Chapter Seventy-Nine: Moving North

Tuhai's counterattack caused Zheng Chenggong a lot of trouble.

Among the Wei ports in Tianjin, the hoarding was a large amount of baggage that Zheng Chenggong had allocated from Japan, Korea, Fujian, and Taiwan. This fire is burning, and within at least half a month, even if Zheng Chenggong goes down the mountain customs and joins forces with Zhou Quanbin, there is no possibility of attacking Beijing.

This gave Beijing a respite.

But the respite is just a respite.

After Tu Hai returned to Beijing, he received great courtesy, and the emperor personally received Tu Hai, and coaxed the world with the order of Tianjin's great victory.

But the focus of this imperial court gathering is no longer on Tu Hai.

It's about whether the city of Beijing is fighting or defending.

On the Qianqing Palace.

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor Dì Dū were there, and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs counted one as one, and almost all the people in Beijing came. Today's discussion is the defense of the city of Beijing.

"Your Majesty," Jie Shu said, "stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, and now the southerners are surging, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Liaodong, have all disintegrated." ”

"Li Dingguo attacked Taiyuan, and Zheng Chenggong's division has fought several battles with Horqin. Shanhaiguan was lost, and Tianjin Wei fell. ”

"If you can't get out of the customs quickly, the imperial court will be trapped in the city of Beijing."

At this time, there should not be a moment of hesitation, and immediately make a decision. Your Majesty is invited to make a hasty decision. ”

Jieshu represents more than just himself.

But many powerful people in the Qing army have this opinion.

On the whole, the quality of the soldiers of the Eight Banners is still very high, but among the elites at the top of the Eight Banners, there are many losers. In the face of such a big war, the first thing they think of is to protect their family business.

Under Zhang Xuan's strict policy, they did not dare to say surrender, but it was possible to escape.

As for what the future holds, none of them thought about it.

"Your Majesty, you can be angry but not vented, even if you want to leave, you can't leave now. The Xia army must be defeated under the city of Beijing before retreating. Ao Bai said.

Big waves wash the sand.

Under the defeat and retreat of the Qing army, a large number of generals overturned, especially the death of Zilharang, which caused more than 20,000 children of the Eight Banners to die in Luoyang, which brought a great shock to Beijing, and almost the whole city was white. Every household has filial piety.

But at this time, there are also people who stand out.

Become a talent that the imperial court has to pay attention to.

Ao Bai is one of them.

Ao Bai was the representative of a considerable number of soldiers in the city.

"Aobai." Jie Shu said sharply: "Do you think that the city of Beijing can break the Southern Dynasty, what if you can't?" Isn't it to put Your Majesty in a dangerous place, since ancient times, there are soldiers who can be rescued outside, and there is no city to defend inside. ”

"Where are the soldiers that the imperial court can help now? Wu Sangui? ”

Ao Bai said

"Even if it's all or nothing? At this point, there is no way back for our dynasty, our dynasty is ruled in Mongolia, it is already unstable, and now it is defeated and retreated to the steppe, do you think the Mongols will be convinced? ”

"Rather than being humiliated by the villain in the future, it is better to fight the winner under the city of Beijing, and if you win, the Southern Dynasty will withdraw the army, and the Mongols on the steppe will naturally not dare to act rashly. The imperial court can also be continued, such as Liaojin. ”

"We're not without a chance now."

When the emperor heard this, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "What are the chances of winning?" ”

Ao Bai said: "Bingsheng, the Southern Dynasty raised millions of soldiers, divided into four ways to conquer, high debts, supplying so many troops, spending money like flowing water. Now it has been fighting for several months, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers have died in the battle, especially under the city of Luoyang, which is not small.

The so-called one is a spirit, two and decline, three and exhausted, and now the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty have been suffering from conquest and morale, but it is just a will to win. ”

"Tuhai has Tianjin's great victory, that's exactly the case."

"The minister invited a large general to go out, outside the pass, contact the Mongolian tribes, lead the army outside the fortress, summon Hong Chengchou's army into the Beijing division, and defend the city of Beijing. Drag down the Southern Dynasty with the city of Beijing. ”

"Under the protracted situation, how can the Southern Dynasty support, and then make a thunderous blow when the time comes. It will definitely defeat the Southern Dynasty. Then the world will turn from danger to safety. ”

"If the imperial court withdraws from the capital now, then the world can look at the imperial court? The ministers everywhere, who still obeys the orders of the imperial court, at that time, the general trend has gone and is irretrievable. ”

The more Ao Bai spoke, the more excited he became, and the louder he spoke, and for a while, everyone's ears were buzzing.

Jieshu said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, don't be a momentary anger, the lessons of the former Ming Dynasty are still there, if a few years ago, Emperor Chongzhen moved south early, maybe, and now the war with our dynasty is still the former Ming." I have only this pair of belongings left, all smashed under the city of Beijing, once there is a loss, who can be responsible, who can be responsible? ”

Jie Shu looked at Ao Bai and said, "You? ”

Ao Bai didn't know what to say for a while, so he suddenly waved his fist and punched Jie Shu in the face.

Jieshu never thought that Ao Bai would do this. Suddenly the nosebleed for a long time, fell to the ground, his face was suddenly swollen, Jie Shu was angry and angry, and said: "Okay, good minion, you dare to beat me." With a wave of his hand, some of the generals came up.

After all, Jieshu is the master of the Zhenghongqi, and the generals of the Zhenghongqi call Jieshu the master, and at this moment Jieshu is beaten, that is, the Zhenghongqi is slapped in the face, how can he bear it.

Seeing that in the Qianqing Palace, it is time to stage a full martial arts. The Empress Dowager was immediately furious and said, "Presumptuous. ”

Since the front line has been defeated and retreated, there have been more discussions between Shunzhi and the empress dowager among the Eight Banners, and many people even said that if they knew this, it would be better to let Prince Rui be the emperor.

The prestige of the Queen Mother and Shunzhi's mother and son is not as good as before.

But no matter what, Ji Wei is still there, and the people below don't dare to despise it, and the queen mother has such a seizure, so she naturally quieted down.

The Empress Dowager said: "Let's all go down, Fan Wencheng stays." ”

Fan Wencheng is now in his sixties.

As an old minister, there have been some fades out of court affairs.

At least during Dolgon's time, Fan Wencheng did not dare to compete with Dolgon. But now, the queen mother still believes in the old minister.

Especially when the world collapsed, the nobles of the Eight Banners believed more and more in one thing, that is, the Han people could not be trusted. However, in their eyes, Fan Wencheng is no longer a Han person.

It's your own people.

When everyone left, the Queen Mother said: "Duke Fan, and today, my mother and son, I don't know what to do." Please also ask Fan Gong for guidance. ”

Fan Wencheng immediately saluted and said: "The slave doesn't dare to be, the life of the slave is Emperor Taizong's, how can he be so courteous as the master, the slave will definitely do his best to protect the Qing Dynasty." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "Then Mr. Fan, now what Jie Shu said is right, or what Ao Bai said is right." ”

Fan Wencheng said: "What Jie Shu and Ao Bai said makes sense. And today the lower capital is watching Beijing, if Beijing goes down without a fight, the imperial court will have no prestige on the grassland at all. ”

"It's impossible to gain a foothold on the steppe."

"But if you fold all the capital under the city of Beijing, it is impossible to gain a foothold in the grassland."

Shunzhi has become more and more silent recently, but after listening to Fan Wencheng's words, he couldn't help but say: "Mr. Fan, can't the imperial court hold Beijing and thwart the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Fan Wencheng listened, was silent for a while and said, "The slave is incompetent. ”

"Emperor Zhaowu, there is nothing surprising about fighting with soldiers, it is just that there is no one in the Ming Dynasty to sweep the south, but there is something outstanding in training troops and ruling the country."

"In particular, the method of military training, the establishment of the martial arts hall, is really unprecedented, so that the secret learning of the soldiers, for the world to learn, the method of military training, in just three months, can make the people become qualified soldiers. You can also defend against the Eight Banners. ”

"It's something that a minion would never dare to think of."

"He also occupies the rich land of Jiangnan, punishes the Jiangnan family, mints new coins and collects money. The treasury is full. ”

"Before he entered Nanjing, there were only more than 100,000 elite soldiers, but after a few years, he jumped to a million soldiers, and he was not a slave who was not dedicated, and he was really invincible."

"If you want to stay in Kannai, I'm afraid it's impossible."

Hearing Fan Wencheng's words, Shunzhi was immediately deflated.

The successive victories of the Northern Expedition also made some wise men in the Qing army carefully study Zhang Xuan's road to victory.

Some of the soldiers who were captured from the Southern Dynasty became Xiangwowo. After Fan Wencheng's analysis, this conclusion is not only analyzed by Fan Wencheng. There are other people involved.