Blood from Daming

Chapter 788
Xue Qingyi, the vanguard of the Liaodong Army's attack on the Sichuan Army and the Shaanxi Army, has defected, and all the defectors are cheering. Seeing that Xue Qingyi's troops have suffered bitterly and deeply in Liaodong, Zu Dashou, Wu Xiang, Xue Zong, Xue Jiu , Xue Shi, and all the Liaodong Army were stunned, and the battlefield was full of strange dullness for a while.

Seeing Xue Qingyi, Generals Xiao and Liang said: "Brother Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Da have had a long life, and today they are determined to leave the Liaodong Army and fight side by side with you. I don't know what your two plans are."

General Xiao Shen said: "We originally wanted to go to North Korea to join Xue's army there, but now the road ahead is blocked by Zu Dashou, brother Xue must have a different strategy to join forces."

Xue Qingyi said: "Yes, the so-called east is not bright and the west is bright, staying in Liaodong is dead after all. Today everyone turned against Yuan Chonghuan's birthday, etc., which is actually tantamount to turning against the imperial court. To go to the Yalu River in North Korea, you have to pass through Jianlu's territory. They are going to Liangshan, but they don’t want to be the Second Tartars, and they don’t want to go to war with the brothers of the Liaodong Army. Are the two brothers thinking about joining the Xue family army in Datong?”

General Xiao Shen and General Liu Shen have been dealing with Xue Polu, Lu Yaojin, Zuo Ming and other Xue family troops in Liaodong. The danger of the captives being wiped out, they have to rush to the Yalu River in Liaodong. Now that the road ahead is blocked by Zu Dashou, Xue Qingyi mentioned Datong Xue's army, which immediately made Xiao Shen and Liang Shen's eyes brighten.

General Liu Guoyong was puzzled and said: "Brother Xue, the imperial court of a foreign country may not be able to do anything to us. If we go to Datong, it is the imperial court's territory. If Datong can't bear the pressure from the imperial court, wouldn't we be the turtle in the urn?"

Xue Qingyi laughed loudly: "The third young master of my family has been wooing Xue for a long time, and Xue has not agreed to it just because of the face of the second master. Who knows that the eldest and second young masters are so incompetent, and the Xue family can only be the third young master. Brother Xiao and Brother Liu don’t know about the fact that Datong Xue’s army expelled Qu Jiazhen and Cao Wenzhao?”

Generals Xiao Can and Liu Can naturally know that Datong Xue’s army retired from the general of Datong Town appointed by the imperial court for two terms. The way out is just not knowing whether the joining of the two of them will trigger a war between the imperial court and the Xue family army of Datong.

General Xiao Shen said: "Brother Xue, didn't the third young master of your family go on an expedition to the Mongolian desert, and we went to Datong Town to join Xue's army. Do the generals under General Xue dare to be the masters?"

Xue Qingyi said: "Why don't you dare, Xue Liu only has the third young master in his eyes, the emperor can't restrain him, no matter how bad it is for us to be horse bandits on the grassland, it's better than being consumed by Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou as dead ghosts .”

Generals Xiao Can and General Liu resolved most of their doubts, and immediately agreed with Xue Qingyi to change their route to the west of Liaoning, and then go to join Datong Xue's army via Daning. The battle triggered a rebound of most of Xue Zong's officers and troops, and Wu Xiang and Xue Zong's two armies formed a confrontational situation.

Facing Wu Xiang's more than 1000 Liaodong Army, Xue Jiu and Xue Shi also began to have objections, Xue Jiu said to Xue Zong: "Young master, Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang are too big, let's let them go too. "

Xue Zong said in surprise: "What, Lao Jiu, you are crazy, this is a betrayal of the court."

Xue Jiu said: "Young master, if you don't rebel, you will be killed by Yuan Manzi and Zu Dashou. If you don't rebel, I will. What do you say, brother ten?"

Xue Shishi was immediately roasted by Xue Jiu on the fire. Xue Shi looked at Xue Zong and Xue Jiu and said in a low voice: "Young master, what does this place in Liaodong have to do with us? Is it the same thing as the imperial court?" Anyway, I'm not going to stay in this hopeless place any longer, so let's join Qing Yi and General Xiao Liu, young master."

Xue Zong blushed and was speechless when he heard that, Xue Jiu pulled Xue Zong's rein and said, "Let's go, young master."

Xue Zong was shocked and rushed to break Xue Jiu's hand. Seeing this, Xue Shi gave Xue Zong a slap on the back of Xue Zong's neck. Xue Zong fainted immediately. , Liu Shen moved the area where he was, and Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang were stunned. They turned against each other in less than half an hour, but what will happen to Xue Zong and Xue Qingyi in the future? The two of them have no good fruit to eat with Governor Yuan in the court.

Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang urged their men to prepare to put down the rebellion, but most of them could not turn the corner when the Liaodong army was asked to fight a civil war. , Wu Xiang had only [-] buddies fighting beside him, Zu Dashou looked at the [-] men who refused to move, and looked at the rebels in the south, there were as many as [-], Xue Zhuang and Xue Qingyi performed a play, The strength of the two sides was reversed, and Zu Dashou sighed and reined in.

Xue Jiu first went to contact Xue Qingyi, General Xiao, and General Liu. Xue Qingyi, General Xiao, and General Liu were very happy to learn that Xue Jiu and Xue Shi had kidnapped Xue Zong to rebel. Follow the side of Daxing Fort and advance towards the territory of western Liaoning.

Wu Xiang wanted to urge Zu Dashou to pursue him, and Zu Dashou, who was full of anger, gave Wu Xiang a few horsewhips. Wu Xiang was beaten by Zu Dashou until two bloodstains appeared on his face. Dashouhui beat him in front of thousands of subordinates, Wu Xiang covered his face and was frozen in place.

An hour later, Man Gui's pursuers arrived. Zu Dashou told Man Gui that Xue Zong's entire army rebelled and went west with General Xiao and General Liu Can. Man Gui was shocked when he heard that, and asked Zu Dashou why he didn't pursue him. The officers and soldiers under him were unwilling to kill each other, so they could not send troops to pursue them to excuse themselves.

As soon as Man Gui heard it, he knew that there was something hidden in it. This Xue Zong's department is your Zu Dashou's subordinate, so it is possible to cause trouble under your Zu Dashou's nose. Going to extremes, now that Xue Zong, General Xiao, and General Liu are going west, they should have joined Datong Xue’s army. I have always been on good terms with the Xue family, and I have worked so hard to do this thankless pursuit. Since your ancestor Dashou is now It's a ditch of shit, I, Man Gui, don't want to contribute, and Yuan Chonghuan can't do anything about it. If you really want to blame him, Zu Dashou should be stabbed in the head.

Man Gui had a discussion with Zu Dashou, and asked Zu Dashou to go after Xue Zong, General Xiao Can, and General Liu Can together. To make friends with Xue Qingyi and others, if Man Gui also returned to Man Gui, he would be in a trap, so Zu Dashou rejected Man Gui's request, and Man Gui wanted to ask Yuan Chonghuan for an opportunity to stay in Songshan and stand still.

On August [-]th of the first year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan, who had been commanding by remote control in Shanhaiguan, received the news of Xue Zong's mutiny. Yuan Chonghuan's face turned green all of a sudden. , General Liu Can and other generals of the guest army adopted methods such as resignation and dismissal, and indeed something happened, but they didn't expect Xue Zong to follow suit. He was not mean to Xue Zong.

Yuan Chonghuan called the officer of the Ningyuan Army who sent the letter to ask carefully, only to find out that Xue Qingyi from Xue Zong's department rebelled first, and then Xue Zong's department rebelled. He wasn't from the same way at all, most of Xue Zong was turned against by Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, Yuan Chonghuan hated Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang for nothing, but the matter had come to this point, Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to make a mistake.

On August [-]th, Emperor Chongzhen, who was working in the Wenhua Palace, received a [-] urgent document from Yuan Chonghuan from Shanhaiguan. The army avoided the Ningjin defense line and was fleeing in the direction of Datong along the Great Wall, and reminded the Chongzhen emperor Xue's army to have a different intention.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Yuan Chonghuan's quick performance was so angry that his face was green and black, and he was about to explode at that time, but Yuan Chonghuan mentioned the Xue Jiajun, which made Emperor Chongzhen have to be cautious, so he suppressed the anger in his heart, sat there alone and meditated for a long time Then he asked Wang Chengen who was beside him: "Big companion, who is this Xue Zong from the Xue family?"

Seeing that the emperor's complexion was not good, Wang Chengen stood aside tremblingly, and when the emperor asked about Xue Zong, he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, Xue Zong is the eldest grandson of Xue's mansion, Xue Yun's cousin."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "What is the ability of the eldest son of the Xue family?"

Wang Chengen reported: "It is said that Xue Zong dares to fight, and he can be regarded as a general in Liaodong."

Emperor Chongzhen said: "It is this Xue Zong who is going to flee to Datong. What is the Xue family trying to do to disappoint the emperor's kindness?"

Wang Chengen looked at Emperor Chongzhen inexplicably. Only now did Emperor Chongzhen realize that Wang Chengen didn't know what was going on, so he handed Yuan Chonghuan's memorial to him. Wang Chengen took the memorial and quickly opened it. I pondered over the words and sentences for a while before closing the memorial.

Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, do you want to wait for the memorial of other officials in Liaodong?"

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Big Companion, you mean that Yuan Chonghuan had a feud with Xue's family, and Yuan Chonghuan exaggerated in the memorial."

Wang Chengen reported: "Your Majesty, if you don't talk about anything else, it is absolutely impossible to talk about Xue Zong's vote for reunification."

(End of this chapter)