In Nanchang City, Admiral Jin Shenghuan was stationed in the west of the city, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Tizhong was stationed in the east of the city. Jin Shenghuan's official position was much higher than that of Wang Tizhong, but Wang Tizhong's military strength far exceeded that of Jin Shenghuan.
"Admiral, you have to make the decision for your brothers. That king's body is such a bastard. We have always been stationed in the east and west cities, and we have never violated the rivers. But now he has come to the west city to cause trouble and beat our brothers. This matter
It’s too much.”
Jin Shenghuan and Dama Jindao were sitting there, drinking wine and eating meat while listening to the complaint of this guerrilla under his command.
After a while, one of his soldiers came back and whispered a report into his ear. However, he did not just listen to one side of the story and asked the soldiers to inquire.
The results discovered by the personal soldiers were similar to what the guerrilla said. There was a wealthy businessman in Xicheng. When they first entered the city, he gave his guerrilla a large sum of money, and then gave him his daughter as a concubine. The guerrilla was
He accepted it with a smile, and then also protected him.
Although the wealthy businessman gave away his daughter with the money, he still kept his property with a backer, and the shop was still open as usual, and even prospered.
Then a batch of this rich businessman's goods was stopped and robbed by people from Wang Tizhong outside the city. The rich businessman had to pay a large sum of money before they would release it. The rich businessman went to find his son-in-law. When the guerrillas heard this, why did they still rob his own goods?
Did you have anything? So I sent a few servants to find Wang Tizhong and brought a few gifts.
Who would have known that not only did Wang Tizhong confiscate the gifts and let the people return the goods, he also beat up the guerrilla servants. Not only that, he also sent people and troops to go directly to the west of the city and ransacked the wealthy businessman's shop and home.
Now I was annoyed by the attack. You were so disrespectful, but I could bear it. I immediately came to see Jin Shenghuan.
"Junmen, the king has always been domineering and arrogant. Now he has gone too far by relying on strong soldiers and horses. He has publicly announced several times that Junmen is not worthy of the position of Jiangxi Admiral. He also said that the Jiangxi Admiral should be his."
Jin Shenghuan's face was gloomy, and he was not a kind person.
He was from Yulin, Shaanxi Province, and was a fellow villager with Chuang King Li Zicheng. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great famine in northern Shaanxi, and there were refugees and rebels everywhere. He also led the villagers to revolt and gave himself the nickname Yi Dou Su. It is said that
This nickname has two meanings. One is that if you join his team, everyone will get a bushel of millet. Even if there is only one bushel of millet left in the end, it will be shared equally among brothers.
Another meaning is that if the people pay a bushel of grain, they can get his protection.
Anyway, after Jin Shenghuan's uprising, the number of troops once reached more than 10,000. He finally surrendered to Zuo Liangyu, the Ming Dynasty general who suppressed bandits, and won his trust. Zuo Liangyu's 48th Battalion was led by Jin Shenghuan.
Under Zuo Liangyu, Jin Shenghuan became the chief military officer. Later Zuo Liangyu died, and Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Originally, the Qing government wanted Jin Shenghuan and others to go to Beijing with Zuo Mengeng, but Jin Shenghuan became a thief.
, I know very well that in this troubled world, only with soldiers and horses in hand can we have power.
If you lose your troops and horses, you have nothing.
So he took the initiative to ask Azig that he was willing to conquer and pacify Jiangxi. Azig then appointed him as the admiral of Jiangxi. Jin Shenghuan led his headquarters to attack Jiangxi. He didn't have many troops, but he was very good at using tiger skins to make banners. He was known as
Ajige's 200,000 Manchu and Qing troops were right behind him, arriving at will, so the Ming troops from all over Jiangxi fell in wait.
Among this king's body, he was also from the peasant army. He was originally a general of the Dashun Army, Bai Wang. When Li Zicheng went north, Bai Wang was ordered to stay in Xiangjing.
Li Zicheng died behind Jiugong Mountain, and the Dashun army also collapsed. Seeing the collapse of Dashun, the ambitious king took the opportunity to kill the general Bai Wang, coerced his troops to surrender to Azige, and later joined Jin Shenghuan in conquering Jiangxi.
They first took Jiujiang, then Nanchang, and after entering the city, they were stationed in the east and west.
The two troops were originally from the peasant army, but they looked down upon each other. Wang Ti Zhong relied on his strong troops and horses but was very dissatisfied when he was ranked below Jin Shenghuan, while Jin Shenghuan was afraid that Wang Ti Zhong's troops were far stronger than him.
During this period of time, the two sides have been experiencing constant conflicts, and an atmosphere of conflict has long been permeating the air.
"This thief in the king's body can't help but want to start a war." Jin Shenghuan put down his chopsticks.
"As long as the military gate gives an order, the brothers will rush into Dongcheng and kill them all!" the guerrillas said angrily.
Jin Shenghuan was not so impulsive. He had been fighting for more than ten years and had never seen any scenes. Without any strategy, the government would have been reduced to a pile of bones.
It is an indisputable fact that Wang Ti Zhong has strong soldiers and horses, and is far stronger than him. If he really wants to fight, then he will be fooled by Wang Ti Zhong, and he will be the one who dies in the end.
"Come here, send a poster to Vice General Wang and invite him to come over for a drink. Just say that the brothers under his command had a small conflict and it was all a misunderstanding. Let's just sit down and have a drink together and make amends to each other."
I sent the note, but Wang Tizhong found an excuse not to come because he was not free.
At this time, Wang Tizhong was not stupid. If he arrived at Jin Shenghuan's territory in Xicheng and was chopped down by him, who would he be able to talk to for explanation?
After receiving this reply, Jin Shenghuan frowned even more.
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On the bank of the Gan River, in the Tengwang Pavilion, several scribes were admiring the river view.
The autumn water has the same color as the sky, and the falling geese and the solitary geese fly together.
The scenery is indeed beautiful.
"The water in Ganjiang River is shallow."
"Well, Poyang Lake has become a grassland now."
"This Jin Shenghuan is very tolerant. It seems that we need to add more heat."
"How's the discussion going with that general in the royal body?"
"Is the Zamao King worthy of benevolence? We have found out the details of this man. He is from Mizhi, Shaanxi, a fellow villager of Li Zicheng. His family is a landlord, but he is not good at business and is not involved in production. He is best at making friends. He is a waste of money.
So within a few years, he lost all his possessions. Later, when he encountered a great famine, he simply joined the peasant army. Because he was young and white-headed, he was nicknamed Wang Zamao.
He later followed Bai Wang in the war. He was very brave and good at fighting, and was highly valued by Bai Wang. He said more than once that he was getting older and would pass the position of commander to Wang Deren in the future. The two were teachers and students in the army, and had a relationship of righteous father and son.
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When Bai Wang was assassinated by Wang Tiren, Wang Deren was fighting with the Ming army outside. He rushed to take revenge after hearing the news. However, he only had 800 men in his hands at this time, but Wang Tiren had already seized military power. There were Ming and Qing troops outflanking him outside, and there were also people inside.
Wang Tiren seized power. In the end, Wang Deren was persuaded by his subordinates, and he could only temporarily endure it.
However, Wang Deren has been waiting for the opportunity to take revenge.
Jin Shenghuan also knew about this, so he had been secretly wooing Wang Deren, and he promised that as long as Wang Deren killed Wang Tizhong, he would take over the position of deputy commander-in-chief."
"Wang Deren is unwilling to return to the imperial court anyway?" asked the old scholar.
"I have been in contact with this person for a long time, but there has been no clear reply. Now the situation in the court is very good, Jiangxi, Huguang and other places are singing triumphant songs, but Wang Deren has been hesitant. I feel that this person seems to be more interested in Jin Shenghuan's wooing."
"Li Xiangfeng, the governor of Jiangxi, has been dismissed by the Qing government due to his inability to oversee the military affairs of Jiangxi. Zhang Yutian, a member of the Jingnan Dao of Huguang, has been appointed governor of Jiangxi, and Dong Xuecheng has been appointed governor of Jiangxi and has already taken office."
"Mr. Jiang, Governor Zhang has already sent troops to the Xiajiang River in Ji'an. I hope that Mr. Jiang can go there to meet and jointly lead the restoration of affairs in Jiangxi."
The scribe known as Jiang Gong was actually Jiang Riguang, the scholar of Hongguang Dongge University and the Minister of Etiquette, who was once known as the Three Wise Prime Ministers of Nanzhong. He was accused by Ma Shiying of arrogance, and later begged to return to his hometown of Nanchang, Xinjian.
Jiang Riguang looked at the turbulent waters of the Ganjiang River, "I believe that Inspector Zhang will be able to invade Nanchang City soon, so I will wait here. During this time, I will see if I can instigate another rebellion against Jin Shenghuan and others."
"I think Jin Shenghuan is very resentful of the Qing court now, and he is so oppressed by the king. While the Ming Dynasty is making great progress, his situation is also very bad. If you try hard to persuade him, maybe he will change anyway."