Chapter 190 The battle between military power and civil rights
The very next day, Shang Yi received news from Sichuan that Wu Sangui took the initiative to send someone to contact the Chinese Army and was willing to accept the terms proposed by the Nanjing Government and submit to the Nanjing Government. He also said that he could be more generous. Conditions. For example, the rank of lieutenant general can be reduced to major general, and the three divisions established can be changed to one division, two brigades, or both divisions, etc.
It turned out that after the Chinese army captured Chongqing Prefecture, they were not in a hurry to launch an attack on Chengdu immediately. Instead, they launched with Chongqing Prefecture and Kuizhou Prefecture as the core, advancing to southern Sichuan and northern Sichuan respectively, and gradually expanding the results.
Duan Peng's tribe went upstream along the Yangtze River and successively captured Huzhou, Xuzhou, Wumeng, Mahu and other places, cutting off Sichuan's retreat to Yunnan, while Li Mou's tribe followed the border between Sichuan and Shaanxi. It unfolded and recaptured Baoning, Longan, Shunqing and other places, and separated Sichuan from northern Shaanxi. The two marches took more than a month in total, but basically encountered no strong resistance from the Sichuan army along the way. Basically, as soon as the Chinese troops arrived, the Sichuan troops immediately withdrew.
Because Wu Sangui also knew that after the fall of Chongqing, the strength of the Sichuan Army was also greatly damaged, and it would definitely not be able to defeat the Chinese Army in a head-on fight. In addition, Wu Sangui also sent people to ask for help from the Yongli Court in Guizhou and the Qing Garrison in Shaanxi, and sent his own All hopes are pinned on them, so the strategy in Sichuan is to preserve strength and use Sichuan's vast areas and mountain roads to delay the arrival of reinforcements.
But after waiting for more than a month, all they got was bad news. In Guizhou, the Yongli Imperial Court and the Daxi Army were in quarrel because of the controversy over Sun Kewang's enthronement of the king. As a result, the Chinese army advanced into Guizhou and the Yongli Imperial Court had fled. To Yunnan and the Guizhou border, we completely relied on the protection of the Daxi Army. Although the Daxi Army and the Chinese Army had not yet fought each other at this time, they were suppressed in southern Guizhou by the three armies of the Chinese Army and were unable to go north to support Sichuan. Therefore, this group of troops was expected to Not available.
Of course, although the Daxi Army could not advance north to support Sichuan, it could at least hold back the strength of the Chinese Army. Otherwise, if the three armies of the Jiangxi Military Region entered Sichuan to fight again, it would be enough for Wu Sangui, so Wu Sangui still had some peace of mind. But things were even worse for the Qing army.
After refusing to negotiate peace with the Nanjing government, Fulin issued an order to appoint Wadak as Prince Li, and also named Luck Dehun as Prince Heshuoying, allowing the uncle and nephew to station in Shaanxi, with the Weishui River as the boundary. To the south of the Weishui River, Wadake was in charge, and to the north of the Weishui River, Leke Dehun was in charge. Because when Fulin was in charge, the uncle and nephew had planned to seek the position of regent and take charge of the government, which had caused a lot of anger in Fulin. Dissatisfied, although Fulin did not dare to touch the uncle and nephew easily now, he still drove them away.
And Vadak and Luck Dehun also knew that their performance during Fulin's rule had aroused the emperor's jealousy, and they would not be able to reap any good fruits if they stayed in Beijing. Although Shaanxi is currently in chaos, the inevitable situation is The sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one can care about him. If necessary, he can retreat through the Great Wall and enter the Mongolian grassland to escape. Therefore, he happily accepted the order and came to Shaanxi. After taking office in Shaanxi, the uncle and nephew also started to take action to bring the emperor to Shaanxi. Some of the troops, food, supplies, and money are concentrated in Yan'an Prefecture in the north so that they can start running at any time.
Therefore, after receiving Wu Sangui's letter asking for help, the uncle and nephew could only express their helplessness and let Wu Sangui take care of himself.
As a result, after more than a month of waiting and hoping, what Wu Sangui finally received was disappointment. At this time, the Chinese army had blocked all the roads in the north and south of Sichuan, and Wu Sangui's only retreat was to the west. Went to Gansu area.
At this time, Wu Sangui couldn't help but regret greatly, and thought that he should talk to the Nanjing government about surrender. But the conditions promised by the Nanjing government when they persuaded him to surrender, why did he become obsessed with it and put his own All hopes were pinned on the Yongli Court and the Qing Court. Who knew that these two families were so unreliable? If they agreed at that time, nothing would be lost. Now that they are talking about surrender, how can they talk about it?
But we have to talk if we can't. We can't fight again and again. What else can we do except surrender? However, Wu Sangui feels that he doesn't have the foundation to negotiate with the Nanjing government because he still has more than 100,000 troops under his command. With Chengdu as its core and the surrounding areas, Sichuan is already a big province, and the land is no less than a small province. Therefore, based on this calculation, I still have some capital.
Of course, Wu Sangui also knew that after such a lot of back and forth, he would definitely not be able to get the conditions he had originally had. Therefore, without waiting for the Nanjing government to say anything, Wu Sangui mainly offered some concessions. In fact, Wu Sangui did not have any regard for the official title. He didn't care too much about how much military power Guan Jian could control. Although Wu Sangui proposed two divisions, the bottom line in his heart was that he would be satisfied with one division and be a division commander himself. A division of the Chinese Army also has ten thousand soldiers. With a large number of people, soldiers should be more sophisticated than more. The core of the Sichuan army is actually the veterans from Shanhaiguan. In fact, there are only six or seven thousand people left. As long as this group of people is retained as the foundation, the Sichuan army will still have capital.
After Wu Sangui's request was sent back to Nanjing, Shang Yi immediately summoned the cabinet and the United Front Work Department to discuss how to deal with Wu Sangui's matter.
The officials were also divided into two groups. Li Yan, who was in charge of the United Front Work Department, firmly believed that he could not agree to it because the Chinese army had already offered very generous conditions, but Wu Sangui still took a chance and refused. Now, Most of the Chinese army has already passed through Sichuan, and Wu Sangui wanted to surrender because of internal and external troubles. He also wanted to enjoy these conditions. What a good thing. Moreover, if the Nanjing government behaves too softly, even if Wu Sangui surrenders, he may not be honest. Therefore, we must act tougher this time. Wu Sangui can surrender, but it can only be an unconditional surrender. The Nanjing government can only guarantee his life safety, and there are no other conditions.
Of course, if Wu Sangui really surrenders, Nanjing can give him a false title as a token of comfort, but it is impossible to still lead the army, and this is a matter that will be discussed after Wu Sangui surrenders. Everything is the responsibility of the Nanjing government. Having the final say, Wu Sangui can only accept it honestly. If Wu Sangui cannot accept it, then the Chinese army will attack Chengdu all the way. Anyway, most of Sichuan has been defeated, and Wu Sangui only has a small area of Chengdu left. Yes, it will only take an extra month or two at most.
Shoufu Wangfu advocated that Wu Sangui's conditions should be promised, because Wu Sangui still has a considerable number of territories and troops, not a vulnerable. If the Chinese army wants to completely remove Sichuan, it will need a lot of manpower and material resources.
Loss. If Wu Sangui does not fall until he dies, of course, he only resolves with force, but Wu Sangui takes the initiative to surrender, so why should you fight again? After all, the battlefield that the Chinese army is facing now is not only one Sichuan.
There are the Daxi Army in Yunnan and the Qing court in the north. Therefore, if Sichuan can solve earlier, it is also conducive to future operations. There is no need to fight for this at all.
Although it is said that Wu Sangui's current strength is indeed a bit strong, it is worthwhile to solve the remaining problems of Sichuan smoothly, and Wu Sangui also actively reduces the conditions. In addition
Wu Sangui will not be honest after the surrender, and a little too worried, because Wu Sangui is only a 10,000 or 20,000 horses under his hand, and how much waves can be turned over. After Wu Sangui surrendered, his money and weapons were all from Nanjing Zheng FU.
Supply, so he did not have the condition of rebellion at all.
Both opinions also make sense, and Wang Fuzhi and Li Yan just confess their attitudes, and do not arouse quarrels. This kind of atmosphere is exactly what Shang Yi needs. In fact, with the expansion of Nanjing political FU, the largest power is the largest forces.
The two Zhou Lin lost the highest -end position for various reasons, so they also shaped a small group with several cabinet ministers as the core. Wang Fuzhi and Li Yan were their respective representatives.
Of course, Shang Yi knows that there are rivers and lakes where there are people. Inside a large organization, there are multiple small organizations, which is not normal, and it is impossible to avoid.
There will be a struggle. Of course, this struggle must be within a reasonable range. Everyone respects the necessary game rules to play, and it will not cause much problems.
The power situation that has always been pursuing, but in the previous stage, it still relies on Shang Yi to control it.
Therefore, in this regard, Shang Yi also attaches great importance to it. As long as the signs of power for power, they will immediately warn and prevent them.
, Or group, this is also emphasized in the conference management system of the participating court. The ministers of Nanjing Political FU are also very clear. Shang Yi's good intentions.
Of course, because Shang Yi has the supreme power and prestige in Nanjing's FU, within the Nanjing political FU, it can basically maintain a more harmonious gas. Although there are some power fighting, the phenomenon of power occurs, but in Shang Yi, in Shang Yi
Under the full control, they are basically within a reasonable range. And this time, the two different opinions of Wang Fuzhi's and Li Yan have a little bit of fighting between the military and the cabinet.
According to Li Yan's opinion, Wu Sangui is resolved by the military. If Wang Fu's proposition is based on Wang Fu's proposition, the cabinet leads to surrender Wu Sangui. Therefore, these two perspectives actually represent the current Nanjing political FU.
Two major force groups .. The dispute between power between the military and the cabinet.