On the third day of the second month of the fourth year of Changqing, before the right time, the drumming drum of the Suzaku Gate sounded again. Shi Chongwei felt that his heart was about to be shaken out by the sound of the drum, and sat on the dragon chariot under Zhang Jin's service, Shi Chongwei secretly hated, he wanted to issue an order to prohibit the beating of the Dengwen drum, and there was any urgent report that could not be sent directly to the court, so it was necessary to beat the Dengwen drum to make the people of the capital panic.

Eight eunuchs carried the dragon chariot and trotted all the way to the Zichen Palace, and when the dragon chariot fell outside the Zichen Palace, Zhang Jin felt that he was a little out of breath. The Zheng Dynasty has a system of duty, in addition to the sixteen guards on duty, the members of the six departments and the nine kings must take turns to stay in the Zhilu, and wait for Shi Chongwei to sit on the throne, Zhang Jin took the book from the hand of Lu Liangzhen, the secretary of the Dali Temple on duty, and presented it to Shi Chongwei.

Kong Province, Duan Cizong, Zhu Zipu and other ministers have arrived, Shi Chongwei has only been on the throne for more than three years, this Dengwen drum can sound the second time, the first time is the rebellion of the Annan Tun army, this time I don't know why? Everyone looked at the Son of Heaven on the throne, Shi Chongwei's hands trembled slightly, his heart was bitter, and the indifferent people tore up the peace covenant and went south.

Urgent performance from Hengzhou Lechang Mansion, Assassin Shi Dili Liang reported on the 27th of the first month, the Northern Desert Zuoxian King Kunbo led 40,000 light cavalry to seize Pinghaiguan, on the 28th, divided the troops into three ways to seize Anli, Huangyuan, Jinyun three counties, 30 days of the column approached Wuquan County, Wuquan County is the fiefdom of the King of Wuquan, the King of Wuquan according to the city and defended to Lechang Mansion for help. Di Liliang sent Sima Zhao Chuanrui to lead 3,000 soldiers to the rescue, but he was ambushed by the Mo army, and the 3,000 soldiers were defeated.

Shi Chongwei lowered his hand dejectedly, closed his eyes tiredly, and lamented in his heart, what did I do wrong, why did God treat me like this, and disaster after disaster. Feeling the stuffiness in his chest, Shi Chongwei took a few deep breaths according to the instructions of the imperial doctor to calm his mood, opened his eyes and handed the report in his hand to Zhang Jin, and said, "Read." ”

Moqi invaded Hengzhou, and the news was like a boulder thrown on the calm lake, blowing up the sky. Hengzhou is in the northeast corner of Zheng State, and to the south is Bazhou, and to the west can threaten the capital, this group of desert troops is like a dagger stabbed in the chest, sharp and ruthless.

Taiwei Zhu Zhipu took the lead in playing: "Long live, the situation is critical, we should quickly transfer troops and horses from the Anbei battalion to rescue, and then send two horses and horses from the Sixteenth Guard in Beijing to Hengzhou, and at the same time ordered Qi Xinwen to tighten guard, the soldiers and horses in Zhenbei City are insufficient, and long live the troops and horses should be dispatched to the north as soon as possible to prevent the desert people from moving south." ”

Shi Chongwei beat his spirit and said: "The Taiwei Mansion and the Ministry of War immediately ordered to dispatch 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Anbei battalion to rescue Hengzhou, and 20,000 soldiers and horses from the 16 guards in Beijing will set off to Hengzhou tomorrow for reinforcements, and we must block Kunbo's group of desert troops in Hengzhou." Fly to the north of the town, let Qi Xinwen strengthen the vigilance, and do not allow the desert to break through the defense line of the north city of the town. ”

I remembered that at the beginning of the year, I agreed with Chen Yinguang to play and transport the 1 million stone grain that funded the desert people out of the customs first, which was simply a matter of feeding the enemy and letting the desert people eat enough to beat themselves, and it was really a shame that the desert people played themselves like this. Shi Chongwei shouted angrily: "Chen Yinguang is here? ”

Chen Yinguang heard the news of the invasion of the desert cavalry and knew that it was not good, and he swore to the Son of Heaven that the desert people had no intention of going south, but just coveted some property, and didn't the desert envoy also participate in the New Year's Day greeting, the dog bear was actually lying to himself, he was tricked by the stupid bear, so he was not a stupid pig.

In his thoughts, when he heard the Son of Heaven asking, Chen Yinguang crawled out of the class and knelt down, kowtowed and pleaded: "The crime of the minister deserves death, and the wolf ambition of the indifferent people is not detected, please long live the crime." ”

Shi Chongwei really wanted to order Chen Yinguang to be beheaded, but at the beginning, I praised Chen Yinguang in front of the courtiers many times as a pillar, and this time the pillar grew into a crooked neck tree, maybe someone was secretly waiting to see the joke, I can't let people despise it, otherwise how will I reign in the world in the future. Thinking of this, Shi Chongwei suppressed his anger and said with a cold face: "You quickly negotiate with the envoy of the desert, let him explain the southern invasion of the Zuoxian Wang's department, and let Liman Khan restrain the Zuoxian Wang's troops to retreat to the grassland, and Zheng Mo made peace with the army, which is beneficial to the people of the two countries. ”

Chen Yinguang said: "The minister's order, let's go." ”

Out of the Zichen Palace, Chen Yinguang wiped a handful of cold sweat on his head, which was considered to have escaped for a while, but when he saw what the desert envoy Meng Kefu said, the desert people broke the contract and went south just by talking about it, but if it is more money and food, I am afraid that the Son of Heaven will not agree, and the court ministers will also scold themselves for betraying the country for glory.

Thinking wildly, he came to the Sifang Pavilion, and the messenger of the Sifang Pavilion told Chen Yinguang that he had not returned from hunting two days ago. Chen Yinguang was shocked, Monkov ran away, the matter of the desert people going south was a foregone conclusion, Monkov could run, and he had nowhere to escape. Dejected, he returned to the court to hand over the decree, Shi Chong was furious, and sent Chen Yinguang to the prison of Dali Temple to be punished, while ordering Long Wei to arrest Monkov.

The court was busy, dispatching troops, raising grain and grass, recruiting servants, transporting ordnance and a lot of other things, and Shi Chongwei was also busy from morning to night every day. The 30,000 soldiers and horses of the northern camp of Zhenbei arrived before the Mo army besieged Lechang Mansion, but Wuquan County was not so lucky, and the king of Wuquan was martyred after the city was broken. When the 20,000 soldiers of the 16th Guard came and rushed to Hengzhou, Kunbo occupied the eleven counties of Hengzhou and held on to the Zheng army.

On February 26, Li Man led 400,000 desert troops to the south, and fought fiercely outside the north of the town for more than ten days.

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In Yinling Village, Pingzhou, the news of the desert people moving south has come. Rao Qiangfeng thought that the opportunity had arrived, and on March 16, he led 3,000 soldiers and horses out of Yinling Mountain to attack Fengjicang in Xishui County, Lingzhou. Rao Qiangfeng opened a warehouse to release grain, more than 100,000 people came to buy grain, Rao Qiangfeng took the opportunity to recruit troops and buy horses, gathered 20,000 horses in half a month, waved his army to the north, and attacked Yihu County. The Yihu Lin clan got the news in advance that the Ju clan moved to Jinyang Mansion, and Sun Quanfu, the assassin of Lingzhou, reported urgently to the court and asked the court to issue an order for the Anxi battalion to come to the rescue.

After receiving the emergency report, Shi Chongwei was physically and mentally exhausted, and he didn't even have the heart to pay attention to this year's opening of the department. The holy decree is still on the way, and there is good news that Qin Huaijie (Xuchanghua), a good man in the green forest of Qizhou, took the initiative to surrender to the government and led his eight thousand minions to seize Xishui County.

Shi Chongwei was happy and worried after receiving the report, happy that the rebels under Rao Qiangfeng were contained, and worried that it was another group of bandits who contained this rebellion. There are 20,000 rebels in Rao Qiangfeng's army, and there are more than 8,000 men and horses in Qin Huaijie, Shi Chongwei felt palpitations, so it seems that there are so many rebels in the world, my country is unstable, and foreign enemies are not terrible.

There are two attitudes towards Qin Huaijie's surrender to the court, one is to give officials and rewards, use Qin Huaijie as a horse bone, win people's hearts, quickly quell the rebellion, stabilize the world, and then send Qin Huaiyu and others to northern Xinjiang for national merit; One view is that Qin Huaijie was originally a thief, and returning to the court was just speculation, and the anti-bone untamable will eventually become a scourge, and it is necessary to prevent the slightest slight, even if he is not investigated for his crimes, he should be idle, and Qin Huaijie must not be allowed to take charge of the army, otherwise the rebellion of the Annan Tun army will be the first way.

Shi Chongwei prefers the second opinion, a thief for one day and a thief for life, Qin Huaijie is not trustworthy. But at the moment, it is a plan to use people, if Qin Huaijie is provoked to rebel by acting inappropriately, then the court will suffer a big blow.

Zhu Zhipu suggested: "Qin Huaijie should be rewarded for his surrender, in order to reassure his heart, and the minister thought that he could be given the official captain of Zhaowu (Zheng Liupin), so that he could lead the army to resist Rao Qiangfeng's rebels, and reward him for his meritorious deeds after the war." However, Qin Huaiyu must be guarded against, he can temporarily resist the rebels, long live to order the Anxi battalion to send 20,000 soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, and wait for the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Anxi battalion to arrive, and then transfer Qin Huaiyu to the Anxi battalion for training. ”

Kong said: "Since Qin Huaiyu can surrender to sincerity, it is better to simply recruit Rao Qiangfeng, pardon his crimes, and let him go south to destroy the remnants of Wu Yanhao, and wait until the war in northern Xinjiang is calmed down, and then it is not too late to slowly deal with him." ”

The desert people went south, the court urgently ordered to transfer 40,000 troops from the Anxi battalion, this time Rao Qiangfeng rebelled, the court transferred 20,000 people to Lingzhou to quell the rebellion, and the soldiers and horses left in Huazhou were only 100,000, and most of them were recruits who had not fought in the war. Fortunately, the countries of the Western Regions were in turmoil during this time, and Rong Mi, Xiuli and other countries were too busy to take care of themselves and were unable to organize the eastward direction, which made Guan Pingzhong feel a little relieved.

The 20,000 reinforcements were led by Ma Chenguang, the deputy governor of Anxi, and a battle meant that there was military merit, Guan Pingzhong felt that the road ahead was over, and gave the opportunity to Ma Chenguang. Ma Chenguang is nearly sixty years old, and when he reaches the age of Jiang Zhishi, for the sake of the future and his descendants, he has held back his strength to make a great stance, but before Ma Chenguang's soldiers and horses arrived, Rao Qiangfeng got the news first, weighed the pros and cons, and led the army to withdraw into Yinling Mountain.

The Qin Cha sent to appease had to take the holy decree and venture into the mountain, and after going around and seeing Rao Qiangfeng, he revealed the will of the court's Zhao'an, and he was also a captain of Liupin Zhaowu, but he wanted Rao Qiangfeng to lead the army south to help quell the rebellion.

Rao Qiangfeng pretended to agree, asking the court to change food and equipment, replenish ordnance and war horses, how could the court that had just been put together by the indifferent people agree to his request, urging Rao Qiangfeng to lead the team out of the mountain for reorganization, and Ma Chenguang waited for the court to immediately enter the mountain to clear the order.

Dong Haoyun suggested that Rao Qiangfeng lead the army south, pass through Fangzhou, guerrilla battles in Huangzhou and Renzhou to fight guerrilla warfare with officers and soldiers, and threaten the people along the road to increase the momentum. On April 27, Rao Qiangfeng led his minions out of Yinling Mountain and went south to Xiazhou, leaving Ma Chenguang's two horses far behind. Rao Qiangfeng listened to Dong Haoyun's advice, left when he was strong, took it when he was weak, drove the people, destroyed the village, and for a while, the situation in Fangzhou was full of wolves.