Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 887 Hong Chengchou ran away, Chongzhen: He is his mother!
defeated

Inexplicably and logically lost.

Although he shouted "[-] to fight [-], I have the advantage", but Hong Chengchou is not really the captain of the transportation team. He is a general who has personally experienced the battle and commanded the army. .

Hong Chengchou's strategic vision and layout are not bad. He naturally knows that his [-] soldiers with demoralized morale are unstable and full of resentment are hard to compare with Shi Kefa's [-] elite soldiers with high morale.

The morale and morale of the army can surpass tens of thousands of troops. Although the number of [-] troops is larger than that of the opponent, such morale and military spirit are not as good as [-] tigers and wolves.

But Hong Chengchou really didn't expect that he could lose so quickly.

According to Hong Chengchou's idea, he can at least resist a few battles, and then retreat strategically, laying out layers, and at least can consume tens of thousands of Shi Kefa's soldiers.

Shi Kefa has 10,000+ people in his hand, but Sanshaan and Gansu need soldiers and horses, Henan needs soldiers and horses, and Shanxi is really used, isn't it just [-] people from these four towns?

As long as [-] to [-] yuan are spent, then Shi Kefa will undoubtedly retreat. Even if Shi Kefa does not retreat, Hong Chengchou believes that the Datong society will doubt him.

But now, the defeat is too fast!
Before all his plans could be implemented, they turned into running water.

Hong Chengchou couldn't figure it out, although his army was indeed not as good as Wei Wuzu, Xiliuying, Beifu Army, Xuanjia Army, Beiwei Army, Que Xue Army, and Qi Family Army, but at least it was not bad.

As we all know, throughout the ages, not only the dynasties have been compared, but the army has also been compared. As long as I am not that bad compared to you, I can win.

In the ancient and modern wars, there were very few real elites, and the mobs were the most numerous. Among Hong Chengchou's [-] troops, there were Beijing camps, frontier troops, guards, and local bravery.

Although the Weisuo and Xiangyong are the majority, the Beijing Camp and Frontier Army also accounted for 3 people.

Among them, the frontier troops are all elites who have experienced fighting in the border town, not to mention the Beijing camp. It is the new army that Zhang Haogu initiated and trained. These [-] elites have always been Hong Chengchou's core force, especially the elite cavalry And Jingying infantry.

The reason why Hong Chengchou was able to repeatedly defeat Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others was also thanks to these [-] elites.

It stands to reason that I have these elites, so I should be able to withstand it for a long time. Why did I lose so quickly?
Hong Chengchou didn't understand, and Hong Chengchou couldn't understand either.

But the facts are in front of you, if you lose, you lose if you say you lose.

Shocked Hong Chengchou watched helplessly as his army experienced only two rounds of artillery fire, and before the opponent's infantry rushed to the front, the sergeants collapsed like birds and beasts. This scene was like a dramatic farce. Hong Chengchou only felt My head is buzzing.

Soon, Hong Chengchou was awakened by General Ma: "Captain, run!"

"The sergeants have long been dissatisfied with the imperial court. Now that the sergeants are rebelling, if they don't run away, they will be captured by the Datong army! Run now, and there is still a chance to make a comeback."

Hong Chengchou was startled, subconsciously clenched the reins of the horse, but shouted: "I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of the three sides ordered by His Majesty, to quell the chaos in Gansu and Shanxi for His Majesty. Now the army is still fighting hard, how can I retreat?! "

"I'm sorry, General!"

General Ma immediately understood what Hong Chengchou meant, and whipped Hong Chengchou's buttocks with a whip. The horse neighed in pain and carried Hong Chengchou away at a fast speed. The governor wants to fight to the death to serve His Majesty, if the governor doesn't leave, the governor can't leave!"

However, General Ma shouted to the guards who were looking at each other in blank dismay: "Why are you all standing there? Hurry up and follow!"

Soon, the surrounding generals and personal guards immediately followed, protecting Hong Chengchou and going straight to Taiyuan.

The army was completely defeated, routed like pigs fleeing all over the mountains and plains, and many people even ran to the front of the Datong army in a panic.

The soldiers looked in astonishment at the soldiers of the Ming army who threw their weapons and ran over and crouched with their heads in their hands to express their surrender.

"Brothers on the opposite side, don't fight, don't fight, they are all our own people, we don't want to fight for a long time." A Ming army officer shouted.

"Who is your brother?" Someone couldn't help but drink.

"Hey, aren't you Wang Eryao from the Eighth Township, the Second Association and the Third Bid of the New Army? You don't recognize me, I'm Sun Liufu." The Ming army officer shouted.

"Sun Liufu? Are you Sun Liufu?" Wang Eryao was stunned.

"Brothers, we are all from our own family, and we came to fight out of helplessness, but we really don't want to fight each other. We have already discussed it, and we will stop fighting. It is much more reliable to seek refuge with Master Zhang than the court." Sun Liufu shouted.

Wang Eryao looked at his Captain, and the Captain shouted loudly: "Since we are all our brothers, everyone squat on the ground and don't move around carelessly. Someone will come and lead the brothers back to the camp in a while."

Sun Liufu shouted happily: "Don't worry, don't worry, they are all from the new army, and we all know the rules. Brothers, just go after those high-ranking officials, there are not many of them."

The captain had nothing to do, and led his battalion of 600 people to chase forward.

Situations like Sun Liufu can be found everywhere on the battlefield of Pingyang Mansion today, and there are soldiers of the Ming army who surrendered everywhere. Obviously, the soldiers have long had enough of the filth of the Chongzhen court.

The Ming army was dissatisfied with the salary, and the full salary was invincible.

Now that the imperial court can no longer pay the Ming army, and the rewards for killing the enemy and meritorious deeds in battle can no longer be given out, and the military merit fields of the soldiers' homes have also been taken away by powerful gentry, so why do the soldiers still work for the imperial court? ?

Just because the imperial court ruined their family?

Compared with the imperial court, the Datong Society is more reassuring to the soldiers.

Standing on the podium, Shi Kefa watched the soldiers of the Ming army surrendering all over the mountains and plains. He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The weather is in my Datong, the harmony of people is in my Datong, and the hearts of the world are in my Datong. The land of the Central Plains is already in front of our eyes." .”

There was a gust of wind in his ears, and the surrounding scenery quickly receded. In addition to the whistling, there were rapid horseshoes and neighing in his ears. Hong Chengchou kept turning his head and looking back, only to see a group of knights holding the red flag of the Datong Society about two or three miles behind him. Bite them to death.

Hong Chengchou was startled and angry: "You bastard! You bastard! You've chased us for hundreds of miles, why are you still chasing us!"

General Ma also looked terrified. Ever since he helped Hong Chengchou escape, he and Hong Chengchou brought dozens of school lieutenants and thousands of supervising cavalry screaming to shift their strategy. up.

In the Datong military system, there are two battalions of nearly [-] cavalry in one town as ranger guards, and four thousand cavalry in four towns. This is not counting the cavalry strengthened during wartime.

Among Shi Kefa's four town armies, in addition to the two sentry battalions under each town, a cavalry association of more than [-] cavalry was strengthened. This cavalry association was used by Shi Kefa as a trump card to break through the Ming army's central army.

But now that the Ming army was defeated on its own, the Cavalry Association was used by Shi Kefa to hunt down and kill Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou couldn't understand why Shi Kefa valued himself so much. More than [-] cavalry behind him were holding up a red flag and screaming at him, Hong Chengchou was going crazy.

Fortunately, the cavalry did not chase after two hundred miles, otherwise Hong Chengchou really felt that he was going to die here.

The more than five thousand cavalrymen didn't say a word, roaring and biting behind them in silence, their sabers and spears were sharp and bright, with a frightening cold light, which made Hong Chengchou sweat coldly when he thought about it.

Is this the Jingqi of Datong?
Why is there such a power? !
"Xietong, let's stop chasing him?" A knight with a strange voice said. This is a Jurchen cavalry. Although he speaks Chinese fluently, it always sounds weird.

Xietong took off his six-petal bright iron helmet, revealing a round and dark face, he was a Mongolian man, he was Balang.

Balang first joined the New Army as a captain of the Mongolian Cavalry of the Four Towns under the command of General Cao Wenzhao.

Later, Balang joined the New Party and made many military exploits. Even in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he followed the New Party and remained unchanged. Now, after ten years of hard work, Balang became the leader of the Association, leading a group of more than [-] cavalry. Become a well-known cavalry general in Datong Society.

When Shi Kefa was in charge of Sanshaan, Balang was transferred to Shi Kefa's command and appointed as the only cavalry under Shi Kefa's command, which shows how much Balang is valued.

This is Datong, Guan Nei Guan Wai Fu is a family, the whole world is brothers, as long as everyone agrees with Datong Society's ideas, as long as everyone agrees with China's culture, then it is a family.

Balang's identity as a Mongolian man was not discriminated against in the Datong Army. On the contrary, Balang's straightforward and heroic character was quickly recognized by the soldiers. Among the cavalry cavalry, there were only a thousand Mongols and Jurchens, and the rest were The knights of the Han family, but everyone is convinced by Balang.

Balang looked at the puzzled expressions of his brothers, grinned, and spoke in fluent Zhili official dialect: "Hey, Boss Shi said, our task is to drive Hong Chengchou, the farther Hong Chengchou runs, the more good."

"Don't worry, let Hong Chengchou run around more, so we can take over Taiyuan City."

The knights all laughed after hearing Balaam's words, obviously very confident in Balaam's words.

Hong Chengchou ran very fast, and when he ran all the way to the city of Taiyuan, only half of the thousand supervising cavalry were left, and the rest could not be found on the road.

After running to the city of Taiyuan in embarrassment, Hong Chengchou led the army into the city quickly under the astonished eyes of the guards, and then a gossip spread in Taiyuan city: the imperial army was defeated, and the army of Datongshe was about to attack Taiyuan !

As soon as this gossip spread, the rich, powerful, gentry, and wealthy businessmen in Taiyuan City couldn't sit still, and rushed to the government office to inquire one by one.

At this time, the governor of Shanxi didn't bother to care about those powerful gentry at all. He was sitting anxiously opposite Hong Chengchou, looking at Hong Chengchou's gloomy face: "I mean Governor Hong, you should say something!"

Hong Chengchou said coldly: "What can I do? The court doesn't distribute money and food, and the soldiers don't get rewards for their military exploits. They rebelled before the battle, so what can I do?"

"Right now, Shi Kefa is probably taking over the defeated army. I advise the governor to hurry up and recruit village braves to prepare to defend against the enemy."

The governor of Shanxi flashed in front of his eyes, that was [-] officers and soldiers, [-] tigers and wolves!

If the [-] tigers and wolves were taken over by Shi Kefa, wouldn't Shi Kefa have tens of thousands of tigers and wolves in his hands?

"Hey! Shanxi is in danger!" The governor of Shanxi slapped his thigh and hurried out to gather soldiers.

Hong Chengchou sat in the hall, drinking tea slowly, while General Ma and others beside him were a little anxious: "Governor, can Taiyuan be held?"

"Hmph, these mobs are not even as good as the local governor's subordinates, so expect them to resist Datong soldiers?" Hong Chengchou sneered.

"Then we..." General Ma was a little puzzled.

Hong Chengchou said calmly: "Now we are defeated, once we return to the capital, what will happen to us, have you considered it?"

General Ma and the others were taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help shivering.

"Your Majesty's temperament, you also know that it's okay to win the battle. If I lose, I will be dismissed from office and imprisoned when I go back. I may even have my house ransacked." Hong Chengchou said slowly.

"The governor, you want." General Ma looked at Hong Chengchou in horror.

Hong Chengchou said angrily: "What are you thinking! This governor is the governor of the three sides of Ming Dynasty, so can he still betray the court?"

General Ma bowed his head and said nothing, but he muttered in his heart, who knows, there are still few who betrayed the court, and you are not too many.

Hong Chengchou said: "What the governor means is that if we can't do anything in Shanxi, then go to Henan."

"Henan?!" General Ma and the others were astonished.

Hong Chengchou calmly looked at the scenery outside the hall as if he had seen through the world: "The governor can see it clearly. Now that the world is in chaos, even if you want to reimburse the court, you must have capital and be able to gain a foothold."

"The Governor of Shanxi recruited the Township Guards, which can be used by me. With this army, we can gain a foothold in Henan. With this army, His Majesty will not deal with us lightly."

"General Ma, General Zhao, General Sun, General Wang, you send out your personal guards to gather the defeated army around and win over the soldiers and horses in Taiyuan. We are running out of time."

Several generals got up quickly and hurried down to give orders.

As Hong Chengchou said, their time is indeed running out.

Rumors abounded in Taiyuan City, and the officials and dignitaries were panicked. Only two days later, thousands of knights appeared outside Taiyuan City.

These knights carried the red flag of the Datong Society, all wearing armor and armed with knives and guns, roaring like a torrent, showing off their might outside the city of Taiyuan.

The officials and dignitaries trembled with fear, but the common people didn't feel anything. After all, the common people were not stupid, and they knew who was good to them. Compared with the imperial court, the common people had more trust in the Datong Society, and everyone knew the military discipline and atmosphere of the Datong Society. The common people have committed no crimes. Compared with the bandit army of the imperial court, the army of Datong Society can be called the soldiers of the common people.

Thousands of Datong cavalry appeared outside the city of Taiyuan. The governor of Shanxi was really in a hurry. He summoned officials, dignitaries, rich and gentry, recruited servants from their homes, and recruited village braves to gather guards. Soon there were more than 2 guards. soldiers and horses.

But it is useless to have soldiers and horses, and someone needs to lead the army.

So who can lead?

Hong Chengchou, who led the military department of the trilateral governor and had many achievements, appeared in the sight of the governor of Shanxi.

The governor of Shanxi immediately asked Hong Chengchou to lead the army to resist the soldiers of Datong. Not only the governor of Shanxi, but also the nobles and gentry in Taiyuan who are not afraid of the Datong Society?

Who dares to forget what the New Party did in Taiyuan during the Apocalypse Dynasty!

Now the Datong Society is here again, more than 5000 cavalry are just outside the city, followed by 10,000+ tigers and wolves, who has never done anything wrong, and who is not afraid of the Datong Society knocking on the door?

So the nobles and gentry asked Hong Chengchou to spare no effort to lead the army to defend the city.

For this reason, the nobles and the gentry paid money and food, eagerly counting on Hong Chengchou to perform.

Hong Chengchou also lived up to the hopes of the noble gentry and the governor of Shanxi, and soon appointed his supervisor as the captain of each team. In just two or three days, he trained more than 2 defenders to look a little bit.

Soon, Shi Kefa led an army of tens of thousands to Taiyuan Mansion, ready to attack the city. Although the nobles and gentry were worried, they went home because of Hong Chengchou's presence. No one dared to stay at the top of the city anyway. .

However, on the night Shi Kefa's army arrived in Taiyuan Mansion, Hong Chengchou ran away.

Hong Chengchou not only ran away by himself, but also ran away with [-] soldiers and horses defending the city!
However, Hong Chengchou had a bit of conscience and sent a letter to the governor of Shanxi, telling the governor of Shanxi that he had neglected the rogues in Sanshaan before, and that he had to go to Henan to deal with those rogues.

As for what to do with Taiyuan City, Hong Chengchou could only silently pray for the governor of Shanxi and the honorable gentry in Taiyuan City, hoping that they would survive this calamity safely.

When the governor of Shanxi saw the letter left by Hong Chengchou, it was already the next morning. After reading the letter, the governor of Shanxi spurted out a mouthful of old blood: "Bastard! Damn! Hong Chengchou! You traitor, I fucked you Done!"

Not to mention the governor of Shanxi, even the nobles and gentry in Taiyuan city were stunned and yelled at Hong Chengchou when they got the news. Everyone wanted to kill Hong Chengchou, a bastard who had cheated their feelings and money!

But Hong Chengchou had already run away with an army of [-], and they really had no choice.

Just as everyone was yelling at each other, a rumbling drum sounded outside the city of Taiyuan. The governor of Shanxi and the honored gentry were stunned for a moment, with fear on their faces.

Sure enough, soon someone came to report in horror: "My lord, the Datong bandits are about to attack the city!"

The governor of Shanxi was stunned for a moment, and immediately said angrily: "What a thief, it's the Datong Army!"

In a word, the noble gentry immediately understood the meaning of the governor of Shanxi.

After the three drums of the Datong Army outside the city, the desolate trumpets sounded, and the white flag was hung on the top of the city. The governor of Shanxi opened the city gate himself: "Governor Shi, we are willing to put things right!"

The city of Taiyuan has surrendered, and Shanxi is within reach!
A few days later, an urgent report came to Zhili: Hong Chengchou's army was defeated, and Datong Society's Shi Kefa's army had conquered Shanxi!

When the news reached Emperor Chongzhen's ears, Zhu Youjian almost vomited blood from anger!

Shanxi was actually occupied by Datong thieves!

Now that Ganshan and Shanxi are gone, the Datong thieves are getting closer to Zhili!

For a time, the civil and military people in the imperial court were panicked, and the officials discussed a lot. Everyone was terrified. No one is a fool. They all know the consequences of Shanxi being occupied by the Datong army. From Taiyuan to Zhili, the Datong army will not have much time!
Surprised and angry, Zhu Youjian couldn't help asking: "Where is Hong Chengchou? He is the governor of the three sides appointed by me, what about others?!"

"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou ordered someone to submit the military report, and now he has brought [-] soldiers into Henan to clear up the bandits!"

When Zhu Youjian heard the news, he couldn't help but turn his eyes dark:
"He's his mother!"

(End of this chapter)