Chapter 439: Rebellion

When the shape of the guan is stable and orderly, it is developing in the direction of the overall situation. The situation in the Central Plains has undergone tremendous changes. Despite Chen Xie's repeated warnings, Zhu Youzhen has repeatedly asked the cabinet to take action. In fact, because of the procrastination of the execution ability, there is also a fluke mentality. Neither the cabinet nor Xiong Wencan has made effective preventive actions.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, one stayed in Henan, and the other returned to Xi'an, and they didn't use their forces to threaten Luo Rucai and the others at all, in short, everyone didn't do anything, so they missed the opportunity to divide and disintegrate.

Zhang Xianzhong of Gucheng lived a very nourishing life after surrendering. In Gucheng, I met a fortune teller, Wang Youtian, who calculated a hexagram for Zhang Xianzhong, saying that it was "unspeakably expensive". As soon as Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he felt that he had a destiny, and began to discuss with someone Pan Duao and Xu Yixian about rebelling again. Pan Duao is a student, because he can't compete with others for land, he is angry and surrenders to thieves. Xu Yixian was scheming, teaching Zhang Xianzhong the so-called "Sun Wu Art of War", and also helped to build weapons such as three-eyed guns, maces, and ambush repeaters. Huo Huo is sharpening his knife and preparing to rebel here, Xiong Wencan over there is still busy fighting and impeaching him Yu Yinggui, the governor of Huguang, and repeatedly accommodating Zhang Xianzhong, for fear that he is plotting rebellion. The imperial court asked him to break down Zhang Xianzhong's order, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Zhang Xianzhong set up a card in Gucheng to collect taxes, drilled the army, and prepared to rebel again. Even later, whoever said this again, he cleaned him up. Stationed in Gucheng was Yunnan Deputy General Long Zaitian, whose mission was to monitor Zhang Xianzhong. Limit his movements. As a result, this guy accepted Zhang Xianzhong as his godson in Gucheng, and the two sides often had parties, and it was a harmonious mess. Zhang Xianzhong privately let people spread rumors, saying that the military discipline of the Dian army in Gucheng was corrupt and plagued the place. Speaking of which, the military discipline of the Dian army is indeed not very good. Because it is a foreign army, there is no psychological pressure on the plague place. The local gentry in Gucheng were all rich landowners who had no foresight, and they played one after another. Asked to transfer Long Zaitian away.

As a result, Xiong Wencan was fooled. Sure enough, he ordered Long Zaitian's troops to go home. Zhang Xianzhong's "reluctant" farewell, sent a generous gift, and sent someone all the way to Guizhou, confirming that the goods were really back in Yunnan. That's reassuring. Because the equipment of the dragon in the field is all bird guns. Zhang Xianzhong is still very jealous. Learned that it was really gone. Zhang Xianzhong said to the strategists beside him: "What I am afraid of is the chase of the shotgun on the horse. ”

On the sixth day of the fifth month of the twelfth year, Zhang Xianzhong made a move. Kill Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng County, and Zhang Dabao, the superintendent of the army, surrendered. Tear down the city walls, release prisoners, and loot the county treasury. Chen Hongfan's Ma Tingbao and Xu Qizuo, who were stationed in Gucheng, were coerced. After the rebellion, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Fang County, and Hao Jingchun, the magistrate of the county, stubbornly held on and sent more than a dozen people to ask for help, but there was no response. The garrison commander made Zhang Sanxi open the door and surrender, and Hao Jingchun and other soldiers and gentry were killed. Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, Luo Rucai and others followed, and most of the leaders who surrendered rebelled again, at this time there was a great drought in the Central Plains, the people had no food, and the leaves and bark were eaten up.

After Zhang and Luo rebelled again, they immediately got a large number of people to follow, and there was no food to eat, so it was better to fight for their lives than to starve to death. At the critical moment, Zuo Liangyu and Luo Dai, the two second goods, pursued Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, but the food was poor, and they were ambushed again, and they were defeated! Without the threat of these two armies, Zhang and Luo immediately became like fish in water, crisscrossing the two provinces of Huguang and Henan, and all localities did not dare to fight.

Zhu Youzhen was shocked when he heard the news, how could a good situation become like this in an instant? While Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, he did not forget to humor, put on a list of the people he had bribed, and made an announcement. Who, who, how much I sent. I haven't let go of any of them, this product is too inauthentic.

The angry Zhu Youzhen immediately held a meeting, first decided the person responsible, Xiong Wencan, and arrested him and sent him to Jingshi before talking about anything else. Then it is how to solve the problem of thieves, who will lead the troops at this time? I can only look at Yang Sichang, Comrade Bingshu Shangshu, the good days of the Beijing division are over. The best days of the Cabinet have come to an end.

Yang Sichang had no choice at this time, so he had to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go." "Zhu Youzhen has decided to let him go, otherwise, hum. Take out Shang Fang's sword again and give it to Yang Sichang, let him work hard and not live up to the emperor's trust. Learn from Chen Sihua, don't learn from Xiong Wencan. Yang Sichang pinched his nose and went down, at this time, the chaos in the Central Plains was difficult to clean up.

When the Central Plains is in turmoil again, one person has to be mentioned. This person is naturally Li Zicheng, a laid-off worker. In October last year, Li Zicheng was joined by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to attend classes, and dozens of people were beaten and left, and his wives and concubines were scattered. Li Zicheng ran to Gucheng, Zhang Xianzhong wanted him to follow him, but Li Zicheng refused. Take the men and horses that the leaders of each family have helped and return to the mountains to live a wild life. In this way, he also read and studied, and watched the sky at night. He said to his subordinates: "According to my night observation of the sky, I have come to a conclusion that as long as I survive the hardships of June, I can become the emperor." The brother-in-law snickered. He said, "Does Liu Bang know? Defeated so many times, and finally won the world. "What do you mean by that? In the tone of praise, it is the spirit of revolutionary optimism. In derogatory terms, although I am very dia now, I always feel that I am the next Jack Ma. Anyway, Li Zicheng is indeed a very bullish guy, he is mixed up like this, and he still thinks about being the emperor.

The problem is, this guy did it in history, and I can't help but say that he is really fierce. Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, Li Zicheng also raised the anti-flag again, and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of Shaanxi, was not polite at all, and directly surrounded the goods. Li Zicheng led his troops to break through and defected to Zhang Xianzhong, this time Zhang Xianzhong couldn't tolerate him, the last time he asked people to follow his brother and didn't agree, this time, you still fend for yourself. Li Zicheng was also stubborn, and really took people away. Began his legendary life!

Before Yang Sichang left, he didn't ask Zhu Youzhen for soldiers and horses, but asked for two things. One is the sword of Shang Fang, and the other is the seal letter of the general of the Ping Thief. These two things, one is for killing, and the other is for Zuo Liangyu. Why? Because of Zuo Liangyu's seal letter, it was lost in the previous ambush battle. It's a shame!

When Yang Sichang became the governor, he held a meeting first, and the criticism meeting or something must be held. Officers from all over the country knew that everyone was going to be unlucky this time, and sure enough, the heads who were killed and those who were dismissed were dismissed, and a large number of people who did not work hard in the war were dealt with. But Zuo Liangyu was not dealt with, not only was he not dealt with, but he was also promoted. Before, Zuo Liangyu lost the seal of the general soldier, but now, he got the seal of the general Ping Thief. What do you mean? In the Ming Dynasty, the general with the title, was an honorary title. This thing is very difficult for a military general to get, and once it is obtained, it is the highest honor of a person.

Let's put it this way, in the Ming Dynasty, there were less than fifty people who could get the title of "XX General". What honor is this? Everyone should understand that Yang Sichang treats Zuo Liangyu like this, and it is no longer as gracious as a mountain. Everyone else cleaned up very badly, but Zuo Liangyu was treated well, or with a high standard of kindness.

Why should you treat Zuo Liangyu well, it's very simple, there is no one who can fight in your hands. Zuo Liangyu is a variety of bastards, and his military discipline is corrupt, but he is really a good one on the battlefield of suppressing thieves. There are no cards in the hand, so you can only use him. Zuo Liangyu was also interesting enough, and led the army to pursue Zhang Xianzhong and went to him for his life. Zhang Xianzhong saw that Zuo Liangyu was coming to play with his life, and ran away after falling his buttocks. However, the matter of running away depends on the level of the opponent who is pursuing. Zhang Xianzhong did not run Zuo Liangyu, but was caught up in Sichuan, with a hammer and more than 10,000 casualties. Good guys, the wife and children plus the military Pan Duao were all arrested.

Zuo Liangyu sent these military exploits to Xiangyang, Yang Sichang was very happy, reported to the Beijing Division, and the whole country rejoiced. It seems that Zhang Xianzhong's end is not far off. But after more than ten days, Zuo Liangyu reported that Zhang Xianzhong ran away. It's a funny thing. Yang Sichang was very angry, but he couldn't do anything, so he ordered to continue the pursuit. So, why did Zhang Xianzhong run away? It's very simple, four words "raising thieves with self-respect". The person who did this in the Ming Dynasty was not Zuo Liangyu, a long time ago, there was a person named Li Chengliang, who had 8,000 soldiers under his command, all of whom were cavalry. He did just that, and he made a knighthood.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was defeated very badly, sent someone to give Zuo Liangyu a gift, this gift is a sentence "Brother, why bother?" With me, you can be infinitely beautiful, without me, what do you think will happen? Zuo Liangyu didn't say a word, and let him live.

Zuo Liangyu is really afraid of settling accounts after the autumn, his empty salary and bribery are all minor problems, and the big problem is that his army discipline is too bad, and it is outrageous. Let's put it this way, it is common for thieves to cross the border and the people to be robbed, and Zuo Liangyu's troops crossing the border is not as simple as being robbed. As far as scourge of the common people is concerned, the thieves are only amateurs, and Zuo Liangyu is a professional.

When the Central Plains was in chaos, Chen Xie, who was far away in Shenyang, was not idle at all. Knowing all the news, he immediately began to prepare to deal with the rogue. How to deal with the rogues? The best way to do this is to use cavalry, a trick that has been proven. Chen Xie's cavalry was not cavalry in the true sense of the word, but infantry on horseback.

After the victories of Liaodong and Horqin, Chen Xie obtained a large number of war horses. Armed with a war horse, immediately set about building up a cavalry infantry. In fact, it is still the model of the A-word battalion, and practice has proved that this is the army with the strongest combat effectiveness. To deal with the thieves, the Jiazi battalion rode on a horse, and it was an invincible nightmare that he couldn't run away.

Chen Xie reorganized the A-shaped battalion into 20 new battalions in one go, and all the musketeers of the original B-shaped battalion were drawn out and musketeers were recruited from the civilian population to supplement them. With these twenty horseback riding battalions, Chen Xie was sure to wipe out several representatives of the thieves in one go. (To be continued......)