Chapter 94: The world and I have nothing to do with it
This deployment deliberately left the Qianjiang front line open. If He Yilong and Ma Shouying knew the truth, they would have transferred from the Qianjiang front line to Wuchang. If they had to die together, they would have to be completely surrounded and annihilated by the intruders.
Li Guo also insisted that he needed to see He Yilong in advance, and Ma Shou responded and prepared to write a letter to Chengtian Mansion first to persuade them to leave voluntarily. If that failed, he would deploy troops to surround them.
However, Li Laiheng believed that it was necessary for the invading army to complete the encirclement, and then use force as a backing to persuade Ge Ge to leave Chengtian Mansion: In this way, Ge Ge and Hui were surrounded, and probably would not have time to plunder Chengtian later.
If you transfer it again, you can leave a more complete legacy to Chuang Jun.
On June 22, the 15th year of Chongzhen, Li Laiheng believed that the siege of Chengtian had been completed and the time was ripe to seize Chengtian Mansion. Then he asked Fang Yiren, the secretary in charge, to write a letter to He Yilong and Ma Shouying on his behalf, persuading them to "obey.
Tianyingren" returned Chengtian Mansion to the Chuang army and went east to camp with Zhang Xianzhong.
Geliyan He Yilong and Lao Huihui Ma Shouying were extremely angry at the Chuang army's "killing the donkey" practice. But in essence, they did not play any role in the battle to eliminate Zuo Liangyu's military group.
He just occupied Chengtian Mansion by picking up leaks, and there was no reason to resist and embarrass the invading army either emotionally or rationally.
Seeing that the encirclement situation of the Invading Army was complete, what was even more terrible was that He Yilong received the news that the Invading Army's cavalry and the mighty general Ma Bao led three thousand elite cavalry to plagiarise Jingling.
In desperation, the two Gehui battalions had no choice but to plunder the city for a while that night. After sweeping away the treasury, they fled from Qianjiang to Mianyang Prefecture. After the two Gehui battalions rested for a night in Mianyang Prefecture, Ma Shouying heard that Li Guo had already
Starting from Jingzhou, they captured Jianli County near Mianyang Prefecture. They were afraid that the Chu army was really going to wipe them out, so they tried their best to persuade He Yilong to cross the river from Jiayu and go south to Wuchang Prefecture to defect to Zhang Xianzhong.
At this point, the Chuang army completed the task of occupying the entire three prefectures of Xiangyang, Chengtian and Jingzhou in just one month.
In early July, Ma Bao led the three thousand cavalry and swept through the Hanchuan area. Since all the government troops near Wuchang were fighting Zhang Xianzhong on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Ma Bao encountered almost no resistance from the government troops. Officials in the counties and towns he passed through either surrendered or surrendered.
After escaping, he easily occupied the entire territory of Hanyang Prefecture.
The territory of the Huguang Army expanded from De'an and Huangzhou to De'an, Huangzhou, Xiangyang, Chengtian, Jingzhou, and Hanyang at an astonishing speed.
The greatly abundant financial and material resources also put greater demands on the cadre reserve of the Chuang Army. However, the good thing is that now there are 30,000 reinforcements brought by Li Guo, and according to Li Guo, Li Zicheng intends to consolidate the old camp of the Chuang Army.
The family members were resettled in Xiangyang.
Because Sun Chuanting was training troops to conquer the valley in Guanzhong, he was about to start a decisive battle with the Chuang army in the Central Plains that would determine the survival of the Ming Dynasty. Li Zicheng also had no time to think about it. He believed that there were no strong enemies near Huguang, so settling the family members of Laoying in Xiangyang was obviously better than
It is safer to leave them in Henan.
The first thing Li Laiheng thought of was that he, Youci, Uncle Qing and others could finally be reunited.
Only later did he realize that the Central Plains Breaking Army now had as many as 100,000 soldiers alone. Then the number of old and weak family members in the old camp must have numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
Suddenly settling such a large group of people in Huguang will certainly cause a huge material burden for the Huguang army by suddenly adding many more mouths to eat. But thinking about it from another angle, the old camp is not all useless people.
They also include a large number of disabled soldiers, old and weak soldiers, all of whom are members of the army. With a little training, wouldn't it mean that tens of thousands of cadre reserves are increased in vain?
Now the territory of the Chuang Army in Huguang has expanded sharply from the two prefectures to the Sixth Prefecture. Li Laiheng will definitely extend the new systems of camp envoys, robber envoys, and inspectors to the scope of the Six Prefectures. This will be very important for the Chuang Army.
Human resources, of course, undoubtedly pose a very acute challenge.
Under such circumstances, Li Laiheng did not feel that Li Zicheng's plan to relocate the old camp to Xiangyang was an added burden. Instead, he felt that it was just like Gu Kecheng's previous move south with hundreds of backbones. It was a long-term drought.
Of course he approved of Gan Lin's reinforcements with both hands.
Li Laiheng asked Li Guo about Youci's current situation, and Li Guo answered everything. He not only told you about Youci's situation, but also everything about Henan.
"A Ci is living a good life in the old camp, and Mrs. Gao likes her very much. Do you still remember the daughter of the Generalissimo and Mrs. Gao?"
Li Laiheng hummed and replied: "Remember, it's Huirou, right? Li Huirou, the generalissimo can be considered a descendant... In terms of seniority, Huirou can be regarded as the cousin of the adoptive father and my sister-in-law."
"Well, this is how we calculate seniority, but we are all rough people, so we don't need to be so meticulous. If we really want to determine seniority, the first one is my uncle. How can you call him eldest brother? You have to call him uncle."
Li Guo smiled and joked a few words, if we really want to focus on seniority and kinship, then not only Gao Yigong is Li Laiheng's uncle, but Li Shuangxi is also Li Laiheng's uncle.
Li Guo smiled and said, "We don't pay attention to this... Mrs. Gao loves Aci, so she lets her take Huirou with her every day. Now Huirou calls Aci her aunt at all times."
Li Laiheng patted his forehead, rolled his eyes and complained speechlessly: "Hey, my sister-in-law calls my sister aunt... This relationship is really messy."
He looked sideways at Li Guo again and said with a smile: "It's all the fault of my adoptive father. Who made you and the generalissimo uncle and nephew in name, but actually brothers?"
"Hahaha," Li Guo said cheerfully, "Anyway, Mrs. Gao loves A Ci very much. The affairs of the old camp, including grain and logistics, are now in the hands of A Ci. Now that Mrs. Gao is old, many of them are left to A Ci to manage.
Although she doesn't speak fluently, she does things very neatly and never makes any mistakes."
"Ah!" Li Laiheng said in surprise, "Can Aci speak now?"
"She can, but she can't... She can speak a few simple words now, but she still can't speak a complete sentence."
Li Laiheng felt a little regretful that he had not been able to stay by You Ci's side and slowly take care of her to recover. However, thinking that A Ci had gradually been able to speak and that she had become a more independent person, Li Laiheng felt a little sad.
I think this is good. Youci is not his appendage or plaything. As long as she lives a better life, I can feel at ease.
"In a daze...it's been almost three years."
The past events of Zhuxi in the twelfth year of Chongzhen are almost the story that happened three years ago. In these nearly three years, Li Laiheng went from being a hungry commoner to a prince with tens of thousands of soldiers.
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The great changes in life in the past three years made Li Laiheng feel strong emotions.
Are things different and people different?
After he came out of Li Guo's temporary residence, he took a few soldiers back to his residence. This was the private garden of an evil gentry in Hanchuan. It was not big, but quite quiet.
Tonight I don’t know why, maybe because what he just said reminded Li Laiheng of many past events, and he couldn’t fall asleep. So he simply put on a gauze cloak and strolled to the garden. But he saw the moonlight on the cobblestone path was like water, and there was a gentle breeze.
As I passed by, there was a burst of fragrance of wintersweet flowers.
Although Hanchuan is located in the north of the Yangtze River, it seems to already have the atmosphere of midsummer.
In the midsummer night, Li Laiheng thought about the lovely young Ci and Luo Yanqing, whom he missed very much. I wonder how they will entertain themselves tonight?
He wandered in the garden for a long time, with many thoughts, and for no reason he recalled Gong Zizhen's "Occasionally Touched by Spring and Autumn".
Li Laiheng recited silently as he walked:
The head of Guizhou is made of flesh and blood, and heaven and earth are close to each other. You cannot pull one hair, but if you pull it, your whole body will move.
How can I exaggerate the words of a saint? The whole world has become autumn, and it is difficult for a room to be spring.
When he read the last sentence, "Autumn has changed all over the world, it is difficult to find spring in one room", he suddenly felt the urge to write poetry, so he returned to his room. In the past three years, although he was in a military trance and busy with political affairs, he also spent time in his spare time.
I often listen to Fang Yiren's explanations of classics, history and literature, and try my best to master the skills that a cultural man of this era should have.
Li Laiheng took a random piece of rough paper and wrote a poem in small regular script while reciting it. When signing the signature, he remembered that the Chuang Army no longer used the Chongzhen era name, and an idea suddenly arose in his mind, so he wrote "Three years after the Zhuxi Commoners raised their troops,
"Li Laiheng is not a grass" is a line.
After he finished writing, he picked up the paper and chanted again by candlelight.
It has just passed the Qingming Festival and the flowers are as old as ever. The wind shadow gradually moves away and the spring leaves become thinner. The emotions of thousands of families are far away from the stars, and the space is warm and soft wine alone at night.
I point at the screen behind thousands of faces. I can see all the good words and people and events through it. The mirror window is full of dust to me, and I sigh again and again when I meet you with a glass of wine.
Li Laiheng originally wanted to give this poem to Fang Yiren tomorrow to take a look at it and ask him to correct it. But after chanting for a long time, he suddenly felt that it was very pretentious. He looked out the window, then picked up the poem manuscript that was still wet with ink and started writing it.
He burned the candle and said with a smile:
"What more can the world have to offer to me? Blooming flowers and beautiful scenery, and meeting you with a glass of wine are enough."