Nanming Engineer

Chapter 210 Wang Yingxiong's Emergency

In the first year of Longwu in the Ming Dynasty, there was destined to be an eventful spring. Before the winter snow had melted away, twists and turns occurred in the west of China. Sichuan, which was originally a paradise, suddenly became a battlefield for military strategists. In the middle of Sichuan, the forces of all parties are surging, the wars are endless, and the competition is endless.

Wang Huan, the commander-in-chief of Kuizhou in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Dingguo, the Great Western Army, confronted each other at Longquan Mountain. He Luohui, the Qing army, recruited Li Zicheng's remaining troops, He Zhen, sharpened his sword in Hanzhong, and peeped at the side of the couch in Shuzhong. Going north, intending to fight the Qing army decisively on the national border, laying the foundation for going out of Qinguan to look at the Central Plains in the future. Under such a chaotic situation, some things happened in the direction of Huguang, so it is not so eye-catching.

At this time, Huguang, from the first line of Changsha, was still in the hands of He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang in the Ming Dynasty. He and Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang, were counted as one of the few good ministers in the late Ming Dynasty. The Governor-General of the Eight Provinces, the Army Gate of the Eight Provinces, Mei Le, Zhang Jing, Tong Yang, and the North and the South confronted each other, barely maintaining the situation of peace and harmony.

At the end of the second year of Hongguang, things changed, because at the end of this year, Li Guo and others who came to Huguang from Shaanxi via Sichuan all the way met with Tian Jianxiu, Li Shuangxi and others who Li Zicheng stayed in Huguang. The east and west roads of the Dashun Army with thousands of mountains and rivers finally returned to one road, and more than [-] soldiers were stationed near Jingzhou, Huguang, posing a huge threat to both the Qing and Ming dynasties.

In order to win over this force that can change the entire situation of the battle, Tong Yanghe and He Tengjiao spent a lot of brainstorming. At first He Tengjiao didn't believe in evil, thinking that if Li Zicheng died, the peasant army was a gang of mobs, and ordered the generals to kill the dragon, Mo Zongwen and others He led his troops to clear up the enemy, intending to break up the matter.

But they never thought that the officers and soldiers who went to the Qing Dynasty were beaten to ashes, and almost the whole army was wiped out. Has a strong combat effectiveness.

When the two of them figured out this truth, they had already fallen behind Tong Yanghe. When the Ming army was fighting the peasant army, the envoys of the Qing army had already arrived in the peasant army's camp and talked a lot.

At this time, Tian Jianxiu and Li Shuangxi were the masters in the peasant army in name. One was highly respected and experienced, and the other was Li Zicheng's adopted son. Li Shuangxi also saw the big situation in front of him clearly, and believed that Dashun could no longer be revived, the Ming Dynasty would collapse, and Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan was not worth mentioning. Looking at the world, the Qing army was thriving. Li Zicheng's was not the Qing army but the local armed forces of the Ming Dynasty, so he had the idea of ​​defecting to the Qing Dynasty. Everyone sat together and talked a lot back and forth, and the big conditions were almost discussed. Maybe, and the future is also given, but there is a stalemate on one issue.

This question is very fatal, because it is a strict order of the Regent Dorgon that all Han people in the world must implement it.

That is the shaving order.

Leave your hair behind.

As Han people, Tian Jianxiu and others would never tolerate the Manchus shaving off the hair given to them by their parents and having to drag a rat tail on the back of their heads. Tong Yanghe was equally tough, and other conditions were easily negotiable. You must agree to this matter, otherwise there will be nothing to talk about.

After coming and going, everyone talked about it.

At this time, the keen Du Yinxi smelled the opportunity. Taking advantage of Tong Yanghe's envoy's return, he personally ventured into the peasant army barracks in micro-clothes, and met Tian Jianxiu and others. Xiaozhi patted his chest with emotion and reason. Guaranteed, Da Ming ignores the previous suspicions, and is willing to recruit the rest of the Dashun Army and join the Da Ming army. From now on, everyone will work hard to help the Da Ming community, although the Da Ming community is largely destroyed by the Da Shun army.

10,000+ troops are stationed in a small area near Jingzhou. There is no food and grass, and there is an urgent need to rely on one side to solve the livelihood problem. Du Yinxi is so sincere, and his courage to ride into the enemy camp alone is also admirable. He is also a Han. Everyone also has a common language, at least there is no need for Manchu translation, so naturally, the peasant army entered the ranks of the Ming army.

This is a very remarkable thing. Du Yinxi's subordinates are equivalent to 10,000+ people for no reason. Aside from those family members accompanying the army, there are at least tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Huguang Governor Du Yinxi suddenly became an important minister of the Ming Dynasty. Yinxi kept his promise, and immediately went to Emperor Longwu to ask for a title for the Peasant Army.

With so many capable soldiers under his command, Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian, who was trapped in Fuzhou, was very happy. He threw out a lot of official titles and titles, and named Li Guo the Marquis of Xingguo, etc., and renamed the Peasant Army Zhongzhenying to take loyalty.

As a result, He Tengjiao, Governor of Huguang, was a little unhappy. Governors and governors were originally superiors and subordinates, but in the environment of the late Ming Dynasty, the level of positions had nothing to do with the strength of the soldiers and horses in their hands, like Wang Huan. , With soldiers and money in his hands, although Wang Yingxiong is expensive as the governor, he is still indifferent and can ignore it at any time. What's more, if a governor has a lot of soldiers in his hand, wouldn't it be that the governor will be kicked down and replaced in a few days?
Concerned about this, He Tengjiao immediately used methods to win over the generals in the peasant army, such as Hao Yaoqi, Wang Jincai and others. While Emperor Longwu's edict was still on the way, he separated them from the Zhongzhen Camp and placed them under his command , strengthened his strength.

As a result, the rest of the peasant army that had managed to get together suddenly collapsed. Although Tian Jianxiu and others tried their best to dissuade them, the self-respecting generals who supported their troops have actually become warlords who have their own affairs. Whoever has milk is a mother. Whoever gives more milk With whomever, Tian Jianxiu couldn't control it anymore.

The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and the loyalty camp of more than [-] people dispersed a lot, and then divided into two parts, each with tens of thousands of people, part of which belonged to He Tengjiao's subordinates, such as Hao Yaoqi, Wang Jincai, etc.; Du Yinxi is temperate, such as Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and so on.

With soldiers in hand, he naturally had an idea. He Tengjiao felt that most of the Qing army had returned to the north and stayed in Huguang. With fierce generals like clouds and tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, it took only a short while to recover the entire Huguang. If Du Yinxi took the lead, then maybe he would really climb on top of him.

So He Tengjiao made a bold move, and he acted first, and sent troops to Yuezhou. The Qing soldiers were caught off guard, and he took the lead. He Tengjiao rushed to Jingzhou without stopping, intending to expand the results of the battle. The general, Beilelkadehun, sent his army to help, and fought against the Ming army outside Jingzhou City. He first attacked He Tengjiao, and He Tengjiao's troops were defeated at the first touch. It's over, leaving Du Yinxi who was attacking the city on the other side of Jingzhou foolishly.

Du Yinxi didn't know that he was cheated, and still stayed outside Jingzhou City. It was not until the Qing army surrounded him that he suddenly realized that after a fierce battle, he was defeated and returned, leaving behind countless corpses. Standing firm, in this defeat, generals such as Tian Jianxiu and Li Shuangxi were killed.

However, these things are not outstanding compared with the actions of Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army. They are at most the scale of a province, so they are not eye-catching. Even Wang Huan, who is familiar with this period of history, only let Xu Tiezhu, the prefect of Kuizhou, send people Pay attention to it.

However, as Wang Huan feared, the direction of history had changed with his arrival. He Tengjiao, who returned to Changsha, set his sights on Kuizhou for a comeback.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, two people sat side by side in the Governor's Office of Changsha Mansion. On the huanghuali wood tea table, two cups of Longjing tea were already cold, but the tea drinkers had no intention of tasting the tea and were fighting with each other.

However, to be precise, one person was screaming and scolding, while the other sneered.

The person who scolded was Wang Yingxiong.

"Governor He, you and I are important ministers of the Ming Dynasty. We have to follow the rules of the court when we speak and act. How can we cross borders and act on our own?" Wang Yingxiong blushed and had a thick neck. What does it mean that you want to enter Kuizhou?"

He Tengjiao slowly touched the armrest of the armchair, and said with a half smile: "Don't be impatient, Governor Wang, am I here to relieve your worries?"

Wang Yingxiong cocked his neck and said angrily, "Where does Bendu's worries come from?"

He Tengjiao snorted coldly: "Where does the worry come from? Mr. Wang, don't think that others don't know that your Sichuan has long been a mess. Not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong occupied most of the land. Even the generals who were originally under your jurisdiction have also There is internal strife, do you think this is worrying?"

Wang Yingxiong's complexion changed, and he roared: "So what? These days the court is in decline, and it's common for a general to start a mutiny. The mansion is very stable, don't worry about it, sir!"

He Tengjiao sneered, and said, "Anwen? Don't you just rely on Qin Liangyu? That old woman should have been buried long ago. Now push a half-sized man out to support the situation. How can it be possible? I think sooner or later your foundation will be wiped out." I've been defeated, and besides, I won't go deep into Sichuan, just take over Kuizhou, why are you so excited?"

When Wang Yingxiong heard this, his originally flushed face turned into the color of pig liver. He stood up angrily, pointed at He Tengjiao's nose and said: "Okay, after talking for a long time, I got to the point of this sentence. I said you Why did you suddenly come up with the idea of ​​Sichuan? It turns out that you are interested in the Shizhu Silver Mine! You want to get the silver mine to pay your thieves, right? I know why those thieves would listen to you so much. They don’t have money. It's weird that I'm still following you. Don't we have enough taxes now? Are you thinking of taking over my Kuizhou?"

He Tengjiao's face did not change, obviously he was very well-mannered, and he said leisurely and lightly: "Don't speak so harshly, what is yours and mine, Mr. Wang, you and I are both ministers of the Ming Dynasty, why should we divide each other? Those who handed it over to the imperial court didn’t pay half a tael of silver, so what’s the point? I’m just collecting a little mining tax on behalf of the emperor, and the proceeds are not used on the imperial army. After all, it’s for the Ming Dynasty It's an act of loyalty."

He Tengjiao's tongue was full of lotus flowers, and he said things as if they were extremely solemn. Wang Yingxiong was trembling with anger, his fingers were shaking, and he couldn't say a word after choking for a long time. It was cold, and he frowned slightly, but still took a sip lightly.

"Okay, Mr. He, since this is the case, we have nothing to say. I will rush to Fuzhou to meet the emperor, impeach you for the crime of arrogant crossing the border, and see how the emperor punishes you!" Wang Yingxiong trembling lips, even The hat on his head was almost crooked, and he shouted in his mouth, as if if I can't beat you, you will be called an adult.

He Tengjiao smacked his mouth, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of asking for permission. He met Wang Yingxiong today, but he just took care of his acquaintance with scholars and said hello in advance. Wang Yingxiong's reaction is not important, anyway, this person has no strength, and suffered a loss The imperial court would not support him either. After all, compared with Wang Yingxiong, who only guarded Zunyi, he was the most important object of the imperial court.

Wang Yingxiong walked away with a flick of his sleeves, strode angrily out of the gate, got into his own big sedan chair, and shouted to hurry up and go away.

Guarding his sedan chair through the streets and alleys of Changsha City with personal soldiers, he walked towards the place where he was staying. Halfway there, he couldn't wait to order the sedan chair to stop, opened the sedan chair curtain and replaced it with a trusted personal guard, and handed out the When a letter came, the letter was actually covered with wax in the sedan chair, obviously Wang Yingxiong carried this set of things with him.

"Hurry up and send this letter to Kuizhou for [-] miles, and hand it over to Xu Tiezhu, the magistrate of Kuizhou. Don't slack off, remember to remember!" Wang Yingxiong's face was beaded with sweat, with an anxious look, The guard was startled, and quickly agreed, put it away close to him, and hurried away.

Looking at the back of the guard going away, Wang Yingxiong wiped away his sweat, with a ferocious smile on his face, and said in a hateful voice: "Well, He Tengjiao, I want to see how much you have, how dare you spy on Kui?" Zhou, don’t rub off a layer of your skin, I’ll write the character Wang upside down!”

He didn't notice the grammatical flaw in his words at all, and hastily lowered the car curtain, and then, faint bursts of deliberately suppressed laughter came out from the sedan chair, full of joyful revenge.

(End of this chapter)