Chapter 223: Dead End (I)

In addition to Tian Baisheng, Liu Chao is the second unpopular master in the Ming army's general group.

Originally, a battalion officer guerrilla was just a few chaotic soldiers to stop the battalion roar, and then he was promoted to a general! What is the big breaking tower, Rickron ...... Isn't it just good luck? I knew that there were so many suspicious soldiers left by the rebels, and which battalion rushed up was not a big victory? The ready-made cheap ones have been taken advantage of by this guy, how can this work!

With the unstoppable sharpness of Tian Baisheng's soldiers, the army led by Zhang Fang and Xie Zhongren, the two marshals and deputy marshals, reached Dafang all the way, and Liu Chao was deployed by them on the west bank of the Yachi River in the rear, in the name of guarding the ferry, to ensure the safety of the army's back road - in fact, there are no more than two purposes: first, to give you no chance to make new contributions, second, there is no place to be circled there, and you can't get any benefits, so honestly eat your own share of the food and salary that comes and goes!

This is also because the military system of the Ming Dynasty is too chaotic, and everyone does not belong to each other. Grandpa Tai was heartbroken for the old Zhu family's eternal solidity - the lesson of the Tang Dynasty's feudal town division was too terrible, so after the world was settled, Zhu Yuanzhang on the one hand wantonly killed the generals, uprooted and destroyed the power of the military group, and on the other hand, he used the guard system to disperse the strength of the military leaders, teaching the largest military leader in the entire empire to only be in charge of the military strength of one province, and at the same time added two tight spells: the approval of the number of soldiers is controlled by the military department, and the food and salary must be distributed by the local civil officials! This is not the end, the clever grandfather also buried two killer tricks as a back-up move, one is the huge vassal king's protector army all over the empire as an external deterrent, and the other is the internal collapse of his army by the "big and small" system.

But the grandfather didn't calculate until he died, and the fourth son immediately cut the eldest grandson and disappeared! Immediately after Grandpa Cheng, he summed up his successful experience, divided three times by five, and reduced the royal guards in various places to one out of ten. Of course, the "size system" as the heirloom of the old Zhu family's unique secret recipe was perfectly inherited by the fourth master.

From the design of this military system, we can clearly see that whether it is Grandpa Tai or Grandpa Cheng, their No. 1 imaginary enemy is the military generals who are not satisfied with the ministers and rebels, and the rest is a small-scale riot of the people and thieves. Imprisoning the strength of the military leaders to the point that they dare not even dream of rebellion, and at the same time it is enough to extinguish the small bandits in the province, won't the Zhu family be able to sit back and enjoy eternal peace?

Unfortunately, both father and son were wrong.

Whether it is in the face of giants like Guan Shengyun and Zhang Hu, or the large-scale chaos of the likes of Luxury, the original system is completely unable to deal with it - the guard has become a waste of firewood, even if it is still useful, the imperial court can't drain all the soldiers of the entire province, right?

Then you can only draw from all over the place.

Liu Chao was transferred from Hechi, Guangxi to Guizhou by the imperial court. This has created a phenomenon: it sounds like how huge the total strength is, but in fact the various units are not subordinate to each other, and theoretically there are both civilian prime ministers and generals under the unified command, and everyone plays their own games when it comes to operation!

If Liu Chao is a subordinate of either Zhang and Xie, he will also be jealous to varying degrees if he makes contributions, but it will still be much better - if the tide rises, the merits of his subordinates will definitely be shown to the chief, even if his official position has reached the top, such as Zhang Fang, who is both the commander of the army and the seal of the general of Pingman, and cannot be promoted again, he can also find a way to win the title or the world. Even sometimes the imperial court deliberately rewarded the chiefs, and the generals who made meritorious contributions were lightly brushed aside...... Of course, at this time, the angel or civil official who passed on the grace will take advantage of the time when no one is left or right to mutter a few words for this grievance: Alas, general, you have made such a great contribution to the imperial court, and the saints and the elders of the pavilion have also said it, no matter how it is, it is not too much! It's a pity that there is a big handsome there, and the rules can't be broken...... I believe you understand the truth during this period, right?

Holy! The only thing that the illiterate martial artist can understand is one thing: the saint and the elder of the pavilion know my credit, and it was the straw bag that blocked my way and robbed me of my wealth! I'm going to find a chance to kill this bastard!

Understanding this layer, it is not difficult to understand the reason why there are so many mutual pits or deaths within the Ming army in real history.

By the way, mixing sand and burying nails is called "big and small system".

This is a dead end that was done by the old Zhu family themselves early on.

However, Liu Chao was also a blessing in disguise. Being left behind, there is nothing to gain, but when the troops are withdrawn and run away, they will have the advantage. Liu Chao immediately divided his troops into two divisions, leaving one battalion with the weakest combat strength to guard the pontoon bridge at the ferry and to receive the army, and the other two main battalions quickly crossed the river and deployed at Yachi.

As the commander of the army, and Wang Ershan, who hated the root of his teeth, stared at, Zhang Fang had to lead the people of the headquarters to be the rear of the army, and the one who ran at the front was Xie Zhongren, Wang Ershan and Chen Qiyu were the Chinese army.

The sky-high fire of Dafang City is the signal, and An Bangyan is the best of his best. As soon as the army marched through the scorched earth Jinji Station, Wang Ershan of the Chinese army received an urgent military situation from the former deputy marshal of the army: The course of the Liuchong River is densely packed with Miao rebellion, and it has spread out along the river for more than 20 miles, and the number is not more than 100,000! The former army has abandoned the boat and landed on the shore after the defeat of the attack, and retreated by land in the direction of Yachi. Wang Ershan sighed, his face was like ashes: it was too late to investigate where a large number of Anyi sneaked over, Xie Zhongren's so-called impact failure was beaten miserably, and he abandoned the boat and landed on the shore because he didn't want heavy clothes and armor - he gave up the waterway and walked on two legs, but he also ran out of food, don't say he, I'm afraid that the massive military equipment of the whole army can't be saved!

Chen Qiyu, who had been observing Wang Ershan's face, stepped forward: "My lord, the thief is powerful, or will the last general protect the adult to avoid it first?" ”

Wang Ershan's heart sank, and he said angrily: "Do you want the old man to abandon the army and abscond?" If the old man runs away and the whole army collapses, the thief will be able to succeed in his treacherous plan without blood! This nonsense must be mentioned again! ”

Wang Ershan looked at Chen Qi's back and retreated, and then looked at the ruins of the Jinji Station not far away, and was stunned, and called over to follow Wang Fu to explain a few words, and Wang Fu hurried away. Not long after, Wang Fu came back and whispered while there was no one on the left and right: "Master, the old slave has been picked, and the grain station has been burned clean, but ...... There is not a grain of grain in the ruins! ”

Despite his suspicions, Wang Ershan was crushed by this thunderbolt on a sunny day: "Are you sure you've seen all the places? Can you see them all in such a short time? Are you lazy old slave! ”

Wang Fu said with a face full of grievances: "The old man is good." If the grain is burned, there must be coke, right? The huge granary, at a glance, is a small pile of ashes, burned to the point that it is just an empty warehouse. Moreover, the old man is a scholar, and he doesn't know much about the trivial things of chickens and dogs, and the old slave told you, this grain is not easy to burn! Lots and lots of fire-burning things should be piled up, and unless they are spread out and burned, no matter how great the fire is, it will be the ones that are outside, and the grain inside will not be burned. Before defecting to the master, the old slave had eaten such food that had been burned by thieves in his hometown. Peel off the coke on the outside, it's all good inside, and it can germinate when planted in the ground......"

Wang Ershan's chatter behind Wang Fu was completely deaf, except for one thought, his mind was blank: someone has a thief!

After a long time, his face regained his calmness, and he untied the seal of the governor with his belt and handed it to Wang Fu and said solemnly: "You take this and leave quickly, don't teach others to see it, whether it is Guiyang or Zunyi, just find the official mansion and hand it over." Then I went straight home and said to my grandmother*. ”

Of course, it was impossible for An Bangyan to deploy 100,000 Miao soldiers on the Liuchong River - at this moment, he had only more than 20,000 people in his hands, and only more than 3,000 people on the Liuchong River to intercept them with great fanfare. Xie Zhongren ran fast, left the heavy people behind, took his own descendants and more than 3,000 elite auxiliary soldiers, and ran to the other side of the Yachi River in a smoke, and he was about to escape.

An Bangyan's main forces were all ambushed in Luxiangyi, watching the large army of the Ming army pass by, and then they bit the broken Zhang Fangbu to death.

I have to say that compared with Luxury Chongming, although the combat power of the Shuixi Army is weaker, An Bangyan's brain is really good: if it is intercepted head-on, although there is no suspense in the result, the battle damage of the headquarters will definitely be greater - they all know that they can only survive by killing, and the Ming generals have to drive the Han soldiers to charge desperately. As long as the bite is tight, no force will be willing to be left behind as a substitute for the dead, so they will desperately rush forward - you can also rush, I will also rush, and the friendly troops fighting side by side will become your rivals to the death, and sooner or later they will collapse! At this time, waving the army to press, it is basically a cheap pick-up.

Zhang Fang found out that he was bitten by An Bangyan and was completely panicked. I walked for a day, and I wanted to abandon the army several times, but I thought that I first ate the people and sold human flesh, and then sold military food to finance the enemy, and there was such a large area in the middle...... After so many and such big disasters, even if there is a pavilion elder who is his own father, he can't survive, so he has to continue to take one step at a time. However, at noon on the second day, when An Bangyan put on a posture of charging into battle and launched a feint attack by the Miao soldiers, Zhang Dashuai couldn't bear it anymore, so he shot all the fireworks in the army into the sky and asked for help from Lord Wang and Brother Chen of the Chinese army.

Xie Zhongren has long disappeared, only Chen Qiyu's two battalions in the Chinese army are considered complete, and the others are all miscellaneous troops used to escort the baggage, but no matter what, Zhang Fang must be saved, on the one hand, his lips are cold and his teeth are cold, and after all, Lord Wang Ershan is a very principled scholar, so when he saw the signal for help from the rear team, he ordered to stop advancing, burn the baggage that could not be taken away, and the whole army returned to the division to meet Zhang Fang. Unexpectedly, when he heard the order to burn the baggage, Chen Qiyu ran his horse straight into Wang Ershan, and Lord Wang was thrown on his back, and then Chen Bu opened a killing ring, dispersed several battalions of miscellaneous soldiers who were not subordinate to each other, and the people were familiar with their hands and heads on the ground - they knew that no matter which side needed to carry things, wouldn't it be alive to eat someone's mixed bread?

Chen Qiyu, who was riding on the horse, was proud: It doesn't matter whether Wang Ershan is dead or alive, the official seal of the governor of Guizhou is too great! However, he didn't expect Wang Ershan to kill himself with the sword of the Son of Heaven on the spot, and searched all the corpses, cages, luggage, and the governor's seal, but he couldn't find anything, so he had to lead his troops to kill Zhang Fang stupidly.

Seeing that the great cause of rebellion, which was already in sight, took a sharp turn and fell into a dead end in an instant.

*There is a reason why ^_^ this paragraph was specifically added

Wang Ershan's prototype is of course Wang Sanshan, and there is another literary character who is also based on Wang Sanshan, you must have heard of it, hehe.

Have you heard of the Peking Opera "The Female Solution"? Have you seen "Yutang Spring Falls Hard to Meet a Husband" in "Three Words and Two Beats"? "Su San left Hongdong County and will come in front of the street", "There are no good people in Hongdong County"...... Familiar, right?

The male number one in it, Wang Jinlong, is the prototype of Wang Sanshan!

Can't think of it, right? Ha ha.

Of course, it is also true that the governor of the Great Seal handed over the family to take it away. Although Lord Wang is a little bookish, the big section is good.