Chapter 1543 Xin Zijuan Early Cold

   Not long after Feng Ziying was a nanny and took care of the children, Baoxiang outside came to pass on the news, and Mr. Zheng and Mr. Wang from the Ministry of War came.

  Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment before realizing that Lord Wang of the Ministry of War refers to Wang Yingxiong. Zheng Chongjian needless to say, but Wang Yingxiong followed Sun Chengzong to the southwest after he arrived in the Ministry of War. He has been missing for more than a year, and finally came back this time?

   Hastily went out to the study and invited Wang Yingxiong in. The three of them sat down. Then Feng Ziying looked up and down the dark and skinny classmate next to Zheng Chongjian.

   Picked up the tea and took a sip, put it down, Wang Yingxiong shook his head, with a lot of emotion on his face, "It's not just difficult, it's too difficult."

   "Ziying, I'm afraid something will happen." Zheng Chongjian explained his purpose in one sentence.

   "An accident? What happened?" Feng Ziying was startled, looking at Wang Yingxiong, "Isn't it the southwest side? Didn't it mean that Master Sun has stabilized the situation, and Master Yang's Jingxiang Town is integrating a part of Guyuan Town?"

Wang Yingxiong's face was a bit ugly, he didn't speak for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he said slowly: "Master Yang's actions are too violent, Guyuan Town is not very cooperative, the soldiers are clamoring, and the integration is not going smoothly, especially after hearing that your father is going to After Northwest became the governor of the three sides, these soldiers of Guyuan Town saw hope, and they were even more unwilling to be integrated into Jingxiang Town, and demanded to return to Guyuan Town."

Feng Ziying frowned, but this was an unexpected problem. Guyuan Town had been in Huguang for more than a year. After Yang He's Jingxiang Town took over, it should be digested no matter what. so tricky.

"Yang He is incompetent!" Zheng Chongjian said angrily with a gloomy face: "It has been a year, and Jingxiang Town's combat effectiveness is still weak, far from being able to compare with Wang Ziteng's Denglai Town! Most of the soldiers in Denglai Town are from Shandong. In terms of adaptability, they are not as good as Jingxiang soldiers, but compared to fighting, Jingxiang Town has been defeated again and again. Let it integrate Guyuan Town, but it is always clear. The town regarded itself as its own, and the soldiers of Guyuan Town felt that Yang He was eccentric, but in fact they were even more unwilling to cooperate, so it happened like this."

Feng Ziying was silent. Yang He was born as a censor, and he was not the director of military training and fighting. The reason why Jingxiang Town was in charge of him was because he was the governor of Yunyang, and he recruited refugees from Jingxiang Mountain in addition to governors. To form it can not only appease the local area, but also extract the most unstable and most likely civil uprising part of the Yunyang mountainous area, reducing the possibility of civil uprisings in the Yunyang mountainous area.

  All thought that these elite refugees could become an army with a little training, but Yang He did not expect that he did so poorly. This is how the literati lead the army. Without the assistance of one or two generals who are familiar with military affairs, it is indeed difficult to form.

Take a look at Wang Ziteng's Denglai Army. Although this guy is ambitious, he is a good player in training and deploying troops. The Denglai Army quickly formed combat effectiveness in his hands. If this person had no surprises and deliberately obstructed it, Feng Ziying thought that the Bozhou rebellion It should have been resolved long ago.

  Of course, there is still a big problem here, that is, there has never been a unified command in the Southwest War.

  Yang He's Jingxiang Town, Guyuan Town's reinforcements, Sun Chengzong's local guards, Wang Ziteng's Denglai Army, the composition is too complex.

In terms of Pin Yi, Wang Ziteng must be respected, but Wang Ziteng's unreliability prevents the court from letting him command the entire southwestern army. In terms of military proficiency, Sun Chengzong, who was born in the Ministry of War, must be the best at it, but how can Sun Chengzong command the imperial censor? Yang He, who was born and also served as the governor of Yunyang?

   "Feixiong, what do you think?" Feng Ziying felt that it is better to listen to Wang Yingxiong's opinion first, after all, he is from the front line, and there must be some reasons for his return this time.

   "The key is Wang Ziteng's Denglai Town." Wang Yingxiong didn't quite agree with Zheng Chongjian's point of view.

Yang He is certainly incompetent, but even if he can integrate the remnants of Guyuan, so what, as long as Denglai Town is hindered, so that the other two cannot concentrate on fighting the enemy, the Southwest War is an unsolvable problem, but now Denglai cannot be transferred town.

It can be said that the imperial court's plan to use Denglai Town to fight evil with poison to wipe out the Yang Yinglong rebels in Bozhou became the biggest failure. Now that the imperial court wants to move Wang Ziteng, it is afraid of forcing Wang Ziteng, especially when the current situation is becoming more and more delicate. .

   "Then the imperial court should have made up their minds early on to transfer Prince Teng and send someone to take over Denglai Town!" Zheng Chongjian said in a deep voice.

  Both he and Wang Yingxiong have officially entered the core department of the imperial court. After staying in the Ministry of War for so long, they have already noticed the problem of Wang Ziteng. Of course, they are also aware of the complicated relationship between the current emperor, the Supreme Emperor, and Prince Yizhong.

"Easier said than done, Wang Ziteng has a heavy army in his hands, and has set out to control Denglai Town from the very beginning. Every soldier is recruited by him personally, and the generals in command are all his confidantes brought over from the Beijing camp and Xuanda. What if he doesn't agree to send someone to take over?" Wang Yingxiong shook his head.

He has seen Wang Ziteng's prestige in Denglai Town in Huguang. If you want to take over Denglai Town with another person, it is purely a dream. .

   "Then cut off its logistics supplies..." Zheng Chongjian shook his head as soon as the words came out.

Now Denglai Town is located in Huguang, and its logistics supplies mainly depend on Huguang, and Huguang is the main grain-producing area of ​​Dazhou. It is not impossible for him to directly control Huguang if he is in a hurry. The lifeline of the court was broken.

"I'm afraid that once he is forced to turn against him, it will be a catastrophe if he joins forces with Yang Yinglong from Bozhou." Wang Yingxiong's face was gloomy, "I have been to the southwest for so long and have carefully studied the war. However, the guard army assembled by Mr. Sun is still fighting vigorously, but the strength is insufficient, and the cooperation of Jingxiang Town is not strong enough, and Denglai Town actually did not fight the local army at all,..."

  Feng Ziying was taken aback, and quickly asked: "Denglai Town didn't fight the Bozhou native army, so who is it beating?"

"The ones who fought were all the other native troops in the fringe area of ​​Huguang. Some of the chieftains who did not obey the orders of Denglai Town, Wang Ziteng used the reason that the other side colluded with Yang Yinglong of Bozhou to carry out the conquest. So far, five or six troops have been conscripted. The chieftains of the family have been wiped out, and their elites have been selected as vassals to assist masters and labor subordinates in Denglai Town." Wang Yingxiong said sullenly.

   "Huh? Don't the Ministry of War and the court know?" Feng Ziying was shocked.

"I know, but those chieftains in the border areas of Huguang did have contacts with Yang Yinglong of Bozhou. It depends on whether you think this is a collusion, including the chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou. It has been many years since the land reform, But it has never been implemented. These chieftains are all behind closed doors, and the local government can't control it at all, so the Denglai Army did this. The local government naturally applauded and was willing to support it, and the imperial court seemed to agree with it. If you don't object, it will be the current situation, where the military exploits of the annihilation are reported to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Military Affairs still holds its nose and recognizes it."

Wang Yingxiong sighed, "It's not that there was no battle between Denglai Town and the Bozhou Turks, but there are only a handful of them. The two sides seem to have some kind of tacit understanding. You advance and retreat, and the scale of the battle is not large. The captured There were very few of them, and the occupied places were basically retreated by the Bozhou side. As soon as Wang Ziteng retreated because of insufficient logistics support, the Bozhou side made a comeback, and even expanded the control area. It turned out that some surrounding areas were not controlled by Yang Yinglong. The area is now controlled by Yang Yinglong."

  Feng Ziying's expression changed slightly. It turned out that Wang Ziteng was playing counter-insurgency like this? Isn't this a disguised expansion of power in the alternate state?

   After thinking for a long time, Feng Ziying asked Wang Yingxiong the purpose of coming back this time.

  Wang Yingxiong also said what he reported to the Ministry of War and the court when he came back this time.

  The southwest war situation is now in a state of stalemate. Yang He's Jingxiang Town is not well integrated, and internal strife continues.

  Sun Chengzong's rectification of the guards was quite effective, but the power given to him by the court was only so great, and some of the people raised by Geng Ruqi in the Chongqing government were still insufficient.

Wang Ziteng has greatly expanded his power by exterminating chieftains in many places in Huguang. The number of his vassals in the name of folk husbands and minzhuang has reached more than 30,000, many of whom are the original chieftains of various ministries. This force After receiving the recruitment and logistical support of the officers of the army, their strength should not be underestimated, especially Wang Ziteng's private promise that they would be considered for inclusion in the army system if they performed well. The mountain people who couldn't eat enough to eat were very eager to fight for their lives.

This also aroused Sun Chengzong's great concern, because the recruitment of the mountain people under the chieftain's rule as the strong people and their own use can be changed on the fly during the war, but if it is said that they want to enter the army system of the Great Zhou, it is obviously beyond Wang Ziteng. The authority of the governor of Denglai, even the Ministry of War, needs to be reported to the cabinet and the emperor for approval, but Wang Ziteng doesn't know the rules here?

  If it is a lie to deceive, it may lead to a mutiny in the future, but this is secondary, if the other party really has other ideas, then it will be troublesome.

Feng Ziying also did not expect that Wang Ziteng's rebellion in Huguang would evolve to such an extent. The court failed to appoint a general with full command to bring such great harm. Who can hold him down?

  Li Chengliang?

   Daheng Xiao?

  Magui?

Li Chengliang is sick and bedridden, Xiao Daheng is even more old, Ma Gui is also very old, these three have already retired, and now there is no one in the Great Zhou Army who can hold down Wang Ziteng in terms of seniority and prestige, and that is old Feng Ziying Father Feng Tang is also a bit inferior.

  (end of this chapter)