Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 416

North of Baoning Mansion, Chaotian Pass.

A Daxi Xiaoqi Battalion soldier rushed in and reported to Liu Jinzhong, the governor of Xiaoqi Battalion.

"Report to the governor, the emissary of the old man has arrived, and let the governor go to meet the order quickly."

Liu Jinzhong, the governor of the Xiaoqi Camp, heard the report and couldn't help sighing, "Hey!"

The officers of the Xiaoqi Battalion couldn't help worrying, "Is the old man here to punish the governor? What should we do?"

"It's a blessing, not a disaster. It's a disaster that can't be avoided." Liu Jinzhong is tall and burly. He is not a fellow from northern Shaanxi, the emperor of Daxi Zhang Xianzhong, but a native of northern Sichuan. Then he joined Zhang Xianzhong, who was brave and tough in battle, but because he was not from the rebel army, he was never a direct descendant of the Western Army.

In particular, this person was born in the army, so he emphasized military discipline and did not allow random looting of civilians.

Moreover, the Xiaoqi Battalion under his command is basically all from northern Sichuan, and most of the officers are even Ming officers or local gentry.

At this juncture, Liu Jinzhong was even more suspicious of Xiying.

Before Liu Jinzhong was ordered to lead his headquarters in Baoning, and the yellow thieves plundered the territory, he sent troops to suppress it, and invited the old man to issue an order to reprimand him and let him move to Jiange.

The Guangyuan area was repeatedly burned and killed, and it was very desolate. Liu Jinzhong's Xiaoqi camp could not get supplies from the West Camp, so he had to go north to collect grain and grass in Hanzhong. Zhong took over He Zhen, but the Hanzhong mansion was empty, so he immediately led his troops to Hanzhong, preparing to rob Hanzhong to support the Xiaoqi battalion.

The result is a big defeat.

If Liu Jinzhong hadn't been a powerful fighter, I'm afraid that this wave would be pushed into northern Sichuan by Ma Ke to capture Baoning.

"Let's go, welcome the imperial decree."

A group of Western troops entered the customs. The leader claimed to be a member of Zhongshu Sheren, and came here to deliver an order.

"Liu Dudu, accept the order."

Liu Jinzhong led the generals to kneel down to receive the imperial edict.

"By God's blessing, the emperor said, our father told you not to go to Hanzhong, you insisted on going to Hanzhong, and now many soldiers and horses, donkey balls, have fallen into your mother's bed, I respect you!"

The person from Daxi Zhongshushe was born as a scholar in northern Shaanxi, and his northern Shaanxi accent conveyed Zhang Xianzhong's will clearly.

The majestic commander of Daxixiao's cavalry battalion was so rudely scolded by the emperor, Liu Jinzhong knelt on the ground, his face flushed.

"Liu Jinzhong accepts the order!"

"Minister Liu Jinzhong accepts the order, thank you for long live!"

Liu Jinzhong got up, and accepted the decree with stiff hands. This decree was as amazing as the seven-kill poem written by the old Wansui Yu.

When Liu Jinzhong saw the Seven Kills Monument written by Zhang Xianzhong himself, he could not believe that it was written by the old man who had already proclaimed himself emperor. The inscription was full of hostility and killing: all things are born with people, and no one is related to heaven. Kill, kill, kill. kill kill kill.

Liu Jinzhong later became the governor of North Sichuan Province as the commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and became one of the governors of the four provinces in central Sichuan. He once presided over Baoning, Shunqing and other prefectures and counties.

It is said that the government upholds the law impartially, with strict orders, and that the soldiers and the people will abide by the law and live in peace, and it will never be false. If there are any offenders, the law will be enforced according to the agreement.
[-]. Those who are not allowed to recruit troops without authorization and disturb the local area in accordance with the official document of the government, are allowed to rectify the law before the local soldiers and people unlock the army.If you don't show up, you will sit in a row.

[-]. It is not allowed to go to and from the dispatch house and idle staff, to spread horses and soldiers without authorization, and to find out and tie them up.

Three, it is not allowed to sit and guard Fang Wuchao, and accept the words of the people without authorization, and those who violate it will be punished.

Fourth, it is not allowed to harass the local area under the guise of the name and color of the heavenly soldiers.

[-]. It is not allowed to throw rogue sticks into the camp, arbitrarily make false accusations, harm good people, and those who violate it will be tied and beaten.

Sixth, civil and military officials guarding the city are not allowed to marry local women and concubines without authorization, and violations will be investigated.

His six prohibitions are incompatible with the imperial decree of the old man, and he is even more excluded because of this, especially the yellow thieves who have poisoned northern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan. Shaking the yellow thief, this matter made Zhang Xianzhong extremely dissatisfied.

This made Liu Jinzhong almost unable to gain a foothold in the Western Dynasty.

Now that Hanzhong was defeated again, Zhang Xianzhong was even more furious, thinking that Liu Jinzhong ignored the court, disrespected the emperor, and sent troops without authorization.

"Long live let Dudu Liu be stationed at Chaotianguan, and Guangyuan, Lizhou, Jiange, Baoning and other places will be taken over by other generals."

"Also, Long Live also reiterated that the Thirteen Yaohuang families have already belonged to our Daxi Dynasty, and now the thirteen heads of the family have all been conferred the titles of commander-in-chief and earls. If there is friction, if you continue to stir up trouble, you will be severely punished."

"Also, the post of Governor of North Sichuan Province, Long Live has been reassigned to Xibo Yuan Tao."

The soldiers of the Imperial City Division quickly escorted the Sheren and left.

in the house.

Liu Jinzhong felt so uncomfortable that his lungs were about to explode.

"Yuan Tao, the food king who stole my aunt, became Ding Xibo, and took away my post as governor of northern Sichuan?"

A group of Xiaoqi battalion officers were also indignant. Most of them were Liu Jinzhong's former subordinates in the frontier army, but now they are the backbone of Xiaoqi battalion. They have always been regarded as alien by the Western Army.

But now it's too deceiving.

"That is, although our Xiaoqi Battalion joined the Western Army not long ago, we also fought from Huguang to Chengdu and made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Western Dynasty. Our Xiaoqi Battalion has always been the first to charge, and is responsible for covering the rear in case of danger. We share the least spoils. Now Still treat the general like this, don’t accept it!”

"Dissatisfied!"

Seeing the attitudes of his brothers, Liu Jinzhong felt a little better. In this troubled world, at least there are still a group of brothers who love each other with sincerity.

Someone yelled, "I knew I shouldn't have gone to the West Camp in the first place."

Everyone was outraged.

Liu Jinzhong sighed, "What's the use of saying that now?"

"Brother, why don't we reverse it? I think Da Xichao is about to end."

"That's right, now that the imperial court has a holy son, it's reinvigorated, half of the country is stable, or should we return to the imperial court anyway?"

Some people say that Zhang Xianzhong falsely asked for security before, and Wen Anzhi, the manager of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, also intended to recruit security. Not only did he represent Zhang Xianzhong as King of Yunnan on behalf of the imperial court, but he also conferred on his four adopted sons and five major governors, as well as Hou Bo Zongbing, etc. Liu Jinzhong served as the Western Army The fierce general is also one of the four governors in central Sichuan, and he was also a Ming general, so he was awarded the title of admiral by Wen Anzhi.

This was higher than other generals of the Western Army, which aroused Zhang Xianzhong's suspicion.

"That's right, isn't Wen Jinglue the admiral of Brother Xu Shou? Why don't we really surrender and follow this old man, I don't think there will be any good results."

Liu Jinzhong hesitated.

Some brothers also objected, "It's hard to say who will win the battle. Last year, Emperor Shaotian was really amazing and stabilized Jiangnan, but the Tartars were still very fierce. They repelled Emperor Shaotian's Guanzhong coalition forces in Xi'an, and they will soon hit Hanzhong. Already, Lao Wansui wants to send troops to the north to compete with the Qing army for Hanzhong, and the three sides will compete for supremacy, it’s hard to say.”

"Why don't we wait and see for a while. If the Western Army can defeat the Qing Army and enter Guanzhong, then we can bear it? If the Qing Army defeats the Western Army and takes Hanzhong and enters Sichuan, we don't necessarily have to return to the Ming Dynasty, and we can still vote. Clear."

Liu Jinzhong sighed, "I don't want to shave my hair!"

"Brother, I think we should submit to the imperial court. Daxi will not last long. Although the Tartars are fierce, they are foreigners. Now that the imperial court has a sage king, revival is just around the corner. Why should we be traitors from captives? ?”

"That's right. At worst, let's take our brothers directly to Yunyang in Hanzhong, or even to the east of Sichuan. If you want us to listen to the yellow thief Yuan Tao, our brothers can't swallow this breath. How can we do that group of people-eating thieves?" Follow their orders?"

"That's right, this old Wansui is also in a daze. Now that we have taken all our territory, let us guard the Chaotian Pass for them. If we want food but no food, why should we give our lives to them?"

Liu Jinzhong sighed again and again.

After entering the Western Camp, he was really depressed. The Western Emperor Zhang Xianzhong was not a savior at all. His son-in-law, the Prime Minister Wang Zhaoling, was a scholar, but he was a bloodthirsty person.

He presided over the government and had no ability to appease the gentry and common people in Sichuan. Facing the rebellious gentry and Ming army, there was only one way to kill them.Not only to kill those rebels, but even in uncontrollable war zones, it also advocates massacring civilians and engaging in a scorched-earth strategy.

Kill all the people, and those who resist will lose their foothold.

I heard that now that Zhang Xianzhong was about to enter the Guanzhong, Wang even suggested to fight with his back to the water. In order to show his determination and collect money, food and materials, he would massacre all the way from Chengdu to Baoning, snatch all the belongings, destroy all the cities, and save the energy. Those who were young and strong were taken away, and those who could not be taken were slaughtered.

It is necessary to prevent the Ming army in central Sichuan from gaining population, let alone receiving territory behind them, and threatening them.

Create no man's land in the rear to block the Ming army.

After they came out of Sichuan, it also made it impossible for Chuanzhong to recover.

And Zhang Xianzhong actually agrees with this cruel policy, which is completely his plan to give up Sichuan completely, and these are very difficult things for the Xiaoqi camp who are from northern Sichuan to accept.

This is also the reason why they sent troops to encircle and suppress the yellow thieves despite their attachment to the Western Dynasty.It is their hometown that the yellow thieves have harmed. As soldiers, how can they ignore it?
Xiying can plunder and kill as much as they want, but how can they?
Although Xiaoqiying is not a king's teacher after all, it can be seen from Liu Jinzhong's six prohibitions that he is still a soldier with a bottom line.

In Liu Jinzhong's view, Zhang Xianzhong is old and crazy, or Zhang Xianzhong has always been a lunatic.

"report"

"A team of people appeared nearby!"

"What kind of people?"

"The opponent is playing a black flag, claiming to be the Black Flag Battalion."

"Black Flag Battalion? I haven't heard of this battalion number."

There were 120 battalions in the Daxi Dynasty. The emperor personally led the imperial battalion. The middle army was also called the old battalion. The four righteous sons each led [-] or [-] battalions. There were also some troops led by the Imperial City Division and the Navy Division. Among them, the famous Xiaoqi battalion Baoning Liu Jinzhong , Bagua Camp Ruzhou Wang Ming, Zhenwu Camp Macheng Hong Feilong, Longxing Camp Jingyang Guo Jiayuan, Sanqi Camp Fengyang Songguan, Yongding Camp Hefei Guo Shangyi, Sancai Camp Shandong Louwen, Gancheng Camp Liuan Wang Vientiane, Aid and Suppression Camp Peng Xinjian in Baoji, Du Xingwen in Wan County in Zhongchang, Zhang Qizai in Huanggang in Yingyong Camp, Jianming Wang in Kaifeng in Tianwei Camp, Shangyuan in Macheng in Longtao Camp, Zhou Shangxian in Fenzhou in Decisive Camp, Zhang Cheng in Lu'an Camp in Dingyuan, etc.

There are other battalions such as Zhiyi, Tianshu, Jin Ge, Shence, Huben, and Hulue.

Above each battalion, there are General Anxi Zhang Dingguo, Funan General Zhang Wenxiu, Dingbei General Zhang Nengqi, and Pingdong General Zhang Kewang.

As well as the governors of the five armies, left, middle and right, Bai Wenxuan, etc., as well as Wang Shangli, the governor of the imperial city, Ma Yuanli, Wang Fuchen, the commanders of the left and right navy, and the four admirals of Sichuan.

Liu Jinzhong is quite familiar with all the battalions of the Western Army, but he has never heard of a black flag battalion with black flags.

"The other party claims to be the new camp of Huguang's children in the old camp, and they are ordered to come to Chaotian Pass to strengthen the guard!"

(End of this chapter)