The Banzhou army defeated Jiangdongzhi, and Yang Yinglong washed Qijiang City in blood

As early as February of the 27th year of Wanli, the governor of Guizhou, Jiangdong, commanded Yang Guozhu and Li Tingdong to raise the account. Jiang Dongzhi said: "Yang Yinglong has been rampant for a long time, and now I am ordered to win by surprise to deter the rebels in Banzhou, Yang Dusi According to your opinion, how should we march to capture and kill Yang Yinglong and dedicate it to the saint?" Yang Guozhu said: "Back to the capital, I thought it was really difficult to capture and kill Yang Yinglong, our army is only 3,000 troops, if you can win by surprise, annihilate the enemy, and occupy the danger." Send troops to Feilian Fort, if you get this place to keep Chu and Guizhou roads unobstructed, after the enemy defeats Feilian Fort, you can then pursue and suppress the remnants of the enemy for 20 miles to strengthen our momentum, and then hold the danger to wait for the imperial army to come to the rescue. ”

Li Tingdong asked for an order: "The last general agrees with the plan of the capital, so that our army can not only report to the imperial court, but also avoid the danger of being annihilated by the enemy in the depths of the lone army." At the end of this battle, the general is willing to be the vanguard, capture Feilian Fort, and ask the capital to decide. The governor of Guizhou, Jiang Dongzhi, thought so, and after repeated instructions, he ordered Yang Guozhu and Li Tingdong to lead 3,000 troops to march to Feilian Fort.

However, the news of the Ming army's march to Feilian Fort soon reached Yang Yinglong's location, and Yang Yinglong immediately made a decision, ordering Yang Chaodong, Yang Zhaolong, and He Hanliang to lead the army to Feilian Fort to meet the enemy, and instructed the enemy to feign defeat and lure the enemy to Tianbang Hoarding for an ambush. The three of them were commanded. The Ming army marched to Feilian Fort to see the Banzhou soldiers attacking, Yang Guozhu was surprised that the news leaked, Li Tingdong advocated the war, and Yang Guozhu ordered the Ming army to set up a formation to meet the enemy. Yang Chaodong raised a banner and shouted: "Yang Chaodong, the son of the great chief Yang Yinglong, is here, surrender quickly to avoid death!" Yang Chaodong finished speaking, and led the Miao soldiers to kill the Ming army.

Yang Guozhu saw that there were not many soldiers in Banzhou, so he ordered the Ming army to set fire weapons to block the attack, and the Ming army was equipped with more than ten tiger squat artillery, as well as hundreds of magic machine arrow cars and fire guns, and the Miao soldiers' offensive was blocked, with many casualties and many casualties, and the vanguard was defeated and retreated. Li Tingdong saw the opportunity to lead the Ming army to charge, the Miao soldiers were in disarray, and it was difficult to stop, Yang Chaodong turned his horse's head and ordered a retreat. Yang Guozhu strictly ordered Yang Chaodong to be captured alive, and the whole Ming army pursued him, and Li Tingdong took the lead, covering up all the way, and pursued Yang Chaodong closely. And take advantage of the situation to seize the 300 waterlogged land of the Weng'an Monkey Field.

Yang Chaodong rushed to Tianbang to see Yang Zhaolong and He Hanliang urgently, and said that the Ming army was about to catch up, so he asked the two to prepare quickly. He Hanliang placed haystacks and dry firewood all over the place, Yang Zhaolong secretly ambushed the bow and crossbow, and Yang Chaodong sent light soldiers to dare to die in the camp to wait for the Ming army. Li Tingdong led the Ming army to chase into Tianbangho, Yang Guozhu then arrived, and started a bloody battle with the Banzhou soldiers, but Yang Chaodong was nowhere to be seen, and Yang Guozhu was uneasy. Suddenly, the fire broke out all around, the way out was cut off, the fire was rapid, the smoke was thick, and it was difficult for the Ming army to break through. He Hanliang and Yang Chaodong each led a unit to stand by, just in case the Ming army broke through. Yang Zhaolong ordered the crossbowmen around him to shoot all the rockets, and the 3,000 Ming troops in Tianbang were in chaos, and more than half of the casualties were burned under the rain of arrows, and Li Tingdong was killed. ”

Yang Guozhu shouted with remorse, the Ming army wailed continuously, the fire weakened, He Hanliang judged that the Ming army should have little left, Yang Chaodong and He Hanliang led the army into the Tianbang hoard, the remnants of the Ming army more than 1,000 people had arrow wounds and burns, and the firearms were destroyed.

Yang Chaodong captured a number of officers, including Yang Guozhu, and ordered them to kneel and beg to surrender. Yang Guozhu scolded: "Traitor! Why did the imperial court fail to wait? If you commit rebellion and slaughter officials and people, you will be punished by heaven! When the imperial army is conscripted and suppressed, there will be no bones left in Banzhou! My head can be cut off, but this knee cannot be bent! ”

Yang Chaodong scolded: "The old thief is now a prisoner under the ladder and dares to be so presumptuous, the two provinces of Guizhou and Shu covet the land of Banzhou, and they have been forced to fight each other many times over the years, picking quarrels and provoking troubles, secretly conspiring with the five divisions and seven surnames to fabricate charges, my brother Yang Kedong also died in the assassination, what is the face of the matter now pretending to be righteous and awe-inspiring!" ”

Yang Guozhu scolded: "Anti-thieves have to quibble!" It is clear that Yang Yinglong is guilty of heinous crimes, rampant, and others are acting as tigers and aiding abuses, and the people of Banzhou are deeply affected. The two provinces of Guizhou and Shu have been investigated many times, and Yang Yinglong's conspiracy has been repeatedly unpunished, but he has no remorse for the crimes he committed! The Holy One has been tolerant many times, but you have intensified! In my opinion, Yang Kedong's death must also be the will of heaven, and the imperial court sent troops this time to warn him as a final warning, and now the rebellion has been revealed, and the day of the destruction of the Yang clan in Banzhou is just around the corner! ”

Yang Chaodong then ordered Yang Guozhu and other 13 captured generals to be beheaded to pay tribute to the dead of the Miao soldiers. The Banzhou army then assembled, returned to Feilian Fort, raided Guizhou, the guards were unbearable to fight, the people were displaced, the governor of Guizhou Jiangdong was waiting at the border to respond, seeing the Banzhou army breaking into Guizhou, unstoppable, Jiangdong was frightened, and hurriedly evacuated and was almost captured by the Banzhou army, and the Banzhou army slaughtered 20,000 soldiers and civilians and withdrew from Guizhou. Jiang Dongzhi was ashamed and indignant, and asked for guilt.

At that time, the new governor Li Hualong and the new governor of Guizhou Guo Zizhang met on the way, Guo Zizhang and Li Hualong talked about Banzhou, Li Hualong said that the imperial court had decided to mobilize the world's troops to pacify Banzhou, and showed the cabinet Shen Zheng's letter to Guo Zizhang. Guo Zizhang saw that Emperor Wanli was furious in March, and wandered in the hall, unable to calm down for a long time.

Emperor Wanli scolded: "I have repeatedly warned Jiangdong not to take the enemy lightly, Wang Jiguang was careless before the enemy, and Jiangdong turned a blind eye!" The feudal officials are so mediocre when they are in battle, how can they defeat the thieves! The troops who entered and suppressed were all wiped out, and the garrisons in Guizhou were weak, if it weren't for the anti-thieves who had no intention of expansion, a province in Guizhou would now be in the hands of the anti-thieves! The face of the imperial court and my face have been lost by Jiangdongzhi! He deserves to be punished! He deserves to be punished! ”

Shen has always said: "The emperor is angry, although Jiang Dongzhi has the crime of being a rival in love, please remember his diligence, sincerely repent, and ask the emperor to exempt him from the death penalty and dismiss him from his post for the people." Through this battle, it can be seen that Yang Yinglong has been determined to rebel, the soldiers are strong and the horses are not to be underestimated, and now the imperial court is short of food, most of my Ming elites are in North Korea and have not yet returned to the court, and the old minister asked the emperor to suspend the recruitment of the world's elite soldiers to pacify Banzhou. And the successive increase in troops and Bozhou, Guizhou and Shu provinces can not always assist each other, the old minister asked to select a governor to control the military affairs of Sichuan, Hu, and Guizhou provinces. ”

Emperor Wanli agreed and immediately issued an order: "According to what you say, first remove Jiangdong from the post of governor of Guizhou, let Guo Zizhang take over the governor of Guizhou, and immediately take office." As for the candidate for governor, it is better to use Li Hualong, who is recuperating at home. It was decreed that Li Hualong was added to the rank of military department, and the governor of the three provinces of Sichuan, Hu, and Guizhou was in charge of the conquest and suppression of Banzhou. Ordered the Ministry of War to prepare for the requisition of 200,000 elite soldiers in the world, and wiped out the anti-thieves in Banzhou in one fell swoop! Ordered Liu Wei to supervise the Sichuan soldiers first, Ma Gui, Chen Lan, Dong Yiyuan, these generals who participated in the Eastern Expedition, and after the squad rested, each led the headquarters to accompany the army to the south. In addition to allocating food and salaries in the future, the household department does not need to be sparse from the central government this time, and we will allocate internal funds again, and the three provinces also need to raise their own grain and grass to prepare for the needs of the army. Immediately prepare the decree and read it to me. "Shen has always been in charge.

In May, Guo Zizhang and Li Hualong successively took office, Guo Zizhang reorganized Guizhou's military affairs, Li Hualong went to Sichuan to open a mansion and recruited troops from Zhejiang, Fujian, Yunnan, and Guangzhou, and then mobilized Zhenxiong, Yongning Han soldiers, and Tusi soldiers to fortify. In June, Yang Yinglong was discussing with his subordinates the expropriation of land with five divisions and seven surnames, and Yang Yinglong summoned his sons Yang Chaodong, Yang Weidong, his younger brother Yang Zhaolong, military advisors Sun Shitai, Ma Zhong, Banzhou governor He Tingyu, foreign director He Hanliang, internal division chief Tian Yipeng, Tian Feipeng brothers, and general Yang Zhu to assemble. Yang Yinglong said: "Now the land of Banzhou has been owned by me, Zhang, Yuan, Lu, Tan, Luo, Wu six surnames of land and goods have been expropriated, Banzhou will be independent of the Ming Dynasty from now on, to choose a good day and auspicious day, I will set myself up as the king, and other meritorious ministers will be rewarded." ”

Yang Chaodong said: "What my father said is very true, my Yang family has been standing in Banzhou for 700 years, and I should have been called king a long time ago. It's just that the court treated us well in previous years, so we deigned to be under the rule. After the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, we were too deferential, and the imperial court did not take us into account for Banzhou. And those Tusi dared to conspire to assassinate, even killing them all was not enough to vent their anger, but confiscated their land, and it was also my Yang family's magnanimity, and let them know who was the lord of Banzhou! ”

Yang Zhaolong said: "Chaodong, don't be too arrogant. Relying on being the eldest son of the elder brother, he is arrogant and domineering, you have only made some contributions, how can you be arrogant? The reason why the Yang family was able to gain a foothold in Banju was that in addition to strength, the important thing was people's hearts. Now is the time to gather hearts and minds. Be steady, otherwise how can you inherit Yang's achievements in the future? If you want to become a prince, you must win the hearts of the people and have both civil and military skills. ”

He Tingyu, the governor of Banzhou, said: "Brother Zhaolong is probably jealous of Chaodong's merits, right? Is the credit of Chaodong small? If you don't show off your might, those clowns who jump off the beam will frequently cause trouble. Now that Banshu is unified, it can be said that the money is rolling in, and I, as the head of Banshu, have to count the money several times a day. But according to me, after becoming king, this Banzhou is still too small, how can Banshu alone show the kingly atmosphere, how can the kingdom need expenses? It is better to rely on the military strength of Banzhou to annex Guizhou in the north or occupy Yunnan in the south, then we will be inexhaustible as soon as we need. ”

He Hanliang, the head of the foreign department, said: "You still don't believe it when you say you are greedy on weekdays, why don't you propose to capture the entire Ming Dynasty?" Is it easy to annex Guizhou and Yunnan? The imperial court still has to do its best to fight Banzhou, and when the war continues, see how you keep that silver, you have to spend it all. ”

Tian Yipeng, the head of the internal department, said with a smile: "He Hanliang, in addition to sometimes leading troops to fight, you only care about overeating, getting drunk all night, and don't think about business, how can you be qualified to judge others." It's better to kill the enemy more and make meritorious contributions or take care of the affairs of the foreign department. Since the head of the family wants to establish himself as the king, we will also become the founding heroes, then there are not many side concubines, more wives and concubines, there are many beautiful women among the six surnames, born with water and eyes, I have tried a lot in the past few days, and the aftertaste is endless, and I will carefully select a batch for you another day, and take them home, and you must love more. If I have more sons, I will be a warrior of Banshu in the future. ”

Tian Feipeng leaned over and said lazily: "I don't have the strength to do my best to do my best in affairs like a brother, we and the Yang family are also in-laws, the head of the family has orders, and I will do my best for my brothers." Yang Weidong was worried: "I'm only worried that before we annihilated the Ming army and slaughtered Guizhou, presumably the imperial court will be angry and mobilize a large army to attack, how to deal with it?" ”

Yang Zhu threatened: "What is there to be afraid of, if the Ming army comes to meet my wishes, my heart will not be able to calm down if I don't kill people for a day, and the Ming army is just right for me to relieve my boredom." My Banzhou army for hundreds of years is all one enemy hundred, has not tasted a defeat, but also occupies the danger, even if he Ming army has a million troops to attack, but can only sink in the sand here, like the Mongolian Tartars in the past, in the end can only give up Banzhou, when we set ourselves up as kings, who can stop it? ”

Sun Shitai, the military advisor, analyzed: "Now that Banzhou has been unified, the land has been seized to raise seedlings, and all the seedlings are willing to serve the dead, and the number of troops in Banzhou has been expanded to 160,000. The Ming Dynasty seems to be rich in resources, but the officials are corrupt, and whenever there is a sudden disaster and military incident, the treasury expenditure has always been reluctant. Before the raid on Guizhou, the garrison of the guard was vulnerable, and the soldiers and laborers in the middle of the Sichuan and Huguang were no different from the laborers, and the other provinces should be the same, so it can be seen that although the Ming army has a million, it is mostly a rabble, and there are only a few elites. As long as we hoard food and wages, make good use of land advantages, strictly manage the army, and choose the opportunity to annihilate the elite of the Ming army, the rest of the rabble will not have to worry, and then we will be free to establish ourselves as kings or annex other provinces. But in any case, we must not have the illusion of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is vast, although it is not a prosperous era, the foundation is still solid. If you become arrogant because of the victory of our army, you will surely suffer a catastrophe. ”

Clerk Ma Zhong reported another matter of this matter: "I just got a report that Qijiang Counselor Fang Jiazhong provoked and indiscriminately killed 30 people, all of whom were indiscriminately divided into corpses, which was unbearable to see, which is clearly revenge for us to annihilate the Ming army and behead Yang Guozhu, and please send troops for revenge." ”

Yang Yinglong was furious when he heard this: "Now the imperial court does not allow it, and Banzhou has nothing to rely on, so he can only fight desperately to annihilate all the enemies who come to protect his family." The capital of Guizhou has died at my hands, and a small general dares to act recklessly? Presumably, this must be the Sichuan Governor Tan Xisi behind the instigation, Tan Xisi has already fortified in the Qijiang and Hejiang areas, and he can't imagine that he only dares to kill me to sow the people to vent his anger. Let Tan Xisi see the strength of my Banzhou army, play the banner of avenging the dead, capture the dead and sentencing, and take advantage of the fact that the imperial army has not yet assembled, send troops to Qijiang, and ask all the soldiers and civilians in Qijiang to come to accompany the funeral! ”

Yang Yinglong led the 80,000 soldiers of the Banzhou army to divide into three routes, divided into Tun to catch water, Maoergang, and Louguo, one to commit Nanchuan and the other to Jiangjin, and ordered Yang Chaodong to guard Shaxi and arrest Mashan to prevent the soldiers of Yongning Guizhou. Qijiang general Fang Jiazhong knew that Yang Yinglong was marching, ordered the city defense to be strengthened, and the whole army was ready for battle, and then sent people to ask for help from Tan Xisi, the governor of Sichuan, and ordered the guerrilla general Zhang Liangxian to lead a group to investigate the enemy's situation.

The guerrilla general Zhang Liangxian gave an order: "The last general will lead a thousand troops to go, and if he encounters a rebel army, he will attack the camera, and if he can win the flag, he can also deter the enemy, delay the offensive, and help defend the Qijiang River." Fang Jiapet told him to be cautious, and Zhang Liangxian took the order. On 17 June, the guerrilla general Zhang Liangxian encountered the scattered Miao soldiers of Banzhou in Dongxi, and under several attacks, he was quite successful, the remnants of the Miao soldiers were defeated and retreated, killing the enemy's general, Zhang Liangxian returned to the army in Qijiang, and presented his head, and the heart of the Qijiang army was greatly inspired.

Sichuan Governor Tan Xisi received Fang Jiazhong's request for help, so he ordered the Sichuan soldiers from all over the country to march to Qijiang to rescue, Li Hualong persuaded: "Tan Dutang, at this time the rebels are probably already storming Qijiang, the rebel army is several times the strength of Qijiang, in my opinion, it is too late to order the rescue now, you can order one to continue to advance to Qijiang, and the rest of the departments should be divided into key roads, one to meet the defeated soldiers and fleeing people, and the other to prevent the rebels from going deeper, Yang Yinglong if he knows that we are well guarded and will soon withdraw from Qijiang, and I also hope that Qijiang can have heavenly help to support the reinforcements to arrive." Tan Xisi thinks it is reasonable, that is, let people pass the order according to Li Hualong's intentions.

On June 21, Yang Yinglong led the Banzhou Miao soldiers to besiege Qijiang, and Yang Yinglong shouted under the city: "Fang Jiapet!" You little general, miscellaneous people, dare to kill me and spread the people without your strength, and today I will teach you to repay a thousand times! Fang Jiazhong was not to be outdone and scolded: "The shameless anti-thief Yang Yinglong, plotting to rebel, living up to the emperor's grace, slaughtering 20,000 soldiers and civilians in Guizhou but complacent, heaven and people are angry, I only killed you thirty people is not enough, I should have personally entered Banzhou to behead you, today you have come to Qijiang to apologize for your crimes, I can spare your wife and children from dying." Otherwise, you Banzhou Yang will die without a place to be buried! Yang Yinglong laughed and ordered a storming of Qijiang.

Fang Jiazhong divided the Sichuan soldiers led by Fang Jiazhong into three parts, one arranged the city wall to block the Miao soldiers, one was in the center to shoot at the enemy with bows and arrows and firearms, and the other was placed in the city to project artillery outside the city. Zhang Liangxian personally went to the city gate to command the battle, and Fang Jiazhong commanded the firearms to attack the enemy. The Ming army relied on the cover of the Qijiang city wall and firearms to help, and the Banzhou army's siege was temporarily blocked.

After Fang Jiapet's firearms battalion accidentally injured the soldiers defending the city, the city defense was in chaos, Yang Yinglong heard several loud noises in Qijiang, the city tower was broken, the fire spread, and saw that the time had come to make the Banzhou army take advantage of the situation to enter the city, the defense line collapsed, the Banzhou army entered the Qijiang River, Fang Jiazhong and Zhang Liangxian led the army into the street battle. The Banzhou army roared in, the sound of killing shook the sky, the Qijiang and Sichuan soldiers did not fight for a long time, and it was difficult to support after resisting for a while, and the Sichuan soldiers were defeated and fled by water. Fang Jiapet couldn't stop drinking, Yang Yinglong was overjoyed, and ordered the whole army to slaughter the city, plunder Qijiang's goods and children, and set fire to the city. The people of Qijiang fled separately, and most of them could not escape the knife of the Miao soldiers, and Yang Yinglong personally led the team straight to the Qijiang Mansion.

Fang Jiapet saw that the general situation had gone, and fled home and said to his wife: "Qijiang City is broken, it is no longer possible to resist the attack of the rebels, you and I are even more difficult to escape, I have decided to die here, in order to avoid humiliation for my wife and children, I have no choice but to kill you first, please don't blame me." The wife of the house clearly meant: "Husband doesn't need to say much, you and I are husband and wife, I will go first, and I look forward to meeting you in Huangquan." Fang Jiapet killed his wife in tears, and then met with the guerrilla general Zhang Liangxian, Zhang Liangxian asked Qijiang Chengpo, how to explain?

Fang Jiazhong said: "The matter has come to this point, and we can't explain it to Tan Dutang and the governor. Qijiang is the place where you and I are buried, you and I can't stop the rebels, and we can't stoop to die at the hands of the thieves, only to apologize for our crimes. Zhang Liangxian received the order, and the two killed themselves.

Yang Yinglong indulged the Qijiang prisoners to burn and plunder everywhere, opened the library door to reward, took all the Qijiang wealth and children back to Banzhou, slaughtered the old and weak, wiped out 5,000 officers and soldiers, Qijiang wailed all over the field, miserable, thick smoke billowed out, Miao soldiers threw corpses into the river, the corpses covered the river down, and the river was dyed red.

Soon Yang Yinglong retreated to Sanxi, and set up a boundary monument in Sanxi and Mudu in Qijiang and Dongxiangba in Nanchuan. Known as "Xuanwei Guanzhuang", it claimed that Jiangjin and Hejiang were the hometowns of Banzhou, and then united the Miao tribes of Jiugu Mountain to support military equipment, so that they could occupy dangerous terrain as an auxiliary.