Chapter 288: Yi Zhi

Do you want to continue to march to Yueqing?

Only by solving this problem can all Qu Zhenhan's deployments have a specific rule, but now that even Jin Peilun, the military advisor and mastermind, has gone to the side of the Hongjun, Qu Zhenhan himself can't make up his mind.

At first, this plan was based on the fact that the Hong Army did not have many troops in Yueqing, and was busy with the Ningshao Campaign, so it was unable to support Yueqing County at all, but now, including the Zhongyi Battalion and the Zhongxiao Battalion that defected to Liujiehu, the Hong Army already has three or four thousand troops in Yueqing County.

The Red Turban Army's troops in Jiangbei, including Ni Yanmo, were only five or six thousand people, and there were many new soldiers, and some of the main forces were still in charge of garrisoning an extremely wide range of control areas in Jiangnan.

Qu Zhenhan couldn't make up his mind, so someone outside asked: "Dashuai, do you want to continue to fight Liu Jiehu to the end?" ”

Qu Zhenhan looked up, but it was Liu Gongrui, who was Qu Zhenhan's military advisor in public name, and now he also had five battalions of troops in his hands, which could be regarded as a powerful faction in the Red Turban Army.

What's more, this Liu Gongrui has had one or another contradiction with Liu Jiehu from the beginning, so the contradictions between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger, and it can even be said that it is the most determined northward faction.

For such a powerful faction, of course Qu Zhenhan can't say his true words: "Of course we have to do it to the end, don't look at three or five villains who defected to the past, but this is our Hongqiao people's hometown, and it is just a temporary loan to Liu Juehu, we want to get it back when we want." ”

"Now our Hongjun still has a team of more than 20,000 people in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and he Liu Chang is busy attacking Ningbo Mansion and Shaoxing Mansion, how much capital can be thrown into Yueqing County!" Qu Zhenhan cheered Liu Gongrui: "This Yueqing County, we have decided!" ”

"Good!" Liu Gongrui was originally a little listless, but now his spirit suddenly rose: "It's the determination to fight, this determination is too late, if you can go down early, let alone Yueqing County, even Taizhou Mansion can be taken down, Yueqing County is the place where our Red Turban Army started, no matter how much it costs, we must take it down!" ”

As soon as Liu Gongrui said this, Qu Zhenhan was also excited, he patted Liu Gongrui's shoulder and said: "The wind knows the strength of the grass, the board knows the loyal ministers, Gongrui, today I finally saw the right person!" ”

Liu Gongrui was also very simple: "I'll go back to Jiangnan and pull the team of the five battalions under me over to fight to the death with Liu Jiehu, the Hong Army is just a branch of our Red Turban Army, how can Liu Jiehu not listen to Da Shuai, I support Da Shuai and Liu Juhu to fight to the end!" ”

Although he couldn't make up his mind to start a full-scale war, for more than an hour after that, he talked with his officers and soldiers about the historical relationship between Yueqing and the Red Turban Army, and strongly advocated that Yueqing County was the place where the Red Turban Army made its fortune, and how could such a territory be handed over to Liu Chang and the Hong Army, and it must be controlled by the Red Turban Army.

Among the Red Turban Army that crossed the river, there were indeed many people in Yueqing, and they had the idea of homesickness for a long time, so many people agreed with Qu Zhenhan's opinion, but at dinner time, there was a thunderstorm on a sunny day.

Liu Gongrui, the chief military division of the Red Turban Army, who had always been regarded as the most resolute anti-Liu faction in the entire Red Turban Army, had already announced in the afternoon that he had surrendered to Liu Chang, the commander of the Hong Army, in Jiangnan, and almost all the five battalion leaders under his command responded to his call, and only a very small number of people crossed the river to join Qu Zhenhan.

When Qu Zhenhan got the news, he was still eating, but as soon as he heard the news of Liu Gongrui's anti-water, he smashed the rice bowl in his hand to the ground and scolded loudly: "**You Liu Gongrui's eighteenth generation ancestor!" ”

Now it is not a question of whether to start a war with the Hong Army, but whether the entire Red Turban Army can keep its existing territory, or even whether the Red Turban Army can continue to survive. ..., Qu Zhenhan already knew that night, Liu Gongrui came to him in the morning to actually talk about compromise with Hongjun and Liu Jiehu, but he was frightened by Qu Zhenhan's toughness.

Although Liu Gongrui is a firm and inverted willow faction, the reality is ruthless, and it is already impossible to take back Yueqing County, and the Red Turban Army may even want to pay Yongjia County out as a gift to appease Liu's desperate family.

However, Qu Zhenhan insisted on a war with the Hong Army, but Liu Gongrui already knew from his friends that the Dragon Lance Regiment, Nanxi Regiment, and Panshi Regiment of the Rainbow Army were progressing very well in the north, and in this case, fighting the Rainbow Army again would only be self-inflicted death.

And he has already seen Xu Fengfei's experience, Xu Fengfei just opposed the war with the Hong Army, and he was already under house arrest by Qu Zhenhan, if he proposed to compromise with the Hong Army, he would definitely follow in Xu Fengfei's footsteps.

It is based on this consideration that the extremely pessimistic Liu Gongrui was on the surface full of battle words, but after returning to Jiangnan, he directly announced that Yi Zhi would be included in the Hong Army, and also sent someone to negotiate with Ye Niangzi.

This is just a starting point, and the next Red Turban Army in Jiangnan announced that Yi Zhi would return to the Dragon Gun Battalion the next day, and even the main force of the Eighth Battalion under the command of Xu Fengfei also announced the official change of banner - from the original yellow flag to the red flag.

Although Xu Fengfei has been placed under house arrest by Qu Zhenhan, his subordinates still have the idea of being close to the Hongjun, with Liu Gongrui taking the lead, the entire Jiangnan region is already a scene of collapse, and the team loyal to Qu Zhenhan has become an absolute minority, and they don't even dare to fight back, because there are teams that announce the change of banner all around.

On this day, there was bad news, Qu Zhenhan only ate two bites of Chinese rice, and then smashed the bowl again, and several fellow clansmen and nephews persuaded him, but they couldn't persuade him.

In this case, he can only close himself off and see no one, which has the taste of heroic shortness.

Late at night, Qu Zhenhan was still sitting at the desk gritting his teeth, shaking his head, and sighing with a short sigh.

Woohoo! The door was pushed open, and it was Qu Zhibin, the most capable son of the Qu clan, who held a few freshly heated meals in his hand, and said in his mouth: "Qu Shuai, eat a few bites!" If you can't eat it, you can drink a few sips of hot soup! ”

Qu Zhenhan shook his head, he couldn't eat anymore, and the 20,000 soldiers collapsed in one day, he sighed again, and then said, "Qianbin, what's wrong?" ”

Qu Zhibin glanced at Qu Zhenhan, but he didn't expect that this marshal of the Red Turban Army would still have extraordinary acumen in this situation, so he immediately knelt down for Qu Zhenhan: "Marshal, let's go south!" ”

Qu Zhenhan immediately asked, "Ni Tingmo can't support it?" He and Liu Chang cooperated very well when they were fighting in Chuzhou! ”

Qu Zhibin knew that Qu Zhenhan had learned all the inside information, and he defended Ni Tingmo: "Now that the people's hearts have been dispersed, Vice Marshal Ni is also helpless, he has made a friend, and he has promised us that he can let us cross the Yangtze River, let's go south!" There are thousands of our brothers to the south, and as long as we can keep the group, we still have a chance! ”

"I don't even have a chance now, how can I have a chance in the future!" Qu Zhenhan's words were full of pain: "You don't have to comfort me, I know I've come to the end!" This is already Liu Chang's era. ”

"Dashuai!" Qu Zhibin sobbed and said: "Everyone has an incense love, as long as you cross the river, everything has a way out!" ”

This is the truth, although these old Red Turban Army units in Jiangnan are unwilling to fight against Liu Jiehu, but for their former commander, how can they have a love for incense, but Qu Zhenhan has completely given up: "How can there be any way out!" There is only one way to go south, and that is to take refuge in the Qing Demon! ”

He already knew it in his chest: "Brother Zhibin, you are up!" You're thirty-four years old this Chinese New Year's Eve, right? "It's thirty-five!" ”

Qu Zhenhan sighed faintly: "We are the same clan and fellow villagers, there is nothing to talk about!" I've seen it all now, and there's only one thing I'm still thinking about, and I want to ask for your help! ”

"Boss, please speak!"

"When is it? You still call me handsome! Qu Zhenhan sighed again: "You don't have to be so polite, your own family!" Jin Peilun and I have been friends for 20 years and have known each other for 20 years, but I didn't expect that in the end, we will separate from each other when the catastrophe comes, and I don't blame him! I only complain about Lao Jin for one thing, that is, Lao Jin shouldn't say that I colluded with the king of Fujian, it's not like that! ”

Qu Zhibin had already cried, and Qu Zhenhan was explaining his last words: "Dashuai, let's go south!" ”

Qu Zhenhan smiled heartily: "My name is Qu Zhenhan, I am Han, how can I bend my knees under the Qing Demon...... You continue to listen to me, I do have some contact with the Qing demon in Fujian, but that is just to deal with things, it is definitely not true, I am full of blood, sincere heart, can only be expressed in one word, that is, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot! I will never go south to join the Qing Demon! ”

"I'm not going to take refuge in the Qing Demon now! I will not take refuge in the Qing demon in the future, I am a fierce man, I am worthy of the mountains and rivers of the Han family, if you see the Liu checkpoint, you must affirm this for me! ”

Qu Zhibin nodded, and said: "Zhenhan, let's not go south, we can also go to Liujian, no matter what, we always have such an incense!" ”

Qu Zhenhan smiled indifferently: "You also know that you can all take refuge in Liu Chang, but I can't, and Liu Chang doesn't dare to accept my refuge!" ”

Why? Naturally, Qu Zhenhan's weight in the Red Turban Army and the Rainbow Army is too heavy, even heavier than Liu Chang himself, and even Qu Zhenhan's Red Turban Army, if you don't calculate the quality, the number of troops is definitely more than the Rainbow Army.

In that situation, Liu Chang is not at ease, and Qu Zhenhan himself is not at ease, so if Qu Zhenhan can't go south, then there is only one most painful choice.

Qu Zhibin cried loudly, but Qu Zhenhan was very calm: "I only have one thing to remember, nothing else, call my two unsuccessful sons in, and I will meet them for the last time!" ”

On the third day of the ninth month of the fifth year of Xianfeng, Qu Zhenhan, the generalissimo of the Red Turban Army, committed suicide under Yongjiatang, and the whole Red Turban Army changed its banner!

ps: Make up for yesterday's one watch, it's a little late, and there should be two more shifts today

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