Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 191 Darkness Chen Cang
No wonder Hong Chengchou frowned.

The development of the situation to this point has surpassed Hong Chengchou's control. The Jingyuan Mutiny a while ago and the frontier riot led by Shen Yiyuan have dealt a big blow to Yulin Town. Du Wenhuan's [-] soldiers and horses are almost the only mobile force in Yulin Town.

In the battle of Fenchuan River, one-fifth of the army in Yulin Town was wiped out. Listening to Zhang Zishou's embellished report, Hong Chengchou wished to cut down Du Wenhuan, who acted recklessly and disobediently.

Moreover, Hong Chengchou had already valued Song Qingshu very much before, but he didn't expect Song Qingshu's talent to shock him again.

Wen Neng governed the region, and Wu Neng led troops on horseback. These figures were pushed by Du Wenhuan to the side of the rebels. It is no wonder that Hong Chengchou did not even write a letter calling for him.

Hong Chengchou didn't understand Yang He's nervousness at this time. Now the strength of the Shaanxi government army is like a dumbbell, and the north is concentrated on three sides. Most of the troops in the south are concentrated in Xi'an Prefecture, Hancheng, and Hanzhong, maintaining the Guanzhong Plain, the granary in the northwest, and suppressing the countless groups of refugees wandering outside the granary.

The Qingyang mansion in the middle becomes the thinnest part of the dumbbell. If Song Qingshu captures this place, the strength of the peasant army will skyrocket. From Song Qingshu's 20 people entering Qingyang, the force expanded to 3 in ten days.

This is not the most frightening thing, the most frightening thing is that if Qingyang is lost, even Yang He dare not say that he can bear the anger of the temperamental majesty of the capital.

So he issued a death order and ordered Hong Chengchou to lead troops to support Qingyang immediately.

The problem is, Hong Chengchou doesn't believe that Song Qingshu will fight Qingyang!

The Guanzhong at this time is completely different from the Guanzhong that supported the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties. There are severe droughts everywhere, the population is withered, the soldiers and the people are no longer there, and the strength of the three frontier troops in Shaanxi is quite strong. Many people even believe that the Shaanxi soldiers are stronger than the The soldiers and horses in Liaodong lack food and pay internally, and they cannot occupy a fixed base area under the attack of the official army. Hong Chengchou believes that if he is in power, within two years, the rogue rebellion in Shaanxi will be quelled.

Song Qingshu seems to see this very clearly. After Song Qingshu was persuaded to surrender by himself, Hong Chengchou had met with Mr. Li of Qi County. If it hadn’t been for the mutiny of the Xing family, Song Qingshu would have rushed to Shanxi at all costs. Since Song Qingshu has determined that Guanzhong is a dead end One, now he turned around and drilled into this pocket, is it possible?

But believe it or not is one thing, Song Qingshu's [-] peasant army has completely surrounded Qingyang Mansion, and Yang He is already very dissatisfied with himself about the Fenchuan River, if he resists orders and defends this time By the Yellow River, Hong Chengchou doubted whether Yang He would cut off his head before his own misfortune?
After receiving the order in the morning, Hong Chengchou was in a daze until the afternoon. Only then did Hong Chengchou calm down, stuffed Yang He's order Tuanba Tuanba into his arms, and shouted loudly: "Hong Fu, master, I will pack my luggage. Master, I want to supervise the army personally." Go west!"

The governor's mansion was busy immediately, and Hong Chengchou was indeed a capable minister. When he was the governor of the three sides, he not only quelled the uprising of the peasant army in Shaanxi, but also went to Shanxi to cooperate with Yang Sichang's plan to set up a net in four or six corners and arrest him. He lived in Gao Yingxiang, defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and fled Li Zicheng's [-] troops to Shangluo Mountain with only eighteen riders in a hurry.

Perhaps it was a fault caused by a poor family when he was young. Once he became prosperous, Hong Chengchou was particularly willing to enjoy material life. In Xi'an, he would go to Song Qingshu if he had nothing to do. This is a high-end and elegant western pastry shop in his eyes. Food, when you become a governor, beauties are always with you, you can't get tired of eating fine stews, cooks, tailors, and beauties who eat and drink have to bring a lot.

In later history, after Songjin was defeated in the battle and captured, the civil and military forces of the Qing court and the Manchu court could not persuade him to surrender. Huang Taiji wanted to kill him, but the college student Fan Wencheng wiped Hong Chengchou's clothes from a piece of swallow cake. It can be seen for a long time that Hong Chengchou is absolutely afraid of death, he cherishes dirty clothes so much, let alone people?So Huang Taiji became impatient again, he didn't know what kind of kindness and power he gave, and there were rumors about the scandal between Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Dayuer and Hong Chengchou, and finally took Hong Chengchou under his command and became the number one hero in the pacification of Daming.

Hesitating in the morning, loading the car in the afternoon, and packing up in the evening, if it wasn't for the urgent urging of Yang He's messenger, Hong Chengchou would have thought of leaving tomorrow.

At this time, the leader of Yulin Town is Li Bei, the deputy general. The position of the commander-in-chief is to control the guerrillas of the frontier army.

Li Bei was a quick-tempered man. In the second year of Chongzhen, the governor Liu Guangsheng conquered the rebels, that is, the rebel army of the same clan of the old Huihui. Li Bei once led two hundred elite cavalry and marched continuously for two days and nights. After a few moments, thousands of beheads were beheaded, and this irritable man summoned his subordinates to wait for Hong Chengchou all afternoon, one can imagine how anxious he was!

It was not easy for Hong Chengchou to pack his five carts and bring them into the army. Li Bei didn't even want to hold an oath to send troops. Anyway, the Anjia money he sent was real, so he immediately rushed out with troops.

It can be said that the army was ready to rescue Qingyang, but before Hong Chengchou could drive out of Yulin city gate, a man who looked like a domestic servant on a horse came from the east and stopped the army with shouts.

"Governor! Mr. Sun Boya's reply has been delivered!"

A letter was delivered to Hong Chengchou's gorgeous carriage by the soldiers. When he heard the owner of the letter, Hong Chengchou suddenly regained his energy. After reading it several times in a row, he suddenly slammed the table again.

"Can't go!"

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In the north, when Hong Chengchou was repeatedly entangled, in the south, just north of Yanchuan County under Hong Chengchou's nose, and northeast of Yanchuan County in the middle of the loess high slope, in an unnamed valley in an unnamed valley in the innumerable depressions , but it showed an extremely cheering and lively scene.

"I'm home!"

In the mountain depression, countless peasant troops rushed out of their tents and headed out of the valley, while horseshoes trampled up smoke and dust all over the sky, and more than 5000 cavalry galloped back bravely and vigorously under the banner of the begging army.

Almost running at the front of the team, Caiwei's big bright eyes turned red, and she eagerly searched the crowd, and finally rushed to the leading black cavalry with tears in her voice.

"elder brother!"

Hearing the soul-stirring crying sound, Song Qingshu quickly jumped off the horse helplessly, and regardless of the army, he directly opened his arms and hugged Caiwei's delicate body, and patted her on the back to persuade her: "Okay!" Come on, isn't this all coming back?"

"Let you lie to me! Let you lie to me! Next time you lie to me, I'll jump off the car and die!" Still confused, full of crying, Caiwei's little fist hit Song Qingshu's back fiercely After a few times, he lay down in his arms and cried.

Fearing that it would be unsafe this time, Song Qingshu rarely used some traditional Chinese medicine to help Caiwei fall asleep, and then took the female relatives away with Scarface. She has always followed Song Qingshu and never left, no wonder Caiwei Wei was angry and scared like this.

On this side, it's rare to see his iron-blooded commander flustered by his wife, showing his human side. The cavalry around him all smiled and showed their big yellow teeth. They took off their helmets tiredly and looked at Xing The matchmaker felt a little joy in her heart, even if you can manage the house gently, it is not this girl who will live and die with him on the battlefield!
Scarred face still couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly came out and shouted: "What are you looking at, get out of the village and wash it! If you go late, the hot steamed buns will be gone!"

As soon as they heard that there was something to eat, thousands of tired soldiers immediately lit up their eyes, led their horses and squeezed into the valley. At the gate, many elders still recognized their sons, weeping with joy, but the lively cheers spread far away.

The wisdom of the ancestors really cannot be ignored. The intention of this military operation came entirely from Du Wenhuan's military book, Liu Bowen's "A Hundred Battles", No. 40, which Song Qingshu inadvertently opened that night!
When fighting, be surprised and hide behind, rush east and west, make the enemy unprepared, and win if you do this!

To put it more familiarly, it is to use feints to confuse the enemy's sight, so that the enemy does not know their strategic intentions!For example, during the Battle of Guandu during the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shao towned Liyang and sent Guo Tu Yanliang to attack the white horse. Cao Cao had few soldiers and used Xun You's strategy. Instead of confronting Yuan Shao head-on on the white horse, he went north to Yanjin, posing as if I don't want my hometown. Attacking your rear posture, Yuan Shao really caught the trick and swung his army to Yanjin. As a result, Cao Cao, who had a feint shot, quickly returned to the army, defeated Yan Liang's army who was isolated and helpless on the white horse, and even beheaded Yan Liang.

This time, Song Qingshu did the same thing. He fought Qingyang with great fanfare, halfway against Sun Bin’s plan to reduce the number of kitchens, and to increase the number of kitchens. He kept transporting troops to the east, and at the same time coerced the local hungry people to make up for it. After arriving in Qingyang, on the day of the siege of Qingyang Mansion, Song Qingshu deliberately wanted to release the military power of the small group of peasant troops who belonged to him. After being protested by the group, he immediately led the cavalry to withdraw. Without him as the leader, he was still greedy for the wealth of Qingyang Mansion However, a large team composed of tens of thousands of hungry people still continued to besiege Qingyang City under the banner of the beggar army, and Song Qingshu became a target for nothing!

As for their fate, Song Qingshu didn't want to take care of it, and he couldn't take care of it anymore. Now he is wholeheartedly going east to Jin Dynasty, looking for a safe place to recuperate among the rugged and complicated mountains in Shanxi.

Going back, he took a bath with the water of the Yellow River, and ate another meal of grilled Yellow River carp. Song Qingshu, with a scarred face, lit the lamp and waited for the generals. They gathered together nervously and looked at the map. Song Qingshu asked solemnly.

"Have you found the Yellow River ferry you were looking for?"

"I found it!" Scarface slowly pointed his finger on the map as if you were relieved of my work.

"Here, Yongning Pass!"

(End of this chapter)