Since the uprising of Baishui Wang Er in July of the first year of Chongzhen, almost the entire Shaanxi has been in chaos.

However, with Yang He's recruitment, by March of the second year of Chongzhen, all the rogues in northern Shaanxi basically died down.

Of course, this is not to say that Shaanxi is too peaceful, but that they continued to be the party to the trouble after Zhao'an, but they did not pull the flag and rebel.

In fact, there is not much problem with Zhao'an itself, which is also a method often used by the government.

It's just that the conditions for recruiting Yang He, the governor of the three sides, are too relaxed.

In the past, the imperial court recruited security to dismiss most of the surrendered leaders, grant them an official position (usually a military position), and allow some of their men to become officials and soldiers to go to other places.

Yang He just reprimanded these rogue leaders, and then made them swear to pardon them.

And it did not completely disband these rogues, but on the contrary, arranged a territory for a large number of rogues.

The rogue has changed from the previous outlaw thief to the "licensed robbery" rogue.

All counties and capitals in northern Shaanxi have been harmed by the scourge.

Liukou successfully survived the most difficult winter under Yang He's recruitment.

Yang He also fell into the reputation of "Yang Dashan Man" among the rogues.

However, not all Ming officials bought Yang He's policy of "suppressing and appeasing at the same time, focusing on appeasement".

Hong Chengchou, the newly appointed governor of Yansui, believed that these rogues must be resolutely exterminated.

Hong Chengchou was originally only the governor of Shaanxi Province to participate in politics, but by chance he killed hundreds of rogues, and under the recommendation of Yang He, he served as the governor of Yansui from the second grade.

And He Renlong also made meritorious contributions in this battle, and was promoted from the capital secretary to the Yichuan guerrilla.

Both were beneficiaries of this peasant uprising in northern Shaanxi.

Originally, it would take at least three or five years to survive and have a certain amount of luck to be promoted, but they only eliminated a few hundred rogues to complete it.

So they are all eager to make meritorious contributions by suppressing bandits, and the two can be said to hit it off!

The rogues have all been recruited, where do they get the credit?

However, after all, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, is his boss, and he has the grace to promote himself, and Hong Chengchou cannot openly question Yang He's policy.

Moreover, Hong Chengchou found that although Yang He's kind of appeasement was a disaster, it also made the vigilance of the Liukou a lot lower, making it easier for them to attack.

He first set up a banquet to reward the surrendered rogue Miaomei and others, who had often appeared at Yang He's banquet before, and had long lost their vigilance.

After three rounds of drinking, I saw Hong Chengchou smashing his glass as a number, and He Renlong, who was ambushed nearby, hurriedly led the army to kill him, and killed Miao Mei and others who went to the banquet on the spot!

He Renlong said: "There are more than 500 rogues under Miao Mei, and they have all been controlled by us, how to deal with them?" ”

Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment and said: "If the news of our killing and surrender spreads, this group of rogues will inevitably be vigilant, and it will not be easy to deal with them later!" ”

Then he made a gesture of "wiping his neck" to He Renlong.

He Renlong immediately understood, and then killed all these rogues.

Later, Hong Chengchou wrote to Yang He, saying that Miao Mei and others surrendered first and then rebelled.

In the following two months, Hong Chengchou and He Renlong killed more than 20,000 people in Yansui, such as the Little Red Wolf, Yizhangqing, and the Ground-Raiding Tiger.

He Renlong was nicknamed "He Maniac" in the army because of his bravery.

And Hong Chengchou was also called "Hong Maniac" by the righteous army because he was ruthless, did not pay attention to the rules, and killed the peasant army.

The "reputation" that "Yang Dashanren" had finally accumulated in the righteous army was completely defeated by Hong Chengchou.

The remaining rogues were not stupid, and they fled from the Yansui realm one after another, and for a while, the bandits on the Yansui realm were completely pacified.

However, this group of rogues soon sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in other parts of Shaanxi.

This also caused a contradiction between Yang He and Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou forced Yang He to change his mind to suppression.

Even if Yang He continued to adopt the policy of appeasement, it was impossible for Liukou to believe him anymore, and in their eyes, Yang He and Hong Chengchou must be in the same group.

It is nothing more than one singing white face and the other singing red face.

Yang He knew that the court would definitely blame the resurgence of the rogue this time!

He took the initiative to participate in Hong Chengchou's unauthorized change of his "Fu-oriented" strategy of suppressing bandits, which caused the bandits that had been quelled to start making trouble again.

Hong Chengchou thought that Yang He had pulled himself up, so he never impeached him to the court for this anti-bandit strategy.

At this time, since Yang He had already made a move on himself first, he couldn't sit still.

So Hong Chengchou truthfully played the situation of these rogues who continued to cause trouble for the place after Zhao'an, and pointed out that the rogues were originally borrowing Zhao'an from the imperial court to spend the winter, and they were already ready to move after the beginning of spring, even if they didn't make a move, they would betray the court sooner or later and rebel again!

In the face of the resurgence of Shaanxi, Emperor Chongzhen finally lost his patience.

He fully supported Yang He under pressure, even if Yang He changed his original intention and asked for "Fu as the mainstay", Chongzhen also approved his plan.

But now that a year has passed, Shaanxi is still a mess.

Yang He's absurd tricks refreshed his cognition.

Originally, he wanted to reprimand Yang He and let him start suppressing bandits and make meritorious contributions.

After all, this is a person who must use it because of his own strength, and the slap in the face can't come too quickly.

But before Chongzhen's support for Yang He, he almost offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including the first assistant Sun Chengzong.

At this time, how can they let go of this opportunity?

The Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs were almost unanimous, and Yang He's pacifying strategy was simply to help the Liukou survive the winter, which was purely to raise tigers.

He asked His Majesty to remove Yang He's trilateral governor, and then send the Yulin battalion from Beijing to Shaanxi to suppress the bandits.

It is obvious that these ministers have not grasped Chongzhen's psychology.

In Chongzhen's opinion, Yang He's original strategy of using the border army to suppress bandits nearby was not wrong, but the later pacification strategy went wrong.

If he sent Yulin Battalion to Shaanxi to suppress bandits at this time, it would undoubtedly be a complete denial of himself at the beginning, and this "snapping" slap in the face is too painful!

Since Yang He is overwhelmed and has failed the grace of God.

Then wouldn't it be better for him to replace someone who could be reused.

So Hong Chengchou became his choice.

Last year, when Yang He asked for credit for Hong Chengchou, he noticed this person, although he was a civil official, he was very good at fighting.

And he has no mercy on the rogues, and he should be able to exterminate the rogues in Shaanxi.

Judging from the battle report, this Hong Chengchou was not simple, and it only took two months to wipe out all the rogues in Yansui, and the rogues were even more frightened when they saw him.

The He Renlong under him is also a rare fierce general.

So Chongzhen decided to let Hong Chengchou replace Yang He.

In April of the second year of Chongzhen, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was deposed. Chongzhen was reappointed as the former governor of Yansui as the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and appointed He Renlong as the deputy general of Yan'an.

Originally, Hong Chengchou was just to promote He Renlong as a general in Yan'an, and Chongzhen specially promoted him to another level.

Chongzhen's exceptional reuse still had a certain effect.

Hong Chengchou and He Renlong were grateful to His Majesty and vowed to eliminate the rogues in the short term.

Hong Chengchou knows that the current rogues are difficult, mainly because many of them were originally officials and soldiers.

If the problem of the border army's salaries is not resolved, it will be difficult for the rebellion to be controlled.

So Hong Chengchou asked the imperial court to reissue the months of salary owed to the border army.

I have to say that Emperor Chongzhen still gave him a lot of support and allocated 600,000 taels of silver at a time.

Hong Chengchou personally sent people to the army to pay salaries, which avoided layers of exploitation and greatly boosted the morale of the border army.

He promoted Chen Qiyu, the former Shaanxi envoy, to be the governor of Shaanxi, responsible for suppressing bandits in the Guanzhong region and preventing the Liukou in northern Shaanxi from crossing the Wei River and causing trouble in the Guanzhong area.

And He Renlong led the main force of the border army to suppress bandits in northern Shaanxi.

Then he appointed Du Wenhuan, who had a deep grudge against the thieves, as the general reinforcement and led a mobile cavalry to pursue and destroy the rebels in various provinces in Shaanxi.

The officers and soldiers had many cavalry and moved quickly, so that the rogues could not outrun the officers and troops at all.

The rogues who couldn't run and fought separately naturally couldn't pose much of a threat, and soon the rebels in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places were basically suppressed by the official army.

Only a few are still holding out in the mountains, but there is no longer much of a threat.

Since Wang Er's sacrifice, Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong have become the new leaders of the rebel army.

And the kind of light that originally followed Wang Er's uprising became their military advisor.

Wang Jiayin heard that the rebel army in northern Shaanxi was almost wiped out in the encirclement and suppression of the official army, and he was also full of emotion!

In November last year, when Yang He recruited the An Yi Army, he also had the idea of surrendering the official army for the winter, but fortunately the light path stopped him.

Chongguang said: "Although the surrendered officers and soldiers can survive the winter, the spirit of the righteous army is gone. Rebellion is a job of pinning your head to the waistband of your trousers, and once you lose that belief in forgetting your life and death, it will be difficult to become a climate again. ”

Sure enough, as expected, the rebels and rebels who surrendered soon became unwilling to live that kind of upside-down life.

Although many people have rebelled against the court again, these people can no longer become a climate.

Wang Jiayin and others took advantage of the fact that the main forces of the official army were in northern Shaanxi, and suddenly crossed the Yellow River to Shanxi.

Wang Jiayin's sudden approach to the city of Hequ on the edge of the Yellow River greatly shocked the Ming army in Shanxi.

Wang Guoliang, the general army of Shanxi, used the Franc machine gun to bombard the boats of the rebels crossing the river.

But fortunately, the ship is not far from the shore. The leader, Gao Yingxiang, led hundreds of his volunteers to jump from the boat into the icy Yellow River.

Gao Yingxiang and the others swam directly ashore with their amazing will, and then started hand-to-hand combat with the officers and troops on the shore.

Although the number of officers and soldiers was superior, the morale of the rebels under Gao Yingxiang was high.

In particular, his nephew Li Zicheng took the lead and killed the generals of the Ming army, which caused the morale of the officers and soldiers to plummet.

At this time, Wang Kegui and others in Hequ City took advantage of the unpreparedness of the officials and soldiers to open the gate of Hequ City and welcome the righteous army into the city.

According to the suggestion of Chongguangdao, Wang Jiayin took advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River in winter to shuttle between the banks of the Yellow River and play with the officials and soldiers.

From time to time, he conquered Shenmu, Fugu and other places in northern Shaanxi. Sometimes it occupies the area of Hequ and Baode in Shanxi.

In the end, Wang Jiayin established power in Hequ, called himself "Hengtian One Character King", and named Wang himself as the left prime minister, and Chongguangdao as the military advisor.

And Gao Yingxiang was named "King Chuang" by Wang Jiayin because he dared to fight and was full of courage, and his subordinate Li Zicheng was called "General Chuang".

The regime of the rebel army was not a regular regime, and the leaders of all walks of life only nominally defected to Wang Jiayin and obeyed his command.

Among Wang Jiayin's more than 50,000 people today, he himself commands only more than 5,000 people.

In addition to Wang Ziyong and Gao Yingxiang, there are also people who are known as the "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong of the Yellow Tiger, Ma Shouying, "Lao Huihui", He Yilong, "Ge Li Eye" and others are also quite powerful.

Among them, there were twenty or thirty kings, large and small, and these people had hundreds or thousands of subordinates.

However, in the righteous army, except for Wang Jiayin and Wang for their own use, the person they are most convinced of is a kind of light path, and this military advisor is really powerful.

The Mongols were able to contact the Jin merchants in Shanxi to provide cheap supplies for the rebels.

Now most of the most elite "leaders of the 36th Battalion" of the rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty are in Wang Jiayin's rebel army.

In order to ensure that this batch of seeds can be carried forward, Li Xianzhong, the Duke of Liao, can only start a loss-making business.

He ordered the Jin merchants led by Fan Yongdou to transport supplies to the rebels by land, while the Mongol merchants of Jiuyuan City transported supplies to the rebels directly from the Yellow River by merchant ships.

Almost at cost the food, forage and some weapons that the rebels urgently needed were delivered to them.

Not only that, but the intelligence department in northern Shaanxi is also actively providing the latest developments of the official army for the light road, otherwise where did the light road come from?

Even Wang Kegui's opening of the gate of Hequ City was arranged by the Intelligence Department, otherwise Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, would have been buried in the Yellow River long ago.

At this time, Chong Guangdao said: "According to the latest information, the 'Hong Maniac' is ready to send He Renlong to cross the Yellow River to encircle and suppress us!" ”

"The official army has already collected ferries in Fugu County, and it is estimated that they will soon attack Baode Prefecture on the other side." The Eight Kings: Are you ready to meet the enemy? ”

Zhang Xianzhong said: "Baode is garrisoned by tens of thousands of horses and horses for my own use, and it should not be a problem to hold the Yellow River." ”

"It's just that Madman Hong has always been cunning in his use of soldiers, and I'm afraid he has a backhand."

Chong Guangdao said: "What the Eight Kings said is good, not only He Renlong's way, but also Ningwuguan in the west and Zhenxiwei in the south will also send 15,000 troops to cooperate with He Renlong. This time, the official army is bound to win, and they will annihilate us all in the northwest of Jin. ”

As soon as the words of the Light Dao came out, the leaders of all walks of life began to get nervous.

Ningwuguan and Zhenxiwei are like two ends of a pair of pincers, and the righteous army is fixed in the northwest of Jin.

Now that the Ming army is attacking from front to back, they can be described as more than auspicious in their backs.

At this time, Chongguang Dao said with a smile: "This is a golden opportunity, for so long the Zhenxi Wei in the south has been blocking our way south into the rich area, and now the Ming army there has taken the initiative to attack north, which is to make way to the south!" ”

Gao Yingxiang said: "But there are a lot of cavalry in the official army, if we directly intersperse, not to mention whether we can quickly take Zhenxiwei, it is likely to be pursued by the cavalry of the Ming army." ”

Chong Guangdao said: "What King Chuang said is not unreasonable, so we need to have a team of people to stay in Baode Prefecture to attract officials and troops and buy time for the transfer of everyone." ”

In the face of the Ming army's three-way people, isn't this a death?

Zhang Xianzhong, who has always liked to preserve his strength, said: "This task is too arduous, I can't do it?" ”

Seed Light Dao said: "Someone come and bring up the fire gun!" ”

So he picked up a Lu Mi gun and said: "This is the Lu Mi gun that the Daming Jing Battalion is equipped with, and the range can reach 120 steps, with these 500 Lu Mi guns, the certainty of defending the city has greatly increased!" ”

To tell the truth, everyone is greedy for such a sharp firearm, but after this is broken, it is a life of death and life, no matter how good this firearm is, it is useless!

Chongguang Dao said: "You don't need too many troops, you can have five thousand elites!" ”

He looked around, and although the people below whispered, no one wanted to stay and die! ”

Then he said: "This army division has discussed with the 'Hengtian One Word King', and the king is willing to take out the 1,000 elites of the old battalion and hand them over to the command of the people left behind, and the 1,000 men and horses will belong to him in the future." And this army division will also stay in Baode Prefecture to live and die with the brothers after the break, and I can guarantee that most of them will be taken out alive! ”

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong said: "This king also admires the brother who stayed behind after the break, I am willing to allocate three hundred elites from the three thousand people and horses to hand over to him after the break, and I will never use the old and weak to make up the number!" ”

After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, others also expressed their willingness to leave, but no one was willing to stay and defend the city.

So Zhang Xianzhong simply said: "The military division is resourceful, these 5,000 men and horses are handed over to you, brothers can rest assured, they will follow you in the future." This king believes that you will be able to turn evil into good fortune and break out of the encirclement! ”

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong said that this situation has also been considered, if there is really no one willing to break it, he will take over the vote and do it himself.

It's a pity that there are no characters in these rebels who can become great weapons!

At this moment, Li Zicheng, who was behind Gao Yingxiang, suddenly stood up and said: "The junior brother is willing to stay behind to help the military division, don't worry, big brother, Li Zicheng will at least buy you more than five days, which is enough for you to kill around Taiyuan Mansion." ”

Li Zicheng believes that Chongguang Dao is not the kind of person who talks about it, and since he dares to say so, he is naturally sure.

This is actually a rare opportunity, a large number of firearms and 5,000 elite men and horses, even if a third of them can escape, they will soon be able to pull up a team of tens of thousands of people with these elite men and horses.

Although he is also in charge of hundreds of people under his uncle Gao Yingxiang, it is difficult to have a chance to get ahead.

If you play this game yourself, you can become the leader of a party.

And these people are more or less indebted to themselves, and they even have the hope of becoming the boss of the rebel army in the future.

Now that time is pressing, it is naturally best for someone to come out and take on this post-break task.

After Li Zicheng took his 500 people to garrison Baodezhou, everyone also sent the people they promised over.

After all, Li Zicheng and the two of them want to buy them time, whether they can go to Taiyuan to eat fragrant and spicy food depends on how long they can last.

The elite must be the capital of their settling down, and no one will be stupid enough to really take out their core team, but the people who come are at least young and strong, and there are few old and weak, which has exceeded Li Zicheng's expectations.

The real core is the 500 brothers led by himself and the 1,000 old battalion left by Wang Jiayin.

Seeing Li Zicheng's solemn expression, Chongguang Dao said: "Don't worry about the general, you only need to hold the city for a few days, and then this military division will naturally have a way to let you retreat." ”

Li Zicheng said helplessly: "Planting a military division, it is useless to just believe in the general, you have to believe in the brothers, so that they can serve to the death!" ”

So Chongguang Dao whispered a few words beside Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "Let the brothers gather, Ben will have something to say!" ”

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