Chapter 18: Crossing the Sea and Parting Ways
Chen Qiyu has been very depressed in the past two days, and his subordinates, who were originally fighting with all their might, don't know what is going on in the past few days, except for Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Datong, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, they all sang the opposite.
First of all, the supervising army Da Dahai urged him to end the battle as soon as possible on the grounds that Jiannu was detaining the border, and euphemistically expressed the intention of appeasement.
In the evening of the same day, the generals Qi Jingbiao, Zhang Feng, and Zhu Guoping paid a joint visit, hoping to implement the plan to appease the peasant army as soon as possible, citing the shortage of grain and grass in the army and the fear of soldiers.
Their reasons are very good and appropriate, eight days ago the Jingshi suddenly came to the news, Huang Taiji two west expedition to Chahar, on the way back actually raided Xuanhua, now tens of thousands of iron cavalry will be a mess in the central and northern parts of Shanxi, and there is a march to Shuntianfu.
This time he mobilized the elite of the border towns, for example, Cao Wenzhao came across the province and did not prepare much grain and grass at all, and now Shaanxi and Henan are thousands of miles away, and the officials of various prefectures and counties have not been able to provide grain and grass, and it is even more unrealistic to expect the imperial court, and the treasury is now cleaner than the people's rice jars.
Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, was stubborn and directly chose to starve with the soldiers, but Cao Wenzhao's group of border troops was different, they were even more fierce and unruly, and even secretly attacked the surrounding villages and towns.
The problem that Qi Jingbiao and others are worried about is also an objective fact, if they can't raise any more grain and grass......
"Alas!" Chen Qiyu sighed helplessly.
It's not that he didn't think about appeasement, but the lessons of Shaanxi Governor Yang He are there, these thieves and thieves do not change, but they are afraid of rebellion after surrendering.
He is the chief general in the army, once something goes wrong, this pot is not a huge sea back, nor is it Qi Jingbiao, Zhang Feng, and Zhu Guoping's back, but he, the governor of the five provinces, may become a historical sinner.
"Lord Chen, our family knows what you are worried about, but the situation is urgent, if Jiannu really captures Xuanfu, His Majesty's side will definitely be furious, you have to think about the consequences!"
The huge sea yin and yang said strangely, his voice was very sharp, and it sounded like a male duck barking.
"Yes, Lord Governor, time waits for no one, those soldiers under the lowly rank are shouting that if they don't pay their salaries and grain and grass, they will return to Shanxi, and they can't hold back their lowly duties." Staff General Zhang Feng added a fire.
"If the Governor is worried about the rebellion of the leaders, the Admiral thinks that there is no need at all, and this heavy rain has been falling for nearly two months, and those anti-thieves have broken their crossbows, soaked their clothes and armor, and worn by horses' hooves, and the grain and grass have long been unable to support them, and they must have reached the end of their rope.
The Governor only needs a little favor, and those thieves are not grateful? Zhu Guoping also said.
This time, several of them carried Cao Wenzhao and Lu Xiangsheng behind their backs, vowing to persuade Chen Qiyu to agree to appease, although several of them received a large amount of silver from the anti-thief, but they all thought that the anti-thief really couldn't hold on, and they were sincerely obedient.
"Let's go back first, and Old Man Rong will think about it again." Chen Qiyu frowned and gave the order to evict the guest, it was obvious that he was tempted.
When the people of Panghai retreated, they all saw Governor Chen's expression, and agreed to continue to persuade them tomorrow.
Just a few days later, in the end, Cao Wenzhao couldn't hold on, the border army fought every night over food, and Jiannu was looting everywhere in Shanxi, if he didn't go back quickly, he was worried that the Datong general army would also come to an end.
In the end, Chen Qiyu finally decided to appease the peasant army, and the rest of the officers and soldiers except Lu Xiangsheng no longer objected.
On July 12 of the seventh year of Chongzhen, King Gao Yingxiang, the eighth king Zhang Xianzhong, the general Li Zicheng, and Cao Cao Luo Rucai personally brought their generals to express their determination to submit to the imperial court.
All the generals of the rebel army knelt down in front of Chen Qiyu and told their troubles of rebellion, among which Gao Jie, the old management team under Li Zicheng's account, was the most emotional, and when it came to the last macho man, he cried like a two-hundred-pound child.
Chen Qiyu relieved his heart, and after reprimanding them for their crimes in public, he gave them a chance to reform with His Majesty's kindness and generosity, and named Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others as guerrilla generals, and the rest of the generals were also rewarded.
Two days later, Chen Qiyu, Lu Xiangsheng and others finally finalized a pacification agreement, that is, according to the number of rebel soldiers, one pacification officer for every 100 people will be sent to monitor and be responsible for repatriation to their hometowns for resettlement.
The local government will supply grain and grass to the local government and notify the local garrisons to avoid conflicts.
So more than 40,000 rebels instantly became obedient people, and they swaggered out of the mud ditch of the carriage gorge, during which Lu Xiangsheng kept frowning and staring.
He is skeptical of Governor Chen Qiyu's policy of appeasement, and at the same time he is looking for a man, the man who killed his foal.
Outside Baiyun Pass that day, he almost wiped out the gang of thieves, and at the critical moment of pursuit, a boy appeared out of nowhere, and used a strange fire gun to shoot through the head of the war horse under the seat, and his own arm was broken because of the fall from the horse.
Lu Xiangsheng has no other hobbies, but he loves horses very much, and he also named his favorite horses, and every time he goes on an expedition, he always chooses a few horses to take with him, and the one who died under the fire of that kid that day is his favorite Wumingji.
But Lu Xiangsheng is not so narrow-minded, he is not looking for that kid to avenge BMW, but is very concerned about the firearm in Zhanyun's hand, he thinks that if the Ming soldiers can have such a firearm, why worry about Jiannu and not submit?
So Lu Xiangsheng stood on a high ground like this, with a rope around his neck to support his injured arm, and Xun Zhanyun found a Wangfu stone.
In fact, at this moment, Zhan Yun was really mixed in the rebel army, he was wearing a hat and a robe, and he even talked and laughed with the three of Gu Yan.
Zhan Yun didn't know about the PY deal between the official army and the rebel army, but he was very sure that Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, was going to lose eight lifetimes of blood mold this time.
Because although he doesn't know much about the history of the late Ming Dynasty, people such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are going to fight to the end with the Ming Dynasty, how can they surrender at this time?
But he had no reason to tell Chen Qiyu that firstly, he was not familiar with this guy, and secondly, he didn't do anything good in the imperial court, otherwise why would the people have nothing to do to rebel, and thirdly, he was worried that he would be caught by that Lu Xiangsheng.
Although he deliberately missed that day, he was not sure where he had shot, so when he passed by the ranks of officers and soldiers, he always pressed his hat very low.
That night, the unprecedented rebel army actually slept in the same camp with the official army, and even Chen Qiyu gave wine, and Gu Yan Wang and Wei Maniac were not outside, carrying a wine jar to find two official and military drunkards, and actually slept in the official army tent for a night.
Out of Hanzhong, the rebel army was led by the surveillance officer in the direction of Yan'an Mansion, and two days later the large army entered Fengxiang Mansion.
As expected, as soon as the rebels got out of trouble, they restarted the rebellion, and overnight, the poor pacification officers sent by Chen Qiyu were either killed, or their ears cut off, or they were directly tied to the big tree by the roadside to fend for themselves.
Then the rebel army was divided into four routes, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang attacked Baoji, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Yixian, Cao Cao attacked Fufeng, and Li Zicheng attacked Longzhou.
The night before Li Zicheng arrived in Longzhou, Zhan Yun finally decided to leave the rebel army and bid farewell to the female leader, the Red Lady.
The Tao is different, they don't conspire with each other, Zhan Yun didn't feel anything reluctant.
"Where are you going?" The red lady knew that Zhan Yun would leave sooner or later, and she didn't keep it.
"The world is so big, who knows! Take a step and watch one! Zhan Yun said very freely.
There were still at least fifty stone of grain in his space, and there were plenty of bullets for the two guns, so Li Zicheng, who had nothing, could make a difference, and he firmly believed that he could too.
The red lady wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything when the words came to her mouth, and finally only said take care.
Zhan Yun smiled, then turned over and got on the horse, walked a few steps, and suddenly turned back to the red lady and said:
"If you don't want to follow Li Zicheng, you can come to me, and the rest of the rebel army is the same."
After speaking, Zhan Yun did not hesitate any longer, and galloped away in an unknown direction.
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PS: According to the wild history, the reason why Gao Qiqian did not save him when he saw death was also because Gao Qiqian fell in love with Lu Xiangsheng's Wumingji before, and Lu Xiangsheng also saw that Gao Qiqian wanted the horse, but he was not willing to give it to him, as a civil official, he always looked down on the eunuch, which caused the eunuch Gao Qiqian to hold a grudge.
Of course, this is wild history, and I haven't verified it, but Lu Xiangsheng loves BMW, which is true.
Secondly, after the rebel soldiers were trapped in the carriage gorge, it rained heavily for more than 60 days, and the rebels bribed Chen Qiyu's subordinates with gold and silver, and then surrendered by fraud, all of which are historical facts, not fabricated by the cold.
The reason why it is written according to historical facts is because the power of the war cloud at this time is still too small, too small to interfere with the annual ring of history, and when he becomes stronger, the trend of history will change accordingly.