Chapter 682: Don't Gnaw Bones, Eat Meat!

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"Great Khan?"

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When Zhang Zhun came ashore, Huang Taiji's whole person seemed to be dumb.

Zhang Zhun's movements were very slow and leisurely, and he felt that he didn't take Huang Taiji into account at all. He led a team of only three or four hundred people from the canal docks, slowly coming up. On the dock, he also deliberately tidied up the team before marching towards the west gate of Texas City. Zhang Zhun himself, riding a white war horse, walked gracefully. Looking around, his expression is leisurely, as if he is a rich boy who has come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

Many of the officers of the forward battalion vaguely felt that the white war horse under Zhang Zhun's crotch was a bit like Dorgon's mount. Dolgon's mount, which they had seen so often, was somewhat familiar. It's just a bit far away and they can't be sure. However, the odds of this are very high. Because, Dolgon fell into Zhang Zhun's hands, and his mount was naturally also possessed by Zhang Zhun.

Speaking of this, the Tartar chieftains present were a little frustrated. They couldn't help but think of Dolgon. Although the Striker Battalion is a henchman of Huang Taiji, and has never been very compatible with Dorgon, there may be occasional clashes between the two sides. However, in any case, Dolgon is one of the brothers of Huang Taiji, and his ability is very outstanding. His military talents, as well as his *** ability, are admirable.

Now, Dolgon has fallen into the hands of the Tiger Army, and his own mount has also been occupied by Zhang Zhun, which is indeed emotional. This matter is actually very jealous for Dajin Guo. Because, this incident not only made Dolgon lose face, but also made Dajin lose face. Since the founding of the country, when has Dajin suffered such a loss?

In the past, it was the Dajin Army that captured the materials of the Ming Army, and the Dajin Army itself never lost anything. All of Baylor's mounts are all excellent Dawan horses, descendants of sweat and blood horses, scarce in number, extremely precious, only very high-status, very status-oriented, only qualified to have. Now, these thousands of miles of good horses have been snatched by Zhang Zhun, which is really uncomfortable!

However, Huang Taiji and his forward battalion watched Zhang Zhun's movements and did not move. No matter how familiar the mount under Zhang Zhun's crotch was, there was no expression on Huang Taiji's face. It's as if everything in front of you is transparent and non-existent. Now, he wants to forget about Dolgon's existence as much as possible. Otherwise, Dorgon will become a heavy burden to the Golden State.

If there were only a few hundred people on Zhang Zhun's side, Huang Taiji would have ordered the forward battalion to rush over. However, inside Texas City, there was a tiger army of three or four thousand people. All the high-level officials of the Dajin Army can see with the naked eye that the tiger army at the head of the city is waiting for it, and the muzzle of the black hole is facing the north and south sides of the pier. If the forward battalion had attacked, it would have suffered huge losses.

Three or four thousand firebolts fired together, and the lethality was still very powerful. In Dongjiabao, the Dajin Army has already tasted the taste. Most of the casualties of Azig's Zhenghong Banner were firearms from the Tiger Army. If it were other troops, it would be enough, but the forward battalion was something that Huang Taiji could not afford to lose.

As a result, Zhang Zhun returned to Texas City safely. The west gate of Dengzhou City was slowly closed. And those boats continue to stay in the canal. However, with Zhang Zhun's departure, these boats, in the eyes of Huang Taiji, no longer have any value.

"Withdraw your troops!"

Huang Taiji said helplessly.

Zhang Zhun entered the turtle shell of Dezhou City, which was even more difficult to deal with. The current Dajin Army will never forcibly attack any city defended by the Tiger Army. After the defeat in the battle of Dongjiabao, Huang Taiji learned from the pain and decided to change the combat policy of the Dajin Army, and absolutely no longer compete with the Tiger Ben Army for the town.

"Great Khan ......"

The people around Huang Taiji are a little unwilling.

Such a good opportunity actually let Zhang Zhun run away again, they were indeed too uncomfortable. Since the Dajin army went south, this is the best opportunity to deal with Zhang Zhun. However, due to the might of the Tiger Army, they just didn't do anything. It's not that they don't have the guts to do it, but the price they need to pay after doing it, and they can't afford it.

Huang Taiji looked at the people around him and said expressionlessly, "Do you have any good suggestions?" If not, so be it. ”

The people around shook their heads helplessly.

Huang Taiji said indifferently: "Let's go!" Our goal is not to just focus on Zhang Zhun. ”

After that, Huang Taiji took the lead in riding away.

The other slave chiefs, you look at me, I look at you, and they all feel a little dazed. What does Huang Taiji's words mean? What do you mean by not just staring at Zhang Zhun? Previously, wasn't the strategy of the Daikin Army resolutely to destroy the resistance? As long as you dare to go against the Dajin Army, no matter what the cost, you must get rid of it. Could it be that Huang Taiji is going to change his strategy and let Zhang Zhun go for the time being?

Only Zilharang understood what Huang Taiji meant. Because the losses of the Dajin army are too great, it is indeed impossible to continue to entangle with Zhang Zhun. In the battle with Zhang Zhun, the Dajin army did not gain any benefits, but suffered heavy losses. From now on, Huang Taiji will no longer specifically target Zhang Zhun. In other words, don't continue to gnaw on the bones, but prepare to eat the meat. The Dajin Army's hard work to the south cannot only have losses and no gains.

Huang Taiji must adjust his strategy and recover the losses from others. For example, in the body of the Ming court. In fact, as long as the Dajin Army does not fight head-on with the Tiger Army, it still has enough ability to control the general situation of the world. Even if all the Ming army pressed over, the Dajin army was not afraid. The combat effectiveness of the Ming army is completely different from that of the Tiger Army.

Once the strategy is adjusted, the Dajin army will not have to run into walls everywhere and be damaged everywhere. At the very least, the current Beizhili, except for the Tiger Army, the other forces are not the opponents of the Dajin Army. The resources they have in their hands, as long as the Dajin Army works hard, they can still snatch them all. As long as there are enough resources, the Dajin Army still has the ability to continue to entangle with the Tiger Ben Army.

Of course, it is not easy to do this. After all, Zhang Zhun and his Tiger Ben Army had brought such serious losses to the Dajin Army and brought heavy pressure to the Dajin Kingdom, making it difficult for Huang Taiji to face the questioning gaze of the surrounding nobles. Now, if this hatred is suppressed temporarily, I am afraid that Huang Taiji's heart will also be very uncomfortable.

"My lord, Huang Taiji has retreated."

Hao Linyong came up to report.

"I see."

Zhang Zhun said quietly.

"My lord, do you want us to follow?"

Yang Weiguo came up to ask for instructions.

"Don't."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said.

With the strength of the dragoon battalion, if you catch up, you can only be counterattacked by the forward battalion. It's better to wait until the large force of the Tiger Ben Army cavalry is formed, and then fight the Tartars in a dignified manner, there is no hurry now. The battle between the Tiger Army and the Dajin Army is still going on.

Judging from today's situation, Huang Taiji can afford to take it, put it down, and bend and stretch, and it is indeed a difficult character to deal with. If he were desperate to attack Texas, the speed of the destruction of the Dajin Kingdom would be faster. It's a pity that Huang Taiji didn't do this, and he decisively chose to avoid it. It seems that if you want to completely defeat Huang Taiji, it will take a while!

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North Zhili, Jingshi, Forbidden City.

In the morning, Emperor Chongzhen, as usual, got up when the sky was unknown, freshened up under the service of a group of palace maids, put on the crown clothes of the Changchao Dynasty, and then walked out of Yangdezhai to burn incense and worship the sky in the courtyard in front of the Qianqing Palace. After prostrating the head four times, he silently prayed for a while, and returned to the westernmost room of the Qianqing official. In order to be depressed, he dismissed the queen, the crown prince, the concubines, and the princess as usual.

Dressed in a dark dragon yellow satin robe, he sat down in front of the imperial case to review the papers. In this imperial case, he has been reviewing various documents on military affairs for nine years, and has personally written countless edicts, but every time he faces this imperial case, he is worried. The various notes and newspapers piled up on the case every day were like a hill, and there was hardly a single document that would make him happy.

Some of these documents report the serious situation of the famine, full of shocking words such as "thousands of miles of red land", "the population is cut off", and "the son is eaten", some report the riots of "thieves" and "bandits", and the tragic scene of the soldiers burning, and some report on what prefectures and counties were broken after the Jianyu went deep into Jifu, how badly they were burned, how many Ding Zhuang and cultivated cattle were captured, and some local officials fled from the wind, and some local officials were martyred.

He had to read documents like this every day, but he really didn't want to read them, he didn't dare to read them. Sometimes, he wants to kick the case over. However, as the ruler of the Ming Empire, Chongzhen must always remind himself that he must wake up his spirit and deal with military affairs. For this reason, even if it feels very hard, he must grit his teeth and persevere.

Chongzhen has always believed that his ability should be more prominent than that of the previous emperors, and he should be more active in his work than the previous emperors. The reason why the fortunes of the country are so bleak and the situation is so erosive is because the courtiers around him are not effective. Sun Chengzong's death and Changping's attack were all due to the weakness of the courtiers.

Sun Chengzong's death is over for the time being. He has done everything he has to do, and I believe that no one will dare to criticize him again. However, what he didn't expect was that Sun Chengzong's matter had just been dealt with, and Changping had been broken again. Changping is the mausoleum of the emperors of the past dynasties, the mausoleum of the ancestors was disturbed by the Tartars, Chongzhen naturally had to reduce the meal and withdraw the music, to the temple to comfort the soul of the ancestors. After this toss, Chongzhen was at least ten pounds lighter.

Now, his mind was very heavy, and he didn't immediately approve the documents, but looked down at the bronze incense burner on the imperial case. A palace maid held a peony petal-type silver tire pile lacquered red tray made by the orchard factory in the Yongle period with both hands, and a blue and white bowl containing bird's nest soup and a silver spoon were placed on it, and gently walked into the warm pavilion. Another maid took the bowl and silver spoon from the tray, placed them in front of the emperor, and lifted the lid with her hand. Chongzhen glanced at the palace maid, then picked up the silver spoon and slowly drank the bird's nest soup.

He picked up a list of petitions from the cabinet from under a peach-colored agate carved Sun-Protector paperweight, with the names of ten people, some to be conferred on such and some to be conferred, some elected, some relocated.

It is said that in the current situation in which the enemy troops are deeply penetrated, there are many great urgent matters waiting for him, and in addition to the promotion of such a person, since he has passed through the ministry and the cabinet, he can not think much about it, and if he agrees, he will approve the word "may", and if he does not agree with that person, his name will be ticked off.

However, Emperor Chongzhen picked up this unimportant document, because he was afraid of coming into contact with those documents related to wars and famines, and secondly, even in some small things, he was often very uneasy about his subordinates, and developed a habit of "doing everything himself".

He picked up the list and looked at it several times, but couldn't make a decision. Some of the names he knew were familiar with, and some of them he didn't. He studied the names he knew, and many questions arose in his mind: Wasn't this man a fellow countryman? Isn't that person someone's protégé? Also, is this person from the imperial history to the head of the office, is it out of someone's intention? …… He thought about it and was suspicious, so he had to put down the red pen in his hand.

At this moment, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch Bingbi, walked in with a document and respectfully placed it on the imperial case. Chongzhen was afraid that there would be a bad military situation or famine, so he first worked hard to stabilize his mind and prepare for the worst, so he asked suspiciously: "Big companion, what paperwork?" ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "Emperor Qi, this is Yang Sichang's recital, and the clerical room was sent to the ceremonial supervisor's duty room just now." Liu Fangliang originally wanted to wait until tomorrow to send it, but later changed his mind and wanted to send it today. ”

Chongzhen asked suspiciously, "Yang Sichang...... Liu Fangliang...... What's up? ”

Wen Tiren's resignation, Chongzhen has not yet approved, but Wen Tiren is sick. At the beginning, Chongzhen thought that he was pretending to be sick and wanted to escape the chaotic battle situation in front of him and stay out of the matter, so he specially sent the imperial doctor over to investigate Wen Tiren's crime of bullying the king. As a result, the doctor reported that Wen Tiren was indeed sick and could not handle government affairs.

There was no way, Chongzhen had no choice but to let the second assistant Liu Fangliang be in charge of the cabinet and take on the heavy affairs. Several other members of the cabinet, Fan Fucui and Tang Yin, are not yet capable of taking on important responsibilities. Chongzhen originally wanted to transfer Yang Sichang to the cabinet, he liked Yang Sichang's response very much, and thought that Yang Sichang was very talented, but Yang Sichang had not yet made military achievements, and he was embarrassed to speak directly.

Wang Chengen replied in a proper manner: "Yang Sichang was eroded because of the captive cavalry, and he begged the Lord of Long Live to send him to supervise the reinforcements in Zhuzhen. Liu Fangliang did not agree, and wanted to dissuade Yang Sichang. As a result, I didn't know how to change my mind and agreed with *** Yang Sichang again. ”

Chongzhen was suddenly overjoyed, and said with obvious excitement: "What? Yang Sichang is going to supervise the reinforcements in Zhuzhen? This Liu Fangliang, such a good thing, why is he so confused? ”

Wang Chengen said respectfully: "Yes, Emperor." ”

Chongzhen said eagerly: "Read it to me!" Read it to me! ”

Wang Chengen picked up Yang Sichang's recital and recited it in a tone rich in modulation. Yang Sichang is a master of articles, a piece of music, wonderful writing, naturally needless to say. Many of the sentences in the recital were written passionately and generously, full of loyalty and patriotic passion, which deeply moved Wang Chengen, and he couldn't help but tremble in his voice and boil his blood.

Of course, Chongzhen was also very moved, and he couldn't stop smiling and nodding while listening, his eyes flashing with tears, and at the same time he said in his heart: "It's rare!" Rare! When the recital was finished, Chongzhen had already made a major decision, and decisively ordered: "Go, quickly draw up an order for me, send Yang Sichang to the governor of the world, and make meritorious service as soon as possible." ”

He has always wanted to find an opportunity to put Yang Sichang in the position, and it is best to enter the cabinet, so that he can deal with it from time to time. It's just that Yang Sichang's qualifications are still shallow, and in front of him, there are still many veteran ministers, even if he enters the cabinet, he has to line up. Chongzhen didn't like this queue, so he didn't promote Yang Sichang for a long time, he was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

The cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty were strictly ordered, and even the emperor could not interfere too much. Basically, if there are no accidents, the qualifications are a must. However, if Yang Sichang, the governor of the world, Qinwang and the horses, makes great contributions, he will be able to rank Yang Sichang as high as possible. The position of the first assistant is not guaranteed, but the second assistant is still possible.

Wang Chengen hurriedly asked: "The original prime minister of the five provinces ......?"

Yang Sichang's current position is to replace Lu Xiangsheng as the prime minister of the five provinces, responsible for encircling and suppressing the Shaanxi rebel army with Hong Chengchou. This letter was conceived by Yang Sichang within a few days after receiving the appointment. The real reason is that Yang Sichang doesn't want to be on an equal footing with Hong Chengchou, he wants to be above Hong Chengchou.

Chongzhen said casually: "Let Zhu Dadian take his place." ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Zhu Dadian?

Does he have what it takes to encircle and suppress the rebels?

Chongzhen didn't care at all. As long as he can make room for Yang Sichang, it doesn't matter how bad Zhu Dadian's ability is. Zhu Dadian's ability is poor, isn't there still a Hong Chengchou? He said casually, "Shandong is Zhang Zhun's territory, what is Zhu Dadian still doing there?" It's serious to go. Zhang Zhun has already detained Hong Chengchou's grain and grass, and Hong Chengchou is having a book to impeach Zhu Dadian. ”

In fact, Hong Chengchou's impeachment of Zhu Dadian was purely to find someone to vent. Hearing the news that his grain and grass were snatched away by Zhang Zhun, Hong Chengchou's anger in his heart was still very obvious. The grain of 30 boats is indeed not much, the key is face and rules. Zhang Zhun did this purely against him Hong Chengchou personally. Of course, he wrote down this account.

However, Hong Chengchou can't help Zhang Zhun for the time being, so he can only find Zhu Dadian's bad luck first. Can Zhu Dadian manage Zhang Zhun? Idiots know that they can't manage it at all. However, from a system point of view, Zhu Dadian, as the governor of Shandong, can indeed manage Zhang Zhun. The governor is in charge of the military affairs of the whole province! If you can't do it, it means that your ability is limited. Since your abilities are limited, let's get out!

However, in this matter, Chongzhen did not adopt Hong Chengchou's suggestion. Zhu Dadian is a person who is quite easy to use, and he is quite loyal to the imperial court. Hong Chengchou impeached Zhu Dadian, Chongzhen simply asked Zhu Dadian to work for Hong Chengchou, isn't this the best way to apologize? What else are you not satisfied with?

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