Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 146 Ding Kuichu wants to seek Wang Yan
On the Pearl River, hundreds of large ships were escorting the grain and grass supplies. Amidst the yelling of the trackers, they creaked upstream, and on both sides of the river were more than [-] infantry troops marching along the river.

After Wang Yan took control of the various yamen in the city of Guangzhou, he laid aside the officials of Ding Kuichu's family, but he didn't have so many officials who could take over the government affairs, so he had to let He Gang, Qu Congzhi, Wang Zuanjue and others who were civil servants put down the camp. affairs, and promote some low-level officials to cooperate with Su Guansheng to take over Guangdong.

After Wang Yan controlled the situation in Guangzhou, he couldn't wait to send troops to Guangxi to suppress the rebellion. Chen Bangfu, Zhao Qiansi, Yan Zungao, and Ma Jixiang were also coerced by him to avoid any unexpected changes after he left Guangzhou.

Wuzhou City in Guangxi was originally captured by Ding Kuichu at the end of August, but he withdrew from Wuzhou later, allowing King Jingjiang's soldiers to reoccupy the place.

Wuzhou is the gateway from Guangdong to Guangxi. With the convenience of waterways, it is a place that must be guarded. When Wang Yan entered Guangdong, King Jingjiang had already received a report and sent General Yang Guowei to lead [-] troops to guard it.

These [-] soldiers and horses are not elites, but new troops who have been recruited for less than half a month.

In the previous defeat of Wuzhou, King Jingjiang lost all his soldiers and horses. If Ding Kuichu hadn't deliberately retreated, released the captives, and sent supplies, he would have never had the chance to raise such a soldier.

On September [-]th, Wang Yan's soldiers arrived outside Wuzhou City, set up camp and prepared to attack the city tomorrow.

In the tent of the former battalion, the four of Chen Bangfu gathered again in Ding Kuichu's tent, their faces were all gloomy and cold.

For this march, Wang Yan did not let Ding Kuichu accompany him, but he was worried that Wang Yan would take the opportunity to swallow up the four soldiers, so he followed the army to the city of Wuzhou.

"Lin Huan, why such an expression?" Ding Kuichu looked at the faces of the four people and was overjoyed, but asked knowingly.

"Your Excellency, Wang Yan asked someone to attack the city tomorrow." Chen Bang said angrily, "He has elite soldiers to use, but let someone die. This is taking the opportunity to consume the strength of the Governor."

Ding Kuichu smiled and said, "Then how do you plan to deal with it tomorrow?"

"How to deal with it?" Chen Bangfu said angrily, "According to my subordinates, Wang Yan intends to weaken a certain class. Even if he conquers the city tomorrow, there must be a way to rectify a certain class in the future. If this battle is fought, he will die." It’s a brother of a certain class, but Wang Shiheng deserves the credit. If a certain person is dissatisfied, he might as well help protect King Jingjiang, and maybe he can earn a marquis.”

The four of them knew something about Ding Kuichu's secret dealings with King Jingjiang, so Chen Bangfu said such words.In fact, there is also the intention of probing. Now they are suppressed by Wang Yan, and they are unwilling to surrender their military power. It is also a way out to seek refuge with King Jingjiang.

At this time, the other three also clasped their fists and saluted, implying: "I also ask the governor to make a plan for a certain class, and a certain class is willing to follow the lead of the adults."

"You don't need to be too polite." Seeing this, Ding Kuichu smiled and said, "Since you are willing to listen to what I have to say, then I won't keep it from you."

The four of them couldn't help but glanced at each other when they heard the words, and then waited for his words.

Ding Kuichu straightened his body, "I know what you mean, but the king of Jingjiang is not a man of success! If you help and protect the king of Jingjiang, you will be looking for your own death."

"Why is this? Since the governor is not optimistic about King Jingjiang, why did he secretly provide support for him?" Now that the words have been spoken, Chen Bangfu no longer cares about it. He was originally one of the generals who supported King Jingjiang's rebellion before. After the defeat of Wuzhou Only then did he surrender to Ding Kuichu. Now that he saw that King Jingjiang had regained his strength, he naturally wanted to return to his command.

Ding Kuichu pretended to be deep and said: "I secretly help King Jingjiang, but I just treat him as a chess piece. Now except for the eastern part of Zhejiang, the Longwu court has been recognized by all places. King Jingjiang's blood is even more distant than your majesty. Scholars Neither officials nor officials will support it, and Guangxi is small and poor, with few soldiers and few generals, and poor money and food, so it can be popular for a while, but it will be defeated by the court in the long run."

"Li Chuang was defeated this year, why? There are no scholars and officials to support him! Look at King Jingjiang's subordinates, Sun Jinding, a scholar, is just a military convict who is despised by scholars, and he has no famous generals under his command. It can be said that he is incompetent Ding the country, the military cannot stabilize the country, how can you achieve great things? I can’t avoid it, and you still want to rely on it?"

After Chen Bangfu and the others listened, they couldn't help being a little bit stunned, "Then, at the governor's will, are you going to help Wang Yan put down King Jingjiang's rebellion, and just watch the soldiers and horses under him being exhausted?"

"Haha~ Lin Huan, don't worry, I already have a countermeasure." Ding Kuichu laughed.

Hearing the words, the four of them calmed down a little, and after exchanging glances, they all bowed together and said: "As long as the governor can keep some of my troops, I will be willing to listen to your orders from now on."

"Haha~ The four generals don't need to be too polite." Ding Kuichu motioned the four of them to stand up, and then said: "I support King Jingjiang, in fact, to deal with Wang Yan, but at that time, I didn't expect Wang Yan's troops to be so elite. King Jingjiang can't even beat himself, so naturally he can't deal with Wang Yan either."

"My official intention was to use King Jingjiang to defeat Wang Yan, and then the governor sent troops to defeat King Jingjiang, so that the emperor can see the ability of the governor, which is far better than Wang Yan." Ding Kuichu continued: "The combat power of Wang Yan's troops is now , far surpassing King Jingjiang's mob, the previous plan must be changed. Although Wang Yan is strong, he can get rid of it with a clever plan!"

The four of them couldn't help being shocked when they heard the words, "The plan will be released?"

"Didn't Wang Yan ask you to attack the city tomorrow, so I wrote a letter to Yang Guowei, asking him to cooperate with you and perform a big show." Ding Kuichu said confidently: "The city wall of Wuzhou is a stage. "

Chen Bangfu clasped his fists and said joyfully, "Your Excellency can tell you how to act."

"I will let Yang Guowei show weakness and let you attack the city wall. You only need to show courage and strive to be the first." Ding Kui explained clearly: "On the first day of the siege, you can step on the city wall guarded by 4 people. Wang Yan must be slack in his heart because of one small skill, mistakenly thinking that the defenders dare not go out of the city to fight."

Ding Kuichu paused, with a stern look on his face, "At that time, I can send a message to the rebels in the city to let them rob the camp at night and defeat Wang Yanyi's soldiers."

"Seconds!" The four couldn't help admiring after hearing this, laughed and complimented: "Your Excellency, it's because Zhuge is still alive!"

"Haha~" Ding Kuichu smiled and said, "When Wang Yan is defeated, I and you will come out to clean up the mess and attack King Jingjiang, then the land of Guangdong and Guangxi will belong to me. At that time, I am afraid that the court will not rely on me Well, even if you learn from Zheng Zhilong and separate yourself from one side, it's not a problem, but you only need to assist the officials, and the rewards of the princes are as easy as flipping the palm of your hand."

(Later, more at 6:11 p.m. and [-]:[-] p.m.)
(End of this chapter)