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Chapter 175 Tripartite Governor Wei Xuezeng

There are many things this month, and we will strive for a stable update next month.There are still two chapters owed to readers this month, and they will be added next month.

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In Ningxia in July, the weather is hot. At this time, it is the time when the town of Ningxia is raging with sand and dust.No, a sandstorm just passed in the morning, making the sky above the town of Ningxia look a bit dark, and there was a choking earthy smell in the air.

But in the afternoon, the air is clear again, cloudless, which makes people feel happier.

Seeing that the weather had improved, Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides, also came out of his Chinese army barracks.He is an old man who is almost 70 years old, but he is still in good spirits. He is dressed in a red ramie silk unicorn robe with fluttering sleeves, and behind him is a soldier holding a Shangfang sword. Accompanied by him, he patrolled around the barracks non-stop.

Since the fourth month of the lunar calendar, several armies of the imperial court have encircled the entire town of Ningxia, and there are continuous military camps everywhere, which can't be seen at a glance.As of today, the Ming Dynasty's counter-insurgency army that has come from all over the country has reached nearly 10 people. Banners of various colors are fluttering in the wind under the town, with accents of various colors, and the noise is endless.

It is estimated that there are only 2 rebels in the town, and the imperial court has a decisive advantage in suppressing the rebellion.However, the thieves relied on Xiongzhen in the northwest and resisted stubbornly.In addition, there are sufficient material reserves in the city, so it cannot be breached in a short period of time.

Looking at the town of Ningxia in front of him, Wei Xuezeng was worried. He had been attacking the town for a long time in the past few months to suppress the rebellion. Wei Xuezeng had already heard that the emperor was dissatisfied with him. If he dragged on like this, his future would be in jeopardy.

Just looking at the majestic city in front of him, trying to take it by force, it is difficult, I just hope that the next trick will be successful.

The imperial army was besieged, and there was no hope of breaking through. The people in the city, such as Qi Bai, were also very worried. They had sent many batches of envoys to ask for appeasement. Wei Xuezeng also believed that if the appeasement was successful, it would be a good thing for both parties. He once wrote to the emperor saying: "The city is strong. It’s urgent, the bandits have listened and sent out of the border, Zhang Jie, the former commander in chief, has entered the city to discuss recruiting, and asked the governor Zhu Zhengse to enter the city to present the bandits’ head.”

In Wei Xuezeng's view, the rebellious army in the town can still be cured. He once said to his subordinates: "The Ningxia thieves were originally soldiers. They were forced by hunger and cold and went astray. If you can understand the reason and understand the righteousness today, Appropriate and used, it can show the imperial court's magnanimity and magnanimity."

Wei Xue once thought that the recruiting of Xiaobai and others went well, and he also wanted to transfer Dong Yikui back to Taozhou to prevent autumn, but things changed a few days ago.

A few days ago, on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, on July 1592, 7, Gansu governor Ye Mengxiong led 14 Miao soldiers to the town of Ningxia and brought 400 artillery tanks as reinforcements. Great shock.

However, when Ye Mengxiong arrived, three days ago, the peace talks between the officers and soldiers and the rebels in the town had been concluded. After Ye Mengxiong heard about it, he strongly opposed it, saying that the rebels are cunning and should not be trusted to ask for appeasement.Faced with war or appeasement, everyone was blushing and neck-thick in the fight, and some people discussed it. If they did not implement the peace agreement and continued to fight if they made mistakes, it would be humiliating to the country.Only Ye Mengxiong resisted all opinions, changed the agreement, and fought hard.

The two sides have been fighting for more than ten days, but they still haven't got a Chou Yinmao. Wei Xuezeng was still very dissatisfied with Ye Mengxiong's meddling, at this time he sneered: "War, it's easy to say, where is the food and military equipment? "

Since the suppression of the rebellion, Wei Xuezeng has collected food and salaries from various provinces as military funds, but the northwestern provinces have always been poor, and they can't even eat enough. How can there be so much food and grass supply?The daily consumption of a [-]-strong army is an astonishing amount. Although there is an endless stream of people from various provinces to transport food every day, they still cannot meet the needs of the soldiers.

According to the results of Wei Xuezeng's inspection of various military camps, there are generally several problems in the counter-rebellion army.

There is a lack of banners and golden drums in the armies, and it is inconvenient to order and command.There is a shortage of food and salaries in the various armies, and the supply of food and grass is extremely problematic. Many troops are often out of food for a few days a day.There is a lack of forage veterinarians for war horses in each army, and more than half of the war horses died of starvation.The sharp weapon in combat lies in the bow and arrow, but at this time, there is a general shortage of arrows among the rebels.

Various factors made Wei Xuezeng think that it is not optimistic to suppress the rebellion, and it is best to recruit.If you are not in charge, you don't know the price of firewood. As the governor, all the troops are asking him for food and salary, but Ye Mengxiong and others will only yell with their eyes closed, regardless of the actual situation, which makes Wei Xuezeng very contemptuous.

With such thoughts in mind, Wei Xuezeng inspected several military camps, but after all, he was an old man over sixty years old, and his energy was a little low. Soon, Wei Xuezeng was tired and wanted to go back to the camp to rest.

Suddenly, a general hurried over to report to him that there was an anti-insurgency friendly army from Shanxi Town coming to the camp. It looked very elite.

Wei Xuezeng couldn't help but groaned in surprise, as a general, he is also a person who has seen the world, and his eyes are usually above the top, which can make him praise the elite army, which is obviously not an ordinary person.He couldn't help feeling curious.

Along with a group of officials, big and small, he walked out of the gate of the camp and looked to the south. Soon, he saw a cloud of flags, carrying a huge cloud of smoke, and a moving phalanx coming here in order. Come, but the momentum is amazing.As we got closer, there was another surprise. All the cavalry in this army were on horseback. The cavalry in front were all wearing iron armor, and the horses under them were also covered with cotton wool inlaid with iron leaves. First.This kind of equipment is rare even in the anti-insurgency army under the town.

It can be seen that this army is strong and strong, and it is indeed very elite.Although Wei Xuezeng is the governor and has thousands of troops under his command, he took a deep breath when he saw this army from Shanxi Town. Where did this army come from? It is so powerful. Could it be that Admiral Li Rusong led the servants here? Arrived?Impossible, if this is the case, it should have been reported long ago.

Not only Wei Xuezeng and others, but following the slow approach of this army, several Daming barracks in the south of the town were also commotions, many people crowded out to see, and everyone discussed where the god came.

But soon, following the report of this army, Wei Xuezeng understood that this army was the anti-insurgency army led by Huang Laifu, the deputy commander of Shanxi Town, and set out in advance of Li Rusong's army according to the order, and arrived at Ningxia Town first. under the city.

"It was him."

Wei Xuezeng had heard a lot about Huang Laifu. Through Daming's well-developed residence newspaper system, he learned a lot about Wuzhai Fort and Huang Laifu. Wei Xuezeng had always been curious about this person.To be honest, Wei Xuezeng didn't understand why Huang Laifu was able to produce such excellent farming results in such a short period of time. It seemed that no matter where he was handed over, he could turn into a golden mountain.

In addition, Wei Xuezeng also heard about the Mongols who Huang Laifu defeated in Wuzhaibao.It is a good thing that another brave general appeared in Ming Dynasty, but Wei Xuezeng didn't take it seriously when Huang Laifu beheaded all the captured Mongolian prisoners.Obviously, what Huang Laifu did was not in line with Daming's generous policy.

Soon, the Wuzhai Fort army from Shanxi Town came not far from Wei Xuezeng. At this distance, the murderous oppressive force of the Wuzhai Fort army was faintly compelling.At this time, Wei Xuezeng also saw more clearly that this army was indeed elite, with bright armor and a mighty military appearance.The soldiers are tall and strong, well-nourished, and the horses are thick and sturdy, which is refreshing.

This strong army came, which made Wei Xuezeng very happy, and his confidence in suppressing the rebellion seemed to be a little more.

Soon, under the yellow banner over there, a tall, strong, heroic young general in his twenties got off his horse and strode towards this side.There were no photos at that time. Although Wei Xuezeng had seen reports about Huang Laifu in the residence newspaper, he had never seen Huang Laifu in person.Seeing this young general striding forward at this moment, he thought to himself: "Could this be Huang Laifu, the deputy general of Shanxi Town? He is indeed young."

Huang Laifu had been notified earlier and knew who was in front of him. He strode up to Wei Xuezeng, lifted the scarlet cloak behind him, knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists in both hands, and saluted Wei Xuezeng: "The last general of Shanxi Town, the deputy commander-in-chief! Officer Huang Laifu, I have seen Lord Wei, the governor of the three sides, Wei Junmen, please forgive me for not being able to fully salute the last general because of his armor."

Wei Xuezeng stroked his beard and laughed, "General Huang, you are so polite, get up."

Huang Laifu said loudly: "Thank you for the military gate." Standing up with the momentum, the armor leaves all over his body were clanging.

Wei Xuezeng looked at Huang Laifu up and down, seeing that Huang Laifu was so young, he became the deputy commander in chief, and looking at his sturdy appearance, he couldn't imagine how such a person could earn so much money by farming?He looked at the Wuzhaibao army behind Huang Laifu again, stroked his beard and smiled slowly, and said: "Okay, okay, he is indeed a sturdy and brave general, leading the tiger and wolf division, no wonder he was able to defeat the captives."

While Wei Xuezeng was speaking, Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia beside him, also looked at Huang Laifu curiously, stroked his beard and looked at him slowly.

Wei Xuezeng asked a few more questions about Huang Laifu's situation on the road, and finally he said cordially: "Come on, General Huang, and come with me to see Governor Zhu Zhengse of Ningxia."

When lower-level military officers in the Ming Dynasty called the governor and governor, they were all called military gates.At that moment Huang Laifu turned around and bowed to Zhu Zhengse: "The last general has seen Zhu Junmen, please forgive the young general for not being able to fully salute because he is wearing armor."

Zhu Zhengse smiled and said: "General Huang, you don't need to be too polite, you have worked hard all the way here."

Huang Laifu glanced at Zhu Zhengse quickly, and saw that this old man was wearing an official uniform. He was in his 50s, with three long beards and a more refined appearance.According to my own inquiries about the relevant historical figures during the Ningxia Rebellion in my laptop, that brother Wei Xuezeng would be dismissed from office in a month, arrested by Jin Yiwei and sent to Beijing, and then returned home, where he died in 1596.

And the governor of Ningxia, Zhu Zhengse, is a legend. When Ningxia was in turmoil, he went to his post alone to assist in the suppression of the rebellion, and he had tricks from time to time.People at the time commented on its strategy of "the ovary has many strategies, and Zhongyan's Jiabing has always been rich".After the rebellion, Emperor Wanli issued an imperial decree to build three tall stone archways for Zhu's family in Nanhe County, Zhu Zhengse's hometown, and personally wrote "Pingding Frontier Archway", "Jinwu Shizhou Archway", "Tianen Tan Fufang" is used to show its merits.After Zhu Zhengse's death, several 10 taels of silver were specially approved to build a high-standard mausoleum for him.

Also, after the rebellion in Ningxia was put down, Zhu Zhengse treated the floods of the Yellow River in Ningxia. According to the characteristics of the Yellow River as an above-ground river, he used a porcelain urn for grain, pierced the bottom of the urn, and connected it together to build a siphon pipeline across the Yellow River. The water of the Yellow River was diverted from the embankment, turning tens of millions of acres of wasteland into fertile fields.The local people called Zhu Zhengse "the living Buddha of all families", and built a living temple for him to commemorate him.

Moreover, it is known in history that Zhu Zhengse has a generous temperament and is easy to get along with. With such a character, it is no wonder that Huang Laifu is interested in him.

Wei Xuezeng said kindly to Huang Laifu again: "General Huang has come from a long way, so he camped and rested first. If there is no food and salary, I will ask the food manager to allocate it for you."

Elite soldiers like the Wuzhaibao army should of course be taken care of first, and Huang Laifu is very polite and has the style of a Confucian general, which made Wei Xuezeng very fond of him.Wei Xuezeng very much hoped to take the right to use this army from Li Rusong in the future.

But Wei Xue once heard that even though Li Rusong was a general, he was domineering and domineering. He never paid attention to governors or governors.Moreover, after he served as the admiral as a general, he was afraid that he would become even more arrogant, and he didn't know if he could hold this elite soldier in his hands.

Huang Laifu said: "The last general thanked Wei Junmen, but the last general led the army and had already prepared food and pay. After that, the caravan's food and pay will continue to flow, so Wei Junmen don't have to worry about the last general's food and payment."

"Prepare your own food and pay?" Wei Xuezeng was startled, and exchanged a glance with Zhu Zhengse. It was the first time he had heard from a general that the governor of Gansu, Ye Mengxiong, had prepared his own food and pay even though he led the army. However, he is a civil servant and the head of a province, so he has this ability, but as a general, Huang Laifu has such capital?No wonder the Daming Mansion newspaper praised him to the sky.

Huang Laifu thanked Wei Xuezeng and Zhu Zhengse, led his army, and went to set up camp in a chosen place to meet the eyes of the curious troops from all walks of life in Ming Dynasty.He is a guest army from Shanxi Town, so he is naturally looking for Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang and other Liaodong Towns, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town and the camps of Helu troops.

Looking at Huang Laifu's back, Wei Xuezeng glanced at Zhu Zhengse and said, "Ying Ming, what do you think of Huang Laifu?"

Zhu Zhengse smiled and said, "Mr. An, it's not bad that he led the division of tigers and wolves, but what I'm more interested in is why he is so good at farming."

(End of this chapter)