Chapter 590 - Natural Death
Li Zicheng was in Lanzhou, and he had been paying attention to the movements of the Tartars around Jingshi, and in order to allow the imperial court to concentrate its forces on dealing with the Tartars, he temporarily gave up his southern attack on Bashu.
Even if he loses the best opportunity because of this, he will not hesitate to do it, the battle between the Heavenly Mandate Army and the imperial court, no matter who wins or loses, it is the business of his own people inside, the Tartars have been founded, that is, outsiders, at least in Li Zicheng's mind, they do not belong to China for the time being.
The one who knows the enemy best is still Zhang Fengyi, the military department Shangshu and the governor of King Qin, who is at the forefront of Xuanda.
After Zhang Fengyi left Beijing, he traveled for two days before arriving at Qinghedian, and the army relied on Yuquan Mountain to camp.
At this time, Azig had broken through Yanqing and approached Changping, and the cavalry dispersed, attacking the city everywhere, regardless of the city and countryside, where the Tartars passed, such as locusts predatoring, looting all the property, killing the old and weak, the young and strong men and women were tied with ropes, tied behind the war horses, and dragged forward.
Zhang Fengyi didn't dare to face Azig's soldiers, so he discussed with Gao Qiqian and camped separately, using each other as horns, guarding the last barrier on the back of the Jingshi.
Lu Xiangsheng demanded that the army should go north out of the Yuhe River and camp the army outside the city of Changping, and the city would be horns with each other.
Zhang Fengyi did not allow it, Lu Xiangsheng asked to personally lead the Tianxiong army to the north, but Gao Qiqian refused to distribute a grain of grain on the grounds that the money and food were not enough.
A few days later, the Tartars took Changping, the general army defending the city surrendered, the Mingde Mausoleum was burned, and the Azig's troops approached the Yu River.
Gao Qiqian not only refused to allocate money and grain, but instead instructed Zhang Fengyi and Lu Xiangsheng to confront Azig across the Yu River to prevent the Tartars from breaking through the Yu River and attacking the Jingshi.
But Azig did not cross the river, but went eastward, straight to Huairou, Shunyi, and Miyun, or used cavalry to take a carpet plunder, and did not stop, and left after robbing.
Zhang Fengyi saw that it was bad, the Tartars were not prepared to attack the Beijing Division at all, but only plundered near the Beijing Division, and if this continued, the vicinity of the Beijing Division would become a barren land......
If you choose to attack at this time, it will be difficult for the infantry to catch up with the cavalry, not to mention, even if they catch up, can they still chase the cavalry? The Tartars obviously wanted to avoid King Qin's heavy troops, and then break through the cities, and the defenders of each city were insufficient......
He wants to die!
The big mistake has been made, and it is too late to regret it......
In the winter of the second year of Chongzhen (1629 AD), the Tartars entered the fortress, and the emperor killed Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, and in the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634 AD), the Tartars entered the fortress again, and the emperor killed Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department at that time.
If the battle fails, someone will always come out and take responsibility, is it their turn this time?
The more Zhang Fengyi thought about it, the more wrong it became, he was the current secretary of the military department, and he was also the governor of the army of King Qin, if he couldn't drive the Tartars away, he had to carry this pot!
How can I expel a tartar?
Zhang Fengyi is really not sure and has no courage, he has always been a civil official, not to mention the imposing Tartar cavalry, even the thieves have never been seen.
If it wasn't a last resort, he really didn't want to supervise the teacher and ...... in front of the Tartars
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Fengyi was still ready to die, but how to die was very particular, with his experience, if he decided by himself, it would be "suicide in fear of sin", even if he died, I am afraid that his family will also suffer.
It is a good choice to go into battle to kill the enemy and die on the battlefield, maybe you can also get an officer, and you can seal your wife, but thinking that the Tartars are all savages in pigskin, one knife goes down, two holes in the front and back, maybe there is not even a whole corpse, he retreated again.
Ma Qiao, it's not easy to die, Zhang Fengyi was so anxious that he kicked the wooden box at the head of the bed far away.
The contents of the box were scattered all over the place, and his eyes lit up: marijuana!
Marijuana is a drug that can treat many sudden epidemics, but it is also a chronic # poison, so the military camp will prepare, if you eat too much marijuana, will there be any obvious feeling for a while and a half, if you take a large amount of it continuously, it can be fatal.
Zhang Fengyi said in his heart, as long as he grasps the dosage, he can be in a state of chronic poisoning, and when enough marijuana accumulates in his body, he can die naturally.
He pondered for a moment and encouraged himself that he would be able to do it seamlessly!
Zhang Fengyi made up his mind that he would no longer be bothered by the war, he first ate a certain amount of marijuana, and then moved the army eastward, lest the Tartars approach Jingshi from the direction of Shunyi.
In late August, Zhu Youzhen seemed to be on a roller coaster for a while, first stepping on the hot wheels and going straight to the clouds, and then falling from the clouds, injured all over his body, and returned to his original depressed state.
Sun Chuanting escorted Gao Yingxiang, Liu Zhe, and Huang Long to Jingshi and entered the city from the Yongding Gate in the south of the city.
Gao Yingxiang is the head of the Liukou, in the imperial court's capture documents, he beat the "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong, "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai, ranked first, the subordinate homeless people are called 500,000, the strength is extremely huge, and the prestige among the homeless people and the people is extremely high.
Gao Yingxiang was captured this time, which greatly weakened the power of the rogue, and Zhu Youzhen was also happy, and went to the Miaoqin Palace to tell Zhang Yan about the happy news of Gao Yingxiang's capture.
After returning from the Qingong Palace, Zhu Youzhen immediately sent a decree to Gao Yingxiang, Liu Zhe, and Huanglong to the vegetable market in Dongcheng and executed Ling Chi in public.
Although the silver was already very scarce, Zhu Youzhen still asked the household department to allocate 50,000 taels, and took out 50,000 taels from his own internal funds to make 100,000 yuan, and rewarded Sun Chuanting's department.
Gao Yingxiang was killed, and the people inside and outside the city were cheering, but at such a moment, Zhu Youzhen got two tepid messages.
First of all, the soldiers and horses of the King of Qin, concentrated outside the city, reached as many as 300,000 people, the most inconspicuous of which was Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, for the King of Qin, he took out his own silver, recruited troops and horses, and then personally brought these soldiers to the Beijing Division.
Zhu Youzhen was furious, Tang King Zhu Yujian belonged to the children of the clan, and left the fiefdom without an edict, and came to Beijing without authorization, and he also took the soldiers of King Qin...... Which of these crimes is enough to rob the family!
When the Tartars enter the customs, King Qin is a matter of the government, what does it have to do with the clan?
If the army of 300,000 King Qin could not defeat the Tartars, what role could he, a prince who had never led a soldier, do? Clan generals, can the world still be stable? Don't wait for the Tartars and the rogues, you may make trouble with your own people.
Zhu Youzhen had a thunderous anger in his heart, but in order to show his tolerance, he did not behead Zhu Yujian and raid his home, but he could not let him return to Nanyang, but directly abolished him as a concubine, imprisoned in Fengyang, the central capital, and renamed his brother Zhu Yuzhen as the king of Tang.
The matter of Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, although it was infuriating, was still very easy to solve, but the next thing not only made Zhu Youzhen angry, but he was helpless: the Tartars looted around the Beijing Division, as if they were in a no-man's land, Zhang Fengyi's 300,000 Qinwang army just cowered near the Beijing Division, watching the Tartars' cavalry destroy the prefecture and county, burning, killing, captive, and plundering the people......
He had the intention of removing Zhang Fengyi, but there was no suitable candidate, so he could only send a decree to Zhang Fengyi, ordering him to immediately join the war, rescue the people, and even if he could not annihilate the Tartars, he would drive them out of the pass.
Zhu Youzhen didn't believe it, 300,000 soldiers of King Qin, and the garrisons of various military towns...... It's four to fight one, and the Tartars have also been wiped out, I don't know how these generals fight, if it weren't for the Jingshi to stabilize people's hearts, he would be ready to personally supervise the army!
On August 19, the Jinyi guard in front sent a message back to the Beijing Division: Zhang Fengyi still did not play!
Zhu Youzhen was even more furious, he immediately issued an edict to dismiss Zhang Fengyi and investigate it, escort him back to Beijing, Qin Wangjun was changed to Lu Xiangsheng to supervise the division, and Gao Qiqian was still used as a supervisor!
Because of the chaos outside the city, Zhu Youzhen's holy decree did not reach Zhang Fengyi's hands in time.
In fact, there was no need anymore, and on August 20, after breaking through the twelve cities of Yanqing, Changping, Dingxing, Fangshan, Zhuozhou, Gu'an, Wen'an, Baodi, Shunyi, Huairou, Miyun, and Pinggu, the Tatars began to retreat from Lengkou to Guanwai.
When Zhang Fengyi got the information, he hurriedly picked up the soldiers and followed behind, chasing after Fengrun, but he didn't dare to attack.
Lu Xiangsheng asked to pursue with the Tianxiong Army of the headquarters, Zhang Fengyi also did not allow it, he did not keep the Jingshi, he could not escape the blame, but he kept the army, at least the result was not too bad, if the emperor was gracious, maybe he would not be held accountable for his family.
Gao Qiqian is also different from Lu Xiangsheng's rash advance, the Tartars obviously have ambushes, and the baggage troops stay at the rear, isn't it a bait? For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he must leave these troops for the emperor.
Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, watching countless compatriots being taken away by the Tartars, they called the heavens should not be called the earth, and even the Ming army gave up on them......
Fortunately, they are just lowly people, and the emperor will not be held accountable for this......
Four days later, all the Tartars came out of the cold mouth and entered the endless prairie, Zhang Fengyi took the soldiers into Qian'an, and the rangers in front found a wooden sign with engraved words and handed it to Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Fengyi took a look and almost fainted.
"All officials are free of charge"!
This is the loudest slap Azig left him, he is the governor of King Qin, carrying the emperor's sword of Shang Fang, all the blame for the front line must be borne by him!
As the secretary of the military department, the moment the Tartar entered the fortress, he knew that his life had been completely pinned on the Tartar, and as soon as the Tartar left, it was time for the court to settle accounts.
However, he is ready, and he doesn't have to face the twists and turns of the officials.
Zhang Fengyi led people to rummage through a large number of corpses, and finally found the corpses of three tartars, so he had the heads cut off and pickled with lime.
Back at the big tent, Zhang Fengyi immediately gave Zhu Youzhen a surprise: "...... The Tartars have been driven out of the customs and beheaded the third-degree ......"
He sent a herald to deliver the message to Jingshi, then covered the rolling curtains, took out all the marijuana, and swallowed it all with cold water......
Zhu Youzhen's holy decree of "dismissal and handling" was finally transmitted to the barracks, but Zhang Fengyi could no longer see it......