Chapter 1255: Shi Kefa's Choice
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has a special taste, as well as Shi Kefa, who served as the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.
He had already received the emperor's decree and the imperial court's edict, but unfortunately at this time, he, the governor of Liaodong, could no longer completely control the situation in Liaodong, all because of Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting who came to Liaodong, these two people were sent by Su Tiancheng to represent the Great Jin Dynasty, but these two people have stayed here since they came to Liaodong and became the guests of Zu Dashou and Zu Dale and others.
As long as you are not a fool, everyone understands that the crisis of the Ming Dynasty cannot be alleviated, and the fall of the Ming Dynasty is a fact that cannot be changed.
Shanhaiguan has always been in a state of martial law, the border troops who sent out Lu earlier about 90,000, and there is no physical problem have entered Liaodong from Shanhaiguan one after another, and the sergeants who are still in the quarantine area have been treated, but there are also many sergeants who have fallen forever, because of the guidance of Liu Jingting and Yan Yingyuan and others, the army has also increased the treatment of the Black Death, and decisively burned the corpses, so that the Black Death did not continue to spread wildly.
Later, the sergeants, who were originally full of grievances, also understood the reason, if they could not cure the Black Death and enter Liaodong like this, it would be a great disaster. The whole of Liaodong could be destroyed by the Black Death. Therefore, on the one hand, these sergeants cooperated with the treatment, and on the other hand, they also paid attention to their own hygiene, and the grain and grass were still directly provided by Shanhaiguan, so there was no major problem.
The imperial court's edict and the emperor's decree came to Liaodong, requiring all the Liaodong border troops to go to the capital to protect the capital. The decisive battle with the Jiangning battalion, this holy decree was not supported by the sergeants, many officers did not want to start a war with the Jiangning battalion, what was the result of the confrontation between the two sides, the sergeants of Liaodong could imagine it with their butts, not to mention that Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting of the Great Jin Dynasty were in Liaodong, and they became the guests of honor of the two chief soldiers, and the officers and sergeants below did not know what they meant.
Shi Kefa's meaning is to mobilize about 80,000 border troops. rushed directly to the capital, no matter what, the Liaodong border army is the army of the Ming court, and he is still the governor of Liaodong of the Ming court.
It's a pity that when Shi Kefa gave the order, he found out that the situation was wrong. First of all, Zu Dashou and Zu Dale did not support it, and they still did not express their opinions before. Anyway, they will not bring troops to the capital, this time they made it clear that they were against it, and they didn't say anything for any reason, in fact, they didn't need to say it, they just wanted to return to the Great Jin Dynasty.
Secondly, the attitude of officers at all levels of the Liaodong Border Army is also not right. No matter which part of the army was transferred, they all passed the buck to each other, found all kinds of reasons, and were unwilling to leave Liaodong and enter the capital. Some officers even directly said that the Black Death in the capital was spreading, maybe the army had not yet been able to enter the capital, and the sergeants were contaminated with the Black Death, and there was no need to fight, and the army would be directly defeated by the Black Death.
The most important thing is the attitude of the sergeants, especially the backbone of the Liaodong border army, these sergeants have followed the Jiangning battalion many times to conquer, and played an important role in the battle of the Houjin Tartars, many sergeants did not believe in the Ming Dynasty at all, especially when Chen Xinjia served as the governor of Liaodong, which led to heavy casualties in the Liaodong border army, and was almost served by the pot, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and later many sergeants knew the way, in fact, that one expedition was still the emperor's intention, that is, because of the emperor's arbitrariness, which led to the extermination of nearly 80,000 sergeants of the Liaodong Border Army by the Houjin Tartars. Based on this understanding, the sergeant was also reluctant to enter the capital to fight against the Jiangning battalion.
Shi Kefa has not been in Liaodong for a long time, and has not been able to completely adjust the officers, and has not been able to install the backbone of his henchmen, he once thought that after Liaodong has gained a firm foothold, he will mobilize some soldiers of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion to come to Liaodong and serve as officers in important positions, but unfortunately this idea has not been put into practice in the end.
Without a foundation, it is difficult to mobilize the army, not to mention anything else, Liu Jingting and Yan Yingyuan are good guests in Liaodong, it is impossible for Shi Kefa to deal with them, Zu Dashou and Zu Dale specially sent their own soldiers to protect the safety of the two.
Shi Kefa fell into hesitation, especially the edict sent by the imperial court, saying that the Jiangning camp had already marched towards the capital, and the border army in eastern Liaodong was going to rush to the aid of the capital, and he was completely in pain.
Shi Kefa has a lot of advantages, but the defects of indecision are exposed at this time, he always thinks about being able to maintain a stable situation, always thinks about being able to properly solve all problems, but the reality does not allow such an approach, in fact, when he just took office as the governor of Liaodong, on the one hand, he appeased Zu Dashou and Zu Dale and others, and on the other hand, he made a decisive decision to adjust some of the officers of the Liaodong Border Army and control the Liaodong Border Army in his hands, and there would be no problems today.
It's a pity that when Shi Kefa thought of the action, he was afraid that Zu Dashou and Zu Dale and others would get in the way, which would cause his position in Liaodong to be shaken, and at that time, the Nanjing Jingying was also in crisis and needed to deal with the attack of the Jiangning battalion.
Once the opportunity is lost, it will not come again.
Shi Kefa lost his temper several times, and even lost his temper in front of Zu Dashou, Zu Dale and others, but people pretended to be deaf and dumb, but they didn't answer, so Shi Kefa had nothing to do.
Thinking that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, and the Jiangning battalion was about to enter the capital, but the Liaodong border army under his jurisdiction rebelled at the most critical moment, Shi Kefa felt that his face was irrelevant, and he also thought that he had no shame to continue to live.
He thought of suicide and followed the Ming court.
Shi Kefa's idea was discovered by Zu Dashou.
After all, Zu Dashou and Shi Kefa went the closest, to tell the truth, Zu Dashou thinks that Shi Kefa is still a good person, has a strong sense of justice, and will never bully others, and treats Zu Dale and him very well, that is, Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting came to Liaodong, and Shi Kefa did not use his power to capture the two, or even handed them over to the imperial court.
But in the matter of returning to the Great Jin Dynasty, Zu Dashou and Zu Dale have made up their minds, and it is impossible to shake them.
The spread of the Black Death helped Zu Dashou and Zu Dale, and the Liaodong border army that rushed to the aid of the capital was contaminated with the Black Death on the way, and the result was a heavy loss, if Su Tiancheng had not sent Liu Jingting and others to remind him, I don't know how much loss Lu Dao would cause, and it is estimated that the entire Liaodong border army may be completely paralyzed.
It was precisely because of this opportunity that Zu Dashou and Zu Dale had the reason and confidence to directly control the army, and they also realized that most of the officers and sergeants supported them, so they left Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting, on the one hand, to prevent the spread of the Black Death, and on the other hand, to be able to get closer to the Great Jin Dynasty.
Guangning, Xipingbao and Yizhou in eastern Liaodong were lost again, because of the shrinking of troops, because they wanted to rush to the aid of the capital, these places could only be lost, and let the Houjin Tartars occupy them, and the officers and soldiers of the border army in eastern Liaodong were generally dissatisfied, but such grievances were not publicly exposed.
All kinds of factors were mixed together, so that Zu Dashou and Zu Dale controlled the Liaodong border army.
Zu Dashou is with Shi Kefa almost every day, Guanning City is not big, it belongs to the kind of distance where you don't look up and don't look down, plus the governor's yamen and the general military palace have official exchanges every day, and the two can't avoid the need to meet.
Zu Dashou found that Shi Kefa's mood was very low, and later he muttered to himself, saying that he was sorry for the emperor and the court, and his eyes were very scattered.
Zu Dashou informed Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting of this situation.
Liu Jingting was the first to draw the results of the analysis, thinking that Shi Kefa might have other ideas, and he couldn't bear the blow of failing the emperor and the court, and he was definitely ready to go to extremes.
Zu Dashou felt a little pity, but he didn't care very much, after all, this was Shi Kefa's own choice, and once Shi Kefa committed suicide, he could justifiably lead the Liaodong border army and declare his return to the Great Jin Dynasty.
But Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting didn't see it this way, and after the two of them discussed, they decided to go and see Shi Kefa.
Zu Dashou finally made an arrangement, took Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting and entered the governor's yamen, of course, from the perspective of safety, Zu Dashou sent his own soldiers to closely guard Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting, unless the two entered the wing room and talked to Shi Kefa, the rest of the time, they had to protect the two of them, and there could be no accidents.
Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting stayed in the wing room for nearly two hours, there were only Shi Kefa, Yan Yingyuan and Liu Jingting in the wing room, and there was no one else, as for what they talked about, Liu Jingting and Yan Yingyuan did not say.
However, after this conversation, Shi Kefa's mood improved a little, and when Zu Dashou and Shi Kefa were together, they heard Shi Kefa's statement different, and talked more about providence.
Zu Dashou admires Liu Jingting and Yan Yingyuan very much, he knows that these two people are not authentic scholars, anyway, they have not been able to pass the imperial examination, and when it comes to learning, they are not profound, but they are by Su Tiancheng's side, in the Great Jin Dynasty, they can be trained, they can speak well, they are not afraid of life and death, and they are also given important responsibilities, it can be seen that following Su Tiancheng will definitely be able to make contributions. (To be continued......)