Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Hu Shenjiang took a sip of the warm rice wine happily, and he felt that the pores all over his body were stretched comfortably.General Hu Shen thought very well. Although staying in the camp may have less military achievements and captures, but in this rainy season, he can safely hide in the warm rear, and then he can do some tricks when delivering the supplies. This can be regarded as a small beauty.

The only pity is that the Shaanxi bandits are about to surrender, and such good days may be coming to an end.General Hu Shen summed up that after the bandit suppression is over, Governor Chen will definitely be on the verge of prosperity, so should I give Governor Chen a large sum of savings over the years to exchange for a well-oiled and peaceful garrison? The rest of my life will be settled.

But at this moment, a few people suddenly broke into the big tent, Hu Shenjiang took a closer look, and the leader was Li Lu and Li Guerrilla, who had been haunting these days.

"What's the matter? Brother Li!" General Hu's tone was full of impatience, "I know that you are a little unhappy that the Governor asked you to transport food, but have I treated you badly these days, brother? You want it Have I ever been confused about the oilcloth that the cart requires? I even said a few good words for you when the governor sent someone to urge the food, but why don’t you leave? Don’t really be forced to use military law! Tell you... "

"Okay!" Li Lu waved his hand and interrupted General Hu's drinking, "I only came here to tell you because of Lao Hu's righteousness, the Shan bandits have already left the carriage gorge, and it is really a false surrender! They turned back again. !"

"Ah!?" Hu Canjiang's wine glass fell to the ground with a "bang", and his wine was completely awakened, "Brother Li, you are not joking!"

"Who has the time to make such a joke? Damn those ghost grandchildren guarding the mouth of the canyon have been defeated. Tens of thousands of Shaanxi bandits are now coming to us! It seems that they are going to rob the camp What about the grain and grass?"

"Then what should we do?" There was already some crying in General Hu's words.

"What else can I do? Walking is the best! Do you want to rely on our thousands of old and weak soldiers to stop the hungry and crazy Shaanxi bandits? To be clear, I will leave immediately after I finish talking to you. You Make arrangements in advance. I can take as much food and grass as I can from the camp, and the rest will belong to you. But don’t delay too long, I guess it will only take a day for the Shaanxi bandits to leave us.”

After speaking, Li Lu turned around and left General Hu's tent.Hu Shenjiang was stunned for a while, then suddenly woke up, and shouted outside the tent: "Assemble! Let's go!"

Chen Qiyu asked the imperial court for instructions on the surrender of the peasant rebel army. After discussing with the six important ministers of the cabinet, Emperor Chongzhen finally decided to agree to appease.

There are two main reasons.One point is the financial problem of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen felt that some expenses could be saved after recruiting; another point is that Chen Qiyu's memorial showed that he was very confident about recruiting.

Because of Chen Qiyu's brilliant victories before, the Emperor Chongzhen and the important officials in the court at this time also had a lot of trust in Chen Qiyu.Even if some ministers suspected that the peasant rebel army had surrendered, those ministers were unwilling to come forward at this time and offend Chen Qiyu by doing that crow's mouth.

Therefore, after receiving the support of Zhang Fengyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and personally approved by Emperor Chongzhen.On behalf of the imperial court, Chen Qiyu reached an agreement on recruiting security with the peasant rebel army.

In the recruitment agreement: Chen Qiyu sent a pacification officer to monitor every 100 peasant rebel soldiers according to the number of soldiers.Responsible for repatriation and resettlement; the prefectures and counties they pass will be supplied with food and grass by the local government; at the same time, they will stop the army from entering.to avoid conflicts.

This recruiting agreement seems to be very thoughtful, but as long as it is carefully analyzed, it can no longer be called a dream, but mentally handicapped.

The most important point is that even if the peasant rebel army really accepts appeasement, after they return to Shaanxi, which is thousands of miles away.If they didn't eat or drink, wouldn't they all want to rebel again?

Civil officials such as Chen Qiyu don't bother to read the Four Books and Five Classics anymore, they also want to read the wild book - "Water Margin", which contains water in Liangshan to recruit peace.Song Ting immediately sent these one hundred and eight generals to go shopping with Fang La.

This method of consuming strength can be used completely, right?Wouldn't they throw those peasant rebels who were recruited to Liaodong, and let them fight Houjin to the death?

But this is not the most fatal point, at least if Chen Qiyu takes effective measures, the peasant rebel army will be suppressed in a short time.But at this time, Chen Qiyu started to make foolish moves again, which also showed that he had absolutely no experience in beckoning.

First of all, Chen Qiyu should control the leaders of the peasant rebel army such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.Now that Li Zicheng and the others have accepted the recruitment, there is no reason to stay in their army?As long as the leader of the peasant rebel army is separated from the soldiers, even if any accident happens, at least there will be no big waves.

But Chen Qiyu wanted to recruit security too much. He was afraid that he would control the actions of the leaders of the peasant rebel army, causing Li Zicheng and the others to worry about killing and surrendering. So in order to ensure the successful recruitment, Chen Qiyu let Li Zicheng and the others stay in his army.

The second is that the peasant rebel army that came out of the Chexiang Gorge was not broken up.Although Chen Qiyu stipulated that every 100 people should be supervised by a pacifier, but when the peasants rebel against the army, they can raise the flag of rebellion at any time. Ming army.

Finally, the most stupid point is that when the peasant rebel army left the carriage gorge, Chen Qiyu immediately provided a large amount of food, grass and clothing to feed and clothe the peasant rebel army.The peasant rebel army suffering from hunger and cold immediately recharged their batteries and quickly recovered their combat effectiveness.

It's really confusing, why is Chen Qiyu so impatient?Could it be that he wants to show his own kindness, but that will not be shown until the dust settles!Now Chen Qiyu has not completely controlled the peasant rebel army, he can supply only a small amount of food and grass, as long as the peasant rebel army does not starve to death, so that they have no energy to fight again!

The escorted officials and Ming army soldiers were even more outrageous. They used the food, grass and clothing they carried with them to exchange a lot of property from the peasant rebel army, and some Ming army soldiers even exchanged their armor and weapons.

Under the escort of the appeasement officer and the Ming army, the trapped [-] peasant rebels walked out of the so-called natural plank road safely in an organized way.And a few days ago, the soldiers of the two armies who were fighting each other unexpectedly appeared in a fish-and-water situation. They had clothes to wear and food to eat together.Incredibly friendly.

There are even situations where they bow to each other to drink, change their horses to ride, and fall asleep when they reach their feet.This loss of vigilance is simply staggering.Under the honest and honest appearance of the peasant rebel army, they seized the day when they got out of the plank road, adjusted their armor, adjusted their bowstrings, and made preparations for another rebellion.

On the night of the second day, the peasant rebel army tied up all the appeasement officers, killed them, cut off their ears, beat them with sticks, bound them, and threw them by the side of the road.Afterwards, they quickly defeated the escorting Ming army, and Chen Qiyu's encirclement and suppression came to nothing.The Mianchidu incident more than half a year ago was repeated again.

Li Lu and the others, who were always vigilant against the false surrender of the peasant rebel army, established an artificial beacon tower by waving red flags.When it was discovered in the early morning of the third day that the peasant rebel army had rebelled again, in just an hour, the news reached Li Lu who had been loitering in the rear camp for several days.

So after reporting the news to General Hu Can, Li Lu immediately took all the soldiers with him.He took all the supplies, food and grass that could be transported, and then went straight back to Ye County without looking back.

And the ginseng general who reacted.I don't want to spend more time to verify the news.He took more than 2000 soldiers who stayed in the camp at the rear, and also carried all the food and grass that could be carried, and burned all the remaining tents and supplies, and then fled towards the southeast.

The encirclement and suppression army commanded by Chen Qiyu was defeated by the peasant rebel army who rebelled again, and lost the supplies and food of the camp in the rear.So after finally gathering them together, they also lost the ability to maneuver in a short period of time, and could only watch the peasant rebel army wreak havoc everywhere.

So the peasant rebel army successively sent troops to attack and plunder Baoji, Linyou and other places, and even fell into seven counties.Burning, killing and looting occurred along the way, and the situation was very bad.The peasant rebel army also quickly recovered its strength by looting.

After the news reached the capital, Chen Qiyu immediately became the accusation of thousands of people, and the officials ordered him to impeach him.At this time, Chen Qiyu was not in the mood to command the bandit suppressing army to save the crisis, so he resorted to the strategy of moving the disaster to the east.

Chen Qiyu first blamed Li Jiayan, the magistrate of Baoji County, for obstructing the governor's bureau and killing the upheaval; then he shifted the responsibility to the governor of Shaanxi for practicing state affairs.However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand the actual situation, and because he approved the recruitment this time, out of the psychology of protecting his shortcomings, he ordered the arrest of Li Jiayan, Lian Guoshi and others, and ordered Li Qiao to take over as the governor of Shaanxi.

But after all, paper can't cover the fire, so not long after, because of the incident, Gu Guobao and Shaanxi Inspector Fu Yongchun and others went to the court to accuse Chen Qiyu of making a mistake in the matter, so Emperor Chongzhen decided to dismiss Chen Qiyu for questioning.

In November of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu was expelled and sent to the border.However, because Chen Qiyu was busy practicing Taijiquan with the imperial court for several months, the Ming army who basically lost its command had no direction. This command vacancy has rapidly developed and grown.

Although Chen Qiyu has only served as governor of the five provinces for more than half a year, judging from his performance, Chen Qiyu is still a very capable and courageous military commander.

Although Chen Qiyu had an unshirkable responsibility for the failure of Chexiangxia's appeasement, Emperor Chongzhen never gave Chen Qiyu a chance to make a contribution.It is indeed a pity that the Ming Dynasty lost this talent.

When the peasant rebel army was about to use the trick of surrender, Li Lu and Zhou Xun, who got the news, passed the news back to Nanyang and Runing immediately.

Although it was not certain whether the peasant rebel army really surrendered at that time, based on reasons that were rather plausible, the Runing Army, which had already prepared a plan, immediately organized a cavalry regiment stationed in Nanyang and [-] cavalry troops from the Nanyang Army. [-] riders, led by He Fei, the head of the Nanyang Legion, galloped to meet Li Lu and the others.

The Runing Army Headquarters also immediately canceled the vacation and made preparations for it.But out of the consideration of saving military pay, Wu Shigong only sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to the west, and did not immediately mobilize the soldiers and horses in the headquarters.

Because Wu Shigong thought so.Even if the Peasant Rebel Army made a false surrender, it would take a certain amount of time for them to re-enter Henan, and the time it would take to threaten the area controlled by the Runing Army may be longer, so there is completely time to prepare for mobilization.But Wu Shigong's eyes were on Li Zicheng's peasant rebel army, and he somewhat ignored that there were still many bandits in Henan.

So with such a hesitation, the Nanyang Army, short of major generals, immediately faced a crisis.The more than 3 Henan local bandits who besieged Nanyang Fucheng suddenly turned to attack Longan Village, which was only defended by a few hundred people. (To be continued..)

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