Chapter 125: The Shaanxi-Gansu chaos, Yang Chengzu is hard to forgive
The topography of Ningxia is that Helan is in the north and Liupan lies in the south. The two mountains facing the east just form an inverted "eight characters", which means they are looking at each other.
The Qing army crossed Helan to attack Ningxia. A partial division of Cao Ying's rebel army, also led by Yang Chengzu's general Yang Mingqi, marched from southern Shaanxi to the north with thousands of troops and horses, preparing to cross the Liupan Mountains. They would first reach Guyuan and then continue on.
Attack Ningxia.
Liupan Mountain is a dangerous strategic location in the southwest of Guyuan. When the rebels passed through Jingyuan at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain on their way around the mountain, green smoke gathered together in the dense forest, giving a heavy appearance. Liupan Mountain marked the boundary.
In the north and south of the northwest, the scenery in the north becomes desolate and vast, while in the south the scenery appears much greener. The rebels first camped in Liupan Mountain, and then looked towards Guyuan City.
This is the place where Logistics and Hu Xia, Liu Song and Helian Bobo fought many times during the Sixteenth Kingdom of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There are high mountains, dense forests and dangerous valleys. There are countless ancient battlefields. It is also where the Northern Song Dynasty and Xixia competed for Yinxia.
battlefield.
The sky is high and the clouds are light,
Watching the geese flying south.
If you don’t visit the Great Wall, you are not a true man.
It only takes 20,000 yuan to travel.
The highest peak on Liupan Mountain,
The red flag rolls in the west wind.
Today I have a long tassel in my hand,
When will the blue dragon be bound?
In Guanzhong today, who is Changying and who is Canglong?
Luo Dai, the garrison stationed in Guyuan, was also a general of Cao Ying, and he also had a close relationship with Yang Chengzu. Therefore, Yang Chengzu did not doubt that he was there, so he sent Yang Mingqi to lead troops directly to Guyuan to take over the defense. After he and Luo Dai reunited, the two
Together they led their troops north to attack the back and front of Ningxia.
It's just that although Yang Mingqi and Luo Dai were both generals of Cao Ying, their backgrounds were very different. Yang Mingqi was Luo Rucai's confidant. He was from Yijun, Shaanxi Province. He joined the army and joined Cao Ying in the early years of Chongzhen. He was extremely tough and fierce, and followed Luo Rucai.
After arriving in Henan and defecting to the camp, he made many military exploits and was regarded as a well-established and established general in Cao's camp.
Luo Dai was a descended general of the Ming Army. He was originally a Chinese military officer in the Henan official army. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu led the surrendered general Liu Guoneng to aid the capital, and then returned to Henan to pursue the rebel army.
Defeated and forced the surrender of Ma Jinzhong and Li Wanqing's second division.
In July, Zhang Xianzhong regrouped in Gucheng. At that time, Zuo Liangyu took Luo Dai as the vanguard to pursue Xiying. When they reached Fang County, they reached Luohou Mountain. Because the army lacked food and fodder, they were ambushed by Zhang Xianzhong, and the entire army was defeated.
, Luo Dai himself was captured by Luo Rucai, and then joined the rebel army, so Luo Dai was actually forced into Cao's camp.
Now, Yang Chengzu used Luo Rucai's name to raise troops and plot rebellion. Although he confused many people in a short period of time, as time went by, Luo Rucai's delay in showing up would always make some people doubtful.
As far as Luo Dai is concerned, although he is the general of Cao Ying, he has nothing to do with Yang Chengzu and Ji Gui. He only obeys Luo Rucai personally.
Nowadays, there is great chaos in Guanzhong. Except for those who were put under house arrest by Yang Chengzu, all the former Ming Dynasty generals took advantage of the chaos to raise troops and separatist forces. Luo Dai's idea was similar to those of these people. He did not seek to capture Guanzhong for Yang Chengzu, but also
He doesn't seek loyalty to Dashun, but just wants to gain a piece of territory for himself in troubled times.
"If I am not born yet, I should take a piece of land west of Hexi. Just like Juqu Mengxun built the Northern Liang Kingdom in troubled times, I can also pass it on to two or three generations and enjoy the country for decades."
Luo Dai tried to separatize Guyuan, just like Lu Guang, Juqu Mengxun and others during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who separatized Hexi and relied on the dangerous terrain to establish himself as king.
So when Yang Mingqi led his troops to Guyuan and asked Luo Dai to open the city to accept him, Luo Dai immediately claimed that he could not admit Yang Mingqi into the city because he did not know whether the troops led by Yang Mingqi were compliant soldiers or Cao soldiers.
At first, Yang Ming didn't understand Luo Dai's intention, so he sent an envoy to the city with Luo Rucai and Yang Chengzu's seal to shout a message. As a result, the defenders fired back with artillery after a disagreement, killing all the envoys sent by Yang Mingqi.
Luo Dai occupied the top of the city, cut off the flags of Dashun and the Northwest Economic Envoy with his sword, replaced them with his own military flag, and shouted to Yang Mingqi's rebels below the city:
"Now that Chuang Cao is attacking himself, there is no master in Guanzhong. If General Yang returns to Chang'an quickly and takes a place as king, wouldn't it be far better than serving as a pawn for some bandits?"
Only then did Yang Mingqi realize that Luo Dai had betrayed Cao Ying. Of course, strictly speaking, Yang Chengzu and Ji Gui were the first ones to betray Cao Ying. Their influence was extremely bad. Not only did Dashun finally recover,
The stability, order and social production in the northwest were completely destroyed, and due to the detention of a large number of former Ming generals, the Qin army became scattered, with generals and officers everywhere seizing military power and separatist power to one side.
In the huge Guanzhong, there are by no means a few people with ideas like Luo Dai. At the same time as Guyuan was separatist, Qingyang, Qinzhou, Longxi and other places also had former Ming surrender generals or armed officials and gentry taking the opportunity to raise troops to seize the city. They were not necessarily fighting against Ningxia.
The Du envoy Chen Zhilong was trying to welcome the Qing troops into Shaanxi, but more people wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the northwest to recruit troops and separatist forces.
After Yang Mingqi was ridiculed by Luo Dai, he was furious and immediately gave up his mission to Ningxia for reinforcements. Instead, he camped at the foot of Liupan Mountain and began to attack Guyuan.
Guyuan was originally a majestic city in the important area of Nine Borders in the Ming Dynasty. The city defense was strong, the people in the city knew military affairs, and the people's customs were strong. Therefore, although Luo Dai had few troops, he was able to defend the city wall, giving Yang Mingqi's rebellion.
The army suffered a lot of damage.
Yang Mingqi was so angry that he actually transferred the rebels from Fengxiang and other places to Guyuan City. After attacking continuously for seven days and nights, he relied on his superior strength and forced his way into the city.
He watched Cao's soldiers finally open Guyuan's city gate after suffering heavy casualties, and said with a ferocious face:
"Plunder the troops and slaughter Guyuan!"
Ever since they broke into Cao's joint camp, Cao's camp has been restrained and controlled by the intruders, and they rarely have the opportunity to slaughter and plunder wantonly. Now that Yang Chengzu has rebelled, they can finally let go, and every soldier rushes into the city wildly and wildly.
Looting and killing.
But there are also some soldiers who have already established families in Shaanxi, settled down, and married women from good families. They are no longer as fierce and easy to kill as they were when they followed Luo Rucai many years ago. Yang Mingqi's order to massacre the city made these soldiers feel special.
Surprised and hesitant, after all, Shaanxi is the place where everyone lives. If he massacres the city in his hometown, he might kill one of his distant relatives. How can he have the honor to meet his elders in his hometown in the future?
Yang Mingqi did not notice these problems. He rode into the city and led his soldiers to set fire to the magistrate's Yamen where Luo Dai was guarding. The wind helped the fire. The fire first burned the houses near the Yamen, but soon it was burned and looted by many people.
, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and finally spread throughout the city, turning Guyuan City into an orange-red fire hell.
Luo Dai looked at the scene of fire burning all over the city, his hands trembled, he pointed at Yang Mingqi and cursed: "You are also from Shaanxi, how will you face the elders in your hometown in the future!"
Yang Mingqi scolded back: "The dog thieves will not open the city gate, which will lead to military disasters. Don't dare to bark!"
The rebels had the upper hand and broke through the defense line in front of the Yamen with the help of fire. Luo Dai was shot dead by Cao's soldiers during the battle. Yang Mingqi threw his body into the sea of fire without even looking at it.
However, Yang Mingqi's own fate was not much better. The fire in Guyuan City continued to burn until night. Most of Cao Ying's veterans were natives of Shaanxi. One of Yang Mingqi's soldiers was from Pingliang, near Guyuan.
Many of his relatives were from Guyuan. At this time, they were either buried in the sea of fire or had been massacred by the insurgents. Out of anger, they suddenly killed Yang Mingqi in the dark of night when he was unprepared.
After Yang Mingqi was killed, there was no one to restrain and stop the rebels. After they looted all night, when they heard that the general was dead at dawn, they scattered and dispersed in the Longxi area, gathering in the mountains and forests, and fell into bandits again.