The hot sunlight at noon shone into Chengdu. After discussing for a long time, Zhu Youxiao, who was already a little tired, opened his eyes again, and then calmed his expressions of civil officials and military generals in his pupils.

After a long time, he said quietly:

"According to your opinion, the war in the southwest has not yet ended?"

Zhu Youxiao did it on purpose. In fact, in his heart, he had already understood what Zhu Xieyuan said and gave him a chance to show it.

Zhu Xieyuan said just now that although She Chongming and Zhang Tong were dead, this chaos was not the only one. It was not easy for the emperor to come to the southwest once, and it might take many years to come next time.

Therefore, if the situation in the southwest is not completely stabilized, all previous efforts will be wasted.

"Yes!" Zhu Xieyuan said repeatedly: "Since An Bangyan and An Xiaoliang have arrived in Chengdu, they cannot let them go back to Shuixi."

"Shuixi will rebel sooner or later, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

"As for Sichuan and Guizhou's post-war pacification issue, I believe that if we want to solve the southwest problem once and for all, conquests should be supplemented and assimilated as the main one!"

Hearing the word "assimilation", Zhu Youxiao's eyes tightened.

In fact, although the imperial court won all the various routes of Zhu Youxiao and Luqin, it was just a timely dispatch of reinforcements. During this period, the local Ming army was almost defeated.

Even Qin Liangyu was in the stone pillar, but he could only maintain his persistence and had no intention of making progress.

Of course, after Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, the historical books described the Pacification of She'an Rebellion, which could only be the inhumane rebels, and personally fought against the army and were invincible.

As for the decay of the Ming army in the local area and the disinterest of civil and military officials, these will not be mentioned.

Although Guizhou, Governor Li Wei and Censor Shi Yongan were able to unify their opinions on An Bangyan, the two were in private but had many conflicts.

An Bangyan came to meet the saint. Shi Yongan felt that this was a good opportunity to pacify Guizhou, and kept urging Li Qi to concentrate his troops and take the lead in sending troops to pacify Shuxi.

With the strength of the Ming army in Guiyang, Li Wei was not strong enough to protect himself, so why not take the initiative to leave his home and refuse, and did not leave any face for Shi Yongan.

The latter couldn't stand it in shame and decided to lead his troops out of the city to attack Shuixi, but when he left the city, he was stopped by Li Wei. The two of them quarreled at the city gate, like shrews scolding the streets.

Before this incident reached Chengdu, Guiyang was already well-known.

So the next day, Shi Yongan submitted a memorial to the capital, impeaching Guizhou Governor Li Wei and the Xi'an clan to communicate with each other and obstructing the great cause of quelling the rebellion.

Shi Yongan gave gifts to Wei Zhongxian, and the latter recommended him to the top. Strictly speaking, he belonged to the Wei Party.

As for Li Wei, he did not belong to any clique. He just wanted to spend his term safely.

Zhu Youxiao knew in his heart that Li Wei did this right, and with the current strength of the Ming army in Guizhou, he could not easily provoke the An family.

But is he entirely out of Guiyang's considerations?

Not all!

The officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty was not as simple as you imagined.

Li Wei was old enough to retire, but Wang Sanshan, the new governor selected by the Donglin Party, was unable to take office for a long time, so he "temporarily" the governor's affairs.

He must have thought that it would be best not to happen during the period when the new governor took office, so as not to lose his safety in the later years.

Shi Yongan was eager to become an official in Beijing and was more radical.

Li Jie adopted the method of governing inaction, neither adopting the former's active offensive strategy nor implementing any local government orders to calm the hearts of the people.

To put it bluntly, it is just to wait for later generations to take office, then throw out the hot potato and protect yourself.

Even if something happens in the future, he has not lost Guiyang when he was in office and An has not rebelled, so it has nothing to do with him.

The conflict between Li Wei and Shi Yong'an directly led to the conflict between civil officials in Guiyang City. Until now, the two sides are not only fighting verbally, but also starting to use party struggles to attack each other.

When facing a great enemy, the civil officials and generals in Guiyang can still work together to defend the city, but once the rebels retreat voluntarily, the conflicts between them will become increasingly prominent.

This is true between Xu Keqiu and the general, and between Li Wei and Shi Yongan.

Just when Zhu Youxiao discussed how to completely resolve the situation in the southwest, news came that Li Qi retired and the new governor Wang Sanshan took office in Guizhou.

Wang Sanshan belongs to the Donglin Party members, and a few of them are more capable, but he also has a common problem with the Donglin Party members, namely blindly arrogant and greedy for vanity.

When he first arrived in Guiyang, Wang Sanshan led 20,000 reinforcements from other provinces.

Although the two were against each other in the party struggle, Shi Yongan still urged Wang Sanshan and Li Wei to make a handover and invite him into the city on the official side.

However, Wang Sanshan did not buy the account of the "eunuch party".

Wang Sanshan led his army to station at the South Gate on the grounds that "although the bandits have not rebelled, they will rebel sooner or later. People's hearts are not settled, and I am the governor, so I cannot be at peace."

When the new governor took office, Guiyang civil and military officials had already prepared a banquet to welcome him, but they didn't even enter the city gate.

Li Wei and Shi Yongan couldn't bear to worry about their faces. For a moment, rumors about Wang Sanshan in Guiyang City rose without a wind.

However, Wang Sanshan ignored these things. On the second day, he moved to Zhenzhaixi, which was the base camp of the An army, and stocked up food and grass in the water. There were even 100,000 An army stationed nearby.

The gunpowder on both sides was very strong, but because An Bangyan had already expressed his intention to be loyal to the court, An Bangyan's son Anzhen warmly received the new governor of Guizhou.

During the day, Wang Sanshan talked and laughed with An Wei, and the Ming army also sang and danced with An Jun. At night, he suddenly attacked and defeated An Jun.

In this battle, Wang Sanshan personally led the Ming army, braved the arrows of the army and advanced forward, and defeated the 100,000 main army stationed near Zhaixi with 20,000 people.

Because An Bangyan was not in charge and dispatched, the water west was in chaos. An Tai scolded the court for its false benevolence and righteousness, and called on Guizhou chieftains to resist the brutal rule of the court.

On the other hand, he also led the remaining An army to flee far outside Lu Guanghe River.

This news just reached Chengdu today. To be honest, Zhu Youxiao didn’t know whether to be happy or angry.

Without waiting for Chengdu to make a resolution, Wang Sanshan attacked without authorization to attack Shuixi, who had not yet rebelled on the surface.

Once it fails, the consequences are unimaginable.

If you can't win, it's very easy to deal with it. You'll be dismissed from office and imprisonment, and your home will be searched.

But the problem is that this guy not only won, but also basically defeated Shuixi in one battle!

In the battle of Zhaixi, 20,000 Ming troops defeated 100,000 An troops. This is an open statement, but in fact, the most important thing is still secretly.

Although Shuixi had been brewing, An Bangyan was not decisive enough.

Twenty years ago, in the Battle of Pingbozhou, Shuixi received a reward of 300 miles of land from Emperor Wanli because of participating in the war.

This time, An Bangyan obviously wanted to use the same trick again.

After he hesitated, the other Guizhou chieftains were actually in chaos. Some people wanted to follow An Bangyan to get a bargain, while others wanted to rebel directly.

Before Shuixi could rebel, the food accumulated near Zhaixi was swept away by the Ming army, and the main force was defeated by Wang Sanshan, who did not play according to common sense.

As soon as the fight broke out in Shuixi, Zhu Youxiao had no reason to put An Bangyan and An Xiaoliang back. In this way, even if the An family really wanted to seize Guizhou, it would not be easy.

What we need to do next is to expand the results of the battle and prevent Wang Sanshan from advancing.

Zhu You proofreads this guy in history, and although he has outstanding abilities, his shortcomings are extremely obvious - he is too easy to float away.

In history, this guy won several consecutive victories, then pursued them all the way, was attacked by An Jun and finally died unyieldingly.

With such a great contribution, it is hard to guarantee that Wang Sanshan will not be so arrogant. If his love rival advances and chases Lu Guanghe and is ambushed by Anjun, he will be extremely happy and sad.

Zhu Youxiao quickly passed various thoughts in his mind, pondered for a moment, and said:

"The edict was sent to Zhu Xieyuan's promotion to governor of Sichuan, and he was appointed as the left censor of the capital, and he was stationed in Chengdu. The general of Sichuan was waiting for Liangzhu and moved to Chongqing."

"Let Luqin not stay in Sichuan and appease Shunqing Prefecture, then go south immediately to Guizhou to stabilize the situation!"

"Tomorrow, the army will set off and go to Guizhou. Also, I will send someone to tell An Yi that An Bangyan is in my hands. If I want to deal with it lightly, I will surrender before I arrive in Guizhou!"
Chapter completed!