Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 194
万历20年八月21日，公元1592年9月28日。

The autumn is high and the air is crisp, the grass is long and the horses are fat, and the weather is quite cool.

Zhenbei Fort is located in the middle of the Helan Mountains. It was built in the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. It is about 70 miles away from the west of Ningxia City. It is all rammed with loess.The appearance of the whole fort is majestic and desolate, with a strong taste of desolation and loess.

The terrain of Zhenbei Fort is important. Here, there is a thousand generals guarding Ningxia Town of Ming Dynasty.At this time, outside Zhenbei Fort, hundreds of Mongolian cavalry roared and demonstrated, stirring up patches of dust.It was one of the two reinforcements sent by Mongolian Shunyi King Li Ke to reinforce the rebels in Ningxia City.

Looking at the Mongolian cavalry outside the fort, the defenders just closed the gate of the fort.

At the same time, near the Huinong River in Ligangbao, tens of miles north of Ningxia City, tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers are crossing the river with "huntuo".

This "huntuo" is a kind of cowhide pouch, which is usually used by nomadic people to hold cheese.There is a lack of forests in the north, so when they encountered rivers during their march, they used "huntuo" to cross the river.Put the clothes and other items into the leather bag, tie the bag tightly, and sit on it. When crossing the river, tie the leather bag to the horse's tail, and send a person to swim with the horse in front to lead the horse forward.In this way the river was crossed.

This method of crossing the river first prevailed in the army of the Tang Dynasty, and was later widely used by nomads.Especially in Ningxia Town, due to the large number of rivers, when the Mongols outside the Great Wall harassed the border areas of Ningxia, they would use muddy floats to cross in summer and autumn, and in severe winter, they would step on ice pawns and invade all parts of Ningxia Town.

"Great Khan, all the warriors of the tribe have crossed the river."

On the west bank of the Huinong River, a general rode his horse over and said to the Mongolian King Shunyi who was sitting on the horse, who was deep in thought.

"Very good, pass on the order to let the commanders and centurions of each team assemble as soon as possible. In two days, we will arrive at the city of Ningxia."

The general ordered him to leave, and Li Ke looked at it with satisfaction. Looking around, the surrounding Mongolians were all wearing leather robes and hats, carrying big bows and huge arrow pots on their backs, and all of them were riding on horses. Wu came all the way from the ferry of the river, winding like a long snake.

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Two days later.

"Reporting to the military gate, there is already Zhang Liangbao a few miles ahead, and you can already see the captives looking for horses."

"Good time. Pass the order down, the whole army puts on armor and forms a team, and follow me to kill the thieves."

"The last general takes orders!"

There was a sound of chirping from the Chinese army, and immediately the whole army resounded with the sound of nail leaves.Beside Li Rusong, as far as the eye can see, there are densely packed troops from Xuanfu Town, about ten thousand in number. Among them, beside Li Rusong are more than a thousand family members led by his own general Li Ning, all of whom are wearing heavy armor and strong. .

This time, Li Ke led the army to aid the worship. After the governor Ye Mengxiong got the news, he selected the generals of the towns under the city to meet the enemy.At this time, under the city of Ningxia, it can be said that there are many fierce generals, especially Huang Laifu, Ma Gui, Gong Zijing, Dong Yiyuan and others a few days ago, their military exploits are even more remarkable.

Their military achievements are eye-catching. After hearing that the Mongols have invaded again, many generals are eager to try.However, Governor Ye Mengxiong had his own considerations, so in the end he ordered Admiral Li Rusong to personally lead 1 troops to meet the enemy.
Li Rusong led the army and set off from the city of Ningxia on the 21st. On the 23rd today, he arrived at Zhang Liangbao. Here, he met the main force of the Luke Department.

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"Soldiers, kill the thief."

Gunpowder smoke filled the air outside Zhang Liang Fort, iron arrows and firecrackers flew across, killing sounds.At the forefront of the army formation, Li Rusong took the lead and rushed to the forefront.Seeing the general like this, both the family members and the ordinary officers and soldiers of Xuanfu Town were very encouraged and rushed to fight the enemy.

Here is the main force of the Mongol Like tribe. As the king of Shunyi in Mongolia, Like is a nominal Khan of dozens of Mongolian tribes, and the soldiers under his command are also very elite. The two armies fought from Maoshi to Sishi. It was tied.

It wasn't until the two brothers Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang arrived in time and carried out a two-way pincer attack that Li Ke was defeated and led his troops to flee desperately.The Ming army pursued them all the way to the foot of Helan Mountain. The Mongolian soldiers of the Like tribe scattered and fled in all directions.In the end, Li Rusong captured and beheaded more than 330 Mongols and won countless camels and horses.

When the news came back, the city of Ningxia was full of jubilation. Ye Mengxiong, Zhu Zhengse, and Mei Guozhen all went up to report the victory.After Emperor Wanli heard about it, he was overjoyed and issued an imperial edict to reward the governors and soldiers.

Afterwards, the officials of the Ming Dynasty under the city of Ningxia hung the heads of the captured Mongols with bamboo poles and stood them under the city of Ningxia.In addition, the officers and soldiers defeated the reinforcements of the Mongols in Hetao twice, which cut off the foreign aid of the rebels in Ningxia City, and their morale declined extremely.

At this time, Huang Laifu knew that Ningxia Chengping was not far away.

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August 27.

Outside the city, the Ming army again flooded the city with water from the dam, which caused more and more places around Ningxia city to be flooded.

September [-]rd.

Zhejiang general Yang Wen led a group of Zhejiang reinforcements to the city of Ningxia, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.By this time, Governor Ye Mengxiong had decided to let the whole army build a large number of rafts to prepare for the siege.He also announced that among the army, those who can climb the city first will be rewarded with ten thousand gold, which made all the Ming troops under the city brave and try to serve.

September [-]th.

Under the immersion of the flood, the city wall of Ningxia Chengbeiguan finally collapsed, and the collapsed area reached several feet. The rebel generals such as Qian Chengen and Xu Chao rushed to the Beiguan to guard it.

September [-]th.

Under the city, the Ming army launched an attack, and Xue Yongshou and others at Nanguan made an appointment to respond. The Ming army pretended to move their boats and rafts to attack Beiguan.Taking advantage of this time, Li Rusong, Xiao Ruxun and others will personally lead the elite guards to attack Nanguan, and Huang Laifu will also lead his own [-] guards to follow closely behind.

Niu Bingzhong, the veteran soldier, is 70 years old, and he is still the first to climb.Mei Guozhen, the supervising army, shouted: "Let's go to the city first, old general. How can you retreat?" As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Laifu and other generals scrambled to climb up.

Afterwards, most of the soldiers of the Ming army also went to the city one after another. By this time, the rebels in Ningxia city were really gone.

September tenth.

Qiao Bai and others in the city saw that the Nanguan had been lost and their own situation was gone, so they hurriedly put the former general Zhang Jie down from the city and asked for security.Ye Mengxiong, the governor, pretended to agree, and still made a lot of siege equipment.

Mei Guozhen, the supervising army, was afraid of the strength of the father and son of the Gu family, so he did not dare to act rashly.He found Li Deng, an oil seller who was acquainted with Qi Bai, a resident of Nanguan, and gave him food and drink, and gave him a secret plan. Li Deng was ordered to leave.

He came to the east gate, gave Cheng'en a letter written by Mei Guozhen, and said to him: "The Gu family once had Ansai Gong, and the supervising army couldn't bear to punish him, so he specially ordered Deng to submit a secret letter to the general. "General, if you listen to Deng's words, kill Liu and Xu Zihui quickly, otherwise please kill Deng immediately."
Qiao Chengen couldn't help being very moved when he heard this.

Li Deng went to Liu Dongyang again, in Xu Chao's barracks, first sent a secret letter to Mei Guozhen, and then persuaded the two of them: "The first rebellion was from the Qi family, and the two generals were originally Han generals. Why did they start the rebellion from the Qi family? Disaster? Try to think about the number of soldiers in the town, can they be a large army? The general relied on it, but it was only a setback. Not only can past mistakes be avoided, but meritorious deeds will be rewarded.”

Li Deng was worthy of being a lobbyist. After hearing his words, Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao were also very moved.

However, after Li Deng's lobbying, on the side of the father and son, Kuaibai was worried that Mei Guozhen's words were not serious enough, and asked Governor Ye Mengxiong's proof of death. Liu Dongyang and Xu Chao also had the same thoughts.That night, Li Rusong went to Ye Mengxiong's place, asked for several seals and licenses, and gave them to Mei Guozhen, Li Rusong, Zhu Zhengse and others respectively, playing by ear.

One after another, the father and son, Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao and others obtained Ye Mengxiong's proof of exempting him from death, and each fell into the trap and became suspicious of each other.

On the night of the [-]th, Liu Dongyang killed Tu Wenxiu.

On the morning of the [-]th, Gu Chengen and Bi Xieqi met to go to Nanguan to kill Xu Chao.Then Bi Xieqi went to Beiguan to kill Liu Dongyang, hung his heads on the city, and gathered troops to beg for surrender.Li Rusong, Xiao Ruxun, Huang Laifu and other officers and soldiers went to the city one after another to reveal the peace of the people, and seized the seals of Ningxia Governor Guanfang and General Xixi.

On the [-]th, Ningxia City University opened the south gate, and Chengen went out of the city to welcome Ye Mengxiong, Mei Guozhen, Zhu Zhengse and other civil officials into the city.

Entering the city, he saw devastation and countless hungry people in the city. Zhu Zhengse couldn't help sighing: "After months of fighting, Ningxia is finally pacified today. It's all thanks to Mr. Xiong."

Ye Mengxiong stroked his beard and said slowly: "The Gu family is still strong, if it is not eliminated, Ningxia Town may never have peace."

Zhu Zhengse couldn't help being startled when he heard this.

After entering the city, Ye Mengxiong, Mei Guozhen, Zhu Zhengse and others expressed their condolences to the people of the imperial family, and at the same time wrote a letter to the top to achieve victory.After the city was broken, the Ming army that entered the city was relaxed, and all the generals and the original rebellious army drank happily, like brothers.Only Huang Laifu's army in Shanxi Town was still waiting in full force, and Huang Laifu did not enter the mansion, and all the generals could not understand.

Huang Laifu privately said to Ye Mengxiong: "There are still many members of the Gu family, and all the generals are happy to drink in their rooms. I am afraid that things will change."

Ye Mengxiong was taken aback when he heard this, and hastily sent an order to Li Rusong, and all the generals were terrified to regroup.Then Li Rusong got an order from General Ye Mengxiong, asking him to tell the generals: "Today we will kill all the Qi clan, and those who don't obey the order will be dealt with according to the military law!"

Soon, Qiao Chengen was bound by Zhejiang soldiers as soon as he left Mei Guozhen's place.Niu Bingzhong, the boss soldier, was having lunch with Xiaobai at his house, when he heard soldiers shouting outside, he knew that Yao Chengen had been captured, so he went out immediately.

Xiaobai lost his soul and knew that the situation was over, so he set himself on fire with his family and died.All of Qi Bai's family members were searched and killed by the Ming army.His son Xiao Chengchong, his adopted son Xiao Hongda and others were all captured.

Ye Mengxiong said: "The great rebellion in Ningxia was conspired by the thieves and their sons. Because the ministers gave money back and forth, in order to separate from their hearts, they killed Dongyang and others. Ding Shang, who wanted to get rid of the crime, had 2000 people, and more than half of them were really barbarians. In the end, Shuofang was not mine. The minister was heartbroken, and together with the governor Zhu Zhengse, the supervisor Mei Guozhen, and Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief Li Rusong, set a limit of [-] days to destroy the Qi family. Cheng En rushed out to Nanguan, and Yang Wendeng captured it. Li Rusong Just like Zhang attacking and besieging the worshipers, the thieves put on armor and smashed to death to resist the enemy, attacking them with fire, like Zhang rushing in and beheading, the real barbarians will be slaughtered!"

September 20th, Wanli 1592th, October 10th, 24 AD.

On this day, the seven-month-long rebellion in Ningxia was finally put down, and the first of the three Wanli campaigns came to an end.

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After the rebellion in Ningxia was put down, due to the different court opinions on rewards and meritorious deeds, there were so many people who reported meritorious deeds that it was difficult to distinguish for a while.So it was not until April of the second year that the knighthood was decided.

The civil officials were headed by Ye Mengxiong, who moved to the right capital, the censor and the right servant of the Ministry of War, and the son of Yin, Shi Jinyi Qianhu.

Zhu Zhengse moved to the right deputy capital, the censor, and the son of Yin had hundreds of households in Jinyi.

Mei Guozhen moved his servant Shaoqing, and his Yin son lived in a family of brocade clothes.

Wei Xuezeng served as a former official.

An imperial edict was also issued to order Ningxia King Qing's son Shuai to inherit the title, the princess Fang's family, to build a shrine and worship, not without chastity, and to give 5000 taels of silver.

The military officers were headed by Li Rusong, Li Rusong became the governor, added the rank of Gongbao, and Shiyin Jinyi commanded Tongzhi.

Xiao Ruxun came to the governor's office, and Shi Jinyi, the son of Yin, directed the affairs.His wife Yang was also commended by Emperor Wanli, and a meritorious archway was built for her.

He promoted Magui to be the chief military officer of Yansui Town, and his son, Yin Yizi, lived in a hundred households.
Dong Yiyuan was promoted to the chief military officer of Liaodong Town, Yin Yizi Shi Jinyi Baihu.

Huang Laifu was promoted to be the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, and he was a son of one hundred families in Jinyi.

The rest, Liu Chengsi, Li Ruzhang, Yang Wen, Niu Bingzhong, etc., have different ranks, and the rest of the dead and wounded generals also have their own pensions.

On Wuchen in November of the 20th year of Wanli, the Wanli Emperor Yumen, captured by Ningxia, Li Chengen, Chengchong, Hongda and so on.This month, rents were exempted from disaster-stricken prefectures such as Jinai, Zhejiang, and Henan.In the Jiawu period of December, the Ningxia thieves were flattened to tell the world.

That year, Siam and Turpan paid tribute.

(End of this chapter)