"Enter Gaizhou and kill Jiannu~"

"Enter Gaizhou and kill Jiannu~"

The soldiers of the Ming army read the Qinghe River with hatred and revenge in their hearts and walked towards Gaizhou City. In fact, in fact, at the time when the Jiannu army withdrew, the Han people in Gaizhou City had already begun to retaliate, "Jiannu, aren't you usually very majestic?" Why is it wilting today? ”

"Jiannu, who was killed by thieves, don't you want to sleep with my daughter-in-law? Today, Lao Tzu slept with your daughter-in-law and daughter~"

"Master Dikzik, didn't you want me to learn how to bark that day? You always like dogs so much, call everyone a few times today~"

The streets of Gaizhou are full of Han people who cut off their braids and chase after Jiannu with wooden sticks and kitchen knives in their hands. As a result, the scenes that happened in Shenyang and Liaoyang were repeated in Gaizhou, Fuzhou and Jinzhou.

Although Zilharang was in the rear, the retreat of the Jiannu army was not all smooth sailing. To get from Gaizhou to Haizhou, you need to climb over the hilly terrain in the north. Not only did the Ming cavalry bite their tails, but the infantry of the Ming army also worked tirelessly, constantly interspersing between the hills, and then taking advantage of the favorable terrain to interfere with the normal retreat of the Jiannu cavalry.

The harassment of the Ming army brought a lot of trouble to the retreat of Jiannu, and it was just trouble, although the small Ming army was like a wild wolf in the forest, haunting and impermanent, but it did not dare to directly provoke the main force of Jiannu. After suffering a few small losses, Zilharang simply gathered the army of the Three Banners and galloped along the open area. And the archers at the outermost part of the queue, as soon as they noticed something in the grass and bushes on both sides, they immediately burst into a burst of arrows, which could be regarded as getting rid of the seemingly ubiquitous harassment of the Ming army.

Song Youliang's purpose was to let Jiannu himself collide with the superior firepower of the Ming army, so as to kill and injure a large number of Jiannu's living forces. As it turned out, the two reckless men of Shuoto and Adali did exactly that. It's just that the timely appearance of Jierharang saved the lives of the two red flag soldiers, so that Song Youliang's strategic purpose was not fully realized.

Due to the relatively long battle line, there was not enough cement and steel to strengthen the city wall of Gaizhou for the time being, so the city of Gaizhou was still reinforced by traditional methods. It's just that more horse-faced walls, prism walls and wall buttresses have been added to the shape.

Li Shutai once accompanied his father Li Yongfang to garrison southern Liaoning for a long time, and he was familiar with the southern Liaoning area. After entering Gaizhou City, Li Shutai led a middle-aged man with braids on the back of his head to see Song Youliang, "Are you a slave?" Song Youliang looked at the pig's tail with disdain, "Back to the adult, the little one is the Han people~" The middle-aged man replied tremblingly, "It's the Han people, why do you still keep this pig tail?" Isn't it pretty? Song Youliang scolded more and more unceremoniously, "Oh, I understand, you must be Jiannu's puppet official in Gaizhou, and you are going to be beheaded, so you didn't cut off your braids." ”

At this time, the middle-aged man's head lowered lower, and Li Shutai said on the side: "Junmen Mingjian, his name is Tang Yuan, and he is the magistrate of Gaizhou, although according to the order of the Junmen, all the puppet officials will be executed, and the family property will be confiscated. However, during his tenure, he has always loved the people, loved the people like sons, built water conservancy, rewarded farming and weaving, and did a lot of good things for the people. ”

"Managing Jiannu's state and county so well, so that Jiannu will have no worries when attacking my Ming state and county on the front line?" Song Youliang teased that Tang was sweating profusely, he strengthened his courage and said, "My lord's words are arrogant and unreasonable? If the officers and soldiers can protect Liaodong from being ravaged by Jiannu, how can we be puppet officials of Jiannu to seek perfection? ”

Li Shutai tugged at Tang Yuan's sleeve and signaled him not to say such a rush Song Youliang laughed when he heard this, and he said: "Yes, if Liaonan has been under my Ming rule, you may be the Gaizhou magistrate of the Ming Dynasty." I have the courage to say this to you, and I have done a lot of good things for the people of Gaizhou, I will sell General Li a favor and spare you from death~~ But whether you can continue to be a county magistrate, I dare not guarantee it. ”

Tang Benefit hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you Song Junmen for not killing, it doesn't matter if you don't know the county, I, Tang Benefit, will continue to use my own way to bring a blessing to the people of Gaizhou." ”

Li Shutai was also very grateful to Song Youliang for the favor, and after some thanks, he led Tang Cheng out of the gate, and happened to meet Zhang Nai, who was striding towards with a Jiannu head. Zhang Nai's unfamiliar with Li Shutai, so he just said hello casually, and Li Shutai did clearly see that the head in Zhang Nai's hand was the head of Niu Lu, the Red Flag Supervision Team, and Hai Da'an, who supervised his own killing of his brother, "It's a pity~~ I couldn't kill him with my own hands~" Li Shutai shook his head slightly disappointed In November of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army recovered Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou, annihilated 6,000 enemies, beheaded 5,000, and obtained countless heavy grain and grass weapons.

At the beginning of December, the newspaper was sent by sea ship to Tianjin, and then to Beijing. For a while, the Jingshi shook "I saw that the Song Junmen shouted: Jiannu came to life~~, so he slapped his horse and stepped forward, only to listen to the smack~~ The steel knife in his hand waved like the wind, and then listened to the clatter, but saw the head of the Jiannu man fall to the ground~~ Song Junmen killed three in and three out in the Jiannu array, and only called Jiannu to cry and call his mother~~ That is the wind ~~ Lose courage ~~"

"Good~~"

The storyteller in the major teahouses in Beijing City, the most recent joke is "Song Junmen Broke the Jianzhou Slave", for a time Song Youliang's name became synonymous with heroes, and became the object of discussion in the capital and even the entire Ming Dynasty and the idol worshiped by young people, Emperor Chongzhen is naturally very proud, since Song Youliang won a series of battles, some ministers who know how to observe words and colors immediately came to the table, and sang praises for Chongzhen's eclectic talent and knowing people. Chongzhen naturally accepted all the orders, and read these recitals of merit and virtue one by one with a smile.

Just when Chongzhen closed his eyes and muttered, Wang Chengen walked in lightly, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty~"

"Oh~Wang Chengen~~ How is the selection of the officials?" Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen with an angry look, and said: "The officials said that Jinzhou, Gaizhou, and Fuzhou were originally guards, not prefectures and counties, and should be under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. ”

"What does the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies say?" Chongzhen asked again, "The Governor's Office of the Five Armies said that the selection of officials is a matter for the officials~~" Wang Chengen truthfully reported Chongzhen's anger, "Bastard thing~~ I think none of them want to accept the hot potato of southern Liaoning." ”

Wang Chengen echoed: "The old slave thinks so. These people are afraid that these three cities will be lost and lost, and there is no one to fish for that place in southern Liaoning, and if the city is broken by Jiannu, it may be impossible to save their lives, so no one wants to take over. ”

"Then let Song Youliang take over!" Chongzhen said angrily, "That's not appropriate~~" Wang Chengen said: "Although Your Majesty said that the military and political affairs of Korea, Liaodong and Dengzhou would be handed over to Song Youliang, the military attache of a town has too much jurisdiction~~ In case there is a different heart~~ The old slave thinks it is inappropriate~! ”

Chongzhen said helplessly: "This is not appropriate, that is not good, is it really told that Song Youliang does not want the three states and withdraws the army to Shandong?" What is the face of the Ming court? ”

"Your Majesty, Henan Emergency~"

"The affairs of southern Liaoning have not been taken care of yet, what is the matter in Henan?" Chongzhen impatiently took the report, only read a line of words, Chongzhen's emaciated face immediately shrugged down, in front of him was the report of Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, saying that Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai joined forces, known as 200,000 troops, and gathered in the direction of Kaifeng again, as if they were going to open the city twice.

"It's really a wildfire that can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows again!" Chongzhen felt a little headache, he gently rubbed his temples, "Henan~~" Chongzhen compared his eyes, and muttered: "Sun Chuanting is in Shaanxi, Fang Kongzhi is in Hunan, Song Youliang is far away in southern Liaoning~Henan~~~Henan~"

At this time, Wang Chengen reminded: "The old slave remembered a person who could kill thieves and thieves for His Majesty. ”

"Who?" Chongzhen hurriedly asked, "The original household department Shangshu Hou Sui~!" Wang Chengen said, "Hou Sui?? Hou Sui?? By the way, you mean Zuo Liangyu? Chongzhen suddenly realized, "Although Zuo Liangyu is unruly, he only respects Hou Sui very much. Yes~~ Yang Sichang also said that he has the talent of a general. ”

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Zuo Liangyu has always been treated well by Hou Sui before, I heard that the soldiers under Zuo Liangyu's command disturbed the people everywhere he went, but he passed Shangqiu three times, but he did not commit any crimes in Qiu, all because Hou Sui was from Shangqiu." Your Majesty can treat Hou Sui well, and Zuo Liangyu can be driven away by Your Majesty. ”

"Okay, good~" Chongzhen said three good in a row, and immediately issued a holy decree to release Hou Sui, and gave a banquet on the platform. Hou Aiqing is long again, and Hou Aiqing has been appeased for a short time. In the end, Chongzhen also took out 500,000 taels of silver and asked Hou Sui to bring it to Zuo Liangyu's army to reward the three armies.

Before Hou Sui left, another Tangbao report came, saying that Li Zicheng had broken through the Guide Mansion, and Hou Sui was very anxious, because the Hou clan and his son Hou Fangyu were in the Guide Mansion, so Hou Sui hurriedly said: "The military situation is urgent, and the minister will not dare to live up to His Majesty's trust, and he will leave Beijing immediately today." ”

Chongzhen Dao was his own appeasement, and he was overjoyed, and said: "It's just that if you leave Beijing today, 500,000 silver can't be transferred immediately, I'm afraid you can only transfer 100,000 taels first." ”

Hou Sui said: "Zuo Liangyu's ministers will go to talk about it, and it will definitely make him feel His Majesty's imperial grace." ”

"That's good, that's good~~" Chongzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "I will send an order to the governor of the three sides, Wang Qiaonian, to send troops to attack from the west together, and be sure to eliminate the thieves in Henan." ”

"Weichen will smear his liver and brains on the ground and do his best." Hou Sui bowed again◆◆◆◆◆ Li Zicheng's second battle to attack Kaifeng had not yet begun, because Zuo Liangyu's soldiers had arrived in Qixian, he retreated from outside Kaifeng City and retreated to Yuncheng. Zuo Liangyu also followed to Yuncheng.

At this time, although Li Zicheng had experienced a fiasco of thirty miles, he had gathered more than 100,000 outlaws due to his meeting with Luo Rucai and the soldiers and horses of the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo. However, although Li Zicheng's army had an advantage in numbers, because of the long siege of Kaifeng, the soldiers were tired and unable to storm the left army, so they could only hold on to the left army near Yuncheng, rest the soldiers and horses, collect food and socks, and wait for opportunities to surround the left army. Zuo Liangyu was small in number, and the cavalry and firearms were inferior to the invading army, so he could only take a defensive position and was unable to attack, so he just wanted not to fall into the encirclement of the invading army, and waited for Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi and the three sides, to come and attack the invading army.

Wang Qiaonian was urged by the emperor to pass, knowing that coming to Henan to "suppress thieves" seemed to be "feeding the tiger with meat", so he had no choice but to disobey the "holy decree", so he had to lead He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu, three general officers, a total of about 30,000 horse infantry, out of Tongguan in the second half of the first month.

Wang Qiaonian said to He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu, the three chief military officers: "At present, our army is full of only 30,000 people, and it may be difficult to win directly against the thieves of the second battalion of Chuang and Cao around Yuncheng. Therefore, it is advisable for our army to capture Xiangcheng occupied by the thief army first, and hold on here, which will definitely attract the thieves, and the siege of Yuncheng can be solved at that time. If General Zuo comes to attack at that time, we can still exterminate some of the thieves! ”

He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu agreed, and at this time, a person from Xiangcheng County named Zhang Yongqi came to ask for a meeting. In October last year, when Li Zicheng's troops were in Ye County, he sent people to tell the officials and gentry of Xiangcheng to offer grain, mules and horses to surrender, so that they could be exempted from attacking the city. Cao Sizheng, the magistrate of the county, held a meeting with the gentry and agreed to surrender, but Zhang Yongchu resolutely opposed it, escorting the old mother out of Xiangcheng and fleeing to Meng County on the north bank of the Yellow River to live temporarily. Hearing the news that Wang Qiaonian had come to Henan, he specially came to Luoyang to ask for a meeting. He strongly persuaded Wang Qiaonian to go to Xiangcheng as soon as possible and attack Li Zicheng with the thief general Zuo Liangyu, and he was willing to return to Xiangcheng to assist. Wang Qiaonian no longer hesitated and marched from Longmen to Xiangcheng.

Immediately, Wang Qiaonian led the army to occupy Xiangcheng. He ordered He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu to divide into three roads and station them about forty miles east of the city, and he himself set up his line outside the city. Xiangcheng is only about a hundred miles away from Yuncheng. Li Zicheng soon learned of this situation in Xiangcheng, and he decisively ordered the siege to be withdrawn from Yuncheng and go out to Xiangcheng.

When Li Zicheng evacuated Kaifeng, he knew how Wang Qiaonian dug up his ancestral grave by secret order, and now he got a report that Wang Qiaonian was coming to Xiangcheng. He ordered to stop the attack on the left army and wait for the troops. When Wang Qiaonian arrived in Xiangcheng, He Renlong and other three general soldiers marched to forty miles east of Xiangcheng, and Li Zicheng suddenly gave up Zuo Liangyu and went to fight Wang Qiaonian.

He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu were not stable in their camp, and Li You, Gu Kecheng, and Ren Jirong led the army to suddenly kill, so frightened that these three general soldiers fled without a fight. Wang Qiaonian saw He Renlong and the others fleeing, and after scolding the three of them for a while, he quickly led his troops to retreat into the city and hold on. His subordinate general, who was originally the leader of the invasion army, and later surrendered to the official army, Li Wanqing said to him: "He Renlong, they did not listen to moderation, and escaped from the battle, we have less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to resist the thieves with such a small number of troops to hold this Xiangcheng, so it is better for us to evacuate quickly!" ”

Wang Qiaonian said: "We are here to help Zuo Liangyu, I think, after Zuo Liangyu gets out of trouble, how can he sit idly by and ignore my Xiangcheng?" ”

How did Wang Qiaonian know that Zuo Liangyu was so kind? After the rebels withdrew from the siege, Zuo Liangyu not only did not come to flank the attack, but fled south. Wang Qiaonian felt that something was wrong, and said: "Damn, this Zuo Liangyu is scared of the thief!" He had no choice but to stick to Xiangcheng.

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