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Volume One: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 543: The Ninth Year of Chongzhen

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    At this time, Gao Yingxiang and other peasant army leaders were frightened. Seeing another tens of thousands of Ming troops harassing them, they did not dare to neglect them. On the one hand, the peasant army sent elite troops in the direction of the Zhou Patrol Department.  The old camp came to defend; on the other hand, it accelerated its pace and wanted to pass through Nanyang Mansion as soon as possible and flee to Nanyang.

    But in this way, the peasant army was fast and the Runing army was slow. This resulted in Wu Shigong's carefully planned operation, but he could only catch the tail of the peasant army.

    "I killed a thief with my own hands!" A son of an official and gentry shouted excitedly.  Although the disciple's arm was slightly injured, he still waved the sword in his hand, and a group of officials and gentry disciples gathered around him and cheered together.

    In the previous battle, a small group of peasant soldiers happened to flee in front of the Guards, and were eliminated by the prepared Guards in turn.  Seeing that the peasant army was basically defeated, the officials and gentry officials could no longer hold back. They took advantage of Wu Shigong's unpreparedness and rushed out with their servants.

    But that kind of battle is just a last-ditch attack, and there is nothing worth bragging about.  Only this boy happened to encounter a peasant soldier lying among the corpses of a peasant soldier, pretending to be dead. Seeing the gentry boy approaching, the peasant soldier immediately jumped up to resist, although this sneak attack made the gentry boy  Although he was injured, the peasant soldier was eventually killed by the official and gentry's son.  As a result, the only son of an official and gentry who killed someone with his own hands was envied and cheered by all the disciples.

    Seeing that Hou Fangyu was looking at the son of an official and gentry with envy, Wu Shigong smiled and said, "Brother Chaozong! You who have learned to be an enemy of ten thousand people, do you need to envy someone who is an enemy of one person?"

    Hou Fangyu hurriedly bowed to Wu Shigong and said: "In the past, I only read in books, but today I see the battlefield. Alas -!" Hou Fangyu then let out a long sigh.

    "Isn't it cruel and bloody?" Wu Shigong smiled and finished what Hou Fangyu wanted to say, "It's not romantic at all!"

    "Romantic?" Hou Fangyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this new word.  However, his ability to understand is indeed very strong, and he understood the meaning of "romantic" in an instant, so Hou Fangyu also smiled and said to Wu Shigong: "Is it romantic? Is it romantic!"

    Wu Shigong pointed to the corpses on the ground.  Then he said to Hou Fangyu: "No one likes to kill people. They are all born and raised by their parents. But the court cannot let them live and work in peace and contentment! I can only use thunderbolt methods!"

    Hou Fangyu also nodded: "What Brother Chang Jing said is absolutely true. I have been living in poverty for ten years, and it is precisely because I want to serve the imperial court. When I come to the court one day, I will wipe out the evildoers and restore the world to a bright future."

    Although Wu Shigong was somewhat dissatisfied with Hou Fangyu's rhetoric that did not understand the world, Wu Shigong did not need to point it out. He continued: "Brother Chaozong, one day you can be comfortable in the court. But it is really not you on the battlefield.  Director, this time you and all the talented people have opened their eyes, will you return to your country?"

    After this period of military camp life.  Hou Fangyu, the sons of officials and gentry, had long known that life in the military camp was boring. It was just that they couldn't bear to leave in shame, so they persisted until now.  Therefore, after having the experience of this battle, they can already explain it to everyone.

    so.  Hou Fangyu replied: "There is no need to trouble Brother Chang Jing. Where will Brother Chang Jing go next?"

    "I'm also going back to Runing. The annihilation of the Shaanxi bandits was not a day's work. So I have to go back to rest and recuperate to prevent the Shaanxi bandits from coming back. Don't worry, we will go back to Runing together, and I will send troops to escort them later.  Let you return to virtue."

    Since Wu Shigong also wants to withdraw his troops, Hou Fangyu has no worries.  He nodded and agreed, "Thank you so much, Brother Chang Jing."

    "This time, when you go back, take the New Year's gift I gave to the Grand Duke and Mr. Hou. I would also like to apologize to the Grand Duke. I am really busy with military affairs and cannot get away from it. Otherwise, I will come to Guide in person to kowtow to the Grand Duke."

    "Brother Chang Jing is so polite." Hou Fangyu quickly saluted Wu Shigong on behalf of the Hou family.

    "Why should our two families be so polite?" Wu Shigong said with a smile, "Oh! After Brother Chaozong returns this time, will he have to study hard behind closed doors?" Wu Shigong chatted with Hou Fangyu about their daily life.

    "It's still early for the provincial examination. So I'll wait until after the new year. I want to go to Jinling to study." Hou Fangyu replied.

    "Then when you go back, bring another copy of Cheng Yi. Don't say any kind words, I don't like to hear them!" Wu Shigong joked, and then he said to Hou Fangyu: "Jinling is great! The fireworks there are also good.  . I remember there are two people named Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi. I will be lucky if I go there!"

    After finishing speaking, Wu Shigong winked at Hou Fangyu, showing an expression that said, "Every man understands this!"

    Hou Fangyu also smiled sheepishlygot up.  But secretly, he kept the names of Gu Hengbo and Liu Rushi in his heart.

    When the main force of the Runing Army suddenly appeared in the rear of the Peasant Army, the Peasant Army was in chaos.  But before the peasant army could react, Zhou Xunbu, together with two Ming armies, Chen Zhongzhi and Jiang Cheng, entered the waist of the east side of the peasant army.

    Under the attack of these two elite Runing armies, the peasant army immediately lost resistance. Gao Yingxiang and others abandoned the men and horses in the rear team and fled south at a high speed with the elite of their old camp.  The Runing army, which was entangled by the peasant army's rear team, also stopped pursuing it.

    The battle after that was one-sided, and there wasn¡¯t much to say.  The number of prisoners captured by the Runing army exceeded 30,000, and more than half of the mules, horses and baggage of the peasant army were left behind.

    However, Wu Shigong was very dissatisfied with the results of this battle, because the prisoners captured by the Runing Army were all old and weak women and children placed in the rear ranks by the Peasant Army. Many of them were family members of the Peasant Army soldiers. After bringing them back to Runing Mansion, they were still captured.  It needs to be used with care.

    The most important thing is that Li Zicheng was not even seen during this attack.  Moreover, they had never fought with the troops from Li Zicheng's old camp, and they did not have the effect of testing Li Zicheng's strength.  Therefore, Wu Shigong's purpose of using the main force was completely lost.

    However, in the eyes of outsiders, Wu Shigong captured a large number of peasant soldiers, and left behind most of the peasant soldiers' mules, horses and baggage. The income after counting far exceeded Wu Shigong's expenditure after using the main force, so it was once again proved that Wu Shigong  It is extremely wise.

    Of course, Wu Shigong would not clarify such a dumbfounding result.  He had no intention of leading troops in pursuit, and honestly returned to Runing on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month with Huhou Town and the personal troops.

    While the peasant army was fleeing south, the Tang King Zhu Yujian in Nanyang City ordered the soldiers he recruited to attack again after tasting the sweetness last time.

    But this time the Nanyang magistrate did not dare to let it go freely. He asked Sun Wei to lead a part of the soldiers in the city to join forces with the Tang Dynasty King's troops to attack.  In addition to being frightened, the peasant army also avoided the attacking Ming army, allowing this Ming army to make small gains.

    Seeing that the troops he recruited had military exploits, Tang Wang Zhu Yujian's self-confidence became even more inflated. He quietly recruited his troops to 3,000 people.

    The frightened peasant army did not settle down until they fled into Huguang.  Entering Henan this time, except for Lao Huihui Ma Shouying's troops, all the battalions of the peasant army suffered heavy losses. Emperor Chongzhen and the important officials in the court also believed that such results were due to the establishment of two governors.

    The Runing Army also retreated to their own defense areas and began to watch the battle between the Ming Army and the Peasant Army in Huguang.

    Since there were only Lu Xiangsheng¡¯s Tianxiong Army and Zu Kuan¡¯s Liao Army in Huguang at the beginning, the concentrated peasant army had the upper hand.  They avoided the main force of the Ming army and continuously moved around the weak areas defended by the Ming army. They obtained a large amount of supplies and personnel in the city and countryside, and quickly made up for their losses in Henan.

    But the good times did not last long. After the first month of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu's troops and Yu Zilian's Ruzhou army successively marched to Huguang. So Gao Yingxiang and other troops began to divide their troops and began to move around, trying to bring down the Ming army.

    During the movement of the peasant army, they tried to flee to Anhui several times, but they were all defeated by the Runing army waiting on the bank of the Huaihe River, making the Xinyang-Wuchang line a restricted area for the peasant army.

    Therefore, in this time and space, due to the addition of the Runing Army as a variable, the peasant army's activity area is much smaller, and their strength is also much smaller.

    But the vitality of the peasant army is very tenacious after all. In Huguang and other places, they still roamed freely, and even took the opportunity to eliminate several Ming troops who came to encircle and suppress them. Even the Ming general Tang Jiuzhou died in the battle with the peasant army.

    Therefore, the battle between the Ming Army and the Peasant Army in Huguang was in a stalemate.  It was not until March of the ninth year of Chongzhen that this situation changed.

    First of all, Sun Chuanting took office as governor of Shaanxi.  Emperor Chongzhen could not bear the negligence of Gan Xuekuo, the former governor of Shaanxi, so he complied with the popular sentiment and promoted Sun Chuanting to take over as governor of Shaanxi.

    As soon as Sun Chuanting took office, he began to organize Shaanxi's military affairs.  He continued to expand his military strength and food and salary.  As for the troops and fields that were originally accumulated around Xi'an, they all fell into the hands of the wealthy families headed by the King of Qin. Sun Chuanting took control of them with an iron fist and asked the wealthy families to spit out all the fat.  Although he received some criticism, he still had 11,000 soldiers, an annual tax collection of 145,000 taels of silver, and more than 13,000 shi of rice and wheat.

    Sun Chuanting then immediately mobilized troops and ordered his deputy general Luo Shangwen to lead the Ming army to attack the rebels in Shangluo and kill King Tiyi.  In a short period of time, Sun Chuanting controlled a strong army.

    And at this moment, Huang Taiji outside the pass felt that he hadAfter becoming fully fledged, he ordered the founding of the country to be called the Qing Dynasty. In fact, he changed the Hou Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty to Chongde, that is, the tenth year of Tiancong was the first year of Chongde.  And changed Jurchen to Manchu.  Finally, his ambition to dominate the world was fully revealed.  (To be continued)
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