Daming kill

Chapter 231 The Strong Coming
Yuan Jixian was feeling better there, and Li Ping, who had been by his side all the time, was not so happy.

Li Ping didn't like Yuan Jixian very much.

Yuan Jixian's official position is too big, and he is still a lot straighter than Xu Wenqi.

This put a lot of pressure on Li Ping.

When Li Ping killed Xi Dingxuan, Xu Wenqi didn't say anything, but Yuan Jixian scolded him severely as soon as he came, and then talked about a lot of truths.

Just because Li Ping, a warrior, shouldn't kill a Juren who has no conclusive evidence to support his defection without asking for instructions.

Xi Dingxuan was not taken away by the local officials and given to the thieves, but he took the initiative to surrender to the thieves.

Zhang Xianzhong's wanton appointment of officials in Wuchang gave Xi Dingxuan a lot of stimulation. Compared with Xu Wenqi, he did a lot of hard work but was still restricted by various rules and regulations and could not get an official position that could be recognized by the court. As a result, Xi Dingxuan's psychology became seriously unbalanced.

After some ideological struggle, Xi Dingxuan not only chose to take the initiative to become a thief, he even instigated the rebellion of two native officials and boldly launched an attack on Xingguo Prefecture.

In order to protect Li Ping, Xingguo prefecture has greatly strengthened the squeeze on the local area, especially the most extensive mountainous area, and then some evil gentry and officials and officials have played a big role in it, causing the already tense relationship between the local people and the government to confront each other. further exacerbated.

Xi Dingxuan made full use of and intensified the distrust and hostility of the natives towards the government.

He successfully dispatched Ke and Chen, two native officials who had only taken refuge in Zhang Xianzhong in history but did not send troops to attack the official army.

The Ke and Chen native officials are not only famous for their bravery, but the Ke and Chen surnames are also the largest families in the surrounding Baili Mountains. They can gather a large number of troops and have a strong appeal.

The sensational effect is naturally the greatest.

Xi Dingxuan wanted to use his great achievements to gain Zhang Xianzhong's appreciation and attention, and he wanted a better and satisfying official position.

Since Xi Dingxuan has not been conferred an official position by Zhang Xianzhong for the time being, the information about his defection to the bandit basically comes from information that cannot be guaranteed to be 100% accurate and the confessions of the natives and the bandit army.

Yuan Jixian believes that the determination of whether Xi Dingxuan is indeed a traitor needs more complete evidence and a review by civil officials, and must not be hasty.

After all, Xi Dingxuan is a juren, a well-known scholar who has been written by Xu Wenqi in the petition and known by the emperor and courtiers, so we must be cautious.

However, after Li Ping's cavalry defeated the troops of the native officials Ke and Chen and captured Xi Dingxuan who was in the army of the rebel native officials, in order to deter other scholars and strengthen the will of the soldiers and civilians in Daye County to continue to stick to it, he made his own decisions. Xi Dingxuan was beheaded in public.

Li Ping believes that Xi Dingxuan must be dealt with quickly. Li Ping believes that the evidence he has is enough, and it is impossible to wrong Xi Dingxuan.

Of course, Li Ping informed Xu Wenqi, but Xu Wenqi remained silent.

Sometimes history is difficult to tell. In the original history, after Xu Wenqi was killed by Zhang Xianzhong, Xi Dingxuan, the positive figure who left his name in "History of Ming Dynasty Xu Wenqi Biography", did not die, but became the magistrate of Daye County under the Daxi regime. No one said It is clear whether Xu Wenqi's desire to raise trouble in the enemy camp had anything to do with Xi Dingxuan.

However, after a long detour, Xi Dingxuan finally took the old path in history, took refuge in Zhang Xianzhong, and was captured and killed in the counterattack of forces loyal to Daming (not Zuo Liangyu's troops).

But no matter what, the Xi Dingxuan incident allowed Li Ping to witness the extreme desire and madness of scholars in the late Ming Dynasty for becoming an official.

Although Yuan Jixian, besides reprimanding a few words, actually talked more about life, ideals and praise to Li Ping, and he didn't intend to hold on to the killing of Xi Dingxuan, and he didn't even ask Li Ping to remove Xi Dingxuan's head.

Maybe Yuan Jixian just got used to preaching, or he just didn't get used to it.

But Li Ping is still very upset, he is not Zuo Liangyu, he is not so cold about the so-called righteousness at this time, and he doesn't like others to use righteousness to suppress him.

As for whether Yuan Jixian had any intention of loving him, Li Ping would not be too affectionate for the two of them.

Of course, the most important thing that Li Ping didn't like Yuan Jixian was because Yuan Jixian was too big an official, and he was not an easy-going fool, which seriously threatened his autonomy.

Just like now, no matter how much Li Ping has to do, he has to stay with Yuan Jixian honestly and listen to his preaching.

Without being in the system, it is difficult for people to feel that the official ranks crush people to death, let alone the strong sense of oppression and powerlessness brought about by the disparity in status.

Li Ping does not want to be someone else's pawn, does not want to be unable to control the situation, and does not want to bind his arms.

He decided to do something, he wanted to escape, he planned not to tell Yuan Jixian about the counterattack he was planning, even if it was a great benefit Yuan Jixian brought him.

Without Yuan Jixian's sudden arrival, without Zuo Liangyu's sudden and rapid return to Guangji, Li Ping really planned to withdraw the army that put down the native officials' rebellion at the beginning.

But Yuan Jixian changed everything.

A defense without a counterattack is a deadly defense, no matter how stable the defense is, it will be passively beaten.

When Qizhou and Fuchi were no longer under great pressure, Li Ping instantly felt a lot more relaxed. He was eager to seize this rare opportunity to change his strategic passivity, especially when he knew that Zhang Xianzhong was not far away from him. I couldn't bear it even more.

The war was emboldening him more and more.

Li Ping was thinking about Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhang Xianzhong was actually thinking about him too.

Even when night fell on this day, Zhang Xianzhong was still looking at Daye County with a gloomy face.

This was the third day that Zhang Xianzhong wandered outside Daye County, and it was also an even more depressing day.

The little guerrilla Li Ping slapped him hard again, almost completely discrediting him, and made him not in the mood to continue dreaming of being an emperor in Wuchang City.

Historically, when Zhang Xianzhong was in Wuchang, he controlled as many as 21 states and counties, including Xingguo Prefecture, and there was an endless stream of people around him who took the initiative to surrender. .

But now, there are only a dozen counties under Zhang Xianzhong's control, and the small Daye County, which is very close to Wuchang City and originally a county under Wuchang Prefecture, is like a nail that cannot be pulled out. The people in Wuchang City obviously Doubts arose about his abilities.

And having to conscript the people to carry out ants to attack the city further exacerbated this doubt.

Moreover, since Daye County is the closest to Wuchang City and the only county with complete gold management capabilities and sufficient mineral resources, if Daye County cannot be taken down, Zhang Xianzhong's move to cast the "Treasure of the Western King" copper coins will also be greatly affected.

Zhang Xianzhong's decision to attack Daye was not just for revenge on Li Ping, he was not so paranoid at this time.

Under such circumstances, how could Zhang Xianzhong sit still in Wuchang City?
Originally, Xi Dingxuan gave him a surprise.

But hope comes easily and is lost quickly.

Li Ping's ability and speed to solve the rebellion exceeded everyone's imagination. It was futile to let Zhang Xianzhong go to Daye to supervise the battle and prepare to accept the victory. The Macheng Xinying in the film had a psychological shadow and almost collapsed.

"Xi Wang, Li Ping's reinforcements have entered Daye County, and they are the soldiers who just destroyed the homes of the two righteous men, Ke and Chen. The news is accurate. We are afraid that we will have no hope of capturing this city. Let's go back to the Tianshoufu City. ! (Wuchang Mansion was renamed Tianshou Mansion by Zhang Xianzhong)" persuaded Xu Yixian, the new Prime Minister Zuo and Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

"This king is not reconciled!" Zhang Xianzhong said with a fierce look at Sun Kewang.

The attack on Daye County was specifically presided over by Sun Kewang. Zhang Xianzhong gave the eldest of his adopted sons the greatest trust and all support, and even allowed Sun Kewang to violate their New Deal to impose strict control on the people and expropriate them at will.

But Sun Kewang disappointed Zhang Xianzhong, and did not bring him the same good news as Li Rujing did back then.

Of course, after Zhang Xianzhong came in person, he was like a bird, but he didn't think it was his problem.

Sun Kewang was so frightened by Zhang Xianzhong's gaze that he shrank his neck, and hurriedly said loudly: "King Xi, give me a few more days, and I will conquer this city."

Seeing this, Xu Yixian sighed and said to Zhang Xianzhong: "The main disadvantage of our army's continuous battle is that the firearms of the officers and soldiers are sharper than ever before, and the artillery can be used for miles at a time. It is beyond human power to compete. General Sun and the soldiers We have all done our best, and we should not continue to waste the lives of our soldiers here."

"But if we retreat, wouldn't it only fuel Li Ping's arrogance? I have only been crowned king for a few days, and the small Daye County can't be taken down. How will the subjects think of me! Those restless officials and gentry are afraid They will also take the opportunity to cause chaos." Zhang Xianzhong said worriedly.

Xu Yixian forced a smile and said: "The King of the West is too worried! Daye County is deep into Yuanhu Lake and surrounded by water on three sides. It is a typical city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. And our army has no water army, so we can't surround this place to death." Naturally, it is normal for a city to be invincible in a short period of time. Tianshou Mansion is a mansion near the river, and the people here understand this truth.

Now that Zuo Liangyu's army is attacking Guangji again, the situation has changed, and our army should have adjusted its deployment.

Furthermore, our army has suffered huge casualties these days, so why not Li Ping's soldiers and horses, not to mention that his troops are not many at all, and they are already terrified when they think about it, and they definitely have no arrogance.And we shouldn't completely withdraw our troops. The army can temporarily withdraw, but we still need to leave enough troops to block and seal the city's land passages to continue oppression. So how can Li Ping be so arrogant? "

Zhang Xianzhong closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and finally said dejectedly: "The prime minister is right, I will follow the prime minister's arrangements for everything. I don't want to be so angry anymore, you and I will go back tonight, and the army can arrange to retreat after dawn tomorrow .”

Zhang Xianzhong was probably extremely angry and disappointed, and completely lost his mood for staying here.

"Xi Wang, me?" Sun Kewang looked up and asked with some trepidation.

"You? You can stay here! Keep an eye on Li Ping and Wuchang County." Zhang Xianzhong said coldly.

But just after he finished speaking, Zhang Xianzhong immediately looked at Xu Yixian and asked, "Prime Minister thinks this arrangement is good."

Xu Yixian hurriedly said: "The arrangement of the King of the West is very appropriate. Everyone knows General Sun's loyalty and ability, and it is most appropriate to continue to preside here. I think it is also possible to order the soldiers under General Liu Wenxiu to join the new battalion as well." Stay on and be led by General Sun.

General Liu is gentle, gentle and cautious, good at comforting soldiers and common people, it is most suitable for him to assist General Sun.We are here to fight not only for victory or defeat on the battlefield, but also for the hearts and minds of the people. "

Zhang Xianzhong glanced at Xu Yixian with some strange eyes, but still nodded readily and said: "The prime minister's arrangement is very good, so it's settled."

……

While Zhang Xianzhong was talking with Xu Yixian, an army of more than 1000 people was secretly boarding a ship and leaving the county seat in the south of Daye County, which they couldn't see, under the cover of darkness.

Li Ping made up his mind quickly and acted quickly.

Through observing the lights of the unsuspecting Peasant Army garrison area two nights ago and the statements of the captured prisoners, Li Ping was not sure but had a relatively high probability of determining Zhang Xianzhong's approximate location.

Don't miss out!

Li Ping directly dispatched four of the five battalions of the Second Regiment stationed in Daye, and led the team himself.

The foundation of the Second Regiment was the first and second battalions with the strongest combat effectiveness before the large-scale expansion. It is a typical group with a strong foundation, many veterans, and officers at all levels are also the most capable group. Then the Second Regiment has suffered the most in recent battles. Baptized by arduous and long-term battles, the will and ability to fight are very strong, and Li Ping has great confidence in them.

Since there are always boats on Yuanhu Lake coming in and out of Daye County no matter day or night, and the official army has never sent boats and infantry to attack the peasant army from other places, so the second regiment's secret departure from the city was very successful and did not arouse the peasant army's anger at all. any attention.

(End of this chapter)