Yang Sichang was angry, this Zuo Liangyu usually did not obey the dispatch, and fought completely according to his own ideas, doing his own thing, arrogant and domineering. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That's it, this time I actually let Zhang Xianzhong run away!

But Zuo Liangyu's reason for reporting it is very reasonable, it is normal to be infected if he is not accustomed to the water and soil.

Yang Sichang had some doubts in his heart, could it be that Zuo Liangyu was bribed and intended to let Zhang Xianzhong go?

But when you think about it, it seems unlikely. If Zhang Xianzhong is captured alive, it will be a great achievement, and the reward is absolutely indispensable. Zhang Xianzhong is just a leader of a rogue bandit, and now he has lost the battle, his wife and children have been lost, and he only cares about running for his life, what can buy him?

Yang Sichang had no choice but to go out in person, march into Shuzhong, and chase Zhang Xianzhong.

Without Zuo Liangyu chasing after him, Zhang Xianzhong had no worries, and soon collected stragglers and strengthened his momentum. After that, he also rushed to meet with Luo Rucai and other major rebel forces.

At this time, Luo Rucai and others had long wanted to cross the Yangtze River and go deep into Shuzhong, but they were blocked by the officials and troops in Shuzhong, and they couldn't succeed at all. Especially the toast Qin Liangyu, the thousands of white-pole soldiers in the headquarters were too strong, and after Luo Rucai met her, he didn't dare to really fight, so he ran away with people, and even his handsome flag was lost in the withdrawal. Several leaders were also captured alive by Qin Liangyu and surrendered one after another.

After Zhang Xianzhong arrived, Luo Rucai finally had some confidence. As soon as the two of them combined, they decided to concentrate their forces to repel the official army, and then with the help of the complex terrain of Shudi, mobile combat, and good development and growth.

Sure enough, under the leadership of Zhang Xianzhong, several people showed their might, repelled the officers and soldiers in Shuzhong, went deep into Shuzhong, and began to loot on a large scale, leaving Yang Sichang far away on the other side of the Yangtze River.

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Hong Chengchou is very embarrassed, maybe he has never been so embarrassed in so many years of fighting in his life. Seeing that he was about to break through the city, he actually killed reinforcements from the rear, causing him to return defeated, and only about 2,000 men were left under his command.

Along the way, he didn't encounter reinforcements from the imperial court, Hong Chengchou felt uneasy in his heart, could it be that there was an accident?

Just then, the scouts who had been sent out rushed back. I saw the soldier shouting from a distance: "Lord Ministry, the enemy army is found in front, and the enemy army is found in front!" ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, how could there be an extra enemy army in the Daimyo's Mansion?

But now is not the time to think about it, he hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of the army, planning to retreat to Huaxian County to set up camp, and then find a way to bypass it. At this time, he didn't know that there had also been a big battle in Cizhou City, and his soldiers and horses outside Cizhou City were all gone.

Hong Chengchou marched all the way and retreated to Huaxian County to rest.

What he didn't know was that this area had already been laid by Li Xiuwen, waiting for him to throw himself into the net. Before the camp could be set up, the enemy army had already surrounded it.

The scouts sent out by Hong Chengchou reported one after another, and found that the enemy army was rushing to this side, and asked him to make a quick decision.

Things have come to this point, where does Hong Chengchou still not understand that he has fallen into the trap of the enemy? Now that there are enemy troops on three sides, where else can you run?

Retreat into Weihui Mansion?

That's Li Xiuwen's territory!

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to order a breakthrough to the north, but he knew very well in his heart that it seemed that it was not easy to break through.

Ten miles outside the city of Huaxian County, the two sides fought fiercely.

Li Xiuwen naturally knew that Hong Chengchou wanted to break through, and this time, even the Franc machine gun brought three, and he was bound to capture Hong Chengchou, whether he was dead or alive!

"Knock knock—"

"Boom-"

"Bang-"

"Kill—"

The sound of drums, cannons, guns, and shouts of killing was noisy on this battlefield, and the two generals spent more than a month outside Cizhou City, and finally started a head-to-head battle today.

In the end, Hong Chengchou broke through at the cost of leaving half of the men. But before he had time to rejoice, he met Yang Zhen's department arranged by Li Xiuwen in the rear.

Another breakthrough battle unfolded, Hong Chengchou lost his troops, and was finally captured alive by Yang Zhen and brought to Li Xiuwen.

"Isn't this Lord Hong? I've heard of the name for a long time, and I haven't seen it for a long time, but today I finally saw it. Li Xiuwen flattered him with a smile.

"Hmph, a rebellious minister and thief, you also deserve to talk to the old man?" Hong Chengchou snorted coldly.

Li Xiuwen shook his head and instructed left and right: "Go, untie Lord Hong." ”

Hong Chengchou didn't appreciate this very much, looked at him and said, "Li Xiuwen, don't expect the old man to be submissive to you like Sun Chuanting!" ”

Li Xiuwen still kept smiling and said, "I want to let Lord Hong go back, but in this way, I'm afraid that Lord Hong won't be able to go back to the imperial court." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Lord Hong shouldn't know yet, right? The Ming army in Cizhou City has been defeated, Cao Bianjiao has also been captured by me, and the rest of the generals have been killed, that is to say, in addition to the defeat in the battle of Kaifeng City, the people and horses left outside Cizhou City have also been wiped out. Now that you have been captured alive by me, do you think you can return to the Ming Dynasty? ”

Li Xiuwen is very sure to persuade Hong Chengchou, because this person is not as stubborn as Sun Chuanting.

In history, after he was defeated by Songjin, he was captured by the Qing soldiers, and he did surrender to Huang Taiji. After that, he continued to serve the Qing court for many years.

Of course, Hong Chengchou's reputation is not very good, after all, he is a renegade, how can he not be scolded by others?

Although this person's virtue is lacking, Li Xiuwen will not deny his ability to lead troops into battle, Hong Chengchou is indeed a handsome talent. Songjin was defeated, although there were some mistakes in his command, but in the final analysis, it was the Ming court itself that had a problem.

It is claimed that 130,000 troops reinforced Jinzhou, but how many are actually there? And how many people can fight?

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, how many generals did not eat empty salaries?

Civilian officials control the government, the status of military generals is not high, and there are many cases of deducting military salaries, and if you want the soldiers to serve the country, you will fight hard with the enemy when you fight, which is obviously nonsense!

The emperors and ministers who don't understand military affairs only care about urging war in the imperial court, why?

Because if the war does not start early, it will cost a lot more military salaries, and the treasury will run out of money, and it will not be able to sustain a protracted war.

Isn't it a joke that a big country, claiming to have 200,000 border troops fighting against the Qing army, and pacifying the local rebel army, will have no pay to pay?

200,000 elite soldiers can't afford to raise it, can the Ming Dynasty not die?

In fact, the tax setting of the Ming Dynasty is actually not high, even if the military salary is increased during the war, it is still not high. In fact, whether compared to the Song Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were extremely low.

But why does it get to the point of cannibalism?

In addition to natural disasters, it is also related to the system of the imperial court.

The Ming Dynasty shared the world with scholars and doctors, and raised many famous scholars. At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were no problems, but now, there are more and more scholars, and the power of scholars is getting bigger and bigger, and it has developed to the point where friends are troubled.

Among the civil officials in these years, who doesn't have a little protégé and former official, and the township party and friends?

Many of these people are people who can only talk about empty words, they don't understand military affairs and like to point fingers, and after impeaching this general, they impeach that general, in short, they are fighting every day.

That's it, it was not enough to deduct the army's salaries, and the localities frantically annexed land and turned homesteaders into tenants. As a result, in every year of disaster, these tenants become homeless, and as soon as someone takes the lead, they rebel in order to fill their stomachs.

The land of the scholar class was exempt from tax, which led to the fact that the taxes were apportioned to the heads of the ordinary people, and more and more people took the initiative to "donate" the land to their names, resulting in fewer and fewer yeoman farmers, and the imperial court could not collect much tax. Coupled with the fact that the officials are deducting money from the state treasury, there is no money left.

It is no wonder that after the imperial court levies military salaries, the common people will not be able to survive and choose to rebel.

The light tax of the Ming Dynasty was to "hide the wealth from the people", but the real people were not rich, but the rich were the scholars and doctors, and they were the "people".

Li Xiuwen knew the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, so he would not be too demanding of people like Hong Chengchou, as long as he had the ability to fight for himself.

In this year, it is obviously difficult to hope that people will find people with both ability and political integrity to work for them.

People are selfish, and now that the Ming Dynasty is exhausted, how many officials are truly selfless and truly serving the country?

Hong Chengchou was silent, and Li Xiuwen's sudden appearance in the Daimyo's Mansion had already made him realize that something was wrong.

Although Cizhou City was defeated, such a thing made him dare not believe it, but only in this way can he explain the current facts. Again, there is no need for Li Xiuwen to lie about such a thing.

Hong Chengchou knew that he was defeated this time, he was really defeated, completely defeated! (To be continued.) )