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Chapter 299 Fiasco
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Several flowers bloomed, one for each branch. When the Ming army and the allied forces of the rebels were fighting in full swing on the Baoji battlefield, at noon on March [-], Zhang Da, who personally led the slaughtering slave army disguised as an ordinary Ming army, entered Hanzhong. The young master was also on the official road from Xixiang County of Hanzhong Prefecture to the city of Hanzhong Prefecture, to be precise, on the official road at the foot of Buckwheat Mountain, and met Peng Haogu, the inspector of Shaanxi Province who rushed to pay a visit to the Shangguan after receiving the news. one line.This Mr. Peng, whose name differs from Young Master Zhang by only one surname, has a pale face, is tall and thin like a stick, but has a dignified demeanor. As soon as he met him, he knelt down on one knee to Young Master Zhang, clasped his fists and said : "Peng Haogu, who is a low-ranking inspector in Shaanxi Province, has a kowtow to Zhang Haogu, governor of five provinces, and Zhang Butang!"

Peng Haogu is from Laizhou, Shandong, and he is half of Young Master Zhang's fellow townsman, and his official reputation is not bad. Compared with corrupt officials like Young Master Zhang and Hong Chengchou, Young Master Zhang didn't put on airs, so he quickly got off his horse and helped him personally. Picking up Peng Haogu, he said modestly: "Master Peng, please get up quickly. You have worked hard. It took you half a day to drive more than 70 miles. You must be exhausted?" After that, Young Master Zhang couldn't wait to ask: "Peng My lord, have you kept the news that my army has arrived in Hanzhong Mansion secret?"

"The envoy of Zhang Butang has repeatedly asked the subordinate officials to act in secret, and the subordinate officials dare not violate the order." Peng Haogu replied respectfully: "After receiving the constitutional order from the department hall, the subordinate officials did not even dare to let him know , under the pretext of going out of the city to have something to do, quietly brought a few servants on the road to meet the Lord, the latest military report and troop deployment plan that Zhang Butang needs, the official has also brought it. There is also the Baocheng official road that Master Zhang explained At Jitou Pass, the lower officials have also sent an urgent document to order the defenders to temporarily close the pass and no one is allowed to pass through, so as to prevent the news that the troops of the main hall have entered Hanzhong from being known by the thieves."

"Very good." Young Master Zhang nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered: "Chenggu County ahead, please ask Mr. Peng to send an official document in person, asking them to prepare a few guides for me who are familiar with the Mucaoshan trail. Directly from Chenggu, take the Mucaoshan path north to the front line to join the battle."

"Yes, I will send someone to do it now." Peng Haogu respectfully agreed, and then asked curiously: "Master Butang, you go directly to the north from Chenggu instead of entering Hanzhong City?"

"I won't go in for the time being. For the issue of food and supplies, I will leave it to Mr. Peng." Young Master Zhang shook his head and smiled again: "By the way, Mr. Peng can send another official document to Marshal Qin and Mr. Zhao at the front line, just say In view of the urgent military situation, you temporarily recruited three or four thousand strong men as officers and soldiers, and sent them to the front to take part in the battle and share the pressure for them." Although Peng Haogu didn't understand why Young Master Zhang had to conceal the news that the slave slaughter army had entered Hanzhong, he also understood No question was raised, but a respectful promise to do so immediately.

While Peng Haogu was urgently drafting official documents, Young Master Zhang, Song Xiance, Shi Kefa and other staff members also immersed themselves in the military report brought by Peng Haogu. As mentioned above, Qin Liangyu's army and Zhao Guangyuan's army gave up on entering Shu after the natural danger At the same time, the Hanzhong army also rushed to various passes to reinforce and strengthen the defense. What surprised Master Zhang was that after the Ming army gave up Dasan Pass, although the rebel army entered and controlled the pass The first throat to enter Sichuan, but never the next step south - it is obvious that the Ming army's action of abandoning the pass without any reason has frightened Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai and other thieves. into this trap.But what made Young Master Zhang heave a sigh of relief was that the bandit army was not in a hurry to break out of Baoji after they got the route to retreat to the south. This also bought time for Young Master Zhang to arrange the Baoji encirclement.

"Boss, it seems that Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai have smelled the danger of Sichuan and Hanzhong." Song Xiance mused, "Didn't we make Marshal Qin and Zhao Guangyuan give up the Dasan Pass at the beginning? Wasn't it a little too hasty? Using the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the empty city to frighten the gangsters in Shaanxi? Such an important pass was given up for no reason. The little thief who has just debuted will also suspect that our heavy soldiers are ambush in the south."

"It was a bit hasty." Young Master Zhang nodded to admit his mistake on a rare occasion, and said helplessly: "But at that time, there was no other way. Our main force was concentrated in the Xi'an area, and we were not allowed to leave Dasan Pass to lure thieves into Sichuan. , our main force will have time to outflank, surround the main force of the rebels and cut off the connection between the rebels and other rebels?" After that, Young Master Zhang added, "But fortunately, the main force of the rebels did not immediately break through to the north. Our Baoji encirclement has won the time to set up, which shows that our first step of delaying the troops has been successful, and the next step is how to let the main force of the rebels know that Sichuan and Hanzhong are really empty, and wait for them to enter the Qinling Mountains to suffer death."

"Boss, the students think that luring the main force of the rebels into the Qinling Mountains to die is not the second step, but the third step." Song Xiance warned: "The key to the second step is whether the main force of the Shanxi-Gansu army can stop the rebels. The road to the north! Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai are not stupid, and the big traitor Fan Wencheng must understand that although Sichuan and Hanzhong are relatively rich, they have no popular support and no companions to support them. The army can only die One less is like a fish out of water. A little carelessness may lead to the annihilation of the whole army. Only by going north to break through and enter the hinterland of Shaanxi where the famine is ravaged can they get endless replenishment of troops and other chaos. The thieves’ cooperation is like a fish out of water returning to the sea. There is great hope for a comeback. Therefore, the students believe that as long as there is a glimmer of hope to break through the north, the main force of the rebellion led by Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai will not easily go south. breakout."

"Indeed, if the main force of the thieves succeeds in breaking through from the north, all Zhang Butang's previous arrangements will be in vain." Shi Kefa, who has learned a lot of intrigues from Young Master Zhang and Song Xiance, also echoed: "The best is Zhang Butang Then teach Zongbing Qin and the others a few tricks, let them follow the plan, and lure all the main force of the rebels into the Qinling Mountains to die!"

"Brilliant tricks? It's easy to say, do you think I'm Zhuge Liang?" Young Master Zhang said with a wry smile, "Fighters on the battlefield change rapidly, and at most I can only adapt to local conditions. What kind of tricks have you come up with?" Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang pinched his chin again and muttered: "However, what you said, Xianzhi, reminded me that it seems necessary for me to leave the army on the ambush battlefield and go there in person with a small number of personal soldiers. Take a trip to Feng County to personally command the battle, and lure the main force of the rebels into our ambush circle."

"If the department hall really has this plan, please let the students go with the department hall." Shi Kefa is not a person like Young Master Zhang who is ignorant and self-motivated, but he refuses to miss any learning opportunities.Song Xiance asked: "Boss, do you think we are more confident in setting the ambush at that position?"

"It's my first time in Hanzhong, so I'm not very familiar with the local terrain." Young Master Zhang squeezed his chin and replied, "However, judging from the topographic map of Hanzhong's mountains and rivers, the small town of Liuba two hundred miles north of Hanzhong is a mess. The main force of the thieves must pass through from Feng County to Hanzhong, this time we will first go to Liuba to take a closer look, and if the terrain is suitable, we will set the ambush position at that position."

"Zhang Butang, Liuba is a good place for you." Peng Haogu, a local Hanzhong official who had already written the official document, suddenly interjected, "Besides Liuba Town, there is still Zhang Butang's temple of your ancestors. .”

"My ancestor's temple? My ancestor?" Young Master Zhang asked in confusion.Peng Haogu smiled and said: "Butang, you forgot, your ancestor, Mr. Zhang Liang, Mr. Zhang Zifang, used to build plank roads and secretly build Chencang on the road of Liuba. Later, Butang, your ancestor was named Liucheng by Han Gaozu Liu Bang. Hou, in order to commemorate his achievements in the founding of the country, Gaozu built a temple of Zhangliuhou in Liuba. The emperors of all dynasties also vigorously renovated and expanded the temple in order to obtain talents like Mr. Zhang Liang. Therefore, the temple of your ancestor Zhangliuhou is still alive today. The purple cypress mountain still stands in Liuba, and the incense is quite strong." Speaking of this, Peng Haogu also asked very puzzled: "Master Zhang, this Zhangliang Temple in Liuba is very famous in the world and in the history books, you How can you not know?"

"Really?" Young Master Zhang rarely blushed—although Zhang Liang was the ancestor he brazenly recognized, but this descendant of himself, who claims to be a descendant of Zhang Liang, didn't know that the temple of his ancestor was nearby, which is really unreasonable .Embarrassed, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to hide his smile and said, "Haha, I really deserve to be beaten as a descendant. Although I have moved to Shandong more than 1000 years ago, I have even forgotten where my ancestors' temples are. This is really unfilial." I didn’t say anything, when I get to Liuba, I will kowtow in the temple of my ancestors to confess.” After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang hurriedly changed the subject again, and smiled at Peng Haogu: “Master Peng, we are really destined to talk about it. I don’t need to say that they are from Shandong, and their names are exactly the same, they are all called Haogu, and there are not many people who have the same name as us.”

"That's right, I also feel that I have a good relationship with the Ministry." Although Peng Haogu didn't want to deliberately flatter Master Zhang, he was also very happy to have a good relationship with Master Zhang, his immediate boss, and said with a joke: "Actually, In the official circles of Sichuan, there is also Sun Haogu who can participate in politics, but it is a pity that he has already died for the country in the She'an Rebellion in the first year of Tianqi, and he died very heroically - the traitor She Chongming suddenly rebelled and captured him , vainly trying to buy Mr. Sun Haogu with gold, silver and jewels for his own use. Mr. Sun Dahao refused to give in and scolded the thief to death! Alas, if Mr. Sun is still alive, then there are only three ancient people in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty , and we can meet here.”

"Really? Then if there is a chance, I must go to Sun Haogu's spirit to offer a stick of incense to commemorate the loyalty of the country among our good ancients." Seeing Peng Haogu, Young Master Zhang really stopped entanglement Regarding Zhang Liangmiao's matter, quickly echo and praise.Song Xiance, who never thought about lowering his head next to him and thinking about which pot would not be opened, suddenly raised his head and said: "Master, this good temple is a good place, maybe it's the main battlefield of the main force of our big thieves."

"What do you mean?" Eldest Young Master Zhang scolded Song Xiance for being troublesome and asked.Song Xiance said with a smile: "Boss, have you forgotten that traitor Fan Wencheng is in the rebel army? That traitor hates you to the core, and he still has some talents. He must also know about Liuba Zhangliang Temple. This thousand-year-old temple, if we lure the main force of the thieves to Liuba, this dog traitor can't encourage the thieves to demolish your ancestor's temple? Burn your ancestor's temple?"

"It makes sense!" Young Master Zhang patted his thigh, "When I passed by Luoyang this time, if the local officials hadn't stopped me, I would have planned to dig Fan Wencheng's ancestral grave——Fan Wencheng, a traitorous dog, came down the mountain from my ancestor's temple. Passing by, can you not burn my ancestral temple?"

"What courage!" Peng Haogu was furious, and said angrily, "Fan Wencheng is a traitor who betrays his country and seeks glory. He deserves to be exterminated. Not only did Luoyang officials not report the location of his ancestral grave to the imperial court, but they dared to stop Zhang Butang from digging his grave." What is your intention? Zhang Butang, Fan Hanjian’s ancestral grave is there, and those Henan officials stopped you from digging up the grave and spreading the ashes. If it’s not convenient for you, I’m willing to present this memorial to impeach these Henan officials with ulterior motives.”

"Lord Peng, do you really mean that?" Young Master Zhang asked with a smirk: "If Master Peng is willing to ask the court to dig Fan Zhongyan's grave, then I can provide you with the Henan officials who blocked me."

"Fan Zhongyan?!" Peng Haogu's eyes were dumbfounded, and he shrank his neck after a long while and said, "Forget it, Zhang Butang, your ancestor Zhang Zifang, and Fan Zhongyan, I can't afford to provoke you."

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Young Master Zhang dispatched troops in Hanzhong, planned strategies, and prepared to wipe out the main force of the rebels who had ravaged the northwest of Ming Dynasty for several years in the Qinling Mountains. Tianhou, that is, on the day of March [-]th, was almost broken by the rebels, and almost led to the failure of the Xuanda, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Gansu forces' joint efforts to wipe out the thieves...

The incident happened around [-]:[-] am on March [-]th. After sending a small force into the Shensha River to contain the Ming army's ambush, Gao Yingxiang and Luo Rucai immediately led the main force of the rebels to go northward from the official road to Yimen. Hong Chengchou personally led the whole army to line up on the north bank of the Weishui River, and launched a bloody battle with the rebel army relying on the antlers repelling horse fortifications repaired overnight.Because every move of the Ming army was within Fan Wencheng's expectations, the battle was very fierce. Fan Wencheng, who knew that the Ming army would inevitably launch a full-scale counterattack, deliberately bought a group of unsuspecting thieves with rich beauties The Death Squad launched multiple rounds of suicide attacks on the Ming Army's position, and in order to preserve the counterattack force, Hong Chengchou also fell into the trick, and used part of his troops to launch a war of attrition against the Ming Army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of total strength, with the Death Squadron.As a result, after a great battle, more than [-] main soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were killed on the battlefield, countless wounded, and the rebels also lost more than double their troops. In the dry and water-scarce Weishui River, corpses piled up like a mountain, and the river did not flow.

At the end of the afternoon, the Ming army and the rebel army received the battle report almost at the same time. Hong Chengchou received the news that an unknown number of rebel troops were found in the Shensha River trail, and the rebels got the news that the ambush had been arranged. When it was over, Fan Wencheng immediately gave orders, and the rear team of the thieves acted according to the plan, setting off a fake fire and clamoring loudly, causing the illusion of chaos in the rear team.After the Ming army discovered this situation, they also said that the shooting collapsed the sky had already started. Hong Chengchou immediately ordered the Ming army to leave the temporary fortifications and launch a countercharge. The Ming army served as the vanguard to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the thieves.The rebel army began to shrink in an all-round way. While yelling at Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong for betraying the revolutionary traitor and seeking glory, they pretended to be defeated and retreated to Shencha. The Ming army pursued them closely.

"Kill——! Capture Gao Yingxiang alive and dedicate it to Mr. Zhang!" Amidst the shouts, Li Zicheng's army and Zhang Xianzhong's army just kept their eyes on Gao Yingxiang's banner all the way.But when Gao Yingxiang's army retreated to the ruins of Shencha Town, the mountains on both sides of the narrow road in the middle of the Qingjiang River suddenly drummed and horned, and the shouts shook the ground. Huanglong and Liu Zhe led the troops to rush up the mountain to kill. The fire and the army cut the long dragon-like Ming army in two. Hong Chengchou, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were trapped in the southern section of Qingjiang River. Du Wenhuan's more than a thousand troops were blocked outside the encirclement of the bandits.

"It's been tricked!" Hong Chengchou, who was shocked when he found out that he had been tricked by the army, didn't even have time to analyze what went wrong. To shake the morale of the Ming army, Fan Wencheng also viciously ordered the rebel soldiers to shout loudly, "Long live the little Chuang king! Long live the eight heavenly kings! It is our own people who put down their weapons, and only kill Honggou officer!" Hearing this shout Afterwards, the morale of the Ming army was really in turmoil. All the generals believed that they were deceived by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. The Ming army was completely in chaos.The main force of the thieves charged desperately, and the Ming army was defeated. They trampled on each other and fell into the mountain stream, causing countless deaths.Du Wenhuan, who was blocked on the periphery, was so anxious that he almost didn't cry. Although he rushed desperately to meet Hong Chengchou's breakout, he had too few troops and the terrain was not dominant. In the bloody battle, there were heavy casualties and huge losses.

There are enemies in the front and back, and there are boulders and trees falling on the mountain peaks on the left and right at any time and place. The army of Hong Chengchou, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng is considered to be unlucky. Out of the siege, Hong Chengchou's team in the middle position is better. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's troops at the forefront are completely desperate to delay the time for the entire army to be wiped out. They were killed by the high-morale thieves army. But even so, there are still many people in the Ming army who are glaring at the flags of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, thinking that these two thieves tricked us into the encirclement and let us die in vain—the key is The scene was so chaotic that most of the Ming soldiers could not see that it was the troops of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong who were fighting bloody battles to buy time for them to break through.

The bloody battle lasted until dusk. After paying a heavy price, the Ming army never broke out of the encirclement of the rebels. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, and the cries of the rebels getting closer and closer, Hong Chengchou was extremely desperate. Unwilling to be captured and humiliated, he drew his sword and wanted to kill himself and die for the country. Fortunately, the soldiers beside him held his wrist in time and cried loudly: "Zhongcheng, you can't! We still have hope, and the little ones are willing to protect you to break through with all your might."

"It's useless, our troops are too few and the terrain is unfavorable, so we can't go out." Hong Chengchou shook his head in despair, and said with tears: "Besides, because of my incompetence, I fell into the trap of two thieves, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. , I have caused so many brothers to die in vain, even if I can break out, what face do I have to explain to Elder Sun Ge?" After finishing speaking, Hong Chengchou broke away from his soldiers and went to wipe his neck again.

"Zhong Cheng, listen!" The guards grabbed Hong Chengchou in time, pointed to the north and exclaimed in surprise: "North! It seems that there is a new shout of killing coming, it seems that our reinforcements have arrived!" Hong Chengchou listened attentively Listen, sure enough, I heard fierce shouts of killing from the north, and the sound of war drums shaking the sky.Hong Chengchou was overjoyed and shouted: "Reinforcements! It must be our main reinforcements! Hurry up! Go north!"

It should also be Hong Chengchou's luck, and the reinforcements really arrived. Because he received the fierce military report of the Weishui War, Master Zhang personally named Wu Zimian, the Shaanxi general who commanded the main force in Shaanxi and Gansu. A squadron of [-] elite soldiers was assigned to He Huchen, the general of Ningxia, to go ahead and arrive at the Baoji battlefield one night ahead of schedule, just in time for Du Wenhuan's defeated soldiers to ask for help.He Huchen didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly led the new force into the Qingjiang River official road to rescue. With the support of He Huchen's new force and the attack from front and back, Hong Chengchou's army, which had suffered more than half of the casualties, was able to break out of the siege and fled to the north bank of the Weishui River to regroup. The Marko army, who was found to be cheated in the Shenshahe trail, also hurried back to Weishui to join forces, and the Ming army regained its footing.Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's defeated troops fought and retreated. Although they also broke through the siege, Hong Chengchou and He Huchen's troops refused to respond, and were surrounded by the main force of the rebels in Yimen Town. They could only rely on the ruins to hold on.

"Kill! Kill the traitor—!" The rebel army did not dare to rush to the Weishui defense line of the Ming army, which was supplemented by the new force, but had the courage to wipe out the defeated troops of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.Seeing that there are more and more rogue troops besieging their own army outside Yimen Town, the ranks are getting thicker and thicker, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, who have less than [-] troops left, are completely in despair, screaming in despair in their hearts together, "After today's incident, is it possible for officers and soldiers to come to rescue us?"

"Hahahaha...!" At the same time, Fan Wencheng, who had won a complete victory, also laughed wildly among the thieves outside Yimen Town, "Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, you two traitors, you thought you surrendered the little mad dog. So you can sit on a horse and ride a beautiful woman? Master Fan, I want to see today, whether the lackeys of the puppy officer will come to rescue you two traitors, double traitors!"

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