Chapter two hundred and eighty eight
In the Battle of Hancheng, the bandits were defeated in a single battle by Hong Chengchou, and the siege of the city for many days was lifted. In addition to the bandits killed by Hong Chengchou and the Hancheng defenders, there were more than 10,000 remaining people after counting.
Of course, it also included the infantry of Li Zicheng's army. After these people were personally escorted to the camp outside Hancheng by Hong Chengchou, it was basically considered that all the bandits in Shaanxi had been eliminated.
Li Zicheng was in panic all day long, and like a bereaved dog, he took dozens of cavalry and fled towards Gansu according to the original route. As many as thirty people were separated and fled along the way. When Li Zicheng entered Gansu, after counting, he discovered that he was following Li Zicheng.
The only one left by my side is
He ordered twenty cavalrymen, but there was no other way. If he wanted to make a comeback, he could only try his luck with Buzhanni. At this time, Buzhanni was operating in the area of Gongchang Mansion and Minzhou Guard, with 20,000 soldiers.
The horses are quite powerful. Originally, the guards in the hinterland of Gansu were more powerful than those in Shaanxi.
The soldiers are even more vulnerable. If a foreigner comes to Gansu for the first time and sees these ragged guardsmen, he will find that their situation is not much better than that of bandits. Even if they are not stained with mud, they can survive thousands of people.
The small team grew into an army of 20,000 people, not just refugees.
Thanks to his contribution, there are at least more than 5,000 people in the current non-stick army who are unable to survive. Because these people have some background in being soldiers, they are the absolute main force in the non-stick team.
, the old camps that are not stained with mud are almost all established based on these military households.
When Li Zicheng arrived at Buzhanni, it was very different from the last time he took people to Wang Zuoguan. At that time, Wang Zuoguan only had a team of 10,000 people, and the composition was complicated. Most of them were people with little combat experience.
Li Zicheng's troops could be said to have provided help in times of need.
Wang Zuogao's team was immediately expanded. In addition, Li Zicheng's performance in several battles was first-class. At least in front of the regular army with certain military literacy, the strength of the bandits was still not enough. In addition,
Li Zi had many men and horses, so he was in Wang Zuo's camp.
He can directly get into the position of the third master, but here in Buzhanni there is a sky and an underground. Li Zicheng only brought twenty cavalry. Although cavalry is also a rare species here in Buzhanni, the entire Buzhanni team has two people.
There are only less than 500 cavalry among 10,000 people
The team and the war horses are not particularly good. Most of them are war horses captured after fighting with the officers and soldiers or after capturing some Zhuangzi forts. They were pieced together to form this team of 500 horses. Even some of the horses cannot be said to be war horses.
, it should be more appropriate to use a pack horse. Although Li
Zicheng has twenty cavalry, but this number of people is not enough for Bu Zhan Mu to fill his teeth. But now that the team has expanded, Bu Zhan Mu has to show a more formal appearance. It can no longer be as small as before.
There were no rules at that time. Since Li Zicheng came to serve sincerely, and
Let's hear him say that he also hung out with Wang Zuoguan, but Wang Zuoguan failed and was wiped out by the officers and soldiers. Then he wanted to give Li Zicheng a seat, but which seat would be better?
Ni has been worrying about this problem for the past two days. First of all, the head of the house
He definitely couldn't give it to him. A mere twenty cavalrymen would never be able to convince the crowd, but Li Zicheng came all the way to join him, and the uncle and nephew of the Li family were still quite famous in Gansu. After all, the Jinxian Uprising was causing trouble in Gansu.
There was an uproar. Yang Zhaoji was hearing about the Kingdom
After being killed by Li Zicheng and others, he became even more furious. However, Shaanxi was not his defense zone. Yang Zhaoji had already promised that as long as Li Zicheng dared to return to Gansu, he would personally chop off Li Zicheng's head. Therefore, both large and small rebel armies were more or less
I have heard about Li Zicheng.
It's just that now that Li Zicheng has come back in such a miserable state, he can't give it to the big one. If he gives it to the small one, it will appear that he doesn't respect the brothers who came to seek refuge. It's really a headache. Bu Zhanni is thinking hard in the big tent.
A war general who looked like an iron tower walked into the big tent. It was the second master Zijin Long and the third master Double Winged Tiger under Bu Zhanni. These two were originally sworn brothers.
The local people of Minzhou Wei, Bu Tie Mu, fought in eastern Gansu and western Shaanxi after the Gongchang Mansion uprising, and were beaten by the officers and soldiers of the two places no better than Wang Zuogai. As luck would have it, sometimes they are really trying to make trouble.
Success depends on God. When he led the remaining three to five thousand remnants of the army to retreat to the Minzhou Guard, he happened to encounter the local military households in the Minzhou Guard who were making a fuss over their pay because they had not been paid for a long time.
The peasant army took advantage of the chaos to join forces with these military households, and attacked the military camp outside the Minzhou Guard City on the pretext of seeking justice for these military households. At that time, there were only a thousand soldiers in the military camp, led by a general Qian.
The Minzhou Guard originally wanted to use these thousands of people to suppress those military households, but unexpectedly they attracted a large number of bandits.
After the battle, many thieves captured the military camp, and the remaining officers and soldiers rushed back to Minzhou City. The local military households simply took advantage of the situation and joined the non-stick team. The two military households who took the lead in the trouble were from the same village.
My cousins, not only do they look similar, they also have similar statures. They are both tall and strong.
It seemed that they were brave enough to fight. These two men killed at least a dozen people in the battle against the army. They were also the leaders of the military households in this area. Seeing that they were so good at fighting, Bu Zhan Mu, his subordinates
The military households were very good soldiers, so they were immediately given the positions of second and third masters. One of them was named Zhang Long, and the other was named Zhang Long.
He was called Zhang Hu, so he simply gave him a mighty and domineering nickname. One was called Zijin Dragon and the other was called Double-winged Tiger. With the help of the two of them, the power of the non-sticking mud expanded rapidly, which led to today's situation.
Therefore, the two of them are Zhang Cunmeng's right-hand men who do not get involved with each other. Zhang Cunmeng will often discuss important matters with them.
"Why is the master worried about something?" Double-winged Tiger asked. "Come on, brothers, please sit down. There is indeed something." Zhang Cunmeng waved his hand, and a soldier brought two pots of rice wine. He sat in the center.
, Double-winged Tiger and Zijin Dragon sat down on the left and right sides. "Oh, brother does have a headache recently. Li Zicheng, you know, is the one who came to seek refuge two days ago. I'll give it to you.
What position does he have? I'm afraid he won't be able to convince the public if he is given the title of head of the family. Li Zicheng brought only twenty people, but his uncle and nephew are somewhat famous. What should I do? If I am too small, people will say that I, Zhang Cunmeng, are stingy.
. We have finally laid a foundation, and it is time to attract heroes from all over the world. If we give them high arrangements now, it will be difficult for others to come in the future."
The two looked at each other after listening to Bu Zhan Mu's narration. Double-winged Tiger's mind is relatively simple, and usually his cousin Zijinlong has some brains. Zijinlong lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "Yes, the master.
It’s not difficult.”
"Oh? Brother, tell me quickly!" Bu Tianmu said, rubbing his hands.
"Since they came sincerely, we can't treat them badly. We can't give it to the big ones, and it's embarrassing to the small ones. I don't think it's better. Let's just give him a special position. It sounds very powerful, but it doesn't have any actual military power.
It’s okay if you don’t.” Zijin Long said loudly. Bu Zhanni was confused, “Brother, please tell me directly.”
"I think, head of the family, you can just give Li Zicheng the position of captain of your own soldiers and let him take charge of your own soldiers. Giving him all your own soldiers shows your trust in him. He only brought 20 soldiers with him."
Man, now we are giving him charge of a team of 200 cavalry, I believe they will be extremely grateful." Zijinlong said with a smile.
"Wow, my brother is really talented. This position is indeed special. It has no real power and is not degrading. Okay, let's do it." With Bu Tianmu's decision, the matter was settled. Although Li Guo secretly
He was a little dissatisfied, but Li Zicheng told him that this was all they had to do now, and one day they would impress the world.
In the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, Wang Zuoguan's team was broken up. Li Zicheng came to Gansu and defected to Zhang Cunmeng, who was not a stickler. He served as the captain of the personal soldiers in the army. Li Guo was appointed as the deputy of the team, and all his cavalry were integrated into the Bustickers.
Among the soldiers and cavalry.
"Yan Yan is really talented. It's really unfair for a mere person to participate in politics. I have already recommended you to be the governor of Yansui. In the future, you must pay more attention to the major military and political affairs in Shaanxi." Yang He looked at the man who was kneeling at his head.
Hong Chengchou, full of admiration, is really a blockbuster, a blockbuster, a civil servant and a thousand cavalry, in just a few days, they will
Wang Zuogui was destroyed and captured 10,000 people. It was a truly extraordinary feat. It seems that Hong Chengchou was not just an armchair person, but he really had real abilities. It was really a big talent but a small use to have such a person by his side as a political participant.
So Yang He strongly recommended Hong Chengchou to be the governor of Yansui. The papers have been submitted and I believe there will be a reply soon.
"Thank you, sir!" Hong Chengchou kowtowed. "Okay, get up." Yang He motioned for Hong Chengchou to get up. "Sir, there is something I am unhappy about," said Hong Chengchou. "Tell me about it."
"Wang Zuogua, Miao Mei and others are all old bandits. These people are corrupt and stubborn in nature. The boss recruited them under his command, and the lower officials felt that they would cause trouble in the future." Hong Chengchou said bluntly.
"Hey, Yan Yan, what you said is wrong. God has the virtue of good life. These people are the people of the Ming Dynasty. I recruited them because I don't want Shaanxi to start fighting again. There is no need to say more about this matter. Besides, most of the ten thousand people have been disarmed and returned to their fields.
, now Wang Zuoguan is just a thousand-man general in Xi'an Prefecture, with a team of more than a thousand people, it is impossible to break through.
What kind of trouble? Under my nose, I don’t dare to make any small moves." Yang He said with confidence. Seeing that the old man had made up his mind, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to stop admonishing him. He was about to become the governor of Yansui.
It's close to Xi'an Mansion. If you are really unlucky, then let yourself step in to deal with Wang Zuoguan again.
Chapter completed!