Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Yang Sichang's departure from Beijing was the last desperate struggle in Ming Dynasty, at least it was indeed the last chance to deal with the peasant army.What he has to deal with is not only Zhang Xianzhong and Gezuo Fifth Battalion, but also Li Zicheng who has disappeared now.

Chongzhen had high hopes for him, and he immediately agreed to any request.

At the last moment, Yang Sichang's eyes were red, and he kowtowed on the ground: "I have received the grace of the country. Before that, there were riots and policemen. I pushed my pillow at night, and I was worried. Rong Ji, you should do your best to wipe out the Shaanxi bandits for the saints, and restore the peace in the Ming Dynasty, if it doesn't work, you will die!"

When Chongzhen heard "there is only death", he felt a chill in his heart, and a feeling of helplessness suddenly hit his heart.

For so many years, apart from having such a limited sense of trust and dependence on Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, this "Mr. Yang" in front of him can be regarded as the person he really relies on. [

Increase the salary, train the soldiers, suppress the Shaanxi bandits internally, comfort the eastern captives externally, and other methods of suppressing bandits in all directions are all suggestions given to him by this handsome, graceful and confident middle-aged man in front of him. This is to conquer the thieves at my own will, in case the suppression of the thieves does not go well...

Chongzhen's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but said: "Sir, don't you have complete confidence in going here?"

Yang Sichang was taken aback, marching and fighting, how can there be a perfect theory?But in order to comfort the emperor, he had to answer: "As long as the salaries and equipment are available and the soldiers use their lives, all officers and soldiers are invincible. A thief is only a thief after all."

"When trying to find ways to do everything well."

"Yes……"

Seeing the emperor's appearance, Yang Sichang couldn't hold back the words in his mind: "What I mean is that there must be elite soldiers and good generals to assist me."

"Sir, don't you want to give Zuo Liangyu the general of the thief to encourage him to have a heart of loyalty?"

"It's not enough. Although Zuo Liangyu is loyal and brave, judging from the situation of his confrontation with the bandits, if he is not prepared enough and the number is not enough, he may lose the battle. If we want to be safe now, we have to send the elite to go south with the ministers."

"Sir, do you want to transfer Xuan Dabing or Liao Town... This, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."

If troops are transferred from these two towns, there will inevitably be loopholes in the northern defense line. In the past, there was also the practice of transferring troops from Liao Town or Xuanda. .

Now Chongzhen has been constantly mobilizing frontier soldiers to Jiliao, and handing them over to Hong Chengchou for promotion.Hong Chengchou had already proved himself in the war against thieves, and Chongzhen also relied heavily on his ability.

Before the peace talks, Chongzhen hoped to stabilize the line of defense from Jinzhou to Ningyuan and Daling River, cut off the route from Duoyan Sanwei and Chahar Mongolia to Donglu, double the transportation cost and the route of entering the customs, and lock Donglu as much as possible. Died in Liaozhong and Liaonan and other places.

When the bandits are successfully suppressed and the country recovers, it will be free to deal with the Eastern captives.

This is a huge strategic concept. Once it succeeds, it will indeed loosen the noose around the neck of the Ming Dynasty a lot. However, in such a major event related to the fate of the country, the emperor and the officials did not clearly communicate with each other, and they did not have the determination to fight to the death. , There is no real nationwide mobilization, and there are even big problems in the preparation of food and wages.

But at this time, the planned war against the Eastern Captives is naturally the top priority, much more important than the bandits.

If Yang Sichang wanted to transfer elites from the northern defense line to go south, Chongzhen would really be reluctant.

"The emperor is currently mobilizing elite troops to go north, how can I not know...the one I want to play is Zhang Shouren, the deputy commander-in-chief of Denglai Town, and his battalions."

"he?"

Chongzhen fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he smiled and said: "This person has just committed a small crime, but he is young after all, and he is allowed to lead troops to make meritorious deeds, killing two birds with one stone. My husband recommends generals, does not put personal grievances first, is high-spirited, I am really pleased. In this matter, I will approve, sir, and let the Ministry of War draw up an order." [

"Sir, thank you for your grace."

At this time, it was already the second watch, Yang Sichang bid farewell to the emperor, and under the illumination of the palace lanterns lit by the eunuchs, he exited the palace.

Chongzhen handled this important matter, and he was extremely happy in his heart, with a rare smile on his face.The matter of Yang Sichang's departure from the capital has now been concluded. Under the supervision of the emperor, all the yamen have also begun to prepare for the preparations for the supervisors and assistants to leave the capital. However, for such an important matter, there is definitely not enough time. Before the middle ten days, the supervisor can leave the capital and rush to Xiangyang.

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The news that Yang Sichang was about to be ordered to leave Beijing quickly spread across the country like wildfire.

"Ball, Yang Sichang counts as a ball!"

A big man with a big beard, wearing a bamboo hat and keeping cool under the shade of a tree on a hot day, is sitting under a tree. Behind him are five or six young women who are fanning him and handing him wine. Take food with you.Beside the big man, there are hundreds of cavalry in bright helmets, and dozens of men, some are dressed as scholars, some are officials in the official robes of the Ming Dynasty, and some are dressed as gentry. With a flattering smile on his face, he bent over and kissed, standing around the big man.

The big man gnawed on the chicken leg, took another sip of wine, laughed and said, "We have been in the army for nearly ten years, across the north and south, burned the imperial mausoleum of Fengyang, and destroyed the central capital. He is famous, what kind of soldiers and horses can he bring here? Who doesn't know the family background of the court? It is not enough to guard against the Eastern and Western captives, how much can he bring south? Without bringing soldiers, he is just an empty bag. You have to rely on Lao Zuo and the others to fight the war, I'm sorry, Lao Zuo is a ball!"

"Zuo Liangyu's vitality has been seriously injured this time. I heard that many old soldiers have died over the years."

"Army flags, horses, ordnance armor, almost all were discarded."

"The commander-in-chief is brave, ordinary generals, how can he be the commander-in-chief's opponent? Even if Yang Sichang came, he would just give the commander-in-chief an extra head to play as a ball."

Everyone was flattering Zhang Xianzhong, talking very lively, only one young man under the age of 30 who was wearing a hat and a green shirt, who was also born thin and pale with a sick complexion, smiled slightly and waved the folding fan in his hand. Zhang Xianzhong said: "As soon as the old Zuo returned to Xiangyang, he recruited strong men to fill up the people. However, he couldn't recover his vitality without more than half a year. Without Lao Zuo, Huguang, Sichuan and Henan are all in our pockets. Come in and out at will."

The battle at Luohou Mountain really hit Zuo Liangyu quite painfully, and his strength was greatly damaged.

This person's usual practice is to force Latin, and he pulls the whole village, town or city. The day before, he had 20 soldiers, and he was beaten to five or six thousand soldiers. After half a year, he had another [-] "heroes" hand.

Using this method, he bluffed the Ming court and opponents, thinking that Zuo Liangyu was powerful, but in fact he was about the same as ordinary military towns, a little bit stronger.

After the first battle in Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu lost all his family members, leaving only less than 5000 people. In less than two years, he claimed to have an army of one million, at least 50 troops.

The Nanming court was bluffed by him and was very vigilant against him, while the Donglin Party used Zuo Liangyu as a life-saving straw and a strong backing. In the end, Zuo Liangyu broke up with the court and went down the river to fight with the court near Nanjing. Huang Degong fought a fierce battle, and the result was that the left was defeated and defeated.

In the end, Azig counted the soldiers and horses on the left. The actual number, that is, about [-], was barely considered a soldier.When the painted skin is peeled off, the world will know the truth.

Zhang Xianzhong and Xu Yixian, who spoke, undoubtedly had a better understanding of Zuo Liangyu's strength.

After the judgment, both of them had smiles in their eyes, and Xu Yixian asked, "Marshal, where are we going?"

"Fucking rest in Fangxian County for a while, don't worry." [

"There must be somewhere to go?"

"It's still what you said, avoiding reality and making falsehood, and defeating the enemy by walking. Let me see, if the officers and soldiers come in a hurry, we will go to Sichuan."

"Sichuan..."

"Well, we'll talk about it when the time comes. If you can stay in Huguang, you won't leave." Zhang Xianzhong finished his meal and wiped his mouth with a towel. The deliberately heroic attitude he made was gone. He treated Xu Yixian as well as himself Said: "Yang Sichang is coming fiercely this dog day, and now there are still nets waiting for our officers and soldiers everywhere. I want to see Yang Sichang's rules in Huguang. What are the four points and six corners? We just want to break his net and see if he can bite. It’s Lao Tzu’s bird!”

This correspondence is actually no correspondence. Instead of taking advantage of the great victory and quickly finding a good foundation to establish a foundation, but still continuing to wander around the Huguang area, waiting for others to come and suppress it, this is really not a good idea.

But Xu Yixian also knew that the eighth concubine that Zhang Xianzhong had just taken in was already pregnant, and the other concubines were all from Huguang, unwilling to leave their homeland, and Zhang Xianzhong was full of pride and arrogance. I persuaded him with the reason that the situation was urgent and it was better to prepare early, for fear that Zhang Xianzhong would get angry.

As for the idea of ​​establishing a base and stabilizing the rear, not only Zhang Xianzhong did not, but the leaders of the various rebel armies were very weak.Mobility is the best, and the rebels are not afraid of walking. When they go to a strange place, they will have countless money and grains of cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Looking at the proud Zhang Xianzhong in front of him, Xu Yixian could only remain silent, he had nothing to think about, but he didn't even have a chance to speak.

"Old Xu, I know what you think, wait a little longer, the time is not yet, when I defeat Yang Sichang and subdue Lao Zuo, I will build a palace in Xiangyang, set up officials to guard the territory, and control the place. Lao Xu is my father's prime minister, and everyone has an official position!"

At this moment, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo and other relatives came over to drink with Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong drank so much that he stood up and drank three bowls with the captured lieutenant Luo Dai. He didn't dare to refuse, so he had to drink with a bitter face.

"Drink, drink, drink hard, I don't want to learn from myself, it's hard to die, there is plenty of wine and meat, if you want a woman to fancy it, you can grab it, haha, Kewang, Dingguo, you two little bastards, hear that No?"