Chapter 63
Since Gao Qiqian didn't get any cheap under the hands of the Xingtian Army, he also stole chickens and beat the rice all over the ground to find teeth, and also gave a large number of armor and cannons to the Xingtian Army, which was enough for the Xingtian Army, so Xiao Tianjian did not plan to retaliate against them anymore, which also luckily allowed the official army stationed in Chen to the west of Shunde Mansion to escape.
However, for this matter, Xiao Tianjian did not give up on this, and immediately ordered the scribes in the army who were good at writing to write an article on this matter, and ordered the clerks to copy it more overnight, and then sent a large number of scouts to various places in Beijing, and posted this article condemning the imperial court to various places, and also sent people to send this article back to Luoyang, and then ordered Niu Jinxing to arrange people to copy it in large quantities, and sent people to continue to distribute it throughout the country.
In addition to exposing the actions of the official army, this article also exposes the hypocrisy of the imperial court, and denounces the current imperial court for ignoring the Tartars into the Kou, avoiding war everywhere and not daring to resist it, but taking advantage of this opportunity to poison the Xingtian army who resolutely went north to resist Jiannu, and also wantonly slaughtered the Ming Dynasty's own people, killed the good and risked the merits, and looted the people's property, but unfortunately the officials and the army are a group of wine bags and rice bags, not only did they not take the opportunity to get cheap, but they were also beaten up by the Xingtian Army, and the Xingtian Army can expose this matter. I am not to blame in the past, but I warned the imperial court and the local government and the official army that they should not punish the heavenly army in the future, and now it is best to join forces to expel the Tartars from the customs first, and don't do such a thing as a matter of relatives and enemies.
At the same time, this article also explains the battles fought by the Xingtian Army in the north and the Tartars, and announces the achievements of the Xingtian Army, as well as the hostile attitude of the officials in Jingfu to the Xingtian Army's anti-slave actions.
This article was posted in a very short time by the scouts and scouts all over Beijing, first this notice appeared at the gate of Shunde Mansion, and then even in the surrounding capital after the New Year, this article also appeared, and immediately caused an uproar in the Ming Dynasty, causing the people to scold the court bastards, and even some scholars also wrote to impeach Gao Qiqian, at this time not to lead the troops to fight the Tartars, but to deal with the Xingtian army that came to help the court resist the construction of slaves.
There is a scale in the hearts of people, which can measure who is thinking about the country and the people, in this regard, the court and the government that hold the right to public opinion did not consider seizing the opportunity, when the matter broke out, Zhu Youzhen was the last to learn the news, when he learned the news of the potential defeat of the Zhanghe River, and also got an official of Guangping Mansion to play a note, detailing the actions of the official army for the people in the area of Guangping Mansion, and the angry Zhu Youzhen almost fainted, and immediately issued an edict to remove Gao Qi from the post of commander of the army, The Dongchang was sent to Shunde Mansion to arrest Gao Qiqian and escort him back to the capital to be punished for his crimes.
He was angry not because of his own decision, but because he was angry and didn't have enough courage to take so many soldiers and horses to block a Xingtian army and those people, not only did he not be able to complete the task he assigned, but he was beaten to a mess by others, and if he was defeated, he was defeated, and he also set up troops to plunder the place, which made him, the emperor, face where to put it!
Remove Gao Qiqian, someone will replace him, just at this time Liu Yuliang, the right attendant of the ministry, jumped out to invite himself to join the army as an inspector, so Chongzhen was immediately very happy, and felt that this Liu Yuliang was a person who dared to do anything, and even if Liu Yuliang was ordered to replace Lu Xiangsheng, he also took over the post of Gao Qiqian, and went to Shunde Mansion to take over the soldiers and horses under Gao Qiqian.
Originally, this Liu Yuliang was also a drill camp villain, and he wanted to jump out at this time to show his determination, but in fact, he didn't think about taking on any important responsibilities at all, but it was too wrong when he chose, it just happened that Lu Xiangsheng's disappearance (killed) Gao Qiqian provoked the wrath of the saint, and the timing of his jump out was just right for him to sit on this turnip, as soon as he heard that he was going to be the governor, Liu Yuliang was suddenly scared half to death, and wanted to say that he didn't do it, but it was too late at this time, if Lu Xiangsheng didn't die, he could still excuse himself, But now there is no one to take this hot taro, Liu Yuliang can only reluctantly accept the order, with two thousand officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion out of the capital, towards Shunde Mansion, halfway he rubbed as much as possible, spending time on the road, but did not dare to march to Shunde Mansion for days to take over these proud generals of the Guanning Army.
As for dealing with the notice of the Xingtian Army, Chongzhen immediately issued an edict, asking people to track down the people who posted the notice in the capital and various places, arrest and question, and at the same time issued an edict ordering Yang Sichang to write a notice, and also posted it everywhere in the form of a notice, refuting the notice of the Xingtian Army, reversing black and white, and putting all kinds of basins on the head of the Xingtian Army as much as possible, so as to confuse the public and win the hearts of the people, and at the same time said that the defeat of the potential Zhanghe River was the initiative of the Xingtian Army to provoke and sneak attack the official army, in short, everything is the fault of the Xingtian Army, and it has nothing to do with him, the Ming Emperor, The Xingtian Army is a thief army, which is the root of the world's troubles, and I hope that people in the world will not believe what the Xingtian Army says, and try their best to resist the Xingtian Army.
To do this kind of thing, Yang Sichang is an expert, and the articles he wrote are also very beautiful, and he shirked all the responsibilities away, and said that the Xingtianjun was a heinous criminal, and it was not as good as slaughtering the people and even building slaves, trying to save people's hearts in this way.
But how useful it is, Chongzhen and Yang Sichang have no bottom in their hearts, and what the officials and soldiers do and what the Xingtianjun do, the people are watching with their own eyes, and which side public opinion will fall to will only be known later, anyway, this is a war of words without swords and guns, relying on pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and the people themselves can judge which is right and which is not.
But relatively speaking, the imperial court did this, and the water was completely muddyed, and many people were a little unable to judge which was true or false for a while for the content of the two completely different notices, but vaguely, they felt that this matter was probably more true than what Xingtianjun said.
When Gao Qiqian learned that there were notices of the Xingtianjun everywhere and made the results of his battle public, even though he knew that he was going to be unlucky, he angrily smashed dishes and bowls in the big tent of the Chinese army, and scolded Xingtianjun and Xiao Tianjian sharply, taking advantage of him and selling him, wanting to put him to death, and at the same time using his brains to find a way to get through this crisis.
At the same time, Xiao Tianjian was also pondering the next plan of action, and now he learned the news from the scouts that the Jiannu army had a Chen soldier in the area of Qiu County, which was led by Dolgon, and there seemed to be signs of entering the Daimyo's mansion, but the specific situation was not very clear because the scouts could not get close to the Jiannu army and failed to catch the tongue for interrogation.
But this also gave Xiao Tianjian a certain opportunity, so Xiao Tianjian discussed with Li Xin and other generals how to act.
At this time, Luo Li said: "Dashuai, this time we went north, but we helped the court, and now they treat us like this, we can't let us fight for them in this battle!" Otherwise, we will suffer too much! Now there are more than 20,000 officers and soldiers stationed around Shunde Mansion in Gao Qiqian, let's go to fight Qiu County Tartar, will Gao Qiqian take the opportunity to stab us in the back? You can't be careless! ”
After listening to Luo Li's words, the generals also nodded in agreement, and now they can be said to grit their teeth with hatred for the actions of the imperial court, and they have no opinion on beating the tartars, but on the one hand, they have to fight the tartars, and on the other hand, they have to prevent the officials and soldiers from stabbing them in the back, so that not everyone has no concerns.
And even Li Xin nodded and said: "Marshal, what the generals said is reasonable, Gao Qiqian Zhanghe was defeated, this time we stabbed the news to the whole world, with the current Ming Emperor, it is impossible to sit idly by and ignore this, even if it is for the sake of face, Gao Qiqian will not be spared, he will definitely be dismissed and questioned!"
And now Gao Qiqian can be said to have been forced to the Jedien, if we go to Qiu County to face off with Dolgon now, the villain of Gao Qiqian will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to make a last stand! I think that once our troops enter Qiu County, maybe they will lead their troops and horses to attack us in the back, and attack us with the inside and outside of the Tartars! In this way, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, and even if we can win, it is estimated that it can only be a miserable victory!
As you can see, this battle cannot be fought! If you want to fight, it is best to let the officers and soldiers fight with the Tartars, it is a matter of course for them to fight Jiannu, and we can help them when necessary! ”
Xiao Tianjian was also a little helpless after hearing this, these generals under him are not saints, although he often knows the righteousness to them, but this court is really not a thing, and everything he does is also a lack of morality, and it is impossible to let his subordinates not have a little idea and grievance.
And Luo Li and Li Xin's worries are also quite reasonable, even if they want to fight, but there are Gao Qiqian and these officers and troops around, not only can they not be regarded as friendly troops, but they must be wary of them everywhere, even if this battle is fought, it will not be fought happily, and it may even cause the passivity and heavy losses of the Xingtian Army because of the hostility and containment of the officials and troops.
What's more, fighting a big war has a great demand for material logistics, although he carried as much food as possible when he went north this time, and relied on the Battle of Neiqiu and the Battle of Zanhuang to seize some food supplements from the Tartars, but food alone is not all for the Xingtian Army, the equipment of the Xingtian Army is destined to have a greater demand for materials than the ordinary army of this era, the key is in the ammunition carried by the army, and these things cannot be replenished in Jingfu, and the government will never be able to supply these things for the Xingtian Army.
After fighting with the Tartars several times during this period of time, the ammunition consumption carried by the army is not small, and although it can barely support a big war in the current situation, it will fall into a situation of bullet failure after the war, and once they encounter the attack of both the official army and the Jiannu, they may fall into a situation from which they will never recover.
Therefore, Luo Li believes that they oppose this, and it is understandable.
After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Tianjian frowned and asked Li Xin: "Then according to you, is it difficult to stop fighting this battle?" Just watched them enter the Daimyo's mansion? ”
Li Xin shook his head and said, "Definitely! The humble position does not mean that the commander will give up this battle, but has other ideas! ”
"You say!" Xiao Tianjian was not verbose, and asked directly.
"Marshal, even if this battle is to be fought, it can't just be fought by us! It is a matter of course for the officials and soldiers to deal with Jiannu, and they can't always let them sit and watch our soldiers fight Jiannu desperately! So this time, we can pull the officials and soldiers in and help us fight, if they win, it is best, if they lose, then it can be regarded as removing a batch of corpse vegetarian meals for the imperial court, reducing the pressure on the imperial court, right? Li Xin learned from Xiao Tianjian, and now he has become a little humorous.
After hearing this, everyone immediately burst into laughter, and they all looked at Li Xin and waited for his next step.
"Hmmm! Makes sense, hehe! Then he said, how can we get the officers and soldiers involved, and don't let them just sit and watch! If you can get involved with them, that's great! Xiao Tianjian also laughed, nodded and let Li Xin continue.
Li Xin sold a pass just now, so he continued: "This matter is easy to do, why might the marshal be so ...... like this"
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