Ming politicians

() Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhu Youjian's face was full of excitement, and on the imperial case was the memorial submitted by Chen Qiyu.

He did not expect that since Chen Qiyu was able to encircle and suppress the main force of the rogues, he would trap these rogues in the Chariot Gap of Xing'an Prefecture.The memorial is written in great detail, including the situation in Xing'an Prefecture, several encounters, and the situation in Chexiang Gorge. , occupying the absolute upper hand.Such an opportunity is too difficult.

Besieging the rogues and letting the rogues defeat themselves without fighting, Zhu Youjian certainly agrees with such a plan. Although it needs to cost some silver taels, it is not a big deal. He gritted his teeth and insisted on the past. As long as the main force of the rogues is wiped out, he will find a way in the future Earning money, besides, Su Tiancheng in Jiangning County is really good. The income of the Shipping Department in Nanjing is getting higher and higher. There are already more than 100 million taels of silver, which has entered the treasury. In the second half of the year, he will do work for Su Tiancheng. All the income of Bosi belongs to the imperial court, and that is several million taels of silver, which can solve most of the problems.

Soon, the imperial decree came down, and the imperial court allocated 50 taels of silver, ordering Chen Qiyu to do his best to wipe out the bandits.

In Jiangning County, Su Tiancheng, who is always paying attention to the situation, also received a letter from Qu Qingze. The imperial army led by Chen Qiyu surrounded the rogues in the carriage gorge. The rogues could not escape. This time, the rogues will encounter a devastating blow , The whole court was very happy, and the emperor rarely smiled.

When he saw the letter, Su Tiancheng's face darkened even more.

He already knew the ending.The battle of Chexiang Gorge has been written into history.He knew very well that the problem lay with the officers around Chen Qiyu, who were greedy for money and recruited the bandits, causing most of the bandits to escape, and the main leaders all escaped from danger.

This is by no means good news, after the rogue escaped from the carriage gorge.It entered a new stage of development and slowly began to grow. Only in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting, Yang Sichang and others once again wiped out the bandits and won a big victory.That time, because of the contradictions within the court.As well as being kind to the bandits, he missed the opportunity to exterminate the bandits. Since then, the imperial court has tried hard to wipe out the bandits again, but Li Zicheng finally put them into the stables and destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

The time when Su Tiancheng received the letter.It is already July.

He looked up to the sky and sighed, time has passed, his power has returned, everything that should have happened may have already happened.

The situation facing the Jiangning Camp.It started to get sinister, after the battle of Chexiang Gorge.A major event will happen, that is, Fengyang Mansion has been attacked by bandits, and the imperial mausoleum has been destroyed.

Such a thing must never happen.

From this day on, the training of the Jiangning Camp suddenly became tense. It was already the busy season of farming, and the autumn harvest was about to begin, but the Jiangning Camp canceled all vacations, and all soldiers were not allowed to go out.

The drought in Shaanxi has lasted for several years, but this year is particularly strange, that is, there is a lot of rain.

The rain has not stopped since June.

The rogues in the carriage gorge encountered an unprecedented predicament.

Gao Yingxiang thought that the imperial court's army would definitely launch an attack, at least to enter the carriage gorge to test it out, but his estimation made a principled error, the imperial court's army would not attack at all, but would just guard at the gorge's entrance.

After more than ten days passed, Gao Yingxiang became anxious.

The rain is always constant, and the inside of the carriage gorge is very humid. Seeing that the sergeant is a little bit unable to hold on.

He summoned Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others to discuss the next move.

Several people understood that the imperial army had taken the measures they were least willing to see, defending the gorge to trap them to death.

It is definitely not enough to sit still and wait for death. After discussing with several people, they decided to start breaking out. No matter what, they had to try the strength of the officers and soldiers. The continuous cloudy rain was also beneficial to them. As a matter of fact, the fighting strength of the brothers they lead is needless to say, if they can break through a bloody path and break out of the encirclement, they will win the greatest victory.

In early July, the first breakout began.

Gao Yingxiang personally led [-] sergeants, including [-] cavalry, rushed out from the mouth of the gorge, and rushed towards the officers and soldiers waiting at the mouth of the gorge.

Both Chen Qiyu and Lu Xiangsheng had predicted it accurately, and had already made preparations. Half a month had passed, and the rogues in the carriage gorge had remained silent. They guessed that the rogues must have known the intention of the imperial army and wanted to Fighting desperately, they began to break through. On both sides of the gorge, sergeants had been arranged for twelve hours, non-stop observation. If the bandits broke through, they would definitely be able to find them.

As for the sergeants waiting at the mouth of the gorge, they were all the most elite soldiers. After receiving the imperial decree, Chen Qiyu also issued a death order, never allowing the rogues to escape, and no matter how many casualties there were, they must wipe out all the rogues in the carriage gorge.

From a distance, seeing the bandits rushing out from the mouth of the gorge, a sneer appeared on Chen Qiyu's face, and Zhang Pu, who was standing beside him, looked solemn and did not speak.

Soon, when the red flag was raised, it was not soldiers who greeted the bandits, but a dense rain of arrows.

There were screams one after another, and some rogues fell to the ground with arrows, but the team of rogues was not in chaos, and they still rushed forward tenaciously.

Two rounds of arrow rain finally slowed down the attack speed of the rogues.

At this time, the blue flag was raised.

The sergeant who shot the arrow quickly moved out of the way, remembering the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the cavalry was dispatched.

There was a loud crash.

The two groups of cavalry met, the sound of swords and swords rang out, buried the screams, horses neighed, and the mouth of the gorge was already a bloody scene. Stand firm, and no one will retreat.

The pawns followed closely and charged directly at the bandits, and the sergeants on both sides fought together.

However, the huge advantage is still on the side of the imperial army.

After fighting for half an hour, the red flag was raised again.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes sounded again, and another group of cavalry joined the battle group.

This group of cavalry formed a devastating blow to the bandits.

Gao Yingxiang didn't expect that the officers and soldiers were so tenacious and desperate that they wouldn't retreat at all. Seeing his brother's losses were getting bigger and bigger, he had already thought about it and led his brothers back into the chariot canyon.

The reason why we persisted for such a long time is also thinking that if the officers and soldiers are so jealous that they can rush into the carriage gorge, that is the best result. Once the officers and soldiers enter the carriage gorge, don't think about being able to get out .

The addition of another cavalry from the army made Gao Yingxiang feel the danger. At this time, he could not love to fight anymore. No matter whether he could attract the army to enter the Chariot Gap, at least it must be guaranteed that the ten thousand brothers would not be wiped out.

After withdrawing from the battle and entering the Chariot Gap, Gao Yingxiang saw that there were less than 5000 brothers who followed him into the gorge, that is to say, in half an hour, he lost more than half of his brothers.

The officers and soldiers did not enter the carriage gorge.

Gao Yingxiang's face was flushed, and his fists were clenched tightly, obviously holding back his anger.

Soon, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and others came up to him.

With such a huge loss, everyone was dumbfounded.

The hot-tempered Zhang Xianzhong couldn't bear it at first, and began to yell at the officers and soldiers. He came to be Zijinliang's subordinate. After Zijinliang was killed by the court, he became an important leader among the bandits, and his status was even higher than that of Li Zicheng.

Zhang Xianzhong was not convinced. He had always believed that the officers and soldiers were vulnerable. This time, the brothers must have been ill-prepared, so that they suffered a big loss. After a short rest, he wanted to personally lead the brothers to fight a bloody road. Also give the officers and soldiers some color.

Gao Yingxiang did not agree to continue to fight, but he just suffered a defeat. At this time, it is hard to say anything, and Zhang Xianzhong can only be left to him. After all, they are superior and inferior in name, but in fact they are relative.

Zhang Xianzhong did what he said. He believed that the officers and soldiers were exhausted after fighting, and launching an attack at this time would definitely achieve unexpected results.

Even Gao Yingxiang felt that Zhang Xianzhong's proposal made sense. The officers and soldiers had just experienced a big victory. They must be celebrating the victory. I'm afraid there was no preparation. Biggest win yet.

When Zhang Xianzhong rushed out of the gorge with [-] soldiers, they were greeted by officers who had been prepared for a long time.

Same as the previous pattern, first there were two rounds of arrow rain, followed by the charge of the cavalry, half an hour later, the second wave of cavalry began to charge again.

Zhang Xianzhong suffered heavy losses, and when he returned to the canyon, there were less than 4000 soldiers left under his leadership.

Inside the Chariot Gap, morale was extremely low. They broke through twice and lost more than 1 brothers. If this trend continues, there is no hope.

From the beginning of July to the middle of July, for half a month, the rain has not stopped.

Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng led their brothers to organize several breakouts, but each time they returned in disastrous defeat. The number of lost brothers was close to 3.

The pessimistic atmosphere began to spread in the carriage gorge, food and grass were not enough, and the arrows of bows and arrows fell off due to the long-term rain. It can be said that Gao Yingxiang and others have fallen into a desperate situation.

They really didn't understand why this time, why the official army was so powerful, broke through many times, and saw that the brothers were about to kill a bloody road, but in the end, they were killed and returned to the canyon. If you are smart, you will not enter the canyon at all. Under such circumstances, the idea of ​​relying on the terrain of the canyon to annihilate the officers and soldiers does not exist at all.

After discussing with several people, they decided to rest for a period of time and finally organize a breakout. If it doesn't work, then think of other ways.