Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 230 Yunyang Iron Wall
Hubei, Yunyang.

After Sun Chuanting's death in battle, trespassers swept across Jingxiang, and the only city in the north of the river, Yunyang, stood alone.Beijing once thought that Yunyang had already fallen, but until the spring of the 17th year of Chongzhen, when Li Zicheng captured the entire Shaanxi and sent his troops northward, Yunyang was still holding on.

Li Zicheng was also helpless against this stubborn Yunyang City, but he was not reconciled, so he specially left [-] troops, and ordered Lu Yingbiao and Feng Yangzhu to lead them to capture Yunyang.

But until Li Zicheng took Beijing, defeated Shanhaiguan, went south all the way, and finally died in Jiugong Mountain, Hubei, the Chuangjun failed to gnaw the hard bone of Yunyang.

And Daming didn't know that Yunyang was still sticking to it until Chongzhen hanged himself and King Fu Nanjing succeeded to the throne.

The two great defenders of Yunyang, Gao Doushu, the procurator of Huguang, were appointed as the governor of Hanzhong, who also controlled northern Sichuan, and Xu Qiyuan, the magistrate of Yunyang, was the governor of Yunyang.

Originally, Yunyang stood firm, and the host was Gao Doushu, but because the cabinet minister Chen Yan had a personal grudge against him, he kept suppressing him. After Xiangyang fell, the governor Wang Yongzuo, the guard and the vassals, withdrew, and advocated that the court should convict and arrest Wang Yongzuo, and then even recommended Li Qiande. Wang Jingchang and Wang Jingchang served as governors of Yunyang, but they failed to take office because of the road blockage.

Gao Doushu was promoted to the governor of Hanzhong, but Hanzhong was lost early and had no place to serve, so he had to accept the order to hand over his military power, but he still lived in Yunyang City.

But Nanjing did not send them a single soldier. After that, Zuo Liangyu recovered Jingzhou, Chengtian, De'an, Wuchang, etc., but did not return to Xiangyang. Later, he went south to the Qing Dynasty and died of illness on the river. The hands of the Qing army.

At this time, in Yunyang City, there were six battalions of soldiers, only four thousand remnants.

From the 15th year of Chongzhen to the present, it has been more than three years.

Governor Xu Qiyuan had just finished touring the city and returned to Fuya to discuss matters with Gao Doushu, Wang Guangen and others when a pacesetter came in to report.

"The court envoy?"

Xu Qiyuan was a little surprised. Yunyang was located in the upper reaches of the Han River, and the upper reaches of Hanzhong were guarded by the former Shun Army general He Zhen after he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, while the lower reaches of Xiangyang were originally garrisoned by Wu Sangui. Before the Azig squadron returned to the north, the Qing court was worried about Wu Sangui. It was ordered to return to Jinzhou, and other generals will guard it at this time.

The upper and lower reaches were occupied by the Qing army. Jingzhou in the south was originally occupied by the Chuang army. After Li Zicheng's death, Zheng Siwei, the deputy general stationed in Jingzhou, killed the main general Meng Changgeng and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. He was appointed as the deputy general of Jingzhou.

Yunyang was surrounded by the Qing army on all sides. Where did the imperial envoy come from at this time?
At this time, Yunyang didn’t even know that after the death of the Southern Capital, another king of Lu came out to supervise the country in the east of Zhejiang. Yunyang’s anti-Japanese war lasted for several years, and it was already at the end of the river. Many generals even left Yunyang or surrendered to the Qing Dynasty or found him elsewhere. road.

"Could it be a Tartar?"

Gao Doushu was considered a guest at this time, but Xu Qiyuan still relied on him very much, and asked him to discuss matters of city defense and defense, "It's better to call someone in first."

When the envoy was invited in, both Gao Doushu and Xu Qiyuan couldn't help being surprised.

"Could it be Wenjijiu?"

"The son of the state's sacrificial wine was long ago removed by Xue Guoguan, and he lived in seclusion in Yiling's hometown for several years."

Wen Anzhi, who is in his 60s, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. He was selected as a good scholar, and he was reviewed by the Imperial Academy.

Although Wen Anzhi had never been a high-ranking official, he was known for his integrity and had a good reputation among scholars. Both Xu Gao and Xu Gao knew him well.

"What wind brought Wen Gong to Yunyang?"

Wen Anzhi was dressed in short clothes at this time, like a landlord's accountant who went to the countryside to collect rent. He smiled and took out a will from his arms.

"Called by the imperial court, just come and run some errands."

A bearded general asked, "Which imperial court, Nanjing has already perished. Mr. Mo Buwen came here under the order of the Northern Dynasty? When Wu Sangui was in Xiangyang, he sent someone to pass the decree. We almost thought that Wu Sangui was still a Ming Dynasty My servant, I was almost fooled."

Wen Anzhi was not annoyed, "Who is this?"

The bearded man replied directly, "Wang Guangen!"

"It turned out to be Hua Guansuo, long-awaited."

Huaguan Suo Wang Guang'en, also started as a thief, and he was an uprising with Zhang Xianzhong, the Eight Great Kings. Among the Peasant Army, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were the two most powerful forces, and the others were either annexed or recruited.

Hua Guansuo was recruited by Gao Doushu. He was first awarded guerrilla warfare. Because of his bravery in combat and his meritorious service in defending Yunyang, he went all the way to the General Army of Yunyang.

"It is absolutely impossible for me, Wen Anzhi, to descend to the Qing Dynasty. This time, I am following the order of the orthodox Ming Dynasty, the Lu Jianguo of Shaotian Prefecture in Tokyo, Zhejiang."

"Guardian Lu?"

"Everyone has been trapped in Yunyang for a long time, and you don't know the outside situation. Since the southern capital died, the king of Lu raised his righteousness to Taizhou, supervised the country of Shaoxing, and sent troops to the north to attack the three Wus. Now the situation is very good.

Commissioned Zhu Dadian as the governor of seven provinces including Shaanxi, Gansu, and the military affairs of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. He recruited Shun Ying Gao Yigong Li Guo and others, and reorganized them into the Zhongzhen Camp. He also recruited and reorganized Ma Jinzhong and other departments into the Zhongwu Camp. Zhongyong Battalion·····
Let me tell you some good news. Li Guo led his troops to take down Yiling Prefecture, and Gao Yigong took down Jingmen Prefecture. Yuan Zongdi also led his troops to attack the police when he came back from Jianguo. The Zhongzhen Battalion, with 30 troops, is encircling Jingzhou . "

"While Governor Zhu and Governor Du Yinxi joined forces with the Zhongwu Camp to march towards Wuchang."

"Everyone, the great cause of counterattacking Jingxiang and recovering Chu has begun."

Gao Doushu and others were all dumbfounded, unable to believe it.

Are all the thieves down to Daming?
Loyalty Camp, Loyalty Camp?

"Where is He Tengjiao?"

"He Tengjiao has already been conscripted as a scholar of the Dongge University because of his meritorious service in guarding the land and supporting the establishment. Now Zhu Dadian is the governor of the seven provinces, Du Yinxi is the governor of Huguang, Fu Shangrui is still the governor of Pianyuan, and Zhang Kuang is the governor of the seven provinces. Provincial Supervision Army..."

Hearing the good news, Gao Doushu and others were all beaming with joy.
"Quickly call all the soldiers and civilians in the city to welcome the imperial decree of Lu Jian!"

After Li Chixin regained Yiling, Wen Anzhi was invited out of the mountains in the countryside. This time, he came here to preach the decree because Gao and Xu had known each other for a long time. At this time, he sent someone casually. It is estimated that this side does not believe it. If Li Guo sent someone to come , I don't even believe it here.

"Zhu Dushi played the imperial court, supervised the country's decree, still took Xu Qiyuan as the governor of Yunyang, controlled Yunyang, Jingzhou, Xiangyang and other places of five provinces, eight prefectures and nine states, plus the right deputy capital censor and the minister of the Ministry of War, and also supervised military affairs. .

Gao Doushu was the governor of Hanzhong, he was added to the right as the censor of the capital and the minister of the Ministry of war, and he was added to supervise the food and pay to control military affairs. "

"All the battalions in Yunyang were given the title of Zhongkai, Wang Guangen was appointed Admiral of Yunyang, Wang Guangtai was the general of Yunyang, Liu Tiaoyuan was the general of Xiangyang Town, Miao Shihua, Yang Mingqi, Tingpin, and Yu Qifan were all appointed as vice-generals. Soldiers, divide into defense towns."

"There will be a batch of money and grain sent by Li Chixin, Marquis of Xingguo, who will send you 20 taels of silver and some grain and grass. Please help me."

"I will stay in Yunyang from now on."

The imperial court appointed Wen Anzhi as the supervisor of the Yunyang capital, and the director of Yunyang's five provinces and eight prefectures and Kyushu officials and horses.

Yunyang in Daming is quite special. Like Pianyuan and Nangan, he does not omit the establishment of a governor, but is under the jurisdiction of inter-provinces.

In fact, the official name of the governor of Yunyang is Fuzhi Yunyang and other localities and admirals who are also admirals.

The five roads are Shangjingnan Road, the lower Jingnan Road, Guannan Road, Runan Road and Shangluo Road, the eight prefectures are Yunyang, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Anlu, Nanyang, Xi'an, Hanzhong and Kuizhou, and the Kyushu is Junzhou Yuzhou Shangzhou, Dengzhou, Jinzhou, Guizhou and Jingmen, Yiling, and Ningqiang.

During the peasant uprising at the end of Ming Dynasty, Yunyang could be said to be the base camp of the peasant army. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong lost their halberds several times and recovered from injuries in Yunyang.

Although Yunyang is not a province, its jurisdiction is huge, and they are all very difficult areas, such as the Badong mountainous area and the northern Hubei mountainous area.

The establishment of the Zhongkai Camp was actually a reorganization of the former Ming Dynasty officials and troops centered on Yunyang, as well as the former Chuangjun and refugees who had been recruited and surrendered. Pay, strengthen control.

The Zhongzhen camp of Li Guo and others, the Zhongwu camp of Ma Jinzhong and others, the Zhongyong camp of Qin Liangyu, and now the Zhongkai camp of Wang Guangen and others.

Now, Zhu Yihai has airborne officers to supervise and command those distant places, and at the same time, he is also continuously conferring officials and titles to those local powerful military leaders, and starting to reorganize.

He is not stingy with titles and official positions, as long as he is willing to accept reorganization and unite the front, what does it matter if he is given some official titles now, this is different from the situation in the eastern Zhejiang base camp.

Wang Guangen was granted the title of Marquis of Yunyang, and several other generals were also given the title of earl, deputy general of the general army, etc.

In history, the Zhongkai Camp was originally the name given by Nanming to the generals of Central Sichuan, Wang Xiang, Li Zhanchun, Wu Dading and others.

At this time, Zhu Yihai paid so much attention to the isolated city of Yunyang, because he also liked their ability to resist. At the same time, Yunyang's geographical location is important, connecting Hanzhong and Xiangyang, and overlooking Jingzhou. It is included under his command, which is also very important for the Jingzhou Wuchang campaign that has already started. .

Wang Guangen was very satisfied with having a title, an official position, and money. In the past few years, he had become autistic, and even wanted to lead his troops away like Xu Yong.

At the beginning Xu Yong left with his troops, ran to vote for Zuo Liangyu, and then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Now he is the general soldier of Jiujiang. He heard that life is going well, and he sent him several letters to surrender.

But Hua Guansuo fought against the Chuang army and the Qing army in the past few years, and countless ghosts died under the sword, and he was naturally tired of the Tartars, and he was always hesitant.

Fortunately, this decree made him stop thinking about other thoughts for a while.

"What Yunyang lacks most now is food and salt."

If it weren't for Yunyang's dangerous location, the Shun army and the Qing army couldn't besiege the city for a long time and had to blockade the city, Yunyang would have starved to death.Although Yunyang is partial, it also has the advantage of being partial, that is, there are mountains everywhere around, and many people in Huguangguanzhong, Henan fled to the mountains due to the war, and cultivated wasteland and farmland, but they can barely survive.

And every time Yunyang repelled the enemy's attack, he could still go to the mountains to collect some food and grass. Although it was not much, he barely survived.

Gao Doushu asked, "When will Jingzhou fight, do we need to send troops?"

Wen Anzhi told them that the strategy of Jian Guo is that Yunyang only needs to send a small group of troops to the south, and go to the city of Jingzhou to raise the banner of Yunyang to bluff. The main task of Yunyang is to defend the city. Jingzhou Qing army, then Yunyang can stop them halfway, or simply attack their hometown. "

"Depending on the specific situation, it is mainly a diversion task."

Wang Guangen stroked his beard, "I like this plan, I wish the defenders of Xiangyang would come out to reinforce Jingzhou, so that I can lead troops to take Xiangyang."

(End of this chapter)