Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 503
Shandong.

In Guide Mansion, Shangqiu City, Xu Dingguo, who had just arrived with his troops, was sitting there, lost in thought.

Even the eyebrows are full of fear.

Successive torrential rains made him stay in Shangqiu temporarily, but the bad weather just made his plan of marching and suppressing thieves postponed for the time being. What really frightened him was the series of news he just received.

Each one made him a little unbelievable.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three provinces of Zhili, Henan, and Shandong, a scholar, and the right deputy of the Minister of the Ministry of War, Hong Chengchou, who was also granted the title of Marquis of Nan'an, had already secretly informed the Ming Dynasty. He has never really surrendered to the Tartars, but has been enduring humiliation and lurking in the enemy camp.

Now he has finally returned to the Ming Dynasty like Yan Wogong, the former governor of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

When he saw the news, Xu Dingguo was in a mess.

Before he left Beijing, he specially met with this new boss in Beijing. At that time, Hong Chengchou could not tell that he was actually a spy. He even made many deployment arrangements for him and Liu Zeqing, always emphasizing the need to stabilize the Central Plains and reverse the decline. To completely wipe out Remnant Light.

But now Hong Chengchou is a potential spy.

Liu Zeqing did the same.

When Hong Chengchou came to Cangzhou, he couldn't wait to turn around. He joined forces with the old tribes to seize Cangzhou, attacked Hejian, and even blocked Dagukou.

Liu Zeqing sent his confidants Li Huajing and others to recruit local villages to rebel in Caozhou.

It's just that they were unlucky when the Yellow River suddenly burst, and then the plan was disrupted. The offensive of Li Huajing and others was blocked, and Liu Zeqing was arrested in Jinan and peeled the last grass.

Today, Xu Dingguo felt that there was something wrong with the eyes looking at him in Guide City.

In fact, it was his own brother, who even came to ask him about the situation, thinking that Xu Dingguo was hiding things from him.

What are you hiding from him?
Naturally, they thought that he, like Hong Chengchou and Liu Zeqing, had secretly descended to the Ming Dynasty a long time ago, and this time he came out of Beijing to take the opportunity to seize Henan and dedicate it to Daming.

After all, Hong Chengchou and Liu Zeqing have turned against each other, and Xu Dingguo was also a famous general before, so there is no reason to be different from them.

Even his own brother is so suspicious, so we can see why everyone looks at him so strangely now.

Xu Dingguo felt uncomfortable.

He even doubted himself.

Indeed, it is estimated that no one will believe him now that he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

Yan Wogong, Hong Chengchou, Tu Guobao, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Zhang Tianlu, and Li Chengdong, who was worse than Xu Dingguo before?

People rebelled one after another, why would you be loyal?
Now Lu Guogong and Henan Admiral Xu Dingguo want to jump up and scold his mother, but he is so angry that he can hardly get up.

Even if he scolded Hong Chengchou for Liu Zeqing and Zhu Yihai in front of everyone in Shangqiu City, would anyone believe him?

Just now, another confidant came over, asking him inside and out what his plan was and why he kept it from his brothers.

Even judging from the expressions of these guys, they seem to be quite positive and willing to oppose the Qing Dynasty.

That's right, now it's not the same as last year, although the difference is only more than a year, but the situation has changed dramatically. The Ming army not only stabilized the south of the Yangtze River, but even made a northern expedition to restore the Central Plains and drive the Tatars out of the customs again.

It's not impossible.

Just like Li Zicheng before, he was like a prairie fire, he broke into the Beijing city at once, but didn't he retreat all the way soon, and finally died in Jiugong Mountain?

And after the Tartars entered the customs, they also fought all the way to Hangzhou.

But it's only been a year, but it's already been defeated across the board, retreating steadily.

It is very possible to say that the Tartars will be driven back outside the pass.

Xu Dingguo thought it was very possible, and his generals were even more so. These people were originally the leaders of the army in troubled times, swaying with the wind, and they had no loyalty to speak of.

I just feel that now that Daming is gaining power again and returning to Henan, it is only natural for everyone to vote for Daming again. Big brother, you vote for Ming.

Facing these guys, what else can Xu Dingguo say?
Could he still yell, call the servants, push these guys out and chop them up, accusing them of being disloyal and treasonous?
Even if he really called out, it is estimated that the servants may not cut them off, because these are his most trusted generals, and some of them are even the heads of servants.

At that time, it might not be possible for these guys to unite and cut him down, which is also very possible.

There are too many such things in the late Ming Dynasty.

Xu Dingguo could only appease these brothers first, and then left this mess alone.

There was not much time left for him.

The palpable emotions of the brothers, as well as the skeptical eyes of the officials in Shangqiu City, made it hard for him to ride a tiger.

Xu Dingguo called his brother.

At this time, Xu Dingguo was actually a man who had fought for half his life, and half of his body had been buried in the loess. He was 70 years old this year, and his hair was graying all over his head.

Originally, at this age, it was not bad to stay in Beijing for peace of mind and care.

But the Tartars gave him the Duke of Lu and the admiral of Henan, and he went south again, thinking that Henan was also considered the rear, and went south to earn a piece of land for the Xu family, and more money, who would have thought, What kind of shit happens.

"Brother, you need to make a decision early," Xu Dingguo's brother Xu Anguo said as soon as he came in, "Liu Zeqing has been arrested and killed, and he was also stripped of the last grass. He died a miserable death. Hundreds of his brothers, nephews and family members were beheaded. , if it wasn't for the big river breaching, the Eight Banners might have arrived long ago."

Xu Dingguo really wanted to tell his brother that I never had a secret relationship with Daming, nor did I ever think of descending to Ming.

However, Xu Anguo had long believed that his eldest brother's trip to Beijing this time was planned in advance with Hong Chengchou and Liu Zeqing. Hong Chengchou rebelled directly in the north, Liu Zeqing rebelled in Shandong, and Xu Dingguo rebelled in Henan.

Now those two are reversed, and if they don't reverse it, it will be too late.

"Brother, don't worry, the brothers are all iron brothers who have followed the elder brother for many years. I have talked with everyone, and they are willing to follow the elder brother to the mountain of fire and the sea of ​​fire.
As long as the eldest brother speaks, the brothers will start immediately, first block the four gates of Shangqiu City, then cut down all the Tartar dog officials in the city, and then copy all the big gentry families who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, reward the brothers, and then recruit soldiers and horses . "

"By the way, Fatty Wang and Xu Zhongyi from Yongcheng, they just won the battle. I heard that Xu Zhongyi is also a big brother of the Yongcheng Red Spear Club. He is not only famous in Yongcheng, but also in the entire Guide Mansion. Chief, he is now the eldest brother's adoptive son, so he can use the name of the Red Gun Society to recruit soldiers and recruit people from the Red Gun Society into our barracks."

"Take Shangqiu, turn around and take Suizhou, and then we go north, take Kaifeng and take Luoyang!"

"The Great Battle of the Yellow River is a good opportunity for us. It happens to separate the Tartars from Shandong and Beizhi. As long as we guard Guide and block the Tartars from Xu and Ying."

"Although Xuzhou has Tulai and Yingzhou has Tantai, I don't think there is any need to worry. The Ming army in Huainan has already occupied Luzhou, Fengyang, Huai'an, Haizhou, and Shouzhou. The Ming army has already entered Huaizhou. Therefore, as long as the eldest brother quickly sends someone to contact Zhang Guowei and Huang Daozhou in the south, and then attack Wang Zhiren, Wang Xiang, and Zheng Zunqian's imperial camp, they will be able to wipe out these Tartars, or at least trap them to death. Xu, Ying."

"We happened to sweep across the Central Plains and take all the land in Henan."

Seeing Xu Anguo's drooling, Xu Dingguo really wanted to say that I had no affair with the Ming army at all, and I had no way of contacting them.

But he couldn't say that.

Xu Anguo probably wouldn't believe it.

Of course, and more importantly, denying it now wouldn't do him any good either.

After all, the officers and soldiers all felt that he had contacted Daming in private and had already made a secret call, and they were willing to make a call. If you say you didn't make a call at this time, what would be the result?
When Xu Dingguo was almost 70 years old, he was able to entertain Gao Jie with a banquet in Suizhou, and then ambushed him, which fully shows that he is a ruthless person.

Having spent his whole life in the army, he knows very well that the situation is irreversible.

What's more, in the current situation, yellow mud falling off the crotch is either shit or shit. It's not clear at all, and no one will believe it.

Just like what his brother Anguo said, the Eight Banners of the Tartars are probably on their way, so he can't just sit here and use his mouth to make excuses, right?
Will the Tartars believe it?
I'm afraid that he will end up like Liu Zeqing, peeling the last grass.

"Brother is worried about Er Anji and the others?"

Xu Er'an and Xu Erji are both Xu Dingguo's sons, and now they are all serving as generals in front of Prince Su Haoge's army and marching west to Hanzhong.

And Xu Dingguo's family and grandchildren are still in Beijing.

Xu Anguo's descendants and family members were also in Beijing, but he still urged his elder brother to join the army.

"Brother, the arrow is on the string, and we have to shoot. It's useless to hesitate at this time. Liu Zeqing has only a piece of human skin left to dry on the Jinan tower."

Xu Dingguo couldn't explain that he hadn't thought of rebellion at all, so naturally it was impossible to have any other arrangements in advance. Now his family and children are all in the hands of the Qing court, which is embarrassing.

But Xu Anguo thought that even if the family members were in the hands of the Tatars, they would have to rebel.

If not, the whole family will die, if not, how many people can survive.

"Brother, don't hesitate!"

Xu Dingguo sighed.

When he was young, Xu Dingguo was extremely powerful, he could lift a big bronze bell, and he was called Xu Qianjin, but now he is seventy years old, at the age of spoiling his grandchildren, he wanted to make a fortune, but now he wants to ruin his family The dead.

But what my brother said is also right, otherwise there is nothing wrong with it, where is Liu Zeqing's end.

At this point I finally made up my mind.

He opened his mouth slowly,
"Previously, Chen Qianfu promoted officials for Kaifeng. After Li Zicheng broke Kaifeng, the counties and counties in Henan surrendered in anticipation. The king of Zhou and the local officials fled one after another. However, Chen Qianfu went to Xipingzhai alone, persuaded and recruited Liu Hongqi, the largest soil fortress leader in Henan, and let him Lead the troops to contact the Tuzhai in Henan, and ask the king of Zhou to beg the thieves.

Li Zicheng was defeated, and Nanjing granted Chen Qianfu the patrol of Henan Province. Chen Qianfu personally joined our army. A certain army and Liu Hongqi took back Kaifeng to Guide along the Yellow River for hundreds of miles. Nanjing therefore named him the censor and concurrent supervisor of the Henan Taoist Army. military,"

"Suizhou Mutiny, the old man beheaded the thief Gao Jie, personally sent Chen Qianfu to leave, he was implicated in the Tongfei case and imprisoned after returning to Nanjing, fled back to Shaoxing when Nanjing was broken, and later served Emperor Shaotian to raise troops, and now he is a minister of the Prime Minister's Office, plus The co-organizer, the Dali Temple Minister and the General Staff of the Imperial Battalion are deeply trusted by the emperor. He has secretly written to the old man many times, reminiscing about the past, and inviting me to return to the Ming Dynasty."

It is true that Chen Qianfu worked with Xu Dingguo and supervised his army, but Chen Qianfu always believed that Xu Dingguo was untrustworthy and could not be reused.

After the Suizhou Incident, Xu Dingguo wanted to keep Chen Qianfu to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but Chen Qianfu resolutely refused, and he didn't kill Chen Qianfu, so he sent him away, and then the two parted ways.

Now Chen Qianfu has become Emperor Shaotian's important minister, and he, Xu Dingguo, has become a rat in a bellows and is no longer a human being.

Chen Qianfu had indeed often contacted him secretly before, recruiting him anyway, but at that time Xu Dingguo was in Beijing and was left idle. Although he was dissatisfied with Qing in his heart, he could only complain. There was no chance, but there was resentment in his heart. However, it is true that there are many secret letters with Chen Qianfu in private.

Now that this matter is uncovered, it can be regarded as a clear proof that Xu Dingguo has already done it anyway.

In the name of Chen Qianfu, it is okay to lead his subordinates to rebel now, but he can also use the name of Chen Qianfu to contact Zhang Guowei and other Ming troops in the south.

"It turns out that elder brother directly contacted Chen Qianfu, an important minister in front of the emperor's imperial court. No wonder Hong Chengchou and Liu Zeqing had caused an incident and didn't notify elder brother in advance, so let's hurry up."

"No matter how late it is, the Tartars are probably coming,"

Xu Dingguo could only sigh, "Call the brothers to discuss important matters!"

On the same day, Xu Dingguo revolted against the Qing Dynasty in Shangqiu. He sent his troops to kill the local officials of the Qing government in the city, then looted the whole city, and then divided his troops to plunder Suiyang, Haozhou, Tuocheng and other places.

He also sent people across the Huaihe River to contact Zhang Guowei, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and named Xu Zhongyi, Yongping's adopted son, the commander-in-chief of Guide, and ordered him to recruit more troops and station them in Guide's mansion.

On the way to the north, he also gave Li Jiyu, the leader of Dengfeng Tuzhai in Henan Province, the title of Henan General Army Officer, and ordered him to raise troops to capture Luoyang and Ruzhou.

The banner he played was the admiral of Fengtian's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. He led his troops to Kaifeng and appointed his brother Xu Anguo as the commander-in-chief of Hebei.

He also gave his adopted son Xu Zhongyi the commander-in-chief of Guide, guarding Guidee, and made Li Jiyu, the leader of the Tuzhai in western Henan, the commander-in-chief of Henan, and let him seize Luoyang and Ruzhou, the capitals of Henan.

He even sent envoys to the Qing Nanyang General Soldier, and appointed him as the deputy admiral of the battalion, and still led the Nanyang Town General Soldier.

For Liu Zeqing's old troops Li Huajing and Yuyuan Army in the Caozhou area next door to Shandong, people were even sent there, and Li Huajing was appointed as the deputy admiral of the battalion and the commander-in-chief of Caozhou Town, and even returned to Yuyuan at the junction of Caozhou and Dongchang. Army Liang Min conferred the title of Yuyuan Barracks as the commander-in-chief of Dongchang Town.

Anyway, Xu Dingguo doesn't care whether others ignore him, even now that there is a big flood over there, he still can't find anyone, so he distributes official hats everywhere, and makes a speech to the outside world. It seems that the two provinces of Henan and Shandong are all General Xu It seems to have the final say.

He claimed to be the admiral of the Central Plains Camp, and those who didn't know thought that the Daming Imperial Camp had built a new camp.

Yongcheng.

In Mount Mangdang, Xu Zhongyi was still busy rectifying the villages, but Fatty Wang rushed to him.

"Brother, congratulations, you have been promoted again."

"What?"

"You are now the commander-in-chief of Guide Guard."

Fatty Wang brought a family member of Xu Dingguo with a promotion order and told him that from now on, he will be the commander-in-chief of the Guard Mansion. The government is handed over to him to guard.

Then Fatty Wang will be transferred to serve in front of Kaifeng Army Gate.

Fatty Wang was also promoted to lieutenant general, and Xu Dingguo asked him to bring his 3000 people there.

"The Xu Junmen uprising is over anyway, and now we are all the Ming army! We are the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains." Fatty Wang told Xu Zhongyi that he didn't care about this drastic change, and accepted it calmly.

On the contrary, Xu Zhongyi was stunned for a long time when he heard the new news.

Why did he become the commander-in-chief of Guide Town?

Has he become a Ming army?
No, he was originally from the Ming army.

He was confused, why did Xu Dingguo act so violently?
"Brother, aren't you happy that you have been promoted to the commander-in-chief?"

Xu Zhongyi looked at Fatty Wang and then at the servant, "I always obey my foster father!"

(End of this chapter)