Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 41 Huang Degong

Let's talk about Chongzhen later.

In fact, only half a night was delayed in Guide, and the situation in Guide was sorted out with a quick knife, and after arranging the things in Guide, they continued to go south.

Moreover, it is already under the control of the Ming army from Guide to the south,
Therefore, Chongzhen and the thousand barbarians who accompanied him no longer had to travel day and night.

So from Guide to the south is a day and night journey, and the speed becomes faster.

From Tongzhou to Guide for more than [-] miles, Chongzhen walked for nine nights, but from Guide Mansion to Yizhen for more than [-] miles, he only walked for six days, an average of [-] miles per day!

This marching speed was already very close to Xia Houyuan's speed record.

Xiahouyuan, dubbed "Xiahou Jixing" by the history books, once created a record of a long-distance cavalry march of a thousand miles in six days, which is also a marching record clearly recorded in the history books.

After arriving, they can still go into battle.

There are also tiger and leopard riders who forcibly marched three hundred miles a day, and immediately went into battle after arriving.

However, these marching records are nothing compared to the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry can march tens of thousands of miles in two months, with an average of more than [-] miles a day!

In the several western expeditions of the Mongolian cavalry in the 150th century, the average daily speed was more than [-] miles.

What's even more exaggerated is that the Mongolian cavalry not only marched, but also included the time of fighting.

Of course, the Mongolian cavalry has an advantage that the Central Plains cavalry cannot compare with, and that is the number of horses.

Mongolian cavalry usually has two or even three horses, which can be swapped, while Central Plains cavalry generally only has one horse.

The thousand barbarians in Chongzhen were also Mongolian cavalry. The people were Mongolians and the horses were Mongolian horses, but there was only one horse. However, the phenomenon of fat loss is extremely serious, and many war horses are already on the verge of exhaustion.

That's the way horses are, they run until they die if you don't let them stop.

The other one is that those eunuchs and nobles are almost unable to hold on anymore.

Especially those nobles who were pampered and raised since childhood, have already complained endlessly.

But Chongzhen had no intention of being sympathetic at all, and continued to march southward forcibly.

Finally, on the evening of May [-]th, Chongzhen led a thousand barbarians to Yizhen.

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When the horn sounded outside Xingyuan, Huang Degong was drinking in his tent.

Huang Degong was also from the army, but he was fundamentally different from Liu Zeqing, who was also from the army, and even more completely different from Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, two guys who were from thieves.

Everywhere Huang Degong suppressed the bandits, he would strictly restrain military discipline, and absolutely not allow them to harass and plunder the common people.

Unless there are thieves coming to attack the city, Huang Degong doesn't even allow his troops to enter the city to garrison, but only allows them to camp outside the city, and they will do nothing to the people.

It is precisely because of this that the people in Luzhou, Anqing and Chizhou have built shrines for him. This is a spontaneous act of the people, not forced.

This shows how strict Huang Degong's military discipline is.

Moreover, Huang Degong is neither greedy for money nor lustful, the only thing he likes to drink.

Huang Degong had to drink almost every meal, and he could control himself not to get drunk in the early stage, but when he became one of the warlords of the four towns in Jiangbei, he also began to swell, and he almost got drunk every time he drank.

But Huang Degong hasn't started to swell yet.

Hearing the sound of horns outside the gate, Huang Degong still said that it was Gao Jie who led the army to attack, thinking that a thief is a thief, a dog who can never get rid of eating shit, and finally stretched his dog's paws to Nanjing?So today, this town will cut off your dog's claws, so that you, an insatiable rogue, will have a better memory.

At that moment, Huang Degong deduced and stood up: "Come here, put on armor for this town!"

When even two servants lifted the curtain and entered, they put on armor for Huang Degong.

After a while, the straight body armor was put on, and then the pocket was put on the head, and the double iron whips were received from the servants. Huang Degong went out of the tent boldly. His weapons were double iron whips.

At this time, [-] soldiers and horses under Huang Degong's command had rushed out of the tent and waited behind the fence. These [-] soldiers were recruits, and there were even more than [-] cavalry among them.

Although Huang Degong's military strength is not as good as Gao Jie's, his strength is still very strong.

"General town!" Seeing Huang Degong coming on horseback, the soldiers stepped aside one after another.

Before the thieves captured Beijing, Chongzhen issued an edict to designate Wu Sangui as Ping Xibo and Huang Degong as Jingnan Bo, but the soldiers still used to call him the general town.

Huang Degong nodded and said, "Where are the bandits?"

Lieutenant General Tian Xiong frowned and said, "Report to Chief Town, it doesn't seem to be the thief Gao Jie."

"What, isn't it Gao Jie?" Huang Degong had already rode his horse to the front of the formation, looked up and saw a well-formed cavalry lined up on the opposite side.

The number of this cavalry is not very large, at most a thousand cavalry.

But it gave people a strong sense of oppression. Huang Degong had experienced countless battles and was a discerning man. He could tell at a glance that this was a real elite cavalry, much stronger than the [-] cavalry under his command.

Another one is that this cavalry seems to have marched over by force, and many horses are already foaming at the mouth from exhaustion.

Huang Degong's face immediately showed doubts, such a forced march without hesitating horsepower, will he still have horsepower to fight after encountering the enemy?Is this the rush to give him the head?

At this time, the sound of a trumpet cannon suddenly sounded from the opposite side.

Immediately, a rider slowly stepped out of the formation, heading this way.

When he got a little closer, he saw clearly that this person was wearing a boa robe and a three-mountain cap, and he was actually an eunuch.

Seeing that the man did not intend to stop, the generals and servants on both sides of Huang Degong drew their bows and set up arrows one after another, ready to shoot the eunuch to death with one arrow, Huang Degong hurriedly reached out to stop him.

When he got closer and could see the eunuch's face clearly, Huang Degong's expression changed immediately.

Huang Degong used to be the deputy commander-in-chief in the Beijing camp, and he knew many great eunuchs in the Forbidden City, and he could recognize the one in front of him even after it had turned into ashes—the admiral Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the Beijing camp.

"Eunuch Wang!" Huang Degong hurriedly got off his horse and bowed to the ground.

The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were self-righteous and ignored the eunuchs, but the generals would not dare.

In normal times, Wang Chengen might not have taken a look at Huang Degong, but today is different, the world is in chaos, and the status of generals has actually been greatly improved.

"Don't dare to do it, Uncle Jing'an ruined our family."

Wang Chengen hurriedly dismounted to return the salute, but staggered and nearly fell down.

"Wang Gonggong, be careful!" Huang Degong hurriedly stepped forward to support him, "Be careful that the ground is slippery."

"It's not slippery." Wang Chengen shook his head and said, "It's because of the hasty march of more than [-] miles. Our two legs have been worn to a bloody mess."

"March in a hurry for more than [-] miles?"

Huang Degong's expression froze when he heard the words, what's going on?

But Wang Chengen waved his hand again and said: "Don't talk about this, Jing'an Bo hastened to follow our family to kowtow to the Holy Majesty."

"Your Majesty?!" Huang Degong exclaimed, staring at Wang Chengen in disbelief and shouting, "My lord, what did you just say? Your Majesty? Am I right?"

Huang Degong's roar was also heard by the soldiers in the front row.

"My lord?" The soldiers in the front row looked at each other in disbelief.

"Our family still dares to lie to Uncle Jing'an." Wang Chengen waved his hands and said, "please hurry up."

At that moment, Huang Degong hung the double iron whips on the side of the saddle, left Wang Chengen and galloped towards the cavalry in front, shouting the Holy Majesty.

The Ming Dynasty was the most righteous country, and the emperor's position in the hearts of the gentry and common people was unshakable.

Therefore, although Huang Degong also had a part in supporting Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, and supervising the country, when he learned that the emperor was still alive, he did not hesitate to put Zhu Yousong aside.

With the emperor around, why supervise the country?
"My lord? My lord! Where is my lord?!"

Huang Degong shouted loudly while running.

The Mongolian cavalry in line gave way to both sides one by one.

Soon a voice sounded from the depths of the queue: "Uncle Jing An, I am here."

Accompanied by this sound, a row of civil servants slowly moved to the sides, revealing a middle-aged man in cotton armor.

It is inappropriate to say that a middle-aged man is actually a middle-aged man. Chongzhen is only thirty-three years old this year, but due to years of hard work in state affairs, his temples have grown gray hair and he looks haggard.

After running more than [-] miles in half a month, can you not feel haggard?
Huang Degong had met Emperor Chongzhen and recognized him.

Looking at the haggard emperor with gray temples, Huang Degong wept aloud.

Huang Degong was really crying, crying until tears and snot flowed down his nose, like a helpless child.

Unlike Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong respected his father very much.

Although Huang Degong hasn't read much, he admires Confucian filial piety more than scholars.

Chongzhen was emotionally touched, and even cried out, then the eunuchs cried, then civil servants and generals and a few nobles also cried, and finally a thousand barbarians also wiped away their tears.

Yi Ding was also aroused, feeling sad when he thought of his abandoned wife and children.

This scene stunned the [-] Ming troops lined up opposite, what's going on?What is this?
After a long while, the monarchs and ministers gradually stopped their tears, and Yi Ding, who was in line, also slowly stopped crying.

"Your Majesty." Huang Degong choked up and said, "You must have suffered a lot on the way from Beijing to the south, right? I didn't go north to King Qin before, and I couldn't meet Shengjia on the way afterwards. You deserve death! "

"It's been a hard journey, and I have survived several times." Chongzhen said with a smile.

"However, it's all over. Didn't I arrive at Yizhen well and see Aiqing?"

"That's right, what the Holy Majesty said is absolutely true." Huang Degong nodded repeatedly, "As long as the Holy Majesty is there, Daming will still be there, and the thieves will never be able to turn the world upside down!"

(End of this chapter)