Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 534 Comeback
As soon as the 15th year of Chongzhen began, the smell of gunpowder condensed over the Ming Empire was already strong and suffocating.

On the frontal battlefield, the officers and soldiers were already somewhat unable to withstand the attack of the Chuang army. In the past, the officers and soldiers chased and killed the peasant army, but now on the Central Plains battlefield, the Chuang army has become the climate and reversed this situation. The distance between Luoyang and Kaifeng , County towns have fallen one after another, and now the Henan government army can only hide in a big city like Luoyang Kaifeng and linger on, unable to do anything to the peasant army criss-crossing the vast land of the Central Plains.

On the other side of Henan, in Shaanxi, separated by a river, the officers and soldiers are still struggling to quench their thirst by drinking poison.

"Bring me the old stuff!"

Amidst the ferocious scolding, the five seniors and the three bearded officers and soldiers kicked an old woman to the ground viciously, picked up the shriveled grain bag, turned their heads arrogantly, and walked out of the dilapidated hut. Two hungry skinny children He was so frightened that he cried loudly. Hearing the crying, and looking at the old woman who was kicked to the ground, the old farmer crawled over frantically, grabbed his cold hands tremblingly, and then raised his head miserably. Chanting.

"A crime!"

Amidst the rapid sound of horseshoes, the cavalry galloped out with pockets one after another, leaving only a crying Zhuangzi everywhere. Some cavalry not only carried food, but also carried struggling girls one by one. At the back of the horse team, strong men with ropes tied to their hands staggered and ran behind. They were said to be strong men, but these people were already skinny and skinny, and there were even children who were only fourteen or fifteen years old.

Amidst the tragic wailing, all the cavalry gathered in the suburbs of Xi'an.

The ancient capital of Xi'an, once the capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the important place of the Qin Dynasty, I don't know how many times thousands of troops and horses have gathered here throughout the ages. Today, it can be equally lively here. More than 5 officers and soldiers from Guyuan, including Niu Chenghu, deputy general Zhang Guoqin, general Zhang Yinggui's Shendaoling, and Suzhou Town's Western soldiers gathered here.

There are tens of thousands of people, there are no boundaries, 6 officers and soldiers and more than [-] strong men who have been captured have set up a camp in Shanglinyuan in the old Tang Dynasty. The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty marched forward like a mountain formation, their guns blared like thunder, and from a distance, there were groups of cavalry participating in the drill, with their horseshoes rolling, and their momentum was not inferior to that of the Shence Army of the late Tang Dynasty. It's true that the Ce army may not be able to defeat the Northwest Frontier Army of Ming Dynasty. After all, the frontier army's so many firearms are not for display.

There are only so many frontier soldiers in the northwest, and there are only about a hundred thousand frontier soldiers in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. They have defended the capital, suppressed the peasant army, and fought in Huguang. Qin Jun, looking closer, there are many beardless and immature faces under the heavy armor. Even fourteen or fifteen-year-old military households had to take up weapons during the recruitment. The three sides of Shaanxi can be regarded as scars Tired.

However, the new trilateral governor Wang Qiaonian didn't think so. Looking at the soldiers performing drills below, he was full of ambition and waited for the army to complete the drill. At noon, wearing a set of Wenshan armor, Wang Qiaonian, who was like a god of war, was shining against the sun. The mighty one suddenly drew out his sword.

"Beat the drum! Go up to the dragon!"

More than 5 troops neatly listed the Wanquan Great Array according to their arms, and dozens of military drums were also roaring like thunder, but under the eyes of everyone, it was strange that it was a small gray snake more than one meter long. I don't know how many lifetimes this snake has suffered from blood mold. It was firmly tied to a sword rest by a few golden silk threads. When it was illuminated by the scorching sun and so many people watched it, the snake wanted to twist and run away in fear.

But what was even more unlucky was that, holding the sword high, Wang Qiaonian cut it off without blinking an eyelid. The snake's head flew far away, and a jet of black blood sprayed on the pure white silk, without shaking off the blood on the sword at all. In other words, Wang Qiaonian proudly raised his long sword and roared at the army.

"Li Bandit's ancestral grave is empty, Feng Shui has been broken, the demon dragon's veins have been cut off in front of the army, and their defeat is only a matter of time. They will seal their wives and sons, and they will all be in the second battle. All officers and men, come out with the governor! Ping the bandits!"

"Mighty! Mighty!"

Facing the blazing sun, tens of thousands of soldiers of the three armies cheered and raised their weapons.

It is said that success looks for experience, and failure looks for reasons!Although the scholar-bureaucrats in Ming Dynasty were very corrupt, there are still some advantages, but it seems that the reasons they found were a little bit off. They didn't want to pursue their own corruption. In fact, after Wang Qiaonian took over as governor of the three sides in December last year, he immediately instructed Mizhi county magistrate Bian Dashou to dig Li Zicheng's ancestral grave, and presented an unlucky snake caught in the ancestral grave as a dragon vein spiritual object, before the three armies beheaded.

When describing this period of history, many literati attributed Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing and the emperor's escape after only sitting there for a day to the fact that the dragon veins of the ancestral tomb were broken. Although this countermeasure is quite nonsense, it is very strong to encourage the morale of the army at this time. , Although there are many recruits, the morale of this Qin army is still high, and they marched towards Tongguan with a mighty shout, and they were about to leave the pass to fight a bloody battle with Li Chuang's million-strong army.

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"It's time for Wang Qiaonian to leave the customs!"

A weak voice came from the warm room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The voice was old and tired, as if it was an old man. It was hard to imagine that it came from the mouth of a young man in his early thirties. Emperor Chongzhen lay exhausted on the bed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Back to the emperor, according to the date, Wang Qiaonian should be out of customs for five days."

There are many great eunuchs around Chongzhen, Cao Huachun, Fang Yixian, Gao Qiqian, Fang Zhenghua, but the one who really waits beside Chongzhen every day is Wang Chengen, who seems to be unknown in this era, and is similar to all eunuchs these days, Wang Chengen is also chubby and flabby Face, slightly bloated body arched, hands clasped in front of him, bowed respectfully to answer, with a lazy smile on his face, but this answer did not seem to satisfy Emperor Chongzhen.

After a while of silence, he looked up at the auspicious bats painted on the ceiling. After a while, Emperor Chongzhen asked weakly again.

"Tell me, can Wang Qiaonian and Zuo Liangyu kill the intruder?"

Wang Chengen who asked this question obviously stuttered, kill Li Chuang?Yang He was not killed, Ding Qirui was not killed, Chen Qiyu was not killed, Zuo Liangyu was not killed, even Yang Sichang, who carried the power of the whole country, was most trusted by Emperor Chongzhen, and had the most generous military salary resources, was not killed. Now that Li Chuang broke through Luoyang, blocked the siege of Kaifeng, and Zuo Liangyu was besieged in Yancheng, at this time Wang Qiaonian wanted to kill Li Zicheng with only 5 people, which was obviously too naive.

But I couldn't tell the emperor about this. After stuttering for a second or so, Wang Chengen already smiled and bowed, and replied cleverly: "God bless me, Governor Wang has already dug up the dragon veins of Li Chuang's ancestral tomb, and cut off his family. The monster dragon, the intruder is out of luck, and it won't be long before the intruder has to be caught without a fight, sent to the capital, and handed over to His Majesty to deal with!"

Wang Chengen was very careful in making up for it, but who in Chongzhen could survive the conspiracy-ridden Wanli Tianqi Dynasty and be proclaimed emperor by the officials? Captured, a wave of irritability was clearly shown on the young emperor's face.

But unexpectedly, this time the emperor did not lose his temper and throw things, but calmly thought about the next step.

"Cheng En, if Wang Qiaonian also loses, who can be my supervisor again?"

"Here, the minister is the minister, and this matter should be judged by His Majesty!"

This is a bit of a fart. He, Wang Chengen, is the supervisor of ceremonies and is qualified to participate in national affairs, but he really doesn't know who can take on this burden. Yuan Chonghuan is dead, Zhang Mengjing is dead, Lu Xiangsheng is dead, Yang Gao and Liu Ce and Sun Yuanhua are all dead. The damn Xiong Wencan managed to save his life under the joint efforts of Song Qingshu and Zheng Zhilong. Sun Chengzong is considered a veteran, but after the Battle of Hebei, his whole family seemed to have died in the chaos, and even if he didn’t die , now more than 80, how can I still supervise the teacher?

Now the world has become a mess, almost all the territory outside the customs and all the military power have been lost, and Jiannu is eyeing the capital, the Central Plains is also out of control, Huguang, Henan, Li Chuang and Zhang Thieves directly messed up the heart of the Ming Dynasty and the grain production areas It's a mess, the connection between the capital and the Northwest has significantly reduced its control, and there is Huainan, which the emperor didn't even want to mention. Although Song Qingshu did not rebel, he did the most damage to the majesty of the imperial court. At this time, the imperial court really couldn't use any strength to check and balance him. Wang Chengen really didn't know who could turn the tide.

Emperor Chongzhen who ticked this question obviously became more irritable. He clenched his fist and raised it, but then put it back weakly, and finally threw the question aside first, and asked more wearily: " How is the situation with Chen Xinjia?"

To say that Emperor Chongzhen was indecisive, Lu Xiangsheng was in charge of the battle, and Yang Sichang was in charge of peace. He connived at Yang Sichang's high potential to kill Lu Xiangsheng, who was the leader of the battle. Instead, he was afraid of his reputation and refused to let go of the reconciliation, which attracted Song Jin from the Qing army. In the war, the entire Liaodong was lost, and it was painful to be beaten. Once again, it was considered to negotiate a peace.

Chen Xinjia, as the governor of Sichuan, promoted the Minister of the Ministry of War, and recently he specially handled this matter.

"Go back to the emperor, the other side is talking, the ministers are very attentive, Long Live Lord can rest easy!"

Wang Chengen always reported the good news but not the bad news like this, and the emperor gave another wry smile when he heard it, but soon after, Zhu Youjian suddenly had a flash of inspiration and slammed on his faucet.

"Chengen, pass the decree, go to the Great Ban immediately!"

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No matter what era, where are the most talented people?prison!The high-ranking official and the mayor of the later generations, the richest man imprisoned two, and now they are all elites who passed the imperial examination. .

However, those who were invited out were obviously more elite than those elites. The former commander-in-chief of the Northern Army of Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou!
It is no wonder that when Hong Chengchou served as the governor of the three sides, it was the most effective period for the Ming army to fight against the peasant army. The Shaanxi army Heren Longniuchenghu was his old unit, and Hong Chengchou could be regarded as an expert in dealing with Li Zicheng. Losing the battle of Songjin and losing the last and strongest army of 13 in Ming Dynasty made Zhu Youjian furious, but now there is really no good candidate besides him!

Hong Chengchou, who was listening to the hearing of the Sanju Judiciary in the sky prison, was taken out of the sky prison again.

The official uniform was a crimson fifth-rank official that was temporarily found in the palace. It was obviously too big for Hong Chengchou to wear, and it was uncomfortable for him to tidy up while walking. Wang Chengen still had the same smiling face as he walked On the one hand, he said hurriedly.

"Congratulations to Mr. Hong, congratulations to Mr. Hong, this time Long Live Lord has placed a lot of hope in you, and he will use you a lot, reuse it, and if you make a move, Li Chuang is a jumping clown. In front of you, Zajia is also happy for Lord Hong!"

It was the highest honor of the Ming Dynasty again, summoned by the platform, but looking at the Yuntai Gate of Jianji Hall and listening to Wang Chengen's sweet words, Hong Chengchou had just washed himself clean, but there was a wry smile on his still dark face.

Before entering the door, Wang Chengen hurriedly reminded: "Lord Hong, His Majesty's expression has been very weak recently. What should I say and what should I not say, my lord?"

"The next official knows, father-in-law don't worry!"

Stopping at the door and finally tidying up his clothes, Hong Chengchou solemnly agreed, and finally smiled with satisfaction, Wang Chengen's shrill voice raised his voice.

"Governor Hong Chengchou, Governor of Jiliao, has arrived!"

"Honor Hong Chengchou, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

As soon as he entered the door, Hong Chengchou immediately bowed respectfully and kowtowed upwards. Seeing him, Emperor Chongzhen obviously felt a little better, and actually smiled a rare one.

"Hong Qing is very energetic! You are worthy of being my long-victorious general, so get up and talk!"

"I thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, I was not in the mood to quibble. When Hong Chengchou got up, Emperor Chongzhen asked straightforwardly: "Today there are trespassers rampaging in the Central Plains, besieging Kaifeng, and attacking Zuo Liangyu in Yancheng. I want to worship Hong Qing as the governor of the five provinces. How many soldiers and horses do you think you need to lead the army of the Shanshan-Shaanxi-Henan imperial court and wipe out the Li bandits?"

Historically, this opportunity belonged to Sun Chuanting. He almost without thinking about it set up five fingers and five thousand elite soldiers.

"Fifty thousand troops?"

"No, Your Majesty, I need 50 troops!"

As soon as the painting was drawn, Emperor Chongzhen's smile froze on his face for an instant, and Wang Chengen's slack smile on the side also became extremely ugly. Seeing Zhu Youjian sat down on the seat again with a sullen face, Wang Chengen's yin and yang suddenly rose He raised his voice and asked Hong Chengchou.

"Lord Hong, it's not because Songshan lost all your courage. Is Lian Po old?"

(End of this chapter)