Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 240 The Story of the Tianxiong Army Suppressing Bandits 2
Looking at the camp of the rogues, Lu Xiangsheng breathed a sigh of relief: "We have caught them!"

Qi Hu hummed: "Fortunately, it was blocked in time, and they didn't break the place."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The Dao of Daming is what I put my heart and soul into. How can I let these gangsters ruin it!"

Qi Hu said lightly: "It's not easy to go, but they have to go to Daming Road to play wild, and they are unlucky."

Qi Polu said: "In my opinion, there is no need to wait until dawn tomorrow. Let's launch an attack now and use artillery to blast a hole in their fence. The cavalry will take the opportunity to rush in. One guy can defeat them!"

Qi Hu shouted: "Shut up! The war is dangerous, there is no room for you to intervene!"

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be like this, old man. I won't blame him, but I think his spirit is extremely rare."

Qi Hu said: "It is a good thing to have energy, but in a war, you cannot just rush into the enemy with energy alone!"

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Then, according to the old man's opinion?"

Qi Hu said: "Tomorrow we will cook at five o'clock and eat at six o'clock. At sunrise, the whole army will attack us and force the bandits to fight us! We will fight openly. These mobs are not our opponents in any way. We can defeat them in one battle." Completely defeated!”

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment, then nodded: "The epee has no front, so it's a great skill, it's not working, it's wonderful!" Passed the order down.In order to stop these damned rogues, he hasn't slept well for several days in a row. Seeing that he will be able to complete the battle, of course he will not let them go.

————In the first half of this year, after Yang He struggled for two years, the recruitment policy was completely bankrupt.

This man doesn't understand military affairs at all. The reason why he was thrown to Shaanxi is because of his cheap mouth. When the court was arguing about how to suppress the bandits, he put forward a strange theory of vitality: You can't kill people, you can hurt others The vitality of the country should be appeased!When the big boss of Chongzhen heard this, he was amused, this guy has a lot of brains, okay, I will give you a sum of money, you go to recruit the bandits, if you succeed, you will be rewarded, if you fail, you will be beheaded!Yang He was dumbfounded, I was just bragging, why do you take it seriously!But my colleagues kept saying don’t be modest, it’s up to you, go ahead, they insisted on driving the duck to the shelves, and drove him to Shaanxi.There was no way out, so Yang He had no choice but to bite the bullet and show the greatest sincerity to recruit the rogues, and the rogues were willing to be recruited, and only ghosts were willing to rebel if they had food to eat.Therefore, in just one year, most of the rogues in the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia accepted appeasement, and the most chaotic powder keg in the country ushered in a rare peace. The important officials of the court who made Crane's joke were shocked, and couldn't believe it was true!

The situation was very good, but unfortunately, it only lasted for half a year.Half a year later, the 10,000+ taels that Yang He brought were all spent, and the rogues had nothing to eat again. Not to mention, it's against his mother, and this time it was even more fierce, with as many as 10,000+ people!The big boss of Chongzhen was furious. In order to appease the rogues, I even gave you all the money from my own house. It’s good for you. However, redouble your efforts to rebel, what are you doing!The decree scolded Yang He bloody.

Yang He felt aggrieved, I wasn't made for war, I was just bragging, I was just addicted to my mouth, you have to be serious, drive the ducks on the shelves and get me to Shaanxi, after I came, I didn't slack off, I was busy trying to caress me every day , but now that the money has been spent and the bandits have rebelled, what can I do?
Chongzhen also felt aggrieved. I saw you bragging so well that you thought you had two brushes and entrusted you with a heavy responsibility. In order to support you in convincing me, I even took out my own money and pooled 10,000+ taels for you. I am worthy of you. Bar?You're fine, when the money is spent, people immediately reverse it again, what are you doing for food?
Yang He felt aggrieved and wrote to the big boss: I have no money, no food, no soldiers, what do you want me to do?

The big boss is even more aggrieved, do I still need to send you if I have money, food and soldiers?Write to Jin Yiwei: Jin Yiwei, arrest Yang He for me!

Yang He was arrested, his fame was deprived, and Yuanzhou was sent to Yuanzhou.

Yang He, who didn't know how to fight, was kicked off by the big boss. Hong Chengchou, who was good at fighting, took the opportunity to take over and became the new governor of the three sides. In fact, no one except him dared to be the governor of the three sides.Hong Chengchou is a well-known fierce man. Since last year, he has led an army composed of servants, cooks, and handymen to conquer the east and west. All of them obeyed his orders, which was like adding more power to a tiger. How could they withstand those bandits? They were beaten to pieces and fled to Shanxi in a swarm. I couldn't afford to offend them, so I couldn't afford to hide!
But there are some people they can neither provoke nor hide. They fled to Shanxi, and Hong Chengchou was promoted accordingly, and he was also in charge of the military affairs of Shanxi and Henan provinces. Cao Wenzhao, the Northwest couldn't stay there anymore, everyone started to flee towards the Central Plains, thinking of coming to the Central Plains to try their luck.

Originally, this strategy was good. During the 200 years of peace in the Central Plains, military preparations were not repaired and the guard posts were in a mess. With the combat effectiveness of the peasant army, it was easy to attack cities and seize territory.But the result seems to be different from what was promised. In the direction of Wuguan, Wuyang Guard blocks the narrow mountain road from Shaanxi into Nanyang like a copper wall. One wave will destroy one wave, two waves will destroy a pair, and in Hebei To the south, the Tianxiong Sanwei stretched across the Daming Road like a mountain, blocking any way for them to plunder the Daming Road.As early as late August, Lu Xiangsheng received a report that a small group of bandits had entered Zhending Mansion, and asked the Tianxiong Army to end their training early and prepare for battle. As soon as Lao Huihui and Hun Tianwang's troops entered Zhending Mansion, he sent all the cavalry to After spreading out, they were looking for the main force of the rogue bandits on the Great Plains of North China and among the undulating foothills of the Taihang Mountains. Five thousand Tianxiong troops marched forty miles a day and attacked directly at the junction of Shunde Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture.After a lot of twists and turns, the Rangers finally discovered the main force of the bandits. They held on to them and harassed them in every possible way, while flying on horseback to deliver messages. Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed when he learned about it, and led his troops on a forced march of [-] miles, and finally stopped at Wei Canal. The west bank saw the camp of the rogues that stretched for several miles, thank God, they finally blocked the gang of locusts before they caused more serious damage!
For him, as long as he can block the rogues, these rogues are basically his meritorious service.

"I hope I can do my best tomorrow so that I can free up my hands to support Liaoxi." In the cold night wind, Lu Xiangsheng looked to the north with a worried expression on his face, "I don't know what's going on in Dalinghe City, it's really a pinch Cold sweat."

Qi Hu frowned and asked, "Why, the Tianxiong Army received an order to march to western Liaoning?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The Ministry of War hastened to send a call-up order from [-] miles away to call up soldiers capable of fighting in the three provinces of Hebei, Henan, and Shandong to go to western Liaoning, and the Tianxiong Army is also among them."

Qi Hu sighed: "It seems that the situation in western Liaoning is not optimistic! In order to deal with the Liao Dynasty, Ming Dynasty invested more and more military expenditures year by year, but the situation has not improved at all. On the contrary, it has become worse year by year!"

Lu Xiangsheng clenched his fists, hit his palm hard, and said: "As long as we can recreate the slaves under Daling River City, they should stop for a few years, and then Da Ming will be able to breathe a sigh of relief!"

Qi Hu was not so optimistic.It is very difficult to re-create slaves in western Liaoning. Is it possible to rely on defending the city to kill a large number of enemy troops?There are only a few cities, Jiannu can't be defeated, and you can go around. If you want to rebuild Jiannu, there is only one way, which is field battle, whether you fight in an upright formation, or ambushes and sneak attacks. Defeating Jiannu in the field battles and their pride of "Jurchens are less than ten thousand and ten thousand can't fight" accumulated through countless field victories, only in this way can they be severely injured. However, the Ming army did not dare to follow Jian Slave field battle!The most frightening thing is that the field combat ability of the Ming army was already poor, coupled with the Guan Ning army's deep-rooted hostility and rejection attitude towards the guest army, it made it impossible to defeat Jiannu in the field. A strong enemy, with pig teammates who specialize in holding back, if you have the courage of a man, what can you do?He really didn't want to let the Tianxiong Army go to the west of Liaoning. He devoted too much effort to the Tianxiong Army and regarded them as the rebirth of the Qi Family Army. He really didn't want to see this vigorous and energetic army be ruined like this. Lose.But these words cannot be said to Lu Xiangsheng, and he will not listen to them.Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty to this empire is obvious to all. The year before last, when slaves were brought into the capital, he led an untrained army of peasants and soldiers to help the capital without hesitation. Probably not.

If he hadn't been loyal to the Ming Dynasty and obeyed the Ministry of War, how could he have died so tragically in the winter of the 11th year of Chongzhen?
Qi Hu sighed deeply.At this moment, his thoughts are exactly the same as Fang Yizhi's: I hope that this bandit suppression campaign can be dragged on for a long time, so that the Ministry of War can find no reason to transfer the Tianxiong Army to the west of Liaoning, at least not to transfer the main force to the west of Liaoning !

However, like Fang Yizhi, Qi Hu's wish is destined to fail.Fang Yizhi's wish came to nothing because Yang Menglong was too aggressive. When he heard that there was going to be a war, he was as excited as chicken blood. He wanted to draw his sword and rush into the enemy's formation to kill him. Qi Hu's wish came to nothing. , because Lu Xiangsheng is an unselfish person. He has never had any idea of ​​preserving his strength. He always believes that after receiving the salary from the court, he should do things for the court and do things well so that he can support the bandits and respect themselves. It is better to kill them. Got him.From the moment they received the news that the bandits had entered Zhending Mansion, the Tianxiong Army's chariot began to rumble. Anyone who stood in front of this chariot would be ruthlessly crushed to pieces!

The first to be crushed were the troops of Lao Huihui and King Huntian.

After a day's journey, the already hungry soldiers wiped out the food with amazing efficiency, and then fell asleep.The rangers who had been tossing the rogues all day also took back, recharging their energy and preparing for tomorrow's fight.Without the figures of these guys galloping freely, the west bank of the Wei Canal finally regained its calm, but this is temporary.

Tomorrow, this wilderness will be filled with blood!
(End of this chapter)