Chapter 227 226 Seizing Power

Chapter 227 226 Seizing Power

"In a while, you will control Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei's people, and kill those who disobey directly."

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, Zhang Ji was okay, but Dong Yiyuan's hand that was putting on Wei Guangde's armor paused slightly, and then returned to normal.

But despite this, Dong Yiyuan's heart was overturned. He didn't know how to explain what kind of bullshit mission he received this time.

Pretending that nothing had happened, he was still trying to put armor on Wei Guangde, but he was also calculating the pros and cons in his heart.

He didn't know what was going on between Wei Guangde and Weng Pu, but he had also heard how Wei Guangde Chuanlu came to be. That is, the emperor forcibly promoted him and stuffed him into the Hanlin Academy. This time Wei Guangde was also assigned by Emperor Jiajing when he went out to patrol the border. It is said that he was awarded an official position in the Hanlin Academy without following the normal procedures.

Obviously, Wei Guangde is a well-known figure with the emperor. If there are no accidents, there is a high probability that he will join the cabinet and become the prime minister in the future.

If you can avoid offending such a number one person, don't offend him.

But now, which side should we stand on?

What Wei Guangde had to deal with this time was the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town. Dong Yiyuan probably understood the previous conversation between the three of them. Wei Guangde wanted to attack, Liu Dazhang wanted to retreat, and Tian Shiwei's attitude was unclear and a bit wavering.

He also has his own judgment. The current situation is indeed not good.

Dong Yiyuan was very entangled and couldn't make a choice, but under Wei Guangde's gaze, he couldn't disobey.

"No one speaks for you in the court, and you think you will live well."

Wei Guangde guessed Dong Yiyuan's thoughts and whispered again.

Dong Yiyuan didn't feel any strange this time. He knew the situation of the border troops. Even Ma Fang's military exploits during the Gengwu Revolution were finally snatched away by Qiu Luan. It was said that he led his troops to defeat them. of.

As a result, he waited until the end of the year to become a guerrilla general. This was a promotion that was only obtained through the help of officials who had accepted Ma Fang's filial piety.

Well, in the frontier army, standing in line is very important. If there is no one behind you, you may not be rewarded for your meritorious service. If you make a mistake, you may be fined at least, and you may lose your official position or even be imprisoned.

Hearing Wei Guangde's second sentence, although Dong Yiyuan also guessed that if Wei Guangde didn't fight well this time, Wei Guangde might not be able to get good results when he returned to the court, but thinking that he Jian was in the emperor's heart, he also wanted to take a gamble. .

Then, he nodded imperceptibly, believing that Wei Guangde could understand what he meant.

After Wei Guangde received Dong Yiyuan's support, he naturally became confident.

In border towns and in the military, nothing can be done without the support of powerful figures in the military.

No matter how powerful the governor or governor may seem, they must actually be able to command and use those soldiers.

If you can't do anything, no matter how big your official position is, you will be ignored.

Then you send a memorial to him and ask him to leave. You will delay a lot of things by going back and forth.

Now, Wei Guangde didn't have time to waste. He planned to cut through the mess quickly, use the current opportunity to seize power, and then let the Xuanfu army follow his instructions to find a way to survive in death.

As for how many soldiers will die because of his gambling in the end, he can only say in his heart: "I'm sorry, brothers."

At this time, Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei watched Wei Guangde first put on a set of Ming army cotton armor, and then his personal entourage took out a set of guerrilla general armor to put on. His behavior was very strange.

"Master Wei, what do you mean?"

Liu Dazhang couldn't help but ask.

"This is a set of high-quality cotton armor that my father gave me. I thought it might be dangerous for a while, so I put it on first."

Wei Guangde replied calmly.

Zhang Ji on the other side said loudly: "This is my master's armor. Last year he wore it and hacked to death a Japanese pirate on the battlefield."

The sound is a little louder, but the information is greater.

This young Jinshi actually went to the battlefield and killed Japanese pirates?

Not only Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, but also the soldiers and servants next to them looked in disbelief.

"The group of Japanese pirates that invaded Nanjing last year were destroyed by our Jiujiang Guards. My father's father is Qianhu of the Jiujiang Guards. My uncle is a commanding officer. It was he who led my father to the battlefield last year. He was also accompanied by A group of young masters from Jiujiang Wei.

Those Japanese pirates are really powerful. Not only are they superb with swordsmanship, but they can also catch arrows with their bare hands and throw them back, just like shooting with a bow. The soldiers from the Qianhu Station of the rear army were beaten to the ground without even being able to catch them. Yes, it was my young master who led his own soldiers and servants to kill all the Tatars. "

Zhang Ji had already guessed what Wei Guangde wanted to do, and he was actually afraid, terribly afraid.

But he had already boarded the Wei family's boat, and it was difficult to escape. At this time, he could use this cotton armor to blow up Wei Guangde's reputation. After all, he was from a military household.

Even though these people are servants of Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, they are all from military families and have a sense of familiarity. They are not purely civil servants.

"I have long heard that the Japanese pirates were so powerful that even the Nanjing camp could not defeat them. They were eliminated by the Jiujiang Guards. I never thought that Mr. Wei was from the Jiujiang Guards and participated in that war. He is really young and promising."

Tian Shiwei seemed to be somewhat impressed by Wei Guangde at this time and complimented him.

"Master Tian, ​​thank you. Wei just did what he should do."

Wei Guangde smiled kindly.

For ordinary big-headed soldiers, Zhang Ji told Wei Guangde's family background, that he was from a thousand households, and that he was a fellow commander. It was okay to bluff the small soldiers, but it naturally had little effect on Liu Dazhang, Tian Shiwei, and the soldiers around them.

When the commanders from the mainland arrive at the border towns, they may not even be able to get the rank of general. At most, they will be given the job of a guerrilla general. If they are commanders of the guards, that general will be fine.

As for Wei Guangde's father Qianhu, you may not be able to become a guerrilla general. You still need to be tested to see if you have the ability to lead troops independently.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, those with the rank of general were able to lead troops in battle alone, and they were considered talents selected from the guards.

"Master Wei is indeed young and promising. When I was the age of Master Wei, I was still staying at home and didn't even take up my post."

Liu Dazhang also echoed.

Wei Guangde put on his armor and mounted his horse again.

To be honest, getting on a horse in normal times is a bit different from getting on a horse now. This armor weighs dozens of kilograms, which is a bit strenuous. It is much heavier than cotton armor.

Seeing Wei Guangde mount his horse again, Liu Dazhang continued: "Master Wei's determination to kill the enemy can be seen from the sun and the moon, but the situation is really unfavorable to us now. It is best to start withdrawing the army now, even if Liu Huan's troops are temporarily defeated by the Tatars If they are entangled, they are going to reinforce Ada Khan, so it should be easy to escape."

"What do you mean, Mr. Tian?"

Wei Guangde did not react immediately to Liu Dazhang's words, but asked Tian Shiwei for his opinion.

This person's attitude is wavering now. Although he listens to Liu Dazhang most of the time, in Wei Guangde's view, as long as he doesn't express his attitude, he can fight for it.

If he directly controls Liu Dazhang and Tian Shiwei, the generals and guerrillas in the front of the military formation may cause trouble and mutiny.

Liu Dazhang and Wei Guangde don't have any hope. This person will not listen to him at the critical moment, so he must be captured.

If Tian Shiwei could be won over and he could issue orders in the name of his deputy commander, the generals in front would not dare to cause trouble.

"I don't have any objections to my humble position. I'll do whatever the adults say."

Tian Shiwei replied tactfully, saying only that he would obey the order, but did not say whether he was obeying Liu Dazhang's order or Wei Guangde's order.

At this time, Wei Guangde rode his horse and came to Liu Dazhang's horse. It seemed that he was discussing with him. From the corner of his eye, he could see Dong Yiyuan summoning several team officers and whispering something.

Without paying much attention, Wei Guangde looked at Liu Dazhang and said, "Master Liu said earlier that Ma Fangbu could be abandoned at this time. We and Liu Huanbu can escape unscathed, right?"

"I had no choice but to go to General Ma. Now that he has been trapped in the Tatar camp, we are not strong enough to rescue him."

Liu Dazhang frowned slightly when he heard Wei Guangde's words. Even though the soldiers did not dare to say anything bad about their generals, they were all sensible people. They would still discuss it in private, abandoning their comrades, what would it look like to speak out.

But when Wei Guangde said this to his face, Liu Dazhang found it difficult to accept it.

Wei Guangde just smiled slightly when he heard this, and then said: "I still insist and cannot retreat at this time.

We have a chance to withdraw from the battlefield, or even escape intact, but the price is that Ma Fang's tribe will be wiped out by the Tatars.

You can give up Ma Fang today, but which one will you choose to give up in tomorrow's battle? "

Wei Guangde suddenly raised his voice and asked loudly.

"Master Wei."

Hearing Wei Guangde's words, Liu Dazhang lost his composure. He was very angry, so his tone was very unkind, "If you stay, the lives of tens of thousands of Xuanfu soldiers here will be in danger. Two thousand people compared to tens of thousands of people here." , which one is more important?"

"Ma Fang's tribe is still fighting. We can't leave them alone just to escape for our own lives."

Wei Guangde replied.

"What can you do? Can we win by continuing the attack and occupying the Tatar camp?"

Liu Dazhang issued a series of rhetorical questions.

"Yes, as long as we rush into the Tatar military camp and eliminate the Tatars in the camp, even if Ma Fang's tribe is really captured, we will have avenged the brothers in the camp. To put it bluntly, that's right, the Tatars He killed more than 2,000 of our brothers, and we also killed 2,000 of them."

Wei Guangde responded loudly to Liu Dazhang's rhetorical question, "If we move quickly enough and wipe out the Tatars in the camp before Ma Fang's tribe is wiped out, we can continue to move forward and attack Anda Khan's camp. In terms of supporting the brothers who rushed out, there are still many things we can do, but it is definitely not to return to Baoan Prefecture."

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, he stared at Liu Dazhang coldly.

In fact, he himself knew that retreating and retaining his strength might be the most correct decision, but it was too detrimental to himself, so Wei Guangde had to persist.

Moreover, after wearing the armor, Wei Guangde also thought about his idea and found that it was still feasible. He couldn't run out of the city in the middle of the night to kill the Tatars, and he had to pull out a few of his teeth.

Eliminating the thousands of households currently in the Tatar camp is the most feasible plan.

It seems that the fighting ability of the Tatars in the camp is not strong, maybe they are just ordinary Tatars as Ma Fang said.

At this time, bursts of gunshots were heard from the direction of the rear camp gate of Anda's troops, and it was obvious that the second wave of raids had begun.

Liu Huan's troops were able to stop the Tatars in the first wave, obviously because the power of the new batch of firecrackers was amazing enough, and they were able to fire continuously and surprised the Tatars. It is also possible that the charging Tatars were not their elite, so for a while I was stunned.

Now that people must be prepared, it is naturally not so easy to seal it off.

Sure enough, while Wei Guangde and Liu Dazhang were arguing, Liu Huan's messenger arrived again. Now Liu Huan was entangled with the Tatars and asked for reinforcements.

The second time the Tatars rushed to camp was naturally not the same as the last time. The first ones were archers. After they rushed out of the camp gate, they quickly released arrows and shot at the Ming army with a dense rain of arrows.

After the Ming army gunmen shot all the cartridges, except for those who were able to use bows and horses to fight back, everyone else could only raise their swords and follow Liu Huan and the Tatars to hedge. The two sides had already engaged in battle near the camp gate.

"knew."

When the messenger retreated, Liu Dazhang would naturally not send reinforcements to him, and there were no reinforcements to send at this time.

"Master Wei, no matter what happens now, we must return to the city. I am the chief military officer here and I have the final say."

Liu Dazhang didn't want to continue arguing with Wei Guangde, but it was more important to save his life.

Once the Tatars break through the obstruction of Liu Huan's tribe, Ma Fang's tribe will be wiped out in a matter of days, and these more than 10,000 infantry will probably have no chance to return to the city.

"Here comes someone."

Liu Dazhang was about to give the order to call for gold to withdraw his troops, and he would lead his men back first. He had already figured out Wei Guangde's purpose. He might be unlucky when he went back, and there was no need for him to accompany him.

"General Liu, have you thought about it?"

Wei Guangde interrupted him and asked again.

"Ming Jin retreats the troops."

Liu Dazhang ignored Wei Guangde, and there was no need to pay attention to him, and directly gave the order loudly.

After a brief exchange of words, Tian Shiwei on the other side couldn't get in the conversation at all. He already had a premonition that the two of them were going to fall out. This was before the battle, but before he could stand up as a peacemaker, I heard Wei Guangde also speak.

"Come here, capture Liu Dazhang. He dares to disobey Sir Weng Puweng's military orders and retreat in the face of the battle. He ignores friendly troops and arrests him."

Wei Guangde ordered loudly.

Tian Shiwei looked at Wei Guangde in disbelief, and Liu Dazhang also looked at him as if he was crazy. However, the next second he heard exclamations coming from behind him. When he looked back, several soldiers around him had been killed. He kicked off his horse, and around him were the Jizhen cavalry led by Dong Yiyuan.

Before he could speak, the horse rein in his hand had been snatched away by a Jizhen Xiaoqi, and several people nearby also took out their sabers and pointed them at him.

"You want to rebel?"

Liu Dazhang laughed angrily, but his tone was fierce.

When he finished speaking, his soldiers all pulled out their swords and tried to come forward to rescue him, but they were still a step too late. A circle of Ji Town cavalry had already surrounded them.

"When we left Juyongguan, Mr. Weng only said to me, listen to Mr. Wei."

Dong Yiyuan looked at Liu Dazhang and said, "Mr. Liu, I'm sorry. I'm just following orders."

"Master Tian, ​​don't you also want to disobey Master Weng's order? You have seen those previous military orders."

At this time, Wei Guangde once again used the previous military order to threaten Tian Shiwei. At this time, another group of Jizhen cavalry had also surrounded Tian Shiwei.