"Ball! Do you really think that with so many people, you can conquer the big city? Although we have 30,000 to 400,000 people, how many of them are piled up to the city wall? Aren't we being condescendingly massacred by officials and dogs? There are still so many young men.
As long as we eat horse chews, we won't be able to capture the city for a few months. As long as we don't have food or water, our sons will be exhausted. If the officials and dogs from all over the country come around again, we won't be able to escape even if we want to.
.I think Lao Zhang’s brain is probably burned out.”
As a representative of the Fugitive Faction, Luo Rucai began to speak nonsense to the leaders of the peasant rebel army who had the same views as him as soon as he entered Xingyang, causing those leaders to nod their heads.
At this moment, a soldier next to Gao Yingxiang came out and shouted: "King Chuang invites the leaders to come to the big tent to discuss matters." All the leaders of the peasant rebel army stopped talking and walked into Gao Yingxiang's army in twos and threes.
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After entering the Zhongjun tent, the leaders vaguely formed three regiments according to their own opinions. The largest group was composed of direct descendants of the king of Chuang, Gao Yingxiang, and allied troops. They basically followed Gao Yingxiang's opinions.
It is in a neutral position.
One group is the wandering faction headed by Luo Rucai. They advocate running around and looting instead of fighting with the main force of the Ming army; the other group is the hard-line faction headed by Zhang Xianzhong. They advocate taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the peasant rebel army is here to win over
Defeat one or two main forces of the Ming army, capture several large cities, expand the influence of the peasant rebel army, and strengthen the strength of the peasant rebel army. It can be seen from the positions where these two groups stand in the Zhongjun tent that they are obviously in opposition.
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As expected, when the military discussion began, Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong immediately had a fierce dispute. They were talking about public opinion, and their mother-in-law was right. At the end of the dispute, Lao Huihui of the wandering faction proposed to cross the Yellow River north to enter Shanxi.
At that time, Zhang Xianzhong mercilessly laughed at Lao Huihui for being less courageous in the Vietnam War. The atmosphere in the Chinese military tent suddenly became tense, and the two factions also started fighting with each other.
In fact, the views of both factions have some truth. Although the peasant rebel army is now very powerful, compared with the Ming army, it is still in a weak position. Therefore, avoiding the truth is also a correct choice.
However, if you want to establish a new political power, there is no future in fighting and running all day long. Taking advantage of the local advantage the peasant rebels have now, they can capture a few big cities. Eliminating a few groups of Ming troops will also expand their influence and even establish base areas.
necessary conditions.
In the final analysis, the differences between the drifters and the hard-liners stem from the differences between the leaders of the two factions regarding the ultimate goal of the rebellion. The drifters still hold the idea of bandits and want to live a casual life as a bandit. But the hard-liners
It was a little different. They saw that their strength had grown and they had begun to make preparations to overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that the discussion was getting out of hand, Gao Yingxiang immediately spoke up to stop the dispute between the two parties. Then everyone looked at Gao Yingxiang, waiting for him to make the final decision.
On the surface, of course, Gao Yingxiang must be impartial, otherwise this loose alliance will disappear immediately. So he first said a few words to Zhang Xianzhong: "Everyone here is a good brother who has shared joys and sorrows for many years. The Eight Kings are somewhat
What I said is a little inappropriate, they are all heroes and heroes who have fought against the official dogs in hundreds of battles!"
But in his heart, Gao Yingxiang still tends to be a hardliner. After all, if he can overthrow the Ming Dynasty, or if he can take a step back and dominate one side and accept the Ming Dynasty court's recruitment, then Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the peasant rebel army, will also be in a difficult position.
In the highest position.
Therefore, Gao Yingxiang went on to say: "One man can fight hard, but how about hundreds of thousands of people? Now our troops are ten times the official army. Although Guan Ning's cavalry arrives, there is nothing we can do. The only way is to divide the troops. Each one will achieve results according to his direction.
A sharp and blunt person lifts up the heaven that listens."
In fact, Gao Yingxiang's decision was just a conciliatory approach. It was nothing more than letting each peasant rebel army act independently. Those who want to flee can flee; those who want to fight a tough battle, fight a tough battle; those who want to fight a big city, fight a big city.
They echo each other and highlight the commanding position of Gao Yingxiang in the middle.
Therefore, Gao Yingxiang's decision was immediately unanimously approved by all the leaders, and they all said: "Good!"
Then came the specific military arrangements. Those leaders came forward first, and then randomly drew lots. Finally, an overall military arrangement was formed:
Geliyan, Zuojian Wang went south to Nanyang Mansion and Huguang to block the encirclement and suppression of the Huguang Ming army; Hengtian Wang, mixed with hundreds of thousands of people to the west to meet the Shaanxi officers and soldiers sent by Hong Chengchou; Cao Cao, crossed Tianxing to divide the garrison in Xing and Si, and explored Zhongmou.
Deng and Wei used it to attract and mobilize the Ming troops from Kaifeng Prefecture, Guide Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, and Runing Prefecture.
Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, marched eastward. They destroyed the city and captured the towns. The gold and silk they obtained were shared among each family and camp. When Lao Hui returned, nine dragons traveled around to provide support.
In order to prevent the Western Army from being defeated, he shot down the sky and changed the king of the world to the king of Hengtian, with a hundred thousand successor troops. After arranging all the arrangements, he killed the cows and horses to sacrifice to the sky and prepared to go out for the expedition.
It can be seen from this military plan that the peasant rebel army is completely in a posture of defending in the west and attacking in the east, with the north and south wings moving freely. In other words, they believe that their east and south are the areas with the weakest defenses of the Ming army.
And in this way, the southwest of Runing Prefecture, the south and north of Ye County, the north of Runing Prefecture, and the west and north of Guide Prefecture will all be covered by the front of the peasant rebel army. It can be said that Runing
The army's defense line was on fire everywhere.
The military deployment of the Xingyang Conference that was supposed to be top-secret was accidentally leaked. After the Xingyang Conference, a small Shaanxi bandit leader who claimed to have learned the news fled to the army. Henan Governor Xuan Mo learned this important news after interrogation.
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Although it was unknown whether the news was a smoke bomb released by the peasant rebels, Xuanmo still spread the news to nearby areas in order to take it seriously.
As a result, the local Ming army in Henan completely shrunk. They only focused on protecting Luoyang, Kaifeng and other areas along the Yellow River, and the rest of the areas were completely abandoned.
Xuanmo just sent Zuo Liangyu's eight thousand troops to the east of Kaifeng to guard against the peasant rebels who entered Shanxi and then crossed the Yellow River to threaten Kaifeng City or invade Guide Mansion. In Xuanmo's idea, with Hou
Due to the kindness of supporting Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Liangyu should try his best.
Shanxi is also on defense throughout the territory. Even the three thousand troops sent by Governor Hong Chengchou of the five provinces to Henan via Taiyuan to support Zhang Yingchang and Cao Wen were also paid heavily by the Shanxi governor to retain them. However, they did not have to fight hard and could gain huge profits. Zhang Yingchang and Cao Wen
The imperial edict settled down in Taiyuan with peace of mind.
Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, was also overwhelmed by the overwhelming momentum of the peasant rebel army. He had to wait until the arrival of 10,000 imperial reinforcements from Guanning Cavalry, Tianjin and Tongzhou before he would lead the Shandong reinforcements to Henan.
The Ming army in the Huguang and Xiangfan areas to the south has also been mobilized. Facing the coming peasant rebel army, it is too late for them to protect themselves. How can they bother to go to Henan for rescue?
As for the Grand Canal Cavalry and Shandong troops behind the area controlled by the Runing Army, as well as the Ming Army in Fengyang, the central capital, etc., with the Runing Army blocking the front, they were happy to watch a good show easily. Anyway, the Runing Army was beaten to death.
They didn't care what happened to them. Not to mention reinforcements, they didn't even give a grain of rice or an arrow to support the Runing army.
However, as arranged by the Xingyang Congress, the peasant rebel army was divided into three groups: one crossed the river from Shaanzhou and went north to Pingyang, Shanxi; the other marched from Wuguan to Xiangyang, Huguang via Nanyang; the other marched eastward from Lushi County to attack Henan counties.
Facing the aggressive offensive of the peasant rebels, as long as the Runing Army wants to maintain the tranquility of the area under their control, they must not give way. They must fight these three peasant rebel armies independently without any external aid.
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What is even more tragic is that due to poor communication and lack of attention, the Runing Army did not receive any command orders from the imperial court and the Henan Governor's Yamen. Even important information such as the Xingyang Conference was not reported to the Runing Army. So the Runing Army
The army was completely groping in the dark to fight the peasant rebel army. (To be continued.)