Cizhulong, the residence of Du Min, deputy commander of the Manchurian Eight Banners in Xi'an, was also the headquarters of the Qing army in the encirclement and suppression of Laomukong.
Yesterday evening, Du Min hosted a banquet here for two generals, Dang Shousu and Ta Tianbao.
Both Dang and Ta were senior generals in the original Li Zicheng Dashun regime. They were from the "Old Eighth Army" and were older than Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng, who were still resisting.
In the Ming Dynasty, one of them was a Duke, and the other was a Marquis. Therefore, Du Min was greatly surprised when they came to surrender. He said to his left and right: "Old thieves who have been here for a long time are coming to surrender. It shows that our country's military power is outstanding. Yu Nei The trend of unification has been established long ago, and no one in China will dare to rebel against our country in the future."
Someone has been sent to Zhushan to report the good news to Xi'an General Fu Kachan.
Today’s banquet is to appease the two generals;
The second is to obtain more information about the Ming army from the second general.
During the dinner, Dang Shou looked ashamed. He drank the wine and ate the meat, without saying much.
This made Du Min unhappy, but he didn't show it.
However, Ta Tianbao suggested to Du Min several times that he could persuade Liu Tichun, who was stubbornly resisting in Beili Village, to surrender, and revealed that Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi were actually operating in the Huangcaoping area, dozens of miles east of Beili Village.
"Yellow lawn?"
Du Min sent someone to bring a map and asked Ta Tianbao to mark the location of this place. After looking at it carefully, he couldn't help but said: "It seems that the two thieves Hao and Yuan want to go to Xingshan to surrender to the thieves Li to make a fortune."
"A month ago, two thieves, Hao and Yuan, wanted to come to Laomukong to join forces with Liu Tichun. However, there was a shortage of food and grass in Laomukong, and the army was advancing fiercely. Liu Tichun knew that Laomukong was difficult to protect, and was unwilling to abandon it lightly, so he asked the two thieves Hao and Yuan to go first. Touxingshan..."
Ta Tianbao, who was born in Huiying, poured out everything he knew in order to achieve meritorious service.
He believed that the reason why Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi did not leave Huangcaoping was that they wanted to coordinate Liu Tichun's withdrawal; and that it was difficult to break the encirclement of Li Laiheng in Xingshan by the Huguang Green Camp.
Du Min nodded after hearing this and asked Ta Tianbao again: "Do you know how many people these two thieves have?"
"The remaining troops of Hao's tribe are about two thousand, and Yuan's tribe is afraid that there are less than a thousand."
Ta Tianbao is an estimate. The general situation is similar and there won't be much difference.
After all, Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi fought several fierce battles with the Shaanxi Qing army in Fangxian, Zhushan, Zhuxi and other places. Not only did they lose their territory, they also suffered serious losses in troops and horses.
At its peak, Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zong's second battalion had nearly 40,000 troops combined. This is why Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zong had the most territory.
Dang Shousu, who was opposite, glanced at Ta Tianbao and sighed in his heart.
If Ta Tianbao hadn't persuaded him to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he wouldn't have said goodbye to his old friends.
It was useless to regret at this moment. All he could do was to obey the Manchurians' instructions honestly, otherwise, he would inevitably die.
Here, Ta Tianbao knew that Dang Shousu was looking at him, but he did not have any concerns and continued to tell the Manchurians what he knew about Hao and Yuan.
It is said that in addition to Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongdi, there were also Hong Yu'ao, a civil servant in charge of the army, and Pan Yinglong, a eunuch in charge of the army, in Huangcaoping.
Ye Bu, the leader of the Manchuria Association, asked curiously: "Who is more senior, Hong Yu'ao, the supervisor of the army, or Mao Dengshou, the commander of Shizhou?"
"this..."
Ta Tianbao couldn't understand it for a while.
It can only be said that when the Yongli court conferred titles on the thirteen families, it was Yongli who personally promoted Hong Yuao to be the censor of Youqiandu, and commanded all the towns. Later, after he and the thirteen families retreated to Kuidong, the Yongli court gave him another title. Hong Jia was awarded the title of Right Minister of the Governor's Ministry of War.
If we really want to compare the official positions of Hong and Mao, it is really unclear who is older and who is younger.
At this time, Ma Changyuan, the registered general under Ta Tianbao, said: "In the past, Mao Dengshou was nominally the governor-general, but Mao was always in Wang Xingguang's army and never came to Jiangbei, so most families in Jiangbei listened to Hong Yu'ao."
This may be the truth.
One south and one north are responsible for each.
Du Min and Ye Bu looked at each other and asked the eunuch Pan Yinglong about his origins.
Ta Tianbao said that this man was originally a eunuch in the Chongzhen Dynasty. He fled from the capital after Jiashen and later joined the Yongli Dynasty as a eunuch at Bingbi. He later volunteered to supervise the army under Hao Yaoqi.
"If we can capture the two thieves Hao and Yuan, as well as Na Hong and Pan, I will definitely be at the forefront of the effort to put an end to the rebellion."
Ye Bu actually requested that he lead an assistant to lead the flag soldiers, and then mobilize 2,000 battalion soldiers from the rear, and join the Dang and Ta troops to surrender and go straight to Huangcaoping, lest this great achievement be robbed by the Huguang Green Battalion in the east.
Du Min was greatly moved after hearing this. Liu Zeitichun had been surrounded by the surrendered generals Tian Heng and Wan He, and he could recover in two or three days at most. Therefore, it was completely feasible to launch an attack on Huangcaoping, and there was no need to mobilize from the rear. For the camp soldiers, you only need to call back the two assistants who are scattered nearby to "sweep holes".
Just when he was about to ask Dang and Ta if they were willing to contribute to the Qing Dynasty, Nata Tianbao hesitated for a moment, and then unexpectedly told him a great news.
"...In addition, according to official information, the puppet king of Han Zhu Jingli and the king of Andong Zhu Shenglang are also in Hao's department!"
After saying this, Ta Tianbao glanced at Dang Shousu, who was sitting silently, with some guilt. As expected, the latter frowned slightly and looked at him with a cold look.
He couldn't help but look away, thinking that the old party still couldn't see the situation clearly at this moment, and it wouldn't end well after returning to the Qing Dynasty.
I can't be like him.
"oh?!"
The information about the two "false kings" revealed by Ta Tianbao made all the Manchu generals in the room, including Du Min, feel refreshed and their eyes bright.
Originally, two big thieves plus two important figures of the Yongli Puppet Dynasty were a great achievement. Unexpectedly, two false kings could be obtained. This is no longer a great achievement, but a miraculous achievement!
Thinking of the official document he received from General Xi'an half a month ago, Du Min couldn't help but ask Nata Tianbao: "I heard that you have established a fake emperor named Dingwu. Is this fake emperor the fake king of Han?"
"Dingwu?"
Ta Tianbao and several of his subordinates were stunned for a moment and then shook their heads at the same time. They all said that they had never supported the Dingwu puppet emperor, and they did not know when King Han became emperor.
"Is this surprising?"
Du Min was very surprised. If this had not happened, why would the imperial court have written specifically to capture and kill the false emperor?
Ye Bu thought for a while and guessed: "Huguang reported the false emperor to the imperial court. Before that, no one knew about it. Is it possible that Huguang made it up to take credit, or that he listened to the surrender and made a mistake?"
"Maybe."
Regardless of whether the false emperor exists or not, the two false kings are worthy of Du Min's deployment of troops.
At that moment, he had a banquet with Dang Shousu, Ta Tianbao and others, ordered the second surrendered general to be taken away for resettlement, and he and Ye Bu and others made arrangements for the attack on Huangcaoping.
All the Manchu generals agreed with the attack and did not want the green camp to take the credit.
The merit of capturing two false kings is enough for each of them to have a bright future!
Du Min didn't waste any time, and quickly ordered Aha to send an order to the ninth and twelfth assistant commanders, asking them to arrive at Cizhulong before the official time tomorrow.
He also sent people to urge the surrendering generals Tian Heng and Wan He to conquer Beili Village.
He said that no matter whether the big thief Liu Tichun lived or died, as long as he recovered, he would take credit for the second surrender.
After the deployment was completed, Du Min asked the generals to disperse and rest first because he was a little drunk.
When we got outside, there were no stars in the sky and everything was pitch black.
Standing here, it feels like standing proudly alone in the world. Thinking about the great achievements that day, I can't help but be ambitious.
When they were heading towards the house where the man and woman were, a strong wind came up in the mountains, scattering the bonfires in the village and making the Manchurian vice-capital shiver for no reason.
Du Min couldn't help but look around due to his years of battlefield instinct.
In sight, there was nothing.
It was also extremely quiet inside and outside the village.
After standing for a moment, Du Min smiled, feeling a little suspicious, shook his head and walked towards the house with the man and woman.
Little did he know that in the darkness of the night that he couldn't see, a pair of eyes were staring at the Cizhu Cage.
