The Tianxiong Army originated in the Tang Dynasty and was governed in Weizhou, which was later the Daimyo Mansion. However, what really made this historical term famous was a strange person in the Chongzhen period.

That person was Lu Xiangsheng.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Wen Zhenmeng, who later became the emperor, won the top prize, and his reputation caught up with his great-grandfather Wen Zhengming. The current Shoufu Chen Yan is also a jinshi in this subject, ranking 53rd in the second grade, much behind Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department - Ni Yuanlu is the 23rd in the second grade. Before them, there was Wang Qiaonian, the governor of Shaanxi, who ranked sixth, and after them, there were Huang Daozhou, Li Mingrui, Wen Anzhi, Qi Biaojia and other celebrities, which can be described as full of talents.

Lu Xiangsheng ranked fifty-eight in the second class, not up or down, not conspicuous enough, but he personally created a strong army in the late Ming Dynasty - Tianxiong Army.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the Dongyu invaded and besieged Beijing. Lu Xiangsheng, who was the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion at the time, recruited 10,000 soldiers and joined the King of Weiqin, because the Daimyo Mansion was the Tianxiong Army in ancient times, so he had the title of Tianxiong Army. In the third year of Chongzhen, Lu Xiang was promoted to the right of Hebei to participate in politics, and was ordered to rectify the military garrison of Daimyo, Guangping, and Shunde. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, he supervised the history of the right and began to suppress thieves. Under his command, Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, was defeated and fled in Zhuxian Town, turned his head and crashed in front of Sun Chuanting's army, and was captured and executed. Ma Huihui, Mantianxing, King Lijing and other thief camps have been destroyed one after another, and it seems that the thieves will be completely pacified.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the eastern captives entered the Kou from Xuanfu and Datong, and the Beijing division was in a hurry. The Ming court ordered Lu Xiangsheng to defend the capital, and then gave Shang Fang a sword. The thieves breathed a sigh of relief, glad that "King Lu Yan" was gone.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Dongyu entered the customs in two ways and besieged the Beijing Division. Lu Xiangsheng was appointed as the governor of Xuanda to be the governor of the world, gave Shang Fang the sword for the third time, and returned to the battlefield against the Dongyu with his Tianxiong army. However, at that time, Chongzhen trusted Yang Sichang very much, and secretly favored the Qing army to negotiate peace. Yang Sichang was extremely dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng's banner of the main battle faction. Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the chief army, divided Lu Xiangsheng's military power, and then held his troops still, so that Lu Xiangsheng fell into the encirclement of the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, Zuihou could only rush to the battlefield with 5,000 remnants, and finally died on the battlefield.

is so wronged, I'm afraid there will be no second person after Yue Fei.

"At that time, the 50,000 Guan Ning Iron Horsemen who were holding Zu Kuan were in Jize. It is less than fifty miles from the Jiazhuang where the overseer is besieged! More than 30,000 Jiannu cavalry attacked the remnants of the superintendent 5,000, and Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, refused to pay his salary, and the battalion was cut off for several days! Xiao Donglou only felt that the root of his nose was sore, and his injured eyes were burning and painful.

He raised his hand slightly, wanting to cover his eyes, but he was afraid of being rude, so he pressed it down.

"Is there too much fire in the tent?" Zhu Cihong looked at this strong man with a strong figure and said softly: "Come on, remove the stove." ”

"Your Highness......" Xiao Donglou's voice was a little choked.

"You go on." Zhu Cihong waved his hand, "I also heard about Lu Du's deeds when I was in the palace, but I don't know anything about his death. ”

"At that time, the overseer and his troops fought rapidly, and the cries moved the sky, and from the hour to the hour, the artillery and arrows were all exhausted. The villain was a personal soldier of the Inspector at that time, so he heard the Inspector say: 'Serve the country hard, right now!' Then he charged himself. Killed dozens of people with his own hands, and was hit by three swords and four arrows. Fall under the horse. At that time, the villain was also stabbed a few times, and was cut in the head by an armored soldier in Dongyu, and his eyes were covered with blood, and he could vaguely see Yang Lukai, the head of the pastor, pounced on the superintendent, and in a blink of an eye, his back was full of arrows. Xiao Donglou raised his hand and covered the scar on his face. Said in one breath.

Zhu Cihong breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "I didn't bury Lu Du until more than 80 days after his death, and I know about it. Yang Sichang no matter whether he has merit or demerits, treating loyal ministers so slowly is a stain on him after all. ”

"Yang thief...... Yang Sichang's villain! Xiao Donglou said angrily: "Since the superintendent led the troops, there have been more than 100 large and small formations. Never had a defeat! Especially in Yunyang, nine battles and nine victories, more than 10,000 beheaded! With 3,000 soldiers, he broke through Gao Yingxiang and tens of thousands of horses, he is a real general! If it weren't for the villain in charge and the charm of the Holy Listening, how could the Overseer fall into such a fate! ”

"A strong man speaks carefully." Wu Weiye coughed dryly and reminded him.

Xiao Donglou reacted at this time, how could he talk about the "saint" who was the emperor's eldest son.

Zhu Cihong disagreed, and asked, "What are the plans of the strong man in the future?" ”

Xiao Donglou opened his mouth and said with some hesitation: "We are all damned people, since we escaped, we have always thought about the teachings of the superintendent's 'loyalty, filial piety and sincerity' - those four words are still hanging on the ...... Uh, the villain's house. If His Highness does not dislike the despicable and lowly grass people, we are willing to drive for His Highness. ”

A smile appeared on Zhu Cihong's face, stepped forward to help Xiao Donglou, and said: "A man of material strength is willing to serve the country, this is the luck of the country!" However, now the officers and soldiers are slack, and the people are afraid of them like tigers and thieves, so I have set some rules in the guard camp of the East Palace, you can take a look at it first, if you are not used to it, you can also take the reward and go home to celebrate your birthday. ”

"Your Highness, military discipline is the foundation of governing the army, and the military discipline of our Tianxiong Army is also very strict." Xiao Donglou grinned. His smile touched the muscles on his face, making the scar extremely distorted, and scared Wu Weiye to take a cool breath.

"As for the matter of giving Lu Du a nickname," Zhu Cihong paused: "But it's not that I can agree to you now, this has to be written by the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and then decided by the Holy Emperor." ”

Xiao Donglou's enthusiasm was like being poured with a basin of cold water, and it was suddenly extinguished.

"But ......" Zhu Cihong took Xiao Donglou's arm, walked outside the tent, and pointed to the neat and well-arrayed guards of the East Palace: "What do you think of this division and brigade?" ”

"It's the strongest army in the world!" Xiao Donglou praised sincerely: "Not inferior to my Tianxiong Army!" ”

"That's good." Zhu Cihong said in a loud voice: "If you can uphold the way of loyalty and filial piety of Lu Du, I will hand over this strong army to you to be the commander, and it will still be called the 'Tianxiong Army'." After you, there will naturally be other fierce generals. As long as our emperor is immortal, and there is still one person left in this army, the number of Tianxiong will continue for thousands of years! Lu Du's loyal soul will also coexist with this army, and it will be remembered forever! ”

"This ...... This ......" Xiao Donglou suddenly didn't know what to say, and held back for a long time before saying: "Your Highness, can you worship Lu Du in the army?" ”

"The heroic spirits of all armies must be sacrificed on time, and incense must be offered to teach those who come after them to know it." Zhu Cihong said clearly: "As for Lu Du, when he repairs the military history of the Tianxiong Army in the future, he will naturally be listed first. ”

"The ...... of the military history of the Tianxiong Army" Xiao Donglou was meng: "Your Highness wants to set up a biography for Lu Du!" ”

"All armies have military histories, and Lu Du, as the founder of the Tianxiong Army, naturally has a legend." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "This is also my climbing of the high branches, and I have to be listed with the famous ministers through the ages." ”

"The villain is willing to die!" Xiao Donglou fell to the ground, and a cool breeze blew, and a series of tears welled up in his injured eyes and fell to the ground.

"After you go back, you will first sort out the roster, and if you are willing to stay in the army, you will first be assigned to the recruit camp for training, and after the training is completed, you will be able to be ordained. Those who do not want to stay in the army can be rewarded richly, and if they want to buy land in their hometowns, they can also go to the local officials with my decree. In short, let it be voluntary. Zhu Cihong said.

"The villain understands!" Xiao Donglou said excitedly.

"You can be a minister." Zhu Cihong smiled and patted Xiao Donglou's shoulder and asked him to get up.

Compared with Niu Jinxing, the prime minister of Dashun who was captured alive, Zhu Cihong was even happier to get the old part of the Tianxiong Army.

On the same day, Lu Xiangsheng died, and the Tianxiong Army was also incorporated into the Xuan Army, scattered under the command of the generals of various departments, and completely annihilated in the torrent of history.

As the ink theory says, if you drop a drop of ink into a glass of water, the whole glass of water will be black. But if you drop a drop of ink into a river, nothing will change at all. The Tianxiong Army, which was incorporated into other units, fell like ink into rivers, lakes and seas, and was quickly assimilated. And the remnants of the Tianxiong Army, which fell into the grass as mountain bandits, have preserved more of the traditions of the Tianxiong Army, and it is a more "pure" Tianxiong Army. With them as seeds, irrigated with strict Donggong drills, what kind of giant trees will grow?

Zhu Cihong himself has some expectations.

"Your Highness," Wu Weiye walked up to Zhu Cihong, "These people say that it is Lu Du's tribe, why do they look a little arrogant?" ”

- You can see it, I won't see it?

Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "Where can ordinary people know those secrets? Don't worry about it, do your own thing. Go and bring the bull Venus up. ”

Wu Weiye wanted to say again, seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so resolute, he had to shake his head, and he sighed that he had not met his talents and could not be reused. (To be continued......)

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