Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 249 Zhang Xianzhong leaves Sichuan

The crown prince is the teacher of the crown prince. It is impossible for Lin Yi to lay down his army and horses and go to the capital to be a teacher for the son of Emperor Chongzhen, teach him how to practice literature and martial arts, teach him how to deal with people, and teach him how to be a prince. Obviously this is a false title. Son.

Because it is very clear in the imperial decree that although Lin Yi was granted the title of prince and grand teacher, he is still the chief soldier. The chief soldier is to lead the soldiers to fight. This is his job. He would go, and he didn't want to do such a job, so it was at best a false name.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen made this decree was obviously to flatter Lin Yi and to prove the greatness of the emperor's grace.

Although it is a false title, being able to be a teacher to the emperor's son, even in name, is also a kind of supreme honor and favor. Needless to say the degree of its dignity.

Therefore, Lin Yi was very happy. After receiving the order, the supervisor of ceremonies, Wang Chengen, and the minister of the cabinet, Yang Sichang, immediately congratulated Lin Yi and called him a grand master.

After delivering the decree, Wang Chengen left.

After cleaning up Li Zicheng, of course Zhang Xianzhong should be cleaned up next, and Yang Sichang wanted Lin Yi to fight in Sichuan.

Lin Yi proposed to rest and reorganize the army on the spot, and now it is winter, Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan has suffered consecutive defeats, and the army led by Zheng Chongjian and Ding Qirui has also gained the upper hand.The Emperor Long Yan pleased him greatly, so this Yang Ge was not in a hurry, and allowed Lin Yi to rest and reorganize his troops on the spot.

From this day on, Li Zicheng's troops lived outside Nanyang City, and began to organize military training, and incorporated hundreds of Li Zicheng's troops.Lin Yi practiced his big sword, and the troops of each battalion carried out large-scale training.

This is not the first time that Ji Dong has trained troops. The generals under him are familiar with the road, and follow Ji Yi's military training routines, and they are in full swing.

This practice lasted for three months, that is, the entire winter of 1640. By the beginning of spring in 1641, the situation of the Ming Dynasty had undergone major changes, or worsened.

First of all, Zhang Xianzhong began to reverse.Zheng Chongjian and Ding Qirui were able to win the battle mainly because of two people, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong.But the characters of these two people are really not very good. They are both greedy for profit, and they can't afford to be early without profit.

They were also heroes in suppressing the bandits. They saw Lin Yi get promoted and get rich all the way, but they only got a verbal promise of reward from Chongzhen. The title of general who suppressed bandits that Yang Sichang and Zheng Chongjian had promised them before also fell through.

So the two were dissatisfied and began to work hard.Zuo Liangyu was tactful and He Renlong was arrogant. Zhang Xianzhong's spies discovered their dissatisfaction and told Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was very good at using troops, and immediately felt that his spring was coming.

He and Li Zicheng deserved to be peerless heroes of the same name. Not only were they the same age, but they were also from the same township, and their combat experience was roughly the same.

Li Zicheng can think of tricks, so Zhang Xianzhong can naturally think of them. He immediately used the trick Li Zicheng used to deal with Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong, that is, using gold and silver bribes to use countermeasures. I used it on Ji Dong.

But Li Zicheng failed, but Zhang Xianzhong won, because Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong were not Lin Yi after all.

As a result, Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong began to disobey Zheng Chongjian and Yang Sichang, and even refused to listen to Yang Sichang's orders. This was equivalent to fighting against the imperial court.But they are not confronting with great fanfare, that is rebellion, but they stand still, wait and see with selfishness, and find various reasons to prevaricate.

This caused Zhang Xianzhong to turn his back on him. Firstly, Shao Jiechun, the governor of Sichuan, was defeated, and Qin Liangyu, the loyal Marquis, was also defeated.

At this time, Zheng Chongjian was also a little careless, thinking that Zhang Xianzhong's fall was a matter of time, but he did not expect him to rise again, and quickly mobilized troops to chase and intercept him, but Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong stopped working hard for him.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers suffered consecutive defeats, and Zhang Xianzhong won every victory.The blockade of the government and the army was broken at once. In the first month of 1641, the Eight Great Kings broke out of Sichuan and went to Hubei to toss, and got the support of the Laohui Huige Zuo Fifth Battalion who tossed in Huguang. Later, Ma Shouying and others The people simply surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong, and several large groups of giant bandits gathered together, with great momentum, like a broken bamboo, and the front of the soldiers pointed directly at the center of Hubei, including Kedangyang, Xiangyang, Fancheng, Yunyang and other important towns in Hubei, threatening Suizhou.

The ruling and opposition parties of the Ming Dynasty were shaken again, and urgent documents from local officials in Sichuan and Hubei flew to the capital like snowflakes.

At this time, news of the defeat also came from the Liaodong battlefield outside the officialdom. Two armies of the Qing army stormed Jinzhou, and Songshan Tashan and Xingshan outside Jinzhou city fell one after another.Then Ningyuan City was also attacked, Jinzhou was trapped, and Ningyuan was in a hurry.

Then the officials and censors in the court began to impeach and attack each other, mainly the Donglin party members, and the eunuchs were not willing to be lonely. The chief eunuch Cao Huachun, who was the admiral of the Dongchang, was headed by the Donglin party members. But it just didn't do anything.

The Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he took pictures of the Long Shu case, and made strict orders to Gao Qiqian and Hong Chengchou. They were also afraid, and they gathered the generals of the eight towns. Taiji fights to the death to solve the crisis of Jinzhou and Ningyuan.

Then Emperor Chongzhen issued a death order to Yang Sichang, Zheng Chongjian, and Fu Zonglong. You three governors, with the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and holding my Shangfang sword, what do you do all day long?Do your best to wipe out the thieves, and be sure to wipe them all out.If there is another mistake, see you soon!

The three governors were all terrified, and Yang Sichang was under the greatest pressure, because he had decided the strategy of suppressing thieves. Just as Li Zicheng was held down here, Zhang Xianzhong got up again. Under the double blow of pommel horse fatigue and psychological pressure, he has already contracted tuberculosis, and sometimes he vomits blood when he coughs.

But there is no way, he has to go to work with illness, at this time he wants to ask for leave to go home to recuperate, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely not grant him leave.

Therefore, he complained to Zheng Chongjian that he withdrew his troops too early.Zheng Chong also went to Shu to defend himself, saying that Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong did not listen to greetings.Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong also cried out for their injustice.

Emperor Chongzhen has long been numb to the mutual prevarication and wrangling of these old officials.Don't listen to anyone's words, just look at the achievements of the government, whoever is the most ineffective in suppressing thieves.

Ever since, Lin Yi quickly received a military order from Yang Sichang, asking him to immediately move to Suizhou to stop Zhang Xianzhong's troops.

After this winter of recuperating, Ji Dong's men and horses are strong and strong, and now his total strength has reached 3.Different from other teams, not only did his army not have a single deserter, but there was an increase, mainly because during this period of training, he also recruited more troops.

There was an endless stream of applicants in Nanyang. Lin Yi selected 4000 people, including 200 female soldiers, and expanded them into the women's battalion. The women's battalion was also handed over to Xiaoying and Zhezhe for training.

Now Lin Yi's women's battalion has reached 300 people. In addition to the original 30 Mongolian girls, some are prisoners of Li Zicheng's women's battalion, and there are 200 female soldiers recruited this time.

Then Lin Yi expanded his troops from the original eight battalions to ten battalions.

After this winter, Hao Yaoqi and Zu Keyong recovered from their injuries.

After receiving Yang Sichang's order, Lin Yi felt that another strong opponent was coming, but this was not bad, he would fight with Li Zicheng first, and then fight with Zhang Xianzhong.Anyway, this is a matter of time, they are destined to be their opponents.

Therefore, Lin Yi gathered troops and horses and set up camp in March 1641, starting from Nanyang and going south to Suizhou.

This time the vanguard was no longer Zu Keyong, but General Hao Yaoqi.

The guy he should have is still a big flagpole with a big flag embroidered on it.But it is no longer Li Zicheng's banner, but the banner of the Ming army, with 3000 people as the vanguard, in front, clearing roads across mountains and building bridges when encountering water.

Still let Wang Jian's sixth battalion be responsible for the food and logistics support of the whole army.

As Lin Yi's deputy general, Zu Keyong accompanied the Chinese army.

In Changgang Town, west of Suizhou City, Hao Yaoqi's troops first encountered Zhang Xianzhong's vanguard troops, which were the troops of Gezuo Fifth Battalion.

Zhang Xianzhong's power is very strong now. In just a few months, his men have already exceeded 15 soldiers. If Ma Huihui's Ge Zuo Fifth Battalion is added, the number of troops exceeds 20.

One of the important reasons why Zhang Xianzhong's power grew so quickly was that he was good at recognizing godsons. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong's godsons were in groups, and Zhang Xianzhong himself couldn't remember how many people called him godfather.

Among these godsons, there are only four most famous, that is, the eldest Sun Kewang, the second Li Dingguo, the third Liu Wenxiu, and the fourth Ai Nengqi.These four people are all possessing unique skills and extraordinary bravery, and any one of them can stand alone for Zhang Xianzhong.After Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime was established, all four of them became kings.

Now these four are showing their abilities and doing their best to help his godfather win the country.Now the tens of thousands of old Huihui have also come to join him, so Zhang Xianzhong has a great momentum and wins consecutive battles.

Of course, Zhang Xianzhong is not stupid, he also divides direct-line troops and non-direct-line troops.The non-direct lineal forces are of course the Fifth Brother Zuo Battalion headed by Lao Huishou.

Knowing that the official army is not easy to deal with, Zhang Xianzhong put the Gezuo Fifth Battalion at the forefront and went to Suizhou to fight. They planned to toss in the south of the Yangtze River and encountered Lin Yi's forward Hao Yaoqi's army in Changgang Town.

Hao Yaoqi really lived up to his reputation, and he didn't live up to Lin Yi's high expectations of several captures. In the battle of Changgang, he defeated many with less and killed Ge Liyan He Yilong and Lin Chengtian, the king of troubled times.At this station, the five battalions lost two battalions, and Ma Huihui's three battalions were also scattered.

Hao Yaoqi chased after him, and after dozens of miles, a young general in white robe named Zhang Yu'er stopped him with an army...

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