Chapter 874: Soldiers surround Xi'an (two in one)

Lu Xiangsheng made a very appropriate arrangement, and he was about to take advantage of his illness and kill him, and completely end the thief Gao Yingxiang.

According to Lu Xiangsheng's intention, he was to pursue the victory and annihilate the enemy at the border of Henan and Chu.

However, Wang Mengyin and Song Zushun were mediocre, incompetent, arrogant and arrogant, and refused to obey the orders. They were not on guard south of the Han River!

In an instant, Gao Yingxiang's troops, who were exhausted, easily crossed the Han River from Yangpi Beach, Guanghua County, and entered Xunyang, thus getting rid of Lu Xiangsheng's siege and interception.

During Gao Yingxiang's defeat, another rebel army in Henan also entered the mountains on the border of Henan and Chu, echoing him from afar, pulling the official army to each other, giving him a breathing place.

The battlefield in the Central Plains was immediately safe and sound.

Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, couldn't help but cheer when he received the good news from Lu Xiangsheng before.

Major events can be decided!

Lu Xiangsheng is so handsome and will definitely be able to continue his efforts.

But just Zhang Fengyi's sip of milk, what was already a sure thing became full of loopholes.

Of course, he didn't know about Gao Yingxiang's escape from the encirclement.

Zhang Fengyi also proposed to Chongzhen how to better eliminate Gao Yingxiang.

The three governors in Henan, Xunyang and Shaanxi each supervised the soldiers to guard them and prevent a thief from overflowing.

The governor of Huguang moved the border of the division and followed Hou Yuan's order to suppress the army. He led the main force into the mountains to encircle and suppress the army, and tried to completely annihilate it!

Chongzhen approved this suggestion and asked them to slap Gao Yingxiang within five months.

Although Hong Chengchou is leading his army to attack Shanxi, Tongguan has been lost, so it is better to strangle Gao Yingxiang first.

As long as you succeed, the arrogance of the rebels will definitely be gone.

The Ming Dynasty can prove to the people of the world again that if the thief dares to show up, he will kill whoever he wants!

From the beginning, Wang Er, Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong, to Gao Yingxiang today, this kind of treatment has been given.

Zhang Fengyi’s suggestions were very good, of course, very good on paper. Even Lu Xiangsheng’s order, which was personally visited, could not be fully implemented.

Not to mention his order issued by the court thousands of miles away.

Once you take action, it starts to become full of loopholes.

The northern cavalry such as Zu Kuan, Zu Dale, Wu Guojun, and other troops under Lu Xiangsheng were all used to galloping in plains and were not good at mountain combat.

Gao Yingxiang's remaining troops ran to the mountains to hide.

The court asked them to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress the enemy. Zu Kuan, Zu Dale, and Wu Guojun were unwilling to do so, and they all remained silent and wanted to return north with Li Chongzhen!

After fighting for so long, the soldiers were still resentful.

Besides, we won the battle and grabbed many benefits.

Who can rest assured if you keep it outside?

Going home quickly is the main thing.

There are many examples of Ming soldiers mutiny because they were clamoring to go home.

Especially if the local soldiers had not carried out Premier Lu's orders, we would have captured Gao Yingxiang and returned to the capital.

Do you still have to go deep into the mountains and forests?

The Ji Liao Xiong soldiers had complaints in their hearts, and the real number was normal.

After all, it is difficult for the guest army to be welcomed by local officials, so I wish they could get out of here!

Although Lu Xiangsheng is good at controlling the superiors, he feels helpless about it.

He could only find reasons for his subordinates to repay His Majesty's difficulties in searching in the mountains.

The border of Henan and Chu is surrounded by mountains, deep forests and dense grass, and horses cannot enter. Our soldiers climb trees and cross cliffs, traveling thirty or forty miles a day.

The carts and donkeys could not enter, so each person could only carry two dou of rice and follow the army, and the ten days of food was exhausted.

A thousand soldiers will need one thousand people to transport grain when entering the mountain. A thousand people will need ten thousand people to transport grain when entering the mountain. Once more than ten days, the soldiers and the civilians will starve to death together.

The current difficult situation has caused Lu Xiangsheng a headache and embarrassment.

On the one hand, it was because the emperor issued a five-month deadline, and on the other hand, he beat Gao Yingxiang in pain, but he didn't beat him to death.

This person refused to take risks easily and hid directly into the mountains.

It is absolutely impossible to catch him in a short period of time.

Lu Xiangsheng rushed from Nanyang to Xiangyang and discussed the encirclement and suppression with Huguang Governor Wang Mengyin.

In just ten days, Lu Xiangsheng commanded day and night, so his eyes were swollen and he was restless, and he didn't dare to rest for a moment.

He considered that the mountains in the northwest of Junzhou, Gucheng and Xiangyang were steep and narrow, all of which were cliffs, shabby paths, and cavalry traveled south.

He transferred Wu Guojun and others to Jingzhou to defend the mainland of Jingxiang, and ordered the general Qin Yiming, deputy general Yang Shien, Lei Shisheng and other infantrymen to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress them.

Zu Dale was also transferred to Neixiang, and the governor of Zhejiang and Sichuan and Henan were intercepted and suppressed.

However, Henan Governor Chen Biqian used the excuse of Neixiang that the rebels in Zhejiang and Sichuan had already fled into the surrounding mountainous areas, and the Zu Dale cavalry was unable to rush, and the food and salary supply was difficult, so he clearly stated that he did not want Zu Dale to go.

He suggested that Lu Xiangsheng temporarily store this "powerful force" in Jingxiang and wait for an opportunity to move.

After the Ming Dynasty won a little victory, internal struggle was inevitably re-established as the first thing to do.

After careful consideration, Lu Xiangsheng believed that Zu Dale, Zu Kuan, Li Chongzhen, and Wu Guojun made many military achievements in the Central Plains. Now it is difficult to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, and it is not convenient to be in charge of the emperor. He asked the emperor how to dispatch it.

After discussion, the Ministry of War really carried the ball back and asked Lu Xiangsheng to arrange it at the camera.

Lu Xiangsheng could only gradually move northward in the name of Guanning soldiers changing shifts.

After Hong Chengchou learned the news, he immediately asked Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen to help me.

Then he used the cheapest power given to him by the emperor, first mobilized the two of them, and then asked Chongzhen for approval.

Hong Chengchou was very difficult at this time.

He led his troops to station in Luoyang, Xin'an and Mianchi areas, waiting for an opportunity to invade southern Shanxi.

But this time I did encounter a hard nail.

The commander on the opposite side knew Hong Chengchou's methods very well. He fought three times, but was beaten back by the hammer bandits.

Only when Hong Chengchou wrote a letter to congratulate Jinchao on surrendering to the court was sent out, did he know who his opponent was.

Former Yansui Governor Zhang Fuzhen.

In the past, when the thieves in Qin were pacified, the top three were Hong Chengchou, Zhang Fuzhen, and Chen Qiyu.

Chen Qiyu was admitted to the imperial prison for the incident in the carriage and gorge, and he originally wanted to send him to guard the border.

As a result, Fengyang in Zhongdu was burned by the bandits. Chongzhen, who was furious, saw that he wanted to send Chen Qiyu away, so he directly wrote a group of pens and asked him to stay in the imperial prison and reflect on it.

Hong Chengchou took over the mess left by Chen Qiyu, so he went to suppress bandits because he was also the governor of the five provinces, but ended up losing his basic Shaanxi base.

Zhang Fuzhen was forced to jump into the river early, and according to the official statement of the Ming Dynasty, he committed suicide!

For this reason, Chongzhen specially ordered Zhang Fuzhen to enter the temple!

Now he has indeed become the right-hand man of the Hammer Bandit.

Hong Chengchou didn't know what to say.

I originally wanted to play some emotional cards, but before that he wanted to use Zhang Fuzhen to become a spy buried beside He Jinchao.

Seeing that He Jinchao trusted him so much, Zhang Fuzhen was too lazy to be a spy of the Ming Dynasty again.

He decided to stabilize Zhang Fuzhen first, and only after the Guanning Iron Cavalry arrived could he raid Shanxi.

Zhang Fuzhen naturally received a letter sent by someone from Hong Chengchou and snorted.

How did Hong Chengchou think, he was clear in his heart.

Now, no matter what kind of emotional card you play for the Ming Dynasty, nothing will work.

What's the point of staying in the thief's den for too long?

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is beyond help!

A large number of vested interests represented by Chongzhen will not give up any effort.

When he trained the Yansui official army and the people's household registration, he took almost a year and did not understand it clearly.

After the Hammer Bandits, the minor officials under He Jinchao acted quickly and accurately sorted out their household registration. It only took a few days.

In the entire Shanxi Province, it can be said that everyone has registered, so it is absolutely fine to miss one person.

Whether it is the military discipline, training level of the soldiers, or even the people, they gave Zhang Fuzhen a brand new feeling.

The longer you are in the Hammer Bandit, the easier it is for Zhang Fuzhen to find out the reason.

When he was punishing Yansui, there were too many gentry landlords there, and officer landlords were obstructing you.

Or rather, they are not obstructing them, they are taking advantage of the chaos to seek more benefits for their families.

The fact that hiding the population is enough for you to investigate for three to five years, and you may not be able to understand how much manpower you have hidden under your rule.
To be continued...