The Xining mutiny was actually caused by Shangguan's deduction of military salaries!

Because he was concerned about the affairs of suppressing bandits, Hong Chengchou did not want to delay more, and after learning the truth, he severely punished the perpetrators. When the rebels learned of this, they surrendered. Hong Chengchou killed the leader again, told the whole city, and announced to the people.

Even so, it has been nearly two months since everything was put to a halt.

Hong Chengchou finally relieved his heart, asked about the situation of the bandits, was shocked, and hurriedly returned east. On the way, the fast horse ordered the commander-in-chief He Renlong and Zuo Guang to send troops to attack the righteous army besieging Longzhou.

He Renlong suffered a defeat and waited for Hong Chengchou to be punished, not wanting Hong Chengchou not only had no sense of reproach, but quickly ordered him to send troops, and was grateful, how could he not spare his life?

Zuo Guangxian (1580-1659), the word Luosheng, the number Sanshan, was a native of Tongcheng County, Anqing Prefecture (now Tongcheng City, Anqing City, Anhui Province), and was the fourth brother of Zuo Guangdou, the leader of the Donglin Party. Zuo Guangxian has always been resolute, took orders, knew that the military situation was urgent, and hurriedly raised troops to come.

When King Chuang heard the news, he said helplessly: "Withdraw." ”

Zhang Xianzhong said unwillingly: "Longzhou is about to break, wouldn't it be a pity to withdraw at this time?" It's better to block it for a few more days, and it's not too late to break Longzhou and go again. ”

Chuang Wang Yingxiang shook his head and said: "We can have today's results, it is completely a fluke to take the opportunity of Hong Chengchou's lack of time to look east, and we can't do it again." ”

Zhang Xianzhong wanted to say more, but when he saw that Li Zicheng's department was ready to go, he asked knowingly: "Go?" Where to go? ”

The reason why Li Zicheng is like this, in addition to following the order, he also deliberately angered Zhang Xianzhong: "This Huang Huzi likes speculation the most, hmph, if you don't steal chickens, sooner or later, you will have to eat rice." ”

Just thinking about it, King Chuang Yingxiang smiled and said, "Isn't it already decided?" Act as it was said on the day of self-formation. ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he made a funny face at Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong became more and more angry, snorted coldly, and was busy preparing, but he was thinking in his heart: "You kid will be proud, one day you will bring everyone to a dead end, see how you are still embarrassed?" ”

Thinking about it, he suddenly felt that it was wrong, and then thought: "Hmph, if you want to enter the dead end, it is also your kid who enters, and we will resolutely not enter." ”

Thinking about it, the fact is that along the line that Li Zicheng said, the righteous army went smoothly all the way, and after breaking Xingyang, they bypassed Zuo Liangyu's department, divided their troops and pulled out Cai, and burned Runing.

This is naturally due to Li Zicheng's habit that whenever he goes to a place, unless he has no choice, he must first study the surrounding situation and determine the subsequent course of action, so as not to take the wrong road in a panic and suffer losses in vain.

King Chuang Yingxiang is willing to believe in him, and he knows his habit. Zhang Xianzhong didn't know, he only said that he was like a god, and he was inevitably jealous and hateful, and secretly vowed to defeat him.

Besides, Hong Chengchou, seeing that He Renlong and Zuo Guang attacked in two ways and let the righteous army escape, he was furious, and personally led the main force out of Tongguan and went straight to Xinyang, Henan.

At that time, Zhu Dadian and his generals, who had supervised the army in Shandong to quell Kong Youde's rebellion, had been ordered to rush to Xinyang in advance.

After Hong Chengchou saw them, he didn't have much politeness, and said straightforwardly: "Everyone is here, but there is no way, Henan is now in trouble." ”

said, feeling too serious, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for this, it would be rare for everyone to see each other, from this point of view, this is a good thing, ahaha, haha." ”

When the generals saw that he was funny, they laughed first, and couldn't help laughing.

Hong Chengchou was happy to see that the atmosphere was finally alive, and when everyone finished laughing, he said with a straight face: "What is the situation?" The Liukou who escaped from the carriage gorge tried to seek development in Guanzhong, because they were afraid of encirclement and suppression, and their troops were divided into three routes: one way to Qingyang, one way to Yunyang, and the other way to Henan after exiting the pass.

The army that advanced into Henan was divided into three routes, echoing the Liukou who originally entered Henan. ”

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou paused slightly, allowing the generals to fully feel the severity of the situation.

Obviously, the generals were thinking about things as he said, and their faces began to become solemn.

Hong Chengchou continued: "Why is this happening? There are two reasons for this: First, the tactics are inappropriate. Hmph, what else do you say about the 'chasing rabbits' tactic. Whether the 'chasing rabbits' tactic is good or not, I said yes, but it was not stable and ruthless enough, and it was not able to drive them out. I don't know why, but we can't always chase rabbits, you know, the court has to pay a huge amount of military expenses for this.

Second, the governor did not agree, and even half-heartedly with the generals, and missed the opportunity. For example, Henan, because of this, gave the rogues a chance to breathe, and even more, took the opportunity to take in many generals who surrendered in order to expand their own power, and gradually showed signs of arrogance and arrogance, refused to accept the requisition, sat on armor to protect themselves, and could not damage the enemy at all.

Of course, there are some reasons for this, such as tens of thousands of soldiers in each barracks, and the soldiers take turns to fight, and the supply of military food is sufficient; There are few officers and soldiers, and there are many fortifications, so the supply of food and salary cannot keep up. The peasant army marched on horseback, and could walk hundreds of miles in one day and one night; There were many officers and infantry, but few cavalry, and they were exhausted after walking dozens of miles. As a result, fear of the enemy is severe.

But why don't you think about it, isn't it all because of your selfishness and your indulgence? ”

As he spoke, he actually became violent.

All the generals were stunned, Zuo Liangyu who guarded Xin'an and Mianchi, Chen Zhibang who was stationed in Ruzhou, and Chen Yongfu who was stationed in Nanyang couldn't help but think: "He actually named Henan?" Isn't that talking about us? I heard that he is the best at killing chickens and monkeys, doesn't he want to take our Shuwei? ”

Thinking secretly, they lowered their heads one after another, lest they would be seen by him, and they would really take the knife on themselves.

But I heard Hong Chengchou continue: "There are many, many problems like this, not only in Henan, but also in other places, so I won't list them one by one."

To tell the truth, the governor was originally going to kill people today, and I will not delve into it because it is not easy for you to defend yourself, but if you have to, you will be encouraged to change what you have to do, and if you commit any more crimes, you will not be spared. ”

When the generals heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, responded, and thought secretly: "It is easy to make contributions with such a person, but you must first grow the head on your neck firmly." ”

Thinking about it, he unconsciously shrunk his neck.

Hong Chengchou only glanced at them coldly, walked straight to the map, and pointed: "My idea is that you will first implement a big encirclement of the Liukou, and after the encirclement is completed, give a thunderous blow to completely flatten the Liukou in Henan."

Of course, it is also difficult to implement such a large-scale encirclement, but no matter what, I want not to let a single bandit slip through the net.

In view of the changes in the situation on the battlefield, I have decided to give you full autonomy, and if you feel that the time is ripe, you can also launch an attack first, all with the goal of exterminating the rogues. ”