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    Chapter 522: Holding Back (Second Update)

    Hong Chengchou recommended to Emperor Chongzhen that Yang Guo should be fully responsible for all matters of counterinsurgency in the northwest, that is, let Yang Guo serve as a military governor, so as to free up his hands to be responsible for the defense of the Chinese Empire.

    Such a proposal immediately caused an uproar in the court. Countless courtiers stood up to oppose it. What's more, Yang Guo's comments about Sun Chengzong were used as an example.

    But what they didn¡¯t know was that this had the opposite effect.  These people are so worried about killing Yuan Chonghuan, aren't they saying that he killed the wrong person?

    Two pieces of news came later, which made Chongzhen determined to use Yang Guo.  The first was Sun Chuanting's urgent report from Anhui. Zhang Xianzhong and several other peasant army leaders led an army of more than 300,000 to join Xiao Mingchou and invade Anhui on a large scale.

    The second news is that Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others led more than 400,000 people to occupy Taiyuan Prefecture and uprooted the Jin Dynasty.

    These two pieces of news completely stimulated Chongzhen.  Anhui is the hometown of the Zhu family, and although the King of Jin is no longer a powerful clan, at least he is still the prince of the Zhu family.

    He, an emperor of the Ming Dynasty, actually put his ancestor's foundation in danger and allowed the clan to be harmed by the rebels. Such a thing made Chongzhen feel shameless.

    Pressure from all aspects gathered on Emperor Chongzhen, making him feel depressed.  In the end, he accepted Hong Chengchou's suggestion and appointed Yang Guo as the left governor of the Dudu Mansion, controlling the officials and troops of Datong Xuanfu, Shaanxi, Shaanxi and other places, and was fully responsible for counterinsurgency matters in the northwest.

    As a result, the military power of the Ming Dynasty was basically divided into three parts. Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting at the north and south ends were mainly responsible for guarding against the Chinese Imperial Army, while Sun Chuanting was also responsible for the defense near Zhili in the south.  The northwest army was under the command of Yang Guo, who was responsible for countering rebellion in the northwest.

    As soon as Yang Guo took office, he quickly unified all the armies and severely punished individual generals who killed good people and took credit for their merits, or who fled the battle.  At the same time, all the hundreds of thousands of people who were captured in the past were arranged to cultivate land that had been determined to be ownerless, in order to stabilize the people's hearts.

    Then he led an elite army of 160,000 to attack Taiyuan, Shanxi and other places, and defeated Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's 300,000 troops in Meng County, forcing the peasant army to retreat to the southwest.

    Yang Guo ordered Luo Yiguan to lead 40,000 local soldiers and horses to gather up the defeated peasant army, place them on the spot in the chaotic area destroyed by the rebel army, let them farm, and wrote to Emperor Chongzhen, requesting that two  Within three years, no taxes will be collected from these military garrison lands.

    And he led 160,000 elite troops to attack the peasant army, preventing them from even a moment of peace.  In the end, Gao Yingxiang's 60,000 men were besieged on the edge of the Yellow River in Liulin County.

    After a whole day of fierce fighting, all the diehard elements under Gao Yingxiang were wiped out. Gao Yingxiang himself was also killed among the rebels.

    After this battle, the vitality of the Shaanxi peasant army was severely damaged. Li Zicheng and others fled in a hurry, feeling frightened along the way.

    Yang Guo did not relax at all and led his army across the Yellow River and pursued them directly to the north of Shaanxi.  Lao Huihui, who gathered together and wanted to defeat the army led by Yang Guo with their numerical superiority, was defeated in one battle by Chuang Taotian, Hun Tian Wang, Man Tian Xing, Hun Tian Monkey and others' more than 300,000 troops.  At the same time, they killed the peasant army leaders such as Chuang Taotian, Hun Tian Wang, Man Gypsophila, and Hun Tian Monkey. Lao Huihui and other peasant army leaders led more than 40,000 people to escape from Shaanxi in panic and entered Gansu.

    In less than seven months, through a combination of hard and soft methods, Shanxi and northern Shaanxi were completely pacified after dozens of large and small battles.  Although he killed more than 100,000 people, he resettled more than 600,000 people, which stabilized the situation in the northwest.

    Although Yang Guo was unwilling to kill more people, he was not lenient at all to the stubborn ones. Once the leaders of the peasant army were captured, he would kill them all without giving them any chance to rebel.

    But we should treat all the people who are being held hostage and resettle them on the spot, allowing them to farm and stabilize the people's hearts.

    During this process, Yang Guo also killed four Ming army generals who had committed crimes and harassed the people. Among them was Zuo Liangyu, who had made meritorious deeds in Liaodong and reported to Xipingbao.

    As a last resort, Li Zicheng and others had no choice but to retreat to the Hanzhong area again.  Yang Guo also pursued them immediately, but was blocked by other peasant troops, preventing Yang Guo from catching up with Li Zicheng and others.

    Yang Guo did not lead his army into the Hanzhong area, but sent Cao Wenzhao to lead 40,000 people to block Li Zicheng and other troops in Hanzhong. He himself led 100,000 people to turn to the southwest, attack southeastern Shaanxi, and take advantage of the situation to enter Hubei.  Blockade Zhang Xianzhong and other peasant troops.

    When Zhang Xianzhong and others heard what Yang Guo had done in Shanxi and Shaanxi in the past two months, they were frightened out of their wits. They immediately led their more than 300,000 troops to abandon the attack on Anhui and attack Xiangxiang instead.??, and intends to enter Sichuan.

    But at this time, he encountered fierce resistance from the government troops who came out of Sichuan. An army of 300,000 troops besieged Xiangyang for four days, but they failed to even take a step up the Xiangyang city wall.

    The tenacity of Sichuan officers and soldiers was beyond Zhang Xianzhong's expectation, and at the same time, it also made him feel that entering Sichuan seemed impossible.  At this time, there were officers and soldiers in the south who were resisting desperately, Yang Guo's army of 100,000 people with high morale in the west, and Sun Chuanting's army in the east who was running Anhui like an iron barrel.

    Although there seemed to be no strong army in the north, going all the way north was definitely a dead end. As a last resort, Zhang Xianzhong could only resort to his best trick, which was to feign surrender.

    ????????? People in the Ming Dynasty were not low in intelligence, but they would make some very low-level mistakes.  In this situation, which was already surrounded on all sides, some people actually chose to believe in Zhang Xianzhong's surrender.

    Xiong Wencan, who was the governor of Huguang at the time, actually accepted Zhang Xianzhong's surrender and allowed him to continue to lead his men as an army of the Ming Dynasty.

    ¡°You think Xiong Wencan¡¯s head was squeezed by the door? Even if you accept Zhang Xianzhong¡¯s surrender, you still have to break up his troops for training!  He didn't do anything and just let Zhang Xianzhong go.

    Yang Guo was so angry at the news that he cursed loudly and immediately wrote to the court, requesting to refuse Zhang Xianzhong's surrender.  But his request was still delayed. Those scholars who were not willing to deal with Yang Guo madly supported Xiong Wencan's decision, citing classics and saying how violent Yang Guo was and how Xiong Wencan's move contributed to the Ming Dynasty.

    It seemed as if everything Yang Guo had done for more than half a year was meaningless, and Xiong Wencan just sat there and picked a poisonous peach, which was an earth-shattering achievement.

    In the end, Yang Guo¡¯s suggestion was dismissed as worthless and he was even scolded.  In desperation, Yang Guo could only retreat to Shaanxi, suppress some sporadic rebellions, and prepare to enter Hanzhong.

    But at this time, what Yang Guo couldn't accept even more was that Chongzhen actually sent a eunuch to serve as the supervisor of the northwest army.

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