Just when officials in the court of Beijing continued to write to impeach Yuan Chonghuan for misleading the country and asking the emperor to remove him from his position as governor of the three sides, Yuan Chonghuan, a person in charge in the northwest, finally waited for Emperor Chongzhen's will in worry.

This decree was naturally issued by the Military Aircraft Department to Li Banghua, Minister of Military Aircraft, Yuan Chonghuan, the Governor of the Three Sides, and others.

On the morning of October 26, the third year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides, Zhao Shujiao, Jingyuan Bo, Wang Tingchen of Wu'anbo, Cao Wenzhao, the chief military officer of Ningxia, He Huchen, the chief military officer of Shaanxi, Wang Chengen, as well as Zhou Yuji, Shi Gongsheng and others, gathered in Jingning City at the foot of Liupan Mountain, and under the leadership of Li Banghua, the Marquis of Dongsheng, the minister of military aircraft, knelt down to listen to the edict sent by Emperor Chongzhen.

After listening to Emperor Chongzhen's will, Li Banghua and Yuan Chonghuan's hearts were full of guilt and remorse, as well as gratitude and emotion.

Because they knew very well in their hearts that such a thing as the clan vassal king falling into the hands of thieves was not a trivial matter.

Especially in the current situation where more than 100,000 troops of the imperial court are gathered in the three northwestern regions, if such a serious thing happens, let alone Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides, or Li Banghua, the minister of military aircraft who is sitting in the superintendent, will probably be punished for this.

Like Zhang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu, Mao Yujian, the former deputy envoy of the trilateral regiment, and others were defeated and died, and a sentence of victory or defeat is a common thing in the soldiers, it can be prevaricated in the past, at best, it is just a loss of soldiers, as long as the emperor does not go to his heart, such a thing is not a real major event.

However, a clan vassal king, especially a king of the Taizu clan like Su Wangfu in Lanzhou, fell into the hands of thieves under the noses of these civil officials and military generals, and this crime could not be prevaricated in any way.

After the incident, both Yuan Chonghuan and Li Banghua were ready to be removed from office and punished, or at least to be transferred out of the northwest by the change of commander.

In particular, Yuan Chonghuan and his staff members Cheng Benzhi, Wang Yu and others had already secretly screamed badly after the defeat and death of Zhang Jiamo, the chief soldier of Gansu, and Mao Yujian, the deputy envoy of the trilateral regiment, and even felt even worse after the fall of Lanzhou.

Because at this time, Yuan Chonghuan already knew his reputation, and in the eyes of the court and even the mainland scholars, I am afraid that it is too bad to be worse.

In this regard, he also knew the reason to some extent, because he had killed the border generals without permission, which provoked the Mu Su Barbarian rebellion in the jurisdiction of the three governors such as Longxi Hexi, which made the imperial court lose almost the entire Longxi Hexi in just a few months.

Since then, there have been large-scale killings in Guyuan City, and even large-scale killings in Pingliang City, which have been recorded on his head by many civil officials above the government and the opposition.

Although Yuan Chonghuan does not have many friends in the officialdom because of his perverse and withdrawn personality, he is not without a friend in the court.

Therefore, he still knows a little about the fact that he was impeached by officials from the government and the opposition in the court.

This time, what he was most worried about was not Emperor Chongzhen's true wishes.

Yuan Chonghuan is not a fool, he has long grasped some of Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts from the previous several dispositions to him and various secret decrees.

This is Emperor Chongzhen wanting to clean up Mu Suman, and he is just fulfilling this wish for the emperor to achieve this goal.

Therefore, he even believed that as long as he could satisfactorily solve the problem of Mu Suman in the northwest, he would probably be crowned a marquis by Emperor Chongzhen because of this merit.

Therefore, this time, what he was worried about was not what Emperor Chongzhen would do to him, on the contrary, what he was most worried about was that the young emperor who was far away in Beijing could not withstand the pressure of the Manchu Dynasty civil officials to impeach him, and he obeyed that pressure.

After all, there have been too many such precedents in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the governor of the three sides, Zeng Mill and others conspired to recover the Hetao, but Emperor Jiajing fully agreed, and personally allocated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to Zeng Mill for military expenses to recover the Hetao.

However, when there was a problem with Zeng Milling to recover the Hetao, which provoked a large-scale invasion of the Mongols at that time, the government and the opposition attacked Zeng Milling Qun, at this time, Emperor Jiajing also immediately changed his attitude, and the Hetao not only did not recover, but also killed Zeng Milling who suggested that he recover the Hetao in the letter.

Even Xia Yan, the first assistant who supported Zeng Mo at that time and advocated the recovery of the Hetao area, was also punished.

Soon after Li Banghua and the others sent an urgent report to Jingshi, they received the news that King Su, the prince of the clan in Lanzhou City, had been killed.

Therefore, before the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen's edict, whether it was Yuan Chonghuan or Yuan Chonghuan's staff in the trilateral governor's palace, everyone's mood was extremely heavy, and they all thought that they were going to give up their previous efforts.

Including An Yuanbo Cao Wenzhao, who has always had special confidence in Emperor Chongzhen, also felt that this time Yuan Chonghuan was afraid that he would be in a catastrophe.

Not to mention the current chaos in the northwest, the initiator is Yuan Chonghuan, the trilateral governor, just to say that before, he heard the news that the thieves went north to besiege Lanzhou and went to Yuan Chonghuan, and the latter's performance at that time made him feel that this trilateral governor was afraid that he was guilty of offending this time and was unforgivable.

Since Cao Wenzhao was awarded the title of An Yuanbo and appointed as the envoy of Shuofang Town, in addition to sending a group of men and horses back to Rehe Fort and ordering the other units of the Wulie Battalion to move to the jurisdiction of Shuofang Town Guard, he has been leading the main cavalry of the 3,000 Wulie Battalion, as well as several other Mongolian cavalry, to follow Yuan Chonghuan's action.

This time, after receiving the news that the thieves were marching north to besiege Lanzhou, Cao Wenzhao urgently asked Yuan Chonghuan to see him and said to Yuan Chonghuan:

"Lord Ministry! Lanzhou City has an important position, there are princes of the clan in it, once it falls into the hands of thieves, the consequences are unimaginable!

"And Lanzhou City is only four hundred miles away from Jingning Prefecture, and he only has thousands of cavalry under his command, and he can rush outside the city in one day and night! Although it can't be said that Lanzhou will be saved, it is better than sitting here with your hands in your hands! ”

There is nothing wrong with Cao Wenzhao's words.

Lanzhou is more than 400 miles away from Jingning, and it is all mountain roads, which is a bit far away, and thousands of cavalry gallop over without dismounting day and night, and even if they arrive, they may not be able to fight for a while.

However, even if it doesn't play much role for a while, if the Trilateral Governor's Mansion can send a cavalry of thousands of people to the rescue in time, it may increase the confidence of the guards in Lanzhou City.

Cao Wenzhao still remembers the attitude and reaction of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides, when he proposed this idea.

At that time, after quietly listening to An Yuanbo's words and Cao Wenzhao's words, Yuan Chonghuan just said to him with a gloomy face, and only after a long time did he say to him:

"The ministry has its own plans! Uncle An Yuan, go back and restrain the troops to obey the order! ”

After Yuan Chonghuan finished saying this, he waved his hand and sent the stunned Cao Wenzhao out.

And then, of course, there was no then.

Cao Wenzhao did not wait for Yuan Chonghuan's order to rescue Lanzhou, and a few days later, he waited for the news that Lanzhou City had fallen and King Su was killed.

After Cao Wenzhao heard the news, he was shocked and angry, he was really angry, but Emperor Chongzhen had a previous decree to let him obey the orders of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the three sides, and he did not have a seizure after all.

However, in his mind, after this incident, not only did the previous impression of Yuan Chonghuan completely collapse, but he also thought that Emperor Chongzhen would definitely not spare Yuan Chonghuan this time.

And there are people who have such thoughts, and there are not only An Yuanbo Cao Wenzhao.

However, to everyone's surprise, after more than half a month of suffering, and finally waiting for the emperor's decree, Emperor Chongzhen did not ask Li Banghua and Yuan Chonghuan to blame him, nor did he settle accounts after the autumn to pursue the guilt of Zhang Jiamo and Mao Yujian and others, but turned over this article without caring and understatement.

For Yuan Chonghuan, a major demerit in the examination book and then a one-year fine is just commonplace, and it is not a serious punishment.

Even for Li Banghua, a one-year fine is just a matter of thousands of taels of silver, and a major demerit is just a matter of redeeming merit when he is rewarded for meritorious deeds in the future.

Because of this, when these people knelt on the ground and respectfully listened to Emperor Chongzhen's edict, several people led by Li Banghua and Yuan Chonghuan immediately shouted with sincerity and sincerity and from the bottom of their hearts.