Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 164 Moved to Shandong ([-])

While Li Taiping was leading the four battalions across northern Shaanxi, Shanxi and southwest, Sun Zhi was struggling to support himself in Ruyang, the capital city of Runing Prefecture in Henan.

Time goes back to November of the fifth year of Huaxing. After Sun Zhi failed in the decisive battle in Anlu City, he brought the troops from Huangzhou Prefecture, Hubei Province, together with the local Ding Zhuang, back to Xinyang.Photographed by the forces of the Tartars in Hubei, Sun Zhi is about to give up the territory of Huangzhou Prefecture.

It's just that Hubei soldiers and horses did not pursue them, but Luo Xiujin, governor of Huguang, sent a letter to Ma Guozhu, governor of the three provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Henan.Therefore, Ma Guozhu dispatched an army of [-] green battalion soldiers from Henan to conquer Xinyang.

The Tartars went all the way, and wiped out the remnants of the first battalion in Guangzhou, forced the white faction composed of landlords in the first battalion to surrender, punished the instructor Ma Shun Fuming, and then went all the way to Xinyang.After capturing the county towns occupied by several second battalions near Xinyang, the soldiers came to Xinyang city.

When soldiers came to attack, Sun Zhi did not abandon the city and flee, but was trapped in Xinyang.The Tartars surrounded Xinyang city in groups, and the siege battle lasted for a full month, causing heavy casualties on both sides.

In this regard, Sun Zhi is different from Li Taiping. His background determines his character.

Sun Zhi was born as a pig butcher with a ruthless temper, and it was difficult to give up what he got.The reason why the troops were withdrawn from Huangzhou Mansion at the beginning was because they couldn't hold it anymore. Now that all the troops are trapped in Xinyang, Sun Zhi naturally can't give up.

But Li Taiping is a hunter, with a calm temperament and a clear understanding of gains and losses.For Li Taiping, fighting is like hunting. You have to calculate the balance of power between the two sides, and you have to choose to give up when your strength is not good.Since you can't beat wild beasts here, it's better to go to another place, maybe you can even hunt a pheasant or something.

Therefore, Sun Zhi's character is destined not to be like that of Li Taiping, he can have great perseverance to leave the old nest and start a new life, he still has a fluke in his heart.

Of course, those with perseverance also have great achievements. Heroes have been judged by success or failure since ancient times.

When Sun Zhi persisted in Xinyang for a month, the Tazi's offensive turned out to be weak.

Sensing this change, Sun Zhi was overjoyed. He concentrated all his strength and rushed out of the city with a desperate attitude, defeating the Tartar army.

After interrogating the captured Tartar generals, Sun Zhi learned that the overall situation in the north had changed, and that Jiang Guan, the general of Datong, had changed anyway.Although Datong is thousands of miles away from Xinyang, Jiang Yu's actions have greatly affected the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Zhili, Henan, and Shandong, and even affected the battle situation on the southern frontline.

When Xinyang was besieged, the Tartars mobilized troops from across the country, not only from the south, but also from Shandong and Henan.Even the team that encircled Xinyang, the Tartars also urgently dispatched nearly half of the centaurs, which is why Sun Zhi easily defeated the encirclement of the Tartars.In the eyes of the Tazi court, a mere group of bandits is far less influential than Jiang Guan's coming anyway.

Therefore, taking advantage of this golden opportunity, Sun Zhi personally commanded the Victory Division to sweep across the Runing Mansion, and with the cooperation of Nei Ying, they took down the prefecture Ruyang City in one fell swoop.Then divide the troops to attack Suiping County, Xiping County, and Xincai County, together with Queshan County and Zhengyang County that had already been captured, Sun Zhi took all of Runing Mansion for the first time.

Sitting in the land of a mansion, Sun Zhi's heart is full of pride, he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hand, and governs all the people under his rule. This is a real man.After walking like this, the trip in the world is not in vain.

But the good times didn't last long. When Ma Guozhu learned that the army he had sent was defeated, and the bandits took advantage of the momentum to jump out of Xinyang and ravage the whole house of Runing, Ma Guozhu, furious in his heart, continued to send elite soldiers.This time he dispatched General Bu Congshan, as well as Vice General Zhu Yunheng, Vice General Yang Jie and several other generals to gallop towards Henan Runing Mansion with [-] soldiers in a starry night.

The counties and towns that had just arrived and hadn't been warmed up changed hands one after another, and fell into the control of the Tartars, and the soldiers and civilians in the city suffered another catastrophe.

Fortunately, Sun Zhi had taken precautions in his heart at the beginning, in order to avoid the losses caused by the Tartars attacking Xinyang.At that time, because the Tartars attacked quickly, many regiments and belongings were lost in the county town and were not brought out.Therefore, Sun Zhi transported all the supplies of the whole government to Ruyang City.In each county, only the supplies that can maintain operation and a large-scale garrison are left.

In Ruyang City, Sun Zhi carefully organized the troops, reorganized the troops, and practiced them strictly.And in order to meet the second siege of the Tartars, Sun Zhi also built thousands of pine cannons.It's just that the Runing Mansion is too dilapidated after being ravaged by bandits, former Ming officers and soldiers, and Tartars.The ordnance and supplies obtained from the defeat of the Tazi encirclement and suppression army last time were abundant, but the food was very scarce, only enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to consume for less than half a year.This is still normal. If there is a war, the physical exertion will increase the food consumption, and I am afraid it will be less than three months.

It was less than a month after conquering Ruyang City, and Sun Zhi was speeding up the digestion of the results of several battles.Because in the past, the Second Battalion was mainly active in the south of Runing Mansion. Although manpower was placed in the north of Runing Mansion, the mass base was not so stable.In Ruyang City, Sun Zhi didn't have that handy feeling that he had in Xinyang City.Even though the big households were raided, the treasury was cleaned up, and the people in the whole city got some benefits, Sun Zhi still couldn't feel their wholehearted support for him, and he still had a little fear of himself and the security team.Of course, Sun Zhi knew that these people would eventually support him, but it took time to settle.

In addition to accelerating the popular support of the people in the city, Sun Zhi is also rapidly strengthening his control over the captured green battalion soldiers.Today, [-] of Sun Zhi's [-] troops are captured Green Battalion soldiers.Although Sun Zhi tied up the Tartar generals who were above the guerrillas, and then let the [-] captive soldiers accept the votes one by one, and finally cut off their pigtails.However, Sun Zhi could still feel that the hearts of the [-] Green Battalion soldiers were unstable.

It is normal for the seven thousand green battalion soldiers to be uneasy, after all, to them, they are still officers and soldiers who work for the Tartars.But what is it to work for these gangsters?Is it bandits?
Besides, no matter how cruel the Tazi court was, they still paid them, the chief soldiers, but what about the bandits?Except for the wartime seizures, there is not a single big boy!Just three meals!Even the materials seized by oneself during the war had to be handed over as much as [-]% after calculating the value!Could it be that he worked so hard to get only [-]% in the end?This made many green battalion soldiers who surrendered resentful.

However, people had to bow their heads under the eaves. Firstly, they had the blood of the former Shangguan on their hands, secondly, the braids on the back of their heads were cut off, and thirdly, they were unarmed and were detained by [-] bandits.The third point is crucial. In the spirit of being a good man and not suffering immediate losses, the seven thousand captured green battalion soldiers endured and waited for the court not to hold them accountable.

Sun Zhi also knew what the Green Battalion soldiers were thinking.That's why he killed the officers above the guerrillas, stained the soldiers with his own blood, and disrupted the entire army, and arranged hundreds of preachers to repeatedly indoctrinate the security regiment's ideas day and night.

It’s just that this series of actions only lasted for more than half a month. If Sun Zhi was given another month, there might be a large number of people among the [-] green camp soldiers who surrendered, crying bitterly, and then opening their red eyes. The eyes swear that they will fight against the aliens to the death.

But the Tartars didn't give Sun Zhi a chance. When the ideological education of the green camp soldiers was still in full swing, the Tartar soldiers came to Ruyang City.

Sun Zhi was surrounded again.

(End of this chapter)