Ma Shiying is from Guiyang. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, he took the joint examination with Ruan Dacheng of Huaining. In another three years, the scholar became a Jinshi and was awarded the title of head of the Nanjing Household Department. At the time of Tianqi, he moved to the doctor's office and knew the three prefectures of Yanzhou, Henan and Datong. In the third year of Chongzhen's reign, he moved to Shanxi as deputy envoy to Yanghe Road. In the fifth year, he was promoted to censor of Youqiandu and governor of Xuanfu. In the first month of his official career, he collected thousands of gold from public funds and gave them to the nobles. They were sent to the garrison by the eunuch Wang Kun who was guarding them. Looking for a place to live in Nanjing. At that time, Dacheng was famous for being involved in a counter-insurgency case. He had neglected his duties for a long time and was deposed for a long time to avoid the arrival of thieves. He became very happy with Shiying.
At that time, Ruan Dacheng's poems were "popular and sung together with those of Dongjia, Zhonglang, Hanqing, Bai, and Ma" and were "respected by those who knew him, and he was truly the direct descendant of the lyricist." The Ruan family opera troupe was the best at that time, known as Jinling. Firstly; and the courtyard is like a city, "there are many people traveling in Nanzhong, sitting in the public hall with their whistles, and squatting as usual; the scholar-officials are attentive, vying to send their hearts and minds." It can be seen that Ma Shiying is not the only one who has a happy relationship.
Ruan Dacheng had a good relationship with Zhang Pu. During the Chongzhen period, he used his relationship with Feng Quan to work with Zhang Pu to help Zhou Yanru come back to power. After Zhou Yanru came back, Ruan Dacheng asked him to recommend him, but Zhou Yanru was forced to negotiate with Dong Lin. ¡ª¡ªThere was a gentleman's agreement in the Fushe lineage, and they did not dare to hire someone from the "reverse case", so they negotiated with Ruan Dacheng. Finally, Ruan proposed to use his good friend Ma Shiying, so Ma Shiying was hired. When Ma Shiying was appointed, he was still in the garrison, which meant that he was still a convicted exile. At that time, he was at a loss as to what the appointment was. It was only later that he realized that it was Ruan Dacheng who had done it, so he was extremely grateful to Ruan. This was the beginning of his relationship with Zhang Pu. Therefore, after Zhang Pu's death, he traveled thousands of miles in a month to take care of his affairs. He is a man of heroic character and integrity. This can be seen in this matter.
However, soon Fushe and the Donglin Party members plotted to use Zhou Yanru as prime minister again. Secretly raising political funds. Dacheng wanted to eliminate the hostility between Donglin and Donglin, so he donated ten thousand liang of gold to help him. Later Zhou Dynasty paid homage to him and joined the cabinet as the chief assistant, hoping to repay him. It was abandoned due to opposition from Dong Lin's colleagues. Dacheng recommended Shiying as his successor. Shiying then rose again.
Some people in the dynasty said: "A mediocre scholar is nothing more than a puppet of a great leader! Thinking that he is in power is like wearing a crown while wearing a monkey's head." This is not true. Ma Shiying traveled across the borders. Very talented in practical matters. Although he was not a genius, he was still quite outstanding given the general incompetence of scholar-officials in the late Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, although Zhou Yanru wanted to seek some benefits for himself by letting him take charge of the overall situation, leaving aside this relationship, there was nothing wrong with this recommendation.
Chongzhen thought about it for a while and then said: "This proposal is pretty good. Where is Ma Shiying?"
Ma Shiying was originally standing at the back of the team. He was slightly surprised when Zhou Yanru called his name, but now Chongzhen really called him. Naturally, he was very happy in his heart. He immediately stood up in line, bowed and said, "I am here."
"Just now Zhou Aiqing recommended you to be the supervisor of the army. I wonder if you are willing?" Chongzhen asked.
Ma Shiying did not answer whether he was willing or not. He knelt down directly on the ground, kowtowed and shouted: "I thank the Lord for your kindness."
So the matter was considered accomplished, and Chongzhen immediately issued an imperial edict. With Ma Shiying in charge of the military affairs of Fenglu, he immediately set off for Fengyang.
Hearing that Ma Shiying came to Fengyang, Zhang Lei suddenly felt very depressed. However, after what happened last time, his relationship with Chongzhen can no longer be regarded as a pure superior-subordinate relationship, so Zhang Lei Lei decided not to listen to Ma Shiying no matter what.
Let's talk about this Ma Shiying, who got the title of imperial envoy, and immediately became "joyful". He set off from the capital in a mighty manner and swaggered through the city. If he hadn't been protected by heavy troops, he would have been wiped out by the nearby rebels. Wow, that behavior is really disgusting.
After Ma Shiying arrived in Fengyang, he thought that it would be meaningless to be a supervisor and watch others fight, and he would not get much benefit, so he thought of taking his people to fight. If he fights by himself, he can accumulate military merit, and then he can ask Chongzhen for it. Lots of benefits.
The idea was made, and he did it as he said, but he was suffering from the fact that he didn't have any soldiers, so he used his status as military supervisor to find three people, including the commander-in-chief Liu Liangzuo and the eunuch Lu Jiude. There is also a man named Huang Degong.
Huang Degong¡¯s father died early, and he was very daring when he was young. When he was twelve years old, his mother brewed wine and he drank it all secretly. His mother scolded him, and he smiled and said, "It's easy." Later, when the Liaodong War broke out, Huang Degong went to war in the army with a knife, beheaded twice, and was rewarded with fifty taels of silver. After he returned, he gave it to his mother and said, "I will use this to pay for the wine." From then on, he began to serve as a pro-army manager, and he was promoted to guerrilla due to his merits. In the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen's reign, he used the imperial army to accompany the governor Xiong Wencan to attack the civilians. He made great achievements in battle and was awarded the title of Crown Prince and Grand Master, with the title of General Military Officer. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, he followed the eunuch Lu Jiude to BanshiFan defeated the rebel army. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, Huang Degong stationed in Dingyuan.
Ma Shiying found the two of them and persuaded them to march with him to fight and accumulate military merit. At that time, the rebel within their reach was Li Zicheng, so the three of them gathered all the people they could organize and went to Enemy with Li Zicheng.
Zhang Lei, who had just come out of Sichuan, couldn't help but laugh when he heard the news. If he could defeat Li Zicheng with just a few people, then he, Zhang Lei, wouldn't have to mess around anymore. Who is Li Zicheng? There was a great man who became emperor in history, but who was Ma Shiying? But in the late Ming Dynasty, when there were so many mediocre people, he was a little more powerful than those mediocre people. Lu Jiude was an eunuch with an incomplete body. The only one who had any say was Huang Degong. Such a combination , how to face Li Zicheng?
So, to Zhang Lei's expectation, they failed, and they failed miserably. They almost couldn't escape with their lives, let alone get military honors. But this Ma Shiying is really capable. He used his ability to hide things from the outside world and was not punished at all.
Zhang Lei only knew about these things. It was impossible to pay attention to them. After he came out of Sichuan, he immediately went straight to Hanyang and prepared to counterattack Xiangyang. Li Zicheng, who had just defeated Ma Shiying, was also full of confidence, and he was ready to fight Zhang Lei.
Zhang Lei naturally wanted this result. He led his men and horses to Xiangyang. However, the strange thing was that all their soldiers were walking and could not see a horse, so the speed was not very fast. Waiting to catch up When they arrived at the border of Xiangyang, Li Zicheng's people were already preparing to attack the city. Zhang Lei then speeded up and met Li Zicheng before attacking the city. The two sides immediately launched a fierce offensive. Li Zicheng had a deep grudge against Zhang Lei. Being able to fight Zhang Lei at this moment could be regarded as settling one of his worries, so he was very interested.
For Zhang Lei, Li Zicheng is also a stumbling block in his progress, and he must be removed quickly. However, this Li Zicheng is also an extraordinary person. No matter what happens, there is no way to kill him. He cannot survive. It didn't take long for him to pop up again like mushrooms after a rain. This made Zhang Lei very helpless, so he could only eliminate as much of his power as possible every time he encountered him. Sometimes Zhang Lei wonders when God would open his eyes and someone would send a stray bullet and kill him.
The two sides fought a decisive battle in a canyon thirty miles outside Xiangyang City. Zhang Lei stood in front of the team, followed by 80,000 well-trained soldiers and horses, and closely behind him were naturally elite troops holding three-eyed blunderbuss. . Opposite them, Li Zicheng was riding a tall horse, half a body taller than Zhang Lei. He looked at Zhang Lei's army and said, "Zhang Lei, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."
Zhang Lei smiled and said: "It's not that fast. It's been a few years. I didn't expect that you are really lucky and you haven't been killed yet."
"You're not dead yet, how can I dare to die? How about I kill you today, and then I can play with you for a few more decades," Li Zicheng said with a smile.
Zhang Lei's face condensed and he said: "Then it depends on whether you have the ability. Stop talking nonsense and send out troops." He waved his hand and the whole person immediately retreated, and the position where he was standing was occupied by those holding The soldier with the three-eyed gun pushed forward.
Li Zicheng knew the power of these three-eyed blunderbuss, so naturally he did not dare to stand at the front of the team. He drew his sword and said to everyone: "Pass my order and the whole army will attack!"
The power of the three-eyed gun is self-evident, and Li Zicheng's soldiers fell one after another. Li Zicheng knew that there was no way to avoid this, so he didn't care too much. He just hoped that his soldiers could get close to Zhang Lei. He knew that the three-eyed blunderbuss was of no use in close combat - but he didn't What I know is that Zhang Lei added a bayonet to the three-eyed gun.
There were constant gunshots and grenade explosions. Li Zicheng's army had already suffered huge losses before contact started. The casualties made Li Zicheng feel very heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do, because this was war. After entering the range of bows and arrows, Li Zicheng's army also caused some casualties to Zhang Lei and others.
Seeing that they were almost close to Zhang Lei and the others, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel happy, which meant that victory was in sight. But the next moment he was dumbfounded. Almost without any warning, Zhang Lei and all his soldiers turned around and ran away!
At this time, neither party has formal contact!
After running for about a few miles, Zhang Lei and others went deep into the woods. Li Zicheng, with a large number of soldiers, ordered the pursuit without hesitation. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!