Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After getting this important information, Chen Yongfu immediately analyzed the dynamics of the peasant army, and estimated that their next target was Yiyang County.

In fact, this is also a good judgment.Since the peasant army wants to attack the city by digging holes in the city wall, it cannot find those cities with strong walls. That is to say, a large city like Luoyang City cannot use this method to attack the city, so the peasant army We can only find some small counties with newly built walls.The only place near the Peasant Army that meets this requirement is Yiyang County.

After making the judgment, Chen Yongfu was ready to go to the rescue.Of course, he was not so dizzy that he used his 3000 troops to touch hundreds of thousands of peasant troops.So Chen Yongfu first went to Luoyang City to join forces with Luoyang General Soldier Wang Shaoyu, and then set out to rescue together.

But Wang Shaoyu flatly rejected Chen Yongfu's alliance.At the end of Ming Dynasty, civil and military officials were basically greedy for money, but Wang Shaoyu's greed for money was absolutely famous among those officials.Because Wang Shaoyu would deduct a large part of the amount of food and salaries issued to his troops by the imperial court.Most of the rest of the food and wages were used to support Wang Shaoyu's personal soldiers.

In the original history, Wang Shaoyu's habit has been kept until the end.Because Wang Shaoyu has always put [-]% of the military salary into his own pocket, so he has a nickname called "Wang Bacheng".Later, his soldiers removed the last word, and Wang Shaoyu's nickname became the more resounding "king eight".

With such a military officer, the soldiers must be alienated.So when Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, he just sent some people outside the city to persuade him to surrender, and Wang Shaoyu's soldiers offered the city to surrender, causing the fall of Luoyang City.

Therefore, in Wang Shaoyu's army, it is not bad for ordinary soldiers to be able to eat enough, and they don't even think about military pay and pensions.Therefore, there are seven thousand soldiers on Wang Shaoyu's roster.But in fact, it is only in the early five thousand, and only the five or six hundred soldiers around Wang Shaoyu who can get the military salary can fight. It is okay for such an army to defend the city, but as soon as they leave the city, those soldiers who have no military salary Will you risk your life?Maybe they will all flee before encountering the peasant army.Of course Wang Shaoyu also knew this, so he rejected the request to send troops on the grounds that "it is important to defend Luoyang!"

"Father! What should we do?" Chen De asked.

Chen Yongfu shook his head and said, "I have to go once!" [

Years of caution made Chen Yongfu relatively reticent. He looked at Chen De, his most proud son.He added another sentence: "Go back to Kaifeng first, and send reinforcements to the governor." Chen Yongfu also didn't want his son to be in danger.

"Father! Let others go. My son can protect himself." Chen De replied with a smile.After finishing speaking, Chen De waved his arms a few times in a show-off manner, showing his father his strength.

Chen Yongfu was amused by his son's childish behavior.Chen De's age is indeed young, and so is he.But Chen De did practice martial arts well.Especially his archery is also one of the best in Chen Yongfu's army.

"Then let's go together!" There was no hesitation.Chen Yongfu made up his mind.Now that he has brought his son out to practice.Then stop looking forward and backward.Just rely on your own troops to rescue Yiyang County?That must be impossible.But finding the right opportunity to bite the peasant army and give the governor an explanation is still somewhat certain.

But it can be seen from here that Chen Yongfu is indeed very honest!He didn't even think about passively avoiding the battle.

On October 22, the eighth year of Chongzhen, Chen Yongfu took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain of Henan to detour to the northwest first.Further to the southeast, they marched more than [-] miles in three days. Under the leadership of the gentry sent by the self-protecting gentry, they approached the peasant army besieging Yiyang County from the mountain trails.

In the early morning of 25r.Chen Yongfu left all the infantry on the outskirts to respond, and he led all more than 500 cavalry to raid the peasant army.This raid was completely unexpected by the peasant army. They watched Chen Yongfu's troops rush into their rear camp.

The rear battalion of the peasant army generally stores luggage, and most of the personnel in the rear battalion are the family members of the peasant army, such as the old and the weak, women and children, so these personnel without any combat effectiveness cannot resist the surprise attack of Chen Yongfu's cavalry at all.

After hacking and killing for a while, Chen Yongfu's department burned a large amount of the peasant army's luggage at the fastest speed, and then left like a gust of wind just like when they came.

Until the end of the raid, many soldiers of the Peasant Army did not react. Only a small part of the soldiers of the Peasant Army followed and chased, but suffered a lot from the ambushes of Chen Yongfu's infantry.

In this raid, Chen Yongfu's department actually did not cause much damage to the peasant army.However, most of the grain and grass of the peasant army were burned.Especially this raid gave the peasant army a lot of panic. Many people who had just been coerced into the peasant army fled one after another, which greatly reduced the number of cannon fodder of the peasant army, and made the peasant army's siege of Yiyang County one of the actions. pause.

The peasant army who was raided also became nervous.Entering Henan this time, Gao Yingxiang and the other leaders went too smoothly, but after being raided by Chen Yongfu's troops, they remembered that Yiyang County is only fifty miles away from Luoyang.Therefore, those leaders judged that the raiding Ming army set off from Luoyang City.

So the Peasant Army first stopped attacking Yiyang County, and then immediately divided troops and horses to guard the troops to guard the direction of Luoyang, and sent a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to prevent the Ming army from raiding again.And this reconnaissance immediately had an effect.

At that time, Governor Lu Xiangsheng ordered Zuo Liangyu to resist the peasant army such as Gao Yingxiang.Although Zuo Liangyu had been avoiding the war and retreating because of the strength of the peasant army, he did not dare to flee for three thousand miles and hovered around the peasant army.

So Gao Yingxiang captured two counties, Zuo Liangyu knew; Gao Yingxiang used a new method to attack the city, Zuo Liangyu also knew.And when the peasant army was raided by Chen Yongfu's troops and chaos broke out, Zuo Liangyu immediately spotted the opportunity. [

Although Zuo Liangyu had a bad reputation in the original history, it is undeniable that he was able to become the number one character among the generals of the Ming army in just a dozen years. will not be lacking.

So as soon as the peasant army had a hole, Zuo Liangyu immediately led his troops to push forward, trying to take advantage of the fire.But the scouts of the Peasant Army discovered the actions of Zuo Liangyu's tribe, so Gao Yingxiang immediately abandoned Yiyang County, and first gathered troops to prepare for the battle with Zuo Liangyu's tribe.

When Zuo Liangyu drove more than 20 miles southeast of Yiyang County, he realized that Gao Yingxiang had already prepared. At this time, Zuo Liangyu could not lead his troops to retreat, so a sneak attack turned into a frontal battle. .

On 27th, Zuo Liangyu's 2000 men fought fiercely with Gao Yingxiang's 4 peasant army for a day.Because Zuo Liangyu led all soldiers, and Gao Yingxiang couldn't gather all the troops in a hurry, and his more than 4 people were mostly mobs, so Zuo Liangyu had the upper hand in the battle situation.It's just that Zuo Liangyu was worried that other peasant troops would come to help, so he was a little timid in the fight, so the final result was Gao Yingxiang's small loss.

That night, Gao Yingxiang welcomed the aid of more than 1 peasant troops and restored his strength. He was ready to fight Zuo Liangyu's troops again the next day.But at this moment, Gao Yingxiang got the news of Zhang Xianzhong's fiasco in Song County.

Gao Yingxiang didn't know that the three Ming armies besieging Zhang Xianzhong were going to beat the dogs in the water, so he thought that those Ming armies would attack from his flank, putting him in a passive situation.

So on the second day, Gao Yingxiang gathered his troops and turned back to the west, but Zuo Liangyu did not dare to pursue, so he stopped in Yiyang County to rest and regroup his troops, waiting for the victorious Lu Xiangsheng and other troops to join them, and then joined the peasant army together fighting.

Gao Yingxiang's departure has harmed Ma Shouying, who guards Luoyang.Ma Shouying only got a notification from Gao Yingxiang, and he didn't have time to leave with his troops in time.You know, if Zuo Liangyu is now pushing towards Ma Shouying, together with Chen Yongfu and Wang Shaoyu in Luoyang City, then Ma Shouying's peasant army can be surrounded and wiped out, or at least this peasant army can be disabled.

But the three Ming armies had no connection with each other, and they didn't know the situation of the peasant army, so they didn't dare to take the initiative to fight, so Ma Shouying was left with a chance.

Ma Shouying saw that the situation was not good, first the whole army feigned to move towards Luoyang City, scaring Wang Shaoyu from leaving the city.Then headed south to Kaifeng, and Chen Yongfu was mobilized so that he could only return to help.

I saw that it has been opened.Suddenly, Ma Shouying immediately turned around and rushed out of the Ming army's encirclement between Luoyang and Yiyang County.In early November, he joined the peasant army of Gao Yingxiang and other ministries again at the border of Henan.

In this battle, Gao Yingxiang suffered the most losses because he was hit twice by Chen Yongfu and Zuo Liangyu, and the peasant troops in the other battalions also suffered some losses.Only Ma Shouying's peasant army gathered a large number of stragglers when they broke through, and their strength grew stronger.

At this point in the battle, the Runing army hadn't mobilized a single soldier, and the Ming army from all walks of life had already stopped the peasant army.What's even more gratifying is that Zhang Xianzhong's troops were severely beaten, and the peasant army in other battalions also dispersed a considerable number of refugees.

Zhou Xun in Ye County watched the battle nervously, ready to attack at any time.However, because troops such as Li Lu and Tuanlian Town had to stay in Ye County, there would not be too many troops dispatched by Zhou Xun.The troops of Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng also moved to the vicinity of Ye County, and Zhou Xun had to take care to protect their safety.

After getting good news from various places, Wu Shigong, who stayed behind in Runing, was also relaxed.It's hard to get a chance to watch a big show on the sidelines!Wu Shigong was ready to enjoy the fun.

But the sky always doesn't follow people's wishes.Completely beyond Wu Shigong's expectation, another Ming army suddenly appeared willing to participate in the battle. (unfinished

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