Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were used by the Manchu Tartars to blackmail the Ming people to withdraw from the army, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Beijing, probably had a vague understanding through Wu Zhong's eavesdropping seeds. I only know that something like this happened, but I don't know the specific situation.

The first battle was won, and the words "Wansheng" could be seen back from the eavesdropping seeds, but then it ended like this, I have to say that this made Emperor Chongzhen a little depressed. He also thought that the more than 200,000 animals that were plundered by the Manchu Tartars could be saved in this war!

At the same time, the ferocity of the Manchu Tartars and their uncompromising means also made Emperor Chongzhen very angry. robbed the people, and then used the people of the Ming Dynasty as a threat to deal with the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, what bottom line do they have?

But looking back, it seems that this kind of thing happened, and it doesn't seem strange!

The cruelty of the Manchu Tartars, even in later generations, was condemned by everyone. People like them, who slaughter the city at every turn, and don't treat the people of the Ming Dynasty as human beings at all, will treat the people of the Ming Dynasty well, so it's strange!

In their eyes, the people of the Ming Dynasty are not human beings at all, and they are regarded as pigs and dogs!

And the court officials and soldiers are the court officials and soldiers, not thieves, not the Manchu Tartars and the like, but the army of protecting the territory and the people, if they all ignore the casualties of the people, regardless of whether the people live or die, then it is not the court officials and soldiers.

For this, the murderous Tartars clearly understood it well. Using this to blackmail the governor of the three sides and the governor of Shaanxi, the two civil commanders who were born as jinshi, is to take their death holes at once.

It is true that whether it is Sun Chuanting or Hong Chengchou, when they suppressed the thieves, they were not merciless, and even killed all the captured thieves. At such a time, they have an excuse, because these people are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, but the thieves who plague the people of the Ming Dynasty, and if they are killed, they will be killed, and there is not much burden.

But even so, there is another saying in the court, saying that they are just hungry people, and Sun Hong and the two of them are so slaughtered, their hearts can be punished, and they have the teachings of the saints.

Now for Sun Hong and the others, they are threatened by the Tartars, or the people of the Ming Dynasty, they can't be said to be Tartars, right? For the imperial court, it doesn't matter if the officials and soldiers don't rescue them, they have to forcibly attack those who killed them, and they can't afford to carry this pot anyway. Even if the emperor can keep them, their reputation will be bad under the attack of political enemies.

Is there any Wenchen who doesn't have the same name? There are even Wenchen who deliberately ask for a court staff, isn't it just to gain the reputation of a direct minister! Whether it is Sun Chuanting or Hong Chengchou, he definitely doesn't want his reputation to stink in Shilin!

In this way, they chose to withdraw their troops and not fight, even if Emperor Chongzhen didn't know the specific battle situation, he could understand their choice!

If the leaders of the army at that time were only the general soldiers of all walks of life, all of whom were a group of warriors, and they had little consideration for political things, then perhaps they would only have weighed the attack according to the probability of winning or losing the war between the two sides at that time, and if they felt that they could take the opportunity to enter the city and save more people in one fell swoop, or how many feats they had made to destroy the enemy, maybe they would have ignored the threat of the Tartars.

As long as the war can be won, the means can be used to the extreme, which is the most common saying of soldiers.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen thought of Qi Jiguang, the military god of the Ming Dynasty, if it was him, how would this battle be fought?

It just so happened that during this period of time, he had been reading Qi Jiguang's military books and related materials, and he had a relatively complete understanding of Qi Jiguang.

In Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", Volume 14, "Defending Duties", there is such a point of view: regard soldiers and horses as a tool to protect the country and the people, and start from the people's society. It can be seen from here that although Qi Jiguang is only a military general, he understands that the real purpose of the imperial army is to protect the country and the people, and everything is based on the people.

In his battle of Changsha, when he learned that thousands of Ming people were imprisoned in the nest of the Japanese invaders, he issued two military orders: no wanton killing, no fire attack.

If you change to other generals and kill those Ming people as Japanese pirates, they are all in the pirate of Japanese pirates anyway, even if you only take some of the heads to repay your merits, you can get more rewards. didn't even think about killing the good and risking the merits, but if he issued a military order prohibiting wanton killing like Qi Jiguang, it would lead to his own restraint in battle, and this military order prohibiting wanton killing would not be issued; If it is easier to attack with fire, and it can reduce your own casualties, it is estimated that you will use fire attack without even thinking about it!

If you don't defeat these Japanese pirates, those Ming people will be plundered by the Japanese pirates, they will be sold as slaves, and they will also be devastated and tortured, in dire straits, and they will not die. Isn't that enough for such a reason?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt that Qi Jiguang was really different, perhaps, this was one of the reasons why he could become the god of war and other generals couldn't!

Thinking of these, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly found that there were really many similarities between what happened back then and what happened now. In this case, if Qi Jiguang came to lead the army, according to his previous practices, it is estimated that he would not attack the city immediately, but find another plan and rescue him.

However, the current situation is different from Qi Jiguang's time.

At Qi Jiguang's time, he had trained the strongest army at that time, and he was sure that he could defeat the Japanese Kou, so he could choose the next time when he saw that there was no chance at the moment; In this battle, he was so coerced by the Tartars, and it was no problem for him to choose to withdraw from the army, and he could find another opportunity, because he was confident that his military strength could defeat the Tartars.

Today, it's the other way around. The Tartar army is stronger. This time, it was still the Tartars who divided the troops, and Lu Xiangsheng's side attracted some of the Tartar troops. It can be said that the Tartars guarding the people of the Ming Dynasty have reached the lowest number, about 20,000 horses; And the Qin soldiers suddenly arrived, and by surprise they got the most likely opportunity to defeat the enemy. If this opportunity is missed, can there be another chance, can we go to save so many people again?

Historically, there have been no examples of the defeat of the strong by the weak. However, there are few such wars. When it comes to fighting, it's more about crushing with strength. In addition, you can only take risks and use stratagem to make up for the shortcomings!

And if you want to use strategy, you must first do it, that is, know yourself and know your opponent!

It's good to say that if you know your opponent, it will be too difficult for the current front-line generals of the Ming Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's heart suddenly perked. Don't you just have a bugging system? If you throw the eavesdropping seed on the Tartar masters, won't you know their every move? In this way, isn't the premise of knowing oneself and knowing one's place be achieved?

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't sit still anymore. More than 200,000 Ming people, if you don't save them, the fate waiting for them can be imagined! As a person in the future, every human life must be respected, let alone these 200,000 human lives!

Now Wu Zhong's level is too low, just relying on him to learn enemy information is not of much use! Whether it is for the 200,000 or so Ming people in front of him, or for the purpose of eliminating the Manchu Qing Dynasty and recovering Liaodong in the future, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was very necessary to throw the eavesdropping seeds on the Tartar generals!

The things that had been thinking about it for the past two days, at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen made a decision. Anyway, this time, I must go to the front line. It is not feasible to go blatantly, not to mention that all the courtiers and generals on the side of the Jingshi will be stopped, even if they go to the front line, if the Tartars know that their emperor has arrived, then they will definitely attack with all their might, with the current combat strength of the Ming army, it is estimated that he will become the two unlucky emperors of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, which is absolutely impossible.

In other words, there is only one way to go, secretly go to the front line, throw the eavesdropping seeds to the Tartar general, and then eavesdrop on the deployment of the Tartar general, looking for an opportunity to defeat the Tartar and rescue the people!

With his mind made, Emperor Chongzhen began to think about how to sneak out without the court knowing. It seems that someone has to cover for this matter.

While he was thinking about this, soon, the urgent recital jointly signed by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting arrived in Beijing. Suddenly, there was an uproar in the court, and there were many discussions about it, each with their own opinions.

In general, there are several points of view, but they all have-for-tat arguments.

The first point of view is that Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were indecisive, and the situation at that time should take the opportunity to rush into the city, eliminate Jianyu, and rescue more people.

There is also a similar point of view that if the 200,000 or so people were plundered by the Tartars, not to mention how many would die on the way, that is, after the raided Liaodong, they cultivated for the Tartars and strengthened the strength of the Tartars. Instead of this, it is better not to care about their life or death, but it is beneficial to Daming. Besides, if you die now, you can suffer less sins, and die in the land of the Ming Dynasty, at least it will not be considered a foreign land!

Some people even suggested that if Sun Hong and the others saved these people, what would they do after the war? Where did the imperial court have the spare strength to feed them? If they don't care, once they become thieves, it will not add chaos to the court. Therefore, in this battle, you should not have to worry about them, and attack them at that time.

In this regard, some people naturally refuted, saying that the Tartars used the flesh and blood of the Ming people to block the route of the official army's attack, and the Ming army wanted to enter the city, so they had to kill those people with their own hands, and the army's heart could be used? Giving up the small to protect the big, after this war, will it come true, do you know?

Also, it has been stated in the recital of Hong and Sun that although Jianyu lost the first battle, his strength still exists. And the previous loss was just careless. What's more, the Tartars were not based on the fortified city, but were more good at field warfare, and had close contact with the Ming army. Even if Sun Hong and the others ordered the siege of the city at that time, what if they entered the city? Once again, it was in the city again, and without the advantage of cavalry raids, it was unknown who would lose or win!

In the court, the debate was so exciting that some people even put forward such a point of view: If according to what you said, these people will increase the strength of the prisoners, then the court is now unable to provide disaster relief, is it necessary to kill all the local people, so as to prevent them from becoming thieves, increase the strength of the thieves, and avoid causing chaos for the court?

"Be an An'an starving, especially a praying mantis!"

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Generally speaking, in this debate, the imperial historians generally stood on the moral high ground to speak, and basically agreed with Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou's retreat. However, some pragmatic officials, as well as military generals, have different opinions on this, whether it is light or serious.

In the face of the noisy court, Emperor Chongzhen gave the opinion that the people of the Ming Dynasty should be saved, and the Tartars should be destroyed.

As for such a difficult matter, what should be done? Emperor Chongzhen didn't have a charter, it seemed to be a headache, and he made a decision on the spot, but he just ordered the cruelty of the Tartars without a bottom line, and immediately told the world that if they didn't work together to defend, they had the money to contribute, and they had the strength to contribute, once the city was broken and fell into the hands of the murderous Tartars, they would be treated as pigs and dogs.

In the eyes of the ministers, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be so angry with the ferocity of the Tartars that he had a headache and was very nerve-wracking. When he retreated, the emperor seemed to be rubbing his head constantly. This made the ministers see it, and they all sighed secretly in their hearts, the emperor still lacks experience, and it is nerve-wracking in the face of complex government affairs!

As for themselves, based on their respective ass issues, it is time to take a stand. As for what really needs to be done in order to be properly resolved, then it is not their business.

They naturally didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen's actions in the court were actually done for them to see. After retiring from the dynasty, he went directly to the harem, retired from the palace maid, and wanted to communicate with Queen Zhou alone.

However, Emperor Chongzhen had just said the beginning, and Empress Zhou, who was usually solemn and paid great attention to her appearance, stared at Emperor Chongzhen in surprise and said, "What, Your Majesty, you must not!" ”

She is indeed frightened, the emperor is the body of ten thousand gold, and the Liaodong Jianyu is a tiger and wolf, if the emperor leaves the protection of the tall city wall of the Beijing Division, he will inevitably be in danger, and he will not be able to come back, this kind of consequence, how can she not be shocked!

When Emperor Chongzhen saw her reaction, he first said decisively: "I have already decided, the queen doesn't need to persuade me anymore." ”

After all, he wanted Empress Zhou's cooperation, and Emperor Chongzhen then softened his tone and said, "But the queen doesn't have to worry, how can I disregard my own life!" I thought about it, the micro-service went out, and Jianyu didn't know that I was gone, and in the Qin army, there would be no problem with safety! ”

Speaking of this, his face became a little more serious and said: "Taizu is in a dream, Yansheji has reached the most critical juncture, if I don't even have the courage to face Jianyu, how can I keep the inheritance passed down from my ancestors?" My queen, Jianyu is so raging and uncontrollable, he will surely die in the future! ”

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