Chapter 0338 - The Second Guilty Edict
People are strange creatures, sometimes they are vulnerable, sometimes they can turn the world upside down. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In Shunning County, which has a population of 400,000, Azig has encountered an unprecedented problem, and there are people chasing after him, and the key is that he and others can't stay here for more, and Azig is sure that these people are definitely not ordinary people.
Is this the Ming Emperor ambushing here?
Azig thought as he commanded the soldiers to attack the city gate, he realized that Da Ming was indeed not so easy to bully, and he had been used to it by going smoothly all the way to conquer multiple lines of defense in the past few days, and he was really caught off guard for a while! The heart also slowly sank, if it was really what he thought, then it would definitely not be so simple for himself and others to break through......
"Throw away all the heavy things on your body and travel light!" Azig instructed, although it was very painful, but the Houjin soldiers did it, and the efficiency was greatly improved.
Then the city gate was broken, and Azig was stunned, it's that simple? Did he think he was overthinking?
If you can use so many cities as bait, then this Ming Emperor is really bold, but...
Why did Mao let us come out so easily?
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Wang Pu galloped with the soldiers and horses, it was already close, it was close, it was already close!
As the chief soldier of a battalion in the capital, he is a native of the city, and the first encirclement formed by a rare trip to the countryside last time also allowed Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong to break through from his side, although he bribed the eunuch to get through the danger and fooled through, but life is not good after all, his reputation stinks all of a sudden, and Chongzhen is also extremely bad to him, even if Chongzhen doesn't know that Gao Yingxiang and others' breakthrough was formed by Wang Pu, it was just an accident, but even if it was an accident, he was also a sinner in Chongzhen's eyes.
This is his second chance, and if it weren't for the fact that there were no generals in the Beijing camp, he might not have been able to take his turn.
When he arrived in Shunyi, he happened to see the Houjin troops rushing out from the west of the city, and then took the road away.
It seems to be a mess of running.
In this case, Wang Pu's eyes lit up all of a sudden, this situation... It's the rhythm of losing a battle, although he doesn't do much in war, but he is also an old cadre who has been in the army for many years, how can he not see it, subconsciously, Wang Pu ordered a pursuit, beat the water dogs, and did not fight in vain.
Huang Taiji sent Azig from Xifengkou to the interior with only one request, that is, to grab things, after all, just now Houjin mobilized dozens of thousands of troops to fight with Dolgon and consumed a lot of money and food, although relying on the previous savings and the recent seizure of the family and the property of the extermination of the clan has not fallen into an economic crisis for the time being, but the more food these things, the more the better, Huang Taiji has a big plan in his heart and needs a lot of money and food.
Random Azig is here to grab things.
Azig is a clever person, in his thoughts, this Shunning County is the last stop, and now there is such a mess of things that has strengthened his idea, run away after doing this ticket, who knows where there is no pit waiting for him to jump, he has also been in the army for many years, compared to Wang Pulai Azig is much stronger, no matter what it is.
He knows that the posture of waiting for others to come out is really a little embarrassed, which will attract the pursuers, maybe those real people will be attracted to chase and kill for a while, so he is ready to fight in the field once, even if he is surrounded in the suburbs, he will not be as panicked as in the city, after all, it is convenient to escape, but he found out at the first time that the chasing soldiers were mutinied, not the group of people in the city.
Azig wondered, if that group of people was really ambushed in the city, how could they not follow? If it weren't for the ambush, how could it be so powerful, and there were quite a few of them?!
He couldn't figure out what was going on even if he wanted to break his head, so he continued to run forward with the team, and there were still 20,000 people stationed in Azig in Pinggu County, not far from here, where he put the property he had robbed in the past half a month, after all, he robbed everywhere with what he had robbed, and a fool would not do this!
Azig quickly followed and made it clear that the number of chasing soldiers behind him was roughly 50,000, and after adjusting it, he decisively decided to turn around and fight with him, and go head-to-head, Houjin has not yet shot anyone, although he remembered that the people dressed up in the county town just now were definitely not inferior to the warriors under his own command, but this did not affect his confidence in the slightest.
Wang Pu chased after him, and then the person in front stopped, he finally felt that something was wrong, his first reaction was to run, and then before he could react, the Houjin army, which was still running away quickly, quickly turned around, and then rushed towards the forbidden army led by Wang Pu.
The army led by Wang Pu only went through a period of training in the capital that was not a long time, while Azig's army went through more than ten years of war baptism, the same one was a third-rate general, and the other was a first-class general, and the result was obvious.
Once the shock collapsed, the army could not be defeated. The Forbidden Army was defeated.
Wang Pu was very depressed, he was obviously a pursuer, how could he be beaten like this by a deserter!
Azig was also very depressed, he won the battle so easily, and he was still coquettish, but in addition to losing more than a thousand people on this trip, let alone grabbing any property, he also took the property that these soldiers originally had, and it was still a reward for everyone who had been robbed these days! What is this?!
That treasure was ordered to be thrown away by himself, and he still had to return it to them when he went back!!
Ay! Azig looked at the vulnerable Ming army in front of him, he really had the urge to go back to Shunyi to snatch those belongings back, but he held back alive, according to the original plan, it was time to return, although the last stop was a little lost, but it was still a lot of gains.
I have to say that Azig made a correct choice, at this time, the safety of the capital is in the first place, Chongzhen has already recalled all the people who can be summoned in the imperial court, if he doesn't leave, it is a question whether he can go back, but now from Hong Chengchou to Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiang has been promoted to Zuo Liangyu, but they are all in vain.
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So except for Lu Xiangsheng, everyone replied that Aoyuan's jurisdiction was on standby.
When Lu Xiangsheng arrived in the capital, the chaos had just converged, and Azig was already on the way back, but he saw the gloom along the way, and he couldn't bear to sigh directly.
The houses were mostly burned down, the city gates were cracked, and most of the people I saw were yellow and thin, crying with a face... This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty at this time?
Lu Xiangsheng only frowned.
He has a heart for the country and the people, but the time he came was so coincidental that the officials of the Manchurian Dynasty looked at him a little strangely, did you come this old boy on purpose so late and wait for everything to settle?
But they just thought about it, Azig's trip to the capital was unexpectedly urgent, and there were only twenty days of work before and after, and when they were halfway through, the holy decree of the order had just arrived in Lu Xiangsheng's hands, and now they were already in a hurry to get to the capital.
At least Chongzhen knew that Lu Xiangsheng had arrived in the capital, and he was surprised at first, and then let him participate in the early dynasty with some relief.
Chongzhen's face turned up after a long absence, it is true that the court has been in the limelight since these days, and Chongzhen has rarely put on such an ugly face, but this incident made Chongzhen's old illness reoffend.
Several forbidden soldiers wearing military armor walked in with a sign, put it down, and then retreated, the corners of Chongzhen's mouth twitched a few times, looked around at everyone and said, "You have read poetry and books, can you understand what words are on it?" ”
The plaque is several people high, and there are a few big characters written on it in twisted and twisted Chinese, and all officials are exempt from it.
Everyone above was silent, and no one wanted to touch their heads at this time, because this plaque was left behind by Azig after he left, and it was so ugly that the font was rampant.
"Who can tell me why this is the way it is!" Chongzhen's face suddenly became hideous, it was not the first time that such a thing had happened in the capital of a country, how could he bear it?!
"The thieves robbed countless gold and silver this time, and plundered hundreds of thousands of people, why no one can stop them!" Chongzhen's eyes widened, and bloodshot was all over it, as if he could drip blood to tell such a fact.
"Houjin's frequent civil strife can also turn my Ming capital upside down, could it be that my Ming has really fallen to this point?!" Chongzhen raised his voice and stood up, he felt like he was about to explode.
It's really okay to not know how good I am! I don't know how useless these officials really are!
There is still no one in the Manchu Dynasty officials who can answer Chongzhen, Li Dingfang just sighed anxiously below, to this extent, who is to blame, not to mention that these people in the court are just eating dry rice, even if Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou are in the capital, it is useless! After all, there is a huge disparity in the strength of the army.
Lu Xiangsheng's face was calm, he didn't know what the consequences of those Houjin people had caused, how could he secretly say it in his heart after hearing Chongzhen's words, twelve cities, hundreds of thousands of people... Is this really their backyard?
"Your Majesty, 11,000 soldiers and horses under Weichen swear to defend the safety of the capital to the death!" Lu Xiangsheng took a step forward and said with a full breath, which was particularly conspicuous at this time when the Manchu officials explained that they bowed their heads and were silent, and it also injected a shot of strength into Chongzhen.
The atmosphere in the court suddenly relaxed, and a trace of clarity appeared on Chongzhen's face, followed by endless loneliness and helplessness.
"Spread my will, accuse the world ......"
"Your Majesty..."The courtiers finally couldn't pretend to be stupid at this time, they all raised their heads and were full of surprise, and what they saw was just a back of Chongzhen saying that they were retreating.
The voice was low and weak, something they had never seen before, and it moved their hearts.
Many times, Chongzhen looks like he is angry, and they are not afraid, but now at this moment, something is quietly changing.
No one can understand Chongzhen's mood at this time, he is only in his early twenties this year, and he has shown his old age, and the good situation in the past few days has made him see hope, but it is only half a month, and only fifty or sixty thousand Houjin soldiers have ruthlessly shattered this expectation, Da Ming, is it really so vulnerable?
Chongzhen was very disappointed and felt an unprecedented loss.
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Although it is depressing to be robbed by Houjin in any place in the Ming Dynasty, it will not cause much fluctuation and follow-up impact, but this is in Beizhili, which has to make people tremble.
As the most majestic and desirable political center of Beizhili in the Ming Dynasty, he can't even protect his own safety, who can believe that he can protect the safety of the people in the world?
Unlike that time in the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji just took advantage of Yuan Chonghuan's unpreparedness to sneak over, and there were Yuan Chonghuan's men and horses along the way to contain and not cause many casualties among the people, but now this time it is simply the Houjin people in Beizhili eating, drinking, and Lazar coming and going freely, playing the face of Daming!
It lasted for half a month, and if it wasn't for Azig's own withdrawal, this time would have been even longer.
This is the opinion of all the people who have heard about this matter, it is not necessarily correct but it is widely agreed, and no one cares whether the imperial court can really deal with this group of Houjin people in the end, it doesn't matter.
The people and soldiers of the whole country were all in a state of low spirits, and the impact of this incident was extremely great, and at this time things had a new turn.
This is Chongzhen's second edict, and everyone is very complicated in their hearts.
The first ancestral tomb was taken by Gao Yingxiang and the three of them, and the general meaning of the guilty edict is that the time is also fate, and the ministers misunderstand me, and the whole article carries a kind of anger and self-blame, and this time, in addition to the eternal theme of a minister's mistake, every word carries a kind of helplessness and twilight, which makes people even more alarmed.
Scholars and visitors by the Qinhuai River have always liked to talk about state affairs, but in the past, the old courtyard was always an exception, and most of the people who came here paid attention to purity, their mood was like water, and they did not like things or feel sorry for themselves, so many times they just listened silently to the sound of silk and bamboo and drinking.
Chongzhen's guilty edict also affected this time, and words about Chongzhen could always be heard in the little discussions, which was extremely inconsistent with the usual quietness.
Azig has been clean here when he was running around in Beizhili, and he has been clean after he has finished his escape, and all the readers can not be calm, so that the readers can understand the meaning inside, Chongzhen once again succeeded in using the edict to pull the hearts of the world's readers to his side, the people's heart is the heart of the reader, and the public opinion is the will of the reader.
If it is said that after the first edict, everyone forgave Chongzhen because the emperor was sincere and willing to admit his mistakes, then this time all the scholars are more because of understanding and sympathy, and an emperor has done it to such an extent, which is really heart-wrenching.
It's just that their willingness to forgive this matter is one yard, and whether Chongzhen himself can cheer up is another.
"I am a good person, I inherited the unification, and for seven years, I relied on bandits unexpectedly, capricious, one side is three in, three sides are lost, Kou is seven years, seven years are not destroyed, the rebel is close to the capital, and the half moon is gone,...... Don't dare to forgive yourself, dare to save people's lives with the heart of heaven......"
April 13 of the sixth year of Chongzhen. (To be continued.) )