Lu Daqi's words made Yuan Jixian suddenly enlightened.
yes!
People often say that the Jinyiwei monitors all officials, is good at criminal justice, arrests, and gathering intelligence.
But they forget that they are soldiers and are better at killing people.
The Jinyiwei during the Wanli period fought gloriously in the Korean battlefield. Their most common method was to infiltrate the enemy's camp and assassinate Japanese generals by poisoning or assassinating them.
After the other party stepped up their vigilance, the Jinyiwei also changed their tactics.
They dressed in Japanese clothes and sneaked into the battlefield, taking advantage of the melee in the crowd to inflict fatal blows on enemy generals.
During the last two Korean Wars, many Japanese generals died in assassinations by the Jinyiwei.
If one wants to get rid of Zuo Liangyu and his son at the lowest cost, the Jinyiwei are the only ones who can do it.
After figuring this out, Yuan Jixian stood up and bowed deeply to Lu Daqi: "Thank you, Brother Lu! I know what to do now. Now that you and I have completed the handover, please help me bring a secret letter to the prince when you return to Nanjing."
"Okay!" Lu Daqi nodded without any hesitation and continued to look at the map in front of him.
Yuan Jixian took out a pen and paper and chatted with Lu Daqi while writing a letter: "Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Mongolians, Jian Nu!"
"There are four sharp blades hanging over the head of the Ming Dynasty. You can imagine the pressure on Your Majesty! I must get rid of Zuo Liangyu and his son as soon as possible and then support General Qin Liangyu. Otherwise, if Qin Liangyu is defeated, I, Yuan, will be guilty of a great sin."
Lu Daqi drank a sip of tea and stared at the map in front of him for a while. Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows and said, "No!"
"What's wrong?" Yuan Jixian stopped writing and looked at Lu Daqi in confusion.
Lü Daqi pointed to Chongqing Prefecture on the map and said, "The Yangtze River is flooding right now, and Zhang Xianzhong is stuck in Wanxian. Even if you, Brother Yuan, successfully get rid of Zuo Liangyu and his son, and take over his 150,000 troops, if you want to go upstream to chase the bandits, there are still Yuezhou, Jingzhou, and Kuizhou Prefectures waiting for you to recapture!"
"These places are heavily guarded, and it is almost impossible to recapture them in a short period of time!"
Yuan Jixian didn't understand what Lu Daqi wanted to say, so he stared at the map without saying a word.
"Your Majesty's decree does not really mean that you should go after Zhang Xianzhong. The bandits are so powerful now, and recklessly pursuing them will only increase the risk. Your Majesty means that you should use your forces to tie down some of Zhang Xianzhong's troops and share the pressure with General Qin Liangyu."
"General Qin Liangyu led the charge, and Brother Yuan led the charge, leaving Zhang Xianzhong unable to take care of both ends."
Yuan Jixian did not agree but did not deny it either.
He understood the principle, but the imperial edict was still an imperial edict after all, and he had to do whatever he was told to do.
Don’t guess the emperor’s intention.
If they did not follow the imperial edict, the impeachment letters from officials in various states would fill up the Yangtze River.
"But... the imperial edict ordered me to send troops to pursue and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. If I just want to contain him, it would be unreasonable, right?"
Lu Daqi shook his head slowly. He pointed at the words on the imperial edict and said, "Brother Yuan, please look here. The imperial edict asked Brother Yuan to borrow troops and pursue Zhang Xianzhong. It did not say to send troops as soon as possible, nor did it say where to recapture."
"What is the purpose here?"
Seeing that Yuan Jixian didn't believe him, Lu Daqi gave an example: "In the 16th year of our dynasty, when Sun Chuanting, then the governor of the three borders of Shaanxi, was urged to go to war, have you ever seen the imperial edict issued by His Majesty?"
Yuan Jixian was stunned, then suddenly realized.
Although they had not seen the imperial edict urging Sun Chuanting to go to war with their own eyes, they had already known the contents of the edict through other channels.
In the imperial edict, Chongzhen repeatedly urged the battle using words such as "immediately" and "right away". Sun Chuanting was forced to go into battle hastily and was ultimately defeated and killed.
Let’s look at this imperial edict.
Not only did he not say a word to urge him to fight, he was even given the right to act at his own convenience!
All in all, it feels like there are two emperors.
Yuan Jixian took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu, for your advice. I know what to do now."
He picked up the brush and wrote quickly on the letter paper in front of him.
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Wanxian.
Wanxian County is built along the river. Although the city walls are not high, they are made of stones and look very solid.
Due to the flood upstream, there were no ships on the river. The banks on both sides were filled with boatmen and boat trackers, who looked upstream helplessly, hoping that the flood would recede soon.
A stranger was squatting in the crowd. He was of medium build, with a dark complexion and no beard on his chin.
This person was Gao Shiming, who had been away from Beijing for more than a month.
He looked at the figure in the river and felt deeply moved.
A month ago he was in cold Beijing, and a month later he arrived in hot and humid Sichuan.
He became darker and thinner.
Fortunately, we fulfilled our mission and found Zhang Xianzhong!
He washed his face with the cool river water, looked up at the not-so-high city wall of Wanxian, took a deep breath, and walked over with firm steps.
Since Zhang Xianzhong was stationed in Wanxian, the soldiers guarding the city checked the pedestrians passing by very carefully.
"Where are you from? What are you going to do in the city?" A thin soldier speaking with a Sichuan accent stopped Gao Shiming.
As the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department, this dialect did not bother him. However, he did not answer in Sichuan dialect, but in a proper Beijing accent: "I came from the capital to discuss matters with Zhang Xianzhong in the city."
"How dare you!" The soldier was immediately furious. "How dare you call the Great Western King by his name? Come here, there is a Ming army spy. Come with me and catch him." (I won't explain the meaning of "laozi" in Sichuan dialect, everyone knows it.)
Seeing this, the nearby soldiers gathered around and pointed their weapons at Gao Shiming.
Gao Shiming was not panicked at all. He stood there with his hands behind his back: "I won't say a word until I meet Zhang Xianzhong."
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