Why Chongzhen slashed Yuan Chonghuan with a thousand knives, this is really incomprehensible.

According to the merits at that time, from the beginning of the Salhu War in the 48th year of Wanli to the execution of Yuan Chonghuan in the third year of Chongzhen, the only two great victories of the Ming Dynasty against the Houjin were fought by Yuan Chonghuan when he was in Liaodong.

Ningyuan won a great victory, Yuan Chonghuan led more than 10,000 Ming troops to defend the lonely city of Ningyuan, facing the siege of more than 100,000 Houjin Eight Banners and servant troops, fighting to the death and not retreating, fierce battles for three days and three nights, Nurhachi had no choice but to retreat.

After the defeat of the army, some say that Nurhachi died of depression, and some say that Nurhachi died of artillery wounds, in short, the founder of the Later Jin Dynasty, after suffering the first defeat in his life, died.

Ning Jin was victorious, Yuan Chonghuan led hundreds of thousands of Liaodong soldiers and civilians to fight fiercely with the main force of more than 200,000 Eight Banners and servant troops led by Huang Taiji, the lord of Houjin, for nearly a month, and Huang Taiji finally had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

These are all real feats, and even the eunuch Ji Yong, the town guard at that time, described in the report that when the battle was at its fiercest, Jiannu suffered thousands of casualties in one day!

Successively defeated the two masters of Houjin, and the Houjin was desperate for the Guanningjin defense line, and did not hesitate to take a detour of thousands of miles to attack from Jizhou Town, such a great achievement, logically speaking, even if Fan Xia made a big mistake, the merit would be overwhelmed, at most it would be dragged out and cut.

It's already too much to kill heroes, let alone a thousand cuts!

If it is said that Houjin detoured through the Mongolian steppe, passed through Jizhou Town, and attacked the capital of the Ming Dynasty was Yuan Chonghuan's fault, he also led Guan Ning Tie to ride into the pass to block, and finally at the foot of the capital, he also fought several battles with Huang Taiji, forcing Huang Taiji to retreat to Nanyuan, which can be regarded as meritorious atonement, at most it is a dismissal investigation, why do you want to cut it with a thousand knives?

Zhang Bin analyzed and analyzed all the way, and there was only one possibility, that is, Huang Taiji's counter-plot was too powerful, so that Chongzhen was extremely angry, and he was desperate to kill Yuan Chonghuan alive!

How did Huang Taiji make this anti-plan?

Zhang Bin was racking his brains and thinking hard that the British Mansion had arrived.

This time, he didn't have to wait long, and within a stick of incense when his name was reported, a housekeeper hurriedly ran out and led him into the mansion with courtesy.

The British Duke still looks kind, and the reception of Zhang Bin is still the old place, but this time his attitude towards Zhang Bin is completely different, in the past, he treated Zhang Bin as a junior, but this time, Zhang Bin is the deputy sent to him by the emperor, and he is already faintly at the same level as him.

He was still very pleased with Zhang Bin's growth, and after the two sides met each other, he couldn't help but praise: "Shuangquan, yes, a few years ago you were just a seven-pin county commander, and now you are the governor of the two provinces." ”

Zhang Bin still held the gift of the younger generation and said respectfully: "It all depends on the cultivation of the grandfather of the country, and the younger generation is unforgettable." ”

The British Duke shook his head and smiled: "Don't dare to take credit, I'm just using my mouth, whether you can go on or not depends on your own ability." ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhang Bin finally got down to business and said: "Grandpa Guo, I don't know where the biggest problem in the defense of the capital is now, and the younger generation will see if they can help." ”

The British duke turned out the map of the capital, and then pointed to the city wall above and sighed: "The main thing is that there are not enough people, the capital city is high and deep, and it is convenient to attack the thirteen city gates, but the Beijing camp has been deserted for a long time, and the loss of personnel is serious, and the city wall of the capital is fifty or sixty miles long, and it cannot be completely left alone, and patrols must be arranged everywhere, so that the defenders at the city gate are insufficient, and they can only rely on outside reinforcements to assist in defense." However, now, in total, there is a total of Changping General Soldier You Shiwei, Datong General Soldier Man Gui, and Xuanfu General Soldier Hou Shilu led the army to assist in the defense, and they can only hold three city gates at most. ”

Zhang Bin looked at the map and thought for a while, and then suggested: "Grandpa Guo, do you think this will work, let Changping General Soldier You Shiwei, Datong General Soldier Man Gui, Xuanfu General Soldier Hou Shilu respectively garrison the south of Zuo'anmen, You'anmen and Yongding Gate, the younger generation of the Qi family army is divided into ten units, stationed at other city gates, each with sixty chariots enough to form a small urn city, the inner row of forty tiger squatting cannons, plus the defenders on the city wall, artillery and bow and arrow support, Jiannu is afraid that only hope for the city to sigh." ”

There are sixty chariots at each city gate, and forty tiger cannons, so what is there to worry about, the British public horse clapped and said: "Okay, just do it." ”

In fact, Zhang Bin knew that Huang Taiji also began to storm for a few days to test it, and then he had no interest in the capital, so he just let his subordinates Qi Jiajun do it, and when the army of the Qin Wang came, Huang Taiji would slip away!

The matter of city defense is almost done at this point, and the next most important thing is to rescue Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan is not familiar with Zhang Bin, and even Zhang Bin doesn't know what he looks like, and his cognition is limited to historical records, descriptions and various rumors.

So, what to do?

Directly let Cao Huachun and Luo Yangxing cooperate, and then, send someone to rescue Yuan Chonghuan from prison?

Just kidding, he didn't want to save Yuan Chonghuan, but he wanted to save the situation in the entire Liaodong and save others, but his authority was no longer at all, so what's the point.

If you want to save him, you have to help him clear all charges, let Chongzhen release him himself, let him reinstate his official position, and continue to go to Liaodong to work with Huang Taiji!

What kind of charges Yuan Chonghuan has, Zhang Bin is not clear for the time being, but it is nothing to him to figure out this matter.

That night, on the south side of the mule and horse market street in the outer city, the Nancheng Terracotta Division next to the Chongxing Temple.

The Yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was originally responsible for patrolling thieves inside and outside the capital, managing prisoners, and supervising fire bans, and later changed to commanders and deputy commanders, and even the men and horses on duty at the gates of the capital were also assigned to its management.

At this time, Jiannu attacked the capital, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division became an important place for military aircraft, and the guards were extremely tight.

On this day, the guards of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division were particularly tight, and there were three layers inside and three layers outside the sentry, so it could be said that even a mosquito could not fly in.

All of this is due to the fact that the squire of the military department and the left deputy capital of the imperial history, the governor of Fuguang and the assistant governor of Jingying, Zhang Bin and Lord Zhang are stationed, and the guards are naturally more strict.

At night of the day, the guards of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division, who couldn't even fly in, seemed to have something wrong, and the two "assassins" in night clothes climbed over the wall, evaded the outer sentry posts, and sneaked into the courtyard where Zhang Bin, the governor of Fuguang, lived, and was not discovered by anyone all the way!

It's just that the ordinary Beijing battalion soldiers patrolling the periphery can't find these two "assassins", why can't the elite of the special operations battalion trained by Zhang Bin find these two "assassins"?

At this time, the light was still on in the study, Zhang Bin did not rest, he was checking the detailed map of the entire capital by the light, this kind of map is only available in the five cities under the Beijing camp, and all the noble ministers inside and outside the capital, and even the Huangzhuang have detailed markings.

Perhaps, the British duke was afraid that his subordinates would accidentally break into a place where they should not have entered, so they drew such a detailed map.

However, at this time, Zhang Bin was analyzing which ministers and even Xungui had become pawns in the hands of Huang Taiji, because he heard that it was someone who accused Yuan Chonghuan of allowing the Houjin army to loot and burn people's houses, and did not dare to go forward to stop it, resulting in the manor land of the Xungui ministers outside the city being ravaged by the Houjin army, and Chongzhen ordered to arrest Yuan Chonghuan.

He was looking at it intently, but suddenly two dark figures came in the window, the first one was a little clumsy, and he almost planted a heel fight when he turned over the window, and the second one was quite sharp, and his movements were like flowing water like his peers.

At this time, Zhang Bin didn't have a nervous expression at all, but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Tairu, you said you would come here, why are you so mysterious, are you still afraid that people will say bad things about you behind your back?" ”

The two of them tore off the masked black scarf on their faces, and the person in the lead was indeed the commander of Jinyiwei Luo Yangxing, and the other was Jinyiwei commanding his fellow acquaintance Qi Panzong.

Luo Yangxing seemed to be tired, he went directly to the coffee table near the left side of the desk, and beckoned Qi Panzong to sit down and pour him a cup of herbal tea, and drank it in a few gulps, then gasped: "Oh, I haven't moved my muscles and bones for a long time, and I am really tired of sneaking down this way." You think I want to be so mysterious, this is Cao Gong's bus, he said, the emperor is very disgusted with us who are friends with officials, and told me to be careful, don't meet you easily, lest someone with a heart run to the emperor to chew his tongue. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he nodded solemnly and said, "Since Gonggong Cao said so, then you really have to be careful, by the way, how did you check about Yuan Chonghuan?" ”

Luo Yang said smugly: "Do you still need to check this, the impeachment of Yuan Chonghuan has passed through the hands of Gonggong Cao, and Yuan Chonghuan was also arrested by the emperor, and he is being imprisoned in Nanzhen Fusi Prison at this time." ”

Zhang Bin doesn't care much about where Yuan Chonghuan is imprisoned, the most important thing is who is impeaching Yuan Chonghuan.

Zhang Bin saw Luo Yang's complacent appearance, and couldn't help but scold: "Tairu, you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, you should behave more calmly, you look at Panzong, it looks like a serious Jinyi Guard, you, those specific people impeached Yuan Chonghuan, did you ask Gonggong Cao?" ”

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he looked at the serious appearance of Qi Panzong around him, and couldn't help but put away his complacent expression and said: "Gonggong Cao said that at the beginning, it was Huang Chenghao, the right-hand man of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Li Guangchun, the imperial history of Shandong Province, who impeached Yuan Chonghuan, and those people in the back just echoed these two. ”

Zhang Bin nodded and asked, "What did they impeach Yuan Chonghuan?" ”

Luo Yangxing explained in detail: "Shandong Provincial Inspector Li Guangchun is nothing, he just impeached Yuan Chonghuan and allowed the Houjin army to loot and burn people's houses, and did not dare to go forward to stop it, resulting in the manor land of the noble ministers outside the city being ravaged by the Houjin army. What is powerful is Huang Chenghao, the right of the Imperial Palace, who impeached Yuan Chonghuan for fornicating with Jiannu, in name of leading the army to aid the capital, in fact, to assist Jiannu in seizing the capital. He meant, Yuan Chonghuan came over to help Huang Taiji open the gate of the capital! The reason why the emperor was angry was because of this twist. ”

"Hiss", Zhang Bin couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, this crime is big, go and help him wash it yourself, wash it off?

If you accidentally get involved, you'll be doomed.

However, no, Yuan Chonghuan's exploits are there, he beat Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, the two generations of Houjin Lords, and the elite of the Houjin Eight Banners died in his hands more than tens of thousands, he fornicated with Huang Taiji, is he sick?

Even if he fornicated with Huang Taiji, he didn't have to make such trouble, he secretly opened and closed the Ningjin defense line and Shanhaiguan, and directly let the Houjin army rush into Beizhili unknowingly, and run all the way to the capital, who can stop it!

Why did he take Guanning Iron Cavalry everywhere to chase and intercept the main force of Houjin, Huang Taiji captured Qian'an on the fourth day of the first month of November, and was blocked by Yuan Chonghuan, and only arrived in the capital on November 20, more than 300 miles, and it was there in one day to beat horses and gallop wildly, but Yuan Chonghuan delayed him for 16 days.

Subsequently, Yuan Chonghuan also led reinforcements from all walks of life, fought Huang Taiji outside Guangqu Gate and Desheng Gate, fought fiercely for several days, and forced Huang Taiji to Nanyuan, asking Yuan Chonghuan to deceive the city, why is he fighting so fiercely with Huang Taiji, pretending to fight two battles, and then Huang Taiji retreated, Yuan Chonghuan stayed and deceived the city.

Is there anything wrong with the two sides who insist on fighting and then retreat after suffering heavy casualties?

Zhang Bin thought about it carefully, and immediately asked: "Such a big matter, how can the emperor trust Huang Chenghao!" ”

Luo Yang said mysteriously: "Gonggong Cao said that Huang Chenghao's fold was also attached to the secret letter written by Huang Taiji to Yuan Chonghuan, saying that it was intercepted by the imperial history of the city patrol. ”

Huang Taiji's secret letter to Yuan Chonghuan, such an important thing, would it be intercepted by the Imperial History of the City Patrol and make an international joke?

Zhang Bin asked coldly: "Who is the Imperial History of the City Patrol?" ”

Luo Yangxing immediately replied: "I heard that it was Wang Jikui." ”

Huang Chenghao, Li Guangchun, Wang Jikui, these three people must be connected, they are all from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this cannot be used as a basis, they must have other relationships.

What else does these three people have to do with each other, the eunuchs are being checked at this time, these three can't be eunuchs!

Zhang Bin immediately asked: "Did they start serving in the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the Apocalypse Dynasty?" There is no suspicion of eunuchs! ”

This Luo Yangxing really knows, because the civilian officials appointed by Chongzhen to investigate the eunuch party only convicted people, and the specific investigation still has to be carried out by Jinyiwei.

He recalled: "None of these three people were listed as eunuch suspicions, because they only impeached some non-eunuch officials, and they were not promoted because of this. ”

This Zhang Bin doesn't think so, the impeachment of non-eunuch officials is originally to purge dissidents from the eunuch party, and they think that they are not eunuchs if they don't get promoted, that's wrong, you don't have to be promoted to get paid, and other things can also be used as compensation.

Zhang Bin continued to ask: "Who have they impeached, pick up a few you remember and talk about them." ”

Luo Yangxing then recalled: "They have all impeached Shoufu Ye Xianggao and Han Yi, Huang Chenghao also impeached Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, Li Guangchun also impeached Sun Chengzong, a cabinet scholar, and Zhao Nanxing, a scholar of the Ministry of Ministers, and Wang Jikui also impeached Yang Lian, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Zuo Guangdou, the right lieutenant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

And that's not counting the eunuchs!

Zhang Bin suddenly remembered the names of these people, where did he seem to have seen them, where was it?

He suddenly lowered his head and looked at the map, these three people seemed to have land near the capital!