Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 4 Recruiting Troops and Gathering Strength

Section 12 The Relocation of the Capital and the Dispatch of the Southern Expedition

In the second year of the Apocalypse (the seventh year of the Later Jin Mandate of Heaven), in April, Shenyang City.

After Nurhachi led his army to capture the vast territory of western Liaoxi, he first sent Huang Taiji and Azig to lead two white flag armies to tentatively attack southward, but they were resolutely resisted by the Ming army. After Nurhachi received the news, considering that the Eight Banners Army had been fighting continuously for a long time since the attack on Shenyang and Liaoyang, and the warriors of all banners were exhausted, and the Dajin country had suffered consecutive disaster years, and it was no longer able to fight, so he ordered the two white flag armies to be stationed in Guangning, the two red flag armies to be stationed in Liaoyang, and the two blue flag armies to be stationed in Gaizhouwei and Jinzhouwei and other important places, while the two yellow flag armies were stationed in Shenyang, the capital of Dajin State. From then on, the Jiannu army began to stop its troops, and began to digest the captured Chinese territory.

At this point, Nurhachi began to set up official positions on a large scale, built a palace in the city of Shenyang, and renamed Shenyang City as Shengjing, and all the people of the Jiannu Banner tribe migrated from Hetuara and other border places, and enclosed all the good areas suitable for living in the city as forbidden land, and distributed them to the bannermen to live, and at the same time forbade the Han people in Shenyang City to enter and exit, and the violators were killed on the street.

As the Jiannu army gradually took control of all parts of Liaodong, Nurhachi summoned all the owners of the Eight Banners to Shengjing, ready to inquire about the harvest of each banner in various parts of Liaodong.

After Huang Taiji, Daishan, Amin, Manggul Second Child, Azig and other banner owners who rushed to Shenyang all the way to meet Nurhachi, they reported their gains during this time.

Combined with the seizures of the various banner armies, Jiannu plundered a total of 2.5 million stone grains, money, jewelry, cattle, horses, and livestock in the battle of Quang Ninh. After hearing this, Nurhachi laughed and said to everyone: "Haha, with this batch of money and grain, my Dajin will not only be able to survive the current disaster year, give relief to the bannermen in various places, and supplement the food and salary of the army, but also greatly expand the troops and military equipment, and my Dajin will be in full swing in the future!" ”

After that, Huang Taiji summed up again and said: "Khan Ama, in this battle, my Dajin warriors captured the Guangning City of the Ming Kingdom, which can be said to have cut off the left arm of the Ming Kingdom. At the same time, it also cut off the connection between the Ming Kingdom and the Mongolian ministries, which greatly deterred the Mongolian ministries. In the opinion of the ministers, I, Dajin, should take advantage of this good opportunity to send envoys to contact the Mongolian ministries to strive for the Mongolian ministries to come and surrender, and continue to strengthen the strength of our Dajin. ”

Nurhachi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Huang Taiji to handle the matter, and after hearing this, Dai Shan's expression was not only gloomy, but also speechless for a long time.

Only a month later, Huang Taiji contacted the 17th Beile of the Mongolian Erut Department and the 5th Mongolian Khalkha Department to come to Shun, and Nurhachi personally hosted a banquet and granted official positions. Since then, Lin Dan Khan's control over the Mongolian tribes has been greatly weakened, and he can no longer effectively control the Mongolian tribes, and can no longer cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to threaten the flanks of Jiannu.

With the increasingly severe situation in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the rebellion in the southwest is also intensifying, and the border situation in the Ming Dynasty has a tendency to be urgent on two fronts. At this time, Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, and Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, had been killed by the rebels one after another, and the prime minister Lu Qin, who was known as the crown of the southwest generals, was also defeated and killed by himself.

After the news reached the capital, Emperor Tianqi urgently summoned Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the military department, to meet him, ready to discuss how to save the situation in the southwest war. At this time, the two fronts of Liaodong and southwest were in turmoil, coupled with the loss of Guangning City not long ago, Huang Jiashan felt that he was full of powerlessness in the face of the situation, and his heart was already like ashes. Faced with a series of questions from the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Huang Jiashan couldn't answer at all, just stood aside and was silent.

When Emperor Tianqi saw Huang Jiashan's half-dead appearance, he was very dissatisfied in his heart, and immediately walked away in anger. A few days later, Emperor Tianqi issued an edict to remove Huang Jiashan from the post of secretary of the military department, and added the governor of Jiliao, Sun Chengzong, to lead the military department.

After Huang Jiashan was dismissed, he left the capital in disheart and returned to his hometown to retire. But just a year later, Huang Jiashan died of depression at home.

It is said that the Emperor of the Apocalypse saw that the situation in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty was becoming more and more severe, and the new military secretary Sun Chengzong was far away in Shanhaiguan and could not come back at any time to discuss the battle situation. So the Emperor of the Apocalypse passed Wei Zhongxian over and asked, "Companion, now that Liaodong has been lost, and the southwest is in chaos, and the state affairs are already difficult, how should I deal with it?" ”

Wei Zhongxian frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that the imperial court should concentrate its efforts, select one of the disasters from the north and south, and exterminate it first, remember to fight on two fronts." ”

Emperor Apocalypse nodded and said, "This is reasonable, what does it mean to settle down first?" ”

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks it's better to pacify the rebellion in the southwest first."

"Oh? Why? ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, first, the southwest has always been the rear of the imperial court, and Sichuan is also the granary of the dynasty, known as the country of abundance, if the imperial court can not quell the rebellion as soon as possible, then the southwest will soon be reached by the rebels, which will shake the foundation of the dynasty; Second, now that Liaodong Jiannu has been founded and has gained a firm foothold in Liaodong, the dynasty can no longer easily exterminate it, so it can only be slowly taken and another way, and for the rebels in the southwest, the imperial court should take advantage of the fact that it has not yet turned into a dragon, and exterminate it at all costs, and must not let it develop into a disaster like Jiannu, otherwise the dynasty will be in danger of extinction! ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned and thought for a while, and said, "What Bandang said is very right, it seems that he will do his best to exterminate the Extravagant Rebellion first. However, now that all the troops that can be mobilized in the southwestern provinces have been transferred, they still cannot stop the offensive of the rebels. For now, where else can the imperial court send troops to help? ”

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't forget that there is still an elite army of 200,000 people on the side of the Jingshi now!" His Majesty could have transferred the Hanwei army to the southwest to quell the rebellion, and now that the treasury has some money, it can fully afford the military expenses required for the transfer of troops. Besides, even the powerful Jiannu was heavily killed and wounded by the Hanwei army, so how could the southwest rebels be an opponent? As long as the Hanwei army goes to the southwest, it will definitely be able to send back the good news. ”

"But the war in the southwest is dangerous, what will Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, think? After all, it's a thousand miles to help. ”

"Your Majesty, the slave expected that Liu Yunwei would definitely go happily, and he would spare no effort to exterminate the rebels, and there would be no slackness."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked curiously, "Oh? Why is that? ”

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Your Majesty doesn't know that the mother of Liu Yunwei, the chief soldier of Tongzhou Town, is now in Chengdu City. ”

"I see! Message: Order Liu Yunwei, the chief military officer of Tongzhou Town, to immediately reorganize the soldiers and horses, and after a month, lead the 100,000 troops of the Hanwei Army to the southwest to quell the rebellion in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces! ”

Two days later, Tongzhou City, the General Military Mansion.

Liu Yunwei was in the study to check the official documents submitted by the shogunate, and saw that last year's harvest in Juntun and Mintun was okay, military households and tun troops were able to have some grain stock, and Tongzhou Town also saved some military food, about 100,000 stone. Liu Yunwei was very happy in his heart, and said secretly: "Okay, if the imperial court recruits the Han Wei army to go out this year, with these grains and grass as a guarantee, my heart will be much more steady." ”

After that, Liu Yunwei looked at the official document submitted by the general and found that the treasury of Tongzhou Town was now full of all kinds of military equipment, and the joy in his heart was even higher. However, the official document submitted by the Investigation Division later made Liu Yunwei's mood change sharply, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"I really didn't expect that the southwest rebels would be so difficult to deal with, even Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, and Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, were killed by the rebels one after another. I don't know where the rebels are fighting now, and whether Chengdu is still safe? ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yunwei couldn't help but feel sad, and his heart was very irritable.

At this time, Guo Yi ran in with a panicked expression and said loudly: "General Town! Hurry up and meet you outside the city! ”

"Greeting? Who's coming? Why are you so flustered? ”

Guo Yi said loudly: "Eunuch Wei Zhongxian! Wei Zhongxian came to our Tongzhou Town to deliver the decree, and he was about to go outside the north gate! ”

"What!" Liu Yunwei was taken aback when he heard this, and never expected that Wei Zhongxian would come to Tongzhou Town in person to deliver the decree. But after thinking about it, he knew the weight of this holy decree, and said secretly: "It is unlikely that the counterattack on Liaodong will be carried out now, and most of it is that Your Majesty wants to recruit my Hanwei army to rescue the southwest and quell the rebellion!" ”

So, Liu Yunwei walked out of the study quickly and said loudly: "Go quickly!" Let all the generals above the thousand commanders and all the governors of the shogunate rush to the north gate of Tongzhou to greet them immediately! ”

When Guo Yi heard this, he immediately ran out, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Half an hour later, Liu Yunwei led Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Wen Poyu, Zhao Kaishan, Li Tianhao, Wang Dangdang, Huang Fuming, Gao Hongguang and dozens of generals and other generals, Yuan Mingxuan, Sun Yuanhua, Zhou Tianyi, Hu Kun, Chen Zitong, Ma Shiming and other governors, waiting for Wei Zhongxian's honor guard outside the north gate of Tongzhou. Liu Yunwei also mobilized 200 soldiers of the Hanwei Army to stand in line on both sides of the official road, which further demonstrated his respect for Wei Zhongxian.

It didn't take long for Wei Zhongxian's guard of honor to appear in everyone's sight, only to see a huge guard of honor composed of hundreds of people slowly walking over, and its power was not inferior to that of the first-class members of the imperial court, and even surpassed it.

Liu Yunwei looked at Wei Zhongxian's honor guard with a solemn face, and he didn't know what he was thinking for a while.