Ming Zuo

Chapter 155 Deserters and Heroes

Regarding the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there are several concepts that Xiaobai can't figure out.

Such as Jizhou, Jizhou Town and Jizhen.

Many people read it and thought that this is not the same thing.

But in fact, it's not the same thing.

First of all, Jizhou is a city located to the east of the capital.

Jizhou is the last pass on the way to the capital after entering the pass from Xifeng Pass, Daan Pass and Hongshan Pass.

Therefore, Jizhou is very important.

And Jizhou Town is a village.

Even Jizhou Town is not within the jurisdiction of Jizhou, but belongs to Yongping Prefecture.

The last Ji Town is not a place name, but a defense zone.

The image metaphor is the difference between Nanjing City and the Nanjing Military Region.

The entire Ji Town, including Jizhou, Zunhua, Qianxi County where Jizhou Town is located, and even the entire Yongping Prefecture.Of course, it also includes the Great Wall passes such as Xifeng Pass, Da'an Pass and Hongshan Pass.

As for the governor of Jiliao known to people, the scope of jurisdiction is Jizhou and Yongping Prefecture, but not outside Shanhaiguan.

It is worth noting that people in later generations have always used Yuan Chonghuan to return to aid, instead of going to Zunhua and Jizhou, they went to Yongping, Fengrun, and Yutian to criticize Yuan Chonghuan for fearing the enemy and avoiding war.

In fact, most people are deceived by the map.

In fact, Yuan Chonghuan's route was the most direct and fastest from Shanhaiguan to Jizhou at that time.

Some people may be puzzled.

Didn't you say that Jizhou is to the east of the capital? Yuan Chonghuan also came back from Shanhaiguan to the east, shouldn't he go to Zunhua and Jizhou?

The real situation is that Zunhua and Jizhou are the only way from Xifengkou to the capital, but not the only way from Shanhaiguan to the capital.

In terms of real geography, the capital is the same as Shanhaiguan, and the dimension is 39.9 north latitude.

do you understand?

It means that what we usually see on the map, Shanhaiguan is in the northeast of the capital, is actually wrong.

The real Shanhaiguan is actually in the east of the capital.

That's why maps are important secrets, even after hundreds of years.

Especially the military map is not comparable to ordinary maps.

That's how Mao Yuanyi felt right now.

He was puzzled by the marching route of the rear battalion.

Obviously, the direction of many places is very different from his cognition, but as he walked, the army miraculously went around.

He couldn't understand the map used by the camp at first.Later, it was Zuo Menggeng who taught him a little bit, and he only got a little bit of the doorway.

Whether an army is strong or not, many times it doesn't need to look at its performance on the battlefield.

As soon as such a map was taken out, Mao Yuanyi naturally compared it.

He has also been in many Ming armies, and he has even seen the combat maps of the Ministry of War.But there is absolutely no map of any army that is precise and accurate to this level.

In addition to the map, he was also shocked by the performance of the officers in the rear battalion.

The officers here don't look like officers at all, and they don't seem to understand what it means to be in awe.

When crossing the mountains, everyone including Zuo Menggeng had to do it himself to help push the artillery and resist ammunition.

The skinny Chief of the Military Affairs Department, he only found out after getting acquainted with him, was actually Huang Zunsu's son.

Seeing thousands of officers and soldiers helping each other in unison, Mao Yuanyi knew that the combat effectiveness of this army should not be underestimated.

On December [-], the troops rushed to the vicinity of Baishan.Going down from the mountain is the official road connecting Santunying and Zunhua, and it is also the place where the Houying launched an attack.

Zuo Menggeng was preparing to call the officers for a briefing, when the scouts rushed back.

"Report, we found a strange person in the broken brick kiln ten miles away."

While speaking, a dirty big man was turned in front of the scouts.

It was strange because the man was disheveled, dirty, and looked like a beggar.But the clothes he was wearing were the military uniforms of the Ming army.Even Shan Wenjia, only senior generals are eligible to wear it.

The man was escorted all the way to the front, his expression was extremely tense, although he wanted to struggle hard, and his strength was not small.But under the scout's professional technique, he couldn't break free at all.

"who are you?"

Zuo Menggeng examined and asked, but didn't take it seriously.

After the invasion of the Jin Dynasty, many Ming troops were defeated, and deserters were everywhere.It's all over the mountains and plains, I don't know how much is hidden.

The only thing worth exploring is whether this person's high-grade armor is his own, or he picked it up casually.

The man just kept his head sullen, and didn't speak, his eyes rolling around, seemed to be hiding some secret.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zuo Menggeng didn't bother to pay attention, and directly ordered: "Take it away, kill it."

The war was imminent, and there were many things to be busy with. He didn't want to waste time on a deserter.A soldier who flees in the face of the enemy will not be wronged if he is executed.

When he heard that he was going to kill himself, the man finally became anxious.

"Do you dare? You bastard, you are a little boss, do you want to commit the following crimes?"

Zuo Menggeng looked back at him and asked again: "Who are you?"

Anyway, he had already opened his mouth, and the man looked arrogant, and stood up straight with a cold snort, as if he didn't take Zuo Menggeng seriously.

"Listen well. This general, Zhu Lai, the deputy general of the Santun camp, is it that you, a little one, dare to neglect you? When this general returns, I will definitely punish you with military law."

Zuo Menggeng's eyes narrowed instantly.

"Who do you say you are?"

Before the man could speak again, another scout rushed over.

"Qianza, below... below... go and have a look."

Scouts are lone fighters who will not fluctuate in any environment.However, at this moment, they seemed to have seen something extraordinary.

Zuo Menggeng didn't dare to be negligent, so he walked away, and also asked the soldiers to escort the guy who claimed to be the deputy general of the Santunying Zhu Lai to follow him.

All the way down from the mountain, just walked on the official road, everyone was stunned.

On both sides of the official road that stretched for several miles, there were dead bodies everywhere.None of the corpses of people or horses was intact, and it is unknown how many there are.

Nothing can be seen from the horse's corpse, but the dark blue military uniform on the human corpse is obviously telling everyone that these tragic deaths are all from the Ming army.

The broken swords and guns are still held in the hands, the feathered arrows stuck in the soil sway with the wind, the coagulated blood flows on the ground and sings a sad song, but the ruthless God is not even willing to fall a snow to bury the dead .

Obviously, a brutal battle broke out here, and a Ming army suffered a disastrous defeat here.

Fortunately, it was cold winter at this time. Although I don't know how long it has passed, the body has not rotted yet.

But because of the turmoil in this area, no one came to restrain the soldiers who died in battle.

Zuo Menggeng and the others walked quietly among them, looking at the faces of the deceased who were still unwilling, unable to utter a word in depression.

"what is that?"

Zuo Yong pointed forward, and the shouts attracted everyone.

Everyone looked at it one after another, only to find an iron gun stuck in the open space in front.

And on the tip of the gun, there was a head stuck in it.

The phoenix-wing helmet worn showed that the deceased was a senior general.

He didn't close his eyes until he died, and kept staring at the east, as if there was something that puzzled him.

"It's Zhao Zongrong!"

Mao Yuanyi suddenly yelled, ran over staggeringly, and ran to the side of the head, trying to take it off, but ended up crying.

"Zhao Xilong, why did this happen!!!"

A torrent surged all over his body, only then did Zuo Menggeng realize that this was the place where Zhao led the entire teaching force to be wiped out.

On October [-], Zhao led the teaching staff to hear the alarm at Shanhaiguan, and immediately set off with [-] elite troops.On the first day of November, they arrived at the Santun camp, but Zhu Guoyan, the commander in chief, refused to let Zhao's troops enter the city to rest.

Helpless, Zhao Ledjiao could only continue to lead the troops to Zunhua.

On the fourth day of November, Zhao Ledjiao encountered the main force of Houjin.The whole army was exhausted, desperate to fight, and finally the whole army was wiped out.

Historical data flashed in his mind, and Zuo Menggeng's angry blood rushed straight into the sky.

Looking back, seeing Zhu Lai who was being controlled by soldiers, he finally lost his mind.

After a few steps, he rushed to grab Zhu Lai's hair, and dragged him to the remains of Zhao Liaojiao like a dead dog.

"Why don't you open the door? Why don't you open the door?"

While shouting and cursing, the whip fell on Zhu Lai like raindrops.

Zhu Lai was beaten to pieces and screamed again and again.

"Don't blame us, it's Liu Ce's order. How do we know the purpose of Zhao's teaching? What if he surrenders to the enemy?"

Zuo Menggeng grabbed his head and made him look at Zhao Shujiao's unwillingness.

"Look, take a good look, is this going to surrender to the enemy? Look, how many good boys died here because you didn't open the door or support. Even raising a few pigs is better than you trash snacks .”

Zhu Lai stared blankly at the miserable battlefield, he was too scared to speak.Suddenly, the crotch became hot, and she became incontinent.

Zuo Menggeng slowly drew out the knife, his tone was as dark as a dark abyss.

"After going down, make a good confession to General Zhao!"

Seeing that Zuo Menggeng was going to kill him, Zhu Lai howled like a pig or dog.

"You can't kill me...you can't kill me...I'm a lieutenant general, and if you kill me, you're guilty of the crime. You can't kill me. Only the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment can interrogate me. You...you...you have to despise the king's law... …what……"

Zuo Menggeng's knife had never been so ruthless before, Zhu Lai's big head flew up, and he got the punishment he deserved.

On the seventh day of November, Santunying fell.

Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief, committed suicide in defeat, so he escaped responsibility.

Zhu, the deputy commander in chief, disappeared before he came and fled.

The reincarnation of heaven, unexpectedly fell into the hands of Zuo Menggeng.

Now, Zuo Menggeng beheaded him in front of Zhao Liaojiao's corpse, which can be regarded as comforting the spirit of the heroes in heaven.

"There are all of them. Clean the battlefield and collect the remains of heroes."

(End of this chapter)