Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang held his forehead. If he hadn't come in time and sent Hu Kui to support him first, He Jin might have fallen here. The pity is that the more than 1000 rebel soldiers he assigned to He Jin died in the battle.This He Jin is really hateful.

Mi Chun raised his head and glanced at Hu Kui, and then said: "My lord, He Jin is seriously injured, I have already sent a doctor to treat him...My lord, my subordinates feel that even if He Jin and Lin Chengcheng were at fault this time, But they also helped the lord to capture the capital city of Chuzhou, and the merits and demerits are equal, so don't pursue it. Thousands of troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Lord He Jin will never retreat in a deadly battle, and his heroism is extraordinary. When we are strong and we are weak, facing the Qing army four times as large as ours, we can still take down the enemy's fortified city, you can be called a mighty general, please consider it."

Hu Kui refused, "My lord, if no one obeys your orders and deploys troops without authorization, it will make you lose face. He Jin must be severely punished. The general thinks that in order to imitate others, he should be beheaded in public. "

Mi Chun took a step forward, "My lord, you can't, such recklessness will chill the soldiers' hearts."

Hu Kui looked at him, "Master Mi, are you thinking that he is your old master, are you still thinking about his background as a bandit, and want to protect him?"

Zhang Qiang watched Mi Chun want to defend himself, and waved his hand, "Enough, my own people, no one is allowed to talk about being a bandit or a rebel army. Now you are all my subordinates, the Jinhua Rebel Army."

The two looked at each other, snorted coldly, stepped aside, and stopped talking.

Zhang Qiang waited for a while, and said to Mi Chun, "How is the inventory of the enemy's supplies?"

Mi Chundao: "My lord, I have seized a lot, including 30 taels of silver, 20 shi of grain and grass, 350 firecrackers, 350 tiger squatting cannons, 250 barrels of gunpowder, [-] high-quality bows and crossbows, and [-] arrows. [-] pieces, [-] pieces of the enemy's best chain mail, [-] pieces of leather armor, [-] pieces of cotton armor, [-] pieces of bamboo armor, [-] war horses, [-] pack horses, and other A few supplies."

After listening to Mi Chun's report, Zhang Qiang did not express his opinions on the disposal of the supplies, but said to Mi Chun: "Bring He Jin to me."

Turning to Hu Kui, he said, "Take someone to look for Lin Cheng's department. It's twenty miles away, so it shouldn't be far."

When He Jin was brought in, he was wrapped in white cloth, like a mummy. If he hadn't walked by himself and was carried by others, Zhang Qiang might have turned into a mummy. He was seriously injured and walked by himself. That's a good explanation. In fact, those injuries are all superficial injuries, at least, there are no injuries.

Zhang Qiang glanced at him, stood up, walked up to He Jin, and said coldly, "He Jin, are you guilty?"

He Jin bowed his head and knelt down slowly, "The villain is reckless, please punish him with the governor."

Zhang Qiang stared at him for a long time, until He Jin felt something was wrong, and when he raised his head to look at him, the two looked at each other. He Jin did not lower his head, but confronted Zhang Qiang's gaze. When it came to persistence, there was no resentment.

Just when he thought that this person had no resentment towards him, He Jin didn't know that there was something wrong with him, and said to him: "I usually don't want to see your face, but today I still have to thank you for your kindness." Came here in time to pull me back from the brink of death, but that's all I can do, because I can't think of any more ways to thank you, because you see that I'm already like this, and I really don't know what else to do."

Zhang Qiang was amused by him, laughed, turned around and walked towards the chair, and said, "I don't need your thanks, but you dispatched troops without telling me and decided to attack the state capital without telling me, it is indeed a serious crime, but you Taking down the state capital again, this is another great achievement, if you let your merits and demerits be offset, I am telling my subordinates, you can do bad things as much as you want, and make trouble for me as much as you want, when the time comes , When the enemy came, I found that there would not be a soldier by my side, and I was caught by the enemy very unluckily, so in order to prevent this kind of thing, I decided to punish you severely."

"Come here, lock him up for three months, and let him recuperate here. During the recuperating period, he will be responsible for the defense of the state capital, and hand over the captives and the servants of the squires to him." Then he said to He Jin, "Sit in the prison for me." Take good care of staying in the Chuzhou capital, and don't allow any mistakes, you are now a co-prefect of the Chuzhou capital."

He Jin opened his eyes wide. It was the first time he had heard of such a punishment. He was made to sit in a prison but served as a co-prefect of the prefecture. At present, there are only two co-prefects appointed by Zhang Qiang, one is Zhou Porridge, the other is Wei Wuji, This is the highest officer in Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army who is in charge of the military affairs of a government. Although he is in charge of the garrison, it is higher than the position of a thousand households, and even higher than that of the commander of the guards. High, because in wartime, these commanders have to listen to what they know.

If Zhang Qiang is not in that mansion, all the officers in that mansion will be controlled by him.

This is great trust.

Stand alone.

He Jin didn't care about the injuries on his body, and immediately knelt down, "Master Xie, I will definitely guard the capital of Yizhou for you, and take down the capital of Chuzhou for you to expand the territory of the rebel army."

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Press it down."

Mi Chun watched from the side, and waited for He Jin to thank him for his kindness, and when he was taken down by the guards, Mi Chun frowned, "My lord, this is not right, do you rest assured that someone like him will come to sit in the state capital?"

Zhang Qiang stretched out his hand and asked the guards on one side to cut his nails. He put his legs on the table in the lobby and held the white fungus and lotus seed porridge that the guards on the other side fed him. What can I do?"

"Are you allowed to sit in town?"

Chapter 98 Cavalry Defeated

Zhang Qiang put down his legs on the table in the lobby, supported the table with one hand, leaned forward, looked at Mi Chun in the hall, and said earnestly:

"Mi Chun, you are not hot enough. He Jin has been in the rebel army for so many years. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops and 10,000+ Qing troops have not caught him until last year. He is slippery like a loach. Don't look at him under my hands. It has been stable for a few days, but this time he sent troops without warning, so he knew that he was not stable enough. Although I gave him a lot of power this time, he can only rely on us in his current situation. So I'm not afraid of him rebelling against me, the rest is your business, keep an eye on him, although you don't have enough experience in combat, but it's enough to be a man-marking scout, watch him in prison If he commits any misconduct, he will be executed immediately without asking for instructions."

Mi Chun was so excited that he almost jumped up. This is Zhang Qiang's great trust in him. He treats him as his own, and immediately said: "It's an adult, the villain must not let him take out your palm."

"Well, stay by his side and learn more. He has not fallen over the years and has not been eliminated. Naturally, there are reasons for him. When you learn well by his side, I will let you stand alone."

"Thank you, sir." Mi Chun immediately knelt down on one knee, propped his hand on the ground, and shouted with his head bowed.

"Get up, don't salute like this in the future, it's troublesome, just make a bow. You are soldiers, not civil servants." Zhang Qiang said slowly.

"Yes, my lord." Mi Chun stood up and patted the dust on his knees.

"Report—" A guard ran in from outside the government office shouting loudly.

"Report to my lord, Lord Hu Kuihu has returned with his troops."

Lin Chengcheng did not escape the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry in Chadaier, who often chased prey on the prairie.

Lin Cheng's integrity was not as high as that of He Jin's. Seeing himself surrounded by Mongolian cavalry, the skillful horsemanship of the Mongolian cavalry made his breakout operation a farce. His remaining [-] soldiers were killed. With dozens of people, he collapsed, dismounted and surrendered.

Lin Chengcheng didn't know how many times he had surrendered. When he met Liu Liangzuo's troops, he surrendered. When he met Zhang Qiang's troops, he surrendered. Then he attacked Jinhua Mansion, but he was arrested again. He was arrested many times. If Zhang Qiang hadn't defeated Ruan Dacheng's Qing army that time, he might have been escorted to Yanjing and beheaded for public display.

More than 200 Mongolian cavalry and dozens of Han flag cavalry escorted him and his subordinates, and they arrived at the Oujiang Ferry within an hour of darkness. There were defeated Qing soldiers from Songyang County waiting here, and the two armies joined forces. , a total of more than 800 people crossed the Oujiang River and set up camp in a village less than five miles away from the capital city of Chuzhou.

After Hu Kui's [-] cavalry wandered around the mountain, they turned out of the mountain in the middle of the night. They did not find Lin Cheng's department, but gathered hundreds of rout soldiers from Lin's cultivation department.

When Hu Kui was extremely frustrated, the sentry cavalry in front told him that a Qing army of about 800 soldiers was stationed in a village. Hu Kui was so excited that he rushed up with the cavalry.

As a result, these hastily formed cavalry teams drawn from the Han Army Banner and the Ming Army's surrendered troops were defeated by the Mongolian cavalry and the Han Army Banner cavalry after only one encounter.

Those Mongolian cavalrymen are the most elite subordinates of Chadaier, not ordinary herdsmen. Only these soldiers are left in Chadaier. They are equipped with everything good. Apart from cotton armor, they also wear leather armor , the leather armor is covered with chain mail, the helmet is the eight-petal armor of the Qing soldiers, and the horse is a Mongolian horse with good endurance. Rebel cavalry is still very good at it.

Hu Kui fought hard, yelled, and dispatched in an orderly manner, but he couldn't stop the cavalry from being defeated. He had to flee back to the capital city of Chuzhou with more than [-] remnants.

The Mongols captured [-] cavalrymen, [-] war horses, killed [-] cavalrymen, and even captured the broken soldiers of Lin Cheng's department who had just been gathered by Hu Kui.

A long line of rebel cavalry was tied behind the horses of the Mongolian cavalry returning to the camp victoriously. The rebel cavalry ran with the horses with their hands bound. If they accidentally fell down, they had no chance to get up again and were dragged behind the horses. Got bloody.

Back at the camp, Chadel said to the commander of the Han army flag cavalry: "Give the horses to the Qing soldiers from Songyang, choose some soldiers who can ride horses from among them, or soldiers who were originally cavalry soldiers, expand your subordinates, and go to the prisoners of war. Pick some people and expand your subordinates."

The commander of the Han army flag was overjoyed, "Thank you for attacking the stage, and the servants will do it now."

The commander next to Chadel sneered at the commander of the Han flag cavalry who went away, "My lord, the Han people are just dogs, and they wag their tails and beg for mercy when they lose a bone. They are very happy."

But he didn't want to, Chadel gave him a whip, "Go away, the Jurchens are not good animals, they just want to consume us, don't you know that we are not even as good as dogs now?"

He was furious, and now his herdsman subordinates have been divided up by other Mongolian tribes and Jurchens. He is now wandering in the far south of Daming, unable to return to his home, and he is angry. up.

The commander was stunned for a moment, and immediately led the horse to run to the side in a desperate manner.

Chager turned his head to the other cavalry commander next to him and asked, "Where are the remaining cavalry of Sunite's troops?"

Another cavalry leader said: "Taiji, I found out clearly, they went after the Nanming emperor tonight. I heard that they escaped."

Chadel frowned, pointed to another cavalry commander and said, "Go and take someone back overnight to find the leader of Yalta, and let him bring those Mongolian cavalry here, and ignore that Han general."

The cavalry commander said: "This is inappropriate. If you let the Jurchens know that you have taken away the cavalry from Sunit, you will be in danger."

Chadel frowned, "I told you to go, just go, when, I need to ask your opinion."

The commander of the cavalry immediately said: "Yes, Lord Taiji."