Forbidden city.

Chongzhen angrily threw Liu Yuliang's song to the ground.

And then.

Chongzhen glared at Xue Guoguan and Yang Sichang angrily: "What is going on with this Jinzhou Governor Chen Hongxu, the army is crossing, and he is not allowed to enter the city to rest!" ”

Yang Sichang had to go forward and replied: "Your Majesty is angry, the Ministry of War has issued an order at the end of October, and the local state capitals are preparing money and food to help the officers and soldiers!" And local food and military assistance is an example over the years, and now Chen Hongxu is doing this, which is a violation of the order, and he should not be unclear. ”

Xue Guoguan deliberately favored Chen Hongxu, so he also stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, from the minister's point of view, this matter may not be blamed for Zhizhou Chen Hongxu, Chen Hongxu, as a pastoral official, has the responsibility of protecting the people, and the officials and soldiers have always been more disciplined and loose, and often disturb the people and distribute money and grain to the squire, causing the people's resentment to boil. ”

Although Chongzhen lives in the court, as he grows older, he also knows what kind of birds he has in the Ming Dynasty, and now he listens to Xue Guoguan's analysis, and he also feels that what Xue Guoguan said is reasonable.

"That being the case, the ticket intends to make Chen Hongxu defend himself."

After Chongzhen said this, he held his forehead and asked Yang Sichang: "Where is Lu Xiangsheng now?" ”

"Go back to Your Majesty, hurry up and go back and forth, Lu Xiangsheng has arrived in Julu seven days ago", Yang Sichang replied.

The Ministry of War continued to order and ask, and Liu Yuliang immediately urged this Lu Xiang to speed up and fight a decisive battle with Jiannu! So as not to keep the officials and soldiers in Hejian, Baoding, and Zhending for a long time, disturb the people, and affect the luck! ”

Chongzhen said.

Yang Sichang couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, Jiannu is powerful, and with the strength of the official army, it may be difficult to succeed in the decisive battle with Jiannu." ”

"I know, but they have been delayed in fighting the Jiannu for a long time, and I am worried that the people will not be able to drag down the chewing of these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and even cause them to fall into the grass due to the lack of food, endangering the place!"

Chongzhen said.

"Yes!" Yang Sichang replied.

At this time.

Wang Chengen hurriedly ran in: "Your Majesty! Eight hundred miles of express delivery! The superintendent reported that Jinju City fell into the hands of Jiannu without a fight, and Lu Yuan's troops had been ordered to attack Jinju City! ”

"What?!"

Chongzhen stood up suddenly, hurriedly took over the song, and after reading it, he immediately shouted: "What a Chen Hongxu!" What is he doing, the front foot refused the official army to enter the city! The back foot let Jiannu break the city without a single soldier! ”

Xue Guoguan couldn't help but chuckle in his heart when he heard Chongzhen say this, and he became a little flustered, and began to worry that the emperor would be angry with him because of this, after all, he had just said good things for Chen Hongxu.

Chongzhen did glared at Xue Guoguan angrily.

Xue Guoguan was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down: "Your Majesty forgives me, and the minister didn't know that he Chen Hongxu would suddenly lead to the loss of Jinzhou City." ”

"Humph!"

Chongzhen didn't say anything, only said: "Yang Sichang stays, you retreat!" ”

Thereupon.

Xue Guoguan retreated, for a while he felt quite uncomfortable, thinking to himself what this Chen Hongxu was doing, why did the front foot refuse the official army to enter the city, and the back foot let Jiannu break the city, could it be said that he Chen Hongxu had joined Jiannu?

"This Chen Hongxu is in vain for my minister of the Ming Dynasty! Spread the decree, seize his official title, confiscate his family, and exile his people! Break into the! ”

At this time, Chongzhen also thought the same as Xue Guoguan, thinking that Chen Hongxu might have surrendered to the enemy, otherwise it would be impossible to lose Jinzhou without a fight.

The fall of Jinju City made Chongzhen depressed for a day, but he was also used to it, Jiannu had captured many cities he didn't know since he entered the customs, and now he just wanted to win another battle like the restoration of Qingdu.

A few days later.

Another 800-mile express teleported into Beijing.

"Your Majesty, great joy! Supervisor Liu Yuliang played, he has ordered Lu Yuan's department to recover Jinzhou! and burned hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and grass for the main force of Jiannu, and beheaded the general of Jiannu Yangwu, Belle Yueto! The head of his Yue Tuo and his official seal armor were delivered to Beijing with him! ”

Chongzhen, who was still depressed, heard the news at this time, and he didn't care about any etiquette, so he hurriedly ran out: "Quickly bring the report!" What a Lu Yuan! I didn't disappoint me again, the first time I attacked Qingdu City, killed Jiannu Gushan Ezhen Feiyata, and now I have recovered Jinju, beheaded Yuetuo, and burned Jiannu grain and grass, which is really my blessed general! I want to reward him heavily! ”

Yang Sichang smiled when he saw this, and said in his heart: "Since the appearance of this Lu Yuan, Your Majesty has been much more than before, but this Lu Yuan is indeed powerful, since the forty-seventh year of Wanli, except for the incident of Nurhachi being hit by shelling, there has never been a thing like Lu Yuan that has caused the Jiannu clan to sink into the sand!" ”

Xue Guoguan was also jealous, he didn't understand how this Lu Yuan was so powerful.

At this time, Chongzhen had already begun to carefully look at Liu Yuliang's recital.

Liu Yuliang naturally boasted about his exhaustive, strategic, and resourceful and decisive things in the report, as if this time because Chen Hongxu refused to enter the city and mobilized the surrounding people to accept his official army and Lu Yuan's recovery of Jinzhou, etc., all of which he commanded, and even he thought in advance of letting Lu Yuan sneak attack Jiannu's grain and grass, and let Lu Xiangsheng attract the main force of Jiannu, so as to increase Chongzhen's good impression of himself.

Of course, he didn't lose Lu Yuan, and boasted about Lu Yuan's bravery, saying that Lu Yuan's daily food was five buckets of rice, ten catties of meat, and his arm strength was outstanding.

As for Shang Kexi, Liu Yuliang also elaborated on Shang Kexi's belief that Jiannu had gone and beheaded hundreds of enemy traitors and Jiannu, and asked the imperial court to forgive Shang Kexi and choose his talents to use it, and also attached Shang Kexi's own request for guilt.

At the same time, Liu Yuliang also submitted a note with Chen Hongxu and corresponding evidence stating that the fall of Jinzhou City was caused by the surrender of Jinzhou Township Gentry Yan Mei and others, and also stated that Chen Hongxu had committed suicide in fear of crime.

The more Chongzhen looked at it, the more wonderful he felt, and when he saw Liu Yuliang boasting about Lu Yuan, he couldn't help but smile and said: "I have such a good general, why worry about the king's business!" ”

But at the same time, Chongzhen also frowned, thinking that this Lu Yuan was so brave, and Liu Yuliang praised him so much, would he be the second ancestor Dashou, and Liu Yuliang would be the second Yuan Chonghuan.

And Chongzhen naturally didn't say this suspicion, only hid it in his heart, and at the same time, continued to look at the music with interest, and when he saw Shang Kexi's happy things, he hurriedly took out the Shang Kexi invitation sin Shu who was sandwiched in the song, and looked at it for a while: "Hmph! Surrender to the enemy as a slave, thinking that if you become the king of Yidi, you are really a human being, but you do not have the courage of Lu Yuan but also the loyalty of Lu Yuan! ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but compare Shang Kexi with Lu Yuan, but the more this was the case, the more he was worried that Lu Yuan would not be able to use it for himself, and the worry in his heart became heavier.

At this time.

After Chongzhen saw that the fall of Jinzhou was caused by the squire's defection to the enemy, he was also a little angry: "Bastard! How have I neglected you people, and you are so shameless! ”

After seeing Chen Hongxu's suicide in fear of sin, Chongzhen smiled and said: "You are interested!" An incompetent official who misleads the country and the people! ”