Hu Shenjiang happily took a sip of the warm rice wine, and he felt that the pores all over his body were relaxed and comfortable. Hu Shenjiang thought very well, although the military merits and seizures that stayed in the camp might be less,

But in this rainy season, being able to hide safely in the warm rear and do some tricks when transporting food and supplies can be regarded as a small blessing.

The only pity is that the Shaanxi bandits are about to surrender, and such good days may be coming to an end. General Hu is thinking that after this bandit suppression is completed, Governor Chen will definitely become a prosperous person, so will he spend all his savings over the years?

Give Governor Chen a large sum of money to exchange for a garrison that is rich in oil, water, and tranquility, and you will have a secure place to live for the rest of your life.

But at this moment, several people suddenly broke into the tent. General Hu Shen took a closer look and found that the leader was none other than Li Lu and Li Guoqi, who had been haunting them for the past few days.

"What's the matter? Brother Li!" General Hu's tone was full of impatience, "I know you are not happy with the governor asking you to transport food, but brother, have I treated you badly these days? You want it

Have I ever been vague about the tarpaulin required for the cart? Even the Governor sent people to collect food, and I said a few good words for you, but why don't you start? Don't really obey the military law then! Let me tell you...

"

"Okay!" Li Lu waved his hand to interrupt General Hu's drinking conversation, "I came here to tell you because I saw you, Old Hu, for your righteousness. The Shaanxi bandits have left the Carriage Gorge. They are really pretending to surrender! They are rebelling again.

!”

"Ah!?" Hu Shenjiang's wine glass fell to the ground with a clang, and he was completely awakened by the shock. "Brother Li, are you kidding me?"

"Who has the leisure to make such a joke? Damn, those ghosts guarding the mouth of the canyon were defeated. Tens of thousands of Shaanxi bandits are coming towards us now! It seems that they are just trying to rob the camp.

Where’s the food and grass?”

"Then what should we do?" General Hu's words already contained a hint of crying.

"What else can we do? The best thing is to leave! Do you want to rely on thousands of us old and weak soldiers to stop the hungry Shaanxi bandits? To be clear, I will leave immediately after I tell you these words. You yourself

Let's make arrangements early. I can take away as much of the food and supplies as I can from the camp, and the rest is yours. But don't delay too long. I estimate that the Shaanxi bandits will only be away from us in a day.

"

After saying that, Li Lu turned around and left General Hu's tent. General Hu was stunned for a while, then suddenly woke up and shouted to the outside of the tent: "Gather! Let's leave quickly!"

Chen Qiyu asked the imperial court for instructions on the surrender of the peasant rebel army. After discussions between Emperor Chongzhen and six ministers of the cabinet, they finally decided to agree to surrender.

There are two main reasons. One is the financial problem of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen felt that he could save some expenses after recruiting; the other is that Chen Qiyu's memorial revealed that he was very confident about recruiting.

Because of Chen Qiyu's brilliant results in the past, Emperor Chongzhen and the important ministers at this time also had great trust in Chen Qiyu. Even if some ministers suspected that the peasant rebels had surrendered, those ministers were not willing to come forward at this time and act like a crow's mouth.

Offended Chen Qiyu.

Therefore, after receiving the support of Zhang Fengyi, Minister of War, and personally approved by Emperor Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu reached a recruitment agreement with the peasant rebels on behalf of the imperial court.

In the recruitment and security agreement: Chen Qiyu assigned one pacification officer for every 100 peasant rebel soldiers according to the number of peasant rebel soldiers to monitor them and be responsible for repatriation to their place of origin. The local government would supply grain and grass to the counties he passed through. At the same time, he warned the government troops to march in to avoid the possibility of an accident.

conflict.

This recruitment and security agreement seems to be very thoughtful, but if you analyze it carefully, you can no longer say that it is a dream, but that it is mentally retarded.

The most critical point is that even if the peasant rebel army really accepts the recruitment, after they return to Shaanxi, which is thousands of miles away, and they have nothing to eat or drink, won’t they have to rebel again?

Chen Qiyu and other civil servants should not just read the Four Books and Five Classics. They should also read the wild book - "Water Margin". After Shuipo Liangshan recruited troops, the Song court immediately sent these one hundred and eight generals to fight with Fang Laxue.

I fought hard.

This method of consuming strength can be used completely? Wouldn't it be possible to throw those peasant rebels who were recruited into Liaodong and let them fight to the death with Hou Jin?

But this is not the most fatal point. At least if Chen Qiyu takes effective measures, the peasant rebel army will be suppressed in a short period of time. But at this time, Chen Qiyu began to make stupid moves again, which also showed that he had no experience at all in recruiting.

First of all, Chen Qiyu should control Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders of the peasant rebel army. Since Li Zicheng and others have accepted the recruitment, there is no reason to stay in their own army, right? As long as the leaders of the peasant rebel army are separated from the soldiers, then even

If something unexpected happens, at least it won't cause any big waves.

However, Chen Qiyu wanted too much to successfully recruit troops. He was afraid that his control of the actions of the leader of the peasant rebel army would cause Li Zicheng and others to worry about surrender. Therefore, in order to ensure the success of recruitment, Chen Qiyu allowed Li Zicheng and others to stay in his own army.

The second reason is that the peasant rebel army that came out of Chechai Gorge was not broken up. Although Chen Qiyu stipulated that every 100 people should be assigned a pacification officer to monitor them, but when the peasant rebel army was organized, they could raise the flag of rebellion at any time.

You don't have to worry about the surveillance of the pacification officers around you, and you don't have to worry about the Ming troops that those pacification officers will recruit to escort you.

Finally, and the most stupid point is that when the peasant rebels left the carriage gorge, Chen Qiyu immediately provided a large amount of food, grass and clothing to feed and clothe the peasant rebels. The hungry and cold peasant rebels immediately recharged their batteries.

Rui quickly regained his fighting strength.

It's really confusing. Why is Chen Qiyu so impatient? Could it be that he wants to show his kindness, but that will only be shown after the dust has settled! Chen Qiyu has not yet completely controlled the peasant rebels. He has completely

We can only supply a small amount of food and grass, as long as the peasant rebels do not starve to death, so that they have no physical strength to rebel again!

The escorting officials and Ming soldiers were even more outrageous. They exchanged the food, grass and clothing they carried with them for a large amount of property from the peasant rebels. Some Ming soldiers even exchanged their armor, weapons, etc.

Under the escort of the pacification officers and the Ming army, the trapped 36,000 peasant rebel troops safely walked out of the plank road known as the natural danger. Moreover, the soldiers of the two armies who had been fighting each other to the death a few days ago actually had a fishy relationship. Did they have it?

We wear the same clothes and have the same food. They are so friendly with each other.

There were even situations where people would drink heavily, ride on horses, and fall asleep when they were tired. This kind of loss of vigilance was simply shocking. But under the honest and honest appearance of the peasant rebels, they seized the time to get out of the plank road.

He arranged his armor, adjusted his bow string, and prepared himself for another rebellion.

On the night of the next day, the peasant rebels tied up all the pacifiers, killed them, cut off their ears, beat them with sticks, or tied them and threw them to the side of the road. After that, they quickly defeated the escorting Ming army around them. Chen Qiyu's attack

The encirclement and suppression campaign completely failed. The Mianchidu incident more than half a year ago happened again.

Li Lu and others, who were always alert to the peasant rebels' false surrender, built an artificial beacon by waving red flags. When they discovered that the peasant rebels had rebelled again in the early morning of the third day, in just one hour,

, the news reached the ears of Li Lu, who had been lingering in the rear camp for several days.

So after reporting the news to General Hu, Li Lu immediately took all the soldiers and all the luggage and food that could be carried, and went back to Ye County without looking back.

General Hu, who had reacted, was not willing to spend more time verifying the news. He took the more than 2,000 soldiers who were left behind to guard the rear camp, and also carried all the luggage and food that he could bring, and also moved the remaining tents and supplies.

After they were all burned, they also fled toward the southeast.

The encirclement and suppression army commanded by Chen Qiyu was scattered in all directions by the peasant rebels who rebelled again. In addition, they lost the supplies of food and grass for the rear camp. Therefore, after finally gathering together, they also lost the ability to maneuver in a short period of time, and could only

Being able to watch the peasant rebels raging everywhere.

So the peasant rebel army sent troops to attack Baoji, Linyou and other places one after another, and fell into seven counties. Along the way, they burned, killed, and looted, and the situation was very bad. The peasant rebel army also relied on looting to quickly recover its strength.

After the news reached the capital, Chen Qiyu immediately became the target of thousands of accusations, and the officials wanted to impeach him. At this time, Chen Qiyu had no intention of commanding the bandit-suppressing army to save the crisis, so he resorted to the strategy of moving the trouble eastward.

Chen Qiyu first blamed Li Jiayan, the magistrate of Baoji County, saying that he obstructed the promotion of the bureau and forced him to surrender. Then he passed the responsibility to the governor of Shaanxi to practice state affairs. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not understand the actual situation and because he approved the recruitment, he went out.

In order to protect his shortcomings, he ordered the arrests of Li Jiayan, Lian Guoshi and others, and ordered Li Qiao to take over as governor of Shaanxi.

But after all, paper could not contain the fire, so not long after, because of the incident, Gu Guobao, Shaanxi Inspector Fu Yongchun and others wrote to the public to accuse Chen Qiyu of delaying the important event, and Emperor Chongzhen decided to dismiss Chen Qiyu for questioning.

In November of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu was removed from the army and guarded the border. However, because Chen Qiyu was busy doing Tai Chi with the court for several months, the Ming army basically lost its command and had no direction. They all relied on themselves.

The peasant rebel army took advantage of the Ming army's command gap to rapidly develop and grow through their chaotic and chaotic actions.

Although Chen Qiyu only served as governor of the five provinces for a short period of more than half a year, judging from his performance, Chen Qiyu was still a very capable and courageous military commander.

Although Chen Qiyu had an unshirkable responsibility for the failure of recruiting Xichaxia, Emperor Chongzhen never gave Chen Qiyu a chance to make meritorious deeds. It was indeed a pity that the Ming Dynasty lost this talent.

When the peasant rebel army was about to use the false surrender strategy, Li Lu, Zhou Xun and others immediately passed the news back to Nanyang and Runing after receiving the news.

Although it was not certain at the time whether the peasant rebel army really surrendered, for reasons that were more credible, the Runing Army, which had already made plans, immediately organized a cavalry regiment stationed in Nanyang and a total of 500 cavalrymen from the Nanyang Army.

Fifteen hundred cavalry, led by He Fei, commander of the Nanyang Army, galloped to meet Li Lu and his companions as they returned.

The Runing Army Headquarters also immediately canceled their vacation and made preparations for the response. However, out of considerations of saving military pay, Wu Shigong only sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to the west and did not immediately mobilize the troops and horses of the headquarters.

Because Wu Shigong thought this way. Even if the peasant rebel army was planning to surrender, it would take a certain amount of time for them to enter Henan again, and it might take even longer to threaten the areas controlled by the Runing Army, so they had enough time to prepare for mobilization. But Wu Shigong's

Looking only at Li Zicheng's peasant rebels, he somewhat overlooked the fact that there were still many bandits in Henan.

So after such hesitation, the Nanyang Army, which was short of major generals, immediately faced a crisis. More than 30,000 local Henan bandits besieging Nanyang Fucheng suddenly turned to attack Longyan Village, which was defended by only a few hundred people. (To be continued.

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