Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen Sun Chuanting

The first to act was Lu Xiangsheng, and the specific way of his action was to hold a meeting. The content of the meeting is naturally to arrange the battle plan, study the battle strategy, and discuss the battle plan. Relatively speaking, Gao Yingxiang's actions were much simpler, with only two words - start fighting. From the bottom of his heart, Lu Xiangsheng does not look down on Gao Yingxiang. After all, he is a grassroots bandit. He has no education, no exams, and no education. : Either go to Henan to open up wasteland, or go to Shanxi to dig soil, or go to Huguang to drill ravines, what is the future?

For this reason, he made full preparations and found Hong Chengchou, saying that once Gao Yingxiang went to the five northwestern provinces, he would immediately run over to fight together. However, Gao Yingxiang's actions were beyond his wildest dreams. The reason why Comrade Chuang Wang is called Chuang Wang is because he dared to break through, so this time, he decided to attack a place that Lu Xiangsheng would never expect-Nanjing. Of course, at the beginning, this move was not obvious. He joined Zhang Xianzhong, set out from Henan, first attacked Luzhou, fought for a few days, and then withdrew.

Next, he began to attack Hezhou and fell. After capturing Hezhou, he began to attack Jiangpu, which is only a few tens of kilometers away from Nanjing. If you have the impression, you will find that more than two hundred years ago, someone used almost the same route to launch an attack and finally won the world-Zhu Yuanzhang. Comrade Gao Yingxiang probably had read the history of Zhu Chongba's entrepreneurship, so even the offensive line was almost exactly the same. Unfortunately, he didn't know that the real winners cannot be copied. The imperial court was shocked, and the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing immediately mobilized heavy troops to launch a counterattack against Gao Yingxiang. After several days of fierce fighting, Gao Yingxiang withdrew from Jiangpu.

To retreat is to retreat, but he didn't leave. He assembled hundreds of thousands of people and began to attack Chuzhou. So far, it can be concluded that he should have read the biography of Zhu Chongba, because hundreds of years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang set out from Hezhou to capture Chuzhou, and then set out from Chuzhou to capture Nanjing. Chuzhou is just a prefecture-level city, not many people, not many soldiers, but the attackers, including Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and more than a dozen leaders, 300,000 people, the militia with the strongest combat effectiveness and the best ability to fight, basically came .

All the leaders and all the soldiers are under the command of Gao Yingxiang. King Gao Chuang finally climbed to the top of the mountain of life. He decided to attack Chuzhou and continue to move forward. The top of the mountain, one step further, is the cliff. But at least at that time, the situation was very optimistic. There were less than 10,000 troops in Chuzhou City, and hundreds of thousands of people fought around it. No matter what, there was no problem. A few days later, he learned that Lu Xiangsheng led the reinforcements and arrived. But he is still not afraid, because Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcements are only more than 20,000 people.Although I have suffered from Lu Yanwang's losses before, but now there are 300,000 people in my hand, and an average of 15 people fight one, even if I count it with my feet, I can understand it.

Lu Xiangsheng led the general Zu Kuan and the guerrilla Luo Dai to attack Gao Yingxiang outside Chuzhou City. The place where the two sides fought was the Wuli Bridge in the east of the city. Before telling the story of this battle, it is necessary to introduce the terrain of Chuzhou. In the east of Chuzhou City, there is a very wide river with very turbulent water flow. I repeat, the river is wide and the current is rough. The prelude to this battle was started by Zu Kuan. Guan Ning's iron cavalry acted as the vanguard, rushed into the enemy's line and launched an attack. Fighting starts in the morning and ends in the afternoon.

At the end of the afternoon, the very wide and turbulent river had stopped flowing. The reason for the stoppage is as follows according to historical data—corpse piles filled the ditches and moats, and the Chushui did not flow. In layman's terms, the corpses filled the river, and the water didn't move. The source of most of the corpses was Gao Yingxiang's subordinates. After nearly seven years of glorious entrepreneurship, he finally waited for his worst defeat. Guan Ning's iron cavalry was too fierce. Facing the 20,000 people's army in the east of the city, they hacked and killed as if they were in no man's land.

Gao Yingxiang was very smart, he reacted immediately, mobilized the main cavalry under his command, and prepared to launch a counterattack. After all, there were 300,000 people. The comrades in Dream of the Red Chamber once told us this sentence: There are great difficulties. Gao Yingxiang's shortcoming is his good point - too many people. There are too many people, the chatter is mixed, and the battle has just been defeated, the communication is not smooth, and there is no loudspeaker to shout. In the chaos, no one can figure out what's going on, so King Gao Chuang struggled for a long time, but he couldn't concentrate his troops. .

But King Gao Chuang was still very flexible. Seeing the defeat of the army, he ran out. He believed that he would be able to get out of the predicament soon. This is very correct, because according to past experience, officers and soldiers are all paid, and those who receive wages have one of the biggest characteristics-how much money they get and how much they do.Whether it is Hong Chengchou or Zuo Liangyu, as long as the troublemakers are driven out of their jurisdiction, it counts, and no one takes it seriously.The so-called stalking and chasing activities should be classified as overtime work, but the imperial court has never been in the habit of paying overtime pay, so it has never been very chasing.

But this time, things have changed. As I said, Lu Xiangsheng is a good man and a responsible official.This is reflected in the battle, that is, accepting death, and doing everything to death. According to this principle, he chased for a long distance—fifty miles. I also said before that Lu Xiangsheng's nickname is King Lu Yan. Although he is very white, his hands are very black. Whether it is a militiaman or a family member of the militia, as long as he catches up with him, he will kill them all. Corpses of the militiamen were strewn across the field. It is conservatively estimated that Gao Yingxiang's loss was more than 50,000 people.

After chasing fifty miles away, he stopped. Don't chase, not because you don't want to chase, nor because you can't chase, but because you don't need to chase. Gao Yingxiang who got rid of the pursuit is very happy, the current situation is not bad, three years ago, he was beaten to only a few thousand people, fled to Yunyang, Huguang, to avoid the limelight, and came out of the mountain 20 days later, he was a good man again , not to mention hundreds of thousands of people in hand? But Anhui couldn't stay any longer. He changed direction and headed for Shoushan, where he planned to cross the Yellow River and go to work in Henan. On the bank of the Yellow River, he met Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Army. Liu Zeqing told him with a big knife that this way was not going to work. Liu Zeqing is not a fierce man, not a big man, and he doesn't have many soldiers, but he has a ferry. He was blocked on the other side of the river, blocked the ferry, and burned the boats. Gao Yingxiang could only look at it, and turned back to Anhui. It doesn't matter, wherever you go, you are a mess. But on the way back, he met Zu Dale again. Zu Dale was also a well-known general of the Liaodong faction, so he was speechless when he met him, and he was beaten again, Gao Yingxiang ran away at night again. After finally running to Kaifeng, I met Chen Yongfu again. Chen Yongfu was a man who was unknown at the time but later became famous. Five years later, he stood firm in the city and turned a man into a one-eyed dragon—one-eyed Li Zicheng. Naturally, this kind of person was not given in vain. He fought Gao Yingxiang in the famous Zhuxian Town, and defeated Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang finally realized that something was not quite right, and he seemed to have fallen into a trap. His feeling is very correct. When he learned that Gao Yingxiang attacked Chuzhou, Lu Xiangsheng was extremely panicked, but after panicking, he hatched a plan—a plan to completely eliminate Gao Yingxiang. Gao Yingxiang's idea was very brilliant. He learned from Comrade Zhu Chongba, raided Nanzhili, and threatened Nanjing, but unfortunately, he ignored an important issue-he had never been here. It means that you are not familiar with people, places, and everything. So the key to this plan is that Gao Yingxiang must not be allowed to leave, and if he is trapped here, he will surely die. Liu Zeqing blocked his way, Zu Dale drove him to Kaifeng, and Chen Yongfu drove him away again, but all of this was just a prologue, and the final destination was Qiding Mountain. Qiding Mountain is located near Nanyang, Henan. After being defeated by Zu Dale and Chen Yongfu, Gao Yingxiang fled here. Here, he saw a long-awaited acquaintance——Lu Xiangsheng. Of course, apart from Lu Xiangsheng, there are other people, such as Zu Dale, Zu Kuan, Chen Yongfu and so on. At this time, Gao Yingxiang still had nearly 100,000 men under his command, which was roughly twice that of Lu Xiangsheng in terms of military strength. More importantly, his main force of heavy armored cavalry still had more than 30,000 people. However, the result of the war was surprising. Gao Yingxiang, known as the "No. 1 Bandit", had no power to fight back. The main force was basically wiped out, and he fled with only a thousand people. This is a relatively difficult thing to understand, and the best answer seems to be four words—the number of breaths is exhausted. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and subordinates were beaten cleanly, and all their weapons and belongings were thrown away. Comrade Gao Yingxiang has gone from poor to poor for so many years. It is basically a waste of hard work. It should be said that he bad luck. But I personally think that there is someone more unlucky than him - Li Zicheng. In this world, is there anything more unlucky than becoming a polished commander? Some, for example, become bachelor commanders. Li Zicheng's trouble is that his wife put a cuckold on him. The wife who gave Li Zicheng the hat was named Xing. Although I can't be sure how many wives Li Zicheng has, this wife is quite awesome. According to historical data, this wife is basically not considered a housewife, and she is probably not robbed. She is quite powerful, and she is unambiguous in fighting and killing people. What's more rare is that she is also very resourceful and helps Li Zicheng manage accounts. It doesn't matter. While managing accounts, she met Gao Jie. Gao Jie, from Mizhi, Li Zicheng's hometown.It is said that they have known each other since childhood, and later Li Zicheng rebelled, and he did not hesitate to work together. Since the second year of Chongzhen, they have lived and died together, and they are out-and-out iron buddies. Iron buddies, it will also rust. The first time Li Zicheng suspected Gao Jie was because of an accident. In August of the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu, then governor of the five provinces, sent general He Renlong to attack Li Zicheng. He Renlong is a very fierce person. This person is extremely powerful in combat and kills like hemp. Every time he goes to the battlefield, he will take the lead in the charge. He is called Madman He. Crazy He went to the place aggressively, saw Li Zicheng, and fought a battle, but not only failed to win, but was surrounded by people, and the siege lasted for two months. But Li Zicheng didn't want to kill He Renlong, because He Renlong was his fellow villager, and he was in the stage of training the team and needed talents, so he wrote a letter and asked Gao Jie to send it over, hoping that He Renlong would surrender. This idea is relatively naive. After all, Comrade He Renlong eats the imperial food and has a stable job. Asking him to run around with Comrade Li Zicheng is basically tantamount to nonsense, so after the letter was delivered, there was no response, and he said to wipe his ass. Also a possibility. Ordinarily this matter has nothing to do with Gao Jie, whether He Renlong surrenders or not is his own business, but an accident happened. The envoy to deliver the letter, after returning from He Renlong, did not go directly to Li Zicheng, but Gao Jie. Is this a thing? In this world, for many things, if you say it is a thing, it is a thing, if you say it is not, it is not. And Li Zicheng is obviously a person who likes to complicate simple problems. In addition, Comrade He Renlong is very good at defending the city. He fought for two months without even pulling out a root hair. There was an unusual relationship, so Gao Jie was withdrawn. Whether it is an iron buddy or a titanium buddy, in the face of interests, they are all pedaling. Gao Jie was quite displeased with Comrade Li Zicheng's behavior, but in the final analysis, it was Gao Jie's responsibility. Because after he came back, he hooked up with the Xing family. It is basically impossible to verify who hooked up who and when they hooked up, but according to historical data, it is because Gao Jie is handsome, and the Xing family is in charge of the accounts. He was not too firm, and he hooked up after going back and forth. Comrade Gao Jie understood the seriousness of this matter. After reviewing his friendship with Li Zicheng for more than ten years, his fighting friendship for several years, and the guilt of stealing his wife, he decided to join the army. Of course, he was quite interesting. Before leaving, he took Mrs. Xing with him. For Li Zicheng, this was an extremely heavy blow. His wife ran away. In addition to face problems, what was more serious was that his wife knew many of his secrets (probably including the location of private money). In addition to the loss of wives, there is also the loss of talents. Among Li Zicheng's subordinates at that time, Gao Jie was the most capable of fighting. This man was extremely talented. The target of Gao Jie's surrender was Hong Chengchou. Governor Hong suddenly received the pie that fell from the sky. Naturally, he was very happy. All in all, for all the leaders, the ninth year of Chongzhen was a fleeting time. His wife ran away, his subordinates ran away, and he ran around, leaving himself alone. For Gao Yingxiang, it is even more so. My wife ran away, and I was looking for another one. The hundreds of thousands of troops have all run away, so I can only drill the ravine. So Gao Chuang Wang resolutely decided to run into Yunyang Mountain. Two years ago, it was there that Gao Yingxiang, who was beaten to half his life, survived and made a comeback. When Lu Xiangsheng heard the news, he immediately found Zu Kuan and Zu Dale, and ordered them to lead the army to go after Gao Yingxiang. Zu Kuan replied: No. Lu Xiangsheng was speechless. The reason why they are speechless is because they have never done it before. A long time ago, I thought that the so-called wars were mostly about life and death. On the battlefield, even your seven aunts and eight aunts would fight to death, especially in the late Ming Dynasty. Wear the earth together, kill it. After studying history for many years, I just realized that all the above are deceptions. According to historical data, the combat scene at that time was roughly as follows: For example, when an official army meets a civilian army, they don't do anything first, shout and yell, and then start chatting. When the conversation is almost the same, the civilian army starts to throw things, such as livestock, food, etc., and then retreats. When it was almost done, the officers and soldiers stepped forward, picked up things, and when they picked up almost everything, they went home to sleep, and then made a report to the court, saying how many enemies they had wiped out, and asking for rewards and so on. It should be affirmed that at that time, the vast majority of officers and soldiers had such behaviors, and only a very small number of them fought seriously. The phenomenon is also easy to understand. At that time, most of the troublemakers were from the northwest area, and most of the soldiers were from Guanzhong.The two sides speak the same language, and they are all fellow villagers. Anyway, they work for the government, and the government does not pay wages (arrears of wages). In the end, you can still receive rewards when you go back, which is very conducive to generating income.In historical materials, this fighting method has a special term: fighting a living battle. Because live battles are easy to fight and have rich economic benefits, everyone likes to fight. Fighting and fighting, the enemy is fighting more and more, and the situation is getting worse and worse, until the arrival of Guan Ning's cavalry. In fact, there are not many Guanning iron cavalry. I calculated that the total number of people who entered the customs to fight was only 5,000 people. The most capable men under Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou are basically these people. The most powerful leaders are all It was beaten down by them. There are two reasons why they were able to fight. First, this group of people fought in Liaodong. They have rich combat experience and are well equipped. And the second reason is quite funny, but quite real. As I said, every time a war is fought, the militia must shout. The so-called shouting is nothing more than negotiating terms. How much money I will give you, you will let me go, withdraw if the negotiation is settled, and fight again if the negotiation is not satisfactory. But every time I met Guan Ning's cavalry, it was useless to yell. I often rushed over before I finished yelling. I used to think that they were so dedicated to their duties because they had great professional ethics, but after reading more books, I realized that this was a misunderstanding.To paraphrase the words in historical materials, it is "the frontier army has no language, and they kill when they encounter thieves." So I always think that learning more languages ​​will be useful. Gao Yingxiang suffered from language problems, probably because he failed to yell out repeatedly and had no chance to express his sincerity, so he was chased and beaten for several months, but he didn't catch up. Among the numerous civilian armies, Gao Yingxiang's troops are considered to be the most effective in combat. The cavalry under his command, each with two horses and wearing heavy armor, can be regarded as a copycat version of Guanning's iron cavalry.Although the combat effectiveness is still poor, the copycat version has the advantages of the copycat version, such as... Drilling into a mountain ditch. Gao Yingxiang went to the Yunyang mountain area, but Zu Kuan didn't go there, because most of his troops were cavalry, and they were well paid and paid. It was too difficult to let them climb the mountain. Lu Xiangsheng coordinated for more than a month, and also no way. According to this approach, it is estimated that in a few months, Comrade Chuang Wang will come out with the fake iron cavalry to make a fuss, which is just a matter of time. At this most critical moment, something even more critical happened. In April of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), when Comrade Lu Xiangsheng was trying his best to persuade people to enter the mountain, Huang Taiji of Liaodong made a major decision-to establish a country. The capital of Huang Taiji was established in Shenyang, the name of the country was Qing, and the name of the year was Chongde. This move shows that Comrade Huang Taiji is officially flying solo, setting up another branch, and preparing to go it alone. Generally speaking, when a new store opens, congratulatory gifts such as wreaths and flower baskets will be sent to the left and right neighbors. Obviously, the Ming Dynasty has no such plan or budget. It doesn't matter, if you don't send it, you can grab it yourself. In June of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), the Qing army launched an offensive. The scale of this attack was very large, with a number of 100,000 people. The commander of the army was Azige, the number one general of the Qing army at that time. He was good at cavalry assault and was very brave. What is rare is that he is not only brave, but also has a good brain. He will not touch the Guanning line of defense. This time, the route he chose to enter the customs is Xifengkou. There was no suspense in the subsequent battles. The main force of the Ming Dynasty was either on the Guanning line of defense or inside the pass. Therefore, Azig's plundering journey went smoothly. He broke through the Ming army's defense line in succession. It took only half a month to reach Shunyi (now Shunyi District, Beijing). In my opinion, Azig is a person who can bear hardships. The specific performance is that he is not afraid of running and trouble. When he arrived at the foot of Beijing, he did not dare to go in, so he started running around Beijing, from Shunyi to Huairou (now Huairou District, Beijing) , and ran from Huairou to Miyun (now Miyun District, Beijing), and it is said that he also went to Xishan (now Beijing Xishan), and successfully completed the task of drawing circles. Of course, he didn't run in vain.According to statistics, during this invasion, a total of twelve cities were conquered, hundreds of thousands of people were looted, and countless gold and silver were plundered. In view of the fact that the main force of the Ming Dynasty could not arrive and could only fortify the wall and clear the country, Azig stayed in Beijing for a long time, and he was also a person with a good sense of humor. Write four words - free for all officials! I always think that whether it is a dynasty or an empire, to put it bluntly, it is a bank that collects money here and pays money there. In short, tear down the east wall and repair the west wall. It can’t be repaired. For hundreds of years, there are too many people who came to tear down the wall. If the country cannot be governed, the people will make trouble, the national defense will not be good, and the robbers will make trouble. Make up, repair while dismantling. But whether it is the country or the bank, they are all afraid of one thing--in bank terms, it is called a run; in political terms, it is called internal and external troubles; This is roughly the situation in the Ming Dynasty. From an objective point of view, if only Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong made troubles, it could be dealt with. If only the Qing army invaded, it could be dealt with. But if both sides make troubles, it can't be handled. So a month later, Lu Xiangsheng learned the shocking news that he was transferred from the front line, waiting for his new post, which was Governor Xuanda. For this appointment, countless descendants beat their legs, stamped their feet, and spit on him, saying that Lu Xiangsheng left when the internal troubles were about to subside, so that the situation was out of control, Chongzhen was fatuous, and so on. In my opinion, this appointment is nothing more than digging up bricks from the east wall and repairing them to the west wall. Lu Xiangsheng has left. Two years later, he will complete the most heroic scene in his life in his new position. After hearing the news of Lu Xiangsheng's departure, Gao Yingxiang was very happy, because he knew very well that a fierce man like Lu Yanwang was not a mass-produced product. He kept his eyes open and waited for the next opponent to appear. The successor he is waiting for is called Wang Jiazhen. Wang Jiazhen, a native of Zhili, served as the Minister of the Ministry of War at that time. Alright, let's get it straight, it's a piece of shit. The reason why he was sent to do this job was really because his mouth was too cheap, he liked to talk about the art of war too much, and he was too eye-catching, so he finally got this honorable job. But Governor Wang is still very clear about his own strength. Not long after he arrived, he wrote to the emperor, saying that he is relatively weak, and it is too difficult to be the governor of the five provinces, so he will be the governor. Chongzhen was still very considerate and asked him to change his career to be the governor of Henan. But just a few days after Governor Wang took office, he encountered a once-in-a-lifetime misfortune. This unlucky event is called a mutiny. Mutiny is not uncommon. The reason why it is said to be once in a thousand years is because the people who participated in the mutiny were the servants of Governor Wang. It is really commendable that even the family members mutinied. Even Comrade Chongzhen couldn't laugh or cry, so he drove him home to sell sweet potatoes. With such a good comrade as the governor, Gao Yingxiang's good life began. Not long after, he left the mountainous area, first went to Henan, and pulled up a team of tens of thousands of people. He won consecutive battles, and then moved to Shaanxi. People, Hong Chengchou can't do anything about him. Among the four fierce men, Cao Wenzhao is dead, Hong Chengchou has nothing to do, Zuo Liangyu sticks to it, and Lu Xiangsheng, who Gao Yingxiang fears most, has gone to Liaodong again. Now and now, King Gao Chuang is invincible. Then, the fifth fierce man came out. Before this person appeared on the stage, Mr. Gao fought with the four fierce men for nearly seven years.At that time, the court agreed that it would be good to fight him every few days to make him calm down.As for destroying him, it is roughly a dream. After this man came out, the dream became a reality. He didn't use it for seven years, not even seven months.In fact, he didn't come out of the mountain until March in the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), and it took only four months to get Gao Yingxiang settled. In the historical materials of the past dynasties, when a certain dynasty is about to close down, we often see such a sentence, XX dies and X dies. The XX in front generally refers to the name of a fierce man, and the X in the back is the name of a dynasty. This sentence means that a certain fierce man is the last hope of a certain dynasty. It stopped. In the Ming Dynasty Cloze, the full text of this sentence is as follows: Chuan Ting died, and Ming died. The court passer is Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting was a rather strange person, because before Gao Yingxiang was killed, he had never led a soldier or fought a war. In the past thirty years, his main job was as a personnel officer. Sun Chuanting, courtesy name Boya, was born in Dai County, Shanxi Province, and was a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli.Before the ninth year of Chongzhen, he successively served as the magistrate of Yongcheng and Shangqiu, and the head of the official department. In fact, he was lucky.I checked and found that Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, in the early years of Tianqi, became a doctor of the official department, a department-level cadre of the Ministry of Personnel, and was in charge of commendation and rewards. Among the six departments, the Ministry of Officials is the largest, and according to the usual practice, the Ministers of the Ministry of Officials are generally selected from among the doctors of the Ministry of Officials.Sun Chuanting was born in the twenty-first year of Wanli (1593). According to this calculation, when he became a doctor, he was less than thirty years old. Youth is the capital. According to this state, even if he quits from now on, he can survive to become a minister. . However, within two years, Sun Chuanting retired, 30 years ahead of schedule. He abandoned all his prospects and official positions, and resolutely returned to his hometown because he didn't like one person——Wei Zhongxian. There are many people who don't like it, but not many are willing to resign. In the first year of Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian was prosecuted. No matter whether he was in the court or in the field, including those who bowed to Lord Wei and lifted his shoes back then, they all jumped out and stepped on the corpse, cursed a few words, and tried to make a future. But Sun Chuanting still didn't move, no one came to him, and he didn't look for anyone, just stayed in his hometown peacefully, living a very peaceful life. Eight years later, he broke the peace and went to the capital on his own initiative to ask for reinstatement. Before setting off, he stated his motivation for his comeback: "When the world is at peace, you should return to your hometown and live in seclusion." The imperial court was very interesting. This person ran away without saying hello, and he had no organizational principles. He came back after ten years and still let him return to his original post. Do a personnel review. For him, the meaning of this job is roughly to eat and wait to die, but he did not raise any objections, accepted it calmly, and then waited calmly. A year later, an opportunity arose in Shaanxi. The governor of Shaanxi at that time was a very benevolent person. The specific performance was that he would not open his eyes every time he watched the battle on the city wall.According to him, he couldn't bear to watch it, but most people thought that he didn't dare. In peacetime, this kind of person might still be able to mess around, but in this year, he can only be laid off. The position of governor is a fat job. Usually, if you want to take up the post, you have to go through the back door, but the governor of Shaanxi can be regarded as eating with his head pinned to his belt. Maybe someday he will be chopped up by Zhang XX and Gao XX. Since he was in hiding, Sun Chuanting was honored to take up the post, because he was the only one who applied on his own initiative. Before Sun Chuanting set off, the emperor summoned him. Chongzhen admired Governor Sun's bravery very much, so he gave Sun Chuanting 60,000 taels of silver as military expenses. Other than that, nothing. According to Chongzhen, the country is relatively difficult and the funds are relatively tight, so there is only so much, you can go with your pockets and save some money. Back then Yang He took 100,000 taels of money from Chongzhen's private house to appease the militia, and it took only a few months, but Sun Chuanting took 60,000 taels and it was nothing. But people are different. Since ancient times, if you want people to do things, you have to give them money. If you don't have money, you can just give them policies. Sun Chuanting is very straightforward, he doesn't want money, he only needs policies, he raises his own salary, does the work himself, and the court doesn't care, anyway, if you do well, it's yours, and if you don't do well, I can't run away. In this way, Sun Chuanting came to Shaanxi with 60,000 taels of silver. At that time, the local army in Shaanxi was very poor in combat effectiveness. According to the prices at that time, 60,000 taels of silver was only enough to pay 10,000 people for half a year. Kuan, either under Hong Chengchou or with Lu Xiangsheng.In short, Sun Chuanting can be regarded as a person with three nos: no money, no soldiers, and no generals. But in this case, if you want to turn salty fish over, you have to go through a process of hard work, hard work, hard work, hard work, etc., and it will take at least two or three years to make your debut and defeat the enemy. The exact time when Sun Chuanting took office was March in the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), and the time when he wiped out Gao Yingxiang was July in the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636). From the beginning to the end, from nothing to invincibility, as I said, four months. How he did it, to this day, has not figured it out.