Chapter 64 Joint Suppression of Bandits
Tie Mo quickly sat up and said in surprise: "Nunu, why are you here? You are crazy, you came here alone? Are you not afraid of encountering someone robbing on the way and then kidnap you?"
Nunu grabbed the corner of her clothes and pouted crisply: "No, Shi Niang and Sister Lian'er come to Zhangbei, so I will come with me."
"Shi Niang is here?"
He lifted the quilt, washed his face in a hurry, and pulled Nunu to the side house. As soon as he entered the house, he saw a familiar figure busying by the table.
"Shi Niang, why are you here? Brother Hanhu didn't tell me!"
"Before, Da Cao returned to Zhuangzi, saying that you might have to stay in Zhangbei. Thinking that you were not taken care of by anyone, he brought Lian'er with him."
While speaking, Yu Lian walked into the house with a pot of porridge.
"Iron Guard... are you getting up?"
"Ahem, Sister Lian'er, what are you saying? They are all family members, and they call for iron guards, they are still the same as before!"
Tie Mo had a tiger face, and Yu Lian smiled shyly, "Brother Tie."
"Oh, that's right!"
Just as he was about to sit down for dinner, Shi Niang picked up her. Shi Niang glanced at Yu Lian, pulled Tiemo to the corner, and muttered quietly.
"Xiao Tie, you really have to think of a solution for that matter, otherwise, Wei Mom would be rude to you."
Tie Mo didn't react for a moment and said mutely: "Master's wife, what's the matter with my biological mother?"
"Hmph, you guy, you really didn't take it seriously. What else can you do? Hanhu and Lian'er's affairs!"
"This matter..."
Tiemo was stunned.
I have no good idea about this.
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In July of the first year of Chongzhen, the scorching sun began to burn the earth, and the vast Zhangbei Plain regained its vitality.
A large number of refugees flocked to Zhangbei, and what followed was the land reclamation and farming. Regardless of whether it is a good time to sow or not, as long as the wasteland can be developed, it is a good thing.
As refugees poured in, the Zhangbei Garage Office also began to recruit soldiers.
The benefits of recruiting soldiers are very good, and there are many conditions.
Just when Zhangbei was in trouble and everything was going well, a piece of news swept across the north, shocking the center of the Ming Dynasty.
At the end of June, Gao Yingxiang, the troops of Wang Jiayin, and Wang Ziyong, threatened Shanxi in two ways. Gao Yingxiang advanced east along Mengjiayu. In two days, the magistrate Wu Mianwen was killed.
Gao Yingxiang captured Lin County and 20,000 people under his command rushed straight to Jingle County. For a moment, Taiyuan Prefecture began to panic. In order to protect Taiyuan, the prefect Ye Heng hurriedly recruited troops from the surrounding guards to block the enemy in order to protect Taiyuan. Fearing that it was not safe, Ye Heng issued several official documents in a row, requesting Datong Prefecture and Xuanfu border troops to rush to Taiyuan.
During the Taiyuan crisis, the entire Shanxi army was mobilized, and the guards stationed in Ningwu Pass also went south according to the order. After two days of the Ningwu Pass military households heading south, Wang Ziyong, who had been holding troops still, suddenly led his troops northward and set out from his hometown of Fugu in northern Shaanxi to conquer the adjacent Hequ County of Shanxi. It took another two days for Wang Ziyong to attack Ningwu Pass.
At this time, most of the military households in Ningwu Pass had already gone south and their defense was empty. Wang Ziyong took Ningwu Pass in just two hours. After conquering Ningwu Pass, Wang Ziyong's troops quickly headed north and looted the wealthy Shanxi Town, making Shanxi Town a mess, killing and injured everywhere.
In this way, Wang Ziyong conquered several towns in a row with a victory, and arrived at Yanmen Pass on the fourth day of the seventh month.
Yanmen Pass, the gateway of Daizhou, and the waist and abdomen of the Great Wall have been a must-fight place for military strategists since ancient times.
As long as you take down Yanmen Pass and take Daizhou to the southeast, then go east to Wutai Mountain and there will be no obstacles to the east. You can directly enter Shuntian Prefecture. Go north to the Great Wall and attack Yingzhou, and then threaten Datong Prefecture.
Datong Prefecture is stationed with tens of thousands of elite border troops, and the Xuanfu rushes to help, and the mob under Wang Ziyong's hands is no match for it at all. Therefore, the possibility of Wang Ziyong's troops threatening Datong Prefecture to the north is very small. The biggest possibility is to cross Mount Wutai and enter Shuntian Prefecture.
Once Wang Ziyong leads his troops into Shuntian Prefecture, with the usual style of bandits, the entire western part of Shuntian Prefecture will be burned, killed and looted, and it will turn into a purgatory.
Shuntian Prefecture is a major area in the capital. If bandits really flock to Shuntian Prefecture, it would be a huge blow to the entire Ming Dynasty.
The bandits threatened Yanmen Pass, and the court bosses who were hiding in the capital could not sit still. This time, the court was surprisingly consistent. No matter what method was used, they must protect Yanmen Pass and not allow the bandits to continue to advance eastward.
Qian Longxi, the new Wenyuan Pavilion Grand Secretary, submitted a memorial, suggesting that the border troops of Xuanfu and Datong Prefecture will be transferred south to quickly eliminate the bandits, and at least drive the bandits out of Shanxi.
Not long after, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian agreed to Qian Longxi's suggestion. Zhu Youjian thought that the situation in Shaanxi had become difficult to recover and was hopeless, but the situation in Shanxi could not be ruined anymore.
In this case, the imperial edict was issued to Xuanfu and Datongfu.
Xuanfu and Datong Prefecture were a little amused. They were just a group of bandits, but they really dared to break the Yanmen Guandong and enter Shuntian Prefecture? The bandits were not stupid. They entered Shuntian Prefecture and ransacked them, and then they were cut off by Datong Prefecture and Xuanfu border troops?
The bandits came to rob. Even if they broke through Yanmen Pass, they would go back to Shaanxi for only two days. Even if they had the courage, they would not dare to ignore the border troops and break into Shuntian Prefecture.
However, when the imperial edict was issued, Hou Shilu and Mangui had to act according to the order. They could not submit a memorial to say that Emperor Chongzhen did not understand military commands, right?
In fact, from a military perspective, it is a good thing to let the bandits advance eastward. As long as the bandits dare to advance eastward, they will be sure to let all of these bandits be destroyed under the iron hoof of the border army.
The advantage of bandits is to wander around. Once their range of activities is limited, bandits will remain destroyed.
Even though I understand, Hou Shilu and Mangui will not watch the bandits break through Yanmen Pass, otherwise they will not be able to explain to the court.
After careful consideration, Heiyunlong, Li Jiasheng and another part of Tie Mo went south to suppress the bandits. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the main force in the real suppression of bandits was Heiyunlong and Li Jiasheng, and Tie Mo was purely a training force to get credit for the training.
I have to say that Hou Shilu is really good to Tie Mo, a young man, which makes Ma Fang and others a little jealous.
But no matter how jealous he was, no one could say anything. General Hou had great eyes on Tie Mo because he was really capable. From military households to Zhangbei's garrison, he was killed in the sea of ​​blood and made real contributions.
Due to the imperial edict, Hou Shilu also went south with the army this time.
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Zhangbeicheng, looking at the official documents in his hand, Tiemo didn't know what to say. The bandits were just a group of mobs. Do the big men in the court need to panic like this? And the prefect Ye Heng, who was simply not able to succeed and fail. Taiyuan City is a thousand-year-old ancient city with strong city defense and thousands of soldiers and horses stationed. Do you need to be afraid?
If Ye Heng hadn't acted randomly and transferred the troops near Ningwu Pass, would Wang Ziyong easily attack Yanmen Pass?
The qi returned, but there was no way. Since the Tumu Fort Incident, the Ming Dynasty was the head of civil servants and the status of military generals was deteriorating year by year. Man Gui, a shameless guy, had a good fortune. If he hadn't met Sun's keen eyes to recognize talents, this guy would have been a general.
Chapter completed!