In April of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a person showed his standing on the stage of Daming.

This person is a symbol that defines the life and death of the Ming Dynasty in the original history, because the history of the Ming Dynasty says: Chuan Ting died, and Ming died!

That's right, it's Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting is a figure who witnessed the four dynasties of the Ming Dynasty.

He rushed to the Jinshi in the last year of the Wanli Emperor, and witnessed Taichangdi's life just after taking office, and then this talent who was dedicated to serving the king and being loyal to death, in the year of the Apocalypse, he was really not used to seeing the rampant arrogance of the eunuch party and the miasma of the government and government, and in a fit of anger, he resigned and returned to his hometown.

Where is his hometown?

Daizhou, Shanxi.

Tang Xidong definitely didn't know that there was once a last member of the Ming Dynasty under his nose.

But apparently history is so funny and dramatic.

When Tangxi went northeast to Taiyuan Mansion, Sun Chuanting crossed the Yellow River from Daizhou into Shaanxi and defected to Hong Chengchou.

So Tang Xidong and Sun Chuanting missed it.

But on the other hand, even if Tang Xidong met Sun Chuanting, it would be difficult to subdue this person.

Just because this person has two qualities, one is jealousy and hatred, and the other is loyalty and patriotism.

And what Tang Xidong did was a great treachery in the eyes of the loyal and patriotic Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting might take the opportunity to assassinate Tang Xidong, where could he be used for it.

Therefore, missing Sun Chuanting is also a good thing for Tang Xidong.

After defecting to Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting encountered reuse.

Because after returning from Shanxi, Hong Chengchou's troops were empty, and more than half of the generals were killed or wounded.

It is the time to regroup and employ people.

Sun Chuanting happened to have a good time.

Hong Chengchou is jealous of his talents, if it weren't for the exhaustion of mountains and rivers, where would Sun Chuanting be reused.

History changed because of the appearance of Tang Xidong, Sun Chuanting went out of the mountain a year earlier, not to Beijing but to Shaanxi, and met the three pillars of the Ming Dynasty who were as famous as themselves in the future.

The three pillars are naturally Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting.

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to reuse Sun Chuanting, and the gold would shine wherever it went, so Sun Chuanting really gave Hong Chengchou a big surprise.

In April, the rebels set a day to march north, invade Shaanxi, and return to their hometown.

At this time, the Ming army hoarded a large number of southern fronts, and only the Ming army in Shaanxi supported the northern line alone, blocking the way for the rebels to enter Shaanxi.

Sun Chuanting led the army to block the front line.

As the Shaanxi rebels marched north into Shaanxi in April, Sun Chuanting naturally felt that the pressure suddenly increased and the offensive became stronger.

After thinking about it, Sun Chuanting guessed that the Shaanxi rebels intended to go north to Shaanxi to avoid the Ming soldiers on the southern front.

So he hurriedly reported to the rear Hong Chengchou.

Although Hong Chengchou is jealous of talents, he also knows talents, after all, he must first know people before he becomes jealous.

Sun Chuanting's return, Hong Chengchou did not dare to ignore it easily, and was busy reporting the military situation to Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces.

When Chen Qiyu heard that the Shaanxi rebels intended to advance northward, he began to mobilize troops and held on to it.

The Shaanxi rebels had just thrown off the Ming army on the southern front, and the other party caught up with them in a blink of an eye, and the Ming army on the northern front resisted desperately, blocking the only way back to Shaanxi.

At this time, it can be said that after having the heart to flee back to Shaanxi, under the coercion of the Ming army, the Shaanxi rebels have been in chaos.

Thereupon.

On this day in early May, the Ming army brigade was pressing on all sides.

The 500,000 rebels began to carve out another trail and entered the deep mountains and valleys - the Carriage Gorge.

So far, Chen Qiyu has sat firmly in Diaoyutai.

The carriage gorge is the ancient plank road, and the so-called plank road is the valley road that has to be done.

At this time, it has long been abandoned, deep in the mountains and valleys, uninhabited, wild beasts, rugged roads, and dangerous mountains.

It is easy for an army of 500,000 to get in, but difficult to get out.

The Shaanxi rebels sought their own death, and the balance of victory in the war completely tilted to the side of the Ming Dynasty.

Many people in later generations will be how to rescue the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, there is an opportunity to completely eliminate the Shaanxi rebels, that is, the siege of the carriage gorge, as long as it crosses the carriage gorge, the Shaanxi rebels can be completely surrounded in the deep mountains and valleys, and the biggest internal forces of the Ming Dynasty can be solved.

But it is clear that the development of history has illustrated the inevitability with many dramatic aspects.

Obviously, the Shaanxi rebels have become a turtle in the urn, and they can be surrounded and killed behind the canyon without much effort.

It is clear that real victory is in sight, but history continues to evolve according to the inevitable trajectory again.

In May, the Shaanxi rebels entered the Carriage Gorge for a whole month.

It can be called a bullet and food is exhausted.

In the mountains, forests and valleys, the climate is changeable, and there are many forest poisons, insects, beasts, miasma, and swamps.

In just one month, more than 20,000 people were killed and wounded, which shows the danger of this place.

The Shaanxi rebel army did go to a strange road, and the Ming army surrounded the gorge, arranged heavy troops in strategic places, and did not enter or attack.

A stalemate began.

As long as it drags, it is possible to eliminate half a million rebels.

Just drag.

However, Chen Qiyu made a big mistake and became a historical sinner of the Ming Dynasty.

He began to send his cronies into the valley.

What do you do in the valley?

Zhao'an!

It was probably Chen Qiyu who had the chance to win at this time and began to measure the real great merit.

Eliminating and suppressing the rebel army can be recorded in the book of the top heroes in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

But Chen Qiyu is not satisfied, probably all the literati who are officials have one thing in common, that is, the greed for merit.

Chen Qiyu felt that 500,000 corpses were not as great as the 500,000 soldiers used by my Ming Dynasty.

The suppression of the rebel army was the greatest achievement in the history of the Ming Dynasty, because there were 500,000 people here.

But if I can subdue 500,000 rebels and use it for my use, will such a merit be ranked among all dynasties?

Literati have more or less one problem, that is, take it for granted, but this is very prominent in Chen Qiyu.

Because at this time, he forgot one of his old-timers, that is, Yang He.

Yang He who was the main caregiver of Shaanxi.

Yang He repeatedly recruited An, and the rebels repeatedly turned into villains, and finally Yang He was imprisoned and died depressed.

Now, after the Shaanxi rebels have gathered as many as 500,000 people, and after the Shaanxi rebels have tasted the benefits of looting and looting, it is really unbelievable that Chen Qiyu would still have the idea of recruiting peace.

But he did.

Cronies enter the valley to recruit peace.

Li Zicheng was the first to receive him.

Indicating his intentions, Li Zicheng was just about to speak, and Gu Junen on the side made a look.

Gu Junen is a strategist, and this person is very cunning.

"Pretend to agree, and after you get out of the valley, you will fight back."

This is Gu Junen's strategy.

In fact, the strategy was very unsuccessful, because there would be people there who were so gullible that the Shaanxi rebels would easily surrender.

Chen Qiyu naturally didn't believe it.

But after this was conveyed by his cronies, Chen Qiyu actually believed it, why? After several of his cronies returned to the camp, they told the tragic image that the rebels were bound to a desperate situation, and they also told again and again that several leaders of the rebels were tied up by their generals and directly bombed the camp, and they also sacrificed a few heads, claiming that these were the four thieves Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng.

Everyone fought countless battles, but in fact, no one had ever seen anyone from the Ming army generals and the leaders of the rebel bandits.

Take a head and think of it as a thief's head.

Chen Qiyu didn't believe this, but his cronies swore an oath, so he also believed it, after all, what his own people said.

But what he must not know is that the benefits of his own people are not half a day, and these people have already been bought by Li Zicheng with gold and silver treasures.

And so, once again, history turned dramatically around.

The Shaanxi rebels, who were already in a desperate situation, actually had a glimmer of vitality.