Chapter 263: Soldiers Coming to the Sword Gate

Min Gongzi watched the excitement of the night, and finally couldn't sit still at this time, "Three thousand taels!" ”

"Three thousand five hundred taels ....."

In the end, this ink treasure was pocketed by Ma Tang, a wealthy merchant in the capital, at a price of 8,000 taels. Cuiyanlou sighed from time to time, no one expected that there would be Inspector Sun's Mobao before coming, most of them came in the spirit of watching the excitement. You must know that with Inspector Sun's Mobao, prepare more silver, and it will not let Ma Tang take such a big advantage.

As he spoke, a second lot came up, this time not with a treasure but with a knife. From the outside, you can't see anything about this knife, that is, an ordinary standard steel knife, but for some reason, many people feel that this knife has a strong bloody aura.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this knife is the saber of the Yunfu garrison General Tiemo, and the knife is called "Silence". This knife has been with the iron general for more than two years, stained with countless blood, and the people who died under this knife are unknown, such as the little red wolf of the white-waisted mountain, the demon king of the wild fox ridge, the Bayan Khan of the Mongolian Sunit Department, and the Jurchen Tartar Mang Gurtai. It can be said that this sword has witnessed countless victories, and this time the Iron Shogun reluctantly auctioned the saber in order to raise disaster relief silver. ”

"The starting price of this knife is one thousand taels, five hundred taels a time!"

For a while, many people were moved, the knife was an ordinary knife, but if it was really General Tie's saber, it would be different. He has killed Bayan Khan and slaughtered the Tartar Belmang Gurtai, this knife is no matter how ordinary the material is, it is also a treasure knife.

"Miss Xiao, this knife is really General Tie's saber?"

Xiao Ruxue smiled faintly, "There will definitely be no mistake, Wanbao Zhai's two hundred years of reputation is guaranteed, how can he lie?" What's more, no matter how bold I am Wanbao Zhai, I don't dare to deceive people under the banner of General Tie. ”

After getting confirmed, there are more people who are tempted.

This knife can be hung at home for future generations to admire, such a knife can be used to avoid evil, and it will be used to town the house.

"I'll give you two thousand!"

"Two Thousand Five ....."

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A blood-stained knife was finally sold for 13,000 taels, and the person who bought the knife was Zhang Weixian.

Zhang Weixian's face hurt, and he couldn't help but blame a little, "If you buy this knife, you should have said it earlier, how good it is to give it to this grandfather, it is better to use it in the town." It's good now, and my grandfather is worth 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Tie Mo stared helplessly, he didn't seem to let you shoot, right? Don't talk about Zhang Weixian, Tiemo didn't expect his saber to fetch such a high price. I have to say that now in the Ming Dynasty, the poor are really poor, and the rich are really rich. This auction is also the biggest anecdote of the year, and it is talked about, and some smart people have seen something interesting from this auction.

In order to protect their reputation, they didn't even dare to donate more silver taels, for fear of being accused of corruption and bribery. In this auction, there are all kinds of things that come out, and there are all kinds of garbage things, but these garbage things are still bought at a high price. The person who organized the trade fair was also a high-ranking person, and eighty percent of those garbage things were secretly obtained, and those Qingliu officials really wanted to take out items for auction, and they wouldn't take a bunch of broken things.

used a bunch of broken *** to pay a sum of money to those people, this trick is really amazing.

At this time, in a mansion, Cheng Jiming looked at the pair of rag shoes with leaky toes on the ground, and his face was gloomy and terrifying. Thousands of taels of silver, buying a pair of rag shoes, is also a wonder in the world. made people create gossip and seriously injured Queen Yi'an and Tiemo, but no one believed it, and on the contrary, it made Tiemo a pit. Who organized this auction, Cheng Jiming knew it in his heart.

Although Xiao Ruxue is the eldest lady of the Xiao family, if no one supports her, she would not dare to do such a thing, and she also put the auction location in Cuiyan Building, which is clearly sarcastic. At this moment, Cheng Jiming and the others also put away their contempt, Tiemo is different from most border generals, this guy is young, but he is very old when he does things, and he doesn't leak anything when he deals with things, at least until now, he hasn't been able to catch Tiemo's handle.

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When the bell of the Temple of Mercy and Grace rang, accompanied by the cold moon and stars, the second year of Chongzhen finally came to an end.

On the first day of Chongzhen's third year, it was cloudy, but the long-awaited snow did not come down. The wind was a little strong, and the iron ink wrapped in a cloak and stared blankly at the pond in the yard. There is a thick layer of ice in the pond, just like the dilemma that Daming is facing at this time, and he doesn't know when it will melt. Hai Lanzhu tucked her two hands into her sleeves, frowned, looked at Tie Mo's preoccupied appearance, and said softly: "Are you worried that those people will continue to look for trouble?" ”

The corners of Tie Mo's mouth twitched, and he smiled: "I don't worry too much about those people, as long as I return to Yunfu, what can they do to me?" I'm worried about those rogues, now that the Jurchen Tartars are getting more and more powerful in Liaodong, if the rogues make more trouble, half of the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed by those rogues. ”

Since Li Zicheng entered Hanzhong, there has been no major movement over there. But the more this is the case, the more worried Tiemo becomes. The calm before the storm is the deadliest, and who knows what the hell the rogues are doing?

Tiemo was just worried, but he didn't expect these words to come true. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, several fast horses entered the Forbidden City, and it didn't take long for the Manchu civil and military forces to get busy and hold the first court meeting of the new year.

Three days before the official document was delivered to the Forbidden City, that is, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Zicheng and Hua Xiaorong, with the help of Neiying in the city, suddenly attacked Nanzheng in Hanzhong, and because Neiying opened the city gate, Nanzheng City fell into the hands of the peasant army in only two hours. At the same time, Gao Yingxiang's main force quickly moved south along the Meridian Valley, and the main force of the peasant army spread to the northern part of Hanzhong, and in the blink of an eye, Hanzhong City became an isolated city. Almost at the same time, Wang Ziyong sent Zhang Dashou, who was full of stars, and Zhang Cunmeng, who was not sticky to the mud, to attack Xianyang and coerce Xi'an Mansion.

Due to the Tartar seizure, the officers and soldiers entered the king of Beijing Qin, at this time Yang He's troops were very limited, although Cao Wenzhao's troops urgently returned to Xianyang, but still could not solve the problem of insufficient troops. Gao Yingxiang's main army, almost without any resistance, easily passed through the Meridian Valley. At this time, Yang He could only deal with Wang for his own use, and he had no time to take care of Gao Yingxiang. However, He Jingyuan, the prefect of Hanzhong, and Gao Wenjian, the former prefect of Fengxiang, were afraid of being blocked by the peasant army, so they abandoned Hanzhong without authorization, fled to the east, and stationed in Xing'an with the remnants of Hanzhong.

Xing'an is located in the east of Hanzhong Prefecture, west of Hanyin and Hanzhong, more than 70 miles away from Hanyin City, and more than 100 miles away from Hanzhong. The remnants of Hanzhong are stationed in Xing'an, which can be said to be meaningless, because Gao Yingxiang's real goal is not to use Hanzhong as a springboard to enter Henan, but to enter the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Because He Jingyuan led his troops to flee to Xing'an, the southwest of Hanzhong Mansion was suddenly empty. Next, the peasant army entered a no-man's land, and Li Yangchun, the king of the Four Heavens, immediately led Yingshan Honghua Xiaorong to attack Qipanguan in the southwest of Nanzheng City with 5,000 soldiers and horses. More than 300 guards at Qipanguan fled, and Li Yangchun easily won Qipanguan without spending a single soldier. Li Yangchun's headquarters did not stop, continued to go south, and in a blink of an eye entered Guangning County in the north of Sichuan and Shu.

The peasant army was strong, coupled with the loss of Hanzhong's geographical advantage, the garrison of Wu Guofu in northern Sichuan was limited, and he did not dare to come hard, so he could only lead his troops to push thirty miles, and did not stop until he retreated to Jianmen Pass. At this time, the peasant army was in hot pursuit, sweeping the entire Guangning County, with the arrival of Li Zicheng, for a time there were more than 30,000 peasant troops blocked in front of the Jianmen Pass.

Jianmen Pass, the eternal Xiongguan, guards the ancient road of Bashu. This Xiongguan has also become Wu Guofu's biggest reliance against the peasant army.

The peasant army broke into the land of Bashu, which led to the chaos in Bashu, and Qin Liangyu, who was preparing for the New Year, also lost the mind of the New Year, urgently recruited more than 4,000 soldiers, and rushed to the aid of Jianmen Pass with his brothers.

If the peasant army wanted to seize Sichuan and Shu, it couldn't get around Jianmen Pass, so after resting for half a day, the peasant army began round after round of fierce attacks on Jianmen Pass. Relying on this eternal Xiongguan, Wu Guofu led his subordinates to resist desperately, and the peasant army suffered heavy losses, leaving more than 6,000 corpses in just two days. But again, Wu Guofu was also injured.

When Qin Liangyu arrived, he saw Wu Guofu who was dying. On the twenty-ninth day of the second year of Chongzhen, Wu Guofu, a veteran general in northern Sichuan, was seriously injured and died in Jianmen Pass, and the heavy responsibility of defending Jianmen Pass fell on the shoulders of Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu knew very well in his heart that relying only on the soldiers and horses under his command would never be able to stop the tide of peasant troops, so he sent more than a dozen teams of men and horses to the capital to ask the imperial court to send reinforcements.

During the Chinese New Year, when this kind of thing happened, Chongzhen's mood can be imagined, and he is now eager to arrest He Jingyuan and Gao Wenjian, chop them up and feed them to the dogs. These two people can't resolve their hatred even if they cut them with a thousand knives, Chongzhen doesn't know about military affairs, but he also knows that as long as the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong can block it for two days and give Wu Guofu a little more time, it will not let the peasant army enter Sichuan and Shu so easily.

At the court meeting, Chongzhen was bent on killing He Jingyuan and Gao Wenjian, but Cheng Jiming came out and said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on He Jingyuan, the thief should cooperate and defeat Nanzheng, if he does not withdraw in time, He Jingyuan and the remaining Hanzhong soldiers and horses will be surrounded in Hanzhong City." He Jingyuan's retreat to Xing'an was also a helpless move, and the most important thing now was not to ask for the guilt, but how to deal with the next situation. ”

"If the thieves are allowed to attack the Jianmen Pass, once the Jianmen Pass is lost, the thieves will drive straight into the north of Bashu and pour into the north of Bashu, which will become a big disaster!"

Qian Qianyi frowned, and echoed: "The minister also agrees with Lord Cheng's opinion, for the sake of today's plan, it is not the time to pursue the fault, so you should quickly dispatch reinforcements to guard the Sword Gate Pass." In addition, this matter must be held accountable, and the trilateral governor Yang He should also bear the primary responsibility, how did he, the trilateral governor, become the governor? actually allowed the thieves to attack Hanzhong, and only now did he react. ”

"What Lord Qian said is extremely true, Yang He's supervision is unfavorable, and it is really difficult to continue to serve as the governor of the three sides, and the minister suggests that Yang He be arrested and brought back to Beijing, and then questioned!"

For a while, there were many responders, and more than half of the officials agreed with Qian Qianyi and others. Chongzhen couldn't help frowning, and a nameless fire appeared in his heart. But in the face of so many courtiers, he could only try his best to endure.

In the corner of the main hall, Tie Mo looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. He Jingyuan and Gao Wenjian lost Hanzhong, and also put the peasant army into Sichuan and Shu, and these people still thought of ways to wash and try to save their lives. When it was Yang He's turn, he was in a hurry to convict Yang He, is this double standard too obvious?

Although Yang He is the governor of the three sides, he has limited troops under his command now, and it is okay to hold Xi'an Mansion, so it is difficult for him to take the initiative to do other things. It's very good to be able to block Wang for his own use, how can he have extra energy to manage Gao Yingxiang? Hanzhong is lost, no matter how much it is blamed, Yang He can't be blamed, and if he wants to be held accountable, he Jingyuan is also the main responsibility, and Yang He is secondarily responsible. But in the mouths of Qian Qianyi and others, everything was reversed.

Tiemo can be regarded as seeing through these people, these people really have no concept of right and wrong at all, and they are all selfish. If you don't want to protect your own people, you will fight to the death if you have the opportunity.

Just when Chongzhen was embarrassed, Hou Shilu came out and said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Qian said, it is really difficult for the minister to agree. Last year, the Tatars entered Beijing, and many soldiers and horses from Shaanxi entered Beijing and entered the king, but now they have not returned. There are only more than 20,000 people under the command of Inspector Yang, and they have to guard Xi'an Mansion and deal with the king's own use, so they have no time to take care of anything else. In the matter of Hanzhong Mansion, although Inspector Yang is responsible, he can't be blamed for everything, but He Jingyuan, as a courtier, can't lead by example and take the lead in escaping, he really deserves to be killed! ”

Qian Qianyi frowned, very dissatisfied, "Lord Hou's words are wrong, if Lord He doesn't retreat to Xing'an, then wouldn't the rogue want to go east, and at that time, the situation will be even more difficult to control." ”

Hou Shilu's angry eyes widened, and he looked at Qian Qianyi coldly, "According to Lord Qian's meaning, this He Jingyuan is not only at a loss, but also meritorious?" ”

"Hmph, why should Lord Hou misinterpret it, this official doesn't mean that!"

Chongzhen's heart beat wildly when he heard this, and when he saw that the two were going to continue arguing, he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Enough, you Aiqing, you also said that now is not the time to be held accountable." I just want to know, what should I do now, the thieves are attacking the sword gate? ”

Hou Shilu sighed and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, we can only send elite soldiers into Sichuan, and in addition, the original Shaanxi soldiers and horses will return to their original places quickly, and they must contain the Wang's own department." If Wang's self-use department and Gao Yingxiang's department converge, it will be even more troublesome. ”

"Now that the Jurchen Tartars have retreated to Shenyang, they have just suffered a big loss in Gyeongju City, and they are unable to launch a new round of offensive in a short time. The minister suggested that a part of the Guanning army be transferred into the pass, gallop to the aid of Jianmen, and cooperate with Inspector Yang to further eliminate the bandits. ”

Hou Shilu's suggestion can be regarded as an old-fashioned move, and Sun Chengzong also agreed.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the imperial court soon issued an order, ordering Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui, the general of Liaodong, to lead 4,000 Guanning iron cavalry to quickly rush to the aid of Jianmen.

In addition, the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang also quickly returned to their respective defense areas.