Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 223: Qing Jun's side!eradicate traitors
Now they are suddenly asked to follow Liu Zeqing and take up swords and guns to fight against the emperor's army, how can they accept it.

Liu Zeqing had been prepared for this early. After all, he had been in official circles and on the battlefield longer than Xu Dingguo, so he had already ambushed swordsmen nearby. Those swordsmen were his die-hard loyalists. Although the number is small, less than 100 people, they are completely loyal to him.

Whoever Liu Zeqing asked them to kill, these loyal swordsmen would go up and do it without saying a word.

As soon as those generals and soldiers who opposed Liu Zeqing's side and commanded Zhu Cihong's central army stood up, Liu Zeqing asked the swordsmen who were ambushing nearby to stand up and drag them away to kill them.

The opponents were all killed, and the rest were naturally supporters. Even if someone wanted to remain neutral, they would find that under the coercion of Liu Zeqing, they would either join forces or use their own lives to resist. is to no avail.

"Don't worry, we will win this battle." Just like Xu Dingguo's words, Liu Zeqing also began to instill in his soldiers the idea that the advantage is on their own side, and they will definitely win.

"Xu Dingguo, the chief soldier of Henan, joined us in the uprising. He has more than 2 soldiers under his command, and his soldiers are strong and strong, while Zhu Cihong has only [-] to [-] old, weak, sick and disabled." Xu Dingguo used a little exaggerated rhetorical techniques.

But at this time, even if someone knows that Zhu Cihong's pro-army is by no means comparable to ordinary troops, they will not stand up and point out Liu Zeqing's mistakes.

After all, there are Liu Zeqing's people everywhere in the army. Some people who opposed Liu Zeqing were dragged out and killed just now. Now they stand up and point out Liu Zeqing's mistakes. Wouldn't it be that the old birthday star hanged himself because he thought his life was long.

"As long as you listen to my orders and attack where I point, we can eradicate the traitors and restore peace to the world." In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Liu Zeqing continued.

It's not that he likes acting, he likes talking.

It was a last resort to stabilize the morale of the army. After all, they wanted to attack their own emperor, and it was difficult for ordinary people to pass this level psychologically.

It's like pulling you out and asking you to beat up your leader. Even if you don't need to be responsible for the consequences, it's useless. Few people will be willing.

In order to let them overcome their psychological barriers, Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo coincidentally used the same reason to get rid of the treacherous ministers around the emperor.

As for what will happen after the eradication of treacherous ministers, it depends entirely on the two of them.

Maybe there is also Duoduo's meaning. After all, the two of them did such a thing today, not all because of Duduo's temptation.

"Commanders of the three armies, listen to my order and attack with the whole army." The morale of the army was almost stable. Seeing that the soldiers seemed to have acquiesced in the fact that they wanted to clear the emperor's side and attack Zhu Cihong's troops, Liu Zeqing ordered the army to attack.

After Liu Zeqing's troops were dispatched, Xu Dingguo followed closely and ordered the whole army to attack in the direction of Zhu Cihong.

The Tongguan battlefield is not large. Although Zhu Cihong sent troops this time, he mobilized a total of less than 1 imperial guards, 3000 from Shi Kefa's department, 3 from Zhang Yong's department, 13 from Gao Jie's department, [-] from Liu Zeqing's department, and Xu Dingguo's department. There are more than [-] people, which is nearly [-] people.

In addition, there are [-] auxiliary soldiers following the army, providing supplies for the army, transporting equipment, food and grass.

But these 10,000+ people are all squeezed into a piece of land that is less than ten miles long and less than five miles wide.

Among them, Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing were in the right army, on the right, only a little more than three miles away from Zhu Cilang's central army, and it would take a blink of an eye to ride a horse.

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In the formation of the Ming army's central army, the scouts and scouts wandering outside the central army discovered the change of Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing's troops, so they immediately reported it to Zhu Cihong.

"Your Majesty, there has been a change in the troops of Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing." A scout knelt down in front of Zhu Cihong and told Zhu Cihong about the changes in the two troops.

"Oh, what's going on." In history, the Ming army did not come to Tongguan to fight with the Qing army and the Shun army, so Zhu Cihong could not predict the rebellion of Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing.

"They are coming in the direction of the Chinese Army." The scouts brought bad news.

After hearing the news from the scouts, the generals and attendants beside Zhu Cihong began to discuss.

"What? How dare they come in the direction of the Chinese army."

"Are Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo planning to rebel?"

"Have they lost their way?

"What to do, what to do? Should the front army and the left army be sent back to King Qin urgently?"

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and they didn't have the majestic appearance of the ministers in the past.

"Stop arguing!" Zhu Cihong roared, ending the endless quarrel.

"Order Shi Kefa to take the troops from the headquarters and Zhang Yong's 1 troops to King Qin, and Gao Yuanjue, Gao Jie's son, to lead the [-] troops from Gao Jie's troops to King Qin, and set off immediately without error."

Zhu Cihong quickly made a decision, that is, let the former army and the left army each allocate part of their troops to serve the king. This is the best way now.

He can't let the former army and the left army all come back to serve the king, so that he will be safe for the time being, but the Ming army will be in danger. If the Qing army takes the opportunity to kill at this time, the Ming army in chaos will easily die Repeat the mistakes of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen in Tumubao more than 100 years ago, and the whole army was wiped out.

Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo together topped the sky with more than 5 people, less than [-].

Moreover, the two usually neglected military training and treated their subordinates harshly. Zhu Cihong didn't believe how hard their subordinates would attack him for them.

Although the Ming court had always been ignorant of personnel affairs and only knew about extortion and extortion all day long, since Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, since Zhu Cihong only concentrated on the army's northern expedition and neglected local governance, he did not do anything that wasted money and people.

Zhu Cihong believed that he did nothing, but let the people breathe more than they did during the Chongzhen period. People all over the world must have seen it, and Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing's subordinates would certainly not think that they were some tyrants who should be overthrown.

In fact, Zhu Cihong guessed it right. The banner raised by Xu Dingguo and Liu Zeqing was not against Zhu Cihong, but against Zhu Cihong's people.

They played slogans on the side of the Qing emperor, and almost all the close and important officials around Zhu Cihong were included, and there was a tendency to not give up until they killed all the people around Zhu Cihong.

But no matter what, from the beginning to the end they didn't mention to deal with Zhu Cihong. The soldiers even wondered whether Zhu Cihong would be furious if they knew what they did, and whether the emperor would punish them.

But these are all soft powers. Zhu Cihong really has the confidence not to let the whole army of Zhang Yong and Gao Jie come back to help. It is the imperial guards and the system around him.

(End of this chapter)