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I go to Baozhou Sai, and the royal river goes straight to the east. The mountains and rivers are still spiritual, and the good atmosphere is lush. Gu I was imprisoned in the car, and the wind turned to the autumn canopy. The petal incense wants to worship, and the melancholy comes to the sky".

This is a poem made by Wen Tianxiang and Wen Cheng when he was escorted north by the Mongols along the road after the defeat of the Yuan army, passing through Baoding Mansion. There are many rivers and lakes in Baoding, which has the color of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. However, in Prime Minister Wen's mind, it is full of sad vicissitudes.

If Prime Minister Wen restarts underground, the Baoding Mansion at this time must have made him burst into tears.

This is known as the first city in the world, responsible for guarding the Jincheng soup pool of Beijing, the city is surrounded by more than ten miles, the city wall is very high and thick, the city has four gates, all have the urn city. Baoding city is square when it is built, but because the southwest of the city protrudes outward for hundreds of meters, and slightly arc-shaped, to the north and in a straight line, the shape is like a boot, Baoding city has the title of boots again.

At this time, under the majestic city, there were blood stains everywhere, and not far from the city, it was full of destroyed chariots and long ladders. The blue brick city walls are covered with scars, and many areas of the city towers have been burned. It turned out that the residents of many villages and towns around the city were also burned by the war, and the residents fled.

Around the city, densely covered with Qing military camp tents, all kinds of flags fluttering, several tall buildings in the city, is flying the banner of the white flag.

In the city, many garrison yamen, such as Baoding and other prefectures, Zijing and other passes, and Baoding Cheying, which were also in charge of the river, have all become the barracks nests of the various departments of Kou Jiannu, storing a large number of seized booty and looted children's wealth.

Since Julu successively defeated Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian, two Ming armies. Jiannu can be said to be like a bamboo all the way, and the morale is like a rainbow. Successively captured Baoding, Xushui, Dingzhou, Hengshui, Wuyi, Zaoqiang, Julu, Jize, Yuanshi, Lincheng and other cities, and rode to Zhuozhou, Gu'an in the north, Jinzhou in the west, Tianjin in the east, Jizhou and Dezhou in the south, and thousands of miles of plastered land in the entire north China were ravaged by the iron hooves of the Jiannu cavalry. Officers and men everywhere cowardly avoided the war, and watched countless people's homes being destroyed and their children's property being plundered. There are even more unscrupulous rats, before Jiannu arrived, they plundered first.

It originally belonged to Zhang Qiping's Ming Baoding Governor Yamen. A huge woven gold dragon on the roof of the mansion. Fluttering in the cold wind. In the spacious lobby, more than a dozen copper charcoal braziers were lit, making the lobby warm like spring. The room was full of well-armored generals, and each of them took off his helmet. It's all about the forehead and scalp that shines with iron blue. There is also a slender money rattail on the back of his head. Under the pillars of the outer porch. Dozens of Bao Yi Jiala and Niu Lu Zhangjing stood there respectfully, and they didn't dare to take a breath of the atmosphere, although the cold wind blew on their faces like a knife. I don't dare to move around at will. Who made them the newly surrendered clothed minions?

A few days ago, when they were still the leading officers of the Ming Army's Guanning Army, there were soldiers wearing brand-new Nanban armor patrolling the hall, and in the hall, there were bursts of loud voices one after another. If it were the Ming people, of course, the people would not understand those words, because they spoke all Manchurian. An Altaic language family, derived from the Mongols and transmitted from the West. However, these former Guan Ning soldiers can understand a few percent, for no other reason, Guan Ning Army has had an inexplicable ambiguous relationship with this group of thieves in Liaodong since the Wanli period, if they can't communicate with each other, how to get along?

Above the hall, the Jiannu generals will be like the stars holding the moon, the white flag owner, the general Rui Prince Dolgon, and the red flag owner, Yangwu general Yue Tuo in the middle, slightly different, Dolgon, whether it is a title, official position or seniority, is one level higher than Yue Tuo, so he sat high on the east side of the head Yue Tuo to accompany him on the west side. On the left side of the lower head, the eight banners of Manchuria, the white flag of the main Duoduo, the inlaid red flag of the main Du Du, the inlaid blue flag of the main Jierharang and others sat proudly. On the right side of the lower head, the eight banners of Mongolia are seated separately.

With such a lineup, those who were born in the Guan Ning Army had no choice but to stand outside the door and listen to the cheers.

"My Qing soldiers are invincible, two months into the customs, deep into thousands of miles, capture dozens of counties in the Ming Kingdom, kill the Ming garrison, more than 1,000 generals and hundreds of people, capture hundreds of thousands of people and wealth, Julu Jiazhuang, Gao Jize battle, but also killed the Ming Governor Lu Xiangsheng, defeated 30,000 or 40,000 Guan Ning troops, captured more than 20,000. This time, it is to conquer the city of Baoding, and the capture is huge, such a great victory, comparable to the great victory of Emperor Taizu Gao's Salhu! Since the first year of Chongde, my Qing warriors can return with plunder. ”

It was Dolgon who spoke, and his words caused a howl from everyone present.

Yueto, who sat to the right of Dolgon, also smiled reservedly. There is also the blue flag banner owner Zierharang at the bottom, who is proud of his identity and age, so he naturally can't be as happy as the little hairy head here, and he also stroked his mouse whiskers and nodded slowly. It was Yue Tuo's younger brother Shuo Tuo, who crossed his arms with Duoduo and the others and laughed wildly, and couldn't stop howling, "It's a pleasure to fight with Uncle Fourteen!" ”

"Taking advantage of this great victory, my Qing warriors need to muster up their remaining bravery, continue to go south, and then wave their troops to Shandong and break through Jinan!"

Dorgon's words made the crowd happy again.

However, the Han people have a saying that their brothers settle accounts. Let's rest in this Baoding Mansion for a few days, and then go south after the year of the barbarians! Someone will report the seized accounts! ”

Several pen notes came out, holding a thick account book in their hands, standing in front of everyone, and began to read the accounts, just in case, each seized account has more than three pen post records, in order to prevent someone from cheating, leaking and eroding. When the series of numbers made people's eyes beat warmly, Yue Tuo only remembered this set of numbers:

More than 3,000 soldiers of the Baoding car battalion were captured, including more than 200 Fran machine guns. The general had eight cannons, one hundred and twenty-eight chariots, each with two Francophone machines, four bird guns, and four rocketeers. There were also 60 tiger squat cannons. In addition, there were 4,967 households of craftsmen of all kinds in the city, and 31,027 soldiers of all colors were captured.

"It's still fucking to fight these prefectures, towns, and provincial towns, and there are a lot of good things for barbarians. There are many people and property seized by craftsmen, too! ”

The sound of Shuoto slapping his breastplate against the mountain, ignoring the greasy stain on his hands and staining his brand-new robes.

"Tell us, tell us, how many barbarian women have been added to your account?"

"Not much! Yesterday the minions sent me four, and they are all young ladies from some big family! Ngetu, much stronger than you Mongolian women! But he will serve people! ”

"That's it! Less gossip! Let's listen to the general first! ”

Yue Tuo stopped the unbridled words of a few guys, and asked the fourteenth uncle Dolgon to give instructions.

"The seizure of our entry into the customs is huge. For all kinds of artillery alone, more than 100 Nanban artillery pieces were captured from Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian, and hundreds of artillery pieces were captured in Baoding and other cities. As for talking about the population. It's even more in the hundreds of thousands! ”

"According to the will of His Majesty, a batch of people and goods have been seized, and a batch of goods will be sent to Shengjing, and you will be summoned here today. The first is to tell you about the rest of the army for a few days and the attack on Jinan. The second is to discuss and discuss. Let's see who is willing to escort goods to Shengjing, and those captured cannons? ”

These words were suddenly like pouring a scoop of cold water into a hot oil pot, and the atmosphere that was still in full swing immediately cooled down. Everyone knows the way, and with the army plundering everywhere. It is not only relaxed and comfortable, but also has wealth and military merits, delicious food and drink, and beautiful women to warm the bed, which is much more comfortable than returning to Shengjing in Liaodong for thousands of miles in ice and snow to hand over the seized things!

After some embarrassment, Dorgon had to use the authority of the general to appoint him.

"The Blue Flag Banner Lord Jierharang, the Red Flag Mongolia, the Red Flag Mongolia's Engetu, and Buyandai, the three of you, escort the seized goods back to Shengjing!"

"All flags, all Jiala, rest for five days, five days later, the red flag Shuo Tuobeizi stayed in Baoding, and the rest of the men and horses went south with the king to capture Jinan!"

"Wow! Jinan is the palace of the Ming Kingdom! This time, let's taste what the county lord of the Zhu family is like! ”

"Uncle Fifteen, you have tasted it, remember to let your nephews and grandchildren taste it!"

"That's nature, are we solitary eaters?!"

The singing and harmony of Duoduo and Shuoto caused everyone to laugh wildly.

On the 28th day of the same lunar month, the cold wind blowing from Siberia swept across the entire capital with a whistling whistle, blowing garbage all over the streets. Although the New Year is coming soon, there is no festive celebration in the entire Jingshi. The streets and alleys were full of victims who poured into Beijing, and as more and more refugees grew, the government could not provide relief, and a large number of people died of freezing and starvation in the cold wind every day. Every day, the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division had to use carts to pull hundreds of corpses to the transformation field outside the city to be incinerated.

In the Qianqing Palace, the eunuchs and palace maids became more and more cautious, lest they take a wrong step and lead to death. In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the chapter with his brows locked, and in a short period of time, his face was much paler, the wrinkles on his forehead, and the gray hair on his temples were more.

The situation of the battle turned down, the Xuanda army and the Guanning army were defeated one after another, and the fall of Baoding shocked the government and the opposition. Jiannu cut off the canal to the east, and the price of grain in the capital soared. Many ministers have already asked the emperor to sell the grain and rice in the inner treasury at a parity in order to stabilize the price of grain in the capital.

At present, the Ming Dynasty is powerless to stop the offensive of the Qing soldiers. Seeing the fall of cities one after another, tens of thousands of people being taken captive, and countless goods turned into war funds for Jiannu, no one could do anything. Although Emperor Chongzhen handled political affairs more diligently, he found that he was completely useless, and he was exhausted, and he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and looked at a few twists and turns, but it was about Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet.

The Qing soldiers entered the Kou, Liu Yuliang invited himself to be an inspector, and an article was written with impassioned flowers, and the flickering Chongzhen immediately wanted to ask Lu Xiangsheng to take Jingkan, and ordered Liu Yuliang to be the governor of the world's military horses, and Chen Xinjia and other towns and soldiers and horses followed. Unexpectedly, Liu Yuliang said that he did not mean to be a governor of the military horses, but only said that he wanted to supervise the military horses of the world. However, there was no choice but to command the military horses in Beijing. Unexpectedly, just after Zhuozhou, Liu Yuliang heard the news that Lu Xiangsheng was killed in battle and the Guanning army was defeated, and he was even more frightened in his heart. His army did not arrive in Xushui County, and heard that the Qing soldiers attacked Baoding and failed to attack Baoding, Baoding governor Zhang Qiping abandoned the city and left, Liu Shoufu and Chen Xinjia were colorless, and hurriedly led the army to Jinzhou through Laishui and Yizhou to take refuge.

Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, closed the door, Liu Yuliang was furious and passed the arrow. Otherwise, military justice will be engaged. Chen Hongxu ignored it, and sent a message to Liu Yuliang: "The superintendent is coming to defend against the enemy, and now the enemy is coming, so how can I avoid it?" If you don't continue to eat food, you have the responsibility to go to the city, and you don't dare to listen to your orders. ”

Liu Yuliang had no choice but to lead the army to avoid Tianjin, while writing a letter of impeachment. Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to arrest Chen Hongxu, and the people of Jinzhou Prefecture filed a lawsuit for Chen Hongxu. May there be a thousand people in their own place. See these twists and turns. Emperor Chongzhen hesitated again.

He threw the fold on the desk and said hatefully: "Liu Yuliang is useless in the end, leading tens of thousands of powerful troops back and forth for thousands of miles in vain, only disturbing the people, but he doesn't dare to fight with Jiannu!" The Cabinet will do the work. There are also a few weeks of Yanru and Yang Sichang. ”

He preached a will. The Jinju Zhiju Chen Hongxu engraved level called. He ordered Liu Yuliang to be severely reprimanded, and then sat in a daze. finally worried about the military situation, and ordered a eunuch to go to the general. Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, invited.

Soon. Yang Sichang came in, respectfully stepped forward to greet Emperor Chongzhen, and then lay quietly on the ground.

Every time he saw Yang Sichang, Emperor Chongzhen was very relieved, and he said softly: "Aiqing, get up." ”

Yang Sichang kowtowed again, and then stood up and waited for the emperor to speak.

Chongzhen said: "Where is the Dongyu soldier now? ”

Yang Sichang said: "Back to the emperor, the main force of the Dongyu has converged in Hengshui, Zaoqiang and other places. The cabinet agreed that the thieves had the intention of entering Shandong directly from Dezhou, and Weichen had passed on the governor of Shandong, Yan Jizu, to lead troops to defend it, so as to prevent the captives from penetrating deeply. ”

Chongzhen said: "Where are Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and other Qinwang military horses? Is there any movement in Li Shouhan's department? ”

Yang Sichang pondered for a while and replied: "A few days ago, I received a report from Inspector Hong's Pegasus that 50,000 Qin soldiers have arrived at Niangzi Pass. In addition, because the place was ruined, there was nowhere to collect grain and grass, and the marching speed was naturally slow. As for the Governor of Nanzhong Lee,"

Yang Sichang twisted his beard and carefully considered the vocabulary in his mind, the relationship between Li Shouhan and Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou was clear to him, Lu Xiangsheng's death can be said to have been caused by him and Chen Xinjia, how to appease Li Shouhan so that he would not come to climb himself for Lu Xiangsheng's affairs is a question that he has been thinking about in recent days.

"The minister also sent people to the mansion of Governor Li of Nanzhong to ask questions, but the people in the mansion only said that the situation at sea was unclear and did not dare to speak falsely."

Yang Sichang's words suddenly made the atmosphere in the warm pavilion become more and more solemn.

Now that the Guanning army has been defeated, the Xuanda army has been defeated, the Qin soldiers are far away in Niangzi Pass, and the various military horses around the capital do not have a backbone, and all the departments are cowering. The only Nanzhong army that dared to fight Jiannu head-on was thousands of miles away, perhaps still tossy at sea.

"Is there any news of Gao Qiqian and others?"

After a long while, Chongzhen burst out of his teeth.

Hearing Chongzhen's words, Yang Sichang couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

The things outside can be hidden from Chongzhen, but they can't hide it from him.

Although it went viral outside, after the battle of the giant deer. Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian were killed in battle, but the Ministry of War and local officials only found Lu Xiangsheng's body, and never found Gao Qiqian's body, so it cannot be determined whether Gao Qiqian was killed in the battle of Gaojibo. Not only that, but there were officials from all over the country who played one after another, saying that they saw hundreds or thousands of Guanning troops wandering around, thinking that although the Guanning army suffered heavy losses, those general officers should not have died in battle.

And Lu Xiangsheng praised Yang Tinglin in the army, and recently he has been running around the capital, shouting everywhere, claiming that the reason why the battle of Julu was defeated was entirely because Gao Qiqian had tens of thousands of male soldiers who could not be saved when they saw death. He shouted from the Yamen of the Six Ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple to the cabinet, claiming that Lu Duchen died in a bloody battle, and absconded in fear of crime.

If Chen Xinjia is impeached and removed from office, then his plan for peace talks will go to an arm.

Yang Sichang is also suspicious of Gao Qiqian's whereabouts, of course this eunuch does not have the courage to die in a bloody battle, and it is very likely that he is afraid of crime. Gao Qiqian didn't show up, and he couldn't use a series of follow-up moves on Lu Xiangsheng. If Li Shouhan took the lead after entering King Jingqin, this matter would have been lost.

Hearing Chongzhen's questioning, Yang Sichang was very happy, and he had made a decision in his heart, it didn't matter whether Gao Qiqian was dead or not, Lu Xiangsheng was definitely dead, and the matter should be settled.

While he was groaning, Cao Huachun, the great eunuch on duty outside, walked in gently.

"Emperor, the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division came to report the news and sneaked into the city. As soon as he entered the city, he used the Guan Defense of the Commander of the Tianxia Qin Wang Soldiers and Horses to order the soldiers and horses to go and seize all the businesses in the capital of Nanzhong, including the mansion of Governor Li. The people below couldn't make up their minds, so they went to the palace to ask for orders. ”

Yang Sichang was startled by these words, this high dive, could it be crazy? How can you, a eunuch who has not yet been held accountable for the crimes of the defeated and lost master, seize the property and mansion of a foreign feudal lord who is now in the midst of a holy family and the imperial court is about to rely on?!

Chongzhen's pale face suddenly swelled up with a sickly flush, and it disappeared cleanly in an instant. In its place, it was a face full of green energy.

"This dog minion! I didn't ask him for the blame, but he came to provoke my ministers! Cao Huachun! ”

"The slave is here!"

"Take the Jinyi guard to tie up that dog slave to see me! Also, you can go to General Li's mansion on my behalf, so that I can appease the frightened. Check the loss, and then compensate from the family wealth of the dog minion! ”

I originally wanted to say that the loss was made up from the inner house, but it was really a bit painful, so I simply gave it to others! (To be continued......)