Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 502 United Front
New book for collection: "The Rise of Great Powers 1900"

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Yang Chao didn't know the situation in Yunnan at first. After all, Yunnan was remote and the transportation was inconvenient. He only knew that after Zhang Xianzhong's death, the rest of the Great Western Army entered Yunnan with the help of suppressing the rebellion of the chieftains in Yunnan, and won over the Prince Mu's Mansion in Yunnan. What was done, but very little news came out.

This time, he learned that the news about Yunnan came from Guangdong. Under the banner of the Ming court, Sun Kewang sent envoys to Guangdong via Vietnam and by sea, contacted Song Kun, and then all the way to Nanjing.

Only then did Yang Chao know that the little emperor Zhu Cihuan had joined forces with Sun Kewang.

The little emperor made Sun Kewang the king of Ji, granted him the power to control the world's soldiers and horses, and asked him to send troops to the Northern Expedition.

In this name, Sun Kewang immediately contacted soldiers and horses from all over the country, preparing to join the Northern Expedition.

His main force has entered Guizhou, and he has incorporated chieftains and warlords of the Ming army from all over Guizhou, further expanding his force.

In the original history, Sun Kewang used the banner of Ming Dynasty to unite various forces, such as Zheng Chenggong, hoping that Zheng Chenggong would march into the Yangtze River, but at that time Zheng Chenggong procrastinated and missed the opportunity.

Regarding Sun Kewang's arrival under the banner of controlling the world's soldiers and horses, Yang Chao's subordinates were all indignant. They simply looked down on Sun Kewang's background as a peasant army, let alone Sun Kewang's power.

Why are you, Sun Kewang, the territory is only Yunnan, and Yang Chao is located in Shandong, Jiangnan, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces. Yunnan is a remote and wild land, and Yang Chao's territory is indeed the economic center of Ming Dynasty.Your Sun Kewang claims to have millions of soldiers, but most of them are family members, while Yang Chao has millions of armored soldiers.

The subordinates were naturally unconvinced.

But Yang Chao received Sun Kewang's envoy Feng Shuangli politely.

Ask politely: "I don't know what King Ji wants the governor to do?"

Feng Shuangli was actually not hopeful at first, and was even a little trembling, because Yang Chao's reputation was so great that he was overwhelmed by the pressure, and it also made these warlords breathless. The task Sun Kewang gave him was really unsuccessful. hope.

Feng Shuangli was overjoyed by Yang Chao's attitude, not only entertained him well, let him see the prosperous scene in the south of the Yangtze River, but also took him to visit the military workshop in Xinjiangkou, watched the drill of Yang Chao's camp, and asked him kindly His grandson is expected to deploy.

"The King of Ji hopes that Bo Zhongyi can contain the Tartars in Jiangxi and Shandong, especially the elite of the Eight Banners. The King of Ji will divide his troops to attack Hunan and Sichuan!"

"Hmph, King Ji's abacus is so shrewd. Our army restrains the main force of the Tartars, so that he can take advantage of the fisherman's left hand! Our army is desperately fighting against the Eight Banners, and he collects Huguang and Sichuan?"

Huang Fengfu, who participated in the negotiation, said coldly.

Feng Shuangli said seriously: "Master Huang is wrong. The King of Ji has belonged to the imperial court, and we all serve for the imperial court. How about collecting Huguang? The whole world belongs to the emperor. We are just recovering the lost land for the emperor."

Huangfeng Mansion is still trying to argue.

Yang Chao said directly: "Okay! The governor has agreed to King Ji."

Huang Fengfu had a bitter look on his face. He knew Yang Chao's plan a long time ago, and Feng Shuangli was overjoyed.

"Uncle Zhongyi is serious?"

"really!"

"Do you dare to swear?"

"You don't need to make an oath, just watch it. The governor immediately mobilized the army to pretend to attack Shandong and Huguang. I hope that King Ji will seize the opportunity and take advantage of the emptiness of Huguang to attack Huguang as soon as possible to regain the lost ground."

Feng Shuangli couldn't help being surprised: "Good!"

The negotiation was concluded, and Feng Shuangli could set off to go back. He had to tell Sun Kewang the good news immediately.

Huang Fengfu lamented unceasingly, and hated Huizhou merchants in his heart. He thought that Yang Chao had to give up this good opportunity because of economic difficulties, and Sun Kewang's forces took advantage of it.

How did he know that Yang Chao would still cooperate with Sun Kewang even if the economy was stable and food and money were sufficient at this time.Yang Chao has long wanted to establish a united front, but it's a pity that he has never been able to find a suitable opportunity.

"A lot of men were transferred back to Jiangxi, and they stationed together with Lu Mo on the Jiangxi and Hunan borders to attract Hong Chengchou's attention."

"Tune Sun Changfu to go north to Shandong, and take the move of the Northern Expedition."

As soon as Feng Shuangli left, Yang Chao immediately gave the order.

Although he didn't have the conditions to attack at this time, it was still possible to mobilize the army. Anyway, the mobilization of the army only consumed food. The food was sufficient, but the silver was short.

Moreover, Yang Chao's purpose is not to recover the lost ground, but to stabilize the locality. The financial crisis that has just been experienced has hit the economy too hard. If it does not stabilize soon, I am afraid that private money will start to flood again.

"Feng Mansion, you go to Fujian. Tell Jin Shenghuan that he must either accept our army's recruitment, and the governor will guarantee his title and salary. If he wants to lead troops, he can also be the commander-in-chief of a town. But his army must be handed over. Otherwise Our army is about to enter Fujian."

Jin Shenghuan has been in Fujian all the time, still under the banner of the Duke of Mingchang, and Yang Chao has never done anything to him, but there is such an alternative in the territory, who has always been stuck in his throat, directly attacking Fujian, and the consequences are too great. It is tantamount to a civil war. However, Yang Chao has always avoided civil war.

As for Jin Shenghuan's soldiers, in fact, Yang Chao has never paid much attention to them. If he hadn't used the banner of Chang Guogong, Yang Chao would have definitely wiped him out. Let Yang Chaola go to work as a coolie, and finally be exiled to the colony.

But the overall situation is the top priority, and for political purposes, these bastards can only be let go. When the time comes, they will be redoubled and their bandit habits will be completely eliminated before they will be incorporated into the army.

"Don't worry, the governor, I would like to persuade Jin Shenghuan to vote within a month with his sharp tongue."

Huangfeng Mansion has set off, and ten days will be enough in less than a month.

Jin Shenghuan had no choice. He was frantically recruiting and accepting rebels in Fujian. He had 20 soldiers under his command. But even if he was killed, he would not believe that he was Yang Chao's opponent. Both Yang Chao and Yang Chao had a dead end. Now the east coast of Fujian is The Zheng Group has Jiangxi to the west, Zhejiang to the north, and Guangdong to the south. Jin Shenghuan can't escape even if he wants to. They really have no choice but to accept recruitment and exchange for a rich man.

But Jin Shenghuan kept a mind, he asked to hand over his title to his five-year-old son Jin Lecong, and he would continue to be the general officer in Fujian, Yang Chao agreed.

Then the Song Kun Department sent 10 troops into Fujian, and started the elimination and reorganization of the Jin Shenghuan Department. After the elimination, only 10 people were left. Out of a thousand Ding's soldiers, he can only be a bare-handed commander for the time being, and even in the future his number of troops will only be 5.

On the other side, after Feng Shuangli returned to Yunnan, he immediately informed Sun Kewang of Yang Chao's attitude.

Sun Kewang was naturally overjoyed. At the same time, his spies had also found out the situation, and found that Hong Chengchou had indeed deployed Hunan's troops mainly at the various passes at the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi, and none of the elite Eight Banners in the north was moving south.

Sun Kewang would not miss this opportunity, and immediately sent Li Dingguo to attack Hunan, and Liu Wenxiu to attack Sichuan.

Sun Kewang sent Feng Shuangli and Li Dingguo to lead more than [-] horsemen, tens of thousands of infantry, and more than ten war elephants, from Tongren and Mayang, all the way to Pingxi and Bianshui, and all the way to Thoreau and Son, to jointly attack Yuanzhou (Zhijiang River) ).The three battalions of the Qingyuan Prefecture garrison had a total of only [-] soldiers. They retreated into the city and were "surrounded like an iron bucket".Feng Shuangli attacked the city bravely, occupied Yuanzhou on the same day, and captured Qing general Zheng Yitong and Zhizhou Chai Gonggui alive.After conquering Yuanzhou, they moved their troops to attack Chenzhou. Due to the strict defense of Xu Yong, the commander-in-chief of Chenchang in the Qing Dynasty, he failed to succeed. Hunan General Xu Shungong Shen Yongzhong led [-] troops and tried his best to support them. Deadlocked.

Li Dingguo led his troops to go south to Jingzhou, defeating 160 reinforcements from Zhang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, beheaded [-] and [-] Qing soldiers, and captured [-] horses. Almost the entire army was wiped out.Li Dingguo took advantage of the situation and attacked Wugang, and began to threaten Kong Youde's department in Guangxi.

At this time, Sun Kewang was stationed in Guizhou and continuously dispatched troops into Hunan.

Li Dingguo entered Guangxi with only [-] troops.

When Li Dingguo was attacking Jingzhou and Wugang, Shen Yongzhong asked Kong Youde for help, but Kong Youde ignored him because of selfishness. At this time, the Qing court had made Kong Youde King of Dingnan and promised Guangxi to be his domain.

Kong Youde regarded Guangxi as his own feudal state, so he made great efforts to manage Guangxi. The army was scattered and stationed in various places, and the bandits and defeated soldiers in Guangxi were recruited, and he did not intend to give up an inch of land in Guangxi.The main force was stationed in Wuzhou to guard against the attack of Yang's army in Guangdong, so Kong Youde had no military support for a while.

Moreover, Kong Youde did not want to support Shen Yongzhong at all, because when he invaded Guangxi, his military rations were insufficient, and he did not want to plunder his fief. There are personal grievances.

But Kong Youde didn't expect that Li Dingguo would be so aggressive with his troops. After taking down Jingzhou and Wugang, he couldn't wait to enter Guangxi as soon as he opened the passage to Guangxi.

At this time Kong Youde himself was in trouble.

But he still didn't take Li Dingguo seriously, he sat in Guilin to stop Li Dingguo himself.

In late June, Li Dingguo led elite soldiers from Wugang and Xinning to attack Quanzhou directly. On the 28th, they wiped out the Qing army in Quanzhou, and guards Sun Long and Li Yangxing were killed.Kong Youde was shocked when he heard the news, and the next day he personally led the troops left behind in Guilin to the Yanguan Pass in Xing'an County. Door.On the afternoon of June [-], the Ming army arrived at the outskirts of Guilin.Kong Youde saw that the Dingguo Army was very powerful, and knew that it would be difficult to defend Guilin with limited troops around him. On the second day of July, he flew to guard Guo'an, the admiral's line in Nanning, Ma Xiong, the left-wing general guarding the Wuzhou area, and the right-wing general guarding the Liuzhou area. Give up the place in the whole festival and lead the troops back to aid.

Song Kun, who was guarding Guangdong, saw the Guangxi army rescue Guilin, and he hurriedly asked Yang Chao to send troops to Guangxi.

However, Yang Chao told him that Guangxi was already Li Dingguo's favorite food, and it would be too ugly to go to the vile dogs to grab shit at this time, so let him continue to defend and cooperate with Li Dingguo when necessary.

Song Kun said that when Kong Youde gathered the main force, Li Dingguo might not be able to fight, but Yang Chao trusted Li Dingguo very much, saying that Kong Youde would definitely die.

Song Kun didn't believe it at all, but within a few days, he received the news that Kong Youde had been killed, and he couldn't help but look at Li Dingguo with admiration.

(End of this chapter)