Chapter 153 [Treacherous and Grotesque]

Because this area is located at the junction of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is relatively close to Xingshan Station, it is often related to Ning Tieqi smuggling over to attack Qianhusuo at this time, and most of the Liao people in Guangning Zhongtun guarding the Qianhu are Liao people who surrendered to the Qing court, so the regent of the Manchu emperor intends to solve the security problem here in the first step to prevent the Ming army from mixing in.

When the army came to Guangning Zhongtun guarding the Qianhu House by the mountains and rivers, the Manchu Han University Scholar who was riding a horse in front looked at the scenery along the way and nothing changed as it was back then, but when he looked up at the tower of the Thousand Households, he saw a row of soldiers wearing red tassels and hats, wearing cloth armor, and thin braids, standing on the top of the city tower crookedly, talking and laughing.

Because there are many woods outside the city and it is very close to the city gate, the Manchu Han scholar went to the Manchu Emperor and proposed to the Manchu Emperor Regent before driving: "Your Royal Highness, Imperial Father, Prince Regent, please see, such a dangerous checkpoint soldiers are actually child's play!" Wouldn't this be dangerous in case a Ming army attacked? ”

The Manchu emperor's father, the regent, was very angry about this, and he rode a horse and waved his hand, "Jurchen language: the whole army quickly entered the Thousand Households. As soon as the words fell, the Manchu Qingzhengbai, Zhenghuang and the Han army rushed to the city with yellow flags.

Before the defenders at the city gate could react, they saw a large number of cavalry entering the city, and one of them, a man wearing a mink hat and two feathers, dismounted, and reached out and pulled out the arrow on his back and aimed it at a nearby defender to draw a bow and shoot it through his throat, which frightened the rest of the city defenders!

I saw the man wearing the yellow armor and said angrily, "Jurchen language: bastard dares to derelict his duties? He is your example. ”

After the accompanying Manchu interpreter explained, the Liao defenders knelt down and begged, "It's the little ones who are wrong!" Please spare me and wait! Don't dare next time. ”

At this time, the Manchu Han scholars rode over and persuaded him: "Zhenghuang Banner is the master of the capital, and the anger is relieved!" If they know they're wrong, let them go! Seeing that someone had come to intercede, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was unified with the yellow flag: Gualja Tusongha, so he turned around and rode into the city.

The soldiers in the city hurriedly ran to report to the Manchu Guangning Zhongtun Qianhu stationed here: Chen Hanjin, who was still writing military affairs, was taken aback when he heard the soldiers playing the report, and thought; Is the Qing court really going south? He didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly walked out of the door of the Thousand Households, but happened to meet the scene of the Manchu Emperor's father regent, who came with all the generals.

The panicked Manchu Qing Guangning Zhongtun Qianhu quickly walked down the steps, knelt down and saluted: "Humble duties, see the imperial father, His Royal Highness the Regent, may His Highness live long live, long live." ”

The arrogant Manchu Emperor Regent didn't pay any attention to him at all, but went straight up the steps, turned to face him, and ordered: "When Lone just entered the city, he saw that your soldiers were not well guarded, so say it! What is the crime? ”

The kneeling Manchu Guangning Zhongtun Qianhu hurriedly explained: "His Royal Highness the Imperial Father Regent may have misunderstood, the lowly subordinates have just attacked Xingshan Post the day before yesterday, forcing the Ming army in the area of Ningyuan Zhongzuo to prepare the Imperial Thousand Households and Tashanwei not to act rashly, and today is the city that has just returned to the city at the beginning of dawn, so please forgive me for not resting enough and being mentally exhausted!" ”

Hearing this explanation, the Manchu imperial father regent felt a little more comfortable, and he instructed the soldiers around him: "Jurchen language: Quickly go to the Karaqin Department and the Inner Khalkha Department of Southern Mongolia to transfer troops, just say that it is Lone's summons, if they refuse to send troops, show them this Flying Eagle Gold Medal." ”

The soldier immediately squatted down and took the token and said, "Jurchen language: huh." ”

Then the regent of the Manchu emperor separated the army and stationed his troops and horses in Songshan Fort, after all, this was once the place where he was defeated by the Manchu Han scholar: Hong Chengchou, in the Battle of Songjin (called by the Ming Dynasty: the Battle of Songguang), so he is very familiar with the terrain here, so the garrison here is to prepare for further south Xingshan Station, in fact, this is also a dangerous chess?

Because once the Ming army goes north, then Songshan Fort will have no danger to defend and can only fight against the water, but it is a pity that the Ming army has limited mobile troops, and the border army that dares to field the Manchu Qing Iron Cavalry, there is only "Guanning Iron Cavalry" left!

At this moment, far away in the city of the command post of the Liaodong Dusi Tashanwei, the commander of the Mingta Shanwei: Yan Liguo, Ming Ningyuan, Zuo Qianhu: Shi Zhiqian, these two generals are pointing to the map and saying, "In recent months, the traitors Wuliang Ha Sanwei and the Karaqin Department of Monan Mongolia have invaded the area of Dafu Fort and Daxing Fort in Liaodong many times to loot grain, and the nearby villagers have basically been killed!" If this continues, I'm afraid our guard will not be able to escape the catastrophe! ”

Ming Xingshan guerrilla next to him: Feng Chenzhu opened his mouth and said, "Why don't we go and ask Ning Yuanwei to send troops for support?" "But at the moment, the pressure on the soldiers and horses in the important town of Ning Yuanwei is also very great, and he doesn't dare to divide the troops at all, so the commander of the Mingta Mountain Guard thinks about it for a while, and thinks that he should transfer half of the main army out and station it near Dafu Fort to prevent the invasion of the Mongol tribes in southern Mo.

The two Ming armies, totaling 8,000 people, immediately marched to the west, standing on the city tower and watching the soldiers go out of the city, so that the old Ming Tower Mountain Guard calmed down: Zhou Lingfeng, I feel that an ominous aura is approaching? His instincts had always been relatively accurate, so he deliberately walked around the castle tower to make sure it was safe before going down the castle tower.

At this time, a well-prepared cavalry unit appeared near Xingshan Station, and the overall appearance was a piece of silver-yellow soldiers, marching not fast or slow, and they were rushing towards Xingshan Station.

The soldiers standing guard suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves? Everyone began to be alert, and one soldier pointed to the north and said, "Look, there are our soldiers?" ”

The rest of the Ming soldiers standing guard looked over carefully, and sure enough, they saw groups of border troops wearing (waist-length armor) galloping towards this side, and everyone was a little strange; How could there be so many troops coming to the inn? Could it be that the horses need to be changed and fed?

With all kinds of questions, the soldiers standing guard held their spears to signal the army to stop, and when they saw the cavalry in front of the opposing party raising their spears, they pulled the reins and stopped, and the Ming soldiers immediately asked, "Who is coming?" Get your name now! ”

I saw a general riding an armored war horse come out of the middle of this cavalry, and replied: "I am the commander of the Tashan Guard, and I have returned from the victory of the northward attack on Songshan Fort, so I have come here to change the horses." ”

Hear that the other party is the commander of the Tashan Guard? This made the soldiers relax their vigilance, but an alert soldier stood up and asked, "Is there a guard commander who has a waist card?" As soon as the words fell off the horse, the commander of the Ming Tower Mountain Guard took out the waist card and handed it over, and the Ming army took the waist card to confirm that it was the commander of the guard, which allowed the cavalry to enter the post house to rest.

However, there is only Ming Xingshan garrison in the post house: Guo Huayue, stationed here he is a person who eats food and does not care about things, and prefers to pat the horse's ass, as soon as he learned that the commander of the guard arrived, he was very happy to go and prepare to bring two jars of wine and some gifts to visit, and when he walked near the stable, he happened to see the commander of the Ming Tower Mountain Guard inspecting the horses, he went up and saluted very politely, "The last general will meet the commander of the guard, this is a little heart, please accept it." ”

Seeing someone saluting, the commander of the Mingta Mountain Guard hurriedly turned around, but he didn't want to see an amazing look? Even the Ming Xingshan garrison was surprised...?

Time soon dimmed, Shen Shi's cavalry part of the replacement of new horses out of Xingshan Post and continued to go south, before leaving, the soldiers always felt strange, why didn't they see the garrison come out to pat the horses? But on second thought, maybe the garrison was drunk and lying in the room resting?

The next day, on the 6th day of the first month of March, the soldiers saw this point, and the garrison had not gotten up yet? I ran to knock on the door (tuk, tuk~) and knocked about it and found that there was no movement inside? He shouted, "My lord, my lord? It's dawn, don't you think it's time to get up? ”

But listen carefully to the fact that there is no sound in the room at all, not even snoring? This attracted the attention of the soldiers, and he hurriedly pushed open the door and went in to the bed, only to see the Ming Xingshan garrison lying motionless on the bed? The soldier felt that something was wrong, reached out and tried it, and found that he had lost his breath? But when you lift the quilt, you don't find any wounds? The soldiers who did not dare to be careless immediately ran out to make the news public and blockade the whole post to investigate the real culprit.

After the judgment of the military doctor, this should be a phenomenon of death by hitting the temple? When I asked the soldiers, had they been in contact with anyone before they died? The soldiers replied, "I only had a relationship with the commander of the Tashan Guard, but when I came back, the garrison was drunk and supported by a few subordinates." ”

The military doctor Lang Zhong asked, "Dare to ask where those subordinates are now?" The soldier replied, "It's all hired." As soon as these words came out, Lang Zhong, a military doctor who felt bored, suggested that the soldiers send someone to contact Tashanwei to see the situation.

On the other side, the governor of Ming Datong, who was escorted back to his hometown by the Liukou: Wei Jingyu, just when Shanxi Chengxuan was near the Weihaihui Temple in Ningshan, Zezhou, he felt shameless and had no distractions, so he said to the Liukou soldiers next to the frame, "Stop, I want to enter the pillar incense!" ”

Mistakenly thinking he was trying to be blessed and safe? Therefore, the Liukou soldiers agreed, and after stopping the carriage, the governor of Ming Datong slowly walked into the temple, he looked at the monks leisurely sweeping the floor and envied in his heart, he thought he was an ordinary person, but he couldn't do it! Before coming to the Guanyin Palace, the governor of Ming Datong knelt down directly, wept and bowed to the south, and shouted: "The only way to apologize for the loss of the feudal territory is to die, please forgive Your Majesty!" After death, I am willing to be a ghost to haunt the thief. ”

At this time, the accompanying Mrs. Wei and her eldest son: Wei Deyi, second son: Wei Demin, the three of them also walked into the hall, and they were about to visit the shrine when they saw the governor of Ming Datong kneeling on the ground and crying, and Mrs. Wei asked, "What is my son doing here?" ”

Who knew that the governor of Datong said directly: "My son is not filial, you have suffered for the elderly, and now you have failed the grace of the imperial court, and there is only one death!" After saying that, he crashed to death on the pillar of the main hall, and when the rogue soldiers came in, they were already dead, and their son and Mrs. Wei wept bitterly! The Liukou soldiers had no choice but to report the matter to Emperor Dashun.

After receiving the news, Emperor Dashun sighed for a long time and remembered that the martyrs moved their families to live in Yangcheng County, and warned his subordinates not to invade the Wei Mansion, and gave 50 taels of gold to send people to protect the coffin back to his hometown, and buried his coffin in the south tomb of Zhubei Village from his younger brother Wei Jingchao.

Then Emperor Dashun ordered to continue to the north through Tianchengwei into the territory of the North Zhili Wanquan Division, because the Tianchengwei generals knew the current affairs, except for the soldiers to escape, all the Ming generals in the Wei command post surrendered to the Liukou.

Immediately afterwards, in the city of Xuanfu Town, Wanquandu, a soldier quickly rode into the city, and two soldiers hurriedly ran to the chief soldier of Ming Xuanfu who was sitting here: Wang Chengyin, and reported, "Report, the general soldier of Qiqi has just received the news from Tianchengwei, and I heard that Datong Mansion has been occupied by the Liukou army!" Right now, I'm rushing in the direction of the Wanquan Division.,Please show the chief soldier.。 ”

The general soldier of the Ming Xuanfu who had just picked up the teacup and was about to drink tea was choked, he wiped the water on his body and replied, "What is the situation in Huai'anwei and Wanquan Zuowei?" ”