The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 115 Hanzhong
In Fengxiang Mansion, in the north of Baoji City, the camp of the Ming army was filled with terror.

The soldier Su Murui pressed the arrow, refused to horse and spread the guard.

One after another, Ming soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle robes stood behind the camp wall and waited in full force, scanning the surrounding fields vigilantly.

Looking through the tall gate, among layers of military tents and pieces of halberds and spears, a huge green curtain military tent is the most conspicuous.

In front of the Qing Curtain Army tent, Chen Wang stood upright wearing a net scarf and a red arrow jacket.

All the soldiers outside the tent are wearing burqas and belts, standing upright by their knives.

There are many banners and banners, and the banners are distributed one by one.

In front of the tent stood a large banner with a height of one foot and eight feet, and there were five big characters written in dragons and phoenixes-"Aid and Suppression Chief Soldier Officer".

Here is Cao Wenzhao's large tent of the Chinese army.

Although Chen Wang could control the expression on his face, he couldn't control the thoughts in his heart, nor could he control the expression of emotion in his eyes. He didn't have such a good ability to cultivate Qi.

Under Hong Chengchou's military order, Liu Chenggong led the battalion of his headquarters to Yansui Town to replace Yu Chongxiao, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town who died in battle, to stabilize the situation in northern Shaanxi.

Zhang Quanchang and He Renlong led the troops to stabilize the situation in Fuzhou, and at the same time went north to Yan'an Prefecture to suppress Li Zicheng and Prime Minister Huideng.

Cao Wenzhao's order should be to suppress the bandits in Xi'an Mansion, why are they in Fengxiang Mansion now.

Chen Wang lowered his eyebrows slightly, and his heart was dark. The reason why he was here was because of the letter from Cao Wenzhao.

There are no superfluous words on it, just two words - "Hanzhong."

Although there are only a few words, each word weighs on Chen Wang's shoulder like a weight.

Hanzhong was exactly where he wanted to go.

In the past few months, all Chen Wang has done is to prepare to enter Hanzhong and seek development.

However, Cao Wenzhao explained exactly what he was thinking in his heart, how could Chen Wang not be startled by this.

No matter how good the skill of nourishing qi is, how can he calm down over this kind of thing.

Chen Wangjing stood in front of the tent of the Chinese army, thinking about what he had done along the way.

He also knew that what he did in some places was indeed a little obvious, but there were legitimate reasons for that.

After all, he has recruited so many recruits under his command, and leading these recruits also requires energy, which is not an easy task.

Chen Wang looked sideways, looked at Chen Ming who was standing in the front right, and then turned his eyes to look at the soldiers outside the tent.

Among these people, he was familiar with many of them. Apart from Chen Ming, there were also a few people who were related to him by blood, and were members of the Chen and Hu families.

Chen Wang wanted to see some clues from their eyes and expressions, but he was disappointed without exception.

On the way here, Chen Wang also asked Chen Ming, but Chen Ming almost didn't know what to ask. He just said that Cao Wenzhao wanted to see him.

The only thing I know is why Cao Wenzhao is in Fengxiang Mansion.

The reason why Cao Wenzhao stationed troops in Fengxiang Mansion was that he took the initiative to ask Hong Chengchou for orders to wipe out the remaining thieves in Fengxiang Mansion first, and then wiped out the thieves in Xi'an Mansion all the way, and wiped out the thieves in the west of Shaanxi in one fell swoop.

However, in Chen Wang's eyes, Cao Wenzhao's pleading was just an excuse, and his real purpose was probably to find himself.

Chen Wang looked at the tightly closed tent of the Chinese army in front of him. He had been standing outside the tent for half an hour, and the armored soldiers standing guard and patrolling had already changed.

But the curtain of the Chinese army's large tent was still not opened, and Chen Wang even had some doubts that Cao Wenzhao was not among them at all.

Chen Wang's eyes flickered, and a little uneasiness rose in his heart involuntarily.

The word Hanzhong appeared in Cao Wenzhao's letter to him, which means that his purpose has been discovered.

Cao Wenzhao summoned him, probably to inquire about this matter.

The cold wind is like a cold knife scraping the bone, and the autumn and winter in Shaanxi are getting colder every day.

Although Chen Wang was wearing a thick winter coat, it was still difficult for him to hold on.

The north wind whistled by his ears, and Chen Wang, who was frozen, felt that his ears and cheeks were gradually losing consciousness.

But the colder it was, the clearer Chen Wang's thoughts became.

He has self-confidence, and no one knows why he wants to do this, why he is obsessed with going to Hanzhong.

Chen Wang knew very well that at this time, no one thought that the sun was setting in Daming, and no one knew as accurately as he did that Daming's national fortune would take a turn for the worse after the 13th year of Chongzhen, and finally stop at the 17th year of Chongzhen.

Absolutely no one will know the real reason why he went to Hanzhong Mansion.

At this time, it was still the eighth year of Chongzhen, the prestige of the Ming court was still there, and the control of the Ming court was still there.

Perhaps Cao Wenzhao was not the only one in the army who saw his purpose. As the governor, Hong Chengchou had a clearer view of the overall situation than Cao Wenzhao. I am afraid Hong Chengchou also had doubts.

But why Hong Chengchou didn't say anything, and let him continue to lead the army in pursuit.

Chen Wang guessed that Hong Chengchou was probably just suspicious and hadn't made a conclusion yet, and the reasons he used all along the way were reasonable.

Although many places are a bit strange, but if you want to adjust it, you can't find any reason.

Whether it was chasing Li Guo all the way but not beheading him, or defeating Li Yangchun, Lin Shengquan and others in the three mountains without doing their best, it can be explained.

And now Hong Chengchou still needs him to suppress.

The current situation in Hanzhong Mansion is not good. There are tens of thousands of bandits scattered around Hanzhong Mansion. Sometimes they gather in the mountains and forests, and sometimes join forces to attack the city and plunder the state, disturbing the chickens and dogs in Hanzhong Mansion.

For so many years of Hong Chengchou's campaign, there was only profit in the early stage, and so far it has not produced much effect.

Even during his tenure, the rogues invaded Nanzhili, directly broke through Fengyang, the central capital, and dug up the imperial mausoleum of Fengyang Prefecture.

Although Hong Chengchou was not convicted because of this, he also lost Chongzhen's attention.

Lu Xiangsheng was activated because Chongzhen believed that Hong Chengchou did not have the ability to take care of several provinces, so he handed over the power to Lu Xiangsheng.

Hong Chengchou's current authority has been weakened a lot, and his generals are limited, only in charge of the military affairs of Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces.

But Lu Xiangsheng is now in charge of the military affairs of Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Shandong, and Nanzhili provinces outside the customs.

After Chen Wang's memory was strengthened, he remembered the records of some books he had seen in the past especially clearly.

It is clearly recorded in "Ming Da Sima Lu Gong Chronicle".

"In December, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng were trapped in the southern city of Gwangju, they were chased to Xinyang, they were defeated in Queshan, and more than [-] people were beheaded..."

"The Son of Heaven then Yizhi Gong can be a major event. He went to the right servant of the Ministry of War, Jiadu Mountain, and Shanxi. He gave Shang Fang a sword and acted cheaply."

In December of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng defeated Gao Yingxiang and others in a row, and supervised Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Hong Chengchou's power was weakened again, and Lu Xiangsheng lost a lot of power.

Chen Wang feels that the biggest reason why Hong Chengchou doesn't send someone to question him now may be that there are not many generals under Hong Chengchou's command to mobilize.

Hong Chengchou has no soldiers to use in Shaanxi now, and Zuo Liangyu has now been transferred to Lu Xiangsheng's command, and his strength is even more stretched.

The situation in Hanzhong Mansion has been rotten for a long time, no matter what idea I have to enter Hanzhong, I still have to obey Hong Chengchou's orders after entering Hanzhong Mansion.

My own guerrilla was promoted by Hong Chengchou. He had just been promoted for more than a month, and Hong Chengchou would not slap himself in the face even if he wanted to do something.

No matter what, the situation of corruption in Hanzhong Mansion can be resolved.

Anyway, the situation in Hanzhong Mansion was already bad enough, and it couldn't get any worse.

Moreover, Hong Chengchou should also think that he is just a mere guerrilla, he did not take him too seriously, and his status in his heart is not high.

As the governor of the three sides, it is just a breeze to handle a small guerrilla.

Even if he is as high and powerful as Cao Wenzhao, he still bows his head, let alone a small guerrilla like him.

At this time, as the governor of the army, he can easily decide the career of the generals under his command.

Mao Wenlong, who was the commander-in-chief of a town, was beheaded by Yuan Chonghuan without an imperial edict. In the end, this matter was nothing but a matter of fact. The status of military officers and generals compared to civilian officials can be seen.

Chen Wang's thoughts were spinning, with the cold wind whistling in his ears, his mind became more and more clear.

The situation in Guanzhong is not much different from the history. The same is that the Ming army was defeated and the bandits were unable to attack for a long time, but the purpose of the bandits was successful.

They pushed eastward into Henan, escaped successfully again, escaped from the siege of the Ming army, escaped from the sky, and found a way to survive.

Hong Chengchou now has very little military power under his command, and the Supervising Biao Battalion under his command has lost a lot due to previous fierce battles.

For this reason, the soldiers under Gao Jie's command were even recruited as the standard battalion, which is enough to see that the troops are scarce.

Although the battle of Sanyuan was won in the end, the ministries also lost a lot of soldiers and generals.

News of the defeat came from all walks of life, but only from my own side came the news of victory.

With 500 troops, including nearly [-] new recruits, they defeated Li Yangchun, who was famous for his defense, in one fell swoop, and it seemed that he had completely fallen into Hong Chengchou's eyes.

Defeating Li Zicheng first, and then defeating Li Yangchun, now Chen Wang can be regarded as an outstanding achievement.

Hong Chengchou should now put himself in the same position as Tang Jiuzhou and other generals, and regard him as a sequence of elite soldiers.

Time passed by every minute and every second, the sun headed towards the west, gradually descending from the west mountain, and the sky gradually became dark.

Chen Wang still maintained an upright posture, his back was not bent, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Over the past few days, countless heavy military affairs have been backlogged on him.

Leading troops to fight, marching and camping are not easy tasks, Chen Wang has never had much time to think.

Standing outside the tent of the Chinese army now, waiting to be summoned by Cao Wenzhao gave Chen Wang enough time to think.

At first Chen Wang was a little flustered, but as time went by, the more he thought about it, the clearer and calmer he became.

Chen Wang looked down slightly, staring at the gradually slanting shadow at his feet.

The sky was getting darker and darker. He should have been standing here for an hour and a half, almost three hours.

When he first arrived at the barracks on horseback, it was just before dusk in the afternoon, and now it was almost dusk, and it was going to be night.

At this time, Chen Wang didn't feel much panic in his heart. He had recovered his calm and began to think of other things that needed attention.

But just as he was thinking, a familiar voice had already appeared in his ears.

"Chen Wang."

Chen Wang raised his head, and the person who came was his acquaintance——Cao Dingjiao.

Cao Dingjiao was holding the Yanling Saber, his body was covered in dust, and his expression was a little tired.

"The general called you into the account."

"Follow the order."

Chen Wang moved slightly and kept standing. Although he moved a little during the period, his body was still a little stiff.

He spoke first, then clasped his fists in answer.

Cao Dingjiao knew that Chen Wang had stood there for a long time, and waited for him for a while before walking towards the tent of the Chinese army.

Chen Wang took a deep breath, moved his stiff legs a little, and then walked forward.

Although his physique is very good, if anyone stands for three hours at a stretch before walking, he will feel uncomfortable to some extent.

The tent of the Chinese army was empty, and there were not many utensils.

Cao Wenzhao was wearing a blue cloak, a red flower armor, and a net scarf on his head. He stood on the first seat, with his back to the curtain, looking at a map hanging behind the first seat. .

Cao Bianjiao, dressed in red military uniform, sits on the right.

There is a square table next to the seat on the left, and there is a cup of tea on the table, which should be where Cao Dingjiao is sitting.

Chen Wang followed Cao Dingjiao all the way into the tent of the Chinese army, and felt the eyes of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao almost at the same time.

"Humble position Chen Wang, kowtow to the general."

Chen Wang cupped his fists, bowed respectfully, and saluted loudly.

Cao Wenzhao turned his head slowly, without saying a word, he just raised his finger to point at Chen Wang, and then nodded his side.

Chen Wang was startled for a moment, but he didn't react for a while, but Cao Dingjiao, who was standing beside him, gently pulled his robe, and Chen Wang understood instantly.

Chen Wang stood up, Cao Wenzhao meant to let him go forward.

Chen Wang settled down, stepped forward, and walked all the way to the near side of Cao Wenzhao.

When he walked to the near side, Chen Wang also saw where the map in front of Cao Wenzhao was.

This map shows the five prefectures of Pingliang, Gongchang, Hanzhong, Xi'an, and Fengxiang. There are also many red dots and black dots on the map, as well as red lines and black lines.

The red and black dots represent the Ming army and the bandits respectively, while the two-color line segments represent the marching routes.

The map in front of Cao Wenzhao described everything in great detail, even covering the defenders and population of each city.

Also, the number and distribution of the rogues are extremely clear, more than ten times more detailed than Chen Wang's map.

"Do you understand?"

Just as Chen Wang stood still, Cao Wenzhao's voice sounded in his ears.

"I understand."

Chen Wang lowered his head slightly and answered with cupped fists.

After standing for the first hour, he already understood Cao Wenzhao's intention.

"There are hundreds of millions of people in this world, and there is never a shortage of smart people."

Cao Wenzhao tapped his hand on the location of Hanzhong Mansion, and his voice was low.

"I can see your thoughts, and I am afraid that the military gate is clearer than me."

Cao Wenzhao slowly turned his head.

Chen Wang's expression was slightly condensed, and he felt that Cao Wenzhao's eyes were as sharp as a falcon.

"I would like to know."

"why?"

(End of this chapter)