Zhang Mingwei once found a paper in the National Philosophy and Social Science Documentation Center in later generations, which talked about the situation of the invasion of the Guannei by Jianyu at the end of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

The article cites the record of "Shen Guanlu" that Jianyu suffered a lot of losses in this use of troops.

On June 22, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the prince of Joseon said that Chongzhen's fifteenth year of this time was built to enter the customs, and it was not to make up for the loss. The total number of people, donkeys, and mules looted from the pass was less than half of the number that would enter the pass in the eleventh year of Chongzhen. But the scene I saw in Shenyang, inside and outside the city gate, there were many crying houses, and there were many people who didn't get out of the customs.

Among them, there were those who were killed by the Ming army, and there were also those who could not grab things and were hungry and poor, or those who ate food and water in the pass caused diseases, etc.

There is information that can be found that in the fourth construction of the captives, Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhou, in the battle of Jizhou, beheaded the Qing army's third-class light car commander Zaisamu, Zuo Ling Qiuketuo and Zuo Ling Ebei, Wu Dana, and Hun Dashan, the military academy.

Tang Tong, Ma Ke and Bai Guangen also joined forces to block the Jianyu who went out of the pass, but they were defeated in the end.

Around November, when the first batch of Jianguo plundered the population and materials out of the customs, Zhou Yuji, who had received the holy decree and was transferred to Shanxi by Yang Liuqing as the chief soldier, had already led the troops to advance, but he heard that Jianguo was going to transit Yangliuqing, so he led the cavalry back to Yangliuqing, and used the terrain to attack Jianlu, and Jianguo suffered thousands of casualties, creating a rare example in the history of the Ming Dynasty and Jianlu's war.

In addition, the ferocity of Jianyu, Guan Nai naturally learned a lesson. Later, more and more rebelled against Jianyu.

By the time of the fourth Jianyu entry, not only the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, but also the local officials, the common people, and even the thieves spontaneously resisted the Jianyu.

If Zhang Mingwei hadn't happened to find out these things when he was checking the information, he would have really thought that Jianyu would be invincible when he entered the customs.

In fact, if you think about it, if Jianyu was really invincible, he would have entered the customs earlier, and what were he doing in the cold land of Liaodong!

The truth is that the construction of captives and looting is a last resort; However, every time you enter the customs, although you can loot the population and materials to go back, it is not casual to say that you can kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself in the era of cold weapons, and there are also losses in Jianjiao.

Even if there are ten people in the Guan, and only one prisoner dies, the number of prisoners will not be able to withstand consumption. Especially later, the resistance of the military and civilians in the Guannai to the Jianyu became more and more intense, and the losses of the Jianyu were even greater, and it was strange that they dared to covet the land of the Central Plains!

At this time, Zhang Mingwei was thinking about these things, and the Guanning soldiers below were also listening to these general soldiers hysterically recounting their past exploits, and even when they talked about the merits of this Songjin battle, many people showed sympathy.

Among these six general soldiers, Wang Pu is not counted, Wu Sangui actually has the least number of battles, and several other generals, including Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, Ma Ke, Li Fuming, and Cao Bianjiao and Yang Guozhu who died in battle, have fought countless battles.

The most important thing is that they are all personal experiencers of the Battle of Songjin this time, and of course they know that the most fundamental reason for the defeat of this battle is actually the cutting off of the grain road; And the reason why the grain route was cut off was that he was urged by the imperial court to send troops in a hurry. Specifically, it was Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he even sent a special envoy to urge.

Therefore, these officers and men in the Guanning Army have a tolerant attitude towards these six general soldiers. Of course, they also knew that if the imperial court convicted, after all, the six general soldiers would also commit the crime of escaping from the battle, and there would be no problem in beheading them according to the law.

This scene was still very shocking for Wu Sangui and others.

It's not that they see the sympathy in the eyes of these soldiers, but these soldiers are just a little sympathetic and don't show any further.

Even those thorns in their daily lives, soldiers with distant or close relationships, etc., will definitely speak for them in this situation. But at this time, none of them even had a statement!

You must know that there were no troublemakers in the Guanning army at the beginning, and they dared to hang the governor of Liaodong. Even if someone instigated it behind the scenes, if it weren't for the basic foundation, even if someone instigated it, it might not be able to do this kind of thing.

This matter of hanging the governor finally forced the governor to commit suicide in shame, and it seems that the Ming Dynasty is the only one in this Guanning army.

Seeing this situation, especially Wu Sangui, he became more and more worried in his heart, and he had no confidence at all. He didn't know what this Xingguo Gong relied on to suppress these big-headed soldiers and make them so obedient?

If he knew that Xingguo Gong was smashed with money, and some of the money was given away by him, I wonder if he would vomit blood?

At this time, the more he talked, the more he lost confidence, Wu Sangui couldn't care about anything, and begged Zhang Mingwei, "It's shameful for the criminal general to commit such a stupid crime in a hurry!" The sin will be pleaded guilty to punishment and there will be no complaints. I only beg the grandfather to give him another chance, if he does it again, he doesn't need to do it, and the sin will sacrifice this head! ”

Hearing his words, Bai Guangen also hurriedly followed and said, "The sin will be a thief in the early years, and then abandon the dark and turn to the light, fight bloodily for the imperial court, and accumulate military merits from the capital to the general soldier of Jizhen." I also asked Grandpa Guo to look at the past war exploits, open the net, just ask for immortality, and give the sin a chance to atone for his sins. ”

Ma Ke also learned the same way, telling his achievements back then, especially when Li Zicheng fled with his life in a battle. It means that it is disposed of casually, just to give another chance.

The other generals were naturally the same, but Wang Pu was speechless and just kowtowed.

Zhang Mingwei had come back to his senses at this time, and after listening to their words, he said solemnly, "Escaping from the battle is a capital crime." However, if you sincerely repent and are the first offenders, I will give you a chance as you wish! However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living sin cannot be escaped! Do you want to admit it? ”

As soon as they heard this, these six general soldiers couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly responded, definitely admitting it.

So, Zhang Mingwei shouted coldly, "Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen, Tang Tong, Ma Ke, Li Fuming, you wait for five people to fight fifty, take the post of general soldier, and listen to it before being demoted to the third level of the army!" ”

The so-called thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one will be hard to find. These generals were all well-known generals in the late Ming Dynasty, and they still had the ability to fight. Although killing them was a relief, the Central Plains War caused by Li Zicheng's attack on Kaifeng began immediately.

This battle, according to the original historical development, was to further consume the strength of the imperial court's official army, so that Li Zicheng's department no longer had any opponents, so as to occupy Qin, ascend the throne and claim the emperor to open the country, and fought all the way from Shanxi to Beijing.

Of course, Zhang Mingwei didn't want this to happen, and in this battle of Kaifeng, it was best to defeat Li Zicheng. And now that it is the end of April, there is no time to reorganize the new army, and the best choice is to let these general soldiers make meritorious contributions, hunt Kaifeng, and go to a decisive battle with Li Zicheng.

Moreover, after being demoted three levels from the post of general soldier, that is, deputy general, and after the general, it is a guerrilla. Although it looks like there are only three levels, there are only a few people in the Ming Dynasty, and how many guerrillas there are. In other words, low-level military positions are easy to promote, but top-level military positions cannot be promoted without the accumulation of great achievements.

This punishment is not severe, after all, there is no punishment; However, it is not light.

However, at this time, when several people heard this, they were immediately overjoyed and hurriedly pleaded guilty.

When Wang Pu on the side heard this, he couldn't help but be a little anxious, and hurriedly asked Zhang Mingwei, "Grandpa Guo, what about me?" ”

"You?" When Zhang Mingwei heard it, he couldn't help but snort coldly, "What military merits do you have?" Are you a first-time offender? Why are you asking me to give you a chance? ”

"......" Wang Pu was dumbfounded when he heard this, and thought for a long time before replying, "Guogong, my father is Wang Wei!" ”

His father, Wang Wei, was the governor of the left.

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Mingwei was a little dumbfounded, there was no other reason to say that there was such a reason!

Unless your father is Chongzhen, otherwise, no one can do it!

Wang Pu himself also found out, as if it was useless to move out of his father, and in a hurry, he said to Zhang Mingwei again, "Grandpa Guo, I am not a white slip, I will definitely cash it out." Add another 10,000 taels, no, no, add 20,000 taels...... 30,000 taels, plus 30,000 taels, can I be spared the death penalty? ”

Zhang Mingwei was quite speechless when he heard it, why didn't this thing surrender to Jianyu? Use his IQ to assimilate Jianyu, then it can be regarded as being in Cao Ying's heart in Han!

Thinking so, he shouted, "When Chongzhen was eleventh year, you escaped from the battle and killed Lu Benbing; And now in this battle, you are the first to escape, causing the rout of the army, if this can spare you, heaven is intolerable, how can you comfort the heavenly heroes? ”

Wang Pu's face turned pale when he heard this, and he subconsciously looked left and right, as if he wanted to escape.

"And you're trying to bribe me, since you have so much silver, that's good!" When Zhang Mingwei said this, he loudly pronounced the verdict, "Drag this Wang Pu out and behead him, and raid his house!" ”

Although Wang Pu was the chief soldier, Zhang Mingwei was specially ordered to deal with the beginning and end of the Songjin Battle and had enough authority to kill him. Not to mention, Zhang Mingwei had already agreed with Emperor Chongzhen before he came, this Wang Pu would be killed. If nothing else, just because he cheated Lu Xiangsheng, he didn't kill him back then, but he must kill him this time.

From this point of view, the governor of Yamanaga and the chief soldier are different after all. Therefore, one was put into a prison car and escorted to Jingshi, and the other was executed.

Hearing Zhang Mingwei's verdict, the officers and men of the Guan Ning Army on the school field were all pleased. Because of this defeat, killing this Wang Pu is simply the desire of the people!

Not to mention the combat exploits that he didn't have to do, and it's not the first time to escape from the battle, why not kill him?

So, not far in front of the Dianjiang platform, Wang Pu was pulled over, his hand was raised, and the sound of begging for mercy was interrupted by the blood spraying. On the side, the other five people were pressed to the ground, and the execution was carried out by the captain of the Jinyi Guard, and the sound of "popping" sounded one after another.

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