In the first year of Guangzhong, the third day of the first lunar month.
The west wind is strong, the horses neigh, the swallows scream in the sky, and the crows fly.
To the west of Tongguan, there was a scene of raging smoke and raging war. Except for a corner of Chang'an, Wu Sangui led more than 30,000 feudal troops to suppress the field troops of the anti-Qing rebels and the Dashun Army. In the sound of fighting with long spears and short halberds,
Amidst the roar of guns and cannons, there were scenes everywhere of people shouting and horses neighing, swords and guns breaking apart, arrows flying like rain, blood flowing like water, shells flying across the field, and corpses strewn across the field.
The Qing army's large-scale southward strategy has not yet been fully launched. However, Wu Sangui has already launched an offensive in Shaanxi. The butcher knife of the Yifan army has killed tens of thousands of civilians who resisted the order to shave their hair, thus barely stabilizing Wu Sangui.
Regarding the rule of the Guanzhong area, Qing troops poured into the re-conquered Shouyang Pass like a tide, and Gongchang Mansion fell into the hands of the Qing troops again.
Mi Laoyin led a capable Dashun army from Taozhou to aid Gongchang. He managed to rescue many refugees and remnants of the rebel army, resettled these poor people who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and could not escape Wu Sangui's butcher's knife, and went to Dashun.
Take refuge in military areas.
Mi Layin looked far away in the direction of Shouyang Pass and cursed with infinite sorrow:
"The thieves from the East have harmed Guanxi, and we from the West will retaliate quickly."
Milayin knew that it was very difficult to preserve Taozhou as a base for attacking the Qing army's rear with only the troops he had on hand. It was too difficult to take the initiative and achieve greater military success.
In the last month of the first year of Yongchang, the anti-Qing rebels in Qinzhou, Longxi and other places were successively brutally suppressed by Wu Sangui. In the first month of the first year of Guangzhong, Wu Sangui pacified Gongchang Prefecture.
There were a large number of anti-Qing rebels who had established separate armies, but in Shaanxi, which the Qing army considered the most important, only Milayin in Taozhou and Minzhou stood out.
Wu Sangui's process of putting down the rebellion was of course particularly bloody. The Qing army ravaged the land of Guanzhong, causing the people of Shaanxi, who had suffered from natural disasters and war, to suffer an even more terrible misfortune.
When plundering and killing aroused the animalistic nature of the brutal soldiers who had been at the border for a long time, they committed all kinds of evil along the way, raping women and killing the old and the weak. The order to shave their heads gave Guan Ning's army an excuse. They were the king's masters who supported the Northern Ming Dynasty.
The pioneers of reform in implementing the new policy of "Hufu, riding and shooting", the soldiers of the border army were like crazy gangsters. They kept an eye on the little vitality left in Guanzhong and feasted wantonly.
And those officers who lost their humanity allowed the soldiers to do whatever they wanted. They used plundering property and palace ladies as rewards to encourage the crazy soldiers to "recover" the "lost ground" occupied by the bandits.
The peaks and mountains are like clusters, the waves are like angry waves, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road inside and outside. Looking at the Western Capital, I feel hesitant.
In front of Milayin's eyes were the mountains and ridges flying over. He knew that he was powerless for the time being. The people were suffering, and the people were suffering. King Jin, King Jin, when can you start to destroy the Donglu species?
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A line of wild geese flew across the sky, the surging Yellow River flowed around Tongguan City, the majestic Qinling Mountains stretched across the city, and there were many deep and dangerous valleys.
Luo Dai'en, Zhao Yingyuan and Ma Jinzhong led their troops to garrison at Tongguan. The terrain of Tongguan was indeed extremely dangerous. In the past, this pass city was praised as "the gate closes the nine states and cannot be crossed by birds".
However, in the era of hot weapons, when heavy muskets and red cannons dominated the world, Tongguan's dangerous terrain became a disadvantage that suppressed the defenders' shooting range and vision.
Tongguan, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, was actually a typical example of being easy to attack and difficult to defend in the era of hot weapons.
If we say that the land of Guanzhong to the west of Tongguan is being shrouded in blood under the butcher knife of Wu Sangui at this time. Then in Henan to the east of Tongguan, due to the governance of the Dashun Army and the initial promotion of the camp system, the people of Zhongzhou have lost their temper.
Is recovering quickly.
Ma Jinzhong had just arrived east of Tongguan with a group of reinforcements from Luoyang. He and the mighty general Li Weiqun stationed in Shaanzhou met at Lingbao.
The deep winter wind is not too urgent at the moment, and the branches near the village are covered with heavy snowflakes, showing that the auspicious snow is a good omen for a good harvest.
In the distance, the Yellow River and the Wei River converged together. The convergence of the two rivers caused the ice floes to break. Ma Jinzhong stood on this side of the Yellow River and looked out over the vast and distant river. He could see the Wei River coming from the west calmly rolling in waves.
They rushed into the embrace of the Yellow River, and then their blood blended together and they ran eastward together.
The Yellow River and the Wei River meet. The water of the Yellow River is extremely turbid, while the Wei River glows with a clear blue light. After they meet, the light blue color is assimilated by the Yellow River before flowing far.
Ma Jinzhong has been active in Shaanxi and Henan for a long time. Although he has just been promoted to a mighty general of Dashun Army with the same rank as Li Weiqun, he is after all a well-informed rebel commander and Ming army general. He has seen many battles.
The scenery in front of me was even more magnificent, so I thought it was nothing spectacular.
However, Li Weiqun is from Suizhou. He grew up in the Dabie Mountains. This was the first time he saw the Yellow River and the Wei River blending together, and the river breaking up the ice floes. He couldn't help shouting:
"When the two rivers meet, even the frozen ice on the river is broken. The Yellow River has great capacity, I can see it now."
Following the two powerful generals of the Dashun Army, Li Weiqun and Ma Jinzhong, were Pei Shouyue, the governor of Shaanzhou, and Wang Qin, the magistrate of Lingbao County. Pei Shouyue was wrapped in a thick cotton coat, but he still couldn't help but stare.
Breathing hot air, he is also from the south and is not used to the winter in Henan.
Wang Qin, who was born in Mengjin, Henan Province, did not take it seriously. Wang Qin pointed to the river dams that allowed the river to flow calmly and safely, and said with admiration:
"Many of these dykes were built by Zhengtang and the people of Shaanxi Province in the past two months. The design of the river dykes is mainly to prevent floating ice from damaging the levees, and secondly to prevent the freezing floods after the spring.
I am from Henan. I know that the people in Henan have been trapped by floods for many years and regard the Yellow River as a major problem. I also know how difficult it is to build a dam along the Yellow River.
What's more, it only lasts two months! Zhengtang is truly a great talent."
Zhengtang originally referred to the hall where government offices were held, but by the end of the Ming Dynasty, magistrates, magistrates, and county magistrates all began to use the honorific title Zhengtang. Originally, the honorific title for magistrates in the Ming Dynasty was mainly Zhou Mu, but now Dashun has changed it to magistrate.
Zhou Mu, the only natural honorific left is Zhengtang.
Pei Shouyue smiled reservedly. After he arrived in Shaanzhou, he dug wells, repaired canals, and built river embankments. So many tasks were completed in only two months, and they did not affect the army's recruitment.
In terms of deployment, I have to say that he is indeed outstanding in terms of political talent.
However, considering the resource-absorbing ability gained by the Dashun regime after the initial implementation of the camp system, and the vitality in the early days of the new dynasty, it is not surprising that the local herdsmen officials of the Dashun regime were able to achieve political achievements that far exceeded those of the Ming Dynasty.
Word.
Pei Shouyue only said restrainedly: "Tongguan blocks the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north. It is not only the eastern gate of Guanxi, but also the gateway to the northwest from the Central Plains. The Nine-bend Yellow River flows through Tongguan. I lead the local soldiers and civilians
, hastily built a dike, which is equivalent to adding a long wall, which can play a role in resisting enemies and keeping captives while controlling the water."
As Ma Jinzhong listened to Wang Qin and Pei Shouyue praising each other, he seemed to see a hint of the chaos among civil servants since the Ming Dynasty. But even Ma Jinzhong, who hates civil servants very much, has to admit that in terms of ethics and ability, Dashun's
Regardless of whether the civil servants were really better qualified and better behaved, or were restricted by the system and laws of the new dynasty, they indeed performed better than the rebellious ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Weiqun suddenly dismounted, squatted down, put one ear to the ground, listened to the distant sounds, and finally said with an ugly face:
"Earthquake... there may be a war in Tongguan."
When Pei Shouyue heard this, his expression was quite calm. He led the civil servants and organized the civilian men to unload the large quantities of military supplies and food transported by the army, and persuaded Li Weiqun and Ma Jinzhong:
"The heavy baggage can be left in Lingbao first. If there are really captured soldiers heading east to attack Tongguan, the second general should take all the mules and horses and rush to Tongguan to meet the enemy."
Li Weiqun and Ma Jinzhong looked at each other and nodded in unison. Ma Jinzhong even patted his chest and said, "Relax, I'm never slow when running."