Nanming Engineer

Chapter 246 Battle in Hanzhong ([-])
Meng Qiaofang, governor of Shaanxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, has been sleeping very badly for a while, and is often awakened by dead dreams in the middle of the night, shouting: "The bandit army is attacking!" Dare to sleep, watching him sleepless all night walking in circles in the room, with a sad face.

I can't help but worry about it. Since I took the position of Governor of Shaanxi Province as Melezhangjing of the Wuzhenchao Haying Two Banners of the Han Army, I have never had a peaceful life. Meng Qiaofang took office in the second year of Shunzhi. Bandits continued, and Li Zicheng's remnants were scattered as bandits, almost all over Shaanxi. These bandits were in groups, ranging from dozens of small ones to thousands of large ones. In the county seat, intercepting and killing the military supplies of the Qing court is extremely arrogant.Meng Qiaofang spent a lot of effort to mobilize the troops of the Eight Banners Han army, and finally suppressed the thieves and thieves in the territory. Before it stopped for a long time, another incident of the evil Hu Shoulong's rebellion happened in Xi'an, bewitching tens of thousands of people in the city, making a lot of noise, Intending to rebel, fortunately discovered in time, Meng Qiaofang made a decisive decision, grabbed Hu Shoulong and other leaders, hung their heads on the four gates, and dissipated a civil uprising invisibly.

But then, He Zhen rebelled again. A total of [-] rebel troops were circling around his town in Xi'an, as if they could attack the city at any time. Meng Qiaofang was so nervous that she had to eat and sleep on the tower for half a month. , I dare not go back home.

Fortunately, Tan Bai and Malaxi returned in time, and the [-] army drove the rebels to the north of Sichuan with thunderous force, and relieved the siege of Xi'an, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief, freeing up his hands to concentrate on collecting food, Unexpectedly, a group of Ming troops suddenly burst out from Yinping Road, captured Hanzhong unexpectedly, killed the defender of Hanzhong, burned all the food and grass stored in the city, and cut off the food road for Haoge's army.

This was more disturbing to him than He Zhen's siege. Hauge was ordered by the emperor to regain Sichuan. If Hauge was forced by hunger and returned without success because of his failure to do his job, then Meng Qiaofang's fault would be great. , Demotion and reduction in rank are all minor matters, but Meng Qiaofang can't even think of them being serious.

So Meng Qiaofang rushed to collect grain and fodder, scoured counties and counties, and in just five days, collected another [-] shi of grain. Adding the [-] shi accumulated in the Xi'an warehouse, a total of [-] shi of grain was loaded on the truck and dispatched. The deputy generals of the Han army, Chen De and Ren Zhen, led two thousand troops and sent grain to Hanzhong.

Xi'an is only more than 500 miles away from Hanzhong. It can be reached by crossing the Qinling Mountains. The official road follows the Weishui River to Chencang City and exits Sanguan. All the way to the west, this is the historically famous Chencang Road. Although it is compared with the Ziwu Road and Xiegu Road in the east, The journey is longer, but the road is flat and easy to travel. Therefore, since the late Ming Dynasty, it has been the easiest road from Hanzhong to Xi'an, and it is also the most commonly used road by merchants and merchants.

Meng Qiaofang's grain truck chose this road to go to Hanzhong.

The east of Hanzhong is more peaceful than the west. There are no large groups of bandits making trouble. Not much, but I wasn't very worried.

What's more, Hanzhong Maraxi also sent 2000 troops to support them. They didn't have much food and grass with the army, and they also urgently needed follow-up supplies.

The two parties agreed to meet at the exit of Chencang Road. Hanzhong reinforcements responded. This time the grain transportation was more secure. Meng Qiaofang's anxious heart finally calmed down. After watching the long queue of grain trucks disappear on the official road outside the city, he Feel free to go back to the governor's office to collect food for the next trip.

Traveling west along the Weishui River, Chen De and others trudged on the official road built along the river, and within a few days, they arrived at Chencang City. After resting here for a day, the team set off again, and arrived at Dasan Pass the next day. So far, The scenery along the way has changed, from the beautiful intersection of water and sky to the majestic and majestic mountains. Road ups and downs, more difficult.

Dasan Pass is the east pass of Chencang Road, guarded by Qing soldiers to check the passing pedestrians and merchants, and Fengxian County, the west exit on the other side of Qinling Mountains, is also guarded by Qing soldiers, and Malaxi's reinforcements are waiting in Fengxian County.As long as they cross the Qinling Mountains and walk through the [-]-mile mountain road, the two groups of people and horses will join together, and there will be a total of [-] Eight Banner soldiers, which is enough to deal with the possible Ming army wandering around Hanzhong.

The weather in June is already a bit hot, but the Qinling Mountains are high, but it is not hot. There is a cool breeze in the mountains, and the shadows of the trees are whirling. This kind of scenery, one after another shouted that it was comfortable and full of enthusiasm. Even the Nikan slaves who were driving the carts were blown by the mountain wind, as if they were blown away from their exhaustion. They felt much more relaxed and walked very briskly. The Duoli mountain road, although it was hard and tiring to climb up and down, but with the hard work of everyone, within ten days, it was worthwhile to walk to the edge of Feng County.

Seeing that the undulating mountains have gradually been left behind, and the continuous high hills and ridges have gradually become gentle, Chen De and Ren Zhen feel more and more stable and optimistic in their hearts. They are not afraid of the mountains and ravines. When encountering enemy forces such as the Ming Army, they are worried about bandits hiding in the mountains. These bandits who rely on the mountains are best at digging roads and robbing merchants who are blocked. Although they can be easily killed when they encounter them, It would be very troublesome if the road was cut off. After all, Meng Qiaofang warned them before leaving that these grains and grass were in a hurry, delaying Prince Su's thunderous anger, and even several heads were not enough to chop off.

Fortunately, the journey was safe, and there were more than ten miles ahead before they could walk out of this valley. Everyone felt at ease. There were five hundred Han troops stationed in Fengxian County, and there were also Hanzhong support troops, which was enough to ensure safety.

Lieutenant General Chen De, who was born in the army, was the former deputy general of Shanxi Town in the Ming Dynasty. He was a sweet-tempered person. He liked drinking, listening to music, and picking flowers with prostitutes. At this time, the journey was smooth and he was in a good mood. He looked around on his horse and felt that everything was under control. I couldn't help but hum in my nostrils, and hummed a ditty leisurely.

Naturally, such a vulgar person can't sing any elegant tunes, a "****" tune that has been hummed for several miles, others can hardly distinguish what he is singing in his pig-like voice, only he himself But he was leisurely and contented, shaking his head three times and closing his eyes to enjoy himself, even throwing his own long knife to the soldiers to hold it for him.

Lieutenant Ren Zhen walked behind the formation, although not as boring as Chen De, but she was equally relieved, full of plans to wait for the delivery of this errand, and take the brothers under her command to search the nearby city, it will not be in vain let's go.

Just as he was contemplating, he heard a commotion in front of him, someone shouted in horror, and the orderly team suddenly became chaotic.

Ren Zhen's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly raised her head, only to see a group of civilian slaves running in all directions on the official road in front of her, some of her own soldiers rushed forward with weapons, people came and went, some ran forward and some ran back, you crowded I push you, do a bunch of things.

"What's going on?" Ren Zhen knew something was wrong, she sat up straight on the horse, and shouted sharply, at the same time, she took a huge mountain-breaking ax on her back into her hand.

"Those who kneel down and surrender will not be killed!" Before anyone could answer him, there were countless shouts not far behind Ren Zhen, all with the taste of central Sichuan dialect: "The Kuizhou army will not kill those who surrender!"

Accompanied by the shouts, from the seemingly incomparably steep mountain behind, many soldiers in white robes and holding crossbows rushed out like apes, all of them were fierce and fierce, rushing towards him like hell.

(End of this chapter)