Blood from Daming

Chapter 716: Elder Wang

Xue Yun received the report from Wang Erwa on the fast horse. Wang Erwa and A Ruhan's team had reached the defense area fifty miles away from Ligao's army camp. The Mingjiao's defeated army arrived. There were 2000 Mingjiao followers who entered Xue's army's protection area. There were many people, and they were still fleeing one after another. Wang Erwa and Aruhan's tribe continued to advance fifty miles away.

Now that it has been determined that the military rebellion in Suide Prefecture was caused by the Yansui Township’s suppression of the Ming Cultists, the next step is to find out how much the Ming Cult forces have lost, and to cover the Ming Cultists away as soon as possible. Xue Yun urged the army to move forward quickly and go to the front Look at the Mingjiao believers who fled to their own territory.

Xue Yun led the army less than five miles away, when people from the front brigade rushed over, Xue Yun immediately ordered the whole army to stand by, the crowd stopped two arrows away from Xue Yun and everyone, and more than a dozen people rushed towards Xue Yun. Yun ran over from this side, and Xue Yun saw clearly that the leader was Elder Wang.

Xue Yun got off his horse and took a few steps forward to meet him. Elder Wang staggered and came to Xue Yun, his mouth trembling, and said: "General Xue, save our Mingjiao believers who are in trouble."

Xue Yun said: "Elder Wang, what happened to Mingjiao?"

Elder Wang let out an "ah" and said: "General Xue, the Ming Cult's achievements in Shaanxi for decades have been ruined, and the followers of Suide Prefecture are finished."

Xue Yun asked: "Elder Wang, did your Mingjiao start the incident, or did the officers and soldiers start the attack first?"

Elder Wang shook his head and said, "Why did Mingjiao strike first? It was taken by Wang Weina Wang Bazizi of Yansui Town. He took the lives of our Mingjiao followers to pave the way for his promotion and fortune. General Xue, please send troops quickly." Go and stop Wang Wei's massacre of Ming Cultists."

Xue Yun said vaguely: "Elder Wang, Mr. Wang Qian is in front with his own soldiers. Wang Wei's officers and soldiers can't hurt you. Elder, tell me about the general situation."

Elder Wang had no choice but to explain to Xue Yun what happened to Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture: Elder Wang came to Shaanxi from Beizhili last year, but because the senior officials of Mingjiao found that there was a good environment for uprising in Shaanxi, they asked Elder Wang to come to Shaanxi Presided over the riot work of the Mingjiao, so Elder Wang took root in Shaanxi to organize the Mingjiao Rebel Army.

Elder Wang took over the Mingjiao organization in Shaanxi and started the preliminary preparations for the uprising. Although Shaanxi and Gansu were severely affected by drought, it was not easy to rebel at the beginning. First, Yansui Town in Shaanxi, and to the west there were Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, Gansu Towns, Ningxia, and Gansu are almost all military town guards. Most of the residents are military members, and the population is sparsely populated, and they are as poor as beggars. make a difference.

Through the understanding of the Northwest of Ming Dynasty, Elder Wang focused his attention on Shaanxi. Although Shaanxi is also dominated by military towns, its population is much larger than that of Ningxia and Gansu. Years of disasters have provided Mingjiao with good ground for rebellion. Finally Elder Wang set the Northwest Headquarters of Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture, which has a good foundation for the people.

Suide Prefecture is adjacent to Shanxi in the east, and you can reach Henan in the south. It is a certain distance from Yansui Town and Yan'an Mansion in Shaanxi, and the people in Mizhi, Zichang, Fugu, Baishui, and Ansai are fierce and aggressive. It is a place that has a lot of room for maneuver and can expand the influence of Mingjiao.

However, the outsiders like Elder Wang found out that first of all, the local Mingjiao believers set up a faction on the top of the mountain, which hindered the work of Elder Wang, and the people in Suide Prefecture had the unique xenophobia of Shaanxi people. Elder Wang and his missionary expansion were difficult. .

However, Elder Wang is a veteran of the mass movement. After more than half a year of hard work, he beat and pulled the local Mingjiao believers in Suide Prefecture, and gradually opened up the situation of Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture. There are more than 5000 followers of the Ming Cult, and nearly [-] believers who can be armed. They also got in touch with Wang Jiayin from Fugu, Wang Daliang from Hannan, and Gao Yingxiang from Ansai.

However, the senior family members of the Holy Church fell in Jiangzhou, Shanxi, and Elder Wang was forced to besiege Jiangzhou City, exposing Mingjiao’s activities in Suide Prefecture, Shaanxi to the sun. When Zhou Shiqi and guard Sun Shoufa were about to take action to wipe out the Ming Cultists, they discovered that the officials and troops in Suide Prefecture were also unreliable.

This led to the fact that Zhou Shiqi, the prefect of Suide, asked for help from Yansui Town. How could he know that the reinforcements sent by Wang Wei, the commander-in-chief of Yansui Town, clashed with the Tesna caravan returning to the Datong Special Economic Zone in Shanxi? Great changes have taken place around Yansui Town and Gaojiajunzhai, and Suide Prefecture has no longer received any military support.

Elder Wang learned that the government of Suide Prefecture had noticed the Mingjiao, so he planned to revolt in Suide Prefecture immediately. However, this hasty decision did not get the support of most Mingjiao leaders. Ansai and Gao Yingxiang started the incident together, and what made matters worse was that the Mingjiao headquarters forcibly confiscated the [-] horses and a full set of armor and weapons that the Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture had obtained from Xue Yun.

Elder Wang's uprising plan was temporarily stopped, but Elder Wang still persuaded other leaders of the Mingjiao to contact Fugu Wang Jiayin, Hannan Wang Daliang, Ansai Gao Yingxiang and others to raise the incident in advance, and on the other hand to speed up the preparations for the Mingjiao uprising in Suide Prefecture , And support the Gaojiajunzhai.

The leaders of the Mingjiao expressed their support for contacting Wang Jiayin, Wang Daliang, Gao Yingxiang and others to advance the preparations for the Mingjiao uprising in Suide Prefecture, but they refused to agree to support the Gaojia army village, and they all held the position of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. Elder Wang had no choice but to obey the opinions of the crowd, but felt chilled by the Mingjiao, which was like a scattered sand.

The fierce battle between the Gao Family Army Village and the Yansui Town official army was full of twists and turns, and the final loser was the majestic Yansui Town Officer Army. This made Elder Wang see the strength of the Xue Family Army, and also understood the position of the Gao Family Army Village in Xue Yun's mind. Fortunately, after I learned that the Gaojiajunzhai was the stronghold of the Xuejiajun in Jiangzhou, I did not infiltrate the Gaojiajunzhai further, but this also became the reason why many Mingjiao leaders were dissatisfied with Elder Wang.

However, the defeat of the officers and soldiers in Yansui Town brought either opportunities or disasters to Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture. The Ming Cultists in Suide Prefecture faced the siege and massacre by the Yansui Town government army.

Faced with the extra [-] or [-] officers and civilians, the only way Elder Wang could do was to buy weapons and equipment from the Gaojiajunzhai for self-defense. The purchase of weapons and equipment in the Gaojiajunzhai went smoothly. The disciples of the Ming army in Suide Prefecture were armed. The leaders breathed a sigh of relief. With seven or eight thousand religious people who took up arms, the leaders of the Ming Cult, including Elder Wang, thought it was time to fight the newly defeated Yansui Town official army.

In the next few days, the Mingjiao in Suidezhou sent messengers back continuously. Fugu Wang Jiayin, Hannan Wang Daliang, Ansai Gao Yingxiang and others all declined the suggestion of the Suidezhou Mingjiao to advance the incident because of insufficient preparation. As long as the newly contacted rebels The No. [-] leader, Zhong Guangdao, expressed his willingness to support the Mingjiao uprising in Suidezhou.

Elder Wang was speechless when he heard the news. Fugu Wang Jiayin, Hannan Wang Daliang, Ansai Gao Yingxiang and others were still waiting and watching. The leaders of the rebel army Wang Er and Zhong Guangdao had been fighting alone since Chengcheng County raised righteousness, so no one could follow them. To make trouble, of course, is to support the Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture, but whether the leader of the rebel army, Wang Er, and Zhong Guangdao can help the Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture, Elder Wang dare not give any hope.

The Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture has no foreign aid, and it is impossible to get the support of Xue Jiajun, Gao Jiajun's stronghold. The wait-and-see atmosphere of the Mingjiao leaders has become intense. Everyone wants to wait for the Yansui Town official army to leave Suide Prefecture, and then choose an appropriate opportunity to launch an uprising. In desperation, Elder Wang had no choice but to follow the good advice.

Elder Wang was wary of the officers and soldiers of Yansui Town. He moved the Mingjiao armed families who were loyal to him to the north to live in several Mingjiao fortress villages near Mizhi County. Dezhou is safe and sound, Suide City also heard the news that the Gaojiajunzhai wanted to evacuate the officers and soldiers from Yansui Town, and Wang Wei was also preparing to return to Jiazhou to receive the captured officers and soldiers, which made the Ming Cultists in Suide Prefecture even more paralyzed stand up.

However, on the second day after the Gaojiajunzhai returned the Yansui Township's officers and civilians, the Yansui Township's officers and civilians, who had already gone north, killed a carbine, and cooperated with the local armed forces of Sun Shoufa and Mingjiao in Suide Prefecture to attack the entire territory of Suide Prefecture. The Ming Cultists raised their butcher knives, and a tragic massacre began.

The Mingjiao armed forces controlled by Elder Wang are located in the northwest border of Suide Prefecture. The officers and soldiers of Yansui Town did not come from the direction of Mizhi to find the way back for Elder Wang's troops. Naturally, it was impossible to form a four-sided encirclement, and the result became a three-way assault. In the war of annihilation, Elder Wang's Mingjiao armed forces began to organize an orderly resistance after a short period of panic.

The official army attacking Elder Wang's Mingjiao armed forces was overwhelming, and Elder Wang's Mingjiao armed forces were scattered in several nearby villages. They could not form a joint force for a while, and each village had to fight alone, and then retreated to the north according to the prior arrangement. Villages meet.

Elder Wang’s village was relatively north, and it was not the first village to be attacked. When Elder Wang asked Guardian Yang and leader Lang Tiezhu to lead a thousand cavalry to reinforce him, a thousand cavalry from the Yansui Town official army also attacked the entrance of the village. Protectors and Lang Tiezhu led a thousand guards, all of which were armored weapons of the Ming army. The soldiers were also loyal believers who had experienced many battles. They took advantage of the favorable terrain of the village to fight bloody battles with the cavalry of the Suizhen army. Unfortunately, the Ming guards lacked archers. , was completely at a disadvantage in the long-distance attack. At this time, Elder Wang regretted that he did not buy bows and arrows from Xue Yun because Mingjiao soldiers were not good at bows and arrows. Now he was completely passive and beaten. Elder Wang looked at The soldiers of the Mingjiao Skitarii hid in all directions, their hearts were broken.

(End of this chapter)