Four hundred and eighty fifth chapter bloodbath old back II
After Cao Bianjiao led his troops to attack Zhangde, Dayong called Wu Heyin, who was in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, and scolded him. It was not because of Cao Wenzhao's death, but because Wu Heyin had failed more than accomplished in the past two years.
Dayong asked him to publicize Hong Tai's death at Dayong's hands, but three years later, the world still only knew that Hong Tai died of illness and did not know that Hong Tai was killed by Dayong. In addition, the quality of the spies in the Military Intelligence Department was also seriously low.
The intelligence on the Donglu spies was limited to Niulu and below, and almost no high-level movements could be found out. The work of instigating the rebellion of the Han army was also fruitless, and several Manchu traitors who had been cultivated with great difficulty were damaged.
In addition, in the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, Dayong asked the Military Intelligence Department to pay more attention to the movements of rogue bandits and insert some spies into the rogue bandits in order to prepare for the future suppression of thieves. However, this work was not effective in Wu Heyin's hands. It has been more than a year.
, In addition to learning about the movements of the bandits from the Tang newspaper, Dayong has not received any effective information about the movements of the bandits from the Military Intelligence Department.
Before the army set out for the expedition, Dayong specifically asked the Military Intelligence Department about the latest movements of the Central Plains bandits. Wu Heyin patted his chest and said that after the battle of Wagonxia Gorge, the bandits no longer dared to confront the officers and soldiers head-on.
Da Yong believed it to be true and was mentally prepared to pursue the bandits for a long distance. For this reason, he did not even bring artillery guards with him, just to run faster than the bandits. But now the bad news came, the bandits were not only able to break through the heavily defended Zhongdu Feng
Yang, he was able to defeat the Northwest Iron Cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao in a field battle. How could this fighting power be compared to the fact that he ran away when he saw the officers and soldiers in the distance! I'm afraid that going south to defeat the thieves was not as simple as I thought, but an indescribable battle.
The bloody battle of Daling River in 1999.
Wu Heyin was also very aggrieved after being scolded. He was originally a small penman in Houjin. He had never done anything major except running errands for his master. In order to survive and save his family, he asked him to
Dayong proposed a plan to attack Shenyang, and also used his knowledge of the Eight Banners to propose a strategy to divide and disintegrate. Although the plan did not work due to Dayong's massacre of the clan in Shenyang, it was still a clever move, and he has always been proud of it.
Dayong also had high hopes for him, and did not interfere with him when he brought Abatai's wife into his house. He appointed her as the director of the newly built Military Intelligence Department. It can be said that he had great trust and great power, and made Wu Heyin excited and happy again and again.
Who would have thought that after being ordered to set up the Military Intelligence Department, Wu Heyin discovered that he had been complacent a little too early. Things were not what he thought at all. He tried his best to make the Military Intelligence Department run effectively. He planned several plots to instigate rebellion against the Han people.
The military flags were all defeated, and the spies sent to Shenyang were completely destroyed by the Donglu. The personnel suffered heavy losses, so that no one in the Military Intelligence Department dared to go to the Donglu to act as spies anymore. They also spent money to bribe the Han people in Shenyang City.
It worked. The fire in Shenyang City completely destroyed the image of the Ming army in Liaodong. Now the Han people in Donglu gnashed their teeth when they heard about the Ming army in southern Liaoning.
Even if Donglu told Xizuo that it was good, why would he be willing to act as a spy for the Ming army?
In addition, Wu Heyin could not understand what Dayong told him at all, and he could not understand the true meaning of some new words in Dayong's mouth. He was busy working on the surface as if he didn't understand, and Dayong was so angry that he even scolded him for lying.
Won't.
After working for three years without achieving anything and suffering heavy losses, Wu Heyin had long lost the shame to continue working. For this reason, he had long wanted to quit this job, but he was afraid that he would lose the foundation of the Liaodong Army and the wealth he had obtained would disappear again, so he persisted.
My scalp is holding up till now.
After being scolded by Dayong, Wu Heyin realized that he could not continue like this, otherwise Shi Dayong might be happy with his own head one day, so he immediately knelt down and asked to resign. He did not want Dayong but did not agree, and just told him with a cold face that he should resign immediately.
Send someone to investigate the westward route of the intruders Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Lao Huihui and others. You must give accurate information this time, otherwise you will not be able to do it if you want to.
After Wu Heyin left with a feeling of trepidation and uneasiness, Dayong thought for a while, then wrote a letter to summon his personal guards, and the order was quickly delivered to Cao Bianjiao.
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The death of Cao Wenzhao made Cao Bianjiao inexplicably sad and angry. He lost his father when he was young, but his uncle raised him. He also took him to sharpen his experience in the army. Knowing that he had the intention to go to Liaodong to kill the Eastern captives, he even edited Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong at the time.
He recommended his nephew to him. Before leaving, he even said with a smile that in the future, our Cao family would have two tigers shining together, reflecting the bright sun and moon together.
When he first heard the news of Cao Wenzhao's death in battle, Xiao Cao didn't quite believe it. He had the impression that his uncle was good at fighting and that his troops were all elite cavalry. How could he be killed by a ragtag group of bandits? But then the exact news came.
, Cao Wenzhao was surrounded and outnumbered by tens of thousands of bandits and died. Suddenly, Xiao Cao felt as if the sky had fallen. After being stunned for more than ten seconds, he fell to his knees and cried loudly. The cry moved everyone who heard it.
Sad, even Hou Xun couldn't help but sigh after hearing Xiao Cao's cry. He went back to his account and wrote "General Cao of the Ming Dynasty defeated the thieves in a battle to end the war" to express his condolences.
The death of Cao Wenzhao not only changed the deeply saddened Dayong's decision to go south to the Jianghuai River, but also allowed him to re-understand the fighting and organizational capabilities of the rogue bandits.
In my impression, when it comes to the rogue bandits in the Central Plains and Northwest, Dayong is still at the level of bandits who can run away and have extremely poor equipment. As long as they don't establish a base, they will never be able to become a force. He can just wipe them out when he frees up his hands.
Now it seems that the rogue bandits are no longer rogue bandits, they have truly become the opponents of the official army.
Dayong, who no longer wanted to underestimate the enemy, immediately held a military meeting and deployed the strategy of marching north. The key point of this strategy was to guard the mouth of the Yellow River and force the rogue bandits to go north to Baoding or be trapped in the small areas of Zhending, Shunde and Zhangde.
It must not be allowed to flow to southern Henan or cross the Yellow River to Shaanxi.
Close the door and beat the dog!
This gate is the Mianchi Ferry on the bank of the Yellow River. The task of seizing the ferry is naturally given to Xiao Cao, who is eager for revenge.
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On the way to Zhangde, Xiao Cao's uncle Wen Zhao's face and voice appeared in his mind from time to time. Every time he thought about all the things he had done when he was young, Cao was as strong as a dragon and could not help but burst into tears. His heart was full of revenge, and he wished he could do it.
Cut the rogue into pieces.
After setting off from Guangde, it only took three days for Cao Bianjiao to lead his troops to Zhangde Mansion. They passed through the mansion without entering and went straight to Mianchi, the ferry of the Yellow River.
Yong Bao reported that after the northward bandits surrounded Cao Wenzhao in Zhending, they turned to the southwest, intending to cross the Yellow River and entered the Shangluo Mountains in southern Shaanxi to avoid the official army.
To the north of Zhending is Baoding Prefecture. Since the 5th year of Chongzhen's reign, the roving bandits entered the Western Mountains and threatened the capital. The imperial court has strengthened Baoding's defense. If they continue to advance north, the roving bandits will inevitably be surrounded by official troops. This is a dead end, and the roving bandits will not take it.
, so what if we break through Baoding and reach the city walls of Beijing? Is it possible that the rogue bandits can break through the capital with their current strength?
On that day, the Thirteen Families of the Thirty-sixth Battalion of Rogue Bandits decided in a Rongyang meeting that Ge Liyan would congratulate Yilong, and King Zuojin He Jin would lead his troops to the south to block the Huguang and Sichuan officers and soldiers. Ma Jinzhong led his troops to stop Hong Chengchou; Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, Guo Tianxing Huiden, led his troops to garrison Xingyang and Sishui area to defend against the officials and troops of Kaifeng, Guide, Henan, and Ruzhou; Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong, and Sweeper King Zhang Yichuan and Chuang Taotian Liu Guoneng led their troops to march south to Anhui; Lao Hui returned to Ma Shou to respond, and Guo Dacheng of Nine Dragons came and went to provide support.
Lao Huihui Ma Shouying and Guo Dacheng joined forces to revive Cao Cao and Luo Rucai. After the allied forces of Tianxing Huideng surrounded and killed Cao Wenzhao, they were as powerful as Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong who went south to Jianghuai. Since the death of Ai Wanlong and Cao Wenzhao, the officers and soldiers They were all frightened and retreated one after another. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, was even more at a loss. In the panic, there was no deployment for two months. This made the Zhending bandits even more daring. They even led their troops to approach Baoding and pretended to attack the city. , was so frightened that the Baoding army almost abandoned the city and fled.
The officers and soldiers were so cowardly, which naturally increased the power of the bandits. Lao Huihui Ma Shouying thought that the siege by the officers and soldiers was over, and there was no need for everyone to run away anymore. It was better to occupy the three prefectures and counties in northern Henan and live a happy life until the imperial court came again. It would not be too late for the army to run away. His idea coincided with Luo Rucai, who was greedy for beauty and pleasure. At present, 130,000 bandits were actually in Zhending, and the Shunde area was stagnant, and there were no officers or soldiers around. Dare to come forward.
After the rogue bandits on the Jianghuai side broke through Fengyang, Gao Yingxiang, under Li Zicheng's suggestion, believed that he must immediately march to the northwest, cross the Yellow River again, break through the upcoming encirclement of the official army, and take the troops to the Shangluo Mountains in southern Shaanxi to rest and recuperate, and then perhaps fight. Enter Xi'an, or cross the Yellow River again, use a large area to defeat the encircling Ming army, and then attack again.
Since the uprising, the reason why they have been able to defeat the government troops repeatedly is that they relied on long-distance maneuvers to wear down the pursuing Ming army, or to mobilize heavy troops to counterattack the exhausted government troops, or to force the government troops to withdraw, which has always worked. Li Zicheng's suggestion that Gao Yingxiang naturally agreed, and captured The burning of the imperial mausoleum in Zhongdu certainly boosted the momentum of the rebels, but what followed was an even more fierce retaliation from the imperial court. If they did not leave Fengyang and return to Shaanxi quickly before the imperial army arrived, they would probably end up like last year's Carriage Gap. Unexpectedly, the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong did not agree to return to Shaanxi with Gao Yingxiang. Instead, he led his troops and went to Huguang without saying goodbye. He left a message saying that Shaanxi had suffered enough and the Eighth King wanted to go back to Shaanxi this time. Go to Sichuan and live a happy life.
Helpless, Gao Yingxiang had no choice but to send Renhe and Lao Huihui to contact them, planning to bring Renhe and Lao Huihui to meet them first and then discuss the matter.
As for the imperial court, in view of the failure of Hong Chengchou's plan to quell the bandits in June and the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers who were tormented by the rogue bandits, they were in a panic. Chongzhen was disappointed and decided to use Lu Xiangsheng.
The young emperor was so diligent that he ignored the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty and promoted Lu Xiang, the governor of Xunyang, to the right deputy censor of the capital and governor of Huguang. Later, he was promoted to the premier of five provinces and the governor of Zhili, Henan, Shandong, and Sichuan. , the military affairs of Huguang and other provinces, and coordinated with Hong Chengchou to conquer.
After Dayong saw this appointment from the Tang newspaper, he immediately shook his head. In this way, there are two big officials in the encirclement and suppression campaign in the five provinces. Who do the general soldiers below listen to? Who do the governors of the five provinces and the prime ministers of the five provinces listen to! The Governor wants to go east and the Prime Minister wants to go west. Are they going east or west?
The emperor is really anxious and confused. Isn't such an appointment just like the bald head of later generations?
Dayong felt helpless, but fortunately Cao Bianjiao had already seized the Mianchi Ferry, and he only had to wait until he led the main force to Anyang to stop the Zhending and Shunde bandits from escaping south.
On the way to Anyang, he saw that the villages along the way were dilapidated and empty, and the people he encountered were all yellow-faced and thin, and would fall to the ground and die of starvation at any time. Dayong hurriedly ordered the refugee reception envoy accompanying the army to distribute relief food and ask the victims
Are you willing to go to Dengzhou? If you are willing to go, we will arrange for someone to send you back. If you are not willing, we will give you a certain amount of food and let them go to Weihui.
When we arrived at Tangyin County, the vanguard came to report that there was a village in front of us that had gathered to defend itself. From a distance, we could see that the people guarding the walls of the village were all wearing white hats.