Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 378

In the city of Xi'an.

The right servant of the Ministry of War and the right deputy capital censor Meng Qiaofang, governor of Shaanxi, also governs Sichuan and Gansu.

In the governor's mansion, Meng Qiaofang was also wearing cotton armor with a knife hanging from her waist.

"Point general!"

Chen De, the deputy general of the left battalion of the Biaoying camp, Ren Zhen, the deputy general of the right battalion, Ma Ning and Wang Ping, the guerrilla Liu Youyuan and Liu Fangming, and Zhao Liangdong, the deputy guard of Tongguan, stepped forward.

"Zhao Liangdong, you have worked hard to come here from Tongguan."

Tongguan defender Zhao Liangdong was a tall man with a full beard. He was only in his twenties. He was from Suide, Shaanxi, and he and Li Zicheng were fellow villagers.

It is said that Mizhi's mother-in-law is Suide's Han.

However, different from Li Zicheng, Zhao Liangdong was from a family of officials. He studied and practiced literature since he was a child. Later, in the chaos in Guanzhong, he abandoned literature and practiced martial arts.

After the Qing army entered the pass, Meng Qiaofang followed the Azig army into the pass to fight. Once in danger, Zhao Liangdong took his family to the countryside to collect rent and rescued the siege.

After Meng Qiaofang was rescued, she admired the young and brave Zhao Liangdong, so she persuaded him to join the army and became her own soldier.In just over a year, Meng Qiaofang recommended this young man all the way, and now he is the acting defense of Tongguan.

"Master Department Hall has worked hard, the end will be late."

"From now on, you will be the guerrilla of the Chinese Army in the Supervising Biao Battalion." Meng Qiaofang directly promoted Zhao Liangdong to an officer, and added the word "acting agent" before the defense, and now he is directly promoted to the guerrilla, and is still the Supervising and Biao Zhongjun.

"The headquarters has gone to Xinming Thief, and He Zhen will arrive at the city of Xi'an tomorrow. Xihua, the headquarters has entrusted you with a task. You go to the suburbs to meet He Zhen."

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He Zhen led the 1 soldiers of the Chinese army to the outskirts of Xi'an, and the two armies led by Hu Xiangqian and Wu Dading also came together. They wanted to divide their troops here in Xi'an and go to Weinan and Gaoling to the east of Xi'an to garrison.

Zhao Liangdong led hundreds of people and drove many strong men and many cars to meet him.

A lot of food, meat and vegetables, and a lot of firewood, cotton cloth, etc. were sent.

"Master Meng is packing up houses in the city, collecting supplies, and preparing for the ceremony of entering the city. At the end of the special mission, the general came to welcome Governor Gao, Governor Sun, President He and others to enter the city first."

He Zhen laughed loudly, and patted Zhao Liangdong's shoulder, "Young man is tall enough, what is your position under Master Meng?"

"The end will be Zhao Liangdong, a Chinese guerrilla from Meng Gongbiao's battalion."

"At such a young age, he is already a guerrilla in the standard battalion. It seems that he has a bright future."

Zhao Liangdong laughed along with him, and only said that his father and Meng Qiaofang had been together as officials, and that they were supported by Mr. Meng.

He Zhen pursed her lips, as if she should have such an expression.

"The army has just arrived, so they will not enter the city for the time being, but will be stationed outside the city. In the early morning of tomorrow, I will enter the city with Gaobu Tang Sun Fuyuan and others."

Zhao Liangdong responded and left.

After leaving the camp of the Ming army, Zhao Liangdong did not go far, but stayed in a pine forest. After a while, someone followed him and talked with him for a long time before leaving.

night.

On the outskirts of Xi'an, He Zhen, Wu Dading, and Hu Xiangchen formed a ten-mile company battalion. Since Xi'an had surrendered, the camp was relatively simple, especially the second battalion of Hu Xiangchen and Wu Dading. They had to go east to Weinan, Gaoling was stationed, so I didn't waste much effort to set up camp tonight. I simply surrounded it with vehicles and set up countless tents to set up camp.

It was freezing cold, and a fire was lit in the camp to keep warm. Everyone hid in the tents to keep warm and rest, and there were not many people patrolling the camp.

After all, there are only a thousand soldiers in the city of Xi'an, and now they have surrendered, so there is no threat.

He Zhen's Chinese army also planned to officially enter the city tomorrow. When the time comes to garrison the city, they don't want to spend more effort digging trenches and erecting fences in the snow.

Chinese army camp.

Luo Dai, Dang Meng'an, Guo Dengxian, the three generals from Hanzhong, and the deputy general Kang Zhenbang gathered together to drink and barbecue.

Outside the tent, the wind and snow are all over the sky, and the new wind is howling.

It was quite warm in the tent, and a few people even smoked from eating.

Drinking alcohol in the military should not be done.

But at this time, no one can take care of them, or who will take care of this kind of thing?
The wine is half drunk.

Luo Dai held his wine glass and said, "Can we really defeat Wu Sangui?"

Dang Meng'an cut a piece of mutton with a knife, "Our coalition army is [-], and Wu Sangui and Li Guohan have only [-] soldiers, which is five times their number. Even Shaanxi governor Huang Changyin and governor Meng Qiaofang have surrendered. We occupy the big city of Xi'an, and Wu Sangui can fight again. , can you beat us?"

Luo Dai, Dang Meng'an, and Guo Dengxian were originally Shun generals, but Luo Dai was originally Luo Rucai's subordinate, and Luo Rucai died at the hands of Li Zicheng.

Compared to He Zhen, a former Ming general who surrendered later, they are old thieves.

After fighting for half his life, being able to survive is already very extraordinary.

Luo Dai sighed, "Wu Sangui's subordinate is the Guan Ning army. It was a stone in Shanhaiguan before, but Emperor Shun's personal conquest failed to defeat him. Although he only led [-] Guan Ning troops this time, there are also Li Guohan's [-] Han army flags." .

Moreover, I heard that the regent of the Qing court had conferred the title of Prince Su Hauge as the General of Xi'an, and came to garrison Guanzhong, leading the elite banner troops of the two yellow banners, including a strong general like Oboi as a forward. "

The last time the Qing army marched westward, Azig led Aobai, Tan Tai, Wu Sangui and others all the way from Beijing to Shanxi, then attacked Guanzhong, then entered Hanzhong, and went to Huguang and Jiangxi. No one could beat them wherever they went.

It was also at that time that they surrendered to the Qing army in Hanzhong, and they also saw the elite of Azig, Obai, Wu Sangui and other troops with their own eyes. In comparison, their tribes are too far apart.

After Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor, none of the most elite troops could defeat the Eight Banners. Now they are second-rate soldiers, let alone opponents.

Luo Dai was originally a general of Luo Rucai's troops. Luo Rucai was killed by Li Zicheng and annexed his troops. Luo Dai and his troops were included in the Shun army, but they were not direct descendants, and their status has always been low.

The two generals Dang Meng'an and Guo Dengxian were not born in the direct line.

Otherwise, Hanzhong would not have let a Ming Dynasty general like He Zhen be the main general.

Before He Zhen turned around, Meng Qiaofang had been planning to deal with the generals in Hanzhong, thinking that these people were very unreliable, they were all bandits, they had no credit, they liked to rob, etc., and they were hidden dangers.

Although He Zhen waited in Hanzhong, they first prevented Li Guogao's meritorious Shunjun West Route Army from going south, and later beat Zhang Xianzhong who wanted to go out of Sichuan for the Qing army, but the Qing court still did not trust them.

Although the Qing court granted He Zhen Ding Xiqian general and Luo Dai several soldiers as commander-in-chief, they also planned to transfer them to Xuanda or go straight to the northeast of Shandong in order to seize their military power in the name of rewards for their meritorious service.

Even Meng Qiaofang had a good talk with Luo Dai. Luo Dai was the weakest of the four generals, so he was the first to be persuaded. Meng Qiaofang called Luo Dai to Xi'an several times, and wanted to transfer him to Yan'an.

As for He Zhen and Guo Dengxian, it is planned to transfer them to Fengxiang first, and then split them up.

Only the Dang Meng An was left in Hanzhong, and the commander-in-chief was transferred again, which was expected to be the new commander-in-chief of Hanzhong, and Kang Zhenbang was transferred from Guyuan to Hanzhong to assist in the defense.

It is also planned to eliminate 2000 people from Fengxiang General Dong Xueli, the old, the weak, and the disabled, and disband and resettle some former thieves and bandits on the spot.

It's just that Meng Qiaofang's plans were finally seen through by He Zhen. He Zhen refused to leave Hanzhong easily and found various reasons not to leave. Guo Dengxian and others were also persuaded.

After all, Meng Qiaofang had no soldiers at the time, and Dong Xueli, You Kewang, etc. had either surrendered newly or had no soldiers. It is not so easy to remove He Zhen and others who hold heavy soldiers.

Later, when Zhu Yihai intervened, things got out of control.

"It is said that there are 10 soldiers, but there are only [-] soldiers. There are five armies and [-] battalions. But you and I know very well that the so-called five armies and [-] soldiers only wear armor. This is really going to fight Wu Sangui. , we may not be able to find a good deal, not to mention that Haoge is a famous king of the Tazi clan, and there is a fierce general like Oboi who is known as the number one warrior in Manchuria.

Even if we enter Xi'an City, we may not be able to defend it. Besides, will Meng Qiaofang really surrender? "

Luo Dai's words startled Dang Mengan and the others.

"What do you mean?"

Luo Dai said unhurriedly, "We are also brothers who have fought side by side in Hanzhong for a long time, so I will not hide it from you, do you really think that Meng Qiaofang has surrendered?
Hehe, in fact, Meng Qiaofang was just pretending to surrender, and Wu Sangui is not still in Puban, but has already arrived near Xi'an.
Xi'an is now a trap, a place of death, just waiting for us to jump into it.

I think the Qing government was good at surrendering generals. They never changed their original titles and positions. We also surrendered before, and the chief soldier was still the chief soldier.

Dang Mengan was a little shocked.

"Da Tianzi is also good to us. He doesn't care whether we were awarded the title of commander-in-chief if we were in the army and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty."

Guo Dengxian hesitated and said, "The Son of Heaven is now wise and mighty, ZTE is expected to recover."

"Really?" Luo Dai chuckled, "I don't think so. Daming has been in the world for nearly 300 years, and now it has accumulated evils. Even if Zhu Yihai is a martial artist, can he really be able to turn the tide? I think Daming is exhausted and there is no way." Rolled over."

"Last time when Azig and Duoduo went south, they won half of the world in one battle. Even if Zhu Yihai won a few battles now, it was just dealing with the Ming army who surrendered. It was just a small fight. The main force of the Qing army Going south, who can stop it?"

"Brothers, those of us have been fighting for half our lives. Who is not covered with scars, and now that we are old, don't we want to enjoy our old age?"

Guo Deng looked at Luo Dai first, "But what did the Tatars promise you?"

"To be honest, Beijing has secretly appointed me the Earl of Yan'an, the Admiral of Shaanxi, and General Dingxi."

Dang Mengan slapped the table, "Unexpectedly, you are collaborating with the enemy behind your back!"

"Old Dang, Lao Guo, we are all old brothers, and I am only telling you so much for your own good."

Dang Meng'an stood up, "Since I have done my best, how can I surrender again?"

"really?"

Guo Deng also got up first, "If we don't agree with each other, let's leave!"

Luo Dai shook his head in disappointment, and then looked at Kang Zhenbang, "Everyone has their own ambitions, so you can't force it, but since you know so much, I can't let you go out from here again."

He clapped his palms, and suddenly a large group of armored servants poured out of the tent.

"Brother Guo, Brother Dang, I will give you another chance to choose, to rise up together and share wealth, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)