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Volume 2: A Different Village Chief Chapter 760: Chi Xi

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    On December 16, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo led a team of 5,000 cavalry to Suzhou. Also arriving at the same time was Huang Degong, the general of Luzhou.  He traveled further than Sun Kewang, but as soon as he received the message, he mobilized all his troops and came. The cavalry from the main camp led by him arrived at the same time as Sun Kewang and others.  However, due to the urgent military situation, he led the cavalry ahead, with only about 2,000 horsemen around him. The remaining infantry lagged far behind, and many of them had not yet crossed the Huaihe River.  This was also the normal state of marching in various towns in the Ming Dynasty at this time. When the generals received the signal to mobilize troops, in order not to delay the deadline, they would lead the cavalry and servants to run wildly first, and the remaining infantry would catch up slowly, and they might reach their destination in ten days and a half.  There were cases in the Ming Dynasty where the infantry did not arrive until half a year or a year later. By the time they arrived, the battle was already over and they rushed back.  This situation is quite good. It is very likely that a quarter or even a third of the troops and horses during the march have disappeared and they don't know where they went.  Lu Jiude, the supervisor of the army, also arrived in Suzhou early. He and Ma Shiying had been in the army for a long time, so he naturally knew the disadvantages at this time.  Seeing that Huang was successful, he needed to send 20,000 troops, but only 2,000 arrived at this time.  Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo needed to send 50,000 troops, but at this time they only had 5,000. They cannot be blamed for this.  But adding the troops of Sun Kewang and Huang Degong, there were more than 12,000 Ming soldiers and horses on the Suishui River near Fuli Bridge, including many cavalry.  Their camps were densely packed and spread toward the south bank of the river.  On the opposite side, countless intruders and horses also gathered together, forming an endless array of dens and camps.  When Huang Degong arrived, he proposed to advance troops immediately and cross the Suishui River. However, although a large number of soldiers and horses arrived, seeing the endless flow of thieves and horses on the opposite side, the generals were still afraid and silent. Ma Shiying kept thinking, and the supervisor Lu Jiude was also hesitant.  Decide.  On December 17, when Huang Degong tried to persuade him again, suddenly hoarse cheers sounded from the other side of the bank. All the bandits shouted together, and saw a tall flag erected. The flagpole was silver and white, with a battle embroidered on black satin.  The big word "Chuang".  ¡°Then we saw the roar of hoofbeats, and countless cavalrymen rushed towards the plains in the distance. They lined up in formation, layer upon layer, like locusts.  The sound of their hooves roared like thunder as they marched, and the pressure that hit them made all the Ming soldiers in the camp change their colors.  After they gathered together, all the thieves shouted "Long live" together, the sound was like an overwhelming wave, and the power frightened many people into turning pale.  Supervisor Lu Jiude was trembling, relying on the support of several young eunuchs. Ma Shiying also looked ugly, and her hands holding the camp were trembling.  Seeing the thieves showing off their power on the opposite side, Huang Degong said bitterly: "The thieves are too rampant, Ma Du, I will take my men and horses across the Fuli Bridge to kill their arrogance." Li Dingguo also immediately said: "I will, the general.  Lead the soldiers and horses and follow Huang Shuai to kill the thieves." The remaining generals remained silent. Sun Kewang glanced at Li Dingguo and remained calm.  Ma Shiying had majestic limbs and a very majestic appearance. He had many careers and was experienced in the world. Hearing this, he praised Huang Degong and Li Dingguo greatly and admired their loyalty to the country. However, he thought in his heart: "With these soldiers and horses, how can I be like Sun Chuanting?"  Fold it clean." Then he said solemnly: "Two generals, the bandits are powerful, so we should not fight lightly. It is better to guard the camp." Supervisor Lu Jiude said tremblingly: "Yes, the bandits.  "Line up on the riverside to prevent them from attacking halfway across the river." "Huaibei is crisscrossed by rivers, especially the Sui River due to the constant overflow of the Yellow River. The sediment has accumulated, and the shore is full of saline-alkali land and depressions.  People have always taken the official road from Fengyang to Xuzhou via Suzhou, but it is difficult to cross the river elsewhere.  At this time, the thieves were arrayed by the river. After the officers and soldiers crossed the Fuli Bridge, it was really difficult to prevent them from attacking halfway across the bridge.  Huang Degong said angrily: "Are we going to stop and wait and see because of this?" He shouted loudly: "A man is not afraid of life and death, and does not seek to survive, but only wants to die well." Everyone's expressions changed. Huang Degong's words accused them of being greedy for life, afraid of death, and cowardly seeking to survive.  the meaning of.  Ma Shiying's eyes also flashed with anger, but he was deeply scheming and not angry on his face. He just sighed: "General Huang, be extremely careful. The bandits are not as powerful as before. We must not act rashly. We must bear the humiliation and save the Ming Dynasty."  "You have the power to survive." Lu Jiude also said: "What Ma Duchen said is very true. General Huang must listen to it." Huang Degong suddenly shook his cloak and said sternly: "My sons, follow me to kill the thieves."  " He was about to leave, Ma Shiying couldn't help but look livid, Li Dingguo's heart was boiling, and he was about to follow, but at this time a loud crying voice sounded: "Commander, don't do it. " Then a figure rushed over, but it was Huang De.Tian Xiong, the general of the Chinese army, saw him hugging Huang Degong's thigh tightly and crying: "Commander, the bandits are powerful, so we can't fight lightly." Huang Degong roared: "Let me go" More kisses  The general rushed forward and hugged Huang Degong's legs like Tian Xiong. They all cried and begged: "Commander, don't fight lightly." Huang Degong opened his big mouth and howled like a trapped tiger and lion. His roaring voice  Spread the word far and wide.  Li Dingguo stopped and stared blankly, his blood running cold, and incomparable sadness and helplessness welling up in his heart.  Sun Kewang remained calm and expressionless.  On the same day, we returned to Defu City.  Li Zhenjue, the prefect of Guide, looked at the overwhelming mobs of bandits outside with a heavy heart. They had been attacking the city for five days. They had tried every means to attack the city, and he had also tried every means to defend the city. But whether they could hold on in the end, he was not sure.  There is no bottom either.  The bandits besieged the city in large groups at the beginning of this month. Maybe they originally wanted to use the strategy of encircling points and calling for reinforcements, so they kept their troops stationary until the fifth day. Only occasionally some small groups of troops would attack Gongchen Gate in the north of the city.  But perhaps compared to Xuzhou, Guide Fucheng is of slightly lower importance. No troops have come to assist. Even the three brothers Guiyong General Ding Qiguang, Ding Qiyin, and Ding Chenglie, who were supposed to assist Guide Fucheng, were transferred by an order from the Ministry of War.  Went to defend Xuzhou City.  Since they could not wait for help, the bandits might have given up and began to attack the city. They violently attacked the east gate, west gate, and north gate.  In the coldest month of winter, the moats in these places began to freeze, which greatly facilitated the attacks of the bandits.  And they were very determined and vowed to capture the last city in Henan. They came in waves, non-stop, and the dark figures outside covered the ground.  The shouts of killing were loud, drums were beating inside and outside the city, the sound of bows and arrows leaving their strings and the roar of blunderbuss were constantly heard, mixed with the smoke and dust raised by artillery.  Seeing the fierce and bloody battles everywhere, Li Zhenjue gritted his teeth and felt worried about the situation.  Then he comforted himself that he should be able to hold on. He had a large number of excellent Xuanfu bird-suppressing guns in the city, and the Shebingxiang Yong he had formed was determined. Together with General Yang's battalions, the city should be able to hold on for a long time.  .  While thinking about it, suddenly there was a cry from the east gate, and then a bodyguard stumbled over to report that General Yang Shen had died in the battle.  Li Zhenjue's heart trembled. What he feared most happened. Soon, soldiers came crying and reported. Hou Fangxia, the son of Governor Hou Xun, saw that the city could not be defended, so he led his family to cut off and leave, injuring many guards. There was chaos.  The mid-level thieves took advantage of the situation and attacked.  Yan Zekong, the magistrate, Xu Yiyuan, the magistrate of Shangqiu, Liang Yizhang, the magistrate of Shangqiu, and Xia Shiying, the eunuch were leading the soldiers to start a street battle with the bandits. However, the bandits entered in large numbers and the city could not be defended.  Li Zhenjue looked over there, and there was indeed a chaotic sound of crying and shouting. At this time, he calmed down in his heart. With things like this, the only way to serve the country is to die.  He returned to his mansion, drew his sword, and with the past events vividly in his mind, he murmured: "I have a clear conscience." He was about to kill himself, when footsteps sounded, Li Zhenjue felt a blow on his neck, and he  I felt dizzy for a while, then my eyesight went dark, and I passed out. After the fall of Guide Mansion, Li Guo, the general who attacked the city, hated him for holding on. After breaking the city, he captured tens of thousands of people in the west of the city. No matter how high or low they were, they were all killed.  December 20, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Xuzhou.  Xuzhou is 180 miles from Pizhou, Huai'an Prefecture in the east, 480 miles from Shouzhou, Fengyang Prefecture in the southwest, 500 miles from Guide Prefecture in Henan Province in the west, and 360 miles from Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province in the north.  Before Li Hualong opened the Yahe River, Xuzhou was full of shops and the market was prosperous. In the sixth year of Wanli, there were 37,841 households and 345,766 people.  After the excavation of the Yahe River, the status of Xuzhou's water transport declined. During the Tianqi period, there was another flood and the city was flooded, so the state was moved to Yunlong Mountain.  But even so, Xuzhou is still the throat of the north and the south and a key area of ??attack and defense.  It has always been an important military town connected to the territory of Qi and Lu in the north and the road of Liang and Chu in the south.  At this time, Xuzhou City was surrounded by strange things. The city wall was three feet high and had gates blocking water on three sides. Only the south could pass through for carriages and horses. In terms of defense, it was stronger than Guidefu City.  But at this time, there was a panic in the city, because not long ago, bandits outside the city brought news of the fall of Guide, and they also hung a lot of heads in hanging baskets.  There are heads of Guide's generals, Tongzhi's heads, county magistrates' heads, experienced people's heads, etc., but the head of Guide's prefect Li Zhenjue is missing.  But even so, it¡¯s enough to scare people.  Especially the people of Xuzhou City also received news that after the bandits captured Guide, they hated them for holding on. After breaking the city, they killed all the men, women, old and young inside. How can this not make people feel chilling and frightened? "Sure enough, jade is indistinguishable."??¡± In the General Soldier¡¯s Mansion, looking at the large number of heads in front of them, whether it was Xuzhou General Soldier Liu Liangzuo or a large group of generals under his command, they were all horrified, and chills ran through their hearts. ¡°Commander, the soldiers are fighting fiercely.  Danger, the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, there is really no need to be buried with him.  " "Yes, Commander, now is King Chuang's world, you have to think about your brothers.  " "General Zheng is right, Marshal, even if you don't think about your brothers, you must think about the people of Xuzhou City. How innocent are the people to suffer this disaster?" At this time, Liu Liangzuo's generals were crying and pleading.  It was earth-shattering. They had enough reasons to surrender. Liu Liangzuo still looked hesitant. He finally asked: "Where are Jin Shenghuan, Ding Qiguang and the others?" A general replied: "The general has asked them, and they are all willing to surrender, that is, Xuzhou.  Zhizhou and the others no longer stopped him.  Liu Liangzuo finally felt relieved and murmured: "That's all, for the sake of the people and for the common people to stop suffering, just surrender."  " All the generals under his command were relieved, and they all praised: "The commander-in-chief has a kind heart, and the people of Xuzhou City will definitely feel it deeply.  " On December 22, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Xuzhou General Liu Liangzuo surrendered. Also surrendering were Xuzhou deputy general Jin Shenghuan, guerrilla Liu Shichang, garrison Zhuosheng, Guiyong generals Ding Qiguang, Ding Qiyin, Ding Chenglie and others. Li Zicheng defeated  Xuzhou was shaken at home. On December 25, when he heard that Xuzhou had fallen, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, knew that he was defeated, so he led his troops to retreat to the Huaihe River. On December 28, the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng took Liu Fangliang as his commander.  The vanguard attacked Shandong and sent a message to all the counties and counties in Shandong. The message said: "The general in charge of advocating righteousness is to be ordered to conquer things: since ancient times, the rise and fall of emperors has been a sign of the people's hearts."  Sigh, the Ming Dynasty has ended.  The punishments were severe and the people were miserable.  Give birth to my holy Lord, be kind and live well.  With the flag of righteousness raised, Haiyu returns to his heart." To be continued.?¡­
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