The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 715 Move Town to Datong
In October, Li Zicheng and Wang Weiguo defeated Sun Chuanting again in Jia County, Henan.

Sun Chuanting wanted to hoard fields in Shaanxi to train soldiers, but was forced by Chongzhen to fight against the peasant army everywhere. He led the recruits and was defeated repeatedly.

When Chongzhen Li Zicheng defeated the official army, Zhang Xianzhong was also doing well.

In February of that year, he suddenly entered Jiangnan (now Anhui), first captured Shucheng, then Lu'an, then conquered Luzhou, killed the prefect Zheng Luxiang, and then went to Wuwei, Lujiang, and trained the navy in Chaohu.

Judging from Zhang Xianzhong's intentions at the time, he wanted to take advantage of the momentum and enter the Jiangnan area, and prepared to use the water division to open the way.

The imperial court immediately sent two generals, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo, to fight against them. They were defeated by Zhang Xianzhong successively. Many defeated soldiers took the opportunity to loot everywhere, and some even occupied mountains as bandits.

Suddenly, there was a great earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River. Gao Douguang, the governor of Fengyang, and Zheng Eryang, the governor of Anqing, were arrested and punished one after another, and Ma Shiying was appointed to replace them.

It wasn't until October of that year that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were defeated by the officer Liu Liangzuo once, and he immediately led the army to escape. At this time, news of Li Zicheng's defeat came. Zhang Xianzhong went north to vote for Li Zicheng.
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Also back in February, before Chen Xinjia died.

After Wang Qiaonian, governor of the three sides, was killed, Chongzhen reactivated Sun Chuanting while thinking about who was still useful in Ming Dynasty.

In March, Songjin was defeated, and Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, suggested that Ding Yi, the commander-in-chief of Denglai, should be moved to Datong, Shanxi.

Chen Xinjia said that this time Songjin was defeated, and Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, was also killed, and Shanxi has always been an important town on the nine borders. Ding Yi can be moved to Shanxi to fight against the Tartars, and Cao Bian, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Association, can also be moved. Town Denglai, divide its forces.

Because Cao Bianjiao was hiding in Jizhen at this time, the court wanted to mobilize him to fight the peasant army, but Cao Bianjiao refused to move on the grounds that he had no money, food and land.

Cao Bianjiao, who had always been very obedient, was no longer obedient, so Chen Xinjia and Chongzhen were of course anxious.

Chongzhen hated Ding Yi again, and it was useless to learn from Ding Yi, so he refused to move.

Therefore, Chen Xinjia planned to station Cao Bianjiao in the town, but if he wanted to stay in the town, he had to have a place for him.

Chongzhen said at the time, would Ding Yi be willing to move the town?If this guy is obedient, how can I get so corrupted.

Yes, yes, yes, Daming's current state is all Ding Yi's fault, and has nothing to do with me, Chongzhen.

Chen Xinjia said that Ding Yi Kepi Island moved to Denglai, and he might also be willing to move to Shanxi. This person likes to ask for benefits every time. If he can satisfy him, maybe he can give it a try.

Of course Chongzhen wanted to move Ding Yi's town, but he couldn't move him to Yunnan, Guizhou.

But last time when he tentatively moved the town, Ding Yi stayed still for a long time, unwilling to come out of Pidao. Later, he wrote letters many times, agreeing to Liu Yuan's post as governor of Shandong and Lu Chaodu's post as commander. Willing to move.

So Chongzhen knew that Ding Yi was up to no good, so he would definitely not agree.

But like Chen Xinjia, he also hoped to move Ding Yi farther and farther and smaller, so that Ding Yi's influence on Pidao would be reduced, and the chances of the court to control Pidao would be greater.

Chen Xinjia only wanted Ding Yi to move to Shanxi, and Cao Bianjiao to move to Denglai, but Chongzhen was more courageous and wanted the general of the capital, his confidant, Huang Degong to move to Lushun.

However, with the lessons learned from last time, Chongzhen did not go directly to announce the decree this time, otherwise he would be embarrassed and lose face if he was rejected by Ding Yi and the people of Dongjiang Town. no deposit.

In the middle of March, someone from the imperial court came to Dengzhou and made insinuations. Let me ask Ding Yi, the imperial court intends to let you move your town to Shanxi, Huang Degong moved to Lushun, and Zhang Jing moved to Denglai. What do you think?

Hearing this, Ding Yi smiled happily, as long as the court gives money and food, I have no objection, and I will leave as soon as I see the money, but you have to ask Zhang Jing whether Zhang Jing will leave.

Come to make me overjoyed, and ask Ding Yi, how much do you want?

Ding Yi shouted, I have 50 soldiers and horses in my town, and they consume 50 silver every year. Without 20 taels of silver and [-] stone grain, I will not leave.

Let me tell you that Datong, Shanxi is an important town with rich products, which means that there is money and fields there, and it is a good place.

Ding Yi didn't care, insisting on the price and not letting go.

The poor Ming Dynasty took out 50 silver at this time.

Sun Chuanting wanted to train [-] elite soldiers with a salary of one million yuan. Chongzhen gritted his teeth and squeezed him out for a month before he could squeeze out [-] silver.

Chongzhen really has no money at this time.

The envoy was in a hurry, so he had to say clearly that the frontier army in Datong, Shanxi Province had always been dealing with the Mongols privately, and there were also merchants who smuggled money. Rich.

Ding Yi immediately said, I want the court to punish Wang Pu for his crimes, and I want to confiscate Wang Pu's family.

Because Wang Pu died in the rebellious army, the court has not punished Wang Pu so far. Of course Ding Yi knows that Wang Pu's family is rich.

There is no way to come and return to Chongzhen.

In the end, the imperial court sentenced Wang Pu to death for the crime of "running before the battle and implicating the three armies", and ransacked his home for execution.

Chongzhen pieced together again, and gave Ding Yi 10 taels of silver and 20 stone grain.

Only then did Ding Yi agree to move his town to Shanxi, and at the same time asked Cao Bianjiao to move his town to Denglai.

But Ding Yi agreed, but Zhang Jing refused. Zhang Jing, the commander-in-chief of Lushun, directly said to the court, give me the title of uncle, and give me another 50 silver and 50 grains, and I will move the town.

When the news reached the capital, Chongzhen almost vomited blood.

When Mao Wenlong was there, everyone felt that Mao Wenlong was the most rebellious. When Ding Yi came up, everyone found that Ding Yi was even more disobedient. Now that Ding Yi is a little obedient, Zhang Jing appeared again.

The key court envoy had no chance to go to Lushun, so he was directly stopped in Denglai.

After a stalemate for a month, Zhang Jing did not let go, and there was no shortage of money. Chongzhen had no choice but to let Huang Degong move to Denglai, but Ding Yi refused. Let Huang Degong move to Lujiang, and Cao Bianjiao move to Denglai.

When the decree was issued, Chongzhen asked Cao Bianjiao to go to the capital before Denglai. He also wanted to win over Cao Bianjiao, not to kill him.

Unexpectedly, Cao Bianjiao directly refused and moved to Denglai with his troops, which angered Chongzhen.

But at this time Chongzhen hadn't thought that Cao Bianjiao followed Ding Yi, he thought it was because of his self-respect and disobedience to orders.

Because Cao Bianjiao was very obedient in the past few years, but after this Songjin defeat, Cao Bianjiao seemed to be afraid that the court would make trouble for him, and like Zu Dashou, he did not dare to enter the capital.

After Cao Bianjiao came to Denglai, Ding Yi asked him to guard Laiyang, and Liu Guoying from Laiyang came to guard Dengzhou.

Zhu Sheng divided half of the soldiers and horses to keep the balance.

The military affairs in Shandong Province are temporarily restrained by Wang Weizhong, and civil affairs are discussed by Du Ruhai and Liu Yuan.

Unless someone invaded Shandong, under normal circumstances, the mobilization of a battalion of more than 5000 people for military operations must be reported to Ding Yi for approval.

After arranging the affairs of Denglai, Ding Yi took Yan Xiong's 5000th Battalion of 5000 people, Fang Duotai's [-]th Battalion of [-] people, and summoned [-] cavalry from Yuan Youcai's [-] cavalry, including [-] old cavalry and [-] cavalry. new ride.

A total of 3000 people are planning to move to Datong, Shanxi.

Datong Town is one of the first four towns established in the nine border towns of the Ming Dynasty. To the east is Xuanfu, to the west is Ningxia Town, and to the south are Yulin Town and Taiyuan Town.

Ding Yi was willing to move the town to Datong, which made Chongzhen ecstatic, because the north of Datong Town was Mongolia, and the east, south, and west were surrounded by important towns of Ming Dynasty. Now Ding Yi was surrounded by Chongzhen.

But he didn't want to think about what the Nine Borders Town has become now.

The elite main force of Xuanfu Town was wiped out in the Songjin battle. The remaining Yulin, Taiyuan, Ningxia and other generals had 10,000+ officers and soldiers on the register, but the actual number was less than [-], and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. Chongzhen ordered them to go to Songjin No one dared to move when Jin cleared the siege.

At the end of April, Ding Yi led more than 1 troops and more than 1000 carts, and took away 5 households and their families from Dengzhou, a total of nearly [-] people, and moved to Shanxi in a mighty way.

His people left Shandong from the residence of Wang Weizhong in Linqing, Shandong, and made a special trip to Linqing to visit Wang Weizhong.

He arrived in Linqing in early May and took a day off. On May [-], he watched the tenth battalion of Linqing Wang Weizhong's infantry pay their bills.

The payment is based on the bureau, and there are more than 300 people in each bureau. Ding Yi randomly watched six bureaus.

As soon as they entered the camp, the generals of each bureau stood in front, and the soldiers came forward to collect their salaries one by one.

After everyone received their salary, they all shouted: "Thank you, Lord Ding, for paying the salary. Lord Ding will surely win."

When they saw Ding Yi enter the camp, wow, the whole camp erupted.

The general manager at the scene raised his arms and cheered: "Master Ding."

The audience shouted in unison, and the voice shook the world: "Master Ding."

Ding Yi looked around happily and felt that the morale was good. After so many years, many people have become veterans, but they are still strong and powerful.

Ordinary Ming soldiers can be considered old, weak, sick and disabled when they are 40 years old, but Ding Yi's soldiers and horses mainly use guns, and they can still fight at the age of 40.

However, there are many veterans in Wang Weizhong's battalion. After Ding Yi watched, he found many veterans in their 30s or even 40s.

"In the next few years, you need to recruit more recruits, gradually retire veterans, and transfer veterans to officials, so that we can always maintain youthful strength."

Ding Yi didn't find this problem at the last meeting, but now he finds that many people have followed him for more than ten years.

But it is definitely not possible to cut down veterans in large numbers. Veterans are the most loyal to Ding Yi, so they can only be eliminated in small batches and replaced by newcomers.

Fortunately, they have more musketeers, and veterans can still use them.

After passing through Linqing, Ding Yi entered Shunde Mansion.

Julu near Shunde is the place where Lu Xiangsheng died in battle. There are also tombstones erected there for future generations to pay homage to.

Ding Yi paid a private funeral, and then continued northward.

All the way through Jinzhou, Dingzhou, from Dingzhou to Shanxi Lingqiu, at this time has entered the territory of Datong, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Ding Yi.

Ding Yi's nearly 5-strong horse crossed the three provinces of Ming Dynasty, attracting countless people and local officials to watch along the way, and many refugees and local people who could not survive also mixed into their team.

Ding Yi did not refuse anyone who came. After arriving in Datong, there were already more than 1 people who were refugees and followers.

Datong's commander-in-chief was stationed in Datong County. When Ding Yi arrived, Jiang Yu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Datong, Shi Xuguizhi, the deputy governor of the palace, and Hong Mozhang, the magistrate of Datong, all went out to greet him.

Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, even came to Datong from Taiyuan in person. He was accompanied by Xie Zhiliang, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan, Jiang Xuan, the deputy commander-in-chief of Yanghe, and even Wang Tong, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu next door, Jiang Rang, the commander-in-chief of Yulin, Shaanxi, etc. Civil and military generals.

This scene also made Ding Yi slightly taken aback.

(End of this chapter)