Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen The Second Violent Man

Hong Chengchou once commented on Cao Wenzhao: a good general in the world is unparalleled in the world. Cao Wenzhao, a native of Datong, Shanxi, is different from Hong Chengchou. He has no experience, no education, no background. Before he became famous, he was just a soldier. Ten years ago, he served as a soldier under a man and followed him to Liaodong.This person is called Xiong Tingbi. Nine years ago, Guangning was defeated and the Ming army was defeated. Instead of fleeing, he insisted on staying and met his second boss, Sun Chengzong. Six years ago, Sun Chengzong left, but he still stayed. At this time, he has become a guerrilla, and his new boss is Yuan Chonghuan.

Two years ago, he followed Yuan Chonghuan to the capital to guard Beijing, but Yuan Chonghuan was arrested, but he still stayed. A year ago, he followed Sun Chengzong to Zunhua, where he fought bravely, repelled Jinbeile Amin, and finally recovered the four cities in the pass. Then, he came to the Northwest. I don't think there is any need to say more about this person. He has followed everyone from Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong to Yuan Chonghuan, and fought from Nurhachi, Huang Taiji to Amin. He has seen all kinds of situations in the world, and has followed all kinds of great people. Now he is transferred back to fight the peasant army.

And he didn't come back alone, there were a thousand people who followed him. These thousand people are his old subordinates, they belong to a special force - Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. The Guanning Cavalry was the most elite special force in the Ming Dynasty, but the number was not large, around 6,000, half of which were in the hands of Zu Dashou, and Cao Wenzhao brought back only one-sixth. As for his opponent, Wang Jiayin, the main force of the civilian army under him was around 30,000. There are many theories about Wang Jiayin's origin, but not many reliable ones, but among the group of people at that time, he was very good.As I said before, under him, there is a young man named Zhang Xianzhong.By the way, Gao Yingxiang (Li Zicheng is version 2.0 of Chuang Wang), who was later known as the "Chuang Wang" who was so powerful in the world, was all his people and worked for him.

Moreover, this person is very rare, he has some organizational skills, and he started to run government agencies without even occupying a county.But the funniest thing is that he also boldly carried out institutional reforms and broke the rules. He had what the Ming Dynasty had, and what the Ming Dynasty didn’t have. Of course, Cao Wenzhao is not interested in these things, and he started to do it a month after he took office. According to the usual saying, he led the officers and soldiers several times that of the militia, and launched an offensive with an overwhelming advantage. But the facts are a little different. As Wang Jiayin said earlier, the number of troops was 30,000, while the number of people Cao Wenzhao took was 3,000.

It is estimated that Wang Jiayin had never been in the army before, and he didn't know who Cao Wenzhao was. He was not very nervous about Cao Zongbing's visit. After all, there were only three thousand people, so what can he do. Wang Jiayin believes that no matter how strong Cao Wenzhao is, even if his subordinates are related to Ning cavalry, but after all, ten fight one, no matter what, they will not lose.So he set up his position and prepared to meet the enemy. He is too simple. You know, after fighting for more than ten years, changing three leaders, fighting from Nurhaci to Huang Taiji, and still being able to survive until now, ten lives are not enough for bravery alone.

Cao Wenzhao became famous not because of his bravery, but because of his deceit. This person has experienced many battles and is proficient in the art of war. When he arrived at the place, he didn't do anything at all, and cut off Wang Jiayin's food supply first. Wang Jiayin panicked, he had to hold on, he had no food, and he wanted to break through, but he couldn't get out. In this way, Wang Jiayin rushed for two months, and finally, when he was about to give up, a miracle happened. There was a loophole in Cao Wenzhao's encirclement, and Wang Jiayin finally found a chance to break out of the encirclement.

Wang Jiayin felt very lucky. Although he was trapped for two months, he finally got out.Change the place and continue to work. It's a pity that he didn't know that Cao Wenzhao was a person with no loopholes, and all his mistakes were intentional. It is possible to surround people and smash them to death, but the loss is too great. The best way is to release them and chase them all the way. Under the guidance of this idea, Wang Jiayin escaped, and after escaping, he regretted it. Because from the day he escaped, Cao Wenzhao followed behind his ass, relentlessly chasing him, and he beat him fiercely when he caught up. He fought five battles within five days, and Wang Jiayin was completely defeated.

What's even more exasperating is that Cao Wenzhao doesn't seem to intend to kill him all at once, and withdraw after each fight, wait for you to run farther, and fight again next time, anyway, his troops are cavalry.Wang Jiayin was extremely depressed about this. In fact, Cao Wenzhao is also very depressed. Who told you to have 30,000 people, and I only have 3,000, so I can only fight slowly. After fighting for two months, Wang Jiayin collapsed, and Wang Jiayin's subordinates also collapsed.On a chaotic night, Wang Jiayin was killed by his subordinates and partially surrendered to Cao Wenzhao.

Wang Zuogui is dead, Wang Jiayin is also dead, and Shen Yikui remains. Among all the insurgents, the one who can fight the most and persist the most is Shen Yikui. In order to completely eradicate this confidant, Hong Chengchou decided to cooperate with Cao Wenzhao. The so-called cooperation means being polite.As far as official positions are concerned, Hong Chengchou is the governor, Cao Wenzhao is the general soldier, Hong Chengchou is a Jinshi, and Cao Wenzhao is an old man.Basically, Cao Wenzhao did what Hong Chengchou said, and he was quite obedient. The tragedy a few years later originated from this.

In fact, at this time, Shen Yikui had already died, and there were four people who really controlled the military power: Hong Junyou, Li Dusi, Du San, and Yang Laochai. Although the leader is dead, the momentum has not stopped at all. The main force alone has 50,000 people gathered in Zhenyuan, Gansu, preparing to attack Pingliang. So Hong Chengchou decided to solve the problem once and for all. In addition to Cao Wenzhao, he also transferred Wang Chengen, He Huchen and others. Basically, the most capable generals in the Northwest were all here. When it's all here, it's a gang fight.

After the gang fight, the militia couldn't hold on anymore and decided to retreat to Qingyang. It's a good idea, but unfortunately it can't be done.Especially Cao Wenzhao, because of the Guanning iron cavalry he led, each of them had two horses, and he would change one when he was tired. He was extremely mobile, and he would wait wherever the militiamen ran.Running around, not being able to get out. After two months of stalemate, the two sides finally fought a decisive battle in Xihao near Zhenyuan, known as the Battle of Xihao in history. The entire battle process is roughly equivalent to a vivid cavalry training class.As soon as the fight started, Cao Wenzhao led his army into the enemy army, hacking and killing, hacking and killing, basically how to hack. After cutting, go back, rest for a while, after resting, rush in again, and continue cutting.The so-called "like entering no one's land" roughly refers to this state. At the same time, Hong Chengchou sent his main force, Hong Bing, together with He Huchen's Ningxia soldiers and Wang Chengen's Gansu soldiers, to launch a general offensive, and the enemy army completely collapsed. In this battle, the civilian army lost nearly 10,000 people, and the leaders Du San and Yang Laochai were captured alive (by Cao Wenzhao). All remaining troops fled. Normally, if you are disabled, you will be pulled down. Hong Chengchou refused to be pulled down, beating disabled is not enough, beating to death is a must. Of the four leaders of Shen Yikui, two were arrested, and two remained—Hong Junyou and Li Dusi. This arduous task was taken over by Cao Wenzhao, who led his two thousand cavalry and started the pursuit. Next, it's time for Cao Wenzhao's performance. In the face of Cao Wenzhao's pursuit, the tens of thousands of troops could hardly resist. They were defeated in a row, and nearly 10,000 were killed and injured. The main reason was that Cao Wenzhao was too fierce. Cao Zongbing has seen the big world. He has never been afraid of the most fierce Eight Banners Army. It is no problem to fight the semi-amateur civilian army.Every time he attacked, he took the lead in charging, which made the leaders of the militia tremble with fear. There was a saying at the time: "There is a Cao in the army, and the western thieves are frightened when they hear about it." This kind of statement is objective, but it is not comprehensive, because Cao Zongbing not only plays hard, but also plays dirty. On the way of pursuit, Cao Wenzhao's men reported that they had captured an enemy general named Li Gongyong. According to the usual practice, the way to deal with it is to pull it out and chop it up, but Cao Wenzhao thought about it, and said to his opponent, let this person go. What happened after that, according to the words in the history books, "Wen Zhao was a period of anti-rebellion, killing his party and killing friends in the Red Army." The meaning of this sentence is that Cao Wenzhao let this man go, and used him to make a countermeasure, fooling his comrades and killing the Red Army friends among the four chiefs. In fact, I really want to tell you how this anti-indirect strategy works, but I have checked a lot of historical materials, but I haven't found out. One thing is certain, for the civilian army, Cao Wenzhao is the most feared enemy. When people are afraid, they will run away, and if there is no way to run away, they will not run away. Li Dusi is the only one left for Shen Yikui. He was terrified, so he ran away, but the cruel fact told him that if he continued to run, there would be no future. So he decided not to run away, but to turn around and fight Cao Wenzhao! Wait, think again. I figured it out, don't run away, turn around, and ambush Cao Wenzhao! There is no way, to deal with such a fierce person, it is more reliable to ambush. The place where they ambush is called Nanyuan. In order to ensure the success of the trap, they surrounded a group of Ming troops nearby and attracted Cao Wenzhao to come to rescue. Cao Wenzhao came, but here, he saw thousands of cavalry of the enemy army, and he chased after him without saying a word. After chasing to Nanyuan, he fell into a trap and ambushes everywhere. It should be said that the ambush still had some effect. Cao Wenzhao's troops were disrupted and dispersed by a sudden attack. Li Dusi must have read history books, at least the Battle of Feishui. He immediately sent someone to shout in the army: Cao Wenzhao is dead! Soon, it became a slogan. Since Cao Wenzhao was rushed to nowhere, this rumor was very useful, and the Ming army began to waver. Then, Cao Wenzhao began to refute the rumors, using a spear instead of a microphone. The wonderful performance began. According to the history books, it was "holding a spear and rushing left and right, and a horse lingered among the crowd. All the troops saw it." Holding a spear, rushing from left to right, single-handedly among the thousands of troops, as if entering the land of no one, and then everyone saw him. When meeting such a person, the rumors are useless, and the ambush is not to be talked about, so the final result can only be "a big defeat, zombies cover the field". After counting, this should be the second big defeat.But for Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao, it's not over yet. The remnants of the remaining troops continued to flee, and Cao Wenzhao continued to pursue them, and then they were defeated, defeated again, and defeated again.After losing all the way to Pingliang, Li Dusi finally didn't have to lose, and Hong Chengchou killed him.The four leaders of Shen Yikui, none of them survived in the end. But up to this point, Cao Zongbing has not stopped. He continued to chase the remnants of the enemy, and even chased them to Gansu and Ningxia.In the northwest, there are very few rebels left. Wang Zuogui, Wang Jiayin, and Shen Yikui, the three major militia leaders in the first year of Chongzhen, ended their roles here. On this stage, they are destined to be only supporting roles. The supporting characters are all dead, but the extras are not dead, because those who can't live will still not be able to live after all, and if the boss dies, they will find another way to live. Adhering to this principle, Wang Zuogui, Wang Jiayin, the remnants of Shen Yikui, and all those who could not survive, continued to fight for survival. But in view of Shaanxi and Gansu being beaten too hard, they ran to Shanxi. Although it is a semi-amateur organization, but after suffering such a big loss, it is appropriate to sum up the experience.So, under the call of Wang Ziyong, the general of Wang Jiayin's department, all the remaining militia leaders gathered together and held a meeting. The content of the meeting is to review lessons, learn from each other, promote each other, and re-election of leaders by the way. In fact, there is no need to choose. Generally, this kind of thing is based on seniority.After being elected by the masses, Wang Ziyong has the most seniority and the longest working time, and was successfully elected as the new head. In view of the emergence of fierce men like Cao Wenzhao and Hong Chengchou, everyone agreed that they must unite and fight together. At that time, there were thirty-six troops who went to the meeting, known as the "Thirty-six Battalions" in history. As in the past, these thirty-six leaders have thirty-six nicknames, roughly as follows: Zijin Liang, Chuang Wang, Eight Great Kings, Cao Cao, Chuang Tingtian, Chuang Jiang, Sweeping King, Heisha God... As far as the nickname level is concerned, it is not on the same level as the Water Margin. The cultural level of the Liangshan heroes is probably adequate. Vanguard, Desperate Saburo, and Hua Monk are all modern buzzwords. In comparison, Nicknames like Sweeping King really make people wonder what they mean. And as far as the number of people is concerned, it's almost there. There are a total of one hundred and eight heroes of the Water Margin. This time there are only thirty-six, which is enough for a sky. But at a certain point, they are very similar to Liangshan heroes, unbelievably similar. You should still remember that when Liangshan heroes lined up, the one who ranked first was not Yu Song Jiang in time, but Chao Gai, the king of Tota. However, Chao Gai is not the real protagonist, because he was hanged up later. The same goes for the thirty-six bosses this time. Zijin Liang, who ranked first, was Wang Ziyong. The real protagonists are the next five. If you don’t know their nicknames, then match them up: Chuang Wang - Gao Yingxiang; Eight Great Kings - Zhang Xianzhong; Cao Cao——Luo Rucai; Falling into the sky - Liu Guoneng; In the end, there is the most outstanding one, the breakthrough general - Li Zicheng. These are five very interesting people. They have different personalities and relationships. Some are subordinates, some are comrades-in-arms, and some are fellow villagers. In order to survive, they rose up. However, in the following ten years, they will eventually choose their own paths due to their own reasons, or be suspicious of each other, or exclude each other, and kill each other until the end of their lives. The end is too far away, let's start from the beginning. After the meeting, all the bosses expressed that they must unify their thinking, concentrate their efforts, and act together. The total strength of the rebel army at this meeting was nearly 200,000, and they separated after the meeting. Separate to fight. They divided into several groups and began to march to various parts of Shanxi. Chongzhen learned that he immediately ordered the governor of Shanxi to encircle and suppress with all his strength. The governor of Shanxi at that time was a parallel importer. This man is very good at mobilizing troops. When he heard that the enemy was coming, he immediately pulled people around. He pulled soldiers from Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia. There were three general soldiers alone. But this man has a problem. He likes to arrange troops, transfer people around, and command in a mess. Before he can form a shape, several militia troops conquered many places in succession, causing the world to turn upside down. So Chongzhen was annoyed, and he decided to replace him with someone who could make these thirty-six leaders have nightmares-Cao Wenzhao. Cao Wenzhao is in his early years.Originally in the Liaodong Department, that is, a guerrilla. After returning to his hometown, in just one year, he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and now he is the commander-in-chief. The general army of Shanxi is roughly equivalent to the commander of the military region, but according to Chongzhen's meaning, this general army is roughly equivalent to the commander-in-chief, because according to the order, all the chasing and suppressing troops must obey the command of Cao Wenzhao. For this arrangement, the thirty-six leaders were prepared, so they decided to use the Taiyuan area as a base to cooperate and concentrate their superior forces to defeat Cao Wenzhao. In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), Cao Wenzhao officially took office, actively preparing for war and preparing to attack. The big battle is about to begin, but before the opening, the scene is crowded with another person. Cao Wenzhao is quite familiar with this person, because he often saw this person before he went to the northwest. The reason why this person came on stage was forced in temporarily by Chongzhen.Generally speaking, except for a few violent people (such as Zhu Yuanzhang), all those who are mixed on the historical stage have relatively short artistic careers, and they will end after a few years of mixing. But this man played for a long time. Cao Wenzhao went down, but he didn't go down. The Ming Dynasty died, but he didn't go down. He was the protagonist until he died on the field. Solemnly introduce the third savage - Zuo Liangyu. In terms of popularity, Zuo Liangyu is relatively high. To a large extent, he has to thank Kong Shangren, because this man wrote him into his play (), although it is not a positive role, but at least it is Lu face. Zuo Liangyu, whose name is Kunshan, has no education and is illiterate. Zuo Liangyu's life experience is very secret, so secret that even he himself doesn't know it.Both of his parents died when he was young, and he was brought up by his uncle. With such a background, if you let him read poetry and books, you are just making fun of him. He had no books to study and had to find a job. When he grew up, Zuo Liangyu became a soldier, a soldier. His growth experience is similar to that of Cao Wenzhao, but he is better than Cao Wenzhao. By the first year of Chongzhen, he had already mixed into the capital. By the way, the reason why he did well had nothing to do with personal effort, but just a chance. During the Tianqi years, when he was still a young soldier, by chance, he met a man. At that time, Zuo Liangyu really had no special features, and no one looked down on him, but this person was an exception.After seeing Zuo Liangyu, he was shocked and said that he is very good and will be very powerful in the future, so he said a few words and suggested that the court should give him a guerrilla. This man with discerning eyes and talents is called Hou Xun. I hope you still remember him, because in the second year of the apocalypse, he once promoted another person—Yuan Chonghuan. According to Hou Xun, Zuo Liangyu is a rare talent and will soon rise to the top. But things seem to be a bit different from what he said. Zuo Liangyu was still a small person until the first year of Chongzhen. But living up to Hou Xun's expectations, Zuo Liangyu is still famous after all, but the way of becoming famous is quite special. This matter has been mentioned before. In the first year of Chongzhen, Ningyuan mutiny, the governor Bi Zisu committed suicide, Yuan Chonghuan came to clean up the mess, and he cleaned up Zuo Liangyu. The soldiers did not get paid, so they mutinied. Zuo Liangyu was paid, so naturally he did not participate, but the soldiers under him mutinied, and he took the leadership responsibility, so he was driven home. Stayed home for a few days and came back again. After Yuan Chonghuan's death, Sun Chengzong summoned him back to attack the four cities in Guannei. It was there that he began to show his prominence, fighting side by side with Cao Wenzhao, and regained Zunhua. Coincidentally, Hou Xun was also doing well during this time, so he was appointed a lieutenant general by the way, and it went smoothly from then on. Objectively speaking, Comrade Zuo Liangyu's progress basically depends on Hou Xun.But later things told us that Hou Xun was a person with a very accurate vision.Yuan Chonghuan, he was not mistaken; Zuo Liangyu, neither. According to historical records, Zuo Liangyu was tall, fierce in combat, and resourceful.Although he is uneducated, he knows the art of war very well. Every time he fights, he will set people up to dig holes. In addition, his personal combat skills are also quite good. In addition to fighting, Zuo Liangyu also has some personal skills. The weapons he uses are not spears, but bows and arrows.It is said that he can shoot with every shot, and he can shoot arrows with both left and right hands, which is extremely fast. After arriving in Shanxi, it was really extraordinary. He fought a battle in She County and was defeated, then fought in Hui County and was defeated, and finally arrived in Wu'an and was defeated. This is a rather strange thing. At that time, Zuo Liangyu's subordinates numbered seven to eight thousand, but they were wiped out by the peasant army. He took a few of his subordinates and ran back with great difficulty. He really did not have the style of a famous general. But it doesn't matter, even a famous player will sometimes perform abnormally, let alone a famous player who will not perform abnormally. Cao Wenzhao's performance has never been abnormal, and he is very moved by the emperor's trust. The fierce man was moved, and it was reflected in his actions, that is, he beat and killed fiercely. In February of the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), Cao Wenzhao began to attack. The enemies he pursued were 200,000, and his army was 3,000. There is no need to doubt, you are not mistaken, this is the only force that Cao Wenzhao has. His pursuit journey, the first stop is Huozhou.Here, he met his first opponent-Shang Tianlong. Don't ask who Shang Tianlong is.All I know is that he was the first leader to die under Cao Wenzhao. Shang Tianlong's subordinates, tens of thousands of people, set up a formation, and Cao Wenzhao led the army to charge. The time of this brother's resistance is the moment of the charge—one charge and then collapse. It collapsed too quickly, so the leader was killed by Cao Wenzhao before he could run away. His second stop was Meng County. Meng County is not far from Taiyuan, and what awaits him here is the Hunshiwang. The nickname Hun Shi Wang is quite philosophical, after all, in this world, he is just a bastard.But Cao Wenzhao vividly told him with practical actions that it is easy to become a king, but it is difficult to become a king. When the two sides met in Meng County, Hunshi Wang's army was roughly six times that of Cao Wenzhao. Sixty times is useless. Cao Wenzhao defeated Hunshiwang without any effort. Hunshiwang wanted to run away, but he didn't, so he was beheaded by Cao Wenzhao. At that time, Taiyuan was considered to be the world of the civilian army, because it was the lair used by the leader of the 36th Battalion and King Zijin Liang himself.In addition, fierce men such as Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang and Chuang General Li Zicheng also hang out in that area. After Cao Wenzhao came, there was no way to mix it up. A few months after he took office, there was such a record in the history books, "The thieves in Wutai, Yuxian, Dingxiang, and Shouyang are all flat." Cao Wenzhao was really too fierce. He fought continuously, won consecutive victories, and defeated more than a dozen militias successively. However, those who fought against him basically could not last a day.Since then, he has successively launched attacks in Taigu, Fancun, and Yushe, "the thieves are almost gone." In fact, it is interesting enough for this sake, but Cao Wenzhao is a relatively serious person, and he insists on doing it to the end, because the ultimate goal is right in front of his eyes - Zijin Liang. Cao Wenzhao is a sensible person. He knows that with the opponent's more than 200,000 people, even if he stands there and asks him to chop down 3,000 people, it will take ten days and a half months. So the fastest and most convenient way is to kill Zijin Liang. In order to achieve this goal, he launched a continuous attack. Regarding the experience during this period, the records in the history books are roughly time, place names, and the number of beheaded people—the number of people killed by Cao Wenzhao. In just fifteen days, Cao Wenzhao led his army to seven victories in seven battles, beating Zijin Liang to run around.First go to Zezhou, then to Runcheng, Qinshui, every time you go to a place, at most one day, Cao Wenzhao will arrive, and you will fight when you arrive, and you will win if you fight. Zijin Liang's original idea was to concentrate his forces and fight Cao Wenzhao to the death. It may not be possible to die, but death is certain. In one month, Zijin Liang had lost nearly one-third of his troops, and he couldn't afford to pay for it if it went on like this. So he made a decision to divide his troops. Zijinliang's current thinking is that no matter how fierce Cao Wenzhao is, he will not be able to separate himself. After dividing the troops, it depends on luck. Whoever is unlucky and gets caught will have a hard life and cannot blame the government. That's it, Zijin Liang divides the work.He went to Yushe, Laohuihui (one of the thirty-six battalions) to Wuxiang, and Guotianxing (one of the thirty-six battalions) to Gaoze. Regarding the ending, it is recorded in the history books as follows: "All the imperial edicts were defeated." How to do it, I still haven't figured it out to this day. But Zijinliang and the Eight Great Kings understood that if they didn't hide until today, they would die. Cao Wenzhao was the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, and Shanxi couldn't stay there, so he ran out. There are two directions to run, one is Zhili (Hebei) and the other is Henan. Zijin Liang went to Henan, at least there, he was relatively safe. Once again, this idea was proven wrong.Because Comrade Cao Wenzhao is very responsible, not to mention Henan in China, even the Netherlands in Europe, it is estimated that he will follow suit. Under the pursuit of Cao Wenzhao, Zijin Liang Wang suffered a big loss for himself, and finally escaped to Jiyuan, Henan, and was finally relieved. When a person dies, he is liberated. Fortunately, he still had a good death, and died of illness before being killed by Cao Wenzhao. In May of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zijin Liang died, and the 36th Battalion Alliance came to an end. Zijin Liang ended his mission, and his successor will be a stronger person. Of course, this was not important to the insurgents at the time. The important thing was that Cao Wenzhao was still chasing him. After Zijin Liang died, Cao Wenzhao continued to attack.In Lin County, he encountered the main force of the civilian army led by Gundilong, and within one night, he wiped out all the enemy troops and killed Gundilong.After that, he captured Jiyuan, where he killed the important leader of the 36th Battalion, Lao Huihui. Hong Chengchou was in Shaanxi, and Shaanxi stopped. Cao Wenzhao was in Shanxi, and Shanxi also stopped.Although Henan is not safe, but for the leaders, the only place they can go to is Henan, and the specific location is Huaiqing, Henan. Huaiqing, Henan, is located in the north of Henan. This place is close to the Wutai Mountain area in Shanxi. The location is very good. If you want to fight, you can fight. Thus, in June of the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), the militias in Shanxi and Shaanxi basically disappeared—all of them went to Henan. Life in Henan is pretty passable. Although Cao Wenzhao often comes in to fight a few times, he can still surround the county from time to time and kill a magistrate, which is pretty passable.By June of the sixth year of Chongzhen, there were more than 100,000 militiamen here. But the good times finally came to an end, because another fierce person came to Henan——Zuo Liangyu. Three years ago, when Sun Chengzong recovered the four cities in the pass, the two most able to fight were Zuo Liangyu and Cao Wenzhao. As far as military talent is concerned, the two are at the same level. Some people say that Zuo Liangyu is better. Cao Wenzhao led Guan Ning cavalry, the so-called strongest army in the world, with extremely strong combat effectiveness, and it was easy to fight. But Zuo Liangyu probably didn't have a good relationship with Yuan Chonghuan. When he came, he didn't get the Guanning iron cavalry (most of them were in the hands of Zu Dashou), so he could only recruit troops locally. This is more troublesome. It's not that the locals can't fight. The key is that most of the people who participated in the militia riots were also locals. When the villagers saw the villagers, their eyes were full of tears. They were all poor people, and they passed by with their eyes closed. But this time, Zuo Liangyu got a different army from the past - Changping soldiers. In terms of combat effectiveness, the army of the Ming Dynasty was generally stronger in the north than in the south.The army in the north, the most able to fight, is naturally the Liaodong Army.The problem is that the cost of the Liaodong army is too high, not to mention the money, but also the land. Relatively speaking, the Changping army is very cost-effective, and it is near the capital, so it is easy to recruit. With this group of people, Zuo Liangyu finally turned around. He attacked continuously and won many battles. He killed tens of thousands of enemy troops and ran around chasing them. In September of the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), he stopped running. The main force of the People's Army was driven to Wu'an, Henan Province by him. It is estimated that they ran too hard. When everyone ran here, they suddenly thought of a question: We have more than 100,000 people, why run away?Right here, fighting Zuo Liangyu to death. This is a very wrong choice. The enemy stopped running, and Zuo Liangyu didn't run away either. He began to calm down, neither launching an attack nor retreating. The leaders of the militia were very puzzled by Zuo Liangyu's abnormal behavior, but since Zuo Zongbing had always been tough, they unanimously decided to wait a few days to see what this man wanted to do. What Zuo Liangyu wanted to do was to wait a few days. Although he is very fierce, he also understands that with his own strength, it is okay to chase and kick a few times behind his buttocks, but it is absolutely impossible to really roll up his sleeves and fight people desperately. With the cooperation of his opponent, Zuo Liangyu waited for half a month with peace of mind, and finally the person he was waiting for came. According to Chongzhen's unified deployment, Shanxi General Cao Wenzhao, Jingying General Wang Pu, General Tang Jiuzhou, and Henan local troops traveled day and night and arrived in Wu'an at the end of September to complete the encirclement. For the leaders, it is too late to wake up now. Below, we introduce the heroes in this encirclement.According to historical records, in addition to the well-known figures Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and Li Zicheng, there are also several historical figures, such as Xue Rengui, Liu Bei (all nicknames) and some new faces: such as shoe sole light (I have never figured out what the nickname is. Meaning, it probably means that he runs fast), forced on the road (this nickname is very enlightened), a piece of cloud (presumably he used to be a poet), three hands (this...); ...(Should have been killed by Cao Wenzhao before). Generally speaking, everything you know, or don't know, is in this circle. For the leaders, the winter of Chongzhen's six years should be difficult to pass. For in addition to being besieged, they were about to receive another rather dire news. According to the regulations, for any inter-provincial transfer, a front-line commander should be identified. According to the rank, the highest commander of this encirclement must be Cao Wenzhao. Of course, if Cao Wenzhao was really in charge of this mess, history would probably be rewritten, because with his old man's temper, if he seized such an opportunity, the leaders would not even be able to get the whole body. However, it was not Cao Wenzhao. because of an accident. In September of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao was transferred to Datong as the general soldier. Regarding this appointment, many history books have used one word to describe it - self-destruction of the Great Wall. He played well, but he wanted to be transferred, just to find a way out. And most of this account was counted on the head of Censor Liu Lingyu. Because according to historical records, when Cao Wenzhao was in Shanxi, he lived next door to Liu Yushi. Cao Zongbing didn't read much, and he probably didn't show much politeness. He bullied Liu Yushi, and the two got married. Later, when Liu Yushi went to Henan for inspection, Cao Zongbing chatted with him, something went wrong, and he started arguing again. Liu Yushi may have suffered a bit, so he will remember it when he goes back. The imperial edict fell, and was transferred to Datong with the approval of Chongzhen. The historical data is right, but the statement is wrong. Because according to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the general army of Shanxi and the general army of Datong are considered to be at the same level, and Chongzhen has great trust in Cao Wenzhao, let alone one case, one hundred cases cannot be sued. The real answer will be revealed half a year later. At the beginning of the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), Huang Taiji led an army to attack Datong. Chongzhen was a very bitter child. When he took office at a young age, he carefully pretended to be a grandson for two years. After killing the dead eunuch, he was officially in power. Things (such as laying off the post station), Li Zicheng did it again.After ten years of hard work, nothing happened in the end. Historical data tell us that Chongzhen was very hardworking. He only slept for a few hours a day and went to court every day. The clothes he and his wife wore were all patched. obligation.Such an emperor would not do it to anyone. The reason why poor Comrade Chongzhen wanted to transfer Cao Wenzhao to Datong was because he had no choice. You have to take care of your family's affairs, as well as your outside affairs. After all, there are only so many people under your command who can fight. If there are two Cao Wenzhaos, this matter will be over. Chongzhen was prepared for Huang Taiji's attack, but when the attack started, he realized that he was not prepared enough. Huang Taiji's offensive force is roughly around 80,000. It is hopeless to fight Ningyuan, but it is still reliable to fight Datong. From the day the offensive was launched, within a month, Datong's defense line was completely broken, and various places fell one after another. Although Cao Wenzhao himself was very fierce, his men were too weak to cover him, and he was almost powerless to fight back. After breaking through the surrounding areas, Huang Taiji began to gather heavy troops to attack Datong. Datong is an important military town, once it falls, the consequences will be disastrous.As far as the comparison of troops is concerned, Cao Wenzhao has only more than 20,000 people under his command, while the main Guanning cavalry has only more than 1,000 people. It is only a matter of time before the fall is lost. So Chongzhen also risked his life. Under his dispatch, Wu Xiang led the main force of Guanning cavalry to Datong day and night to participate in the battle. Cao Wenzhao was also really powerful, he carried it hard for more than ten days, and waited for reinforcements. Seeing that there was no hope, Huang Taiji withdrew after grabbing something. The turmoil in the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634) subsided, and it was in a hurry, and it was finally settled. But Comrade Cao Wenzhao was miserable. Although he kept Datong, as the supreme commander, he couldn't escape the responsibility. Fortunately, someone in the court helped him say a few words, so he got a crime and meritorious service. But the most serious consequences of Huang Taiji's attack this time were not how many things were robbed or how many people were killed, nor was it that Cao Zongbing was blamed, but the complete failure of the encirclement circle. In fact, during Chongzhen's seventeen-year rule, he had the opportunity to wipe out the civilian army many times. This is the first time.