Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 693 Rebellion
The army is different from other places, especially the army of the Ming Dynasty. Before the Ming Dynasty, because the soldiers’ salaries were not high, most of the generals falsely reported the number of soldiers, or even deducted the military salaries, and then used the extra money to train elite soldiers. These soldiers were actually the generals’ private army , also known as Jia Ding Bing.These family soldiers have followed their masters for many years and are very loyal to their masters, so it is basically difficult to buy them off.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian naturally wouldn't speak directly to these generals, and basically relied on his understanding. Even if an outsider heard those words, he might not be able to hear anything wrong.

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "The emperor knows my future strategic intentions, and also knows that I am having a headache on how to reduce the population of the Yi people. I think the emperor wants to imitate me and use the example of Zheng Zhilong's rebellion to do this. thing."

"That is to say, the emperor's collusion with the local generals was not to deal with his father?" Li Dingguo asked doubtfully.

Li Jing shook his head: "The emperor is very smart. Whether you want to turn against me depends on the development of the situation. If Huang Degong and others can occupy Nanjing, then he has the capital to confront me. At this time, the emperor will definitely turn against me. If Huang Degong When people can't take Nanjing, the emperor will tell me the truth."

"That is to say, this battle is not a fake fight, but a real fight?" Li Dingguo said.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Of course it is a real fight. How can people believe that they are rebels if they don't fight? How can they take the blame for Daming's army? So we should mobilize our troops or we should mobilize our troops, and we should guard against them."

"But it seems a bit premature for the emperor to start the war now, we are not ready for many things!" Li Dingguo continued.

"This is the problem of Huang Degong and others. I think Huang Degong and others may think that my coming to Suizhou to worship Mr. Yuan this time is an opportunity for them. In addition, Shen Shouchong's coming to Suizhou to pay homage to Mr. Yuan may also make Huang Degong realize His intention has been exposed, so he launched it in advance." Li Jingdao.

Sighing lightly, Li Jing continued: "In fact, Huang Degong and others can see that this is an opportunity, which shows that their vision is not bad. If Shen Shouchong hadn't told me that Huang Degong and others were hoarding ammunition, I was suddenly alert, and I still don't know what to do. If they are kept in the dark, then they suddenly lead troops to raid Suizhou, and the possibility of success is still very high."

Li Jing waved his hand and said: "Okay, what you have to do now is to send your subordinates out to pay close attention to the movements of Huang Degong and others. Huang Degong and others must also be inquiring about our movements. Yesterday I sent a large number of people to various places. According to the order, Huang Degong and others should be able to see that I am alert."

Li Dingguo nodded slightly.

In mid-February of the 13th year of Chongzhen, Li Jing's order spread to various places, and then the troops in various places began to be mobilized on a large scale. Ji was demoted by Li Jing and acted as a general), Anhui deputy general Gao Jie (a subordinate of Li Zicheng, who was also a deputy general), suddenly went to the side of the Qing emperor and rebelled under the banner of supporting the Ming emperor.

The three ministries gathered a total of more than [-] horsemen and divided them into three groups, one of which attacked Suizhou in Henan, the other attacked Anhui, and most of them attacked Nanjing.

At that time, in Suizhou, there were only [-] escort troops accompanied by Li Jing, [-] veteran troops from Hongshanling and [-] cavalry from Li Dingguo.The military factories in Anhui had only [-] garrison troops, and Chen Dahu's troops in Nanjing had only [-] regular troops.

In the early stage of the war, the three-way rebel army was as strong as a broken bamboo, and went straight to Suizhou, Anhui Military Factory and Nanjing City, and they were on the verge of losing a battle.

However, when the rebels in Suizhou were about [-] miles away from Suizhou, they were suddenly attacked by Li Dingguo's troops. Under Li Dingguo's continuous harassment, the mob had no choice but to shrink into a group and slowly advance towards Suizhou.

Afterwards, Li Dingguo stopped the rebel army halfway with the guards and Hongshanling veterans, which delayed the rebel army for three days on the road.

When the rebels broke through, Li Dingguo's 5000 men and horses rushed to rescue them in the starry night, and then Zhou Shitou led his troops to Suizhou. So far, the war in Suizhou quickly reversed. Li Dingguo led his troops to launch a fierce attack on the rebels. They retreated steadily, and only a few thousand people fled back to Hubei in the end.

After defeating the rebels, Li Dingguo did not pursue the remnants of the enemy, but sent his troops straight to Anhui to help the army factory.

Although the military factory in Anhui has only more than [-] people, relying on the military factory to replenish weapons and ammunition, it has withstood the siege of tens of thousands of rebels under Gao Jie for several days.

Just when the military factory couldn't resist, Zhou Huhu and Li Dingguo arrived at the same time. The two troops attacked from north to south and defeated the rebel army. Most of the rebel army surrendered.

As for Nanjing, Chen Dahu did not stand firm in Nanjing. Instead, with [-] regular troops as the main force, supplemented by [-] Tuntian troops, he fought fiercely with Huang Degong and Liu Zeqing's two rebels on the only way to Nanjing. The two sides fought fiercely for several days, and the rebels could not advance an inch.

For the rebels, the inability to make a quick decision means that they are doomed.

This is indeed the case. After the war broke out, reinforcements from all over the Ming Dynasty continued to go to Anhui and Hubei.At this time, the balance of military strength between the two sides began to reverse, and most of the rebels were temporarily recruited miscellaneous soldiers. How could they be the opponents of these well-trained regular troops?
The two sides launched several fierce battles in Anhui, Hubei and other places. The rebels retreated steadily. Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were also injured in the fierce battle.

However, the officers and soldiers pressed on every step of the way. Huang Degong couldn't gain a foothold in Hunan, so he had to retreat to Sichuan, and finally fled from Sichuan to Wusizang.

Huang Degong and others were put down by the army in less than half a year before and after their rebellion, which greatly disappointed those who had high expectations for Huang Degong and others.

To people's surprise, the Ming emperor Zhu Youjian who came out of the capital was not in the army of the rebels, and Zhu Youjian was not with the rebels from the beginning to the end.

At the beginning, Zhu Youjian went straight to Anhui after leaving Beijing with Wang Chengen and a group of guards, but after arriving in Anhui, Zhu Youjian immediately turned to Nanjing.

But before Zhu Youjian arrived in Nanjing, Huang Degong and others started to riot. At that time, everyone thought that Zhu Youjian planned to meet Huang Degong and others on the road, but unexpectedly Zhu Youjian did not stop on the road at all, but went straight to Nanjing city.

When Huang Degong and other ministries were stalemate with the officers and soldiers, Zhu Youjian was resting in Nanjing.

Without any instructions from Li Jing, Chen Dahu naturally would not neglect Zhu Youjian, and still entertained Zhu Youjian with the courtesy of the emperor.Of course, Zhu Youjian also lost his freedom at this time, which was equivalent to being placed under house arrest.

It should be said that the sudden emergence of such a large-scale rebellion in Ming Dynasty was beyond many people's expectations, and it was even more surprising that it was put down within half a year.

The most surprising thing is that this rebellion by Huang Degong and others did not plunder as much as the previous rebels did, especially where Huang Degong's troops passed by.Even after consecutive defeats, Huang Degong strictly restrained his troops.

Many people feel sorry for Huang Degong. This man is brave in battle, has a lot of general talent, and has strict military discipline. Everyone really can't think of why he would join forces with people like Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing to rebel.

At this time, Li Jing had already arrived in Nanjing.

In this battle, apart from mobilizing troops at the beginning, Li Jing did not intervene in the command, but handed over the command to Li Dingguo.

For Li Dingguo's command ability, Li Jing is more recognized. The fly in the ointment is that Li Dingguo fought too hard. In the end, Huang Degong and others only led the remnants of less than 5 people into the Wusi Tibetan area.Compared with the vast land of Wusi Tibet, 5 people are obviously a little small.

In the Forbidden City in Nanjing, Li Jing and Zhu Youjian sat in silence relative to each other.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Brother Li, what are you going to do with me?"

Hearing Zhu Youjian speak, Li Jing sighed softly.

Zhu Youjian took the initiative to speak, no doubt preparing to take responsibility for this rebellion.

Silently pouring a cup of tea for Zhu Youjian, Li Jing stroked the teacup lightly and said, "Your Majesty, there are some things that we both understand, but I still know some things in my heart. Anyway, you are not with the rebels after all." Together, so this matter is just their own idea, and has nothing to do with the emperor."

Zhu Youjian was taken aback when he heard this: "You won't hold me accountable for such a big matter?"

Li Jing shook his head: "Your majesty, that's not what you intended. It's just because you have other thoughts that you made things worse. But you are still young, and you want to regain the lost power. I can completely understand this feeling." .So this matter cannot be said to be right or wrong.

Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, you will definitely bear some infamy, but why don't I bear infamy?Just as many people don't understand what I do, many people don't understand what you do.

But you and I can't explain it to others, and they won't believe our explanation.What they don't know is that often what they see and hear is not true.Therefore, it is of little use whether you and I explain it or not. "

Zhu Youjian pondered for a while when he heard the words, then nodded silently.

After a while, Zhu Youjian said: "Brother Li's words are indeed wise and famous."

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "What kind of wise words are these? Since we use those shady political methods, we must endure the pain of not being understood."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "Brother Li is so frank, he actually admits that what he did is shameful."

Li Jing smiled and said: "I never said that I was a gentleman, nor did I say that I was a good person. If I were to give myself an evaluation, I should be regarded as a hypocrite. A real gentleman cannot be in my position. This country cannot be cured.

It is impossible to be open and frank in governing the country, sometimes you have to use some tricks. As for dealing with people after sitting in our position, it is even more impossible to be open and frank, otherwise, you will die without knowing how. "

(End of this chapter)