Vol 2 Chapter 2922: Yinzhen who wants to be an oriole, Zhuge Liang’s departure

Chapter 2922: Yinzhen wants to be an oriole, Zhuge Liang’s alienation plan

Chapter 2918: Yinzhen who wants to be an oriole, Zhuge Liang’s alienation plan

With anxiety and uneasiness, Yinzhen opened the letter, but he did not expect that the content of the letter made him unable to calm down for a long time after reading it.

If it were Emperor Yongzheng in history, he would obviously not have these unnecessary emotions. After all, Yongzheng was famous for being thick and dark, and his joy and anger could not be expressed clearly.

But this Yinzhen is not the Yongzheng Emperor in official history, but the Yinzhen from the Hong Kong drama "Nine-Five Supreme".

Directors of Hong Kong dramas know all about it. They all like to mix in private goods and give historical figures some strange attributes that do not belong to them. For example, in "Red Cliff", the cuteness of Xiao Qiao who went to Cao Ying alone was praised.

As the male protagonist in "Nine Five Supremes", Yinzhen naturally could not escape this fate. He was endowed with too much kindness that did not belong to him. Therefore, the Yongzheng Emperor, who was originally wise, powerful, resolute and decisive, became now hesitant and indecisive. of Yinzhen.

Of course, even if Yinzhen becomes kind, he will still be Emperor Yongzheng in the end, just not so cold-blooded and thick.

 After coming to this era, Yinzhen has also witnessed tragedies and dark coups and personally participated in them, which has eliminated a lot of the hypocrisy in his heart.

  The experience of going from being powerless at the beginning to gradually reaching the pinnacle of power also inspired Yinzhen's inner desire for power and ambition. As he grew up, he also began to quickly move closer to the Yongzheng Emperor in official history.

Coupled with the experience of traveling through modern times, he has gained insights far beyond his time. Therefore, in terms of ability and knowledge, Yinzhen is actually stronger than Yongzheng in the original history. However, he was influenced by kindness that did not belong to him. So I didn't use my full strength.

Wang Mang did not directly mention the matter of joining forces with him in his heart, but the whole article was expressing a concept: you who were once in charge of the sacred weapon of the country, are you really willing to be just a supporting minister?

 Is Yinzhen willing? Of course he is not willing to give in, but what can he do if he is not willing to give in?

Even Dorgon, who holds great power, cannot surpass Huang Taiji and become emperor, let alone him who is not Nurhaci’s son?

 Unless he is willing to set aside the Manchus and establish his own business.

It’s not that Yinzhen doesn’t have the ability, but he doesn’t want to.

Just as Ying Hao and Wang Mang deeply loved the Han people and could not abandon their Han identity, Yinzhen also deeply loved his own nation. He identified with his own identity in his bones. How could he abandon the Manchus and start a business on his own?

However, Wang Mang's words also aroused Yinzhen's inner ambition. After all, everyone is a time traveler. How can he watch Ying Hao, Wang Mang and others take the lead, while he can only lag behind others?

 At the beginning, the process of winning the heir apparent among the nine sons was so thrilling and difficult that he did not give up. But now that there is clearly still a chance, how can he give up?

I have to say that Wang Mang's ability to confuse people is really good. He also knew that people like Yinzhen would not easily change their minds, so he inspired Yinzhen's ambitions in a subtle way, and he did it.

Although Yinzhen is still afraid of the Qin Dynasty and still wants to immigrate to the west and conquer the west, he doesn't want to leave just like that. He wants to fight. If he still loses, it will be too late to flee to the west.

In any case, he didn’t think that the Western world, which was far behind the East, could stop the advanced army from the East that he led.

Of course, whether he is competing with Ying Hao or conquering the west, Yinzhen needs to reach the pinnacle of power and become the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

With Yinzhen's current status, the possibility of becoming emperor is naturally non-existent, but when he obtains the status of one person below ten thousand people, it will not be impossible at all. If he can get Wang Mang's help , then the possibility will increase a lot again.

As for whether Wang Mang has evil intentions, will his cooperation with Wang Mang be seeking the skin of a tiger?

In fact, Yinzhen is not too worried. First, he really has nothing worthy of Wang Mang's calculations now. Even if he does, it will have to wait until he successfully seizes power.

As for the second point, as Wang Mang said in his letter, Ying Hao is the biggest mountain hanging over their heads. Only by working together can they move this mountain away, and before that, they all You can trust the other person.

“Wang Mang, Wang Mang, you are truly the originator of time travellers. If you don’t make a move, you will be irresistible.”

Yin Zhen had a wry smile on his face, and then began to write a reply by hand. After all, Wang Mang had shown his sincerity, and he had to show that he was qualified to cooperate with him.

Just as Dorgon didn't know that the fortress had collapsed from within, Huang Taiji didn't know that he hadn't seized power yet, and his most valued loyal minister Yinzhen was already preparing to oust him.

If Yinzhen wants to ascend to power, the most important thing is to completely take power, and then he can follow Sima Yi and use external wars to divert conflicts, so as to deploy his own people bit by bit, and finally achieve the purpose of usurping the throne.

  No, this is not usurping the throne. After all, he was originally the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he was also a member of the Aixinjueluo family in this life, so this should be called taking back what should belong to him.

 The current situation in the Qing Dynasty was described later as a mantis catching a cicada or an oriole, which couldn’t be more appropriate.

Dorgon is a cicada, Huang Taiji is a praying mantis, and Yinzhen wants to be the oriole behind. Not only does he want to use Huang Taiji, but he also wants to use Wang Mang, but before that, he must fight with Dorgon and Huang Taiji. Let's work together to solve the big problem of Aguda first.

Due to Wang Mang's intervention, the originally complicated Manchu and Qing civil war became increasingly bizarre.

　　———————— 　The sight returned to the battlefield of the Central Plains. Shortly after the Battle of the East China Sea, the Qin army suddenly changed its fighting style.

　　Previously, the Qin Army's advance strategy was to advance through multiple routes, but they did not expect that the resistance of the Three Kingdoms Alliance would be so strong, especially that of Cao Wei in the western battlefield.

Even if he faced the four Qin armies alone and was at an absolute disadvantage under siege from three sides, Cao Wei's resistance was the strongest among the three kingdoms. Although he suffered repeated defeats, it was only a small defeat rather than a major defeat. Overall, he still resisted. The Qin army launched its most violent attack.

 But as Bai Qi captured Baima City and was about to march into Puyang City, the balance between Qin and Wei began to be broken.

Just at this time, the naval battle in the East China Sea broke out. Although the Qin army won, the navy also suffered heavy losses and was unable to pose a threat to the Qingxu coastline.

 It was the occurrence of these two things that changed the Qin army's strategy in the Central Plains.

After all, without the threat of the Great Qin navy led by Zhou Yu, this not only allowed Zhu Di to devote more troops to the Qingnan battlefield, but also allowed Su Lie and Zhuge Liang's east-route armies to face the defensive Ming and Song coalition forces. No advantage at all.

This advantage refers not only to military strength, but also to generals. After all, at that time: Xu Shiji, Xu Da, Niu Mowang, Xia Luqi and other Ming Dynasty's most capable generals were all in Qingnan.

 Except for Jiang Song and Jin Tai, the other generals in the Qin army were generally not much stronger than the Ming and Song Dynasties.

Therefore, after some internal deliberations, Da Qin decided to change its previous multi-pronged strategy of advancing together and change it to attacking from the west and drawing in the east. It focused its efforts on defeating the most difficult Cao Wei first, and then eliminated the effective forces of the Ming and Song Dynasties.

Zhuge Liang and Su Lie, who were attacking Qingnan, tacitly chose to pause their attack and stay where they were after receiving domestic orders. After all, they all felt clearly struggling after losing Zhou Yu's navy support.

It is not impossible to continue the march, but it will undoubtedly turn into a war of attrition, and the casualties will be heavy. It is definitely not possible.

Therefore, it is also a good strategy to suspend the offensive and instead use diversionary measures to accumulate strength.

Seeing that the two Qin armies coming from the north had suspended their attacks, Zhu Di was naturally overjoyed. He did not know that the Qin army had changed its strategy. He thought that the Qin Shui army had been severely damaged after the East China Sea battle. Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang did not dare to follow Ming Dynasty with inferior troops. The military expenditure is high.

After the Battle of the East China Sea, the Qin and Ming Dynasties in Qingnan entered a stalemate stage. However, as long as the Qin army did not attack, in Zhu Di's eyes, this was a concession. Then he would naturally make further progress, but he did not want to receive Cao Cao's request for help at this time.

The battlefield in Yanxi at this time: in the north, Baima City has been lost, and Bai Qi is about to launch a large-scale attack on Puyang;

On the middle road, two of the three major defense lines in the west were breached, and Zhang Liao entered the officer's ferry;

On the southern road, half of Yingchuan fell, Yangzhai, Yingyang, Kunyang and other strong cities were lost. Ying Hao was about to surround Xuchang.

Facing this situation, Cao Cao really couldn't bear it, so he had no choice but to ask for help from the two major allies of the Ming and Song Dynasties.

After Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin received the news, although they were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's successive defeats, they finally sent reinforcements with a tacit understanding. After all, if there was no external support, Cao Cao might not be able to hold it anymore, and he would really suffer by then. still.

Zhu Di considered that the Qin army had many strong generals in Yanzhou, including Li Cunxiao, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and other generals. On the eastern front, Su Dingfang and Zhuge Liang had stopped attacking, and the navy would not pose a threat in the short term, so he not only sent reinforcements , and also sent Niu Mowang, the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty.

Both Zhao Kuangyin and Zhu Di tried their best to support Cao Cao, hoping that Cao Cao could stabilize the Western Front. It was precisely because of this that Cao Cao, who had lost nearly 100,000 troops and was about to be unable to hold it, made a strong move. The Qin army was held back for more than a month.

Zhu Di is not a person who likes to be passive. After the reinforcements were dispatched, he summoned all his counselors to discuss, hoping to gradually weaken the threat to Qingnan. However, he did not expect that Zhuge Liang had expected this and just used a divorce tactic to get rid of Qingnan. Zhu Di was disgraced.

Zhuge Liang had already guessed that even if the Qin army did not attack, Zhu Di would not engage in a strategic confrontation with his own side honestly. He would definitely try his best to expand the results of the war and constantly cause trouble for the Qin army, so he was prepared early.

 Zhuge Liang first deliberately abandoned some county towns except Jiancheng and transferred all the materials in the city. This was ostensibly to concentrate his troops, but in fact it was to alienate the Qi generals and Zhu Di.

After all, even if these cities were returned to the hands of the Ming army, they would be like useless food. It would be a pity to abandon them because they have no value in dividing the troops and garrisoning them. If they were recovered, they would disperse the strength of the Ming army.

 At least until the end of the war, Zhu Di will not waste resources on these worthless cities.

But for those Qi generals, these cities are their interests, and the Ming army is clearly capable of regaining lost territory, but they are indifferent and ignore their interests just because they don't want to waste resources. This will definitely cause some people to feel uncomfortable. dissatisfaction.

In addition, Zhuge Liang also made plans before the war to focus on attacking the original Qi army. By weakening Qi, he exposed the uneven distribution of Ming Qi's interests, thereby achieving a plan to plan the internal conflicts of the Ming Dynasty.

Although this plan died due to the establishment of the Three Kingdoms Alliance and the aid of 100,000 Song troops to the Ming Dynasty, it had a miraculous effect when the Qingnan battlefield entered a stalemate stage.

Under the targeted attack by the Qin army, the Ming Dynasty's Qi army suffered serious losses. However, firstly, it could not be supplemented by Zhu Di. Secondly, it was clear that it could make up for the loss by regaining the lost territory, but Zhu Di stopped him on the grounds that he could not use military strength. Thirdly, They are worried that even if they regain their lost territory in the future, these territories will not return to their own hands.

Based on the above three points, coupled with the fact that Zhuge Liang deliberately sow discord and spread rumors that Zhu Tianpeng was killed by Zhu Di, the Qi generals in the Ming army gradually became increasingly dissatisfied with Zhu Di.

 (End of this chapter)