The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 145 Nine Years of Chongzhen
The appointment of Hanzhong general came much sooner than Chen Wang expected.

It was only about ten days before the meritorious officials left, and the appointment of the generals had already been issued.

However, apart from the seal letter of the general, and a crimson official uniform, there is no other substantive support at all.

No military rations, no armored soldiers, not even the military pay that should have been paid.

"Chen's talent is shallow, but he was able to receive the grace of His Majesty Mu, and was trusted by the army."

"I will do my best to repay the country and live up to my promise!"

Chen Wang took the tray with the printed official uniform with both hands, with a serious expression on his face.

Although Chen Wang was thinking about something else in his mind at this time, the words on the face were just and righteous.

After receiving the official uniform from the seal letter, Chen Wang handed it over to Chen Gong who was kneeling beside him, then stood up and said with cupped hands.

"Everyone has come all the way from afar, and the journey has been exhausting. We have already prepared some dishes in the camp. Why don't we just stay here for one night today?"

The two officials who came to announce the appointment glanced at each other, and nodded together after a short thought.

Seeing the two nodding, Chen Wang winked at Zhao Huailiang who was standing by.

Zhao Huailiang understood, stood up, took a step forward, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

The two officials followed Zhao Huailiang all the way out of the tent of the Chinese army, and walked towards the side tent.

All kinds of delicacies are placed on the square table in the side tent, but just after entering the tent, you can feel the aroma and saliva.

"The place is remote, please forgive the poor hospitality. The two superiors are for your own use. If you have other requirements, you just need to clap your hands. Soldiers outside the account are ready to dispatch at any time."

"The two superiors came from afar, and my general specially invited someone to bring the chef from the delicacy restaurant in Hanzhong City."

Naturally, these delicacies cannot be prepared by the cooks in the army, and the cooking skills of the chefs are among the best in Hanzhong City.

After Zhao Huailiang led two envoys into the side tent, he stood at the tent door, pointed inside, and then left the side tent.

For Zhao Huailiang who left, the two envoys didn't say much.

Although it is said that there must be attendants in the tent for banquets, but women are forbidden to enter and leave in the army, all of them are soldiers and soldiers.

Moreover, they were indeed travel-laden along the way. Although the post stations along the road did not dare to neglect, they had limited conditions and did not eat any good food. Now they are indeed hungry when they see a table of dishes.

The two sat down on the left and right, and when they were about to move their chopsticks, they both noticed the abnormality on the table.

There are various dishes on the table, but there are two dishes covered with lids.

The two dishes were also placed on the left and the right, just in front of where the two of them were sitting.

The two looked at each other, and stretched out their hands to lift the lids of the dishes in front of them.

The top cover was lifted, and what was placed on the plate was not any dishes, but ingots of silver...

……

"Yan Wang is easy to see, but the little ghost is hard to deal with."

Inside the Chinese military tent, Chen Wang lowered his voice and said in a low voice.

"It's not a good thing that Muxiu is better than the forest. Now that I have made military exploits in succession, I have been promoted several levels to become a general. I have to be more careful in everything."

"As long as it can reduce some troubles, it doesn't matter to spend more money."

Chen Wang waved his hand lightly and explained to Chen Gong.

"I know that my elder brother must have his consideration in his actions."

Chen Gong is a bit too upright, and he is somewhat repulsed by these welcomes and send-offs.

"It's just that I waited for my brothers to fight their lives on the battlefield with swords and guns, so I gave it to others for nothing..."

"Ugh……"

Chen Gong's face was gloomy, he clenched his teeth and clenched his fists.

"The payment for November has not been paid yet."

"We are born and die, and we can't even get the money for our lives, but they can live and enjoy themselves? How can there be such a reason in the world!?"

How Chen Gong didn't know these truths, but even if he knew, he still couldn't help feeling angry.

"This world is like this..."

Hu Zhiyi looked calm, his eyes were deep, and he spoke slowly.

"You think it's unfair, and I don't think it's fair."

"But everything in the world will not change because of our ideas."

"unless……"

Hu Zhiyi cast his eyes on Chen Wang, he didn't finish his sentence, but everyone else understood what he meant.

Back then on Dingjun Mountain, Chen Wang had already confessed what he was going to do.

Liaodong has been fighting for almost 20 years, and the bandits have been suppressed for nine years now, but the situation is getting worse every year.

Along the way, all the scenes they saw were depression and devastation.

It seems that the court really can't last long...

Hu Zhili had no expression on his face, he just felt that it was too much trouble to welcome and send, but although it was troublesome, there were not too many steps in some things, and there was not much resentment.

"It's wrong to talk too much. Now the army is mixed with fish and dragons. Be careful that the walls have ears."

Chen Wang glanced at Hu Zhiyi lightly, took a sip of water from the teacup next to his hand.

Although there are his personal soldiers inside and outside the tent now, there is always no big mistake in being careful.

Rebellion is a serious crime that affects the entire family. Once the incident is leaked, many things will be irreversible.

"How is the situation in the east now?"

Chen Wang turned his head to look at Chen Gong. Chen Gong was Chief Qian of the First Cavalry Department, and he was naturally in charge of reconnaissance and other tasks.

The east of Xixiang County is naturally Ziwu Town and Shiquan County. Before that, Lu Shi fled towards Shiquan.

Hearing Chen Wang's question, Chen Gong stood up, lowered his head, and reported.

"Lu Shi's subordinates have now gathered a lot of soldiers again. It is found that there are more than [-] horsemen, all of whom are on horseback. A few days ago, the attack on Ziwu Town was frustrated, and then they turned to Raofengpu, and then besieged Raofeng. The shop failed again and suffered another setback."

"At noon yesterday, we passed through Raofengpu, crossed Shiquan County, walked to the mouth of Chihe River, and ran towards Fangshan Pass. It seems that we want to break into Hanyin, and want to meet up with the Zuantian Harrier in the eastern part of Hanzhong."

"Fangshan Pass has been breached several times by rogues and it has become a ruin. Hanyin City is strong and rogues will definitely not be able to attack it, but rogues can bypass the city..."

Chen Wang's eyes were fixed slightly, staring at the map placed on the table.

Because of the topography of Hanzhong Prefecture, the cities in the Eastern Han area are basically on the same line.

From Xixiang to the east, the important towns are Ziwu Town - Raofengpu - Shiquan City - Chihekou - Fangshan Pass - Hanyin City.

Originally, there was Fangshan Pass, and it was only necessary to guard the pass to cut off the connection between the eastern part of Hanzhong and the central part of Hanzhong.

But Fangshan Pass was not as steep as other checkpoints, and the rogues broke into Hanzhong Mansion several times. After Fangshan Pass was breached, the rogues directly burned it.

Every time the rogues break through a city or checkpoint, they will destroy it as much as possible, just in case they need to come back later and don't need to continue to face the big city with high walls.

"Is there any news from Ziyang?"

Chen Wang raised his head and looked at Hu Zhili.

Now that he is stationing troops in Xixiang City, with himself threatening behind him, Lu Shi must not dare to stay in one place for too long.

Hanyin City was far stronger than Ziwu Town and Raofengpu. Lu Shi couldn't even break through Ziwu Town and Raofengpu, let alone Hanyin City.

Moreover, Lu Shi now has a total of 7000 people under his command, and it is unrealistic to hide in the mountains.

Lu Shi is now leading people to Fangshan Pass, certainly not to besiege Hanyin City.

Chen Gong estimated that Lu Shi's current thinking was very close to ten, and Lu Shi probably went to Xing'an to see if he could reunite with Zhuantian Harrier.

And now the Hanzhong guerrilla Zhou Yumao led the battalion under his command, as well as the recruited Hanzhong Guards, were fighting fiercely with Zhuantian Harrier Wang Cheng in Ziyang.

Ziyang City is to the southwest of Xing'an Station. If Lu Shi leads the army across Hanyin, once he arrives at Xing'an Station, Zhou Yumao will face the risk of being caught between two sides.

Zhou Yumao's battalion has only more than 300 soldiers, and although there are [-] guards and militias from all over the country, the guards and militias are only powerful and powerful. Once they are in a hard battle, it will be a waste of help.

"The military command office has not received any news from Ziyang yet."

In addition to leading the errands of the Supervisory Office and Chief Qian of the Second Infantry Department, Hu Zhili was also in charge of passing military orders and communications.

Seeing Chen Wang's gaze, he immediately stood up and replied.

"However, counting the time, Zhou Yumao should have received the news from us. As long as he leads the troops to retreat to Xing'an Station, even if Lu Shi and Wang Cheng join forces, they will not pose much threat."

The messengers sent to inform the counties and cities before also carried orders to convey the news to Zhou Yumao.

After all, Lu Shi fled eastward, and the possibility of fleeing to Xing'an Office was extremely high. Chen Wang had foreseen these things from the very beginning.

Chen Wang looked solemnly. In order to ensure that the news could be delivered, he sent a total of more than ten messengers, which should be foolproof.

But now that there is no accurate news, he is still somewhat uneasy.

Although Chen Wang has a lot of armor and military equipment because of the gains from the three victories, Chen Wang knows very well that now is not the time to be complacent.

The military equipment he owns looks luxurious, but that is only compared to other ordinary generals and guerrillas.

The standard battalion directly under Hong Chengchou's command is full of armor and well-armed, and there are countless types of artillery and firearms.

It is precisely because of this that Hong Chengchou was able to contend with hundreds of thousands of bandits with more than ten thousand people.

Now it seems that there are many soldiers and horses under his command, and it has swelled to more than 300 people.

But in fact, the real veterans are more than 300 Liao cavalry, as well as the hundreds of Shaanxi soldiers originally under Ai Wannian's command, and more than [-] people recruited from Binzhou.

As for the rest of the army, to be honest, only in Lueyang was a fierce battle, and the rest of the battles were basically downwind battles.

Although it has seen blood and gone through the flames of war, it is actually not worthy of great use.

If they were placed on the Liaodong battlefield, Jiannu's heavy infantry would be able to defeat them all in a few charges.

Not to mention the newly recruited recruits, they are essentially just a group of farmers.

Although the Battle of Hanzhong was won easily, it was based on Zhang Yuan's mistake in decision-making. If it was an upright battle, it would not be easy to win.

"On the 25th of the first month..."

It is already the 25th of the first lunar month, and it will soon enter February.

In February of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the world will be more turbulent, and the situation will become worse.

Gao Yingxiang, Ziweixing, Sweeping King and other 24th Battalions turned to besiege Xuzhou.

After several consecutive days of continuous attack, everyone decided to go west again, left Nanzhili and returned to Henan Province, and then Gao Yingxiang divided his troops to attack the city and seize the territory.

Gao Yingxiang led the main force to capture Dengzhou, but Lu Xiangsheng led the pursuit all the way and defeated Gao Yingxiang again in Gaocheng Town of Dengfeng.

Gao Yingxiang led his troops and fled to Shiyang Pass, where he successfully joined forces with the rogue bandits in Yiyang and Song counties.

Commander Tang Jiuzhou was ordered to attack Gao Yingxiang with Zuo Liangyu.

However, Zuo Liangyu was defeated in pursuit and fled back. Because of the distance, Tang Jiuzhou went deep into Song County without knowing it, and defeated the bandits with a single army, chasing for forty miles.

On the way of pursuit, Tang Jiuzhou was unfamiliar with the terrain and strayed into the deep cliff, so Gao Yingxiang gathered tens of thousands of troops.

In a desperate situation, with no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside, one can imagine Tang Kyushu's end in the end.

Tang Jiuzhou died in battle, and the rogues regained their momentum, and everyone celebrated with their crowns.

Chen Wang had no way to solve Lu Shi's problem.

After chasing for more than 150 miles, if Zhang Yuan hadn't died, Chen Wang would never have dared to pursue such a long distance.

That is to say, Chen Wang dared to pursue such a long distance when Lu Shi was not capable enough and experienced.

However, Lu Shi later realized that a large number of horsemen had gathered under his command, and the risk of being ambushed would be greatly increased if he pursued him again.

Encountered in an ambush by a large number of cavalry, even if Chen Wang's men are all elite cavalry, there is a very high risk of defeat.

In history, Cao Wenzhao led all the elites, but the end of the ambush was still defeated and killed.

Tang Jiuzhou was defeated and killed because of excessive pursuit.

There are many examples of capsized boats in the gutter, and Chen Wang doesn't want to be one of them.

To be honest, chasing such a long distance is really too risky.

"Gao Yingxiang..."

Chen Wang looked deeply, recalling the memories in his mind.

In fact, there is not much time left for him now.

Because in March of this year, Gao Yingxiang will join forces with Chuangtatian, Xiezikuai from Yunxiang to Xing'an, Hanzhong and Zhang Xianzhong.

Time waits for no one, and it only takes about forty days to fill it up.

At that time, he will face the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Gao Yingxiang...

Chen Wang stood up slowly, his eyes swept over the people in the tent, and said in a deep voice
"After three days, break out of the camp and march into Xing'an."

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"History of Ming Dynasty Biography Volume 160 One"

"In February of the ninth year of the year, the thieves were defeated in Gaocheng Town, Dengfeng. They walked through Shiyang Pass and joined the thieves of Yi and Song."

"So the general Kyushu went deep from Song County, and fought against Liangyu."

"Liangyu fled back in the middle of the road, Kyushu took advantage of the victory and pursued for forty miles, and was defeated without help. Liangyu heard about it."

……

"Kyushu went deep from Song County with a lone army of 200 or [-] people."

"The bandit was repeatedly defeated. After chasing for more than forty miles, he strayed into a deep cliff."

"If you encounter tens of thousands of thieves, attack according to the danger."

"Kyushu was defeated, moved the camp at night, was taken advantage of by bandits, and died in battle."

"From Sun Wenqiong Fu Que's three letters to ask for sympathy, but not reported. Empress Wen Qiong was also martyred."

(End of this chapter)