Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 226

No matter how powerful the empire is, it cannot withstand two-sided battles, and no matter how powerful the army is, it cannot withstand double-sided attacks. It was an unknown number of begging troops, and it was a serious crime to lose Xinzhou City. With a mean and ungrateful character, he was never lenient in killing the governor.

Didn’t you see that Geng Ruqi, the former governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Honggong, the commander-in-chief, were arrested and beheaded at Xishikou because the military department did not distribute food and the hungry soldiers mutinied?

Especially Zhao Qing, he looks like his dead father. Not only is Xinzhou his administrative seat, but he is responsible for guarding the land as a local official, and all the Wanguan family wealth that he embezzled so hard is all there!All gone!
"Master Chief Soldier, gather your troops immediately! Take Xinzhou back!"

"Fart, what will happen to the [-] rogues in the valley once we leave here? They shouldn't have listened to your surname Zhao at the beginning. How could there be such a situation if we attacked earlier?"

Hearing this unceremonious scolding, like a cat that has stepped on its tail, Zhao Qing bared his teeth and turned his head, screaming, "You, you dare to accuse me?"

"I not only want to scold you, I also want to beat you!"

Originally, Jiang Xing was not afraid of him, Zhao Qing. His Jiang family has been a general for generations, and he is a family of generals in the frontier army. His eldest brother and younger brother are the deputy general of Yansui and the general of Anyang. Coming from a family in Shandong, these days he has long been annoyed by seeing this shiny guy, not to mention that things have come to this point.

Jiang Xiang slapped Zhao Qing directly on the ground with a big slap on the face. Zhao Qing, who had a slap mark on his face, had suffered a lot. Fang Jiang Xiang even took Zhao Qing's clothes and slapped him again.

Fighters, scolders, didn't wait for the discussion? The officer and army battalion turned upside down first, and Xu Dingguo was so angry that he was about to breathe fire, and threw a box of arrows to the ground.

"enough!"

"The end will be guilty!"

Only then did he wake up, although he was not afraid of him, Xu Dingguo, the general soldier of Shanxi, but after all, he was working under him now, it was so exciting that Xu Dingguo ordered his own head beheaded regardless of the consequences, and Jiang Xiang had to bear it, watching Jiang Xing hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty with the red arrows all over the place.

This handsome guy's face was as swollen as a steamed bun, but Zhao Qing got excited at this moment, pointed at Jiang Xiang and cursed angrily: "How dare you beat Shangguan, I must write a letter to impeach him!"

"Which kind of Shangguan are you?" Jiang Xiang couldn't help but spit in disdain again. When it comes to official titles, Jiang Xiang, a third-rank ginseng general, is much bigger than his fifth-rank magistrate.

"enough!"

Once again, Xu Dingguo slapped the table angrily, and he lost the mood to discuss, and ordered angrily: "All armies and battalions are ready to pull out the stronghold immediately, and follow this general to return to the army to retake Xinzhou City! Set off in an hour, there must be no mistakes! "

"Chief soldier, the thief behind you?" Jiang Xiang became anxious immediately.

"Jiang Shen led your troops to block the mountain pass, continue to monitor Cao Cao, and return to wait for the thieves! Governor Zhao, you enter the mountain immediately, and stabilize the gang of thieves. You must block the news and keep them safe for two days. After two days, This general will lead the army back to help!"

"Me? I go into the mountains?"

Zhao An was busy jumping up and down, but when something happened, Zhao Qing became timid, and his face was full of excuses, but before he could escape, Xu Dingguo had already roared like a lion.

"This Xinzhou City is your administrative seat. If the old man does not move, he will be dismissed at most. His Majesty has ordered that those who abandon the city will die! The news spreads to Beijing and kills you to see if your censors can keep it." Your head?"

Breaking out in a cold sweat, Zhao Qing hastily bowed.

"Subordinate to obey!"

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It is rare for the officers and soldiers to be highly efficient. Within an hour, more than 1 Shanxi Wei elite frontier troops quickly assembled, more than 3000 cavalry opened the way, and thousands of frontier soldiers carried spears and hurriedly followed behind. , the big team ran forward.

But he left too hastily, and he didn't carry any heavy firecrackers or cannons.

I'm afraid that the thieves trapped in the mountains will know that Jiang Xiang's Dingxiang troops are still trapped in dozens of simple camps and fortifications trapped in the valley. He smiled and said, "Prefect Zhao, go all the way!"

No matter how you hear these words, there is a taste of mourning, and Zhao Qing, who is angry, glared at him once again, and just now took Master Shaoxing, who had the same face of crying for his father and mother, to the valley, holding down the cow wine. Appease Cao Cao and other battalions.

Starting early in the morning, the residents of Xinzhou who had been expelled from the city fled everywhere. The news reached Lubanzhai at noon. It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at the city of Xinzhou.

It seemed that the arrival of the official army had been expected for a long time. The beggar army who appeared out of nowhere had already set up a formation under the city wall. More than 2 people lined up in huge groups, waiting there noisily.

Seeing this situation, Xu Dingguo's lungs were almost exploding, and he didn't care about his army running for more than half an hour without having time to rest. With a big sword on his back, Xu Dingguo rushed to the front of the team himself, pointing the horizontal knife at the setting sun. The chaotic mob shouted angrily: "Follow me and kill all these traitors!"

Deep down, the officers and soldiers still look down on the fighting power of the rogues. There are many stories of five thousand elite soldiers defeating tens of thousands of rogues. In history, Sun Chuanting was released in the 15th year of Chongzhen. When he met the emperor, he was also full of confidence. Five thousand elite soldiers were enough to defeat Li Zicheng. Hearing Xu Dingguo's roar, the 3000 multilateral cavalry who arrived at the battlefield earlier were not afraid.

The charging momentum of the cavalry of the officers and soldiers can be described as a fierce tiger descending from the mountain. The bloody and heroic momentum of the border people who are often in the border areas can be seen even from a long distance. Seeing the officers and soldiers charging, the artillery on the Xinzhou City Tower hastily pulled away. Fire, these cannon farts were useless when fighting thieves, but now they are fighting against the government and the army, but they blow up their backs. Franji and the general cannon fired more than 20 cannons, and the nine cannons fell on a large-scale cluster charge In the team, dozens of riders were overturned and dismounted one after another.

However, these casualties angered these frontier cavalry even more, and they roared even higher. Thousands of cavalry roared and rushed through the shelling area, but there were still more than 100 meters away. That's how the thieves collapsed.

It was like ink dripping into hot water, several large groups of people spread out quickly, the city gates to the west and south were also opened, and countless thieves crowded into the city, crying, and people kept falling down and being killed alive. They trampled to death, and killed the cavalry of the soaring officers and soldiers without letting them go. The gleaming spears pierced through crowded places, and some cavalry even pierced two or three people on their spears.

"Go into the city! Take back Xinzhou!"

Every hundred households and thousands of bosses also shouted loudly, and the well-trained Shanxi town cavalry quickly separated into several groups, and then rushed in from the two city gates to seize key points everywhere.

In less than 10 minutes, so many thieves were defeated, and Xu Dingguo was relieved to let the red-eyed subordinates continue to slaughter on the battlefield, but at this moment, a cry sounded beside him.

"Xu Zongbing, please forgive me, Xu Zongbing, please forgive me!"

"Do you know this general?"

Seeing the thief knelt on the ground, kowtowed and weeping, Xu Dingguo asked his soldiers to carry him over in astonishment. He was a man in his thirties, but he was as frightened as a soft-footed shrimp. Kowtow.

"The young one is Zhao Yigou, a servant of Zhao Zhifu's family, not a thief!"

Immediately feeling something was wrong, Xu Dingguo asked angrily, "What's going on? How did the city break down? How did you appear in the bandit army?"

"Grandpa Zongbing, here are all the people of Xinzhou! Last night, I heard that an official surnamed Sun led people to trick the city gate into opening, and the thieves burned all of Xinzhou in one night! This time the thieves are here again. The big guy unleashed weapons and forced us to stand under the city wall for an entire afternoon! Grandpa Chief Soldier, the little one is really not a thief!"

"not good!"

There was no time to talk to this servant, Xu Dingguo raised his sword in horror and shouted loudly: "Follow Lao Tzu into the city immediately!"

At this time, the battle outside the city is basically over. It will take a day or two to kill 1000 pigs, but people will surrender one by one. Level work!At this time, the officers and soldiers were red-eyed, allowing Xu Dingguo's personal soldiers to gather for a while, and only then gathered more than [-] cavalry who had run away, and Xu Dingguo couldn't take care of the hundreds of cavalry, shouting along the nearest road. The west city wall also rushed in.

But it was already late at this time, and before the cavalry entered the city and ran out, thousands of defeated frontier soldiers were driven over in a panic, all of them were covered in blood, and some even had several arrows stuck in them. Zhao Jin, the head of the cavalry, was all bloody. When he saw Xu Dingguo rushing to the forefront, he ran to him in panic.

"The commander-in-chief is not good. There are bandit cavalry ambushing in the city. They scattered the silver on the ground and rushed out while the brothers got off their horses to loot. The brothers are already collapsed!"

"waste!"

Xu Dingguo, who was already furious to the extreme, directly slashed at Mr. Qian and cut off the horse, but before he could continue to give orders, more than a dozen cannons fired at the officers and soldiers crowded at the gate of the city. A pitch-black shot ball just hit the gate of the city full of people, and this time it took away more than a hundred cavalrymen.

Seeing Mr. Qian's horse in front of him opened a bloody hole, fell to the ground whimpering, and trembled violently, at this moment Tangtang Shanxi General Soldier finally waved his knife backward with cold sweat on his brow, yelling loudly.

"Withdraw!"

It's crowded, how can it be so easy to withdraw?
(End of this chapter)