Chapter Seventy-Seven: Chongzhen
Hong Chengchou didn't know that he had been stabbed in the back by Zhou Yanru. Just when he gathered to discuss matters because Abatai led troops south, he was in the Forbidden City in Yanjing City.
"Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai, Zhang Xianzhong, Zuo Liangyu, should be killed, should be killed, all should be killed......"
In the main hall, there were broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, and Chongzhen's pale face was sickly flushed, with a little crazy roar. The news of the defeat of Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei Runing has been transferred to the palace.
Seeing that Zuo Liangyu fled without a fight again, leaving Yang Wenyue and Hu Dawei alone to support the battle, so that he was defeated and died, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, he directly classified Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng and others into the same gear.
Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "Long live take care of your body, if you hurt your body because of Li Zhangliukou and Zuo Liangyu's Qiu Ba, the old slave's sin will be great." ”
Chongzhen sat down dejectedly, stayed for a while, and picked up the Tang newspaper forwarded by the Ministry of War, Runing was broken, there was no Ming army in southwest Henan, Li Zicheng sent the army south to Xiangyang, Zuo Liangyu sent the soldiers to take the boat in Xiangfan, and prepared to follow the Han River to avoid the invasion of the army into Wuchang......
Maybe when he saw this Tang Bao, Zuo Liangyu had already returned to Wuchang.
"I have a wide range of worlds, how did I end up in today's situation? Arrogant soldiers, trapped inside and outside, thieves and slaves, have no power to fight back? Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen on the ground, as if he was asking himself again.
The earlier Ming army was able to defeat the Liukou again and again, but in the past two years, they have been defeated repeatedly. As for Jianyu, there is no need to say more. Since his grandfather's time, the Ming army has been like a weasel cub, a litter is not as good as a litter.
The defeats one after another made him reluctant to recall, and he still invested countless money and grain in Liaodi every year.
Now even Li Zicheng is sitting on the throne, Runing is defeated, there are no officers and soldiers in the entire southern Henan, and the thieves are sweeping northern Hubei again, and the rogue can not be called Li Zicheng like this. People already hold a province of land.
An incomparably depressed feeling surged into Emperor Chongzhen's heart. The ambition of inheriting the throne has been worn out by all these years of hardship, disappointment, and pain, and it is almost hopeless.
There is another pile of notes on his imperial case, among which there are excerpts from Hong Chengchou, Ma Chengming (Governor of Yongping), Pan Yongtu (Governor of Shuntian) and others. More are to impeach Hong Chengchou and them.
Jian was imprisoned for more than two months, but he still couldn't be treated, which could only be Hong Chengchou's sin.
Chongzhen was in a depressed mood, but he didn't want to look at those folds, and his face became more and more gloomy. But the mood calmed him down. Wang Chengen saw that Emperor Chongzhen's mood gradually calmed down, and waved his hand to call the two little eunuchs to let them clean up.
Wang Chengen waited for the little eunuch to finish cleaning, and whispered to Chongzhen: "Long live, do you want to eat some snacks......
Emperor Chongzhen only waved his hand, he didn't want to do anything now, he didn't want to move anything, he just wanted to be quiet, but as soon as his eyes were closed, that was the Ming Dynasty full of smoke, how could he be quiet? Don't look at him on the surface, he is calm, but he really has a fire in his heart......
Wang Chengen is a rare kind eunuch, or he is duty, since the emperor is unwilling to speak, he stands on the side with his hands tied and does not say a word. But not long after, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a eunuch came in a hurry, saying that Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department, asked to see him, and there was an urgent report.
Chongzhen's heart shook again, the recent emergency reports of the military department were all bad news, so he almost didn't want to watch their performances. But he is the emperor, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he has no room for shirk.
"Summons Zhang Guowei's audience."
Zhang Guowei hurriedly ran in, saluted and said straight: "Your Majesty, good news, good news." Zeng Ying, the governor of Qilu and the governor of Bindenglai, jointly reported that after Zheng Zhilong recruited Xiao Yuan's camp, the army stuck to Ziyang, Qufu, and Zou County, and now has stopped the army that is going south......"
There are many words in the compromise, but that's the general meaning.
Chongzhen couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, "Quickly bring the song to me." "Ten thousand horses are all over the sky, a bright light in the dark, that shouldn't be too dazzling. Looking at the Zheng family's training method in the compromise, Wang and Zeng skipped the silver reward and did not mention it, and did not mention the military discipline and military regulations, but only talked about the benefits of guns and cannons.
Emperor Chongzhen's face was so unhappy. "Zheng Zhilong is really good. If you can make contributions to such law-abiding, the good generals of the ancients will not be as good as you. ”
Wang Guobin and Zeng Ying said in the recital that as long as Hong Chengchou can contain the Qing army on the North Road, the Qing army on the South Road will have no worries, and the matter of building captives and entering the fortress has come to an end. Even when Jianlu's soldiers were frustrated and had no choice but to return to the north, as long as the soldiers and horses from the north and south were properly dispatched, they could still make Jianyu suffer a lot of losses. This made Emperor Chongzhen feel relieved as if he had taken a dose of reassuring medicine.
Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, immediately no longer blamed Hong Chengchou for 'watching the enemy without moving', but recognized Hong Chengchou's role. If so, he immediately issued a decree to Hong Chengchou, telling him to keep Abatai in check.
The latter received the will from the Jingshi Kuaima, and his heart was as helpless as eating Xiang.
If you don't say that sooner or later this will be done, just say that Abatai wants to lead troops south, how can he stop these soldiers and horses in his hands?
I'm afraid that the royal courtiers can listen to his orders and fight with the Qing army for a while. The rest of the ......, if he really still has combat effectiveness, why did he choose Bai Guangen to match Cao Bianjiao, as the vanguard of the army, to "pursue" the Qing army?
The latter suffered a heavy blow in the battle of Jixian, that is, Bai Tengjiao, who was in the team with Bai Guangen, was killed, and the remnants of his troops were devoured by Bai Guangen, so that the strength of his troops on paper was very good.
Hong Chengchou didn't expect the two of them to be coaxed, and it was difficult to win the battle, and it was not easy to defeat the battle?
When the enemy comes, I go, and when the enemy goes, I chase, giving full play to the kraft candy tactics.
The mission of Cao Bai and the others was not to really fight the Qing army, but just to make Abatai's march not too easy. The Qing army, which has always maintained a fighting posture, must have walked much slower than the Qing army in the state of a large marching army.
Now Abatai led the main force of the Qing army to Dongping, and Cao Bai and the others also led the troops to chase to Ansan Town. But that's Ansan. They will not go any further until the Qing army continues south.
At the same time, Wang Guobin, the governor of Qilu, and Zeng Ying, the governor of Denglai, also received the will of Emperor Chongzhen, but they urged the two to increase their troops in Yanzhou.
The two people made two completely different reactions to this, Wang Guobin ignored Emperor Chongzhen's will at all, but Zeng Ying made Huang Yinen, the general soldier of Dengzhou, lead thousands of Denglai militia into Qingzhou.
Zhang Guang and Zhang Tong helped each other to the edge of the camp and sat on the ground. The other Denglai militias were also like their brothers, tired like dogs, even lying and sitting there, panting heavily, not feeling the cold wind blowing cold.
"Big brother, I can't stand it, I really can't stand it, these southern barbarians are going to toss us to death......" While beating his thigh, Zhang Tongyi sighed.
Zhang Guang turned a blind eye, Zhang Tong had said this dozens of times, but he didn't see him leave. Is it easy to find a place where you can eat well now?
"It's time to eat......"
Zhang Tong didn't use his brother to respond to him, his mouth was like an old lady's footcloth, and he muttered that his teacher had endless words.
Until the gong sounded, and then I don't know which person shouted, Zhang Tong, who just said that he was tortured to death, immediately came back to life, got up from the ground with a "Teng", and ran to the canteen at great speed.
Zhang Guang is still not surprised.
Although they tortured people during training, as long as they could eat enough, how many people left?
One by one, the militia rushed to the cafeteria. According to the rules of the establishment, there was a long line, looking greedily at the row of steaming cauldrons, and there were several wooden barrels next to it with spiky cornmeal tortillas.
Zhang Guang didn't feel that he swallowed a mouthful of spit, the yellow dough cake was so fragrant. I don't know what kind of food it is. I have been planting the land for more than ten years, and I don't recognize it.
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Dongping Prefecture.
"The minion Zhunta has seen Lord Belle."
"Zhun Tower, what are you here for?" Abatai didn't like the tower very well, because the tower was a solid mountain with a white flag, and he was a cadre under Dolgon. And when he first entered the battle of Jixian County, the scheduling was disorderly, and he almost missed a major event.
"The servants asked for hundreds of soldiers, and they lay down in the shadows, and waited until Nikan's army passed by, and robbed and killed their follow-up food teams. Nikan has no food, how dare he chase me again? "Zhun Ta lowered his eyebrows.
Abatai immediately understood the meaning of the tower, this is to make meritorious atonement. "Well, that's a good idea, Ben Belle will allow you. But you also think clearly for your master, if this matter fails, what will happen to you. Prince Rui won't be able to protect you at that time. ”
Abatai didn't hide his posture of going to watch the play, "The idea is yours, and you know the difficulties inside, you go down and prepare." ”
Whether this matter is successful or not, it will be beneficial to Abatai.
When the matter is done, then the Ming army behind will stop and give him more time to clean up Zheng Zhilong; No, the unlucky one is also the quasi-tower, it is Dolgon.