Chapter 389: Turning Danger into Safety

After Wu Shigong returned to Runing in mid-December, he drove non-stop to Nanyangye County with an infantry regiment of the Runing Army brought by Yang Rusong to support the Runing Army. And when he arrived in Ye County, it was already a great victory in Ruzhou.

There's nothing to say, let's deal with the aftermath first. The credit is one, two, three, four, five, and then it is time to deal with the captures and prisoners. Actually, there is nothing to deal with. Of course, all the captured were brought back to the Runing army camp, while some of the prisoners were left behind and thrown to the mines to work as coolies, and the rest were all brought back to Runing.

The Runing Army had no way to distinguish between the peasant rebels and the captured locals. Many of the peasant rebels were natives of Henan, and it was impossible for Xue Yongli to be classified when he was escorted, so after returning to Yexian County, where could he tell who was who? I'd rather kill the wrong one, don't let it go, and simply escort them all back to Runing.

And in Nanyang, Wu Shigong also left only one regiment of the Nanyang Legion and the Cavalry Corps. It is impossible to keep all the troops stationed in Ye County for a long time. In the event that the peasant rebel army invaded Runing or Guide through Kaifeng Prefecture, this top-heavy arrangement of the Runing Army would be a big problem.

Besides, Yexian County could not supply so much army grain and grass at all, and mobilizing and transporting grain and grass from the rear of Runing was also a matter of labor and money, so after determining that there was no threat for the time being, he simply withdrew to Runing first. Of course, the Returning German Legion still had to walk a long way to retreat back to Germany.

After suffering the defeat in Ruzhou, the peasant rebel army of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai immediately moved away from the area of activity of the Runing army. However, after they gathered the fleeing rout and gathered the local refugees in Henan, the number returned to nearly 100,000 before the war. However, in this battle, they lost a total of more than 1,000 veterans, although it was not a broken muscle, but it was definitely very painful. So in a short period of time, they no longer dared to advance in the direction of the retreat of the Runing army.

And the governor of Henan, Xuan Mo, who received the news of the victory in Ruzhou. Immediately led Zuo Liangyu, Tang Jiuzhou, Li Bei, Deng Xi, Cao Wenzhao and other troops who crossed the Yellow River to become active. And Emperor Chongzhen also ordered Xuanmo to control the three marshals, and had the right to cut first and then play.

The Ming army was divided into two routes, and the governor of Henan, Xuan Mo, led Tang Jiuzhou and Zuo Liangyu to defeat the people's army three times in Wuyang, Baoan, and Miyang. And one of them was when Xuan Mo led Tang Kyushu to attack the Wucheng thief camp at night on a snowy night and broke it. This is really a bit of Li Yuxue's night attack on Caizhou!

The peasant rebels, which had swelled up all at once, were immediately beaten and swelled. The number of people has been reduced to more than 100,000. The peasant rebels began to move to the mountainous areas of western Henan and Huguang.

The mountainous area was a safe haven for the peasant rebels, and whenever the peasant rebels were injured, they would hide in the mountains and forests to recuperate, and wait until they recovered before coming out to carry out activities.

Although the official army was able to defeat the peasant rebels in the plains many times, they did not enter the mountains to encircle and suppress them, and once the peasant rebels entered the mountains, the officers and troops could only look at the mountains and sigh.

And the peasant rebels massively moved to the mountains. But there was a person in a hurry, and this person was Yunyang Fuzhi Jiang Yunyi.

Yunyang is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan and Huguang provinces, and belongs to the four regardless of the region. Since ancient times, it has been prone to banditry, known as the "thief Yabu".

And when the peasant rebels were moving to the mountains. Yunyang is a must-see. It was also an ideal destination, and it soon became the headquarters of the peasant rebels.

However, Jiang Yunyi saw a large number of peasant rebels gathered in the Yunyang area, and expected that the peasant rebels would launch an attack on Yunyang City sooner or later. He himself was powerless to prevent the peasant rebels from entering, and it was difficult to ensure that Yunyang City would not be lost, and he had already seen that his own tragedy was about to unfold. So he began to save himself.

Jiang Yunyi complained to the emperor: Yunyang is a poor place, and he has done a lot of work in the two years since he took office, repairing the city and accumulating rice. It is also the manufacture of weapons and the training of troops, and quite a lot of achievements have been achieved. However, because Yunyang's foundation is too thin, this achievement can only maintain the situation. It's like a poor family who can survive a disaster year with a bucket of rice, and can only make ends meet, and can't do anything else.

The implication is that I am powerless to stop the peasant rebels from entering Yunyang, and I cannot bear the responsibility for the loss of Yunyang City.

Although Jiang Yunyi said that "the minister is worthy of death, he should also die of anger", and "the emperor who pities it is the emperor who seals the ears of the territory", but judging from the meaning of what he said, the intention of untying himself and taking preventive vaccinations is about to come out under the noble cloak of worrying about the country and the monarch.

Jiang Yunyi said it very tactfully, but he was reasonable, and the little Yunyang really couldn't deal with the peasant rebels that poured in like a tide. However, his reasoning was not accepted, and no matter how he said it, it was a great sin to retreat from battle.

What's more, because Emperor Chongzhen is a person who only looks at the results and does not look at the reasons, he has no effort to study the reasons, but is very direct and merciless to pursue responsibility, and what he is best at is to run people.

Therefore, Jiang Yunyi didn't see the tragedy play out first, so she performed a kiss goodbye first.

Jiang Yunyi's cry was counterproductive, and it didn't take long for Emperor Chongzhen to order Jiang Yunyi's dismissal and questioning, and at the same time to enable the famous soldier to prepare Lu Xiang to be promoted to the right capital of the imperial history and Yunyang Fuzhi.

In fact, Jiang Yunyi is not a mediocre person, he has quite a lot of political achievements in Yunyang and has won the support of the people, so when Jinyiwei arrested Jiang Yunyi, the local people cried.

It can be seen from this that Jiang Yunyi is a famous minister who governs the country in a prosperous era, but in troubled times, he is a civil official who does not take responsibility. can only say that he was born at the wrong time!

Don't mention the tragic character Jiang Yunyi. Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng, who succeeded Jiang Yunyi as the Fuzhi of Yunyang, is not an idle person, although he is a literati, he is brave and courageous. And with Lu Xiangsheng who entered Yunyang, there was also the Tianxiong Army trained by him. And with Lu Xiangsheng's efforts, Yunyang City miraculously defended.

Due to the outstanding performance of Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, the area controlled by the Runing army was completely safe, and in the entire first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, the Runing army also got a long period of recuperation.

After the victory in Ruzhou, the governor of Henan, Xuan Mo, really wanted to recruit the three strong armies of Guidewei, Runing Battalion and Yexian Battalion (which is the official name of the Ming Dynasty court) that created the Ruzhou victory, but Wu Shigong, Li Lu and Zhao Ming invariably reported to Xuan Mo that although the victory in Ruzhou was very successful, the losses of these three armies were also quite large, so they could not carry out military operations for the time being. In order to strengthen the persuasiveness, Zhao Ming's "injury" was even more serious.

Besides, it was Li Bingbeidao who came to Runing in person to recruit him, and Li Bingbeidao didn't pay the Runing Army for such a long time, so how could Runingjun give him a good look?

The reason for the Runing Army is indeed reasonable, and with the several big victories of Henan Governor Xuan Mo, the action of encircling and suppressing the peasant rebel army is also very smooth, so Xuan Mo's intention to recruit the Runing Army is not very urgent.

So the external troubles subsided a little, and the internal fighting began immediately. After Li Bingbeidao was disgraced by the Runing Army, he immediately joined forces with the local officials in Ruzhou and sent a letter of impeachment to the imperial court against the Runing Army, and the content of the impeachment was that the Runing Army harmed the local area and mutilate the people. (To be continued......)