Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

On October 24th in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Gujiamiao.

"That Zu Kuan didn't listen to orders and attacked without authorization, it is very hateful." Yang Tinglin said angrily.

Although Lu Xiangsheng was also very displeased, he still put on a magnanimous appearance, so he said: "The Zu Zongbing is also a public servant, although his behavior was very reckless, fortunately he won a big victory, and he must be held accountable.

Indeed, since Zu Kuan won a big victory, it is impossible for Lu Xiangsheng to impeach the court, so it is unnecessary to verbally reprimand Zu Kuan.But what made Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin angry was that Zu Kuan's attack alone completely disrupted Lu Xiangsheng's original plan.

Lu Xiangsheng himself is not greedy, but the food and pay for supporting his Tianxiong army must be as much as possible.Like Zu Kuan, Lu Xiangsheng also set his sights on Zhang Xianzhong, who suddenly became rich after plundering Fengyang.So Lu Xiangsheng sent an order to Zu Kuan and other generals of the Liao army early on, telling them to wait for their Tianxiong army to arrive before attacking together.

But now Zu Kuan's unauthorized actions have completely broken Lu Xiangsheng's imagination.More importantly, Lu Xiangsheng also thought of a deep-seated problem.

In terms of food and salaries, even without the gold and silver from Zhang Xianzhong's department, the food and salaries of the Tianxiong Army can always be settled. After all, Lu Xiangsheng has the food and salaries for the bandits in the five provinces, so he can't treat Tianxiong Army's own son badly.However, Zu Kuan's behavior completely revealed that the military officers who led the troops were completely obedient to the orders of the governor of the five provinces.

Here, we will explain the command system of the Ming Dynasty in these five provinces.

As the governor of the five provinces, Lu Xiangsheng is of course the supreme commander.But because Shaanxi is in fact already under the jurisdiction of Hong Chengchou, the trilateral governor, Lu Xiangsheng can only manage four provinces. [

In these four provinces, the governors of each province led the Ming army in their own provinces to defend the peace of the provinces.That is to say, if the peasant army enters a province, then Lu Xiangsheng will pass the governor of this province.You can also indirectly command the local Ming army in this province.But as long as the peasant army leaves this province, Lu Xiangsheng will not be able to take the local Ming army away from this province.Of course, because Lu Xiangsheng also served as the governor of Huguang, he was also able to command the local Ming army in Huguang.

However, Yu Zilian's Ruzhou Army is special among them. Because it rose like a comet, the Ming court was in a hurry. The combat tasks of the Ruzhou Army were stipulated only in a very general order: there is a peasant army there.The Ruzhou army went there to fight.Therefore, the current Ruzhou Army has completely become a free man.Of course, Yu Zilian does not take orders from anyone except the court.Of course, he would not take orders from Lu Xiangsheng.

It can be seen from the explanation here that although Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces, sounds very imposing.But he could directly command only three armies: his own Tianxiong army, Zu Kuan's 2000 Liao army, and Zuo Liangyu's more than [-] troops.

But now Lu Xiangsheng discovered Zu Kuan's disrespectful behavior, and estimated that Zuo Liangyu was also a half-baked character.Lu Xiangsheng was a little annoyed.It took a long time.Although he was promoted from Xunyang Fuzhi to the governor of the five provinces, it is his own Tianxiong army that he can command like an arm.

It's fine if it's like this, but my defense area has also expanded a lot, and my responsibilities have also increased a lot. This seemingly glamorous promotion has turned into a crime.It's really just scolding.

In Lu Xiangsheng's heart, he was turning a thousand times, but suddenly he heard Yang Tinglin sigh: "The mountain nest ahead is a good place to ambush."

Lu Xiangsheng knew the habits of his important staff, and he liked to look at the terrain wherever he went.Especially where soldiers can be used.Yang Tinglin also likes to comment.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng also has this habit.As the commander-in-chief of the army, it is an instinct to check the terrain, and Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin are both literati.Literati, one of the major characteristics is that they like to point out the country.

So Lu Xiangsheng also looked over with Yang Tinglin's sight, and it was indeed the case, the terrain of the mountain nest in front was indeed very good, very suitable for ambush.So at this time, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to think of something, and began to ponder.

Suddenly, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to have made up his mind, and ordered loudly: "The whole army stops and sets up an ambush on this mountain."

Yang Tinglin next to him was a little puzzled, so he asked: "Master, the front is wide open, just in time to fight in formation. Although this mountain is beautiful, but the terrain is narrow, it is difficult to use it, and it will fall into chaos. No problem, but I'm already close to the bandit army, and it's hard to eliminate the traces of the army in a short time. If the bandit army has defenses, I'm afraid I will suffer too much damage!"

After getting the battle report that Zu Kuan refused to listen to orders and defeated Zhang Xianzhong's troops, Lu Xiangsheng did not act emotionally, and still led the Tianxiong army to march in a hurry, wanting to take advantage of the victory to pursue Zhang Xianzhong's troops and expand the results of the battle.And the sky follows people's wishes, and Zhang Xianzhong's troops also just fled in the direction of Tianxiong's army.

It was also because of the escape, so it was impossible for Zhang Xianzhong to send enough scouts to investigate far away, so now Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army can understand the actions of Zhang Xianzhong's troops, but Zhang Xianzhong's troops are at a loss about the Tianxiong Army.

Of course, because spies from both sides always came into contact with each other, Zhang Xianzhong also knew that there was a Ming army in this direction.I just don't know which Ming army is this?Who is the coach?How many troops?But if the two sides get closer, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely know that Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army is coming.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng's original response was to speed up his approach to Zhang Xianzhong's troops, deploy an array, and take advantage of Zhang Xianzhong's unpreparedness to defeat the peasant army again.But now Lu Xiangsheng's order has completely reversed the original plan. [

So Lu Xiangsheng explained to Yang Tinglin: "The people and horses are exhausted after the long-distance raid. It is better to wait here. Although the traces cannot be completely eliminated, we will try our best to eliminate them. When the bandits find out, they are also close, and it is even more difficult to escape. As for chaotic warfare, what army in the world is better than our Tianxiong army?"

Lu Xiangsheng's words caused a burst of laughter from the people around him.Fighting hand-to-hand, the Tianxiong Army has never been afraid of anyone.Yang Tinglin also knew that Lu Xiangsheng was a person who would not change easily after making up his mind, and what Lu Xiangsheng said was not unreasonable, so he stopped persuading him and filled in the gap: "Withdraw all the spies to confuse the bandit army."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, signaling his subordinates to follow Yang Tinglin's order as well.So the Tianxiong army immediately took action with the whole army, cut off the traces of the army's march, and began to set up an ambush.

Within half an hour, the Tianxiong Army disappeared behind the mountain.They were all resting with their legs crossed, nibbled on dry food, and waited quietly for the arrival of Zhang Xianzhong's men. (To be continued..)