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Chapter 283 A Series of Misunderstandings

(PS: On the second anniversary of entering the city, my mother-in-law forced me to go to a restaurant. The number of words is a little short. I apologize to all my friends.)
In all fairness, even at the end of the period, the Ming army in history fought well in the counter-insurgency battlefield. It is not uncommon for the Ming army to chase several times or even ten times the insurgents and fight wildly. Not only did Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Ying Big thieves like Xiang were driven to a desperate situation and died, but they were only soft-hearted and credulous again and again, accepting the feigned surrender of these big thieves, which allowed these thieves to escape.After Young Master Zhang led [-] slave-slaughter troops and [-] Henan soldiers to destroy the rebel army in Hulutan, the miracle of [-] Ming troops chasing and beating the rebels ten times as large as himself happened again.

On the second day after the end of the Hulutan War, Young Master Zhang came to Huayin City. In the early morning of the next day, the slave-slaughter army recruits led by Zhang Dapao arrived. Young Master Zhang slowly ordered Zhang Dapao to set up the Franco cannon and blast at the wall, and then let the snipers attack from all sides. After the bombardment, the rebel defenders on the city wall suffered heavy casualties, and quite a few of the rebel leaders and generals who commanded the battle on the city wall were also killed. In addition, the rebel army was extremely short of food and grass, so there was no hope of holding on for a long time.In desperation, the bandit army had no choice but to give up Huayin, and went out of the city overnight to break through. Young Master Zhang could only stop him, and gradually weakened the bandit power. The army of thieves chased after him fiercely - there was no way, the number of troops currently in Master Zhang's hands was too small.

Huayin City was the city that Zhang Yingchang voluntarily gave up when he was short of food and grass. Huazhou City to the west was still in the hands of the local garrison of the Ming Army. After leaving, Young Master Zhang pursued him closely, and the rebels did not dare to attack the city, so they had to bypass Huazhou and continue to flee westward.I never thought that Young Master Zhang did not enter Huazhou, and he bypassed Huazhou to continue chasing the thieves, and routinely sent the cavalry of the slave slaughter army to charge and kill them every day, killing dozens of hundreds of people and then ran away. If the poor cavalry dared to chase, they would be greeted with rifled muskets immediately, beating and running and killing people.And if the rebel army dares to stop, the Henan infantry under the command of Young Master Zhang will immediately rush up to kill people. The fur root ran away, and was chased and slaughtered by Young Master Zhang like a duck. Just four days later, the army of rebels was chased by Young Master Zhang to the vicinity of Gaoling Ferry on the Weishui River.

"Gaolingdu is ahead, what should I do? Can't cross the Weishui River?" The cavalry riding on Young Master Zhang had just rushed back for a while and slipped back. Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui and other big thieves got together again and began to discuss. One step escape route.Among them, the treacherous Luo Rucai expressed his opinion: "If we cross the river now, the little dog officer Zhang Haogu will definitely take the opportunity to attack him halfway across the river, and we will definitely suffer heavy losses. If we don't cross the river, we will have to go south to Lantian or go west to Xi'an and Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and the others joined forces and went on two paths, but to the west of us, there are still the main force of the Shaanxi government army led by Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou. If we go to Lantian and the Shaanxi government army returns to Lantian, we may Surrounded by front and back; if we go to Xi'an, we have to break through the blockade of the two dog officials, Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou. If Gao Yingxiang sends troops to support us, it will be fine, but if he does not send troops, we will be in danger."

"Be safe, let's cross the river." Laohui said in fear: "If we go west and south, once we are surrounded by the officers and soldiers, then we will be in trouble. Why not cross the river now, even if Officer Zhang Xiaogou takes the opportunity to attack, as long as we The main soldiers have passed, and it doesn't matter how many people with wooden sticks and forks can be killed."

"It makes sense." Zhang Xianzhong pondered: "But the problem is, when we came here, we took this road. We basically robbed all the food we could grab on the road, and now all the food has been used up. Let's go there. Go find food supplies? We can’t go back to Yan’an, can we? We have robbed it for three years, so what else can we squeeze out?”

"That's right, we can't cross the river." Fan Wencheng also said: "The only way now is to go west. Of course it would be better if we can enter Xi'an City and meet Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang. If we can't enter the city, we can also bypass Xi'an and enter Fengxiang Mansion. For the barbarian army, Xi'an is more important than anything else, and they will definitely not continue to hunt us down, they will only stay and attack the city and take back Xi'an City."

"It makes sense, I agree." Zhang Xianzhong nodded, and said: "Everyone knows that King Chuang is a man of great loyalty. If we are surrounded by officers and soldiers in the city of Xi'an, he will definitely not sit idly by." Luo Rucai also knew Gao Yingxiang's long-awaited wish to become the leader of the rebel army. In order to achieve this goal and establish prestige, he would definitely help him, so he echoed: "Since the eight kings agreed to go to Xi'an, then I I don’t have any objections, I’m always going back, do you still have any objections?”

"One chopstick can be broken, but another chopstick can't be broken. Of course I understand the truth." Lao Hui said very straightforwardly: "That's it, let's go right away, go to Xi'an."

The army of rebels gave up the opportunity to flee northward at Gaoling Ferry, and chose to continue westward to Xi'an. This move was somewhat beyond Young Master Zhang's expectations. He sneered at these rebels for not knowing whether they were dead or alive, so Young Master Zhang hurriedly asked Shi Kefa to write He promulgated a constitutional decree for himself, sent the fast horse to the city of Xi'an, ordered Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou to give up attacking Xi'an temporarily, and returned to the east to attack the rebels back and forth with himself, striving to annihilate this desperate army of rebels.But just after the order was written, the envoy sent to contact Sun Chengzong's main force suddenly brought a piece of news that stunned Young Master Zhang-the main force of the Shaanxi army who had left Tongguan alone and insisted on attacking Xi'an had given up last night. City, withdrew to Xianyang!That is to say, in front of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's gang of thieves, there is no Ming army that can stop them from fleeing.

"What the hell are Old Man Sun and Hong Chengchou up to?" Young Master Zhang slapped the bluestone that was temporarily used as a desk, and roared: "It's fine to attack Xi'an before, but this time the enemy fighter plane finally appeared. They even withdrew the army again! Even if they don't accept me as the governor of the five provinces, they don't need to get angry with military affairs, right?"

"Boss, the students think that with Mr. Sun Ge as a man, it shouldn't be like this. This is probably a coincidence." Song Xiance was calmer, and analyzed: "General Zhang Yingchang has introduced the situation of the Shaanxi army before. The Xi'an granary is lost. Afterwards, the Shaanxi army was short of rations, so that when General Zhang Yingchang set out to rescue Tongguan, the army only brought three days of dry rations. Mr. Sun Ge was unable to attack Xi'an for a long time, and the rations ran out. When he retreated back to Xianyang, the rations were also scarce. It's normal, it's just that the timing of the withdrawal is really unfortunate, and I just missed this opportunity to pinch the thieves."

"Students also think so. Sun Ge has high morals and high prestige. He will definitely not miss the opportunity to let Jiannu escape on purpose like Yuan Chonghuan." The kind-hearted Shi Kefa did not believe that Sun Chengzong would miss the opportunity on purpose. As Mr. Song said, Mr. Sun Ge was forced to withdraw when he ran out of food and grass. It was just that we thought that Mr. Sun Ge would definitely be under the city of Xi’an, so we didn’t send someone to contact Mr. Sun Ge in advance, and there was a lack of contact with Mr. Sun Ge. This coincidence."

"I also hope it's a coincidence, and I hope it's because I went to rescue Mr. Sun Ge's gentleman's heart with a villainous heart, otherwise this Shaanxi war against thieves will be difficult to fight." Young Master Zhang said sullenly: "But whether it is or not Coincidentally, with such a big oolong, it will definitely be more difficult for Mr. Sun Ge and I to get along with each other in the future." Song Xiance gave a wry smile, silently agreeing with Young Master Zhang's opinion.The honest man Shi Kefa said naively: "Don't worry too much about Zhang Butang. Sun Ge is always a gentleman with high moral character and broad-mindedness. As long as you clarify the misunderstanding with him, he will definitely not have any gaps with you. .”

"Brother Xian, you are too honest." Young Master Zhang patted Shi Kefa on the shoulder with a wry smile, and ordered helplessly: "There is no other way, let's just go ahead, chase and kill the rebels according to the original method, and try our best." Weaken the power of the rebels. Also, Xianzhi, you drafted another constitution for me, telling Mr. Sun Ge that my army has arrived, as well as food and military pay, and let him return to Xi'an immediately to join forces with me and jointly retake Xi'an .”

"Students obey." Shi Kefa honestly agreed, and quickly picked up the brush and started writing again.Over there, Song Xiance smiled and said, "Master, don't be too depressed. Luck is not clear. This time it was luck that was not on our side, so Mr. Sun Ge just missed the opportunity. But it doesn't matter, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's gang of rebels escaped into Xi'an City smoothly, and it's not all bad for the Dong family—Did you forget a sentence you often said? Ming officials and people are good at everything, the only problem That is, one person is a dragon, and a group of people is a worm!"

"Do I say this often?" Young Master Zhang asked pretending to be surprised, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Song is right, I was a little confused, and I completely forgot what I am best at. .Shitou, pass on my order. In the next battle, try to catch me as much as possible. It is best to catch a few little leaders of the thieves. I want to learn about the internal situation of the thieves from them.”

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Song Xiance's analysis is correct. Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou's sudden withdrawal of troops and missed opportunity was indeed a coincidence due to the shortage of food and limited communication conditions.So when Young Master Zhang's messenger made a detour to catch up with Sun Chengzong's army, Sun Chengzong immediately stamped his feet in remorse, and shouted: "Heaven will not help me, God will not help me! Even if I withdraw the army one day later, I will not miss such a good opportunity." It’s a chance to severely injure the rebels! This time, I really don’t have the face to meet that brat Zhang Haogu.”

"Mr. Ge, it is clear that Zhang Haogu is trying to trick you on purpose." Zuo Liangyu, who deeply hated Young Master Zhang and the slave army, said unconvinced: "If Zhang Haogu sent a messenger to contact us one day earlier, how could we Missed such a fighter?"

"That's right, it took Zhang Haogu four days to go from Tongguan to Gaolingdu after chasing and killing the thieves." Lu Shanji, who was also not interested in Young Master Zhang, said angrily, "During these four days, he had countless times Opportunity sent someone to contact us, but they didn't do so, it was clear that it was to make you look good, to pick your faults and give you a blow."

"Don't talk nonsense, Zhang Haogu is not that kind of person." Sun Chengzong shouted: "Besides, how did that little brat Zhang Haogu expect that we would withdraw our troops overnight last night? Just missed this opportunity?" Zuo Liangyu and Lu Shanji was speechless, but Lu Shanji quickly murmured again, "Even if it's a coincidence, why didn't he contact us in advance?" Although Sun Chengzong pretended not to hear, he was really depressed—if Master Zhang How could he miss such a good opportunity if he sent someone to inform him in advance?
"Mr. Ge, let's talk about these things later. Anyway, this time, we have lost face again." Hong Chengchou spread his hands helplessly, and said: "The most important thing right now is to return to Xi'an immediately. Zhang Butang's messenger also said Now, Zhang Butang only has 2000 slave-slaughter troops, [-] Henan troops, and more than [-] new recruits. He has to hunt down and kill thieves and take care of food and supplies. The strength of the troops must be stretched. We'd better send the cavalry first. , meet him."

"Alright, Yanyan, you take five thousand cavalry to meet Zhang Haogu first, and the old man leads the main infantry to follow." Sun Chengzong ordered sullenly: "Move faster, and try to reach Xi'an before the battle is over, and fight beautifully." One point, don't lose the prestige of our Shaanxi army." Hong Chengchou agreed, and hurriedly brought his deputy Du Wenhuan, and led [-] cavalry to turn around and march eastward.

Xianyang is only more than forty miles away from Xi'an, which is not too far away, but there was a delay in passing messages with messengers. When Hong Chengchou's five thousand cavalry arrived at the foot of Xi'an city, it was still a step late Thinking that the rebels Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Lao Huihui, who had withdrawn in advance from the main force of Shaanxi, had already entered Xi'an with joy, joined forces with the rebels Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other troops in the city, and the army of rebels in Xi'an had also reached an astonishing level. Nearly 15!And after Young Master Zhang's army beat up the rebels on the Badan River, the army was at the end of its strength, too few troops to dare to advance lightly, and could only watch helplessly as the desperate rebels fled into the city of Xi'an.Hong Chengchou secretly exclaimed that it was a pity, and hurriedly led the cavalry to advance westward to meet Master Zhang.

Hong Chengchou's army marched to the Changshui River, and Young Master Zhang's army was crossing the shallow river that could only be submerged up to his knees. Hong Chengchou saw the handsome flag of Young Master Zhang from a distance, and hurriedly dismounted with Du Wenhuan and other generals, and walked up to Young Master Zhang Greetings.After passing the identity check of the pioneers of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou, Du Wenhuan and others also walked to the banner of Master Zhang Shuaiqi. To the surprise of Hong Chengchou, Du Wenhuan and other Shaanxi generals, Zhang Da, who was riding a white horse and wrapped in a white cloak The young master's face was full of tears, and he was sobbing and sobbing while riding on the back of the war horse.Hong Chengchou and the other generals, who had never met Young Master Zhang before, felt strange but did not dare to neglect. They hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said in unison, "Minister general, wait for the governor of the five provinces, Zhang Butang."

"Generals, please hurry up." The groom who answered Young Master Zhang's horse, the young groom smiled and said: "Generals, this is the first time we meet, please give me your advice in the future."

"Damn, isn't it crazy? He even asked a horseman to answer us?" Hong Chengchou, Du Wenhuan and other generals were angry, and Hong Chengchou clasped his fists at the young master Zhang who was on the horse and said, "The next official, Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou, has seen Zhang Ministry hall."

"So you are the famous Hong Futai, please get up quickly, please get up quickly." The groom screamed, and hurriedly let go of the horse to help Hong Chengchou, but Young Master Zhang still sat on the horse and did not move.Hong Chengchou was even more angry and slandered. He pushed away the groom who was helping him, and clasped his fists to the young master Zhang who was riding on the horse, saying: "Zhang Butang, the official is incompetent. He lost Xi'an and missed the opportunity to wipe out the enemy. He is willing to accept the crime. Please command the minister. Well, how should I deal with the subordinate officials, the subordinate officials will never shirk half of the crimes they deserve."

Young Master Zhang on the horse was stunned, and the groom leading the horse was also confused, but Song Xiance next to him came to his senses and hurriedly shouted: "Hong Futai, you misunderstood, the one on the horse is not Zhang Butang." Hong Chengchou Startled, he quickly pushed away the little white-faced groom and looked around, looking for the whereabouts of Young Master Zhang.At first glance, he looks like a little white-faced groom who eats soft food, he can't laugh or cry, he quickly pointed to his nose and said: "Hong Futai, I am Zhang Haogu, I am Zhang Haogu."

"You are Zhang Butang?" Hong Chengchou's eyes widened, he quickly pointed to the man on the horse and said, "Then who are you?"

"My lord, the younger one is a soldier from Luoyang Prefecture, Henan Province." Immediately, the soldier wiped his tears and said, choking with tears: "When I was fighting and killing thieves just now, I was stabbed in the leg and couldn't walk, and I didn't have any extra horses to ride. The lord gave me his horse and cloak, and even led the horse for the little one himself... oh, the little one really doesn't know how to repay Master Zhang for his great kindness."

"Ah!" Hong Chengchou, Du Wenhuan and other generals from Shaanxi were all dumbfounded and exclaimed.Young Master Zhang, the film emperor of Ming Dynasty, said with a wry smile: "Lord Hong, all generals, get up quickly. Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding."

(End of this chapter)