Chapter 1154: Decisive Battle Deployment (2)
Eunuchs don't all eat dry rice, Qin Sande is carefully preparing. Just when Su Tian became the soon-to-be-established empire and began to fully structure, Qin Sande was also faithfully performing his duties, and Qin Sande was very satisfied that Zhu Youxiang fully supported all his initiatives, did not put forward any difficult opinions, and did not show his command.
After coming to Nanjing, he quickly found that even if it was for the Beijing camp stationed in Nanjing, it would be very difficult to carry out relevant transformations, let alone face hundreds of thousands of troops, in Qin Sande's understanding, the quality of the Nanjing Beijing camp was still good, at least for so many years, the military salary was guaranteed, and the sergeants of the Beijing camp also supported and supported the imperial court, at least there would be no large-scale surrender in the course of the battle.
The Beijing camp in Nanjing could not be effectively transformed, let alone facing other armies, and Zuo Liangyu, Ma Shiying, Huang Degong and others could be regarded as the princes of one side, and they must have been unruly in leading the army for a long time, and after they really started fighting, it was very likely that they would have to preserve their own strength.
Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang came to Nanjing, but they didn't bring any food, only the sword of the holy decree monk Fang.
After careful consideration, Qin Sande decided not to make any arrangements for the time being, so as not to alarm Su Tiancheng and Jiangning Camp in Zhejiang, what needs to be done at present is to be carried out secretly and in a low-key manner, and not to cause any repercussions from the outside world, so that time can be gained, as for Su Tiancheng, if he can't wait, he will immediately launch an attack, and Nanzhili still has some strength and can resist accordingly, especially Nanjing City. The thick city wall is not easy to attack, and secondly, Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion army into Nanzhili to fight, and Qin Sande could ask Zuo Liangyu and others to lead the army directly into Zhejiang and Fujian, and copied Su Tiancheng's back road.
So Qin Sande was not in a hurry.
After coming to Nanjing. Qin Sande did not live in the palace, but chose to live in the official post, this is a very rare situation, Nanjing's town guard eunuch was directly recommended by Qin Sande, completely Qin Sande's person, of course, it was carefully received, for fear that there was something that was not done well, as for Sun Tai, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, he did not take office for a long time. There can't be any shelf, not to mention that it was Zhu Youxiang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Qin Sande, the eunuch of Bingbi, who came to Nanjing.
After Qin Sande came to Nanjing, he quickly set the rules, when Lord Zhu and himself had nothing to summon you, don't come to the official post to disturb you, what should be busy and still be busy with something. Don't act out of the ordinary.
It was precisely because of Qin Sande's arrangement that Qu Qingze and Su Jun were not able to get any valuable information.
After some serious thought. Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang discussed, no matter what, the opinions between the two of them must be unified, and there can be no differences, otherwise it will be difficult to implement the following, especially in the face of such a major matter.
After Zhu Youxiang entered the room. Qin Sande got straight to the point.
"Lord Zhu, our family has an idea, and we want to discuss it with Lord Zhu."
"My father-in-law is polite, and if you think of something, just say it."
"Then you're welcome. In addition, Huang Degong, who was stationed in Luzhou, led an army of 50,000, and Ma Daren, the governor of Fengyang, led an army of 30,000, and Nanjing Jingying had an army of 50,000, which was a total of 330,000 troops, and the strength was strong enough. ”
"But that's the case, our family is very worried, these 330,000 troops don't act together on weekdays, this time they rashly gathered together to crusade against Su Tiancheng, just say that this matter of coordination and command is a headache, look at Su Tiancheng's situation is different, Jiangning Battalion can do the order and prohibition, on this point, people have a great advantage."
"Our family once thought that we could do a good job of transforming the army, and there was something worth learning in the Jiangning battalion, but the time was too tight, I'm afraid it was too late, but anyway, this military order must be unified, and if the army is required to attack, it must attack, and it can't be perfunctory to coax the adults and our family, and to coax the court."
Zhu Youxiang nodded, he understood what Qin Sande meant, that is, the meaning of unifying command, it is easy to say this sentence, but to really do it, it is not such a simple thing, you must know that these generals who command the army have long regarded the army as their own dependence, and Liu Zeqing, who was exterminated by Su Tiancheng and committed suicide, is not because he lost the army and feels that there is no hope, so he is choosing the path of suicide.
Seeing that Zhu Youxiang didn't speak, Qin Sande continued.
"Lord Zhu and our family have a great responsibility, and the emperor and the court trust it, Lord Zhu and our family dare not live up to it, but if the orders of the army cannot be unified, so that they lose the battle and can't keep Nan Zhili, I'm afraid the fate of our family is the same as that Liu Zeqing."
Zhu Youxiang's body trembled slightly, if that really happened, his end would probably be even worse than Qin Sande, people still have to rely on in the court, and there are people to help talk, but he has nothing to rely on, he has already encountered the emperor's disappointment, he really wants to say that he has failed, he may not be able to keep his head, and his family will also suffer.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiang didn't hesitate, he needed to make a clear statement.
"What my father-in-law said is yes, this command must be unified, my father-in-law and I have the heavy responsibility of guarding Nanzhili, and we must unify the command of the 33rd Army, my father-in-law has a great responsibility, no matter what suggestions are put forward, I will agree."
Qin Sande glanced at Zhu Youxiang, judging from the situation he mastered, Zhu Youxiang was actually very good, with full wisdom, and knew how to deal with things, but this time the situation may be different, Zhu Youxiang has always been very cautious, rarely expresses any substantive opinions, everything is subject to his own arrangements.
It was too late to investigate the deep-seated things, so Qin Sande continued to speak.
"Let's see that the army will not be mobilized for the time being, please Zuo Liangyu, Huang Degong and Master Ma come to Nanjing, first discuss how to deal with Su Tiancheng and defend Nanzhili, and then consider the matter of attacking, I don't know what Lord Zhu thinks."
"My father-in-law thinks about it very well, so I think it's just done."
The meaning of this, of course Zhu Youxiang is clear, please ask Zuo Liangyu and others to come to Nanjing, it is clear that they are asking for their command, the army must obey the unified dispatch, if there is a vacillation at this critical moment, Qin Sande can use Shang Fang's sword, even if he kills you, you have nothing to say.
Zhu Youxiang also understands it, but unfortunately he can't come up with a good way, he doesn't take any action, and he always suppresses Zuo Liangyu and others in the name of the imperial court, which is unlikely to have an effect, as for Zuo Liangyu and others, they dare not come to Nanjing, otherwise they will anger the imperial court, and their positions can be adjusted.
Zhu Youxiang doesn't want to be a wicked person, this errand sent by the emperor is obviously a chore, no one wants to do it, everyone knows the courage of the Jiangning battalion, and they are also more than 100,000 troops, more than 300,000 people, in Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning battalion, it is not a fearful data, people can always think of ways to deal with it.
But when things came to this point, Qin Sande took the initiative to bring it up, and at this time, it was impossible for Zhu Youxiang to protect himself, and there was no place to continue to retreat, so he could only follow the route designed by Qin Sande and go down step by step. And showing complete support, in fact, it is to bear part of the responsibility for Qin Sande, you must know that Lu Dao is in the imperial court, although the eunuch is in charge of power, because of Wei Zhongxian's affairs, the civil and military officials still look down on the eunuch.
After Zhu Youxiang left, Qin Sande was also very satisfied, his arrangement was very bold, depriving Zuo Liangyu and others of the right to command, this is not a trivial matter, but the 330,000 army can not achieve a unified order, the consequences are also very terrible, once there is a situation where each sings its own tune, there is no need for Su Tiancheng to step up the attack, these large armies poured into Nanzhili, it indicates the beginning of defeat, many bad habits in the army, Qin Sande still knows the way, the out-of-control army, like a flood beast, can swallow everything.
As for Su Tiancheng's delay in attacking Nanzhili, Qin Sande also has some guesses, he has done things with Su Tiancheng, and he knows that Su Tiancheng has some temper, Su Tiancheng does things, what he values is what he has in his bones, what he needs to get is the actual effect, and he doesn't care about the glamour of the appearance, I am afraid that it is also because of this reason that Su Tiancheng has delayed the attack, and the holy decree of the imperial court is difficult to keep secret, I am afraid that Su Tiancheng has long known the Tao, and he is waiting for the army of more than 300,000 people.
Qin Sande is also out of his way, this is closely related to his net worth, if the court is overthrown by Su Tiancheng, there is not much way out for these eunuchs, it is possible to exist only if they are dependent on the emperor, how can Su Tiancheng take them in, at this time, he is desperate with Su Tiancheng, and he is also protecting themselves. As for Zhu Youxiang, the situation is similar, after all, there is too much difference between Zhu Youxiang and Zhu Xianxuan, if Su Tiancheng seizes the world, those vassal kings will also be finished, don't think about having a good life, Qin Sande heard that the vassal king of Shandong, his status is the same as that of ordinary people, he does not have any privileges, and even the land must be handed over. This is probably one of the reasons for Zhu Youxiang's resolute attitude. (To be continued......)