As a powerful commander of the peasant army, Ma Jinzhong fought for ten years, and later followed Zuo Liangyu to pursue the four directions. But until today, he saw Li Laiheng destroying the rebels with his majestic power, under the gate of Lintong City
When Li Laiheng arrived, the local gentry and people were vying to reward the army first. They drank and ate in mountains and mountains, and looked around along the roads, vying to see its color, the power of victory, and the killing of the army. It is indeed only today that we know.
In the middle of the battle, the east wind blows up, and thousands of horses in the army roar,
The troops are not used in public, and the armor is rolled up and it is plain.
Li Laiheng temporarily stationed at the foot of Lintong City with thousands of his troops. Although tens of thousands of rebels were wiped out by him, Yang Chengzu had not yet been crowned, and Chang'an was still in the hands of Ji Gui. Thousands of troops were needed to pacify Guanzhong, which was especially important.
possible things.
However, the situation developed and changed quickly. Originally, Zhang Pizhu asked Li Laiheng for orders to lead a group of sharp soldiers up the mountain to defeat Wu Dading's camp. However, before Zhang Pizhu could take any action, Wu Dading, who was entrenched on the mountain, personally led the troops.
More than 20 generals and officers walked down the mountain in bulk. When they arrived at Lintong City, they all knelt on the ground and moved forward step by step on their knees.
Wu Dading knelt at the front, holding a cloth bag in both hands. He first raised it high above his head, and then suddenly slammed it on the ground. The bag fell apart, and Yang Chengzu's bloody head rolled out of the bag.
Wu Dading cried and wailed:
"His Royal Highness, King of Jin! Thief Yang conspired to rebel and imprison Duke Nanyang. Because the thieves were rampant, I could not turn things around with my own strength. I was also afraid that if I raised an army decisively, Thief Yang would kill Duke Nanyang wantonly. So I followed Duke Nanyang's secret order to lurk in the traitor camp.
Among them, I am just waiting for His Highness to arrive!
Today, this Yang Chengzu, who is no better than a pig or a dog, dares to escape into my camp even though the vanguard has been defeated. As soon as I saw his ferocious face of hatred and evil, I immediately killed this beast with my own hands.
Your Highness is so powerful that he suppressed the rebels in one battle at Lutai. Now Yang, who is no better than a pig or a dog, has been crowned. The recapture of Chang'an must be just around the corner."
Yang Chengzu's head was thrown to the ground by Wu Dading, and he was bleeding from all his orifices. It was unbearable to say. Li Laiheng shook his head inwardly, looking at Wu Dading who was crying and crying, and he really didn't know what to say.
He waited for Wu Dading to finish his performance before saying:
"Wu Guoyi was able to turn from darkness to light. Today's killing of Yang Chengzu really reminds me of the time when you killed Tuo Yangkun."
Wu Dading immediately burst into tears and cried:
"Your Highness, Tuo Yangkun and I are as close as brothers. It's just that when the rebel army was defeated by Sun Chuanting and there was no way out, Tuo Yangkun made an agreement with me. It was easy for him and it was difficult for me. Tuo Yangkun would kill himself to become a benevolent person in exchange for me getting Sun Chuanting.
His trust has since been hidden among the officers and soldiers. This is why when the Dashun Army marched into Guanzhong last year, I resolutely raised troops to respond to the righteous act."
Ma Jinzhong curled his lips and cursed in a low voice: "What's more shameless is that I, Zuo Zhen, can't compare."
Wu Dading had assassinated his old boss Xie Tuo Yangkun in the past, and today he killed Yang Chengzu who had defected to him. What he did was entirely for his own benefit.
However, Wu Dading still had a certain amount of troops, and Chang'an was still in the hands of Ji Gui. Gao Ruli also fled back to Chang'an City with thousands of defeated soldiers. There were still many rebels, surrendered generals, and armed gentry loyal to the Ming Dynasty in various parts of Guanzhong.
To separatist power and conquer the northwest, Li Laiheng had no choice but to tolerate Wu Dading's despicable and shameless behavior for the time being.
Wu Dading said expectantly: "I heard that the soldiers were shouting in front of the army that the person who killed Yang Chengzu would be given a title and ten thousand gold. I wonder if this is true, Your Highness?"
Li Laiheng's cheek muscles twitched, and he said with a thin smile:
"It's natural to be granted the title of Marquis. General Wu will also be a Marquis of the Dashun Dynasty from now on."
Wu Dading then exulted and said: "I will immediately lead my troops to attack Chang'an. Ji Gui is nothing but a scholar. I will kill him tomorrow!"
But Li Laiheng was not optimistic. After the battle of Lutai, he collected many rebels and defeated them. In addition, Wu Dading led his troops to defect, so the number of troops to suppress the rebels was only about 10,000.
Cao's soldiers suffered casualties of more than 10,000 in the battle of Lutai. Gao Ruli still led thousands of people to rush back to Chang'an. Chang'an City originally had thousands of defenders. If Ji Gui knew that the situation was urgent, he would definitely disperse them in Guyuan.
The rebels from Fengxiang, Qingyang, Yijun and other places have all been recalled to Chang'an. Even with Li Laiheng's current strength, it is difficult to prevent these rebels from entering for reinforcements.
The Chang'an garrison may still have about 10,000 to 20,000 people. With such strength, even if the rebels have been disintegrated, Li Laiheng is not completely sure that he can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
What's more, the Qing army in the north has a fierce offensive. Not only is it besieging the two cities of Yulin and Yan'an, but it has also sent Xihan and Yang Kun to lead troops to bypass the Great Wall and raid Ningxia. Although Wang Yongqiang and Sun Shoufa are holding on to Ningxia, the Shun army in northern Shaanxi and many
Ergon's military strength was so far apart that the fall of Ningxia and Yansui was only a matter of time.
It doesn't even have to be the fall of northern Shaanxi. As long as Dorgon is bold enough, he can abandon Yan'an, Yulin, and Ningxia cities behind him, and lead Qingqi directly to Chang'an to relieve the rebels.
The reputation of King Jin alone could deter the rebels, but it could not deter Dorgon's 80,000 Qing troops.
"What happened on the bloody night in Chang'an? Where are the Lantian garrison at this time?"
After the Battle of Lutai, the Shun army first stationed in Lintong City to rest and recuperate, and the generals also began to prepare for the next attack on Chang'an. Li Laiheng interrogated the prisoners and summoned the defeated soldiers for questioning, trying to figure out the whole process of Yang Chengzu's rebellion.
In particular, what was the life and death of Luo Rucai, Xin Sizhong and others, and what happened to the two Gansu reinforcements stationed in Chang'an City and Lantian.
After integrating various information, the fog gradually cleared up, and the whole truth and process of the rebellion by Yang Chengzu and Ji Gui's party gradually became clear.
During the bloody night in Chang'an, both Luo Rucai and Xin Sizhong were completely defenseless. Yang Chengzu originally controlled the entire defense of Chang'an City. He first dispersed the soldiers and horses that Xin Sizhong brought into the city so that they could not gather their strength. After the generals and officers had a banquet,
, launched a beheading operation at the official office of the Northwest Economic Envoy, killed a large number of subordinate generals including Xin Sizhong, and imprisoned Luo Rucai, making it easy for the rebels to use Luo Rucai's name to incite war across Shaanxi.
This plan was formulated by Ji Gui. This sinister counselor in Cao Ying was indeed much better than Yang Chengzu in planning conspiracies. If it were not for the fact that Mi Layin did not attend the banquet, the rebels would have almost wiped out all the Dashun troops in the northwest.
All important generals were captured in one fell swoop.
The only mistake made by the rebels was to let Milayin go, causing him to rush back to the military camp and lead some soldiers of the Shun army to attack the Northwest Economic Envoy's office.
That night, the Shun army and the rebels fought fiercely at the government office. Although Mi Layin failed to capture the government office because he was outnumbered, he still led hundreds of Hexi soldiers to cut through the gates and leave the city, heading straight for Lantian.
At that time, Luo Dai'en was also in Lantian to reward the troops. Although the rebels were prepared and Yang Chengzu had deployed troops in advance to attack and ambush them on all sides, the Lantian garrison, under the command of Luo Dai'en and Milaiyin, still burned down the granary and killed thousands of soldiers.
People broke out and moved around Shangzhou.
The good news that Luo Dain had not been killed by the rebels greatly reduced Luo Yanqing's psychological pressure. Li Laiheng looked at his wife's face and relaxed a lot. He immediately sent Ma Jinzhong to lead a light cavalry to the Shangluo Mountain area to look for Luo Yanqing.
Dane and Milayin broke through the remnants of the encirclement, and told Ma Jinzhong that after finding them, they must immediately bring Luo Daien, who has high prestige, back to the vicinity of Chang'an, leaving aside the others.
"To the west of Chang'an and Fengxiang, there are some indigenous rebels who are uncertain about surrendering. It is more difficult to deal with than here in Chang'an."
Prefectural capitals such as Chang'an and Gongchang to the west of Fengxiang are now mostly controlled by former Ming Dynasty generals or local officials, gentry, rural regiments and chieftain soldiers. The situation of separatist rebellion is more complicated and complicated than that of Cao Ying's rebels.
Difficult.
In this regard, Li Laiheng could only adopt a laissez-faire attitude toward the violent rebellion in Hexi and concentrate his efforts on pacifying Chang'an.