Chapter 123: The Three-Border Governor Wei Xuezeng

In Ningxia in July, the weather is hot. At this time, it is the time when the sandstorm in Ningxia Town is raging. Just now, a sandstorm just passed in the morning, making the sky above Ningxia Town look a little dim, and the air is filled with a choking smell of earth.

But in the afternoon, the air became clear again and was cloudless, making people feel happier.

Seeing that the weather was getting better, Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the Three Borders, also came out of his Central Military Barracks. He was an old man who was almost seventy years old, but he was still in good spirits. He was wearing a big red ramie silk robe with big sleeves. He was holding a sword of Shangfang, and accompanied by officials such as Ningxia Governor Zhu Zhengse, he patrolled all the military barracks.

Since the fourth month of the lunar calendar, several large armies of the court have surrounded the entire Ningxia town and the continuous military camps everywhere, and the borders are endless. To this day, the Ming army of rebellion attacks from all over the country has reached nearly 100,000 people, with flags and flags fluttering under the town city, with various accents and noises.

It is estimated that there are only 20,000 rebels in the city, and the imperial court has a decisive advantage in suppressing the rebel army. However, the bandits rely on the Xiong Town in the northwest to resist stubbornly. In addition, the city has sufficient material reserves, which cannot be compromised in the short term.

Looking at the Ningxia Zhencheng in front of him, Wei Xuezeng was worried. He had been attacking Zhencheng for several months for a long time. Wei Xuezeng had heard of the emperor's dissatisfaction with him. If he dragged on like this, his future would be worrying.

I just looked at the Xiongcheng in front of me and wanted to conquer it. It was difficult. I just hope that the next revenge will be successful.

The imperial army was besieged and there was no hope of breaking through. The city and the others were also worried. They had sent many envoys to ask for pacification. Wei Xuezeng also believed that if the pacification was successful, it would be a good thing for both sides. He once wrote to the emperor: "The city is firm and urgent. The thief has heard that the pacification has come out of the border. The former general Zhang Jie has entered the city to discuss pacification. He also asked the governor Zhu Zhengse to enter the city to offer the thief's head."

In Wei Xuezeng's view, the riots in the city could still be saved. He once said to his subordinates: "The thieves in Ningxia were originally soldiers, and they were forced by hunger and cold, and went astray. If they could understand the truth, understand the righteousness, and use it today, they could show that the court's past was not blamed and generous."

Wei Xue once thought that the revenge of Qi Bai and others went well, and he also wanted to transfer Dong Yikui back to Taozhou to prevent autumn, but things changed a few days ago.

A few days ago, on the sixth day of the sixth day of the lunar month, on July 14, 1592, Gansu Governor Ye Mengxiong led 3,000 Miao soldiers to the city of Ningxia, and brought 400 artillery chariots to reinforce, which made the morale of the army very strong.

However, when Ye Mengxiong arrived, three days ago, the peace talks between the officers and soldiers and the rebels in the city had been completed. After hearing this, Ye Mengxiong strongly opposed it. He said that the bandits were cunning and should not trust them to seek comfort. They faced war or comfort. Everyone was blushing and had a thick neck. Some people discussed it. If they did not fulfill the peace talks and continued to fight, it would be a shame to the national system. Only Ye Mengxiong disagreed with the public, changed the rules, and insisted on the war.

The two sides had been fighting for more than ten days, but they had not yet made a big fight. Wei Xuezeng was still very dissatisfied with Ye Mengxiong's thrust. At this time, he sneered: "War, it's easy to say, where do you get the food, salary and military weapons?"

Since quelling the rebellion, Wei Xue has collected food and money from various provinces, thinking that military funds are not enough for military funds, but the northwest provinces have always been poor and cannot eat enough, so how can there be so much food and grass supply? The daily consumption of a hundred thousand troops is an astonishing number. Although the people and men of various provinces transport grain every day are endless, they still cannot meet the needs of the soldiers.

According to the results obtained by Wei Xue's inspection of various military camps, there are several problems in various ways to suppress the rebellion.

The army lacks flags, gold and drums, commands are inconvenient, and commands are not effective. The army lacks food and pay, and the supply of food and grass is extremely problematic. Many armies often have food shortages for a day or a few days. The soldiers are not full, so where can they get the strength to suppress the rebellion? The war horses in each army lack veterinarians, and more than half of them starve to death in the war horse disease. The weapon of combat lies in bows and arrows, but at this time, the rebels are generally short of arrows.

Various factors made Wei Xuezhe think that suppressing the rebellion was not optimistic and that it was the best to be pacified. If you were not in charge of the family, you would not know that Shibakiki was aware of it. As the governor, all the troops would ask him for food and salary, while Ye Mengxiong and others would just close their eyes and scream, regardless of the reality. This made Wei Xuezhe very despise.

With such thoughts, Wei Xuezeng inspected several military camps, but after all, he was an old man over 60 years old and was a little weak in energy. Soon, Wei Xuezeng became tired and was about to go back to the camp to rest.

Suddenly, a relative general came hurriedly to report to him that a friendly army fighting rebels from Shanxi Town was coming to the camp. It seemed that he was very elite.

Wei Xuezeng couldn't help but say in surprise. He, a relative general, is also a person who has seen the world. He is usually above the top and can make him praise the elite army and look extraordinary. He can't help but feel curious.

He followed the officials of all sizes and big, walked out of the camp gate and looked south. Soon, he saw the flags like clouds, carrying a huge smoke and dust, and a moving square formation coming neatly. Although they were coming slowly, they were amazing. As they moved closer and closer, there was another surprising thing. This army was actually riding horses, and the cavalry in front of them were all wearing iron armor. Even the horses under them were also wearing cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves. Such equipment was rare in the army that suppressed the rebels under the city.

It can be seen that this army is strong and powerful, and it is indeed very elite. Although Wei Xuezeng was the governor and had thousands of troops under his command, he took a breath when he saw the army from Shanxi Town. Where did this army come from? It is so strong. Could it be that Admiral Li Rusong led his servants to come? It is impossible. If this is the case, he should have reported it long ago.

Not only Wei Xuezeng and others, as the army slowly came, several Ming military camps in the south of the town were also sensational. Many people squeezed out to see, and everyone was discussing who was coming.

But soon, with the announcement of this army, Wei Xuezeng understood that the army was the rebel army led by Huang Laifu, the deputy general of Shanxi Town, and set out from Li Rusong's army in advance and arrived at the city of Ningxia Town first.

"It turned out to be him."

Wei Xuezeng has also heard a lot about Huang Laifu. Through the developed Ming Dynasty's official newspaper system, he learned a lot about Wuzhaibao and Huang Laifu. Wei Xuezeng has always been curious about this person. To be honest, Wei Xuezeng didn't understand why Huang Laifu could have such excellent military farm results in a short period of time. It seems that no matter where he handed it over to him, he could turn it into a gold medal.

Also, Wei Xuezeng also heard about Huang Laifu's defeat in Wuzhaibao. Another brave general appeared in the Ming Dynasty, which was a good thing, but Wei Xuezeng did not agree with Huang Laifu's beheading all the Mongolian prisoners. Obviously, Huang Laifu's actions were not consistent with the Ming Dynasty's generous policy mind.

Soon, the army in Wuzhaibao, Shanxi Town, came not far from Wei Xuezhaibao. At this distance, the murderous oppressive force of the Wuzhaibao army was even more vaguely. At this time, Wei Xuezeng could see more clearly that this army was indeed elite, with bright helmets and bright armors, and mighty army. The soldiers were tall and strong, well-nutrition, and the horses were thick and tough, which was refreshing.

Wei Xuezeng was very happy that this strong army came. It seemed that he had a little more confidence in suppressing the rebellion.

Soon, under the Huang-like banner there, a young general wearing armor, tall, strong, heroic, and about twenty years old, got off the horse and strode towards this side. There was no photo at that time. Although Wei Xuezeng had seen reports about Huang Laifu in the newspaper, he had never seen Huang Laifu with his own eyes. Seeing the young general strode, he thought to himself: "Is this person Huang Laifu, the deputy general of Shanxi Town? He is indeed young."

Huang Laifu was informed that he knew who was in front of him. He strode to Wei Xuezeng, lifted the scarlet cloak behind him, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists, and bowed to Wei Xuezeng, "I am the deputy general of Shanxi Town, Huang Laifu, has seen the three-sided governor Wei Junmen, please forgive me for holding armor and he can't give him a full tribute."

Wei Xuezeng stroked his beard and laughed, saying, "General Huang is so polite, get up."

Huang Laifu shouted, "Xie Junmen." He stood up as he was in a state of force, and his armored leaves were clattering.

Wei Xue once looked at Huang Laifu up and down. Seeing that Huang Laifu was so young, he became the deputy general. Looking at his stout appearance, he really couldn't imagine how such a person could make money by farming so well? He looked at the Wuzhai Fort army behind Huang Laifu, and slowly smiled, saying, "Okay, okay, it's indeed a strong and brave general. He led the tiger and wolf army. No wonder he could defeat the invading thieves."

While Wei Xuezeng was speaking, Zhu Zhengse, the governor of Ningxia beside him, also looked at Huang Laifu curiously and looked at him slowly.

Wei Xuezeng asked about Huang Laifu's situation on the road, and finally he said kindly: "Come on, General Huang, come with me to meet the Ningxia Governor Zhu Zhengse."

When the lower-level officers in the Ming Dynasty called the Governor and the Governor, they were all called military gates. At that moment, Huang Laifu turned around and bowed to Zhu Zhengse: "The general of the Immortal has seen the Zhu Junmen, so he asked me to forgive the armor and he could not give him a full tribute."

Zhu Zhengse smiled and said, "General Huang doesn't have to be too polite. Thank you for your hard work all the way."

Huang Laifu quickly glanced at Zhu Zhengse and saw that the old man was wearing an official uniform, in his fifties, with long beards and elegant appearance. According to his inquiry on his laptop about historical figures during the Ningxia Rebellion, the old man Wei Xuezeng would be removed from office one month later, arrested by the Jinyiwei and then returned home, and died in 1596.

However, the Ningxia governor Zhu Zhengse was a legendary figure. When the Ningxia chaos broke out, he rode alone to help quell the rebellion and had plans at times. People at that time commented that he had the strategy of "there are many tents in Zifang, and the armored soldiers of Zhongyan were rich in his armor." After the quelling of the rebellion, Emperor Wanli issued an imperial edict to establish three tall stone arches for the Zhu family in Nanhe County, Zhu Zhengse's hometown, and personally wrote "Putting the Frontier Square", "Jinwu Shizhou Square" and "Tianen Qinfu Square" to commend his merits. After Zhu Zhengse's death, he specially approved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to create a high-standard tomb for him.

In addition, after pacifying the Ningxia Rebellion, Zhu Zhengse managed the floods of the Yellow River in Ningxia. Based on the characteristics of the Yellow River as an on-ground river, he used porcelain jars containing grain to penetrate the bottom of the jars and connect them to build a siphon pipeline connecting the Yellow River, transferring the water of the Yellow River out of the embankment, turning tens of millions of acres of wasteland into fertile fields. Local people called Zhu Zhengse "the Buddha of thousands of families" and built a ancestral temple for him to commemorate.

Moreover, it is said in history that Zhu Zhengse is generous and easy to get along with. No wonder Huang Laifu is concerned about him.

Wei Xuezeng said to Huang Laifu cordially: "General Huang came from afar and set up camp to rest first. If there is a shortage of food and wages, I will ask the food manager to allocate it for you."

Of course, elite soldiers like the Wuzhaibao Army should be taken care of first. Moreover, Huang Laifu is very polite and has the style of a Confucian general, which makes Wei Xue once very fond of him. Wei Xue once hoped to take the right to use the army from Li Rusong in the future.

However, Wei Xue once heard that Li Rusong, a man of war, was domineering and arrogant, and he never took it seriously. Moreover, after he served as the general as the general, he was afraid that he would be even more arrogant, so he didn't know if this elite soldier could be captured in his hands.

Huang Laifu said: "The last general thanked the Wei army, but the last general led the army and had already prepared food and pay for himself. From then on, the caravans would also be in a steady stream. Therefore, the Wei army did not need to worry about the food and pay for the last general."

"Bring your own food and salary?" Wei Xuezeng was shocked and looked at Zhu Zhengse. This was the first time he heard from a military general that the governor of Gansu Ye Mengxiong, who led the army, also brought his own food and salary, but he was a civil servant and the leader of a province, so he had this ability. However, as a military general, Huang Laifu had such capital? No wonder the Ming Dynasty newspaper reported to him to the sky.

Huang Laifu thanked Wei Xuezeng and Zhu Zhengse, led his army, and met the eyes of the various Ming troops who were intriguing and curious, and chose a place to camp. He was a visiting army from Shanxi Town, so he was naturally looking for Li Rubai, Li Ruzhang and other camps of Liaodong Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, and Shanxi Town Hema camps.

Looking at Huang Laifu's back, Wei Xuezeng glanced at Zhu Zhengse and said, "Ying Ming, what do you think of Huang Laifu?"

Zhu Zhengse smiled and said, "Mr. Que'an, he is good at leading the tiger and wolf army, but what I am more interested in is why he is so powerful in the farming."
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