In the Jinluan Hall, the first assistant warms the body, looks at the nose and heart, looks at the nose and heart, just like an old monk entering concentration.
In the court meeting just now, in view of the fierce offensive of the peasant rebel army, the heartland of the Central Plains of the Ming Empire was already thrown into chaos, and the local authorities were simply unable to withstand it. Therefore, the ministers in the court once again proposed the idea of unification
The issue of administrative power. They believed that the reason why the rebel army was able to "flow suddenly and irregularly" was because "each town had different administrative powers and waited and watched each other. It is better to use important ministers to open the governor's house and command all the soldiers to fight against the thieves."
Everyone from Emperor Chongzhen to the ministers unanimously agreed with this point of view. However, when the ministers unanimously recommended Hong Chengchou as this candidate, Wen Tiren, the first assistant, remembered what he had said to Emperor Chongzhen yesterday.
Because it was a secret memorial, Wen Tiren's words at that time were particularly heartbreaking. He first mentioned the moral issue of Hong Chengchou's killing of prisoners, in order to kidnap Emperor Chongzhen who paid special attention to the ethics of officials.
Then, Wen Tiren intentionally or unintentionally mentioned Yuan Chonghuan's popularity at that time, so as to plant a thorn in Emperor Chongzhen's heart and arouse Emperor Chongzhen's rebellious psychology.
Then he mentioned Hong Chengchou's heavy responsibility. After all, the three sides he is currently stationed on are the birthplaces of the Shaanxi bandits, plus the Mongols (that is, the Turkic Mongolian tribes, which are two different things from Eastern Mongolia who basically took refuge in the Later Jin Dynasty).
The precautions originally required a famous official to take control of the situation.
In the end, Wen Tiren simply showed his slanderous appearance, pretending that he would not hesitate to call himself a treacherous minister for the sake of the emperor, and said that he would guard against Hong Chengchou's "high achievements and shocking the master", in order to win the complete trust of Emperor Chongzhen.
So in today's court meeting, Wen Tiren, who knew Emperor Chongzhen's character well, knew that his approach had worked. Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen thought: Shaanxi is adjacent to the Mongolian tribes on three sides, and Hong Chengchou shoulders the important task of border defense, "not easily"
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Then, Emperor Chongzhen made an arbitrary decision: "Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yansui, is the right minister of the Ministry of War. He is the governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan military affairs. He will follow the direction of the thieves and suppress them."
Fortunately, due to Wen Tiren's selfishness, Chen Qiyu skipped over Hong Chengchou, who had a high official position, and became the governor of five provinces. This was the beginning of the Ming court's establishment of the governor's position with the power to control civil and military officials in several provinces in order to suppress peasant rebellions.
However, this also reflects that the power of the rebellious peasants has grown in the struggle, especially the mobile peasant rebel army, which moved to fight in various provinces, making it impossible for the Ming government to rely on the military strength of any one province to cope.
Guan Kesong, the prefect of Runing Prefecture, and a group of civil servants from Runing Prefecture stood on the city wall of Runing Prefecture, looking into the distance.
Yesterday, Xue Yongli sent someone to inform Guan Kesong, the prefect of Runing Prefecture: The Shaanxi bandits have crossed the Yellow River and entered the hinterland of Henan. The Runing army will break out of camp to fight the Shaanxi bandits today. Please be sure to ask the local area to calm down.
Because senior officials like Zhang Xuebin in the Runing Army are very busy these days. In addition, it is military affairs, so Xue Yongli just sent a company commander with the rank of general flag to take ten soldiers.
Report from the prefect’s Yamen.
At that time, Guan Kesong was working as a director at the yamen when he heard a commotion at the yamen gate. When the company commander rushed to the yamen, he was stopped by the yamen gatekeepers. Of course they looked down upon others and saw that he was just a commander-in-chief.
, and he didn’t stuff the red envelope, so he made things difficult for the company commander outside.
The company commander was not polite. He immediately ordered his soldiers to knock down the door of the Yamen, and then rushed into the Magistrate's Yamen to meet Guan Kesong.
Fortunately, Guan Kesong was still calm, but after the company commander was angry at the door of the Yamen, he didn't even kneel down when he saw Guan Kesong, so he handed over his hand and told Guan Kesong the shocking news.
Suddenly hearing the thunder, Guan Kesong didn't even think about pursuing the company commander for his disrespect. Because until now, Guan Kesong didn't know that the peasant rebel army had crossed the Yellow River. He didn't expect that he was still drinking yesterday.
Banquet, the Shaanxi bandits are about to attack today.
In a panic, Guan Kesong quickly asked: "This military master, how far is it from the Shaanxi bandits to Runing?"
Unexpectedly, the company commander replied bluntly: "Military secrets!" and then walked away.
Guan Kesong was so angry that he almost died, but he did not dare to neglect, so today he took all the civil servants in Runing Mansion to the city wall to watch the Runing army setting off from the Runing army camp.
Seeing the groups of soldiers passing by Runing City, an official from the prefecture's Yamen couldn't help but said: "There are too many soldiers in the Runing camp. It seems that the imperial court does not give so much military pay, right?"
"Shut up!" Guan Kesong immediately shouted to stop the official's nonsense. At this time, Guan Kesong was eager for Runing's army to spread beans and create a hundred thousand soldiers from heaven. How could he care about Runing?
How many people are there in the army?
On the official road leading to Runing Fucheng, the rapid march of a long group of soldiers stirred up billowing smoke. On the roadside, Yang Rusong and Liang Hui were riding on horses, surrounded by a group of soldiers.
Yang Rusong loosened the face towel covering his face to block the dust and said: "This time our Runing Army will all move north. When we arrive at the Runing Army Camp, you lead an infantry regiment to stay at the camp, and I will lead the rest of the soldiers to move out.
Go to Nanyang and join the main force in the battle. Alas! It seems that there will be no battle to be won, and all the meat will be eaten by them!"
Liang Hui smiled "hehe" and said: "It doesn't matter, I just happened to be replenishing weapons, horses and supplies in the camp, so I can sharpen my swords and chop wood. There are so many Shaanxi bandits, and it's not like we can fight them all in one battle. It's useful."
Our place!”
In the fortress of Qianhusuo in Guide Prefecture, Xue Yong said to Qian Qi: "This time Mr. Deng has sent a letter to Commander Zhao (Zhao Ming). If the imperial court mobilizes the Guide Guards, our Guide Army will nominally return to Zhao."
Command and lead.”
"But we can't just wait for the imperial court's order. We will leave an infantry regiment for you to cooperate with the two militia groups in Guide Guard, not only to guard the gates of Evil Tiger Village and Qianhusuo Fortress, but also to ensure that Guide
Wei is still under the control of our Runing Army. So you have a great responsibility."
"I will lead other troops and break into Kaifeng Mansion. If the Shaanxi bandits turn into Kaifeng Mansion and threaten Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion from the north and west, I will attack the Shaanxi bandits with the main force of the headquarters led by Mr. Li.
Defeat them completely."
Qian Qi's consideration was more delicate. He asked: "Should I focus on the Evil Tiger Village and Qianhusuo Fortress?" Qian Qi meant that if the Runing Army was defeated, his troops would be fine.
Go up and respond.
Xue Yong thought for a while and said: "You can deal with it as the opportunity arises. But I don't think it will be used. We have been training hard for five or six years. If we can't defeat these gangsters, then we will have no future."
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It should be said that except for Wu Shigong and Shu Mo, a pair of top masters and servants, all the other officers in the Runing army are enthusiastic supporters of offensive operations. And Xue Yongli, who is leading troops for the first time, wants a hearty victory.
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On December 8, all the troops of the Runing Army gathered at the camp of Luojia Town. The entire army rested in the camp for a day. On the same day, Ye Zhong, the supervisor of the Nanyang Iron Mine, heard that the front line of the peasant rebel army was approaching.
He was immediately frightened and fled into Ye County in panic under the protection of more than 500 miners.
Shumo ignored the protests of Ye County Magistrate Niu Wenqing and forcibly took over the command of Ye County's defense. Shumo gathered Ye Zhong's miners, servants of private mine owners and young men drawn from Ye County, a total of more than 3,000 people.
, strengthened the city walls and made preparations to defend the county seat of Ye County.
On the list of the Runing Army's expedition this time, there are two people who are not from the Runing Army. One is Nanyang garrison Li Lu; the other is Qianhu Qiao Song.
Although the Ming Dynasty also stipulated that in an emergency, the Ming army could self-defeat and leave its garrison area to fight in adjacent areas. However, the nominal command of the Nanyang Army was still Nanyang garrison Li Lu. And because of the Runing Dusi
In the absence of Wu Shigong, the highest military attachés in the Runing Army were Qian Commander Xue Yongli and Qian Hu Qiao Song.
As the garrison of Nanyang, Li Lu had the responsibility to defend the territory. He couldn't escape, but Qiao Song was in tragedy. Because of his outstanding performance in farmland affairs, and Qiao Song's original identity, Wu Shigong had already appointed Qiao Song as an exception.
He is a senior civil servant in charge of farming for the entire Runing Prefecture.
But this time the Runing Army's expedition would not be possible without the two of them. Xue Yongli made it very clear. He told Li Lu and Qiao Song: It is okay for them not to go on the expedition, but they must hand over their official seals, otherwise
If so, the Runing Army would be in danger of having an unknown force. But who would dare to hand over the official seal? If the Runing Army did something with the official seal behind their backs, neither of them would know about it, so in the end, Li Lu and Qiao Song still had a grimace with you.
Ning Jun went out to fight together.
On the ninth night of December, Xue Yongli convened all the officers for the last military meeting before the expedition. In the military meeting, Xue Yongli pointed out: This expedition will adopt the tactics of rapid attack, brave fighting, and rapid retreat. Fight for a
The peasant rebel army was frightened so that they did not dare to approach the areas controlled by the Runing Army.
Because enough food and grass must be left in Ye County, Luojia Town Camp and Longyan Village, the food and grass carried by the Runing Army this time, plus the dry food bags carried by each soldier, can only support the entire army.
monthly consumption.
Therefore, the time for the attack is set at ten days, and it is expected to advance about three hundred miles. During the attack, we will try not to get close to the city and march on remote roads to achieve suddenness and concealment. However, this is
As a result, the supply of food and grass will basically be gone.
The longest time to search for Shaanxi bandits and fight is ten days. Once the time is up, the entire army will retreat quickly. If it is a big victory, then the retreat will be slowed down and the cities along the way will be replenished with food and grass. Otherwise,
We will withdraw to the current defense line in Nanyang as quickly as possible.
In the early morning of December 10th, the first 500 reconnaissance cavalry of the Runing Army were divided into ten squads and set off first. At noon, the entire Runing Army left Ye County and took the initiative to seek an opportunity for a decisive battle with the peasant rebel army. (To be completed.
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