The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 824 Revenge
Spring was the hardest time to endure food shortages. The rogues in Henan and Zhongdu were almost trapped in a tight siege and were beaten like bereaved dogs by the superior Ming army.

Although the loss of their old battalion was limited, it was difficult to survive without land to harvest food, and life was really difficult.

Whether it was a real surrender or a false surrender, there were bandit leaders, large and small, who began to accept Xiong Wencan's appeasement.

Gradually, big bosses began to accept the imperial court's recruitment. The first one was Chuangshatian Liu Guoneng, followed by Cao Cao Luo Rucai. Within a few days, the eighth king Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, and the reincarnated king Liu Xiyao also surrendered to the imperial court.

The cute and silly Chongzhen actually gave up revenge and was willing to recruit Zhang Xianzhong who dug the old Zhu's ancestral grave.

Chongzhen was very naive, he thought that such magnanimity of letting go of the past should be able to influence more rogues, and maybe they would become young children of the Ming Dynasty again.

In fact, they are the same eggs!Chongzhen's cowardice further exposed that the Ming Dynasty was strong outside the country, and the perpetrators were not punished, which made the rogues look down on the Ming court and the emperor.

Sure enough, it was the killing of officials and rebellion that made it possible for them to be able to live a good life by being popular, drinking hot food, playing with beauties, and recruiting security. If they didn't dare to kill people, how could they, ordinary people, become officials of Ming Dynasty?
However, history has been rewritten. Originally, in the 11th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong accepted the recruitment and stationed troops in Gucheng, and rebelled again not long after.

There is no such good thing now, Gucheng to the west of Xiangyang Mansion is now the territory of the "Red Banner Army", and it is currently busy with spring plowing.

Today's "Red Banner Army" has a harder waist, not to mention rogues, the Ming army has to hand in their weapons before they enter.

If Zhang Xianzhong dared to ask to be stationed in Gucheng, Huang Han would definitely instruct the "Red Banner Army" in the interior to temporarily put down their work and surround and disarm all Zhang Xianzhong's troops who surrendered.

If they dare to resist Sha Wushe, if they obediently disarm and surrender, the next step will be easy. All the gangster leaders above the hundred generals will be killed. Be a miner.

Although the trajectory of history has not changed dramatically, Xiong Wencan still completed the pacification of the bandits in the 11th year of Chongzhen.

However, many big bosses who accepted the recruitment did not ask for a resident, but bribed Xiong Wencan to ask to lead their troops into Shaanxi to participate in the war.

At this time, Xiong Wencan has become a great savior, the mainstay in Chongzhen's eyes, he even farts very well, and reported that the emperor used the surrendered rogues to beat the rogues in Shaanxi, and of course he got permission.

No way, Xiong Wencan and Chongzhen get together, how can it be possible not to do something stupid to the extreme?

All the Ming troops who participated in the war in the Central Plains seized a lot of gold and silver treasures during this period, and their morale was high. They also wanted to expand the results of the battle and make a fortune.

Being fooled by Xiong Wencan, dozens of Ming army generals included Zuo Liangyu, Mou Wenshou, Zu Kuan, Liu Zeqing, Huang Degong and so on.

They all agreed to wipe out the rogues in Henan and Zhongdu, and then go to Shaanxi, the lair of rogues, to completely kill Gao Yingxiang, Ma Shouying, and Li Zicheng.

Xiong Wencan is proud of his spring breeze. He has 10,000+ Ming troops in his hands, and Zuo Liangyu's department alone has as many as 8 horses. All the bandits he recruited actively asked to follow him into Shaanxi to fight.

Xiong Wencan, who was stupefied and stunned, played the emperor, and the suppression of bandits in the Central Plains came to a perfect end. Except for some people left to continue to clear up the remnants of the bandits, now is the best time to gather an army of 25 troops to go out of Tongguan and go to Xi'an to completely eliminate the bandits.

Chongzhen was overjoyed when such good news came, and he gave a lot of rewards. He agreed that Xiong Wencan would lead an army to go to Shaanxi. Xi'an attacked and advanced.

In addition to the Ming army and the "Red Banner Army" stationed at Tongguan, including the trapped troops of Hong Chengchou, the total number of Ming troops who are about to fight fiercely in Shaanxi is close to 40.

The ignorant Chongzhen had high hopes for Xiong Wencan, and tried every means to raise food and pay for Xiong Wencan's bandits, who accounted for [-]% of the gangsters, half of the army, and the Ming army who had less than [-]% of good soldiers.

He also clearly instructed the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs to persist until the news of success came from Shaanxi even if he sold the iron.

They don't know that Xiong Wencan's stupid decision is definitely helping the bandits a lot. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai know that Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang is in full swing and has won the title of King Qin of the Qing Dynasty. Now he surrounds Hong Shatou in Xi'an.

They had long thought of going back to Shaanxi to join forces with the leader Gao Chuang Wang to seek common development, but Zuo Liangyu, Mou Wenshou, Huang Degong, and Liu Zeqing's men were uncharacteristically stalking, and the rogues lost their troops and would not be able to return west.

It's all right now, I swaggered home after eating the food provided by Daming, and waited until I got out of Tongguan, hehe!
Xiong Wencan's military operations were sloppy, and it was not bad for the assembled troops to travel thirty or forty miles a day. It should be the end of March when they arrived at Tongguan.

Huang Huiwu, the chief officer of the Shaanxi Military Intelligence Department of the Banner Guard, received the order of the general who conquered the captives early on. Not only that, Zhao Kun, who was sitting in Xiangyang, also received Huang Han's instructions.

He Yongqing was dispatched in advance to lead a general cavalry, a thousand infantry, two general artillery, and a thousand general guards to quietly enter Tongguan with thirty one-pounder Francois machine guns.

Huang Han named He Yongqing by name to stay in Tongguan to persuade Sun Yingyuan to follow the "Red Banner Army" to stay in Tongguan and not go anywhere.

He Yongqing has always served as a personal guard by Huang Han's side. When Huang Han was compiling the "Chongzhen Dictionary" in the capital, Gu Kui, He Yongqing, and Ge Daben often quarreled with the generals of the capital.

Not only the generals of the Beijing camp often drink with them and go shopping in romantic places, but even Li Ruolian, Lou Yun, Zhang Chao and other big figures in Jinyiwei call them brothers and sisters.

Of course Sun Yingyuan knew that He Yongqing was close to General Zhenglu, and he was an absolute confidant.

He Yongqing's proposal must have influenced him. As long as Sun Yingyuan stays in Tongguan and follows the "Red Banner Army", history will be rewritten and he will not die easily.

It doesn't matter if Sun Yingyuan and his [-] Beijing troops are fooled away by Xiong Wencan.

There were more than [-] "Red Banner Army" in Tongguan, plus Huang Huiwu's rural courage developed during this period, and he called on the people to participate in the defense of the city, and it was easy to organize [-] young and middle-aged men.

Sun Yingyuan trusted the "Red Banner Army", and after a secret discussion with Huang Huiwu and He Yongqing, he decided not to join Xiong Wencan's army, which was mixed with a small number of rogues.

He expedited [-] miles to express to the admirals of the Beijing camp Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua the importance of stationing at Tongguan, pointing out that Xiong Wencan's troops were actually mobs and the variables were uncontrollable, and he informed the general of the conquest of captives about his prediction.

Fang Zhenghua put in too much effort to make the Beijing camp able to have what he is today. Of course, he supported Sun Yingyuan to stick to Tongguan to preserve his strength.

(End of this chapter)