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In the Forbidden City, the Taihe Palace, Emperor Zhu Youzhen's face was pale. Since the Qing soldiers broke through the customs, he almost did not have a few days of peace, just now at the beginning of the early dynasty, the military department squire Chen Xinjia sent two copies of the chapter, one is Shandong, Zhili Governor Yang Sichang, by Zhu Youzhen high hopes of the cabinet University Soldier Department Shangshu Yang Sichang was still reporting to the imperial court a few days ago, how the Shandong soldiers quickly recovered the lost territory, how to eliminate the Jiannu, so that the Mao Dynasty civil and military happy for a while, the result was that within two days of this group of people in the Qing Dynasty, the entire Shandong town of soldiers and horses were almost wiped out. Only a few thousand people fled back to Jinan, never daring to fight again. The north and west of Jinan were almost once again looted by the Qing army.

Yang Sichang defended the city with 20,000 men, facing the loss of the commander of the Manchu Right Route Army. Zhu Youzhen couldn't understand why Yang Hongzhang was able to block 3,000 people from Haoge and Aobai with just a few hundred people, and he could also launch a surprise attack and capture Haoge and Aobai. Then, with a mere 600 men, he successfully attacked Hejian and captured Yue Tuo, the commander of the Right Route Army.

What made Zhu Youzhen even more angry was that the general soldier of Datong, Wang Fu, went out of Shanxi from Zijin Pass, and was almost wiped out by Dolgon in the first battle. It is said that Wang Fu fled to Baoding Mansion alone to meet Lu Xiangsheng. Although the specific situation may be different from what Lu Xiangsheng said in the chapter, Zhu Youzhen finally understood why Lu Xiangsheng, who was both civil and military, and was brave and good at fighting, refused to come out this time unusually in Baoding City. The result was that he was chased by sixty or seventy thousand cavalry.

The next thing that made Zhu Youzhen worry even more happened, and Lu Xiangsheng, who had been cowering in Baoding Mansion, finally decided to move. Because Hu Dawei, the general soldier of Shanxi Town, was in the south, and as soon as he came out of Shanxi, he was attacked by a large number of Qing soldiers and Qing soldiers! According to Lu Xiangsheng's guess, it should be the right army of the Qing army commanded by Yue Tuo before! According to the intelligence, the Right Route Army was the first to enter the pass, with a number of about 30,000. 30,000 tiger-wolf-like cavalry, Hu Dawei's more than 20,000 infantry is definitely not an opponent, if there is no reinforcement, then Hu Dawei is the next king! Now the remnants of Datong have entered Baoding, and the soldiers and horses of Shandong Town have fled back to Jinan, if the soldiers and horses of Shanxi Town are completely annihilated again, then Lu Xiangsheng has to face the Qing army alone again. So Lu Xiangsheng is also a helpless move.

Lu Xiangsheng's departure from Baoding means that the decisive battle between the Ming army and the Qing army is finally coming. Lu Xiangsheng also mentioned in the recital that Guan Ning had been stagnant in Gu'an, and had almost become a special unit that listened to propaganda and did not listen to tunes. And Lu Xiangsheng just hoped that the imperial court would strictly order the soldiers and horses of Shandong Town to immediately move closer to Baoding, and only by concentrating troops could it be possible to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army!

Zhu Youzhen scolded his mother in his heart, scolded Yang Sichang and Liu Zeqing for being waste, and scolded Wang for being waste! If the soldiers and horses of their two towns can preserve their strength, then the Ming people in Baoding will not lose to the Qing army at least in terms of numbers.

"Your Majesty, judging from the intelligence, Duoduo should have been directly inserted horizontally from Linqing to intercept Hu Dawei, so there should be no Jiannu army from Linqing to Hejian to Baoding, at least there is no large-scale army. Yang Sichang and Liu Zeqing should immediately reorganize their troops and horses and go north. The imperial court can order Hu Dawei to arrange defenses in the area of Julu, and can learn from Lu Xiangsheng to defend the city in order to consume Jiannu. In addition, Xiong Wencan of Henan and Zuo Liangyu of Huguang should be ordered to immediately cross the river to the north and go north. Chen Xinjia came out of the class and suggested.

"Your Majesty, since Lu Xiangsheng has decided to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, then the minister thinks that there is no key person missing in this decisive battle, that is, Yang Hongzhang, the general of Hejian. The imperial court should let people rush to Hejian and let Yang Hongzhang immediately prepare troops and horses to support Lu Xiangsheng. Xue Guoguan was the second to stand up and suggest, for fear that everyone would miss the monkey that had been dancing happily recently.

Zhu Youzhen frowned, and then he was overjoyed, yes, there is another key person in Hejian Mansion. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Sun Chengzong come out and play: "Your Majesty, no." Lord Xue's words are inappropriate. Although Yang Hongzhang fought bravely, he was also quite witty. However, there are only a few hundred soldiers, and it is only a few hundred people, and it will be a great achievement if you can guard the river with peace of mind. If it is easy to mobilize the soldiers and horses between the rivers. Once Jiannu knew that he only needed a few thousand people to occupy Hejian again, then the grain and grass in the river would provide Jiannu with the possibility of a war of attrition, and the loss of Hejian would also deal a blow to the morale of our army. ”

"Elder Sun Ge, I have heard of General Yang's attack on Shanqi. Having such an army harassing on the periphery will definitely make it difficult for Jiannu to dispatch, and the purpose of Jiannu's second visit is to plunder, if General Yang can successfully contain a large number of Jiannu troops on the Eastern Front, it will also be a strong support for Lord Lu. So the lower officials thought that General Yang might as well move! Moreover, as long as the river moves, it can also meet the Shandong soldiers and horses, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Your Majesty, Yang Hongzhang has only 600 people, and most of them are people, which can be described as a drop in the bucket in such a large-scale decisive battle, and basically does not play a role. On the contrary, if you are not careful, you will be surrounded by a large force of Jiannu's cavalry, cuddling the grass and beating rabbits, and the rout or even total destruction is only within a snap of your fingers. Sun Chengzong continued to defend Yang Hongzhang.

"Your Majesty, General Yang is a world-renowned talent, wouldn't it be a waste to live in the river. The soldiers under his command are also one to ten, and now that the decisive battle between the two armies is imminent, such a person does not participate, and our army's chances of victory are much less. Xue Guoguan insisted again and again.

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, Yang Hongzhang and the soldiers and horses between the rivers let Lu Xiangsheng go to dispatch. He is the commander-in-chief of the front, and he should know better than you when to fight and when to defend. "Seeing that the two sides are about to quarrel again, it is rare to be enlightened. In fact, Zhu Youzhen himself was also hesitant, feeling that what Sun Chengzong and Xue Guoguan said made sense, and he really wanted Yang Hongzhang to play a great blow to the Qing army, but the cruel fact is that Yang Hongzhang's subordinates were only a few hundred elite soldiers plus some temporarily recruited people.

As a result, some people didn't want Zhu Youzhen to worry, but Fan Fucui came out of class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Yang Hongzhang should not only not be reused, but should be immediately seized from his post and investigated!" ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the entire court suddenly became noisy again. understands that people know that this is someone who is determined to change his mind, and wants to achieve the goal of squeezing out Sun Chengzong by rectifying Yang Hongzhang. It's just that this time everyone is curious about what the reason is. It is useless to hide firearms and the like, and people took these muskets to dedicate them to the imperial court and led people to kill a lot of Qing soldiers. In addition to rewards, the court should also make up for the silver spent by others.

Zhu Youzhen also frowned and looked at Fan Fucui, only to see the old guy trembling and taking out a piece of music from his sleeve and saying: "Yang Sichang, the governor of Shandong and Zhili, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong Town, jointly reported that before the war, Governor Yang had sent people to Hejian to ask for help, and asked Yang Hongzhang to escort the slave chieftain Haoge and Yue Tuo to Linqing. As a result, Yang Hongzhang refused. Yang Hongzhang sat and watched the Jiannu army besiege Linqing and did not save it, and obviously had the opportunity to use the slave chieftain to negotiate terms with the other party but did nothing, resulting in the defeat of the Shandong soldiers in Linqing. This is not just disobedience to military orders. As everyone knows, Yang Xiang is not only a cabinet scholar, but also the governor of Shandong and Zhili! Isn't Hejian under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Zhili? He's self-respecting! ”

"Your Majesty! Lord Fan didn't dare to agree with this! Chen Xinjia, who originally had no position, couldn't help but see these cabinet scholars playing party struggle again regardless of the safety of the front line. Why didn't Yang Hongzhang rescue Linqing, isn't that obvious? And Haoge and Yue Tuo Xingku were not escorted to Linqing, otherwise wouldn't they have been snatched back by Duoduo?

"Lord Chen, isn't the most taboo thing on the battlefield to be disrespectful? Didn't Lord Lu also impeach Gao Qiqian and Guan Ning Tieqi, the reason was not disobedience on the battlefield. This Yang Hongzhang first broke away from Gaoyang without authorization, and now he does not respect the governor's order, and the imperial court cannot completely ignore the law because he accidentally studies and works and let him go unpunished. Merit is merit, demerit is transgression, and rewards and punishments should be clear. Xue Guoguan also seemed to know that it was impossible to defeat Yang Hongzhang with such a little thing alone, but how could the battle in the court be successful, this was constantly disgusting Sun Chengzong, and constantly burying nails in the emperor's heart. No matter how good a courtier is, he can't stand up to slander and criticism. If there are many times, it will always be annoying! Xue Guoguan's purpose is like this, the people below can see it clearly, but Emperor Zhu Youzhen doesn't seem to understand, he can't figure out why these scholars who have read poetry and books always want to constantly target rare talents like Yang Hongzhang when the country is in danger?

Fortunately, someone soon helped him out. Because Zhu Youzhen has ordered that all front-line battle reports should not be delayed since the Qing troops entered the customs, even in the middle of the night, the cabinet must report in time and discuss the results when they receive the medals. So just when everyone in the court was thinking about how to deal with Yang Sichang and Liu Zeqing's single core, a Huangmen squire hurriedly walked in, holding a piece of music in his hand, everyone knew that there must be something wrong on the front line again, and everyone was nervous, and they didn't know if it was Lu Xiangsheng or Hu Dawei?

Zhu Youzhen's face was also solemn, and he was relieved until Wang Chengen took the chapter from the hand of the Huangmen squire and handed it to him, opened it and looked at a few lines.

It turned out that what was sent was a joint concert by Yang Hongzhang, Xiang Siwen and Gao Keng, the content of which was mainly to report victory, the battle of Funiu Mountain, and the annihilation of more than 2,000 Qing troops! Zhu Youzhen, who watched it, couldn't believe that this was true, more than 2,000 Qing cavalry, still in the wild, Yang Hongzhang only brought 1,000 people and 500 people to achieve such results!

After reading it, Zhu Youzhen asked Wang Chengen to hand the chapter to Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong was also surprised, if it weren't for the joint name of Xiang Siwen and Gao Keng, Sun Chengzong would even wonder if Yang Hongzhang was a meritorious.

The third person to see the chapter was Chen Xinjia, the squire of the military department, his expression was the same as Zhu Youzhen, it was very complicated, of course he hoped that this was true, in the current difficult situation, such a big victory was too timely. But he is equally skeptical of this authenticity. Because from beginning to end, Sun Chengzong was saying that Yang Hongzhang's subordinates were only a hundred people, and even if the defenders of the river were added, there were only more than 1,000 people who had really been on the battlefield. Blocked 20,000 Qing cavalry and killed more than 2,000 people! Chen Xinjia felt a little ridiculous, but what Yang Hongzhang did was not beyond their imagination.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter should be true. Hejian is only two or three days away from the capital, and it is not difficult to send someone to check the autopsy. The court should praise the three men. Especially Yang Hongzhang, he should expand his right to lead the troops, so that he can contain Jiannu more so that he can better participate in the upcoming decisive battle. "Chen Xinjia, as a squire of the Ministry of War, still made a very difficult decision when there was a dispute between the Secretary of the Ministry of War and Yang Hongzhang.