The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 317 Turning Point

"Yang Wenyue was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of War, governor of Baoding, Shandong, and Hebei military affairs, and passed down the post on behalf of his grandson..."

On the hillside of Yanjing Mountain, Chen Wang held a riding whip, looking at the Quan Mountain in the south, and listened quietly to Hu Zhili's report.

"Is Sun Chuanting still in jail?"

Sun Chuanting's imprisonment was delayed for a long time compared to history.

In the original time and space, Sun Chuanting was imprisoned in July, but now he was imprisoned in the first month of the next year.

Chen Wang was not clear about the twists and turns involved.

But he knew that Sun Chuanting's imprisonment must be directly related to Yang Sichang.

Sun Chuanting showed his sharpness and had already offended many people when he was the governor of Shaanxi.

At that time, the decree issued by Yang Sichang was completely rejected by him, and he even bluntly refuted it.

The relationship between Yang Sichang and Sun Chuanting had already been formed by that time.

After the victory at Qingshan Pass, Chen Wang did not have many channels to understand the situation in the court.

But after hearing the rumors, Sun Chuanting and Yang Sichang were already quite at odds.

The two have different political views and often confront each other.

At that time, Chen Wang already had a premonition.

When it comes to marching and fighting, Yang Sichang is not as good as Sun Chuanting.

But when it comes to court struggles and conspiracies, Yang Sichang will definitely leave Sun Chuanting behind.

Lu Xiangsheng was born in the Lu family of Mingling. He had a high reputation in the court and was assisted by ministers from the Donglin Party, but he was still suppressed by Yang Sichang.

From this, Yang Sichang's methods can already be seen.

"Sun Chuanting was imprisoned. The changes in the situation in the north are roughly the same as in the past, but many things have changed and many things are different..."

Chen Wang frowned. The current situation in the Northland has changed a lot because of his influence. The towns in Jiubian are now making progress and have wiped out a lot of decline.

During the Wuyin Incident, the losses of the Ming court were much smaller than in history, and the gains of the Qing army were also reduced.

The ebb and flow of the situation has also added more variables to the upcoming battle between Song and Jin.

"But now is not the time to think about the North. There are more changes in the South."

Chen Wang was thinking in his mind, looking at the largest mountain peak in the south - Agate Mountain in Taiping County.

The agate mountain that almost caused Zhang Xianzhong to sink into the sand.

However, due to his own intervention, Zhang Xianzhong was not trapped on Agate Mountain this time. He just made a circuit on it and then turned into Sichuan nearly a year in advance.

The current situation in the south has completely changed beyond recognition due to Chen Wang's influence.

Except that the fifth battalion of Gezuo was still in the Ying and Huoshan Mountains, Luo Rucai was still trapped outside the Xing and Anshan Mountains.

The personal trajectories of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have already undergone earth-shaking changes and have embarked on a completely different path from that in history.

"How is the situation in the northern part of Hanzhong Prefecture now?"

Chen Wang pondered for a moment and then asked.

"Feng County has fallen. According to Brother Wang's general order, the northwest area centered on Feng County is abandoned, and the main force is concentrated in Jitou Pass."

"The invading army going south has about five to six thousand cavalry, and the infantry they are holding together is about 10,000."

"Now, there are 3,000 guards at Jitou Pass, eight new artillery pieces made by the Ordnance Bureau, and more than 1,000 muskets. It is not a problem to stop the intruders."

Hu Zhili remembered all the news by heart, so he naturally remembered the important ones more clearly.

"Over in Mian County, Zhou Yumao and Guan Qilin are guarding Lueyang. They have four thousand troops together, and they also have the new fortress that Brother Wang ordered to build."

"Chen Gong's reinforcement camp just passed Hanyin yesterday. Due to the wind and snow, the march was slow. I'm afraid it will take another five or six days to reach Hanzhong."

When they just arrived at the provincial border, news came from the north of Hanzhong Prefecture that the Chuang Army was invading south.

Li Zicheng fled from northern Sichuan to Minzhou Guard, and later entered Gongchang Mansion. Chen Wang had already received the news.

"The situation in the north is not much different from what Brother Wang calculated. Li Zicheng has no intention of attacking Hanzhong Mansion. He is just bluffing to coordinate Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai."

Feng County is in the northwest of Hanzhong Prefecture and is not in the Hanzhong Basin, so it is not easy to defend at all.

From the beginning, Chen Wang did not include Feng County in the defense network, nor did he make any arrangements in Feng County. The fall was certain.

If Feng County is lost, it is lost. Now for Chen Wang, the worst outcome is just to receive a few scoldings.

After all, Chen Wang is now guarding Yunyang and the eastern part of Hanzhong Prefecture under Yang Sichang's order to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai.

"It is impossible for Li Zicheng to send all his troops to Hanzhong Mansion at this time."

Chen Wang took the reins of the war horse from the hands of his personal guards, stepped on the stirrups, and with a slight exertion, he jumped onto the horse's back. Then Chen Wang held the rein in one hand and the whip in the other, and spoke to Hu Zhili in a deep voice.

"However, the defense of Lueyang and Jitouguan cannot be relaxed. We cannot let down our vigilance just because the possibility is small. Hanzhong Mansion has been operated by us for many years. It is our basic base and must not be lost."

"Brother Wang, don't worry."

Naturally, Hu Zhili was aware of such important matters and would not be perfunctory.

"There are people from the Supervision Office near Gongchang Mansion and Feng County."

Chen Wang nodded slightly and continued.

"Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, has also led He Renlong through Tongguan, and Zu Dabi has also been transferred back to Shaanxi. These news must not be hidden from Li Zicheng."

Chen Wang held the whip in one hand and pressed the Yan Ling Dao at his waist with the other. He looked from the Agate Mountain in the south to a group of armored soldiers standing on the mountain road.

Li Zicheng made so much noise in Shaanxi that Zheng Chongjian, who was originally maintaining stability in Henan, led his troops back to Shaanxi.

These things are very different from history.

Li Zicheng was not in Shangluo Mountain as in history, so he did not enter Henan immediately after Zhang Xianzhong's uprising.

Since Li Zicheng started to gain momentum this time, he has never crossed Tongguan and has been stirring up trouble in Shaanxi.

Only a small group of bandits roamed the territory of Henan, and they were quickly pacified by the local soldiers in Henan.

The local soldiers could not solve the problem and were put down by the Shaanxi soldiers who subsequently entered Henan to maintain stability.

The famine and civil unrest caused by large-scale drought locusts have been barely suppressed so far.

The popular uprising in Henan did not form a prairie fire under the leadership of Li Zicheng like in history.

However, the impact of the famine in Henan still remains and has not been resolved.

And because of the arrival of winter, the lives of the people in Henan are becoming increasingly difficult.

On the calm surface of Henan today, there are actually countless undercurrents surging underneath...

But all this has nothing to do with Chen Wang now.

The matter in Henan is too far away, and the civil uprising is too big.

"Li Zicheng..."

The future has changed and deviated from the original process. It can be said that Chen Wang has no way of knowing what will happen in the future.

It is naturally impossible for Chen Wang to understand Li Zicheng's thoughts now.

Just based on the trajectory of Li Zicheng's march and what he was doing, Chen Wang couldn't guess the real purpose of Li Zicheng's current actions.

Everything Li Zicheng is doing now seems to be the same as what Gao Yingxiang did back then. There is not much progress and he still falls into the category of rogue bandits.

But Chen Wang always felt that everything was not that simple. Li Zicheng was not a simple person, nor was he someone who couldn't learn.

Li Zicheng had several ups and downs in history. He was beaten by Sun Chuanting to only eighteen riders, but he remained determined and high-spirited.

This is just like his uncle Gao Yingxiang.

Chen Wang stopped thinking and abandoned the messy thoughts in his mind.

He knows that now he has reached a turning point in history.

distance.

The mountains are continuous and the peaks are winding.

Picturesque, a moment how many hero.

The torrent of the times carries the fate of individuals.

The fate of being trapped by the times can only rise and fall with the times.

But now, because of his previous influence, the line of defense where the torrent ultimately flows has changed.

A slight mistake can lead to a thousand miles of misunderstanding. Although the torrent of the times is still rolling forward, countless things are changing along with it.

　I owe one hundred and will continue to pay tomorrow.

　　I think the next plot is unexpected by everyone, and it will definitely be different from all novels about the struggle for hegemony in the late Ming Dynasty.

　　Old book readers who have read my previous book "The World of the Yellow Sky" should know that the plot I write will never follow the script and follow the trajectory of history with nothing new. Most of the previous influences are foreshadowing.

　　This book is also a book written by myself, so naturally it is no exception.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)