Chapter five hundred and thirteenth Zu Kuan hit it
At this point, Zu Kuan could no longer speak, and the generals of the Tianxiong Army also looked sad. The army had been without food for several days, and none of the soldiers was so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. How could they persist until this point?
When we came to Doumuling, we had to rely on the commander to be hungry as well as the soldiers, otherwise the soldiers would have dispersed long ago.
Lu Xiangsheng also knew that the soldiers were suffering. After sighing, he slowly said to Zu Kuan: "How many days did it take for Dalinghe City to be without food before the city was breached?"
"..."
Zu Kuan was speechless. It was true that Zu Dashou had been without food for more than three months guarding the Daling River. During this period, the soldiers guarding the city had to eat human flesh. Did Governor Lu want him to kill people for food?
In fact, Zu Kuan was not named Zu. He was just a servant of Zu Dashou's family. However, he had little courage and was promoted by Zu Dashou to serve in the army. After Zu Dashou's death, although Zu Kuan's influence in Liaodong was not uprooted by the imperial court,
It also fell apart. Among the remaining members of the Zu family, Zu Dabi and Zu Dale were unable to sustain the situation after Zu Dashou's death. In addition, Zu Zerun, Zu Zehong and others surrendered to the Donglu, leaving the Zu family in Liaodong.
His position is very embarrassing.
Although Zu Dashou's widow, Mrs. Li, wrote a blood letter to the imperial court to avenge her husband, four years later, whether Zu Dashou really surrendered or pretended to surrender, and whether he was killed by the Donglu or died in a fierce battle, is also as the Zu family testified.
What happened was that he was killed by Shi Dayong, who was a military commander in Jinzhou at the time. No one knew what the truth was. The censors who were ordered to conduct a thorough investigation spent more than half a year and found nothing. In the end, this matter
It just didn't matter.
The only fact is that Shi Dayong, who was accused by his family as the murderer of Zu Dashou, has now become the imperial court's new commander-in-chief of Lushun. Regardless of whether it is the Sixth Section or the Procuratorate, all the memorials impeaching Shi Dayong have fallen into disgrace.
No matter how active the ancestral family is or how much they cry out for injustice, in the eyes of the court, Shi Dayong is as if he does not exist. Those who know understand that this is because the court cannot deal with Shi Dayong, who does not listen to the edict at all, so it can only pretend to be deaf.
He was dumb. People who didn't know it still said that Shi Dayong secretly bribed the officials in power and deceived the emperor, so he got away with it!
Fortunately, although Shi Dayong was at large, he never wanted to return to Jinzhou. With the support of the new governor, the ancestral family drove the generals Shi Dayong left behind out of the army, thus once again taking control of Jinzhou and Ningyuan.
The military affairs brought the Liaodong Army back under the control of the Zu family. However, no matter how hard Zu Dale and Zu Dabi tried, it was impossible for them to reproduce the majesty of the Liaodong Army when Zu Dashou was alive. All the elite Liao Army were buried in Daling.
He, in the short term, it is impossible for the Liao army to regain its former majesty.
In the past few years, although it was useless at all, Li's efforts to defend her husband never stopped for a day. In the end, even Zu Kuan, a rough man, knew that the reason why Madam kept defending her husband all day long was actually not
I really wanted the court to take the decision to kill Shi Dayong for the ancestral family, but it was just a gesture!
Because it can only be proved that Zu Dashou did not really drop gold that day, nor was he killed by Donglu, but was killed by a villain outside the city after breaking out of the siege after a bloody battle. The fact that he dropped gold was completely false, and he was framed.
Suffering an unjust injustice! Only in this way can the court not doubt the ancestral family, because Li's three sons are now high-ranking officials in Donglu!
If the ancestor family did not try its best to kill the ancestors and pay no money, then the imperial court would definitely settle the accounts in the future. A large group of ancestor family members were high-ranking officials in Donglu. How could the imperial court rest assured that the military affairs of Liaodong would be handed over to the ancestor family again? Hugh?
It is said that the Li family wrote a blood letter, even if it was written thousands of times, it would still be difficult to cover up the fact that most of the men in the ancestral family were officials in Donglu!
Zu Kuan did not believe that Zu Dashou was killed by Shi Dayong, because in his eyes, Shi Dayong was a man. During the battle outside Jinzhou City that day, he watched helplessly as Shi Dayong led his men to launch a desperate charge against the Eight Banners soldiers.
I don't know how many men in the city were made to cry by saying "shoot at me". How could such a good man be a villain who stabbed someone in the back? Zu Kuan didn't believe it, but it was useless not to believe him. Even though he was a general, he was still a general, but Zu Kuan didn't believe it.
In the eyes of his family, he is just a domestic servant. Will the master take the servant's feelings into consideration?
The label of servant of the Zu family is firmly attached to Zu Kuan. No matter how hard he tries to express himself, once his name is mentioned, others will always say that he is the servant of the Zu family who has little courage, instead of saying that he is the Zu family.
Kuan, the Ming general Zu Kuan!
After Zu Dashou's death, in order to make a comeback, the Zu family, with the proposal of Li and the support of Zu Dalue and Zu Dabi, joined forces with the Liaoxi generals to piece together a 3,000-man cavalry force, which was handed over to Zu Dabi and Zu Dabi.
Kuan, commanded by Wu Sangui, paid a lot of money to ask Zhou Yanru, the chief minister of the dynasty, to fight for them in front of the emperor the opportunity to go south to quell the rebellion. But when they went south to quell the rebellion, who was quelling the rebellion, who was working hard for the Ming Dynasty, and who was it?
How could Zu Kuan not be clear about stabbing someone in the back?
Zu Kuan saw Shi Dayong and Gao Qiqian's turmoil, the tense relationship with Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui, how Shi Dayong led his troops to break away from the station, and how he raided Dengzhou with a surprise attack. Kong Youde was determined in one battle.
Zu Kuan saw it all, and he also saw what Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui did with Gao Qiqian. He was disheartened, he was just a simple warrior, he just wanted to use his own body
He is willing to work hard for the imperial court in exchange for the wealth of his descendants. He doesn't want to be his ancestor's murderer, let alone his family's dog for the rest of his life!
Although the Zu family later used the credit of going south to quell the rebellion to win him the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Ningyuan, he was completely disappointed with the Zu family and did not want to stay in Ningjin anymore. In the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Central Plains rebelled, and Zu Kuan resolutely
He went to the imperial court and requested that he lead his troops into the Pass to quell the bandits. At that time, the imperial court was having a headache because there were no good generals to encircle and suppress the bandits. Zu Kuan's plan to go to the imperial court was naturally approved immediately. When Zu Kuan knew about it, the Ministry of War issued an order to send Zu Kuan to the imperial court.
When Kuan Bo arrived, he was put under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xunyang.
In the past, the Guan Ning Army never paid attention to other towns. They felt that I was the best in the nine borders and the best in the world. Therefore, the Liaodong soldiers including Zu Kuan looked down on the soldiers and horses in the interior. Although the old Liao Army was no longer there, they could
The 1,800 cavalrymen under Zu Kuan were pieced together from various generals and servants in western Liaoning. They were not as good as the old Liao army, but they were still much stronger than the soldiers and horses in the pass. In the past two years, I followed Lu Xiangsheng and fought many tough battles.
, and he has made a lot of contributions. Because of this, the ancestors became a little arrogant, and the military discipline was very disordered. The servants relied on their bravery to act willfully, and sometimes plundered the people. Wherever the ancestors had gone
He often burned down people's houses and raped women. Lu Xiangsheng was a man who couldn't bear to rub dirt in his eyes. He was furious about this and urged Zu Kuan repeatedly before he could restrain his military discipline and restrain his subordinates.
Of course, Zu Kuan was not persuaded by Lu Xiangsheng's big words of patriotism and love for the people, but he was convinced by him. Although Lu Xiangsheng was a civil servant, he acted as a warrior. He took the lead every time he faced the battle, fought vigorously with a sword, and was not afraid of danger. He often defeated more with less and used strength
Reversing the decline, many gains were made. It is said among the people that "Lu Lian will die immediately and must not be violated!" The rogue bandits even called him "Lu Yanwang". For such a supervisor who dared to personally take a knife and lead his men into battle, the ancestors
Can Kuan be dissatisfied?
He already respected Lu Xiangsheng, but now Lu mentioned his old boss Yuan Dutang and Zu Dashou. Although he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was irritating him, he couldn't help but his blood surged up. He stepped forward under Lu Xiangsheng's gaze and said loudly:
"Supervisor, please don't provoke me. No matter how hungry you are, the general can still carry the knife and kill people! Supervisor, just say a word, the general will lead the men and charge forward!"
"good!"
Zu Kuan's statement made Lu Xiangsheng happy. Although the Tianxiong Army was also good at fighting, they were all infantry. Without Zu Kuan's Guan Ning cavalry, it would be impossible for the Tianxiong Army alone to defeat hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits.
possible.
Lu Xiangsheng perked up, glanced at everyone, and shouted, "What do you say?"
Generals Li Chongzhen and Zheng Shi looked at each other, clasped their fists and said in unison: "I only obey your orders!"
"good very good!"
Lu Xiangsheng turned around and looked at Xinyang City for a while, thought about it for a while, then looked at Zu Kuan and asked: "How did Governor Yuan win the battle of Jisi?"
Zu Kuan said: "To be honest, if I don't hide it from the Governor, Governor Yuan actually couldn't withstand it that day. Thanks to Sichuan's magic white pole soldiers descending from the sky, he was barely undefeated."
Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said: "Yes, we are outnumbered and cannot divide our troops. But after all, the enemy is many times ours. Even if we do not divide our troops, there is no guarantee that we will not be surrounded by thieves. Therefore, there must be a magic soldier falling from the sky to form a counter-encirclement, forcing General Gao Yingxiang to
The troops besieging the city are mobilized. In this way, the siege of Xinyang can be solved. The officers and soldiers in the city are rushed out, and the inside and outside should be united. This battle can be won." After saying this, he pointed his hand fiercely to the west: "General Li led the Tianxiong army and the governor.
The Biao camp concentrated its forces to attack the rogue bandits in the west city!" Turning to Zu Kuan, he said, "General Zu's Guan Ning cavalry is in ambush. Once our army is surrounded, attack immediately!" Then turned to Zheng Shi, "If the enemy is defeated, they will rush west to meet Zhang Xianzhong.
Let’s meet together and quickly inform Wang Mengyin, the governor of Huguang, to invite an attack from the east and west. If we block the Han River in advance, we can annihilate it in a single battle! Each of you will prepare.”
After giving the order, Lu Xiangsheng looked up at the sun and said loudly: "Attack when the sun is high!"
"Take your orders!"
The generals responded with a bang, and the Tianxiong Army generals dispersed to prepare, but Zu Kuan did not leave. He groped around on his body, and after a long time, he took out a pair of hemp and burned it, handed it to Lu Xiangsheng, and said: "Supervisor, you also
Eat something, you haven't had bread to stick to your teeth for three days, if you fall down, all the brothers will be scattered."
Looking at the fire, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but swallow, but immediately his face showed an angry look, his eyes bulged out, and he said angrily: "You have harmed the people again?!"
"How dare you? The superintendent said that if you mess with them again, you will have my head. But..." Zu Kuan lowered his voice, "I got this cake on credit from a big family. Alas, they said it was a big family."
, in fact, there are only a few cakes in the house, and you can’t see anything else to eat. Supervisor, look, your eyelids are swollen. If you don’t eat something, you should lie down. You really want to lie down.
, let’s even fight!”
Hearing that Zu Kuan did not plunder the people, Lu Xiangsheng was comforted, but he pushed Huo Shao away and said: "You are right, if your soldiers dare to harm the people again, I will hang your head on Xinyang City!...
"You can keep this cake for yourself, I will ask for your help later." After saying that, he turned and left.
Zu Kuan stood there holding the fire and looked at Lu Xiangsheng's retreating back. His nose felt sore, he sighed softly and shook his head.
During the Battle of Xinyang, Gao Yingxiang unexpectedly attacked Lu Xiangsheng from afar and was unprepared. The Lu army had experienced hundreds of battles and had 1,800 Guan Ning cavalry, while the Sweeping King, Chuang Tao King, Kaishi King and others were just a mob, and
He was caught off guard. As soon as they came into contact, they dispersed like birds and beasts. The whole company collapsed and fled in all directions. As soon as the bandits dispersed, Gao Yingxiang was unable to support himself alone and fled under the protection of the general Li Zicheng.
Zu Kuan pursued him for fifty miles and killed countless people. As far as Zhulong Bridge and Guan Mountain, corpses filled the ditches and the Chu River flowed red. However, Wang Mengyin, the governor of Huguang, was no match for Gao Yingxiang and failed to block the upper part, so he forced Gao Yingxiang to cross the Han River.
On February 24th, Lu Xiangsheng reported to the imperial court the great victory of Xinyang. On the same day, Hou Xun also reported to the imperial court the great victory of Tangyin.