Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

At this time, Wang Guangen thought that he was very important.Indeed, with more than 2 people, the Fifth Battalion Peasant Army, which can gather more than [-] troops, is not considered a small force, but the Runing Army is looking at the territory of Junzhou.It is best to have Wang Guangen and the others take refuge, otherwise, the Runing Army will not hesitate to wipe them out and forcefully occupy this territory.

Besides, in fact, the Runing Army has always had very strict requirements on those who take refuge in them.It's fine if they are allies, but as long as they surrender and take refuge, the Runing Army will definitely break up and reorganize the team, and the generals will also be rotated regularly, and they will have absolute control.In Wu Shigong's eyes, he would never tolerate his troops being in a semi-independent state.

Therefore, to Wang Guangen's question, Lin Yufei's answer was quite rigid and arrogant: "Master Wang must have read the letter entrusted by Master Liu. Whether the letter is true or not, Master Wang can also send someone to inquire. I don’t need to say much, and I don’t need to hide anything, my lord admires Mr. Wang, so what path should we take? Mr. Wang still needs to make up his own mind.”

"Master Wang must have heard a lot of rumors about my lord, but think about it carefully: Is there any rumor that my lord has treated his subordinates badly? Has anyone left our Runing Army to set up their own family? Why is this so? In fact, look at Chuangta Master Tian Liu can tell. From the obvious point of view, joining our Runing Army is not as happy as you used to be, and maybe the salary and bonuses are not as much as the money you robbed, but what is your money? It is all passing money, in a blink of an eye , I don’t know where the flowers have gone, how can there be peace in the Runing Army?”

"And you are all happy for a while, and you don't know what will happen tomorrow, but in our Runing Army, we have preserved wealth for generations. And now Master Liu is still leading the army. Although fierce battles on the battlefield are inevitable, he and he used to Has your brother ever been a dead soldier? Have you ever been looked down upon? None! My family is all about treating people equally."

"I am also straightforward. I don't want to hide anything. Don't think too much about our previous affairs, just treat them as business, and our Runing Army will not ask Mr. Wang to do anything. As for the future, Mr. Wang should go Anyway, you can choose your own path. But the ugly words are up front, if you want to surrender, you should follow the rules of our Runing Army, and don’t be half-hearted. If you choose another path, then the road will be in the sky!"

After hearing these words, Wang Guangen's expression changed.After thinking about it for a while, he finally said: "I implore Mr. Lin to hang around in this place for a few more days, and let me think about it again, brother!"

Although Wang Guangen and the others were quite hesitant about whether to join the Runing Army, they wanted to delay for some time to see the situation clearly.But the letter to Xiong Wencan was sent out as soon as possible.

And after Zuo Liangyu heard about Wang Guangen's defeat, and Xiong Wencan, there was news that the backup of Zhang Renxue, the general soldier of Henan, was coming.His last trace of wariness was gone.So Zuo Liangyu urged the whole army to speed up towards the Zhang and Luo coalition forces, trying to quickly defeat this rebellious peasant army, and once again make a first contribution in the battle against the bandits.

But Zuo Liangyu didn't know at all, but Zhang Renxue, the general soldier of Henan, was deeply afraid that he would not have enough troops, so he didn't dare to send troops to help alone, he just stayed in Nanyang.He sent a general troop transfer order to Nanyang Camp, Runing Camp and Guidewei, and personally sent a sincere private letter to Wu Shigong, hoping that these three troops would mobilize some soldiers to join his own troops, and then go together Support Zuo Liangyu's department.

Although in name.Zhang Renxue, the general soldier of Henan, could indeed mobilize all the soldiers in Henan during the war, but in reality, even Qiu Lei, the general soldier of Shandong at that time, could not mobilize Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Caozhou. The tame warlord has turned into a military attache.

But this time, Wu Shigong also gave Zhang Renxue some face. He mobilized a coordinator from the Nanyang Army, an independent coordinator from Jiang Cheng, and [-] soldiers brought by Zhao Degong. In the army, Zhao Degong was the main general in name, and Zhou Xun was the deputy. In fact, Zhou Xun led the army.

These more than 5000 people will unite with Zhang Ren's school to jointly march westward to suppress the rebellion.In fact, the key is to occupy Junzhou and leave a large army in Junzhou.However, it was not until mid-July that the two armies were ready and were able to merge smoothly.But just a few days after they set off, they were surprised to hear the latest battle report. At this moment, they suddenly realized that they no longer needed to support Zuo Liangyu.

After entering July, Zuo Liangyu successfully regained Fang County and made a contribution first.Afterwards, according to the Zuo Army's routine, the army marched for a few days, which made the morale of Zuo Liangyu's troops even higher.Then he defeated the defenders of Zhang and Luo's coalition forces in the pursuit, beheaded more than 100 people, and won another small victory.This made Zuo Liangyu's tribe extremely arrogant, but they didn't know that this was the plan of the Zhang and Luo coalition forces to invite the king into the urn.

After going deep into the deep mountains and dense forests of Fangxian County, due to the sparse terrain and the inability to follow up with the supply of food and grass, the morale of Zuo Liangyu's tribe began to drop.

At the end of July, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai set up an ambush on Luohou Mountain in the west of Fangxian County. They first pretended to be defeated for two rounds, lured Zuo Liangyu into the ambush circle, and then launched an attack suddenly.Zuo Liangyu's army was in chaos, and Luo Dai, the deputy general, was captured and beheaded. More than 1 Ming troops were wiped out.But Zuo Liangyu desperately broke through, and there were less than 1000 disabled soldiers left around him, and even the commander-in-chief's Guan Fangyin letter was lost in panic.Zuo Liangyu perfectly explained this time what it means to be a proud soldier who must be defeated.

The fiasco at Luohoushan once again caused the court to shake.It also made Emperor Chongzhen completely disappointed with Xiong Wencan.He first dismissed Xiong Wencan from his position as prime minister, and soon he was arrested in the capital for interrogation, and finally sentenced to death and beheaded in Xishi.

Zuo Liangyu, on the other hand, was demoted three ranks, and served with the army with guilt.At this time, Zuo Liangyu was already full-fledged, and the court did not dare to provoke him too much, so he let him go so lightly.Therefore, at some times in the late Ming Dynasty, the rules of gentlemen and martial arts were sometimes reversed.The most unlucky one was Zhang Renxue, the general soldier in Henan, but he was dismissed because of "too late to help", and lost his position inexplicably.Really wronged!

But after getting rid of Xiong Wencan, Emperor Chongzhen immediately faced a difficult problem-who should take over as the commander-in-chief of the front line of encirclement and suppression?Among the most outstanding commanders who are famous in the world, Lu Xiangsheng is dead, and Hong Chengchou has just been appointed as the governor of Jiliao. He is responsible for defending the Qing army and cannot be transferred.Sun Chuanting, the former governor of Shaanxi, went to the Imperial Prison to pick up soap, and Yu Zilian was too young to gain a firm foothold when he first arrived in Nanjing.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen still felt that Yang Sichang, who was a rare talent, was the most reliable.Since it was Yang Sichang's strategy of "opening the net on ten sides", let him implement it in detail. This will not cause the strategy to be out of shape due to the poor implementation of the local governor!But this decision surprised Yang Sichang himself.

After Zhang and Luo's rebellion and Zuo Liangyu's failure, Yang Sichang successively went to court to plead guilty, and voluntarily stopped his official duties in the cabinet and the Ministry of War.The post of minister of the Ministry of War has been replaced by the former Sichuan governor Fu Zonglong recommended by him.On August 22, Emperor Chongzhen also issued a decree in his letter of apology, ordering him to return to the cabinet.But three days later, on the 25th, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly made up his mind, and wrote in another of his pleas: "The ministers have repeatedly pleaded guilty, and they are more sincere. The minister has a good understanding of people, and it is easy to deal with this matter, so that the stars can go on for generations, quickly dissipate the demon atmosphere, and save the people from fire and water. On the day of triumph, you will be rewarded." Yang Sichang has no room for negotiation or evasion.

Emperor Chongzhen appointed the cabinet ministers to be the frontline supervisors by the central decree without going through the cabinet and ministry meetings, and without consulting himself. This surprised the courtiers and Yang Sichang himself.But Yang Sichang has been full of gratitude for the emperor's kindness in the past few years. Now the emperor needs him to go to the court to supervise the army to save the country from danger. He can only do his best to serve the emperor.

It is an unprecedented event for the assistant minister to go to the front to supervise the division. The relevant yamen hurriedly handled various matters such as imperial edicts, seals, ceremonies, and military supplies. As "Superintendent's Pavilion" or "Supervisor Shufu" (the pivot refers to the minister, that is, the Minister of the Ministry of War).

Before leaving, Emperor Chongzhen summoned Yang Sichang again on the fourth day of September and gave him special instructions: "Zhang Xianzhong once shocked the ancestral mausoleum, and he must not be pardoned. The rest of the ancestral mausoleum can be used interchangeably." It was Zhang Xianzhong's department, and Emperor Chongzhen himself agreed to appease him. This is just to confirm a principle, focus on attacking Zhang Xianzhong, and treat other departments of the Peasant Army differently.He also wrote a poem in his own hand and gave it to Yang Sichang as parting encouragement:

Yanmei is temporarily used as Gancheng, and the admiral will majestic Xiliu camp.

After sweeping away the atmosphere of Kou, the atmosphere is calm, and the people's livelihood is repaid for education.

In this poem, Emperor Chongzhen used several allusions.Salt and plum are two main condiments in ancient times. Emperor Gaozong of the Shang Dynasty appointed Fu Shuo as prime minister, saying that he was as important as salt and plum in cooking, and later generations referred to prime minister as salt and plum.Ganshi shield, shield and city are the main defense facilities in ancient times, which are compared to generals defending the country.

The Xiliu Camp was the camp of Zhou Yafu, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, who played an important role in quelling the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu.In Emperor Chongzhen's life, he seldom gave poems to other courtiers. This time, he not only inscribed with his own pen, but also compared Yang Sichang to a good minister and good general, and his high expectations are beyond words.Yang Sichang was not only grateful to Dade, but also deeply proud of being so favored by the emperor.After he came out of Beijing, he used the imperial pen to give poems as an example, and set up the banner of "General Yanmei", and his subordinates were also directly called "Admiral's Camp", which is really majestic.

The war against bandits in the Ming Dynasty officially entered the era of Yang Sichang. (To be continued..)