Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 3 is quite stale

Section 12 Fierce Party Struggle

Everyone in the tent was shocked when they heard this, and Liu Yunwei and Yuan Mingxuan hurriedly led the generals to Yuanmen to greet Li Linbin and his party.

After the meeting, Li Linbin said to Liu Yunwei with an unkind expression: "Little general, let's talk in the tent, there are some changes in the DPRK, I think the battle of Liaodong should end as soon as possible." ”

When Liu Yunwei heard this, he and the people behind him looked at each other, and their eyes were extremely disappointed and unwilling.

"What happened to Lord Li's court?" Yuan Mingxuan asked anxiously.

"Wei Zhongxian's party and the Donglin party have a big fight!"

When everyone heard this, their faces immediately turned bloodless.

After everyone returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Linbin told a series of things that happened in the imperial court during this period in detail.

"Since Lord Yuan crossed the sea to the north to transport grain, Wei Zhongxian began to act against the Donglin Party. Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's banners secretly checked the details of all the officials of the Donglin family, and it didn't take long to get many Donglin Party officials embezzlement, collaborating with the enemy and other crimes; The officials of the Donglin Party were also led by Ge Lao Ye Xianggao and Li Ruhua, the head of the household department, and actively collected Wei Zhongxian's accusations of accepting bribes and installing cronies. Seeing that the situation in the imperial court had reached the point of tension, Lord Huang of the Ministry of War was worried that it would affect the safety of the army of the Liao Expedition, so he sent me to negotiate with the little general to see if he could take advantage of the great injury of Jiannu to withdraw the army to preserve its strength in order to achieve future results.

However, just five days ago, I received an urgent letter from Lord Huang on the way to the camp of Qianshan: The officials of the Donglin Department took the lead, and Lord Yang Lian, the imperial historian of Zuodu, summoned more than a dozen imperial historians to impeach Wei Zhongxian for the twenty-four major crimes, but Wei Zhongxian rejected it under the pretense of His Majesty's intentions, and arrested Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Shunchang and more than a dozen people in prison on various charges. In the face of the attack of the Donglin Party officials, Wei Zhongxian immediately began a counterattack, destroying the Donglin Academy on the grounds that the Donglin Party officials were involved in the Red Pill Case, the Gong Attack Case, and the Palace Removal Case of the First Dynasty, and then persecuted Gu Dazhang, Gao Panlong, and Wei Dazhong, the backbone officials of the Donglin Party to death. The three parties of Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang also attached themselves to Wei Zhongxian and began to fall into the trap, and they posted the list of Donglin Party officials throughout the country, and those who were on the list were cut off from the living and the dead. Wei Zhongxian's henchmen from all walks of life successively made lists such as "Donglin Point Generals", and named the leading officials in the Donglin Party the nicknames of "Water Margin" one hundred and eight generals, using this as a roll call manual, preparing to completely eliminate the Donglin Party! Now not only has the capital become a mess, but even the provinces south of the Yangtze River have begun to arrest Donglin Party officials! ”

After listening to Li Linbin's words, Liu Yunwei and all the generals present were dumbfounded, as if they had been struck by a lightning strike, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. Although everyone knew that Wei Zhongxian was going to fight with the Donglin Party, no one expected that the scale of this battle would be so big and the implication would be so wide! Now it is no longer a question of whether the Han Wei army will withdraw or not, judging from the current situation of the imperial court, the grain and grass will definitely be cut off in a very short time, and what Liu Yunwei and the generals need to consider is how to bring tens of thousands of troops back to the Guannai safely!

At this time, Liu Yunwei's heart was full of anger, originally after the Han Wei army suffered a slight setback in the battle of the north, as long as it was slightly rectified, it could still launch a counteroffensive, but with the chaos in the DPRK and China, everything was over. Liu Yunwei thought angrily for a while, and asked Yuan Mingxuan, "Lord Yuan, how much grain and grass is left in the army now?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "The grain and grass in the army are enough for the army to consume for about twenty days, but there are not many gunpowder and gunpowder left. ”

Liu Yunwei looked at the map on the desk for a while, pondered for a while, and then said: "Now the army of about 100,000 Jiannu is estimated to have gathered in the Liaoyang area, and it is possible to go south at any time, and our army's food and grass may be cut off at any time, this battle cannot be fought, I can't risk the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in the whole army!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yuan Mingxuan, Li Linbin and the generals were all surprised, but Li Linbin was happy, while the rest of the people were full of unwillingness.

At this time, Lu Ying stepped forward and said, "Big brother, what if the slave chief leads the army to kill?" We can't go back. Moreover, now that our army has withdrawn, the situation in Liaodong will be completely eroded, and the 100,000 Jiannu army can run rampant in Liaodong unscrupulously! Don't we want Liaodong? ”

Liu Yunwei didn't answer, but looked at Li Linbin with a gloomy face and asked, "Lord Li, after our army withdrew to Guannei, how should the situation in Liaodong be handled?" The imperial court will not have prepared any plans for the aftermath, right? ”

Li Linbin said: "The little general can rest assured that Lord Huang has reached an agreement with Wei Zhongxian, and is ready to re-appoint Xiong Tingbi as the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and through Liaodong, and promote Senator Wang Huazhen to the right of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, and the governor of Guangning (that is, the governor of Liaodong). As for the troops, in addition to the defenders in various parts of Liaodong, the military department is also preparing to mobilize a part of the troops from Shanhaiguan and Miyun Town to go to Liao with Xiong Tingbi, which can not only save the financial resources of the imperial court, but also stabilize the situation in Liaodong to the greatest extent. ”

"With Lord Xiong here, the situation in Liaodong should be stabilized. But ......" Liu Yunwei continued: "Lord Li, tens of thousands of soldiers of my Hanwei army have been fighting bloodily in Liaodong for so long, and the soldiers of each battalion have lost a total of more than 10,000 people, doesn't the imperial court have anything to say?" ”

Li Linbin sighed and said: "In this battle, the soldiers of the Han Wei Army attacked Jiannu and worked hard, how could the imperial court not say anything?" When I came, Lord Huang was personally approving the merits of the soldiers in a thousand mountains, and I thought that after the army withdrew to Tongzhou Town, the imperial court's commendation would be issued. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Linbin looked at Liu Yunwei and waited for him to order the withdrawal of the army, but Liu Yunwei no longer paid attention to Li Linbin, but stared at the map of Liaodong on the desk. After a while, Liu Yunwei suddenly kicked the desk away, and the things on the desk were scattered all over the ground. I only heard Liu Yunwei shouting: "Party struggle! Now that the dynasty has reached the time of life and death, the loss of Liaodong is imminent, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are still fighting for the party! Aren't they afraid of ruining the country and letting the Ming Dynasty perish! Whether it is Wei Zhongxian or the Donglin Party, they are all traitors who take care of Guoen in vain, a group of things that bring disaster to the country and the people! ”

Li Linbin listened to Liu Yunwei's roar, stood there with a slightly embarrassed expression, and after Liu Yunwei finished venting, he said: "Little general, in today's plan, you can't be rash, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood." As long as the main force of the Hanwei army is not lost, there will definitely be a chance to defeat Jiannu and recover Liaodong! ”

Liu Yunwei calmed down a little, and then said in a deep voice: "Order, tomorrow morning, the whole army will retreat south to Anshan, and after a short stay, withdraw to the pass!" ”

The generals were ordered to prepare overnight, Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun also hurriedly went to prepare for the camp, only Yuan Mingxuan still did not leave, as if he had something to say.

Liu Yunwei asked, "Is there anything else that Lord Yuan has to do?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan nodded and said, "I listened to Lord Li's words just now, and suddenly remembered that I leaked secrets when transporting grain this time and encountered Jiannu halfway. Master Li said that when Wei Zhongxian collected the criminal evidence of the Donglin Party, he also collected the evidence of the Donglin Party's collaboration with the enemy? I don't know which enemy country the Donglin Party is connected to? But Jiannu! ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunwei glared at Li Linbin and asked sharply, "Is there such a thing?" Who's looking for death! ”

Li Linbin was shocked when he saw this, and exclaimed: "Little general, you must be calm!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yunwei led more than 50,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army to retreat south from the Qianshan camp, turned back to the west through Gaizhou, and retreated all the way to Shanhaiguan.

Only half a day later, Nurhachi led the army of the Six Banners to the foot of a thousand mountains. After seeing that the Hanwei army had withdrawn, Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai were all shocked, and immediately set up a large camp north of Qianshan and did not dare to make further moves, for fear of being ambushed by the Hanwei army.

It is no wonder that in several encounters with the Hanwei army, the Jiannu banners have never encountered a situation where the Hanwei army took the initiative to retreat without losing the main force, and it is inevitable that they are afraid in their hearts, worrying that there are some traps waiting for them in front.

In order to be on the safe side, Nurhachi sent hundreds of scouts to inquire about the situation, and it was not until late evening that they received reports from the scouts: the Hanwei army had indeed retreated, and now it had passed Anshan and was almost in the area of Gaizhou.

Nurhachi was immediately ecstatic and said, "God help me with a lot of gold! It must be a major change within the Ming Kingdom! Si Beile, immediately send someone to contact Jin Shang to see what is going on inside the Ming Kingdom! ”

Huang Taiji also blushed and said, "The son of the minister has the order!" Khan Ama, now that the Hanwei army has run away, are we taking this opportunity to attack the city? ”

Dai Shan, Amin and Mang Gurtai also shouted on the side, and they all asked for orders to attack all parts of Liaodong.

Nurhachi said excitedly: "Now is indeed a golden opportunity for my big gold!" Spread my will: After noon, all banners and horses will be scattered on the spot, with Liaoyang as the center to attack all parts of Liaodong! ”

Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai were very excited when they heard this, and immediately took the order and left.

One month after the Hanwei army withdrew to Guannei, the Jiannu army successively conquered more than 50 villages such as Sanhebao in Hedong, as well as more than 70 cities such as Gucheng, Xindian, Kuandian, Yongdian, Changdian, Haizhou, Jinzhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou. The Battle of Liaoshen was another great victory for Jiannu after the Battle of Sarhu, which made Jiannu gain a firm foothold in Liaodong, and most of the vast Liaodong area was occupied by Jiannu.