Suidezhou, Shaanxi Province, inside the rebel camp.
Wang Jiayin, the leader of the rebel army, convened a meeting with many leaders of the rebel army.
The rebel armies all have their own leaders who manage their own armies.
Each leader nominally obeyed Wang Jiayin's leadership.
Wang Jiayin wore a yellow brocade robe and sat on a huanghuali chair.
The other rebel leaders were sitting on ordinary chairs below.
Wang Jiayin showed a long-lost smile and said happily:
"There are two things happening today. The first is that Hong Gou Guan massacred our brothers.
They also used their heads to build a temple in Beijing to insult us. This is absolutely intolerable and must be avenged."
Other rebel leaders also shouted: "Revenge."
Wang Jiayin saw the others calm down and continued:
"The second thing is that everyone has heard the news that there is a team in Hanzhong that the officers and soldiers call yellow-robed thieves.
Like us, they also rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.
The Yellow Army was so powerful that they directly killed the dog official Yang He.
Together with the 100,000 officers and soldiers in Shaanxi, they were all wiped out.
Especially Jiang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Yansui, only he, the commander-in-chief, escaped with some of his own soldiers.
Now he has no soldiers.
We were already suppressed by the officers and soldiers.
We are all ready to run to Shanxi.
Now it seems that we can hold on for a while and deal with the government troops in northern Shaanxi.
Remember, everyone, the government and the army have no soldiers, so we don’t need to be afraid anymore.
Everyone has a lot of frontier troops at their disposal, and they could not defeat the elite servants of the Ming Dynasty before.
Now that the offense and defense have been reversed, everyone must unite as one and not be afraid of the government troops."
Wang Jiayin was very happy to hear the news.
He has become king and has always been a thorn in the side of the army.
Now Suhe rises in the south, and in one battle he defeats an army of 100,000 soldiers.
It's not just the officers and soldiers who are incapable of encircling and suppressing him.
Even if the Ming court mobilized troops from other places, the first target would not be him.
Wang Jiayin can develop his power with peace of mind.
As a rebel, Wang Ziyong was the most powerful person besides Wang Jiayin.
He then said: "The key is that we must be united and we must never trust the Ming Dog Official's promises again.
Recently, many brothers have been deceived by Honggou Guan.
Remember, in the eyes of the Ming Dog Officer, we are all rebels, and surrendering will never end well."
Wang Ziyong turned around and looked at a general.
"Bugui Ni, I heard that your men have received another group of troops. They are from the border army. They were Wang Zuoguan's men before."
Zhang Cunmeng nodded and said, "That's true. Wang Zuo surrendered and was killed by Officer Hong Gou.
Only this man ran away with a group of soldiers and horses, and when I happened to encounter him, I gathered him under my command."
Wang Jiayin suddenly said: "Let him come in and tell you the consequences of surrender.
We must learn lessons and never surrender."
Zhang Cunmeng quickly called this person in.
"Huang Lai'er, is that you? You are still alive."
Gao Yingxiang, who was sitting behind Wang Ziyong, recognized him as his nephew.
When the young man saw Gao Yingxiang, he stepped forward and hugged him, and said excitedly:
"Uncle, it's me, I'm Huang Lai'er."
"I heard that you became a postman and were dismissed. Later, you killed everyone in the village and escaped. I sent people to look for you but couldn't find you."
Gao Yingxiang turned to Zhang Cunmeng and said, "Don't stick to the mud, this is my nephew.
I will supply you with a team of troops and transfer him to my command."
Zhang Cunmeng readily agreed when he heard that Gao Yingxiang had supplied him with a team of troops.
A former Ming postman who has been renamed Li Zicheng.
He told the leaders present about the tragic situation after Wang Zuogai surrendered.
Li Zicheng also learned about Su He's deeds.
His heart was surging. He believed that he would definitely be good at it, and he would definitely be able to do great things.
…
Shenyang City, inside Houjin Palace.
Huang Taiji, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, summoned all the Baylors to discuss matters.
Huang Taiji asked the palace maid to pour wine.
The wine in porcelain bottles looks very high-end, and the bottom of the bottle is engraved with the four characters of Fuwen Winery.
When the wine is poured into the cup, it is transparent wine, not cloudy rice wine.
The rich aroma of wine comes out immediately.
"This is the precious new wine offered by the Fan family. It's called Erguotou.
At the same time, the Fan family brought us the latest information about the Ming Dynasty. There was a new group of rebel thieves in southern Shaanxi during the Ming Dynasty, called the Yellow Clothes Thieves.
This thief in yellow is so powerful that he killed more than 100,000 elite soldiers of Ming Dynasty and Shaanxi Province in one battle."
After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he passed the information to the Baylors present.
Heshuobele Manggurtai was reading information and drinking wine.
This wine feels very hot in the mouth, it is completely different from the previous wine.
"Good wine, this is what men drink."
He laughed loudly and said: "This is really great, God bless me.
Khan, the more problems there are in Ming Dynasty, the better it will be for us.
Last year we attacked the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but were repulsed by Yuan Manzi.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Manzi, who had defeated us many times, the Great Khan only used a small trick.
Let Yuan Manzi be arrested by the emperor to whom he was loyal.
Depending on the situation, he will definitely die.
Now that there are thieves in yellow rising in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will continue to lose blood, and then this will be our opportunity."
After hearing what Mang Gurtai said, Heshuo Beiledaishan also agreed:
"The party struggle in the Ming Dynasty was fierce, and the Great Khan immediately seized this flaw.
Bribing only a few officials can have a greater effect than a hundred thousand soldiers.
What Mang Gurtai said makes sense. We must never let the Ming Dynasty easily eliminate the rebels.
As long as we have the strength to spare, we realize that the rebels are about to be wiped out by the Ming army.
We will directly go to war with Ming Dynasty.
With the Ming Dynasty's financial situation, they simply cannot support a two-front war.
It’s easy to press the gourd and the gourd will rise again.”
When Huang Taiji got the news, he was very happy.
The more chaotic the Ming Dynasty, the better. If the Ming Dynasty was not chaotic, how could he have a chance?
The Ming Dynasty is really too big, and with the current strength of Houjin, there is no way it can swallow the Ming Dynasty.
They can only gradually consume Ming's heritage bit by bit.
Huang Taiji believed that as long as he continued to fight against the Ming Dynasty, they would win in the end.
He toasted with the Baylors and said confidently:
"The supplies we looted from Ming Dynasty last year are enough.
During this period, we must first conquer Mongolia and establish a complete Mongolian Eight Banners.
We have too few Jurchens, so we must let the Mongols and Han people help us conquer the world."
…
Wenyuan Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty.
Chief Assistant Cheng Jiming presided over a cabinet meeting to discuss how to deal with the thieves in yellow.
Cheng Jiming and Zhou Yanru had great differences on this issue and had a fierce quarrel.
In the first three months of Chongzhen's reign, the party struggle was very fierce.
In the first month of the first month, Han Xu, the chief assistant, was implicated in the Yuan Chonghuan case.
Li Biao, the chief assistant who took over, was unable to curb party strife and resigned in March in frustration.
Cheng Jiming took over as the new chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty.
Chief Assistant Cheng Jiming was also a member of the Yuan Party, and wanted to prevent Yuan Chonghuan's case, implicating Donglin leader Qian Longxi.
However, Zhou Yanru's party was very powerful in the cabinet, and he had deep grudges with the Donglin Party.
They have been expanding the impact of Yuan Chonghuan's case and want to use Yuan Chonghuan to wipe out the power of the Donglin Party.
Cheng Jiming proposed that Yang He, the governor of the three sides, was loyal to the country and should be given preferential treatment.
The imperial court sent troops to exterminate the thieves in yellow.
He specifically proposed that Guan Ning's army should be mobilized to enter Shaanxi to exterminate the thieves in yellow.
The purpose of Cheng Ji Ming was to improve the status of the civilian commander through the preferential treatment of Yang He's death.
Let Guan Ningjun make more contributions.
He made plans to rescue Yuan Chonghuan later.
Zhou Yanru disagreed with this opinion. He believed that Yang He had improper command and should bear the main responsibility for the defeat.
The imperial court had no money and food, so it could not send Guan Ning's army into Shaanxi to suppress the bandits. It should let the local government recruit its own troops to suppress the bandits.
Due to party disputes, the cabinet did not come up with a unified opinion, and the matter was ultimately decided by Emperor Chongzhen.
Chongzhen hated the yellow-robed thieves deeply, and Yang He was defeated and lost his generals, which also made Chongzhen dislike him very much.
Chongzhen received the inscriptions from Gao Qiqian and Hong Chengchou.
He believed that Yang He should bear the responsibility for the defeat, but since he was defeated and died, he could be regarded as loyal to the country.
Chongzhen did not treat Yang He favorably, but he also did not punish him.
Chongzhen wanted to send Guan Ning's army into Shaanxi to suppress the yellow-robed thieves.
However, he was unable to send troops because of money and food problems.
Chongzhen was very satisfied with Hong Chengchou's five-year plan to quell thieves.
He likes officials who spend little money and can get things done best.
Hong Chengchou was also very good at suppressing bandits and achieved more results than Yang He.
Hong Chengchou was promoted to the governor of the three sides, and he was asked to clear out the banditry in northern Shaanxi first, train elite soldiers, and then destroy the yellow bandits.
…
Yunyang Mansion, Huguang.
Song Kangnian, a very short fortune teller, was telling fortunes in a restaurant.
He suddenly heard someone chatting in the restaurant, and they mentioned that the thieves in yellow were in Baoji County and wiped out more than 100,000 officers and soldiers in the first battle.
Song Kangnian was very moved and planned to go to Hanzhong Mansion to seek refuge with Su He. His talents could not be buried.
My talents are destined to be useful. If the Ming Dynasty does not need them, they will find someone who can.
