The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 806 Secretly Beware
During this period of time, the Manchurian cavalry fought smoothly, the only fly in the ointment was that food was unsustainable.

They had to keep looting and plundering the clans that had established themselves to protect themselves by armed robbery of food and livestock to make ends meet.

In order to show the sincerity of the alliance, Gao Yingxiang generously gave the Qing army [-] shi of wheat.

With these grains, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were fed enough for more than three months, and they no longer had to worry about the future. They could completely concentrate and disperse the troops who collected grain and attack Xi'an City.

The rogues did not suffer either, and the Qing army reciprocated by giving them more than [-] weapons and more than [-] pairs of leather and cotton armor seized during this period.

Gao Yingxiang didn't lack people, but he lacked equipment. After getting the weapons, several new battalion leaders immediately appeared.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, many rebel leaders appeared on the stage of history. Most of them were officials who forced the people to rebel.

And Gao Yingxiang is a different kind. In today's words, he is actually a person with pursuit.

He used to be a horse trader, good at riding and shooting, with extraordinary physical strength, and lived a prosperous life.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang saw many hungry people in Shaanxi clamoring: "Instead of sitting and starving to death, why not steal and die."

He felt that the opportunity had come. Since Gao Yingxiang had financial resources, the standard of starting a family was very high.

At that time, there were more than 200 war horses and draft horses in Anzhai, Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, and there were more than [-] tribesmen and township party members who were able to ride and fight.

Gao Yingxiang is a horse dealer, and his business is not small. Selling horses is not a small business of selling vegetables and tofu, nor is it something ordinary people can do.

To do this line of work, one must not only have financial resources, but also have sufficient force. Gao Yingxiang not only possesses force, but also "spends money with righteousness" and recruits many younger brothers. He has a great reputation in his hometown.

In just two years of killing officials and rebelling, Gao Yingxiang became one of the leaders of the "36 Battalion". Afterwards, Gao Yingxiang developed rapidly.

After the rebellion, Gao Yingxiang, who fought against the Ming army, was all dressed in eye-catching white robes and white scarves. He took the lead, dared to fight and rushed, and won more bandits to follow.

Early rebels such as Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong, etc. died one after another, Gao Yingxiang finally took the lead and became the leader of the rogues, that is, the leader of the rogues.

This person has a deep city, he is usually unsmiling and has a majesty, and his psychological quality is also excellent. He can not be influenced by defeat and victory. His level is actually much higher than that of the wretched man Li Zicheng.

Gao Yingxiang's classic battle example is to win the strong from the strong. He set up an ambush in Qiutou Town, Ningzhou to trap and kill the famous Ming generals Ai Wannian and Cao Wenzhao.

You must know that before this, when you heard the name of "Big and Small Cao", the rogues were defeated for thousands of miles, and a thousand Guanning cavalry dared to chase tens of thousands of rogues and beat them to death.

The Battle of Qiutou Town boosted all the rogues' self-confidence. They thought that the most powerful Guanning Iron Cavalry in Ming Dynasty was nothing more than that, and they would no longer be afraid of any Ming army.

Nowadays, in the eyes of the rogues, the "Red Banner Army" is an independent armed force, which is not the same thing as the Ming army. Facts have proved that this is true, because the "Red Banner Army" has strict discipline, starves to death and does not plunder the common people.

Although the rogues murdered and set fire to black hearts, most of them came from the poorest common people. There is no doubt that they hated the government and the Ming army who murdered and set fire to bully the common people.

Although the rogues were beaten badly every time they encountered the "Red Banner Army", the rogues just couldn't hate the "Red Banner Army".

Zhang Xianzhong looked down on Li Zicheng, so after Gao Yingxiang died, he had constant friction with Li Zicheng, who had inherited Gao Yingxiang's inheritance and inherited the title of "Chuang Wang", and almost killed Li Zicheng.

The reason is that he disapproved of Li Zicheng and felt that it was unfair for this wretched man to inherit King Gao Chuang's family fortune.But Zhang Xianzhong obeyed Gao Yingxiang and always recognized him as the master.

In fact, we can see the clues by looking at the development of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng after Gao Yingxiang's death.

Li Zicheng's starting conditions for inheriting Gao Yingxiang's legacy are of course better than Zhang Xianzhong's, and Zhang Xianzhong's success is not much worse than Li Zicheng's. One self-proclaimed Dashun Emperor and the other self-proclaimed Daxi Emperor.

Gao Yingxiang is tolerant of others, but too many rebellious rebels follow his lead, which is hard for Li Zicheng to catch up with.

After Li Zicheng became stronger, he often attacked and killed his former comrades-in-arms and annexed other bandit leaders.

The strength is second only to Li Zicheng's Cao Cao Luo Rucai, and the top-ranked Ge Liyan He Yilong was killed by Li Zicheng. It can be seen that internal friction has also damaged too many main forces of the rogues.

The key is that Li Zicheng is a little tender, and his prestige is not as high as Gao Yingxiang, so he had to resort to force to make the other big bosses submit.

Now that the natural enemy Sun Chuanting is absent, Gao Yingxiang is not only living well, but in the past, due to Yang Sichang's plan of "four positives and six corners, and ten sides to spread the net" to show the effect, the local bandits fell into a low ebb, and he was driven into Shaanxi by Manchurian cavalry broken.

Gao Yingxiang is the leader of the rogue bandits, and is recognized by all the big leaders as the head of the family. Now, in order to use the power of the Qing army, he accepted the title of King Qin conferred by the Qing Dynasty.

I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.Gao Yingxiang, who has ideals, has been guarding against the Manchurian cavalry while uniting with the Qing army. It is necessary to take an independent path.

Gao Yingxiang will not be stupid and go all out to fight the Ming army. How to make good use of the cooperation period with the Qing Dynasty to develop and strengthen the rebel army is his main goal.

Now I have realized the benefits. Since the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry have the ability to run, the front line from Hanzhong to Xi'an is safe and there is no need to travel all day. Gao Yingxiang finally has time to train the troops.

Although the gangsters and the slaves have become allies, they do not trust each other and are secretly on guard. It is entirely because Fan Wencheng ran back and forth to convey the communication between the two armies. Jierhalang and Azig agreed to attack Xi'an City. After success, half of the profit will be seized.

Of course, it is impossible for the Manchurian cavalry to participate in the siege of the ant-attached city. Their main task is to roam the inside and outside lines to ensure that the army of rogues will not be raided by the Ming army.

Eliminating all the Ming troops who would definitely come to reinforce them and destroying the Ming troops who might break out from Xi'an was the specific division of labor that Jiannu got.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in the tenth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang kept the contract and mobilized tens of thousands of people to surround the city of Xi'an, but he was not in a hurry to attack the city at all, but increased the intensity of training.

Gao Yingxiang would lead troops, but the rogue troops would often disperse when they were attacked by the Ming army. As we all know, the main reason is insufficient training and equipment shortage.

The rogues have been on the move since they were born, how can they have time to regroup?
The mob couldn't even understand the drums, let alone how to line up. Even though most of the rogues were dead, it would be of no avail if they dared to do their best.

Gao Yingxiang besieged the city of Xi'an, and the Qing army was responsible for the reinforcements, which gave him precious time to train the newly formed battalion.

(End of this chapter)