Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 873

Lu Xiangsheng told many governors and ministers that he has asked His Majesty to prepare money and food with His Majesty first.

In order to prevent the soldiers from going to the battlefield to discuss whether the military salary will be distributed, the food will be distributed after the troops arrive.

To act in this way will only bind oneself.

At that time, the food and salaries will not be enough, and the soldiers can only follow the bandits to plunder.

After so many years of suppressing bandits, you haven't found out that the officers and soldiers have become accomplices with the bandits?
All the rations issued by the court have become thieves' rations!
Now the governor and the prime minister have special troops and special rations, and the troops in Jizhou, Liaoyang, Shanhaiguan, and Ningyuan are all under my command.

After Lu Xiangsheng finished his reply from the court, he emphasized again:
"The governors and ministers of all the provinces are responsible for the frontier, so don't ask others for reinforcements and transfer troops as soon as there are bandits!
It's inappropriate not to respond to you. After all, everyone is here to suppress bandits, and we should be in the same boat.

But let's go around to meet you, how can the military strength of the court make up for the time when the bandits escape? "

Zhu Dadian and others nodded repeatedly.

Food and pay in the army is definitely a big problem, and even if you encircle and suppress them, the rogues would have already left.

As for the matter of calling for reinforcements, it is a basic practice to be true.

After all, there are many people who feel safe.

No one dared to follow Cao Wenzhao, Ai Wannian, Zhang Quanchang and others to suppress the bandits with only a few thousand people.

To end up with the three of them is simply not worth the loss.

So these days, everyone is willing to call for support.

As a result, the officers and soldiers were even more exhausted.

If it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng's efforts to turn the tide, he would win twice.

They may not be able to listen to Lu Xiangsheng's words.

Anyway, there are very few people in Daming like Yuan Chonghuan who directly cut off the head of a handsome man.

Lu Xiangsheng said Chongzhen's extra meaning again.

Everyone here must issue a military order, and at the same time, His Majesty hinted that if everyone can't suppress the bandits, they will not escape the imperial court's law. The food in the prison is still good, if they are willing to spend money.

Finally, he said that the court officials always impeached him, feared Gao Yingxiang, and dared not fight with him.

Lu Xiangsheng knocked on the table and said: "Gao Yingxiang must be suppressed to death, all rumors and gossips will be wiped out, and you will not live up to His Majesty's great trust!"

Gao Yingxiang was a well-known leader during the uprising, and his name in the Ming court was much more famous than He Jinzhao.

The uprising army he led fought in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and other places for a long time.

Unlike He Jinzhao who only "harmed" one place in Shanxi.

Many small insurgents had joined forces with him and wandered around, effectively disrupting the ruling order of the Ming Dynasty and expanding the group of rebels who joined the rebels, not just people from a province.

When he left Qin Dynasty and entered Jin Dynasty, what He Jinzhao wanted was to walk with Gao Yingxiang.

The rebel army led by Gao Yingxiang was the strongest, and it was the first time to attack the capital, broke into the palace and killed Emperor Chongzhen and became famous all over the world.

His name directly surpassed that of He Jinchao, who had just been known by the court because he captured King Jin and captured Taiyuan at that time.

Immediately afterwards, he burned Fengyang, the central capital, again into the sight of Chongzhen and others.

Therefore, he was regarded as a thorn in the eye by the court, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly.

It can be said that Gao Yingxiang and He Jinzhao, one chose face, and the other chose lizi!
Zhu Dadian opened the mouth and said: "There are 99 people in Zeiqu, King Chuang is the strongest.

Its subordinates have many descendants, armor battles are neat and tidy, and their steps are not chaotic, which is not comparable to his stealing mice.

It is appropriate to combine the forces of the world, and the heavy purchase must win the first place.

If Chuang is captured, the rest of the thieves will be out of luck! "

Lu Xiangsheng had some slight objections to what Zhu Dadian said.

In his opinion, the hammer bandit He Jinzhao is the worst villain to deal with.

It's just that the villain He Jinchao is too low-key, so that after the death of the big thief Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong, he is not as high-profile as Gao Yingxiang.

But now that Lu Xiangsheng needs to deal with Gao Yingxiang with all his strength, He Jinzhao will leave it to Hong Chengchou to have a headache, he doesn't have time to do it yet!

Some things are not convenient to say in this meeting.

"This meeting was set for the main military goal of encircling and annihilating Gao Yingxiang's troops." Lu Xiangsheng then asked:

"Where is Gaobu now?"

"Returning to Prime Minister Lu, now Gao Yingxiang is unable to besiege Luzhou, and diverted to conquer Hanshan and Hezhou, and then besieged Chuzhou."

Lu Xiangsheng patted his arm and said, "Then we will destroy him in Chuzhou."

The crowd echoed loudly.

Lu Xiangsheng ordered to go down and let Wu Guojun, Uncle Jingliao, Zu Kuan, the general soldier, and Luo Dai, the guerrilla, rescue Chuzhou first.

Wu Guojun was originally taken away by Hong Chengchou, but as Lu Xiangsheng took charge of Jizhou, he was directly asked to come over.

Hong Chengchou guessed that there was something tricky between Wu Guojun and He Jinzhao back then, and this time he took the initiative to attack Shanxi again, so he had doubts about him in his heart.

I was afraid that as soon as I made a strategy here, it would be directly sent to He Jinzhao there.

Wu Guojun could feel that Governor Hong didn't trust him, and he didn't trust Hong Chengchou either.

Lu Xiangsheng sent people to distribute the imperial edict of "amnesty to the gangsters in Shanshan" made by His Majesty, and asked them to publicize it, so as to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the rogue bandits.

The general idea is that you are all my subjects, but because of corrupt officials and cunning, you are suffering from hunger and cold, and it is not your intention to do anything wrong.

Only a few people are sworn enemies of the imperial court, and most of you are coerced by one or two people.

If you can sincerely repent and come to surrender, I will call you rescued refugees, find out your place of origin one by one, send them back to your hometown, pay off your old business, and give you relief in many ways.

If you persist in your obsession and resist to the end, then I will definitely eradicate you all one by one, so that there will be no evil left in the world forever!
Among them, Chongzhen's imperial edict said a lot of nice words, but it didn't have any practical significance.

Lu Xiangsheng really knew how to offer solicitation, so how to deal with so many people?

The imperial court needs to find a place to place them, and needs to provide relief for "cattle breeding expenses", and "people who concentrate on cooking", so that they can live and farm, and have a happy career!

But the imperial court gave nothing but an imperial edict.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know how many rebels with impure minds could be coaxed, but according to His Majesty's intention, it was only one who could deceive Song Jiang!
Seven families including Chuang Wang, Chuang Ta Tian, ​​and Dong Tian Yao, with 10 people, continued to join forces to attack Chuzhou for a hundred miles.

Liu Dagong, the magistrate of Chuzhou, and Li Juesi, the minister of Taipusi, defended Chuzhou city, bombarding the bandits with firecrackers and artillery.

And Gao Yingxiang also bombarded with artillery, still dug holes to fill trenches, retreated and advanced, attacked for three days in a row, and broke the Chuzhou sheep and horse wall.

The walls can be breached in an instant.

Liu Dagong, the magistrate of Chuzhou, was full of despair. He made a will, and after the city was broken, he committed suicide and died to serve the court.

Otherwise, he would not be completely dead if he fell into the hands of the rogues.

Besides, Liu Dagong didn't want to be trampled underfoot by a bunch of rogues and humiliated arbitrarily!
Gao Yingxiang also breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the city of Chuzhou that was about to be captured. In the previous two battles with the government army, he had lost a lot of elite soldiers.

Breaking through Chuzhou now will definitely re-establish the fighting spirit.

As long as you are beheading one or two high-ranking officials in the government, that's fine.

Not only can morale come back, but it can also attract more people to fight against Daming.

Just when Gao Yingxiang was full of plans.

As a result, Zu Kuan, who was sent by Lu Xiangsheng earlier, suddenly attacked the back of the rebel army.

The officers and soldiers marched together, causing Gao Yingxiang to be caught off guard and defeated by the officers and soldiers.

The rebel army on the battlefield suddenly became a mess, shouting, wailing, and smoke and dust.

Liu Dagong watched the sudden reversal of the offensive and defensive situation outside the city, he was a little surprised for a while, when did the Ming army become so powerful?

The magistrate has always believed that the officers and soldiers cannot beat the bandits, which is why the bandits have been rampant until now. What's more, Cao Wenzhao, the most capable general before, was also killed.

How can Liu Dagong boost his confidence?

The defenders in the city couldn't help but echoed loudly, wishing they could rush out and grab two heads as military merit.

Zu Broadband led a new wave of Guanning iron cavalry to slash and kill the bandits, which was easy to catch.

During the scuffle, five miles east of Chuzhou City, the leader of the uprising army, Ji Tianyao, was hacked to death by the officers.

As soon as the leader died, the morale of the rebel army plummeted, and all battalions collapsed.

Gao Yingxiang wanted to stabilize his position and fight the officers and soldiers. They had the upper hand, but they were attacked by the officers and soldiers. If they lasted for a long time, the officers and soldiers who had been on their way would definitely not be their opponents.

But Lu Xiang was promoted to his relatives, unlike Hong Chengchou, who did not support Cao Wenzhao in time, resulting in his death.

Zu Kuan fought more and more fiercely.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army to pursue the bandits for more than [-] miles, and most of the hundreds of thousands of people dispersed immediately. The rest were not many killed in the battle, but countless people died due to chaos and trampling.

Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang fought fiercely, and more than [-] elite cavalry died in battle, so they had no choice but to withdraw.

From Zhulongguan to Guanshan, corpses are piled up to fill the gullies, and the Chushui does not flow.

The rebel army gathered by Gao Yingxiang dispersed from this, and ran to Fengyang, besieged Shouzhou, and broke through to Yingzhou, Huozhou, Xiaoxian and other directions.

Because the general soldier Liu Qingze guarded the Yellow River, they turned back again.

The other right Bozhou ran to Guide and Yongning, was attacked by Zu Dale, the general soldier, and was defeated by Wu Guojun!
Then ran to Nanyang and other places.

Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, did not give up and joined other rebels to break through Xiaoxian County, advance to Xuzhou, attack Yucheng westward, go to Kaifeng, and collide with Zuo Liangyu for six days.

Both sides are very vigilant, neither one is willing to make a move first.

Zuo Liangyu faced Gao Yingxiang, even though he knew the news of his defeat, he feared that he would kill Cao Wenzhao, so he did not dare to act rashly.

And I also have the idea of ​​​​preserving my own strength in my heart, so I don't easily lose my soldiers.

Zuo Liangyu crazily shakes people to deal with Gao Yingxiang together.

As a result, he really sent reinforcements. The official Chen Yongfu attacked from Guide (Shangqiu), and he and Zuo Liangyu attacked Gao Yingxiang in Zhuxian Town back and forth!

In this battle, Gao Yingxiang was defeated again and fled.

Lu Xiangsheng has never forgotten his military action this time, which is to kill Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang as soon as possible.

He led Zu Kuan, Zu Dale, Wu Guojun and other elite soldiers to fight against the rebels at Qiding Mountain.

During this battle, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang's elite cavalry were completely lost, and the rampant look when they killed Cao Wenzhao was no longer seen.

In this short period of more than ten days of fighting, Gao Yingxiang and Lu Xiangsheng wrestled with each other, and the offensive and defensive momentum was different!
I have to say that after killing Cao Wenzhao, Gao Yingxiang was a little bit flustered.

Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers would chase him desperately.

When Gao Yingxiang was in Chuzhou, he only cared about attacking fortifications, and never paid attention to the enemy troops who came to support him.

At the same time, with the enemy holding on, our own side suffered some losses and did not leave in time.

It took three days for the soldiers to attack the fortifications, so that the reinforcements seized the opportunity and did not pay attention to the sentry. This gave the officers and soldiers a chance to suddenly attack from behind, one by one!

Gao Yingxiang was still strong after being defeated by Lu Xiangsheng twice before, but the battle of Chuzhou turned his troops from prosperity to decline!
It can be said that Gao Yingxiang hit the top, and completely abandoned the strategy he had set up to deal with the officers and soldiers.

After he killed Cao Wenzhao, he directly gave up the traditional tactics of attacking the enemy by walking and avoiding the truth.

In other words, fight if you win, and run if you can't win.

He stormed Chuzhou for three days, but failed to evade strong enemies such as Wu Guojun, Zu Dale, Zu Kuan and other strong troops of the Jiliao army, which resulted in his own defeat again and again.

As far as the current objective situation is concerned.

The commander-in-chief of the official army is a person who is good at planning.

Lu Xiangsheng did not sit in the rear like Hong Chengchou, he really dared to take the lead, and took a big knife to kill the thieves.

A scholar who can go into battle with the big soldiers below to kill the enemy can certainly greatly motivate the soldiers of the Ming army.

Gao Yingxiang has indeed met an unprecedentedly powerful enemy!
Lu Xiangsheng is also good at controlling his subordinates, making his subordinates work hard.

Zu Kuan, Zu Dale, and Wu Guojun are also generals who dare to fight.

Don't think that Wu Guojun relied on He Jinzhao to defeat the Queen's Golden Tartars, and his own troops would not have much combat effectiveness, that's all relative.

The former chief soldier of Jizhen had laid a good foundation for him, plus Chongzhen trusted him, the military pay and equipment were sufficient, and the soldiers under his command were naturally willing to use their lives.

In addition, there was no supervisory army around Lu Xiangsheng to cause chaos, and the soldiers under his command were all the soldiers of Ji Liao who were fierce and good at fighting.

It was difficult for Gao Yingxiang to resist such favorable conditions.

When Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang was in Ruzhou, there were still 5 to [-] elites, and he was defeated and lost some on the eve of the battle.

But after the Battle of Chuzhou, when they arrived in Yucheng, there were only more than [-] people left. As a result, they lost a lot in Zhuxian Town, and it was even worse when they reached Qiding Mountain.

Gao Yingxiang, with the help of He Jinzhao, originally had a scale of 7000 Jingqi, but in the end "almost escaped death".

Fortunately, there are still some confidantes who protect him and escape.

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly pursued and rushed to Nanyang. He encouraged the generals: "I am here to chase the thief, everyone, work hard, don't let him escape again!"

All the soldiers were naturally beaming, fighting with Prime Minister Lu, even if they could win the battle, who would not be happy?
Anyone can see that Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang is already at the end of the road!

If anyone catches him, he will be destined to go straight to heaven, and he will be rich and honored from then on!
Wu Guojun, Uncle Jingliao, vaguely heard some rumors that Shaanxi was lost and Tongguan was lost, but he didn't care.

As long as the imperial court doesn't send him to fight Marshal He, it's fine!
When he followed Hong Chengchou to attack Shanxi, he planned how to benefit He Jinzhao and kill Hong Chengchou.

Otherwise, I would have been cheated to death by him.

Don't think that he has the trust of the emperor, has a title of honor, and has secretly colluded with He Jinzhao.

Wu Guojun has long discovered that Hong Chengchou is a ruthless man who will do whatever he can to achieve his goals. Following this kind of coach, he may not be able to do Yuan Chonghuan's kind of cold-bloodedness.

But following Lu Xiangsheng now, that would be great.

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly arranged for Zu Dale to go to Tang County, Xinye and other places. Zu Kuan was in charge of Dengzhou, and sent someone to Xiangyang to inform Huguang Governor Wang Mengyin, and Xunyang to govern Song Zushun.

This time, Gao Yingxiang must be intercepted in the north of the Han River, and he must not be allowed to go to Hanzhong first, then to Shaanxi, and finally to Shanxi to join the hammer bandit He Jinzhao!
(End of this chapter)