Chapter 1 The Great Danger
The blazing sun continues to roast the earth, from the tenth year of Chongzhen, the drought has continued until now, and it has been the sixteenth year of Chongzhen in a blink of an eye. Please search (product & book ¥ net) to see the most complete! update the fastest
On the road to Jingshi in Xi'an, countless ragged crowds are braving the scorching heat to continue to advance to Beijing, some of them are nobles in gorgeous clothes, and some are scholars in long robes, but the panicked escape career has already made them lose their former demeanor, and now they don't care about these, in their hearts, they just want to rush to Beijing as soon as possible, out of this inhuman torture.
In August of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, under the constant urging of Chongzhen, hurriedly raised his troops, suffered a great defeat in Ruzhou, and lost more than half of the 300,000 army.
In Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of the opportunity when the official army was pinned down by Li Zicheng, gathered all his forces to eliminate Yang Sichang, who came to encircle and suppress, and captured Xiangyang City to force the king of Xiang to death.
The successive defeats of the Ming officials and troops in the original and the cruel behavior of the peasant army in dealing with the princes and nobles made those Ming officials and gentry and scholars frightened, and they fled with their families, so that the original road to Beijing was congested for a while.
Jinzhou, since the first battle of Songshan, the Ming and the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong have fought several battles one after another, the two sides have suffered losses to each other, and now the Ming and the Qing Dynasty have been in a state of confrontation in Liaodong.
"Everyone, immediately strengthen the recruitment of the army, the scale of the Guanning Iron Cavalry must be increased!" Wang Feng is giving the next step to the generals, and since several battles, Wang Feng has already integrated into the hearts of every Guanning army soldier.
"Oh no, young marshal!" Song Xiance took a secret letter and walked in in a hurry, the matter mentioned in the letter was too big, and he Song Xiance couldn't care about the young marshal being in a meeting.
"Master Song, what's wrong with you? This impatient style is not like you! Haha," Zu Dashou, who sat down, gagged.
Song Xiance didn't care about Zu Dashou at this time, and hurriedly said: "Xi'an secret report that Governor Sun died in Ruzhou in August of the 16th year of Chongzhen, and Lord Yang Sichang died of illness in Shashi! Now the rebel Li Zicheng has ascended the throne in Xi'an, established a regime and a pseudo-state called Dashun, and Zhang Xianzhong has established the Daxi regime in Chengdu. ”
"What?" Song Xiance's words instantly detonated everyone present like a bomb, and the generals stood up one after another, what this secret report meant, they couldn't know it in their hearts.
"What about the edict? How is he, does the spy have any news about him?" Wang Feng's first sentence turned out to be Cao Zhao, who led the troops to the west last year.
Wang Feng's actions instantly warmed the generals present, and everyone was glad to be able to follow such a main general.
"How is Brother Zhao?" Wu Sangui, who had the best relationship with Cao Zhao on weekdays, hurriedly stood up and asked.
"Young Marshal, General Wu, please rest assured, our spies have already contacted General Cao, and now General Cao has led 50,000 remnants of his troops to retreat to Ningwu. Song Xiance, who was careful in his work, had already inquired about Cao Zhao's whereabouts.
"Ning Wu?" Wang Feng hurriedly walked to the map and carefully measured it.
"Young Marshal, Ningwu General Zhou Yuji Zhongjun is patriotic, brave and invincible! It is said that now he has begun to collect the remnants of the army to prepare to resist Li Zicheng's attack. Since taking refuge in Wang Feng, Song Xiance has taken on the work of Wang Feng's entire intelligence system.
"The emperor is really in a hurry! The young marshal has written many times to dissuade him from sending troops lightly, but, alas!"
"Yes, yes!" the generals present exchanged their heads and ears.
"Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui! The work of recruiting troops must be stepped up, and 50,000 people must be recruited for this commander in three months!"
"Song Xiance, you immediately contact the Nanjing side and ask him to prepare five hundred big ships to dock at Shanhaiguan as soon as possible!" Wang Feng's brain was running fast, because he knew that there was not much time left for him, and now he had to fight for every second to implement his big plan.
Jingshi, at this time, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos, and the news of the defeat of Sun Chuanting and Yang Sichang came one after another, making the already stormy Ming Dynasty worse, and Chongzhen held court meetings almost every day to discuss countermeasures.
"Emperor! The thieves have already proclaimed themselves emperor in Xi'an, and they have already issued a final letter of war to our Ming Dynasty!" As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Chen Xinjia trembled and took out the fold received by the Ministry of War this morning from his sleeve.
"How dare a bold thief do this, do this!" Chongzhen, who had watched the recital, let out a hoarse roar, and at this moment he was furious, so angry that he already wanted to kill.
"March 18!March 18!" Chongzhen, who was paralyzed in the dragon chair, kept chattering, this is the day of the final decisive battle agreed with the thief Li Zicheng and him, thinking that Li Zicheng was just a small rogue under his rule, and now he can argue with him, the Ming Emperor, this world is really five constants.
"Lord Chen, as the secretary of the military department, hurry up and tell me what to do!" Seeing the emperor like this, Wang Chengen hurriedly went out of class and asked.
At this time, Chen Xinjia was also an ant in a hot pot, and he didn't know what to do; Sun Chuanting and Yang Sichang's army could be said to be almost all the belongings of the Ming court, and now they were all damaged, and now he still had to take the idea of the secretary of the military department.
"Emperor, now that the situation is urgent, the minister requests the issuance of King Qin's decree and calls on the world's soldiers and horses to King Qin!" Although he was dissatisfied, Chen Xinjia still had to bite the bullet.
"Yes, yes, transfer troops!" Chongzhen seemed to react, and said with hope in his eyes, "Aiqing thinks which place is the most suitable place to transfer troops?"
"Chen thinks that Tang Tong, the general soldier of Jizhen, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and Cao Zhao, who retreated to Ningwu! These soldiers and horses are estimated to be no less than 100,000 people!" Chen Xinjia almost went through the entire general army of the Ming Dynasty in his mind.
"Yes, yes! With these 100,000 soldiers and horses, I am not afraid of him!" Chongzhen seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and the whole person seemed to be a little more stable.
"Emperor, don't forget that Liaodong, our Ming Dynasty still has an army of 200,000!" Wang Chengen, who has been in the imperial court for many years, of course understands that the army that has been cobbled together by relying on these things is definitely a low-grade army that cannot be defeated by Li Zicheng's rogues, and the imperial court must rely on these border soldiers if it wants to defeat the rogues.
"Emperor! Liaodong's soldiers and horses can't move! They are the key to guarding my Ming East Gate, once they withdraw, the entire Liaodong war situation will be precarious!" As soon as he heard Wang Chengen's idea of fighting the Liaodong defenders, Chen Xinjia hurriedly retorted!
"If the Jingshi is not protected, what is the use of keeping the hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong?" Wang Chengen retorted not to be outdone.