Chapter 244: Soldiers Trapped in Guiyang (I)
There is only one person who can make Zhu Youcheng lose his temper like this, and that is his prosecutor. ☆ → top ☆ → point ☆ → small ☆ → said,
It turned out that the soldier who reported the news was also a Jinyi guard, who had traveled from Guiyang to Beijing to ask for help. His original purpose was the military department, and he was going to move troops from there. However, as soon as he arrived in Beijing, he heard that Zhu Youcheng had triumphed, so he went to the children's paradise to look for it, but he came up empty. After learning that Zhu Youcheng went to the night banquet rewarded by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he chased all the way to the palace. Originally, foreign ministers could not enter the palace unless they were edicted, but today it happened to be Li Yongzhen, who was guarding the door, and after hearing about the situation, he brought him into the palace.
What he brought was bad news, Zhu Youzhen was besieged in Guiyang by An Bangyan with 100,000 horses, and the situation was extremely critical.
When Zhu Youcheng assigned the task of suppressing bandits, he had been very careful to avoid Guizhou and Sichuan, the two hardest-hit areas of the Lu'an Rebellion, and specially placed King Xin in the relatively peaceful Ganzhou, how could King Xin suddenly appear in Guiyang and be surrounded by An Bangyan?
The matter has to start from the beginning, Zhu Youzhen got the news in Ganzhou that his Cheng brother actually took 5,000 brocade guards to the north, preparing to fight with Jiannu in Liaodong. He immediately understood that Zhu Youcheng's purpose in sending him to Jiangnan was to not want him to be a burden. He had the heart to rush to Liaodong to help, but because he was the commander of Jiangnan Jinyiwei, he couldn't leave the station. Although Zhu Youzhen was impulsive, he also knew the importance of the commander and did not dare to do anything that would damage the morale of the army, otherwise Zhu Youcheng would laugh at him even more for being a burden.
He remembered that Zhu Youcheng told him not to go to Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, so he sent people to inquire about the situation in these two provinces. It turned out that the two provinces were now in turmoil, and the Yi people (renamed the Yi in 1956) Yongning Xuanwei Envoy Hao Chongming, Shuixi Xuanwei Tutong Zhian Bangyan were rebelling there. This turmoil is known in history as the Extravagant Rebellion, from the first year of the Apocalypse, until the tenth year of Chongzhen, lasted for seventeen years. It has affected four provinces: Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi.
Zhu Youcheng's history is not good, he only remembers that the Lu'an Rebellion was mainly in Guizhou and Sichuan, and he never expected that even Yunnan and Guangxi provinces were also affected, so the Jinyi guards he put in these two provinces to suppress bandits were unlucky. Jin Yiwei is well trained and morale is high. If you really want to fight with the troops of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan, you may not lose. It's a pity that Jinyiwei committed the taboo of dividing troops, and each team was no more than 100 people, so they were broken by the troops of Gao Chongming and An Bangyan. By the time the 1,000 households leading the team found out that the situation was wrong, 400 households had already been wiped out, and 9 more 100 households had been disabled, 793 soldiers had been sacrificed, 537 had been wounded, and all the medical personnel accompanying the army had been killed. Two thousand households retreated to Ganzhou for help with the remnants of the defeated army.
Because there were too many soldiers sacrificed. The two thousand households could not bring back the corpses of all the soldiers, so they had to incinerate the corpses of the soldiers. When the raging fire engulfed the corpses of their comrades, the Jinyi Guard soldiers couldn't help but let out a loud cry of grief. And because the medical staff was a guest Qingqing's troops, they were not allowed to dispose of the corpse without the consent of the general, so they found a coffin.
In front of Zhu Youzhen were nearly 800 white magnetic jars and 63 coffins.
Two thousand households knelt on the ground, kowtowed vigorously, and pleaded guilty to the king of letters.
King Shin has long known about the southwest form shì. Knowing that this was not a mistake, he said: "This defeat is lost." It's not the fault of the two generals, but the fault of the lonely. Gu did not expect that the power of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan had spread to Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. The two of them are local snakes, familiar with the terrain, and have the help of the local people, without a large army, it is difficult to quell the rebels. ”
Xiong Tingbi also persuaded: "You are going to suppress bandits." And not counterinsurgency. In the face of rebels, being able to retreat decisively and avoid greater losses is already a credit to the Ming Dynasty. The generals of the Ming Dynasty were not born to fight, and excellent generals were able to learn from the victories and defeats. And the mediocre general will collapse after one defeat, and the two generals must not be discouraged. ”
Looking at the urn, and then at the two thousand households standing aside, Zhu Youzhen's heart fluctuated, and indescribable feelings swelled. He felt sad and indignant for the sacrificed Jinyi guards, these good sons who defended their families and the country, did not die on the battlefield in Jingbian, but were killed by obscene rebels, which is really heart-wrenching. Listening to two families tell about what happened to the captured soldiers made his eyes burn. What made people even more sour was the women in the medical guards, when the Jinyi guards rescued their bodies, they were all naked, and there was no intact skin on their bodies. But there is also a trace of joy in his heart, the southwest is in turmoil, he can lead his troops to quell the rebellion, and establish a great feat like Brother Cheng.
He ordered the reduction of his forces, concentrated all the Jinyiwei scattered in Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, and Hubei provinces, and prepared to teach the two rebels Hao Chongming and An Bangyan a hard lesson. He didn't mobilize too many troops, because he inquired clearly, and Zhu Youcheng only took five thousand households and one hundred medical households to Liaodong. He took Brother Cheng as an example in everything, so he didn't want to bring more troops than his brother to quell the rebellion, otherwise he would still be crushed by Zhu Youcheng when they met in the future.
Xiong Tingbi is also a restless person, since the defeat of Liaodong, he has always wanted to recover, but he has never found a chance. In the past few years, he has been nesting in Jinyi Weixi Town, and he feels that his bones are almost crispy, and if he doesn't fight, his martial arts and strategies will be lost. This time, he finally got a tough battle, and he couldn't help but feel happy. But when he saw Zhu Youzhen deploying troops, his white hair and sweat were about to be frightened.
Zhu Youzhen only transferred more than 5,000 soldiers, and not all of them were cavalry, at least half of them were infantry. According to Xiong Tingbi's idea, this battle should shrink all the Jinyi guards in Jiangnan together, and then deal a heavy blow to Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan with the momentum of thunder. However, Zhu Youzhen was only willing to concentrate 5,000 soldiers to quell the rebellion, and he was unwilling to increase the number of more than 100 households. Oh my God, do you know how many people are under the hands of Hao Chongming and An Bangyan? 200,000 people, 5,000 people against 200,000, can you still get it? Yes, Jin Yiwei is indeed the strongest soldier in the Ming Dynasty at the moment, because Jin Yiwei trains every day. The troops of the Ming Dynasty trained once every two days were already considered a strong army, and the legendary Qi family army, which was as unshakable as a mountain, was trained once every two days. Compared to other troops, Jinyiwei's combat power is much stronger. But the so-called evil tiger can't stand the wolves, Jinyi Wei is okay with one enemy and four, but with one enemy and forty lines?
Zhu Youzhen was very optimistic and said, "It's okay." The combined forces of Yu Chongming and An Bangyan did have as many as 200,000, but they were stationed in various places, giving us the opportunity to attack them one by one. Brother Cheng once said that Guizhou is poor and difficult to raise soldiers, and if they are stationed in one place, it will be enough to drag down their army if they are transported with grain and grass. ”
Xiong Tingbi said worriedly: "My lord, in February of the second year of the Apocalypse, An Bangyan and Song Wanhua besieged Guiyang with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and besieged it for ten months. Before the siege, there were 400,000 people in Guiyang, and by the time the siege was lifted, there were only 20,000 left. This shows that the two thieves are powerful and must be guarded against. ”
"It's okay, the provinces of Xuan Chongming and An Bangyan were rich before the incident, and breaking through one of them is enough for the two thieves to loot enough gold, silver, grain and grass. However, after five years of turmoil, the provinces of Guizhou are exhausted, and the people are struggling to make a living, and it is no longer of much sense to attack the city and plunder the land. According to the information I have received, these two thieves are now cowering at the junction of the four provinces of Guiyun, Qianchuan and Sichuan, and have no intention of attacking the city. As the so-called persimmon picks up the soft pinch, don't bully the two of them at this time, and wait for them to recuperate, and then it will be difficult to fight. (To be continued......)
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