Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 419 Super Promote Admiral
Shunqing Mansion, Phoenix Mountain, Pengzhou.

The mountain winds for dozens of miles, shaped like a phoenix spreading its wings. There are Shizhai gates on the southeast, west and east sides of the mountain, surrounded by cliffs, easy to defend but difficult to attack.Especially the top of the mountain is very flat.

The Duke of Shu, General Yin of the East of Gua Town, Qin Liangyu, the President of the Five Provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi and the Admiral of the Imperial Battalion of Sichuan and Shaanxi, led the army to camp on the mountain at this time. Generals Qin Zuoming, Qin Zuoming, grandsons Guerrilla Ma Wannian and Ma Wanchun also led white soldiers.

Zeng Ying, Deputy Admiral of Sichuan, Yu Dahai, Chief of Chongqing, Li Zhanchun, Zhao Yinxuan, Wang Xiang, Hou Tianxi, and Ma Yingchao, also led the troops.

Ma Gan, governor of Sichuan, also came to meet him.

"Black Flag Battalion? Xiaoqi Battalion?"

Qin Liangyu, who is in her 70s, has white hair all over her head, and her tall figure is still tough. She is wearing a military uniform and wearing a jade sword at her waist. She looks at the sand table in front of her and falls into deep thought.

"This is unlikely, it must be fake news." Governor Ma Gan said.

Qin Liangyu raised his head, "Zhang Dapeng used to be the servant of the Long Live Lord, and he was also one of the ten battalion officers who came to Shu last time. I talked to him once. He is a very nice young man."

"Could it be that Zhang Dapeng was captured by Xiying on the way to Hanzhong?"

Several officers believed that this should be the case. Zhang Dapeng was captured by Xiying, so now they sent a fake news and made up such an outrageous story. What is the Black Flag Camp? Liu Jinzhong, the governor of the Xiaoqiying Camp, joined the others.

"Zhang Dapeng went to Hanzhong from Chongqing, and Jing Shunqing also took the Micang Road. Why did he go to the Tianguan on the Jinniu Road?"

"They must be trying to trick us, there must be an ambush along the way."

The governor Ma Gan even said bluntly, "I have said long ago that the thief is capricious and cannot be trusted. He is now abandoning Chengdu to destroy Mianzhou, burning, killing and looting everywhere. He is determined to leave Sichuan and enter Guanzhong. Now this news suddenly comes. , must be trying to lure us into being fooled."

The account fell into suspicion for a while.

It was a coincidence that Zhang Dapeng reported the military situation to the rear at Chaotianguan, and specially sent Yang Wei and Ma Liang back. As a result, the two met the yellow thief Yuan Tao's department on the way. Suffering serious injuries, he had to hand over the letter and his military badge to the Orion in the sheltered mountain village in the end.

That stockade was built by some gentry with their clans and some local people to avoid chaos in a dangerous place in the mountains. They were the ones who rescued them, and they were willing to help deliver the letter after knowing their identities.

When they rushed to Chongqing, they were intercepted by the Northward Ming Army in the Fenghuang Mountain area of ​​Pengzhou, Shunqing Prefecture, and then found the letter. The Chuanzhong Ming Army did not believe the messenger they confessed, but they still reported to Qin Liangyu all the way here.

But with only a few letters written by Zhou Xiucai, Liu Jinzhong's signature, two hunters who delivered the letters, and Yang Wei and Ma Liang's badges, it is difficult to prove the authenticity of these letters.

In particular, Zhang Dapeng, who went to Hanzhong to preach the decree, actually pulled up a black flag army in the mountains of northern Sichuan, and Liu Jinzhong, the general of the Western Army, even became sworn brothers with him, and the two even guarded Chaotian Pass together, saying that Ma Ke had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. , Zhang Xianzhong was rushing to Hanzhong, and asked them to rush to reinforce Chaotianguan.

No matter how you look at it, there is something wrong with this matter.

Qin Liangyu had a good impression of Zhang Dapeng, but it was just a one-sided relationship. After Zhang Dapeng entered Sichuan, he didn't stay in Chongqing for much and then went to Hanzhong to pass the decree. Now that this situation happened, Qin Liangyu didn't know how to judge for a while.

"Marshal, Wen Ge is old!"

"How can Jing Lue come in person, follow me to meet Ge Lao!"

Wen Anzhi was originally based in Fengjie, Kuizhou. After it was agreed that the Ming army in central Sichuan would rush to Hanzhong for reinforcements, Qin Liangyu led his troops to go north from Chongqing, while Wen Anzhi moved from Fengjie to Chongqing.

After Qin Liangyu led the Shizhubaigan soldiers and the Sichuan-Shaanxi camp to join Zeng Yingyu Dahai and other troops in Nanchong, the latest imperial decree came from behind. The emperor asked the Sichuan army to postpone entering Hanzhong, so Qin Liangyu chose Shunqing Mansion Fenghuang Mountain in Pengzhou set up camp at this dangerous place and gathered people to deal with changes in the situation.

Wen Anzhi rushed to Phoenix Mountain without hesitation and brought the latest imperial decree from the emperor.

The Sichuan army in central Shu, as well as the Zhongkai of Yunyang, the loyalty of Badong, and the loyalty of Xiangxi were all suspended from entering Hanzhong. The army also went south in a big way, and the emperor instructed to let Zhang Xianzhong go north, let the Qing army enter Hanzhong, and let them fight first.

The Ming army should take advantage of this opportunity to speed up the reorganization of the army and improve the command system.

"His Majesty also proposed to expand the imperial camps of Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Han, and Yunhan on the basis of the Huguang camp and the Sichuan and Shaanxi camp. State, Yunhan camped in Yunyang..."

"Mr. Ge, I just received a strange message here," Qin Liangyu told Wen Anzhi.

"Oh, and this, and the letter to me?"

After Wen Anzhi read it, "I'm sure that although this letter was not written by Zhang Dapeng himself, it must have been dictated by him. I have been with him for a while, and we have talked a lot. The tone and even the style are indeed him."

Ma Gan suspected that Zhang Dapeng was captured by Liu Jinzhong, or even directly fell into Zhang Xianzhong's hands, so what he said may be forced.

"will not."

Wen Anzhi stroked his beard, "I also had a lot of correspondence with Liu Jinzhong before, and he really wanted to join the imperial court. Now it seems that it was a coincidence that Zhang Dapeng met Liu Jinzhong just in time. United, defend Chaotianguan and ask for help, this matter is credible."

"Should we reinforce Chaotianguan immediately?" Qin Liangyu asked.

Wen Anzhi shook his head and refused.

"The sage's latest imperial decree made it very clear that all the tribes in Guanzhong were defeated. Now that the main force of the Qing army is going south, Hanzhong Ma Ke and Bai Guangen have all surrendered to the Qing. If you want to take back Hanzhong and hold it at this time, it will be like ascending to the sky, it is better to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"But now is a rare opportunity? Chaotianguan is the gateway to northern Sichuan." Ma Gan thought that if Zhang Dapeng and Liu Jinzhong's letter was true, then he should not give up easily, not to mention there were two other troops there, so Liu Dapeng was still the emperor's valet.

Although Wen Anzhi is a literati, facing the current situation, he still insists on following the emperor's strategy. He was a patrol officer in Yunyang, fought against Xiangfan, and a governor in Pianyuan, encircling and suppressing the three loyal rebels. Many situations in Sichuan, Shanxi and Huguang are very similar. If you don’t first integrate the various military leaders, or even pull up an upright imperial battalion that can obey the imperial court’s orders and dare to fight, if you want to fight Zhang Xianzhong and the Tartars at the same time, It's impossible to win.

"In my opinion, His Majesty's will is to build a Shaanxi-Gansu camp, stationed in Jiezhou (Wudu), so it is better to build the imperial camp first based on Zhang Dapeng's Black Banner Camp at Chaotianguan and Liu Jinzhong's Xiaoqi Camp. "Wen Anzhi looked at the map, Jiezhou is on the bank of the Bailong River, a tributary of the Jialing River, to the west of Baoning Prefecture and Hanzhong Prefecture.

"When the troops from Guanzhong retreated into Gongchang Mansion, they first went to Jiezhou Huihe. Some elites were drawn from various ministries to set up the ten battalion heads of the Shaanxi-Gansu camp."

Ma Gan expressed doubts, "Then who is the admiral for this Shaanxi-Gansu camp? They can't guard Zhang Dapeng, can it be believed that Liu Jinzhong is the admiral, or Wu Dading who refuses to go south?"

"Let Zhang Dapeng assume the post of admiral for the Shaanxi-Gansu camp, Liu Jinzhong as the deputy admiral, He Hongqi of Liangdu, Liu Wenbing of Chengxian County, Guo Junzhen of Wenxian County, Zhang Yingyuan, Jiang Denglei of Jiezhou and other five generals who retired to Gongchang , each dispatched a battalion of soldiers to Jiezhou to join the battalion."

"Zhang Dapeng is just a fifth-rank garrison, just a battalion officer."

Wen Anzhi retorted bluntly, "Zhang Dapeng was born as a guard in Yuan Cong. His Majesty specially granted him one of the officers of the Tenth War Battalion in the Sichuan-Shanxi Battalion. Among them, he was ordered to go to Hanzhong, and through the dangers alone, he was able to pull up a black flag battalion, and repeatedly defeated the yellow bandits, defeated and beheaded many, and he was able to unite with Liu Jinzhong. This is even more talented. Such good generals are needed,

When it is special, it is necessary to act special, how can you stick to one pattern? "

Wen Anzhi resisted all opinions and insisted on playing Zhang Dapeng as the admiral of the Shaanxi-Gansu camp. The reasons were also very clear. Firstly, this was the emperor's close confidant, and secondly, Zhang Dapeng's performance was also very eye-catching. Shang sent a letter to send a team, and also directly brought Chaotianguan and Liu Jinzhong for the emperor.

Even if Liu Jinzhong originally intended to join him, Zhang Dapeng's appearance at the right place at the right time still played a very important role.

Of course, the most important point Wen Anzhi didn't directly say, why did the emperor insist on building an imperial camp instead of directly integrating people from all over the place?
Why?

It's not because these military leaders are disobedient.

Is it because these people can't fight?
Right now Zhang Dapeng happened to be at Chaotian Pass, he was the only officer in the imperial camp there, so Wen Anzhi naturally asked him to act as the admiral.

Does it matter whether he was originally on defense or something?

How many civil and military men under the emperor's command were just beggars, peddlers, long-term laborers, woodcutters, tenants, or talented scholars a year ago, but now they are all important ministers of gold and purple?

He Wen'an was originally just a dismissed Guozijian offering wine, and now he has gone through five provinces.

"Where are Wen Xieji, Wen Fengji, and Wendingji?"

Three scribes walked out, "The lower officials are here."

All three of them are Wen Anzhi's sons. He has five sons. Now the four sons and five sons and his eldest grandson are all in the imperial court of Nanjing. Thousands of households, the youngest of the Imperial Academy review, all assist in military affairs in Wen'anzhi's Jinglue Yamen.

"This booklet now grants Wen Xieji as the supervisor of the imperial camp in Shaanxi and Gansu, and Wen Fengji and Wen Dingji to help run the grain platform,"

"Where are Tang Zhenbang and Tian Peilin?"

Walking out of the two bearded and tiger-looking burly men, both of them are chieftains of Padang Rongmei, and Tang Zhenbang is the chief of Shui Jinyuan Tong Taping Chief Law Firm.
And Tian Peilin is Chieftain Rongmei's superior, Chieftain Rongmei's consolation envoy, and the two are still related by marriage.

Rongmei chieftain is the largest chieftain in western Hubei, covering several counties. It is located in the area of ​​Wufeng and Hefeng in the south of Jingjiang River. From the establishment of thousands of households in Huangshazhai in the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, it has gone through more than [-] years and has jurisdiction over Jiaoshan. Agate chief lawsuit, Wufeng Shibao chief lawsuit, Shiliangxiadong chief lawsuit and Shuijinyuantongtaping chief lawsuit,

They are one of the four chieftains in Shizhou and can mobilize seven or eight thousand soldiers.

At the beginning, Wen Anzhi was attacked by the chief assistant Xue Guoguan. After he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown due to the turmoil in the Huguang area, he went to live in Shuijinyuan chieftain for two years. Children are students.

Wen Anzhi was transferred from Yunyang inspector to Pianyuan governor, and the admiral commanded soldiers and horses to punish the three loyalists and rebels, as well as some chieftains who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The first thing he did was to go to Rongmei first. After he met Tian Peilin and Tang Zhenbang, he soon He persuaded them to re-attach to the Ming Dynasty, and summoned his sons and soldiers to follow Wen'an's conquest.

Wen Anzhi used these Tujia native soldiers as his governor's standard battalion, and quickly quelled the rebellion in western Hubei and Xiangxi. Continue to follow to Fengjie, and now it has become a standard.

"Which of you two is willing to take a thousand warp marks to Chaotian Pass and join the Shaanxi-Gansu camp?"

"The end will be willing to go!"

Tang Zhenbang stood up without hesitation. Tang Zhenbang and Tian Peilin used to serve Wen Anzhi as students, but now they are the lieutenants of the standard camp.

(End of this chapter)