Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 4 Turmoil in all directions is critical

Section 1 The Qing Army Fighting in the East and the West

In the first month of the third year of Chongzhen (the third year of Tiancong in the Manchu Dynasty), Jingshi.

Since Liu Yunwei received the holy decree, he gathered a large army on the same day, led 60,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army Pacesetter Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion to march all the way, and went straight to the Beijing Division with Wang Chengen and his entourage, and arrived in the capital in only 15 days.

Liu Yunwei settled 60,000 Hanwei soldiers outside Xizhimen, and before he had time to rest, he entered the city with Wang Chengen and rushed towards the palace. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already convened hundreds of civil and military officials, and was holding a court meeting in the Taihe Hall to urgently discuss the countermeasures of the situation in Liaodong.

At the same time that Liu Yunwei led the army to conquer the army of thieves, Huang Taiji seized this golden opportunity and ordered all the troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to attack in two ways, and at the same time conquer the Mongol Lin Dan Khan and the Korean State.

In this regard, the Ming court and the Jiliao Governor's Mansion were very concerned, and they invested a lot of manpower to investigate the movements of the Qing army.

Not long ago, Emperor Chongzhen received an urgent report from Jinyi Wei and learned two very bad news:

"It is reported that half a month ago, the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan held a succession ceremony at the tomb of Genghis Khan, concentrated all the Mongolian iron cavalry that could be mobilized, obtained a total of 200,000 soldiers, and led the army to the east to Horqin, preparing to punish Horqin, Zalut, Bahrain, Naiman, Aohan, Karaqin, Tumut, Wengniut, Asut and other tribes who openly or covertly defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In this regard, the Manchu puppet emperor led the two yellow banners, the two yellow banners of the Han army, as well as the Horqin, Zalut, Balin, Naiman, Aohan, Karaqin, Tumut, Wengniut, Asut and other Mongolian iron cavalry totaling 100,000 troops to the west to meet the battle. The two sides fought on the west bank of the Dulu River, Lin Dan Khan was defeated and lost, and then led the remnants of the army to retreat to Mobei Khalkha, and the Qing army then pursued relentlessly, Lin Dan Khan was forced to continue to flee westward, until he fled to the area of Hamiwei, and crossed the Yellow River south to reach the Great Grass Beach. Huang Taiji led the army to collect more than 100,000 people and tens of thousands of troops from Lin Dan Khan's troops all the way, and the power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty rose greatly. ”

"It is reported that the 100,000 Qing troops led by Nu Chief Haoge and Azig crossed the Yalu River east to invade Korea, and the Korean soldiers were invincible and lost successive battles. At present, the Qing army is besieging Wangxian City, and the Korean king has sent people to break through the siege four times in a row to ask for help, and the situation is extremely critical. ”

Faced with such a grim situation, the entire court fell into silence. Above the lobby, Emperor Chongzhen's face was full of sadness, seeing that no one in the Manchu Dynasty had any worries about himself, all of them looked at the ground and the sky, and there was nothing they could do about the grim situation in front of them.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen was full of anger, and shouted loudly towards the Manchu civil and military forces: "Now that the Qing army has poured out of the nest and fought in the east and west, Lin Dan Khan has been defeated, and in the future, the Mongolian tribes will not only be unable to become the help of the dynasty, but will be in danger of being used by the Manchu Dynasty, and the Korean state is also in danger." However, for such a grim situation, the civil and military forces of our Ming Dynasty did not say a word, and did not have half a countermeasure, which is extremely ridiculous! ”

However, for Emperor Chongzhen's angry roar, the civil and military generals above the court are still old gods, and everyone's faces are not ashamed, they are still silent and low-headed.

Looking at the civil and military faces of the Manchu Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he was about to go crazy, and pointed to Zhou Yanru, the new cabinet assistant, and said: "Old Zhou Ge, don't you have anything to say!" ”

I saw Zhou Yanru hurriedly come out and say: "Your Majesty, this time the Qing army attacked from two directions, and it was indeed unexpected that the Qing army dared to attack the Mongolian tribes and the Korean State at the same time. However, the minister thought that the situation in Liaodong was not incorrigibly corrupted, after all, there were still 300,000 Hanwei troops stationed in the four towns of Jiliao, and His Majesty could have issued a holy decree to order Po Junbo to lead the army to attack Liaodong, and after attacking the enemy, he would definitely be able to force the Qing troops on both roads to withdraw. ”

Zhou Yanru's words were actually thought of by everyone, including Emperor Chongzhen, but where did the money and food needed for the 300,000 Han Wei army go from on the expedition? Most of the money and grain obtained from the raid of the Jin merchants had been spent on the war in the northwest and the relief of the displaced people, but now the imperial court could not take out so much money and grain.

Now that there is a large army, it will not be useful without food, clothing, money and food.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Zhou Yanru answered very decently, but the content was equivalent to not saying anything, and he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied in his heart. However, Emperor Chongzhen had always respected Zhou Yanru, and it was not good to be too strict at this time, so he endured his heart and asked, "I don't know if the elder of the pavilion has a way to raise the money and food needed for the army to go on the expedition?" ”

"No."

Zhou Yanru replied very simply, and said: "Regarding this matter of money and food, the old minister thinks that His Majesty can ask about the military department and the household department, maybe the two scholars have a way. ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, and Hou Sui, the secretary of the household department, both frowned, and looked at Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, with some dissatisfaction between their expressions.

But the two were driven away by Zhou Yanru's words, so they could only come out one after another to respond to Emperor Chongzhen.

Xiong Mingyu came out of the column and said: "Your Majesty, since the thief Gao Yingxiang gathered the crowd to rebel, the military department has hurriedly dispatched troops to quell the rebellion, and the war has mobilized more than 100,000 elite troops, and the money spent is millions of dollars, and the military department has no money, and there is really no way to spend money on the war in Liaodong." ”

Emperor Chongzhen was noncommittal when he heard this, but he snorted coldly, then looked at the Hou Sui of the Household Department, and asked, "The military department has no money, what about the household department?" Don't you have any money in the household? ”

Hou Sui sighed gloomily and said, "Your Majesty, the household department really has no money. This time, the thief Gao Yingxiang gathered a crowd to corrupt Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, not only burning hundreds of villages and towns and dozens of cities, but also turning millions of people into displaced people. In order to settle these millions of displaced people, the household department has spent all the money and grain, and even the stolen money of the Jin merchants handed over to the imperial court by the broken army has been used. Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear! ”

Emperor Chongzhen was pushed by Xiong Mingyu and Hou Sui neither soft nor hard, and the anger in his heart burst out instantly, and he roared loudly: "There is no money in the military department, and there is no money in the household department, so where did all my money and food go?" Where are the taxes paid by the provinces spent! Could it be that because there was no money, the imperial court could only watch the Manchu Qing defeat the Mongol tribes, and then attack the Korean state, and then increase the national strength and go south to Shanhaiguan! ”

Facing Emperor Chongzhen, who was already furious, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military once again returned to a state of silence, nodded their heads one after another, and stared intently at the ground in front of them.

Zhou Yanru was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty is angry, the old minister thinks that it is better to wait for Uncle Pojun to come and then discuss it in detail, maybe Uncle Pojun has any good way." ”

"Humph! Could it be that the broken army can still conjure up money and food? ”

"Maybe, Your Majesty might as well wait, maybe when the broken army arrives, the big problem of money and food will be solved."

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help frowning when he looked at Zhou Yanru, who had something to say, and said secretly in his heart: "What does Zhou Ge Lao mean by this?" What does Elder Ge mean is that Po Junbo has money and food in his hands, and he can send troops to Liaodong without the support of the imperial court? ”

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly asked, "Where is Uncle Pojun?" ”

A eunuch outside the gate of the main hall immediately stood at the door and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Uncle Pojun and the prince have arrived in the capital and are rushing to the palace. ”

"Send someone to urge again! Let the broken army come to see me immediately! ”

"Yes!"

It didn't take long for Liu Yunwei and Wang Chengen to rush to the Taihe Hall together. After the two saluted, Wang Chengen stood beside Emperor Chongzhen, while Liu Yunwei stood in the middle of the two columns of civil and military with his head high, ready to wait for Emperor Chongzhen's news.

After Emperor Chongzhen saw Liu Yunwei, he didn't know why the anger in his heart instantly decreased a lot, and he suddenly felt a lot more relieved about the situation in Liaodong, as if as long as Liu Yunwei and the 300,000 Hanwei troops were there, it would be impossible for the Qing army to run rampant!

"Uncle Pojun, presumably the Qing army divided into two routes and fought in the east and west, Wang Chengen has already told you on the way here, I don't know what countermeasures Uncle Pojun has?"

Emperor Chongzhen asked eagerly, his eyes were full of hope, and he urgently needed Liu Yunwei to give him a positive answer, and he needed Liu Yunwei to give him a hope. In the face of the nightmare Manchu Qing Dynasty, the current Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty need a hope.

I saw Liu Yunwei raise his head and say: "Your Majesty, now the Mongolian tribes have been defeated, and the defeat of the Korean State is only in the moment. The minister thought that it was too late for the dynasty to send troops to Liaodong at this time, and the defeat of Korea was already a doomed thing. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he heard this, and the ministers of civil and military affairs in the hall were also discussing, and at this time, many people reprimanded Liu Yunwei for his nonsense, shouting loudly that they would fight with the Qing army to the end, and they wanted to protect the vassals of the dynasty from the disaster of the country.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers who were silent just now, but at this time they were righteous and awe-inspiring, and a sense of powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart, and he suddenly burst out: "Shut up!" ”

The court instantly fell silent, and all the ministers returned to their previous state, all of them staring at the ground quietly with their heads down, as if they were counting ants together.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have the heart to pay attention to those courtiers anymore at this time, so he stood up abruptly and said to Liu Yunwei: "Uncle Pojun, if the Manchu Qing annexed the Mongolian tribes and Korea, in time, it will definitely increase its strength. At that time, the Manchu soldiers will have enough food and no worries, which will be a monstrous disaster for my Ming Dynasty! Is there a way to crack the army? ”

Liu Yunwei smiled faintly and said confidently: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty has annexed the Mongolian provinces and is about to destroy the Korean State, the ministers and the 300,000 Han Wei army will not sit idly by and watch the Manchu Qing integrate the forces of Mongolia and Korea." Today, the minister asked His Majesty for an order, and the minister is ready to lead 300,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army to the north to attack Liaodong again, and he will definitely be able to destroy the Manchu Qing before its strength soars! ”

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