Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 126 A Tiger in the Loyalty Camp
"Chen Jin Quyan inspector Huang Daozhou,"

"Chen Huguang Governor Du Yinxi,"

"Minister Zhang Kentang, Governor of Fujian,"

"My minister Qu Shisi, the governor of Guangxi,"

"Meet Your Highness Jian Guo!"

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The four governors took the lead, and hundreds of civil and military officials bowed down.

"The princes are free from courtesy and flattened, and enter the city alone."

At this time, three people came out from behind, "General Chen Huben, Li Chixin, Chief of the Zhongzhen Battalion, pay your respects to Jian Guo!"

"Chen Zhongzhen Battalion Commander Hao Yongzhong, pay homage to His Royal Highness Jian Guo!"

"Chen Zhongzhen Battalion Commander Yuan Zongdi, pay homage to His Royal Highness Jian Guo!"

The three of them walked out suddenly and called out their names loudly to meet them. As soon as the name came out, everyone was shocked.

"The Loyalty Camp?"

"Who is Li Chixin?"

"This man is the thief's nephew, nicknamed a tiger, and his original name is Li Jin."

"Then why is it called Li Chixin again? What happened to the Loyalty Camp?"

"You don't know this? His Highness previously granted He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, as the supervisor, and asked him to supervise the military affairs of the five provinces. He also ordered him to recruit the remaining troops of the intruder, and also named the wife of the intruder Li Zicheng as the loyal wife. The three groups of men and horses, together as the Zhongzhen Battalion, were each given the title of commander-in-chief, and they were also given titles of titles."

Others talked a lot, Zhu Yihai didn't know much about Zhu Yihai's decree to appease the rest of the Chuang army in Huguang and Chuandong, but now he suddenly saw three Chuang army generals appearing, and they were all very surprised.

Zhu Yihai already knew from Du Yinxi's memorial that he brought three people to visit him, so he was already prepared.

Now they suddenly come out to meet in public, which is a bit surprising, but Zhu Yihai is actually quite happy. After he made the strategy of uniting with thieves and resisting captives, many ministers actually disagreed, thinking that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were national thieves, especially Li Zicheng. Entering Beijing, forced the late Emperor Chongzhen to death.

So it can never be forgiven.

But Zhu Yihai still persuaded everyone, pointing out that the Qing Dynasty was the primary enemy. Although Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated to Huguang, he wanted to attack Jiangxi and even Nanjing, but no matter what, Li Zicheng was dead, and his Dashun Kingdom It completely collapsed and perished, and now only the remnants of the Shun Army are left.

These people's threat to Daming is far inferior to that of the Qing army.

Moreover, these people may not want to continue fighting with the imperial court now, as long as the imperial court sincerely surrenders and gives them a way out, these people are willing, and history has already proved that this way is easy to retreat.

At the beginning, the Hongguang Dynasty refused to recruit Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, etc. Because these two people were still there, they would not be willing to surrender, and it was also a matter of family opinion, but now it is different from the past. Now let’s not talk about Zhang Xianzhong, who proclaimed himself emperor in Sichuan, and only talk about Shunjun The rest of the tribe, now leaderless, are scattered in the Jingxiang area in the east of Hanzhong, Sichuan. Now they have to face the chasing Qing army, Zhang Xianzhong who wants to annex them, and beware of the Ming army. Life is very sad, and they can survive in the cracks.

Zhu Yihai knew the historical trend and the real situation of these people. Li Jin and others were also willing to negotiate peace after he offered to appease earlier than in history, and Zhu Yihai's conditions were very generous. , still accepted first.

This time Li Jin and the others came here with everyone's expectations and to show their sincerity.

"You are General Li Chixin who is known as a tiger? You are as tough as a tiger, and you are given to Qing General Huben alone, which is worthy of your name."

As he said that, Zhu Yihai supported Li Jin. As Li Zicheng's nephew, Li Jin rebelled with him since he was a child, and fought north and south.When Li Zicheng was defeated and retreated from Beijing, he led 3 people to stay in northern Shaanxi, and fought for three months with the Qing army led by the Qing army's western expedition coach Azig.

After Zhu Yihai asked He Tengjiao to block Yinxi to recruit Fushun camp, Li Jin was more supportive of accepting the recruitment. Before being recruited, he led his troops to station in Yuezhou, Hunan, but Yuezhou was not a place to stay for a long time.

"How can a defeated general be called brave? His Highness praises him absurdly."

"Marquis Xingguo, don't underestimate yourself. You can be called a famous general in the world just because you led 3 people in northern Shaanxi and were able to hold off the main force of Azig for three months."

He also helped Hao Yaoqi, which is actually his nickname. After he joined Li Zicheng, he was a big standard bearer in the army at first, and later he was nicknamed Waqi. He was older in the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty, and he also advocated accepting The Shun army general who recruited security.

Zhu Yihait bestowed the name Yongzhong, conferred the title of Marquis of Nan'an, worshiped the commander-in-chief, and commanded the headquarters.

"The Marquis of Jingxi please hurry up too." Zhu Yihai went to help Yuan Zongdi again.

This Yuan Zongdi is the tallest among the three in the Shun Army, he is the general of the Youying system, and he is named Marquis of Mian.When Li Zicheng led his troops northward and entered Beijing, he stayed behind and quelled chaos in Huguang and Henan, and participated in the Battle of Tongguan after Li Zicheng's retreat.

But now he has lost control of the other armies in the right battalion, and he only leads a small number of troops under his command. However, this man has led his own army for a long time and is the commander of the side. He is second only to Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu General.

This famous general in history is worthy of the name. Before Li Dingguo's two famous kings, the only victory in Nanming was the battle of Huaiqing under the command of Yuan Zongdi.

The third person, Li Chixin, Hao Yongzhong, and Yuan Zong, in Zhu Yihai's view, are all experienced generals. In terms of combat command ability, they are even far above Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen. They will shine in the future Zhu Chenggong, the surname of the country, is just a young man with a short beard at this time.

Compared with Fang Guoan, a general who has repeatedly fought and failed and is the best at looting, these people from the peasant army actually have stronger fighting skills, which are all experienced in countless actual battles.

in front of people.

Zhu Yihai directly announced a decision.

"The Zhongzhen Camp was promoted to one of the Shangwei's pro-army, organized into the front army of the imperial camp, Li Chixin, the Marquis of Xingguo, served as the Minister of the Military Department, and the Zuo Dudu as the former military governor of the imperial camp, and Gao Bizheng, the Marquis of Anguo, served as the Minister of the Military Department and the Governor of the Right. The right governor of the front army of the battalion, divided into two parts.

"Jingxi Hou Yuan Zongdi joined the Ministry of War, the censor of Zuoqin, and the governor of Zuodu, the commander-in-chief of military affairs in Hubei, and Hao Yongzhong joined the minister of the Ministry of War, and the commander-in-chief of military affairs in Hunan."

"Duyin Xijia's right minister and the censor of the capital, the admiral of the Huguang military affairs officer and the governor of Huguang, the general control of the Zhongzhen camp in the front of the imperial camp, and the supervision of the military."

At this time, according to the reports of He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi, as well as Gao Yigong and Li Chixin's claims, there are still more than 30 Shun troops retreating to Hunan.

In addition, in Hanzhong, Hubei and other places, there are also many people from He Zhen and other ministries.

Although Zhu Yihai believed that the so-called 30-odd troops were very watery, just like Zuo Liangyu's so-called 80-strong army.

Zuo Liangyu claimed that 80 people went down the river, and fought several battles with Huang Degong and Huang Fei. When they finally surrendered to the Qing army, they only counted 12 horses, which was exaggerated seven times.

Zhu Yihai speculated that the thirteenth battalion now attached may actually have more than [-] troops, but most of them are estimated to be family members, women and children, and the actual number of troops may be between [-] and [-], and it is unlikely to exceed [-] at most.

Of course, he would not underestimate the remaining troops of the Shun Army. After all, they were a soldier who once entered Beijing and swept the world. The emaciated camels are bigger than horses. These soldiers are still relatively capable of fighting, not Chongzhen. The peasant army that has not yet matured in the years is running around.

Now the biggest problem of the Shunying ministries is that they have suffered a series of defeats, especially after the deaths of Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, their morale has plummeted to the extreme, and the ministries can no longer be integrated, and they are caught between Zhang Xianzhong, the Ming army, and the Qing army. It is difficult for them to stabilize in Hunan.

They are very confused now, they don't know who to fight for, and they have been beaten into a daze.

These disbanded men and horses have different ideas. Some want to surrender, some want to be self-reliant, some want to surrender, and some even want to go home and farm.

For example, He Zhen in Hanzhong, after Li Zicheng was defeated, he surrendered directly to the Qing army together with his generals before he died, and was awarded the post of general soldier in Hanzhong.

Then when Gao Yigong and other ministries of the Northern Shaanxi Palace went south via Hanzhong, He Zhen ruthlessly rushed to block the attack.Not long ago, Zhang Xianzhong, who proclaimed himself emperor in Sichuan, wanted to take the opportunity to annex Hanzhong, thinking that since the capital of Shuzhong was established, Hanzhong must be controlled, otherwise Shuzhong would be in trouble.

But Zhang Xianzhong sent tens of thousands of people to attack Hanzhong, intending to surrender to He Zhen, but He Zhen killed almost all of his troops.

He Zhen was able to defeat Zhang Xianzhong with a high level of merit, even if he had Hanzhong's self-reliant heart, and he was also a strong army, with tens of thousands of powerful troops.

The Shun Army who remained in the Hanzhong area of ​​Hubei had either surrendered to the Qing Dynasty or became self-reliant, while the battalions going south to Hunan basically reached an agreement to accept the Ming court's recruitment.

This time Li Jin and the others came to finally confirm the sincerity of the court.

Now Zhu Yihai organized the Zhongzhen Camp as the front part of the imperial camp, and granted the titles to all the leaders of the thirteen ministries. Even Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi were conferred the titles of the commander-in-chief of Hubei and Hunan. This sincerity is quite sufficient.

Even if they still have doubts, they have achieved their purpose when they came.

The three also immediately expressed their willingness to lead 30 men down the river to the south of the Yangtze River, where the king of Qin would seek captives.

Zhu Yihai didn't say anything in public, but after bringing everyone into the city, an important meeting was held immediately.

The meeting was attended by two accompanying bachelors and Zhejiang admiral Zhang Mingzhen, who accompanied the civil and military personnel, as well as the newly arrived Fourth Governor, Deng Wang, and three generals from the Zhongzhen Camp.

"Marquis of Xingguo, Marquis of Nan'an, Marquis of Jingxi, and Governor Du, how many people can you gather together now?"

"Is there a way to win Jingzhou?"

Zhu Yihai asked directly.

Du Yinxi asked, "Your Highness wants to seize Jingzhou?"

"Well, Jingzhou is in the upper reaches. If we can capture Jingzhou, we can reject Zhang Xianzhong in the west and go down the river to the east to take the two important towns of Wuchang and Nanchang, which will pose a threat to the Tartars in the south of the Yangtze River."

Li Chi said frankly, "I am willing to collect ships and mobilize the elites of the Zhongzhen Battalion, and go down the river to King Jiangnan Qin, and come here to accept His Highness' command."

Zhu Yihai shook his head.

"No, from Huguang to Wusong, it is more than a thousand miles away. Along the way, Wuchang, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Anqing, Chizhou, Wuhu, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and other important towns are all in the hands of the Tartars. It is very difficult and unrealistic to go east. If you can unite, Launch an attack on Jingzhou, an important town nearby, and if it can be captured, it will also play a great role in diverting and supporting the Jiangnan battlefield."

"If we can take Jingzhou, we can take advantage of the situation to restore Hubei and take Wuchang."

What Zhu Yihai said was not nonsense, but that the Qing army was really weak and empty in the Huguang area at this time.After the various units of the Zhongzhen Camp went south to Hunan, most of them were scattered between Jingzhou and the Public Security Bureau.

Commander-in-Chief Azig has moved back to the imperial court and took away the elite of the Eight Banners. Now Tong Yanghe is the governor of Huguang and governor of Hubei, He Mingluan is the governor of Hunan, and Song Yizhen is the governor. But they don’t have many soldiers and horses in their hands. I have been trying to find a way to recruit the rest of the Shun army.

Yuan Zongdi said, "Jianguo's proposal is very good. Huguang is really empty now. If it is the right time to encircle Jingzhou at this time, but the minister suggested that it is better to divide the troops into two groups. All the departments of the Zhongzhen Camp will jointly besiege Jingzhou, and He Dushi Lead your troops to attack Wuchang, this will further disperse the Tartar forces in Huguang."

"Jingzhou and Wuchang can even depend on the situation. Whichever side has the most chance, then the main attack side, take a city first and then talk."

Zhu Yihai was very satisfied with what he heard. The historical battle of Jingzhou will not start until next year, and it will be defeated. The main reason is that the commander is incompetent and the army is exhausted. Those old and incompetent cowardly generals of the Ming Dynasty procrastinated at first, and after the Qing army dispatched reinforcements from the south of the Yangtze River, they turned around in fright and ran away, specifically to trick their teammates.

The Zhongzhen Camp besieged Jingzhou for a long time, but He Tengjiao and the others failed to attack Wuchang as planned. Even the Qing army rushed thousands of miles to attack Jingzhou. defeat.

This defeat also caused the Ming army's situation in Huguang to take a turn for the worse.

As for the teammates of the Ming Army in Changsha and Yuezhou, He Tengjiao's selfish intentions were among them, and he deliberately wanted to use the hands of the Qing army to consume the Zhongzheng Camp.

However, it is not wrong to fight Jingzhou.

The biggest problem in the battle of Jingzhou was He Tengjiao. Zhu Yihai began to think about how to replace He Tengjiao.It's just that he worshiped He Tengjiao as his supervisor before, but it was actually due to the situation. After all, the Huguang area is now maintained by He Tengjiao and other local officials, and they are very xenophobic, forming a small group.

Zhu Yihai, the prison country, also needs the support of Huguang, otherwise, if they directly support a prison country, emperor or something, it will make him very passive.

Now that the Zhongzhenying Camp has been brought over, and with the explicit support of Du Yinxi, the governor of Hunan, Zhu Yihai has the capital to move He Tengjiao, but he must be cautious, if the operation is not good, there may be troubles in Huguang.

"He Dushi has made great contributions to stabilizing Huguang, recruiting the Zhongzhenying Camp and making new contributions. Gu's side is missing such pillars of the country. Elder Xu Ge and Shen Gong want to worship He Dushi as Dongge University Scholar and Military Minister, and join the cabinet as an assistant. , come to Gu’s side to assist in military affairs, do you think it’s feasible?”

Xu Shiqi and Shen Chenquan are both thinking about the deep meaning in Jian Guo's words. Under normal circumstances, an important local minister like He Tengjiao, especially in the current situation, should not be easily replaced. avoid.

But Jian Guo still said it, it was definitely not unexpected, but had another deep meaning.

"Huguang needs an important minister capable of guarding the governor, who is the supervisor going to use?" Xu Shiqi asked directly.

Zhu Yihai looked at Du Yinxi, he is capable and loyal, but his qualifications are a little lacking, "Gu intends to appoint Du Qing as the governor of Huguang, and still serve as the governor of Huguang, and then transfer Zhu Dadian, a cabinet scholar, as the supervisor. The military of the seven provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Chu, Henan and Jiangxi."

On top of the governor of Huguang, there will be another governor of seven provinces, and Zhu Dadian, a highly capable cabinet scholar, will be appointed as the governor. Once Zhu Yihai's arrangement came out, Du Yinxi agreed with it, and even suggested that he should remain the governor of Huguang. There is no need to add the title of Governor of Huguang.

　Thanks to Fengyu Wufei and dotphoenix for their rewards!
　　
　
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