Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 55 Ding Qiguang and Sang Kaidi's Response
"Look at the people on the road. They can barely put on their clothes. What can I do to resist the intruders who came here? Could it be that I let them bite them with my teeth?"

Yucheng County showed a look of embarrassment. In fact, what he said was quite light. The sufferings suffered by Yucheng County and even the whole of Henan in the past few decades can be said to be horrific. In recent years, it can be said that this place has become a It's hell on earth.

Even just last year, that is, the 16th year of Chongzhen, when the army attacked the city, the officials and troops were defeated. In order to prevent Henan Province from being captured by the intruders, the officials and troops directly ordered the Yellow River to be breached.

For a time, the Yellow River flowed continuously from Zhujiazhai to Kaifeng. The Yellow River is an aboveground river, and the height of the river is higher than the spire of the iron tower, the tallest building in Kaifeng City.

The river rushes down from the breach like a waterfall, except that there are mostly stones and lake water under the waterfall, but here are all innocent people and the peasant uprising army that surrounded Kaifeng.

At that time, Li Zicheng and others couldn't escape in time. There were more than 1 soldiers who were washed away by the flood. But this catastrophe.

"Hmph, that's not something I need to be concerned about. I think it's better for you to talk to His Highness about these things." Zhang Yong knew that he couldn't convince him, and he had no reason, so he entered Yucheng with a wave of his horsewhip.

The county magistrate of Yucheng was left standing there, staring blankly at the southern horizon, as if thinking about what his future destiny would be.

After crossing the city wall made of rammed loess in Yucheng, Zhang Yong discovered a very strange phenomenon, that is, there are only men but no women here.

"Where are the women here? Why are there so many shirtless men on the street?" Zhang Yong was riding on his horse, and it was really strange to see that the streets inside Yucheng were all men, and there was not even a single woman. , so I asked the county magistrate of Yucheng.

The county magistrate of Yucheng couldn't help but smile, looked up at Zhang Yong on horseback and said, "Didn't I just tell the general that Guide has been hit by natural and man-made disasters many times, and the people are already extremely poor."

"The weather is hot now, and the men are okay. They can walk shirtless and work without affecting their work. But what about the women? Can they also be shirtless? Naturally, they all stay at home and can't come out."

Hearing these words, Zhang Yong remained silent. What the county magistrate of Yucheng said was true and unadulterated, but the fact that he surrendered to the enemy before cannot be disputed. Zhu Cihong's disposal.

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Zhang Yong's more than [-] men and horses marched southward in mighty force, even the peasants in the countryside couldn't hide it, and the big shots in Guide Mansion City knew this clearly.

Now the prefect of Guide Prefecture is Sang Kaidi. He surrendered to the invaders before because he was afraid of death. Now when he saw the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty retaking the Central Plains, his heart surged and he had the idea to dedicate the entire Guide. To make up for the mistakes I made before.

"Qiguang, the imperial court has sent troops to the Central Plains. Do you know the news?" Sang Kaidi summoned Ding Qiguang to his residence and deliberately asked others about the news that everyone knew, in order to test whether he had any ideas.

Ding Qiguang was originally a general of Daming, but when the bandits came to attack, he had the same idea as Sang Kaidi, and he didn't have a single soldier on his hands, so he surrendered directly.

"Do you have any ideas? You can tell. Qiguang is a warrior, and he doesn't like twists and turns." Although Ding Qiguang is the younger brother of the supervisor Ding Qirui, his path is different from that of his elder brother. His elder brother is a civil servant. It's a general.

"Master Ding was killed by a thief at the beginning, I was deeply saddened, but the thief is so powerful, I can't do anything, now I finally see the opportunity for revenge, I don't know if you can grasp it." Sang Kaidi pretended to be very sad It looks like.

In fact, he and Ding Qirui have no friendship at all, and the biggest relationship between the two seems to be Ding Qiguang in front of him.

"Okay, I've had this idea for a long time, what do you want to do?" Ding Qiguang understood that Sang Kaidi wanted to take advantage of the great opportunity when the officers and soldiers attacked Guide, and take advantage of the opportunity to rebel against Dashun, but he didn't know what to do, or You have to listen to Sang Kaidi's arrangement.

"Let's summon Tongzhi Guanhe, as well as the county magistrates of Shangqiu, Ningling, Xiayi, Tuocheng, and Luyi, and say that we want to discuss with them how to defend against the enemy. When the time comes, I will throw a cup as a sign, and you will draw The sword leader kills."

Sang Kaidi's routine is very old, but it has to be said that it is very effective. He sent someone to tell Tongzhi Guan He this, and they hurried over on horseback and sedan chair.

"Master Sang, I don't know how many soldiers there are in the prefecture, can they resist the Ming army?" Ningling County asked as soon as they saw Sang Kaidi.

"Everyone, don't worry." Sang Kaidi was not in a hurry to answer after hearing these people's questions, but pretended to be careless, and dropped the teacup in his hand.

Just after the teacup was broken, Ding Qiguang rushed out from the small doors on both sides of the main room, along with seven or eight servants holding swords. Then, before they had time to react, they rushed forward and tied them up.

"Haha, you fake officials were finally captured by me today." Sang Kaidi laughed while sitting on the main seat.

The officials appointed by Dashun have been captured by him, and the Dashun forces in Guide Mansion have been wiped out. The next step is to welcome Zhang Yong into Guide, and ask Jinling for instructions on how to deal with these people.

But the most important thing is to think about what kind of tone to write the letter, to exaggerate their achievements, and to explain their previous stains clearly, otherwise someone in the court will definitely make a fuss about their affairs in the future.

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"The general has come a long way, and it's too late to meet him from afar." Sang Kaidi and Ding Qiguang sent someone to tell Zhang Yong, and he immediately led his troops over. Anyway, Yucheng has been captured and they don't need to stay long.

Sang Kaidi and Ding Qiguang stood outside Guide Mansion City, leading a large number of gentry in the city to welcome them. Although their faces were extremely flattering, they did not bow or bow, which was much better than Yucheng County.

Perhaps it was because Sang Kaidi felt that as a prefect, he should not be too humble to Zhang Yong, otherwise he would lose face.

"Your movements are quite nimble."

Zhang Yong never expected that he could capture Guide Mansion in one day, and the biggest resistance he encountered along the way was the mobs in the countryside who spontaneously blocked them.

"When I heard that the heavenly soldiers were coming, I was naturally excited." Sangkaidi answered Zhang Yong with a smile.

(End of this chapter)