Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 157

After being raided, the Tartars rioted one after another, and the originally neat formation also loosened up.

"Arrangement! Arrangement! Shield bearer on top!" Ren Zhen, the chief soldier, shouted.

It's just that the continuous flow of bows and arrows made Ren Zhen unable to control the troops in her hands.Fortunately, at this time, the large troops are forbidden to stay in place, otherwise, if they all charged, they would have already scattered.

After a cup of tea, the bows and arrows were drawn down, and Ren Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief and assembled the troops.In fact, although the bows and arrows were continuous, but firstly, the number was small, secondly, their strength was weak, and thirdly, the soldiers were also avoiding, so not many were killed by bows and arrows, only about twenty people, but relatively many were injured.

However, just after Ren Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly found herself surrounded by rebels on the left, right and rear.A long gun pointed directly at himself, and the tip of the gun was polished brightly, as if it could shine.

Seeing that he was surrounded, the morale of the Tartars, who had been a little low just now, was even more demoralized now.

"I've been ambushed!" Ren Zhen was shocked.

He quickly calculated in his mind that there were rebels in the front, back, left, and right, and the rebels in front were the weakest, but there was a mountain there, and running up the mountain was a dead end.The rear and both sides are tightly blocked, no matter how powerful the rebels are, just because of the current situation and the number of rebels far exceeds him, he can't beat the rebels.No matter where you charge, you have to face enemies in four directions, and your back and flanks will be exposed to the enemy's attacks. This is the end of defeat without victory.

"What should we do? Fight or surrender?" Ren Zhen's eyes flickered.

To fight is to be loyal to the court, and surrender may save one's life.Ren Zhen hesitated, and even his subordinates also hesitated.

Seeing that the Tartars did not charge for a long time, Li Taiping suddenly changed his expression, maybe he can surrender.So, a preacher shouted with a tin trumpet.

"Brothers, we are all members of the same clan, so why bother to be bulls and horses for a foreign race? The brothers in Shanxi have risen up against the Tartars, and now it's our turn in Shaanxi!"

It's just that the preacher's strong Henan dialect made many people unable to understand it. In the end, one of He Liang's men could only translate it, so that the besieged Tartars could understand it.

Seeing that the subordinates seem unwilling to die in vain, and switching camps is also a normal thing in this era, and some even switch back and forth several times.She also thought that when she eliminated Mi Guozhen, Li Guoxuan, Li Shiying and other rebels last year, the imperial court did not grant rewards, which made Ren Zhen more and more angry.

"Surrender." Ren Zhen finally made a decision.

After Ren Zhen's order, his subordinates all breathed a sigh of relief and dropped their weapons one after another.As a result, the remaining 400 Tartars became prisoners.

Li Taiping was shocked when he learned of Ren Zhen's identity.He originally wanted to lure out the Tartars from Xunyang County, but unexpectedly he lured out the general soldiers from Fucheng.

This is also a huge opportunity but also contains certain risks.Yangshan is more than 100 miles away from Ankang, the capital city, and less than [-] miles away from Xunyang County.If he followed the original plan to attack Xunyang County, he might lose the opportunity to attack Ankang City.However, the risk of attacking Ankang City may be too great, and it will not be able to defeat it even after exhausting its troops.

How to choose?Li Taiping hesitated for a moment.

However, when he thought about what he said to Mei Renxin a few days ago, he strengthened his belief.What I want to take is the shortcut, and the shortcut means that I have to make a dangerous move.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, when the people in Ankang City were still immersed in the strong taste of the New Year, a soldier and horse was coming to Ankang City against the wind and snow.

These soldiers and horses belonged to Ren Zhen, the commander-in-chief of Xing'an Town. To be precise, only the first dozen or so people belonged to Ren Zhen.Moreover, these dozen or so people were repelled far away, and the nearest ones were all members of the Fourth Battalion.

Seeing this posture, Ren Zhen knew that she couldn't think about it anymore.He clearly saw that there were two people holding bows and crossbows in their hands, and they would be shot to death as long as he made any abnormal movements.Besides, almost all of the 500 people are rebels, so what can I do?
When Ren Zhen approached Ankang City, the city became visibly tense, and even closed the city gate.But when they saw that it was their own team, led by Ren Zhen, the chief soldier, the city gate opened.The gatekeeper not only didn't ask anything, but even rushed to flatter him.

Seeing that the city gate was opened so easily, Ren Zhen sighed, and the rebel herself was settled.Although he doesn't support the Tartars from the bottom of his heart, isn't this master the most powerful right now?Hug the thigh or hug it tightly and thickly.

But now that you have become a rebel, you don't have to think about this issue.Because of hesitating for a while, the gatekeeper looked at Ren Zhen suspiciously, and several regiments beside him also started to try.

If she fought here, her life might be lost, and Ren Zhen broke into a cold sweat thinking of this.

After dismissing the small officials guarding the gate, Ren Zhen led the crowd into Ankang City.

It's just that the gatekeeper realized something was wrong at this time, why didn't these people know him?And all of them lowered their heads and lowered their eyes, as if they were afraid of attracting the attention of others.

In an instant, a thought flashed through the mind of the gatekeeper, perhaps Ren Zongbing failed to suppress the bandits and rebelled.

Just when the gatekeeper was about to shout, a sharp arrow shot through his neck, blocking his voice in his throat.In the end, the gatekeeper could only hold the arrow weakly and fell down, his legs twitched a few times and then stopped moving.

The situation changed, and the regiments disguised as Tartar Green Battalion soldiers drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another and rushed to seize the city gate.A brigade from the rear also rushed towards the city gate quickly. As for the independent brigade, they were still escorting more than a thousand captives in Xing'an Town at a leisurely pace.The weapons and armor of these captives have been disarmed, and they were replaced by a brigade member who took Ren Zhen to steal the city.

Because it was still the Chinese New Year, the defense of Ankang City was not strict, and Ren Zhen from the headquarters had already gone to suppress the bandits. Everyone thought it must be easy to catch.At the end of the previous year, Mi Guozhen and other bandits rebelled against each other, and Ren Zongbing was able to win a battle, so this time is naturally no problem.It's just that they didn't expect that Ren Zongbing would surrender.

Soon, dozens of people at the gate of the city were killed and scattered, and a large group of troops from the fourth battalion swarmed in.At this time, Ren Zhen's ten or so people took effect, and they played the role of leading party.Under their leadership, the Fourth Battalion first cleared out the places in the city that had armed force, and then divided the troops into squadrons as combat units to control all important places.

Li Taiping gave these squadron leaders independent command, and they can divide their troops again when the situation permits.In short, the houses of all the big households in the city must be ransacked quickly and accurately, and these people must not be given the opportunity to escape and transfer assets.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Huaxing, Li Taiping sent his general Ren Zhen to steal the city in the snow, and took Ankang, the capital of Xing'an Prefecture, in one fell swoop.Li Taiping closed the city gate for three days and wiped out all the wealth in the city.Dozens of Tatar officials and wealthy families who were arrested were sent to each of the newly recruited green battalion soldiers to vote in their certificates, so as to eliminate the idea of ​​these people defecting again.

During the three days, Li Taiping ransacked his house and reorganized his team.In the end, more than a thousand surrendered soldiers were obtained, and Ren Zhen's troops totaled three thousand.Together with his 300 troops from the headquarters and more than 300 troops from He Liang's independent brigade, Li Taiping now has more than [-] troops.Faced with the massive amount of wealth looted, Li Taiping rewarded [-]% of it to the troops under his command, and instantly both the main troops and the newly surrendered troops were excited.Their excited eyes turned red, looking forward to the raid again.

They were not disappointed. Three days later, Ankang City was finished copying, and Li Taiping divided his troops into four directions. Mei Renxin, Yao Huaisheng, Li Jiusheng, and He Liang each took a thousand mixed troops to the nearby Xunyang County, Pingli County, and Ziyang County. and Hanyin Hall.

With the cooperation of the false official documents from Xing'an Mansion and the newly surrendered troops among the mixed forces, the gates of these cities were fraudulently opened one after another.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, except for Shiquan County, the farthest place, the entire territory of Xing'an Prefecture fell under the control of the Fourth Battalion.After obtaining sufficient financial resources and manpower, Li Taiping quickly expanded his army, increasing the number of people under his command to [-].And, this number is increasing every moment.

When the news of Xing'an Mansion spread, Shaanxi shook.Li Taiping's action indirectly stabbed Long Kewang, the commander-in-chief of the Han and Qiang Township in Shaanxi.Originally, in history, Long Kewang raised troops to fight against the Tartars in February, but he was arrested and killed in the end.However, Li Taiping's strategy in Xing'an Mansion caused Long Kewang to rise up ahead of time, and it turned out that he succeeded in Hanzhong Mansion in one fell swoop.

As a result, the Tartar forces in southern Shaanxi fell into a precarious situation.

(End of this chapter)