Xie Ming

Chapter 378 Dark Clouds Pressure the Realm
Dark clouds loom
No words for days!

It’s July 15th in a flash!
Dark clouds covered most of northern Shandong!

It's about to rain but it doesn't, it's so gloomy that even the daytime is dim and there's little light, it's very gloomy!
Five days ago, on the tenth day, in the capital, the commander of the Jiannu army inside the Pass, Prince Rui Dorgon, personally gave the military order!

Order Wang Aoyong, Vice Minister of Revenue and Vice Minister of Works, Fang Dayou, the governor of Jingxing, Zhang Shenyan, the deputy minister, Hu Zhibin, Pan Chen and others to advocate the pacification of Shandong and Henan. Take advantage of the opportunity of Li Zicheng's escape to the west and the Ming court's retreat to the north and south, and take advantage of the military vacuum in large areas of Shandong and Henan to implement a strategy of both pacification and suppression. Act quickly!
The route to Dezhou, Shandong is mainly promoted by Wang Aoyong, General Aisin-Gioro Bahana, and General Shi Tingzhu!

Wang Aoyong is fifty-six years old. His courtesy name is Kegong and his pseudonym is Henggao. He is originally from Zibo, Shandong.

In the fifth year of the Tianqi reign of the Ming Dynasty (1625), he became a Jinshi. During the Chongzhen period, Zhang Xianzhong invaded Xing'an, and Wang Aoyong was stationed in Jiangling.

After Yang Sichang was defeated, he was granted the title of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and soon became the Chief Censor-in-Chief and Governor of Tongzhou, in charge of military affairs in Tongzhou.

At the beginning of this year, Li Zicheng captured the capital, and Liu Zongmin took the lead in extorting donations from meritorious officials!
Wang Aoyong was also implicated and thrown into prison, but was eventually released thanks to a payment of silver from his family.

Later, the Jiannu invaded the pass!

This treacherous minister then changed his master, and after some operations, he continued to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!
After this incident, he was newly promoted to be the Vice Minister of Works. Because his ancestral home was in Shandong, he was specially assigned to handle the matter of pacification!
Aisin-Gioro Bahana, also known as "Jioluo Bahana", is thirty-seven years old, in the prime of life. He is a member of the Manchu Bordered White Banner and the fourth-generation grandson of Suo Chang'a, the third brother of Qing Jingzu Juechang'an.

Later he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Zhenglan Banner and moved to the Zhenglan Banner in Manchuria. After the Qing army entered the pass, he led troops to suppress many uprisings in the southeast of northern Zhili and the capital, massacring villages and killing civilians, and doing all kinds of evil!

Now the troops are stationed in Hejian, and following the military order of Dorgon, they set out to Dezhou together with Shi Tingzhu, who is also the commander-in-chief!
Finally, let’s talk about Shi Tingzhu. He is now 45 years old. His original surname was Guwalgiya and he was from Liaoyang, Liaodong. His ancestral home was Suwan, and he was a member of the Manchu Plain White Banner.

His first official position was as the garrison commander of Guangning Guard in the Ming Dynasty!
In the second year of the Tianqi reign of the Ming Dynasty (1622), Wang Huazhen lost Guangning Guard, and Shi Tingzhu, Sun Degong, Jin Li and others surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty and were granted the hereditary title of guerrilla.

This man was resourceful and quick-witted. He served in the army of the Later Jin Dynasty and served under the reigns of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, and had many military achievements.

At that time, Bahana and Shi Tingzhu led a total of 5,000 Manchu troops, and more than 5,000 Ming surrendered troops, a total of more than 10,000 troops. Together with the Minister Wang Aoyong, they marched to Dezhou to pacify the rebellion!

Therefore, when we marched south, the intention of our superiors was to recruit soldiers and people, so we did not bring many soldiers and people!

Theoretically, in the Jiannu military system, a flag had a nominal establishment of 7,500 people!

Three hundred people form a Niulu, five Niulu form a Jiala, and five Jiala form a Gushan or a flag.

As for Gushan, it is divided into three levels: general, lieutenant commander, and assistant commander!
But in reality, there is often no fixed number of soldiers in a unified flag, and it is normal to have more or less.

Take Bahana for example now, in Hejian, there are 42 Niulu under the imperial army flag, which totals more than 12,000!
Shi Tingzhu also obtained thirty-six Niulu of elite troops in the border of Cangzhou, totaling more than ten thousand people!
However, since it was a strategy of appeasement and suppression, and the Jiannu banner leaders and commanders were extremely disdainful of the Ming court's combat effectiveness, they felt that these more than 10,000 people following the army were more than enough!

Bringing more people and horses here will only waste food, fodder and money, which is not cost-effective!
Ever since!
This road, starting from Hejian and heading to Dezhou, is only over 200 miles of flat road!
The Jiannu army that marched south was very disorganized and it took them four days to reach twenty miles north of Dezhou city!

"Oh, what the hell is this weather!"

"If it's going to rain, it's going to rain. It's been cloudy all day, so it would be nice to have some wind!"

"It's so damp that my cock is about to burst out of my pants!"

Bahana, who was leading the army, was feeling the unbearable heat and it was difficult for him to wear armor. He only had a helmet and a fish-scale breastplate on, and the shorts on his lower body made him feel stuffy!
He spoke without restraint and stretched out his hands. Along with his movements, a strong and smelly odor came out from his crotch, which made the cavalrymen chasing him from the rear hold their breath and their eyes burned!
"Hahaha!"

"Oh, come on! Stop fanning yourself, you bastard!"

“I can smell it here!”

"What?!"

"I was in the old city last night, and you still haven't used up all your energy? Huh?! Hahahaha"

Shi Tingzhu, who was standing nearby, smelled the foul smell and hurriedly stopped what he was doing and started teasing him!
"Humph!"

"Fuck it! It's better not to mention it!"

"Speaking of which, I'm really fucking furious!"

"This little girl we captured temporarily is useless!"

"What a piece of shit!"

"I just wanted to eat a couple of bites to get by!"

"But this is too meaningless!" "If I had known this would happen, I should have brought a few soldiers from Hejian with me!"

"I regret it so much!" Bahana responded, and it was obvious that he had a strong desire for sex!
"Hehehe"

"The governor is in his prime, full of vigor and vitality, his feelings are understandable, huh?!"

"Haha, I understand!" Wang Aoyong looked at the situation from the other side and also intervened with worldly wisdom.

When he heard Wang Aoyong speak, Nabahana suddenly turned his head and spoke rudely.

"Eh!"

"I'm talking to you, Old Wang!"

"Before you came here, you promised me that you would do this!"

"What do you mean Shandong is a land of outstanding people?"

"The girl is very nice and pretty!"

"I totally believe what you said!"

"besides."

"Well, the little nun in the Peach Blossom Temple at the foot of Mount Tai"

"Tsk tsk."

"I'm already hungry enough now!"

"Don't you dare lie to me!"

Bahana had the face of a vicious wolf. When he talked about the nun in the nunnery whom he had not seen yet, he looked so lewd that he almost drooled!

Hearing this man's obscene words, Wang Aoyong, who was standing next to him, did not dare to show the slightest impatience, but instead hurried to curry favor with him!

"Hoo Hoo Hoo"

"Oh, I'm talking to the governor!"

"Look at me, I don't have the guts to deceive you!"

"Taishanni, you are so good at grooming yourself!"

"The pleasure seekers flock to it!"

“People who pay homage to Mount Tai often go there once when they descend from the mountain. This is called eating meat.”

"In the morning, we all fast, but here we enjoy the delicacies of the land and sea. When guests arrive, the old nun in the main temple goes out first, followed by the young and beautiful ones. When the wine is finished, you can choose one to lie down on your bed!"

"I have heard this news a few years ago!" Wang Aoyong explained the whole story flatteringly.

But what can be done? These Jiannu Tartars are all barbarians, how can they understand such elegant words?

So, when Bahana heard Wang Aoyong shaking his head and making bird calls, he became unhappy!

"Hey, de de de!"

"damn it!"

"Can't you speak human language?!"

"If you keep talking about your sour words in front of me, be careful or I'll slap you in the face!" Bahana said it bluntly!

(End of this chapter)