Inside the gate are two offices under the Chariot and Driving Department of the Ministry of War. One is the Horse House, which is responsible for handling horses, and the other is the Victory Reporting Office, which sends and receives incoming and outgoing documents. The other is stationed in military posts in various provinces, and manages this office to directly send documents and newspapers to Beijing. It is called
Titang.
A fast horse came galloping.
"Six hundred miles to rush to report, a great victory in Hanzhong!"
The knight galloped into the Nantian Gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to stop him. Gein, the knight, had six red flags on his back, each with the words "six hundred miles urgent" written on it.
This is the highest level of express delivery by horse. No one is allowed to stop it. Horses must be replaced along the way. The knights change horses without changing people. They travel six hundred miles a day to deliver express letters.
The guard at the news office hurried forward to greet him. The knight was running too fast and too hastily, and could no longer get off the horse. As soon as the horse stopped, it fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and looked like it was dying.
After hearing the news, the military attache from the Victory News Department rushed out.
"Victory in Hanzhong, great victory!" Although Tang Qi was exhausted, he still shouted loudly.
Different from the Di Bao that the imperial court sent from the capital to the local areas, the Tang Bao was reported from local areas to the capital, and it mainly contained military information. The Victory Report Office had full-time military attachés stationed in each province, and officers from various places had military information. Victory reports were reported to the Governor's Office, and the Governor
Then he handed it over to the military attache stationed in the province and they sent it to the victory reporting office in the capital.
This information comes from Tangqi from various places, military commanders, detailed craftsmen, etc.
Depending on the importance of the information, a copy will be sent to the capital.
This six hundred mile rush is already the most urgent military situation.
However, when they heard that it was a great victory, the officials in the victory reporting office breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that bad news would come in a hurry, so they panicked.
"Hurry up and invite this brother in to rest and drink tea."
After receiving the report of Feijie, the military attache did not dare to neglect and quickly opened it to watch.
This good news was jointly reported by Wen Anzhi, the manager of the five provinces, Qin Liangyu, the president, Zhang Shipeng, the admiral of the Sichuan-Guizhou camp, Zhu Pengfei, the admiral of the Shaanxi-Gansu camp, and Qin Yiming, the admiral of Sichuan.
Seeing that string of names, this seventh-grade military attache knew that it was something serious.
I scanned it quickly.
Because Tangbao reports military intelligence, it has special format requirements, which require accuracy, timeliness, and authenticity. The language should be concise and the whole story should be explained.
"On July 30th of this year, according to the previous report from the five provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, Wen'anzhitang reported that on the 29th of this month, according to the admiral of Shaanxi and Gansu, he was given the national surname Zhu Pengfei, the director Wen Xieji, and the deputy admiral Tang Zhenbang.
The report said: The rank was grateful for the support, and according to the constitution of the cabinet, troops were sent to Hanzhong. On the 27th, they marched from Lueyang to Wangjiawan Fort. There were dozens of unprepared Tatar soldiers left in the fort...
Report again······
Relying on the power of the headquarters, with less than 30,000 soldiers and horses, they defeated tens of thousands of Tartars and two armies. The Shaanxi-Gansu camp first captured Lueyang and then Yangpingguan, and then recovered Mian County and Ningqiang. The Sichuan camp and the Sichuan-Guihang camp flew over
Micang Mountain, connecting Xixiang, Chenggu, and Hanzhong.
After several battles, four county towns and one prefectural city were captured, and a total of more than 6,300 Tatars were killed, including more than 2,100 Manchurian Tatars, more than 2,300 Mongolian Tatars, Han military flags, and 2,000 Green Camps.
More than 800 Han soldiers were captured.
Our army lost more than 2,000 people in battle, more than 300 were seriously injured, and more than 3,000 were slightly injured. We won a complete victory.
In addition to having their merit level verified by the Imperial History Office of the Supervisory Army, the meritorious officers and soldiers who have achieved merit are also identified and reported in a register, begged and forwarded, etc.
Seeing this humble position, the Tartars were so arrogant that they defeated the Western Camp at Dingjunshan and shot Zhang Xianzhong. Unexpectedly, our army took advantage of the opportunity and entered. Fortunately, Zhu Pengyi, Zhang Shipeng, Yang Zhan, Qin Yiming, Ma Wannian, Ran Tianlin and other generals
, everyone was brave and worked hard, supervising and leading the sect, and killed the thieves bravely, and succeeded in one go.
This is a service that owes great blessings to the saints, relies on the secret strategies taught by the headquarters, and is well-trained. Therefore, we are outnumbered and the enemy is numerous, we must be quiet and wait for work, and our soldiers are only slightly injured.
Now the Tartars have been defeated and retreated to Baogu Town, surrounded by our army on all sides. There are more than ten thousand remaining soldiers in the city, and they are terrified.
This series of victories in all battles was witnessed by thousands of ears and eyes in every city in Hanzhong. It was considered a complete victory, and all the reasons for the victory were reasonably reported in Tang Dynasty.
Report again..."
The military attache was so excited that his hands could not help but tremble.
I knew it was a good news, but I didn't know it was such a big victory.
In several battles, especially the Battle of Nanzheng, more than 6,000 Tartars were annihilated. Together with the number of annihilations in several other places, it was very astonishing. Moreover, the defeated Tartars in Hanzhong were still surrounded in Baogu Town.
"Report immediately."
This newspaper sent by Wen Anzhi actually contains dozens of reports, large and small, from various town newspapers.
Moreover, these were all reported after being investigated by the Jiexi Reporting Office in Sichuan.
He quickly rushed to the Ministry of War Yamen with the good news.
Zhu Dadian, Minister of the Ministry of War, came back from Huguang later that year and served as Minister of the Ministry of War, Co-organizer of the Cabinet, and Associate Minister of the Prime Minister's Office. He was very excited when he saw this newspaper sent by the Minister, and read it.
I quickly picked up a pen and wrote a report accordingly.
"Send directly to the palace gate."
"Forget it, I will send it to the saint myself."
Zhu Dadian congratulated Wen'an and the Ming army of Sichuan and Shaanxi. They fought beautifully.
In this battle, the time to take action was just right.
Zhang Xianzhong was defeated. When the Tatars were exhausted, the Ming army suddenly took action and caught them off guard. They immediately recaptured Hanzhong and severely damaged the Tatars.
The Tatars fought a decisive battle with the Western Army and then fought with the Ming Army. They lost more than 10,000 people and suffered severe injuries.
In the palace.
Zhu Yihai was still talking to Xu Shilin about the Battle of Hanzhong. When he heard that Zhu Dadian had reported to Hanzhong with Dajietang, he laughed happily and said, "Cao Cao is about to arrive. Hurry up and ask our great commander to come and announce the good news."
Zhu Dadian entered the palace and excitedly raised the newspaper, "Your Majesty, a great victory. Hanzhong is restored, the Western Camp is destroyed, and the Tatars are defeated."
Zhu Yihai took the Tang newspaper and read it carefully, while Zhu Dadian briefly told the other ministers about the great victory in Hanzhong.
a long time.
Zhu Yihai was so excited that he could not calm down while holding the Tang newspaper.
I have always been a little worried about the situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi, but now I finally no longer have to worry about extraneous matters.
Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and was shot on the battlefield by the Tatars.
Xiying was completely destroyed.
Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons snatched Zhang Xianzhong's body and fled into the mountains. Zhu Pengfei, who finally won the Battle of Hanzhong, sent people to the mountains to find Zhang Dingguo, invited them to rest at Yangping Pass, and gave them some medicine and food.
Zhang Dingguo and Zhang Kewang discussed for a long time and finally decided to accept Zhu Pengfei's persuasion and accept recruitment from Wen Anzhi.
At this time, the total number of defeated soldiers in the Western Camp was less than 10,000.
Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling objected to being recruited and proposed to lead his troops back to the mountains of northern Sichuan to rest and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback. He even proposed to seize Yangping Pass and seize military supplies and food under the pretext of being recruited.
Both sides have different opinions.
In the end, Zhang Dingguo directly led his troops to surround Wang Zhaoling and his group and killed them all. Then he summoned the whole army with his head in hand. Finally, under the leadership of Zhang Kewang, they decided to accept the imperial court's call for peace.
Wen Anzhi personally went to Yangpingguan to accept the surrender.
Some of the disabled, old and weak of the Western Army were demobilized and resettled, and the remaining 5,000 people were organized into a town.
The four Zhang Kewangs each returned to their original surnames.
Zhang Kewang is the commander-in-chief, with Sun Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi as deputy commanders.
Wen Anzhi presented a memorial to the emperor, requesting a final resolution.
Now there are only these 5,000 people left in the Western Camp. Their remaining troops in northern Sichuan have been demobilized or dispersed and resettled. Apart from these 5,000 people, the defeated army at Yangping Pass has also been given money to demobilize or resettled to farm nearby.
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The remaining five thousand troops, led by Zhang Kewang's four brothers, marched to Baogu Town and joined the siege army.
"What do you think of this?"
The ministers were very excited, "Zhang Xianzhong's defeat can be regarded as eliminating a serious problem. There is no need to recruit his four adopted sons. It is better to directly grant them empty titles and call them into the capital for resettlement. The rest of the Western Army has been dismissed."
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"I think it is not impossible to leave a town in the Western Camp. Now the Tatars still want to resist in Bao Town. The battle is not over yet, so they can participate in the siege. After the war, judging from their performance, they will turn into a garrison.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a town or an out-of-town town.”
Not many people have a good impression of Xiying.
Zhang Xianzhong gave people the impression of being a rebellious person, especially in the last two years, he killed innocent people indiscriminately. The defeat of such a person was a deserved death, and everyone wanted to applaud him.
Now there are only these 10,000 people left, and they should be dealt with directly to eliminate future troubles.
Of course, the Tatars have not been driven away yet, and Li Dingguo and others are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Qing Dynasty. For Zhu Yihai, this is naturally not a bad thing.
Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, and the Xiying camp was almost wiped out, but even the few people left cannot be underestimated. Historically, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated at Fenghuang Mountain in Nanchong, and then Zhang Kewang's four brothers killed the queen, Wang Zhaoling and others, and gained
Take control of Xiying and fight all the way south.
Zeng Ying, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, and others also wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the Western Camp, but Zeng Ying was killed instead. The Ming army was defeated. The Western Army captured Chongqing, and then continued southward, capturing Zunyi along the way. Finally, they saw that Sichuan was in ruins, and the Western Camp was unpopular.
The Qing army pursued them closely, so they simply marched south to Yunnan.
They lied that they were Mu Tianbo's wife's family members and came to help quell the rebellion. In the end, they occupied the magpie's nest and robbed Yunnan. Later, they announced their support for the Yongli court and became the Ming army.
Of course, the Daxi Kingdom's claim to hope and wait was actually just borrowing the name of the Ming Dynasty to unite with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the captives. Under the pressure of the Qing army, they ostensibly became a minister of the Ming Dynasty. But even so, Zhang Kewang always wanted to control the court.
Think of Yongli as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and just be Cao Cao.
Later, there was internal strife in Daxi and Zhang Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. It was no surprise.
Now that Zhang Xianzhong is dead, four people have been recruited.
How Zhu Yihai wanted to deal with them made him think about it for a long time.
"I have repeatedly emphasized before that as long as we are willing to resist the captors, we should unite. When Zhang Xianzhong was still there, I also made him a king. Now that he has been defeated and died, I will not talk about the past."
"Given the military title Shunyi, the number of troops is 5,000, with Li Dingguo as the general commander, Sun Kewang as the director, Liu Wenxiu as the deputy commander-in-chief and leading the left association, and Ai Nengqi as the deputy commander-in-chief and leading the right association.
I heard that Li Dingguo had a sworn relationship with Zhu Pengfei before, and Zhu Pengfei is my fourth adopted son. If this is the case, then I will give Li Dingguo a national surname and I will accept him as my fifth adopted son. I hope he can lead Shunyi Town and protect our family and country."
"After the Baocheng Town is recovered, the Shaanxi-Gansu camp will be stationed in Hanzhong Prefecture, and the Shunyi Town will be stationed in Jiezhou. The Shunyi Town family can also be resettled in various places in Jiezhou, and the remaining Ding and others can be set up as Tunzhen, allocating fields and granting land, and guarding the country's borders.
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"Zhu Dingguo was given the title of Marquis of Anxi, Sun Kewang was given the title of Pingdong Bo, Liu Wenxiu was named Funan Bo, and Ai Nengqi was given the title of Dingbei Bo."
Zhu Dadian was deeply impressed by the emperor's arrangement after hearing it. This was a nail in the coffin.
Among the four sons, Sun Kewang was originally the eldest son, and I heard that Sun Kewang had always been Zhang Xianzhong's designated successor, and he was also very strategic. Although Li Dingguo was brave and capable of fighting, he was younger and his qualifications and achievements were not as good as Sun Kewang's.
But now the emperor insists on using the excuse that Li Dingguo had befriended Zhu Pengfei, the emperor's fourth adopted son, and forced Li Dingguo to be his adopted son, and then appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Shunyi Town, and made Sun Kewang, the boss, the director, a deputy position.
Even in terms of titles, conflicts were deliberately created. Zhu Dingguo was granted the title of marquis, while Sun Kewang and the other three were granted the title of earl.
Originally, all four of them were Zhang Xianzhong's adopted sons, but now Li Dingguo became Zhu Yihai's adopted son, and they were directly divided into two.