting to Xi'an.Cao Yue strictly ordered the commander-in-chief to send Sun Chuanting to Nanjing safely no matter what.

After Sun Chuanting handed over military affairs to Hong Chengchou, the two drank some farewell wine together.In the end, both of them got very drunk, and cried loudly after getting drunk, mourning for their own fate and that of Daming.Although they didn't say anything, they both knew that Daming was at the end of the day, and no one could predict what would happen in the end.

"I hope that Cao Yue can complete the training of the new army as soon as possible. The general trend of the world is about to be reversed. Only his new army will be seen!" This is the last sentence Sun Chuanting said to Hong Chengchou.In this regard, Hong Chengchou, who was coughing continuously because of the cold, basically agreed.

(End of this chapter)