Volume 4 The Twin Dragons Chapter 8 The City of Toul Valley
Zao'er's sixth brother said Bingzhong with tears in his eyes, and Zhang Bingzhong at this time looked at Li Zicheng's burly figure and thin face, and didn't say much, and directly asked the soldiers to bring wine and food to share with Zao'er.
After eating for a while, I only heard Zhang Bingzhong say: Zao'er, it's better to return to the court with me.
Didn't think about ....... Li Zicheng replied stubbornly as usual.
In fact, from his heart, Bingzhong also wanted to take advantage of this face-to-face chat with Zao'er to see how firm he was in his future plans and his will to rebel. Although the two know each other, they grope each other's bottom line.
Now that you have not only lost your wife but also lost your army, you still still don't admit defeat?" Zhang Bingzhong then asked. I saw that Li Zicheng lowered his head and drank tea without saying a word.
Look at me, how good it is to be obedient, to eat, drink, play, and have fun. Aren't we rebelling just for pleasure?" Bingzhong asked him further tentatively.
To be serious, you're all gone, so let's talk about the future, what should we do?
Li Zicheng raised his stubborn head and said: I raised the recruitment flag, and I have my own food eaters. I guess you didn't admit defeat either?
Why...... ...... so?
When I entered the camp just now, I casually glanced at the camp, and your team is still training soldiers and horses day and night, so why?
Don't talk nonsense, you still go back to your Shangluo Mountain to be a god, and I will be a king on Wudang Mountain.
When Li Zicheng heard Bingzhong say this, he secretly thought in his heart that you Zhang Bingzhong is also a time when he is weak and bottomless. So, he said even more stubbornly: Although you have submitted to the imperial court, but your name of Zhang Xianzhong's "Eight Kings" is also blocked by the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, can you stand these two angers? I still don't know your personality and thoughts?
Hey, hey! After laughing, Bingzhong saw that Zao'er saw his thoughts, and he no longer hid and dodged. He jerked himself to his feet and threw the glass of wine in his hand to the ground.
This dog's thief, what kind of upright official mansion, all have black eyes and only see silver people. turned my Zhang Xianzhong into Zhang Xianbao!
This Bingzhong was filled with righteous indignation to tell Zao'er his inner troubles and anger, and Li Zicheng realized that his sixth brother had not changed, but he cherished his soldiers and generals too much, and did not blame them for making that meaningless sacrifice. Compared with his own ruthlessness, it seems more humane.
At this point, the two sat down again and talked about the past from the barracks to the present. For a whole day and a night, the two of them were in the Chinese military tent and never came out.
Sixth brother, I came this time not only to solve the problem of winter clothing, but also to borrow soldiers and food from you.
Well, that's fine! Let me arrange it for a few days, and I'll send you out myself. Now that you have come to the outskirts of Gucheng, it just so happens that I am going to enter the city to do business in the next few days, so I will take this opportunity to take you into the city for a walk, so that you can learn from their city defense structure, and don't do those things that lose the city and the team.
Well, well, then I'll listen to the arrangement of the sixth brother.
If I raise the banner of righteousness again in the future, you can also kill the horse pistol, and it will not be a problem to occupy it.
Okay, the sixth brother will listen to your arrangement! Li Zicheng responded confidently. I thought to myself, with the funding and co-ordination of the sixth brother, the great cause is still unreasonable.
Bingzhong saw that he was so proud, and hurriedly said: If you build a country, you must raise my banner!
Why do you want to raise the banner of Shunzi?
You forgot what our father often said, we are after Zhang Shun in the waves.
Originally, Zhang Bingzhong just wanted to knock Li Zicheng, because with his brother's funding, don't get too carried away, and pay too much attention to the things that are easy to get. It's also a casual sentence, but Zao'er listened to it, and in the case of smooth sailing in the future, he really established his Dashun Kingdom, of course, this is also a later story.
This valley city area is the ancient Yuzhou, Zhou Feng Ying surname (name Sui) for Gu Bo, built the capital in Gu Mountain, named Gu Bo country, also known as Gu country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Valley State was a vassal of Chu. In the Qin period, Zhuyang County was established according to the water and belonged to Nanyang County. In the Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to Nanyang County of Jingzhou Thorn History Department. In the second year of Emperor Hui, Xiao He Ziyan was appointed as the Marquis of Zhuyang. In the first year of Emperor Wu's reign, he sealed Nanhai Shou Zijia as the marquis of the capital. In the second year of the beginning of the year, Jia died in the country. In the first year of Tianfeng in the new dynasty, Nanyang County was changed to Qianqian County, and Zhuyang County was changed to Yihe County.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was restored to Zhuyang County, which belonged to Nanyang County. In the twenty-eighth year of Jianwu, the grandson of Wu Han was named the Marquis of Zhuyang. Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty belonged to Shunyang County for five years. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there were two counties of Fufeng and Yicheng in Zhuyang, and counties such as Zhuyang, Fanyang, Yicheng, Yicheng and Wannian were successively placed in Zhuyang. The two counties and five counties all belong to Yongzhou (overseas Chinese are placed in Xiangyang). During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the twenty-seventh year of Emperor Yuanjia of Song Wen, Fengzongyue was the son of Zhuyang County. During the Liu Song Dynasty, it belonged to Xinye County of Yongzhou, and the Southern Qi Dynasty was changed to Yi'an County of Ningmanfu. Liang is Shandu County, which belongs to Xiangyang County. The mountain capital of Northern Zhou Province is included in Anyang County, which belongs to Henan County. After the Song Dynasty, Emperor Yuanhui was abolished for four years, and Zhang Ninu was named the Marquis of Zhuyang County. In the first year of Emperor Shun's ascension to the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Gui was named the Marquis of Yicheng. Liang abolished Fufeng County and Fanyang County, and established Xingguo County. The Western Wei Dynasty abolished Xingguo County and established Yicheng County, and changed Yongzhou to Xiangzhou. The Northern Zhou Dynasty abolished Yicheng County and Wannian County, and there were still two counties of Zhuyang and Yicheng in the territory. It belongs to Xiangyang County, Xiangzhou. At the beginning of Emperor Yang's great cause, Xiangzhou Province and Gucheng belonged to Xiangyang County, Jingzhou. Tang Gaozu Wude four years, the analysis of Xiangzhou's Yin City, Gucheng two counties in Yuzhou, the following year abolished. In the first year of Taizong Zhenguan, the whole country was divided into ten provinces, and Gucheng belonged to Xiangyang County, Xiangzhou, Shannan Province. In the eighth year of Zhenguan, the provincial yin city entered the valley city. In the seventeenth year of Xuanzong's reign, Gucheng belonged to the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion. In the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Dynasty was reclassified into fifteen provinces, and Gucheng belonged to Xiangzhou, the eastern province of Shannan. The political situation of the five dynasties and ten countries is chaotic, the writing is incomplete, and it cannot be studied.
In the second year of Song Taizu Gande, the Yincheng area of the valley city was placed in the Guanghua army, and the three townships of Zunjiao, Xiangluan and Hanjun in the west of the Hanshui of the valley city were placed in Gande County, which belonged to the Guanghua army. Taizong to the road for three years, divided into the country for 15 roads, Gucheng belongs to Jingxi Road Xiangzhou. In the first year of Yuanfeng, it was changed to 23 roads, and Gucheng belonged to Xiangyang Mansion on Jingnan Road. After Song Nandu, Gucheng belonged to the Jingxi pacification system. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the valley was the food of Deng Yu, the Duke of Weiguo. In the ninth year of Taizu Hongwu, Gucheng belonged to Xiangyang Mansion, the political secretary of Huguangbu. In the tenth year of Hongwu, the province was transformed into a valley city. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Guanghua County was replaced. In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, Gucheng was changed to Henan, and soon returned to Huguang. In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing, Gucheng was the fief of Zhu Yixuan, the king of Zhaoxian. In the eighth year of Wanli, his son Changlan was sealed.
Now that Gucheng has become a royal blockade, the defense is naturally not to be underestimated. Li Zicheng traveled with Zhang Bingzhong in Gucheng for several days, and he also pondered this city clearly, and if he stepped on Gucheng again in the future, he would definitely be able to take it in one fell swoop. In the officialdom in Gucheng, Zao'er not only saw Bingzhong's easy-to-play style, but also saw the greed of Ming officials. I became more and more aware of Zhang Bingzhong's situation and crisis at this time, and I definitely felt that Zhang Bingzhong would raise the banner of righteousness again in the near future to voice the people's grievances.
A few days later, Li Zicheng returned to his barracks with Zhang Bingzhong, and Bingzhong did not avoid suspicion, and directly called Ouyang Yunfang to discuss with him about transporting grain and sending troops and other related matters. After several collegial discussions, it was decided that each of the four battalions should send 1,000 people. The newly recruited soldiers were then replenished by the battalions, and each battalion was organized into two red and blue banners, with 2 to 3,000 men each, which was also a large number at that time; at the same time, it also avoided the pretext of expanding the source of recruitment. There are only two generals who can be funded: one is Huang Boyao, the Blue Flag captain of the Tiger Battalion, and the other is Shan Zhongzheng of the Guanzhong Battalion. Both of them are capable of fighting and have a lot of achievements. Especially Shan Zhongzheng of the Guanzhong Battalion, he rarely speaks on weekdays, but once a war starts, he is flexible and changeable. At the beginning of the camp, Bingzhong's original intention was to build the Guanzhong battalion into a defensive battalion, and he never thought that Shan Zhongzheng dared to fight and use his brains, so all the way down, invincible, and was about to catch up with the posture of the tiger camp. In this way, Zao'er can bring out a good team here with the sixth brother, not to mention the horses and baggage.
How to get this team out is a big problem. Bingzhong and Zao'er discussed, and this matter was divided into two steps.
From autumn to early winter, there were affairs such as requisitioning and transporting grain in various places, and the four battalions of Gucheng went out to camp in the name of collecting and transporting grain; then the eighteen horsemen of Shangluo Mountain went down the mountain to rob the grain and grass, and the grain guards dispersed in a hurry. In this way, the suspicion of being loyal to the bandits was avoided, and at the same time, the grain, grass and men and horses were sent out one by one, killing two birds with one stone.
At that moment, Bingzhong called Shan Zhongzheng and Huang Boyu to get acquainted with Zao'er, and each agreed on a code and a banner. After cleaning up and stopping, without further ado, choose a day to open. Bingzhong arranged for Li Zicheng to return to Shangluo Mountain alone to discuss with everyone about the time to rob grain, and the troops in the suburbs were dispatched on the same day. When the troops were dispatched, the two were in tears when they received orders in the tent, which made the other generals feel inexplicable. Seeing this scene, Bingzhong hurriedly walked off the order platform, stepped forward and comforted: If you two feel uncomfortable, you can come back at any time.
With the words of the major general, the two turned to tears and laughed. However, the other generals were stunned, thinking in their hearts that these two people were either crazy or sick, crying for a while, laughing for a while; how did they know that this send-off was a farewell, maybe only Shan Zhongzheng and Huang Boyo understood it best in their hearts.
After sending off nearly 4,000 brothers, Bingzhong began to reorganize military affairs again. Especially the cavalry battle, most of them were taught by their father Zhang Liuyi, especially the fact that they rode two horses to seize the book. Although it was not Zhang Liuyi who personally grabbed the book, this courage and resourcefulness are all things that he will never forget. Among the heroes in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were able to stand out, run rampant in the world, and open the country from the ground, and the most important factor was Zhang Xianzhong's (Bingzhong) guerrilla tactics, which were also important core parts.