Chapter 197: Looking at the ocean and sighing
On the sixth day of the seventh month, the surrendered Liukou rebelled, at this time less than half a month after their surrender, the Liukou killed the pacification officer, as well as more than 5,000 officers and soldiers escorted, and raised the banner of rebellion again, and the first city they chose to attack was Linyou under the jurisdiction of Fengxiang Mansion.
Zheng's analysis is completely accurate.
Liukou took Linyou County, after getting food and equipment, the soldiers divided into two roads, all the way to the south, killing Yongshou, Chunhua, Yaozhou and Baishui under the jurisdiction of Xi'an Prefecture, all the way to the west directly to Fengxiang Mansion, of course, the focus of Liukou's battle is very clear, most of their main forces are in the south, and the north is just besieging Fengxiang Mansion City.
The urgent document quickly reached the hands of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces.
Seeing the paperwork, Chen Qiyu's face turned pale, his body trembled, and all the armies of several roads were withdrawn, and the battle of Chezhou Gorge captured a large number of gold and silver jewels of the rogue, and these gold and silver jewels were rewarded to several armies, and everyone went back happily, and they came out to fight for so long, and everyone wanted to go back earlier.
Once the army is withdrawn, it is difficult to accumulate the fighting breath in a short period of time, and the Liukou has entered a relatively flat place, and the troops are divided into two ways to fight, and the way of encircling on all sides does not have much effect, only the way of pursuing the battle can be adopted, but except for the Tianxiong army under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, the rest of the army lacks such ability.
Besides, the 5,000 troops sent to escort the Liukou were defeated in such a short period of time, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the Liukou is extraordinary, that is to say, in the battle of Chezhou Gorge, the elite of the Liukou did not suffer any blow.
Thinking that when the Liukou walked out of the Carriage Gorge, he was unkempt and completely the same as the Liukou, why didn't he think at that time, in fact, the Liukou had preserved his strength.
The first thing that anyone thinks of when they encounter such a situation is to gather a large army to quickly encircle and suppress, and at least they need to make an appearance, but it is a pity that Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces who commanded the battle in Chezhou Gorge, made a childish mistake at this time, and the first thing he thought of was to shirk responsibility.
Chen Qiyu is very wrong in handling things like this, but he can't put all the responsibility on him, the court's punishment in this regard is very powerful, and sometimes it doesn't even talk about the reason, Chen Qiyu's first thought is self-preservation, which is normal.
However, people's energy is limited, and Chen Qiyu focuses on shirking responsibility, so he naturally ignores how to quickly gather the army to exterminate the rogue.
When the imperial court received the fold, it was shocked.
If such a good opportunity to exterminate the rogues is lost, everyone will be angry, and the emperor is no exception, and it is understandable to deal with people in anger, but the emperor can't take care of dealing with Chen Qiyu for the time being, because the Houjin Tartars began to attack Xuanfu and Datong.
The time when the Houjin Tartars attacked Xuanfu and Datong was the eighth day of the seventh month, and it was only two days before the Liukou rebelled again, which made the imperial court fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides.
The trilateral governor Hong Chengchou was stationed in Datong, and the most powerful general under his command was Cao Wenzhao, so the main defense matters of Datong were directly responsible for Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao was firmly guarded by Huairen, which was less than 70 miles away from Datong, and was the most critical defense site in Datong City.
Cao Wenzhao lived up to expectations, held Huairen, Houjin Tatar attack did not get benefits, began to loot in other places in Datong, July 15, Houjin Tatar captured Datong Victory Fort, so that the Jingshi was shaken, and then the Houjin Tatars captured Lingqiu County, so that the emperor was more worried, and ordered Liaodong, Xuanfu and Datong to step up defense, and never allowed the Houjin Tatars to go deep into the pass, or even directly threaten the Jingshi.
A steady stream of edicts from the imperial court came to the Yamen of the Governor of Yansui.
Yulin Border Town also has the task of guarding the border pass, and it is close to Datong Border Town, and the Houjin Tartars may go to Yulin Border Town or even Yan'an Mansion to loot, so the Di Bao also put forward very strict requirements for the Yansui Governor Yamen, and it is necessary to guard the Yulin Border Town, and there can be no problems.
Zheng Xunrui is really in distress.
There is no record of the collusion between the Houjin Tartars and the Liukou in the history books, in fact, such a thing cannot happen, the key is that the Houjin Tartars look down on the Liukou, they already look down on the army of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Liukou.
But Zheng Xunrui found another clue, that is, the Houjin Tartars chose to attack the border town of Daming, or went deep into the pass to loot, always able to find the best time, Chongzhen at the end of the second year and the beginning of the third year, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, so that the Houjin Tartars had no worries, drove straight in, entered the pass to loot, and even directly threatened the Beijing Division, Chongzhen six years, Houjin Tartar accepted the surrender of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, and took advantage of the weak strength of Lushun to take Lushun according to the basis.
Now, the time for the Golden Tartars to attack is exactly the time when the imperial court will exterminate the Liukou on a large scale.
Could it be that Huang Taiji is an immortal, able to attack when Da Ming is embarrassed, and he chokes Da Ming's neck every time.
This is impossible, and the only reason that can be explained is that Huang Taiji pays attention to intelligence matters, and can obtain a lot of information from the customs to make accurate judgments.
Zheng Jiajun has not fought for a long time, Zheng Xunrui hopes for peace, but unfortunately he lives in the era, there is no possibility of peace, the more he goes back, the more severe the situation he faces, I don't know how many tragic battles are waiting for Zheng Jiajun.
After the Liukou rebelled again in Fengxiang Mansion, Zheng Xunrui was ready for a while, he thought that Chen Qiyu should organize a large army to encircle and suppress again, and would quickly write to the imperial court to request the mobilization of the Yulin border army, but this situation has not appeared, on the contrary, because of the invasion of the Houjin Tartars, the Yulin border army was confined to the periphery of Yulin Town and could not move.
At this time, Zheng Xunrui could only sigh with admiration.
Not to mention the looting of the Houjin Tartars, let's just say that the scale of the Liukou has developed again in a short period of time, Fengxiang Mansion and Xi'an Mansion have suffered a famine, and the relief of the imperial court can not be in place in time, and the army in the process of exterminating the Liukou, killing the good and risking the merits, many of the Liukou were innocently killed, at this time the Liukou came, and the Liukou joined the team of the Liukou, so that the Liukou's team grew up in a short period of time.
Governor's Yamen, wings.
Zheng Xunrui's face was very bad, walking around, Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He and others were also stunned, they were all ready, thinking that Zheng Jiajun would be able to pull out this time to exterminate the Liukou, who knew that the situation had changed so heavily, as for Zheng Xunrui's judgment ability, they were convinced that the Liukou's activities in Fengxiang Mansion and Xi'an Mansion were all carried out in accordance with Zheng Xunrui's analysis.
"Alas, I'm afraid that the Liukou will become a big trouble for the imperial court, and its threat will even exceed that of the Houjin Tartars."
When Zheng Xunrui said this, Xu Wanghua was surprised, in his impression, the battle of the imperial court army to exterminate the Liukou was all dominant, just because the timing was not good, and the combat effectiveness of the Liukou and the Houjin Tartars was not the same, why Zheng Xunrui would say that the threat of the Liukou was greater than that of the Houjin Tartars.
Zheng Xunrui looked at everyone and explained with a solemn expression.
"The area of the Liukou's activities is vast, everywhere they go, the Yamen of Fuzhou County is almost directly destroyed, and the Liukou also drove the local homeless people to rebel, this impact is very bad, many places in the north have suffered famine one after another, the court can not come up with money and food relief, even if it is relief, it is a drop in the bucket, the people have no way to live, what can be done if they do not rebel, and the Liukou is sympathetic to the people, and even the court has such an understanding of adults."
"On the other hand, the Houjin Tartars, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, the people hate the Houjin Tartars, and no one will support them, and the robbery of the Houjin Tartars generally does not last for a long time, and after a few months, they will have to go back."
"In this battle of Chezhou Gorge, Lord Chen made a strict mistake, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the punishment of the imperial court, I heard that Lord Chen is still defending himself, putting the responsibility on others, he thinks too simply, such a big thing, as the governor of the five provinces, the matter of leading the extermination of the Liukou, no matter how to shirk, must bear the greatest responsibility."
On the diagram on the table, there are more lines drawn, Zheng Xunrui looked at the drawing, shook his head slightly, and smiled wryly.
"According to my prediction, after Lord Chen was punished by the imperial court, Lord Hong Chengchou is very likely to become the governor of the five provinces, in fact, there was an adult in the imperial court before to build yì and let Lord Hong serve as the governor of the five provinces."
Xu Wanghua thought for a moment and asked.
"My lord thinks that if Lord Hong becomes the governor of the five provinces, will he be able to exterminate the rogues smoothly."
Zheng Xunrui shook his head.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple, the Liukou suffered a heavy blow in the Chezhou Gorge, and will definitely learn a lesson, the future battle, the mobility will be stronger, which puts the imperial court in a difficult situation, the army exterminates the Liukou, must be in hot pursuit, such a battle grain and grass must be sufficient, all parts of the north suffer from famine, food is already insufficient, at this time, if you make every effort to ensure the supply of the army, what should the people do, the people have no food to eat, become a homeless, join the Liukou team, the court will not suppress the number of Liukou."
"Okay, I think that after the Houjin Tatars withdraw from the army, the imperial court will soon pay attention to the border town of Yulin, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, you are ready for a qiē, I think the time for the Zheng family army to go on the expedition is coming."
It is already August of the seventh year of Chongzhen, and Zheng Xunrui knows that the Zheng family army must start to exert its might, otherwise the situation behind it will be really difficult to clean up