Chapter 485 484 Peace and War Report

"Bang bang, bang bang"

The sound of fire from muskets and cannons was heard one after another, and clusters of arrows slid across the sky from time to time.

At this moment, a team of Ming troops retreated from the front. The leading general quickly ran to a general covered in armor and reported: "General Yu, there are too many fences on the opposite side of Lianzicheng. We attacked and burned two places in one breath, but there were still fences inside, and there were traps in between. My soldiers were also shot dead and injured by Lianzi arrows. I really couldn't continue to fight."

The general who led the troops was Yu Dayou. At the beginning of the month, the soldiers and horses under Zhang Lian had expanded too quickly in recent months, almost 200,000, but the number of people increased, and the consumption of people eating and chewing horses increased sharply.

In the absence of food and grass, Zhang Lian led his troops to attack Pinghe County, Fujian, hoping to capture the county grain warehouse in one fell swoop to supplement military supplies.

At this time, the magistrate of Pinghe County was dismissed due to the last rebel attack and the new magistrate had not yet arrived. The prefectural governor Hu Qiheng was temporarily appointed as the county affairs officer. After brief discussion with Dian Shi Tanyun, he sent people to convey military information and request reinforcements everywhere, and at the same time led the township troops out of the city to fight.

They knew that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in Pinghe County and Township were low, so they chose to set up the plan of doubting the soldiers, bluffed their momentum, and then went out of the city and beat the drums all the way.

At this time, the Lian thief army was no longer as sharp as last year. After failing to attack Jiangxi and Zhejiang, although they felt that they could not defeat the troops of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, they could still defeat them against Fujian Governor You Zhende, commanding the Fujian soldiers commanded by Wang Hao and the Guangxi wolf soldiers commanded by Zhang Gao, the censor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Especially the wolf soldiers led by Zhang Gao were recruited into Fujian and Guangxu, and the guest soldiers harmed the local area, "all the villages were killed for seven or eighty miles away." The civilians suffered more soldiers than "thieves". The atrocities of the officers and soldiers drove more people to join Zhang Lian, which is also the main reason for the significant expansion of Zhang Lian's power in recent times.

Hu Qiheng and Tan Yun naturally knew the current situation. The thieves did not shoot out the flag of Fujian soldiers and horses, but embroidered the military flag with the name of Yu Dayou, the deputy general of Nangan, and made the thieves mistakenly think that the troops that came out of Pinghe County were commanders of Yu Dayou.

After browsing it briefly, Wei Guangde also smiled on his face, "No, it seems that the Fujian thieves have been broken by the officers and soldiers. It is just around the corner to wipe out Zhang Lian and his gang of thieves."

Just as Wei Guangde, Yin Shidan, Zhang Juzheng and others exchanged their harvest yesterday, Li Fang walked into the house with a smile.

Zhang Lian’s old nest was arranged according to the mountain direction, and each mountain was built with large and large walls, and then several layers were connected with fences.

Wei Guangde explained with a smile.

"What's so happy?"

Just when Zhang Lian led his troops out of Pinghe County to gather troops, Yu Dayou, who was reported, signed a case with the governor, and General Liu Xian reported the military information. While taking the opportunity to raid lightly, he led his troops to attack Zhang Lian's nest, and he wanted to go down in one go.

For civil officials, it is understandable that they have some careful thoughts to win military achievements or defeat Zhang Lian’s thieves.

The Ming army has been surrounded for nearly two days, and the medicine, arrows, food and grass have been consumed, and the fate of being completely wiped out is left.

A very simple truth.

In this way, attacking like peeling bamboo shoots, it is really a bad idea to completely flatten Zhang Lian's nest if it takes the year of the monkey and horses.

The eyes of the others shifted to Wei Guangde as Zhang Juzheng said, after all, Wei Guangde was the only one among everyone in the house who had led the soldiers.

"Your Highness has not yet risen, so I will go over and take a look and tell your Highness the good news."

Therefore, Wei Guangde never expected that a large number of visitors would become a catalyst for strengthening Zhang Lian's army because of encirclement and suppression of Zhang Lian's army.

There is not much time left for him.

A few days ago, Heichun led his troops to reinforce Yangzhan Fort and encountered the Tuman tribe. After a fierce battle, the Tuman tribe was repelled.

In recent days, the most sensational news in the capital is the news that Yan Song, who has been in the throne of the cabinet for 14 years, has retired, Yan Shifan, the young master, issued an edict to prison, and the Yan family fell.

The scout replied hurriedly.

Tang Ruji asked at this time, breaking the silence in the room for a moment.

For these things, before major events break out, local governments will try to cover them up. Most of the history books will not record them. Only in local chronicles can there be a few records.

Zhang Juzheng agreed and smiled.

Therefore, although we knew that Fujian had concealed something, Wei Guangde did not care about it, which is normal.

At present, the attention of the people in the room was attracted by Zhang Juzheng's words, and they were also thinking about where the "weirdness" that Zhang Juzheng said came from.

After receiving such an answer, Yu Dayou was also a little irritated.

The terrain of southern Fujian is complex and full of mountains. Most of his men are drawn by the Jiangxi Guards and reinforcements from Guangdong and Guangxi. They are not familiar with the terrain of this area. What's more, he has to focus most of his energy on how to control these people. Naturally, he can only choose to concentrate his troops and specialize in the whole route, and wipe out one of the enemy troops at one time as possible.

"Brother Zhengfu, take a look."

But now I don’t know where Zhang Lian is, so it’s hard to deal with.

Called over to the scout and asked the direction of the four bandits to move. Yu Dayou quickly outlined the route of Zhang Lian's troops on the map.

"Everyone, this is the news I just received."

“Why?”

When Wei Guangde heard this, he knew where Zhang Juzheng's suspicion came from.

Soon, the troops were approaching. The scout turned over and ran to Yu Dayou, and reported on one knee: "Report to the general, the thief Zhang Lian has learned that our troops are attacking the nest, and the thief soldiers have divided into four groups and have left Pinghe County and are returning here."

"As long as you win, it's good. If this continues, Zhang Lian's troops will soon lose the power of a battle, and then the government troops will be dispatched to wipe out the enemy."

Everyone was still laughing and talking about the victory of Fujian. When they were looking for a victory, a Ming army was already surrounded by the captive chieftain Tuman a hundred miles away from the north.

When Zhang Juzheng and Tang Ruji showed their gaze at this time, Yin Shidan simply read out the content copied on the note.

Although he was very disdainful of these people, Yan Song would naturally not waste it when he was admitted to these people. Many people have been promoted to some important positions in the six ministries, so whether it is Xu Jie or Prince Yu’s Mansion, he still hopes to accept some of them in his heart.

What he saw from this news was actually just as he said, Lian's thief tribes had been killed by the government army.

It is strange that Zhang Lian's troops have recently failed continuously in the battle with the official army, but the number of troops who have been in the past has increased, which has made Wei Guangde a little confused.

Li Fang also said that he fully agreed with Wei Guangde's words, whether they defeated the enemy with dignity or used conspiracies to win, the hard truth is to win, and King Yu will be happy when he sees it, and King Yu will be happy when he is happy.

As for what they had concealed, Wei Guangde did not intend to investigate it carefully. In the future, he would naturally know these inside stories by writing a letter to Yu Dayou.

With the issuance of the imperial edict and as a foregone conclusion, officials of the Yan Party felt in danger and began to find ways, hoping to successfully get ashore before the storm came. They did not want to sink with the Yan family.

"Uh-huh."

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he knew that he was thinking too much. Although what he thought was definitely right, it was indeed a bit inappropriate to say these words when he was happy.

"General, you can only break through to Phoenix City with all your strength, and you may still have a chance to rush out."

"You mean that the village soldiers attacked, and the enemy thought there were large soldiers who were frightened and collapsed?"

Wei Guangde could only smile.

Zhang Juzheng said, "Shan Dian said before that Zhang Lian's troops were broken by officers and soldiers. There is this reason, but I always feel that it is very strange."

He decisively chose the defeated troops in the north. They were the farthest from his troops. He hoped that Zhang Lian would choose this team for safety.

Now the Fujian thieves have been expelled from Nangan by Yu Dayou, and the defenses of Guangdong and Guangxi have also been strengthened. According to recent news, although the Lian thief tribes are still growing, their courage has been lost and they can only struggle in Fujian. This is a sign of destruction.

At this time, Li Fang, who was speaking, found that Zhang Juzheng's face was full of strange expressions, as if he had something to say.

In fact, he noticed it from the beginning and guessed that there might be some concealment in this report and did not report the truth. However, Lu Wen, the censor of the Southern Gan Metropolis, confirmed that there should be no falsehood in Pinghe County's victory.

After Yin Shi was delirious about the news copied on the note, his face was still full of joy. Tang Ruji, who was on the other hand, was also very happy at this time, as if he had won a battle.

Yin Shidan heard Li Fang's question and looked at Zhang Juzheng, and also found his expression on his face, so he asked.

"But the Ministry of War is afraid it will be a headache."

Afterwards, even if the speed of the bandits reported by the scouts, Yu Dayou began to calculate the marching time of both sides and choose the most suitable ambush point.

While speaking, Wei Guangde handed the note he copied in his hand to Yin Shidan.

"I can't say what the reason is, but I can understand the reason why Hu Qiheng and Tan Yun reported this way, but I just don't want to give the credit. As for the inside story, it's not important. What's important is that they really won the battle."

Zhang Juzheng's answer was very straightforward, but the hesitation on his face disappeared after a little bit. After thinking for a while, he said, "I just feel that this matter is strange."

"Yes, even a rural soldier in the city can shock Zhang Lian's army. How strong is this soldier?"

When the city was pulled out one by one, I didn’t know how much time it would take. Seeing the mountains spreading in the distance, Yu Dayou fell into deep thought.

"Separate troops from four groups?"

Fighting this bandit army is a choice by gambling luck. The next step is to issue orders and dispatch troops to arrange ambush.

Wei Guangde said curiously, and as he spoke, he reached out to take the note from Li Fang.

Some time ago, Xu Jie and Yan Song fought, and everyone's attention was naturally attracted. Only Wei Guangde was also concerned about the military situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, including the Yi Wang Gao, who led the enemy into Dongzhou Fort, Fushun Walnut Mountain and other places, the internal strife of Tushe, Handian, the deputy chief of the chief of Rongshan, Bozhou, Sichuan, and his chief of the chief of Tushe, Zhang Wen, led the troops to attack each other, etc.

However, the army arrived at the nest and attacked for several consecutive days, but it made little progress.

Wei Guangde originally didn't want to go out for social events, but after all, he was from Prince Yu's mansion, so he could only refuse invitations to invite him to eat and drink these days.

"Report to the general, we cannot judge that Zhang Lian's thief's flag has not been raised in several directions."

The crisp sound of horse hooves sounded, and a scout came from a distance.

Zhang Juzheng asked in surprise.

But if we knew that they had obtained this military merit under Yu Dayou's banner, would Wei Guangde still think so?

Before, Zhang Lian's army fought with Yu Dayou's army several times before, but they would be defeated in the battle. They no longer had the courage to continue fighting with him. Therefore, they were shocked and collapsed without fighting. They were chased by the rural soldiers led by Hu Qiheng and Tan Yun.

Yin Shidan asked in surprise.

Deputy General Li Si knelt on the ground and reported to Liaodong Deputy General Heichun.

At this time, Wei Guangde suddenly laughed.

When Yu Dayou heard the scout's report, he asked in surprise, "Do you know where Zhang Lian is?"

"Fujian newspaper, in mid-March, Zhang Lian, a thief from Sanrao, Guangdong, led his troops to attack Pinghe County, Fujian. The governor Hu Qiheng sent the county affairs and Dianshi Tanyun led his township troops out of the city to fight. When the bandits were not gathered, they found out that Pinghe and Shan Xu had suddenly fired and unexpectedly his capable army. Seeing that his drum was very sharp, he thought that a large army had arrived. He was frightened and frightened. Yun rushed to attack and captured the five thieves and beheaded at level 32. The Southern Gan Metropolis Censor Lu Wen heard that the admiral Zhang Gao also reported that the thief head Wang Ziyun, Chen Fubao and other twenty-five people were captured."

It was completely different from the siege that Yu Dayou imagined. It was not possible to end by breaking through the city wall and entering the city. On the contrary, after breaking through several cities, it was discovered that there were still many mountain villages in front of him.

"Oh? A big victory was won in Fujian?"
To be continued...