Chapter 416

Twenty thousand vanguards were destroyed, and then there was the situation of military defeat. Nearly half of the remaining 60000 troops were killed or captured, and half of them ran away and didn't know where to go. Only the supervisor Qian Liang withdrew to Guangnan mansion with more than 15000 generals, which could be regarded as picking up a life.

When the news of the defeat of the Nanming army reached the ears of Wang mubin in Xiping, he was unable to support himself. For fear of being caught, he also hurriedly led the army back to Yunnan Province.

The defeat of this war made Nanming cloth's elite army in Yunnan lost, and its strength decreased by nearly half. It was at this time that the counter attack of King min, Jiaozhi and Miao army came. They first sent some troops to monitor King Xiping in Yunnan Province, and then gathered the main troops to surround Guangnan Prefecture.

Without any preparation, the Nanming army in Guangnan mansion retreated in panic to avoid being surrounded, so that it left Guangnan mansion and left most of the food and grass originally needed for the army in wartime, completing the headquarters of the king of Min who caught up.

After losing Guangnan mansion, I originally wanted to go to Guangxi mansion to meet Wang Xiping's headquarters. But I can't believe anyone, because I'm afraid that King Xiping will also stab behind his back. Under the proposal of governor Wang Lai of Huguang, Yang Xinmin, the former Guangdong Chief Secretary and Qian Liang, the new Yunnan chief secretary, voted in favor. The army withdrew from Yunnan and went to Sicheng Prefecture in Guangxi.

But who would have thought that there was not enough communication in advance and the army in Guangxi was not well prepared, resulting in the army moving too slowly all the way. Only shortly after the army entered Sicheng Prefecture, it found the headquarters of the king of Min who came from behind. After only one night in Sicheng Prefecture, the army continued to retreat eastward, passing through Qingyuan Prefecture, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi, Shaozhou Prefecture in Guangdong and Ganzhou Prefecture in Jiangxi.

A few months ago, it was here that Yang Chendong met with more than 10000 soldiers in Guangdong. After gathering here, he solved the Yellow bandit rebellion in Guangdong. But who could have thought how long it was before the king came and they retreated here?

After losing most of the cities in Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong, the Nanming army finally settled down. The first Department of minwang did not pursue, but began to digest their newly acquired land and cities.

Because it was jointly captured by the king of min, Jiaozhi and Miao people, it was necessary to discuss the division of cities, which gave the Nanming army a chance to breathe.

But at the same time, it must be said that after most of the territory of the three provinces was occupied, the three armies composed of the minwang system also revealed their nature. Burning, killing and looting were everywhere. For a time, the people in the three provinces were unable to make a living. How many large families were robbed, how many people were displaced, their clothes were not covered, and their food was not wrapped around their stomachs.

The news of the defeat of the army came straight to Nanming's Kyoto and Nanjing like a strong wind. When Zhuqi Town, Yingzong in the main hall of the Imperial Palace, heard the news, it was said that he fainted on the spot. Soon afterwards, important civil servants and military generals came to the imperial palace. To everyone's surprise, among the ministers who came this time were Kuang ye, the Minister of the Ministry of war who had been asked to recuperate at home a while ago.

Kuang Ye stood on the court hall. He didn't look like a little sick at all, but his iron green face still told everyone that he was in a very bad mood at the moment.

Not only Kuang ye, but even now no one in the hall will be in a good mood.

One third of these ministers were important officials in the former northern capital. They came to Nanjing with their family because they believed in Zhuqi town. It was originally thought that the Southern Ming Dynasty was established with Yingzong, and then after some hard work, the northern Ming Dynasty was counterattacked to complete the great cause of unifying the Ming Dynasty. At that time, they will all have the merit of learning from the dragon, even if it is recorded in history, it is not impossible.

Who would have thought that it was only two seemingly insignificant civil strife in the south that led to such consequences. Nanming lost three provinces in a row. If it can't be curbed, I'm afraid it won't be long before the whole Nanming will no longer exist. At that time, don't say to call back to the capital. It's up to two to say whether you can keep your old life.

The sudden change and the bad situation made everyone speechless. All the civil and military officials came one after another. Later, they all looked like Kuang Ye. They were calm and looked very ugly.

Few of the ministers were silent, which made the eunuch Cao Jixiang break the peace with a brush in his hand. As soon as he appeared, the movement attracted everyone's eyes and stared here.

At the moment, Cao Jixiang's face was not good-looking. He first swept over the ministers. When he found that all those who should have come came, he relieved and said, "the emperor has an intention. Several ministers, Xuan Kuang ye, Wang Zuo, Chen Xun, Xiao Xuan and Shang Yu, entered the inner hall to wait for driving."

"I will obey your orders." Kuang ye and other five people quickly bowed down and hugged their fists, and then followed Cao Jixiang and left the Jinluan hall.

As soon as the five people left, the other ministers were all face to face. It was neither going nor not going for a while. Some of the ministers also looked at Liu De, the Minister of rites, and Jiang Yuan, the Minister of industry.

In the six books of history, only the two of them were left behind, so it is inevitable that they will not be noticed. In particular, Liu De, the Minister of rites, left many doubts and eyes on him.

Jiang Yuan is the Minister of the Ministry of industry. He can play little role in war. At most, he just urges the building of weapons. However, it is said that many usable weapons have been forged a while ago, which can be used by the army at any time. In this way, he can play a very small role. Liu De is different. He is the Minister of rites. The war is not only as simple as war, but also negotiation and public opinion offensive, which need the Ministry of rites to do. But now he was left here. Thinking of the fact that Kuang Ye Shangshu came home to recover from his illness because of his advice a while ago, it led to the great defeat of the war. Suddenly, people looked at him with many question marks.

Liu De naturally felt this early in the morning. He also knew that the emperor needed to find a scapegoat for the defeat of the army in front of him. Although it may not be yourself, proper beating is always needed. Just now I didn't announce that I was waiting to drive, which is already a clear proof.

But even knowing these things, Liu De still stood there without showing the slightest timidity. He knows these ministers too well. Once you gain power, what kind of good words can you say, even sarcastic words. On the contrary, once you lose power, it is also what kind of hard to listen to.

In the hall, Liu De standing there was suffering. In the inner hall, the appearance has returned to normal, and the Yingzong Zhuqi town has been sitting on the Golden Dragon chair. There was nothing wrong with everything except that his face was a little pale.

"Aiqing, please sit down." seeing the five ministers coming to him, Zhu Qizhen pointed to the set tables and chairs.

"Thank you, Emperor. The ministers are guilty. They really don't dare to sit here." after the five ministers looked at each other, they all shook their heads and said their guilty words. Many times, the more polite the emperor is to you, the more it proves that it is not a good thing. They see this more and naturally dare not sit down casually at this time.

"Alas, what's your crime? It's the general who commands the war ahead. It has nothing to do with you. Sit down. Kuang Aiqing, you're the oldest and you weren't in good health a while ago. You'd better take the lead to sit down. By the way, your body is all right now." Zhu Qizhen showed his concern as much as possible and told Kuang ye and others to listen.

"Thank the emperor for thinking about you. I have nothing to do with my body." Kuang ye said with gratitude and tears on his face.

"Well, well, nothing is good. I can't live without an old minister like you. By the way, you can also take a seat." under some feeling, other ministers also looked for seats with gratitude on their faces.

After everyone took their seats one by one, Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Aiqing, you must know the news of the defeat of the army in front. It was all Wang Ji's bad ideas that made us make mistakes in decision-making, and the generals in front were afraid of death and war. I really regret this situation."

After some self-criticism, Zhu Qizhen shook his head vigorously, a picture of repentance, and then nodded to Cao Jixiang standing aside.

"Yes." Cao Jixiang quickly promised, then took out the golden back imperial edict in his hand and read out: "By heaven, the emperor, the imperial edict said: Wang Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of war, retreated in fear of the enemy and immediately removed his official position and was sentenced to prison in Kyoto; Qian Liang, the royal guards, was demoted to a hundred royal guards households due to unfavorable supervision and was fined for half a year to see the future effect. Wang Lai, the governor of Huguang, Yang Xinmin, the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, and others were fined for one year, demoted by half a grade, and stayed in the army to see the future effect..."

In the imperial edict, all Yunnan generals and officials were punished. In particular, Wang Ji, who had just gone to Yunnan for less than a month, changed from the original wind, scenery and light to today's prisoners. The rapid change of the times really made people sigh that the heavenly power was unpredictable and it was difficult for officials to do.

Punishing a large number of ministers, especially a left chamberlain of the army, is tantamount to ending the failure of the war. The next thing to say is the current situation.

"Ai Qing, the traitor Zhu Huirong and others have now caused havoc in Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong. They may soon arrive in Jiangxi. What are your strategies to teach me?" Zhu Qizhen set his hopeful eyes on the five old ministers and looked forward to it.

There was silence in the inner hall. There were not many troops in the Southern Ming Dynasty. The last time Kuang Ye inspected the guard station, he found some signs of empty pay, so that the personnel of each guard station were not full. The approximate calculation result at that time was less than one million people.