Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 430 Joint Venture
In the second year of Shaotian, early summer.

Zhang Xianzhong destroyed Chengdu and went north, threatening hundreds of thousands of Sichuan people, and marched mightily.

For a time, there was no peace in northern Sichuan.

Chaotianguan.

The sentry horse carrying the black flag galloped back and reported urgently to the black flag battalion outside the pass, "There is a group of people approaching, and they are dozens of miles away."

Zhang Dapeng has been stationed outside the pass since he sworn obeisance to Liu Jinzhong, and seized the time to train the Black Flag Battalion day and night, commanding the troops in full accordance with the imperial camp training method and military regulations. He also led troops out many times to suppress the bandits. The whole battalion now has more than [-] troops, which is somewhat of a look.

Hearing the report, he immediately ordered the generals to gather troops with beating drums, and sent people to the front of the pass to inform Liu Jinzhong of the Xiaoqi battalion.

I don't know the enemy's situation for a while, but I dare not take it lightly.

When he was on guard and preparing for the battle, another sentry cavalry flew over, and another cavalry followed, but it was Yang Wei.

He was ordered by Zhang Dapeng and Ma Ke to return to Chongqing alone to report a letter for help, but he was attacked and injured by yellow thieves on the way, and escaped to a gentry cottage to recuperate. He is heavier and can only stay in the local area to recuperate.

At this time, it suddenly appeared.

"Why are you back? Didn't you tell you to rest there for a while and come back when you're done?"

Zhang Dapeng was very happy to see Yang Wei coming back on horseback.

Yang Wei said with a smile, "It's almost done, there is good news."

The good news is that when he was recuperating in that stockade, he met Wen Xieji and Tang Zhenbang who went north to lead 1000 troops. Wen Xieji found him and told him the decision of Wen Anzhi and President Qin Liangyu to use the black flag Battalion, Xiaoqi Battalion and the thousand original standard native soldiers brought by them as a basis to establish a new Shaanxi-Gansu camp.

"Admiral of my office?" Zhang Dapeng was extremely surprised, "Don't be kidding me, I'm just a battalion officer."

Yang Wei excitedly said to him, "You used to be a battalion officer, but now you are the admiral of the Shaanxi-Gansu camp, Liu Jinzhong is the deputy admiral, Wen Xieji, the eldest son of Wen Jinglue, is the superintendent of the camp, and Tang Zhenbang is the commander-in-chief... "Yang Wei was originally only the head of Zhang Dapeng's personal army, and now he is also specially awarded as the battalion admiral and standard battalion guerrilla.

It took a long time for Zhang Dapeng to believe that these were the facts.

It just so happened that Liu Jinzhong also heard the news and came out to see Zhang Dapeng at this time. When Dapeng told the story, he was both surprised and delighted.

"Hurry up to meet Wen Dujian, Tang Zongbing and the others!"

Not only was Liu Jinzhong not dissatisfied with being a deputy admiral, but Zhang Dapeng was an acting admiral, he also readily accepted it. After all, he is a newcomer himself, so it is very good to have this kind of treatment.

The title of admiral given to him by Wen Anzhi before was just a title, but now the deputy admiral is a real job. He is now serving as a deputy admiral with the title of admiral, and he is still in the imperial camp, which is very good.

"Hurry up."

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The two teams successfully joined forces at Chaotianling.

The three brothers Wen Xieji and Tang Zhenbang came across hundreds of miles with 1000 troops. The team remained intact and the journey was relatively smooth. There are many yellow thieves waiting for the local thieves to go north together, which has caused chaos here.

Wen Xieji asked Tang Zhenbang to play the banner of a yellow bandit and move forward cautiously, avoiding as much as he can, and pretending to be one of the thirteen yellow bandits if he can't avoid it. The journey went smoothly Arrive at Chaotian Pass.

I have to say that Tang Zhenbang does have the ability to lead troops. This time he mainly brought soldiers from the end of water, and some stone pillar soldiers. They were Wen Anzhi's pacesetters before, and their equipment was okay. These soldiers are better at marching in mountains. The remote and treacherous terrain is not difficult for them.

It was also a great pleasure to meet each other.

"Withdraw from Chaotian Pass and go to Jiezhou Liying Camp?" Liu Jinzhong hesitated after hearing Wen Xieji convey the meaning of the imperial government's Jinglue Yamen.

Chaotianguan is now his territory, and it is also the capital of his hand, so he is really unwilling to give up like this.

Of course he knew about the place in Jiezhou. It was in the northwest of Chaotianguan. In fact, Chaotianguan was the border of Shaanxi and Gansu.

But Liu Jinzhong was reluctant to leave, especially when he heard that the imperial court wanted to absorb He Hongqi and many other soldiers from the original Shun battalion to reorganize in the Jiezhou area, and some of them would join the battalion.

"Most of our Xiaoqi Battalion is from northern Sichuan, and many of them are soldiers from the Baoning Shunqing area. The wives, children, and fathers of the soldiers are all here," he euphemistically suggested.

"And Chaotianguan is the gateway to northern Sichuan, how can you give up easily?"

Wen Xieji is a Juren, the emperor bestowed Jinshi background, Enyin Xingren Si Xingren, and now he is serving as the capital supervisor of the camp, which is also an order in the face of danger.

He knew very well that his father asked him to come here at this time, not for promotion, but to preserve this strength and even plan for the future.

At this time, fight the tiger's brothers, and go to battle as father and son soldiers.

"I was ordered to come here this time with the determination to sacrifice. I also deeply admire the bravery and loyalty of Admiral Zhang and Admiral Liu. But right now, the saint has a new deployment for the situation in the west. Yes, arrange it.

Ma Ke in Hanzhong has been surrendered, Zhang Xianzhong from Chengdu has entered Baoning, and is about to enter Hanzhong to fight for it, Zhang Xianzhong has shown his true colors, turned back again,
The rebel armies in Guanzhong, Shanxi and Gansu are now frustrated and defeated. Yunguichuan has not been able to reorganize its troops for a while, and now it is impossible to fight against the Tartars and Western thieves in Hanzhong. Training comes first.

This is the big picture! "

As soon as Zhang Dapeng heard that it was the will of the sage, he immediately expressed his obedience without saying a word.

Liu Jinzhong hesitated. He didn't want to leave northern Sichuan easily. This is his hometown and the foundation of their Xiaoqiying camp. If they went to Shaanxi and Gansu, the future of Xiaoqiying camp is difficult to guarantee, not to mention that it is more backward and poorer there.

But looking at the resolute Zhang Dapeng and the thousand capable troops led by Tang Zhenbang, he felt a headache again.

"I think Chaotianguan is very important. It would be a pity if I gave up so easily," he gritted his teeth. "Even if we retreat to Jiezhou now, it will be very difficult. I have an idea. Zhang Xianzhong still doesn't know that I have returned to the imperial court anyway, so I don't want to leave." I know about the Black Flag Camp, and I don't even know about the arrival of your troops.

Then why don't you put on the flag of my Xiaoqi Battalion first, and we will continue to use the flag of the West Bandit, and guard this Chaotian Pass, and when the bandit comes, we will let them pass. "

Wen Xieji pointed out the loopholes in this, "Admiral Liu has a good idea, but have you considered that when the thief comes, what if Xiaoqiying is the striker to attack Hanzhong?"

Xiaoqiying is not Zhang Xianzhong's direct descendant, and was scolded by Zhang Xianzhong for attacking Ma Ke without authorization. Liu Jinzhong originally occupied northern Sichuan and was one of the four admirals.

But now they were driven to this small Chaotian Pass, and there was only so little territory left.

When Zhang Xianzhong's army arrives, it is very likely that he will be asked to lead the Xiaoqi Battalion to lead the battle.

In Chaotianguan, there are now three teams.

Deputy Admiral Liu Jinzhong's Xiaoqi Battalion, Department Admiral Zhang Dapeng's Black Banner Battalion, and the 1000 troops brought by Chief Soldier Tang Zhenbang.

There are still 3000 people in Liu Jinzhong's Black Flag Battalion, but there are still more than 800 soldiers among them, half of whom wear armor.Zhang Dapeng's Black Flag Battalion had been supplemented by Liu Jinzhong's five hundred armored soldiers before, and now he has absorbed and recruited [-] soldiers, including more than [-] armored soldiers.

Tang Zhenbang brought a thousand, half of which were in armor.

Added together, the three armies already have [-] soldiers, and the Jia soldiers have about [-] soldiers.

There are still quite a few in number, and even the equipment is not bad.

The Jinglue Yamen has already assigned chief officers to the camp, and the three brothers Wen Xieji are in charge of supervision, logistics equipment, and staff intelligence.

Zhang Dapeng, Liu Jinzhong, and Tang Zhenbang led the troops.

There are both civil and military, and there are also Chen Xiangrong from Jinyiwei's hundred households, and the eunuch Chen Jinzhong. They are from Jinyiwei and Zhao Jing, the military observer.

Wen Xieji insisted on abandoning Chaotianguan immediately, taking the soldiers to Jiezhou for reorganization, setting up the Shaanxi-Gansu camp, and accepting the reorganized Shaanxi-Gansu soldiers who had retreated to Jiezhou.

Zhang Dapeng fully supported the court's will.

In the end, Liu Jinzhong had no choice but to agree, but he still proposed to leave some brothers to guard Chaotianguan.

The final result of the negotiation was that Tang Zhenbang had a thousand soldiers,

Zhang Dapeng's 2000 soldiers assembled 2000 soldiers, and Liu Jinzhong's department also assembled [-] soldiers. In the end, there were [-] soldiers, and another [-] soldiers were selected as auxiliary soldiers.

The rest of the soldiers will stay at Chaotianguan, under the command of an old general of Liu Jinzhong, and they will continue to carry the banner of the Western Army.

Ten battalions of soldiers, Liu Jinzhong's Xiaoqi Battalion with 2000 people, were reorganized into the Fourth Battalion of the Zuoxie.

2000 people were drawn from 1000 people from Zhang Dapeng's Black Banner Battalion, and together with 1000 people from Tang Zhenbang, they were organized into the Fourth Battalion of Youxie, and reorganized into the Fourth Battalion of Youxie.

Another 1000 people from Zhang Dapeng were organized into two battalions of pacesetters.

Liu Jinzhong's 2000 men did not move, and the officers and others were still from the original Xiaoqi battalion, and Liu Jinzhong was also in charge.

The Right Association was handed over to Tang Zhenbang.

The two standard battalions consisted of the original Death Battalion and the family members of the Wen Brothers as the backbone. Zhang Dapeng directly led one, and Wen Xieji directly led the other.

Zhang Dapeng's bid camp is led by Yang Wei, while Wen Xieji's bid camp is led by Tang Zhenbang's eldest son Tang Shichun.

Basically, it was a simple integration, and then quickly packed up and headed west to Jiezhou.

On the third day after they left, Bai Wenxuan, the forward of the Western Army and the former governor of the military mansion, led his troops out of Jiange and arrived at Chaotian Pass.

Liu Jinzhong's department greeted Cao Xing with a switch.

Bai Wenxuan was very puzzled when he didn't see Liu Jinzhong. Cao Xing told Bai Wenxuan that the old man had sent a Chinese secretary to preach the decree, scolding Liu Jinzhong for disobeying the decree and arbitrarily sending troops to Hanzhong, so that the army was defeated. Liu Jinzhong was very panicked after receiving the decree.

"Stop talking nonsense, where is Liu Jinzhong?"

"Liu Dudu knew that he had lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and he was deeply disturbed. There were many remnants of thieves who were defeated from Guanzhong in the area of ​​Bailongjiang in the west. They looted and collected food everywhere, threatening the safety of the Chaotianguan flank. Guan Ping'an, guarding the gate of Chuchuan for Lao Wansui, I have brought two thousand soldiers of the Xiaoqi Battalion to attack these thieves, and I am here to take the rest of the brothers to guard the gate and welcome the arrival of the army."

Bai Wenxuan was only talking nonsense about this result, and then he didn't feel relieved. After staying at Chaotian Pass for a day, he led the forward and continued northward. After three days, he entered Qipan Pass and reached the border of Hanzhong.

For the Daxi Army, all their attention is now on Hanzhong, and they have no time to seriously consider other things. Liu Jinzhong, a newly defeated general, must run to Jiezhou at this time because he is afraid that the old man will be punished when he arrives. , but took the opportunity to hide out, this, everyone can understand.

Bai Wenxuan even felt a bit gloating about this, who made you Liu Jinzhong so proud!

(End of this chapter)