Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 167 The Rebellion
Wei Xuezeng, governor of the three sides, was stationed in Huamachi at this time. He was shocked when he heard about it. While reporting to the court, he urgently ordered his generals Zhang Yun and Gao Pang to take five thousand soldiers and horses to the town of Ningxia to persuade them to surrender.

However, the rebels just closed the gates of the city and ignored those who persuaded them to surrender.On February 23, the rebels killed the guerrilla Liang Qi and defender Ma Cheng who were unwilling to follow Liu Dongyang and others.Then Liu Dongyang came to the city wall and uttered wild words to Zhang Yun and Gao Chong, asking the court to allow him to guard Ningxia forever, otherwise he would join forces with the Mongols in Hetao to send troops to Tongguan.

Zhang Yun and Gao Pang were furious and attacked the city.After worshiping his righteous son, Xiaoyun, Tu Wenxiu led two armies to kill from behind the official army, and the army and horses in the town rushed to kill them again. More than [-] official soldiers were killed and injured, and the rest collapsed.

The rebel army became even more powerful. Except for some soldiers and horses to guard the town of Ningxia, the rest were divided into several groups and attacked from all directions.

All the way, led by Chengen, went south to attack Yuquan camp, and guerrilla Fu Yuan led troops to stand firm. Chen Jiwu, a thousand households, took advantage of Fu Yuan's unpreparedness, knocked him unconscious, dedicated Yuquan camp, and joined the rebels.Then Chengen led the army to attack Zhongwei and Guangwu Fort in Ningxia.

All the way, led by Tu Wenxiu, attacked Pinglu Fort, but here, the rebels met a nail.

Guarding here is General Xiao Ruxun, facing the attack of the rebel army led by Tu Wenxiu, Xiao Ruxun led the army to defend the city.

Xiao Ruxun's wife, Yang Shi, is the daughter of Shangshu Yang Zhao. She is wise and wise. She encourages her husband to serve the country faithfully, so Xiao Ruxun is more at ease.In order to help her husband defend the city, Yang sold her jewelry, prepared a large amount of wine and meat, and went to the city to reward the soldiers in person.She even personally led a women's army to help defend the city.

Under the single-mindedness of the army and the people of Pinglubao, Tu Wenxiu was besieged for several months, but he couldn't go down.Seeing that Pinglu Fort could not be attacked, he turned to attack Lingzhou City. At the same time, he sent people to send a lot of gold and silver property to King Shunyi of Mongolia, and asked him to send troops to help in the battle.

Erik is the grandson of Altan Khan, who was proclaimed King of Shunyi by Ming Dynasty, but he couldn't control his subordinates, including his grandson Bu Shitu.Li Ke has dozens of subordinates. In Hetao alone, there are 42 subordinate tribes. The actual number of soldiers and horses he has is no more than 2.

In the 19th year of Wanli, his subordinates Zhuang Tulai and Bu Shitu in Hetao harassed Ming Dynasty's Ganliang Taomin and other places. At the beginning of 19th, Hetao's Zhulitu, Zhuangtulai and other tribes harassed Daming's Shanxi Town and was defeated by Huang Laifu. As the nominal leader, Li Ke should bear the responsibility, and the opening of the market is nowhere in sight.

Li Ke had been poor for a long time, and after listening to the request of Bai Bai, he couldn't help being tempted, and he discussed with the various ministries whether to break with Daming.

The twelve tribes under the jurisdiction of San Niangzi opposed the break with Ming Dynasty, but Bu Shitu, the grandson of Li Ke, insisted on marching into the Central Plains and plundering wealth.There are also ministries such as Huoluochi, Zhenzhen, etc., which went to war with Daming as early as last year. Hearing what Bu Shitu said, they even agreed to help Qi Bai, and tried their best to encourage all ministries to lead troops to help the chaos.

So Bu Shitu first led a thousand men, willing to be the vanguard, and marched into Shaogang Fort to support the Qibai rebels.He led the army to Shaogang Fort, the guard Wang Ruhan rode out of the fort alone, fired three arrows in a row, and shot and killed the three scouts who were exploring the way. Then attack Shaogang Fort.

On March [-], Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides, entered Xiamaguan. According to the movement of the rebels, he divided his troops into two groups.First of all, Feixi ordered Li Yuquan, the deputy general of Ningxia, to lead the army to attack.He personally led some troops to garrison Huamachi, cutting off the connection between the Mongolian Hetao ministries and the rebels.

Li Wei ordered Wu Xian, Zhao Wu, Zhang Qi and others to lead three thousand guerrillas to rescue Lingzhou.He led his army to intercept along the Yellow River to prevent the rebels from crossing south.Xiao Ruxun also led the Pinglu defenders out of the fort.In less than 47 days, the official army gradually regained Fort [-] in Hexi, and pushed the rebels to a corner of Ningxia City.This caused the morale of the rebels to plummet.

On the 25th, Lilike led [-] Mongolian cavalry to reinforce Qibai. The rebels were overjoyed, and Qibai urgently ordered Tu Wenxiu, Xu Chao and his troops to respond, and invited Lilike and his party to the Zhenhe Martial Arts Field. .

Qibai, Liu Dongyang and others came out of Ningxia town, and even met with Like as a subordinate, and recruited women in the town, and rewarded the three thousand Mongolian soldiers led by Like. For a while, the inside and outside of Ningxia town was like hell , There are women crying everywhere.Seeing Xiaobai and Liu Dongyang like this, Li Ke was naturally very happy, and threatened to become a family with Xiaobai and others.

With the assistance of the Mongols, Qi Bai and others were in high spirits, and immediately joined forces with the Mongols and divided into two groups.On the one hand, Yizi Yunyun led Lili Ke and other Mongolian soldiers to attack Pinglu Fort, and on the other hand, Bai Bai himself and Tu Wenxiu attacked Yuquan Fort.

General Xiao Ruxun and his wife, Yang Shi, of Pinglu Fort jointly discussed to defeat it, and his wife, Yang Shi, led the people in the city to be in charge of guarding the city. They also set up [-] soldiers and horses at Nanguan, and brought [-] old and weak to fight against them. Pretend to be defeated, lure the Mongols and rebels into Nanguan, and then ambushes, all kinds of crossbows and firearms.

There are also various vehicles in the ambush circle, piled up with burning objects, the flames are soaring into the sky, and there are countless spurs on the ground. The Mongolian cavalry stepped on each other and could only be passively beaten.Kuaibai's bravest foster son, Kuiyun, was shot to death on the spot.At this time, Zhuo Like was still in the rear, after hearing the situation ahead, he dared not fight, did not greet Qiao Bai and others, and fled far outside the Great Wall with the rest of the Mongolian soldiers.

The attack on Pinlu Fort failed.

On the other side, when Qi Bai and Tu Wenxiu attacked Yuquan Fort, they were flanked by reinforcements led by Li Wei, but they also returned without success.Just as he was dejected, he heard that Rick took his Mongolian soldiers and escaped outside the Great Wall without even saying hello.

Qiaobai and others couldn't help yelling at these Mongolians for being insidious and cowardly, immoral, and honest, and they are really unreliable.After scolding for a long time, there was nothing they could do, so everyone had to return to Ningxia town with their heads downcast.

The situation was not good, and Xibai summoned the generals of the rebel army to discuss, and Xibai pretended to put the responsibility on himself, and the rebel generals were moved.Liu Dongyang said that there is a lot of food and grass in the city, and there are tens of thousands of rebels. As long as you stick to the city, there will be miracles. At the same time, you can collect gold, silver and jewels in the city, and then ask the Mongolian tribes in Hetao to send troops.

Xu Chao also drew his knife and chopped off the corner of the table, saying that if he wanted to surrender, he would just leave the table like this.At present, all the rebel generals swear by blood and pledge to live and die together.Qi Bai also sent people with a large amount of gold and silver property to encourage the tribes of Mongolia to send troops.

Because Xiao Ruxun, a general of Pinglubao, was famous in the northwest for fighting against the bandits alone, Emperor Wanli was very happy when he learned about it, and specially rewarded him generously, and promoted him to be the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town.

By this time, the Ningxia rebels had completely disappeared from the periphery. On March [-], Li Xuan led the six-way army to complete the siege of Ningxia City.

On April 2000th, the rebels hurriedly opened the east and north gates, and each dispatched [-] fine cavalry to go out of the city to fight, and sent infantry and trains as battalions to implement defense.The official army launched an attack and seized more than a hundred trains from the rebels, and countless rebels drowned in the moats.

At this time, the suspension bridge was not pulled up in time, and Wang Tong, the deputy general of Yansui, led a soldier named Gao Ding, and took the opportunity to enter the north gate. However, the rest of the officers and soldiers of Yulin Town did not dare to follow. People rushed into the city gate.Tu Wenxiu shot Wang Tong in the forehead with an arrow, and Gao Ding, the personal soldier, hurriedly rescued Wang Tong, and the rebels quickly pulled up the suspension bridge.

Seeing the heavy army gathered in the imperial court, Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Xie Bai blamed her for not enjoying the blessings and insisting on taking risks.In a rage, Chengen pushed his stepmother Shi to the ground and left bitterly.Qi Bai was also worried at this time, and discussed with Xu Chao and others about recruiting security.

Wei Xuezeng was worried about the shortage of food and grass, and wanted to retreat to eat, but also worried that the rebels would break out and join the Mongols. At that time, there would be endless troubles.So he followed his plan and ordered to stop the attack.And often use the tone of the boss to his subordinates, and write to reprimand Qian Bai and others. It is even more reassuring that Xi Bai and others are treated as subordinates when they meet the court.

A few days later, Tu Wenxiu and Xu Chao went out of the city to discuss the surrender conditions.Seeing that the officers and soldiers were short of food and salaries, Gu Chengen and Liu Dongyang led their elite cavalry to sneak to Hanyanqu, where they seized more than [-] carts of food and salaries from the officers and soldiers, cutting off the supplies of the officers and soldiers, and the morale of the rebel army was on fire again.

On April 21, the official army organized another siege.However, because Qi Bai held King Qing and Mu Laifu and other officials hostage, he insisted on defending the town of Ningxia, and continued to attack the city for more than a month without any achievements.At this time, Qibai asked Yu Zhulike again, and Zhulike organized various Mongolian ministries to harass the border of Ningxia Town, which greatly increased the difficulty of countering the rebellion. The Ming army was difficult to deal with. .

Wei Xue was unable to attack for a long time, so he asked Emperor Wanli to quell the war by recruiting peace.Emperor Wanli was furious, and specially promoted Xiao Ruxun as the commander-in-chief of Ningxia Town, and unified command of the Yansui, Gansu, and Guyuan conquest armies.He also transferred the fierce general Magui to be the deputy commander in chief, and led the troops to help in the battle.He also gave Wei Xue Zeng Shangfang's sword, and those who feared the enemy and avoided the battle cut it first and then played it, and ordered him: "Those who kill generals below the magistrate and do not need to be killed do not need to be invited."

The fierce general brother Magui arrived in Ningxia, and organized an army to attack the city with Xiao Ruxun several times, but failed.On the night of May 29th, Xiao Ruxun and Ma Gui took advantage of the wind to set fire and attacked the city with a ladder.The rebels fought back with rolling trees and stones, and thousands of officers and soldiers were killed or injured.Seeing that the strong attack could not be overcome, Wei Xue tried to break through from the inside, but failed.

At this time, Emperor Wanli was already dissatisfied with Wei Xuezeng: "Don't you insult the country because of the clown who sent troops for months and failed to bring peace?"

There were also many disputes between the court and the central government, who believed that Wei Xuezeng lacked the ability to adapt to the situation and was unable to suppress the disaster.Mei Guozhen, the imperial censor of Zhejiang Province, said to Emperor Wanli: "Although Ma Gui is brave, he lost to Li Rusong. I beg you to use Rusong, and you will surely receive great merit."

Gu Bingqian said in secret: "Li Chengliang and his son have been guarding the border for a long time, and they are not restrained by Fang Zhen. Don't reject wolves at the front door and welcome tigers at the back door."

Emperor Wanli was a little hesitant. Some people in the court thought that Li Chengliang and his son had too much military power, and Li Chengliang should not hold military power anymore.Kechen Wang Dewan believed that Mei Guozhen's recommendation was inappropriate and selfish.

As a token of his sincerity, Mei Guozhen recommended himself to go to Ningxia with Li Rusong to quell the rebellion, and said: "Father Li and his son should guard against it when they hold the army in Liaodong, but not after they are abandoned and leave office."

He also expressed his heart and said: "I am a foreign official who works in the toilet. Although I have the heart of a dog and a horse, I have not responded to the tricks. If the suspect is doing personal favors and disregarding the national economy, I am willing to go to Ningxia with Cheng Liang. , and seek thieves with one heart, there is no need to give them another title, and pretend to be a heavy responsibility."

This time, Mei got her wish and got permission from Emperor Wanli: "According to the imperial decree, Mei Guozhen will go to supervise the army with Li Rusong, and record the meritorious deeds."

At that time, Li Rusong was the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu. Due to the urgent military situation, Emperor Wanli urgently ordered him to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi rebellion army. He also selected about 3 people from Liaodong Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, and Shanxi Town. Under the command of Li Rusong, they went to Ningxia Town to suppress the rebellion together.Li Rusong was also the only one in the middle and late Ming Dynasty who had a military official as the admiral.

After receiving the imperial decree, Li Rusong sent out official documents like rain, calling for people from all walks of life to come to the Xuanfu to gather those who were far away, and to stand by for orders nearby.

At the same time, Gansu governor Ye Mengxiong also volunteered to help Wei Xuezeng put down the rebellion. He could send [-] guns and chariots, [-] Miao soldiers, and go to Ningzhen to quell the chaos with his own food. help.Chang Jujing, governor of Zhejiang Province, also took the initiative to invite Ying, willing to choose [-] elite soldiers to go there, and was also praised by the court.

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Since Shanxi Town was also on the list of sending troops, and Shanxi Town was most able to fight against the troops under the command of Deputy Chief Soldier Huang Laifu. Soon, Huang Laifu received an official document from the Ministry of War asking him to send two thousand troops to go out with Li Rusong.

This is a good opportunity to publicize Wuzhai Fort. At present, Wuzhai Fort and Laoying Fort under Huang Laifu's jurisdiction are urgently mobilized.

(End of this chapter)