Fifteen years of Wuxing, at the end of the year.

The end of the year is approaching, and the lights are everywhere in Jingshili, ready to celebrate the arrival of the new year.

However, the atmosphere in the palace was as cold as ice, and the eunuchs in the palace walked cautiously, for fear that if their footsteps were a little louder, they would anger the Supreme.

In recent days, there have been several eunuchs, because of some trivial things, which led to the final death of the rod, and now they are extremely cautious.

In the imperial study, the emperor's roar came:

"What a gut, what a gut! Dare to betray! ”

"Liang Guogong is incompetent, incompetent! Obviously, our army has an advantage, even if the fetters are on the verge of defection, they can completely stabilize the situation, and they have been defeated miserably! ”

Zhu Changxun was furious, constantly venting in the room, and all kinds of precious porcelain were scattered all over the place. Not far away, Zhou Yanru and the others trembled and fell to their knees.

It is no wonder that Emperor Wuxing was so angry, his army had just suffered a major defeat.

Not long ago, the 90,000 Ming army attacked the 120,000 rebels.

At this time, the rebel army still deserves the title of its righteous army, they have not yet carried out large-scale looting and coercion, 120,000 people, although the combat effectiveness is not very strong, but at least it is much better than the hundreds of thousands of rogues in the original time and space.

However, after all, they are not professional households in warfare, and the northwest of the territory where the army is raised is a frontier land, not only ten close to the nine sides, but also the combat effectiveness of the battalion soldiers and guard soldiers there is not very weak.

The battle of the Ming army in the early stage was very smooth, Zhang Xianzhong led a battalion in Wenxi was defeated, Wang Jiayin retreated from Anyi to the east, and the troops led by the alliance leader Wang Er were also pushed back from Xiangling in the north all the way to the south.

For a moment, it was as if we wanted to calm the mess.

Soon, a decisive battle broke out between the two armies at Ruicheng.

And in this decisive battle, Lan An's layout was also like the tactics of the Ming army in the past, and he put the fetters and part of the border army at the forefront.

After all, the combat effectiveness of these armies is the strongest, and it is a decent tactic to put the front army against the enemy's front.

What he didn't know was that the governors of the fetters had secretly contacted Wang Er.

So after the drums of the battle sounded, they suddenly turned against them, but attacked their own formation, and were caught off guard and caused the Ming army to be in chaos.

Wang Er couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this situation, and immediately ordered a general attack, the Ming army had fallen into chaos at this time, how could it resist? Soon they were defeated and retreated.

At this moment, if a commander who is skilled in war, in fact, there is still salvation, and at the same time as the Ming army is in chaos, the righteous army is also in chaos, and compared with the Ming army, it is more difficult for the righteous army to reorganize and launch an attack after it is dispersed. If the commander can organize a rout to resist, then there is still salvation, and maybe he can turn defeat into victory.

However, it is a pity that Liang Guogong Lan An is not such a talented commander.

More than 200 years have passed, he has long lost the invincible demeanor of his ancestors, who stepped on the grassland, and the background of the noble family allowed him to reluctantly command the army, but once he encountered adversity, he did not have the quality of a qualified general at all, let alone the wrist to turn things around.

So the situation went from a big defeat to a rout.

The soldiers and horses of the righteous army frantically pursued and killed, Lan An fled all the way from Shanxi to Shaanxi, only to stabilize his position, collect the rout, contact all parties, and found that the 90,000 Ming army was left with only 30,000, and all the materials, weapons, and armor were thrown on the battlefield, and a good wave was sent to the righteous army.

Of the more than 50,000 Ming troops lost, only more than 10,000 were actually killed on the battlefield, and the rest either fled or surrendered to the rebels.

Of course, they were laughed at by the leaders of the 36th Battalion of the Righteous Army, and gathered together with their henchmen, wearing the armor dropped by the Ming Army, and formed the "old battalion".

Since then, the combat effectiveness of the righteous army has reached a higher level, ravaging Jindi, no one can resist, Bingfeng even once arrived at the city of Taiyuan, and the Ming army can only hold on to the city, it is difficult to counterattack.

And there is a way to rely on blessings and misfortunes, although Daming suffered such a defeat, but among them, there are also several generals who stand out.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Datong, these two generals from civilian officials showed extraordinary ability, one retreated, while collecting the rout, and when they retreated into Shaanxi and Lan'an, he originally led 2,000 troops, and his subordinates had reached as many as 10,000 people, and there was no sign of panic.

The other is even more ferocious, as the governor of Datong, his subordinates were originally border troops, strong combat power, with thousands of people under the break, stunned to repel the pursuit of the righteous army, for the main force of the Ming army to retreat westward to gain valuable time, Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Ziyong led tens of thousands of troops to pursue, but instead was beaten a big rout, lost more than 3,000 people, and ran to join Wang Er in disgrace.

Zhu Changxun keenly noticed the excellence of these two people, and it happened that the two of them were able to do this when they were defeated, and they were also very meritorious, so they naturally promoted the two.

In the northwest, where the rebels are everywhere, they have almost become the mainstay, greatly curbing the edge of the rebels.

And Liang Guogong Lan An was naturally removed from the position of commander, Zhu Changxun didn't give him a good look, but he didn't treat him well, after all, the position of the prince of the country was retired with the country.

The Ming army and the righteous army also began a two-year tug-of-war in Shaanxi and Jin.

In the blink of an eye, the time has come to the seventeenth year of Wuxing.

At this time, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng continued to rise in the two years of battle, one became the governor of Shaanxi, and the other became the governor of Xuanda, guarding one side.

The two worked together, and the rising momentum of the righteous army was suppressed, and the strength of the Ming army was at a disadvantage, but relying on tactics and management, they broke through one by one, divided and disintegrated the 36th battalion, many leaders were killed in battle, and more than 100,000 righteous troops fell now, there are only more than 30,000 people left, and they are still breathing.

However, just as they were about to deliver the final blow, the unexpected happened.

An unprecedented drought broke out in the Ming Dynasty, and the "Chongzhen Drought" that began in the tenth year of Chongzhen and lasted for seven years officially kicked off.

Almost the entire Ming Dynasty suffered from a major drought, and it was the most severe in Beizhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong.

Along with it, there was also the plague of locusts.

The number of displaced people was almost 100,000, and the imperial court was unable to help them.

Even Zhou Yanru, who has always been cautious, looked at the report in front of him, and was silent for a while, and then sighed lightly:

"The heavens have not repented, and the disasters have not stopped...... Could it be that God is not blessed? ”

At this time, in the eyes of Yan Ling in the south, the golden dynastic luck had dimmed.

(End of chapter)