Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 1020 That Year I Weaved Baskets in Dabie Mountains

In Huang Taiji's view, these rebels of Ming Dynasty were indeed potential allies of Qing Dynasty.

But through the battle with the Hammer Bandit He Jinzhao, he felt that the Hammer Bandit would not be so easy to deal with in the future.

Just relying on forty red cannons can have an advantage against the Ming army, but when the artillery has the advantage against He Jinzhao, Huang Taiji thinks that his side is at a disadvantage.

"Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty couldn't take care of himself. If we, the Qing Dynasty, killed a large number of prisoners to aid the Liao Ming army, the Ming Dynasty would definitely be unable to recover.

I, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was very lucky, and all the kings Baylor assisted with one heart, and determined the opportunity of the trip. This action cannot be delayed, and the opportunity must not be missed! "

Shi Yanzhu has unique talents in politics and military affairs, and is highly valued by Huang Taiji.

Although some of what he said did not conform to the actual situation, he analyzed the situation of both sides incisively, and pointedly proposed strategies and tactics for defeating the enemy and winning.

At the same time, linking this war with the future and destiny of the Qing Dynasty made Huang Taiji feel that Shi Yanzhu was clear-headed.

But what kind of character is Huang Taiji?

"Besides, we have more than [-] brothers, where will the imperial court place us?"

But he is not young anymore, and once a year, he will take out once a year to send people to communicate with the Hammer Bandit Marshal He, Chuang Wang Li Zicheng, and the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty came to strangle them. If there were too many people, they would run away and hide, and the few who beat their mothers would be less likely.

Although Chongzhen gave officials and set up a shrine after their death, he set it up as a model of "correcting evil and returning to righteousness", hoping to use this to divide the generals of the rebel army.

Chuang Wang Li Zicheng brought the elite here, and directly commanded the artillery to attack the city.

With the arrows shooting, Chuang Wang's men directly attacked the south gate.

What kind of official should our brothers be, what kind of title should we be awarded? "

Over the past year, Daming made various efforts in an attempt to break the siege of Jinzhou by the Qing army. He also hoped that the Zu Dashou brothers would cooperate with the reinforcements to break through the siege of the Qing army.

This group of five people is all old thieves, and they are also good at guerrilla warfare.

Ai Yuchu wrote a deadly poem in the city gate building, and hanged himself directly.

After the emperor heard the news, he was very angry and ordered the Ministry of War.

In order to defend Nanjing, Fengyang, and the ancestral tombs of Sizhou, the Ming court appointed Zhu Dadian, Shi Kefa and others to gather troops to defend.

The fifth battalion is flexible in combat, so that the officers and soldiers are often passive.

Now that the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to ask for it, they would naturally have to sell it at a good price. Just like Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, maintaining their own independence and being able to spend money from the Ming court, what a beautiful thing!

So he held down Shi Yanzhu's memorial and did not discuss it, but continued to send additional reinforcements to Jinzhou in a low-key manner.

At the beginning, because Tang Wang Zhu Yujian was dissatisfied with local officials and had many conflicts, he was sued by Tang Wang to the emperor, saying that they did not respect the clan, and was arrested by Chongzhen and sent to imperial prison.

Yang Zhuoran, who was in charge of the negotiations, was responsible for covering up every day, so as to alleviate his guilt.

Yao Yunxi, magistrate of Nanyang County, trembled a little.

Nanyang.

After the traitors of the uprising army were exterminated, most of the bandits who surrendered to Ming Dynasty turned their backs.

When he passed by the gate of the Tang Palace, he faced north and kowtowed to the ground, thanking Emperor Ming for his great kindness.

Li Yan stood beside Li Zicheng. After conquering Nanyang, he wanted to sweep Neixiang, Xinye, Tangxian, and Dengzhou.

"kill!"

These elite soldiers were all wearing the armor and ordnance of the Ming army, and they did not look like rebels at all.

Yang Zhuoran, the military governor of the Ming Dynasty, personally went to Qianshan and Taihu Mountains to meet with the leaders of the Fifth Battalion, trying to lure them into accepting the imperial court's surrender.

The last time Zhang Xianzhong attacked the city for a few days, he was overtaken by the officers and soldiers and fled in a big defeat.

"All these things need to be clarified in advance, otherwise how will we serve the court?"

However, as He Jinchao occupied Sichuan, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong achieved amazing results in conquering Luoyang and Xiangyang, and the "strength of the rebels" soared.

To use familiar words, this group of peasant rebels is still weaving baskets in the Dabie Mountains!
However, the strength of the fifth battalion of Ge and Zuo is considerable.

But when he was as fierce as a tiger fighting in Sichuan, his own sons were killed in battle.

This restrained the strength of the official army, and objectively provided a strong support for the other rebel armies.

Only then did the leaders of the Fifth Left Battalion regroup and start a new round of active attacks on Daming.

There are also cats in the mountains, (Old Huihui) Ma Shouying, (Ge Liyan) He Yilong, (Zuo Jin Wang) He Jin, (Zuo Shi Wang) Liu Xiyao, (Zheng Shi Wang) Lin Chenggong, the five battalions jointly fighting relatively stable group.

"The leaders are all talented people. If they are used by the imperial court, they will definitely be able to show great ambitions."

They mainly rely on the Dabie Mountains to fight against Ming Dynasty.

This is Li Yan's plan.

As fierce as a tiger is to retreat to the second line and come to recuperate.

When Yang Sichang concentrated his forces to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other rebels, the court could not produce enough troops to deal with the Ge and Zuo Fifth Battalions.

On the one hand, he designated the mountainous area of ​​Huangzhou Prefecture as the location for the fifth battalion of Ge and Zuo, and paid them new salaries from Qishui (now Xishui County, Hubei Province), Guangji, and Qizhou as military salaries, called "Xinmin".

On this point, Huang Taiji and his advisers also held the same view. They also regarded the victory or defeat in Jinzhou as the top priority in determining the fate of the Qing Dynasty.

"Yes."

Until this time, the gate of the Tang Palace had still not been opened.

I never thought that after Li Zicheng defeated Fu Zonglong, he sent some people to pretend to be the main force to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers to Huguang, but the main force came to besiege Nanyang.

Yang Zhuoran looked at the old Huihui with a serious face, then glanced at the other four people, and nodded again and again:

"Not bad." He Yilong patted the stool quickly and said, "And who is in charge of the consolation?
Where does the brother's salary come from?

After the city was broken, the fierce tiger started street fighting with short weapons and Chuang Wang's men and horses.

To the east is Nanjing, the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty, and to the northeast is Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum. To the west, it is not far from Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and other rebel forces, and can receive mutual echo effects.

The thieves are the main ones, and the soldiers are the guests, so there are many defeats.

Huang Taiji instructed the generals surrounding the brocade: "If the enemy comes to invade, you can attack them with your own hands. If you don't come, don't move lightly. Everyone should stick to the flooded land."

Zhang Xianzhong was going to the area bordering Huguang, Henan, and Anhui, to Huihege and Zuowuying.

However, the Qing army continued to increase its troops and implemented the strategy of digging trenches for a long time, which cut off Jinzhou's support, and the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty were blocked between Song and Xingshan, and they were unable to approach Jinzhou for a long time.

When Xiangyang and Luoyang were destroyed, they broke through and sacrificed together, and Ge and Zuo aggressively attacked and plagiarized.

"Ge and Zuo are as cunning as Xian and Cao, and there are more than tens of thousands of good fighters."

He will never regret playing for Daming in his life!

They caught Tang Wang Zhu Yumao in the Qilin Pavilion and slaughtered him with one knife!
Since Li Zicheng killed Fu Zonglong, he and Luo Rucai obtained a large amount of armor and equipment, and took in a group of soldiers from Fu Zonglong's department, and their momentum became more and more powerful.

A large number of King Chuang troops appeared outside the city.

"Everyone, please rest assured."

In particular, Ma Shouying, an old Hui Hui, is the main one, and he is good at buying local natives as spies. Most of them are used by Xingbu market peddlers, and they all follow the mass line.

The decision-makers of Ming Dynasty did not hesitate to hand over heavy troops to Hong Chengchou, and they all gathered here, just to keep the Ningjin line of defense and Shanhaiguan.

Ma Shouying fully implemented the guerrilla concept instilled by He Jinzhao, the head coach of the 80 uprising army in Shaanxi, and restrained many Ming troops here, and suffered little loss himself.

The Ming army searched the mountains and cleared the fields, and Ma Shouying highlighted the suburbs, even arrayed in the plains to lure him, and then took risks to ambush.

These soldiers have been outside the Great Wall for a long time, can endure hardships, and have fought against the Qing army, Mongolian army, and rogue bandits for a long time.

At that time, Zheng Eryang, who was the governor of An, Lu, Chi, and Tai in the Ming Dynasty (abbreviated as Wan Fu), said in the memorial:

(The old residence of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty before he succeeded Datong is here, and the mausoleum of his father King Xingxian (who was later revered as the emperor) is also here. It needs the protection of the garrison of officers and soldiers to prevent the ancestral mausoleum of Fengyang from being dug up. things.)
As a result, he met Zhang Xianzhong who came to fight Nanyang, and after being defeated by Wu Guojun and others, he was ordered to move to Nanyang after being fierce like a tiger. He did not go back to Huguang with the army to rescue Yang Dushi.

However, the situation is quite different at this time, and Zhu Youjian's tricks have not received any practical results.

In Shenyang, he also ordered Ying Erdai, his son-in-law, and his clan to pay homage to Yintu, and led ten reinforcements per cow.

Zhang Xianzhong got five hundred cavalry privately presented by Luo Rucai as his family property, and Li Zicheng also sent some of the main force pretending to be the king of Chuang, to follow Zhang Xianzhong south to Huguang.

His servant was almost dead in Sichuan, otherwise he wouldn't let his son die in battle.

Ai Yuchu's face was pale.

Nanyang City has not been repaired either.

It is said that Li Zicheng was beaten to death, and Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to the court. They were too far away from He Jinzhao, and they ran from the mountains and Shanxi, where the food was not enough for even the hammer bandits.

It is almost impossible for the Ming court to replace such soldiers in the future.

But after Tang Wang was arrested, Ai Yuchu was released again, and he still came to Nanyang to "assist" the new Tang Wang Zhu Yumao.

Yang Zhuoran promised that any questions they raised would be forwarded to the court.

The two sides temporarily suspended military operations.

But why is King Chuang's banner here?
The only thing he can rely on now is being as fierce as a tiger.

The fierce tiger was silent for a long time, and finally spit out four words: "We will defend you to the death!"

This line of defense is Daming's lifeline, and it is directly related to the safety of Daming's country.

Just because Ma Shouying, the old Huihui, acted in a low-key manner, and his name is not as famous as the other three, we should not ignore the military strength of his wave of rebels.

Old man Ma Shouying boasted while smoking a dry cigarette:
"My brothers and I all have peerless talents, but the imperial court has no use for them, and the rest are all robbers because of the famine in Shaanxi."

No matter who can succeed, they have to take care of their old brothers.

If you accept them again, you will all have to go hungry.

The situation here is dangerous and occupies an important position strategically.

Standing guard Ai Yuchu supported the crenelation of the city wall, looked at the fierce tiger with an extremely ugly face: "Does the general have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

The two sides fell into a stalemate, and a decisive battle was imminent.

These troops under Hong Chengchou's command were the last "elite" of the Ming Dynasty. Apart from the original Guanning Army, most of them were old frontier troops from Xuanda, Shaanxi, Yulin, Gansu, Ningxia, and Jizhen.

However, Zhang Xianzhong went directly south to Anhui under the suggestion of Li Zicheng's desire to surrender himself.

The rebels around were all shocked.

Ge Zuo surrendered, but looted freely.

Because there were only a dozen people left in Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang, who escaped, and they were considered "beaten to death" by the court.

Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted all the way to the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty.

Then he was as fierce as a tiger and was killed with a sword by the people who broke through the king.

But now, he was afraid that he would have to die here.

Pulling off the broken armor like a tiger, trying to relieve the back pain:
"Your Majesty, I don't have the strength to fight anymore!"

The main military group left is the Northwest Hammer Bandits. The group with Zhang Xianzhong (Eight Great Kings) and Luo Rucai (fake Cao Cao) as the core gathered around Xunyang, Hubei.

puff.

After the officers and soldiers on the city wall saw the large number of Chuang Wang's troops, their morale was mostly unstable. Even if they were as fierce as a tiger and ignored the gangrene, enduring the pain and putting on armor to encourage the soldiers, it was of no use after all.

He shouted and charged back and forth, his shirt and sleeves were stained red with blood.

At the same time, Huang Taiji ordered North Korea to send one general, four deputy generals, two guerrillas, ten defenders, and 970 soldiers to Jinzhou for "more garrisons".

If the Dabie Mountains were not too poor, Ma Shou should really be able to make a fortune.

Discarding all the military flags and talismans, he fled back to Chongqing with his own soldiers and rushed back to meet Yang Sichang. How many elite veterans are left under his command?

He has always liked to think alone, thinking that the time has not come.

The rebel army broke through the gate of the Tang Palace and rushed in.

Nanyang City was besieged by King Chuang, three missing one.

Because he was a Mongolian descendant from outside the Great Wall who belonged to Chongzhen in the early years, and became the "two generals of the tiger" together with Hu Dawei.

Especially because his own son died in front of his eyes, but he couldn't save him, and he couldn't even take the body away.

After Zhang Xianzhong re-entered Huguang, King Chuang's army sent troops northward to Kaifeng.

The most important thing is that the chief coach's military regulations are too strict in their opinion, they might as well spend a few more years outside happily.

It wasn't according to the report that all the troops from King Chuang's brigade had poured into Huguang, and Marquis Jingliao and Zuo Liangyu went back to rescue the supervisor Yang Sichang.

A few rumbling cannons hit Nanyang City, which made the defenders' morale unstable.

Under depression, he developed gangrene on his back and was unable to fight, so he led the troops to retreat to Chengtian.

The old man Ma Shouying laughed a few times: "If the court handles it properly, how can we know that brothers like us cannot become loyal men of Ming Dynasty?
What's more, the brothers heard that Lianna Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing returned to the sincerity for more than ten battalions, served the country to the death, and worked hard. Is it possible that we can do worse than him? "

Leather and Zuo want to poison, and the mopping up will last forever, and the land must be divided and punished.

He ordered Liu Yuanbin to control Guangshan, Lu Jiude to control Taihu Lake, Song Yihe to intercept Qizhou, Zheng Eryang to station in Luzhou, Mou Wenshou to defend Fengyang, Qian Zhongxuan to protect Chengtian, and Zhang Maojue to visit Yingzhou, Shouzhou, Bozhou, Suzhou and other places.

Yang Zhuoran praised the painting search and suppression, and Zhu Dadian became the governor, restraining officials from all walks of life from Fuzhen to enter Yingshan and Huoshan (the old name of Dabie Mountain) to supervise the suppression.

Now Zhang Xianzhong came with a few hundred horsemen and horses in the spirit of Gezuo Fifth Battalion, trying to use their strength to deal with the government and army, so as to rise rapidly again.

(End of this chapter)