Chapter 513: The wind direction changes, human relationships change, Li Xianfeng

The weather is cold now, but the Yellow River has not been frozen yet. The army goes to Kaifeng and then returns to Shandong along the Yellow River waterway. This is the most convenient and labor-saving journey.

Kaifeng City is the center of Henan. When the refugee army was raging, Kaifeng City and the few prefectures north of the Yellow River remained. Almost half of the wealthy families and officials from all over Henan hid in this big city. Li Meng annihilated nearly 300,000 enemies in Xiangcheng, and Li Zicheng retreated with less than 3,000 cavalry. The news quickly spread into Kaifeng City. When the news came in, the whole city began to have a carnival.

Before this, although Shandong troops sent troops to protect Kaifeng City and surrounding areas, there was a large army of refugees who were constantly becoming stronger and stronger on the edge of Kaifeng City, and it was becoming more and more prosperous. In addition to the Shun Army, the Ming Dynasty was not exhausted. The commander Hou Xun also gathered four generals to fight with the Shun Army.

The army of refugees, the Ming Dynasty court and Shandong Li Meng, were still entangled in Henan at this time. Although everyone knew that Kaifeng City had become a safe place, they did not know who would become the dominant in the future. Moreover, the main forces of refugees in the Ming Dynasty were in Henan. The winners of this battle would make it clear that everything was to survive or whether the refugees would follow the army to settle the world. Everyone knew how to choose.

Everyone has no hope for Shandong because Li Meng is too cautious and low-key. During the Mingshun fight, he will probably watch the battle aside, hoping to get the benefits of the fisherman. But after the result is really achieved, I am afraid everything will be too late.

As a result, no one expected that Li Meng, Duke of Qi, would lead a large army into Henan, and when Mingshun was in full swing, he fought seven inches of the Shun army.

For the Shun Army, the Jiaozhou Camp, which was the main force, was also a great temptation. It seems that this is the last enemy of the Shun Army in the north. Since its own army is in full swing and the number of people is far greater than that of the other party, wouldn’t it be great to take this opportunity to eat the other party and solve the problem once and for all?

The strength of Jiaozhou Camp far exceeded Shunjun's imagination. As a result, everyone already knew that Jiaozhou Camp solved all the problems.

For those in Kaifeng City, when Li Meng and Shandong's army appeared in Henan, it was almost the same as Li Zicheng's Shun Army. For a semi-closed city, it was much easier to block the news.

At this time, the people in Kaifeng City realized that at the junction of Kaifeng Prefecture and Ruzhou, Ming, Shun and Lu were in a battle to decide the ownership of the world.

Everyone was nervous. The Ming army was nearly 200,000, and the refugee army was nearly 300,000, while the Shandong parties had only 60,000 in total. Such a joint battle would be dangerous even if Shandong was strong enough to the sky.

After this battle, no matter how hesitated and watched, the person who had been waiting and watching in the past had to decide to bet this time. Otherwise, if you wait passively, it would be either luck or a huge disaster, and the latter would be more likely. Moreover, if you make a speculative bet, you must take action early and make a statement in advance, and the results will be greater.

The battle is about to start now, and it will be too late to make bets. Interestingly, the senior officials in Henan who knew some of the situation, such as the governor Li Xianfeng and others, naturally stood in Shandong and could not turn back. Except for them, most people, even retired officials and the gentry hiding in the city, wrote letters to show their goodwill to Li Chuang, and the Ming army received support from a very small number of people.

Things changed so shockingly. The people in the city sent outside to lose the messenger to show their goodwill halfway, and they got the news that the battle in Xiangcheng and the soldiers and horses in Shandong had already won the battle.

When the news reached Kaifeng City, except for those who supported Shandong in advance, the city was quiet and the situation finally became so clear that it could not be clearer.

The only military strength of the area north of the Yangtze River is the Jiaozhou Camp. There are still some guards in various places, in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and there are still some border troops, and there are still 200,000 Jingzhans around the capital. But what kind of thing are these? Compared with the elite soldiers of Qi Duke who destroyed the tres and killed the Tartars, isn’t that a joke?

There are more than 100,000 soldiers from Zuo Liangyu in the Chu-Gansu area, more than 100,000 soldiers from Lu Jiude in the south of the Yangtze River, and sixty or 70,000 troops from Zhang Xianzhong in the Hunan-Gansu area. It seems very complicated, but no one thinks it is complicated. The southern army is weak and the northern army is strong. Needless to say, the Duke of Qi destroyed hundreds of thousands of soldiers from 40,000 to 40,000, and how many 20,000 soldiers under the Pingnan General Ma Gang of Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture can defeat? Simply convert, those powers are not enough.

Could it be that Li Meng, Duke of Qi, is the lord of the world?

With such an obvious situation, many people have to turn a corner before they can think of this. With the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years, it’s over. It’s not right. Isn’t that Master Chongzhen still staying in the capital? Are we all still officials of the Ming Dynasty? Isn’t this Duke of Qi from Shandong also a court?

But with my fingers, I can count the world. With such strength and style, does Li Meng still want to be a loyal minister or an adopted son? I want to be loyal and loyal? This is a joke.

A military officer like Gao Jie, the General of Yansui, directly deprived him of his official position and treated all his troops as prisoners of refugees.

Besides, the opportunity for Li Meng to appear was that after the Ming army entered a desperate situation and was surrounded and annihilated by the Shun army, if he was really a loyal minister, why not rescue him quickly? He had to wait until the last little blood of the court disappeared and then appeared again. Seeing the Shandong soldiers and horses so relaxed in the battle with the Shun army, it even confirmed everyone's judgment. This was the idea of ​​using a knife to kill people and fisherman to benefit from it from the very beginning.

Thinking about it, Shandong has made great contributions over the years, but the imperial court always uses means to mix sand with eye drops, and Shandong has never had any extreme reactions.

Everything he did was a hero, but he was so tolerant and polite to the court. Why? Is this Duke of Qi trying to abdicate? Then when it comes to this point, it’s time to reach Jiuxi…

Many people are thinking about it randomly, but it is too far away from them. At best, a group of people are talking while chatting. The key is what they should do in the future. Most of the people who can worry about this are officials and gentry who are coming to Henan and fleeing into Kaifeng City.

Jiaozhou Camp is now progressing smoothly. It is said that all places occupied by bandits and horses have been recovered everywhere. I am a local official there and I dare not say that I have had any moral policies. But after all, I am familiar with the ground and I am half a local tyrant. In addition, when the refugee army swept across Henan, the magistrates, magistrates and even prefects died in battle when the city was broken. Officials of the rank of Tongzhi and Tongzhi were also injured.

In addition to thinking about going back to re-electing office, these officials who fled into Kaifeng City also thought that so many deaths above were dead, could they walk upwards and endure so many years in this chaotic place in Henan. Should they have lived a few days of good life and feel comfortable?

I thought it was good, but everything was probably the end. After all, the one who wanted to take control now was Li Meng, the Duke of Qi. If he didn't speak, he would stop talking.

Although Li Meng has not arrived in Kaifeng City yet, everyone has to show their attitude towards this victory. This is also a statement. I heard that Henan Governor Li Xianfeng and the governor of the government have long surrendered. Tsk tsk, being in a high position is different. Even if you kowtow and surrender, you have to hurry up. I don’t know how to make a big use in the future!

It is not certain whether Li Meng, Duke of Qi, entered Kaifeng or not, but Kaifeng City fell into a festive state after the carnival after being rescued last time.

Anyone who is an official should write a sleek and singular article of praise to the great achievements of Duke Qi Li Meng. Those powerful and wealthy families living in Kaifeng took the initiative to go to the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office, saying that they had little family resources and were willing to work hard for the army.

This shocked the officials in Kaifeng City. The officials wrote praise articles and expressed their loyalty through various actions. This is commonplace. But these powerful and wealthy households usually want to deduct money from their hands, which is like climbing to the sky. During the ordinary season, they can never pay taxes. Why did they suddenly change their nature and actually pay money on their own initiative? This is really the sun coming out of the west, which is rare!

On October 15th, Duke Li Meng of Qi, the army had already arrived at the new city, which was only half a day before Kaifeng City.

In another half a month, the Yellow River will be frozen. Time is very tight. The army he led did not stay in Xincheng. He rushed to the Yellow River to board the boat back to Shandong. For Li Meng, he could not follow him. After all, Henan is now his own territory, and there are still many things to deal with.

However, in Kaifeng City, many things are much simpler. The nearby Tuntiantianzhuang Village Guardians were directly transferred to the outer defense of the new city during winter training. By the way, the Duke of Qi wanted to review the drills of the Tuntiantianzhuang Village Guardians near Kaifeng. It is worth mentioning that every time the Duke of Qi was drilled by the Duke of Qi, the Duke of Qi might not be present, but there was a tall middle-aged man wearing Qianzheng's costume to watch.

This person is naturally Hao Yaoqi. After Li Meng decided to take him back to Shandong, he felt relieved. Although he had been attracted by the Duke of Qi for some reason, he didn't have to worry about his future future.

Originally, he was the garrison or Dushi of Zhangde Mansion, but beside Li Meng, Li Meng only arranged a position for Hao Yaoqi as a battalion, and was not a personal army brigade, but an ordinary infantry regiment. Hao Yaoqi knew the tricks of this. This was the direct military officer around the generals of the Ming army, which was similar to the personal military generals in the Shun army of Ming army. This level of confidence was naturally much better than being a shameful military officer in Zhangde Mansion.

Li Meng's arrangement for him was also very simple. Don't worry about anything, read more and learn more. Shandong's things are completely different from the Shun Army and the Ming Army. Although Hao Yaoqi has also commanded tens of thousands of generals in the Shun Army, that set of things may not be suitable for Shandong troops.

This is indeed not arrogant. Firearms are the main means of killing, modern and modern infantry training methods, formation arrangements, and support from a modern logistics system.

Jiaozhou Camp was indeed the most peak army of this era. Hao Yaoqi had to learn too much. At the beginning, Hao Yaoqi was quite dissatisfied with Li Meng's arrangements. After learning more about Shandong, he also knew that the village guards of the Tuntian Village were the most basic military organization of Jiaozhou Camp.

In fact, it is to conduct military training for young and middle-aged men of appropriate age to facilitate the reservist system of the army when appropriate.

After ten years of leading the army, I have seen so many scenes that I have been arranged to learn these powerful men and strong men. Isn’t this a bit of anger? Hao Yaoqi is really angry. All dissatisfaction disappeared after the training of the guard village team. At this time, Hao Yaoqi truly understood how big the gap between the Shun Army and Shandong soldiers was. This time, he was indeed defeated.

Although they are the people and the like, they can advance and retreat in a moderate manner, organize and disciplined manner, and combat skills training is simple but practical under the organization of the leader.

Hao Yaoqi was helpless, but he had to admit that the training and combat power of the village guard team would probably catch up with the main force of the Shun Army. From the orders and prohibitions, he would probably win more than one.

Even the most elite troops of the Shun Army are just a five-day review. The elite soldiers are not afraid of death after experiencing previous battles. They may not be able to practice according to orders. They also have to farm in their spare time. The village guard team is also trained in slack farms. What's the difference?

Judging from the other party's formation and the weapons they choose, it turns out that there are all kinds of truths. This will give the soldiers more courage, help each other, and maximize lethality. These things look simple, but they are all new things that you have never heard of.

After following the army for a few days, Hao Yaoqi had no arrogance in his heart, but he knew that he had calmed down and studied. This performance made Li Meng quite happy. Hao Yaoqi was a talented person and a smart person who knew the direction of strength and weakness. He could calm down and learn Shandong's tactics. This is a proof of his determination to integrate into this system.

However, what will happen depends on Hao Yaoqi's future performance. For Li Meng, Hao Yaoqi is just a cultivable and promising general and is not worth spending too much attention.

The new city is not far from Kaifeng City, and there is no purity here. Moreover, Li Meng originally came here to handle official duties. In this area, there are only a few people who can come to pay homage and be qualified. Henan Governor Li Xianfeng is undoubtedly ranked first.

There are not many high-ranking civil servants in the Ming Dynasty in Li Meng's system. Li Xianfeng is the highest-ranking one, and Li Meng also appreciates Li Xianfeng quite well.

Unlike the hesitation and doubts of Shandong Governor Yan Jizu, Li Xianfeng is a decisive and practical role. Henan is in full swing, Henan Governor Li Xianfeng and General Chen Yongfu lead troops to put out the fire everywhere. More importantly, after confirming Shandong's advantage, Governor Li Xianfeng threw in without hesitation, without any drag.

Being able to do things so diligently and make such a decision at critical moments will definitely be appreciated by Li Meng, and it is also a lack of civil officials.

But then again, before Henan Governor Li Xianfeng decided to surrender to Li Meng, he had to do it. When the relatives fell in love with him, if they did not become traitors and fell into the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, they would either be executed or abandon the market. Then the three-sided Governor Zheng Chongjian also won several battles. What do you say about his consecutive defeats?

Since joining Shandong, although Li Xianfeng was shocked by Shandong's strength, he was not clear about Shandong's strategy and was vague. The situation in the world has changed over the past few years. If he cannot grasp many opportunities, he may have disastrous consequences. However, Li Meng missed one opportunity after another.

Henan Governor Li Xianfeng was secretly anxious about this situation, but he had no ability to change it. He thought to himself, it doesn’t matter if you are not careful, but if you do something wrong, we are the ones who are below may be crushed to pieces!

Some time ago, there were some problems in Kaifeng. When this refugee army was besieging the city outside the city, officials from Henan and Kaifeng were able to unite and resist the catastrophe together.

But after Jiaozhou Camp came to rescue him, the situation in Kaifeng City gradually eased, the so-called unity was gone, and people's hearts changed.

It would be a death sentence for him, if the governor of Henan Li Xianfeng did not join the Jiaozhou camp, but others might not be. Some people wondered if the governor Li got off the side, would I be able to get on.

Moreover, the governor's official position was originally a patrolman for the Tiantian. Now that you have defected to Li Meng, the legality and authority that only Emperor Chongzhen has disappeared instantly.

If it weren't for the relatively unified opinion of the governor Li Xianfeng and the Henan governor, it would be really hard to move forward, especially the Right Consort in Henan and the Kaifeng prefect. These two people really looked like loyal ministers and adopted sons all day long, and Li Xianfeng's nose is not a nose, and his eyes are not an eye.

Every time the orders from the Governor's Office and the General Secretary's Office go out, there will always be people making things difficult for them. As for delaying the processing, it is common. Fortunately, the efficiency of doing things is like this. Shandong uses another team to manage Kaifeng City, so there is no mistake.

After the commander Hou Xun led the fourth general out of the pass, he won victory after victory. For a moment, the power in Kaifeng City that was inclined toward the court rose sharply, and there were also some "loyal" literati who denounced the rebels, praised the Ming Dynasty, and asked them to name the names and scold Shandong. That was because they didn't have the courage, but they just knew it.

Li Xianfeng couldn't do anything to show himself in front of Li Meng. He originally wanted to do some military work or tidy things in Kaifeng City, but he was pushed back without being hard or soft.

Faced with such a situation, Li Xianfeng was also very angry, but he was also worried. The performance of the supervisor Hou Xun on the other side was really swept away the decadent trend and won one after another. The situation in the future may not be as good as offending people or being too ruthless, so he swallowed his anger.

When Hou Xun's troops were surrounded by the Shun Army and the situation was critical, these people would be thrown out. The Ming Dynasty was about to end, and the traitors in Shandong might not be able to stop the blind army. Why give you Shandong dog slaves a good face? Everyone should be frozen, don't feel good.

In this case, the spies stationed in various places in the filing department also told Shandong the corresponding news, so the army came to Henan and closed the city in Kaifeng and the martial law was strictly enforced. The only officials who could enter and exit were Li Xianfeng and the governor who had completely expressed their position, and they were also worried about those people.

Several senior officials in Henan who knew the news were really unsure of what Jiaozhou Camp would look like. Jiaozhou Camp is indeed very strong, but it is really dangerous to have hundreds of thousands of people struggling over there with you, more than 40,000 people rushing straight over!

As a result, during this period, they were more low-key and careful in Kaifeng City, and even sent their family members to make some preparations. Of course, when the news of Dasheng came, all worries and cautions were unnecessary. On the night when the news of Dasheng arrived in Kaifeng City, the officials who were inclined to the court brought generous gifts to the door to see the two adults according to their ranks. There were also the wealthy businessman who came out of nowhere, and the gifts were sent over like money.

In fact, the person who was most shocked in Kaifeng City was almost Li Xianfeng. One was shocked that the victory came so quickly, and the other was shocked that the officials and people in the city changed so quickly. Li Xianfeng had been in the officialdom for many years, but he had never seen such a change of human feelings.

Before Li Meng arrived in the new city, Li Xianfeng felt such a change. It was really a must-do. The people below were respectful. Many of the things that were delayed and rejected before were Li Xianfeng himself, and he was picked up by those below and finished it vigorously and then came to apologize, saying that it was because of the delay and the crime was worthy of death.

After Li Meng, Duke of Qi, arrived in Xincheng, it was only half a day away from Kaifeng City. Everything was clear and certain. Of course, no one had any doubts. The large number of young and strong prisoners of the Shun Army were not fake. All the villages received a group of farmlands, which made many of the landlords in the city envious. These were all good laborers. Why didn’t they get the share of this pie and had to flatter Shandong?

The officials and civilians in the city were waiting tremblingly. The Duke of Qi must meet the people in the city, but who should they meet? The governor, the governor, the two participating in politics, the prefect, and other high-ranking people were wondering whether they would be called over, while the people below were wondering if the Duke of Qi announced who they would meet, they would have to work hard on his heart in the future.

The envoy of Duke of Qi entered Kaifeng City and only named three people, including the governor of Henan, the governor of Henan, and the left-ranking political officer in Henan. These are almost the three with the highest official positions, which is not unexpected. Of course, these are also the three most loyal.

When the three of them left the city, they were truly incredible and were envious and jealous. Li Xianfeng was really proud at this time. He made the right bet and made the right bet very early. This is where the scenery today is, and I believe it will be even more glorious in the future.

When we arrived in Xincheng, we saw Shandong soldiers and horses with a still majestic military appearance. This time we saw a different meaning. From the battle in Xiangcheng, we finally understood how strong the Shandong soldiers and horses were.

What made Li Xianfeng even more proud was that Li Meng was the only one who ranked first and carefully sorted out the already brand new governor's office. Li Xianfeng respectfully handed the rumor's personal soldiers a ingot of red gold, but was pushed back.

Li Meng was located in the house of a large family in Xincheng. As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw Li Meng sitting there. Henan Governor Li Xianfeng praised him and knelt down in a regular manner.
Chapter completed!