The news that Shang Yi had recaptured Hangzhou was immediately announced in Nanjing. The city's officials, tycoons, and common people all cheered and celebrated Shang Yi's victory. Because the recapture of Hangzhou meant that the Zhejiang rebellion had basically been put down.
Although there are still several state capitals that have not been recovered, since economics has nothing to do with the overall situation, Nanjing's security is naturally guaranteed.
And that night, the business of the Qinhuai River almost returned to its peak period. Hundreds of boats, large and small, competed for the water in the river, almost filling the entire Qinhuai River. And in various restaurants along the river, there were also
All the doors are open and open all night long, and every house is full.
Bamboo pipe music and the sound of fists and orders can be heard from outside. The literati and the children of aristocratic families who had been holding back for a long time also went out one after another to resume their previous life of playing and singing every night. There were also many people who got lucky because they came out.
It's late, and I'm still looking around for a restaurant with a vacant location.
Tonight's Zuixinglou is no exception. Not only are all three floors full, but dozens of additional seats have been set up in aisles, corners and other places, making them packed to the brim. All the singers and dancers are also there.
When going out to socialize, naturally dress up in a fancy way, and cook
The chef in the room and the servants serving tea and water were all very busy. Desserts, dishes, and drinks were brought out like running water. Fortunately, Zuixinglou usually had enough reserves, so it could still cope with it.
At this small restaurant, the food and drinks had already been sold out.
The entire Zui Xing Tower was naturally very lively, with people shouting, singing, laughing, playing guessing games and drinking, and the sound of flirting could be heard far outside the building. Even the leader of the Xuan Sect, three elders, and others gathered.
Even in the small secret room, I could hear it vaguely.
However, at this time, they were not in the mood to be happy about the booming business of Zuixinglou, but were extremely worried about the future of Xuanhuang Sect.
Although when the Merchant Army approached the city of Hangzhou, the Xuanhuang Cult leader decisively ordered to abandon Hangzhou and retreat, because it avoided further casualties and saved a certain amount of vitality for the Xuanhuang Cult. However, after the failure of the rebellion, the Xuanhuang Cult
The church's vitality was severely damaged. Although most of the senior members of the church were retained, the middle and lower-level members suffered heavy losses.
In order to increase the combat effectiveness of the rebels, in addition to some secret sentries lurking in various places, more than 3,000 members and non-staff members of the Xuanhuang Religion all joined the rebels. In the battle with the merchant army,
It is mainly this group of people that supports the entire army. However, it is also this group of people that suffers the most casualties. In addition to some people who fled after the defeat, the official number of members of the entire sect is now only over 200.
Although the elites in the church have been retained, they have lost a large number of middle- and lower-class members. It is very difficult to compete for supremacy in the world. Because competing for supremacy in the world is not as fierce as fighting in the rivers and lakes. It relies on the overall strength of the people, not on the
One or two masters can take care of the entire formation. Therefore, the Xuanhuang Sect's next plan still needs to be carefully discussed.
Elder Tuan said: "Master, our sect's failure this time was entirely due to Shang Yi. Therefore, I suggest that we immediately organize manpower to assassinate Shang Yi, use time to poison him, and use any means to eradicate him in one fell swoop."
Only then can you avenge the blood and hatred for my religion."
Elder Fu shook his head and said: "Shang Yi himself has extremely high martial arts skills. Among our sect, the only one who can defeat him is the leader. Moreover, according to my wife, he possesses a rare treasure that can detect the whereabouts of the enemy and has the ability to continuously fire.
The short blunderbuss is very powerful, and he is protected by the army, so it may not be that easy to assassinate him."
Elder Tuan said: "We are in the dark and he is in the open. I don't believe that he can never reveal his flaws. As long as we keep an eye on him, we will always find opportunities."
The elder said: "Now that the situation has been decided, even if we kill Shang Yi, it will be of no use. We might as well become invisible from now on, recuperate and accumulate strength, and wait ten years for another incident."
Chi Wan."
Elder Tuan was a little unhappy and said: "Senior Master, is it possible that we can just forget it this time?"
The teacher said: "What can we do? Now is not the time to fight for a moment. Is it so easy to assassinate Shang Yi? Not to mention how many people we will need even if we succeed. If the assassination fails,
Our whereabouts will be exposed, only
This led Shang Yi to kill us all. Now our vitality has been severely damaged. If we are hit again, wouldn't the hard work and endurance of the past two hundred years be ruined? What will happen to us in the future under Jiuquan?
Are you going to explain it to the ancestors of all generations?"
Elder Tuan was also speechless, and Elder Fu also said: "Leader, I think Elder Tuan is right. Now it is better for us to restrain ourselves temporarily and not fight for a while. Anyway, we have been waiting for more than two hundred years for the great cause, so
There is no need to wait another ten or twenty years. After the strength of our teaching is restored, it will not be too late to settle accounts with Shang Yi."
The leader listened to the words of several people and was silent in thought. At this time, the door of the room suddenly opened, and Akashi Ji came in from the outside and said: "Master, I just received the news that Sun Chuanting was defeated in Jia County, and almost the entire army was wiped out. Now with the experience
Retreat to Tongguan."
Everyone was shocked when they heard the news, because the news from the Central Plains had always been about Sun Chuanting's victory. How come suddenly, Sun Chuanting was defeated, and he was defeated so miserably.
It turned out that after Sun Chuanting captured Jiaxian, Qiu Zhitao first lied to Li Zicheng about the military situation, saying that Wu Di led his army to attack Xiangyang. Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng had already detected the secret and killed Qiu Zhitao. However, at this time, the Chu army was attacked one after another.
After the defeat, the morale of the army was unstable, and all the generals were willing to surrender to the enemy. Li Zicheng told the generals: "You are in a hurry, I will kill the vassal king and burn the imperial mausoleum. The crime will not be forgiven. I will fight it out in a few days."
If you don't win, kill them and surrender."
Because Sun Chuanting had placed great hopes on Qiu Zhitao, he marched into Jiaxian County alone, and Li Zicheng did not return to the army. Sun Chuanting's rear supplies were difficult to maintain, and it rained heavily for six days in a row. Not only did the army
The army suffered terribly, and due to the muddy and difficult roads and lack of food and grass, Jiaxian County had long been left with nothing to eat, and even the mules and horses were devoured by the soldiers.
When Li Zicheng saw the situation, he immediately sent General Liu Zongmin with 10,000 cavalry to capture Baisha County in Ruzhou from a small road and cut off Sun Chuanting's grain road. The Ming army was greatly disturbed and began to fall into chaos.
Sun Chuanting had no choice but to return to the army to welcome the grain. He ordered the Henan Army General Chen Yongfu to lead the Henan Army to stay in Jiaxian County. He led his direct Shaanxi Army back to the army by separate routes, determined to reopen the grain road.
When the Henan soldiers under Chen Yongfu saw the Shaanxi army withdrawing, they were dissatisfied and retreated. Chen Yongfu was unable to control the situation. The Ming army was in chaos. Li Zicheng took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, and the Ming army collapsed across the board.
The Ming army fled as far as Nanyang. Sun Chuanting stopped retreating and turned around to fight the Chuang army. The two sides started a battle. After a fierce battle for a day and a night, the train battalion of Bai Guang'en under Sun Chuanting could not resist and was the first to be defeated. Immediately triggered a chain of Ming armies.
In response, the entire army was defeated again. Li Zicheng led the army to collapse
They left the nest and pursued them for more than 400 miles day and night. More than 40,000 officers and soldiers were killed, and hundreds of thousands of horses, mules, weapons and equipment were lost. Sun Chuanting and his general Gao Jie only led a few thousand people to cross the north.
The Yellow River detoured through Yuanqu County in Shanxi Province to Tongguan, where it joined Bai Guangen, who had retreated here earlier, and stationed at Tongguan.
After listening to the entire battle process, the leader and the three elders were extremely shocked and could not calm down for a long time. Originally, the Ming Dynasty's suppression of chaos had been improving, but Sun Chuanting's defeat completely wiped out the Ming Dynasty.
The last glimmer of hope for the dynasty.
Akashi Ji then said: "The battle report from Jiaxian County has just been sent to Nanjing, but it is too late now, and the officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing are unattended. I believe they will know it tomorrow."
The leader of Xuanhuang took a long breath and suddenly said: "This disastrous defeat of Sun Chuanting will definitely change the current situation, and there are many variables in it that are really unpredictable. We might as well wait and see how the situation develops in the end.
Make further plans. Send an order to the members of each religion to lurk in secret for the time being, not to cause trouble, and to obey orders."
After listening to this, several other people also felt that it was best to keep things like this for now and wait for the final outcome of this battle before deciding the next step of the Xuanhuang Sect.
It was almost noon the next day, and all the officials from the six departments in Nanjing went to work in their respective yamen one after another. After drinking too much last night and not getting enough sleep, some of them also had backache and leg pain due to excessive exercise.
The six departments are all idle positions. It doesn't matter if you go earlier or later.
Only Shi Kefa was very self-disciplined. Although he was very happy yesterday, he was still very self-controlled. So he rushed to the Ministry of War on time to administer the government. He was the Minister of the Ministry of War, so he was also the first Nanjing official to see the defeat of Jiaxian County.
After reading the official document, Shi Kefa couldn’t help but be shocked.
I was so embarrassed that I immediately told Wu Yan first. Today, Wu Yan was also late, and he was still bragging. But as soon as he read the official document, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and he suddenly felt no sleepiness at all. But such a big event happened,
The two of them did not dare to hide it and immediately announced it to various yamen in Nanjing.
After the police officers were distributed, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other, because everyone knew what Sun Chuanting's defeat meant to Ming Dynasty.
After a while, Wu Yan sighed and said: "Why did the situation suddenly become like this?"
Shi Kefa said: "Brother Lu You, after Sun Chuanting's disastrous defeat this time, the imperial court has no troops to use. Now that the situation is critical, I'm afraid they will immediately order you to send troops north to the Central Plains to annihilate Li Ni and rescue Sun Chuanting. I think you are still the best."
It’s better to prepare very early.”
After Wu Yan heard this, his heart couldn't help but suddenly thought that Sun Chuanting's disastrous defeat might not be a good opportunity for him.