[242] Mass response

It wasn't until the evening that Jin Shengheng and Li Guoying, who were inseparably killed, knew that Zuo Mengeng had died in the chaos, and Huang Shu fled to Song Youliang's army in embarrassment and surrendered.

At this time, Song Youliang's troops and horses had already been deployed, occupying all the places first, and just waiting for Song Youliang to give an order, he launched a general attack on the chaotic army.

"Huang Shu, you old bastard, you've hurt Lao Tzu." Jin Shengheng couldn't help but scold: "Don't fight, don't fight, give the order, we surrender." ”

The adjutant general asked, "General, who shall we vote for?" ”

"Of course it's Song Youliang, could it be the Toad Emperor?" Jin Shengheng scolded angrily

"What, surrender, Lord Chief, you can't surrender." The original Jiujiang guerrilla Chu Shigui was taken aback, Zuo Mengeng attacked the general, Jiangxi Governor Yang Tinglin ordered him to guard Hukou, but he surrendered without a fight, dedicated Hukou to Zuo Mengeng, killed Hukou County and hundreds of people nearby, this surrender, the court will never let him go, at this moment when he heard that Jin Shengheng was going to surrender, he was immediately anxious

When Chu Shigui said this, he reminded Jin Shengheng, he glanced at his own soldiers, and shouted coldly: "Take it for me." ”

"Order!" Several of Jin Shengheng's personal soldiers pounced on Chu Shigui like wolves, Chu Shigui's martial arts were already commonplace, he just wanted to resist, one of Jin Shengheng's personal soldiers slashed his wrist with a knife, and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and several personal soldiers rushed up, tying Chu Shigui firmly with seven hands and eight feet.

"Jin Shengheng, you lamb, don't think that it's okay to tie me up, you will definitely die without a place to be buried." Chu Shigui knew that he could not be spared, and scolded Jin Shengheng, "You are from a rogue background, and you rebelled for a bucket of Su, and now you want to wash your ass and go ashore?" You thief embryo! ”

Jin Shengheng hates people to pick him up the most, and he is angry: "Beat his chin crooked"

With a muffled sound, Chu Shigui's jaw was shattered

"Hmm, hmm."

Chu Shigui only left a whimper in pain, but his eyes were still glaring at Jin Shengheng angrily, and Jin Shengheng ignored him: "Quick, quick, shout below, we surrender." ”

Jin Shengheng shouted surrender, Li Guoying was in a mess, and in a panic, he came to Zhang Yingyuan's barracks

Zhang Yingyuan said to Li Guoying: "Brother Li, the thief embryo of Yidousu has lowered his surname to Song, and we can't beat it." Our brothers seem to be at the end of their fate, let's go our separate ways, right? I look south, you look east, whoever the surname Song chases, then it is up to fate! ”

Li Guoying felt that Zhang Yingyuan was quite righteous, so he hugged his fists and said: "Brother Zhang, the mountains and rivers have met, let's see you in the future!" With that, he mounted his horse and fled eastward, escorted by his own soldiers.

Zhang Yingyuan looked at Li Guoying's distant back, and said to his subordinates: "Why are you still stunned?" Hurry up and shout surrender, let's also surrender to An Guogong. ”

The little soldier was stunned, "Didn't you say we should go south?" ”

"Bastard thing, where Lao Tzu said to go, it is where to go!" Zhang Yingyuan scolded: "Prepare the bow and crossbow, let the cavalry feed the horses, and after a cup of tea, you will set off!" ”

"Order!"

So, Jin Shengheng just inserted a few branches in his back decently, and came to the Song camp to surrender as a guilty plea, and in less than a stick of incense, Zhang Yingyuan also let his subordinates symbolically trap himself, and inserted a few branches in his back to ask for guilt

When everyone saw this, they all snickered. Jin Shengheng, who was kneeling on the side, couldn't help laughing, and he teased: "I said Zhang Yingyuan, if you want to bear the guilt of Jing Pleading, at least expose your upper body, right?" How to get dressed and come! ”

Zhang Yingyuan and Jin Shengheng have a decent relationship on weekdays, at least better than Jin Shengheng and Li Guoying, so they also laughed at themselves: "I'm in a hurry, I don't have time to undress!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed even more

Song Youliang couldn't hold back a smile, took a few steps forward, and personally untied the two. Jin Shengheng tied up tightly, Song Youliang had to use a knife to cut the rope, Zhang Yingyuan was sloppy because of the sloppy tie, Song Youliang pulled his hand, and the rope fell to the ground, and everyone laughed again.

Zhang Yingyuan didn't care, he said: "Qi An Guogong, Li Guoying's thief fled to the east, and the last general is willing to make meritorious service for his crimes, chase after him and cut off his head to dedicate to An Guogong." ”

Jin Shengheng glanced at him with disdain, yesterday he wore a pair of pants with Li Guoying, and threw himself at Song Youliang How to explain to his dead brothers, today can be regarded as seeing what it means to be shameless

Song Youliang waved his hand and said, "No need, he can only die by following the toad emperor in Nanjing." After that, Song Youliang took out two beautifully made silk robes from his seat, one for each person, and put them on Jin Shengheng and Zhang Yingyuan respectively.

Zhang Yingyuan was immediately "moved" to cry bitterly, he knelt down and said: "An Guogong is so wrong to love the last general, and the last general is willing to smear An Guogong's liver and brain, and he will not give up!" ”

Jin Shengheng also hurriedly bowed down, but after trying hard a few times, he couldn't say anything as sensual as Zhang Yingyuan, and made such a "moved" expression, but said: "The last general will thank Grandpa Xie for reward." ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "Although you were guilty before, you realized it at the critical moment, realized your way back, and abandoned the darkness to the light. The so-called people are not saints and sages, who can be without fault? ”

"Yes, yes~~" Zhang Yingyuan even claimed yes

Song Youliang said: "Since the two of you have voted in the army of Emperor Hongde, you will have to act in accordance with our military law in the future." ”

Jin Shengheng said: "That's nature! ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "Okay, I heard that when Zuo Liangyu was governing the army, the military discipline was very bad, and he often ate empty salaries and poisoned the people, so this grandfather wants to reorganize the soldiers and horses under your command, what do you think?" ”

Jin Shengheng said secretly, can I say I don't want to? But as long as he gets Song Youliang's trust, he will not worry about wealth in the future, so he said loudly: "There are no rules, there is no circle." The last general had long wanted to rectify military discipline, but his ability was limited, and he had many constraints in the left army, so he never succeeded. Now the grandfather wants to rectify the military discipline, and the last general will fully cooperate! ”

Zhang Yingyuan also nodded again and again

Zuo Mengeng's 300,000 troops passed through the siege of Jiujiang, plus this time they killed each other, and there were many people who sneaked away in the battle, and now Jin Shengheng and Zhang Yingyuan only controlled about 70,000 people, although these troops were undisciplined, but they could survive this bloody battle, and they could be regarded as warlike veterans.

It took 10 days for these more than 70,000 people to be reorganized, leaving only 40,000 horses, and the army under the names of each of Jin Shengheng and other general soldiers was reduced from the original 40,000 to only about 7,000 or 8,000.

It is also a big question of how to arrange the personnel who have been laid off, because these people are accustomed to the military life, and most of them are old and weak or disabled, and if they are allowed to go back, they will not be able to support themselves at all, and I don't know how many of them will become bandits or die in the ditch.

Song Youliang can't raise them all at the moment, to tell the truth, although these people are now old, weak, sick and disabled, maybe they are carrying many lives of ordinary people, and finally decided to dismiss them all on the spot, and those who are willing to go home, regardless of the distance, will be given a bucket of white rice and twenty taels of silver dollars as travel expenses, and those who are willing to stay in Jiujiang will be given one stone of rice, fifteen taels of silver dollars and ten acres of land each.

Jiujiang City has been dilapidated, the former big city of more than 100,000 people, after Zuo Liangyu entered the city when he killed him, plus Zuo Mengeng died when he attacked the city, now there are less than 30,000 people left in Jiujiang City, most of them are some old and weak women and children, young and middle-aged people are either killed or fled, at least ten years can not recover. If all these people stay, the time for Jiujiang City to recover can be greatly advanced, due to the heavy casualties of the residents, there are many ownerless fields outside the city, and it can be harvested in less than half a month, if there is no such group of people left, the people who harvest rice outside Jiujiang City will not be found after half a month, and many mature rice can only rot in vain.

Just a few days after Li Guoying fled, two more major events occurred. One of them is Gao Jie of Xuzhou, Liu Liangzuo of Shouzhou, Liu Zeqing of Huai'an, and Huang Degong of Luzhou in the four towns of Jiangbei successively issued documents announcing their support for Emperor Hongde in Beijing.

Gao Jie, the word Yingwu, a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, is a fellow villager with Li Zicheng. He was originally Li Zicheng's right-hand man, nicknamed the Mountain Harrier. Gao Jie once went to the military warehouse to support grain and rice, and was overwhelmed by Xing's appearance, and fell in love at first sight. Xing was originally a woman from a good family, but she was snatched into the army by Li Zicheng, and she didn't really return to her heart, she also fell in love with the tall and burly Gao Jie. Under the persuasion of Xing, and because he was worried that Li Zicheng would be killed if he found out, Gao Jie took Xing and a group of soldiers to surrender to the Ming general He Renlong in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and was awarded the position of guerrilla. Gao Jie later participated in the pursuit and suppression of the peasant army many times, and was promoted to the general army. At the beginning of 1644, the Dashun army crossed the river to the east, and a large number of military generals of the Ming Dynasty were attached, Gao Jie did not dare to surrender because he thought that he had a "hatred for taking his wife" for Li Zicheng, so he led his troops from Shaanxi to flee to Shandong through Shanxi and Huaiqing, Henan. When Gao Jie was rushing to seize the road, he sent an envoy to Shouzhou to contact Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang. Ma Shiying learned that his subordinates had 30,000 soldiers and 9,000 horses and mules, and immediately replied to solicit: "The general promises the country with his body, and he should lead it together." At the same time, let Gao Jie's department be stationed in Xuzhou and obey his own moderation. Gao Jie went to Shouzhou to meet Ma Shiying and returned to Xuzhou, and soon became the father of the "decision" due to the needle threading of the eunuch Lu Jiude.

Huang Degong, the word Hushan, a native of Liaoning, was born in the army. He joined the army in Liaoyang since he was a child, and was constantly promoted because of his military exploits. During the Chongzhen period, he fought with Zhang Xianzhong and the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left for a long time in the south of Zhili, Jiangbei and Henan, during which he was transferred to Song Youliang to guard Jinzhou, and was later promoted to the general army of Luzhou. He once accompanied Ma Shiying to pacify Liu Chao, a rebel general in Yongcheng, Henan, and was awarded the title of Jingnanbo for meritorious service.

Liu Liangzuo, the word Mingfu, a native of Beizhili, because he often rides a variegated horse, known as the flower horse Liu, and Gao Jie are both generals under Li Zicheng, Zhongcao changed Jiao to ambush the Ming army, Feng Guangchangbo, and commanded the troops to fight with the rebel army in Susong, Luzhou, and Lu'an, and was promoted to the chief military officer. When the northern capital fell, he led the army stationed in the Zhengyang area of Henan, Jiashen in April at the invitation of Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, led his troops into Nanzhili, along the way, the people of Linhuai heard that it was coming, and the soldiers were strictly defended. Liu Liangzuo was furious and ordered the siege of the city, but it was not captured. Ma Shiying asked him to move to the area of Shou County. His younger brother Liu Liangchen served as a guerrilla in the Battle of Dalinghe in 1631 (the fourth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty), and he had surrendered to the Qing court with the chief soldier Zu Dashou. Later, when Song Youliang broke through Shenyang, he did not kill Liu Liangchen, but brought him back to the Ming Dynasty and sent him back to Liu Liangzuo.

Liu Zeqing, whose name is Hezhou, is a native of Cao County, Shandong, born in the army, and was promoted to the general army of Shandong in the last years of Chongzhen. When the Dashun army approached Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen ordered him to lead his troops to quickly enter the Weijing Division, but he lied that he was injured by falling from his horse and refused to obey the edict. Soon the Dashun army entered Shandong, and he led the main force to flee south to Huai'an. On the issue of the Nanjing ministers discussing the establishment of the king, he at first catered to the Donglin party members Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and others advocated supporting Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, but later learned that Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and Ma Shiying had decided to support Zhu Yousong, the king of Fu, and he knew that his troops were invincible, so he immediately changed himself and joined the ranks of supporting Fu.

Among the above four towns in Jiangbei, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo all have direct contact with Song Youliang, and Ma Shiying didn't dare to trust them too much, so he sent Zuo Mengeng to attack Jiujiang. Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo, who were in the four towns, saw that their former comrades-in-arms were all smooth sailing in Song Youliang's camp, and they could not get Ma Shiying's trust, so they sent someone to contact their old comrades-in-arms and make an appointment to start an incident. Huang Degong was originally very dissatisfied with Hongguang's pseudo-prince case, and when he was in Jinzhou, he saw that Song Youliang did have the ability to stabilize the world and benefit the people, so he also sent a letter in response. As for Liu Zeqing, he saw that the other four towns had already submitted to Emperor Hongde, so he followed the trend just like when he supported King Fu.

The second major event was that Zheng Zhilong, the general soldier of Fujian, and Hong Chengchou, who was in the opposition, issued a document together, raising the support of Emperor Hongde in the whole province of Fujian. Hong Chengchou even wrote a letter to Hongguang, asking him to immediately abolish the emperor's title. For a time, the collapse of the small court in Jiangnan was imminent