Turning around the valley, Zheng Chongjian saw at a glance a young man in armor, surrounded by Ming army soldiers like stars holding the moon. The most conspicuous ones were naturally the Jin Yiwei wearing Feiyu uniforms, all scattered around the young man.
Needless to say, this young man must be the current emperor!
Zheng Chongjian thought so and looked intently. Sure enough, he vaguely recognized that the young man was indeed the emperor. However, what was very different from the impression in his memory was that every move of the emperor at this time seemed to be very natural, no longer as rigid as when he had seen him before. The first impression I gave him was that he was heroic and very confident.
Is this... is this the emperor? He sighed in surprise. He couldn't believe it. The emperor had really changed a lot.
"Your Majesty the Governor, the Emperor is over there, let's go over quickly!" Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, suddenly said while standing next to Zheng Chongjian.
When Zheng Chongjian heard this, he quickly said yes and hurried over to greet the emperor: "Your Majesty planned the strategy and decided to win the Loop in one battle. This is indeed a rare victory for our Ming Dynasty!"
The tone of his words was filled with joy that surged from the bottom of his heart.
As a person at that time, he naturally knew very well that this planned war in the Loop was really the result of the emperor's strategizing. If he had thought before that there might be advisers helping the emperor, but now when he saw it, he had no doubt that it was definitely the emperor's own ability. Therefore, when he speaks, he always means it sincerely.
The Qin border army generals who followed him basically saw the emperor himself for the first time. I was originally impressed by the emperor's command, and the Tumut troops were wiped out in a snap. Now I saw the emperor's magnanimity, and I was even more impressed.
Although they were wearing armor, they all followed closely behind the Governor, kneeling on one knee and clasping their fists in salute.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile on his face: "Zheng Qing, come to your senses quickly! You have worked hard in this battle! And all the generals, there is no need to be polite in front of the army, please get up!"
After the imperial edict was issued, Zheng Chongjian traveled around Shaanxi. First, he went to various places to negotiate with the vassal princes' palaces to solve the precarious dilemma of the border troops. Then he had to arrange an illusion so that Turg would feel that the pass was empty and would lead his troops in. In the end, we have to deploy various ambushes and pursue the Tumote tribe all the way, sleepless and restless. For a person in his fifties, it is fake that it is not hard work!
However, at this moment, he felt that everything was worth it.
After this battle, his name, Zheng Chongjian, will definitely go down in history. More importantly, with the friendship of fighting side by side with the emperor, he will not have to worry too much in the officialdom in the future.
When the generals who led the troops saw the emperor's friendly look, they were even more excited. They stood up straight one by one.
Later, He Renlong reported the results of the Battle of Taniguchi and summarized what Zheng Chongjian reported. The situation is as follows:
There were more than 13,000 horses from the left and right wings of the Tumut tribe entering the pass this time, and none of them escaped from the pass. A total of about 3,000 people were killed by the Ming army, and about 2,000 people were injured. The remaining 5,000 people surrendered, and there are still 3,000 troops who should be scattered on the Loess Plateau.
Of course, according to the official side of the Ming Dynasty, the right-wing commander of the Tumote tribe, Hang Gao, the leader of his tribe, had been beheaded, as evidenced by his head; the left-wing commander, Guluge, was captured and his people were brought In front of the emperor.
"Kang, please spare your life!" When Guruge learned that the young man in front of him was actually the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was shocked and speechless at first, and then immediately began to beg for mercy. "Our Tumut Ministry is willing to serve the Ming Dynasty." For the Lord, we will no longer have contact with the Qing Dynasty...and the Jianlu. In fact, we were forced to surrender to the Jianlu."
Although he seemed to be panicking when he spoke, at this time, Gu Luge was not panicking at all. He thought that the person standing in front of him was the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!
Guruge can be sure that the Ming emperor will definitely win over him, and if he surrenders to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Tumote tribe, he might even get a title like King Shunyi! The only thing I'm a little worried about is that I'm afraid that the only king of the Tumut tribe will not be in power for too long. When the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong knows about the situation here, they will send troops to attack again. At that time, they will have no choice but to surrender. Qing, continue to be the leader.
After he finished speaking, he knelt there and behaved respectfully. He was expecting the Ming Emperor to scold him a few words and then ask him to stand up and speak.
In order to ensure that this situation would occur as much as possible, he used some clever tricks when he spoke just now. He knew that the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty liked people on the grasslands to call him Tian Khan, so when he met him, he directly called him "Tian Khan" first.
Emperor Chongzhen looked down at this squat lackey of Jianlu, and shouted in a cold voice: "You are so brave to enter the pass and rob our Ming Dynasty..."
When Gu Luge heard this, he was secretly happy. Look, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to save face. He started to scold him a few words, and then changed the subject. He must have wanted to repent and then comfort himself! There seems to be an idiom among the Han people, which is to use both soft and hard tactics. It should be this!
While he was thinking, he heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to shout: "I just said before that anyone who offends our Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away! Your Tumote tribe invaded our Ming Dynasty. From now on, there is no need to exist in this world anymore." The so-called Tumote Department..."
Hearing this, Gu Luge felt something was not right. He couldn't help but raise his head and looked up at Emperor Chongzhen, with a real look of fear on his face. But in his mind, he was still thinking, could the Emperor of Ming Dynasty change the name of his tribe? For example, the kind of name that has the nature of a slave, or that highlights the great achievements of the Ming Dynasty emperor?
But who would have thought that Emperor Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice and said, "Come on, hang him at the mouth of this valley, and let other tribes on the grassland see. Anyone who offends our Ming Dynasty will suffer this fate!"
"According to the order!" Upon hearing this, several imperial guards immediately stepped forward to drag him away.
Guruge was dumbfounded. It was not until he was dragged away by the Jin Yiwei that he came to his senses and quickly begged loudly for mercy, but it was of no use. Because the Emperor Chongzhen in front of him actually came from a later generation, and his way of thinking was completely different from people of this era, or in other words, from the emperors before the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing this scene, Zheng Chongjian and other generals were also a little surprised. They found that the emperor's performance often left them guessing!
However, they were very happy, especially the generals. When they heard the emperor's words, "Those who commit crimes against the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are," it aroused their passion as warriors. This included Wu Sangui!
Young people, especially young warriors, don't want to be able to move forward bravely, overcome obstacles, attack and attack again; instead of defending according to the city, watching the enemy show off their power outside the city, defending and defending again.
Therefore, as far as Wu Sangui was concerned, when he was in Guan Ning, he never felt the blood in his body. He felt more depressed and scheming. However, this time I was ordered to go on an expedition, but it was very enjoyable. With the emperor's decree, I could easily and comfortably wipe out a Mongolian tribe. How happy!
In the future, it would be a very heroic thing to be able to practice "those who violate the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away"!
Emperor Chongzhen himself did not expect that his words would arouse many thoughts among the generals. At this time, he left the matters on the battlefield to Zheng Chongjian, and watched him give orders and learn to deal with matters on the battlefield.
The prisoners must be resettled, and the remnants of the Tumut tribe scattered on the Loess Plateau must be eliminated. In addition, the Urad tribe who have entered the customs must also inspect the battle situation to see if reinforcements are needed, etc. And after all this was settled, according to the emperor's wishes, he had to quickly go south to actually put down the rebellion.
While they were busy finishing the war, Li Zicheng had already led his men. Under the pressure of the entire Qin border army gathering, he decisively gave up the occupied counties in southern Shaanxi and started his old business. Historically, it jumped into Henan in advance.
However, the difference from before is that this time, although he still held the people of several counties in southern Shaanxi hostage, he made a promise, saying that Henan was rich and the land was fertile, and he would take them to kill corrupt officials. , allocate fields to them.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, there was still a severe drought in the north, and also in Shaanxi. Therefore, the people in southern Shaanxi were about to die. Maybe they could still survive in Henan. Therefore, this time, many people voluntarily followed Li Zicheng is gone.
In fact, since Li Zicheng emerged from Shangluo Mountain this time, he began to pursue stolen money and stipends based on the slogan of "equal land and free of taxes". His team expanded rapidly like a snowball, and then got out of control. It was never defeated, and became stronger as the war progressed, and finally defeated the Ming Dynasty, but it was too late to transform, and instead took advantage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
No, when Li Zicheng arrived in Henan, he found that there was also a severe drought. Many people were desperate. When they heard that Li Zicheng was coming to kill corrupt officials and divide their fields, many people immediately responded proactively. They cooperated internally and externally, allowing Li Zicheng's troops to easily capture it. Lushi County.
This Lushi County belonged to Xiazhou, which was later under the jurisdiction of Sanmenxia City, and belonged to Henan Prefecture. It borders Lingbao to the north, Luoning and Luanchuan to the east, Xixia to the south, and Luonan, Danfeng and Shangnan counties in Shaanxi to the southwest. The county seat is less than 300 miles away from Xiazhou.
The victory in the first battle made Li Zicheng's subordinates very happy. These leaders all felt the importance of people's hearts and began to judge the county magistrate and the wealthy households in the city in public. In the end, they all beheaded and robbed the wealthy households in the city. Granary and even distributed some of the grain as promised.
Listening to the praise of King Chuang from outside, everyone in the county government hall was very happy, as if they had forgotten the pressure of the encirclement and suppression by the army when they were in Shaanxi.
"Brother, I really have you. I didn't expect this trick to be so effective?" Liu Zongmin said to Li Zicheng excitedly, "According to this situation, it won't be long before we have more teams than the previous team!"
Those who can't survive are defined as their own people; those who can survive are the corrupt officials and powerful landlords they want to fight against. Their own people can receive food. Corrupt officials and powerful landlords can rob them of food. Kill them, it's that simple!
Li Zicheng laughed after hearing this, he was indeed proud in his heart. The year in Shangluo Mountain was not in vain. He figured out this trick, and now it has proved to be effective.
This time, even Li Guo also expressed admiration and said: "Uncle, it seems that we are on the right track when entering Henan. There is a lot of food and a large population here. As long as the army can deal with us later, we can wait until we grow stronger." After that, we will have the capital to deal with the army!"
"Yes, now we should attack immediately and capture a few more cities!" Yuan Zongdi was also beaming with joy. It was the first time that he felt that a bandit was still popular with the people. This was something he had never encountered before. .
This time, each of their subordinates was assigned a lot. Although there were men, women, old and weak, with more people, there were also strong men. According to their previous experience, as long as they fight a few more battles, the people born will be elites in the army!
These people in the lobby were extremely happy with their current achievements. However, they naturally did not know that in the original history, what they had gained after jumping into Henan was much more than this plane.
In the original history, at this time, the imperial court imposed additional training fees at the suggestion of Yang Sichang. With this name, the corrupt officials below took the opportunity to make money, forcing another large number of people who could have survived to live no longer.
These families who were able to survive until the 12th year of Chongzhen's reign generally had good living conditions, and many of them were educated. But if I can’t survive, it doesn’t matter whether I have read a book or not. I have to deal with my stomach first. Therefore, starting from this year, scholars began to join Li Zicheng's team. The famous Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing in history became Li Zicheng's subordinates when he jumped into Henan this time.
But now, without training pay and levy, many ordinary people can still survive, and the imperial army has moved on hearing the news, and there are even rumors that the imperial commander will personally conquer the country. In the eyes of ordinary people, there is absolutely no way to survive by following the rebellion. Except for those who were too hungry to survive, ordinary people who still had some hope of survival would not take the initiative to follow Li Zicheng.
Although Emperor Chongzhen has not yet arrived in Henan, the butterfly effect is really affecting him.
At this time, Li Zicheng was very happy to hear the compliments from his men. Of course, he hoped that his team would get bigger and bigger. Therefore, he immediately started discussing with them, which place would be better to attack next?
But at this moment, Gao Yigong, who was in charge of their team's sentinel, strode in with a stern look on his face. He solemnly reported to Li Zicheng, who was sitting in the main seat: "Brother, the emperor did go on a personal expedition, and now he has I’m asking for news about the emperor’s powerful team!”
Upon hearing this, the lively atmosphere just now suddenly froze. Everyone's expressions suddenly became a little worried, and they all looked at Gao Yigong, the crow's mouth.
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