Chapter 265: The Fall of the Hetao

Although Hou Shilu is the secretary of the military department, but now the soldiers and horses of all ministries really support Hou Shilu, only Datong Mansion and Xuanfu, although Sun Chengzong also supports Hou Shilu, but the soldiers and horses in Liaodong are too complicated.

The more stable Hou Shilu's position and the greater his influence, the more beneficial it is to Tiemo. Similarly, the more meritorious the Xuanfu army under Tie Mo, the stronger the combat power, and the more stable Hou Shilu's position will be. The two sides complement each other.

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Chongzhen for three years is destined not to be too smooth. The soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu had just left the capital, and they were still halfway through when they heard bad news.

Wang Ziyong took advantage of Gao Yingxiang's attack on Jianmen Pass to attract the attention of the officials and troops, and suddenly gave up attacking Xianyang and stormed the north. In one day, he went down to the entire territory of Yan'an Mansion, and then took advantage of the situation to go north and capture the entire Suide Mansion. The Suide border army was originally limited in combat effectiveness, and most of the elite were stationed in Xianyang with Cao Wenzhao, and Wang Zi used his troops to suppress the border, and it can be said that he had no power to fight back.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the peasant army had already marched north along Yan'an Mansion to the security army to capture Suide. Zhang Cunmeng did not stop at the mud, and led 10,000 troops to the north along Suide, breaking through Yulin and Shenmu, and the troops pointed directly at Hequ County in the northeast corner of Shaanxi. Hequ is a rare grain-producing area in Shaanxi and northern Shanxi, and if Hequ County is taken by the peasant army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At present, there are only more than 3,000 guards in the garrison of Hequ County, and most of these soldiers and horses are defeated soldiers who have fled from Ningxia and Suide, and their morale is completely lost. Zhang Cunmeng's department has not yet arrived, and the entire Hequ County has been in chaos. Bai Hangu, the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia, was in a hurry, so he could only quickly send a few official documents, asking the border troops of Xuanfu and Datong Mansion to rush to the aid of Hequ.

However, the soldiers and horses of the Datong Mansion and the Xuanfu are still on the way back, and the remaining soldiers and horses also have their own defense tasks, so they can't leave easily.

Lou Daji urged the cavalry to hurry back, and also asked for help from Li Jiasheng with 2,000 cavalry, in order to gallop to help Hequ County, Lou Daji quickly whipped his horse, and the stomach acid that ran was about to vomit out, but even so, he still didn't have time.

Zhang Cunmeng obviously knew that the soldiers were fast, and under the city of Hequ, he didn't do any temptation at all, and launched a fierce attack on Hequ as soon as he came up. Because Hequ is not an important border town, the city wall is very low, and in less than two hours, the peasant army climbed to the head of Hequ City. At this fateful moment, the defeated soldiers whose morale collapsed in the city began to flee again, and someone actually opened the city gate and ran directly to Yinshan. When Bai Hangu saw this situation, he actually led people to flee into Yin Mountain.

Wu Jiliang of Hequ Zhixian County rushed in front of Baihan Valley, wrapped up in his family wealth and fled to Datong, so far, Hequ County has no leader, and the peasant army has no hindrance, and has taken the entire Hequ County. The meander fell too quickly, from Zhang Cunmeng leading his troops to attack the city to the city breaking, less than four hours before and after. Lou Daji led his troops to Shanxi Town, and when he heard that Hequ had fallen, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

Relying on Hequ City, with thousands of soldiers under his command, and a lot of young men to help, how could he hold on for two days, but he didn't last more than four hours, and let the peasant army seize the city. Is that Bai Hangu and Wu Jiliang in their heads full of?

No matter how angry he was, Lou Daji also knew in his heart that it would be useless to rush over at this time. The peasant army will definitely station heavy troops in Hequ and Shenmu, and if they want to take it back, it is not something that the soldiers and horses under their command can do.

Hequ is developed by relying on the Hetao Plain, and with Hequ City, it can radiate the entire Hetao Plain, and can attack Ningxia and Suide at any time. According to this situation, the Hetao Plain will inevitably fall into the hands of the peasant army, although there is a great drought in Shaanxi now, but the Hetao Plain still produces good grain, millions of stone of grain every year.

The Hetao Plain must be recaptured, and Lou Daji knows this. If the peasant army is allowed to sit on the Hetao and develop for two years, the consequences will be unimaginable. Lou Daji, who was in a bad mood, could only rest for half a day, and then led the soldiers and horses back to Datong, and his people almost followed Man Gui into the city.

Man Gui's injury is not yet healed, so many things are left to others to deal with, but this matter is too big. The Hetao Plain fell, Man Gui was almost mad, Lou Daji and the others just entered the door, he hung his arms and scolded: "Wu Jiliang raised by a son of a bitch, Daji, you send someone to the Wu family, and arrest Wu Jiliang for Lao Tzu, I want to go to the court and cut this dog thing with a thousand knives." ”

How can Man Gui not be angry, as the magistrate of Hequ County, he runs faster than Baihan Valley, and does not seek to live and die with Hequ, but if he lasts for a while, he will not be so passive.

Seeing Man Gui's angry appearance, Lou Daji hurriedly stepped forward to appease him: "Lord General Soldier, calm your anger, Wu Jiliang is no longer a thing, he is also the county governor of Hequ, and it is not under our control." Moreover, this old boy is very shrewd, we haven't come back, people have already thought of a way out for themselves, and now the official document of the court has come down, and Wu Jiliang has cut his job and went home. ”

Man Gui's eyes widened, and he stood up suddenly, the sound of heavy breathing indicating how angry he was. After a while, the strength in his body seemed to be drained away, he sat down dejectedly, and laughed helplessly, "Hehe, I made such a big mistake, but I just cut my post and lost my office, what kind of punishment is this?" It seems that this old boy has spent a lot of money......"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it should be a day of thousands of lights and joy, but in the northwest land, it is another bad news. The deputy general of Ningxia, Baihan Valley, went north out of Yin Mountain, and suddenly launched a fierce attack on the Turghut tribe in the south of Warat, and spoke out to the outside world, breaking away from the Ming court and taking refuge in the Khalkha tribe Abadai Khan. The Turghut tribe had little to no defense against the Ming army, and Gushi Khan focused all his attention on the battle with Abadai Khan. Baihan Valley was like entering a no-man's land, and the Turks had no power to fight back.

At the same time, Abadai Khan, who originally wanted to be stable, also began to gather a large army in the upper reaches of the Tula River to storm the original Jungar defense area. Gushi Khan originally lacked sufficient control over Warat, and after repeated setbacks, the various departments of Warat lost confidence in Gushi Khan and began to fight separately.

Bai Han Valley's betrayal was beyond everyone's expectations, the timing of Bai Han Valley's rebellion was too delicate, and a fool wouldn't believe it if he didn't communicate with Abadai Khan before. The matter of Baihan Valley was like a slap in the face of the Ming Dynasty. A few years ago, the Tartars had just wreaked havoc in Gyeonggi for a period of time, and after the New Year, they had not been born for a few days, and this incident happened again, and the prestige of the Ming Dynasty almost fell to the bottom.

In this matter, the six cabinets rarely became extremely consistent with Chongzhen, that is, to find a way to destroy Baihan Valley, even if they do not recover the Hetao Plain for the time being, they must first destroy the rebel army of Baihan Valley. If the Baihan Valley is not destroyed, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty will fall again and again, and in the long run, those Mongolian tribes who are close to the Ming Dynasty will probably have other ideas.

The Mongolian ministries must be told that the Ming Dynasty is still strong, otherwise something big will happen in the north.

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Yunfu Zhang Beicheng, since he came back, Tiemo has been overwhelmed by a series of things. There's been so much going on lately, one after the other, and it's overwhelming. Originally, he had thought of cooperating with Datong Mansion to recover the Hetao Plain as soon as possible, but he never thought that Baihan Valley would suddenly betray Daming.

The Hetao Plain is too important, there is a grain bag in the northwest, a quarter of the grain in the north of Jin comes out of the Hetao Plain, and the major Jin merchants also have a lot of land in the Hetao. It can be said that the Hetao Plain fell, and the biggest loss was not the imperial court, but his iron ink.

As soon as the incident in Baihan Valley came out, the idea of recapturing the Hetao Plain could only be postponed for the time being. At this time, the generals of the Xuanfu hated Baihan Valley.

If Suide, Ningxia, and Hequ County are lost, the imperial court will definitely be held accountable, and Bai Hangu will find a way out for himself, which is understandable. But betraying the Ming Dynasty and choosing to be a dog for Abadai Khan is intolerable. Now all the Mongolian tribes are looking at it, if they don't destroy Baihan Valley, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably plummet.

The black cloud dragon's eyes showed a fierce light, his fists clenched, and he creaked, "Bai Hangu, this bastard, it doesn't matter if he lost the Hetao, he even ran to be a dog for Abadai, it's really hateful." Tie Zongbing, you give the order, as long as you say a word, even if I chase to the ends of the earth, I will destroy the dog thing of Baihan Valley. ”

Tie Mo shook his head with a complicated face, "No, Baihan Valley has its own Manchu army to deal with, and our biggest enemy now is not Baihan Valley, but Abadai." Abadai gathered heavy troops in the upper reaches of the Tula River, seemingly wanting to swallow Warat in one bite, but in fact it was a wolf's ambition. If he is allowed to swallow Warat, the Khalkha army will be able to move south unimpeded, and we will have no peace. ”

"This time, we have to concentrate all our energy on dealing with Abadai, Lao Tzu is going to cripple Abadai at one time, so that he will not dare to have the heart to go south in the future!"

As he spoke, Tie Mo's eyes showed a fierce light, his hands pressed on the table, and he glanced at the generals, "Li Jiasheng and Zhou Dingshan listen to the order, you two lead the cavalry of the headquarters, rush to Mosna first, and cross the Wolf Mountain in two days, as long as the old thing in Abadai dares to move, you will kill directly to the Tula River." When the time comes, Hasler will cooperate with you and try to cripple the Khalkha lair for me. ”

"Huh" Zhou Dingshan and Li Jiasheng hurriedly got up.

"Liu Guoneng, Olge, and Tuobuhua, I will give you 10,000 soldiers and horses, and your task is to cross the Tumo River, once the Khalkha Department pours into the north of Warat, you will directly send troops and take down the Juyan Hague tent. At least, Ju Yanhai must be under our control, I don't care what method you use, if you can't take Ju Yanhai, military law will deal with it. ”

Liu Guoneng suddenly felt a lot of pressure, but he still arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, the general can't take Ju Yanhai, and the last general will come to see you!" ”

"Aqige, you stay in the Hanhai Grassland, especially pay attention to Lin Dan Khan in the east, if Lin Dan Khan dares to come over at this time, give me a hard beating, the Agni Camp will be handed over to you for the time being, your task is to ensure that nothing happens to the Hanhai Grassland, and the Ulan City under construction must not go wrong, otherwise, all our previous efforts will be in vain."

For this Ulan City, the manpower and material resources invested are unknown, millions of taels of silver have been smashed into it, if it is destroyed halfway through, there will be no place to cry.

This time, Abadai Khan must be crippled. As long as the scourge of the Khalkha Ministry is missing, the Ming border army can draw out a lot of troops to deal with the domestic bandits, especially the Datong Mansion and the Xuanfu Mansion, and they can deal with the king of Shaanxi without pressure.

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It was another night as cold as water, the moonlight was cold, and the withered branches swayed in the wind. It was late at night, Nunu couldn't stay up, and slept sweetly on Tiemo's legs, squatting on the other side, gnawing on the meat and bones in the basin.

Hai Lanzhu and Chang Minyue looked at the account book quietly, exchanging a few sounds from time to time, revealing a tired look. Build Ulan City, expedition to Liaodong, allocate a sum of money to Inspector Sun, and then have to fully conquer the Khalkha Department in the north, military salaries and materials are like flowing water, even if Duofu is rich and rich, Chang Minyue has a good business, at this time it is a little unbearable.

Hai Lanzhu has accompanied Chang Minyue to read the account twice, and she can't find a place to pick up money. The food is okay, what Yunfu saved before can still last for half a year, but there is not much money left, if the war lasts for three months, there is no need for Abadai Khan to exert his might, and Yunfu's finances themselves will have to go bankrupt.

Tiemo is now in charge of the military affairs of the Xuanfu, and it seems that he has a lot of power, but there are more places to pay for it, but the imperial court is financially empty, and he can't afford to support the Xuanfu.

Hai Lanzhu put down the account book and glanced at Tie Mo who was sitting at the window in a daze, "You are relaxed, but you don't know how difficult it is to get military salaries and materials." From the beginning of spring last year to the present, Yunfu has not recuperated much, and has been fighting, and the family funds accumulated now are really about to be hollowed out. ”

Speaking of military supplies, Chang Minyue knew better than Hai Lanzhu, she frowned, very sad, "I looked through the account books and thought about it for a long time, but this time I couldn't think of any way to get military salaries." Moreover, I always feel that something is wrong, is the cost of weapons too much in the last six months? ”

Tiemo didn't have any idea about this, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

Chang Minyue rolled her eyes with a wry smile, pinched her eyebrows and said, "I don't know, I just vaguely feel that something is not right." ”

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Just when the troops and horses of the Xuanfu were sharpening their knives and preparing to make a move against Abadai Khan, many changes took place in other places.

On the twentieth day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, because the rogues ravaged Shaanxi and the Hetao Plain fell, the imperial court ordered that Yang He's position as the governor of the three sides be revoked, and he was arrested and returned to Beijing, and then convicted. Chen Qiyu will replace Yang He as the new governor of the three sides, and at the same time, Cao Wenzhao will be promoted to the general army of Suide, temporarily controlling the soldiers and horses of Ningxia. The meaning of the imperial court was to hope that Chen Qiyu could cooperate with the border armies of Datong Mansion and Xuanfu to recover the Hetao Plain as soon as possible and restrict the king's own use.

Chen Qiyu originally came in high spirits, but after arriving in Shaanxi, he realized how bad the situation was. The Xuanfu had to deal with Abadai Khan and could not draw troops, and the Datong Mansion had to divide troops to help Xuanfu deal with Abadai Khan, and it also had to allocate energy to exterminate Baihan Valley. In short, the Xuanfu and Datong Mansions did not have the spare energy to send troops to Shaanxi for the time being. Just rely on these soldiers and horses in Shaanxi right now, what can they do? Chen Qiyu had no choice but to urge the imperial court to send reinforcements.

It is impossible to have reinforcements, but Chen Qiyu's excerpt helped Yang He. Originally, Cheng Jiming and others wanted to convict Yang He, but Chen Qiyu also made no achievements, Hou Shilu came forward to protect Yang He again, and after some consideration, although Yang He failed to resume his official position, at least his life was worry-free.