Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 478
At the foot of Nuwa Mountain, Pingli City.

Wang Guangtai looked at the younger brother who was pretending to be a refugee, then looked at the family letter written by the elder brother in his hand, and sighed a long time.

"Second brother?"

Wang Guangtai poured a cup of tea for his younger brother Wang Chang, "Third brother has worked hard this journey."

"Second brother doesn't seem happy?"

"Brother made it difficult for me." Wang Guangtai said bluntly, "I think back then, the three of us brothers couldn't survive because of the famine and the lack of justice in the court, so we had to join the peasant army uprising. Our three brothers started the army early, and we fought together with Zhang Xianzhong Yes, elder brother is famous for his bravery in the rebel army, he has accumulated a reputation, and he is named Hua Guansuo, and later we also have many soldiers, and elder brother is honored as the little king of Qin."

"It's just that after the defeat of the army, we were all scattered. The elder brother accepted the invitation and sent a letter to invite our brothers to join the imperial court together. We also went to meet each other without saying a word, and joined the imperial court together, sticking to the isolated city of Yunyang for several years."

Wang Chang nodded, "To fight a tiger, you have to be a brother. This time the eldest brother voted for the Qing court. The Tartars were very sincere. They directly named the elder brother King of Yunyang, and also made me a Marquis, and second brother you as well.

The eldest brother is still the admiral of Huguang, give me the admiral of Yunyang, the second brother, you come back, then you will be the admiral of Yunyang, and I will serve as the deputy admiral for you. "

Wang Guangtai could only sigh when he saw the straightforwardness of his younger brother who was not particularly sensitive when he was playing with a small brain.

"Brother is wrong, it shouldn't be like this."

"Second brother, why?"

Wang Chang's brain was burnt out when he was young, and he is not very smart, but he is very strong and brave. He seldom thinks about what to do. Anyway, his elder brother and second brother will choose for him.Back then when the elder brother said he couldn't survive, we rebelled, he didn't hesitate, he didn't care if he killed his head or whatever, just follow the brothers.

Later, the eldest brother was defeated and voted for the imperial court. He sent a letter asking them to go back, but he didn't hesitate. Will the eldest brother harm him?

After staying in Yunyang for a few years and suffering for a few years, he was granted the title and reorganized as Zhongkai Town, and was promoted and awarded a title. He followed the tide, and his eldest brother suddenly wanted to surrender again, and he didn't feel anything wrong.

Anyway, just follow the big brother.

He originally thought that the second brother would listen to the elder brother without hesitation like him.

"Last year I led my troops into Guanzhong. Although I was defeated, I have thought a lot and seen a lot along the way. I think the Manchurian Tartars may not have a future in today's world.

Not to mention that we are Han Chinese. If we rebelled against the imperial court back then, we would not be able to survive, otherwise we would have to die.Later, we were recruited and defended the isolated city of Yunyang for the imperial court for several years.

When today's army rises to the southeast, we will treat our three brothers of the Wang family and our generals in Yunyang very well.

We don't have any credit for Emperor Shaotian, but we add officials and confer titles, isn't that enough?

"Second Brother, the Emperor Ming only gave Eldest Brother a marquis and you an Earl, but the Tartar Emperor conferred kingship on Eldest Brother and us all as Marquises."

"That's not the way to compare, manly man, beware of the word loyalty."

"Back then, the imperial court had no way, and we really should rebel. But today, the emperor only treats us with kindness, how can we rebel, how can we rebel?"

Wang Chang was confused.

On one side is the eldest brother, on the other is the second brother, he doesn't know what to do.

"Brother asked me to come to my second brother, and said that he was going to bring troops to Xing'an, and asked my second brother to help us seize the city."

"I will not listen to my elder brother's words and act as an internal response for him, and I will not seize Xing'an, nor will I surrender."

"Third brother, go back. I, Wang Guangtai, have been ministers of the Ming Dynasty for the rest of my life, and I won't change. Tell your elder brother that the Tartars won't really trust him. I hope he can take care of himself."

Wang Chang was stunned.

"Then I won't go back either, I'll follow my second brother."

"Why?"

"Second brother treats me better." He said, "Second brother once helped me block a gun."

"Silly boy, if you don't come back, don't go back. Clean up and follow me to Xing'an."

"Didn't the second brother say that he would not be an internal response to the eldest brother?"

"Well, let's go to Governor Gao to explain the situation and tell him to beware of the big brother's attack."

Wang Guangtai called Li Haosheng, the lieutenant general, and explained the situation to him, "You stay and take good care of your brothers and strengthen the city defense. I will go to Xing'an to meet Gaobutang. If I can't come back, you must also be loyal to the Ming court and must not surrender. "

Li Haosheng was originally a scholar in Yunyang, but was rescued by Wang Guangtai, and his family was saved by him, so he took the initiative to join Wang Guangtai's subordinates. At first, he was his teacher, then he became his military adviser, and later the scholar led the army. , to become a lieutenant general.Even Wang Xingtai married Li Haosheng's younger sister and became a relative.

Li Haosheng, who was born as a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, has a deeper affection for the court, not to mention that Emperor Shaotian had previously awarded him a fifth-rank civil post.

"It's right for you to do this, but I suggest that I go to the High Governor to explain the situation on your behalf."

"No need, if I don't go personally, how can Governor Gao trust me?"

After making simple arrangements, Wang Guangtai took Wang Chang and a group of personal soldiers to Xing'an.

Xing'an originally belonged to Hanzhong Prefecture, and Jinzhou was established at the beginning. Later, it was divided from Hanzhong Prefecture and became Zhili Prefecture. Set up Xing'an Office, which is the easternmost state of Hanzhong.

There is Baituguan between Pingli County of Jinzhou and Zhuxi County of Yunyang, and there is Luguan between Northeast and Yunyang.

In the south, there is the boundary between Daba Mountain and Sichuan, and there are Gouping Pass and Yanchang Pass in the south of Ziyang County.

To the west of Hanyin is Fangshan Pass.

Crossing Hanyin is Ziwu Town, and Ziwu Valley connects Xixiang and Guanzhong.

Although the entire Jinzhou is relatively remote, it is located in the upper reaches of the Han River and close to the Meridian Road, so its military geography is very important.

Last year, after Gao Doushu, He Zhen, Sun Shoufa, Liu Tichun, Wang Xingtai, Wu Dading and others attacked Xi'an and were defeated, they retreated to Zhongnan Mountain, and finally most of them retreated step by step to the Jinzhou area.

Wang Guangtai was stationed at Pingli and Baituguan, Liu Tichun was stationed at Zhuxi, Sun Shoufa was stationed at Xunyang and Luguan, He Zhen was stationed at Hanyin, and Gao Doushu was stationed at Xing'an Station.

Ma Ke offered Hanzhong to the Qing Dynasty, which made He Zhen and the others worse. Fortunately, Jinzhou, which is close to Yunyang, was partly in the hands of the Ming army before. Withdrew, so they withdrew in batches.

Re-dividing the resident, recuperating, licking the wound while farming.

Both Wang Guangtai and He Zhen suffered considerable losses.

"Report, Wang Guangtai is asking to see you outside the city."

In Jinzhou City, the superintendent's soldiers came to report.

Gao Doushu heard, "How many people did Wang Guangtai bring here?"

"Bring dozens of rides."

"Just a few dozen riders?" Gao Doushu was surprised.

The governor Sun Shoufa said, "Could it be that they are here to deceive the internal response, the ministry should be careful."

He Zhen slapped the table directly, "Let me chop off this Wang."

Liu Tichun said, "You might as well meet him and hear why he is here."

The few generals who entered the customs together at the beginning gathered in Xing'an today. In fact, it was precisely because of Wang Guangen's sudden rebellion and surrender to the Qing.

But who knew that Wang Guangen's sudden rebellion caught them off guard.

Wang Guangtai was in Jinzhou again, so they had to guard against it, so they met quietly to discuss how to solve Wang Guangtai first, and then go to take back Yunxiang.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao arrived when he said Cao Cao.

"If there's anything good to see, just cut it off." He Zhen said bluntly.

In last year's defeat, the one who suffered the most was He Zhen. Originally, he was an obedient general and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty first, but the Tartars were uneasy and kind. He saw through Meng Qiaofang's tricks and accepted Emperor Shaotian's offer to surrender to Ming Dynasty.Taking advantage of the opportunity of attacking Guanzhong, he wanted to integrate all the volunteers in Guanzhong.

But things backfired. His Guanzhong president collapsed within a few days, and he retreated all the way to Hanzhong. In the end, Marco, the dog thief, was surrendered.

Back then, Ma Ke sent the Jiedu envoy of Sichuan to Sichuan under the order of Li Zicheng, and fought against Zhang Xianzhong in northern Sichuan. After his defeat, Hanzhong voted for him.

But after he was defeated, this bastard surrendered to the Qing army and cut off his return.

After all this tossing, he lost his wife and lost his troops. The soldiers and horses were greatly damaged, and the territory was lost.

There was always a fire in my heart.

Gao Doushu reassured him, "What General Liu said has some truths, you might as well listen to it first. Since Wang Guangen's rebellion, Wang Guangtai has never rebelled in Pingli. It's worth seeing."

He Zhen glanced at Liu Tichun and shut up.

Both of them were Chuangjun generals, but He Zhen joined Li Zicheng later. He was originally an officer of the Ming Dynasty, and unlike Liu Tichun, a veteran Chuangjun general, he was not a direct descendant.

After Li Zicheng's defeat, He Zhen was ordered to stay in Hanzhong to maintain the passage for the Shaanxi-Gansu Shun army to go south. As a result, when Li Gaogao and others who went south from northern Shaanxi passed by, He Zhen had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and sent troops to stop them. The two sides even fought After a battle, Li Guo and the others forcibly broke through the pass, and finally made a detour to Jingxiang by way of Sichuan.

So Liu Tichun and He Zhen, even though they were both in the Shun army, their relationship is extremely bad.

When He Zhen was in Guanzhong, he used the name of the president to suppress Liu Tichun, but after his defeat, Liu Tichun didn't give him any face.

"Please, General Wang!"

When Wang Guangtai entered the city, his personal soldiers were taken away, and finally the two brothers were brought here, and even their armor and sword were all detained.

Regarding these, Wang Guangtai is very indifferent.

Entering the room, besides Gao Doushu, Sun Shoufa, Liu Tichun, He Zhen and other partners who fought in Guanzhong before were all there, a little surprised.

"Guangtai paid a visit to Gao Butang, to Sun Fuyuan, to Admiral He, and to General Liu."

Gao Doushu smiled and said, "You're welcome, please sit down."

Wang Guangtai said, "To be honest, I am here today to plead guilty. My brother betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. I feel deeply guilty, and I am here to plead guilty."

Several people looked at Wang Guangtai with surprise in their eyes.

Wang Guangtai blurted out Wang Guangen's plan, and then said that there is a serious shortage of food in Yunyang.

He Zhen looked at Wang Guangtai suspiciously, "Wang Guangen is your elder brother, why did you tell us this?"

"Because I am a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, when the Son of Heaven bestows on me, how can I not distinguish between public and private? My elder brother disregards loyalty, so I can only kill my relatives righteously."

He Zhen doesn't believe these words. In troubled times, how can there be any loyalty at all? Just like him, he was originally a Ming general, but later surrendered, then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and then returned to the Ming Dynasty. All the choices he made were just out of interests. That's all.

He didn't believe that Wang Guangtai, who was born as a thief, would really have any kind of loyalty.

But for a while, I couldn't figure out which game this was playing.

"I ask Gao Butang to send someone to Pingli to take over my troops immediately. Now they are temporarily led by my lieutenant general and my uncle Li Haosheng. Cooperate."

Liu Tichun, Sun Shoufa, and Gao Doushu also looked at Wang Guangtai dubiously.

"Please be more careful, Gao Butang. If Gao Butang doesn't believe me, you can put us brothers in prison. If you believe me, please step up your deployment."

"Our brothers are also willing to play tricks and help Gao Butang defeat Yunyang's invading enemy!"

(End of this chapter)