Chapter 206: Edict, no assistance
The time came to October of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and some time ago, the Dengzhou camp had another training.
Many people wonder, isn't it stipulated that there is only one training in three months, why did it happen again in only two months?
The rules are dead, people are alive, Wang Zheng wants to see how the run-in is after the expansion of the whole camp, and he can't go to various places as usual.
General Wang didn't want to go to see them one by one, so he did it again with a wave of his hand, and naturally no one would say anything.
In fact, speaking of which, the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion were secretly happy in their hearts.
Because everyone has experience in the last training, every time the training is actually a time to make military achievements, the trouble is nothing more than moving back and forth.
In addition, there are many benefits, no matter how well you perform in it, you will make a note of military merit after the big training, so why not.
For the generals, this is a good time to compete for merit, and the military merit in wartime is too good to be obtained, and if it is not good, it is to be shrouded in horse leather, and the best way to obtain military merit is naturally to practice.
It can be seen from this training that the regular soldiers and all units of the Dengzhou battalion have been well familiar with the system, especially the axe and gun formation of the soldiers, which makes Jem, a serious Westerner, applaud and feel enthusiastic.
Not long after the vigorous training, that is, in early October, a Tang newspaper was delivered to Penglai from Beizhili Express Horse.
In September, Wang Zheng expanded the army here, and the Qing army actually entered the Kou twice in succession, the first time did not go deep, and after defeating several Ming troops, they plundered some people and cattle and sheep and retreated outside the pass.
Beizhili was relieved, but it didn't take long for news to come again, and the Qing soldiers were here again!
This second time is not like the last temptation, the slave chief Taiji swore to warn against Ming, known as the Eight Banners of the 100,000 strong, divided the army into two ways.
Yue Tuo was the general of Yangwu, Beledudu was the deputy, commanding the right wing army, and Dolgon, the prince of Rui, commanding the left wing army, approaching the wall ridge and Qingshan Pass respectively.
The Qing army attacked like a storm, the Ming army was naturally defeated one after another, Lu Zongwen and several other general-level generals were killed, and the Qing army was like entering a no-man's land, and soon penetrated into the territory of Beizhili.
The Left Wing Army led by Yue Zhi alone had 11 towns and 32 beacon piers in September.
In fact, the Qing army is known as 100,000, of which the real Eight Banners are only tens of thousands, most of them are Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Jingzhong and other Han Eight Banners composed of Han people who surrendered and Mongolia Eight Banners formed by Mongolia.
Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict in early September, ordering the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi to immediately enter the aid, and gave Lu Xiang the promotion of the square sword, and supervised the soldiers and horses of the world to enter the aid of the Beijing division.
Although Lu Xiangsheng is the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, he can only use 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which also includes the headquarters Tianxiong Army formed when he reorganized the three prefectures.
The Ming army of Beizhili was defeated in successive battles, and the Qing army was strong, Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to act rashly, so he could only issue an edict in succession, urgently ordering the soldiers and horses of each town to enter the king of Jingqin.
Naturally, the edict should include Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong, Liu Zeqing was beaten by Wang Zheng, and the soldiers and horses who could give orders were less than 10,000.
In fact, having said that, even if Wu Weizhong has no less soldiers and horses, he will not go, who wants to go to death.
The Son of Heaven issued an edict that the movement of troops and horses in various places was often jointly commanded by the governor and the general army, and Yan Jizu, who was the governor of Shandong at the time, naturally had to act cautiously.
Of course, it is very simple not to send troops to deal with the past, not only in Shandong, but everywhere, and no one wants to send them to death.
If the governor or the general soldier did not want to obey the edict, he often sent the report directly to the ministers of civil and military affairs in various places, and asked them to handle it themselves.
Yan Jizu and Liu Ze thought of going together, and politely stabilized the herald of the governor Lu Xiangsheng, saying that they had sent people to spread the message to various places, and soldiers and horses would come soon.
As for what strange reasons the generals came up with to evade, it was not up to them, and the order had already been passed down anyway.
Looking at the whole of Shandong, the only one who has the ability to come to the aid is except for Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, that is, the Dengzhou First Mansion, and last year the Dengzhou battalion even wiped out a Qing army, so Han Dahu, the general soldier of Denglai, immediately called someone to invite Wang Zheng to Ye County after receiving the Tang report.
Wang Zheng was lively here, and the day after receiving the document from the Yamen of the governor of Shandong, Han Dahu's writing arrived in Penglai, and in the afternoon of the same day, the document of Xu Renlong, the governor of Denglai, also arrived, and Wang Zheng was invited to go to Ye County to discuss the matter of aid.
When the officials in other places heard this, they all secretly ridiculed themselves, and local officials such as the chief military governor of the people were hiding from the call, and how many soldiers and horses can you have in this little Denglai, you have to rush to find death.
Wang Zheng originally wanted to go again the next day, but the documents of the chief soldier and the governor arrived on the same day, which showed that the situation was indeed urgent, and he rushed to Ye County overnight with a dozen horsemen that day.
A few days after arriving in Ye County, Han Dahu and Xu Renlong didn't care about greetings, and directly explained the matter, Han Dahu may have considered his personal relationship, and what he said was quite pertinent, meaning that Wang Zheng decided whether to go or not.
Xu Renlong is different, he opened his mouth and came up with a lot of morality, saying that you Wang Zheng is an official of the imperial court, since there are soldiers in the court, why don't you go and help Lu Jiutai resist the Qing soldiers.
After all, Xu Renlong has not been in office for a long time, and he has not had time to go to Dengzhou Mansion, so he doesn't know Wang Zheng, and he is anxious for fear that Wang Zheng will retreat, so he directly uses the method of agitation to test.
To the surprise of the two, Wang Zheng, who has always kept a low profile, agreed very simply this time, saying that he was willing to lead the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion to fight to the death against the Tartars.
However, Xu Renlong is such a ghost, after the initial surprise, he immediately reacted, Wang Zheng had something to say.
Although he said that he would be edicted, he did not promise to go to Beizhili.
Wang Zheng really didn't want to go to Beizhili, because although he believed in Lu Xiangsheng's ability, he didn't believe in the ability of the soldiers and horses in the rest of the towns.
In fact, before Wang Zheng came, he had already sent the men and horses of the Dengzhou battalion to reconnoitre, and the Qing army entered the Kou in two ways, and the rear must be empty.
Although the water camp of Penglai Water City is still in preparation, there are many ships, and it will take a few days to transport soldiers to the border of Jinzhou.
The Tartars are engaged in wind and rain in the territory of Beizhili, and there are at least tens of thousands of people, and I am afraid that it will not be enough for them to plug their teeth.
Good steel should be used on the blade, the Tartar has never been familiar with water warfare, and he has never heard of a water division, since the Tartar can penetrate deep into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, why can't he take the soldiers of the Dengzhou battalion to the rear of the Tartar to do it?
To be honest, since he came to Daming, Wang Zheng has been watching the Tartars ravage the mountains and rivers of the Han family but there is no way, he has long been a little unbearable, since he came back to Ye County to discuss with Xu Renlong and Han Dahu, it is natural to make up his mind to fight to the death with the Tartars.
However, if the Dengzhou battalion wants to cross the sea, although it has already been prepared on its side, the first pass is the imperial court, and without the will of the imperial court, he only has a dead end to go by sending the edict to help, which is to really send him to death.
So Wang Zheng went to Xu Renlong and Han Dahu with all his heart, saying that he took the Dengzhou camp to the back of the Tartars to make trouble, and the Tartars knew that they would definitely come back to help, and the disaster of Beizhili was naturally solved.
This is an impossible task, the territory of Liaodong has not been involved by the Ming army for many years, and Han Dahu even asked Wang Zheng if he had drunk too much before he came.
Xu Renlong glanced at Wang Zheng deeply, a military general like Wang Zheng could not be called and live happily guarding his one-third of an acre.
Wang Zheng's actions are not like his brain has been burned out, it is a real righteousness, and it is more dangerous than sending an edict to help, and the slightest carelessness may wipe out the whole army, and the horse leather shroud can't be talked about.
Xu Renlong's expression softened, and he only asked Wang Zheng what he needed, and he gave everything he could for armor and weapons.
Wang Zheng smiled and said that the Dengzhou battalion did not need the armaments of the yamen and the inner library, as long as the two of them cooperated, as for whether it could be done or not, it depended on the meaning of the other person.
This person is not Emperor Chongzhen, but the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi - Wang Chengen.