It is estimated that Sun Chuanting has only seen the Di Bao and Tang Bao sent from all over the world for the past two days, although it has been accumulated for almost two months, but the content is also quite simple, it is nothing more than the officers and soldiers pursuing the thief army without success, and they have fallen into the hands of the enemy somewhere.

What really attracts people's attention is Yang Sichang's suicide. The fall of King Xiang and King Fu was not as sensational as Yang Sichang's suicide.

When Yang Sichang entered the cabinet, he could really be called a man of power leaning towards the government and the opposition, and he advocated and appeased, but as a result, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai recovered their vitality and rose again. The so-called heaven and earth nets laid by him became a broken net that leaked everywhere, and the brilliant words of solving the Central Plains problem within three months actually became a joke. Up to now, in addition to leaving the chaotic war situation in the Central Plains, he also left an additional 140,000 troops and a salary of 2.8 million taels, which made the fire of rebellion in the world more and more intense. The world is disturbed, in the final analysis, because the taxes are too harsh, and Chongzhen and Yang Sichang Junchen don't care about it at all, the so-called hard work, strong work, hard work, fast work, and the spirit of four cadres have become even lost Xiangyang Luoyang, and have become Liangyang Governors.

Negotiate peace with foreign countries, so that Lu Xiangsheng, the so-called governor of the world, can't even supervise half of the town. Only in Beizhili fell into danger, fought alone, was wounded by dozens of wounds, and died in the king's affairs. As a result, after his death, he was slandered in every way, desperately suppressed, and he couldn't even get a due gift. Not to mention, he was instructed by him to recruit peace. Xiong Wencan, who was convicted and imprisoned by him in the end; Shocked the nine sides, and repeatedly broke the six mouths of Zheng Chongjian. "I didn't lose a city, I lost a brigade, and because others skillfully discharged, I served my sentence. The ministers know their grievances and dare not speak"; There are also many generals who are also framed by him, these elites of the Ming Dynasty. Because Yang Sichangdi's misdeeds are all wronged and worthless. Yang Sichang couldn't see any Wenchen who could fight. Seeing who led the troops to make great achievements, he always tried every means to frame him, but he didn't know the soldiers himself, but he only tried his best to curry favor with generals such as Zuo Liangyu He Renlong, but they became more and more arrogant.

Now, Li Chuang is crisscrossing the Central Plains, the generals are arrogant and domineering, but the civil servants of the capable army are also withering. Under the oppression of the three salaries, the people's grievances have been like boiling water, and the soup can not be raised to stop boiling, the situation in the world is erosive, and it is already an uncontrollable situation, but Yang Sichang died easily, and Emperor Chongzhen also cried bitterly, feeling that he was a rare loyal minister in the world, and he wrote the sacrifice in person. buried the beautiful funeral, and even dragged Zheng Chongjian, who was imprisoned inexplicably, out of the city to comfort his Yang Aiqing. Such perverse behavior also made the courtiers already cold the center of the earth and gradually approached the freezing point.

In Sun Chuanting's eyes, the person who can clean up the current disturbing situation is nothing more than Hong Hengjiu and himself. But now Hong Chengchou wants to go out of the customs to rescue Jinzhou, but he is under house arrest in this Shandong land. The news I got from this pond newspaper. It really made him think about it and feel a lot of emotion. Every time I wanted to get up and shout and fight, I still had to stay in this room and sit all day long......

That feeling of helplessness and vicissitudes, even a person like Sun Chuanting, who is accustomed to seeing storms and waves, is a little panicked, this is why Li Meng is invited to come over and drink.

In the Jiaozhou camp, in order to keep it secret, except for Li Meng and the guards around him, no one else was allowed to meet Sun Chuanting, and when it came to status, that is, Liu Fulai and Li Meng were qualified enough to be on an equal footing with Sun Chuanting, and the old eunuch would rather watch his grandson in the inner house than bother to come out to see Sun Chuanting.

He also knew that people like Sun Chuanting had a very bad impression of eunuchs and internal officials, and I was not idle, so I naturally didn't go to the door to ask for that boring, to put it mildly, that is, Li Meng alone.

Looking at Sun Chuanting's demeanor, Li Meng shook his head and sat down with a smile, but remembered that in modern times, as a non-commissioned officer, he had nothing to do, and he also had a gossip and playful mentality, often wondering what the division commander and army commander were thinking about every day. I didn't expect that I would have today, being at the highest level of this era, and facing the most outstanding people.

Since there are two wine jugs, there is obviously no need for outsiders to serve them, and the two sides don't need to be polite, just pour themselves a drink, Sun Chuanting may also have something to say that he doesn't want outsiders to hear.

Li Meng probably understood what the other party meant, and also asked the accompanying soldiers to wait outside, without having to enter. After a long while, Sun Chuanting opened his eyes, slowly let out a sigh, obviously the excitement had calmed down for a while, and he poured himself a glass of wine, raised his gesture, and said:

"I heard that Mr. Li won this time and took a new concubine, it can really be said that he is coming to the door with double happiness, and the old man congratulates him first."

Li Meng also raised, both sides drank it all, the Jiaozhou camp and some of the sundries in the following system were supplied by Lingshan Commercial Bank, this Sun Chuanting's residence house, the treatment is equivalent to Li Meng's inner house, the use is all excellence, Sun Chuanting drank the wine this time, and it is also a good wine for fine brewing.

There is famine everywhere in the world, and food is needed for winemaking, in such a situation, it is extremely inappropriate, Jiaozhou camp in Shandong is to implement strict alcohol control, but the wine given to Sun Chuanting is a good wine bought from Beijing, specially used for receiving guests, Sun Chuanting wants wine here, and conveys it to Rossi, that is, the guests want to drink.

Naturally, the best wine in Jiaozhou was sent over, of course, this best wine is just a daily drink for the rich in Jining City.

The degree of wine is not low, hot and spicy into the throat, Li Meng suddenly felt a little hot all over his body, his alcohol consumption is not good, looking at Sun Chuanting opposite, his whole face is a little red, obviously the amount of wine is also average, with the long beard of his chin, it really looks like Guan Gong.

The amount of wine was not high, and after two glasses, Sun Chuanting laughed out loud and said to Li Meng:

"General Li, this time I went to Henan, the thieves killed less than 2,000, but you killed more than 6,000 officers and soldiers, Lord Li is still truly loyal to the country, brave and strong!"

Li Meng lowered his head and poured himself wine, but did not make a sound, Sun Chuanting thought that Li Meng was weak-hearted. He continued to speak, still smiling and talking. However, the content of the words became more and more severe:

"Why is the Great Tomorrow so erosive, is that there are too many generals like you, Mr. Li, as a military general of the imperial court, you only have selfish interests in your eyes, and you don't want your own soldiers and horses to be damaged in the slightest. I'd rather fight with a friendly arm than fight a thief to the death. ”

Li Meng filled the glass of wine, raised his head and looked at Sun Chuanting with a smile. The other party's reaction made Sun Chuanting's heart even more angry, but his tone remained very calm, and he continued:

"There were originally two general soldiers in Shandong, Liu Zeqing in Caozhou suddenly encountered a thief, and Qiu Lei in Jinan committed suicide in shame. ^^^^ old man doesn't understand, even if you have a territory in Shandong, what can you do? If the thief wins the world, the mountains and rivers will be overturned. Under the nest, if there are eggs, can you survive alone in Shandong? ”

For Sun Chuanting, who was under house arrest in this courtyard, the historical materials of the Jiaozhou camp were basically completely open to him, so that Sun Chuanting could understand the group and gradually accept him. See some records of the year. Although the Jiaozhou camp is also vague, it can still be deduced what happened to Liu Zeqing and Qiu Lei, not to mention a big man like Sun Chuanting who is used to seeing storms.

However, if people can only attack with words, they are often in the most powerless state, Sun Chuanting is like this now, he was provoked by the wine, and that kind of city government attitude was suddenly lost a lot. It's just two glasses of wine. After he finished speaking, he stared at Li Meng, but he didn't expect Li Meng to fill it himself. Raise a glass and gesture to him.

"Mr. Sun, since Mr. Li started his family, he rarely drinks alcohol, and today Mr. has such a Yaxing, Mr. Li will accompany Mr. to have a few drinks, come, Mr. Li Moujing has a cup."

Sun Chuanting didn't lose his temper for a while, so he had to clink glasses with Li Meng sullenly, this glass of wine went down, Li Meng only felt a fire in his stomach, and his whole body became a little hot, he said slowly:

"Mr. Sun has led troops for decades, have you seen the massacre of the city?"

Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment, pondered a little, and shook his head, he led the troops to conquer in the Ming Dynasty.6 Whether it is an officer or a thief, there is always no madness, there is a burning and killing, but the slaughter of the city is really not seen, Li Meng poured himself wine, and said slowly:

"Li went to Henan this time and saw it, Lanyang County ten ** mouth, three days to go to fifty percent, because what, the six thousand soldiers and horses of General Zuo are stationed there, Mr. Sun is strict in governing the army, this Li knows, the world also knows, but how General Zuo governs the army, presumably Mr. Sun knows, and the people of the world also know!"

Sun Chuanting wanted to say something, but he didn't say it for a long time, Sun Chuanting's soldiers and horses were still tightly restrained, but how Zuo Liangyu and He Renlong led the troops, he heard a lot of rumors, Li Mengfang said that the slaughter of the city, if it was done by Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses, it is really credible.

"When Li led the troops into Lanyang City, the city was like hell, and the thieves broke the city, but they were just looting the treasury and torturing the gentry, and the common people could still be preserved, but Zuo Liangyu, an officer and soldier, entered the city and treated the people of the Ming Dynasty all over the city like pigs and dogs, regardless of the officials and people, they all looted and burned. Seeing this scene, if Li didn't stretch out his hand to take care of it, he was afraid that he would be sorry for his conscience. ”

Sun Chuanting was speechless, poured himself a glass, drank it sullenly, and Li Meng said again:

"Does Mr. Sun still want to say that there is a court, a military department, and a speech officer, if it is restrained, it will not be my turn to be a small chief soldier, but who has ever taken care of the court and those officials in charge? With a military general like Zuo Liangyu, the common people would rather go to the thieves than deal with the officers and soldiers, Li gave him a lesson, so that the people of Li knew the benefits of the officers and soldiers, and no longer feared the officers and soldiers like tigers, is this for themselves, or for the sake of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Li Meng talked eloquently here, Sun Chuanting wanted to speak and refute, but now he couldn't find any reason, Sun Chuanting is not Donglin and those rotten Confucians who are dead to study, if he wants to persuade Li Meng, he will definitely not be reprimanded through any theories such as the righteousness of kings and ministers, but must come in a real way.

But after thinking about it, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, except for the soldiers and horses trained by themselves and Lu Xiangsheng, the rest of the generals can really be said to be full of bad deeds, and the slaughter of the city may not be done, but for the sake of military merits to kill civilians and get ranks, such things have not been done.

While talking, the two of them had already drunk three glasses of wine in a row. Almost no one has a good stomach, and these two people are busy with military affairs. The wine is as respectful as possible, although this time I didn't drink much, but it was a little gaffe, Li Meng has always been calm and dignified in front of outsiders.

However, after a few glasses of wine, I was a little relieved. After another drink, the hot feeling was not uncomfortable, but enjoyable. Putting down the wine glass, he said loudly:

"Mr. Sun, you said that Li did not hesitate to fire and his colleagues for his own selfish interests, and what can he do with this province? In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the Tatars entered Kou Gyeonggi, Mr. Sun, do you remember? ”

"How the old man doesn't remember, it's because of the support of entering Gyeonggi that the pursuit of the thieves has been delayed. Because the Qin Junbei remained in Beizhili, the thieves became more and more uncontrollable, and the old man was impeached and imprisoned by him because of his disagreement with Yang Wenweak...... By the way, the old man also remembered that the world was defeated and scattered, and even Lu Xiangsheng was killed on the battlefield, only you, Shandong soldiers and horses, won a big victory, and killed more than 1,000 ......"

Drinking too much. The words were also a little chattering, Li Meng nodded, but got up from the chair, and said as he walked, his voice was also much higher:

"Li is also a citizen of China, and as a military general of the imperial court, he also wants to wield a sword to guard the safety of this side. But Li wanted to do it. Others don't want to, and the superintendent Lu Xiangsheng died in Julu. Others don't want to die, Li led an army to chase after the Tatar brigade, but what about the others, the high and hidden troops did not come out, the Shandong soldiers and horses were scattered without a trace, and Li's Jiaozhou battalion became a lone army, and the brave sons and daughters under his command were lost, otherwise, you and I would not be able to get together to drink today. ”

Sun Chuanting listened with wide eyes, the wine in the cup was already a little spilled, he didn't notice it at all, and his inexplicable face was a little redder, this was not because of wine, but because he remembered that he was the governor of Baoding back then, and he didn't dare to go out of the city to intercept him, so he let the Tartars take the captured people and livestock and go out of the customs.

The more Li Meng spoke, the more excited he became, obviously because of the anger and grievances accumulated in his chest for so many years, and today he vented it through the strength of this wine.

The soldiers outside heard the voices in the house gradually rising, but after peeking at them, they didn't dare to eavesdrop, but let everyone stay away from the house.

Such a big man is speechless, the less people outside know, the better, Li Meng stood there and did not move, and shouted in a muffled voice:

"The enemy is like a wolf and a tiger, Li does his duty as a general, and the battle to the death is, but when he fights, his colleagues and comrades-in-arms around him, if they are stupid as pigs and cowardly as mice, it is a disaster for Li.

Speaking a little thirsty, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all, slammed the wine glass on the ground, and drank:

"Since you can't rely on others, then Li will do everything by himself, and when the time comes, Shenzhou will be overturned, Li will deserve it, the people in the world will not do it, and Li will do it!"

After saying this, Li Mengxian's wine glass was still in his hand, and he put it on the table, using too much force, the wine glass was actually shattered, Li Meng shook his head, feeling that he had indeed drunk a little too much, in order to make the last thing that should not appear is this mental state, what he just said was enough, Li Mengxian staggered to the door a little and pushed open the door.

Sun Chuanting was already speechless, he originally wanted to vent some grievances, but who would have thought that he was pushed back by Li Meng sentence by sentence, but after listening to it, he was not angry, but only shocked, the current situation in Daming is really similar to what Li Meng said, why the thieves and the captives have repeatedly failed to go wrong, it is not because they contain each other, and the local political disputes in the court have also been involved in the war.

Lu Xiangsheng's death and Sun Chuanting's imprisonment were not because of the war, but because of this infighting, Sun Chuanting thought about it, but after all, he didn't come up with a rebuttal of the words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in a low voice:

"The thieves are uncontrollable, if there is really a day, what is the use of saying this?"

Li Meng turned his head, he had already regained some calm, and said slowly:

"If the thief sits in the world, it is just a change of dynasty, after all, it is my Chinese clothes, what I am afraid of is that the Tartar prisoners enter the customs, and there are many national weapons of this inheritance, at that time, it will really be the world overturned, and people will be the food of birds and beasts, and then the world is not as good as the ghost domain!"

"Tartar? There were more than 100,000 soldiers, but the thieves now numbered nearly a million......

Sun Chuanting's voice gradually lowered, and Li Meng didn't hear his words clearly. However, Li Meng stepped forward and clenched his fists with both hands. Deeply struggling, he opened his mouth and said solemnly:

"Mr. Sun, not for this court, not for the inheritance of his family, for the thousands of years of Chinese ritual clothes. We will do our best for the innocent people of this world, so that they may not suffer the suffering of the overthrow of the world. Turn things around as much as you can, Mr. Sun, please come out and help me! ”

Not for this court, not for the inheritance of his family, these words are like thunder in Sun Chuanting's ears, what is he loyal to the king for, not for the sake ......of the people in the world from being ruined and living a peaceful life. But Li Meng's words were too unreasonable, and he couldn't answer for a while.

As soon as the cold wind blew outside, Li Meng's wine strength had already dissipated, and while he was deep, his eyes were staring at Sun Chuanting, waiting for this Mr. Sun's reply.

This time drinking, Sun Chuanting originally wanted to vent his anger and emotion, but who would have thought that it was Li Meng who expressed his chest directly here, and it was obvious that what he said was a big rebellion. But Sun Chuanting couldn't find a reason to refute it, and he didn't speak so arrogantly.

Since he was taken captive by Li Meng to Shandong, Li Meng did not make his intentions clear, and Sun Chuanting naturally did not say anything, the two sides were so tacit, but today Li Meng suddenly said it clearly.

Sun Chuanting knew that Li Meng was going to solicit, and he also planned how to respond - the categorical refusal was, who would have thought that the matter would come to an end. But now I don't insist so much in my heart. And today, when the lower room is like this, naturally nothing can be done in the edict prison. In this Li Meng's Shandong, there is a lot to be done.

Every time there is a change of dynasty, it is an extremely huge disaster, and these thieves who hate the scholars and literati have won the world, it must be a disaster, and the etiquette poems and books of China will not all be discarded by them, if the Tartars become the climate, the result is even more unimaginable.

Maybe...... Sun Chuanting hesitated for a long time before he said in a slumber voice:

"Master Li, the old man is drunk, and it is inevitable that he will be rude, so I won't send it to my lord today."

Li Meng straightened up, nodded, and said indifferently:

"Don't worry, what Li said today, Mr. Sun thought about it carefully after sobering up, if he stood by and watched the catastrophe in the world, then there is no need to say much, if you want to do something, it is not Li to boast, there is only one place in Shandong in this world, Mr. can show his skills and leave."

With another fist, Li Meng turned around and walked out of the door, although his tone was indifferent, there was a categorical meaning, Sun Chuanting played with the wine glass in his hand, stared at Li Meng's back striding away, and whispered in his mouth:

"Where do we go from here...... Where do we go from here......"

Li Meng walked out of the courtyard, but several pro-soldiers entered the house to take a look, and there was nothing abnormal now, so he saluted and retreated, and someone came to clean it up.

Just those words, Li Meng also said that the blood was surging, excited, and when he walked out of the yard, he felt a little confused, obviously the strength of the wine was not completely dissipated, his steps were vain, his body leaned down, and the soldiers on the side hurriedly came over to help, but Li Meng was already stable, and said in a low voice:

"It's okay, just bring a basin of cold water and wash it."

The soldier who had been ordered hurriedly ran away, and Li Meng stood there slowly adjusting his breathing, and said to another soldier beside him:

"Write it down, in the future, all the documents and documents I instruct, unless otherwise specified, will copy a copy and send it to Mr. Sun, if Mr. Sun says or writes, record it and transfer it to Zhou Yang and Ning Qiangui, as well as a copy of the inner house."

In addition to the elite soldiers who provided escort for the battle, there were also people from the secretary office, who were similar to armed staff officers, who recorded Li Meng's orders at any time and went out as soon as possible.

Just had a conversation with Sun Chuanting, Li Meng knew in his heart, at least Sun Chuanting's attitude had changed, although he was kind a few months ago, he refused to be thousands of miles away, although this time it was a quarrel and excitement, but it was obviously a loose attitude.

Now the Jiaozhou battalion is lacking in this kind of high-level talents, and the current territory is slowly but steadily expanding outward, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more soldiers and horses, but there are very few people who can really manage things, and there are only a few in the aspect, but there is no one who leads the overall situation.

Liu Fulai can be regarded as one, but age is not forgiving, at this time. On that day, the old eunuch ordered Sun Chuanting to be rescued from the edict prison, which was particularly far-sighted.

After more than a month of activities in Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion, hundreds of thousands of troops were invaded. The soldiers and horses of Huguang and Nanzhili were ready to be dispatched, but the intruding army retreated to Henan Prefecture and rested in Shaanzhou and Lingbao Mountains north of Luoyang.

But in the eyes of the discerning people, the actions of the army are much more rational than before. In the past, the army was a powerful bandit, and there was no rationality in its actions, and it was completely capricious. However, the officers and soldiers calmly dispatched, concentrating their forces or intercepting when they were tired from breaking into the camp.

But now, the soldiers and horses who broke into the camp are quite disciplined in their every move, they know how to rest and recuperate, and they also know the sharpness of avoiding officers and soldiers.

The area around Henan Prefecture has completely become a world of camping. The landlords are strong and strong to protect themselves, and thieves of all sizes are running around.

In the Huguang area, Zhang and Luo's coalition army has already thrown off the encirclement and interception of officers and soldiers, and has also begun to enter Nanyang Mansion, and now the momentum of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, is in full swing, Li Zicheng was the leader of the alliance of Shaanxi refugees from all walks of life, and this time Zhang and Luo also wanted to go to meet Li Zicheng.

Zuoliang Yutun garrisoned the army in Yexian and Wuyang, and Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, led the army to be stationed in Yuzhou, while Li Xianfeng, the governor of Henan, was stationed in Kaifeng. Chen Yongfu led his descendants to deploy troops and horses in the Ruzhou area, and arranged such defenses in order to prevent the combined forces of Zhang and Luo from meeting with the Chuang army.

Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai won more battles in Nanyang Mansion and lost less, taking advantage of the heavy rain to capture Qinyang, and then using the method of attacking Xiangyang to capture Nanyang Mansion City.

However, most of the officers and troops were stationed in the past, and Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai had a conflict over whether to join forces with Li Zicheng, if it was said that Li Zicheng had the ambition of the world, then Zhang Xianzhong's ambition had been exposed very early. When he laid down Fengyang back then. He was once briefly enthroned as emperor.

At present, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai together are only more than 100,000. And Li Zicheng's army is already known as a million people, if this is to defect to the past, who is the master and who is second, but it is a clear thing, Li Zicheng met Zhang Xianzhong several times when he was in decline, and Zhang Xianzhong had to recruit Li Zicheng.

In these few solicitations, even if Li Zicheng only has a few dozen riders, he still wants to stand on his own mountain, and he is unwilling to condescend to others, Li Zicheng does this, and Zhang Xianzhong and other people with great ambitions are even more so.

Since the two sides had an analysis, they redivided their troops after the capture of Nanyang Fucheng, and the troops led by Zhang Xianzhong were defeated by the local army led by Zuo Liangyu, so they had to temporarily turn to the direction of Yuzhou.

Zhang Xianzhong's combat effectiveness is second only to Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and is a well-known eight kings, but in fact, the combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and most of the victories were fought when he joined forces with Luo Rucai.

Once they fought independently, they immediately behaved quite badly, but the displaced people in Henan were everywhere, although they failed, they retreated to one place to collect the displaced people, and they could recover quickly, and their strength did not suffer much loss.

In July, the army that had rested in Shaanzhou and Lingbao Mountain poured out, crossed the Yellow River and Luoshui, and entered Nanyang Mansion.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, went to intercept it, and more than 400,000 troops under Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, but the first battle between the soldiers and horses in Neixiang and Zhenping and Baoding was actually lost.

It shows that although the thieves are powerful, they are still dominated by a rabble, but the "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai Department is already close at hand, and soon Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai will merge.

In mid-July, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses led by Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, although they won the battle, still cowered in Dengzhou and did not dare to leave the city.

The army is good at attacking cities, and Luo Rucai's department is a rare among the displaced people who are good at field warfare, field warfare has the highest requirements for soldiers, field warfare is equivalent to face-to-face fighting, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness and team consciousness are extremely high.

After the two armies were united, they became more and more powerful and could not be controlled. Zuo Liangyu, Yang Wenyue, Li Xianfeng, Chen Yongfu and other generals did not dare to fight, only dared to stick to the city, but it is a little strange that the actions of the invading army are quite restrained, and the opportunity is obviously good, but the invading army is still swimming in Henan Mansion, Ruzhou, Nanyang Mansion, and gradually infiltrating to the west of Runing Mansion. But the magnitude is not large, which gives Henan officials and troops an opportunity to reintegrate. It is said that the movement of the camp should not be so missed.

There have never been so many people in Guangning Zhongtun Station, it is just a thousand households, but the soldiers and civilians of Liaozhen are still used to calling it Songshan Fort.

Now there are about 110,000 people inside and outside Matsuyama Castle. Among them, there were 70,000 soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty and almost 40,000 in the Qing army, but they were defeated in decades of battles. In the face of 70,000 Ming troops and 40,000 Qing troops, no one would think that the Ming army had an advantage, but felt trembling.

At the head of the city of Songshan Fort, dozens of military generals surrounded several people dressed as civil officials and ministers to observe the Qing army camp not far away, looking at the robes and uniforms of these military generals, the lowest official position is also a guerrilla, and there are nearly ten people dressed as general soldiers, and the people are wearing first-class civil and subordinate uniforms. Tall and majestic.

This man stared at the Qing army camp opposite for a long time, gently patted the battlement wall at the head of the city, turned his head and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Tartar army is only 50,000, and our army is 70,000, if the whole division attacks, the chances of victory are very ......"

Before he could say this, except for two or three of the general soldiers, they looked as usual. The rest of the generals, including those standing on the periphery, looked at each other, and a general soldier at the front, seeing that his age was about thirty years old, looked left and right, coughed dryly, and stepped forward to report:

"Lord Governor, the Tartars are brave and invincible. The end will be in Liaodong for a long time. I know that this Tartar is powerful, and one person is enough for me to be a few pawns. Now our soldiers and horses are not as many as the enemy, the army is light, if there is a mistake, isn't it beautiful, according to the last general, there are still 60,000 soldiers still follow-up, wait until the front and rear combined forces, the Tartar has an advantage, and then it is not too late to fight. ”

Hong Chengchou squinted his eyes at the military general who spoke, and said indifferently:

"General Wu Bing, that day you led dozens of soldiers to rescue your father in the 10,000 Tartar army, today you have tens of thousands of people, why are you afraid of being like this?"

Wu Sangui, who guarded the Shanhaiguan in Liaodong, when his father Wu Xiang was the general soldier of Jinzhou, fell into the enemy formation in the battle with the Jurchens, Wu Sangui led dozens of personal soldiers into tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers and rescued his father Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui was only a teenager at that time, because of this deed, known as the "Yongguan Three Armies", and because of this merit, he sat on the high position of the general soldier of the party at the age of less than thirty.

Hearing Hong Chengchou say this, Wu Sangui laughed a few times, and when he heard those colleagues and generals behind him, he couldn't help but feel a little more confident, and replied with a smile:

"Back to the words of the governor, the end of the day will be young, I don't know what prudence and caution are, at that time, the end of the day will have no position and power, nothing to worry about, now there are nearly 10,000 subordinates, and more than 100,000 dependent military households and farmers, I dare not do that Meng Lang's thing anymore."

This answer was quite rude, but the general soldiers and the generals in the outer circle around him echoed in unison, and unlike the soldiers and horses in Jizhen, the Liaodong military household has its own system, Hong Chengchou is really not very moving, Wu Sangui is so helpless.

On the opposite side, there was a faint sound of horns and orders in the Manchu Tatar military camp, as if there were soldiers and horses being transferred, but Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, turned around and observed the movement on the opposite side, and finally avoided the embarrassing situation of the dispute, but Hong Chengchou was angry in his heart, and said coldly:

"Before the governor left the customs, he also planned to take the camp step by step and concentrate the largest forces to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars, but some people think that the governor is delaying, playing the Ming Shengshang, and letting the governor come to Jinzhou to support, this is the situation today, Zhang Jianjun, don't you say?"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at a civil official standing next to him, this civil official is about forty years old, he doesn't look as tall and powerful as Hong Chengchou, he is completely a weak scholar, hearing Hong Chengchou ask, his face is flushed, and he snorted without making a sound.

Although Hong Chengchou's expression was still calm, he scolded secretly in his heart: What to say to give the governor the right to dictate himself, but not to let the eunuch supervise the army, but to send a civilian official, this is not as good as the internal prison, it is completely nonsense.

This supervisor is Zhang Ruoqi, the official of the Ministry of War, don't look at it as a civil official of the fifth grade, but he has a lot of power, he can directly play the emperor, and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is extremely supportive of him. Hong Chengchou led the army out of the customs, and the original plan was to hug more than 100,000 soldiers and horses together and fight according to the city, anyway, there was already a year's military food supply as support. Slowly consume with the Manchu Qing and look for opportunities to fight. After all, there is a chance of victory, and at least it can consume the strength of the Qing army.

But Zhang Ruoqi thought that Hong Chengchou was delaying and cowardly, and did not dare to move forward, and as soon as a few secret letters were folded, the urging of Emperor Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, arrived immediately. After receiving the order, in desperation, Dihong Chengchou had to lead 70,000 soldiers and horses first, but when he arrived at Songshan Fort. was stopped by the 50,000 Qing troops led by Huang Taiji himself, and the confrontation did not advance.

Emperor Chongzhen treats his subordinates, either unconditional trust, or suspicion, Hong Chengchou led the army out of the pass, and he has to add all kinds of restrictions on his side, for fear that the other party has different intentions, and he always does not trust Hong Chengchou's actions. Random orders in the case of the unclear battle situation in the capital division.

In the current situation, Hong Chengchou can only secretly complain, the land of Liaodong is equivalent to fighting on the inner line of the Jurchen Tartar land, and he is mobilizing troops and horses on his side, and Huang Taiji on the opposite side is also mobilizing, according to the combat strength of the armies of both sides, if he does not go to war early, he will definitely suffer the loss.

At this time, there was a commotion in the city. I could hear someone hurriedly running up from below, and Wu Sangui's generals also heard the movement and turned their heads to watch.

Seeing a person dressed as a soldier appear at the head of the city, this person was covered with blood, and when he saw these high-ranking civil and military officials on the city, he ran a few steps forward, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying and reporting:

"Great. Apricot...... Xingshan Station. Plagiarized by the Tartars......"

As soon as he said this, the general generals who were still calm above the city immediately exploded. When Hong Chengchou heard this, he felt that his blood was rushing, his eyes were black, and his body almost fell to the head of the city, and the guards around him hurriedly supported him, and then saw that Zhang Ruoqi, the prison guard, was already pale and trembling like chaff.

Xingshan Station is the grain and grass storage place of the hundreds of thousands of troops, and it was copied by the Tartars, and the hundreds of thousands of troops had no food and no grass for the horses, and the defeat was decided.

If it weren't for Zhang Ruoqi not knowing how to pretend to understand, and Emperor Chongzhen commanded indiscriminately, how could there be such a situation.

It's really Li Meng's words, if you are not afraid of the enemy like a wolf and a tiger, you are afraid that your companions will be stupid and stupid like a pig.

This is claimed to be the military food that can be used for a year is stored in Xingshan Station, which is the lifeblood of these hundreds of thousands of troops, Hong Chengchou has also led the troops for many years, so he naturally understands the importance of this grain and grass, but he understands that the implementation of the local army below may not be a real thing.

The generals who garrisoned the logistics baggage warehouse thought that the front was the army of Songshan Fort, and everything was in front, so he didn't have to worry too much about it.

When the Manchu cavalry suddenly appeared in front of them, they were immediately dumbfounded, and the completely defenseless defenders were rushed by the Manchu light cavalry, and the whole army was immediately scattered.

Without food and grass, the army may be able to fight hungry for a day or two, but it simply cannot last for a long time, not to mention that there is such a group of tigers and wolves on the opposite side, and anyone will know that the army's morale is floating and they can't fight again.

What will happen next to the fact that the grain road is cut off and the grain and grass are plundered, Hong Chengchou knows, and the Huang Taiji on the opposite side also knows.

Three days later, Hong Chengchou decided not to confront the Qing army in Songshan Fort again, and ordered the general soldiers under his command to withdraw in batches.

Since it is a retreat, whoever stays behind is more dangerous, and none of these commanders, who are known as brave generals, want to stay behind, and everyone is vying for the first place when they escape.

The chief soldier Wang Pu ran to the front, and his soldiers and horses had already begun to show chaos as soon as they left the Songshan realm, which was not the worst.

Huang Taiji and the generals of the Qing army also expected such a situation, and ambushed the soldiers on all the roads of the retreat, and when the retreat of the Ming army showed chaos, the ambush soldiers of the Qing army came out.

Wang Pu, Wu Sangui and other soldiers led by the general army all collapsed, Wang Pu was alone, Wu Sangui ran back to Shanhaiguan with dozens of personal soldiers, and the rest of the people did not get better there, almost half of the soldiers and horses were either killed or dispersed.

And the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, had to lead the remaining four general soldiers to retreat to Songshan City, and now he is a remnant army, and the Manchu army surrounded Songshan City layer by layer.

The 130,000 army was defeated and defeated, and Jinzhou City was still a lonely city, and these soldiers and horses were already the last bit of strength that the Ming Dynasty had pieced together.

When the news came to the customs, the whole world was shocked......