Chapter 232 The imperial concubine is too poisonous
After reading several records, the Red Lady not only had a clear understanding of the detailed process of the Central Plains War, but also had a clear understanding of the performance of several generals, especially the coach Wu Sangui.
Although each record was followed by an assessment of the respective commander's gains and losses, the red lady only took a glance at it as a reference. It was obvious that she, who had experienced battles for a long time, did not need these assessments at all. What was right and wrong, and who had a problem with the command?
, it becomes clear.
"Wu Sangui, as the commander-in-chief, you should have deployed troops according to the actual situation in each place. However, you underestimated the enemy and made a one-size-fits-all decision. After returning to Nanyang, you continued to be arrogant and underestimated the enemy. Xiangyang was close at hand, knowing that it was empty.
But they still did not send a single soldier southward, and now they still want to shirk responsibility. Please tell me yourself who is to blame for the fall of Xiangyang and the bandit army that fled into Huguang?"
The red lady said at the end, her tone was very stern, and she was obviously really angry.
"It's my fault, please punish me!"
Wu Sangui also blushed for a while after being criticized. He knelt down to plead guilty and no longer dared to shirk the blame.
"Originally, you didn't need to remove Tang Tong's troops. Zuo Menggeng's 30,000 troops alone were enough to form an encirclement and defeat the enemy.
Think about it for yourself, if you didn't mobilize Tang Tong's troops, how could Liu Wenxiu have attacked Xiangyang by surprise?
Even if the sneak attack was successful, could the main force of the Daxi Army cross the Han River in Junzhou? Your Majesty trusted you so much and asked you to command all the armies. Is this how you commanded it? Now that you have done this, why don't you reflect on yourself?
I want to shirk responsibility!”
The red lady stared at Wu Sangui. In her opinion, this guy had no intentions at all.
Otherwise, any experienced general would not be able to remove Tang Tong's troops. Even if they were to remove them, they would only remove ten thousand.
Because as far as the main battlefield is concerned, there are hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides. One to two thousand more and one to twenty thousand less are insignificant and will not affect the situation of the battle at all.
Xunyang is located at the junction of several provinces, with dense mountain roads and trails, which can be said to be extremely important. Moreover, both the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army are very familiar with this area and must be on guard against it.
"I deserve death for betraying His Majesty's trust!"
Wu Sangui was speechless and lowered his head in shame.
In his heart, he secretly cursed his eight lifetime bad luck. Not only did he not get any credit this time, but he also caused a lot of trouble. Now he was directly caught by the red lady. Looking at this situation, he had to peel off his skin.
Everyone knew it, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing didn't even bother to hide it, they both had evil smiles on their faces, and they looked like they could just clap their hands in applause.
Liu Liangzuo, Wu Menggeng and Wu Sangui had nothing to do with each other. Although they were gloating about the misfortune in their hearts, they didn't show it on their faces. They all looked like it had nothing to do with them.
Tang Tong breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and then snorted at Wu Sangui with a proud look on his face, but in his heart he felt that the empress was indeed wise.
However, I was secretly glad that it was the empress who read this record first. Considering the holiday between the empress and Wu Sangui, she naturally would not favor Wu Sangui.
Otherwise, if His Majesty takes the first look, given Wu Sangui's weight in Your Majesty's mind, although he will not be completely biased towards Wu Sangui, at least he will be allowed to bear more responsibilities to reduce Wu Sangui's guilt.
Now that it's all right, the empress has already made up her mind. Even if Your Majesty wants to favor Wu Sangui afterwards, I'm afraid it's hard to say anything.
"Tang Tong, although Wu Sangui did not consider the actual situation this time and removed 20,000 of your troops at once, resulting in a serious shortage of your troops. However, there are still three guards near Xiangyang. After you removed all the field troops, why?
Why don’t we recruit the three military households in time and station them in Xiangyang to assist in defense?”
Seeing that Wu Sangui lay down directly without any further excuses, the red lady looked at Tang Tong again and said sternly.
If Wu Sangui was careless and arrogant, then Tang Tong was completely irresponsible and even suspected of intentional inaction.
"Well, my dear, the three guards in Xiangyang belong to the Southern Army. The last general is only the chief soldier of the Seventh Town. It is really inconvenient to recruit them directly!" Tang Tong said with an aggrieved look.
"Snapped!"
"Where did the Southern Army come from? Tang Tong, you are so brave. Who gave you the right to divide the Ming Dynasty's army into the Southern Army and the Northern Army?"
The red lady became furious and stood up with a slap on the armrest.
"Mo...Mo will die. I made a mistake for a moment, please forgive me..."
When Tang Tong saw the red lady being so stern, his face turned pale with fright, and he fell to his knees with a plop, a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Several others were also frightened and secretly warned them.
"You broke your promise. This is your first offense. If you don't do it next time, anyone in the army who dares to talk nonsense or mention anything about the Southern and Northern armies will be severely punished!"
The red lady said solemnly, deciding to have a good talk with the little emperor after returning. If this continues, there may be hidden dangers over time.
"yes!"
All the generals responded quickly.
"Wu Sangui, as the commander-in-chief, you were arrogant and underestimated the enemy, and commanded improperly, which resulted in the fall of Xiangyang and the bandit army rushing into Huguang. Do you accept it? But what else can you say?"
"I surrender with all my heart, and I have nothing to say."
Wu Sangui saw that she was so eager to convict him, and he knew that he might not be able to eat anything this time and walked away.
"Tang Tong, although you are the chief military officer of the Seventh Town, the transfer order clearly states that you are temporarily stationed at Xunyang Second Mansion in Xiangyang, and you can recruit the garrison and guard troops from the two places at any time. However, due to various reasons, you
Do you accept your inaction and serious dereliction of duty, which led to the fall of Xiangyang? What else can you say?"
"I surrender with all my heart and I have nothing to say!"
Tang Tong couldn't be happy anymore and answered honestly.
He really regretted that he shouldn't have worried so much in the first place. He was really worried that the civil and military officials in Nanjing would embarrass him in front of the Queen Mother afterwards, and he also thought that the war would not spread to Xiangyang, so he thought that it would be better to do less than to do more.
His attitude was such that he did not recruit military households from the Three Guards of Xiangyang.
"You two have nothing to say, so let the military prosecutor and military supervisor discuss the crime first!"
The red lady waved her hand and did not punish the two of them directly, but planned to follow the regulations of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.
Wu Sangui and Tang Tong were not happy because the red lady did not directly announce the punishment result, but their hearts sank.
It is true that Zuo Dudu has no right to directly punish generals above the rank of major general, but the Red Lady is not just an ordinary Zuo Dudu, but also a noble concubine who has been granted absolute military and political power in the north by the emperor.
Although His Majesty returned to Beijing, he did not cancel her rights and could punish them directly.
If the imperial concubine were punished directly, she would definitely have concerns, and it would probably not be too severe. But now that they are characterized first, and then the two supervisors will discuss the crimes and report them to His Majesty, then there really will be no room for repayment, even if His Majesty
If you want to take it lightly, I'm afraid you won't think about it again.
As expected, women are the most poisonous people, and Wu Sangui was scolding him in his heart. He knew that the red lady must still hold a grudge.
Tang Tong cursed Wu Sangui in his heart.
He knew that he was probably implicated by Wu Sangui, because almost everyone in the world knew about the relationship between the imperial concubine and Wu Sangui. Now that he finally got the chance, he would definitely go to death.