In Fengxiang Mansion in southern Shaanxi, after Wu Yangui's peasant army was defeated, Wang Jiayin decisively ordered all troops to withdraw westward and poured into Fengxiang Mansion.
Fengxiang Mansion is no better than Xi'an Mansion. It has a vast area and empty troops. The peasant army seems to be a fish entering the sea, sweeping across the entire Fengxiang Mansion in the blink of an eye. In the recent period, the only thing Wang Jiayin has done is to absorb the remnants of Wu Yangui.
Within ten days, important leaders such as the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun, Wang Yan of the Wind, and Xiaorong of Yingshan Honghua all came over. Wang Jiayin received these people with enthusiasm and promised Li Yangchun an important position without touching their soldiers.
Before Ma, Li Yangchun and others came, they were worried that Wang Jiayin would disrupt their troops, but they did not expect that the other party would be so generous. As a result, everyone was convinced by Wang Jiayin.
With the arrival of Li Yangchun and others, Wang Jiayin's power expanded rapidly again. His strength has exceeded 130,000, and his strength has caught up with Wu Yangui who originally controlled Yan'an Mansion. However, Wang Jiayin is a little stronger than Wu Yangui, regardless of the strength of his subordinates.
He had learned a lot, but he was not arrogant enough to have the courage to fight head-on with the officers and soldiers. Thinking about Wu Yangui's fate, you will know how unreliable the peasant army's combat effectiveness is.
Wu Yangui had the advantage of troops, but when they really fought, the officers and soldiers were defeated and lost their lives.
The officers and soldiers went south, aiming directly at Fengxiang Mansion. Wang Jiayin already knew it, but he had nothing to be nervous about. Before the officers and soldiers came, Wang Jiayin made plans to continue retreating to the northwest. In the northwest, the land is vast, the people are sparse, and the troops are empty.
Soon, the officers and soldiers caught up and had no choice but to follow behind and eat loess.
In this atmosphere, Li Zicheng, who had gone through all kinds of hardships to escape, finally came to Fengxiang Mansion with his trusted soldiers and horses. Also coming with Li Zicheng was the sweeping king Zhang Yichuan.
Wang Jiayin has some impressions of Li Zicheng. When Li Zicheng led his troops to rebel, Wu Yangui won a big victory. Most of the leaders of the peasant army were from the lower class. People like Li Zicheng who had military experience were generally very good.
Very few, and Li Zicheng also held more than 2,000 soldiers from the entire Bajing border army.
For various reasons, Wang Jiayin still valued Li Zicheng very much. Especially after meeting him, Li Zicheng's majestic appearance and extraordinary bearing made his impression even better. Wang Jiayin felt relieved and planned to let Li Zicheng be included in his personal entourage.
, but there is one person who is more anxious than Wang Jiayin, and this person is Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang.
The relationship between Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng is not ordinary. Gao Yingxiang is Li Zicheng's uncle. What's more, Gao Yingxiang does lack a true confidant, so there is no reason for his nephew to follow others.
Zhang Cunmeng also intended to bring Li Zicheng to his side to help train troops, but now that Gao Yingxiang stepped forward, he had no chance.
Wang Jiayin had just learned that Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng had such a relationship, so there was no need to be a villain, so he casually arranged Li Zicheng to be next to Gao Yingxiang. However, Wang Jiayin was very confused. Since there was such a relationship, why did Li Zicheng seek refuge with Wu Yangui in the first place?
When Li Zicheng first joined Wu Yangui, he never heard Gao Yingxiang mention it.
Li Zicheng conspired to rebel and defect to the peasant army. Didn't he talk to Gao Yingxiang about such a big matter?
After everything was agreed upon, Li Zicheng expressed his gratitude to Wang Jiayin. In the evening, everyone dispersed. Li Zicheng and Zhang Yichuan walked side by side and came to the gate. The two held hands and looked at each other with complicated expressions.
"Brother Zhang, without your help, Li's life will remain in Phoenix Ridge."
Zhang Yichuan pursed his lips and sneered, "Brother Li, why do you have to be so humble? It's all thanks to Brother Li's ingenious plan to escape. However, in the future, there won't be many opportunities for you and me to meet each other. It's a pity."
"Yeah, what a pity!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, without saying anything more, and walked in different directions.
Zhang Yichuan will never forget what happened at Phoenix Ridge. When Li Zicheng shouted those words, he was shocked. It can be said that Li Zicheng ruined Leader Wu's life with just one word. But in this matter, he
I won't tell anyone because Zhang Yichuan is also an accomplice. If I don't tell him, it doesn't mean he approves of Li Zicheng.
Back on Phoenix Ridge, if his cronies hadn't found him first, I might have died in the hands of Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng seems to be kind, but in fact he is ruthless and decisive. Li Zicheng will succeed sooner or later, but Zhang Yichuan dare not follow Li Zicheng. When he thinks of what happened at Phoenix Ridge, it feels like a stone is weighing on his heart.
This time Wang Jiayin decided to divide his troops into two groups to withdraw to the northwest, Wang Ziyong on one side and Gao Yingxiang on the other. Zhang Yichuan decisively chose to join Zhang Cunmeng's command, and withdrew with Wang Ziyong. If he went to Gao Yingxiang's command, he would be killed by Li Zicheng sooner or later.
Two days later, the officers and soldiers led by Cao Wenzhao arrived at Xi'an Mansion. At this time, the peasant army also divided into two groups and withdrew toward the northwest.
Cao Wenzhao did not chase, but ran to the northwest to chase the peasant army. Only a fool could do such a thing.
Now that Wu Yangui, the two most powerful peasant armies in Shaanxi, had been wiped out, Wang Jiayin wanted to evacuate to the northwest. Ordinarily, Shaanxi should restore peace, but two days after Wang Jiayin withdrew, another incident happened in Shaanxi.
A peasant army appeared out of nowhere, suddenly came out from the west, and immediately surrounded Hancheng. For a time, the entire Shaanxi officers and soldiers were frightened.
It is true that Hancheng is a small town, but Yang He, the governor of the three sides, is still in Hancheng. If the peasant army breaks through Hancheng and captures Yang He alive, then all the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi will become a big joke. In the fury of the imperial court, a
A lot of heads must be chopped off.
No one knows where this peasant army came from. At this time, Yang He and Hong Chengchou in Hancheng were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.
This peasant army is very different from the peasant armies we have seen before. After surrounding Hancheng, this peasant army did not attack the city, nor did it do anything excessive to the villages and towns outside the city. They were stationed outside the city and were strictly disciplined.
No offense to the common people.
Hong Chengchou sent people to investigate in various places, and soon found out who his opponent was.
There were two people leading this peasant army, one was Tianjihou Wang Zuogao, and the other was Shaanxi bandit Wang Miaomei.
Different from history, in this time and space, due to Tie Mo's reasons, Wang Zuoguan and Miao Mei hesitated in Ma Bei Mountain for a long time, and they were also leading elite soldiers under their command. They were not forced to lead a group of people in a hurry like in the original history.
The hungry people attacked Hancheng. Therefore, the situation was naturally different. At this time, Hong Chengchou did not flee with a group of rabble to kill the opponent as in history.
Hong Chengchou had a headache. If they were a group of ordinary rebels, he was confident that he could defeat them with the city's government officials and young men. However, facing such a well-disciplined rebel group, he did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight.
Hancheng only has more than 200 guardsmen and dozens of government officials, not to mention the young and strong people who were temporarily organized. Such a group of people can be called a mob.