His resume is outstanding and he is truly battle-hardened. He has fought battles outside the Pass and suppressed bandits within the Pass. He was promoted to the rank of general more than ten years ago. In the 15th year of Chongzhen's reign, due to the defeat in the Kaifeng Campaign and the previous military raids to rescue Henan, he had several
The crime is punishable by death.
However, before the time of the Qiu Dynasty, Li Zicheng defeated Sun Chuanting's troops and entered Guanzhong. The court had no generals available, so Xu Dingguo and other generals who had committed crimes were not allowed to be reinstated to their posts and assigned to the general military officer who assisted and suppressed Henan. As a result, this guy left again and again.
It was a defeat, and he fled immediately knowing that the court would not spare him.
Historically, when he was unable to escape, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide in the first half month, in order to win over people's hearts, he asked generals from all over the country to come to serve the king, and promoted many people to positions and titles in one go, among whom Xu Dingguo was among them, but Tang Tong was the only one who left at that time.
On March 18, Li Zicheng defeated Beijing. Xu Dingguo had no place to take more than a hundred people back to his hometown. He originally wanted to go to Nanjing, but because he had no soldiers or generals, he gathered in the villages to plan for it, and then led the crowd to plunder.
Ye, to put it bluntly, it’s just a mistake.
And when the Ming Dynasty fell in the early days and the Tatars first entered the country, the whole country was in chaos. Officials in prefectures and counties either fled south, were captured and killed by the bandits, or waited and surrendered. There were many empty government offices in Jiangbei and the people had no owners.
Xu Dingguo began to behave like a monster at this time. Although he plundered the countryside, he hardly disturbed the city. This made the squires in Suizhou (now Sui County, Henan Province) have a good impression of him, and some big squires wanted to join forces with him to self-defense.
, it hit the mark, and it gradually grew from more than a hundred people to become the real leader of Suizhou, and even another big boss also responded to it.
This person is Li Jiyu, the leader of Nanwuzhai who formed a stronghold nearby to protect himself.
There is no clear record of this person in the historical data, and there are many mentions of him. Various historical data are even contradictory to each other, but there are a few points that are consistent. He first rebelled by killing officials, surrendered to the court, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
The second is strong martial arts.
First, it was very powerful. When it surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it had one prefecture, two states, twelve counties, more than a thousand small and large forts, and more than 100,000 troops.
Although Chang Yu's time travel has changed some historical trajectories, some of them are still walking on the original trajectories. For example, after Xu Dingguo's defeat, he returned to his hometown to cause trouble. The court was busy fighting in the past few months and had no time to hang him up, and he was afraid that
Even though the imperial court punished him, he did not dare to go back, so this guy is now prosperous in Suizhou, Guide Mansion (the government governs today's Shangqiu, and controls one state and eight counties).
But I didn't expect that his name would be heard outside Xuzhou.
Everyone was surprised after listening to Chang Yu's science popularization. Kuang Ren even shouted: "He is a criminal general but he is entrenched in the countryside and is a thief. He should be informed that the imperial court will send troops to suppress him."
Chang Yu smiled bitterly, there are so many thieves everywhere now, the imperial court is powerless, not to mention the big thieves are so fierce, how can they have time to pay attention to these small fish and shrimps.
"If this thief from Shahu Mountain really has something to do with Xu and Li, he must be dealt with carefully." Li Muxian stroked his beard and frowned, Chang Yu laughed and said, "Do you think it is possible?" Everyone was confused.
"We have traveled three to four hundred miles to Suizhou. How can Xu and Li stretch their hands so long? Furthermore, given Gao Jie's temperament, he would allow others to sleep soundly beside his bed? And it's only a few miles outside the city?"
"Uh... Your Majesty said that these thieves are just bluffing, but why are they doing this?"
Whenever a big warlord occupies a place where the common people are the prey, the black and white factions will rush to share the profits with him. Therefore, regardless of the backers or the people in the Xuzhou territory, they have to pay tribute to Gao Jie. However, when necessary, the relationship must be estranged. First of all, you must pay attention to it.
In terms of reputation, after all, not everyone wants to be as shameless as Liu Zeqing, and secondly, they are afraid of being implicated.
And now these local snakes in Shahu Mountain have obviously seen the difference between the officers and soldiers of Heilang Camp. Even if Lao Jiu said that he had an old relationship with Gao Jie, they would not dare to believe it. What if he was here to get evidence, so
The farther away the better...
You taste it, you taste it carefully.
Only then did everyone realize that it turned out that they were just afraid of causing trouble to Gao Jie, so they moved the trouble eastward. However, this excuse was too far-fetched. There was simply no three hundred taels of silver in this place.
"Then Sha Hushan and the Jiaolong Gang will negotiate with us tomorrow, how should we deal with it?" Lao Jiu asked, Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Since he knows that you and Gao Jie have an old relationship, he doesn't dare to act rashly for the time being, whether he believes it or not, at least he has to wait.
Gao Jie only dared to take action after confirmation from his side. Now this is just a bluff. Isn't there a saying in the world that losers don't lose the formation? This is what it means."
"What the hell, I was thinking of serving it all tomorrow, and I've been pretending to be a fool for a long time." Lao Jiu cursed, and everyone burst into laughter. Chang Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "I might as well start serving it.
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Everyone was stunned, and Li Muxian quickly said: "Sir, since you know he is Gao Jie's man, why do you still... we killed his people when we first arrived, and I'm afraid it will be bad for losing his face."
Chang Yu had a playful look on his face and said, "We may know that we are Gao Jie's people, or we may not know that we are his people, and because we have just arrived in the field, we have to kill a few people to suppress the situation."
Everyone was confused by what he said, but Li Muchian understood it.
Gao Jie is famous for being arrogant and domineering. He is the kind of young man with a spirit that no one would accept. Otherwise, in history, he would have dared to set up an ambush to kill another thorn-headed Huang Degong. He is simply the king of heaven and I am the biggest. It fits the bill.
He was born as a bandit.
Historical data says that Bai Guangen, the Ming general at that time, was the most unruly and brutal, but Gao Jie was even worse and could be described as brutal.
But after meeting Chang Yu, this guy has restrained himself a lot, but Chang Yu doesn't have many ways to manipulate him. Right now, he mainly relies on killing chickens to scare monkeys, and kidnapping him with benefits.
This alone is not enough. This guy must feel terror deep in his heart and let him have the leverage to fall into his hands. Therefore, the bandits in Shahu Mountain must die. In this way, Gao Jie will know it all.
It is impossible for the eunuch not to know that he was protecting the people in Shahushan, but he still killed him even though he knew it, just to tell him: I know you are colluding with thieves!
The reason why I killed you can be understood as destroying evidence for you, or you can understand it as doing it for yourself.
But no matter how you understand it, you have the leverage in my hands.
What's more, the people in Shahushan are just bandits, so they just kill them!
"What about the Jiaolong Gang?" When Lao Jiu heard that he was about to go on a killing spree, he was as ready to take action as if he had been given blood.
"Those who seek a living on the Jiaolong gang will survive to death, and the crime will not lead to death. And once I see the fate of Shahushan, I will feel at ease."
Then everyone began to discuss how to kill the bandits in Shahu Mountain. It was actually not difficult.
There are only more than a hundred thieves in Shahu Mountain, only one-third of the Black Wolf Camp. As long as they don't go up the mountain to attack the stronghold, whether it's a solo fight or a group fight, whether it's an infantry battle or a cavalry fight, the Black Wolf Camp can take them back and forth in seconds.
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What's more, tomorrow can be used as an excuse to negotiate and kill.
But Chang Yu suddenly had a very insidious idea. Not only did he want to kill these bandits, he also wanted to let Gao Jie's people watch from the side.
"Have you ever been to the city?"
Lao Jiu shook his head: "We had two fights when we first arrived. We have not yet entered the city and have not seen the officers and soldiers in the city come out to intervene. However, the steward of Octopus has entered the city several times in the past few days."
"Three parties outside the city have been fighting fiercely for several days, but there is no movement in the city. There is something strange about this." Li Muchian stroked his beard and smiled, and Lao Jiu let out a sigh: "I'm just pretending to be confused."
"So I told them not to pretend to be confused. I sent someone into the city early tomorrow morning to identify myself, and told them to be a peacemaker and make peace with the people of Shahu Mountain. They will be happy to come with them." Chang Yu snorted coldly.
, everyone nodded.
"But I don't know who is in charge of things in this city without Gao Jie. This man can endure two days without showing his face but he also has some tricks." Li Muxian asked casually, and Chang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Maybe the governor knows."
Gao Jie has two confidants. One is Li Chengdong, who was killed by Chang Yu a month ago.
The other is his deputy general Hu Maozhen, the one who leaked information and plotted against Huang Degong in history. A few months ago, Gao Jie went north and he stayed in Xuzhou, so now he is the talker in the city.
In addition to Hu Maozhen, Gao Jie also has two right-hand assistants, Sun Shoufa and Li Guoqi.
To be exact, the two of them were Gao Jie's immediate superiors. Sun Shoufa first followed Cao Wenzhao. After Cao Zhan died, he followed He Renlong. When Gao Jie surrendered from Li Zicheng, Hong Chengchou arranged for him to be assigned to He Renlong.
Renlong asked him to follow his guerrilla general Sun Shoufa. Li Guoqi was He Renlong's deputy general at that time.
After He Renlong died in battle, on the recommendation of Sun Chuanting, another of He Renlong's subordinates, Wu Dading, took over and led his team. Sun Shoufa and Li Guoqi were not convinced and followed Gao Jie (it is also possible that Wu Dading later surrendered
Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng fled.) Of course, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Shoufa and Wu Dading joined forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty. That happened later.
Although Gao Jie had a cruel temper, he was not without brains. Although he reluctantly led his troops north to King Qin under the pressure of the court and the eunuch, he was extremely concerned about his one-third acre of land and did not dare to be careless at all.
There are three other big thieves in Xuzhou: Cheng Jikong, Wang Daoshan, and Zhang Fangzao.
These three people began to rebel in the eighth year of Chongzhen. They were powerful for hundreds of miles in Xuzhou, Dangshan, and Xiaoxian. They attacked and looted villages fiercely. They captured the county seat of Xiaoxian several times. It was not until last year that they were defeated by Huaixudao Councilor He Tengjiao and Water Transport.
The governor-general of Huaiyang, Lu Zhenfei, jointly deployed the generals to defeat him, and the leader of the thieves, Cheng Jikong, escorted him to the capital.
The centipede insect was dead but not stiff. He Tengjiao was promoted to governor of Huguang and left after he had just defeated the three bandits. However, the remnants of the three bandits were resurrected and ready to move. This made Gao Jie dare not be careless, so he sent troops north to Xuzhou Kongkong and told Hu Maozhen
The three of them must be careful not to catch fire in the backyard.
Historically, Cheng Jikong was escorted to the capital to display his head to the public, but his life should not have been cut off. As soon as he arrived in Beijing, Li Zicheng invaded. The man actually took advantage of the chaos and escaped, returned to his hometown and continued to occupy the mountain as king. Later, he was caught and killed by Gao Jie.
As a result, he was granted the title of Crown Prince and Tutor by the Southern Ming Dynasty, and his underage son Gao Yuanjue was granted the title of hereditary royal robe.
An interesting thing is that Gao Jie did not kill Cheng Jikong by force, but by deception. He knew that Cheng Jikong was brave and good at fighting and had great power, so he should outwit him, so he told Cheng Jikong that you have no future if you take over and become the king.
, let's hang out with my buddy, he is now one of the four towns in Jiangbei, he has soldiers, food and territory, and a bright future in the future. In order for Cheng Jikong to let go of his guard, he even worshiped his brother as a brother. Over time, Cheng Jikong let down his guard and went to Gaojie one day.
Drinking in the camp, and then being chopped into pieces! (from Jiang Shihuan, a native of Tongshan in the Qing Dynasty, "Shu Gaojie Kills Cheng Jikong"
Of course, the trajectory of history has changed now. Li Zicheng did not capture the city of Beijing, Cheng Jikong did not escape, and Gao Jie had no chance to fool him, but his old troops are really resurrected.
Therefore, Gao Jie left his three right-hand assistants in Xuzhou to take charge.