The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 528 Loyalty Battalion

Li Guo and Gao Yigong were originally the generals of Li Zicheng's Dashun Army.After Li Zicheng was defeated by Jianlu, the two led their remnants into Huguang to descend to the Ming Dynasty, and were named "Loyalty Camp" by Longwu.

However, although the Zhongzhen Battalion was the Ming army in name, it was recruited by He Tengjiao, and was directly commanded by him afterwards, and was stationed in Huguang all the time.

Therefore, this time, Gao Yigong and others wanted to sue the assistant king, but they had no way to complain. In the end, they took the line of Jin Yiwei, and Gu Yanwu brought them to see Zhu Linming.

Gao Song hurriedly took half a step forward, saluted respectfully, "The last general has met the assistant king Qiansui!"

Zhu Linmei nodded, "What are you doing here?"

"His Royal Highness, three days ago several captives sneaked into Huguang, and they asked Uncle Mo to introduce him to Ge Tengjiao! Uncle captured them immediately. Unexpectedly, General Li also encountered captives that day, for the same reason."

Gao Song said solemnly: "Uncle and General Li are worried that the thief will have another way to see He Tengjiao, and the two may make peace to harm the country, so they urgently sent the last general to warn the court!"

Dorgon sent people to Huguang to hook up with He Tengjiao?This should be one of his several groups of emissaries.Zhu Linmi thought to herself, but Gao Song, as He Tengjiao's subordinate, did not respectfully call him He Dutang but called him by his first name, it seems that there must be quarrel between the two sides.

Moreover, Gao Song said that Jianlu entrusted Gao Yigong and was recommended by Li Guo, which shows that Jianlu's secret envoy failed to meet He Tengjiao.The captives can see the people from the Zhongzhen Camp, but why don't they go find He Tengjiao by themselves?

He immediately remembered that in history, although He Tengjiao had ambitions to occupy the domain, he never abandoned the righteousness of the country and the nation. .

From this point of view, it should be that He Tengjiao himself did not want to make peace with Jianlu, so he refused to see his secret envoy.Then what Gao Song said just now was probably to give He Tengjiao "eye medicine".

Thinking of this, Zhu Linmi asked Gao Song again: "If it's just a warning, let Xie Hong pass it on. General Gao ordered you to come all the way to Nanjing, there should be other things, right?"

Gao Song seemed a little surprised, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you have learned a lot. The last general's uncle and General Li heard that the Jiankui re-deployed the Duoduo army to commit crimes in the south, and they were worried about the country. !"

Um?Zhu Linmi was very surprised, Zhongzhenying clearly showed their loyalty to the imperial court, but why did they suddenly make such a move?
So he deliberately said: "The Loyalty Camp is directly under He Dutang, I don't know what he thinks about this matter?"

Gao Song immediately said: "Your Highness's words are wrong! The Zhongzhen Camp is the army of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ministry of War has a transfer order, what does it matter to He Tengjiao?!"

Zhu Lin's eyelids twitched, but she didn't answer, knowing that the other party must have something to say.

Sure enough, Gao Song said angrily again: "Then He Tengjiao's name is a Ming minister, and he really has the ambition of not being a minister. Since Zhongzhenying surrendered to the imperial court, it has always been used as a private soldier by him, but he has never cared about the life and death of the soldiers. He ordered the Zhongzhenying camp to go forward to fill it with his life, and if he defeated the captives, he sent his own lineage to receive the credit!
"That's not to say, Fu Shangrui, Jiaozhi's confidant, entered the slander and taught him that it's difficult to pay for the loyalty camp. Every time the soldiers bathe in blood on the battlefield, they live in poverty after returning to the camp. The meager salary can hardly support the family. Sometimes they sell their children and daughters. Begging for a miserable life..."

Zhu Linmei nodded secretly when she heard the words, it seems that He Tengjiao has never regarded the Zhongzhengying as one of her own, but as expendable cannon fodder, and often deducts her food and salary, it is no wonder that the Zhongzhengying has no dissent towards him.

However, Gao Song did not say that the reason why the Zhongzhen Camp endured He Tengjiao for many days, but "turned against the water" at this time was because the Ming Dynasty had seized the whole of Jiangnan and moved its capital to Nanjing, which greatly enhanced its appeal and strength.If they could embrace the thigh of the imperial court, they would not have to continue to suffer from He Tengjiao's hands, so Gao Yigong and others decided to serve the imperial court.

Gao Song continued: "At that time, the Zhongzhen Camp was guarding Jingzhou, and was besieged by captives. They asked for help from Wuchang more than ten times in a row, but Jiao never sent a single soldier. The Zhongzhen Camp was almost wiped out! In Yuezhou to ambush the bandits, the enemy was still far away, so the Jiao tribe was afraid of the enemy's strength, so they retreated without authorization, causing the Zhongzhen Camp to be attacked by the enemy and suffered heavy losses... Afterwards, Jiao hurriedly ordered the Zhongzhen Camp to pursue the enemy in Yangzhou, but..."

He complained for a long time with righteous indignation, and finally returned to the topic, asking the court to allow the Zhongzhen camp to move along the Yangtze River to the south of Zhili.

Zhu Linmi thought to herself, it's okay if there is a conflict!I am most afraid that Huguang is monolithic, and the Zhongzhen Camp is dissatisfied with He Tengjiao. This is the opportunity to take down Huguang!

As for He Tengjiao, one must first be able to restrain him and cut off his thoughts before he can make him bow his head.

Fortunately, although Huguang claims to have [-] troops, Zhu Linmei knows that, judging from historical records, He Tengjiao's troops are weak, and they were beaten to the ground by [-] Qing troops.

Now that there is the Zhongzhen Battalion as the internal response, there is no need to labor the main force of the Longwei Army and the Polu Battalion, only a few troops around Huguang are enough.

He made a general plan and said to Gao Song: "I know that the Zhongzhen Camp cares about the imperial court, but for the time being, I don't need you to come to Nanzhili to help in the war."

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Linmi raised her hand to signal Gao Song not to worry, and continued: "Staying in Jingzhou will be more useful for the Loyalty Camp. I have my own arrangements for Huguang. At that time, you only need to obey orders. When the imperial government's decree reaches Huguang, I will take care of it myself." Reward the loyal camp for meritorious service.

"As for the issue of food and pay, you can also rest assured that from now on, the imperial court will ship money and food directly to Jingzhou every month, and the amount will be the same as that of troops stationed in other places."

Gao Song was overjoyed when he heard the words, he was planning to attack He Tengjiao after hearing the meaning of the assistant king!After taking Huguang, how could the court not treat the Loyalty Camp favorably?In addition to the distribution of food and salaries, this is of course followed by the court!

He immediately fell to his knees, "Thank you, Your Highness! After this, I will go back and pass on His Highness's order! The Loyalty Camp will swear allegiance to the imperial court to the death, and dare not violate it!"

Zhu Linmei nodded in relief, helped him up and encouraged him, and then asked, "By the way, how many people are there in the Loyalty Camp?"

"Returning to Your Highness, there are more than 1 strong soldiers, and three to four thousand old and weak soldiers."

"Okay, I will allocate another [-] sets of fine armor and firearms to the Loyalty Battalion. You must practice hard and use them proficiently."

What Jurong captured from Luck Dehun was so much that it would be enough for the Zhongzheng Battalion.But Zhu Linming knew that this sweetness should not be given too much at once.

Gao Song almost didn't cry, as expected, the imperial court's thigh was easy to hug, and he even gave them these "surrendering bandits" armaments!This is something that He Tengjiao didn't even dare to think about when he was under him!

He immediately knelt down on the ground again, kowtowed and said: "The Loyalty Camp thank His Highness for your great kindness, and I will repay it with death!"

After Gao Song left, Zhu Linmi immediately returned to the study, took a map and arranged it carefully, and wrote several military orders to be sent to Sichuan, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places.

After he finally took a breath, Shi Lin reminded hesitantly: "My lord, do you want to see that Liang Xiuxing again?"

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