Chapter 128: Let the tiger return to the mountain

Chen Qiyu in history may have been mentally ill, good at planning but lacking in judgment. To be honest, the author is not sure what he was thinking. Anyway, after listening to Niu Jinxing’s words, he

He agreed to surrender from the bottom of his heart. However, the surrender was not decided by him alone. At least he had to hold a military meeting to discuss it, and everyone raised their hands to express their opinions. Otherwise, it would not be good to have to say it all by himself. So,

, Chen Qiyu said: "The intention of the imperial court is to do its best to appease, and those who can be spared will not be killed. They are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the people also have unspeakable secrets. However, this matter cannot be decided by the governor alone. I still want to

Discuss this with the generals. If someone is coming, take him down first so that he can be taken care of."

Niu Jinxing was taken out of the Chinese army's tent, and the soldiers took him to rest. When this guy came, he had a lot of valuable things with him. After he came to rest, he took out two golden melon seeds from his arms.

It was given to the soldier leading the way. When the soldier saw it was gold, he beamed with joy and kept saying that if you have anything to do, just ask him, eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, but just say no.

Niu Jinxing didn't come here just for food and drink. He immediately asked the soldiers about the important people in the camp.

The soldier didn't know what to say. He told Niu Jinxing all the main officials in the camp. After Niu Jinxing listened, he took out two golden melon seeds from his arms and stuffed them into the soldier's chest.

He held his hand in his hand and said: "This military master, can you take me to meet these people? Don't worry, I will never involve you."

The so-called short-handedness of holding people, the soldiers collected four golden melon seeds one after another, how could they have the nerve to refuse. Moreover, the commander-in-chief did not want to restrict Niu Jinxing's movements before, he only said that he would serve him well. In this case, let's take the people for a walk in the camp,

Maybe it was nothing. At that moment, the soldier agreed to Niu Jinxing and take him to the camps of other officials.

Here, in addition to Governor Chen Qiyu, there are two other powerful figures, one is Yansui Commander-in-Chief Yan Jinzhang, and the other is Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief Zuo Liangyu.

The soldiers took Niu Jinxing to see Zuo Liangyu first. After the meeting, Niu Jinxing reluctantly saluted and said hello, and then expressed the hope that General Zuo would allow him to surrender and appease the refugees. While saying this, Niu Jinxing had to repay the benefits.

Come up, as long as General Zuo agrees to surrender, we are willing to pay you 80,000 taels of silver.

Eighty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, and as a general, he usually does not want the bandits to perish so easily. If the bandits are gone, what use will their group of generals have? The imperial court's military pay will always be one tael late.

Months, even three to five months, and sometimes only half of it was paid. Only during the war, the military pay was a lot, and it was paid in a timely manner.

The role of military commanders can only be realized at this time. This is called self-respect for raising the bandits. Not to mention his, Li Chengliang of Liaodong was like this. He had the strength to wipe out all the Jurchens, but he was immortal.

Now that the bandits are bringing benefits, Zuo Liangyu doesn't want the bandits to be wiped out just like that, so after thinking about it for a while, he agrees, but he said that you have to send the money first. Guarding the entrance of the valley, all the soldiers and horses take turns.

Niu Jinxing and Zuo Liangyu, who were on duty, decided on a date and gave away the money when Zuo Liangyu was on duty.

Zuo Liangyu is different from Chen Qiyu. If all the bandits inside are dead, the money inside will not be able to fly, but he will definitely not be able to see it. This matter will be counted as a seizure and will be handled by the commander.

After discussing with Niu Jinxing, Niu Jinxing said goodbye and was led by soldiers to Yan Jinzhang. Like Zuo Liangyu, Yan Jinzhang also agreed to Niu Jinxing, and the two of them also discussed the time for the silver transaction.

In this way, Niu Jinxing met with more than a dozen generals and officials under Chen Qiyu. Even Chen Qiyu's staff did not let them go. Everyone showed their filial piety. The most were five to sixty thousand taels, and the few were only two to thirty thousand taels.

, who can refuse to agree to such a large amount of money? It can be said that even if the bandits are wiped out, Governor Chen will not dare to share all the captured silver with everyone.

In the days that followed, Chen Qiyu discussed with his generals how to appease the bandits. The generals unanimously agreed that they could appease the bandits, but there was one thing they had to be careful about, and how to deal with them after appeasing them. This kind of thing cannot be done in a day or two.

If it can be arranged properly, Niu Jinxing was not idle while Chen Qiyu was studying it. He wrote a letter and sent it to the mouth of the valley, asking Li Zicheng to send the money out according to the time mentioned above.

The underground transactions between the two parties were carried out in an orderly manner. The generals received the benefits and naturally spoke more for the rogue bandits and tried their best to promote the recruitment. At the entrance, everyone began to surrender. Cao Wenzhao at the exit did not know the news and remained stupid.

The ground is there to be guarded to the death.

On this day, the surrender matters were finally arranged. Chen Qiyu asked the bandits to come out one after another, throw down their weapons and equipment, stand in line honestly, with every ten thousand people forming a team, and organize the repatriation to their place of origin. After the army surrendered, Li Zicheng and his generals were overjoyed.

, naturally act according to the wishes of the officers and soldiers, and act honestly.

Thirty thousand people were divided into three teams, and each team was sent a pacification officer to escort them back to their fields. The bandits left the Carriage Gorge and followed the escorting officers and soldiers on the road. However, something Chen Qiyu never dreamed of happened. When the bandits came out of the South Plank Road,

He suddenly fought back, killed the liberated officers and soldiers, raised the banner again, and rebelled again.

Li Zicheng narrowly escaped death and became more powerful. He successively defeated his lieutenants He Renlong and Chen Tianli, captured Chencang, Linyou, Fengxiang and other places, and suffered a great earthquake in Guanzhong.

Chen Qiyu learned that Li Zicheng had rebelled again and led his army to pursue him, but there was no time. Li Zicheng led his army all the way north and almost captured Yan'an Prefecture. Fearing that Chen Qiyu would pursue him, he changed his route to the east and entered Shanxi Province, and then went south and entered Henan.

After the Battle of Chexixia Gorge, Chen Qiyu regretted letting the tiger go back to the mountain, but there was no use regretting it. He could not bear such a crime, so he could only go to the imperial court and blame other generals in order to save his life.

This is the carriage gorge where the tiger returns to the mountains, and on the Sichuan side, Chen Qiyu can’t catch up. Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of Sichuan, died of illness, and the leaders of Chengdu were all flustered. When they heard that the rogue bandits were coming, they didn’t even wait for Gao Yingxiang’s army to arrive at the gates of Chengdu.

, many of the defenders and officials in the city fled in panic.

Gao Yingxiang came to Chengdu and easily conquered Chengdu without encountering any strong resistance. Qin Liangyu of Chongqing, after defeating Zhang Xianzhong and other rogue bandits, wanted to rush to Chengdu to help, but before he could reach Chengdu, he heard that Chengdu

If we fall, we have no choice but to camp on the spot and wait for the opportunity to attack.

When Gao Yingxiang entered Chengdu, he did not go on a killing spree, but used the name of the rebel army to appease the people. Chengdu was rich, and Zhu Xieyuan's management was good, so the people could live and work in peace and contentment. When the rogues entered the city, they were not welcomed, only feared. Gao Yingxiang also

Not many people were killed, but the official treasury was looted, and a lot of gold, silver, food, weapons and equipment were stolen.

The richest man in Chengdu was of course the King of Shu. The unlucky prince was a thousand years old and was scrapped alive by Gao Yingxiang. A large amount of gold, silver and grain was found from the palace. Gao Yingxiang then distributed a small portion of the grain and gold and silver to the people to win people's hearts.

No matter where you are, there are always poor people, and most of them are poor. No matter how well Zhu Xieyuan manages it, it will be the same. Gao Yingxiang burned the land deeds of rich households and princes, returned the land to the people, and divided the gold, silver and grain among the people.

They lost their previous fear, and there were still many supporters of King Chuang. There were even poor people who actively asked to join Gao Yingxiang's troops.

Reports of defeats were sent to the capital one after another, and the city of Beijing was also shaken. The officials and the Qingliu people became active again. On the one hand, they impeached Chen Qiyu for letting the tiger return to the mountains, and on the other hand, they impeached the Minister of War, Hong Chengchou, for his inappropriate actions and the inaction of the cabinet ministers.

The cabinet also began to get busy. No matter what, it was necessary to mobilize troops and generals as soon as possible to regain the lost territory. Yue Su really did not expect that Chen Qiyu could be defeated so quickly. It was necessary to dispatch generals, but it was impossible to mobilize troops.

Absolutely no way. Mr. Yue has his own plan in mind. You losers, what if I kill all the soldiers and let Li Zicheng attack Beijing in the future?

The cabinet meeting was held again, and Mr. Yue's first words were, "Chen Qiyu returned home and blamed himself for the crime. It is really an unforgivable crime. In consideration of his past achievements, let him go back to his hometown and have his children!"

Of course, no one would have any objections to this decision, and they didn't kill him anyway. It was the same as dealing with Yang Yishan, so that a bowl of water would be balanced.

"Chen Qiyu's generals...ordered them to serve their crimes..."

However, Yue Su could not directly remove generals such as Zuo Liangyu and Yan Jinzhang from their posts. At this time, it was still necessary to stabilize the morale of the army. If all the generals were removed, who would lead the troops to fight? The cabinet ministers also understood this truth.

, everyone nodded.

Then, Yue Su gritted his teeth again and said: "Instruct Sun Chuanting, the commander of the Ministry of War, to be the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. He will take office today and regain the lost territory!"

After hearing this decision, cabinet ministers looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, they could only nod. There were not many people in the government who could lead troops, especially civil servants. Sun Chuanting was considered a suitable candidate. But

The Governor-General of Sichuan and Shaanxi actually has a lot of power. He not only has to manage the three sides of Shaanxi, but also supervises Sichuan. But in the current situation, Chengdu is lost. It is really impossible if he does not send a unified command coach.

"When the cabinet vote is drafted, report it to the Chief of Ceremonies first, and wait until the decree is obtained for Sun Chuanting to take office immediately. Also, write in the decree that Gao Yingxiang must be killed to avenge the Thousand Years of King Shu!"

At first, Yue Su didn't plan to let Sun Chuanting lead the troops now, but now he saw that there was really no other way, so he asked him to take the lead first. It is estimated that his plan will be realized in a short time.
Chapter completed!