Chapter 340: The Rumors and the Turmoil
After thinking about it, he took off the old clothes he had been wearing, kicked off the tattered cloth shoes and put on the fluffy shirt, put on the chain mail and iron armor one by one, and put the red Yong'an Army winter military uniform on the outermost body to keep warm. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Finally, he carried the tiger gun behind his back, and then held the heavy knife in his hand.
Liu Si looked down at himself, constantly turning in circles, he never dreamed that he also had this time, Meimei thought, now he should look as powerful as those Yong'an soldiers.
"Fourth brother, it's in line!"
was narcissistic, when suddenly the tents around him were opened by soldiers of the same armor, revealing the strong sunlight outside.
Liu Si naturally knew that these were the soldiers in his armor, and while habitually shielding the sun with his hands, he responded loudly, hung the sandalwood waist card engraved with the word "armor chief" on his waist, and went out to start the camp.
When Xiao Yi returned to the camp, the first thing he did was to instruct the soldiers to comfort the women and villagers who had entered the customs with him, and to tell them all kinds of things and decrees in Ulzhou.
These people had nowhere to go, but since they arrived in Xiao Yiying, they have been constantly supplied with food, and they have a meal of meat every day, which makes these conservative and humiliated women and villagers excited.
In addition, the soldiers of the Yong'an Army are not as arrogant and unreasonable as other Ming officers and soldiers, in fact, they are reluctant to leave for a long time.
Listening to the calm speeches of the soldiers of the Yong'an Army in front of them, many villagers who were immersed in the hard days of the past had a yearning for the affairs of Ulzhou, and they did not hesitate to follow the Yong'an Army to Ulzhou.
So on the second day, the army pulled out the camp from Zunhua and went straight to Ulju and returned.
At the beginning of August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Houjin invaded Dalinghe City.
On August 3, Zu Dashou led his squad out of the city to fight fiercely with the two red flags of the Azig Division, and returned defeated.
On the same day, the general officer Wu Xiang and Song Wei combined an army of 30,000 from Jinzhou City to help, and then Jinbeile Abatai led two blue banners and 20,000 iron cavalry to intercept, the Ming army was defeated and returned, and the general soldier Song Wei was killed.
On August 4, the commander-in-chief Zhang Jifu and Zu Dale led an army of 20,000 to rescue the Daling River, and the generals of Houjin and Shuobeile, Azige, led two red flags, and tens of thousands of Mongol and Han troops to ambush in Changshan, and took advantage of the night to cover up and kill, and the Ming army was defeated.
The chief military officer Zhang Jifu was killed in battle, and the deputy general Zu Dale was captured.
On the afternoon of the same day, Wu Xiang, the general soldier who fled back to Jinzhou after the defeat on the third day, led more than 10,000 Ming troops to aid the Daling River after collecting the defeated army, and encountered the two blue flags of Abatai's department in less than two hours.
Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of this campaign, refused the proposal of his generals to flee, and led all his family members to die in battle, and the reinforcements of the department were then completely annihilated, and the reinforcements of Jinzhou Road were cut off.
On August 6, Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, led 40,000 troops of Xuanfu to Changshan, and encountered tens of thousands of horses and steps of Azig, Abatai, Mongolian army, and Han army.
"The Ming army galloped and fled for their lives."
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On August 8 of the fourth year of Chongzhen, he heard that several reinforcements from Liaodong were defeated, and several general soldiers such as Song Wei, Zhang Jifu, and Hou Shilu were all killed on the battlefield, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately announced that the Beijing division was under martial law.
For a time, all the gates in the Gyeonggi region were closed day and night, and the wind was loud and the people were panicked.
On August 12, Han Shimeng, the commander of Datong, was ordered to come to the aid and arrived at the foot of the Beijing Division.
But at this moment, the Jingshi is already panicked, and the previous reinforcements have been defeated, even Emperor Chongzhen is not optimistic about the reinforcements of Datong.
Han Shimeng, the general soldier of Datong, asked to enter Beijing for repairs several times, but Emperor Chongzhen refused without hesitation, and sent eunuchs into the military camp, ordering Han Shimeng to immediately lead the army to help, and in desperation, Han Shimeng led the tired army to Jizhen.
On August 15, several reinforcements were gathered in Jizhen, led by Sun Chengzong, the governor of Jiliao, and swore to help the Daling River.
Unlike the previous aids, this time it was carried out after the defeat of several troops, and almost no one was optimistic about this reinforcement, and even those officials and imperial histories of the Beijing division were ready to play a sparse performance, and they were always ready to impeach Sun Chengzong's 'big crimes'.
On August 22, the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Forbidden City Emperor's Palace, the beginning of the court.
It's just that at this time, the ministers kneeling in the palace and Emperor Chongzhen on the jade steps would not know that a horse had just come from the direction of the Daling River and rushed into the capital from the Yongding Gate, and his face was full of joy.
Emperor Chongzhen had a tired face, but he still sat on the dragon chair with strong spirits, listening to the recital of the ministers below, but he was exhausted.
At the beginning of August, Houjinxi invaded the Daling River, and the whole hall was shocked, and the Beijing division moved.
But after the shock, these civil servants did not think about how to solve the siege of the Daling River, but deliberately participated in Sun Chengzong, making Chongzhen uneasy every day, and constantly dealing with these civil officials when thinking about how to rescue the Daling River.
The news of the defeat of the Liaodong soldiers came one after another, and it became a matter of daily discussion among the people of Beijing, and the court almost filled Chongzhen's table with the impeachment of Sun Chengzong, the Liao Governor.
In addition, the people in the south are all over the place, and various disasters such as mosquitoes and plagues emerge one after another, which also makes Chongzhen's patience fall to the bottom, and under irritability, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the two towns of Xuanda to enter the aid of Daling River.
The reinforcements of Xuanzhen came and were defeated quickly, and the day before they passed under the city of Jingshi in a noisy manner, saying that they would kill all the Tartars, and after less than two days, they could already see the defeated soldiers running back.
On the same day, the news was sent back that the Xuanfu General Soldier Hou Shilu was defeated like a mountain, and he was killed in battle, not to mention that the 'Xuanzhen Army' was destroyed.
"Rubbish, it's all a bunch of rubbish!"
Holding an emergency report, the more Chongzhen looked at his body, the more he trembled, and when he saw a courtier like Chongzhen, he didn't dare to come out, so he just lay on the ground and didn't say a word.
Chongzhen threw the emergency report to the ground and sat on the dragon chair trembling with anger.
When a little eunuch standing on the side saw it, he hurriedly ran over to pick up the emergency report and carefully handed it to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen exhaled heavily, then took the urgent report, and looked at the hall with a strong heart.
Chongzhen's voice fell, and the ministers knelt deeper, but no one spoke.
Seeing this, Chongzhen was furious, pointed at the courtiers in the hall and said loudly.
"On weekdays, one by one is either impeached or impeached... Why, now it's time for you to say something, you're all dumb!? ”
After Chongzhen finished speaking, there was still no one in the ranks, and the silence above the hall was a little weird.
After a long time, Li Banghua, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, suddenly came out of the ranks, bowed respectfully, and said: "The saint, the minister has a strategy. ”
"Oh?"
Chongzhen glanced at Li Banghua, sat back on the dragon chair in a few steps, and said eagerly: "Speak quickly!" ”
Li Banghua nodded and said in a loud voice: "The minister thinks that it is time to negotiate peace." ”
"This..."
After Li Banghua finished speaking, the kneeling ministers in the palace suddenly began to discuss, and an official came out of the ranks, but it was Dong Yong, the squire of the military department.
Dong Yong angrily reprimanded Li Banghua: "Nonsense, I am a big country in China, how can I make peace with the barbarians, the minister thinks that it is the best policy to wait for the news of the superintendent." ”
With a cold snort, Li Banghua did not show weakness, arched his hand towards Chongzhen, and said proudly: "Lord Cai is right, this Jurchen is a mere barbarian, but why does this barbarian want to attack my Dalinghe City?" ”
Li Banghua paused, opened his mouth and said: "Such barbarians don't have any big ideas, at best, they are just asking for benefits, why don't I throw them this tangerine, and after they taste the sweetness, they will retreat, why should they lose again, and damage my Ming national prestige?" ”
Li Banghua's voice fell, and the controversy in the palace, which was still unknown just now, broke out instantly, but in the end, it was the peace faction that prevailed.
Chongzhen frowned and looked at Li Banghua, and he was also hesitant in his heart.