Yun Zhao is clear about the reason that the earth does not revolve around one person.
Yun Zhao also knows that gold always shines.
This time Li Hongji once again used the civil uprising to put on a layer of golden armor, and then became the most dazzling existence in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Yun Zhao thought that Li Hongji would need two years of silence before he could make a comeback. Unexpectedly, after less than a year of silence, he would once again become a tycoon with hundreds of thousands of troops.
This time, Li Hongji's team was obviously very different from usual, because they finally put forward their own uprising program - equalizing land and exempting them from taxes!
This slogan is simply a big joke in the eyes of discerning people. Does the ruler not collect taxes? Go ahead and fool a fool!
However, there are too many fools in the world, and many people believe it in Henan alone.
Perhaps it is because these people were squeezed too hard by the imperial court, or because these people have too high expectations for the rebels. In short, after the slogan of "equalize land and avoid taxes" came out, there were a lot of followers.
Xuzhou General Li Ruyun led his headquarters of 3,000 troops to attack Li Hongji at Zhangjiadian, thirty miles east of Xuzhou.
This is a tragic battle.
As soon as Li Hongji's soldiers and horses arrived, all of Li Ruyun's men fled, leaving only Li Ruyun on horseback to attack Li Hongji's formation... and was killed by Liu Zongmin.
When the prefect Liu Hanmin heard that Li Ruyun's subordinates were scattered, he immediately packed up his belongings and left Xuzhou.
Xuzhou fell.
With the fall of Xuchang, the three subordinate counties of Changshe, Changge, and Xiangcheng were also conquered by Li Hongji.
After capturing Xuzhou, Li Hongji did not stop. Before the court could react, he ordered to change Xuzhou to Junping Prefecture. Then the army sent out in four directions, taking Shangqiu and Bozhou. Take Runing Prefecture and Yuzhou.
The intention was to open the east gate of Nanyang, and ultimately achieve the goal of forcing Zhang Bingzhong of Xiangyang to rebel again.
Li Hongji became powerful again. The court was extremely anxious and urgently ordered Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou to give up their plan to join forces with Lu Xiangsheng to eat away at Dorgon's invasion of Shandong, and ordered them to lead their troops from Shandong to Henan to quell the rebellion.
Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou refused to advance westward twice. They cried and cried, asking the emperor to allow them to eat into Dorgon's rear army, recapture the people and wealth plundered by the slaves, and drive Dorgon out of Shandong. , it is not too late to go west to quell the rebellion.
In the end, he was deprived of military power by the Ministry of War on the charge of fearing the enemy like a tiger. He was put into a carriage and escorted to the capital for questioning. The army was led by the eunuch who oversaw the army and marched westward to quell the rebellion.
Lu Xiangsheng's lone army could not hold back Dorgon's retreating army, so he could only fight hard to hold off Dorgon. After the arrival of the army led by Shandong General Liu Zeqing, he could then encroach.
Unfortunately, Shandong Commander-in-Chief Liu Zeqing was not in Shandong at this time, but in Anhui. Since Dorgon entered Shandong, Liu Zeqing and Dorgon suffered heavy losses in the battle in Shouguang and were defeated and retreated.Rest in Anhui.
Since entering Anhui, Liu Zeqing has been ill... claiming that he is unable to fight.
After Lu Xiangsheng pursued Julu in Hebei Province, he fought fiercely with Dorgon's general Yue Tuo for three days in Jiazhuang. Although he killed many enemies, he recaptured more than 70,000 plundered people.
However, because there was no one to restrain Dorgon's front army and the Chinese army, in order to avoid being surrounded by Dorgon's army and letting the recaptured people fall into the hands of Jiannu again, they had to retreat sixty miles. Jump out of the encirclement and wait for an opportunity to fight again.
In late spring, the sun was warm. Hong Chengchou, whose head was stuck on the sill car, said to Sun Chuanting, who was on the sill car behind him: "The only thing missing is Lao Lu."
Sun Chuanting resented He said: "I'm afraid that honest man died in Julu."
Hong Chengchou said: "It is very effective for the two of us to climb high and start low. Without his constraints, Lao Lu would not have been so easy." Die in battle."
Sun Chuanting shouted: "Our hard work has been in vain."
Hong Chengchou said: "We will plead our case to your Majesty when we get to the capital."
Sun Chuanting said: "It's better to just die. The slaves are forcing 460,000 people to go outside the customs. Isn't such a thing worth fighting for the whole country?"
Hong Chengchou said: "Li Hongji started an uprising. Ruined our plan."
"Where is Yun Zhao? He just watched the changes in Henan in Guanzhong?"
Hong Chengchou sighed: "You secretly didn't participate. Be happy, your majesty should be glad that he didn't take advantage of Li Hongji's uprising in Henan." Sun Chuanting was not very willing to say more about matters involving Yun Zhao, so he changed the subject and said: "Judging from the current situation, Dorgon's army is about to leave Zhangjiakou. What do you think will happen in Guihua City?"
Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Guihua City is not strong enough. At most, it will be with us." We are still harassing the enemy to see if we can recapture some people."
Sun Chuanting said: "That's all we can do. In the past few days, we have recaptured 280,000 people. In the past two days, we have recaptured 280,000 people. In the battle, Lao Lu suffered heavy losses and regained 70,000 from Yue Tuo. Now, there are still 100,000 people in Jiannu's hands who should be recaptured.
If Yun Zhao did this, about him. I admit it."
Hong Chengchou looked in the direction of Julu, and after a moment he sighed: "I'm worried that Lao Lu will continue to attack Jiannu at all costs."
Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "It's impossible. He has run out of ammunition and food. Gao Qiqian has never replenished ammunition for him. When the two of us were here, two supplies of ammunition were barely enough for three people. Now, I don’t think those eunuchs who took the army to Henan would be kind enough to share their ammunition with Lao Lu.
Poor Lao Lu, tell me, why did he offend Yang Sichang, Gao. Hiding these evil people?"
Hong Chengchou said leisurely: "Yang Sichang is going to negotiate a peace with Jian Nu. Lao Lu thinks that even if the peace is negotiated, Jian Nu should return the looted people and materials. Without thisTwo conditions are the premise, and negotiating peace means surrender.
Will completely lose all military morale and people's morale. He also wants Yang Sichang to remember that the "Emperor" Shi Jingtang dedicated the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Liao Kingdom.
This is clearly calling Yang Sichang a national traitor.
How could Yang Sichang bear such accusations? Who would he be harmed if not him?
As for Gao Qiqian, he was living a good life in Xi'an. It was because of him that Yun Zhao took action against Gao Qiqian, which caused Gao Qiqian to lose his job in Beizhen and could only Go hang out in the army.
Gao Qiqian did not dare to go to Yun Zhao, so he had no choice but to attack him, Lao Lu.
Old Sun, you are very lucky this time. You have Lao Lu to protect you from disaster, otherwise it would be you, not Lao Lu, who fights against the Jiannu! "
Sun Chuanting lamented: "Yes, Li Hongji escaped from my hands. It is indeed my duty to atone for his sins."
Lao Hong, since the matter has come to this, why don't we plead guilty and voluntarily lead the troops to deal with Li Hongji? I don't trust the eunuchs to supervise the army.
Hong Chengchou sneered and said: "Don't forget, we have admitted the crime of fearing the enemy like a tiger. How could His Majesty let us destroy Li Hongji?"
This time His Majesty sent Wang Pu and the two general officers who were as fierce as tigers as the main force to suppress the thieves, with Zuo Liangyu as the assistant. Do you think His Majesty has no intention of guarding against us officials who made their fortune in Shaanxi?
I worked hard to recuperate myself and thought about how the capital should respond to His Majesty’s questioning. "
Sun Chuanting saw that Hong Chengchou had closed his eyes and that the officers and soldiers escorting them were all wilted by the sun and had no time to pay attention to them, so he asked Hong Chengchou in a low voice.
"Old Hong, do you really think Lantian County can succeed? "
Hong Chengchou suddenly opened his eyes and said: "There is vitality there, which was generated on this dead tree of Ming Dynasty."
I am waiting for this branch to grow into a main pole. "
"You want to rebel? "
"No, I will try my best to save this dead tree until it dies. "
"Is there no other way? ”
“No, unless I, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, are resurrected, or I, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, are resurrected, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible.
Old Sun, doing our best in human affairs and obeying destiny is the last dedication of our scholars to the Ming Dynasty. It is also the best way for our scholars to repay the favor of the imperial court.
If we want to save our lives, we may see a good ending. "
After Hong Chengchou finished speaking, he closed his eyes again. Sun Chuanting looked around and finally closed his eyes, as if all the suffering in front of him did not exist.
Qian Duoduo was lying on his bed with his feet up, and a shoe was dangling on his big toe, but he was unwilling to fall off his foot.
He Changshi. He quickly ran over, took off the shoes hanging on his toes for Qian Duoduo, and looked around: "My lady, this is not outside.", when you get home, you should be more dignified. "
Qian Duoduo took a bite of the vegetable and said: "We have all returned to the inner house. Who should I pretend to show? I can make my own home as comfortable as I want." "
"But when you went into the city, you hugged the young master and cried for a long time. When you saw the madam, you cried for a long time again and shed so many tears. Aren't you tired? ?
Qian Duoduo smiled and said: "Ms. He Chang, this is home. I have suffered so many injustices. It is right for me to burst into tears when I see A Zhao and my mother-in-law."
There is no benefit in pretending to be strong in front of them. "
"But Madam wants to punish Yun Chun, Yun Hua..."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, the most severe punishment is just a beating with a feather duster. This is what you deserve. Now you Go to the kitchen and tell Aunt Zhuang that I want to eat sliver meat, the best kind.
He Chang looked at Qian Duoduo worriedly and said: "The wedding is just around the corner. The young lady should be more diligent. The young master has gone to the office. You should talk to the madam at this time." Let’s talk about the misfortunes we suffered along the way.
It would be nice if Madam could pity you more. "
"You mean you have to deal with Feng Ying? "
He Changshi nodded repeatedly and said: "You are back, Feng Ying has not come back yet, this is the opportunity for the young lady, you must hurry up and finish what you need to do, otherwise, when Feng Ying comes back, inconvenient. "
Qian Duoduo laughed when he heard this, pushed He Changshi and said: "The biggest thing is that you go and bring my strips of meat. I have been out here for the past few days. I have lost my appetite, and I am just waiting for this bowl of sliver meat to fill the bottom of my stomach. "
He Chang walked to the door helplessly, looked back at Qian Duoduo and said: "Are you really not thinking about it anymore? "
Qian Duoduo said: "You don't understand, in this family, I have no intention of using any means. ”