Chapter 435: Heading South (5)
Gao Ding was not treated inhumanly at the foot of the mountain, under the leadership of Zhang Luofu's subordinates, the group came to the halfway up the mountain, Zhang Luofu was waiting for him here, and after the two met, Gao Ding introduced himself.
He is the general of the five armies of the Ming Dynasty, Ling Jingyang, passing by Guan Shu Mountain today, asking Zhang Luofu to get out of the way, so that the Ming army and the follow-up team can pass by Guan Shu Mountain, Zhang Luofu nodded and agreed, how could he have the strength to confront Ling Jingyang, but he was very curious, Ling Jingyang suddenly led the army south, who was he going to fight against?
He was embarrassed to ask Gao Ding, so he had to beat around the bush: "Our army is fighting against Jiannu in Guanshui Mountain, and the Governor of Lingdu is the leader of my generation, how can he be the enemy of the Governor of Lingdu?" ”
Gao Ding didn't pay attention to him, he returned to the barracks, and brought Zhang Luofu's meaning to Ling Jingyang, Ling Jingyang didn't know that Zhang Luofu's troops were on the mountain, if he knew that it was Zhang Luofu, with Ling Jingyang's character, he would definitely mobilize troops and horses to besiege and annihilate Zhang Luofu, and avenge the soldiers and civilians who died in Yicheng.
Zhang Shun and Wei Lan also don't know Zhang Luofu, but also Zhang Luofu has a big life, Ling Jingyang brought the chief general of the three armies, stunned that no one proposed who the other party's chief general is, Ling Jingyang asked Xu Sheng to rush back, and informed the large army to set off, he led the troops directly under him and Zhang Shun's troops and horses, and deployed on the south side of Guanshui Mountain, and waited until the afternoon, the large army arrived, and under the cover of the soldiers and horses of the various departments, the people and the baggage smoothly passed through the Guanshui Mountain Defense Area, and ran towards the direction of Yicheng.
Ling Jingyang didn't care too much about whose troops Guan Shushan was, he went all the way south to Yicheng, after he led the large army to leave, Zhang Luofu in the mountain let out a long sigh, he was really afraid that Ling Jingyang would recognize him, and mobilized troops and horses to besiege Guan Shushan.
After all the Ming troops left, Zhang Luofu suddenly had the idea of leading the troops back to the Chongzhen court, he always felt that guerrilla warfare outside could not bring substantial harm to the Qing army, after making up his mind, he convened his generals to discuss whether to return to the court?
The subordinates stared wide-eyed, thinking that Jiannu had just withdrawn, and returning to the imperial court at this time, wouldn't it be a piece of fat to the imperial court, Zhang Luofu thought about it, gave up the idea of returning to the imperial court, and led the troops to continue to garrison in Guanshuo Mountain.
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The Ming army went south from Guanshu Mountain, and there were no other forces in sight all the way to the mountain
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It took more than ten days to come to the border line of Taiyuan Mansion and Pingyang Prefecture, where there are dozens of sentry posts, and a few sentry posts are stationed by the soldiers of the Chongzhen Imperial Court.
The sentries saw thousands of troops holding the Ming military flag coming to the border, where was there still the courage to resist, and let Ling Jingyang lead the troops towards Yicheng, these sentries thought that after Ling Jingyang left, they could continue to sentry, but Li Rufeng in the back disarmed them and took them to Yicheng.
Ling Jingyang's task to Li Rufeng is not only to supervise the army, but also to properly replenish fresh blood to the army, these sentinels belong to the excluded faction in the Chongzhen Imperial Court, and were sent to the border line to garrison, Li Rufeng gathered these sentinels together, and when he asked, he knew that these sentinels were He Zhen's subordinates.
He hurriedly reported this information to Ling Jingyang, Ling Jingyang was stunned, He Zhen broke with him a few months ago, and took his troops to the Chongzhen Imperial Court, which should be reused, why were his troops driven to the border?
Ling Jingyang and Li Rufeng shook their heads and said: "Bring all the stragglers along the way to Yicheng, I will let Your Majesty redeem his soldiers with grain and grass, if Your Majesty does not use grain and grass to redeem, then integrate the stragglers into each army on the spot to expand the strength of our army." ”
Li Rufeng carried out Ling Jingyang's military order to the letter, Ling Jingyang continued to advance south with the troops, a long journey of more than ten days, and finally a small number of people began to complain, there are still 50 kilometers away from Yicheng, along the way there are people who continue to break away from the army, for the people to leave, Li Rufeng asked to drive the people back, after all, he drove back dozens of deserters before, whipped in front of the whole army, dozens of people were bruised, since then, the desertion in the army is almost extinct.
He thought that the people could not leave, but Ling Jingyang let the people leave, Li Rufeng had no choice but to give up, the team was still forty kilometers away from Yicheng, a small number of Chongzhen court cavalry scouts began to appear here, the two armies did not fight, Ling Jingyang ordered the troops to continue to advance, there were still thirty kilometers away from Yicheng, and finally there was a formed army, deployed on the main road.
Ling Jingyang ordered the whole army to line up, and the Ming army on the opposite side saw Ling Jingyang make an offensive posture, and also hurriedly set up the formation, and the two armies finished arranged, at this time, a general came from the Ming army on the opposite side, he rode a tall horse to the middle of the road, and shouted loudly: "Dare to ask you which way."
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Troops? ”
Ling Jingyang and the generals were a little surprised when they saw that person, it turned out to be He Zhen, there was no blood feud between the two armies, and Ling Jingyang didn't want to have a conflict with He Zhen, he stepped forward and walked towards He Zhen, He Zhen saw Ling Jingyang at this time, and he was even more surprised than Ling Jingyang.
In his consciousness, isn't Ling Jingyang still in Ningwu Pass, why did he suddenly lead a large army to Yicheng, he and His Majesty received information from the scouts five days ago, saying that there was an army from Taiyuan Mansion to Yicheng to kill, and His Majesty convened the ministers to discuss how to expel this army.
After He Zhen defected to the Chongzhen court, he was reused at first, but when Wu Dading and other powerful factions and various righteous armies came to vote, his soldiers and horses were no longer important, and he was gradually marginalized, and this time he was ordered by His Majesty to resist the army from Taiyuan Mansion.
He took 4,000 soldiers and horses to the west of Yicheng to set up defenses, this time he met with Ling Jingyang, his mouth moved, but he didn't say a word, but Ling Jingyang said: "General He, long time no see." ”
His face turned red and reluctantly agreed with Ling Jingyang, who told him simply and clearly that he was going to lead the troops to Yicheng, and asked His Majesty to issue a holy decree to order him to go to Huguang to recover the lost territory.
He Zhen's eyes lit up, he defected to the Chongzhen court, at first he was reused, but then not only was he not reused, but he was left out in the cold, this time he was excluded to him and Ling Jingyanghuo, which made him feel that if he could go to Huguang with Ling Jingyang, maybe it would open up the situation.
He turned his heart sideways and said to Ling Jingyang: "Ling Dudu, go south to Huguang, the road is far away, and there are other forces, He thinks that there are many people, and he also takes care of them." ”
He Zhen's attitude made Ling Jingyang's heart bright, he knew that He Zhen was a hero, and he couldn't stand the slightest grievance, he wanted to go to Huguang with him as soon as they met, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot of wretchedness in Yicheng.
Ling Jingyang asked Li Rufeng to put back all the sentinels captured along the way, He Zhen saw that almost all of them were his subordinates, his old face was red, and he was even more reluctant to follow the Chongzhen court, Ling Jingyang said to him: "General He, if you have a heart, why don't you go to Yicheng to ask Your Majesty for some grain and grass, and then go to Huguang?" ”
"Okay, that's a deal."
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