Chapter 86 Decision-making

In early October, Wu Fanhui and his entourage had just left the Tongguan under the jurisdiction of Xi'an Prefecture, passed through Yijun under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture, and entered the central county, and were forced to stop. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

There are two roads in front of Wu Fanhui, one is to return to the original way, simply stay in Xi'an Fucheng, waiting for the next year's township test, which is not unusual, after this college test, there are students who stay in Xi'an Fucheng, ready for the next year's township test, but these students want to find a way to enter Xi'an's school to go to class, the second is to continue to move forward and return to Mizhi County.

Wu Fanhui carefully studied the peasant rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and his heart is a whole book, the peasant rebel army at this moment is still a rabble, and there is no combat effectiveness at all.

The central part and the Luochuan area, including Yichuan, were all places where the peasant rebels were very active in the early stage, but the garrison armies and border armies in various parts of Shaanxi also spent their strength to exterminate them, and it should be said that most of the places were calm, and the situation had not deteriorated to the point of being out of control.

Wu Fanhui didn't react at first, the peasant rebel army still belonged to the rabble, how could they dare to openly call out in the central county and Luochuan county, they did not have that kind of strength, and they were by no means the opponents of the official army.

But one thing quickly came out of his mind.

In October of the second year of Chongzhen, the Houjin army under the personal leadership of Huang Taiji, large-scale entry into the customs and looting, Jizhou was besieged, in November the Beijing division was under martial law, Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered the king of Qin, the governor of the three sides Yang He, ordered the five towns stationed in Shaanxi, Gansu Wu Zimian, You Shilu, Yang Qi, Wang Chengen and Yang Jiamo, led 18,000 soldiers to rush to the capital Qinwang, Shanxi general Zhang Honggong also led 5,000 soldiers into the king of Beijing.

This naturally weakened the strength of Shaanxi to exterminate the peasant rebel army, and what is even worse is that these soldiers who entered the king of Qinwang in Beijing, because of the lack of supply of grain, grass, military salaries, etc., actually mutinied, among which the sergeants led by Wu Zimian, the general soldier of Yulin, Yang Jiamo, the general soldier of Gansu, and Zhang Hongquan, the chief soldier of Shanxi, all fled, and most of these sergeants joined the ranks of the peasant rebel army, so that the strength of the peasant rebel army began to increase, and the situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi and other places deteriorated instantly.

I'm afraid these things are about to happen one by one.

Huang Taiji led the Houjin army into the pass to plunder, breaking through Da'ankou, Longjing Pass and Hongshankou, and comprehensively plundering Jizhou and other places at the end of October, but the urgent documents have already arrived in the capital, according to the reason, Emperor Chongzhen is still thinking, at this moment the local army has not yet entered the capital Qinwang.

Shaanxi and Shanxi and other places are already border areas, and when such a big thing happens, it is impossible for high-ranking officials such as Yang He, the governor of Shaanxi, Li Yingqi, the governor of Shaanxi, and Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, not to know anything, perhaps they have already begun to prepare.

But it is impossible for the peasant rebels to know these things, why do they dare to openly call out in places like Central China and Nakcheon.

You must know that at this time, most of the peasant rebel armies were concentrated in the Fugu and Shenmu areas, and the central part and Luochuan were close to the Fucheng of Xi'an, which must be the key defense places of Yang He, the governor of the three sides.

What made Wu Fanhui feel even more strange was that the rumors he heard in Yijun County actually included a large number of officers and troops entering Central County and Luochuan County to suppress the peasant rebellion.

This is impossible, the army of the Later Jin Dynasty has been preparing to enter the customs on a large scale, and the rhythm of the imperial army to exterminate the peasant rebel army was also disrupted for the first time in October of the second year of Chongzhen, a large number of troops were concentrated in the Gyeonggi area, and the troops from all over Shaanxi and Shanxi also entered the king of Jingqin, giving those originally weak peasant rebels a chance to breathe.

The drawbacks of the two-front war were exposed at this time, and this dilemma and drawbacks would accompany the Ming Dynasty until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Fanhui couldn't think of the joints clearly, but he understood one thing, that is, the peasant uprising would reach its peak in a very short period of time and produce a huge shock, and the so-called official army, in the process of exterminating the peasant rebel army, caused far more harm to ordinary people than the peasant rebel army.

Arrived in Central County, the waiting time was close to ten days, Wu Fanhui was only accompanied by Ma Jigang, Sun Kailin and Liu Fangheng and others, Li Yong arrived in Central County, when he learned that he was going to wait for a while, he had already left, and it was said that he was going to do something.

By mid-October, Wu Fanhui felt that he had to make a decision, and always waiting in the central county was definitely not the way to go.

On October 17, Li Yong returned to Central County and appeared in front of Wu Fanhui.

Inn, inside Wu Fanhui's room.

Li Yong, Ma Jigang, Sun Kailin, Liu Fangheng and others, all with serious expressions, waited for Wu Fanhui to make a decision.

In the waiting time, Wu Fanhui thought carefully, his main concern was Li Jiacui and Li Jingfei's sister and brother, the coachman was no longer willing to continue to go forward, after all, no one wanted to die, and if he earned the silver and had no life to spend, it would also lose his meaning, in this case, it was probably not worth it to continue to move forward and take risks, and it was not feasible.

Wu Fanhui, who had already made a decision in his heart, did not speak immediately, but looked at Li Yong.

"Brother Li, what do you think?"

Li Yong disappeared for nearly ten days, and it was impossible for him to wander around.

"Childe, we will escort you all the way back to your hometown, of course, we must follow your arrangement."

"If I decide to move on and return to my hometown, will Brother Li and your brothers follow?"

"Of course."

Hearing Li Yong's answer, Wu Fanhui's face showed a sneer.

"The news circulating in the county town is that there are a large number of peasant riots in the central county and Luochuan County, as well as a large number of official and military encirclement and suppression, in this case, if I still decide to return to my hometown and take the risk forward, not to mention whether I have God's blessing, is it possible that the lives of Brother Li and your brothers are not worth anything."

Li Yong's face was slightly red.

Before Li Yong could speak, Wu Fanhui spoke again.

"Ma Jigang and Sun Kailin both respectfully call you the eldest brother, I also respect you as the eldest brother, at the critical moment, as the eldest brother, you can't come up with ideas and think of a way, is it still the so-called eldest brother, when you come to Yijun County, you left, I thought you were going to investigate the situation outside, and after you come back, you will tell the truth, and even make a decision, so it is indeed the appearance of the eldest brother, who knows that you have nothing to say, everything has to obey my arrangement, you think I am a fairy, and I know everything outside, Do you think I'm going to joke with my brothers' lives? ”

Li Yong's face turned red now, and he stood up suddenly.

"Childe, I left Central County and have my own affairs."

"Loyal ministers don't matter to the two masters, heroes don't ask where they come from, since Brother Li has decided to escort me back to Mizhi County, then I have to do my duty along the way, as for arriving in Mizhi County and completing the task, I have no right to interfere with what Brother Li wants to do, this kind of behavior, if you put it in the army, you can come and leave as you want, I'm afraid that the commander can't do it, let alone the officers and sergeants."

Li Yong's face slowly turned pale, and he took out a marked map from his arms.

"Childe is right, sending you back to Mizhi County is my duty and that of my brothers."

The map was placed on the table, and Wu Fanhui could see clearly at a glance that it was a temporary map, marked with the words Central County and Luochuan County.

His face was still serious.

"It seems that I have misunderstood Brother Li, but I am a person, I don't like this set, I have long said that it is a brother who treats each other with all sincerity, and can entrust his life, if there is anything to say frankly, hide it, and want to say it is a woman's attitude, Brother Li can test how I am, whether I am a hypocrite or a real villain, I can also understand Brother Li's concerns, once I was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, but at the critical moment, if I still have a temptation mentality, I don't care about it, isn't it a joke with everyone's lives."

Wu Fanhui's words made Li Yong completely bow his head.

The room fell silent, and Wu Fanhui began to look carefully at the map drawn by Li Yong.

The map is clearly marked, and even has a name written on it, and Li Yong was able to draw such a map in just ten days, which is by no means something that one person can do.

This map proves that Li Yong's ability is anything but ordinary.

"Brother Li, you don't have to always bow your head, in front of my brothers, that's what I say, there is one is one, there are two are two, I will never cover it up, I have seen this map, but I have to ask Brother Li to talk about the relevant situation."

Unconsciously, Wu Fanhui's momentum showed, although he was still a teenager, he had become the head of everyone, and it really showed the posture of the superior.

Li Yong raised his head, looked at Ma Jigang and Sun Kailin, and spoke.

"From the central county to Luochuan County, there are no official troops, only a battalion of peasant riots, the leader is not muddy Zhang Cunmeng, not mud is Luochuan County, at the end of last year was still active in the Yichuan area, in April this year after the encirclement and suppression of the official army, hid in the mountains, disappeared, returned to Luochuan County at the end of last month, and pulled up the team again, which led to panic in the central and Luochuan areas.

"How many rioters are there under the command of those who don't get muddy."

"It is rumored that there are tens of thousands of people, but that may be a non-muddy bluff, and it is really good to be able to have a scale of 1,000 people."

Wu Fanhui shook his head slightly.

"It is impossible to have a scale of 1,000 people, and those who can really fight and kill, the scale of 100 people is very good, and the peasant riots, there are a large number of hungry people who join them, including many women and children, these people have no combat effectiveness, but they are just fooling people, and they will be chaotic when they are chased and killed by officials and soldiers, and those thugs who really have the ability to fight have already fled."

"How does Childe know these things?"

"You have forgotten that I am a little Sanyuan, if I die studying and don't hear anything outside the window, it is impossible for me to become the head of the county examination, the government examination and the hospital examination."

After Wu Fanhui finished speaking, he pointed to his head.