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Volume 13: Reviving the Ming Dynasty Chapter 621: Soldiers Enter Shaanxi

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    After this period of operation, the entire Shaanxi Province was completely out of the control of the government. Instead, many cities were occupied by many rebel leaders, and Xianyang was in the hands of one of the rebels.  The leader of the rebels along the way was nicknamed Shenyikui. He was the best at fighting, but he was also very loyal and was highly respected by other rebels.  Gao Yingxiang and Wang Jiayin were still worried about each other because of the previous incident. Now with Shen Yikui's guarantee, it would not be too difficult for them to meet each other.

    Even so, the precaution is still indispensable. When the two rushed to Xianyang to meet each other, they each brought a thousand people with them. When they entered Xianyang, they were even more supportive, with hundreds of guards.  In the original government office in Xianyang, the two finally met again. When they saw that the other party had brought so many people, Gao and Wang both looked a little embarrassed.  [bsp; It was Shen Yikui who spoke first to break the embarrassment: "You two, we are all rebels. If there were any festivals or misunderstandings in the past, let's take advantage of the fact that we meet today and let them be explained clearly.  This way we can stay connected."

    "Brother Shen Yikui is right." Wang Jiayin nodded and said, "Then let me make it clear today. When the army sent out troops to attack me that day, they passed by your city, King Gao Chuang. Why didn't you get the slightest bit of help?  What about blocking it? If I hadn't believed you at that time, our brothers wouldn't have been completely unprepared and were eventually rounded up by the army."

    Gao Yingxiang sighed: "Brother Wang, I'm sorry for you. I did have an agreement with you to fight against the army together, but I didn't expect that I fell into the army's alienation plan, which led to them taking advantage of it.  There is no gap." After saying that, he told in detail that he had captured Hong Chengchou that day and then found the letter from the imperial court to Wang Jiayin: "Just because I am worried that you have surrendered to the imperial court, I am afraid that if you go out of the city, you will attack the official.  The army was attacked from both sides by you and the army, so I hesitated for a moment, which eventually led to Hey, after you were attacked by the army, I also sent troops, but they were blocked by the army there, so I had to give up. And  You should also know that I didn¡¯t stay in Hancheng for long, so it¡¯s my own fault.¡±

    "Humph, if you were willing to cooperate with me, why would you end up like this?" Wang Jiayin still said bitterly.

    "But there was one thing I didn't understand at the time. I was also a little doubtful about the information I got, so I sent someone to see you, Brother Wang, and wanted to ask you to guard Hancheng with me, but you refused.  This is also the reason why I completely believed their nonsense later. But I don¡¯t know why Brother Wang refused to enter the city in the first place? As long as we enter Hancheng, the strength of our two armies is enough to compete with the official army.  If we fight, Brother Wang's men and horses will not be attacked by the army." Gao Yingxiang asked, remembering the past.

    "This" Wang Jiayin's face became a little confused.  At first, he was afraid that Gao Yingxiang would annex the city after he entered the city. After all, there was still a big gap in strength between the two sides at that time, but now he could not bring this up in front of Gao Yingxiang.

    Seeing his embarrassed look, Gao Yingxiang immediately guessed the reason, and he disapproved of it, so he said: "It turns out that I am not worried about you, you are also wary of me, so what else can you say!"

    "You" Seeing him talking like this, Wang Jiayin was also angry and was about to retort, but was stopped by Shen Yikui: "Okay, two brothers, we are all in the same boat, why bother doing this?  What happened to the past and hurt the harmony? Haven't you talked things out now? It turns out that both of you have some shortcomings. As long as everyone can sit down and talk calmly, what can't be solved? Now we are the biggest  Our enemies are the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, and when we should unite, we must not hurt our harmony any more."

    "Huh!" Both of them snorted, and then each nodded and said: "Okay, just listen to Brother Shen Yikui."

    "That's right. We are all gangsters. Don't ruin big things just for the sake of a small thing. Okay, now that we've uncovered this layer, let's talk about cooperation." Shen Yikui chuckled.  He smiled and said: "Now that the army and the army are strong, they have completely controlled Shanxi. It will take a few days for them to use troops against Shaanxi under our control. Do you think we are right?"

    "Of course, the person leading the troops is still our old rival. Since he has pacified Shanxi, he will definitely not let us go. That day, I resolutely gave up because I knew that there was no advantage in Shanxi.  They returned the troops to Shaanxi." Gao Yingxiang nodded.

    Wang Jiayin also said: "Yes, that man named Tang Feng is indeed good at using soldiers. After all, several groups of troops in Shanxi have more than 100,000 men, but they were easily defeated by him. It seems that we must fight twelve people."  I have to use all my energy to deal with him.¡±

    "Not only do we have to be extremely energetic, we also have to work together!" Shen Yikui said again."We have already mastered the situation in Shanxi. Although Liu Guoneng and others were cooperating, they still found a loophole and easily captured Taiyuan, thereby seizing the initiative. If we do not want to make the same mistake again, we must completely  We must trust other brothers and join forces to fight against the government and the army. In this regard, we need the two most prominent figures among our numerous rebels in Shaanxi to set an example. Everyone is watching you two."

    Gao and Wang looked at each other, and then nodded at the same time: "Brother Shen Yikui is right, we can no longer act on impulse in this situation. We have already learned a lesson, and we should find ways to avoid it now.  .¡±

    "Okay, let's talk about cooperation now." Shen Yikui said, unfolding a topographic map of Shaanxi Province.  These things belong to the government offices in Shaanxi. After the officials were driven away, they naturally became the property of the rebels. As an ambitious and capable rebel, he must know how to use these things.  .

    Pointing to the terrain and cities in various places in Shaanxi, Shen Yikui, Gao and Wang carefully discussed how to fight the army, where to give up, where to defend, and where to ambush people and horses.  Repeated research was conducted.  Unlike the rebels in Shanxi, they did not dare to take the official army lightly. This was certainly due to Tang Feng's consecutive victories in Shanxi, but the previous consecutive defeats of Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang were the most critical.

    At the same time, Chongzhen in Beijing finally saw the report sent by Tang Wenzheng for the first time.  This was a memorial that Tang Feng asked him to write. It only described how the officers and soldiers fought bravely to pacify Shanxi. It can be said that it is similar to the victory report sent by Tang Feng before.  Chongzhen couldn't help but frown after seeing this: "How does this Tang Wenzheng do things? In addition to helping Tang Feng manage military affairs, asking him to be the supervisor of the army also has to pay attention to some other things. Why does he  What¡¯s going on here is something that everyone already knows?¡±

    After reading the report repeatedly, Chongzhen threw it on the table.  Suspicious, he quickly came up with an idea. Could it be that Tang Wenzheng was bribed by Tang Feng?  Because of Wei Zhongxian's various actions in the past, Chongzhen had a deep distrust of eunuchs.  Although sometimes some things need to be done by these people who have no heirs and no worries, he still cannot let Chongzhen completely trust them.

    After thinking about this, Chongzhen immediately became suspicious of Tang Feng.  If Tang Feng really bribed Tang Wenzheng, what was his purpose?  Could it be that he really had other thoughts and was afraid of being discovered by himself?  Although he already had a lot of suspicion about Tang Feng, it was just a suspicion until now, and he had not mentioned it before others. After all, Tang Feng was the most critical factor in the stability of the Ming Dynasty.  But things seemed to be a little wrong now, which had to make Chongzhen even more suspicious. If a minister like Tang Feng, who held military power and was well-received by the people, had other thoughts, his throne would really be in doubt.  Stable.

    "No, I can't just be kept in the dark by them! I must send some more people to grasp everything that happened there, otherwise" After walking back and forth for a while, Chongzhen finally made a decision.  But now he can't completely trust the ministers in the court, so he has no choice but to follow the old path of his ancestors, use eunuchs to open Dongchang.

    Since Tang Feng wiped out the Dongchang while eradicating the eunuchs a few years ago, the most terrifying spy agency in the Ming Dynasty has no longer been established.  Now, in order to prevent Tang Feng from having any ulterior motives, Chongzhen finally decided to set up the East Factory. Only with a team of secret agents that belonged only to him, could Chongzhen truly control everything outside and not be afraid of anyone coveting his position.

    Making a decisive decision, Chongzhen immediately called his chamberlain Deng Xishao, who had been by his side, and ordered him: "I want to reopen the East Factory. Now I hope you can help shoulder the heavy responsibility. I will find manpower from the palace first."  Bar."

    Hearing what the emperor said, Deng Xishao was overjoyed and quickly agreed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely be able to get everything done." He was very aware of the situation of these people in the palace now. It was because of the loss of the Dongchang building.  Thanks to their strong backing, now that the emperor has agreed to reopen the East Factory, they finally have hope again.

    ¡°Go ahead and remember not to let anyone else know about it before it¡¯s done.¡±

    In Taiyuan, Shanxi, Tang Feng didn't know that his move would make the emperor more suspicious of him. He thought that with Tang Wenzheng, the supervisor of the army, speaking on his behalf, the emperor would no longer doubt himself.  So in the past two days, he has been planning how to further send troops to Shaanxi.  He knew very well that Gao Yingxiang and others there would be more difficult to deal with than the rebels in Shanxi.  Not only because they have experience in rebellion in the past, but they are already extremely familiar with the mountains and rivers there, which is far beyond what the Liaodong Army, which is new to Shaanxi, can compare with.  However, he also has confidence that with the combat power of this Liaodong Army,These rebels can definitely be defeated.

    Before that, what Tang Feng had to do was to collect more intelligence about the Shaanxi rebels, so as to use troops against them in a targeted manner.  This required the efforts of Jinyiwei's spies and military scouts, so he had been holding back his troops in the past few days and continued to stay in Taiyuan City, just because the intelligence from Shaanxi had not yet arrived.

    It has entered May, and the weather is gradually getting hotter. Tang Feng walked around Taiyuan City and was already sweating slightly.  Looking at the fireball above his head, Tang Feng's mind returned to his home in the capital. He wondered how his wife and children were doing. In this early summer, did they miss him?

    Just when he was absent-mindedly thinking about his family, Zhang Tai walked over quickly: "Master Marquis, a decree has arrived in the capital."

    "Let's go and see what orders the court has issued." Tang Feng quickly walked out of his thoughts, turned around and came to his temporary residence.  In fact, after he sent the good news, he had been waiting for the court's reply. It was not until now that Tang Wenzheng's memorial was sent that the court expressed something, which made Tang Feng feel a little uncomfortable.

    The meaning of the imperial edict did not go beyond Tang Feng's expectations. In addition to commending the Liaodong officers and soldiers who quelled the chaos in Shanxi, it also urged them to continue serving the country and quell the chaos in Shaanxi as soon as possible.  However, this award was very insufficient. It was just some promotions in official positions and did not have the material rewards that the soldiers needed. This made all the soldiers feel uncomfortable.

    In fact, Tang Feng understood very well that the imperial court was unable to afford all this.  After years of internal and external wars, as well as more serious natural disasters, the national treasury has been completely empty.  Although tax revenue has improved a bit due to God's opening of eyes, it is not enough to put the Ming Dynasty's economy on the right track.

    Actually speaking, Tang Feng still felt that this was caused by the conservatism of court officials.  As long as they are willing to ban large areas of coastal cities in the south and collect large amounts of taxes, why worry about the imperial court not having money to raise troops and put down the rebellion?  However, this is not something that I, the Marquis, who can only lead troops, can have the final say on, and the concept I have developed for a long time cannot be recognized by Suzhou's profits.  Apart from sighing, Tang Feng could only follow his previous ideas and use extraordinary means to seize greater power, and then further realize his ideals and revive the ideals of the Ming Dynasty.

    But for now, all this is just empty talk. If you want to completely win over the military, you have to lead them to quell the chaos in Shaanxi and let the soldiers get more benefits.  This time, he divided the gains from Shanxi among the soldiers, but the imperial court was stingy with the rewards. The soldiers' views had obviously changed, and this could not be replaced by the emperor's command of troops.

    After receiving the imperial edict, Tang Feng raised his account again and summoned the generals to discuss sending troops to Shaanxi.  Since the imperial edict had urged them, even though some of the scouts over there had not yet returned, Tang Feng decided to send troops. After opening up a certain situation, he would then deal with Gao Yingxiang and others in a targeted manner.

    After unifying their thoughts this time, the officers and soldiers took action again.  In addition to leaving a few troops to continue to clear out the remaining rebels in Shanxi, the other more than 20,000 Liaodong troops, plus more than 30,000 strong men selected from the surrendered rebels, formed an army of 50,000  , heading straight to Shaanxi.

    After this period of rest and recuperation, not only the Liaodong Army has returned to its best condition, but the rebels have also begun to fully obey orders.  This was also the reason why Tang Feng had a good strategy. Instead of looking down on the surrendering rebels or mistreating them, he gave them full respect. At the same time, he also gave some of his money to the surrendered troops.

    The reason why these rebels rebelled was because they couldn't survive. Now that Tang Feng can meet their most basic requirements, these rebels will certainly not be interested in him again.  At the same time, Tang Feng took advantage of this period to find out the families of these rebels and resettled them in various places in Shanxi. This way, these rebels had more worries and became more determined to fight.  Therefore, after taking Shanxi, the number of soldiers and horses under Tang Feng's command not only did not decrease, but increased by tens of thousands. Although the combat power cannot be compared with the Liaodong Army, it is not weaker than the general rebel army, and even has a more formal leader.  , better than other rebels.

    This time when the army was sent to Shaanxi, these newly surrendered troops were used as the vanguard, and their chief general was Wu Sangui, who was used to leading the way.  When he attacked Taiyuan City last time, he took the city without using any tricks, so this time he was holding back all his strength to give it a good kill.  Tang Feng understood his idea very well, so he made him the vanguard, leading two thousand Liaodong troops who were originally his subordinates and twenty thousand rebel troops, while he led the rest of the troops to follow closely.

    On the third day of May, Tang Feng's army began to advance into Shaanxi. At the same time, it was quickly detected by the rebels in Shaanxi, and a big battle began again.  In ShaanxiAmong these rebels, in addition to Gao, Wang, Shen Yikui and others who were cautious and familiar with Tang Feng, there were also many who did not take the official army to heart. After learning that the official army had pacified Shanxi and marched directly to Shaanxi  After that, they were all ready to make a move.

    Wu Sangui had only entered Shaanxi territory for less than a day, but he had already met several groups of rebels and fought several battles.  Although these invading enemies could not harm them at all, they still made him feel unbearably disturbed.  Although the rebels could not take advantage of the official army, they could quickly retreat as soon as they were defeated by their familiarity with the terrain. And the troops under his command were not completely elite Liaodong soldiers. Although they could secure the upper hand, they could not  He didn't dare to pursue too much, and in the end Wu Sangui could only get sulky.

    With such a need to march and be wary of local rebel raids, Wu Sangui finally led his troops to Hancheng, and the officers and soldiers came to Hancheng again.

    Now Hancheng is no longer the focus of the rebel army. Now Gao Yingxiang and others have occupied more important cities, such as Xi'an or Xianyang. Naturally, they will not take small cities like Hancheng seriously.  And now Hancheng's men and horses are a snitch named Caoshang Fei. He also has thousands of men and horses under his command, but he was allowed to take advantage of such troubled waters to occupy such a city.

    But now he has no intention of holding on, not only because of the pressure from the frightening official army outside the city, but also because he received a letter from Xi'an. It is Gao Yingxiang who is very famous in Shaanxi.  The rebel leader persuaded him to abandon Hancheng and lure the officers and soldiers into a trap for himself and others.

    It turned out that Cao Shangfei would not agree, but under the threat of the officers and soldiers outside the city, he had to make a decision to obey.

    Outside the city, Wu Sangui did not expect that the enemy would abandon the city under such circumstances. Thousands of people broke out at night, but they finally took down the first city in Shaanxi, which was considered an explanation to the superiors.  At the same time, this also greatly enhanced his confidence. He believed that the rebels were vulnerable, so he continued to lead his troops to the west early the next morning.

    At this time, Tang Feng, who was in Shanxi, also led the Chinese army into Shaanxi
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