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

Chapter 605 Queen 8
Liu Zeqing and Zuo Liangyu's expectation was that the small Zhengyang City was so difficult to crack.They thought that such a small town could be defeated in one go, but who knew that now several of the drummers were exhausted, Zhengyang City would still stand still no matter how you attacked, attacking again and again, hitting the bottom of the city time and time again. Every day, hundreds of lives are filled in. The cruelty of the war is frightening, and at the same time, Zuo Liangyu is forced into a dilemma.

Li Yan's tactics for defending the city were not very good. When the officers and soldiers rushed over, they would shoot with force, and when the officers and soldiers set up the ladder, they would throw horn stones, gray bottles, and pour boiling oil and dung juice on the bottom. Just throw grenades and dynamite packs.Grenades and explosives became the most sought-after stuff, and the power of the nearly two-jin grenade was quite frightening. When one was dropped, hundreds of shrapnel were scattered in all directions, and a large piece fell within ten meters. The more lethal the greater!Not to mention the dynamite bag, throwing down a [-]-jin dynamite bag will blow up at least a dozen people and injure a large number of people by the way—this is an industrial explosive made of nitroglycerin and corn flour , If you use picric acid or collodion, it will be even more scary!These two weapons caused the officers and soldiers to bleed almost dry under Zhengyang City. The traditional siege tactics are completely useless. Just throwing a row of hissing and smoking grenades down the city wall is enough to defeat them. Get up and attack!Equipment such as truncheons, ladder carts, and scull carts can no longer provide any protection for the attacking side. If a ten-jin explosive package is thrown down, all cars will be floating clouds. How can this battle be fought!Anyway, Zuo Liangyu really wanted to hit the wall. If he had known that Zhengyang City was so difficult and Hong Niangzi was so powerful, why did he run to Xinyang!

In fact, fighting does not require clever tactics. As long as your troops are so skilled that the enemy has nothing to do, you will win.There is no doubt that Li Yan has done it. A mere 3000 people defeated the officers and soldiers who were four or five times more than him and were helpless!

Hou Xun was so frightened by the tragic scene of lightning, thunder, and limbs flying around when the explosive package exploded, that he vomited in the dark and couldn't eat for a whole day.However, the matter cannot be solved by vomiting. No matter how severe the vomit is, there is no way to vomit Zhengyang City and the rioters in Xinyang to death. Although he really wants to disturb Xinyang and Nanyang by the way, but if Xinyang If the civil uprising spread to the entire Central Plains, and it was out of control, if the Central Plains were corrupted, he would not be able to afford this disaster!There was no other way, he had no choice but to order Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing to suspend the siege first, and at the same time to rush to the imperial court at eight hundred miles. The bloody mouth is full of fangs, a monster that eats people without spitting out bones, and begs the Ministry of War to send troops over quickly for support.

When writing the memorial, Mr. Hou felt very uncomfortable.Originally, he didn't take the Xinyang civil uprising seriously, but he was thinking about how to use his strength to make some troubles for Yang Menglong. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, those rioters were already strong enough to beat him up everywhere. Too bad, it's worth it!In his memorial, he angrily pointed out that the rioters possessed thousands of well-made crossbows, inexhaustible crossbow bolts, and extremely lethal firearms. These things could not have fallen from the sky. There are weird!Needless to say, this is clearly pointing the arrow at Yang Menglong. In the entire Ming Dynasty, who else has a crossbow stronger than the Heluo New Army?

However, Hou Xun didn't know that when his memorial was still floating on the way, the memorial of Yang Menglong and Fang Yizhi's complaint had already set off a storm in Beijing.These two played the good things that Zuo Liangyu and Liu Zeqing did in Xinyang. Those atrocities were really heinous. As soon as the news spread, there was a lot of scolding in the capital. Liu Zeqing is really not a thing, he has no way to defend against the enemy, but it is quite easy to kill his own people.Chongzhen was furious after reading the memorial, smashed the vase on the desk to pieces, and roared repeatedly: "Shameless, shameless! This kind of warlord is simply lawless!" Yan ordered Jin Yiwei to quickly find out what happened to him.

Before Jin Yiwei was dispatched, Hou Xun's memorial arrived.Half of the content of this memorial is to describe the incredible fighting power of the Xinyang rioters, and the other half is to sue Yang Menglong for providing weapons and equipment to the chaos and killing officers and soldiers.Now Chongzhen's head is getting bigger, Zuo Liangyu's murder of good people is certainly a heinous crime, and Yang Menglong's supply of weapons and equipment to the rioters also has ulterior motives. Who should he trust?Who should he punish?Is there really no one to trust?

Alas, this emperor is too desolate!

He went to Fu Zonglong, waved Hou Xun's memorial, and said: "Hou Shangshu said that the champion Hou provided a large number of strong crossbows and crossbow bolts to the rebels, and even sold such military weapons as firearms, which is simply lawless!" The champion Hou accused Zuo Liang Yu kills innocent people indiscriminately, burns, kills, loots and commits all kinds of crimes... Who should I trust? Who else can I trust?"

Fu Zonglong pondered for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that there are a lot of exaggerations in Hou Shangshu's memorial. Let me ask, Xinyang is a poor place with poor mountains and bad waters. It is difficult for the common people to even have enough food. Where can they get the money to buy a strong crossbow?" Firearms? Champion Hou’s powerful crossbows are very expensive to make, and one can be sold for 400 taels of silver, even if you sell the whole of Xinyang, you still can’t afford so much!”

Chongzhen was stunned for a moment: "Fu Qing means that Hou Shangshu exaggerated?"

Fu Zonglong said: "Every family in Nanyang has a crossbow, and there are a few people who are greedy for profit and secretly sell their powerful crossbows to the rebels. That is nothing surprising. But when it comes to the thousands of powerful crossbows in the hands of the rebels, I don't believe anything I say. ...I am afraid that General Zuo and General Liu were not effective in suppressing the bandits and had many evil deeds. They were afraid that they would not be able to explain them, so they made up a set of lies and deceived Hou Shangshu. This kind of thing was often done by the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Woolen cloth."

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to believe that Yang Menglong was supporting the rioters against him. There was no reason, anyway, he just didn't want to believe it. Hearing what Fu Zonglong said now, he really felt a lot easier.

Fu Zonglong clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this year's wheat and grain harvests in Heluo and Jianghan areas are expected to be bumper, and Marquis Su Yi has also achieved gratifying results in the Xuanda farmland. In just half a year, the long-abandoned Yinchuan Plain is fragrant with melons and fruits, and the waves of wheat are rolling. Production in Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places is also gradually recovering. Now that people have settled down, it is really not appropriate to cause extra troubles! Although the Xinyang civil uprising is currently limited to a corner of Xinyang, the officers and soldiers are not doing enough to suppress it, and it is easy to become a spark. Even Jianghan and Nanyang will be threatened! The old minister has the courage to implore the emperor to order the champion Hou to put down the Xinyang rebellion, and only he can put down the Xinyang rebellion in the shortest time!"

Chongzhen hesitated: "But Xinyang is under the jurisdiction of Marquis Suyi. The army of Marquis Champion marched into Xinyang to quell the rebellion. Can Marquis Suyi agree?"

Fu Zonglong asked the eighteenth generation ancestors of Wang Yingxiong, Wu Zongda, and Hou Xun these bastards fiercely in his heart, what are you making blind distinctions about?Putting Heluo under the jurisdiction of Marquis Suyi, how many mentally retarded people would be able to do such a stupid thing?Originally, he did not agree with this idiotic division plan. The problem was that the scholar-bureaucrats at that time were bent on causing trouble for the two newly promoted imperial marquises and were eagerly looking forward to a fight between them. What could he do?Now, now comes the trouble. The main force of the Tianxiong Army has been transferred to Xuanda and lined up along the line from Zhangjiakou to Yinchuan to protect the newly reclaimed military fields. There is no spare power to quell the Xinyang Rebellion, but the Heluo New Army is close by. We are so close, but we have no power to drive over to quell the chaos. We can only watch as Xinyang is reduced to a pot of porridge. Are you satisfied now?He sighed: "Hou Su Yi is loyal and brave to the country. He will not care about this with the champion."

Chongzhen said: "It is better to seek the opinion of Marquis Su Yi."

Considering that Lu Xiangsheng is currently guarding the borders of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia and guarding the capital, which can be called the country's main city, Fu Zonglong did not dare to neglect and said: "Then send someone to Xuanda to ask for his opinion!"

Chongzhen quickly sent envoys to Datong day and night to ask for Lu Xiangsheng's opinion.

However, the emissary unexpectedly missed Datong. After asking, he found out that Lu Xiangsheng had already left for Yinchuan to inspect the military field a few days ago.There is no other way, let's go.

The Yinchuan Plain was once known as the "Fortress of Jiangnan". The land here is fertile, irrigation is convenient, and the climate is also very suitable. Since the Warring States Period, the Chinese nation has taken root here and made great efforts to develop this treasure land. Qin and Zhao both Build cities and establish counties here, and immigrate to frontier fortresses.They drained the swamps, repaired canals, reclaimed wasteland, and gradually turned a barren land into fertile land for thousands of miles.However, it is too close to the nomads and is extremely difficult to defend. When the central dynasty was strong, the Yinchuan Plain was the granary. When the national power declined, the Yinchuan Plain would soon become the pasture of the nomads. Changes from the Yinchuan Plain It is not difficult to see the rise and fall of the Central Dynasty.The Yinchuan Plain was severely damaged in the Song Dynasty. The Mongolian army completely destroyed the Xixia regime that ruled Ningxia. The Xixia people were almost wiped out. This fertile plain suddenly turned into a wasteland of bones and hemp.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ming Dynasty did not make great efforts to restore it. In other words, the Ming Dynasty had no intention of making great efforts to manage the Hetao area. The several military strongholds located in the Hetao area were only responsible for monitoring the Mongols, rather than controlling them. In the Hetao area, with the passage of time, the beautiful scenery of "the south of the Yangtze River" has gradually faded away, leaving only a wasteland in the Yinchuan Plain.

It's not that the Ming Dynasty didn't want this treasure land in the Hetao area, it was too difficult to defend, and it couldn't be defended at all.

But right now, the Yinchuan Plain has regained some of its former splendor.Qian Yu organized tens of thousands of bankrupt farmers and spent several months reclaiming wasteland and repairing canals, and now it's time for harvest.When Lu Xiangsheng arrived, he saw that the paddy fields spread like two golden carpets slowly along the two rocks of the Yellow River. 10,000+ acres of sunflowers showed a bright smile to the sun, as well as soybeans, potatoes, rapeseed, sugar beets and other crops. It is also one piece after another, which is very gratifying.In order to restore production in the Yinchuan Plain, the Tianxiong Army has spent an astronomical amount of money. This year, it will definitely not be able to recover the cost, but the reputation of the Yinchuan Plain has already been established, and hundreds of poor farmers run away with their families every day. Go to the Yinchuan Plain to become a military member, and then reclaim the military fields. If this continues, they will be able to make a profit in a few years at most.

Qian Yu said: "Because we missed the farming season, we couldn't plant wheat, so we had to plant rice. Fortunately, the harvest was good. Potatoes and corn were also growing well. We almost planted whatever we caught in the ground, no matter what we planted. Everyone can survive and have a good harvest, it’s really a treasure land!”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Yinchuan is known as 'the south of the Yangtze River', so the land is not bad. By the way, what's the matter with the Mongols?"

Qian Yu said: "When we first arrived, we fought several battles with them and killed hundreds of them, forcing them to stop harassing the Yinchuan Plain. But with the harvest in sight, there was commotion on the grassland again. According to spies, According to the intelligence coming in, several Mongolian tribes are gathering, preparing to break through the border after we collect the food and grab a big vote. Even the Mongolians and Tibetans over Qinghai are eager to try!"

Lu Xiangsheng sneered: "These gangsters can't change their nature for 1 years! Let them come here, if they don't come to me, I will go to them!"

He is very satisfied with the results of Qian Yu's work. This capable general is not only brave and invincible in battle, but also a good farmer. In just half a year, he has gathered 10,000+ farmers and reclaimed 40 million mu of farmland, which is too rare. up.But he was very dissatisfied with the robbers hiding in the depths of the grassland and watching the newly reclaimed military fields!

To these robbers, he has only one word: hit!

(End of this chapter)