Chapter 320: Starry Night Down South

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the bandits captured Xingyang. The peasant army Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan, Zuo Jin, King Changshi, Shot the Heavenly King, Hengtian, and the King of Heavenly King, and the 13th 72nd Battalions, including the thirteen families, including Tianxing, Nine Dragons, Shuntian, and the King of Heaven, and the 13th 72nd Battalions, met in Xingyang, and discussed resisting the enemy. The people adopted Li Zicheng's strategy of "dividing troops to determine the direction" and used Ge Liyan, and the King of Jin attacked Sichuan and Lake soldiers; Hengtian, and the King of Heaven, and the King of Shaanxi were 100,000. Luo Rucai, crossed Tianxing, and strangled the river; Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others went around the east; Lao Huihui, nine dragons traveled back and forth. Later, because of the sharp Shaanxi soldiers, the King of Heaven was shot and the King of Heaven was changed.

On the same day, the capital.

"Tell me, what should I do?" In the face of the rapid collapse, Zhu Youjian had to face up to Chen Xie's memorial. He once again took this general who he liked at first but later hated him into his sight.

"Your Majesty, Xingyang is afraid it will not be able to defend it." Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, had to stand up and speak. At this time, others would not be kind enough to stand up and take the blame. Zhang Fengyi is a weak personality and incompetent in governing the country. He is a cabinet minister who does not threaten Wen Tiren. Such a person can die in office in the end, which has to be said to be because Wen Tiren gives face.

"I didn't ask you that Xingyang guards can't be defended. What should I do if Xingyang falls?" Zhu Youjian suppressed his anger, and his thin face showed a rosy rosy rosy, and he tightly grasped the handle of the dragon throne.

"I deserve to die!" Zhang Fengyi immediately knelt down and confessed, and at this time he had no good idea.

Zhu Youjian thought of Chen Xie's memorial. Although it was torn into pieces, he remembered the above words clearly. "Xingyang is located in a key place. Once it falls, the bandits can attack everywhere. The elite Qin army is good at fighting and can eat when they are not produced in the north. The only thing that can be considered is the southeast. We should take the post to the southeast with the capable ministers to block the bandits and ensure that the Zhongdu. If Your Majesty does not abandon it, you can order Changshiren's troops to go to Zhongdu."

All the suggestions are now clearly emerging in Chongzhen's mind. Thinking of Fengyang's loss and the ancestral tomb being lost, Zhu Youjian's backbone was sweating all over his back. The problem is that now, civil and military officials in the court have not raised the question of Fengyang. On the surface, there are more than 10,000 Zhongdu Jingying in Fengyang, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Jingying has been proven to be extremely low many times before.

There is another question: Should I trust Chen Xie? No. Should I use it?

Zhu Youjian was in a turmoil. In fact, at this time, he still had the opportunity to save Fengyang, Zhongdu. He just needed a fast horse to pass the order, and Dengzhou Camp could easily go south at any time. Zhu Youjian, who was desperate for face, was still struggling with this issue and was counting on the ministers to raise it.

The result of this meeting was that the Ming court transferred more than 70,000 troops from the northwest and southern troops to fight in Henan, and ordered the governor of the five provinces to go out of seclusion to command the commander. The governor of Shandong Zhu Dadian was appointed as the governor of Shandong.

At the beginning of the first lunar month, after the Xingyang Conference, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other peasant troops developed eastward as planned. At that time, the Ming army had single troops in Jiangbei. The defense was empty. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other troops attacked Anhui with lightning speed and speed. They captured Gushi, Huoqiu, and Shouzhou. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xianzhong's troops conquered Yingzhou. The peasant troops were heading towards Fengyang, a place where Minglongxing was located.

When the news of the fall of Yingzhou reached the capital, Zhu Youjian was panicked. He summoned the ministers again to discuss solutions. The problem was that everything was too late. At this time, a civil servant finally came out to report: "Your Majesty, you can adjust the Dengzhou camp to go south quickly to ensure that the city is not lost. I think that Chen Sihua, the general of Dengzhou, should be ordered to lead the main force of Dengzhou to go to war."

The person who stood up for the report was Hou Rong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was the only cabinet minister who did not make any statement in the anti-Chen movement.

Zhu Youjian breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was a step to go down, and urgently ordered the Dengzhou camp to go on expedition and rescue Zhongdu. When the news arrived in Dengzhou, it was already the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. The daylily was cold, but Chen Xie once again gave the emperor a good face.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits took advantage of the victory to capture Fengyang, the capital of Mingzhong. Fengyang is the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After the peasant army captured Fengyang, they destroyed the imperial tombs, burned the dragon to rise the temple, killed more than 60 eunuchs, and killed thousands of officials and soldiers in the Mingzhongdu. The bandits raised the banner of "Emperor of the Ancient Yuan Zhenlong" and ate a big drink to celebrate their victory.

Dengzhou Camp issued an order to gather urgently again.

In the big tent, Sun Yuanhua, who has not yet stepped down, is in the middle, with Wang Dehua on the left, Zhang Yao and Song Guanglan on the right.

Chen Xie, dressed in military uniform, stepped forward and stood up: "I am ordered to arrive."

Sun Yuanhua raised the silk book in his hand and conveyed the order of the Ministry of War. "Dengzhou Camp immediately went south, Chen Sihua rushed to Zhongdu, and Wang Dehua accompanied him to supervise the battle." At this time, Chen Xie knew very well that Fengyang had fallen. But he had to pretend to be loyal and righteous, and replied loudly: "Zhongcheng, the reinforcements are like putting out fires. It is too late for the entire Dengzhou Camp to go on the road. Bei Zhi personally led the elite cavalry to go south to Zhongdu with starry night, and the main force then went south. May I ask the army supervisor, should we follow Bei Zhi? Or wait for the army to assemble and then go south?"

Chen Xie's attitude was really surprising and pleasant. No one expected Chen Xie to agree so simply. Who would have thought about what Chen Xie was thinking at this moment? He fell into the middle and had to rob him quickly. If he was late, there would be no more left. Turning back, Lu Xiangsheng would be cheaper.

"Okay, that's it." Sun Yuanhua nodded and agreed to Chen Xie's opinion. He actually didn't care. He already knew that he was going to be finished. He stared at Wang Dehua with his eyes. Wang Dehua was so panicked. Why? You're afraid of death! He didn't expect that Chen Xie was so active. Could he be a loyal and righteous man? I dare not believe this.

"The army went south, and the supervisor stayed in the central army to do a good job in logistics for the Dengzhou camp." After finding a very bad excuse, Wang Dehua covered up his embarrassment of fear. No one knew how many soldiers there were in Dengzhou camp. I dare not say that there were too many. There must be 20,000 main force, so many people went south, logistics supplies, etc., and there were a lot of things.

Chen Xie had a complete excuse to delay for five or eight days. Now he doesn't delay, no one will play anymore. Or he is messed up by Chen Xie, hey! Your rhythm is not the rhythm of the feudal state! Wang Dehua wants to cry a little, but he doesn't know how to play it.

After the discussion, a group of people came to the city. The smoke and dust were rolling outside the city. If Chen Xie had not stood on the open space under the city at this moment, he would have really suspected that bandits had come. A team of cavalry appeared with a red black flying eagle flag. When they saw this banner, they knew that this was Chen Xie's most precious Dengzhou cavalry.

The sound of horse hooves in Tata Tower was like the dense sound of war drums. A team of cavalry stopped in front of Chen Xie and lined up neatly. An officer came to Chen Xie with a flag bearer and saluted and shouted loudly: "Report to the general, the first team of the Dengzhou Cavalry Battalion has been assembled, and we will report." Chen Xie returned the gift and said lightly: "Stop, stand by!"

The cavalry dismounted in an orderly manner and stood like a javelin. The atmosphere at the scene was solemn. Everyone knew that Chen Xie had made a fortune in Liaodong. No one knew how many war horses he had brought back. Another team of cavalry came and repeated the previous process. The civil servants on the city were counting very clearly. One team of five hundred, a total of twelve teams, which was 6,000. The key was that one man and two horses were two horses. The formation was too shocking. The last one arrived was not a normal cavalry team. More than half of the horses were tied with thin cannon barrels, and many wheels and boxes. You can tell at this glance that it was artillery, and the Dengzhou cavalry was also equipped with artillery?

Seeing this scene, Sun Yuanhua was still very proud. This was a cavalry 3-pound cannon developed by him personally. It can be divided into six large items and carried by horses. It is assembled very quickly, not even five minutes. The box contains shells and gunpowder.

"Report to the Chief of the Central Committee, the Dengzhou Cavalry Battalion has completed its reorganization and requested to set off." Chen Xie turned around and shouted to the top of the city.

Sun Yuanhua restrained his excitement and shouted: "Go!"

The warriors were like tigers, war horses were like dragons, and Dengzhou cavalry battalion, including artillery teams and baggage teams, there were more than 7,000 people and more than 15,000 horses. The marching team was heading towards a long dragon, lined up in an orderly manner. The last one was the artillery team and the baggage team that were pulling two carts. The baggage team must be brought, and the nutrition of the war horses was guaranteed by the soybeans carried by the baggage team.

In February, after Zhang Xianzhong captured many towns in Jiangbei, Hong Chengchou hurriedly led his army out of Tongguan to arrange an encirclement and suppression of peasant army. At that time, the peasant army launched a large-scale mobile battle between Qi, Huang, Runing and Guide. In the first month, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and other troops captured Fengyang, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were incompatible, so they divided their troops to the east. At the beginning of the attack on Luzhou (now Hefei), they failed, but instead attacked Shucheng but failed. On the 23rd, Xianzhong led his army to capture Chao County. On the fourth day of the Yue period, he attacked Lujiang again. Tomorrow, the troops were sent to Wuweizhou and killed the governor Zhang Huashu. On the first day of the second month, Zhang Xianzhong led his army to besiege Qianshan and defeated him. He killed the governor Zhao Shiyan.

In the early spring of February, Zhang Xianzhong went to Taihu Lake, Susong, and Taihe, Huoshan, Lu'an, and Haozhou where he passed were all captured. Luotian borders Huguang and the intersection of Jiangbei. After Zhang Xianzhong's troops captured Susong, they successively captured Xuzhou, Yucheng, Shangqiu, Runing, Zhenyang, and Xincai, trying to open the Shaanxi passage through Henan, where the troops were empty, and after encountering a blockage, they turned south. On the fourth day of the second month, their troops captured Luotian and opened the door to Huguang.

On February 13, due to the loss of the imperial tomb, the Governor of the Grain Transport Minister Yang Yihe was arrested and imprisoned. Yang Yihe was from Xiang. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the Left Minister of the Ministry of War and the Right Assistant Censor of the Ministry of Revenue, the Governor of the Grain Transport, and the Governor of the Four Prefectures of Jiangbei. Then he and the Inspector of the Censor Wu Zhenying, and the eunuch of the tomb guard Yang Ze were arrested and imprisoned. Yang Ze committed suicide first, Yang Yipeng abandoned the market, and Wu Zhenying guarded the border.

Yingtian Governor Zhang Guowei rushed east and west, busy dealing with it. Xuzhou reinforcements overcame Fengyang, and a news came that made him happy and afraid. Dengzhou camp passed through Fengyang and rushed to Luzhou. (To be continued)
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