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Chapter 262 The commander of the guards urgently ordered to suppress the thieves
Liu Sheng felt that if he were to steal Chuangjun's ass and stop Chuangjun's Northern Expedition, it would be unjust from the perspective of the rebels in the world.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with letting the Ming Dynasty's rule end early.

As for Li Zicheng going to Beijing to proclaim himself emperor and establish a political system, his momentum would overwhelm the Wei tribe - Liu Sheng didn't think it was a big problem.

Although history has changed, the composition of the Chuang Army has not changed, and its background is even thinner than in history.Therefore, if Li Zicheng occupied the capital, he would probably make the same mistakes as in history.

Even if Li Zicheng does not make the mistakes in history, Liu Sheng will still have the confidence to lead his troops to seize the world with hard power.

Seeing Ma Shimin's worried look, Liu Sheng smiled and said, "Bo Yu doesn't have to worry so much - he beats them, and I beat ours. If it's not a real dragon, it will be difficult to occupy the capital for long."

Ma Shimin nodded, thoughtfully.

Liu Sheng continued to handle military and political affairs.

Considering that the standing army of the Weibei is still insufficient, Liu Sheng has ordered the formation of four more independent brigades.

No. 19 brigade commander Huang Gan, military and political officer Bai Fengyuan, and brigade deputy Liu Hongqi - Liu Hongqi was originally a salt dealer and bandit in Xiping (historically, he defeated Shen Wandeng and dominated Runing). Later, he joined the Kuei Ministry and was organized into the garrison. Because of his suppression of bandits, After many meritorious services, he was selected into the standing army, and he was regarded as a rising star among the generals of the Yi army.

The commanders of the No. 20, 21, and 22 brigades were Shi Jinhui, Lin Zhanfei, and Shi Shiwu respectively. They were all veteran generals who had followed Liu Sheng in Tianmu Mountain.

The Ming army generals Liu Qie and Li Guoxi who surrendered in Nanyang, and the surrendered Chuang army generals Wu Ruyi, Xin Sizhong, and Liu Rukui also served as battalion and regiment-level generals in the four newly formed independent brigades.

Niu Wancai was incorporated into the Huben Guards as battalion deputy because of his personal bravery...

Considering the inconvenience that the Guards currently have as both guards and soldiers, Liu Sheng felt it was time to form a unit specifically responsible for guard and entourage work, so he ordered someone to call Yang Kuiwu.

Yang Kuiwu now serves as the deputy of the Cavalry Guard Brigade.

Li Dingguo led two regiments of Qianqiwei to attack Hunan, leaving Liu Sheng with only one regiment. The main affairs of this regiment were taken care of by regiment-level generals such as Li Rongguang.

Yang Kuiwu was mainly responsible for Liu Sheng's escort work. He was near Chengyun Hall, so he arrived soon.

"See Master!"

"I plan to select bodyguards from the personal guard army to be responsible for the daily guarding and accompanying work of the camp.

The bodyguards tentatively determine the size of a regiment, with one bodyguard commander, one deputy commander, and one military and political officer each.After much thought, I still think you are the most suitable person to be the commander of the guards. "

Yang Kuiwu was mostly responsible for escorting and accompanying people in the Guards, not to mention that this was military affairs, so there was no bargaining.

So Yang Kuiwu directly performed a military salute and said: "The last general takes orders!"

Previously, Yang Kuiwu had served as the deputy of the Cavalry Guard Brigade because of his lack of meritorious service, but he only had the rank of senior colonel.Now he has been appointed as the commander of the bodyguards, and Liu Sheng is preparing to be promoted to major general.

It couldn't be regarded as compensation, because Liu Sheng could see that Yang Kuiwu was really not suitable to be a commander at the moment.

He is loyal and rigid, and his life was saved by Liu Sheng, so he is the perfect person to serve as the commander of the guards.

In addition, Yang Kuiwu is only 19 years old now, and he still has a long life ahead of him.If he shows commanding ability later on, Liu Sheng will naturally put him out and give him a chance to display his talents.

Liu Sheng stood up, walked down from the throne, and asked, "What do you think should be done when selecting guards?"

Yang Kuiwu was not a brainless person. He thought for a while and said: "General, I feel that the guards are first of all loyal, secondly alert, and thirdly skillful."

Liu Sheng smiled and nodded, "What you said is generally good, but you still missed one thing, that is, you must be able to write and read. Guards will have some tasks of delivering military orders and documents, and those who are illiterate will not be able to do well."

"The general will remember!"

"Go down and write down a detailed plan for selecting guards and hand it in. After I read it, if there are no problems, we will start forming a group of guards."

"As ordered!"

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Time entered mid-to-late November, and the three armies led by He Lianyue, Li Dingguo, and Mao Chengguo successively captured many cities in Hengzhou, Baoqing, and Chenzhou, such as Hengyang, Zhaoyang, and Yuan. Ling et al.

Xunfengwei later discovered that Chen Ruimo, the governor of Pianyuan, had disappeared after the defeat of Shishou.

Some people say that he was afraid of being questioned and executed by Chongzhen, so he abandoned his official position and ran away; others said that he was hopeless about the current situation, so he hung up his seal and went into seclusion.

In short, no one is in charge of the overall situation in Hunan Daming in November.The speed of the Yi army's attack on cities and territories was slowed down purely due to terrain constraints.

The Dongting Lake Plain in the late Ming Dynasty was mainly located in Jingzhou, Changsha, Yuezhou, and Changde. Hengyang and Baoqing were dominated by small basins and hilly terrain. Chenzhou Prefecture was almost all hills and hilly terrain, with various There are few dangerous passes and strong strongholds, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Fortunately, the morale of the Ming army was extremely low, and they fled most of the time.The morale of the Yi army was high, and they had powerful attack weapons like army artillery, otherwise the attack on cities and territories would be slower.

At present, apart from the chieftains of western Hunan, only Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Jingzhou and parts of Chenzhou Prefecture are still under the control of the Ming Dynasty in Hunan.

Not surprisingly, these places will also be captured by the Yi army one after another years ago...
November 28.

Xu Wenqi ordered the troops outside Qizhou City.

Not long after Zuo Liangyu was granted the title of Ning Nanbo and Fang Guoan was granted the seal of Pingthief General, Xu Wenqi was also appointed by the Ming Dynasty as governor of Huguang and right minister of the Ministry of War.

This time he ordered all the armies. In addition to Fu Biao and the general Guo An, there were also the commander-in-chief Wang Yuncheng, and the deputy commander-in-chief Jin Shenghuan, Hui Dengxiang, and Zhang Yingyuan.

Coupled with some generals and guerrilla troops, a total of [-] to [-] Ming troops gathered outside Qizhou City.

But at this time, Xu Wenqi, who was sitting high on the general stage, looked cold and solemn, but in fact he was full of worries.

He ordered the troops this time to prepare for the capture of Huanggang, Wuchang and other places - but in fact, he did not want to send troops at all.

In the past month or so, he has learned more about the Yi army and how elite it is.

Now he seems to have a lot of soldiers and horses under his command, but there are very few elites among them, probably only twenty or thirty thousand. The rest are either refugees newly recruited by the generals, or bandits and other rabble who have been recruited.

In addition, although the various ministries were persuaded by him to serve under his command, they still violated many military affairs.

He had no previous experience of commanding an army of [-] to [-] men. It was estimated that it would take at least two to three months to truly mobilize these troops.

However, as Hunan continued to lose cities and territory, the imperial court issued several urgent orders asking him to go in and suppress the traitors.

In fact, Xu Wenqi believed that there was one person more suitable than him to supervise the army to suppress the traitors, and that was Zhu Dadian, the former Governor of Fengyang.

In October, the imperial court dismissed Ding Qirui from his post as the commander-in-chief and appointed Zhu Dadian to be the governor-general of military affairs in the six provinces of Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Huguang, Henan, and Guangdong and Guangxi, as the new commander-in-chief of the suppression of thieves.

Zhu Dadian was a native of Jinhua, Zhejiang. He was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli (1616) and was first awarded the title of county magistrate. After more than thirty years of ups and downs in officialdom, he sat down to the position of governor.

He once resisted the Hongmao rebels in Fujian and suppressed the rebellion in Shandong. In the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, Lu Feng, the governor of Huaiyang, began to participate in the suppression of bandits.

It can be said that he has rich experience in leading troops to suppress bandits, and has sufficient qualifications and prestige.

However, not long after he was appointed as the supervisor of the suppression of thieves, he was involved in party struggles and was criticized by officials such as Fang Shiliang and the imperial envoy Zheng Kunzhen for being "unable to maintain integrity."

The emperor actually became suspicious of Zhu Dadian. At this critical moment of suppressing thieves, he issued an edict to dismiss Zhu Dadian pending trial!

When Xu Wenqi heard the news a few days ago, he was so angry that he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

The soldiers under his command are not good, the generals are not trusted, the food and pay are not enough, the court is dark, and the local officials are corrupt. How can he, the new governor of Huguang, have the confidence to suppress the traitors and regain Huguang?

But the emperor's decrees to promote the suppression became more and more severe, and the deadline was set at the end of November, so he had to...
On November 29, Qizhou Ming army divided into three groups and marched westward.

With nearly [-] troops from Xu Wenqi's Fubiao and Fang Guo'an's troops as the main force, they moved up the Yangtze River and pointed directly at Wuchang and Huanggang.

With Wang Yuncheng and Jin Shenghuan as the left army, march along the south bank of the river; with Zhang Yingyuan and Hui Deng as the right army, march along the north bank of the river.

On that day, the Ming Army and the units of the First Division of the Yi Army fought fiercely for half a day along the Yangtze River from Lanxi Town to Maoshan Town, and were defeated.

The deputy generals of the Ming Dynasty, Hui Dengxiang and Zhang Yilong, were killed in the battle, and the governor Xu Wenqi and the general Wang Yuncheng were captured.

The rebel general Guo An and his lieutenants Zhang Yingyuan and Jin Shenghuan first fled to Qizhou with their remaining troops. After looting the city, they abandoned the city and fled to Dehua (Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi).

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