Chapter 251: Putting Down the Rebellion
He brought Hatano Hidego back to the mansion. When Ashikaga Ikki and Tadayama Naoyi were relieved to see him return safely. After thanking Zhou Chong, he returned to his residence with Hatano Hidego to prepare for his return.
As for what Hatano Hidego had experienced in Jianchang Hou Mansion, everyone knew very well and did not ask.
Although Zhou Chong didn't want too many people to know about his departure from Beijing, he is now a hot figure in the capital. Many people are desperately trying to see him, and the news about him spread very quickly.
He did not deliberately keep it secret, so many people knew about his departure from Beijing.
The next day, Zhou Chong and his friends met Ashikaga Ikki and Wu Shan's Jinyiwei and left the capital from Chongwenmen. Originally, only Wang Lun was seen off. Zhou Chong did not inform the others, but when he came out of Chongwenmen, he found out that the city was
There were already people standing outside the door who came to see him off. Except for Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and other few people he knew, most of the others Zhou Chong did not know at all. What surprised him was that Zhang Heling and
Zhang Yanling, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, actually came to see him off.
Although Zhou Chong knew that among these people who saw him off, except for a few, most of the others were a bit utilitarian. However, since they came to see him off on their own initiative, they wanted to make friends with him. Zhou Chong wanted to
If you keep going in the officialdom, you must have a broad connection. Therefore, whether you know or not, Zhou Chong showed great enthusiasm for these people who saw him off.
Seeing Zhou Chong dealing with these people who saw him off easily, Wang Lun next to him also smiled satisfied. When Zhou Chong first took over as the admiral of the Sihai, he was still a little worried that Zhou Chong would not be able to adapt to the officialdom. But now it seems that he is really a little bit
After much thought, Zhou Chong's performance was even better than he thought.
After saying goodbye to everyone who saw him off, Wang Lun, Li Dongyang and a few others personally sent Zhou Chongyili. Finally, Jin Xuan and his father Wang Lun said goodbye with tears in their eyes, which made Wang Lun cry. He was over 60 years old.
, I don’t know if I can see my most beloved daughter and my soon-to-be-born grandson in my life?
After saying goodbye to Wang Lun, Zhou Chong rode on the horse, and Jin Xuan and the others also got on the carriage, but they did not follow the main road south, but instead moved a little towards the southeast Tianjin Wei. This was because Beijing was
Bazhou in the south is now in chaos, and Liu Liu and Liu Qi lead the Baumin and are fighting with Shen Ying.
Speaking of which, when Zhou Chong and his friends came to the capital, they passed by Bazhou. At that time, Liu Liu and Liu Qi had not rebelled. Although Bazhou was only more than a hundred miles away from the capital, Zhou Chong had only the impression of it being poor.
The reason why the word "官网" gave Zhou Chong this impression mainly was that there were too many beggars in the city. Moreover, when these beggars saw the convoy passing by Bazhou, they would block the road and beg. If the car owner did not pay, then that wouldn't it be.
Maybe he left, but fortunately Zhou Chong's convoy was protected by Jinyiwei, so the beggars did not dare to stop their team.
Afterwards, Zhou Chong also inquired about Wu Shan, but the other party told him that most of the beggars in Bazhou City were farmers who went bankrupt due to Ma Zheng, and they had to become beggars in order to survive. As a result, Zhou Chong was silent after hearing this.
He also knew about Ma Zheng, knowing that this was one of the national policies established by the Ming Dynasty to maintain the use of cavalry. After all, if you want to defeat the Mongolian cavalry in the north, the Ming Dynasty must maintain a powerful cavalry, but these days
The constant natural disasters in the north, coupled with the heavy burden of Ma Zheng, have caused countless people in the north to go bankrupt, which is definitely not a good thing for the Ming court.
Sure enough, what happened next also confirmed Zhou Chong's conjecture. Liu Liu and Liu Qi, the two bandits, rose up and immediately received a response from some bankrupt people in Bazhou. Thousands of people gathered in a short time, and there were also
The trend became more and more intense. Fortunately, because of Zhou Chong's reminder, Zhengde changed his mind and sent an experienced veteran like Shen Ying to take on the role of the general to suppress the rebellion.
It is precisely because this matter has something to do with him that Zhou Chong has been paying attention to the rebellion in Bazhou for a while. What makes him happy is that Shen Ying is indeed very good at leading troops to fight, just like he boasted.
There is a trick. When he first arrived in Bazhou, he fought a battle with Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebels, but he won a great victory and killed most of the rebels. As for several core figures such as Liu Liu and Liu Qi.
, the army mobilized by Shenying was also surrounded in a fixed area, and the officers and soldiers were pressing forward step by step. If nothing unexpected happens, they will soon be able to squeeze the remaining troops of Liu Liu and Qi to death.
Although Zhou Chong also knew that, except for Liu Liu and Liu Qi, most of the rebel leaders, the rebels participated in the rebellion because they could not survive. Therefore, Zhou Chong also sympathized with them, but sympathy was sympathy.
If Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion is not quickly eliminated, it will eventually cause a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty, and countless innocent people will die. Therefore, for the benefit of the majority of the people, Zhou Chong could only make up his mind to suggest to Zhengde to wipe them out.
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Just as Zhou Chong and his convoy passed Tianjin Wei, good news came from Bazhou again. After Liu Liu and Liu Qi and others were surrounded by a large army led by Shen Ying for several days, they finally decided to break through.
But unexpectedly, someone under their subordinates secretly surrendered to the court and leaked the news of the breakthrough to Shenying. As a result, on the night when Liu Liu and Liu Qi led their troops to break through, they were ambushed by Shenying, and the entire team that broke through was almost
The entire army was wiped out, and even Liu Liu and Qi died in the chaos, but Qi Yanming, the other leader of the rebel army, was missing.
Liu Liu and Liu Qi died, and the remaining rebels had no leader. In addition, they could not escape even if they were surrounded by cards. So in the end, most people chose to surrender, and the rebellion in Bazhou finally subsided.
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When Zhou Chong heard that Shen Ying lived up to expectations, he actually put down the rebellion in just a few days, and even Liu Liu Qi died in the chaos, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
These two rebel leaders died just after rebellion, which was completely deviating from the original history. I believe that the Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprising, which caused huge damage to the Ming Dynasty in history, would not happen again.
Before Zhou Chong was happy, he suddenly thought that Qi Yanming, another key figure in the rebellion, escaped. There are not many records in history about Qi Yanming, mainly because not long after the uprising
He died in battle, but now he is the opposite. Liu Liu and Liu Qi's brother died in front of him. Qi Yanming, who should have died early, escaped. This made Zhou Zhong's heart suddenly feel an unknown premonition.
Perhaps history is not so easy to change.
Just when Zhou Chong was worried about Qi Yanming's escape, Bazhou, not far from Tianjin, was covered with corpses in a large river in the southeast. The river water was stained with blood. The piled up corpses almost blocked the river water.
After living there, the land on both sides of the river was full of dead bodies, and the soil on the ground mixed with blood to form a kind of sauce-red mud.
This is where Liu Liu and Liu Qi led their troops to break through. Unfortunately, the plan for breaking through was told by the rebels. So Shen Ying set up an ambush on both sides of the river. When Liu Liu and Liu Qi's breakthrough team crossed the river halfway,
The officers and soldiers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait suddenly emerged from the darkness, and caught the rebels off guard. Liu Liu and Liu Qi were unable to command the team to fight. In the end, they were finally killed by the officers and soldiers who were several times more than they had. Liu Liu was killed by an official army.
The head of the boss cut off his head with a knife. As for Liu Qi who wanted to jump into the river and escape, he did not expect that Shen Ying set up archers on both sides of the river, and Liu Qi was also shot to death in the river.
The core figures of Liu Liu and Liu Qi's rebellion were the more than a dozen people who were the ones they made when they were making horses. Now the two leaders of Liu Liu and Liu Qi are dead, and other famous core figures are also dead, but in the rebels
Qi Yanming, who was on par with Liu Liu and Liu Qi, disappeared, and no one even saw the surrendered rebels.
If it were the past, Liu Liu and Liu Qi, who were the leader of the thief, had already died, and the rebels were eliminated, even if Qi Yanming escaped, it would not be a big deal. After all, he alone could not be defeated.
How big a storm is there? However, before coming to Bazhou, Shenying was reminded by Zhou Chong that he would better arrest all the core figures of this rebellion, so Shenying did not dare to neglect it. After the war
, and more than a dozen teams were sent nearby to search for Qi Yanming's whereabouts.
It is precisely because of this that the officers and soldiers who searched for Qi Yanming on the battlefields on both sides of the river, even in the water plants on the riverside. They have been searching for a whole day, and the sun is about to set.
If they can't find anyone, they can only withdraw their team and return to the camp.
Speaking of which, although the battlefield is large, there are not many places where people can hide. The battlefields on both sides of the river have been turned over several times by the officers and soldiers, and each dead body has been turned over and allowed to be identified by the surrendered rebels, but unfortunately they still cannot be found.
Qi Yanming, so now the officers and soldiers have put their main energy into this big river in the middle of the battlefield. First, there are many dead bodies in the river, and there are probably Qi Yanming among them. Second, there are many reeds growing in this river, inside
It is very likely that there are surviving rebels hidden.
I saw that the banks of this river full of dead bodies were now full of officers and soldiers. These officers and soldiers were holding a long bamboo pole. There was a hook on the head of the bamboo pole, which could drag the corpses in the river. Every time a corpse was dragged on, they were immediately
Several surrendered rebels came to identify them, but unfortunately they disappointed the officers and soldiers every time.
It is already early winter now, and the reeds growing in the river have long dried up, so when they encounter reeds that may be hidden, the officers and soldiers will set fire and poke them under the water with long bamboo poles. It can be said that as long as they are all
Yanming is hidden in the river, so he will definitely not be able to escape.
Seeing that the reeds on the river surface were getting fewer and darker, many of the officers and soldiers searched showed impatience. If it weren't for the order from the superior, they would have gone back to rest long ago. But it was just one
When the laziest soldier held a torch and wanted to light a large reed, he had a sudden change. A figure covered in mud and blood ran out of the reeds, and then along the
Chapter completed!