Zuo Ruo abandoned Henan and entered Yunyang, which seemed to be a good move.

Yunyang originally belonged to the Huguang Xingdu Division.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Shaanxi thieves crossed the Yellow River from Mianchi, which was the foundation laid in Yunyang. Just talking about Yunyang, there may be people who don't know what it means there. There is Shenlongjia Forest and Wudang Mountain in the south, Sichuan in the west, 100,000 mountains, endless, dense jungle, humid climate. Lu Xiangsheng cooperated with Chen Qiyu to quell the Yunyang thieves, and once wrote in his family letter, "The difficulty of Yun affairs has not been heard of in the sea." ”

Although Qinglu occupies Yunyang, he does not care about the place of Yunyang. The Shun thief and the Daxi thief have left the Central Plains, but the six counties of Yunyang are still the most rampant places for Daming thieves.

The Ming army has few cavalry, and Yunyang has many mountains and forests. Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun were unwilling to lead their troops into the mountains and forests to engage Zuo Ruo's army, and if Azig did not send troops to help, there was almost no suspense about the loss of Yunyang.

The Qing court could not attach importance to Yunyang, but it must not lose it.

Because, Yunyang is between Hanzhong and Henan. If Yunyang is lost, Azig must make a detour to Xi'an if he wants to rush to Henan, and he will not be able to reach Nanyang in half a month

Azig was bound to send troops to rescue Yunyang, but under Zhang Huan's mediation, while the Ming army was heading north, Wu Sangui, the king of Zhenxi, also sent troops out of the Sword Pavilion.

June is the beginning of the scorching heat.

Since yesterday, the road under his feet has gradually become rugged and difficult to walk, and if he abandons his horse on foot, he will be bound on the back of his horse with heavy armor.

Among the thousands of troops, he was the most unique person, and the generals around him kept a distance from him, not physically, but mentally. Among the 20,000 soldiers, from the small servants to the deputy generals, they all have the same respect for him.

Jin Shenghuan had already led the army back to Xinye, and there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses left in the march to Yunyang. The villages they passed along the way were all looted, and the Ming army took all the grain and livestock from them, ignoring the begging people.

In the afternoon, the soldiers rested in the mountain road and swallowed the cake at the mountain spring.

Zuo Ruo spread his sweat-soaked head and asked the guide standing nearby, "Where is this?" ”

The guide looked at the mountains on the left and right, and said, "General Qiyu, there are still sixty miles away from Yunyang."

Zuo Ruo beckoned him to get closer and asked, "Are you going to turn the corner?" ”

The guide's face was a little nervous, and he said, "Turn north tomorrow."

After the troops went out of Xinye and captured the three counties of Nanyang, the intention of the Ming army's actions at every step was very clear. This is especially true after walking into the mountain roads of Yunyang. Along the way, it is clear where there are mountain villages and where there are old camps of bandits. Li Hu was a pioneer officer, and everywhere he passed, there were cries and shouts, fireworks broke out, and those places were the supply depots of the Ming army.

The most elite foot soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were easy to deal with mountain people and bandits. The Ming army never wasted time needlessly, and so far, no matter how strong the cottage is, it can't last an hour.

Zuo Ruo ordered, the obedient strong men were wrapped in food and armor, and the disobedient bandits were executed on the spot and buried in the mountains and forests. What they did was no different from the thieves of the past.

The Qing captives have always fed their wars with war, and so have the thieves, killing countless people everywhere they go. There are people in the Ming Dynasty who have irregular military discipline, but no one has ever taken such a move.

The guide of the Ming army was not one person, but a group of people, and these people were specially recruited by Zuo Ruo from the Jingzhou army.

Shaanxi thieves once wandered through the five provinces of the Central Plains, Liu Suifeng was once coerced and hid in the deep mountains around Yunyang, and seventy percent of the soldiers under Li Guo's command came from Shaanxi and knew everything about the jungle trails in Yunyang.

The guide who followed Zuo Ruo told all the way about the war that happened here back then, and it was not boring along the way.

"More than ten years ago, the villain was wandering here, when the scorpion block stayed in Yunyang and did not leave, the court ordered Lu Inspector to go south to Yunyang to quell the chaos, and the villain followed the king...... The thieves left Yunyang and marched to Hanzhong, when it rained heavily, and 30,000 people were blocked in the carriage gorge by officers and soldiers. ”

The mountains in front of him seemed to be endless, turning over one after another, and the expected Yunyang City did not appear for a long time. The pioneer officer Li Hu didn't ask anything else, but only listened to Zuo Ruo's military order and followed the guide all the way to the north.

This army did not dare to disobey Zuo Ruo's orders, or blindly obey Zuo Ruo.

After another seven or eight days, the soldiers were so hard that the soldiers in Zuoruo's camp could support such a long journey. On the way, deep mountains and valleys, rugged and dangerous roads, some places can only be passed by one person.

The army was running out of food, until one day, the scene in front of Li Hu, who was opening the way, changed greatly, and the dense mountains turned into an undulating horizon.

The guide said in his mouth, "Okay, I finally entered the boundary of Shaanxi."

Zuo Ruo walked out of the mountains, supported the war horse that had lost a circle, looked at it for a while, and suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, "Shaanxi, I'm finally back" He was twenty-four years old in Yulinwei as the general manager of Qian, coinciding with the famine in Shaanxi, the imperial court withheld military salaries, and when he could not cross the day, he went out with the words of his righteous brother Xiao, and returned to Shaanxi after 20 years.

In the fifth year of Longwu, in Azig divided troops to garrison Yunyang to wait for Zuo Ruo, Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry and Eight Banners Cavalry fought fiercely under Hanzhong City. General Yuezhou of the Ming Dynasty led 20,000 foot soldiers to trek thousands of miles of mountains and forests into Shaanxi, where the Qing court was the weakest guard.

Zuo Ruo turned his head to look at the mountains he had trekked through, remembered the hardships along the way, and sighed in his heart, and said: "It is not for nothing that Zhuge Wuhou did not dare to go out of the Meridian Valley back then. ”

This road is full of dangerous roads, as long as the Qing court has thousands of soldiers and horses to intercept at dangerous places, they will be in a dilemma.

The tired soldier leaned against the side of the road, his face covered in dust, and there was a slight snoring when someone fell. Only one or two of the ten people who were captured along the way were able to make it to Shaanxi, and the whereabouts of the others would become a permanent secret.

The herald walked high: "The general has an order, and the whole army will rest for two hours before coming out"

Zuo Ruo was gnawing on the cake, and the soldiers came to tell him, and the pioneer officer Li Hu ordered someone to send a monk. In Jiangbei, if you don't want to keep rat tails, Han people can only become monks, or monks, or Taoist priests.

The monk was brought to the Chinese army, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a face full of meat, at first glance, he was not a good person, and when he saw Zuo Ruohou, he knelt down and bowed to the ground, and saluted: "Poor monk Yuanjue meets General Zuo"

"Are you Zhao Zhicheng's subordinate?"

Yuanjue's head touched the ground and said: "The poor monk does not belong to the East Factory, but only cooperates with Commander Zhao."

He knew that Zhao Zhicheng belonged to Dongchang, and he had a good relationship with Zhao Zhicheng, and he should be a trustworthy person. Zuo Ruo's brows drooped, blocking half of his eyes, and asked coldly, "Cooperate with Dongchang?" You don't have a small breath? ”

"I served in the army of King Chuang, and after the defeat of King Chuang, the villain became a monk and has been looking forward to the king going north"

"So, you're a fake monk."

Yuan Jue looked respectful and said, "When I see the general, I will not be a disciple of the Three Treasures from now on." ”

"Since you are not a disciple of the Three Jewels, please use the name of a layman, don't tarnish the reputation of the Buddha"

Yuan Jue obeyed and said: "Obey the order, the villain's original name is Liang Chengbao, and he has been placing orders in the temple at the foot of Xiyue Huashan for the past month, taking the opportunity to find out the news of the soldiers and horses stationed in various parts of Shaanxi, and I have come to inform the general."

Zuo Ruo's eyes swept over his bald head and saw that he was green. He didn't ask about the military situation, but asked others: "What position did you hold under Li Zicheng, and why didn't you go south with Li Guo?" ”

Liang Chengbao said: "The villain was originally the general guard of King Chuang, but because he saw that King Chuang had lost his military heart and did not want to die in the world, he became a monk. ”

"Have you ever killed someone?"

"The villain has experienced no less than 100 battles under the command of King Chuang"

Zuo Ruo nodded and said, "You tell me about the military situation you investigated."

"Two months ago, the Mongols broke through Yulinwei and never went south, and Zhao led the secret contact with the rebel armies of various departments to raise an incident. Until a month ago, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly entered Yan'an Mansion, burned and looted, and took away a large number of people and property, including the families of the rebels, so there was a rift with the rebels, and the situation in Shaanxi was deadlocked. ”

"There were dozens of factions in the Shaanxi rebel army, and they were not convinced by each other, and after the Mongols went south to commit violence, their illusions with the Mongols were also shattered, and it was difficult to succeed. Now half of the Qing army is in Yan'an Mansion to resist the Qing troops going south, and there are only 3,000 defenders in Xi'an."

After Liang Chengbao raised his head and said these words, he bowed his head and said: "Most of the leaders of the Shaanxi Righteous Army used to be the subordinates of King Chuang, and they knew the villain, and the villain was willing to recruit those people for the general."

With Zuo Ruo's fame, he led the army to suddenly enter Shaanxi, and without Liang Chengbao, the rebel armies of all departments would also surrender

After a little consideration, he still agreed: "Okay, you serve in the army with me, and after making meritorious contributions, I will not treat you badly" He is from Shaanxi, but he has been away from his hometown for twenty years, and the king of Jin ordered him to run Shaanxi, and he must use the locals. Since this Liang Chengbao has a heart, he can use it temporarily, and if he can't do things effectively, he can be replaced in the future.

Liang Chengbao was overjoyed, hit the ground with his head, knocked a few times, and said, "I am willing to serve the general." He immediately offered a plan: "The general marched thousands of miles into Shaanxi, and the Shaanxi Qingyu has not yet received the news. Xi'an is fixed, Shaanxi is fixed. ”

Zuo Ruo nodded slightly and promised: "Our army will come out after a short rest, you can lead the way with the army."

How could Zuo Ruo not know the truth of the noble god of soldiers, he has always liked to fight fiercely when commanding battles, pointing directly at the heart of the opponent, even if there is no Liang Chengbao, he will attack Xi'an directly.

After the Mongols broke through Yulinwei, Shaanxi became the easiest place to open a breakthrough, but the Ming court did not have a general to control the situation in Shaanxi. The so-called mobilization of cavalry to the north to launch an offensive in Nanyang and make a posture to take Yunyang is nothing but a bluff. Counting on Wu Sangui and Azig to shop in Hanzhong,

The general who will go west will actually serve as the governor of Shaanxi.

The governor of Shaanxi not only fights wars, but also has to be in charge of civil affairs and deal with relations with the Mongols, Zuo Ruo is not the most suitable person in Zhai Zhe's heart. But from the ability to undertake the heavy task of traveling thousands of miles to the north, and the prestige of the generals in the army, no one is more suitable than Zuo Ruo.

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