Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 906 Kexian (Two in One)

Lu Xiangsheng is mobilizing troops and generals, and Xiong Wencan, who is also a new official, is also mobilizing troops.

After receiving Chongzhen's edict, he wrote a letter requesting that Zuo Liangyu's six thousand elite soldiers be brought under his jurisdiction.

On the other side, 2000 people who are familiar with firearms were recruited in Guangdong as their own guards, and they went north from Guangdong to take up their posts.

Xiong Wencan also specifically asked the master about the future of this trip, and the monk said very bluntly that it was a mistake to go to the north.

Do you have a general under your command who can stand alone?The emperor bestowed such a reputation on you and placed high hopes on you. If you set a deadline, if you fail to achieve results, you will suffer yourself.

Xiong Wencan asked if he could be recruited, and the monk replied that rogues are not comparable to pirates, you have to be careful.

Xiong Wencan prayed that if he could turn bad luck into good fortune, he would convert to Buddhism for the rest of his life, and set out on the road with a feeling of apprehension.

When he rushed to Anqing, an important town on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the eunuchs Liu Yuanbin and Lu Jiude sent by the emperor rushed here to meet with the Yongwei Battalion.

Zuo Liangyu had already mastered the Ming general's style of play. Either he could fight like Wu Guojun, or he had to tell everyone that he was unruly and not easy to mess with.

In particular, Zuo Liangyu was transferred to Xiong Wencan's command, unwilling to be restrained by him, deliberately created discord between his subordinates and the Guangdong army, and took the opportunity to curse, the prime minister has a pro-military, why use my generation to kill the enemy?
Xiong Wencan was forced to disband the 50 pro-army brought from Guangdong under the pretext of being unacceptable, leaving only more than [-] guards.

But Zuo Liangyu still refused to accept it and looked for new excuses. You still don't believe me if you keep more than 50 people.

Yang Sichang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, made adjustments, and Chongzhen assigned Feng Ju, Miao Youcai and other 5000 frontier troops to Xiong Wencan as compensation.

Zuo Liangyu made such a fuss, not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but he was still dispatched by the Prime Minister to encircle and suppress the bandits.

But Xiong Wencan is still in a trance every day, hoping that the emperor will continue to send him more troops. What is the use of this few people?
At the same time, it is suggested to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, saying that there are chickens, ducks and rice fields in the wild in Huguang and other places, and the area along the river is very rich. Isn't this just attracting bandits?
Why not move the residents and food to the city and seal it up, so that the rogues will have nothing to snatch, and they will retreat without a fight.

When the officials of the DPRK and China learned about it, they all laughed at Xiong Wencan's suggestion of killing one enemy and harming one thousand.

Even the emperor is scolding him angrily, allocating elite frontier troops for you, and they don't take the initiative to attack, but want to stick to it, do you want to invade?
Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out to smooth things over, secretly saying that it is impossible for the imperial court to send frontier troops to you.

I also deployed 3000 troops from Shanxi and Zhending along the Yellow River for your dispatch.

Only in this way can the arrangement be considered proper, and because the advantage of the rogues lies in mobile operations, their gaining power stage is in summer and autumn.

In winter and spring, the weather was cold and it was inconvenient to move around, so Gao Yingxiang was arrested, so it was decided to use the three months of December, January, and February as the period of encirclement and suppression.

Put the main battlefield in Henan, encircle and defeat each of them, and never let the hammer bandits entrenched in the mountains and Shaanxi enter Henan.

Also, the thieves in Henan, Huguang and other places must not be allowed to reconcile with He Jinzhao and stir up even bigger disturbances.

Yang Sichang's idea is very good, but when it comes to the stage of actual implementation, whether it can be implemented is still a problem.

The most important thing is that the initiative to enter Henan is completely in the hands of He Jinzhao. He controls Tongguan and the pass from Hanzhong to Shaanxi and other places.

Not to mention the rest of the rogues, even if the officers and soldiers want to pass, they have to weigh whether they have the strength to bite the barrier.

The news of the extra money being sent by the imperial court naturally spread to Shaanxi under the propaganda of the hammer bandits.

In fact, there is not a lot of additional silver in Shaanxi, that is, less than 27 taels of silver. In such a large province, it is nothing at all to pay such a small amount of silver.

But the question is who the money came from.

With the move of the imperial court to send more money, more people began to obey the hammer bandits.

It's not that they don't want to stick to their allegiance to Daming, it's really a relationship of interest.

We defended against the hammer bandits in the front, but it was fine if the Ming court didn't send reinforcements, and they would stab you in the back and raise taxes for you.

If you zoom in on most people, you will feel angry in your heart!

Of course, there is no shortage of die-hard fans. For their own benefit, they put on the slogan that it is impossible for Da Ming to increase their rewards, and continue to resist the hammer bandits.

However, this situation is still a minority. With the rebellion in Ningxia, the government and army in Gansu and other places were targeted by the hammer bandits, and they were a little bit unable to hold on.

Besides, Cao Bianjiao's name is still easy to use, and he directly forced a large wave of Ming troops to surrender.

Even General Xiao Cao has surrendered the hammer bandits, what else can they resist?
In particular, the imperial court has not yet issued the payment.

It's just that the territory of Shaanxi is too big, many people have not received the latest news, one province is worth three provinces.

It was not until October that He Jinzhao led his troops to the outside of Xi'an again.

Since the elite soldiers in Shaanxi were either killed or surrendered, the defense force in Xi'an was very weak.

He Jinzhao wrapped his clothes tightly, it was already very cold at this hour, and he was breathless when he spoke.

I have to say that the further west you go, the colder the weather is, as if the temperature suddenly dropped to a few degrees above zero from the hot September.

In fact, Gao Yingen had long accepted the fact that his brother could not be rescued, and now seeing He Jinzhao bring someone back, he couldn't help crying after all.

Because the last ray of hope is gone.

He Jinzhao's perception of Gao Yingen was average, and he just asked him if he wanted to go it alone or join the Hammer Bandits in the future.

Because to join the Hammer Bandit, you have to abide by the rules of the Hammer Bandit. Once you make a mistake, you will definitely be punished.

If he wants to go it alone, He Jinzhao will also help him with money and food, and then go to attack Hanzhong.

Gao Yingen wiped away tears and said that he would join the Hammer Bandits.

With the current situation, he believed in his elder brother's exhortations during his lifetime.

Regarding Gao Yingen's choice, He Jinzhao felt extremely strange. How could a second in command like him be so willing?

Could it be that his brother's defeat and capture made him recognize his own strength?
In the future, it will be impossible to independently support one party against the imperial court!
Otherwise, he should have inherited the title of King Chuang, not Li Zicheng.

He Jinzhao looked at the city of Xi'an with a binoculars. More than one trench had been dug around it. In the future, there would be opportunities for soldiers to work.

"Make sure no one in the city slips out?"

Gao Yigong responded loudly: "Commander, I dare not say that even a single mouse in the city cannot escape, but it was specified that no mouse escaped."

He Jinzhao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you can get out and continue westward to attack Gansu and other places."

"Yes, sir."

Gao Yigong walked away excitedly.

Because after dispatching soldiers and horses to Beijing for a while, the Hammer bandits shrank their troops, and only Cao Bianjiao led thousands of people to slowly expand the territory.

Gao Yigong replaced He Jinzhao to besiege Chang'an City, and now he can finally let go of his hands and feet.

Wang Genzi, deputy general of the Sichuan soldiers, looked at the five thousand Sichuan soldiers under his command shivering from the cold, feeling extremely depressed.

Because when everyone came, they didn't prepare warm clothes at all, and now they can't go home.

Several months passed, and Governor Hong did not bring troops to rescue, which already caused panic in the city.

This is enough to prove from the side that what the hammer bandits said is true. Tongguan and other places are controlled by the hammer bandits, and it is impossible for the government and troops to pass through.

They have become a lone army, and within a year or two, it is impossible to have reinforcements.

At least they still have a road from Hanzhong to support Shaanxi. It can't be that both roads are blocked by the government and the army, right?

Fortunately, the hammer bandits haven't launched a large-scale siege battle yet, they just fired cannons from time to time to encourage the defenders in the city to surrender.

Regarding the matter of surrender, Wang Genzi was not unwavering.

Anyway, these guest troops are not taken seriously, and now they don't even prepare clothes to keep out the cold.

Wang Genzi became more and more irritable, and stabbed the matter to the inspectors and the chief envoys, hoping that they could provide cotton-padded clothes to the city guards.

Otherwise, if the brothers don't have enough food and clothing, how can we fight this battle?
The chief envoy Lu Zhiqi and Huang Jiong went to see King Qin, hoping that he could give some money to buy cotton clothes for the guards to boost morale.

As a result, he was scolded by the King of Qin, and he only thought about his money. Could it be that there is no money in the treasury to transfer?

The king has to pay for everything, so what's the point of fighting this battle?
If the future comes to His Majesty, it is my fault!

Boosting morale is what you officials should do, and vassal kings are not allowed to participate in politics!

In particular, the hammer bandits preached that the Tang king raised troops to serve the king, but they were dragged to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum.

Regardless of whether everyone in the city believed it or not, King Qin did.

As long as you dare to buy the morale of the army, the emperor will discuss it with your sister.

Anyway, everyone is qualified to inherit the position of emperor. If you have military power in your hand, the appointment will not end well.

Even if the Hammer bandits withdraw in the future, I will go to Fengyang to accompany Tang Wang, a young and ignorant person, and be bullied by others!

The king of Qin ordered people to expel all these officials, and they always asked me for money if they had nothing to do.

Lu Zhiqi and others explained that King Qin's situation was different from that of King Tang. Could it be that King Qin also wanted to do low-level jobs such as street sweeping and coal digging in the future?

The king of Qin was furious, and sent someone to beat out these uneasy dog ​​officials.

When Wang Genzi went to ask for cotton-padded clothes, they got nothing. They were trying to figure out a way to ask Sichuan soldiers to wait.

Wang Genzi was furious when he heard the words.

It's already so cold in October.

They also wore unlined clothes and straw sandals on their feet.

In another ten days and a half months, it is still a question whether these soldiers under his command can survive!

and many more?

Why don't you dog officials also wear straw sandals and single clothes to defend the city outside, let's see how long you can wait?

Wang Genzi was very dissatisfied, so he decided to surrender to the Hammer bandits, wrote a letter of surrender, and sent people to shoot down the city.

When Niu Youcai sent the letter of appointment to He Jinzhao, Ji Gui couldn't help laughing and said:
"My lord, I'm afraid there are people in Xi'an who can't sit still."

He Jinzhao also had a smile on his face. With the current situation, there was no need to attack desperately after a few months of siege. They had to get into chaos first.

Especially those who divide the host and guest soldiers.

He Jinzhao opened the letter and read it. It probably meant that King Qin would not buy cotton clothes for the Sichuan soldiers for the winter.

The brothers didn't want to freeze to death, so they wanted to surrender to the Hammer Bandit for a way out. If the Hammer King agreed, he, Wang Genzi, would open the east gate to welcome the rebels into the city a day later.

In fact, He Jinzhao had only been outside the city of Xi'an for only two days, when he received the news that the Ming army in the city was freezing, and the local officials and King Qin didn't care about them.

Zhang Fuzhen didn't think it was fraudulent, it was normal operation to favor one over another.

Especially guest soldiers, what good treatment can they get when they go to fight in other places?

He Jinzhao immediately called Yuan Shizhong over, and told him to lead 1000 people tomorrow to act as a death squad, responding to the surrendering soldiers, and directly killing them.

Yuan Shizhong was overjoyed when he heard this order, so he went down and explained for a while, that he must not embarrass the commander tomorrow.

At dawn on the second day, Wang Genzi led his confidants to open the east gate of Xi'an City, lowered the suspension bridge, and sent people to set fire three times at the gate of the city.

Yuan Shizhong had already ambushed him in the trench at the east gate, and he was shivering from the cold at this time of year.

When he saw that there was a fire at the city gate, he gritted his teeth and ordered to rush into the city quietly, trying to trap this group of dog officers and soldiers under the covers.

Wang Genzi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw a large group of people popping out of the ditch.

Fortunately, Marshal He, the Northwest Hammer King, was courageous. He sent someone directly after sending the letter of surrender.

When Yuan Shizhong led people into the city gate, Wang Genzi hurriedly shouted:

"I know where they all live, and I will lead the way."

Yuan Shizhong quickly asked his subordinates to control the defenses of the East Gate and Wengcheng to prevent accidents, and also sent people out to report.

Then, following He Jinzhao's order, the hammer bandits rushed into the east gate.

The city of Xi'an was broken.

King Qin, Chief Envoy, Chief Soldier Yang Lin and others were all held down under warm blankets.

The inspector Huang Jiong was hacked to death by the hammer bandit because he drew his sword to resist.

He Jinchao had besieged Xi'an for several months, and finally stepped into the city, which also announced that the largest city in Shaanxi had been breached.

The forces of the official army in most of Shaanxi were all removed.

Qin Wang Zhu Cunji was tremblingly waiting for his fate, but He Jinchao locked him up first, and now he has no time to pay attention to the trash prince.

If it weren't for his refusal to spend money on winter clothes for Sichuan soldiers, the city of Xi'an would have to continue to be surrounded.

At the same time, He Jinchao ordered to maintain the stability and safety of the people, not to kill a person in vain, and those who make mistakes will be severely punished.

Zhang Fuzhen and Ji Gui began to actually seal up the treasury and the treasury of the princes, county kings, etc., and began to carry out grievance actions to collect evidence that the gentry oppressed the people.

No matter what, someone has to die!

Wang Genzi, the deputy general of the Sichuan Army, voluntarily surrendered and took the lead in arresting others, causing none of the high-ranking officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty to escape.

Naturally, He Jinchao rewarded each of them with two pieces of thick clothes, as well as wine and meat.

As for the rest of the Ming army who were forced to surrender, they were forced to fill up the trenches outside the city, clean up the river silt, and renovate them.

Wang Genzi and the Sichuan soldiers under his command are welcome if they want to join the Hammer Bandit. If they want to go home, they will also give travel expenses.

In short, it is extremely normal to have preferential treatment for those who voluntarily surrender.

Wang Genzi didn't take it all in. He patted his chest and said that all the brothers were left to serve Marshal He.

He Jinzhao didn't need him to spread the word, but sent a propaganda team to go down by himself, making sure to spread the hammer bandit's policy to the ears of every Sichuan soldier.

After all, after taking the whole of Shaanxi, He Jinzhao thought about invading Sichuan, leaving Huguang, Henan and other places to watch Li Zhang and others fight against the government army.

Zhang Fuzhen told He Jinchao that through his relationship, his former colleagues wanted to serve as Marshal He.

Regarding this matter, He Jinzhao raised his eyebrows slightly: "What do you think of them?"

Zhang Fuzhen shook his head: "Even if my lord wants to buy horse bones with thousands of dollars, if these people work in my hammer bandit, I'm afraid they will make some moths, it's not right."

(End of this chapter)