In the Forbidden City, the Taihe Palace, Emperor Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon chair with a black face and said nothing. He is not only angry with the courtiers today, but also dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng, this dissatisfaction has reached the limit! In the face of repeated urging from the imperial court, Lu Xiangsheng still stood still and retreated to confront the Qing army in Baoding Mansion. Lu Xiangsheng's reason is very sufficient, most of the Ming army is infantry, poor mobility, according to the city and defend can still compete with the Qing army, if out of the city field battle, the Gyeonggi area is mostly plains, the Qing cavalry cavalry first-class melee combat is even more fierce. It often comes and goes like the wind, and even if our army is several times larger than the Qing army, it may not be able to take advantage.

It is stupid to be able to stand in the Taihe Palace, Lu Xiangsheng's reasons are understood by everyone, not to mention that Lu Xiangsheng's current strength is not as strong as Dolgon. But the Qing army did not come to attack the city, they came to plunder. At present, in Zhili, in addition to the Beijing camp, only Lu Xiangsheng is left, and he has a large number of troops in his hands to resist the Qing army. If Lu Xiangsheng had been cowering in Baoding City and no one had restrained Yue Tuo, then the Qing army could have attacked and plundered Beizhili and Shandong.

Of course, the most worrying thing is that a cavalry force of tens of thousands of people galloped across the Gyeonggi Chongdi, but the Ming army suffered defeats one after another, and Lu Xiangsheng, who was the governor of the world, was unable to move forward, which was a heavy blow to the morale of the people of the capital and the soldiers of the Beijing camp, and the Ming court needed a victory to boost morale! So the courtiers were in a hurry, and Emperor Zhu Youzhen was very angry! It's just that it's anxious, angry, and blind, and no one seems to have a better way, so things can only drag on!

After the Bingli eunuch Wang Chengen sang that there was something to do and nothing to do and retired from the court, Yang Sichang, the second assistant who had been very quiet recently, was the first to go out of class and knelt on the ground, "The minister has the ......" Yang Sichang finished saluting, and after Zhu Youzhen's Aiqing flattened, he glanced at Sun Chengzong, who was standing at the forefront of civil officials, and then slowly unfolded the chapter in his hand, "The minister received the music of Wang Lenian of Gaoyang Zhixian here, and impeached the rebel minister and thief Yang Hongzhang!" According to the minister, Yang Hongzhang was originally a pirate in Zhejiang...... The emperor was grateful for his talent to be promoted to the grass, but this son did not think about the emperor's grace, and wanted to take people to escape from the battlefield several times, and after the Jiannu army besieged Gaoyang for three days, he led the team out of the battlefield on the grounds that the cavalry contained Jiannu outside the city, and there has been no news so far. Yang Hongzhang took almost all the muskets and war horses in Gaoyang City, as well as the 200 cavalry from the Tianxiong Army who came to support Gaoyang. Now that Jiannu is besieging the city again, Gaoyang's precariousness is the fault of this son, and the minister asked the emperor to issue a decree to arrest him for the crime of treason. Others will be imprisoned together! ”

Yang Sichang was alarmist as soon as he opened his mouth, all the courtiers knew that he was making a big fuss, and a military general who had only been promoted from the fifth rank recently because of his military exploits was certainly not worth discussing at the court meeting, and Yang Sichang, a bachelor and secretary of the military department, personally went out. But people who understood quickly reacted that Yang Hongzhang was recommended by Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong's resurgence was precisely because of the thousands of Qing soldiers won by Yang Hongzhang in those three battles. Now that Yang Hongzhang has an accident, even if he can't be punished in the end, he will be disgusted and disgusting Sun Chengzong. Of course, if according to Wang Lenian's statement, then Yang Hongzhang is hard to die, and it is the emperor's mercy if he does not raid his family and destroy the clan. Then his recommender Sun Chengzong is a great responsibility, and it is possible to go to work again.

Sure enough, after Yang Hongzhang finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen's face changed, and the imperial history of those inspectors jumped out to accuse Yang Hongzhang like flies that smelled the smell of feces, and even directly pointed at his introducer Sun Chengzong.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the crowd and knew what Yang Sichang wanted, this was to force Sun Ge to go out of Beijing to supervise the teacher. So he naturally turned his gaze to Sun Chengzong, who was standing at the front, but found that the old man was deaf to what happened as if he had settled down.

Zhu Youzhen coughed dryly, and when he saw Sun Chengzong open his eyes, he asked, "Elder Ge, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Sun Chengzong turned around and looked at Yang Sichang with a smug face, turned back to look at Zhu Youzhen, and then solemnly knelt and bowed, and did not get up when Zhu Youzhen even moved his hands to support him, but looked at Zhu Youzhen with blazing eyes, and then took out a piece of music that had already been prepared from his sleeve, raised his hands above his head and said loudly: "Congratulations to the emperor, a rare good general!" ”

Although everyone was puzzled, they also knew that the old man had already had a way to deal with Yang Sichang's sudden attack. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly beckoned Wang Chengen to come down quickly and take the chapter from Sun Chengzong's hand. Zhu Youzhen took it and opened it, and after a few glances, his face changed greatly, and then he laughed and was angry for a while. The civil and military officials in the hall were curious.

The corners of Sun Chengzong's mouth twitched, and he said that he was still hesitating to cover up for Xiang Siwen, but he didn't expect that Yang Sichang would even win over a small Gaoyang Zhixian in order to deal with him. No wonder Wang Lenian couldn't wait to cross the river and demolish the bridge after leaving, but Yang Hongzhang was really powerful, if Xiang Siwen's recital was true, then in the future, who could still take the hundreds of flintlock pistols in Yang Hongzhang's hand to say things.

Zhu Youzhen, who finished watching the recital, found that Sun Chengzong was still kneeling under the Danchi, so he quickly stood up and walked down the throne to help Sun Chengzong up. The emperor's action immediately let the Manchu Dynasty civil and military know that Yang Sichang's small action failed. So I was even more curious about how Sun Chengzong would resolve it when he arrived.

saw that Zhu Youzhen did not immediately return to the throne, but slowly walked towards Yang Sichang.

I saw Zhu Youzhen say loudly: "I believe that Yang Hongzhang does have nearly 400 flintlock pistols. Because it can be seen in the recitals of the prefect of Songjiang and the prefect of Shanghai that in the face of thousands of pirates, how can they achieve the slaughter of the pirates with only 300 broken copper and iron from the governor of Zhejiang? In the same way in Qingxian County, facing 300 Jiannu cavalry, how to achieve 200 people ambush 300 and then annihilate them all......"

Seeing the emperor say this, the civil and military officials were even more puzzled, so Yang Sichang's accusation was true. Then why was there no anger on the emperor's face? It can only be said that Yang Hongzhang's credit is far greater than these.

Sure enough, I heard Zhu Youzhen continue: "But don't forget, he Yang Hongzhang was detained by the Dutch in the waters of my Daming, and it was with his bravery and wit that he was able to get rid of the enslavement of the Dutch and successfully snatch the sea ship and travel thousands of miles back to Daming." How could he do it without flintlock guns, without artillery, without sailors who gave their lives to protect the Lord? Then you see what Yang Hongzhang did after he came back from the sea? ”

"Lead 400 sailors against 3,000 pirates, successfully intercept more than 30 clippers, leaving behind 1,000 corpses and hundreds of prisoners! Then the three battles that came to Beizhili must be familiar to you. It's just that I'm afraid that even Wang Lenian doesn't know what Yang Hongzhang did when he led the cavalry out of the city. In order to fight for merit, Wang Lenian's performance is very good, leading the people to hold on for three days, and the enemy will be injured and return without merit. How did the Lord get hurt, and who was it? ”

"Your Majesty, these are not the point. The point is that Yang Hongzhang escaped from the battle, so that Gao Yang is now in danger. Once Gaoyang falls, Baoding will become a lonely city. Emperor. Yang Sichang saw that the emperor was full of words of maintenance, and hurriedly interrupted.

Zhu Youzhen glared at Yang Sichang fiercely, and then said: "Not to mention that Gaoyang's defense is led by Yang Hongzhang. Alone that night, Yang Hongzhang led 600 cavalry to pursue thousands of Jiannu and captured the enemy's main generals Haoge and Aobai, is this credit that Wang Lenian dares to think? ”

"Your Majesty, this is impossible. If Yang Hongzhang really captured Haoge, why didn't he bring it directly into Gaoyang City or send it to the capital? ”

"That's the good protégé of yours. Yang Hongzhang and others led their troops to pursue at night, but the magistrate of the county ruled that in order to control Gaoyang alone, he monopolized the military exploits but did not let the heroes enter the city to rest. Yang Hongzhang had to lead the team to leave Gaoyang. Now that Jiannu has gone and returned, the responsibility has become Yang Hongzhang's? ”

"Impossible, Your Majesty, this is impossible." The more Yang Sichang listened, the more panicked he became, he knew that there must be something wrong with Gao Yang, but if it was the emperor who said it, it would be too passive. So he interrupted Zhu Youzhen again, "Your Majesty, this is completely Yang Hongzhang's one-sided statement, which is enough to show that Yang Hongzhang left Gaoyang in order to monopolize the credit." Otherwise, how to capture Haoge and such a major event would not be reported to the imperial court, and Gaoyang Zhixian would not be notified. Then Wang Lenian is not stupid, why can't he tell which is more important than three days of perseverance and the capture of a prince of the Qing army? It must have been deliberately concealed by Yang Hongzhang. ”

"Humph! Don't forget that there are tens of thousands of taels of silver brought by Yang Hongzhang himself and robbed from a long distance in Gaoyang City. Compared to these, Gao Yang's safety seems insignificant, right? ”

Yang Sichang was stunned, he didn't expect Sun Chengzong's recital to even have these details, but he still insisted: "These are just Yang Hongzhang's one-sided words, which are to exonerate his own crimes." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled, because Yang Sichang always thought that the chapter was written by Yang Hongzhang, how did he know that it was the prefect of Hejian who wrote the chapter. He felt that it was quite relieving to play Yang Sichang. So he turned and walked towards the throne. came to the dragon case and picked up the piece and said: "The matter of Gaoyang, the prefect of Hejian Xiang Siwen saw it with his own eyes. At that time, Yue Tuobing surrounded the river, and Xiang Siwen originally wanted to go to Baoding for help, but he witnessed the miracle and strange things in Gaoyang. But I still have to thank Wang Lenian, if he hadn't forced Yang Hongzhang away, how could there be a great victory in the river! Haha, haha...... Yang Aiqing, look at it for yourself. As he spoke, he handed the chapter to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen ran down to deliver the chapter to Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang took it and looked at the beginning of a cold sweat, because the prefect of Hejian asked Si, compared with the small prefect, the prefect of Zhengsi is still a bystander, I believe who is afraid that there is no need to argue. It's just that what surprised Yang Sichang even more was the content behind. He is an old fritter in the officialdom and knows the Spring and Autumn penmanship reported by the officials, but there are several facts that cannot be ignored. In the next two battles, that Yang Hongzhang actually captured the two main generals of the Qing army, one of whom was Yue Tuo, the commander of the Qing army's right route army! Compared with the name Yue Tuo, the details of the battle in Hejian Mansion and why Xiang Si asked for help alone with the dignity of the prefect were overlooked.