Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Chapter 115 The truth is revealed! The emperor is ecstatic!

In fact, Su Yi knew about Wo Ren's arrival, because the characteristics of this group of people were too obvious.

But of course he knows that no contact is better and more convincing than contact.

Lightning and thunder.

Su Yi ordered Bai Qi to guard the hospital door and not allow anyone to enter.

He chatted online again.

Lightning and thunder were more frequent during this period, so the group members already knew the outcome of the battle to retake Yangzhou.

Next, the next step is to discuss the goal.

"Su Bacun, for you, this battle is over."

"In a short period of time, a battle like the capture of Yangzhou cannot be replicated. Your new army is still too few."

"In a short period of time, the group leader's military talent has been enough to shock the emperor and the court." Ying Nian Zao Bald said: "But be careful not to be labeled as a pure military wizard. You will suffer a lot."

Of course Su Yi knew this. There shouldn't be too many such examples in history. Once you are trapped in the military, you may never get out of it in your lifetime.

The red flag was planted across the galaxy and said: "I checked the history of this period and discovered an important issue."

Negative Bamei said: "You tell me."

The red flag was planted all over the galaxy and said: "The weapons of the Hunan Army are also very good, and even the weapons and equipment of the Qing Dynasty later are also very good. There is no real generation difference with the West."

"So, group leaders should not fight non-critical battles, otherwise no matter how many troops there are, they will not be enough to consume."

"Moreover, once the group leader takes action, he must win every battle! He must give people the impression of being undefeated."

"And there is no invincible army in this world, so the next battles must be selected very accurately."

Negative Bamei said: "What Su Bacun wants is to seek power and usurp the throne, so he must increase his reputation in all aspects. He must show his outstanding talents in politics, military, diplomacy, and economy."

Young Bald said: "Yes, 1860 is very close. The leader of the group should fully seize the opportunity and show other talents. Every opportunity cannot be wasted."

Negative Bamei said: "In short, you must give the emperor and everyone a strong impression that no matter what crisis this country or court encounters, you can solve it. In the end, you will be the savior of this country. In this way First, seeking power and usurping the throne has a popular foundation."

Ying Nian Zao Bald said: "Although this battle is still unfinished, the military performance is over for the time being."

"The next key node is coming soon. It is also a once-in-a-lifetime event. If you miss it, it will no longer happen. So we will start to deduce the next copy now. It is time to show the other talents of the group leader."

Negative Bamei said: "Yes, this time the level will be higher, and the group leader will have greater achievements and higher reputation."

Ying Nian Zao Bald said: "But this time the difficulty of the copy is higher, because this time the opponent is different, it is the cunning and clever British Empire. This is a high-end game that tests political ability."

Negative Bamei said: "It's not just the high-end game, it's even directly related to the key node four years later, in 1860. Facing this opponent, do you have any good ideas at the moment?"

Red flags were planted across the galaxy saying: "Sorry, I don't have one."

Young Bald said: "I have a general idea, but it's not clear."

Negative Bamei said: "Su Bacun, do you have it?"

Su Yi said: "Yes!"

Next, Su Yi explained the tactical ideas for the next historical copy.

After finishing speaking, Yingnian Zaitu was silent for a while and said: "I have roughly the same concept, but... you, the group leader, are clearer and more precise."

Negative Bamei said: "It's really possible, and it's very high-end. It hits the essence of the opponent. It's amazing!"

The red flag was planted all over the galaxy and said: "The group leader is indeed a genius in this area. Now the layout is completely connected, and a great experiment can even be done."

“The group leader is awesome!”

"Eight inches of awesome!"

Negative Bamei discovered that as time went on, they truly became purely auxiliary and no longer dominated the development of the entire situation.

On the contrary, Su Yi took the initiative to propose tactics and strategic directions every time.

Then let Negative Bamei, Yingnian Bald and others help improve it.

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The next day!

Su Yi led a thousand new troops and dozens of carriages in a mighty march south to Guazhou.

At this time, Guazhou was the Taiping Army's only stronghold in Jiangbei.

Seeing the appearance of Su Yi's new army, the Taiping Army in Guazhou suddenly felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.

There is no need for this.

I have said it long ago, don’t fight a war that is not necessary.

What Su Yi has to do now is to immediately ease the situation and break out of this war.

Because the next copy is already waiting for him, this high-end game is more important.

The key is that there are too many Taiping troops. Once the Jiangbei camp is broken, if Yang Xiuqing can't think of it and sends tens of thousands of troops to attack Yangzhou, Su Yi really won't be able to hold it.

How many casualties can his more than a thousand new troops withstand?

Of course, there is a high probability that this will not happen, because the Taiping Army will then fall into the most intense internal fighting.

Su Yi's plan to assassinate Yang Xiuqing will not only not ease the internal fight, but will instead become more intense.

Looking at the hostile and wary Taiping garrison.

Su Ye said slowly: "Inside this carriage are all the ashes of your sacrificed soldiers. I couldn't bear to see them exposed in the wilderness, so I collected them all and burned them. I brought the ashes here specially, and you take them back to bury them."

After that, Su Ye ordered the new army to lift all the ashes off the carriage and put them neatly on the ground.

After putting them all, Su Ye said nothing more and led the new army to leave directly and return to Yangzhou.

In fact, dealing with the Taiping Army is quite a headache. This group of people is stubborn and unyielding.

After Su Ye left, the Taiping Army generals carefully sent people to check.

They were also worried that this was another conspiracy of Su Ye, whether there was gunpowder or poison in it.

So, this group of Taiping Army checked again and again.

In the end, they found that there was no trick, and there were only ashes inside.

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Two days later!

Yang Xiuqing received the report.

At this time, he was at his most proud moment, because he broke the Jiangnan camp and Xiang Rong died.

Of course, the victory was not perfect, because Yangzhou was taken back by Su Ye.

But the Jiangbei camp was farther away, unlike the Jiangnan camp, which was right under the eyes of Tianjing.

"What do you think Su Ye meant by sending back the ashes of the sacrificed soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom?" Yang Xiuqing asked.

Fu Shanxiang thought for a while and said, "He probably wanted to express his intention to ease the situation and didn't want to fight us anymore."

Yang Xiuqing said, "He was expressing that he definitely had no intention of attacking Guazhou."

Fu Shanxiang said, "Is he stopping when he sees the good?"

Yang Xiuqing said, "This is a very smart man. He knows that his new army has reached its limit. If he continues to fight, he will be timid and the results will not be perfect."

Fu Shanxiang said, "This man is such a big threat to the Heavenly Kingdom. Should we take the opportunity to destroy him?"

Yang Xiuqing sneered, "Big threat? Is there anyone else who is as threatening?"

They actually dared to assassinate him. If they don't take action, it will be too late.

Moreover, after the Jiangnan Camp was destroyed, it was the time when Yang Xiuqing's prestige was at its highest. He must seize this precious opportunity to complete his own great cause and eliminate his political opponents.

As for Su Ye, there is still a long way to go.

And now Tuo Ming'a has returned to Yangzhou City. Although the main force of the Jiangbei Camp is not strong, it is still more than 20,000 people.

So, let's solve the internal problems first.

If Su Ye wants to release the intention of easing, then ease it.

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Beijing!

Now the emperor and the civil and military officials have fallen into a certain silence.

As for whether Boyan and Su Ye falsely reported their military exploits, they did not express their opinions.

Just wait for Weiren to return to Beijing and give the final conclusion.

However, the entire Beijing was discussing it.

At the beginning, many Eight Banners firmly believed that Su Ye must have falsely reported his military exploits and the captured Yangzhou City was an empty city.

On the contrary, Boyan's credit for capturing two cities at the beginning was real, and the reason why he lost them later was entirely because the counterattack was too fierce.

But this view is obviously a bit untenable.

Under such fierce debate.

In the end, the whole capital actually reached a certain consensus.

Boyan should have indeed falsely reported his military exploits.

And Su Ye must have falsely reported his military exploits.

However, Su Ye falsely reported more and more severely.

Because in comparison, Su Ye's victory report was too exaggerated.

Yangzhou City is much larger than Liuhe and Xincheng. You, Su Ye, only took 1,500 people to capture Yangzhou City in two hours?

What a joke?

Boyan also took three days to capture Liuhe and Xincheng.

Especially the defense battle in the second half of Su Ye's Yangzhou victory was even more excessive.

Sixteen thousand counterattacks attacked the city, and you successfully defended with one-tenth of your troops, and eliminated three or four thousand counterattacks?

Why don't you go to heaven?

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In fact, the civil and military officials in the court probably had the same idea.

However, if Weiren didn't come back, no one would take the initiative to say it.

After leaving Yangzhou, Weiren sailed north without stopping.

Even after getting off the boat and arriving in Tongzhou, he did not take time to rest and went straight back to Beijing.

But when he arrived at the outer city, it was already dark.

Ordinarily, at this time, Weiren would immediately attack the emperor and tell the emperor his investigation results in private.

However, after thinking again and again!

Weiren gave up this idea and chose to stay in the outer city.

"Sir, the emperor should be waiting, very eager, don't you hurry to the palace to see the emperor? Your investigation results should make the emperor happy." The captain of the imperial guard said.

In his mind, everything is based on making the emperor happy.

As long as the emperor is happy, Weiren has made a contribution.

But Weiren felt that he could not go to see the emperor in advance, which would be suspected of conspiracy in the secret room, and even suspected that the emperor privately instructed Weiren what to say.

In this way, the obviously fair and just investigation results would appear less fair.

He decided to wait until the morning court tomorrow and go directly to the palace.

At the court meeting, in front of all the civil and military officials, he announced his investigation results.

This way, he appeared authoritative.

The emperor didn't know about it beforehand, and he just made a final decision on the matter.

Of course, this would make the emperor unhappy.

The emperor would think, Weiren, what do you mean by this?

After the investigation results come out, why don't you report to me first?

If there are any bizarre results that will damage the majesty of the court, we can discuss it first and then announce it to the outside world, so that we can repair it.

And what Weiren wants to avoid is such a situation.

As for making the emperor unhappy, he can't care so much.

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The next day's court meeting!

It's still to discuss the matter of the Jiangnan camp, but after discussing it over and over again, there is still no result.

Because it depends on the behavior of the rebels.

Will the rebel army attack the Jiangbei camp again, and then attack Yangzhou?

Or will the rebels take the opportunity to go south and attack southern Jiangsu?

Of course, there is another key reason. Everyone's mind is not on it. They are all waiting for Weiren to come back.

It should be certain that Boyan and Su Ye have falsely reported their military exploits.

The key is to what extent they have falsely reported?

Once it is found that they have falsely reported their military exploits, should they be punished and how should they be punished?

This is the most critical issue.

If Su Ye was the only one who falsely reported his military exploits, then there would be no other choice, and the nobles of the Eight Banners in the court would definitely kill him.

But Boyan was also tied up, so there was nothing we could do.

Since both of them falsely reported their military exploits, the punishment should be the same.

Boyan, you should be more motivated.

You should falsely report less, and the loss of Liuhe and Xincheng should be justified.

Su Ye, your report on the great victory in Yangzhou is so exaggerated, you must have falsely reported more.

As long as it is confirmed that Su Ye falsely reported more than Boyan, things will be much easier to handle.

"Your Majesty, the imperial envoy Wei Ren sent to Yangzhou has returned to Beijing and is waiting for the emperor's order outside the palace. I request an audience!"

The emperor was stunned.

What do you mean, Wei Ren? Why don't you come to see me privately first to report the results of the investigation, but ask for an audience during the court meeting?

In this way, if the results of the investigation are very bizarre and damage the face of me and the court, what should I do? Isn't there no room for redemption?

But in this situation, the arrow is on the string and has to be shot.

The emperor said: "Quick, summon Weiren to see the emperor!"

Everyone immediately perked up. Is the show finally about to begin?

Everyone has been waiting for so many days, and it's finally here.

A moment later, the dusty Weiren appeared in front of everyone.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on him.

The emperor said: "Weiren, have you found the results?"

Weiren said: "I have found the results."

The emperor paused for a moment, adjusted his breathing slightly, and said: "Then tell me."

Weiren said: "Before announcing the results, I swear to my ancestors that the results of this investigation are fair and impartial, and there is no partiality. If there is any partiality, if there is any untrue, please behead it!"

Everyone was stunned. It seems that there is a big problem.

Weiren actually used his own head to guarantee it.

Su Ye and Boyan, what did you do? To what extent did you falsely report your military exploits?

The emperor suddenly felt uneasy, and felt that the results of this investigation must be very serious, which is why Weiren made such a statement.

Su Ye, please don't let me down too much.

The emperor said: "Bo Yan Nemo Hu, did you falsely report your military exploits?"

Weiren seemed very calm and said: "He falsely reported. The Liuhe and Xincheng he captured that day were two empty cities. There were 300 female soldiers in Liuhe, and only 200 Fa Ni servants in Xincheng, which were considered baggage soldiers, not auxiliary soldiers."

"Not only that, Boyan led the Zhenghuang Banner Cavalry Battalion and the Fa Ni Cavalry, and once had a face-to-face battle."

"As a result, Boyan was defeated and was chased by the Fa Ni Cavalry for dozens of miles. After that, he fought with more than a thousand infantry who broke through the encirclement of the Fa Ni, and fled again."

"In just two days, Boyan's Cavalry Battalion was defeated in four battles. At present, there should be less than a hundred people left, and they are nowhere to be found."

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent.

It was like a slap in the face of the Eight Banners nobles.

Even the emperor felt completely ashamed.

It was so embarrassing!

After a long while, someone couldn't help but say, "How could the Zhenghuangqi Cavalry Battalion be so outstanding at the martial arts performance that day?"

This was also what the emperor thought in his heart.

Woren said, "According to my investigation, I found that the combat effectiveness of the Zhenghuangqi Cavalry Battalion is actually not weak. But the commander Boyan took shortcuts and ruined the atmosphere of the entire army. He only wanted to win easily and make meritorious deeds. He lacked the will to fight and could not fight hard battles. Boyan should bear the main responsibility."

"So, I ask you to severely punish Boyan!"

"One incompetent general will tire out thousands of troops."

"And the Zhenghuangqi Cavalry Battalion, who are afraid of heavy tasks and are only interested in money. They are obviously capable of fighting, but they are afraid of fighting, afraid of death, and afraid of injury. Every time they reach a critical moment, they will collapse. I am extremely disappointed."

Another slap in the face.

After hearing this, Prince Hui's face turned green and purple.

The person who was most embarrassed was Mian Yu, because his wife was just a matchmaker for Boyan.

The emperor said, "What about Su Ye? What about Su Ye?"

The whole audience pricked up their ears.

Weiren sighed and said, "For a moment, I don't know what to say about Su Ye."

The emperor was shocked. Is it so serious?

The nobles of the Eight Banners were excited. It seems that Su Ye's problem is more serious. What will happen if you falsely report your military exploits?

Could it be that even the capture of Yangzhou City was false?

Wen Qing, the leader of the military affairs, said, "Just tell me, did Su Ye falsely report his military exploits?"

Woren said: "If that's the case, Su Ye did exaggerate his military exploits, but! He didn't exaggerate, he exaggerated!"

What? !

Everyone was shocked.

The emperor almost stood up suddenly.

Before, Woren was sprained by a soldier from the Jiangbei camp, and now everyone was severely sprained by him.

All along, there have been only exaggerations, not exaggerations.

And Su Ye's military exploits were already exaggerated.

He actually exaggerated?

This, isn't this a joke?

Woren said: "Your Majesty, I reiterate once again that if there is any untrue content in the investigation results, please take my head!"

"In the battle of Fairy Temple Camp, Su Ye led 1,600 men, but the enemy was not 3,500 rebels, but about 3,700. This was confessed by the captured rebels later, but it was difficult to change it after Su Ye reported it."

"After the battle of Fairy Temple Camp, Su Ye's new army immediately went north to support the Shaobo Town Camp. He reported that a total of 1,300 rebels were killed, but in fact there were more. This was to avoid embarrassing the officers and soldiers of the Jiangnan Camp, so he reported less credit and let the Jiangbei Camp report more."

"There was also the battle to capture Yangzhou City, which was downplayed in the victory report, and even Tuo Ming'a did not write it clearly, but in fact this battle was truly brilliant and fully demonstrated Su Ye's military genius."

Next, Woren told Su Ye's tactics of crossing the Yangtze River twice in full.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned.

Su Ye's tactics were too crazy and too bold.

If there was a little mistake, the whole army might be destroyed.

Wo Ren said: "In fact, it was hopeless to capture Yangzhou, because there were nearly 20,000 rebel defenders in Yangzhou at that time."

"But in order to recapture Yangzhou, Su Ye formulated this genius tactic, leading the 20,000 rebel troops out of Yangzhou to rescue Zhenjiang, and led them around in a circle on the ground within a hundred miles, leaving only more than 2,000 defenders in Yangzhou. In just a dozen hours, his new army crossed the Yangtze River twice, traveled hundreds of miles, rushed to the outside of Yangzhou, and immediately attacked the city. It took only one and a half hours to break through Yangzhou."

"Such tactics and leadership skills are amazing to me."

"As for later, he led 1,700 people to face ten times the enemy, fought for a day, and the rebels were defeated. The army lost three to four thousand people, and the fake Yan Wang Qin Rigang finally led his army to defeat. This is an absolute fact, because the bodies of these rebels were neatly placed there. I counted them several times, and my imperial guards also counted them several times. "

"The bodies of rebels cannot be faked at all. This is well known."

"My words alone do not count. The entire imperial guards can testify. During these days in Yangzhou, I sent them out to investigate."

"We have visited more than 367 people in total, and all of them have written down their testimonies."

"I ask to summon the entire imperial guards to the palace to state the truth!"

Next, more than dozens of people entered the Qianqing Palace and repeated their investigation results in front of everyone.

You must know that among these dozens of people, many are palace guards, and many are children of the Eight Banners nobles. It is absolutely impossible for them to lie for Su Ye.

Finally, hundreds of booklets were brought up, which contained all the conversations of the interviewees during the investigation.

The evidence was as strong as a mountain.

What is the truth? This is the absolute truth, as true as a rock.

"I am willing to guarantee with my own head that the investigation results are true and reliable!"

"I am also willing to guarantee with my own head!"

Dozens of people in the imperial guards all knelt down in an orderly manner, and were willing to guarantee with their own heads.

The emperor took Weiren's investigation results and read them several times.

The more he read, the more excited he was, the more moved he was, and the happier he was.

In the end, he was completely ecstatic.

The haze of the past few days was all gone.

Good Su Ye!

You scared me to death.

Good Su Ye, you are so amazing?

What is a surprise? This is a huge surprise.

Good minister!

Good commander!

He said he would take back Yangzhou for me, and he really took it back.

Such difficulties and dangers, such a dangerous situation, were actually solved by him.

No wonder Tuo Ming'a spoke for him so much in the secret report, because the Jiangbei camp was completely saved by Su Ye.

Tuo Ming'a's life was also saved by him.

Tuo Ming'a is good, good!

This person may have average ability, but he is loyal and has good vision.

On the contrary, Weng Tongshu and Dexing'a, you are narrow-minded, jealous of talents, and lie with your eyes open. Do you really think I am easy to deceive?

At this time, the emperor felt proud.

On that day, everyone opposed my training of new troops. I overcame all objections and allocated more than one million taels of silver. Although you didn't say it, you blamed me for wasting national treasury in your heart.

Now you look, you look.

How wise was my decision at that time?

The emperor stood up and said: "My lords, what else do you have to say? Is there anyone among you who doubts the results of Weiren's investigation, and is there anyone who doubts Su Ye's victory report?"

Suddenly, the ministers shouted: "I dare not!"

The emperor said: "Send someone to convey the order and let Su Ye come to Beijing. I want to celebrate his success!"

As soon as this was said, everyone immediately knew that the emperor was in a rage.

So, he hurried out to dissuade them, saying, "Your Majesty, this cannot be done. The Jiangnan camp has been breached and the war is dangerous. The Jiangbei camp has just been restored. If Su Ye leaves Yangzhou and the war breaks out again, everything will be in danger."

The emperor suddenly came to his senses.

Yes, yes, yes.

But at this moment, he really wanted to see Su Ye again and talk to him.

He wanted to be publicly praised and rewarded in the court.

Suddenly, the emperor said: "Send an order to Su Ye to ask what should be done about the current war situation?"

"In addition, if it is convenient, ask him to return to the capital to report in person."

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