My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 651

c641 Capture Shaanxi

Guo Ding looked ugly and said: “Those who seek glory behind their backs cannot bear to take credit.”

When Guo Ding was in the capital, he had been instigated by Lu Tianshou of the capital intelligence station to become a spy in the southeast.

This time Guo Ding returned to Shaanxi, originally to persuade Guo Pu to surrender.

But Guo Ding also didn’t expect that Guo Pu’s desire for power would be so strong. He would rather lead tens of thousands of soldiers to leave their homes than give up the rights at hand, and still dream of separatist rule.

So Guo Dingcai and Peng An used this strategy, which indeed caused a mutiny.

Peng An saw Guo Ding’s face and knew that this companion did not do this for the sake of glory and wealth, and he felt more respect in his heart.

“Brother Guo, Guo Pu died, and tens of thousands of Shaanxi soldiers and civilians survived. You have made great contributions to Shaanxi.”

Guo Ding finally nodded with emotion.

There was such a big commotion in Xi’an. When Ning Yuan on the front line learned about it, he immediately knew that the situation was over and opened Tongguan to surrender.

Qiu Yuanshan, who was at Dashan Pass, immediately surrendered to Xiong Kuang after receiving the news.

The Fifth Brigade and the Seventh Brigade started the race to Xi’an again, but this time the Fifth Brigade had too much advantage. Tongguan was too close to Xi’an, and the Fifth Brigade quickly entered the city of Xi’an.

However, the situation in Xi’an at this time was not optimistic. Bandits were everywhere, robberies were everywhere, and the whole city was out of order.

Chen Lin immediately dispatched military legal staff, led the military police and elite soldiers, and began to suppress the enemy. He also received Xi’an’s treasury information and counted the losses in the city.

When Xiong Kuang of the 7th Brigade learned that Xi’an had been captured by the 5th Brigade, he immediately led his soldiers westward and began to attack Weinan, Baoji and other places. The soldiers defending the cities in these places had long lost their will, and naturally they were unstoppable along the way.

By the time Chen Lin finished counting, the people of Xi’an had suffered considerable losses, but the Prince of Qin’s Palace had suffered the greatest loss.

On the day of the mutiny, the Qin Prince’s Mansion was breached by soldiers, and all thirty-seven people in the Qin Prince’s lineage, including the Prince of Qin and his son, were shot.

The female family members of the Prince of Qin’s Mansion were plundered by mutinous soldiers, and some thieves also took advantage of the fire to rob them. Finally, a fire set the Prince of Qin’s Mansion on fire.

This 200-year-old palace was burned to the ground, which also included the palace built to welcome Jiajing.

In addition, Guo Pu’s Governor’s Mansion was also breached, but Guo Pu’s sons were sent out, but Guo Pu still had some loyal men. Seeing that the situation was not good, he escorted his female family members to escape from Xi’an City.

Chen Lin was busy maintaining law and order, reorganizing the army, and then reported the victory to the governor of Nanjing.

But this time, the news from Mingting came faster than Southeast.

Li Chengliang was always paying attention to the situation in Shaanxi. He wrote many times urging Guo Pu to take the army out of Shaanxi. He also sent his son Li Rubai to Taiyuan, preparing to go south to Xi’an to persuade Guo Pu personally.

Originally, according to the normal speed, Li Rubai should have entered Shaanxi, but the last tiger hunt in the capital made Li Rubai lose his temper, so he indulged in Taiyuan for a while, which delayed a lot of travel.

When Li Rubai received the news, he also knew that something bad was going on. He immediately rushed back to the capital on horseback and reported the news to his father Li Chengliang.

“What?! All of Shaanxi was lost!?”

Li Chengliang was also a little surprised. Guo Pu could not fight against Southeast. This was naturally the consensus of the Ming court.

However, according to the judgment of Li Chengliang and his staff, Shaanxi should be able to hold on to the southeast without transferring Annan’s troops back.

In this way, it will take at least three months.

As long as Li Chengliang facilitates Guo Pu to go to Lanzhou during this period, it will be regarded as fulfilling his strategic intention.

According to Shanhaoxian’s advice, there are three situations: upper, middle and lower.

The best scenario is that Guo Pu flees to the west, and then continues to threaten Guanzhong in Longyou, containing one or two brigades in the southeast.

The Ming court could open up Longyou and form two pincer attacks, one east and one west.

Shan Hao will give an example first. Although one city and one town must be fought for by military strategists, sometimes it is a better choice to give up some lines of defense in exchange for superior forces to defend key areas.

Shan Hao first cited the strategy of Lu Kang, a famous general in the late Eastern Wu Dynasty. He gave up some areas to concentrate on guarding, but also forced the enemy to divide his forces to garrison the occupied areas. On the contrary, it would cost more to maintain the advantage of military strength.

Before Lu Kang’s death, the Jin Dynasty failed to invade Soochow, which was the beauty of focused defense.

Shanhao’s medium situation is that the Shaanxi Ming Army was destroyed after resistance and failed to withdraw from Shaanxi in time, but it also caused certain losses to the Southeast New Army.

Although such a result is unacceptable, it can also slow down the southeastern army and give the Ming court more time.

The worst case scenario is that Guo Pu surrenders, and Southeast takes over Shaanxi without bloodshed.

But Shanhao also pointed out that although this situation is the worst, it is still beneficial.

The first is to occupy Shaanxi. What will these new Shaanxi Ming court troops do?

Whether it is downsizing or reorganization, these will cost a lot of money and energy, and the delay may not even be shorter than fighting.

Moreover, how to deal with many people in Xi’an is also a very troublesome matter. If Su Ze goes on a killing spree, then the dignitaries in the remaining areas of the Ming court will not be so inconsistent.

But what Shanhao didn’t expect was that nothing happened!

After hearing Li Rubai’s detailed explanation of the situation, Shanhao’s eyes darkened and he fainted.

When he woke up, Li Chengliang said quickly:

“Sir, please take good care of yourself! This general treats you as my son-in-law!”

Shanhao was a little moved at first, but he still cried bitterly and said:

“This is the worst possible situation!”

“Both Guo Pu and King Qin were killed by the rebel army. It is natural for the southeastern army to quell the rebellion! Then the thorns in the Shaanxi army will also be punished for looting Xi’an City.”

“And the governors from various places saw the situation, and the soldiers everywhere also saw the results, and they didn’t dare to resist tenaciously!”

Li Chengliang was completely stunned. He did not expect such serious consequences.

He asked hurriedly: “What about that?”

Shanhao said first:

“We must block the news and praise Guo Puhe’s family in newspapers, saying that he led the army to fight against the southeastern thieves and was defeated and died for his country!”

“The King of Qin also wants to commend him and ask the Queen Mother to give him a good posthumous title, and find a member of King Qin’s close relatives to inherit the throne of King Qin. She also wants to publicize that King Qin defended Xi’an and refused to surrender, and his whole family was killed by bandits from the southeast!”

Li Chengliang’s eyes lit up, and he immediately said: “Sir, do you have any other instructions?”

Shan Hao first shook his head and said: “With the current situation like this, there is no long-term solution. We can only resort to tactics.”

Li Chengliang was also a little sad. Now that the Ming court’s territory is getting smaller and smaller, what happened to the Ming Dynasty?

Just when Li Chengliang asked himself, the Siamese envoy arrived in Nanjing.