Chapter 82: Surrender and Defection
As Yang Ming expected, under the direct command of Qin Liangyu, the reinforcements from the direction of Shunqing Mansion and Chongqing Mansion were obviously much more tenacious by the officers and troops of Kuizhou Mansion, although the combat effectiveness was still not very good, but because of Qin Liangyu's prestige and strict military discipline, they could also be able to fight to the death without retreating, and even Wuning County, which had just been captured by the military police brigade directly under them, was almost captured by them, and the military police force directly under them was even more in danger of being surrounded by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.
Not only that, Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers also directly bypassed the gendarmerie brigade directly under him and rushed straight to the direction of Kuizhou. It seemed that this old general Qin had guessed Yang Ming's intentions, so she did not choose to fight with the Han army on the periphery, but went straight to the capital city of Kuizhou.
In order to avoid the direct gendarmerie brigade being wiped out by tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, Yang Ming simply asked the directly subordinate gendarmerie to abandon Wuning, Liangshan and other county seats, and directly retreat to Wanxian.
Wanxian is the only place for Chongqing to lead to the capital of Kuizhou, and Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers have to capture Wanxian even if they are cunning. Fortunately, the gendarmerie brigade directly under it arrived in Wanxian a day earlier than Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers, so it successfully blocked Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers in Wanxian.
"In order to block the governor of Pontus, he did not hesitate to give up the two county seats, it seems that this thief is not simple!"
Qin Liangyu originally wanted to take advantage of the fastest speed before Yang Ming could react, take down Wanxian, which had no defensive power, and then go straight to Kuizhou Fucheng, but she didn't expect that Wanxian was not only not an empty city at this time, but also thousands of people, although only more than 800 of the thousands of people were real Han army soldiers, and the rest were temporarily recruited soldiers, but Qin Liangyu, who didn't know the truth, still didn't dare to act rashly, so she had to order the follow-up officers and troops to catch up as soon as possible, after all, she only had hundreds of white pole soldiers who couldn't take the county seat, If you want to take the county seat, you have to wait for the follow-up official army to catch up, but this gives Yang Ming a chance to turn the tide of the battle.
"Childe, Zhao Ronggui and Tan Wen's two official armies have been surrounded by my 3,000 Han army in Hekouba, among which Tan Wen intends to take refuge in us, do you think we accept his defection?" Bai Qian said.
Yang Ming immediately replied without thinking about it: "Accept his defection!" Now our army is a little tired, we must end the battle as soon as possible, and to end it as soon as possible, we must accelerate the disintegration of the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers, so for these officers and soldiers who can be recruited to surrender, surrender, after surrendering, the officers will be added to the rank of officer, and the soldiers can be awarded officers on the basis of merit! ”
"Yes!" Bai Qian responded, and said: "Childe, the gendarmerie directly under the command has successfully blocked the white pole soldiers in Wanxian, but Qin Liangyu, who has few soldiers, must wait for the arrival of the follow-up officers and soldiers before attacking the city, so that it will have to be delayed for at least three or five days, in my opinion, these three or five days should be enough for us to capture the city." ”
Yang Ming nodded and said with a smile: "These homeless people are more tenacious than we imagined, and I don't know if it's because of money or because these officials and soldiers have squeezed them too hard before, resulting in hatred that has long been formed, the combat effectiveness of this 100,000 homeless army is actually comparable to that of the regular official army and more daring than the official army, and they have taken the outer city in just one day, and I want to take the capital city for no more than three days." ”
Tan Wen's defection gave Zhao Ronggui a fatal blow, and also gave a fatal blow to the officers and troops in Kuizhou Mansion, less than three days, Bai Qian sent a report to Yang Ming's case: "Son, Zhao Ronggui was defeated and fled, most of his more than 3,000 officers and troops surrendered, and now there is basically no formed official army in the entire Kuizhou Mansion that can resist us, and because of your surrender order, some dormant stragglers and bandits who fish in troubled waters have also taken refuge in us, in addition, the attack on Kuizhou Mansion has also made progress, But the number of casualties has reached more than seven thousand, and half of the gold and silver we have captured have been consumed! ”
"Pull these surrendered officers, bandits, and landlord armies to attack Fucheng, and tell them that the army that captures Fucheng first will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver!" Yang Ming gave this order, and the siege force of Kuizhou Mansion City was once again increased sharply, and by the time Qin Liangyu's follow-up official army arrived in Wanxian, the siege army outside Kuizhou Mansion had reached as many as 150,000 people!
Now the guards in the city are less than 1,000 people, and the army outside the city is already dense like a cloud, and the fall of Kuizhou Mansion City is only in the evening, even Ge Fen Patrol Road can't be calm, and he is busy sending people to urge Qin Liangyu and other officials and soldiers to come to help quickly.
"Childe, the military police brigade directly under the command of Wanxian and Qin Liangyu and other officers and troops have done it, and just yesterday, Chen Daharizi took advantage of the night to sneak attack the headquarters of Shunqing Counselor General Jiancha, and annihilated more than 2,000 enemies in one fell swoop, Qin Liangyu was forced to postpone the siege date and ordered the army to camp ten miles outside the city!" After Bai Qian said, Yang Ming couldn't help but slap the table and said, "What a big harrier Chen, wouldn't this give us another day!" ”
"Actually, this day doesn't matter, Xu Yong from the first battalion came to report that they had broken through to the inner gate of Kuizhou Mansion, and Tan Wen's family also secretly escaped into the city at night, just wait for tomorrow at dawn, the inner gate of Kuizhou Mansion will be broken, and even if Nage Patrol Road has the determination to defend the city to the death, it will be weak!" Bai Qian said.
Yang Ming didn't speak, but pushed open a Xuan window, looked at the remnants of the pond outside, and said with a smile: "I remember that this manor is the annex of the Shang Governor's Mansion, right?" ”
"Yes, the prefect of Shang went to the ministry after falling off the list three times, and the first official position was to serve as a county magistrate in Wushan County, and this manor was built when he was the county magistrate of Wushan County", Bai Qian saw that Yang Ming suddenly mentioned Shang Daoxing, and he had already guessed in his heart that Gongzi must have attracted the attention of the prefect of Shang, so he deliberately explained the origin of the prefect of Shang.
At this time, it was already pouring rain outside the window, and the remnants of the lotus root left in the autumn of the old year were crumbling in the rain, looking very delicate, and a gust of wind hit, you could hear the squeak of the broken lotus roots.
"Listen to the sound of the rain? The residual load continues, how can there be a new lotus! ”
As he spoke, Yang Ming suddenly turned around and ordered: "Tell Shang Dao Xing, I want him to immediately organize the family to defect in advance to deal with my siege troops!"
In addition, you immediately pass my order to these besieging armies, tomorrow you must take the capital city of Kuizhou, take the capital city to prohibit burning, killing and looting, the Han army can act as a temporary law enforcement force, and use extraordinary methods in extraordinary times, no matter who violates the military regulations of the Han army, they can be executed on the spot!
Also, all the big and small officials in the capital city of Kuizhou are under control, and they are not allowed to torture them or let them commit suicide before I come, especially that Ge Xundao, who is waiting for me with good wine and food! ”
"Yes!" Bai Qian immediately received the order and went down.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were thousands of lifters for more than two hundred years, but among these thousands of lifters, only one of them sat on the second grade of the sea pen stand, and the rest of the people reached the top when they arrived at the prefect. Shang Daoxing felt bad in his heart when he thought of this, he couldn't scold the emperor for being a clean official like Hai Qingtian and gaining a great reputation, and he didn't want to stay dormant in this poor countryside as a middle- and lower-level official all his life.
Therefore, the company decided to find another way to find a new boss, anyway, the old company was going bankrupt, it is better to change jobs as soon as possible, and maybe you can get a success.
So, when faced with the choice of killing or surrendering to the thief, he chose to take refuge in the Han army, and he also chose to take refuge in Zhang Xianzhong before, but he was just a little Tongzhi at the time, Zhang Xianzhong didn't look at him at all, and Zhang Xianzhong didn't stay here for too long, and Shangdao Xing didn't have the opportunity to participate in Boss Zhang's interview at all.
Fortunately, the Han army took the initiative to contact him, and promised that once the Han army occupied Kuizhou Mansion, it would not decide to abandon Kuizhou Mansion and use Kuizhou Mansion as the foundation to implement the strategy of "building high walls, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king", and hoped to have such a capable official as Shang Governor's Mansion to assist. This instantly tugged at the heartstrings of the Shang prefect, and the Shang prefect felt that the Han army was different from other thieves, so he agreed to defect on the spot.
"Since this official was appointed as the county commander of Wushan County, I don't know how many smiling faces and how much silver they have stuffed, but they just don't look at this official in their eyes, and finally the military garrison makes a vacancy and actually puts Ge Qizuo, a small county order, up without mentioning this official, and I don't accept it when I think of this official!"
Shang Daoxing snorted as he spoke, Bai Qian smiled and hurriedly poured him a cup of tea and said: "Don't be angry, Lord Shang, the imperial court system is rigid, and lifting people is always inferior to Jinshi, even if you are excellent in being a lifter, and you are mediocre in doing nothing, but people are promoted faster than you are promoted, what can you do, but there are not so many rules on our Han army's side, our son has already said that all meritocracy moves, you don't believe it to ask, now Dongxiang County is in charge of some students, and there is no need for those Jinshi masters, Those Jinshi masters are nothing to do, but they have a big temper! ”
Shang Dao Xing may have failed to become a Jinshi because he fell several times, and he has always been very jealous of the Jinshi who won the Jinshi, hearing Bai Qian say this, he couldn't help but chuckle lightly, and said: "Please tell Yang Gongzi that this official knows what to do, and when the time comes, it will not cost a soldier to keep it, and the Kuizhou Mansion will be handed over to Yang Gongzi intact." ”