Chen Yongfu's surrender was not a sudden choice made after being stimulated by Zhenta's head. He had already exchanged letters with Li Zicheng, Li Laiheng and others before Kaifeng was captured by the Chuang army. When Chen Xin defected to the Chuang camp,
, Chen Yongfu almost revolted directly and joined the Breaking Army.
The reason why Chen Yongfu finally broke out of Kaifeng and fled all the way to Guide was that he was not satisfied with the price offered by Li Zicheng.
After all, Chen Yongfu was the one who shot out one eye of King Li Chuang. After surrendering to the Chuang army, would he be settled by Qiu Hou? Although his old friend Chen Xin repeatedly assured him that Li Zicheng had agreed to turn the arrow into a target with Chen Yongfu, and smiled.
Forget grudges.
But think about how Xiao He deceived Han Xin into Changxin Palace, causing the death of the Marquis of Huaiyin at the hands of a woman. Could Chen Yongfu put all his wealth and life on a friend?
What's more, he relied on his ability to fight, and he didn't think that after Li Zicheng conquered Kaifeng, he would really be able to sweep the Central Plains and achieve imperial status.
The imperial court also doubled down on him. Since Zuo Liangyu was killed among the thieves, Chongzhen not only no longer held them responsible for killing good men and taking credit for their deeds and plundering, but on the contrary
, and also repeatedly strengthened the power of the imperial military attachés to control local areas and act expediently.
After Shi Kefa came out of Xuzhou to suppress the general, he also regarded Chen Yongfu as a key trump card and sent a large amount of grain, grass, salary and silver from Xuzhou and Huai'an to Guide.
By this time, Chen Yongfu was even more disdainful of Chuang Jun's attempts to win over him.
What price did Chongzhen offer?
Although Shi Kefa did not say it explicitly, the Xuzhou Suppressor General had actually allowed Chen Yongfu to control eastern Henan, and he could act expediently in all aspects.
This is equivalent to making Chen Yongfu a vassal prince in eastern Henan. Shi Kefa had previously written to Chen Yongfu, hinting that once the war to suppress the invaders made progress, Henan Town would regain the prefectures, counties and towns in eastern Henan.
All of them will be placed under the scope of Chen Yongfu's "controlling the local area" and "acting expediently" according to the old rules of Guide.
This is almost the price of a real title to the princes! It only lacks a public promise of world peace.
The price offered by Li Zicheng to Chen Yongfu was to have only one general. It was said that once he led his troops to invade, Chen Yongfu would be allowed to continue to lead his old troops and lead an army alone. In the future, once the country was founded and enfeoffed, he would also be offered titles and salaries.
This kind of price is indeed relatively unattractive to Chen Yongfu. Moreover, through several negotiations between Chen Xin and Chen Yongfu in the past period of time, the only thing they talked about was that after he surrendered, he would "continue to lead the old army" and be granted the title of "control general".
Not a word was mentioned about the title.
In fact, Chen Yongfu didn't care about the false reputation of being a marquis or uncle. What he cared about was whether he could continue to retain the power to control eastern Henan and act expediently after surrendering.
As far as Li Zicheng unified military orders and forced Yuan Shizhong to leave, even Chen Yongfu himself felt that he couldn't even think about whether he could continue to separate himself after surrendering!
In comparison, even though Chen Yongfu knew that the Chuang Army was powerful in the Central Plains and that the Xuzhou Suppressor General was just a patchwork of miscellaneous troops, he was still unwilling to let go of his ambition to seal the feudal lords.
In addition, Sun Chuanting was indeed very successful in training troops and conquering the valley in Shaanxi. The Qin army was known to be brave, and the Ming Dynasty was not completely exhausted.
If Sun Chuanting makes some progress in western Henan, then Chen Yongfu can advance to assist the Qin soldiers in restoring the Central Plains, and can retreat to retain Gui, Xu, and maintain the status of a vassal town.
The biggest characteristic of Chen Yongfu's nature is that he is bold and careful. This character trait enables him to always find a correct truth in many critical moments, and seek success for the small group in Henan Town in the crisis that cannot happen.
A better way out.
But at this time, Chen Yongfu's boldness was surpassing his carefulness step by step, which put Henan Town in today's dilemma.
But what should be said is that even so, Chen Yongfu can actually obtain a more favorable position for himself. At worst, he will not be helplessly surrounded by the intruders like he is today.
In the middle, it became the meat on the chopping board that Li Laiheng kneaded.
However, Chen Yongfu's boldness and carefulness caused him to become overly concerned about Xiao Yuanying, a powerful unit.
According to his own estimation, Henan Zhen could compete with the most elite troops of the Chuang Army, and Xiaoyuan Camp was a very brave unit among the Chuang Army.
Once he formed an alliance and cooperated with Yuan Shizhong, he even tried to annex Xiaoyuanying by using the imperial court's famous weapon. In this way, the situation of Henan Town would be greatly improved. Chen Yongfu even had other thoughts because of this. Henan Town and
Together with Xiao Yuanying, they can lead Xuzhou to suppress the general, and gain for themselves the status of a world town in Xuzhou, or even a world town in Huaiyang in the future.
Moreover, Chen Yongfu also believed that accepting Xiao Yuan's camp to strengthen his own troops would increase his own strength even if he angered the Chu army and attracted their attack.
When it came to angering the Chu army and strengthening his own army, Chen Yongfu, who was bold and careful, naturally chose the latter without hesitation, which was more active and allowed him to take the initiative more.
Especially after joining forces with Xiao Yuanying, Chen Yongfu had many contacts with Yuan Shizhong, and he quickly grasped the personality characteristics of Yuan Shizhong.
Chen Yongfu was greatly surprised by Yuan Shizhong's firm "faith" in being loyal to the imperial court. He also felt that it was a rare commodity. He felt that as long as he held the famous imperial weapon, he could easily turn Xiao Yuan's camp into his own private soldier.
All these things and factors finally led Chen Yongfu, a smart-alecked general of the Ming army who was good at fighting, to return to defend Ma Muji.
When Li Laiheng led the Chuang army to fight the Eight Banners soldiers west of Dangshan Mountain, the strength of the remaining troops of the Chuang army surrounding Ma Muji had dropped to two to three thousand.
Yuan Shizhong had repeatedly asked for troops to break out, but Chen Yongfu could not easily believe that Li Laiheng would suddenly transfer troops; on the other hand, he was worried about the prospect of losing his troops if the breakthrough failed.
If it is damaged, you may not even be able to gain the position of general in the military system!
This was a miscalculated move by Chen Yongfu. From this point of view, he is inferior to Yuan Shizhong who has faith and conviction. Even if Yuan Shizhong's faith and belief are actually known to everyone, everyone can see through them.
The moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror, but after all, this level of faith can make Yuan Shizhong take firm and decisive actions.
Everything Chen Yongfu did, including rescuing Xiao Yuan Ying and repeatedly using Xiao Yuan Ying as a bargaining chip, hesitating and hesitating between advancing and retreating, surrendering and fighting, defending and leaving, was nothing more than to preserve his personal
of fame and power.
By the time Li Laiheng led Chu Chuang's main force back to Mamuji, the hope of the Mamuji defenders had been completely shattered. However, Chen Yongfu still had unrealistic illusions about the rescue of the Xuzhou Suppressor General.
After the heads of Zhenta were piled up in the capital, he finally understood and finally came to his senses.
But at this time, Ma Muji's Ming army had already become a ripe fruit. Even if Chen Yongfu didn't say anything ridiculous about "pre-battle uprising", couldn't Li Laiheng just take advantage of this fruit?
Take it off?
Even Chen Yongfu himself actually feels hopeless about his future.
The Battle of Mamuji ended up like this all because he was hesitant and unable to make a decision. In the end, Yuan Shizhong was implicated!
When he mentioned the uprising before the battle, he was just hoping to use his old friendship with Li Laiheng, Chen Xin and others to at least secure a more honorable ending for himself and Henan Town.
"General Chen understands the righteousness well. Anyway, this is a great achievement before the battle! The envoy will definitely reveal Feijie and send a letter to Bianmen so that the general will know the general's achievements and the general will record the general's merits."
But what Chen Yongfu didn't expect was that Li Laiheng gave him very lenient treatment. In the Ming army camp, Gu Junen explained to Chen Yongfu one by one the terms of the peace talks that the Chu Chuang generals had discussed.
First, of course, Chen Yongfu can still enjoy the rank of general after joining the Chuang Army. This is nothing more than a false name. Naturally, Li Zicheng has made a promise before, and Li Laiheng has no need to take it back;
In the second paragraph, for the soldiers in Henan Town, Li Laiheng promised that they would not be punished. Gu Junen also agreed with Chen Yongfu that the specific reorganization details would be discussed separately after the Ming army handed over the Ma Muji position;
Paragraph 3: The Generalissimo has made arrangements for Yuan Shizhong and Xiao Yuan Camp. Let the past be forgotten. As long as Yuan Shizhong is idle, the Chuang Army can give him a generous salary and let him travel in the forest, while the soldiers of Xiao Yuan Camp will all resume the Chuang Camp.