I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 331 Xie Zhiliang is handsome

Chapter 330

After a short rest, Cheng Shijie led more than 1 cavalry from the Annan Army of the Ning Navy. Although they only had more than [-] cavalry, they had more than [-] horses, and each person carried four horses. In addition to the original Dutch warm-blood horse, he also carried two captured Mongolian war horses.

These two Mongolian war horses are mainly responsible for the consignment function. They consigned a large amount of bullets, shells, food, and supplies.

Although two Mongolian horses can consign three to four hundred catties of medicines, bullets, shells, quilts, clothes, and dry food, the problem is that these materials are far from enough for Ning Navy officers and men.

However, there is no good solution now. The Ning Navy now has more than [-] Shire horses. These Shire horses are all attached to the main force of the Annan Army. The consignment capacity, but can not keep up with the speed of the Dutch Warmblood.

Just when Cheng Shijie was about to leave, Xu Guangqi appeared in Baihe.

Although the capital is only more than 100 miles away from Baihe, for an old man who is nearly [-] years old, this journey has already cost half his life.Fortunately, the four-wheeled carriage that Cheng Shijie gave to Xu Guangqi has a good shock absorption effect, otherwise Xu Guangqi might not be able to carry it.

Xu Guangqi held Cheng Shijie's hand with his cold big hand and said worriedly: "The situation is so dangerous now, the whole Beizhili has no soldiers to use. Once Jiannu invades, I am afraid that the Hou Jing Rebellion will recur again! Beiping, The lives of hundreds of millions of people in Daming, as well as the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, are now up to you to protect! If you need anything, just ask, I will satisfy you even if you sell everything, I just ask you to fight to the end and turn the tide, please!"

"Old Xu Ge, the most important thing for you is to take care of your health. If you can't hold on, the court of Ming Dynasty will become the world of villains!"

Cheng Shijie said solemnly: "Old Xu Ge, don't worry, as long as Cheng Mou has his breath, the tartars will never make waves!"

Cheng Shijie now knows that Jiannu's tens of thousands of troops have marched westward. They walked westward along the Horqin grassland, passed through Baicheng, arrived in Taining, and now entered the territory of Kaipingwei.

It can be said that Cheng Shijie did not dare to mobilize the main force of the Annan Army under Shen Mingyu's command to go south, just to guard against Jiannu's feint shot. Can turn around and protect the capital.

For the Ming court, no matter how dangerous the military situation in various places is, it even said that Lanzhou can be lost, Taiyuan can be lost, but only the capital cannot be lost.

In the Ming Dynasty, the lives of the common people were not as important as the lives of civil and military officials of the court.

"Take care of Beiping, and pay my respects to all the soldiers!"

Xu Guangqi bowed deeply to the officers and men of the Zhongning Navy.

Now that Taiyuan is lost, Shanxi is like a big gap in a dike, hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops are sweeping in, and the surrounding state capitals are also staring at them like hungry wolves staring at a piece of fresh meat. All this weighs on Xu Guangqi's heart like a big rock , leaving him breathless.

Although there is no conclusive evidence, Xu Guangqi still instinctively felt that the fall of Taiyuan is definitely not as simple as it appears. If Shanxi's opening cannot be blocked, Daming's innocence will really be ruined!

Right now, the only thing Xu Guangqi can rely on is Cheng Shijie, who is regarded by the court chiefs as the rebel Ning Haijun, and who is regarded by the court chiefs as disobedient.

But the problem is that Cheng Shijie can mobilize too few soldiers and horses now, less than [-] cavalry. Even if Cheng Shijie can overcome all difficulties and rush to Taiyuan day and night, will he still be able to turn the tide?

Xu Guangqi did not have much confidence.

Seeing the exhausted Ning Haijun soldiers set off with Cheng Shijie in the cold wind without hesitation, Xu Guangqi felt very oppressed in his heart.

Xu Guangqi couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and roared: "Those people deserve to die! Look at what good things you have done."

Xu Guangqi felt dizzy, and his body was falling to the ground. However, Li Changqiao beside Xu Guangqi was the son of Xu Guangqi's friend Li Zhizao, and Li Changqiao hurriedly supported Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi resisted his physical discomfort and said, "Long Bridge!"

"exist!"

"Don't worry about me, go to Liaodong, go to Liaodong to find a son!"

At this time, Xu Guangqi had lost confidence in the princes of the court. If his health was not bad, he would definitely be willing to fight them, even if he couldn't fight, he would bite them a few times.

But the problem is that his body has reached the point where it is exhausted, and it is time to return to the embrace of God.

Li Changqiao frowned slightly and said, "Elder Ge means..."

"Is there any hope for Daming?"

Xu Guangqi stroked his white beard under his chin, looking at the howling cold wind with cloudy eyes.

For state affairs, he looked exhausted and old-fashioned, and said slowly: "There is Li Zicheng, a giant in Huguang, Dashun Song Xiance in Shandong, Jiannu in Liaodong, Zhungeer in Hexi, and Mobei Mongolia in Shanxi. There is no day in this world." Tranquility. Among them, Li Zicheng suffered the worst disaster. Dengfeng, Yiluo, and Songshan all fell. Li thief claimed to have 30 people. If Lu Xiangsheng did not sit in Huguang, Huguang might have fallen. Now Lu Xiangsheng managed to block Li Bandit, Mongolia is heading south along Taiyuan, and seems to join forces with Bandit Li in Yuncheng... Do you think there is still hope for this Great Ming?"

Li Changqiao said: "Such an important state matter, I dare not discuss it in a lowly position."

"It's just you and me here, and our words won't enter the ears of the third person. What dare you?"

"Why didn't you use Cheng Shijie?"

Li Changqiao knew that Xu Guangqi recommended Cheng Shijie to the imperial court as early as when the Dashun Army broke through the Dongchang Mansion, so that Cheng Shijie's army could quell the Dashun Army's rebellion.But this proposal was rejected.

If the imperial court wanted to use Cheng Shijie, then at that time, Ning Haijun would definitely not ignore the chaos in the Central Plains, but instead poured troops into the east to fight for a small day.

Isn't this battle because of the court's decision-making?

Strategic passivity cannot be compensated for by tactical victory.In Li Changqiao's view, the court's mistakes and mistakes are not limited to these?

As early as the fourth year of Chongzhen, Lin Dan Khan was defeated by Huang Taiji. Lin Dan Khan sent envoys to the court, hoping to unite the Ming Dynasty to fight against Jiannu, but the princes of the dynasty ignored it, and then Lin Dan Khan led troops to attack Datong, killing tens of thousands of people. Military and civilian.

Obviously the enemy of the enemy is a friend, but...

Now the Great Wall defense line is riddled with holes. Cheng Shijie claims to be in charge of the nine frontier armies. However, the three sides are in the hands of Hong Chengchou, and the Guanning Army of Liaodong Liaozhen is in the hands of Zu Dashou. This is a heavy burden, and besides, he does not have the ability to revive Guan Ning's defense.

"some!"

Li Changqiao said: "Elder Ge, you can't fall down. Cheng Shuai only leads less than [-] cavalry now. He... travels lightly. He needs help!"

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Taiyuan Prefecture, Pingding Prefecture.

Yaoling Temple Mountain in the south of Pingding County is a branch of the Qiling Mountains in the middle of the Taihang Mountains.There are many mountains here, stretching steep mountains and arrays of strange peaks, one of which is called "Jiangtai Ridge".

Pingdingzhou is located under Jiangtai Ridge and on the banks of Yangsheng River. This is a high and flat mound surrounded by mountains. It runs east to west and stretches for more than ten miles. The loess layer is very deep.To the south of Tugang is Yangsheng River, one of the main rivers in Pingding County, and to the north is its tributary Xiazhuang River. The two rivers converge at the foot of Fengtai Mountain.

Pingding Prefecture is the gateway of the three Jin Dynasties, and the important balance between Shanxi and Hebei. Niangziguan Tianxian is the northwest gate of the capital, and its strategic position is very important.

In the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols, Pingding Prefecture has always played a tragic role. During the Ming Yingzong period, he also led the Wacha cavalry all the way to Beijing, and Pingding Prefecture was severely damaged; Jiajing During this period, Tatar iron cavalry marched eastward, and Pingding Prefecture was brutally slaughtered and looted.

The most recent military disaster should be regarded as the fifth year of Chongzhen. Lin Danhan had a brain twitch and brought Monan Mongolia to Pingding Prefecture to kill.

It is precisely because of the breach of Pingding Prefecture that when Xie Zhiliang was the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Town, he rebuilt Pingding Prefecture and the pass, and increased the garrison of Pingding Prefecture from the original 800 to 400. In fact, Xie Zhiliang wanted to expand the Pingding Garrison Division into the Pingding Prefecture Garrison Battalion, increasing the number of defenders to 3000.

It is a pity that the present Taiyuan is no longer the prosperous Taiyuan in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Taiyuan Town simply cannot afford to support so many soldiers and horses.

At the beginning, the general He Sui launched a mutiny in Taiyuan City. The general Xie Zhiliang was unprepared. The traitor He Sui, whom he regarded as his confidant, was shot in the abdomen with a pistol, seriously injured and unconscious. Xie Zhiliang, who was seriously injured, rushed out.

When escaping from Taiyuan City, Xie Shangkui had two ways to escape, one was to escape to the south, and escape in the direction of Jinzhong and Lu'an.

Xie Shangkui considered that He Sui had surrendered to the Mongol Tartars, and they must have been unable to run south with the four legs of the Mongols.What's more, Pingding Prefecture is only [-] miles away from the capital. With the marching speed of the Mongolian Tartars, they can bypass Pingding Prefecture and reach the capital in at most two to three days.

In desperation, Xie Shangkui had to retreat to Pingdingzhou County with the seriously injured Xie Zhiliang.Fortunately, Xie Zhiliang's life should not be lost. On the way to Pingdingzhou, Xie Shangkui also met a group of people who had fled from Taiyuan City. Among these people was an outstanding doctor named Lu Quan.

Lu Quan is from Taiyuan. When he went to Yan'an four years ago, he met the rebellious army. Because he knew medical skills, he was naturally engulfed in the rebellious army. He went to Liaodong last year. After developing in Liaodong, Lu Quan Quan has his own pharmacy, his own pharmacy. Two months ago, he returned to Taiyuan in person to find his parents.

Unexpectedly, there was chaos in Taiyuan. Lu Quan, his father Lu Heren, mother, nephew, sister-in-law, elder brother and other family members escaped from the city. Fortunately, when Lu Quan was in Liaodong, he often dealt with gunshot wounds. The firearms are restricted, and the traditional handguns are not restricted, because accidental gunfires and accidental injuries are not rare.

Lu Quan looked at Xie Zhiliang's injury. Thanks to the cold weather, the wound was not infected, and it didn't take long. He took a knife and started the operation. After half an hour of treatment, Lu Quan took out the lead bullet in Xie Zhiliang's abdomen.

He slept for most of the night, and at dawn the next day, Xie Zhiliang woke up. Looking at the countless fleeing civilians, Xie Zhiliang commanded his own soldiers to gather the defeated soldiers and young adults.

In all fairness, Xie Zhiliang's prestige in the hearts of the Shanxi sergeants is not low. When Xie Zhiliang went from Taiyuan to Pingding Prefecture, the distance was less than 800 miles, but there were more than [-] soldiers around him.

However, when Xie Zhiliang arrived in Pingding Prefecture, he found that the urban area of ​​Pingding Prefecture was empty. Only a few soldiers of the Pingding Army were still looting supplies from several large armories, and more soldiers continued to flee eastward. .

Seeing this scene, Xie Zhiliang was very angry.

Regardless of his injuries, he asked his own soldiers to carry him and block him on the mountain path.

"Shang Kui!"

"Father handsome!"

"Put up my handsome banner!"

As the flag holder erected the big Xie flag on a boulder by the side of the mountain road, all the defeated soldiers saw the handsome flag waving in the wind.

"Thank you, Marshal..."

Xie Zhiliang supported his son Xie Shangkui, and with Xie Shangkui's support, he could barely stand up straight. He looked at hundreds of rout soldiers with sharp eyes.

Some of these routs were from Pingding Prefecture, and some escaped from Taiyuan City. The routs did not dare to look directly at Xie Zhiliang. After all, Xie Zhiliang was not some airborne general, nor was he a hereditary general. general.

Xie Zhiliang said: "You can do it, you have done a good job! Taiyuan is a famous city in the world. It would take several years or even more than ten years for all dynasties to conquer Taiyuan. Fortunately, you will throw it to the After killing the enemy, they ran away without looking back! Feel your conscience, the border guards are still fighting bloody battles, why do you have the face to run away?"

A general-looking military officer from Pingding Prefecture bit the bullet and said: "Xie Shuai, I don't want to run away with a humble job, but those officials ran away..."

"Officials are deceived by lard. They are not from Shanxi. They can run away if they want to pat their ass. You Shanxi children are also confused. You don't care about the life and death of your parents in your hometown, right? Are you still men?"

Xie Zhiliang's words made hundreds of rout soldiers feel ashamed and lowered their heads even lower.

Xie Zhiliang's voice raised an octave: "I brought people here to block you, just to tell you that if you want to escape, you can! But first, you have to step over the commander's body!"

The defeated soldiers were a little terrified, and turned to face the rolling Mongolian cavalry. They narrowly escaped death; they killed Xie Zhiliang and fled, killing An with a conscience!This is a difficult choice, how to make a decision, no one dares to speak.

The scene was very quiet for a while, at this time, a soldier was still filial, he snatched a donkey, and his old father was supported on the donkey.

The old man raised his hand and slapped his son loudly on the face.

--Snapped……

This slap broke the embarrassment and anger at the scene.

The old man pointed at his son and said, "Run away, kill your father, and run away from your father's body."

The soldier covered his face and knelt on the ground: "Father, please don't do this!"

An elderly woman sat down on the ground, pointed at her body and said, "You guys run away, run away from our corpses!"

The head of the general trembled slightly, took off his helmet and took a few steps forward, bowed down at Xie Zhiliang, and said in a loud voice: "How dare a humble official dare to draw a sword in front of Xie Shuai! Dare to beg for forgiveness, just follow Xie Shuai's battle flag, die in battle, and atone for your sins with death!"

Under the influence of Chen Shuo, all the defeated soldiers said in unison: "Death on the battlefield, atonement with death!"

As the saying goes, three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes.

In fact, the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty was also very serious. As the governor of Shanxi, Wu Wei began to serve as the governor of Shanxi in September of the seventh year of Chongzhen. Up to now, he has only been the governor of Shanxi for more than a year. However, he is full of money. In just over a year, he actually got more than 20 taels of silver.

Although it is said that He Sui did not lead the mutiny in Taiyuan, he embezzled the military expenditure allocated to Shanxi by Emperor Chongzhen using the internal treasury. Emperor Chongzhen gave Shanxi military expenditure 40 taels of silver. The ten thousand taels of silver were distributed by officials at all levels in the governor's office.

Wu Tong was still a fastidious person, he ate meat and let others drink soup with him. In fact, Xie Zhiliang, the chief soldier, only received 6 taels of silver, equivalent to one-seventh of the total military expenditure.

However, the responsibility for this matter is not on his head. Before the advance, he had already resigned from the court because of his poor health, and Song Tongyin was responsible.

However, just as Wu Xuan was about to cross the Taihang Mountains along Pingding Prefecture and return to the capital after Jingzhending, he suddenly found that the people in front of him did not leave.

Wu Xuan asked, "What's going on?"

Before waiting for his governor Zhang Fengyi to reply, a soldier hastily replied: "Master Wu, something is not right!"

"So what?"

Faintly heard the voice coming from the front: "I am the prefect of Pingding Prefecture, a dignified Jinshi, you can't kill me..."

Standing on the carriage, Wu Sheng watched a middle-aged man wearing a sixth-rank civil official uniform being pinned to the ground by two soldiers.

The official still shouted and cursed: "You lowly warriors can't kill me! If you dare to touch me, all the scholars in the world will not let you go..."

The soldiers ignored his yelling and cursing, stepped on the crook of his knee and forced him to kneel, grabbed a lock of his hair and pulled him, forcing him to straighten his neck.

The magistrate screamed desperately, but was tightly restrained, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get away.

The light of the knife swirled like a rainbow, the screams and curses stopped abruptly, and a cavity of dirty blood was sprayed on the snow, which was particularly eye-catching.A soldier carried the head to the side and hung it up with a wooden stick, while the incisor shook off the blood on the blade, turned around, and looked past the thousands of stunned civilians and collapsed soldier.

Xie Zhiliang's eyes immediately fell on Wu Zhen.

"Master Wu, don't come here unharmed!"

Xie Zhiliang waved his hand: "Tie me up!"

Dangdang is the second-rank governor of Shanxi. No, it should be the former governor of Shanxi Wu Sheng who was tied into a rice dumpling and stood on a carriage without a carriage.

Xie Zhiliang is also a ruthless person, he directly took the governor of Pingding Prefecture as a knife.

Wu Tong now knows that Xie Zhiliang, a bastard, doesn't intend to live anymore. In fact, Xie Zhiliang killed the governor of Pingding Prefecture and tied up the governor of Shanxi. No matter whether he wins or loses this battle, no one can protect him.

Of course, from a side view, Xie Zhiliang has a will to die.

As the saying goes, a man is determined to die.

Xie Zhiliang covered the broken wound and said, "Hit it back!"

"Kill it back!"

Why is there only Chinese civilization among the four ancient civilizations in the world?Because the Chinese civilization has not been weakened, nor has it been overlooked by the Qin Dynasty. When the Chinese nation faces life and death, there are always heroes who come forward.

Just like during the period of the Five Husbands, the Han people had been massacred to the point that none of them survived. When the ten rooms were empty, the bones were exposed, and the bare land was thousands of miles away, it was Ran Min who stepped forward. Although the Three Ways to Kill Hu Ling was cruel, it was rekindled. The pride and cohesion of the Han nation.In the extremely dark era of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward.

Xie Zhiliang didn't think about whether he would be beheaded in the future, nor whether he would survive. He was just doing what a Taiyuan general should do.

It was Xie Zhiliang who stepped forward, organized the defeated soldiers and the people, returned to Pingdingzhou City, which had become an empty city, and established a line of defense.

Speaking of it, it is also because the Mongolian army in Mobei is a mess. After they occupied Taiyuan City, which had abandoned the city and fled, they lit up their butcher knives and slaughtered the people of Taiyuan recklessly.

After all, Mobei Mongolia is too poor. When they rushed into Taiyuan City, they began to rob food, money, clothes, and all the supplies they could. Taiyuan City was burning. Without interest, who is willing to leave the bustling Taiyuan City to suffer in the ice and snow?
It was precisely because of this situation that Xie Zhiliang was given time to breathe.

Three days later, when the Mongolian army had nothing to rob and kill in Taiyuan City, they realized that they needed to occupy Pingdingzhou City, otherwise they would not be able to advance eastward unless they went all the way south.

When the Mongolian army arrived in Pingding Prefecture, they immediately faced tenacious resistance from Xie Zhiliang and his subordinates. Of course, due to poor equipment, there was a huge disparity in numbers. As for how many days Pingding Prefecture could defend, Xie Zhiliang himself had no idea.

……

Ning Haijun entered Zhending County, Zhending Prefecture. While camping, Cheng Shijie received two messages from Taiyuan Prefecture. The first was that Zhao Wencai did not go to Taiyuan because he explained to Cheng Shijie that he now has less than 5000 troops. There were 25 men and horses, and the Mongolian army that entered Taiyuan City was at least more than [-] horses.

It's useless to fill in his troops. When they arrive in Taiyuan, everything that should happen has happened, and nothing can be changed, but Lanzhou is still holding on. If Lanzhou is not rescued, then the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Lanzhou will definitely not be able to stop it. In the attack of the Zhungeer tribe, hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to survive.

Cheng Shijie also understood Zhao Wencai's decision. From Zhao Wencai's standpoint, there was nothing wrong with it. He, Zhao Wencai, was not afraid of the enemy if he went to face the more numerous and stronger Zhungeer people.

There are only so many troops, the lesser of two evils.

The second news is that Xie Zhiliang is still guarding Pingding Prefecture. After two days of bloody battles, tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in Pingding Prefecture were killed or injured, and Xie Zhiliang's [-] soldiers and thousands of young people also suffered heavy casualties. In a short period of time, the Mongolian army has no possibility of breaking through Pingding Prefecture.

But over time, no one can tell.

Li Dingguo looked at the information and sighed: "Xie Zhiliang is also a real husband! It's just a pity!"

Although Li Dingguo is not in the officialdom, at least he knows that Xie Zhiliang has committed a heinous crime, killing the Zhizhou and kidnapping the governor, let alone a general officer, even if Cheng Shijie is now the Prime Minister of Nine Sides, he does not have the power to dispose of a Zhizhou , even if this Zhizhou is a bastard.

What's more, Xie Zhiliang is just a small general soldier?No matter how great his military exploits were, he still made up for this mistake.

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly and said: "This Xie Zhiliang is responsible, and I will save it. If the commander says he has merit, he will. Whoever wants to deal with him must pass the test of the commander first!"

(End of this chapter)