In the 10th year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Sichang, Minister of the Ministry of War, gathered 100,000 troops, increased the pay by 200, and proposed a strategy of "four righteousnesses and six corners, and a net on ten sides" to limit the mobility of rogue bandits, defeat them one by one, and finally annihilate them.
In order to ensure the success of this campaign, Emperor Chongzhen urgently transferred Zhongwu Bo and Taiwanese deputy general Ding Yunyi for reinforcements.
Ding Yunyi galloped to the Central Plains with thirty-six cavalry, returned to the Ministry of War as Shangshu and the right deputy censor of the capital, and Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the military affairs of the five provinces, controlled the military affairs.
It seems that Xiong Wencan has some fate with Ding Yunyi.
When Xiong Wencan took office in Fujian in the first year of Chongzhen, he implemented a strategy of recruiting local armed groups. He recruited Zheng Zhilong and others, and then relied on local armed forces to wipe out the giant pirates at sea who had been troubled for many years. During this period, he also had the idea of regaining Taiwan.
Later, it failed to be realized because of his transfer from Fujian. The elimination of maritime banditry allowed the coastal people to live and work in peace and contentment and benefited a lot. Due to Xiong Wencan's outstanding political achievements during his term in Fujian, in February of the fifth year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to Minister of War, Imperial Envoy of Youqiandu, and Prime Minister.
He served as the military affairs officer of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong, and later served as the premier of five provinces.
He failed to regain Taiwan, but Ding Yunyi helped him regain it.
When Ding Yunyi returned to the Central Plains for the second time, his treatment was indeed very different from the previous one. Yang Sichang trusted him and encouraged him personally. Xiong Wencan was also a meticulous person, so he knew that Ding Yunyi was not only highly valued by Yang Sichang, but also deeply trusted by the emperor. Therefore, Ding Yunyi
As soon as he arrived, he put five thousand elite soldiers into his hands and obeyed his orders to kill and make decisions.
The chance for Ding Yunyi to become famous all over the world again has arrived!
And his first enemy is his old rival:
Zhang Xianzhong!
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's troops had grown to 100,000 people after the death of Gao Yingxiang. His troops fought in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui. They defeated the government troops many times. They entered Henan and attacked Xuzhou, killing brother Zuo Liangyu and obtaining supplies.
Juwan. Then he killed Ming general Pan Keda and others in the battle at Anqingjiadian. The officers and soldiers were frightened when they heard his name.
Shortly after Ding Yunyi arrived, news came that Zhang Xianzhong had mobilized all 100,000 troops and moved towards Nanyang. At this time, deputy general Zuo Liangyu only defended Nanyang with a small number of troops and went to Yun County without permission.
Zuo Liangyu didn't take Xiong Wencan seriously at all. He also turned a deaf ear to Xiong Wencan's orders. At present, the court is taking advantage of this opportunity. Zuo Liangyu has been impeached several times before, but all of them were just meritorious services.
, Xiong Wencan could do nothing about it.
Nanyang was in danger. Xiong Wencan had no troops to rescue him at the moment. He looked around at his subordinates, but they all lowered their heads and remained silent.
There are hundreds of thousands of thieves in the army, with a huge momentum, and the officers and soldiers have been defeated repeatedly. Who dares to go into danger alone at this time?
At this moment, someone suddenly said loudly: "No need to worry, Commander-in-Chief, I am willing to go to relieve the crisis in Nanyang!"
Looking towards the place where the voice came from, it was none other than Ding Yunyi, who was renowned for his bravery in the armed forces!
When Xiong Wencan saw Ding Yunyi taking the initiative to ask for help, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "If Ding Huben is willing to go, the thieves will be safe!"
Ding Yunyi fought bloody battles in the Central Plains in the past, and no one knew about the banner of Tiger Guards that he fought, so rumors gradually spread, and Ding Yunyi was called "Ding Huben".
As soon as Xiong Wencan saw Ding Yunyi, the words "Ding Huben" came out of his mouth unconsciously.
When all the generals saw that it was Ding Yunyi, they all breathed a sigh of relief. If anyone was the nemesis of the rogue bandits, he was probably the only one. This man fought in Xinyang, bloody Yingzhou, and captured the rogue leader Gao Yingxiang alive. The bandit army feared him like a tiger, and as soon as he went to Nanyang
The danger can be solved.
Xiong Wencan asked hurriedly: "How many people will Ding Huben take?"
"The Commander-in-Chief has given me five thousand elite soldiers. To resolve the crisis in Nanyang, these five thousand are enough!"
Xiong Wencan was shocked when he heard this: "Ding Hu's bravery is unparalleled in the world, but there are hundreds of thousands of thieves and bandits, and you only have five thousand. How can you defeat the enemy?"
Ding Yunyi showed no fear at all: "Commander Commander, although the thieves are said to be one hundred thousand, in fact, in my opinion, there are only more than ten thousand who can really fight. These bandits are running around and are exhausted. They want to take Nanyang, but they just want to find a place to stay."
It's just a matter of replenishing armaments, my five thousand elite soldiers are enough to defeat the enemy!"
"Good! Good!" Xiong Wencan praised repeatedly: "The general is so majestic, so why worry about the rogue bandits not being defeated? As long as the general resolves the danger in Nanyang, as soon as our three reinforcements arrive, we can counter the encirclement of the rogue bandits.
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Ding Yunyi cupped his hands and said: "In this case, rescuing troops is like putting out a fire. Ding Yunyi will organize his troops and go out immediately! Please don't forget the three-way reinforcements. Ding Yunyi dare not forget the pain of Yingzhou's bloodbath alone!"
Xiong Wencan stood up and said loudly: "If I let the general bathe in blood alone, I will make the world laugh at him!"
It is very rare for a prime minister of five provinces to make such a promise.
Seeing Ding Yunyi striding out of the tent, all the generals were stunned. This Ding Yunyi is so courageous. Five thousand people actually dare to fight against an army of one hundred thousand thieves?
Although he said that the actual combat strength of the bandit army is only ten thousand people, but if one hundred thousand people are lined up in a row, even if you don't take action, you won't be able to kill them all for days and nights.
But think about it again, when Ding Yunyi was bloody in Yingzhou, tens of thousands of bandits were helpless against his hundreds of cavalry. God knows what earth-shattering thing this man is going to do this time, and there is no guarantee that he will succeed.
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As soon as Ding Yunyi went out, he summoned the cavalry he had brought from Taiwan and told him about rushing to rescue Nanyang. These cavalry had been following Ding Yunyi for a long time, and they all knew that the deputy mayor was very brave. There was nothing in the world that he would not dare to do.
, so no one raised any objection.
Ding Yunyi looked around at the generals: "Although I made a bold statement in front of Xiong Wencan, I still thought carefully about how to deal with the enemy. My idea is to divide the five thousand soldiers into five teams. Once they encounter the rebel army, they will attack in five groups one after another.
The thief doesn't know how many people I have. The constant conflicts have caused him to fall into chaos."
"We are all willing to listen to the deputy town's orders!"
"Okay!" Ding Yunyi raised his voice: "I personally lead the first team, Huangfu Yunjie's second team, Hou Lu's third team, Deng Changgui's fourth team, fifth team..."
He didn't think of the right person for the moment, so his eyes turned and slowly fell on Fan Xiaotian, who had accompanied him in Yingzhou's bloodbath. He suddenly smiled and said: "Fan Xiaotian, do you dare to lead the army?"
"Dare!" Fan Xiaotian didn't even think about it: "The deputy town asked me to take it. I will take it!"
"Okay!" Ding Yunyi laughed and said: "Fan Xiaotian's fifth team! Everyone, the first team led by me will set off tonight! You and other four teams will set off one after another. We will meet in Nanyang and defeat the bandits again!"
"The deputy town will win! Tiger and Ben will win!"
The general is the soul of the army, and the soldiers are the same as the generals. Since the five thousand Ming army knew that they were led by the mighty Ding Huben, they were not afraid of this expedition at all.
Ding Yunyi ordered his men to eat well, and then set off for Nanyang overnight. What he was about to face was the 100,000-strong army of his old rival Zhang Xianzhong, but in his opinion, there was nothing scary about it...
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"General, ahead is Yonghao. After Yonghao, we will reach Nanyang!"
Ding Yunyi grabbed Ben Xiao and asked, "Does Yonghao have a bandit army stationed there?"
"Yes, it's Sun Kewang, Zhang Ni Xianzhong's subordinate."
"Sun Kewang?" Ding Yunyi laughed: "That is also an old enemy. In Xinyang, I killed him and defeated him. In Yingzhou, he attacked me many times but could not succeed... How many traitors does Yonghao have?
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"Return to the general, eight thousand men."
"The whole army is ready to attack Yonghao!"
"General, the enemy has eight thousand troops and we have one thousand troops. If we want to succeed, can we attack at night?"
"Rescuing troops is like putting out fires. Wouldn't a night attack waste time?" Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "Others see rogue bandits as ferocious beasts, but I see rogue bandits as nothing but grass. In the eyes of Sun Kewang, my thousand soldiers are like a hundred thousand troops. Everyone, you
Are you willing to fight with me and make great achievements?"
"The general's reputation has moved the world. We are willing to die serving the general!"
Qian Junshan pointed forward, and Ding Yunyi said sternly: "Hold the flag for me!"
It’s still the familiar flag:
The brave and loyal tiger guards!
"Gentlemen, I am in front and you are behind. Anyone who sees me taking a step back will kill him with random arrows!"
Ding Yunyi let out a tiger roar, Benxiao neighed, raised his four hooves, rolled up smoke, and galloped towards Yonghao, where eight thousand people were stationed, carrying the immortal tiger general on his back!
The thousand Ming troops were all dumbfounded.
I had heard about Ding Huben's bravery before, but today I saw it with my own eyes. There were 8,000 cavalry on the opposite side. Not to mention that Ding Huben only charged into the formation with a thousand cavalry. The fact that he was riding alone at this moment was already shocking and inexplicable.
"Brothers, what are we waiting for!" A general shouted loudly: "Follow Ding Huben, even if you die, you will be famous in history, kill him!"
"Kill!"
The Qianming Army burst out with the same roar, like a rushing tide, like a torrent of anger, sweeping towards Yonghao...
At this time, Yonghao was completely defenseless.
When they saw a man riding alone towards Yong Hao, even Sun Kewang who came after hearing the news was a little strange.
Who is it? One of our own people or officers and soldiers?
That man was riding alone, but he was galloping toward Yonghao tenaciously and bravely... Suddenly, dust flew up behind him, and the shouts of countless people came. Then, battle flags flashed one after another.
"It's officers and soldiers!"
Someone shouted.
Sun Kewang didn't pay too much attention. During this period, he saw too many officers and soldiers, and fought too many officers and soldiers. He didn't pay attention to the officers and soldiers at all, except for one team...
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Suddenly, someone saw the flag on the opposite team clearly, and then the whole person began to tremble, as if they had seen the most terrifying thing. In the end, all the fear turned into a shrill cry:
"Hu Benwei!"
With a "boom", the entire Yonghao exploded!
The Tiger Guard! The Tiger Guard! The Tiger Guard that makes all the rogues fear them like tigers!
"Calm down! Calm down! Prepare to meet the enemy!" Although he was scared, Sun Kewang still tried his best to hide his fear in front of his subordinates and shouted loudly.
Maybe someone is pretending... Even if the Tiger Guards are really coming, it's not terrible as long as that person doesn't come... Sun Kewang kept comforting himself in his heart...
Yonghao organized his defense in a panic...
The single-handed knight was getting closer and closer, and the uneasiness in Sun Kewang's heart couldn't help but become stronger...
"Ding Yunyi is here, anyone who stands in my way will die!"
When the thunderous roar came, Sun Kewang's head was exploded just like his subordinates.
Familiar voices, familiar roars... The only difference is that the terrifying magic knife is hanging on his waist...
But in his hand is an even more terrifying spear...
"Ding Yunyi is here, anyone who stands in my way will die!"
This was like a fatal curse, and the whole Yonghao was completely in chaos!
Ding Yunyi is here! Ding Yunyi is here! The Ding Huben who fought against Xinyang, bloody Yingzhou, and captured Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, is here!
"Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow!" Sun Kewang screamed at the top of his lungs.
The arrows were released, but the arrows of those people were so soft and had no accuracy. They were afraid, really afraid, they were afraid when they heard this person's name...
Benxiao rolled up the dust in the sky, like a black lightning, and rushed over in an instant amid the rain of arrows.
Amid the roar, the Thousand Army Trooper in Ding Yunyi's hand whipped up strong winds, and he let out a miserable cry. The nearest thief was swept up into the air by the Thousand Army Trooper.
"The murderer Ding Huben, the butcher Ding Yunyi; Ding Huben, no one can stop him, Ding Yunyi, the murderer! Huben is full of blood everywhere, and when the butcher comes, there are mountains of corpses!"
This jingle has been circulated among the bandits for a long time. The fear that Ding Yunyi brought to the bandits can no longer be described in words.
When he appeared in Yonghao, the morale of Yonghao's eight thousand bandits suddenly collapsed.
The gap in combat effectiveness can still be bridged, but the collapse of morale cannot be saved at all.
Ding Yunyi was alone, with a horse and a spear, charging back and forth among the enemy troops. It didn't look like 8,000 people were attacking him, but it looked like he was encircling and suppressing 8,000 people.
The thousand Ming troops also rushed in with a loud killing sound.
On the one hand, because of Ding Yunyi's bravery, his confidence reached its peak, on the other hand, because of the collapse of morale due to the appearance of Ding Huben, the outcome of such a battle was doomed from the beginning.
Ding Yunyi is still as brave as when he was in Xinyang and Yingzhou. The thousands of troops killed enemies one after another terrifyingly. Even those who died under him were as miserable as before.
No one can stop Ding Yunyi, no one! This was the desperate thought that emerged in Sun Kewang's heart.
Even if he didn't have the help of a thousand Ming troops, it was impossible for his own army to stop him. Sun Kewang even gave up on himself.
Ding Yunyi charged and killed... The thousand Ming troops also charged and killed like their general... But the bandits were crying and running in panic...
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No one can save Yong Hao from defeat, no one...
The moment Ding Yunyi appeared on the battlefield, this situation was already doomed.
It seems that when this person appeared, he became the nemesis of the bandits! (Your support is my biggest motivation.)