On the fifth day of the fourth month, the generals ended the aftermath in Yiju, and the army marched south to embark on the return journey. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After this battle, the Manchu Qing Dynasty may be torn apart, and they will no longer be able to invade the Ming Dynasty in the south. The generals had the intention to take advantage of the victory to pursue the recovery of Liaodong and establish an immortal cause, but unfortunately the food was insufficient. The food and salary accumulated in the army could only last for a month, and the supply of food and salary in the imperial court had been cut off. If an army is sent to Liaodong, I am afraid that the army of more than 100,000 will collapse because of lack of food and grass.

The generals could only watch the Manchu Qing withdraw to Shengjing and the class teacher returned to the court.

On the sixth day of the fourth month, the triumphant army walked to Jinzhou. The Jinzhou warlord Zu Dashou no longer went south, and entertained the generals with a meal of wine and meat in Jinzhou City. At this time, the generals won a complete victory, were in a good mood, and got drunk one by one.

Fighting side by side on the battlefield and going to the national disaster together in front of the Tartar army, the generals had a lot of friendship with each other. Everyone staggered and drank very happily. Even Li Zhi, who is a high-ranking and powerful person, drank cup after cup with Cao Bianjiao, Yang Guozhu and others. Later, Wang Pu pestered Li Zhi again, and Li Zhi finally drank staggeringly, although he did not fall under the table and cry like Zu Dashou, he also helped Zheng Kaicheng back to his tent.

After a day of repairing at Geumsan, on the eighth day of the fourth month, the army went to Songsan. In the army, Lee Sik met Han Jinxin, the shogunate's secret guard ambassador, who had arrived quickly.

Li Zhi didn't know what Han Jinxin was doing when he came at this time, and met him in the big tent.

Han Jinxin knelt in the big tent, his face full of indignation.

"Master Hou, we heard about the Battle of Huwangba, and my army of the Tiger Warrior Division suffered heavy casualties, with more than 1,300 dead and wounded. Moreover, most of these dead and wounded were serious injuries caused by the trampling of war horses and the stabbing of long soldiers. ”

Li Zhi took a breath, nodded, and said, "That's true, this battle has suffered heavy casualties, and it is the first time in the history of my Tiger Division's war. They are all young people from my good family in Tianjin, who are full of spirit, and I can't imagine that I will die in Huwangba in the first war. ”

Han Jinxin said prostrately: "Master Hou, it's not worth it for these soldiers who died and were disabled in battle!" ”

Li Zhi was stunned and said: "Go to the national disaster together, kill slaves to serve the country, the eldest husband has to do this, this is also a matter of no choice..."

Han Jinxin said on the ground: "Master Hou! Master Hou, you don't know! Our informant in the capital said that the imperial court has silver! There were more than two million taels of silver lying on the account of Taifu Temple, which was enough to support the army for three or four months, and enough to drag the Tartars down. It was the civil officials who deceived the Son of Heaven and concealed the money, forcing the prince to issue an order to urge the war! ”

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't react at once.

Han Jinxin said loudly: "Master Hou, this is all civil officials, those soldiers who died in the battle of Huwangba are not worth dying!" ”

Li Zhi listened to Han Jinxin's words, only to feel that his qi and blood were surging upward, and he calmed down and asked, "How do you know such a secret news?" ”

Han Jinxin said: "Master Hou, I have made friends with a household head in Beijing. On the first day of April, he drank with the people of Taifu Temple, and accidentally learned that Taifu Temple had accumulated more than 2 million taels of silver. There is so much silver in Taifu Temple, and the head of the household department and the head of the household must know it. This principal is a loyal character, and he knows that this is Shangguan deceiving the Son of Heaven. ”

"There is no leaky wall in the world, this chief intoxicated the officials of the Taifu Temple, knowing that this time it was the cabinet deputy assistant Wu Fu who took the lead, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu He Shishou operated, the Ministry of Household Shangshu Li Zhiqing, the Taifu Temple Qing Chen Shandao implemented the specific implementation, and dozens of civil officials joined hands to cooperate and collectively deceived the Son of Heaven. This person in charge couldn't get used to Shangguan's actions of ignoring the safety of the country, so in anger, he told me the news overnight and asked me to relay it to Hou Ye. ”

When Li Zhi heard this, he closed his eyes helplessly.

Unexpectedly, he had a bloody battle in Huwangba and suffered heavy casualties, but he turned out to be a pawn being manipulated.

Unexpectedly, those soldiers who did not retreat in the bloody battle and bravely served the country turned out to be victims of the conspiracy of civilian officials.

It is unimaginable that these civil officials can play with power tricks, ignore the country's social affairs and ignore the people of the world, and push the front-line soldiers into a desperate situation for their own interests, and put the country on the edge of the precipice.

This battle was the decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The total population of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty was only one million, but they all worked together to pull out an army of 230,000 to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. The population of the Ming Dynasty exceeded 10,000, but because of the deception of dozens of civilian officials, they could not pay for the 170,000 soldiers and horses, forcing the army to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army with less battles and more battles.

If it weren't for the bloody battle of his own Tiger Ben Division, which defeated 50,000 Tartar Iron Cavalry who were more than three times his own, this battle would definitely be defeated and unwon. If the 170,000-strong army was defeated outside Jinzhou, the consequences would be unimaginable.

If the Jinzhou War is defeated, the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty may be over. The 170,000 army is the last pair of belongings that the Ming can pull out, once it is defeated, not to mention how many front-line soldiers will die, just say that the national defense of the Ming Dynasty, after a defeat, the Guanning defense line will obviously collapse.

The Ming army was no longer able to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars, and it was a matter of time before the Qing army entered the Central Plains.

In that situation, all the Han people in the world will cut their hair and become slaves.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was brutal and killed all the Han people in Liaodong when they established a state in Liaodong. If the Tartars are allowed to enter the Central Plains, how many bloody Han people will be killed, and how many cities will be slaughtered that are unwilling to surrender? How many densely populated towns are about to be turned into ruined ruins. How many bustling markets are going to be scorched? How many tens of millions of people will die in the world?

These results are the obvious outcome of the defeat in the Battle of Jinzhou.

For the sake of their own selfish interests, the civilian officials disregarded the common people in the world, and wanted to obstruct them and force the front-line soldiers to be defeated. How vicious is his heart and his intentions are sinister?

What are they for? Isn't it just that he is afraid that Li Zhi will become bigger step by step and threaten the interests of the officials and gentry in the world, so that these civil servants and gentry can no longer live a luxurious life of drunken dreams and death! Isn't it because Li Zhi levied commercial taxes on merchants and land taxes on gentry!

These civilian officials knew that the Qing army only had a few hundred thousand people in Liaodong, and once they entered the customs, they still had to rely on them to govern the world. Even if the emperor is in the world, they just change their official robes and continue to be officials. And if Li Zhi grows bigger little by little and controls the imperial court, maybe the civil officials will be overturned by Li Zhi one by one.

Without him, because these civil officials are too dirty and shameless, it is impossible for Li Zhi, who is determined to revitalize the country, to let them go.

Therefore, these civilian officials would rather let 170,000 soldiers who fought bloodily be killed by the Tartars on the front line, and would rather let this civilization fall into a catastrophe, and pull Li Zhi off the horse, rather than let Li Zhi make great contributions to the future.

Li Zhi pressed the armrest of the chair hard, his face was unwavering, but his heart was already full of anger and anger.

Li Zhi once again understood that he had underestimated the shamelessness of these civil officials.

"Han Jinxin, you reported to me in a timely manner, you did a good job."

Li Zhi closed his eyes, as if he saw the more than 1,000 soldiers who died in battle again, and saw those young faces.

It took a long time for him to open his eyes.

"The civil officials involved in this matter, if I, Li Zhi, do not kill, I will not be a man!"