Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 306 Before the Great War ([-])

Under the banner of Wang Zi, and able to resist the temptation to plunder Taiyuan after breaking the city and lead the army to chase after it, it must be a strictly disciplined army.Therefore, Li Taiping immediately thought of Wang Jinbao and Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong, the Gansu general of the Tartar Green Battalion, and his guerrilla Wang Jinbao.

Thinking of these two people, Li Taiping gritted his teeth with hatred, he was too familiar with these two people, because he did not know how many heroic regiments were lost under their command.Hearing that Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao were chasing him, although Li Taiping was very angry, he had no choice but to deploy troops to defend against their pursuit.

"Order Kan Pei, the captain of the fifth column, to lead the army to resist the Tartars' pursuit. We must ensure the safety of the large army!" Li Taiping ordered to a messenger beside him.

Just as the soldiers were about to leave, Li Taiping gave another order: "Tell Kan Pei that even if he fights to the last, he will never let the Tartars come over!"

Seeing that Tan Ma and messengers had left, Li Taiping felt heavy in his heart, he had a bad premonition.Li Taiping is very clear about the abilities of Zhang Yong and Wang Jinbao.

In fact, in the history of Qiu Tianxing's previous life, these two men were both very famous, and they were both listed as one of the four Han generals in Hexi.

Zhang Yong served as a deputy general in the former Ming Dynasty. Later, when the Tartars went south, they surrendered to the Tartars in Jiujiang, and recruited more than [-] people under the general army.

When he was in Shaanxi, Zhang Yong, Ren Zhen and others teamed up to repeatedly defeat He Zhen, Li Mingyi and others under Li Zicheng's command.

This is also an extremely embarrassing thing. After Ren Zhen surrendered to Li Taiping, he and He Zhen became colleagues.At the same time, due to the different camps, Ren Zhen and Zhang Yong faced each other with swordsmen, attacking endlessly.But when Ren Zhen was seriously injured and captured, he returned to the Tartars, became colleagues with Zhang Yong, and started fighting He Zhen, which made people feel dizzy.It can be said that whether it is an enemy or a friend is only a matter of thought.

In the fifth year of Huaxing, Mi Layin and Ding Guodong revolted in Lanzhou. Zhang Yong and Chen Wanlue led an army to Lanzhou to suppress the rebellion. Ma Ning broke through Suzhou and beheaded Ding Guodong.Zhang Yong made great achievements in fighting the Milayin and Ding Guodong uprisings.Of course, it was precisely because the main force of Shaanxi was trapped in Gansu that Li Taiping took the opportunity to gain a foothold in Shaanxi.

Wang Jinbao is from Jingyuan, Gansu, and he was directly under Zhang Yong's command when he joined the army.In the uprisings of suppressing Milayin and Ding Guodong, Wang Jinbao made many military exploits and was promoted to garrison.Later, Li Taiping carried the banner of Shanxi Anti-Tartar, and Prince He Shuoying of the Tartars, Prince Azige, led troops to attack Li Taiping. Zhang Yong was transferred to Azige's command, and Wang Jinbao also belonged to Azige's department.

For several years Azige's troops have been fighting against Li Taiping endlessly, and Wang Jinbao has also made many military exploits, which is why he has been promoted from the defense of the fifth rank to the guerrilla of the third rank.If according to the original history, he would show his power when Wu Sangui was upright, assisting Tuhai to settle Pingliang, force Wang Fuchen to surrender, and stabilize the battle situation on the western front.

However, today's Wang Jinbao is just a young warrior, he can sacrifice everything for meritorious service and glory and wealth.So when Zhang Yong led his army to pursue Li Taiping, Wang Jinbao asked himself to be the vanguard.

"Drive! Brothers! If you catch the bandit leader Li Taiping, everyone will reward you with a hundred taels of silver and be promoted to three ranks!" Wang Jinbao shouted loudly on the horse.

Hearing Wang Jinbao's words, the low morale caused by not looting Taiyuan suddenly increased.Rewarding two officials with one hundred silver rewards and promoting them to three ranks, any one of them is a generous reward!As a result, the number of times the whip was swung became more frequent, and the horse also ran faster.

"Chase! Chase!"

When Wang Jinbao saw a rear army, his face showed joy.

"Finally caught the gangster's tail, it seems that the bandit leader is not far from here!" Wang Jinbao thought in his heart.

"Kill! Brothers, break through the rear of the bandits and capture the bandit leader Li Taiping!"

Driven by Wang Jinbao, all the soldiers under his command screamed and rushed towards Kan Pei's troops at the back of the palace.

Because they were fleeing, Kanpei's troops did not carry shields and crossbows, and even the firecrackers were damaged a lot during the defense, and now they can hardly even make up a small team.In the end, only a thin spear array could be lined up.Coupled with the limited time, the antlers in the trenches were too late to arrange. This battle was very hasty for the five columns.

When Wang Jinbao rushed into Kanpei's department, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion would be in a hard fight, and perhaps what awaited them would be the end of death.

With the buffer of the fifth column, Li Taiping hurriedly considered the whereabouts of the next fourth battalion.At this moment Li Taiping became much more sober, he seemed to have returned to the time when he leaped thousands of miles into Shaanxi.

The trainer Mei Renxin who hurried over to the side once again expressed his opinion: "Battle Commander, it is impossible to go to the south of Shanxi. There are Tartars all around. If you go there, you will end up with a delayed death. The subordinates think that we must go west, go Shanbei and Wang Yongqiang converge, so we can still support it!"

At this time, Li Taiping's eyes flashed with wisdom. He seemed to have returned to the time when the group leader taught in Laohugou. He remembered what Qiu Tianxing said when he introduced the world. The world is too big, and the Central Plains is just a place of chance That's all.

"No, instead of going to northern Shaanxi, we are going to Ningxia, Gansu, and further west, that is our homeland!"

"Ah?" After hearing Li Taiping's words, Mei Renxin was suddenly stunned, as if he couldn't understand it.However, after hearing that he could not go to the south to see his death, Mei Renxin was still happy.Going to the south is a dead end, but it's too far west!

"Hehe, Renxin, you haven't listened to the lectures given by the head of the regiment, and you don't understand how big the world is. The wealth of the West is not inferior to that of the East, and the land in the East is not more fertile than that in the West. We still have more than 1 horsemen, engulfing the people all the way west. At that time, we will have one hundred thousand soldiers marching west, where can a hundred thousand troops go in the world?"

"Go to the West! Go to the West to build our new homeland!" Qiu Tianxing said loudly to Mei Renxin.

In fact, Li Taiping didn't show any confidence at this time. He really didn't dare to stay in the Central Plains. The Central Plains was too dangerous. He couldn't beat the Tartars, and he couldn't go back to the regiment headquarters. Staying in the Central Plains was a dead end for him. , It’s better to go all the way west than this!Go west and build your own country!
Thinking of this, Li Taiping looked around, although he left Taiyuan with not much belongings, but still hindered the marching speed.It's just snowing now,

In the past few years, the temperature has begun to turn around, and it is no longer as cold as it was seven years ago in Huaxing.In fact, this is the beginning of the Little Ice Age, and this is also the end of God's will!Because the weather is not as cold as before, so the snow is not thick, which does not affect the travel too much.

Although many people will be injured due to freezing after abandoning their belongings, many people will suffer casualties that they would not have and should not have.But the Tartar pursuers have come, and the five verticals alone cannot defeat the Tartar pursuers.For the continuation of the Fourth Battalion and for the establishment of the Li family in the west, Li Taiping had to make a choice.

"Order the troops to abandon all groceries, and only carry ten days' rations and necessary weapons! Discard all the rest! The army stops going south and turns west!" Li Taiping ordered loudly.

Following Li Taiping's order, the Fourth Battalion truly became the Li Family Army. Return to the Western Regions and go further.Of course, throughout his life, Li Taiping never set foot in the Central Plains.

Li Taiping's remnants galloped westward all the way through the starry night, while the five columns in the back of the palace resisted desperately and did not retreat half a step, finally stopped Wang Jinbao's pursuers.Of course, after the battle, none of the five verticals survived, and the captain of the vertical, Kan Pei, was stabbed to death several times.

Seriously injured, Wang Jinbao's troops, whose morale had dropped, were unable to pursue them, and everyone in Zhang Yong's troops who came after them was horrified and didn't want to pursue them. They just wanted to go back to Taiyuan to enjoy the blessings.

The soldiers will not have the will to fight, and Zhang Yong has no choice but to retreat back to Taiyuan.

In the first month of the 12th year of Huaxing, Li Taiping fled Taiyuan and abandoned his defense in southern Shanxi. He led more than [-] troops westward to northern Shaanxi and Ningxia, and all the way westward, the news from the headquarters was interrupted.

At this moment, there are only two nails in the heart of the tartars, Xuzhou and Yizhou!

At this moment, the Tatars are in great shape!
(End of this chapter)