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- In July of the eighth year of Chongzhen, there was a locust plague in Henan.
Locusts swept through Henan. The destructive power caused by the locust plague is greater than that of thousands of troops. As a result, Henan was covered with red scars and countless hungry people. Then, the terrible locust plague continued to spread.
Hebei, Shandong and other places are all prone to disasters.
The terrible locust plague has displaced countless people, and the threat of death from hunger threatens the people all the time. There are many cases where the mother exchanges her son for eating, and the mother cooks her daughter and then eats the meat again.
The imperial court ordered disaster relief, but officials from all over the country were disobedient, and even worse, they took advantage of the disaster relief opportunity to make a lot of money. The spread of the locust plague and the disadvantages of disaster relief have also caused more and more people to join the bandits headed by Gao Yingxiang.
The power of rogue bandits increased greatly.
Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, also began to intensify his pursuit and suppression efforts.
Hong Chengchou¡¯s extraordinary generals, such as He Renlong and Ai Wannian, were all renowned for their bravery and resourcefulness at the time. Lintao's chief military officer, Cao Wenzhao, was unrivaled in bravery and was known as "the best general of the Ming Dynasty".
After Fengyang was lost and the imperial tomb was excavated, although the generals in the Central Plains were not punished, everyone was humiliated. Hong Chengchou summoned the generals, and he only said these few words to his subordinates:
"Is it possible that none of the generals in the Central Plains can defeat Ding Yunyi who came from the wilderness in terms of fighting? In terms of bravery, is he worse than a boy who lives at sea all year round? I really don't have the face to see you all again."
The generals were all ashamed. Cao Wenzhao was furious and stood up and said: "Who is Ding Yunyi? He is just a fisherman at sea. Now our generals in the Central Plains have been humiliated. Cao Wenzhao is willing to fight to the death with the traitor army!"
Hong Chengchou was overjoyed. But he covered his face and said: "Go, go, let's see how you succeed!"
Cao Wenzhao immediately ordered his troops to fight bravely in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and other provinces. He successively pursued and killed Dian Dengzi, Zhang Fei, Red Army friends, Li Dusi, Ke Tianfei and other rogue leaders, and was called "Cao Wenzhao" by the rogue bandits.
Hong Chengchou was overjoyed when he heard the report. He praised Cao Wenzhao in front of his subordinates: "I have Cao Wenzhao, which is better than Ding Yunyi!"
This commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao, who was "better than Ding Yunyi", indeed gave Hong Chengchou face.
He defeated the enemy in Suizhou and beheaded more than 380 people. After that, Hong Chengchou ordered Cao Wenzhao to enter the pass because all the rogue bandits had retreated into the pass. Then take the mountain road from Langxiang to Luonan and Shangzhou, go straight to the base area of ??the People's Revolutionary Army, and then enter Hanzhong from Shanyang, Zhen'an, and Xunyang. Cao Wenzhao arrived in Shangzhou. The bandits set up camp thirty miles away from the city, and the mountains were filled with campfires. Cao Wenzhao led his nephew to join general Cao Bianjiao and others to attack at night. Victory, chase straight to Jinlingchuan. The rogue bandits took advantage of the danger to fight with thousands of cavalry. Cao Bianjiao shouted to trap the enemy, and the people's rebel army was defeated.
Like his uncle, Cao Bianjiao was also a brave warrior. When the bandits heard the name of General Cao, they were all frightened.
During a battle with rogue bandits, the enemy general ordered his men to shout: "Cao Wenzhao is dead!" in an attempt to confuse people. But in the chaos of the army. Cao Wenzhao's dragon and phoenix danced with a spear, which immediately stabilized the morale of the army. Finally change from passive to active and defeat the enemy.
Cao Wenzhao reached the peak of his military career. But this was also the beginning of his end.
The battle of rogue bandits to encircle and annihilate Cao Wenzhao quietly began
Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng led their troops to Ningzhou westward, and joined forces with Guo Tianxing, Xie Zikuai, Luanshi Wang and others who were active in Qingyang area to plan an ambush to encircle and annihilate Cao Wenzhao.
The rogue bandits first ambushed Ming deputy generals Liu Chenggong and Ai Wannian in Bajiazhai, Xiangle Town, Ningzhou, and three thousand troops led by guerrilla Wang Ximing. The Ming army was defeated, and Ai Wannian and deputy general Liu Guozhen were killed. Liu Chenggong and Wang Ximing were seriously injured and escaped.
That day on the battlefield in Anhui, Ding Yunyi fought a bloody battle in Yingzhou, but Ai Wannian refused to send troops. Not long after, he died in the hands of rogue bandits. The soldiers and civilians who died in Yingzhou were able to vent their grievances a little.
After Ai Wannian and others died, Hong Chengchou, who was stationed in Pizhou, heard the news and was worried and at a loss. He could only place his hope in his beloved general Cao Wenzhao. When Cao Wenzhao heard that Ai Wannian had died in battle, he was furious. He drew his sword and cut the ground, cursed with angry eyes, and asked for orders to go to war.
Hong Chengchou was overjoyed and said: "No one other than a general can defeat this thief!"
Cao Wenzhao led 3,000 troops to conquer, and the bandits laid an ambush in the Qiutou area.
Cao Bianjiao, Cao Wenzhao's nephew, led the elite troops in the vanguard. Cao Wenzhao led the infantry in the rear. When they arrived at Xianzi, Qiutou, the rogues ambush ambush and cut the Ming army into two sections. They divided their troops to surround and kill them. Cao Bianjiao took the lead and killed more than 500 bandits. The rogue bandits pretended to be defeated and retreated to the forest area to the east. The Ming army pursued them for thirty miles and reached Diaoling Pass. Seeing that the Ming army entered the ambush circle, the rogue bandits rushed out from all directions and fought with Cao Wenzhao at Paozi'ao in Qiutou. The troops of the Ming Dynasty were scattered, difficult to see from head to tail, and lost their ability to fight. They suffered heavy casualties, corpses were scattered in the mountains, and blood flowed into rivers, staining the villages.
The next day, LiuWith the King of Chaos as the vanguard, Li Zicheng in the middle, and Tianxing as his successor, the Ming army was surrounded again. Cao Wenzhao pursued the left and blocked the right, fought and retreated, and the rogue bandits lured the enemy westward.
When the Ming army marched to Saluo Village, rogue bandits ambushed thousands of horses and surrounded them. The rogue bandits didn't know that it was Cao Wenzhao who surrounded him. At that time, a soldier in the Ming army was bound and hurriedly shouted: "General, save me quickly!"
A soldier among the bandits who defected from the Ming army pointed at Cao Wen and said, "This is General Cao."
The bandits were extremely happy and the siege became more urgent. Cao Wenzhao was exhausted and killed dozens of peasant soldiers. He fought for several miles and was seriously injured in more than ten places. He passed through the red mud city of Baozigou in Yancun and ran to Jijiashan. He saw that there were no generals inside and no reinforcements outside. He broke through. Hopeless, he shouted:
"That day in Yingzhou, Ding Yunyi was also in trouble internally and externally, without any reinforcements. Today I finally understand his anger at the desperate situation he died in!"
After saying that, he drew his sword and killed himself.
In this battle, the rogue bandits led by Li Zicheng severely damaged the Ming army. Cao Wenzhao lost most of his troops, and more than 20 guerrilla generals and generals died. In particular, Cao Wenzhao, who was highly regarded by Hong Chengchou and was known for his good fighting skills, was defeated and committed suicide in this battle. The Ming army was dejected and the rogue bandits cheered.
When Hong Chengchou heard the news of Cao Wenzhao's death, he burst into tears and said while crying: "My subordinate Cao Wenzhao is brave enough to rival Ding Yunyi, but Ding Yunyi can persist for nine days and nine nights alone in Yingzhou, why can't Wen Zhao persist?" Now that Wen Zhao is dead, who can I rely on? When will the rogue bandits be defeated? Do you want me to go to Taiwan again to invite Ding Yunyi? "
Ding Yunyi will not come.
After killing Cao Wenzhao. Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong joined forces to fight against Hong Chengchou in Guanzhong. In October, the rogue bandits failed to fight the Ming army, so Zhang Xianzhong and other troops left Tongguan. Divided into 13 battalions to advance eastward, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng fought against Weinan and Lintong, crossing Huayin Nanyuan Jueling in the east and leaving Zhuyang Pass. In November, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong joined forces in Minxiang, Henan, and jointly attacked Zuo Liangyu's army, advancing into Shaanxi Province and approaching Luoyang. After capturing Guangzhou and Huoqiu, they advanced to Jiangbei.
At this time, Ding Yunyi had already arrived in Shandong with Huangfu Yunjie and Duan Saner.
Although Shandong is not as bare as Henan and other places, it is still facing the locust plague. But there are also hungry people everywhere. The locust plague is far more terrifying than the disaster of weapons.
Looking at the hungry people, Ding Yunyi couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Our Ming Dynasty is so turbulent, half of it is because of rebellion, and half of it is natural disasters."
Huangfu Yunjie sighed: "Since the Tianqi period, our Ming Dynasty has been experiencing constant disasters. Natural disasters occur almost every year. In this dynasty, the disasters have reached an unstoppable level. In the first year of the dynasty, there were tsunamis in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Shaoxing. In the second year, there was a severe drought in Shanxi and Shanxi. In the fourth year, there was a big hailstorm in Hubei, and there was another earthquake in Lintao and Gongchang. In 1999, the Yellow River burst, earthquakes occurred in Nanjing, Sichuan, Shanxi, and Yunnan. In 6 years, there was a severe drought in the capital and Jiangxi, and in 7 years, there was a severe famine in Taiyuan, and people competed for human flesh. But the locust plague spreads"
Ding Yunyi was frightened when he heard this.
In other words, since the first year of Chongzhen, there have been major disasters every year in the Ming Dynasty. With the disaster resistance at this time, the court was completely helpless in the face of natural disasters. There is no other means except tax reduction and tax exemption. However, tax cuts and exemptions have made the national treasury, which has been in deficit for years, even more unsustainable, thus creating a vicious cycle.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Ming Dynasty was generally destroyed by revolution and half by natural disasters.
??It can still be solved, but natural disasters cannot be saved.
Those hungry people who were dying of hunger suddenly saw a few horses approaching, and they all surrounded them, wailing and begging. Some even brought their sons and daughters, who were so hungry that they were skin and bones, and begged the kind-hearted master to give them some food, so that they could take their own children away and live as slaves and prostitutes at the master's command.
A 15- or 16-year-old girl is not as valuable as a steamed bun here!
Facing the hungry people begging for help, Ding Yunyi couldn't bear it. He was about to ask Duan San'er to provide some relief, but Huangfu Yunjie stopped him: "General, you must not do it. How many people can we save? The general only needs to take out one With a copper plate or a grain of grain, tens of thousands of hungry people will surround us, and we will not be able to leave even if we want to.¡±
Huangfu Yunjie didn¡¯t say any more.
Ding Yunyi sighed, knowing that Huangfu Yunjie was telling the truth.
"General, I have to be the one to do the evil. Even if I suffer retribution in the future, I will accept it." Huangfu Yunjie gritted his teeth, pulled out his knife, scolded and drove away the victims.
After finally emerging from the siege of hungry people, Ding Yunyi glanced back again and shook his head helplessly.
? ?There are so many victims, but I can't save a few.
Just after we were far away from the large group of victims, the way was suddenly blocked by someone. An old woman and a girl about fifteen years old fell to her knees in front of the horse with a "plopping" and kowtowed repeatedly: "Master, I am pitiful, pitiful, pitiful, pitiful. They are all starving to death, they are all starving to death, please save my granddaughter, please save my granddaughter.¡±
"Get up and talk." Ding Yunyi said solemnly.
The old woman stood up tremblingly, and together with her granddaughter, it looked like she was too hungry to stand still. Ding Yunyi pointed at the girl: "Where are her parents and brothers?"
"I'm starved to death, I'm all starved to death." The old woman's eyes were cloudy, and she may have cried dry tears long ago: "First, her mother starved to death and traded meat with her neighbors for food, and then her brother was kidnapped when he went out. When we found it, it was eaten until only a pair of bones were left. The bones of my poor grandson were still left with the bell that his father made for him when he was born. Then his father died."
Ding Yunyi, Huangfu Yunjie, and Duan Saner were horrified when they heard this. The most terrifying and tragic thing in the world is this.
"Master!" The old woman suddenly saw some hope and pulled her granddaughter over: "My little girl is only fifteen years old. She can help you wash and cook, and sleep with you at night. As long as you reward her with some leftovers. , Just don¡¯t let her starve to death, sir, I beg you, please!¡±
"Your name is Xiaotu?" Ding Yunyi looked at the girl.
She was severely stunted and was so hungry that she staggered around. She was so scared that she hid behind her grandma, and then suddenly cried: "Master, please accept me. I can do anything and endure any hardship. What do you want me to do?" I'll do whatever I want. If you want to scold me, scold me. If you want to hit me, hit me. I beg you to give grandma something to eat. I'll make you a cow and a horse!"
Several grown men were almost in tears.
Such a miserable scene can only be described with the word "sad".
"Duan San, give them food." Ding Yunyi pursed his lips and said.
Duan Saner took out the dry food. When the grandfather and grandson saw the food, their eyes lit up. They took it and stuffed it into their mouths with all their strength. They were so anxious that they choked and couldn't breathe, but they kept stuffing it with all their strength. .
At this moment. More than a dozen hungry people in the distance seemed to have discovered something at once, and slowly walked towards this side. Immediately afterwards, the temptation of food was huge, and more and more hungry people discovered that there was food here.
Over there, hundreds of people gathered at once, watching silently at first, and then, unable to resist the temptation of food, they walked towards here.
"Not good." Huangfu Yunjie shouted: "General, leave quickly, or something big will happen."
Ding Yunyi also noticed that something was wrong. He looked up and took a breath of air. There were only a few hundred people there a moment ago, but in an instant there were nearly a thousand people.
"Master, take Xiaotu away quickly." The old woman also realized that something was wrong and piled Xiaotu in front of the horse: "Master, please let Xiaotu live. I will repay you by being a cow and a horse for you in the next life. !¡±
Ding Yunyi knew that Xiaotu would not be able to survive here, and would end up like her brother. He stretched out his hand and pulled Xiaotu onto the horse.
The hungry people discovered their purpose of escaping. They didn't know where the strength came from, and they ran towards here like crazy.
Once caught by them, these people will have no chance of survival.
"Xiaotu, you must listen to the master!" the old woman cried.
"Grandma!" Xiaotu burst into tears.
Ding Yunyi placed Xiaotu in front of him and a war horse: "Let's go, rush out!"
Several war horses also felt the threat, neighed, raised their hooves, kicked up dust, and galloped out.
"Grandma!"
Xiaotu¡¯s cries spread farther and farther with the wind
Grandma smiled happily at this time
No matter what, my granddaughter¡¯s life was saved after all. As for whether she lived or died, there was nothing to care about. To be continued. . - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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