Chapter 397 Your Opinion Not long after Li Jinglong was held hostage by Wang Ge and others and left Dezhou City, the vanguard of the Yan Army had already forced to the foot of Dezhou City.Because of the new defeat of the army in front, the defenders in the city were already panicking, and the commander Li Jinglong did not give any instructions for the defense of the city, when the defenders sent people to the general's mansion to ask for Li Jinglong after discovering the enemy's situation, it was reported that the general had secretly fled with his cronies before!
Just when the defenders' attention was on the Yan army outside the north gate, the east gate was suddenly opened, and hundreds of Yan army elite cavalry who had secretly walked around that direction rushed in, assisting the Yan army, who had infiltrated Dezhou City in batches with Wang Ge, to guard the open city gate.After the main force of the Yan army entered the city, everything was a foregone conclusion.Several city gates were opened one after another, some defenders fled directly from other city gates, some defenders were very simply portraits, and some took advantage of the chaos to run to the rich families in the city to loot, wanting to take money and flee again, in short, few people were really resisting and resisting the Yan army.After the Yan army basically controlled Dezhou City, they deliberately "leaked" the news, they were able to attack Dezhou City so smoothly because of the assistance of the commander Yang Chong, Yang Chong had already taken refuge in King Yan, and originally planned to capture the General's Mansion and take Li Jinglong, but he didn't expect that the people sent were blocked by Li Jinglong's personal guards, so he escaped from the city.So Yang Chong spread rumors that Li Jinglong had abandoned the city and fled, causing great confusion among the defenders in the city, and opened the city gate to let the Yan army enter the city, and took Dezhou City without much effort.But in fact, the one who really served King Yan and was bought by Wang Ge was just a middle-level general under Yang Chong.However, before the Yan army arrived in Dezhou, the middle-level general had already controlled Yang Chong with the help of his cronies and the people arranged for him by Wang Ge, and pretended to pass on Yang Chong's orders to control his troops.But for those Texas defenders who fled from Texas to the south, it was indeed Yang Chong's subordinates who assisted the Yan army to enter the city that day, and they really didn't see the general Li Jinglong show up.After such various rumors spread to the imperial court with the defeated soldiers and civil and military officials at all levels who fled south, they must have been chaotic.Li Jinglong, who controls Jinan and regains control of Shandong's political and military core, will naturally be able to grasp the main information channel and guide public opinion in a direction favorable to him.With the cooperation of the Yan army, the main responsibility for the defeat of Jingzhou can be pushed to the "Taiping Tower" and those masters of the rivers and lakes, and the responsibility for the fall of Dezhou can be pushed to the head of the commander Yang Chong.Of course, as the commander of the Northern Expedition army, from the beginning of the absolute superiority over the four anti-kings, to the present hundreds of thousands of army losses, the loss of grain and grass is even more astronomical, even the gateway to Shandong, the strategic point of Texas has been lost, Li Jinglong must bear an unshirkable responsibility.But in many cases, even if the same mistake is made, the punishment will be different.If Geng Bingwen, a veteran who was not very well treated by Emperor Jianwen, committed the same mistake as Li Jinglong, then the responsibility he needed to bear would definitely be much greater.In contrast, Li Jinglong has a deeper connection in the new dynasty, he is a relative of the emperor, he is the cousin of Emperor Jianwen, and he is highly trusted by Emperor Jianwen, and it is Emperor Jianwen's cronies like Huang Zicheng who recommend him, so after the first defeat, the imperial court did not recall him and change him to a new commander like Geng Bingwen, but continued to fully support him, replenish troops and salaries, and give him greater power.Although he was defeated badly this time, as long as Li Jinglong could find a reason for himself, as long as he could give Emperor Jianwen and most of the courtiers a step, he might continue to hold on.Because whether it is Emperor Jianwen or Huang Zicheng and other important ministers in the court, they are not willing to slap themselves in the face - after all, Li Jinglong was the coach they promoted and gave the greatest support.If Li Jinglong is heavily blamed and the blame is attributed to Li Jinglong, it is equivalent to admitting that they were "blind" at the beginning.When the position reaches the level of Emperor Jianwen and Huang Zicheng, it is sometimes more difficult for them to admit that they are wrong than continuing to go in the wrong direction.And this is also the reason why Wang Ge persuaded King Yan to let Li Jinglong leave, and tried to build momentum to help him get rid of his crimes.As for whether Li Jinglong will get out of control and will not be able to use it when the time comes, Wang Ge is not worried at all.On the one hand, he has Li Jinglong's personal handwriting to King Yan's integrity, and on the other hand, Li Jinglong's words to report the truth to Emperor Jianwen, that is, to admit that the Battle of Jingzhou and the fall of Dezhou are basically his own responsibility, and it is to admit his incompetence and cowardice, when he did not choose to commit suicide after being captured by Wang Ge, it has been decided that he has no way out.…… When Wang Ge, Chen Wang and others returned to Dezhou City again, the base camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army had been completely occupied by the Yan army, and all the city gates were already guarded by Yan soldiers, and there was basically no organized resistance in the city.The sporadic battles going on in the city were all Yan troops maintaining order in the city, arresting or directly killing those gangsters and rebels who took advantage of the fire to loot, and by the way, they found out the civil and military officials who were too late to escape and temporarily hid in the city.Wang Ge and Chen Wang went directly to meet King Yan, who had also just entered the city and was in the state government to check the situation of the seized materials for liquidation."
You've come just in time!
Let's take a look, what Cao Guogong left us, our quartermaster is not as competent as him!
”King Yan was obviously in a very good mood, and threw the booklet of the materials in the treasury to Wang Ge.Wang Ge didn't look through it, just handed the booklet to Chen Wang, and then saluted: "Congratulations to the prince, after this battle, the momentum of our army has been achieved, and it will be difficult for the southern army to resist!"
”Indeed, the Battle of Jingzhou dealt a heavy blow to the imperial army's Northern Expedition, and then took Dezhou, creating conditions for the invasion of Shandong.The large number of captured southern troops and the captured heavy money and grain also gave the Yan army an important supplement, and under the advantages of the other, the pure strength of the north and the south has been reversed, and the imperial court no longer has an absolute advantage as before.It can be imagined that this battle is key and important, and it is no wonder that King Yan is so proud and excited at this time.After listening to Wang Ge's words, King Yan laughed and said, "In this battle, you should be the first to take credit!"
”"Don't dare......
The first achievement of this battle should be that the prince personally led the elite to break the formation, completely defeated Li Jinglong's Chinese army, and collapsed the southern army.The second merit belongs to the second prince, who was ordered to face the surprise attack of the four great grandmasters, and did not change his face and calmly dealt with it.Master Dao Yan strategized and contacted the three masters in advance to help, so that it would be difficult for the Southern Army's conspiracy and poisonous plan to succeed. ”Wang Ge said seriously.King Yan waved his hand: "You don't have to be modest, if you didn't know about the plan of the 'Taiping Tower' in advance, we wouldn't be able to make a targeted arrangement, and we would have calculated it."
But speaking of which......
There's something I want to ask for your opinion. ”