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Chapter 233 If you want to be promoted, you must bear the burden

Considering that Shen Shuren returned to Wuchang after a long journey, he was already very tired that night.

After Fang Yizhi clarified the current danger of the northern war situation, he left without delaying his rest.

As for Li Zicheng's chain reaction after defeating Yang Sichang, Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu, the court's new demands on the governor of Huguang, and how Shen Shuren should respond, these are all things to talk about, and it will be too late to deal with them slowly in two days.

Before leaving, Fang Yizhi just left a sentence: "Although Mr. Yang Ge has been defeated, this matter is definitely not over. Mr. Yang Ge has sent people to Wuchang twice before to urge you to send troops. It's just your whereabouts." Uncertain, the troops are out, so I don't know when I will arrive.

And I was afraid that the battle between you and the remnant of Zhang Xianzhong was going to be urgent, so I pretended to be a fool and didn't send anyone to find you. I just said that I don't know where your troops are now, so I asked Mr. Yang Ge to send people to Changsha and other places to look for them. That's what I missed.Now that you have returned to Wuchang, within a day or two, you must give Yang Ge a reward. "

Shen Shuren was not surprised by this request, after thinking about it for a while, he came to his senses.

Even if Yang Sichang wanted to support him and protect him, it is absolutely impossible for Li Zicheng's affairs to be settled like this.Even if Yang Sichang died in the future, Chongzhen would never just ask Sun Chuanting's family to support Li Zicheng alone.

Li Zicheng already claimed to have more than [-] soldiers. After the victory of this battle, the number of soldiers and horses will only continue to expand. How can Sun Chuanting, who has just regained power for half a year, be able to fight?
Therefore, Chongzhen will definitely ask the governors of the Huguang area to continue to contribute.

What's more, Yang Sichang stood still before and waited for Li Zicheng's troops to fortify the city and was exhausted until the soldiers were exhausted before seeking a decisive battle. This suggestion was given to him by Shen Shuren.

Even if the decisive battle failed this time, it had nothing to do with Shen Shuren, but it was due to "the three sides underestimated the enemy and rushed forward. Before Shen Shuren killed Zhang Xianzhong's main force and returned to the north to join forces, they joined forces to fight again",
However, the "God's Prophecy" that Shen Shuren said still had to find a way to verify it.Only in this way can we be confident and completely throw the pot out.Otherwise, if someone said "you can do it yourself, look up it yourself", Shen Shuren would have no confidence.

Especially at this juncture, when He Renlong was killed, even Zuo Liangyu succumbed and fought a fierce battle, losing a lot of direct troops.If Shen Shuren didn't say anything, wouldn't he be inferior to He Renlong and Zuo Liangyu?How will you win the hearts of the world in the future?

Perhaps Chongzhen took advantage of He Renlong's lingering prestige after he had just been killed, and finally intimidated the governor of the army.After this wave, Chongzhen will completely lose the ability to control the local area.But because of this, Shen Shuren had to deal with it more and more carefully, not to hit the muzzle of the gun.

Of course, Shen Shuren had to figure out how to prove his loyalty to Daming, willingness to contribute to Daming, and to what extent.

Risky things must not be done, and the price of easily hurting muscles and bones must not be paid.

As long as he can regain his face and face, and announce that he has won a big victory, even if he did not deal a decisive blow to Li Zicheng, Chongzhen can still explain it to him.

In fact, what Chongzhen needs is face. He and Li Zicheng are like children fighting each other. As long as the last punch is Chongzhen's and hits the other side, they can be fooled for a while.As for how high the damage of this punch is, outsiders don't know.

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With so much on his mind, Shen Shuren rested overnight.Too many thoughts made him sleep poorly, and he woke up very early the next day.

Fang Yizhi, Fang Kongxuan and other Fang family members can also spend a day in Wuchang and ask Fang Kongxuan to explain some of his family arrangements during his imprisonment.

Shen Shuren didn't have the time to spend any more time with Fang's family, so he went to see Fang Kongxuan for the last time early in the morning, and told him what he thought, and let Fang Yizhi tell him in the future.He wanted to go to Xiangyang in a hurry to meet Yang Sichang and listen to Yang Sichang's last instructions.

After Fang Kongzhang learned about it, he didn't keep him: "This is what it should be. My nephew entered the official career at the beginning, it must be because of the coincidence of Mr. Yang Ge. Scholars of my generation regard themselves as gentlemen, and we should know how to repay him.

As far as I know, Mr. Yang Ge was seriously ill at first, and now he is exhausted from the army and has been hit repeatedly. I am afraid that he will die soon. It is also good for you to listen to his explanation and see how to deal with yourself in the future.

After all, some of your soldiers and horses in southern Hunan have already returned, and they did not continue to pursue Zhang Xianzhong across the border.When you withdrew your troops back then, your original intention and purpose was to honor your promise to Elder Yang Ge, "ask him to wait for three months, and when he hurts Zhang Xianzhong and relieves his threat to Huguang, he will return to help Li Zicheng."

If everyone came back now, but there was no movement, it would be difficult to explain.If the censor in the court said that you are afraid of both sides, and that you are self-respecting, it is not a trivial matter.

If you want to block everyone in the world, you have to fight Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. If you give up fighting Li Zicheng, you have to chase Zhang Xianzhong and never let go. Your Majesty will not let you do nothing. "

When Shen Shuren heard the words, he also nodded and was taught: "My nephew also has similar thoughts. Hearing Uncle Shi's analysis, my heart becomes clearer. Indeed, in this difficult time, you must ensure that your soldiers and horses are always dealing with at least one family. thief.

If you don't deal with anyone and sit on the ground and defend yourself, you will be judged by the world.Now that he has become a governor, there is no reason to be alone. "

Even if it's just for show, it has to be done.

Otherwise, you chased Zhang Xianzhong until there were only a few thousand cavalry left, but you stopped chasing, what is that?Just because he entered Guizhou, forget it?

This is an excuse, but it is not sufficient. It is still easy to be chewed by people, saying that "raise the bandits to be self-respecting, and kill them after they are fattened", or even "let the bandits be the pioneers".

Therefore, temporarily suspending the pursuit of Zhang Xianzhong, there must be a solid excuse - if it wasn't for Mr. Yang Ge's real crisis here, Henan's real crisis, forcing me to reinforce the Henan battlefield as soon as possible, we would miss the opportunity to directly kill Zhang Xianzhong with his last breath ?We brought back Zhang Xianzhong's head a long time ago!
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Shen Shuren briefly dealt with the major events accumulated in Wuchang over the past few months, gave some advice and distribution, and hurried north on the same day, and rushed to Xiangyang two days later, almost three hundred miles a day.

At this moment, Yang Sichang had once again and completely lost control of Zuo Liangyu after the defeat, he almost only brought some personal soldiers with him, fled back to Xiangyang in embarrassment to live temporarily, lingering on his last breath.

The counties where Nanyang Prefecture is still in the hands of the imperial court, as well as the Shangluo area of ​​Yunyang Prefecture and Xi'an Prefecture are all under the control of Zuo Liangyu.

After the defeat, Zuo Liangyu had completely closed his doors and refused to listen to anyone's orders, but his temperament changed drastically, just like Li Zicheng, he frantically recruited strong men to expand his army.Considering that he lost tens of thousands of people just now, no one dared to put pressure on him, lest he would be forced to turn back directly.

The battle of Zhuxian Town may be the last time Zuo Liangyu unconditionally obeyed Chongzhen's orders. After suffering a big loss, he swore that he would never obey orders again, and no one would persuade him.

Historically, Zuo Liangyu also claimed to have 20 elite soldiers before the battle in Zhuxian Town. He fought to the death with Li Zicheng, but the main force was lost, leaving only tens of thousands of soldiers.

In history, Zuo Liangyu was able to flee all the way south to Wuchang. After that, he frantically withheld business tax and salt tax, looted places, and used all the money intercepted from the robbery to expand the army of Latin soldiers. In the end, he expanded to the so-called "80" army .It's a pity that these 80 veterans are all mobs. It is said that their combat power is not as good as his 20 veterans before the war, and they didn't make any achievements in history in the end.

But now in this life, because of the butterfly effect and the rich hinterland of Huguang already belonged to Shen Shuren. Relying on the Nanyang Basin and the hilly area to the west of Nanyang, two or three prefectures have accumulated relatively poor lands, and they have exhausted their resources and searched for self-reliance.

To put it bluntly, Zuo Liangyu has finally become a warlord similar to Li Zicheng, the only difference is that Zuo Liangyu will not raise the flag of rebellion, and only wants to keep himself and fight for himself.

Moreover, Zuo Liangyu seemed to have successfully reached a tacit agreement with Li Zicheng—he would no longer listen to the court's orders and take the initiative to beat Li Zicheng, and as long as Li Zicheng did not come to provoke him, he would not be hostile to Li Zicheng.

After Shen Shuren arrived in Xiangyang, within a few hours, he felt the strange atmosphere.

Before meeting Yang Sichang, he summoned Shi Dun, the magistrate of Xiangyang, and Yang Jinjue, the general of Xiangyang, and asked them about the recent military situation in the surrounding areas in recent days, so he found out all the news.

Afterwards, he had a draft in his mind before going to formally meet Yang Sichang.

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"Ge Lao don't come here... It's better to take care of your health first."

After entering Yang Sichang's Xingyuan, Shen Shuren was led all the way to the bedroom to meet him. It was obvious that Yang Sichang was already seriously ill.

Shen Shuren originally wanted to say a few words of politeness, but in the end seeing Yang Sichang's thinning white hair and face with spots and wrinkles, he couldn't say the words "Don't come here without any harm", and swallowed it back abruptly.

When Yang Sichang heard the movement, his reaction was still a little sluggish, his eyes were extremely cloudy, and he twisted his neck after a long time. After watching for a long time, there was a rattling sound in his throat, and then he said a few words:
"Treat man? You are finally back, and I regret not listening to your words. The old man saw that Luo Rucai was coming down from the bandit's command, and Liu Zongmin crossed the Yellow River again.

If it is delayed for another month, even if it is only delayed for 20 days, until you come back to fight again, it may not be the current situation.The big deal is that the old man will fight to the death, and then bear the crime of "sit back and watch King Fu, King Lu, and King Zhao be destroyed without saving them". As long as the final decisive battle can be won, there is no need to rush to save the three vassal kings. Well, confused.

Now the soldiers of the old man and Zuo Liangyu have lost a total of 4 to 2 troops, and Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi has also lost more than [-] troops.A total of [-] officers and troops were lost because of this battle.

Even if you bring your troops back, your troops will not be able to make up for the [-] lost combat power.What's more, after this battle, Zuo Liangyu has already found an excuse and completely lost control. Your subsequent days will be difficult. "

When Yang Sichang said this, he seemed a little embarrassed to go on.

Shen Shuren observed his words and expressions, but he already understood that Yang Sichang wanted to tell him, let him understand, "Although you can't beat Li Zicheng, you still have to put on a posture and try to beat him, otherwise it will be difficult to explain, let alone why you stopped giving Li Zicheng Zhang Xianzhong made the last blow."

There is no way, Shen Shuren had already talked with Fang Yizhi and Fang Kongxuan repeatedly, and he had already figured out the truth during the two days of riding here, so Yang Sichang didn't need to explain it.

So he also readily took care of everything and made it clear: "Mr. Ge, don't worry, the students know what you mean. It's nothing more than saying that even if the students can't beat Li Zicheng, they must put on a posture and do something. Even if it's just to fight for Li Zicheng." A small limited victory proves that I gave up giving Zhang Xianzhong the last blow and instead led the troops back to the north, and the return was not a loss, so I just confessed it."

Yang Sichang's eyes suddenly brightened, he looked at him in disbelief, and then he was relieved: "You... have already figured this out? Did you figure it out yourself? Or did you get some expert advice and discussions along the way?

That's all, no matter what, since you know, I won't make things difficult for you.In fact, the old man has also thought about it for you, how to explain to His Majesty——

Now if we want to permanently break the siege of Kaifeng City and drive Li Zicheng out of Henan, I am afraid it will not be easy, because our army has too few troops.The only way to add a fig leaf to His Majesty is to seek a temporary relief from the siege of Kaifeng, or find a way to rescue King Zhou, Governor Gao of Henan Province, and Zongbing Chen to help them break out of the siege.

It is best to try to search the area around Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion, and find out where the royal families such as Lu Wang, Fu Wang, and Zhao Wang's sons who escaped from Weihui and Zhangde are.If these clans can be rescued, even if they just win a breakout battle and then lose the territory, His Majesty will have an explanation for the time being.

At that time, the old man, Zuo Liangyu, and Sun Chuanting will bear the responsibility for the accumulated defeat in Henan, and it has nothing to do with you.You are only here to turn the tide and save the friendly army from breaking out.

Now that Fang Kongxuan has also been questioned, the old man will tell you to take over as governor of Huguang, and also take care of your original jurisdiction.If he can really beat back, maybe he can be promoted to governor in the future.

The old man has already read it. Famous generals in the world are either rigid or aging.Counting on Sun Chuanting, I am afraid that there is not much hope.If Daming is still saved, it will be on your shoulders.

Are you willing to command this battle of 'rescue some friendly troops in Henan to break through'?If you dare to fight, this old man will treat you as a dying watch, and I will guarantee you to sit on the governor of Huguang, so that you can coordinate the upcoming fierce battle. "

"Students don't dare to destroy their families to relieve difficulties and sacrifice their lives for the country!" Shen Shuren agreed to Yang Sichang's last request with a righteous face.

Yang Sichang nodded, and asked Shen Shuren to tell the sick maid at the gate to call the supervisor Wanji.

Wanji and Shen Shuren are also old acquaintances, so there is nothing to talk about.Yang Sichang was too sick to hold a pen, so he asked Wan Ji to write his deathbed note in front of Shen Shuren according to his wishes.

After finishing writing, Yang Sichang couldn't even read the words clearly, so he asked Wanji to read it slowly. He just listened carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, he signed his name tremblingly and asked Wanji to use the seal for him.

Shen Shuren could tell that the handwriting of Yang Sichang's last signature was distorted. Fortunately, after it was sent to Beijing, no one would mind doubting whether the handwriting was authentic.

After using the seal, Yang Sichang lay back on the sickbed, hoarse and out of breath, completely unable to socialize anymore.Shen Shuren also retreated respectfully.

And Wanji also knew who he should turn to in the future. In the afternoon of the same day, before sending someone to send Yang Sichang's legacy, he also notified Shen Shuren, as if he had to file with the new leader before doing business.

Shen Shuren didn't dare to put on airs immediately, and just said, "Wan Jianjun is free, this is the elder Ge's order, why ask me."

(End of this chapter)