Chapter 284 Chief Baikui (35) Liu Wei was impeached
In Wenyuan Pavilion, a cabinet meeting is being held in the small meeting hall on the left side of the main cabinet room.
Since the emperor had successively vetoed several suggestions by the new chief minister Gao Pangshi to add cabinet ministers, and with the departure of Wenhuadian University scholar Shen Guanyi a few days ago, there are now only three cabinet ministers in the cabinet: Zhongjidian University The scholars are high and pragmatic, Zhao Zhigao, a bachelor of Jianji Palace, and Zhou Yong, a bachelor of Wuying Palace.
It goes without saying that Gao Pragmatic and Zhou Yong were both elders of the Practical School. Zhao Zhigao, the second assistant, became the only representative of the Heart School in the cabinet. However, due to the aftermath of the "Medicinal Diet Case", Zhao Zhigao's son was accused of expropriation and embezzlement. The salt tax forced this important minister of the Heart School to submit to Gao Pragmatism, which actually changed his position of being hostile to the Practical School.
In this way, the current cabinet finally no longer has to quarrel, and everything can be subject to the attitude of Chief Minister Gao Pragmatic. However, there was a little surprise today. When Gao Pragmatic took out a bullet and showed it to Zhao Zhigao , the elder who was born in Nanbang did not speak for a long time.
This bullet was sent by Xu Sanwei, the governor of Gansu, who impeached the admiral of the expedition to the west. The Sichuan military officer Liu Wei failed in the battle and let the Chahar tribe's Meng Yuan Taishi Burihatu escape. At the same time, he also Liu Wei was accused of disobeying military orders because he did not report his movements in time and used troops privately, which led to the "calm breakout" of the Burihatu tribe.
As the governor of Gansu, Xu Sanwei's accusation against Liu Wei was undoubtedly very serious. Because according to what he said, Liu Wei not only offended the tradition and authority of civil servants in commanding the army, but also led to serious consequences. There was a huge disparity between the civil and military status of the Ming Dynasty. If Liu Wei is found guilty, it would not be too much to be sentenced to death for both crimes.
So why didn't Zhao Zhigao say anything? Because before this bullet, Liu Wei's report of victory had been delivered to the cabinet. In the report of victory, Liu Wei described in detail the process of using troops after he sent troops to Gansu. If he The description is true. In any case, it should be a great achievement rather than a "failure to fight".
According to Liu Wei, when he arrived at Shandanwei not far east of Ganzhou, he received instructions from Xu Sanwei, the governor of Gansu. In the letter, Xu Sanwei asked him to pursue the enemy who had just arrived from Ganzhou. The main force of the Burihatu tribe retreated from the city and escaped.
At that time, Liu Wei's troops were not fully present, and there were only 30,000 forwards around him. He might not be able to forcefully pursue the main force of Buri Hatu, and there was even the risk of being severely defeated by Buri Hatu. However, considering the order of the governor of Gansu, he could not Turning a blind eye, Liu Wei decided to catch him by surprise and led his eight thousand cavalry to attack Suzhou over the mountains and ridges.
After two days of hard work, Liu Wei's troops arrived at Weilu Fort, not far from Suzhou. He joined the "local militia" in Weilu Fort and launched a surprise attack on Suzhou, during which he also eliminated a group of Mongolian exploration horses.
Due to the sudden arrival of Liu Wei's troops, the Mongolian army in Suzhou City was caught off guard and lost control. They were killed before they could close the outer city gate. However, things did not always go smoothly. The Mongolian army closed the Wengcheng gate at the last moment, causing Liu Wei's army to fall into the trap. The plan to break the city failed, and the army had to use artillery to blast open the city gate despite the suppression of firepower from three sides in Wengcheng. This made Liu Wei's army pay the price of more than 200 elite cavalry before they could enter the city.
After entering the city, it was not smooth. A fierce battle broke out between the Mongol army who had woken up and Liu Wei's troops in the city. At this time, Liu Wei discovered that the Mongolian troops in the city were not all cavalry, but there were many musketeers. These unknown
The elite musketeers, armed with quite good muskets, held back the horses and then fired their guns at Luchai, causing considerable casualties to Liu Wei's entire cavalry unit.
Fortunately, Liu Wei responded in time. He first mobilized the "Weilubao Militia" to set up a musket formation to shoot at them, and then personally led an elite cavalry force to kill through the flank line, then went around to the Mongolian army musket position on the main street to launch a fierce attack.
Defeated the main force of the Mongolian army in the city.
After the main force of the Mongolian army was defeated, the defeated army fled in two directions. They fled all the way to the west to Jiayuguan to establish a defense line, and fled all the way east to look for the main force of the Mongolian army, Burihatu, behind Liu Wei's tribe.
Liu Wei's troops suffered considerable losses in the city. He had 8,000 cavalry and more than 2,000 "Weilubao militia". Currently, about 500 were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded. The number of available troops was reduced by nearly 20%, which was neither enough to continue to regain the existing territory.
Jiayuguan, which was on guard, was unable to leave the city to pursue the enemy forces to the east - after all, they might still encounter the main force of Burihatu here.
Therefore, Liu Wei could only strengthen the city defense immediately after wiping out the remaining enemies in Suzhou City to prepare for the main offensive of Burihatu.
This judgment was quite timely, because the main force of Burihatu had already rushed to the Suzhou City early the next morning. At this time, Burihatu already knew that he had been tricked by Liu Wei, and it was obvious that he came with hatred. As soon as he arrived at the Suzhou City
, they vowed to conquer Suzhou. Their entire army of about 60,000 people camped outside the range of the Ming army's artillery and prepared to attack by force.
Fortunately, it was getting late at this time. After firing artillery on the Suzhou City Tower to frighten the Mongolian army, Burihatu had to call off the attack when darkness fell. However, Liu Wei and his party took advantage of the last sunlight to detect the Mongolian army through the telescope.
The army has already begun preparing siege equipment.
Faced with this situation, Liu Wei did not dare to be careless. That night, while arranging people to prepare for the Mongolian army's night attack on the city, he also took inventory of gunpowder, artillery and other supplies in Suzhou City to prepare for tomorrow's fierce attack by the Mongolian army.
However, early the next morning, an accident occurred. The Mongolian army camp had withdrawn for more than ten miles without knowing it, and it did not come out to fight until half of the morning, as if some conspiracy was brewing.
Liu Wei waited for another half an hour and saw that the Mongolian army camp was still dead silent. Finally, he couldn't help but stay late at night and went out to investigate with more than 20 people. The result was that the Mongolian army camp was already empty.
The 60,000-strong army disappeared without a trace. Wooden dummies were placed at the camp gates and other places that might be detected by the Ming army's telescopes. The dummies were wearing tattered armor. From a distance, it looked like the Mongolian army was operating as usual.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, Liu Wei realized that Burihatu had played a golden cicada escape last night, and the Mongolian army had already taken a detour and escaped. Now, the two of them were to some extent
It was a draw, and they calculated each other's game.
After Burihatu left, Liu Wei remembered something: Although the Hexi Corridor is a "corridor", Suzhou is just a city in the corridor, and it is not built in the middle of a pass to block the passage. Suzhou
More than a hundred miles around the city are "corridors", all of which can be passed by the Mongolian army.
In other words, as long as Burihatu is not really determined to capture Suzhou again, he can always bypass Suzhou and ignore Liu Wei's tribe in Suzhou city.
Damn, that was a mistake.
Liu Wei immediately realized this, but it was of no use. The plan to intercept Burihatu's main force had gone bankrupt. He regretted it very much at the moment, and realized belatedly that if he really wanted to block Burihatu's way,
Yesterday, we should have continued to attack Jiayuguan regardless of casualties - Jiayuguan is the real pass. Once captured, it will form a closed-door and dog-fighting trend against Burihatu.
Of course, whether the dog can be beaten or not is another matter.
In short, the current situation is that Suzhou has indeed been recovered, but Burihatu still has the initiative to evacuate at any time, and he can even choose to join the Mongolian army from the direction of Jiayuguan and fight back to Suzhou again.
Liu Yao thought about it and realized that the strength he had on hand was indeed not enough to attack Jiayuguan at this moment, so he had to send all the troops to stay at night, contact Ganzhou to mobilize the army to Suzhou, and then decide how to regain Jiayuguan according to the situation.
Ganzhou received news from Liu Wei two days later. When Xu Sanwei learned that Liu Wei had made a surprise attack to recapture Suzhou, he was overjoyed at first, but then his face became gloomy and he sternly rejected Liu Wei's plan to mobilize the Ganzhou army to go to Suzhou.
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Not only that, he also publicly accused Liu Wei of making a mistake in predicting the enemy and allowing the Burihatu tribe to withdraw to Jiayuguan intact. According to him, the main force of the Burihatu tribe had no losses but controlled the crucial Jiayuguan.
For example, the northwestern throat of the Ming Dynasty is controlled by one hand, and it can advance, attack, retreat or defend. However, the Ming Dynasty has to face the possible eastward surprise attack and harassment by the Mongolian army at Jiayuguan at any time.
In particular, Xu Sanwei believed that if Jiayuguan was not recovered, Suzhou would be in danger. The more Xu Sanwei talked, the angrier he became, saying that it was not just Suzhou, because the strength of the Mongolian army at Jiayuguan was still there, once Ganzhou
When the army was transferred to Suzhou, the Mongolian soldiers relied on their mobility advantage and could even consider using the plank road to covertly deceive Chencang: on the one hand, they deceived the Ming army in Suzhou city and used various means to force the main force of the Suzhou Ming army to remain on the defensive; on the other hand, they used
The main force rushed to Ganzhou.
By then, Ganzhou's main force has moved west to Suzhou, and the city's defenses are empty. The Mongolian army may take advantage of it and be attacked by surprise, just like Liu Wei's recapture of Suzhou. Can you, Mr. Liu, be able to shoulder this responsibility?
The Ganzhou garrison refused to obey the order and was pinned down in the city by Xu Sanwei and was not allowed to send troops. When the rest of Liu Wei's troops, who had just marched from Shandan Guard to Ganzhou, heard the news, the whole army was furious. Liu
The natural salary could not suppress the irritability in the army, so they had no choice but to ignore Xu Sanwei's strict orders and lead the remaining vanguard army of more than 20,000 people from Liu Wei's tribe to the west to join Liu Wei in Suzhou - this is why Xu Sanwei accused Liu Wei's troops of disobeying military orders.
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Liu Wei, who was in Suzhou, had been waiting for several days, but only the remnants of his vanguard army arrived. He was so angry that he cursed Xu Sanwei, saying that he lived up to his name and really "feared" the enemy like a tiger.
At this time, I'm still worried that Burihatu is going to make a surprise attack on Ganzhou!
According to what Liu Wei said when he scolded Xu Sanwei in front of his subordinates, Burihatu was not even willing to attack the newly captured Suzhou. How could he turn around from Jiayuguan and bypass Suzhou to attack Ganzhou! Besides, the most important thing is
The question is, what’s the point of him going to fight Ganzhou at this time?
Think about it, if the main force of the Mongolian army goes to attack Ganzhou, Jiayuguan will be empty of troops. At this time, the main force of the Ming army is in Suzhou. As long as they go to capture Jiayuguan, wouldn't the main force of Burihatu be blocked in the Hexi Corridor and unable to fly?
?Is there anyone in the world who is stupid enough to fight like this? If there is such a stupid person, it won’t be Buri Hatu, it can only be you Xu Sanwei!
Of course, Xu Sanwei is not really that stupid. The reason why he did this is ultimately to convince Liu Wei and let Liu Wei know that his title of "Admiral of the Conquest of the West" is not useful in Gansu.
, we still have to listen to the command of the governor of Gansu!
Although in theory, the governor and the general soldier cannot be directly distinguished because of their civil and military differences, the reality is that the governor, who may have a lower rank, can order the general soldier who is nominally higher in rank. Therefore, although Xu Sanwei's approach is very rough
, but after something like this happened in the past, the court would most likely protect the governor and force the general to surrender.
Liu Wei knew the imperial court's usual temperament, so he knew that his subordinates' disobedience to Xu Sanwei's orders had created problems for him, so he could only quickly write a victory letter and send it to the capital first, hoping that Gao Yuan's assistant would be able to see through it at a glance.
For this reason, reach out and give yourself a helping hand.
His caution did work. Gao Jingshi immediately discovered something was wrong after receiving the victory letter. However, Gao Jingshi did not take action immediately. Instead, he waited for Xu Sanwei's memorial to arrive and compared the two to completely understand it.
After finding out the root cause, he convened a meeting with two other cabinet ministers.
At the meeting, Gao Pragmatic first took out Liu Wei's victory report. Needless to say, Zhou Yong naturally said that Liu Wei's surprise attack was very successful. Although Jiayuguan has not yet been recovered, as soon as the main force of the western expedition army arrives, Jiayuguan will be recovered sooner or later. Zhao Zhigao is not
I am happy to praise Liu Wei, but because I have already given in to Gao Pragmatism, I have to reluctantly say that Liu Wei did a good job and "we will see the results later."
Then, Gao Pragmatic took out Xu Sanwei's bullet. At this moment, Zhao Zhigao's face turned ugly.
There is a situation here that cannot be ignored: Zhao Zhigao is from Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Xu Sanwei is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Although they are not in the same year, at least they are both from Nanbang, and they are both from the Xin School.
It's one's own.
Now here comes the problem. Although the things Xu Sanwei said in this bullet should be "facts", everyone has just discussed Liu Wei's actions and "agreed" that he did a good job. Now that the words are still in my ears, if I am because of
When Xu Sanwei was impeached, he immediately turned his back and said that there was something wrong with Liu Wei. Wouldn't that mean he was slapping himself in the face? It was really embarrassing.
Gao Pingshi looked at Zhao Zhigao's complexion with an expressionless expression, and couldn't help but feel amused. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Zhao Zhigao sighing and saying: "It is really taboo to have civil and military disharmony before the battle, Yuan Fu...
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"Yes!" Gao Pingshi immediately cut off the second half of Zhao Zhigao's sentence, nodded and said: "Liu Wei is the admiral selected by the imperial court to conquer the west. He is responsible for the subsequent operations, but he cannot change his generals on the spot because of this. It seems..."
He pretended to be very sorry and sighed, "I have to wrong Xu Lizhai and move."
Zhao Zhigao's expression changed, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and asked: "What? Yuan Fu wants to be a military minister and change his post to Fujun? Yuan Fu, I'm afraid this move will have endless consequences, so please think twice."
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly and said: "Second assistant, don't be anxious, just listen to what I have to say."
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