Chapter 165: Emperor Chongzhen is depressed, and Emperor Taiji sends troops

Hearing Li Yunhe say this, Yan Boju said: "Little rabbit cub, you still sell Guanzi, and good things will be said quickly." ”

"Good! I say. Li Yunhe was also very honest in front of Yan Boju, "Master Qingfengzi's engine oil, hydraulic oil, and transformer oil are really good. After putting oil into the gearbox of our machine tool, there is no problem at all when the speed is adjusted to 3,000 rpm, and we are ready to continue to accelerate after changing the bearing; Our diesel engine uses oil circulation cooling lubrication, the problem of engine overheating has been greatly improved, I estimate that the oil circulation is a little better, and the diesel engine may be able to work stably; It is also much more convenient for our hydraulic equipment to use hydraulic oil, especially after the vegetable oil on the buffer device on our artillery is completely replaced with hydraulic oil, there is no need to change the oil all the time; Li Di soaked the transformer in the transformer oil, so there was no need to use a fan to cool it outside, and the cooling effect was good and safe, because it was not easy to arc. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that there were many people in this room who couldn't fully understand why Li Yunhe was so excited when he said this. However, Zhang Zhimu and Lu Bingyi understood that the benefits of a little breakthrough in this basic thing were too great.

Yan Boju smiled and said, "I don't understand these things you said, you still tell me, when can your heavy artillery be used?" ”

"Li Wei was going to go out of the customs with Uncle Chen, but he didn't go in order to try this heavy artillery. They're running out of shots. Li Yunhe also said: "The three twin guns used on our steel-hulled ship have been produced a long time ago, and they are waiting to be put on board. We also produced a few guns with heavy artillery towed by horse-drawn carts, and when Li Wei finished shooting their watches, they could be pulled away and used. ”

Li Yan seemed to know the power of the 130 heavy cannon, he said: "This 130 heavy cannon is terrible, put it on the edge of the Yellow River, and you can flatten Tongguan." With such a cannon, not a single boat on the Yellow River can pass. ”

Li Mao rubbed his hands and said, "Hurry up!" When our steel-hulled ship is built and sails to the Yangtze River, then both sides of the Yangtze River will be ours. Regardless of Zuo Liangyu or Zhang Xianzhong, if they are not convinced, they will be honest after a few shots. ”

"That's right! Right! There was a chorus of approval in the room.

Yan Boju asked: "How much is the difference between this 130 heavy artillery and our 120 heavy mortars?" ”

Li Yunhe said: "Of course, the power of the 130 cannon is much higher. However, they are not of the same use, the advantage of the 120 heavy mortar is that it has a high trajectory and can hit targets behind the wall, while our 130 gun can destroy the wall. The other 130 is a flat-fire gun, which can be aimed like a grab, with high shooting accuracy. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's New Year was not very happy, and the silver sent by the kiln gang people was not enough at all, and he was not satisfied everywhere. Emperor Chongzhen was angry that these ministers in the court did not go out to get silver, and now they all expect to borrow silver from the kiln gang people, and they have never said good things about the kiln gang people. This time, the Yaogang people borrowed less silver, and Emperor Chongzhen knew very well that there was a reason why the Yaogang people were not satisfied with the officials they sent back to Shanxi. Also, the people of the kiln gang spend a lot of money to heal the wounds in Shanxi, and they must collect the money when they send people back, otherwise what will the officials eat. Therefore, it is natural for the people of Yaogang to be dissatisfied, but Chongzhen thinks that Shanxi is my Shanxi. Is it still a place for the imperial court to not send officials? But when they sent someone back, they couldn't collect the silver, not to mention that the silver of the kiln gang people not only did not lend themselves the two million taels of silver they borrowed, but they also did not have the original one million.

However, Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhang Zhimu gave him a code book, which made him very interested. It is great that only those who have this codebook in their hands can know the contents of the letters.

It was because of this codebook that Emperor Chongzhen was able to let go of the emperor's dignity and write a secret letter to Zhang Zhimu earnestly. Because it was Gonggong Li, who sent the letter, peeked at it, and he didn't know what was written in the letter.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect that his letter would play such a big role. Zhang Zhimu immediately asked Gonggong Li to bring back 500,000 taels of silver and 5 million yuan of kiln coins, which is one million taels of silver. And two thousand muskets, two hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, twenty thousand**. Regarding this musket, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to open his mouth several times to ask the kiln gang people, but he was embarrassed to speak again because he needed to borrow silver. In particular, what warmed Emperor Chongzhen's heart was that Zhang Zhimu also gave himself one million yuan of kiln coins, that is, 100,000 taels of silver. Now in the capital, Yaogang coins are used like silver, and it is even more convenient to bring than silver. This million yuan kiln coin is really too timely. His own use has been reduced again and again, making himself an ugly emperor. The harem can't be rewarded, and they must have a lot of complaints. But how do they know that the emperor is also strapped for money!

This time, Emperor Chongzhen was able to straighten up and speak in the court again. However, about Kaifeng, Emperor Chongzhen has always been very depressed. He was furious when he heard that the king of Zhou and the people of Yaogang were very close, and these vassal kings, holding the court's money, but hooking up with outsiders, were simply too hateful. But he also thought that when Zhang Zhimu was besieged in Kaifeng, although his strength was still very weak, he made clever efforts to relieve Kaifeng. It's understandable that they have a better relationship. So although he was not at ease with King Zhou, he didn't kill the killer, and felt that if he brought their whole family to the capital, they would not be any threat. Otherwise, if the kiln people really have different aspirations, then Kaifeng is likely to be the bag of the kiln people. So he sent the governor of Xichang, who was easy not to use, and asked him to bring someone to pick up King Zhou into Beijing. However, the news sent back by these people from the West Factory was that King Zhou was seriously ill and would not last a few days. This was confirmed by the information from the inner line of the Zhou Wangfu and what the governor of Xichang saw with his own eyes. But the strange thing is that soon the people of Xichang suddenly evacuated the Zhou Wangfu and disappeared. The people of the Zhou Wangfu could not find them, so they had to send someone to send a letter to themselves, because the Zhou King was seriously ill, and asked to enter Beijing later. This made Emperor Chongzhen not know what to do, so he simply raided the Zhou Palace, just because he had a good relationship with the Yaogang people, and he really couldn't say it. After saying such things, don't think about borrowing the silver from the kiln again. The depressed Emperor Chongzhen did not agree with King Zhou's family to enter Beijing later, nor could he urge them to enter Beijing. So Emperor Chongzhen didn't reply again. This matter was put down. After a few days, there was no news of King Zhou's death, and Emperor Chongzhen understood that they were using a delaying tactic. If you force others now, it is likely that they will really turn against them. I had to put this matter down for now.

Huang Taiji, who was far away in Liaodong, was really surprised to hear that the Yaogang people had sent someone to transport a large number of supplies to Prince Tori and his tribe. What surprised him was not that the strong combat power of the Yaogang people made the Mongolian people of the Chahar tribe suffer heavy casualties. He was surprised that the people of Yaogang saw their strategy so clearly, and even sent people out to sabotage their plans when they had just defeated Li Zicheng and still needed to cultivate their vitality. It seems that there are masters over there in the kiln. This can't help but make Huang Taiji think carefully about how to deal with Zhang Zhimu in this kiln post next.

Military Fan Wencheng couldn't come up with a better idea all of a sudden. Because he couldn't judge the next plan of the people in Yaogang. According to the intelligence, the Yaogang people withdrew from the killing of Hukou to the Great Wall after sending the materials.

Fan Wencheng said: "We simply know too little about the information of the kiln people. They got up too fast, and we couldn't get into their upper echelons even if we sent people temporarily. It didn't help to send in some homeless people. I don't know if the people of Yaogang will support Prince Tory's tribe this time, or if they will continue to support it. It stands to reason that the Han and the Mongols are simply incompatible, so how can they unite. ”

Huang Taiji said: "This shows that we have met a smart opponent." The person who can defeat Li Zicheng's million-strong army is definitely not an ordinary person. The Mongols must be completely conquered, and after the beginning of spring, they must urge the Chahars not to be afraid to unify the Tumut side as soon as possible. We need to threaten the Ming Dynasty from the northwest. ”

"The Chahars shouldn't be vulnerable! Although the Yaogang people have the advantage of firearms, on the grassland, only our Qing army iron cavalry can subdue them with great effort. Soldier Fan Wencheng said: "What I'm worried about is that if the kiln people really see through our intentions and the spring begins, they will still send troops to support Prince Torrey and them." If this is the case, the Chahar tribe will still be a light enemy, and they will suffer a big loss. ”

"Most of the Chahar people's forces are used on the Tumut people besieging Daqingshan, and they don't take the Yaogang people's transport team seriously, no matter how powerful their transport team is, there won't be many people, if they have a lot of people, they don't need to send supplies to Prince Tory and them in the mountains, just beat the Chahars away. I don't think the Yaogang people are capable of sending troops against the Mongols. They will also fight to the death within the Ming Dynasty, because they will get more cattle and horses if they occupy Mongolia. There is no reason for them to send troops to Mongolia with all their might at this time. We do not hesitate to resolutely accomplish our goals. "Huang Taiji still doesn't want to give up his plan, because he can't attack Daming now, but he can't do nothing.

Fan Wencheng was still a little worried, he couldn't tell what he was worried about, but he just felt that the kiln people gave him a very bad feeling, "King Khan!" We can't afford to be careless. I saw that the spring was open, and we sent a Qing cavalry to help the Chahar people. This makes me feel a little more at ease. Our iron horsemen, with their strong bows and crossbows, can overcome their musket superiority in the steppe as long as they give full play to our advantages. Besides, there are Chahars leading the way. ”

Fan Wencheng said that there was a saying that the Chahar people were taking the lead, which made Huang Taiji and a group of Shuobeile people laugh out loud. Then the Shobels asked for war and sent troops.

Huang Taiji thought of fighting with the Yaogang people, and he couldn't help but feel a little cool in his heart, and he was thinking that the people sent this time must not be cowardly, and they must be resourceful.

After muttering in Fan Wencheng's ear for a while, Huang Taiji said: "Azig listen to the order!" Because you have accompanied me to conquer Chahar, you are familiar with the situation there, and you are brave and resourceful, so I ordered you to lead your troops to assist the Mongolian Chahar Department in completing the great task of unifying Monan in the spring of next year. Contribute to my great Qing Dynasty. In fact, Huang Taiji knew that Azig had a brave and resourceful plan, and he said this to remind Azig to use his brain as much as possible in case of trouble.

Azig got up and knelt down, "Xie Khan, I will definitely live up to my mission and complete the great task of unifying Monan." ”

"This time, you are likely to meet the hateful opponent of the kiln people, remember the lesson of the red flag, do not be careless. I ordered you to go because you value your strength of not being reckless. You must remember that you must not be careless, there is something for the Chahars to take the lead, and you must see the situation before acting. Huang Taiji said uneasily.

"King Khan rest assured. I remembered. ”

The other Baylors were jealous, and they all wanted to send troops to fight. Because only by sending troops to fight can we make meritorious achievements, have gold, silver and jewelry, and have women.

It makes sense for the Emperor Taiji to send this Azig. Azig was the twelfth son of Nurhachi, and was a half-brother to Dorgon and Dord. Azig was the owner of the white flag and was known as the first brave general in the Huang Taiji period. The second brave general is Huang Taiji's eldest son, Haoge. Azig had accompanied Nurhazi on his expedition to the east and west, and was deeply appreciated by Nurhachi. He also followed Huang Taiji to fight many times, and was a Baylor relied on by Huang Taiji. Azig, who can conquer and fight, goes out to take charge of himself, and Huang Taiji is very relieved.

The color of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also very interesting, it turned out that Azig and Dolgon, Duoduo they led the yellow flag and the yellow flag, but after Huang Taiji seized power, they changed their original white flag and white flag to the yellow flag and the yellow flag. Azig, Dorgon, and Dordor had to change their rulers to the yellow flag and the yellow flag. However, Azig, Dorgon, and Duoduo still led a lot of Oxen, and they had a total of ninety-eight Oxen, while Huang Taiji and his son Hauge only had one hundred and seventeen Oxen.

After Azig received the order, he happily went back and prepared to go on the expedition. These Manchu soldiers were willing to go out to fight, because most of the captives they captured would be slaves themselves, and most of the things they grabbed would be kept by themselves. Therefore, although they only sent 300 soldiers to Niu Lu, each of them would carry a retinue of house slaves behind them, some even brought a few people, and each soldier even had a few horses behind him. Their soldiers are only responsible for going into battle and fighting. Therefore, their soldiers practiced martial arts very hard from an early age, because with martial arts, they could go into battle and make meritorious deeds, and they could also rob wealth and slaves. Therefore, their soldiers are very motivated to fight, and sometimes they bring minions to help their masters rob property.

When Chen Yufeng and the others sent troops, they didn't expect that Huang Taiji, who was so far away, would send troops to help the tribe of Chahar to fight. However, Huang Taiji would not have thought that their plan to send troops would be known to the people of Yaogang.

That night, Zhang Zhimu, who had been busy all day, just lay down and wanted to sleep early. The phone rang suddenly, there was no urgency at this time, and the switchboard would not pick up the phone. Zhang Zhimu picked up the phone, and it turned out to be Li Zhi calling. Li Zhi said on the phone: "Mr. Zhang, can you get up and come over?" ”

Zhang Zhimu was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay! I'll go over right away, you can wait for me in the office! ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Li Zhi could get him up, and he couldn't say it on the phone, there must be something important.

Zhang Zhimu came directly to Li Zhi's intelligence center, and Li Zhi waited for Zhang Zhimu in front of the door and took Zhang Zhimu to his office.

Li Zhi poured water for Zhang Zhimu and said, "Drink some cold boiled water." No one boiled water at night. ”

"You're welcome! Let's talk about it. While speaking, Zhang Zhimu suddenly thought of a thermos in his mind, and Zhang Zhimu wondered why he hadn't thought of a thermos before? It may be that the people around me have always been able to satisfy themselves with hot water, so I didn't think about the hot water bottle.

Li Zhi sat on the sofa next to Zhang Zhimu, straightened up and said, "Mr. Zhang, can you still remember the incident when we broke a Manchu liaison station in Zhangjiakou?" ”

"Remember!" Zhang Zhimu motioned for Li Zhi to continue.

"Do you remember Huang Zhi, the bodyguard of the Manchu envoy Yan Jinghua?" Li Zhi reminded Zhang Zhimu.

"Hmmm! Remember. Zhang Zhimu said: "If you don't say it, I forgot." Huang Zhi, who injured a right hand, went back to Liaodong to pick up her mother, but there was no news later. Now there's Thaksin? ”

"yes!" Li Zhi said: "This kid has been back for so long and hasn't come back, I thought he had flown away." I didn't expect it to be today. He still came back with his wife. ”

"Oh! How did he come back and why did it take so long? ”

"Let's talk about the information he brought back first!" Li Zhi said: "Huang Taiji is ready to send Azig, who is inlaid with a white flag, to lead troops to Chahar to help the Chahar Department unify Monan. This time, they set off from Liaodong at the beginning of spring. Huang Zhi got the news during the Spring Festival, and he just ran around in the name of taking his wife to see his relatives during the New Year. He kept pushing the old lady to Zhangjiakou with a wheelbarrow. They didn't dare to contact our Zhangjiakou branch when they arrived in Zhangjiakou, but took our shuttle bus to come. ”

"His news is very timely, and we will send the information to Uncle Chen and them tomorrow. As long as Uncle Chen and the others are prepared, they are not afraid. Zhang Zhimu muttered in his heart, this Azig is a famous general. According to the original history, Azig once outflanked Li Zicheng's Dashun army, killed Liu Zongmin, and captured Song Xiance alive. It seems that Huang Taiji has made a bloody investment in northern Mongolia. It also shows that he made the right move, but he can't say these words.

Huang Zhi said that there were a total of 98 cattle records inlaid with white flags and positive white flags, which were relatively large in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. I just don't know how many troops they can send this time?"

"It doesn't matter how many of them they have, as long as we're prepared, it's fine."

"Come on, tell me what's going on with this Huang Zhi, right?" Zhang Zhimu said.

Li Zhi smiled slightly and talked about Huang Zhi's experience after leaving.

After Huang Zhi recovered from his injuries after killing Hukou, he took the silver rewarded to him by the kiln gang people, followed a smuggling caravan, and returned to Liaodong around the Mongolian steppe. I wanted to bring my mother back, but when I got home, I saw that my mother was already sick in bed from hunger and cold. He had no choice but to ask Lang Zhong to treat his mother first. When his mother was better, he was thinking about taking his mother with him, and he couldn't go through the original passage when he wanted to enter the customs. Those who walked this path were caught and died quite a lot. He had no choice but to wait for an opportunity, but fortunately, his mother was very willing to stay away from the Manchus, and they had been waiting for an opportunity. During the Chinese New Year this year, he found that the Manchus were particularly happy, and when he inquired, he learned that the white flag was about to go out to fight in the spring. The white flag is going out to make a fortune, and they are very happy. Huang Zhi originally thought that the Manchu army was going to enter the pass and plunder again. Later, when I inquired again, I learned that they were going to Chahar to help the Mongols in their war. It is said that the Yaogang people of Shanxi helped other Mongols. When Huang Zhi heard it, he knew that this was going to fight with the Yaogang people. There was no other way, so he pushed his wheelbarrow and followed the smuggling caravan around the Mongolian steppe. It's hard to describe the risks you pass along the way. To make matters worse, he only had one hand, and he was pushing his mother with a rope around his neck.

Huang Zhi's story moved Zhang Zhimu very much. But Zhang Zhimu was a little uneasy about Huang Zhi, "Li Zhi! Huang Zhi's story is very touching. But we're in intelligence, don't you think this story is a little too touching? ”

Li Zhi was silent for a while, nodded and said, "It's too perfect, it's too touching." We can only listen to him in everything. But it's up to us to see if his information is accurate? ”

"I can't say anything!" Zhang Zhimu said: "We analyze the worst-case scenario, if he is sent back by the Manchus, it is worth using such information as a cover. It's better if we know this kind of information like them, and it's not a big problem if you don't know. ”

Li Zhi looked up at Zhang Zhimu and thought, this is the one who is doing intelligence, whether what he said is right or not, this way of thinking is not something that ordinary people have, and ordinary people have long been uncalm about the stories of passive people. He said, "Let's watch him slowly!" If he was sent back by the Manchus, he would not care about small matters, and he would have to have important information to take action. There must be someone on his periphery to cooperate with him, and he has no acquaintances here in the kiln. As long as he contacts other people, he can find problems. I'll arrange his affairs myself, don't worry. Li Zhi quickly figured it out.

Hearing Li Zhi say this, Zhang Zhimu was relieved. When it comes to meticulous work, Zhang Zhimu knows that he is not as good as Li Zhi. If Li Zhi attaches importance to this matter, if Huang Zhi really has a problem, he will not be able to run.

Zhang Zhimu said: "We have to arrange their mothers and sons according to the treatment of meritorious heroes. Pay attention to his wife, and find more problems from her! ”

Li Zhi simply admired Zhang Zhimu, and he was not wronged at all when he was a subordinate to such a person.

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The Song army occupied Hokkaido, and Yuankou landed on the island of Kyushu. Opening up the Japanese battlefield. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".