Chapter 1116 Who is the traitor
Zhao Liangdong's braid was stomped off in Gansu. At that time, he was the first person in the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp to respond to Wu Sangui's anti-Qing rebellion.
Zhao Liangdong's anyway greatly affected the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp at that time. Even Sun Sike, the leader of the Han army, finally decided to "abandon the Qing Dynasty and follow the Ming Dynasty" after hearing that Zhao Liangdong was correct.
After Zhao Liangdong was anyway, Wu Sangui immediately granted him the position of general officer of Ningxia, and later promoted him to the admiral of Shaanxi at the beginning of the year, and handed over all the elite troops of the Shaanxi Green Camp to his command.
The reason why Wu Sangui trusted Zhao Liangdong so much was not only that he knew that this person was a rare general, but the most important thing was that Hong Chengchou strongly recommended Zhao Liangdong to him during his lifetime. He said that there were two heroes in Shaanxi and Gansu, namely Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong. If these two heroes had one, they could get all the elite soldiers in Shaanxi and Gansu. If both heroes were obtained, they would undoubtedly be helping each other and fighting for the world.
With Hong Chengchou's experience and vision, Wu Sangui would not doubt his evaluation of Zhang Yong and Zhao Liangdong. However, unfortunately, Zhang Yong was defeated and surrendered to the Taiping Army in the Guangxi battle with Roto to reinforce Guoan. When he learned the news, Hong Chengchou was still there and showed a regretful expression at that time. Wu Sangui was also very sorry, but Zhao Liangdong, who was as famous as Zhang Yong, was overjoyed to be able to come back on his own initiative. The two heroes could not get all, but it was okay to get one person.
Zhao Liangdong did not disappoint Hong Chengchou's high evaluation of him, nor did he disappoint Wu Sangui. After following Guo Zhuangtu to attack Henan, Zhao Liangdong's army made many military achievements, conquered several prefectures and counties, recruited and recruited more than 3,000 Henan Green Camp, and rushed forward as a forward. In the first attack on Kaifeng, he cooperated with Sun Sike's army to kill his son-in-law Shi Lin, and almost climbed the city to attack Kaifeng. Although Kaifeng was unable to capture it in the end, Zhao Liangdong's performance was undoubtedly recognized by Wu Sangui and his generals. So after knowing that Zhao Liangdong had also rebelled against him like Su Bai, Wu Sangui couldn't believe it for a long time.
Wang Pingfan didn't want to believe that Zhao Liangdong would be a traitor, but the facts are the facts. Even if everyone used to say that Zhao Liangdong was unparalleled and loyal, a hero who was not afraid of the powerful and upright. Facts proved that they had misread Zhao Liangdong in the past.
The sentence "Although the braid on the head is not there, the braid in the heart is still there!" is so heroic and so excited that the generals of Manzhou who heard this look at Zhao Liangdong with admiration.
An Zhuhu, who arrived, nodded repeatedly: There are no braids on her head, but there must be braids in her heart!
Zhao Liangdong himself was a little moved because he felt that this sentence perfectly interpreted what he did.
Because Zhao Liangdong is definitely not a villain, nor a dog thief!
His loyalty is engraved in his bones!
He was not betraying anyone, but on the first day of fulfilling his mission of loyalty and righteousness, Zhao Liangdong was the soldier of the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty was his only loyal object, and the Qing Dynasty also gave him everything he has now. If it weren't for the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Liangdong would have just been a poor man in Shaanxi, so how could he become the official who led the army? Even if Wu Sangui believed in him so much and asked him to be the admiral of Shaanxi, wasn't it given by the Qing Dynasty? If it weren't for the Qing Dynasty, how could Zhao Liangdong stand out from the poor army and have the luck of today?
Yes, he offended the generals of Manzhou, which caused the Guizhou admiral to be killed. He was inconsistent with his colleagues, and was excluded by an unknown person and resigned from his post and returned home in anger. But these things never disappointed Zhao Liangdong, or even despair, and felt disgusted by the Qing Dynasty.
No one knows himself better than Zhao Liangdong. The word "loyalty and righteousness" is his bottom line in life.
Paradoxically, Zhao Liangdong, who took loyalty and righteousness as the bottom line of life, became the first general in Shaanxi and Gansu to respond to Wu Sangui. He violated the bottom line of life and betrayed the Qing Dynasty, where he vowed allegiance.
This is like having to set up a archway after becoming a kiln sister, but Zhao Liangdong didn't think so. He responded to Wu Sangui's simple gratitude and repaying Hong Chengchou's gratitude.
The Qing Dynasty gave him the opportunity to join the army, but the opportunity to make him famous was given by Hong Chengchou. If Hong Chengchou had not transferred him to Hunan, Zhao Liangdong might have been just a small guerrilla in his life, so he would not have been so majestic in the Southwest Battle.
However, now Hong Chengchou is dead, and Zhao Liangdong does not think he owes Wu Sangui, so he has no reason to continue to work for Wu Sangui. However, he did not immediately rebel and re-summon the Qing Dynasty's "emergence" because although he knew that he was loyal to the Qing Dynasty deep in his heart, he committed the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty after all, so he was worried that the Qing Dynasty would not understand him and would not accept him again.
Moreover, the Qing Dynasty, which he was loyal to, seemed to be in a worse situation, and Wu Sangui, who did not want to work hard, was getting better and better.
Being upright does not mean that Zhao Liangdong is a pedantic person.
Under this contradictory mentality, Zhao Liangdong served in the Wu army against his will. However, he received a recruitment letter from Jia Hanfu, the governor of Henan of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Liangdong was "unmoved" because he could not jump into the fire pit by himself.
Unexpectedly, after the Zhengdan period, the Wu army's military operations were unsuccessful one after another, and they were ambushed by the Qing army commanded by Oboi, losing nearly 20,000 people. Although Wu Sangui came to command from Tongguan after hearing the news and reorganized the attack, Zhao Liangdong was always furious, worried that the Wu army would be defeated and might even be completely defeated by the Qing army.
The final result of the daytime battle made Zhao Liangdong both happy and fearful.
What is happy is that the Qing Dynasty still has its own rescue, but what is feared is that if the Qing Dynasty still has its own rescue, I am afraid that Zhao Liangdong's head will be out of control.
At this time, an officer who escaped from the encirclement brought Oboi's handwritten letter to Zhao Liangdong.
After obtaining Oboi's guarantee, Zhao Liangdong gritted his teeth and made a decision.
The smooth progress of things made Zhao Liangdong feel relieved. Now, as long as he solves Wang Pingfan, who is blocking in front, he will truly cleanse up his crime of "submitting to the thief" in the Qing Dynasty.
"Wang Pingfan, what qualifications do you have to scold me? Are you killing fewer Han people than me? If you want to betrayal, it is also the Ming Dynasty that your Guanning Army betrayed first!"
Zhao Liangdong looked at Wang Pingfan coldly, his eyes full of contempt. He said that Zhao Liangdong was a traitor, so Wang Pingfan was not a good thing. In the past, the Qing soldiers attracted by Wu Sangui. Wang Pingfan was even more powerful than him. The Ming army and the people who died under his sword would never be less than those who died under his sword!
Wang Pingfan's body trembled for a moment, and was silent. Suddenly, he shouted vigorously: "Zhao Liangdong! I, Wang Pingfan, had been a traitor, sold my life for the Tartars, and killed many Ming troops and the people. But no matter how many mistakes I have done, I, Wang Pingfan, are now a hero in the anti-Qing Dynasty! Even if I die, I am a hero in killing the Tartars! I am worthy of my ancestors! But you, Zhao Liangdong, are always a traitor, a traitor who insults our ancestors, and you will eventually die like a dog!"
Zhao Liangdong laughed and raised his big knife: "Will I die like a dog? It won't cost you Wang Pingfan to worry. You should think about yourself, and you will die like a dog!"
Wang Pingfan did not reply, but pulled out his sword. His subordinates also picked up the weapons in their hands.
No need to say nonsense, the truth is revealed.
"kill!"
Zhao Liangdong slammed his horse's belly and rushed up like an arrow.
On April 27, the third year of Dingwu in the Ming Dynasty, the general Wang Pingfan died in Sanguanmiao Town at the age of 39. In the sixth year of Dingwu, he was posthumously named Zhongyong Marquis.
There are a little update today, mainly because I have been searching for the deeds of the anti-Qing generals in the Three Feudal Rebellion.
Chapter completed!