Five hundred and fortieth chapters Chongzhen nine years
At this time, Gao Yingxiang and other peasant army leaders were frightened. Seeing another tens of thousands of Ming troops harassing them, they did not dare to neglect. On the one hand, the peasant army sent elite troops in the direction of the Zhou Patrol Department.
The old camp came to defend; on the other hand, it quickened its pace and wanted to pass through Nanyang Mansion and flee to Nanyang as soon as possible.
But in this way, the peasant army was fast, while the Runing army was slow. This resulted in Wu Shigong's carefully planned action, but he could only catch the tail of the peasant army.
"I killed a thief with my own hands!" a gentry boy shouted excitedly. Although the boy's arm was slightly injured, he still waved the sword in his hand, and a group of gentry boys also surrounded him.
The people around me also cheered together.
In the battle just now, a small group of peasant soldiers happened to flee in front of the guards and were eliminated by the prepared guards. When they saw that the peasant soldiers were basically defeated, the officials and gentry officials no longer wanted to fight.
Unable to hold themselves back any longer, they took advantage of Wu Shigong's unpreparedness and rushed out with their servants.
But that kind of battle was just a last-ditch attack, and there was nothing worth boasting about. Only this young man happened to encounter a peasant soldier lying among the corpses of a peasant army, pretending to be dead. When he saw the gentry son coming over, the peasant soldier
The army soldiers immediately jumped up to resist. Although the sneak attack injured the official and gentry son, the peasant soldier was killed by the official and gentry son in the end. As a result, the only official and gentry son who killed someone with his own hands got
The envy and cheers of all the children.
Seeing Hou Fangyu looking at the official and gentry son with envy, Wu Shigong smiled and said: "Brother Chaozong! You who have learned to be the enemy of ten thousand people, do you need to envy the enemy of one person?"
Hou Fangyu quickly bowed to Wu Shigong and said: "In the past, I only read in books, but today I see the battlefield. Alas!" Hou Fangyu then let out a long sigh.
"Isn't it cruel and bloody?" Wu Shigong smiled and finished what Hou Fangyu wanted to say, "It's not romantic at all!"
"Romantic?" Hou Fangyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this new word. However, his ability to understand was really strong, and he understood the meaning of "romantic" in an instant, so Hou Fangyu also smiled and said to Wu Shigong: "It's not romantic!
It’s not romantic!”
Wu Shigong pointed to the corpses on the ground. Then he said to Hou Fangyu: "No one likes to kill people. They are all born and raised by their parents. But the court cannot let them live and work in peace and contentment! I can only use thunderbolt methods!"
Hou Fangyu also nodded: "What Brother Chang Jing said is absolutely true. I have been living in poverty for ten years, and it is precisely because I want to serve the imperial court. When I come to the court one day, I will wipe out the evildoers and restore the world to a bright future."
Although Wu Shigong was somewhat dissatisfied with Hou Fangyu's unconventional rhetoric, there was no need for Wu Shigong to point it out. He continued: "Brother Chaozong, one day you will be able to satisfy your ambitions in the court. But it is really not you on the battlefield.
Director, this time you and all the talented people have opened their eyes, will you go back and return to your country?"
After this period of life in the military camp, Hou Fangyu and other officials and gentry children have long known that life in the military camp is very boring. It is just that they can't lose face and leave, so they persist until now. Therefore, after having the experience of this battle,
They can already tell everyone.
Therefore, Hou Fangyu replied: "There is no need to trouble Brother Chang Jing. Where will Brother Chang Jing go next?"
"I'm also going back to Runing. The annihilation of the Shaanxi bandits was not a day's work. So I have to go back to rest and recuperate to prevent the Shaanxi bandits from coming back. Don't worry, we will go back to Runing together, and I will send troops to escort you later.
Let you return to virtue."
Since Wu Shigong also wanted to withdraw his troops, Hou Fangyu had no worries. He nodded and agreed, "Thank you so much, Brother Chang Jing."
"When you go back this time, take with you the New Year's gift I gave to the Grand Duke and Mr. Hou. I also want to apologize to the Grand Duke. I am really busy with military affairs. Otherwise, I will come to Guide in person to kowtow to the Grand Duke."
"Brother Chang Jing is so polite." Hou Fangyu quickly saluted Wu Shigong on behalf of the Hou family.
"Why are our two families being so polite?" Wu Shigong said with a smile, "Oh! After my brother Chaozong goes back this time, he has to study hard behind closed doors?" Wu Shigong chatted with Hou Fangyu about their daily life.
"It's still early for the provincial examination, so I'll wait until after the new year. I want to study in Jinling," Hou Fangyu replied.
"Then when you go back, bring another copy of Cheng Yi. Don't say any kind words, I don't like to hear them!" Wu Shigong joked, and then he said to Hou Fangyu: "Jinling is great! The fireworks there are also good.
.I just remember there are two people named Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi, I will be lucky if I go there!"
After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong winked at Hou Fangyu, showing an expression that said, "Every man understands this!"
Hou Fangyu also laughed sheepishly. But secretly, he kept the names of Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi in his heart.
When the main force of the Runing Army suddenly appeared in the rear of the Peasant Army, the Peasant Army was in chaos. But before the Peasant Army could react, the Zhou Patrol Department, together with Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, the two Ming armies entered the Peasant Army east
Side waist.
Under the attack of these two elite Runing armies, the peasant army immediately lost resistance. Gao Yingxiang and others abandoned the men and horses in the rear group and fled south quickly with the elites of their old camp. But Ru, who was entangled by the rear group of the peasant army,
Ning Jun also stopped pursuing.
The battle that followed was one-sided, and there was nothing to say. The number of prisoners captured by the Runing army exceeded 30,000, and more than half of the mules, horses, and baggage of the peasant army were left behind.
However, Wu Shigong was very dissatisfied with the results of this battle, because the prisoners captured by the Runing Army were all old and weak women and children placed in the rear ranks by the Peasant Army, and many of them were family members of the Peasant Army soldiers. After bringing them back to Runing Mansion, they still
It needs to be used with care.
The most important thing is that not even the shadow of Li Zicheng was seen in this attack. Moreover, there was no battle with the troops from Li Zicheng's old camp, and it did not achieve the effect of testing Li Zicheng's strength. Therefore, Wu Shigong's purpose of using the main force was completely lost.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, Wu Shigong captured a large number of peasant soldiers, and left behind most of the peasant soldiers' mules, horses and baggage. The income after counting far exceeded Wu Shigong's expenditure after using the main force, so it was once again proved that Wu Shigong
That's extremely wise.
Of course, Wu Shigong would not clarify such a ridiculous result. He also had no intention of leading troops to pursue it, and honestly returned to Runing with Huhou Town and the soldiers on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month.
While the peasant army was fleeing south, the Tang King Zhu Yujian in Nanyang City ordered the soldiers he recruited to attack again after tasting the sweetness last time.
But this time the Nanyang magistrate did not dare to let the Ming army attack freely. He asked Sun Wei to lead a part of the soldiers in the city to jointly attack with the Tang King's troops. In addition to being frightened, the peasant army also avoided the attacking Ming army, making this
The Ming army made some small gains.
Seeing that the troops he recruited had military exploits, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian's self-confidence grew even more. He quietly recruited his troops to 3,000 people.
The frightened Peasant Army did not settle down until they fled into Huguang. This time when they entered Henan, except for Lao Huihui Ma Shouying's troops, all the Peasant Army battalions suffered heavy losses, and Emperor Chongzhen and the important officials in the DPRK also thought that such a result was achieved.
This is due to the establishment of two governors.
The Runing army also retreated to their own defense areas and began to watch the battle between the Ming army and the peasant army in Huguang.
Since there were only Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and Zu Kuan's Liao Army in Huguang at the beginning, the concentrated peasant army had the upper hand. They avoided the main force of the Ming Army and continued to flee in the weak areas defended by the Ming Army.
Noma received a large amount of supplies and personnel, and soon made up for their losses in Henan.
But the good times did not last long. After the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu's troops and Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army successively marched to Huguang. So Gao Yingxiang and other troops began to divide their troops and began to move around, hoping to bring down the Ming army.
During the movement of the peasant army, they tried to flee to Anhui several times, but were defeated by the Runing army waiting on the Huaihe River, making the Xinyang-Wuchang line a restricted area for the peasant army.
Therefore, in this time and space, due to the additional variable of the Runing Army, the peasant army's activity area is much smaller, and their strength is also much smaller.
However, the vitality of the peasant army was very tenacious after all. In Huguang and other places, they still roamed freely and even took the opportunity to eliminate several Ming troops who came to encircle and suppress them. Even the Ming general Tang Jiuzhou died in the battle with the peasant army.
Therefore, the battle between the Ming army and the peasant army in Huguang was in a stalemate. It was not until March of the ninth year of Chongzhen that this situation changed.
First of all, Sun Chuanting was appointed governor of Shaanxi. Emperor Chongzhen could not bear the negligence of Gan Xuekuo, the former governor of Shaanxi, so he complied with the people's sentiments and promoted Sun Chuanting to take over as governor of Shaanxi.
As soon as Sun Chuanting took office, he began to organize the military affairs of Shaanxi. He continued to expand his military strength and food pay. However, the troops and fields that were originally accumulated around Xi'an originally fell into the hands of the wealthy families headed by the King of Qin. Sun Chuanting took control with an iron fist and asked the wealthy families to control those
All the fat was spat out. Although it received some criticism, it gained 11,000 soldiers, collected an annual tax of 145,000 taels of silver, and more than 13,000 shi of rice and wheat.
Then Sun Chuanting immediately mobilized troops and ordered his deputy general Luo Shangwen to lead the Ming army to attack the rebel army in Shangluo area and kill King Tiyi. In a short period of time, Sun Chuanting controlled a strong army.
At this time, Huang Taiji, who was outside the pass, felt that he was full-fledged. He ordered the founding of the country to be called the Qing Dynasty. In fact, he changed the Hou Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and the Yuan Chongde, that is, the tenth year of Tiancong was the first year of Chongde.
The Jurchens were changed to Manchus. Finally, their ambition to conquer the world was fully revealed. (To be continued...)