Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 481
The [-] Xiying successfully crossed the Yinping Bridge, winding like a dragon for several miles end to end.

However, they had fought their deadly enemies for more than ten years, but the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers saw them off at the bridgehead, and they also gave away precious five thousand shi of grain, as well as many arrows and so on.

"Second brother's friendship, I and the Xiying soldiers will keep it in mind, thank you!" Zhang Dingguo saw the whole army crossing the Yinping bridge, and the last worry in his heart was gone, and he was even more grateful to Zhang Dapeng, his righteous brother.

"Brother Yi, I wish you a successful start, kill a few more Tartars for us!" Zhang Dapeng handed over a bowl of farewell wine.

"Okay," Zhang Dingguo took the bowl and drank it in one gulp, "See you again!"

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The West Camp completely disappeared between the mountains, and the jade barrier was closed. The generals also had different expressions.

No one expected that this would be the result.

"Five thousand stone grains, one hundred thousand arrows," He Hongqi still couldn't help feeling distressed.

Zhang Dapeng withdrew his gaze, "Everyone, don't be reluctant to part with this little property, as long as these 2 horses can go around Yangping Pass and fight the Tartars, it will be worth it!"

"The price of grain is so expensive now. You can't buy grain even if you have money. In many places, there are two taels of silver for a bucket of rice. Five thousand stones of grain can be worth 10 taels of silver. And this arrow, we have to return it ourselves now." not enough!"

But Zhang Dapeng said with a smile, "A Tatar's head can be worth 30 taels of silver, and three thousand or so Tatars are worth 10 taels of silver. And the pension for a Tartar who died in battle is 200 taels of silver, and the infantry is also worth 70 taels of silver." Five, even if a coated slave wears armor and dies in battle, there are hundreds of taels, and the green battalion has 200 taels, so beheading a Tartar vest is worth at least 10 taels here and there, and 2 taels of silver is at most five hundred Tartar heads Level, you said that Zhang Dingguo is such a powerful general, the dignified little Yuchi, led [-] people to detour behind the Tartars, and still can't kill [-]?"

Liu Jinzhong also fully supported the second brother's decision at this time, "If we let Xiying go there, it can be regarded as bringing disaster to the east. Otherwise, Zhang Dingguo will definitely fight with us here to the end. Although we have 5000 people here, but The newly reorganized army lacks equipment and training, and if we really want to fight against them, we will lose both sides in the end, and it will only make it easier for the Tartars."

"Let them pass now, not only can they fight the Tartars, but it can also block the invasion of the northern Tartars for us."

Having said that, it is indeed such a truth.

But He Hongqi and the others still felt that there was no need to send them food, and it would be good to lend them a way.

"The Tartars invaded the Central Plains. As Han people, we should all unite with the outside world. A little food and grass are worth nothing, but what we give is food, but what they are fighting for is their lives."

"Everyone, now that the West Camp has passed, we must also hurry up and reorganize. Those surrendered traitors in the local area should be cleared up, and those who should be suppressed should also be suppressed. We must also go to Cheng County. When moving in the area of ​​Huixian, Liangdang, and Huixian County, I told General Zhang to fight the Tartars side by side, not just for fun, when necessary, we have to roll up our sleeves and end up fighting the Tartars."

Guo Junzhen brought up the old story again, saying that there is a lack of military equipment, especially armor, and food and wages.

Zhang Dapeng is not too worried about this. Although Gongchang Mansion is relatively remote and backward due to the great chaos and famine, it is also because of its remoteness and backwardness. In fact, it is less affected by the war here. Geographically, although Gongchang Mansion belongs to Shaanxi But in fact, since Gansu was merged into Shaanxi in the early Ming Dynasty, Gansu has not been restored.

But later, the Shaanxi Xingdu Division was established to manage the Hexi area, and the Gannan area was still under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi. However, geographically, Gongchang Prefecture is also the Longnan area. In fact, it is a completely different geographical unit from Hanzhong and Guanzhong.

Separated by high mountains and obstacles, they are relatively independent.

Longnan does not have the fertile soil of Hanzhong, nor does it have the [-]-mile Qinchuan in Guanzhong, but it is connected to Shaanxi in the east and Sichuan in the south, and is the hub of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan.Because of its beautiful landform and pleasant climate, it is known as "Longshang Jiangnan". It is located in the Longnan Mountains where the West Qinling fold belt develops from east to west, Qinba Mountains, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and Loess Plateau.

The geographical situation is complicated, and there are even many indigenous forces such as Qiang and Di. Generally speaking, the transportation is inconvenient, the population is relatively small, and the economy is relatively backward. However, in this kind of place, during the great turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty, it was relatively more affected than the densely populated areas of the Central Plains. smaller.

In those ravines and valleys, there are still many tribes and villages scattered, both farming and grazing.

There are also better medicinal materials, wood, ores, furs, etc. here, and salt, tea, cloth, ironware, etc. are needed. Trade, transporting salt and tea, etc., exchanging cattle, horses and sheep for food, not only will you not be short of food, but you will even be rich.

The Gongchang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty was actually very large, including not only the Longnan area of ​​later generations, but even Tianshui by the Weihe River, and Dingxi in the north.

The capital of Gongchang Mansion is Longxi City on the banks of the Wei River, and its northernmost Dingxi has reached the gate of Lanzhou, and Tianshui in the middle is in the lower reaches of the Wei River in Longxi, connecting with Fengxiang Mansion along the Weishui Road.

It is more than [-] miles long from north to south, and it can be said to be a very abnormal mansion.

Of course, the Shaanxi-Ganxi camp now only occupies the southeastern part of the Weihe River in Gongchang Prefecture, but even if it only occupies the Longnan area, it has great potential.

The local situation is critical and the transportation is inconvenient, but it is suitable for defensive development at the moment.

After the Ming army recaptured Chengdu, the Shaanxi-Gansu camp in Jiezhou would be able to communicate with Chengdu and Songpan, so there was no need to worry.

After discussing with the generals for a long time, finally Zhang Dapeng, with the support of Liu Jinzhong, Tang Zhenbang, and Wen Xieji, decided to leave 1000 people to guard Yulei Pass, and the rest moved to Chengxian County, entering the Rhinoceros River, a tributary of the Jialing River, to fight at any time. Prepare to support Zhang Dingguo's Ministry.

In fact, He Hongqi and other generals who returned from Xi'an did not want to follow Zhang Dingguo. They suggested that Zhang Dingguo go to Hanzhong at this time to attract the attention of the Qing army. , Longxi, and did not go to Guanzhong.

Instead, they stayed in Longyou to develop, and took the opportunity to concentrate on taking Lanzhou, Taozhou, Minzhou, and even Xining, taking all the land in Gansu, and blocking the Qing army in the east of Longshan.

If there is a chance, you can also go to Ningxia, and then take back Wu Dading and others from Pingliang Guyuan.

This suggestion is actually correct. Avoid the truth and make a fortune.

The last time He Hongqi and others raised righteousness in Longyou, Guanlong was shocked very quickly. At this time, the Qing army was in the Gansu area, but in fact it did not have any real strength. Not solid.

It's just that Zhang Dapeng didn't think about taking advantage of the opportunity to occupy the territory at this time. He insisted that we should first unite with Xiying to fight the Tartars, and we can't let the Tartars put Xiying down, otherwise, Xiying will be down. , then the next one is the Ming Army.

In the battle of routes, in the end, the admiral Zhang Dapeng had the final say.

However, due to the persistence of He Hongqi and others, Zhang Dapeng finally made some concessions.

For example, in the case of not moving the [-] battalions that have already been reorganized, no matter whether the [-] battalions can fight or not, at least they can't move anymore.

He Hongqi and the others want to go west, so let them go, and they can reorganize some of the remaining soldiers and horses and redeploy them.

For example, He Hongqi can set up a new Xie Town in Lanzhou, Li Mingyi can set up a Xie Town in Xining, Guo Junzhen can set up a Xie Town in Liangzhou, Liu Wenbing can set up a Xie Town in Jinglu, Wang Yuan can set up a Xie Town in Zhangye, and Ma Deli can set up a Xie Town in Taozhou. , Jiang Denglei established a Minzhou Association Town, anyway, as the deputy general of the Association Town, he can pull the team by himself.

As for whether they can lay down a territory at that time, it depends on themselves, and even food, equipment, etc., are all up to them for the time being.

As soon as this proposal came out, He Hongqi and the others agreed.

Although the elite of several of their units were combined into the camp, they could take away a small part of their servants and some trusted generals. When they were reorganized before, some of their soldiers were not incorporated into the imperial camp. These soldiers Some were disbanded, and some were reorganized into local town camps or even township groups, and now they are reclassified under their names.

Give them three thousand troops first.

He Hongqi and others are willing to go west.

Zhang Dapeng also understands the thoughts of these people. First of all, they are mainly from the old Shunying department, and they are not very compatible with Zhang Dapeng, Liu Jinzhong, Wen Xieji, Tang Zhenbang, etc., and even because of the reorganization, they were not very happy before. Barely integrated.

Now that I have the opportunity to leave the imperial camp again and set up my own battalion, of course I am willing, not to mention going east to fight head-on with the Tartars. After the defeat in Xi'an, they were a little afraid of the Tartars and had no confidence. Going west is to take advantage Entering in vain, just to grab the land and grab money and food.

Zhang Dapeng had no intention of obstructing these people's ideas. Since he had no intention of staying, it would be better to split them out.

The final decision was to set up a new Qixie Town led by He Hongqi, with seven lieutenants each leading 3000 troops to form a western expedition battalion, with He Junhong acting as the admiral of the battalion, and Wen Fengji from the imperial battalion grain platform as the director .

The two groups went their separate ways. Zhang Dapeng's Shaanxi-Gansu camp headed east to Chengxian County, etc., preparing to join the Hanzhong battlefield to fight against the Tartars, while He Hongqi and others would return to the Jiezhou area to reorganize the army, and then headed northwest to recover Tianshui, Longxi, marched into Lanzhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou and other places.

There are more soldiers in the Western Expedition Battalion, but now those who are more capable of fighting are all in the camp. They can only bring their own servants and recruit the old troops again, and the food and salaries are all raised by themselves.

Wen Fengji will report this matter to Wen'anzhi and the imperial court, and ask the imperial court for approval.

Although He Hongqi and others lost some soldiers in the camp, they needed the support and approval of the court and the camp, endorsed them, granted them official titles, etc., and they also needed the backing of the camp.

Both parties take what they need.

For Zhang Dapeng, when He Hongqi and others left, they lost some capable generals and took away many elite servants. However, after they left, the entire camp would be better managed and commanded more closely. The following losses are acceptable.

If they make progress in their westward expedition, it will also be beneficial to the camp.

"Now all the food and grass for the camp, as well as the equipment for the reserve, we will divide in half."

Zhang Dapeng took the initiative to distribute half of the food, grass and equipment to He Junhong and the others, which was a pleasant surprise for them, and he accepted it after pretending to decline a few times.

Three days later, the separation was completed.

Wen Xieji, the director of the camp, led two battalions of 1000 men and horses to guard Yulei Pass, and divided [-] troops to guard Jiezhou and Wenxian. go.

They will go north while sweeping up thieves and bandits along the way, surrendering traitors, etc., and they will also be training soldiers in actual combat while collecting food and salaries on the spot.

"Take care of yourself!"

"Take care of yourself!"

At the head of the Yinping Bridge, several groups of troops went their separate ways, taking care of each other. Ulala's troops marched windingly. These soldiers and horses, whether they were the imperial battalion, the newly organized Western Expedition camp, or the abolished new township The regiment has all kinds of clothes, less than [-]% armor, few firearms, and not many horses and mules.

There are even more young men who have newly enlisted in the army.

But such a group of people, under the slogan of expelling the Tartars and restoring China, embarked on the journey again.

In the imperial camp of the Eastern Expedition, Zhang Dapeng's pro-barracks was the most conspicuous. Many of the [-] pacesetters in the Left and Right Battalions who dared to die were disabled, and even many grey-haired old men, but they still High morale, generous to die.

　Thank you Daiming Zhongliang Li Laiheng for your support!
　　
　
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