Chapter 219 Internal Fighting
Wind hunting.
Wang Ershan, who was riding uphill, was wearing a leather armor and a high-spirited military uniform. His gray beard was particularly eye-catching against the red cloak behind him. Lord Wang is waiting for something.
After the siege of Guiyang was broken, Wang Ershan did not stop. While sending his flying cavalry to report the victory to the capital, he led the army all the way west to pursue An Bangyan. In just over two months, the Ming army took the Zhenyu soldiers as the forerunners and conquered Weiqingwei, Zhenxiwei, Yachi, Shuixiyi, and Shexiangyi. They fought and won consecutive battles and reached western Guizhou.
Ahead is Dafang, three hundred miles west of Guiyang.
Wang Ershan didn't wait long. The midday spring sun shone on him, and Mr. Wang felt a little hot. He was about to take off his iron helmet to get some air, when he suddenly heard a burst of cheers that echoed through the sky from the formation down the slope.
Wang Ershan smiled. The hands reaching for the iron helmet did not untie the leather strap under the chin. Instead, he straightened the helmet again, straightened his waist, and looked at the mountain road ahead with sharp eyes.
"Report..." The two knights held up small red flags and shouted loudly in a long voice as they rushed toward Wang Ershan. "Reporting to Lord Fuzun, our army has regained Dafang. We have killed a thousand and five people in this battle. Deputy Commander Tian is leading the army to sweep away the remaining thieves. I have ordered you to respectfully invite Lord Fuzun to enter the city!" Two military envoys galloped to Wang Ershan, rolled their saddles, dismounted and knelt down. Kneel down and shout loudly to report victory.
"Okay!" Wang Ershan praised loudly with a bright smile, and then his face turned solemn, "The whole army has entered the city! Pass this order, and all generals will restrain their troops. They must not use troops to harm the people, and burn or kill the predators!"
By the time Wang Ershan entered the Dafang County Government Office, Tian Baisheng had also returned. Mr. Wang, who was in a good mood, had just given a few words of praise, but he did not expect that Tian Baisheng would once again request to return to his hometown. Wang Ershan knew that he really couldn't keep him this time.
In the past two months, Tian Baisheng's life has not been easy.
At the beginning, Tian Baisheng promised Lord Wang to send troops to help relieve the siege of Guiyang, and he did so. It was not until the Zhenyu soldiers captured Pingbawei, Weiqingwei and Zhenxiwei in order to eliminate the possibility of a comeback by the Shuixi Army that they completely eliminated the threat to Guiyang. At that time, Tian Baisheng proposed for the first time to lead the army back Township. After walking for more than half a year from Zhenyuan to Guiyang, Lord Wang clearly understood the virtues of the dignified Ming officers and soldiers who could easily scare him away from the camp. How could he be put back so easily? So Wang Ershan called Tian Baisheng to come and read the imperial newspapers together during this period. The purpose was to let him know his difficult situation and prepare to persuade him to stay for a while. Unexpectedly, after seeing everything, Wang Ershan himself was so frightened that he froze on the spot and could not speak for a long time. In order to urge the new emperor to join the army, the court said all the cruel things they could say: dismissal from office, investigation and handling, and handing over to the Ministry for discussion and punishment. Threats like this are simply childish. Being imprisoned and having your family members admitted to government offices are not the most serious ones. Even the words "Those who are told by the Nine Sides to shrink their heads and stop troops in fear of the enemy" were written in black and white in the newspaper!
There was no need to bother trying to persuade him. Seeing Wang Fuzun's face turned pale and stiff on the chair, Tian Baisheng finally said cautiously: "How about... I'd better not go back to my humble position first, and then help the boss to lay down some ground. Look at this situation. , just to relieve the siege of Guiyang without a few justified victories, I am afraid that I will not be able to explain it to the court..."
What is Wang Ershan’s regret in his heart: He recommended Zhang Fang to be a common barbarian general, but this guy ate living people and sold human flesh, and promoted Xu Shizhen. This guy will immediately wipe out your entire army, and then promote you to understand Zhongren, and then a pontoon bridge can be used for you. It just didn’t work out in the last three months! As for the deputy general Tian in front of me, he was originally a local official from Huguang. It could be said that he had nothing to do with guarding and aiding Guiyang, but he still came and made great efforts... Fortunately, Guiyang was able to relieve the siege anyway, and I felt that he had nothing to do with it. Feeling really sorry, Wang Ershan thought that he could speak for himself, so he wrote a memorial to the court to help the honest-minded Lieutenant General Tian get a post as commander-in-chief. Unexpectedly, the memorial was rejected by the cabinet!
The reasons are very good: First of all, you, Mr. Wang, are very poor at recognizing people. Take a look at what you have been recommended in the past. Official positions in the imperial court are not child's play, and you cannot just give them away for fun! Secondly, the imperial court has given a lot of grace to the Tian family. It is his duty to send troops and help. If he has made some contributions, he will be promoted to an official. Do you still have some consciousness? Thirdly, it’s a bunch of nonsense. The elders didn’t say it clearly, but the meaning of “Although this guy’s surname is Tian is actually a Miaoman who is not my race, you have to be careful”... …
Wang Ershan felt awkward, but he couldn't tell the truth to Tian Baisheng, and he always felt that he could not forgive him. However, Lieutenant General Tian didn't take this into consideration at all. He just did what he was supposed to do and took the lead in overcoming obstacles. He didn't care about the title of Commander-in-Chief.
However, gradually, Tian Baisheng felt that life was difficult.
Fortunately, the Zhenjun soldiers arrived and defeated the suspected soldiers left by An Bangyan near Guiyang to relieve the difficulties of the isolated city - but generals such as Xie Zhongren did not think so.
The battle of Qilichong was indeed not too fierce. An Bangyan only left six to seven hundred men there for diversion and harassment, and he took the main force and ran to western Guizhou. Therefore, he was defeated by the suppressing soldiers who had an absolute advantage in strength and did not believe in evil. This is an indisputable fact. Then Deputy Commander Jie and the others were not convinced: If I had known this, wouldn't it be the same if I had so many soldiers and rushed forward at once? You think it's hateful to be taken advantage of by this barbarian and gain great merit - of course, at this time, none of them could think of the fact that their "heroic soldiers" could have nightmares in the middle of the night and scare themselves into blowing up the camp.
All the generals felt that the mission had been completed by resolving the siege of Guiyang, and they could also make some windfall with it. But at this time, not to mention the frivolous wealth in Hecheng, Zhang Fang and Huang Yunqing have eaten away even the living people. Can everyone not hold their breath? By the way, although Qili Chong was fought by Na Tian Manzi - don't our brothers have any credit? If that's the case, let's all go home and see if the barbarian's three thousand pigs and dogs can defeat An Ni! As the saying goes, there should be some hard work without credit, right? However, the imperial court did not reward him with any merit!
Everyone has walked so far from Huguang and Qiandong without getting rich or receiving any rewards. It’s not too much to take a good rest in the city, right? This barbarian wants to lead his troops westward for nothing - well, no one can stop now, everyone has to follow him! It seems that this dog wants to ask the court for the title of headquarter no matter what! Bah! Why the hell don't you take a piss and take a picture of yourself with that dark black nose and sunken eyes, General Soldier? Marshal? Do you deserve it? !
There were no tough battles along the way from Zhenyuanfu to Guiyang, especially with the experience of Qilichong, all the generals felt that An Bangyan was actually vulnerable. Since we were going westward, we could no longer let Tian Manzi steal the limelight, so everyone rushed to the front impassionedly, leaving Tian Baisheng behind.
Then he was beaten to the head by An Bangyan.
Zhang Fang and Huang Yunqing knew that they had caused great harm to Guiyang. If the last reinforcements were to defeat the city, the two men with horses and bodyguards would probably be able to escape. Li Jingwu, Shi Yongan and several other civil servants would be 90% loyal to the country. If that didn't work, they could still ask someone to kill them during the chaos - - In this way, there is no proof of everything. As long as there are soldiers in hand, the court can only pretend to be confused and turn a blind eye to get through. At most, it is just a formality such as fines and demotions. However, An Bangyan was beaten away. It was impossible for the civil servants not to settle accounts with him for the sins he had committed in the past. At this time, he had to make some contributions to save his life! So before Wang Ershan could talk nonsense, the second general led his troops and went out of the city to "revenge An Ni." They took the northern route: from Longchangyi to Luguang, then along the river to Qingshansi, crossed the Luguang River at Huangshadu, and marched towards Xiongsuo Zexi (now Jinsha, Guizhou) - this area is close to In Zunyi, as long as An Bangyan's forces are pulled out of this area, most of the territory can be smoothly incorporated into Zhang Fang's military garrison, and the colluding Huang Yunqing can also get a share of the pie.
Unfortunately, they were still a step too late.
Although Deputy Commander Xie Zhongren was slow in building bridges and marching slowly, he felt that he was taking advantage of time and was not slow at all! The day after General Zhang Huang set out, Deputy Commander Xie also led his troops out of the city, crossed the Yachi River from Weiqingwei directly, and crossed the Yachi River first. In order to monopolize great achievements, Tian Manzi must be held back! After crossing the river, Lieutenant General Xie drove all the ferries to the south of the Sancha River in the direction of Rouyuan - Hehe, let me see how you get here!
Lu Guang River is actually Yachi River, which runs roughly from southwest to northeast, and is bounded by Cheng River (today's Dicheng River, Ximaotiao River in Xiuwen County, Guizhou) that merges from the middle of the two places. The northern section is called Lu Guang River, and the southern section is called Yachi River. .
An Bangyan led his army to counterattack in western Guizhou. Although he did not know the calculations of the Ming army generals, based on common sense, he estimated that the government troops would take advantage of the situation to pursue them, so he left a force in Yachi to block the attack. Unexpectedly, he didn't know the cause at all, but he got the right result - Lieutenant General Jie ran headlong into the encirclement!
Just when he found out that he was ambushed, Xie Zhongren thought that An Bangyan was another suspicious soldier with the same tricks, so he ordered the soldiers to confront the Shuixi Army with a golden sword. In less than half an hour, the defeated troops were fleeing back across the mountains and plains, followed by an endless number of ferocious Miao soldiers who were chasing and slashing with screams! Xie Zhongren reacted quickly and rode away without saying a word. But instead of retreating towards Wei Qingwei, he instead led his troops to run north along the river. Vice Admiral Jie was a bit more arrogant than the average person. Even at such an urgent moment, Xie Zhongren did not forget to make a plan. Mingming gives up the road leading to Guiyang and runs north. You can fight directly to the empty east! Behind them are Tian Manzi's suppressing soldiers. Tens of thousands of Miao soldiers pounce on them, which is definitely enough for Tian Manzi to drink a pot! Moreover, there is an army of Zhang and Huang on the north road, how can they have a response?
Not really.
The one An Bangyan left behind to block the attack was Usa Chieftain An Xiaoliang. This man is a sincere fool! When An Bangyan rebelled, An Xiaoliang was one of the first chieftains to respond. He was loyal to An Bangyan. Although he was not very smart, he fought vigorously. People with poor brains often accept death as a dead end: When fighting, isn't it just about killing each other? If you run, don't we have to chase you? This truth is as clear as one chicken plus one chicken equals two chickens!
So he chased Xie Zhongren and chased him all the way north!
After hearing the report of friendly forces in the south, Zhang Fang and Huang Yunqing, who had regarded Xiongsuo Zexi as their private property and were pointing to several hills to discuss how to divide it, looked at each other and saw the anger in each other's eyes: Damn, Are you here to take advantage of me? The entire army forms a formation to stop these bastards! Oh, by the way, they are friendly forces after all. It doesn’t matter if a few lives are lost. It’s always not good if too many people die. Don’t bring swords, guns and cannons. Just use sticks and pickaxes...
Lieutenant Commander Jie, who was running at the front, saw the friendly troops pouring in from a distance, and he felt a little relieved. When he got closer, he discovered the weapons in the hands of those friendly troops. He was a little confused at first, but then he figured it out. Knowing the reason, the hatred in my heart!
At this time, Commander Zhang and Huang also received detailed military information from the second group of scouts: the friendly forces had been defeated, and were being pursued by thousands of Miao barbarians carrying knives!
There was no need to think about the result: the two groups of troops joined together and fled, An Xiaoliang chased them all the way to the Yanglong Pit before withdrawing his troops. Huang Yunqing died in the rebel army, seven Ming army generals who participated in the guerrilla attack were "killed", and a total of more than twenty people who were guarding thousands of troops were killed!
After Xie Zhongren made a long circuit and returned to Weiqingwei, before he could catch his breath, he got another piece of good news that made him furious: Tian Baisheng, the deputy general of Zhenyun, failed to find the ferry, which wasted all his efforts. After logging and building rafts, the whole army just crossed the Yachi River and blocked the Shuixi bandit Anxiao Liangbu who was unsuspecting and proudly returned to Shiguliyi!
An Xiaoliang never expected that after he had just chased so many Ming troops to pieces, he would be ambushed by the suppression soldiers in front of his home!
In this battle, Tian Baisheng's men beheaded nearly a thousand people, a great victory!
Well, you surnamed Tian, you are deliberately trying to make things difficult for me! Okay, if I have you, we will end up with you!
Later, Xie Zhongren instigated other Ming army generals, stumbling upon the Zhenjun soldiers everywhere to find trouble: today the road was blocked and your grain truck couldn't pass; tomorrow he will find trouble and hit the auxiliary troops delivering supplies to Tianbe; On weekdays, they are sarcastic and sarcastic towards Tian Baisheng in private, but as long as Wang Ershan is present, everyone is full of smiles and respect for Deputy Commander Tian...
Wang Ershan really didn't notice it at first, and Tian Baisheng didn't say anything himself. But as time went by, the fire could not be contained in the paper, and Wang Ershan finally discovered it. But what if you know? Apart from warning them not to go too far, there is not much that Mr. Wang can do - the total number of the Ming army's companies, auxiliary soldiers and accompanying soldiers and civilians exceeds 40,000, while Tianbe only has 3,000. For many things, that group of people is still needed. The cooperation of the military leaders.
Therefore, Tian Baisheng proposed to return to Huguang at this time, and Wang Ershan had neither reason nor the embarrassment to force him to stay anymore - all these things he did, these injustices he suffered, and the hundreds of brothers who died were all because of you, Lao Wang, right? !
After bidding farewell to Tian Baisheng, Wang Ershan felt depressed for a while, but soon his mood improved: To the west of the generous place is Bijie - and beyond Bijie, ahead is Zhenxiong Mansion in Sichuan Province!
More than 80% of the land in Guizhou was recaptured by the army. An Ni could only hug She Ni for warmth, huddled in a few very limited areas and lingered in panic. Not long ago, a rebel general named Chen Qiyu came to surrender with his troops. Didn't An Ni himself also send an envoy to invite peace?
It is understandable that Wang Ershan rejected An Bangyan's request for peace: since he was openly rebelling and found that the situation was over, he should surrender! and? What kind of harmony? If you want to surrender, who will make peace with you?
Unfortunately, Mr. Wang, who has always been a high-ranking official in the capital and was well aware of high-level power struggles but seriously lacked practical experience in local affairs, was dazzled by the victory in front of him and committed a series of serious mistakes. In the end, he paid the heaviest price for it. The price of...
