The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

The rogues in the late Ming Dynasty originated from famine.

In order to plunder grain, they traveled thousands of miles and poisoned hundreds of states.

Many of their deeds are hated and despised.

Their hands were indeed stained with the blood of innocent people. Tens of thousands, even millions of innocent people died because of him.

Many people blamed the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Shen in Shenzhou, and the loss of clothes on them.

Some people even said, "If you don't be safe and hungry, follow the example of a praying mantis."

Many people have forgotten one thing, whether it is Gao Yingxiang or others.

Most of them were just ordinary people or soldiers at the time of the uprising.

Some of them were refugees who fled due to disasters, others were desperate people who were forced to pay taxes, soldiers who had not been able to support their families due to arrears of wages, and poor tenant farmers who lost their land and were oppressed.

At first they just wanted a bite to eat and a way to survive.

All they want is to be able to survive.

The disaster in Shaanxi, but what they waited for was not the imperial envoys to relieve the famine, but the increasing taxes.

The envoy of soliciting questions is eager to spark.

The name of search is as dense as a cow's hair.

The civil uprising broke out.

The morals of the world have driven them to a dead end, and those adults who sit high above the temple have forced them into bandits and driven them to a dead end.

Is it reasonable to ask a group of people who can't even eat enough to strictly abide by "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness" to strictly abide by morality? Is it reasonable? Is it possible?
The problems faced by the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty were more difficult than those of the peasant armies who launched uprisings in all dynasties.

Although the famine made them gather a large amount of manpower in the early stage of the uprising, it also made many places uninhabitable, and they had no way to occupy the original place as a base.

Historically, when the peasant uprising army has grown to a certain size, it will begin to restrict military discipline and develop in a regular direction.

However, the civil uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty lasted for more than ten years, and they did not develop to a certain scale.

Although the Ming army at this time failed repeatedly on the Liaodong battlefield, the Ming army was actually not weak.

The failure of the Liaodong battlefield was not actually due to military strength, but more of a political issue.

The counter-insurgency Ming army came from all directions, forcing them to become rogues.

If you don't continue to coerce those ordinary people into the army, they will be wiped out in a short period of time, so the final consequence is that in the later stages of the civil uprising, the peasant armies everywhere turned into bandits.

At first they relied on the knives and guns in their hands, and they ate rice again and survived.

But among them, some people not only ate rice, but also ate meat, and they also tasted the taste of flesh and blood.

As a result, many people began to walk down the wrong path, and they raised their butcher's knives at those who were as poor as them.

No matter in any group, there will always be some people with ulterior motives and corrupt morals.

But this is not a reason to completely deny it.

In the torrent of the times, everyone is just being dragged forward.

Even though he was struggling desperately, he still seemed extremely powerless.

How can the general trend of the world be easily changed?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this civil uprising swept over half of China and lasted throughout the Chongzhen period.

Among them, there are indeed those who are insane, there are indeed those who are cruel and bloodthirsty, and there are indeed those who are devoid of conscience.

But among them, there are also visionaries, steadfast ones.

The peasant army at the end of Ming Dynasty was lucky to have three visionary leaders.

One is Wang Jiayin, who occupied Fugu as his foundation, and did not run around, but developed on the spot, constantly expanding his territory, and actively fighting against the advancing Ming army.

It's a pity that he died at the hands of traitors and traitors.

The second one is Wang Ziyong. After Wang Jiayin's death, he stood up and provoked the leader. He wanted to replace Wang Jiayin and inherit Wang Jiayin's last wish.

It's a pity that his ability is insufficient and he has no ambitions, but it is difficult to restore the overall situation.

He failed and eventually died of illness in Jiyuan. In his hands, the 36th Battalion of rebels began to turn into rogues, because only rogues can survive.

The last one is Gao Yingxiang.

When he took over as the leader of the alliance, the world was completely in chaos. The 72nd Battalion was mixed with fish and dragons, and the atmosphere in the army was already difficult to reverse.

He is very aware of this situation, so after he was elected as the leader, the first thing he wanted to do was to capture Xi'an and Guanzhong.

He knew very well that only by occupying a fixed territory and starting to improve his armaments, could he make up for the infantry, have the strength to face the Ming army head-on, and be able to get rid of his status as a bandit.

However, he ultimately failed.

……

Although the rain was light, it still made a lot of noise when it fell on everyone.

The sound of war drums coming from Yukou, against the backdrop of the sound of rain, seems to be coming from the horizon.

The rainwater is deposited on the high slope, and after reaching a certain level, it flows slowly down the high slope.

Chen Wang stepped forward, and all the soldiers around retreated to the sides one after another, making way for a passage.

At this time on the high slope, all the guards who were originally guarding Gao Yingxiang had already been beheaded.

As long as Chen Wang gives an order, the soldiers under his command can rush forward and directly capture Gao Yingxiang alive.

Chen Wang clenched the Yanling Saber in his hand. If he and Gao Yingxiang switched situations, he would never be as calm as Gao Yingxiang.

In fact, Chen Wang had a lot of questions that he wanted to ask Gao Yingxiang, but in the end, these questions were all stuck in his throat and he couldn't ask them.

As a battalion general, he couldn't have too much communication with Gao Yingxiang.

Hundreds of pairs of ears are listening to their conversation.

Gao Yingxiang stood alone in the encirclement with the Yanling Saber in his hand.

Even though he was surrounded by enemies, there was still no trace of fear on his face.

Chen Wang looked at Gao Yingxiang who was standing not far in front of him, and his heart turned a thousand times.

Although the result was the defeat of Heishuiyu, what happened to Gao Yingxiang has actually changed.

In the original time and space, Gao Yingxiang was also ambushed in the Heishui Valley, but he was not trapped in the valley after his defeat.

Cao Bianjiao did not participate in the Battle of Heishuiyu, but was encircling and suppressing Guotianxing, who surrendered and rebelled.

On July [-], Gao Yingxiang left Heishui Valley and stationed troops at Xianyou Temple.

But when he came out of the valley on the [-]th, under the situation of being ambushed by the Ming army, Gao Yingxiang calmly commanded the army to counterattack and even won the first battle.

Sun Chuanting's Supervising Biao Battalion was defeated several times, Li Yuchun was wounded and retired, and the battalion suffered heavy losses.

After Hong Chengchou led the troops to arrive, he finally held the line of defense and blocked Gao Yingxiang's follow-up attack.

On July [-]th, four days of fierce fighting, Gao Yingxiang still did not give up hope. He led his troops to attack again.

In this attack, Gao Yingxiang led the army to break through the Heishui Valley, and retreated all the way to the northwest, intending to retreat towards Fengxiang Mansion.

Only one step away, he could escape and ascend to heaven.

But on the Mazhaoyuan, Gao Yingxiang and his soldiers were entangled by the Ming army on the way to retreat, and happened to meet Zu Kuan who led the troops all the way from Xi'an to help.

First came heavy rain, then heavy fog. At this time, Gao Yingxiang still didn't think about surrendering or giving up. He went to the front to boost morale, and led his troops to defeat the Ming army's offensive again and again.

But he did not fail to expect that Zhang Er, the leader of the battalion under his command, and Huang Long, the leader of the battalion, had negotiated terms with the Ming army in private and chose to surrender.

During the battle of Ma Zhaoyuan, they took advantage of the heavy fog after the rain to secretly pull the troops away to the south...

The battle line was completely breached, so Gao Yingxiang was defeated and captured, and then sent to the capital to be executed by Ling Chi.

From being captured to the capital, even at the execution platform, Gao Yingxiang never begged for mercy.

The peasant army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was lucky, because they had three visionary leaders who led them forward and corrected their mistakes constantly.

But the peasant army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was also unfortunate, because they had only three visionary leaders.

After Gao Yingxiang's death, neither Li Zicheng nor Zhang Xianzhong was able to provoke the leader and move forward unswervingly.

After Li Zicheng finally founding the country and proclaiming himself emperor, he was not able to completely get rid of his habit of rogues.

After the defeat of Pianshi, he chose to give up the city of Beijing directly, and then when facing the Qing army, he still adopted the old tactics against the Ming army...

Although Li Zicheng is far superior to Gao Yingxiang in terms of achievements, he does not have the spirit of Gao Yingxiang after all.

"Ugh——"

In the distance, horns sounded one after another, continuously, interrupting Chen Wang's thoughts.

Chen Wang saw clearly that there were suddenly a large number of Ming army cavalry at the valley mouth.

There is no doubt that Hong Chengchou has already led the troops to arrive at this time.

"The outcome has been decided..."

Gao Yingxiang looked back at Yukou, he knew that he was about to die, but his expression was surprisingly calm.

There is life and death, and wealth is in the sky.

It seems that this fate is not on him...

……

Thunder and lightning escape, and the wind and rain are gone.

As the sky gradually brightened, the rain became smaller and smaller.

Although the light rain was still pattering, the sunlight had already penetrated through the gaps between the clouds and fell into the Black Water Valley.

The light finally returned to the earth, and the world became brighter again.

It's just that in the current Heishui Valley, it's not the emerald green like in the past, but a strange dark red color.

Under the Beishan Mountain, there is a valley mouth, a large number of corpses piled up on top of each other, like a city wall made of flesh and blood.

The black water flowing through the valley can no longer be called black water at this time, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it the blood river.

In the valley of Heishuiyu, the brigade's Ming army Jingqi was chasing the remaining Chuang army who had fled.

And more Chuangjun had their hands tied behind their backs, knelt on the ground, and became captives.

Light soldiers of the Ming army walked on the battlefield with sharp axes and sharp knives, waving their knives and cutting off heads.

Behind them there were men with bag baskets, and they followed behind to collect everything they could continue to use.

Armor, weapons, gold and stones, jewelry, utensils, even clothing and footwear...

A large number of horses were collected and managed, and the cavalry pointing at the whip drove the horses towards the temporary stables.

The battle of Heishuiyu has actually come to an end, the dust has settled, and everything is over.

Beishan camp, inside the tent of the Chinese army.

Hong Chengchou was wearing a boa robe and a black gauze on his head, sitting upright on the left head of the middle.

Sun Chuanting also wore black gauze on his head and a scarlet official uniform. He sat next to Hong Chengchou, on the right side of the middle seat.

The golden pheasant embroidered on the patch on his chest shows his status as a governor.

In the tent, all the generals and academies of the Ming army sat on both sides.

The one sitting first on the left is undoubtedly Zu Kuan.
Zu Kuan was promoted to the post of governor because of his military exploits in rescuing the siege of Shandong and attacking the rebels.

Later, because of his military exploits, he was given the title of deputy Qianhu of the outer guard by generations, and was promoted to deputy commander in chief.

He was transferred to the pass to suppress the rebellion, and was appointed as the deputy commander of the aid and suppression, the highest status among all the generals.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was leading the army in Yan'an Mansion to confront Li Zicheng. Hong Chengchou brought only He Renlong, Cao Bianjiao, Gao Jie, Sun Shoufa and other generals to help.

He Renlong is still only the deputy commander-in-chief, so his status is naturally not as high as Zu Kuan, and he just sits at the head right.

Afterwards, Li Chongzhen, Cao Bianjiao, Gao Gui, Gao Jie, Sun Shoufa and others were seated according to rank.

Everyone was still wearing battle armor, and the armor on their bodies smelled of blood, and the smell in the tent was quite unpleasant.

But no one frowns dissatisfied because of this, these things are common on the battlefield.

Both Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting looked calm and peaceful.

All the generals and schools in the tent were seated, but in the end there was still a seat vacant.

This position is opposite to Li Chongzhen, Cao Bianjiao did not sit there, but sat beside Li Chongzhen.

Li Chongzhen was the deputy general, and together with Zu Kuan led the cavalry into the pass. Apart from Zu Kuan and He Renlong, he had the highest status.

According to the order of the seats, the person sitting opposite him is only lower than him, but higher than Cao Bianjiao.

The eyes of all the generals in the tent naturally focused on it.

No one is talking at this time, they have already learned the general situation of what happened in the battle of Heishuiyu.

Everyone knows who this position is reserved for.

All the generals and schools were watching their noses and waiting patiently.

Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou were talking in low voices about government and military affairs.

Nothing in the military tent could affect their mood.

After a long silence, a rush of horseshoes suddenly sounded from outside the tent, followed by a commotion outside the tent, all of which naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Including Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, everyone in the tent raised their eyes to look at the position of the curtain.

The curtain was lifted, and what caught everyone's eyes was a body of armor that was almost soaked in blood, and then a face covered with blood.

Chen Wang stepped into the tent, rain mixed with blood rolled down from his armor.

Chen Wang looked up at Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting who were sitting above him, bowed down and said in a deep voice.

"The lowly job is lucky to win, and the chieftain Gao Yingxiang, who killed the bandits, is lucky to live up to his fate!"

I tried the anti-theft chapter, I don’t know if it is useful, if there are repeated paragraphs, you can refresh the app, and it should be a normal chapter.

After this chapter, we will enter the stage of farming development
This chapter is not to whitewash the deeds of the rogue bandits in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, the main culprits for the deteriorating situation and the demise of the Ming Dynasty were actually the ever-expanding and controlled civil servants, as well as those greedy gentry and landlords.