Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After Xuan Mo finished writing the letter to Wu Shigong, he sent someone to Runing overnight.But that night, as soon as he went to bed, he received shocking news: the peasant rebel army and soldiers marched towards Henan in a large scale.

The Ming court mobilized such a large-scale army that they couldn't hide it from the peasant rebels. Of course, they would not just stand still and be beaten passively.

And now Hong Chengchou, governor of the five provinces, is busy quelling the Xining mutiny, unable to entangle the peasant rebel army, and because the Grand Canal and the Yellow River are frozen, the army led by Shandong governor Zhu Dadian can't be mobilized quickly, so we don't go now Henan, which is relatively empty in defense, where do you want to go?

And the last trip to Henan was a dream trip for the peasant rebels.A large number of refugees joined to make the soldiers strong and horses strong. In addition, Henan is located in the Central Plains, and the degree of prosperity is incomparable to places such as Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Gansu. Therefore, the peasant rebel army has long wanted to celebrate the anniversary.

In the long-term battle with the Ming Dynasty's official army, the leaders of the peasant rebel army gradually realized the shortcomings of fighting on their own, so this time they formed a huge coalition army. Under the command of Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, conduct joint military operations.

Chongzhen seven years on November [-]th.Shanzhou, Henan.

Hundreds of cavalry from the Ming army stopped on the top of a hill under the leadership of a thousand households.At this time, they were eight or nine miles away from the peasant rebel army, but the cavalry didn't dare to approach them anymore, but there was no need to approach them.

Because it was such a long distance, the momentum of the peasant rebel army was already frightening.Looking from the cavalry of the Ming army, in the area from Yakou to the south, there are Nanshan Mountains in the south and Hequ in the north, which is covered by banners and flags.A shining sun.The waves came rushing in, only the sound of horse neighing was heard.

Moreover, the company battalion of the peasant rebel army could not be seen at a glance, and it was estimated to last for dozens of miles; the roads where humans and animals trampled were five or six miles wide.Its total strength has been unimaginable.

You must know that when they first entered Henan, although the peasant rebel army had grown to tens of millions of horses, first, they did not have a single army, and second, most of them were refugees who had just defected to Henan, and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

But this time was different. The total number of peasant rebels who entered Henan was no less than last time.Moreover, when the forces are gathered together, the total strength is no longer a simple addition.In addition, most of the peasant rebels this time are veterans who survived the battle, so the combat effectiveness has far exceeded that of the last time.

"My lord! Shall we take a closer look?" a cavalryman asked Mr. Qian.

That Qian always turned pale: "What are you doing so close? Does it make any difference if there is a difference of [-] or [-]? Don't put us brothers in it."

"My lord, look!" At this moment, a cavalryman who came forward to observe suddenly shouted.

Only more than a thousand cavalry who saw the peasant rebel army rushing forward discovered these Ming troops.They stepped on the wheat field and ran towards the Ming army cavalry.

"Let's go!" Mr. Qian turned his horse's head without hesitation. "Report to the governor quickly."

Because the peasant rebel army is too powerful.So they no longer need to hide, so apart from sending some cavalry to clear the way in front, they did not send a large number of scout cavalry to the left and right.

It was just that they saw that the cavalry of the Ming army were rather annoying, so they drove their horses to drive them away.However, because he knew that the distance was too far, it was impossible to catch up with the cavalry of the Ming army, so after pretending to chase for a distance.The cavalry of the peasant rebel army also collected Ma Mingjin and returned to camp.

"Dong Weng! The Lu family can't defend! We only have more than 4000 soldiers and horses, and we have to separate the major passes and cities. We can't stop the hundreds of thousands of Shaanxi bandits. Although Dong Weng stays here, we can slightly stop the Shaanxi bandits. One or two, but it’s okay to be in a dangerous situation. But without the troops of Zuo Zongbing and Tang Zongbing, what will happen to Luoyang? What will happen to Kaifeng later? Dong Weng can think about the fact that there are two princes in those two cities !” Master Wang tried his best to persuade Xuan Mo.

Xuan Mo didn't say a word, looked at Zuo Liangyu, Tang Jiuzhou and other military officers who were attacking, and waited for their statement.

Tang Jiuzhou touched his chin and remained silent. At this time, he didn't want to be that early bird.But relatively speaking, Zuo Liangyu's understanding in officialdom is much higher than Tang Jiuzhou's.Otherwise, how could he have changed from a criminal army to a general soldier in just a few years?This kind of upward speed can not only be obtained by selling chrysanthemums!

Zuo Liangyu knew that Xuan Mo had already intended to retreat a long time ago, but it was the governor's responsibility to guard the land, which prevented him from proposing to retreat first.And at this time, if Zuo Liangyu understands that Shangyi proposes to retreat, although he may be punished afterwards, as long as he hugs the governor's thigh, what he lost now will be made up with interest in the future.

So after contemplating some words, Zuo Liangyu bowed and saluted: "Your Excellency Governor! Your Excellencies! Lu's is only a county town with a small wall and low walls, so the army cannot deploy at all. If you want to block the Shan bandits here, It is necessary to set up a camp outside the city to defend the city. But in this way, the Shaanxi bandits and ants are in the middle of the plan. The army outside the city is also in danger."

"And if the Shan bandits surround the Lu family, they will be blocked from inside and outside, and there will be no one outside to take care of the overall situation. On the contrary, they will miss the plan to suppress the bandits. If the governor must guard, then the general will volunteer to take his own son to guard. Here it is. I implore the governor to lead the rest of the army to respond."

"But the last general is also here to say that if we want to stop the Shaanxi bandits, we can't rely on our Henan army alone. I don't know when the reinforcements from all over the place will arrive. It is not a problem for the last general to stay in the Lu family for half a month. But if there are no reinforcements After a long time, the Lu family will definitely not be safe, and I implore the governor to not blame the last general."

Although Zuo Liangyu had done a good job, he inoculated Xuan Mo right here, explaining that Zuo Liangyu would not stick to the Lu family.In other words, it will definitely escape.

Hearing that Zuo Liangyu gave him a step down, Xuan Mo nodded slightly to Zuo Liangyu calmly.Then he asked Mr. Wang: "Has there been any response to the letters of appeal to the central government and various places?"

In fact, Xuanmo also knew about those requests for help. At this time, he wanted to let all the officials in the Chinese military tent hear clearly, and let them understand that the order to withdraw troops he gave was also unavoidable.

Master Wang immediately reported: "The request for help from the Ministry of War has been going for several days, and it is estimated that it has arrived at the court now. However, the time for the Ministry of War to mobilize troops from various places may not be as fast as our request for help from neighboring provinces." .”

"There is no hope for Jin Fu. The Yellow River is frozen again, and the Shanxi bandits have a smooth road to Shanxi, so they are also asking for help from everywhere. Lu Fu is better. But the news reported that Governor Zhu is afraid that there will be fewer troops. We have to wait until all the cavalry from Tianjin and Guanning are ready to set off, and by the time he arrives here, it will already be a thing of the past!"

"Governor Hong's traffic has been cut off by the Shaanxi bandits. However, news came out a few days ago that he took the main force of the army to quell the chaos in Xining, and there will not be many troops to send. As for the general Qin of the Sichuan Army, only Three thousand soldiers will not be able to stir up a big wave in front of hundreds of thousands of Shaanxi bandits."

"Also, there are Yexian Camp, Runing Camp, and Guidewei in the south..."

Xuan Mo immediately raised his hand to stop Master Wang's words.My letter has just been sent out, and I still don't know what the reply from Wu Shigong is.If everyone in the public knows that he has transferred these three armies, but in the end they still stand still, then he will lose all face as the governor.

So Xuan Mo said: "The south is also very important. Nanyang Mansion is also within reach of the Shaanxi bandits. It would be good if Li Zongbing, Commander Zhao and Wu Runing guarded there. If there are many, it is best to mobilize some to come to Henan Mansion to join forces with us."

"Also, King Fu and King Zhou are relatives of the Son of Heaven, and keeping them safe is the top priority. Although Zong Zong Zuo is passionate about serving the country, Ben Fu is not a person who does not care about his subordinates. Pass on Ben Fu's order, the whole army Immediately withdraw to Luoyang, and keep the cities along the Yellow River. I will also explain to the officials in Henan Province, and ask them to properly arrange the people under their rule, so as to prevent them from being abused by the Shaanxi bandits."

After finishing the last red tape, the military meeting ended.Facing the menacing peasant rebel army, the Ming army had already abandoned most of Henan Province.

And this time the peasant rebel army entered Henan for the second time, it was completely choosing the best opportunity.Before the Ming army was fully prepared to encircle and suppress the peasant rebel army, they first acted forcefully and punched Daming Jiangshan in the abdomen, which completely disrupted the rhythm of the Ming army's encirclement and suppression.

This time, the peasant rebel army entered Henan except for Li Zicheng's troops who remained in Shaanxi to deal with the Ming army.On the way of the march, no Ming army dared to stop this mighty army, and the states and counties along the way also abandoned their defenses. The total death is gone.

But it suddenly became such a large force, but it caused strong differences of opinion among the peasant rebel army.One faction believes that they are still a mob, wanting to avoid the main force of the Ming army, and still running around and looting places; Impact.

In order to eliminate the differences among the peasant rebel army, and for future unified action, in the first ten days of November of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang summoned the leaders of the 72nd Battalion of the Peasant Rebel Army Chuang Wang, Lao Huihui, Ge Liyan, and Zuo Jianwang. , Cao Cao, Changing King, Shetatian, Eight Great Kings, Hengtian King, Hun Shiwan, Guotianxing, Nine Dragons, Shuntian King and other thirteen families gathered in Xingyang.

And this gathering was known as the Xingyang Conference in history.And a series of actions of the peasant rebel army formulated at this meeting will also bring great turbulence to the political situation of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and also have a far-reaching impact.However, it also forced Wu Shigong's Runing Army to have an all-out war with the Peasant Rebel Army for the first time. (To be continued..)