Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 187 Coming Out of the Mountain ([-])

At the beginning of this month, Zhang Cunren, governor of the three provinces of the Tazi, led an army of tens of thousands of Han Tatars from Jinan Prefecture into Dongchang Prefecture, intending to attack Caozhou Prefecture.For this attack, the Tazi court transferred part of the army from Shanxi.Because in August of this year, Jiang Yu was killed and Datong was destroyed, the Tazi army was free.After leaving enough troops to encircle Taiyuan, the Tartar troops besieging Datong came to Shandong, and temporarily belonged to Zhang Cunren under his command.

Zhang Cunren, the governor of the three provinces, who was supplemented by troops, led the army into Dongchang Mansion in high spirits.In Dongchang Prefecture, he defeated several groups of teaching troops, including Gaotang Prefecture, Qingping, Boping, and Chiping counties captured by the teaching troops, and then captured Liaocheng, the capital city of Dongchang Prefecture. Luojiao, Hongyangjiao, Huangtianjiao and other religions were defeated.

With a cold heart and teeth, Sun Zhi led the Second Battalion together with Yuyuan Army soldiers and horses to go north to rescue the sects, but was defeated by the Tartar army with strong soldiers, horses, strong horses, excellent firearms and the great victory of Datong.

Knowing that the war situation in the north has changed, Chen Chen also led the elite of the first battalion to the north to rescue, and the second battalion, the Yuyuan Army, and the remnants of the Jiaojun stayed in Caozhou Prefecture, repelled the attack of the Tartars, and regained part of the county town of Dongchang Prefecture.

But he never thought that the Tartars would dig the river in a frenzy.In order to eliminate the regiment bandits entrenched in Caozhou Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, and to capture the Yuyuan Army's tunnel from Puzhou to Fan County, the Tartars dug the Yellow River at Jinglongkou in Fengqiu County, Henan Province.As a result, Caozhou Mansion, Dongchang Mansion, and Yanzhou Mansion were all submerged.For a while, the first battalion, the second battalion, the Yuyuan Army and the Teaching Army suffered heavy losses.

After the flood, Zhang Cunren, governor of the three Tazi provinces, immediately led an army to attack by boat, defeating the three-party coalition forces of the Yuyuan Army of the Security Corps and the Teaching Army.Zhang Qi, Liang Min, Li San Maobian, Huang Zhenshan, Shi Kuiran, Zhang Cui and others were beheaded.Fortunately, the first battalion and the second battalion retreated quickly. Except for the grassroots regiments, the main officers suffered less casualties.In particular, the chief officers of the two battalions were not harmed, which made Qiu Tianxing feel relieved.

"There are changes in the north, and I'm afraid it will affect the war in Jiangnan Province!" Qiu Tianxing sighed.

Originally thought that the general situation of the world at this time was beneficial to the anti-Tartar forces, so Qiu Tianxing decided to leave the mountain.But he didn't expect that the first battalion and the second battalion in the north would lose the battle just after he came out of the mountain.Originally, he wanted to order a battalion to send [-] troops to attack Jiangning Mansion together with the headquarters.It seems that the first battalion only has the ability to protect itself.

The loss of the security forces in Shandong will inevitably affect the Fourth Battalion in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and thinking of the anti-Tartar forces in the south, Qiu Tianxing clearly realizes that everything must be done by himself.The headquarters can't always count on those battalions sent out to open up the situation.The headquarters must rely on its own strength to establish a base area, and it must have spare energy to support those battalions that have been sent out, so that it can become the magic needle in their hearts.As long as the strength is strong, the natural cohesion will be great. In the final analysis, it still depends on strength.If you don't have power, you can't fool people just by playing with your mind and tricks, and you will still end up with a weak stem and a strong branch.And when the strength is strong, the camps are naturally willing to be driven.

Therefore, after two days of rest in Huoshan County, the army of the headquarters left a squadron to expand the army, and the rest of the army went north to the state capital of Lu'an Prefecture, preparing to take the state capital in one go.

Just when Qiu Tianxing was about to take down the state city to reshape the prestige of the headquarters, the situation in the Fourth Battalion was grim.

When the Fourth Battalion captured Taiyuan, Li Taiping moved the battalion headquarters to Taiyuan.It's just that the good times didn't last long. After the fall of Datong, all the pressure was transferred to Siying.Although the Fourth Battalion has strong troops, most of them are old, weak and disabled.The four battalions were exhausted by the nearly two years of war, because the battle damage was too high, and the strength of the people in the base area had been overdrawn.When Li Taiping came to Taiyuan, the battle in Shaanxi was directed by Mei Renxin.Because the contact with the headquarters was restored, the acting trainer Mei Renxin also became the official trainer, and he was the second person in the fourth battalion.

On the Shaanxi side, the Tartars attacked more and more urgently, Yanzhou had fallen, and the capital of Tongzhou was also on the verge of collapse.At this time, Wang Yongqiang also withdrew his army from Shanxi to resist the attack of the Tartars in Yan'an.Now the Fourth Battalion and various rebels are only entrenched in the half province of southern Shanxi, struggling to support them.Because the Fourth Battalion captured Taiyuan, Datong fell again.Therefore, Li Taiping is now the leader of various rebel armies in Shanxi, and there are more than ten independent brigades under his command.

Although there are still more than [-] troops in total, their morale is not high.Datong was the first city of righteousness in Shanxi, but now it has fallen, which makes many rebels very confused about the future.At this time, a booster is needed, a morale-boosting event is needed.

After patrolling the city defense, Li Taiping returned to the battalion headquarters. Just as he was about to rest for a while, the guard sent a letter from Mei Renxin.

After Li Taiping opened the letter and read it, when he saw the words "Chuang Wang is gone, the world is peaceful", his eyes shrank suddenly.

"King Chuang is gone, the world is peaceful!" Li Taiping felt like a stormy sea in his heart.

One means that after the death of King Chuang, the world will be peaceful.The other means that after King Chuang is dead, there is still peace in the world. This peace is Li Taiping, and Li Taiping is the second king of Chuang?Or does the world belong to him, Li Taiping?

The "eighteen masters of the gods" in the Ming Dynasty have not been far away, and today there will be another prophecy "Chuang Wang has gone, and the world will be peaceful"?

Prophecy is spread by careerists. People in this era are ignorant, and most of them believe in it.If the phrase "Chuang Wang is gone, the world is peaceful" is spread, it will definitely gather the strength of the four battalions, and it will be beneficial to the great cause of resisting Tartarism in Shanxi and Shanxi.It's just that after these words are said, what will happen at the headquarters?
Li Taiping hesitated in his heart, he picked up Mei Renxin's letter and continued to read it, thinking over and over in his heart.

"Now that the anti-Tartar forces in Shanshan and Shaanxi are declining, if I don't encourage the army, I am afraid that failure will not be far away. After all, the army of Tartars is gathered in Shanshan and Shaanxi. There are several princes and others. Use If you follow Mei Renxin's method and spread this prophecy, then it will definitely be worth a hundred thousand troops. Just where is the regiment leader?"

After thinking about it again and again, Li Taiping murmured fiercely to himself.

"Take a headache and treat your head and feet. Let's take care of your eyes first. Let's follow Mei Renxin's method!"

So, not long after, a prophecy slowly spread in Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"King Chuang is gone, the world is peaceful!"

This sentence evoked the memories of many people, and also caused some ambitious people to invest in the Fourth Battalion Army to strengthen the strength of the Fourth Battalion, and even cheered up the regiments of each column in the Fourth Battalion, the Reserve Column, and the Independent Brigade. , The morale of the army has become more stable.

(End of this chapter)