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Ren Guangrong said: "The body is not afraid of the shadow slanting, we are loyal to His Majesty."

"Brother, the yellow mud falling off the crotch is either shit or shit!" Ren Jirong said anxiously, "Let's not talk about Cihou, even our own soldiers thought the rumor was true. Among the 5000 people, more than 3000 are from Henan. , all of them want to go back to Henan, they still have a lot of family members in Henan!"

Ren Guangrong asked: "Do you really want to defect?"

Ren Jirong said: "Brother, this is a scheming scheme, a conspiracy in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Believe it or not, when we return to Qinshui, as soon as Cihou arrives, we will be relieved of our military power. Cihou is also afraid, Hao Yaoqi is His Majesty's confidant, didn't he lead troops to rebel last year? We are not from the old battalion, we are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who took refuge halfway!"

Ren Guangrong remained silent and could not refute.

Ren Jirong persuaded: "Brother, let's do what we can, let's really surrender. To be honest, our parents are still in Henan, and I also want to go back and have a look. My father said in the letter that the Datong court was very good, and the former military households all divided the fields. Yes. My younger sister is also married and gave birth to a fat boy, so you don’t want to go back and see your nephew?”

In the past two years, Datong and Dashun had a good relationship, and officials from both sides communicated with their families in different places.

"But our wife and children are in Shanxi!" Ren Guangrong said.

Ren Jirong said: "Your Majesty is benevolent, we can promise that even if we join the Datong Army, we will not fight with the Dashun Army, and ask Your Majesty and Cihou to treat our wives and children kindly."

Both brothers married wives in Shanxi, and their former wives were lost when Li Zicheng fled.

After thinking about it, Ren Guangrong also felt that he could not go back to Qinshui. If he went back, he would [-]% lose his military power, and he might even be sent to prison for interrogation.Even if he was acquitted and released afterwards, he would still have a very stiff fight with Liu Fangliang. Liu Fangliang had a pimple in his heart. Will they be able to get along well in the future?

The next day, the two brothers screened the veterans in Henan and grouped all the fellow villagers in Henan together.

Then he called the messenger again, and Ren Guangrong said: "Please go back and tell Your Majesty and Cihou that my brother and I have no intention of rebelling. But the enemy resorted to divorce, and Cihou had doubts, so my brother dared not return." Qinyang."

"Are you really...really going to rebel?" The messenger was shocked.

Ren Guangrong pointed to the soldiers and said: "These more than 1000 soldiers were recruited in Shanxi. The envoys can take them back and hand them over to Cihou. We will bring more than 3000 soldiers from Henan to Henan. Don't worry, go straight back to Henan and never stay in Shanxi." In war, you will not wave your sword against your former compatriots. Please be kind to our wives and children, Cihou!"

More than 3000 Henan soldiers have moved to war all year round, and they have also rested for a year or two.

There are few people in Shanxi, and there are few women. Most of these Henan soldiers have not remarried. They really want to return to their hometown early.

The two sides separated at this point, and there was no fight. The Ren brothers led the Henan soldiers and left with some food.

A few days later, Liu Fangliang led the army to Qinshui. When he heard the news, he immediately regretted it. He should not have ordered the Ren brothers to return to the army.

But if time goes back, Liu Fangliang will still do that, because if he is not afraid of [-], he is afraid of it!

Not only that, one after another, many rumors flowed out, and Henan generals were said to be going to the enemy.

For a while, the generals and scholars from Henan were panicked.

Tian Hu even left his army and came to see Liu Fangliang alone: ​​"Cihou, I have no second thoughts. I am from Henan, but I have fought with His Majesty for many years. When was it not a desperate charge?"

Liu Fangliang quickly comforted: "General Tian, ​​don't say any more, these are all the southern thieves' tricks."

There are not a few Henan generals of the Dashun Army, because Li Zicheng made a comeback in Henan.

Chapter 548 [Distraction]

Yicheng, captured by the Datong Army, was easily recaptured by Liu Fangliang, because there were no defenders in the city at all, not even officials, peasants and soldiers.

However, there are [-] farmers and soldiers stationed in Quwo, west of Yicheng.

Liu Fangliang camped on the outskirts of Yicheng, waiting for more troops to gather on the spot.Hongdong County in the north was also recaptured by the Dashun Army, but was stuck in Linfen by the Datong Army and could not go south.

Wing City.

Xie Yinglong went to find Tian Hu in the tent: "Uncle (Count), the situation is not good."

"Oh, I know, the morale of the army is floating." Tian Hu was helpless. .

Ren Guangrong, Ren Jirong, Tian Hu, and Xie Yinglong, the four of them joined Li Zicheng at the beginning, and all of them were from the military of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, the Ren family brothers have run away, Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong are in an embarrassing situation.

Although Liu Fangliang kept expressing his trust, he was faintly guarded.After recapturing Yicheng, all the troops sent to defend the city were Liu Fangliang's confidantes, while Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong were forbidden to enter the city.

Of course, Liu Fangliang was afraid that if he went too far, he would force Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong to rebel, so he personally led troops to station outside the city.

The reason is that the people cannot be disturbed. Yicheng is too small, and too many troops entering will easily cause chaos.

Liu Fangliang's vigilance is normal, because Tian and Xie's troops not only have a lot of people from Henan, but also many people from Ming Dynasty's military background.When the soldiers learned that the brothers of the Ren family had led the troops back to their hometown, they had already discussed a lot, hoping that their own general would also return to Henan.

Xie Yinglong said in a low voice: "Now that we are guarded, how can we fight? Brother Tian, ​​you are also a man who knows how to fight. Do you think you can win battles now?"

Tian Hu muttered: "Your Majesty treats us well, don't have any thoughts. As for the soldiers of the battalions, just be patient and comfort them."

Xie Yinglong sneered.

Indeed, Ren Jirong, who led the troops to run away, and Tian Hu in front of him, were both named General Guo Yi, and both got an earl.

But what about Xie Yinglong?

It's just a miscellaneous general, and the mere baron will be dismissed.

This made Xie Yinglong extremely dissatisfied. The brothers of the Ren family and Tian Hu were just junior officers of Ming Dynasty.But Xie Yinglong was born as a general's personal soldier, and the firearms troops under his command are extremely powerful.

Xie Yinglong and Tian Hu, together with the firearm battalion, brought many firecrackers and cannons, and offered the city to Li Zicheng in an uprising.

Why did Tian Hu quickly ascend to the position, but he became Tian Hu's subordinate?

"Then I will go to appease the soldiers." Xie Yinglong said.

Tian Hu said: "I will go in person."

Liu Fangliang's barracks is in the north of the city, and Tian Hu and Xie Yinglong's barracks are in the east of the city.

Tian Hu took Xie Yinglong to comfort the soldiers in the camp.It is nothing more than to say that when the Dashun Army conquers Henan, everyone will be able to return to their hometowns.

It's useless, but it makes soldiers resist.

The civil servants lack a sense of belonging to the Dashun court, but do the low-level soldiers have it?

Li Zicheng's army was the most vigorous when it first entered Beijing, but it plummeted after being defeated by the Manchus.Their idea was simple, the Tartars defeated the Dashun Army, and the Datong Army defeated the Tartars, so the Datong Army must be stronger, and Emperor Zhao occupied a larger territory.

Since you can't fight, why do you have to fight to die?

After inspecting the barracks and comforting him, Tian Hu went back to his tent to rest.

But Xie Yinglong called several officers over: "I tried it out, General Tian doesn't want to go back to Henan, he is thinking of Emperor Dashun's kindness."

"Hehe, Li Zicheng has kindness to him, but he has shown little kindness to us." The person who spoke was Wang Chengzhong, who, like Xie Yinglong, was a soldier of the Ming general Luo Dai.

Xie Zhun, another Henan military officer, said: "Uncle Tian didn't want to leave because he was greedy for his title. We don't have any titles, so what are we doing here? Very powerful. Li Zicheng can't even beat the Tartars, but he can still kill Emperor Zhao and sit in the world?"

After some discussion, Xie Yinglong said: "Each go back and gather troops quietly. Let's go tonight, light fire and fire cannons as a signal, and run to the southwest together after disturbing the barracks!"

midnight.

"Boom boom boom!"

Without any warning, the artillery battalion rang out, and then the battalions started to ignite fires one after another, and the tents of the camps suddenly burst into flames.

Tian Hu woke up suddenly: "Where are the cannons being fired?"

"I don't know." The soldier hurriedly said.

Tian Hu walked quickly outside the tent, and found that there were fires in every battalion, and the shouts of soldiers were everywhere.

Tian Hu shouted: "The enemy army attacked the camp, gather troops quickly!"

It's too fart to get together, all the battalions are on fire, and it's completely messed up.

The army led by Tian Hu, including the temporarily expanded soldiers, has a total of more than 8000 people.Although there are less than [-] Henan nationals, [-]% of the officers are from Henan.

This is normal, because its prototype was the Henan official army, and Li Zicheng threw some Henan peasant troops in.Even though it was supplemented many times later, the main generals are all from Henan, and of course the promotion of officers should give priority to fellow villagers.

More than 1000 soldiers from Henan took advantage of the chaos and ran to the southwest, leaving behind [-] Shanshan soldiers who were at a loss.

These Shanshan soldiers didn't understand the situation at all, and thought that the Datong Army had really killed them.When they heard the sound of gunfire and saw fire everywhere, they scattered and fled like chickens without their heads.

Most of the people ran to the mountains, and they would definitely return to their hometowns after running away. Tian Hu's army was doomed.

Suspicious, Tian Hu led a few soldiers and rode towards the north of the city.Liu Fangliang's barracks is very quiet, and he must not have been "night-raided", and he will be safe after passing.

Of course, Liu Fangliang was also awakened by the sound of gunfire. He ordered the camp to be strictly guarded, and the soldiers were not allowed to run around. It took half an hour to calm down the chaos.

"Don't shoot arrows, I'm Tian Hu, I was attacked by the enemy at night!"

Outside the camp, Tian Hu, who was shot back by several arrows, yelled aggrievedly.

After a while, Tian Hu was brought in.

"How many enemy troops are there?" Liu Fangliang asked.

Tian Hu shook his head: "I don't know."

Liu Fangliang asked again: "Can the enemy come after them?"

Tian Hu said: "It seems not."

Liu Fangliang was furious: "You lost a battle, why don't you know anything?"

Tian Hu said: "I was awakened in the night. There were fires everywhere, and the barracks were in chaos. Even if the troops were withdrawn, how could I know the situation at night?"

Liu Fangliang could only suppress his anger and let the soldiers continue to be on guard until dawn before leading the soldiers to the east of the city to check.

The military camp in the east of the city was in a mess, and even the place where grain and grass were stored was burned.

Fortunately, Liu Fangliang was on guard, and the military rations were given every ten days, and there was not much food in Tian Hu's camp.

Liu Fangliang looked at the intact artillery, then reached out to touch the inside of the barrel, rubbed the residue on his fingertips and said, "These artillery must have fired last night, and the barrels were not even cleaned."

Tian Hu was silent, he probably understood.

Liu Fangliang sneered and said: "You are indeed loyal to His Majesty, but the soldiers under your command don't think so. You don't even know that you have been pushed aside by your own generals?"

Tian Hu sighed, "It's because I don't manage the army strictly, and I am willing to be punished."

Liu Fangliang shook his head: "In the Dashun Army, you and Ren Jirong are the only ones who have the highest rank and rank. Ren Jirong led the troops and ran away. If you are punished again, I am afraid that all the soldiers in Henan will be forced to turn back. I can't bear such a big responsibility."

Neither of them spoke anymore.

The Henan officer under Tian Hu's command ran away with Henan soldiers, but the main general Tian Hu was kept in the dark.what does that mean?

It means that both officers and soldiers have no confidence in the war, and they are not willing to fight with the Datong Army at all!

Many soldiers of the Dashun Army are not only afraid of war, but also have the heart to avoid war.Such an army cannot fight, and even if it fights, it will undoubtedly lose.

Liu Fangliang understands this truth, and Tian Hu, the person involved, naturally understands it even more.

One of them is a marquis and the other is an earl, and they have every reason to die for Li Zicheng.But ordinary soldiers don't have it, let alone low-level soldiers. These soldiers just want to survive.

But it was said that Xie Yinglong led his troops to defect to the Datong Army, and they were all gunfire soldiers, and there were also some artillerymen who had lost their artillery. Liu Zhu was very happy when he heard about the situation.

The battle was imminent, Liu Zhu sent someone to deliver a letter, discussed with Jiang Liang on the south bank of the Yellow River, decided to temporarily retain Xie Yinglong's establishment, and ordered these firecrackers to garrison Jiangzhou.

In southern Shaanxi, Li Guo led his troops to Xi'an, and when he was more than a hundred miles away from Xi'an, he galloped after him on a fast horse.

"Zhang Luo, Yin of Hanzhong Prefecture, cooperated with Wang Guangen and Wang Guangtai to rebel, and has occupied Hanzhong Prefecture!"

Li Guo was shocked and at a loss.

He had just left Hanzhong with his troops, and Hanzhong actually rebelled?

Brothers Wang Guangen and Wang Guangtai were originally Zhang Xianzhong's generals, but were later recruited by the Ming court.In history, they also fought against Li Zicheng, and later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Because of factional conflicts, Wang Guangen was killed by the Qing Dynasty. Wang Guangtai immediately rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and became one of the thirteen families of Kuidong.

In this time and space, because the Ming court was too hip, when the Wang family brothers faced Li Zicheng, they did not choose to fight hard, but led their troops to join Dashun collectively.

Both Liu Fangliang and Li Guo went to Tongguan to fight, and they both got into trouble.

Dashun court, people's hearts are scattered!

Li Guo's head was a little down, he didn't know whether to go to Xi'an first, or go back to Hanzhong to put down the rebellion.

The battle of Tongguan decided the ownership of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

But if they don't return to Hanzhong, the Datong army in Sichuan will drive straight in from Hanzhong.

There really is a Datong army over there, only Huang Yao is left in Guizhou, and Fei Yinggong leads troops northward, and is holding back the Dashun army in Hanzhong.

After much deliberation, Li Guo decided to return to Hanzhong.

But just two days after he returned to the army, he received another urgent report: Yangping Pass guards were flanked and flanked, the guards surrendered collectively, and the Datong Army had entered Hanzhong.

What to do?What to do?What to do?

Li Guo was distraught, and in a hurry, he actually fell ill in the army.

Both Xi'an and Hanzhong were occupied by the Datong army, and their own general fell ill again, and the entire army suddenly became confused.

Lieutenant General Gao Yigong couldn't hold back at all.