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Chapter 249 Send troops south!Governor Bird

Xu Yong?

Of course Liu Sheng did not forget the top general of the Ming army who escaped from the Yunxian battle.

He smiled and said: "Don't worry, this person will not hinder us from seizing Yunyang. He will probably evacuate directly to another place. But we should really instruct the ministries to be more prepared - don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst."

"The commander-in-chief said so."

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On September 14, the [-]th year of Chongzhen, the Yi army broke through the Ming army camp in Tea Shop, Yun County.

On September [-]th, we first defeated Hekoudian Ming Army Yingzhai, and then Xu Qiyuan, Li Wanqing, and Wang Guangxing presented the city. They captured Yunyang Prefecture and governed Yunxian County without any blood.

September [-], morning.

Shen Wandeng led the [-]th Brigade of the Standing Army and two militia regiments on the expedition.

Liu Sheng personally practiced it for Shen Wandeng.

"Hongfu (Shen Wandeng's courtesy name), the rest of the war in Yunyang Mansion will be left to you."

Shen Wandeng clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander, we will wipe out the remaining Ming army and bandits in Yunyang and keep Yunyang safe!"

Liu Sheng smiled, patted Shen Wandeng on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I believe you have this ability."

After saying that, the guards brought two glasses of wine, and the two of them drank them in one gulp.

Afterwards, Shen Wandeng turned around in front of the audience, raised his palms and shouted: "Let's go!"

As the military order was conveyed, the [-]th Brigade of the Standing Army and the two militia regiments left the Yijun camp outside Yun County.

They split up.

Brigadier Shen Wandeng led the brigade headquarters and a militia regiment to capture Baihe, Yunxi, and Shangjin.

Brigade deputy Huang Gan led the second regiment, the third regiment and a civilian brave regiment to capture Zhushan, Huangmaoguan, Zhuxi and Baitu Pass.

Afterwards, Liu Sheng led most of the Guards and the [-]th Brigade back to Xiangyang, leaving only a regiment of Shengjie Guards and a civilian brave regiment in Yunxian County.

After Yunyang is pacified, these three foreign militia groups will be reorganized into the Yunyang Guard Brigade.

During the introduction, a new militia force will be formed based on the strength of the local people to cooperate with the security brigade to take over the defense of Yunyang Prefecture.In this way, the [-]th Brigade of the Standing Army can be freed to perform other military tasks.

As for the First Regiment of Shengjie Guards remaining in Yun County, they will later cooperate with the [-]th Brigade of the Standing Army to capture Fangxian and Baokang.

And they invaded Jingzhou Prefecture from Maoer Pass in Yunyang Prefecture, and captured Xingshan, Zigui and other places...

On September 25, Liu Sheng led the Guards, the Third Division of the Standing Army, and three militia regiments out of Xiangyang and down the Han River.

On September 26, the Yi army fell into Yicheng.

On September 27, the Tai army defeated Nanzhang.

At this point, the entire Xiangyang Mansion was owned by the Wei tribe, and the officials and people of Huguang were shocked!

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Chengtianfu is governed by Zhongxiang.

Chengtian Mansion, also known as the Xingdu Remaining Division, was originally part of the Anlu Mansion. However, because Emperor Jiajing was succeeded by Xiaozong, in order to show his orthodoxy, following the story of Fengyang, the entire Chengtian Mansion was forcibly removed, and Anlu was renamed De'an. .

It can be said that for today's Ming Dynasty, this place is no less important than Fengyang Mansion.

Therefore, since Chengtianfu was established in the [-]th year of Jiajing, successive governors of Huguang often set up their yamen in Zhongxiang to ensure peace and stability here.

This was also the case after Song Yihe took office as governor of Huguang.

However, at this moment, he wished that the governor's office had been located in Wuchang or even Changsha.

After walking around the hall again, he couldn't help but asked: "Why hasn't anyone come yet?"

The friend on the side said helplessly: "Dong Weng, my entourage only left in less than a cup of tea. Those few people are not close to the governor's Yamen, how could they come so quickly?"

However, after learning that Yicheng had fallen, Song Yihe immediately sent his personal entourage to look for Li Zhensheng, the inspector of the mausoleum, Qian Zhongxuan, the general soldier left in Xingdu, Shen Shouchong, the left guard in Xingdu (prefect of Chengtian), Zhang Fengzhu, deputy inspector of the Fenxundao, Wang Jiamo, the general of Fubiao, came to the Yamen to discuss matters.

In my anxiety, I felt that the waiting time was extremely long.

The friends on the side could not help but sigh when they saw Song Yihe drinking the cold tea in one gulp, but the bubbles on his mouth became more and more obvious.

He, the proprietor, was from Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture. He studied military affairs carefully when he was a scholar. He passed the imperial examination in the third year of Chongzhen Emperor's reign and served successively as an eunuch, magistrate, and member of the Ministry of War. Then he was responsible for military preparations in Tianjin and Runan. Finally got the opportunity to display his military talents.

He used both appeasement and suppression in Runan, and quickly pacified the local bandits. He was appreciated by Xiong Wencan and promoted to deputy military envoy.

Later, when Yang Sichang was supervising the army to suppress the bandits, Song Yihe, in order to build a good relationship with Yang Sichang, did not hesitate to write his name as "Song Yiniao" when he submitted his name to the assassin for a visit - just to avoid the taboo of the name of Yang Sichang's father, Yang He.

Although this matter was ridiculed by the Huguang gentry, he finally curried favor with Yang Sichang and was recommended as the governor of Huguang!
However, everything has pros and cons.

After Yang Sichang failed to suppress the bandits and died of illness, he was impeached by many enemies. Song Yihe was also regarded as a member of Yang Sichang and was impeached.

After Emperor Chongzhen learned that Song Yihe had changed his name to "Yiniao", he issued an edict to severely reprimand him. He even blamed Song Yihe for the fall of Xiangyang and ordered him to be dismissed and investigated.Since the death of Yang Sichang this spring, Song Yihe has been trapped in this matter, which has delayed a lot of military and political affairs in Huguang.

However, this insider felt that even if no one impeached Song Yihe, given the current situation, it would be difficult for Song Yihe to do much, and it would be even harder for Song Yihe to reverse the situation in Huguang.

For one thing, the local power in Huguang was controlled by the gentry and landlords. Song Yihe had only been in office for two years. It was very difficult to raise money, food and soldiers.

In fact, now that the government can complete the collection of annual summer taxes, autumn taxes, and three rates, it has already done its best, and there is not much time for anything else.

Secondly, Zuo Liangyu had tens of thousands of troops staying in Huguang and refused to leave. The suppression of the bandits was either inactive or failed. On the contrary, he was a good hand who caused harm to the local area.

The local government kept submitting documents to the governor's Yamen to report the problem, which made Song Yihe very anxious.

And Zuo Liangyu could still shyly ask Song Yihe for food and salary!
After Song Yihe took office, he saw with his own eyes that Song Yihe, who was only in his early fifties, had his hair turn from black to gray. Although less than two years had passed, he seemed to have aged ten years.

But no matter how hard Song Yihe worked, he was still like a drowning person in the torrent, struggling and falling into the whirlpool of death.

"Second Patrol Officer Zhang is here!"

Following the shouts of the entourage outside the yamen, Song Yihe and his friends came to their senses, but it was Zhang Fengzhu, the deputy patrol envoy, who arrived first.

Soon, the remaining people came and took their seats in the lobby of the governor's Yamen.

Li Zhensheng, the mausoleum patrol officer, was of the lowest rank, but had the most violent temper.

He was the last one to arrive, but he was the first to ask: "Didn't Song Futai say that there were more than [-] officers and soldiers stationed in Yicheng? How could it be captured by the Wei thieves before they even had time to ask for help?"

Song Yihe explained with a straight face, "According to the defeated soldiers who escaped from Yicheng, the bandits brought one or two hundred Hongyi cannons, and they fired only explosive shells. With only one round, the guards on the city wall were all gone." They panicked and fled, and Yicheng fell like this."

"One or two hundred Hongyi cannons?!"

Several people present took a breath when they heard this.

Then Li Zhensheng couldn't help but question: "How is it possible? There may not be one or two hundred Hongyi cannons in the entire Ming Dynasty. How could the rebel army have so many? The defeated army must have exaggerated the strength of the rebel army in order to avoid punishment!"

Song Yihe said: "As for the sharp guns and red cannons of the Yi bandits, all the officers and soldiers who fought with them from Henan to Huguang said so. Is it possible that they are all false boasts?"

Zhang Fengzhu, the deputy patrol envoy, said with a sad face: "If the Wei thieves really have one or two hundred Hongyi cannons, Zhong Xiang will definitely not be able to bear it."

Magistrate Shen Shouchong looked at a few people and reminded: "Zhongxiang is where the mausoleum is located. If there is any mistake, we will all be punished and executed!"

Hearing this, Li Zhensheng, who had been so aggressive just now, shivered in fright.

Qian Zhongxuan, the commander-in-chief of Xingdu who was sitting second to the right, also turned pale.

Although the others looked strange, they were much better than these two.

Several people were silent for a while, and Shen Shouchong said: "In my opinion, if you want to keep Zhong Xiang now, you can only ask Zuo Liangyu for help."

Song Yihe heard this and sighed: "Previously, Zuo Liangyu wanted to lead his troops to Chengtian Mansion for food, but we refused, which offended him. Later he asked me for money and food, but I didn't give it.

Now that the enemy's army is marching south, he might want to hide far away. How could he risk his life with the enemy to protect Zhongxiang? "

Li Zhensheng said weakly: "Do we really want to trap Zhong Xiang and wait for death?"

No one answered.

Who is not afraid of death?
The question is, what choice do they have now but death?

surrender?

Someone suddenly had this idea in their mind.

"Report-"

"Six hundred miles, hurry up!"

Suddenly, a long and urgent shout came from outside the yamen, making everyone's heart sink.

Soon, a dusty Xinqi was brought to the hall and handed a battle report to Song Yihe in person.

After reading it, Song Yihe's face turned even uglier than before. When he saw everyone looking at him, he said with a downcast face: "The thieves have crossed the Fengle River and destroyed the Lexian Bridge. I'm afraid they will attack Zhongxiang today."

Li Zhensheng stood up in shock, "Didn't you talk about Yicheng, which we just broke yesterday? How could we reach Zhongxiang so quickly?"

Zhang Fengzhu reminded him coldly: "Yicheng is only more than 100 miles away from Zhongxiang by water. If the bandits are willing, they can reach it in half a day!"

Li Zhensheng sat back on the chair and murmured: "What should we do..."

Song Yihe had finally seen through Li Zhensheng's fierce look and internal confusion, so he stopped caring about him and said to the others: "Everyone, we have no choice now but to hold on!"

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　[Some historical figures are quite complex. 】

　　
　
(End of this chapter)