Chapter 187: Heavy Snow
"I don't know how Lord Zhu analyzes the battle of this Great Linghe City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Lord Wu, I can't hide it, the lower officials don't think it's necessary. Judging from the above newspaper, the imperial court suffered heavy losses in the battle of the Daling River, nearly 60,000 troops were defeated, this is a rare defeat in the history of my Ming Dynasty, Shanhaiguan General Zu Dashou, Deputy General Zu Zerui and Liu Tianlu all surrendered after the Golden Tartars, the cabinet minister Sun Chengzong was therefore a minister, Wu Xiang, the chief soldier of Ningyuan, and Song Wei, the general soldier of Jinzhou, were deposed, Zhang Chun, the supervisor of the army, and Zu Dale, the deputy chief soldier, were captured, and the deputy chief soldier He Kegang and Zhang Cunren were killed, and the elite soldiers of our court outside the customs were almost lost. ”
"Why does Lord Zhu think it's not necessary?"
"Xiaguan mainly thinks that the construction of Dalinghe City is not necessary, the imperial court has already discussed, that Dalinghe City is far away, should not be built city, the original construction of Dalinghe City, is the Ministry of War Shangshu Liang Tingdong's suggestion, Liang Lord was therefore deposed, the imperial court should be evacuated in time to build Dalinghe City soldiers, do not want to be too late to evacuate, more than 10,000 troops and people in the city were besieged by the Houjin Tartars, prompting the imperial court to send a large army to help, the result is a complete defeat, Xiaguan is really worried about the situation outside the Guan."
Wu Fanhui held the newspaper in his hand, and he had read it no less than three times.
There was no mention of the Dengzhou general Kong Youde in the newspaper, and at this time, in Wuqiao, to which the Hejian Mansion belonged in Beizhili, a mutiny that shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was about to appear, and this mutiny made the Ming Dynasty, which was already difficult to bear the defeat of the Battle of Dalinghe, even worse, not only lost the elite soldiers outside the Guan, but also about to lose the so-called new army trained in Dengzhou and Laizhou.
The battle of the Daling River, so that the Ming Dynasty stationed outside the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the whole army was annihilated, Denglai mutiny, so that the Ming painstakingly built Denglai new army almost wiped out, and some of them also returned to the Houjin, the artillery purchased with a lot of money was also obtained by the Houjin, one after the other, the Ming Dynasty was unable to resist the attack of the Houjin Tartars, and could only rely on the city outside the Guanxi to support it.
The reason for the Denglai mutiny was because of the Battle of the Daling River.
Wu Fanhui, who was in Mizhi County, was very clear about the reasons for this, and carefully studied the Battle of Daling River and the Denglai Mutiny, and finally came to the conclusion that it was the party struggle between the DPRK and China that caused all this to happen.
Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the military department, was deposed and became the root cause of the battle of the Daling River, and his dismissal stemmed from three reasons, one was that he proposed to levy and exterminate the Liukou in order to exterminate the Liukou, making the burden of the common people heavier, and the second was to ignore the complete encirclement and suppression of the Liukou, and acquiesced in the encirclement and suppression strategy based on appeasement, which led to the growing strength of the Liukou, and the third was the party struggle, Liang Tingdong was supported by Sun Chengzong, the cabinet minister in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Soldiers, and Sun Chengzong was considered to be the biggest backer of the Lin Party in the Middle Kingdom.
As a result, the gradual growth of the Liukou, the remote Dalinghe City should not be built, and countless money and food were spent, which became the main reasons for Liang Tingdong's impeachment, and Liang Tingdong was forced to resign from the post of secretary of the military department and go home to be a common man.
Liang Tingdong left the military department, Sun Chengzong was lonely, the progress of the construction of Dalinghe City slowed down, and the sergeants in charge of guarding all withdrew, leaving only more than 10,000 squad troops who built the city, and they did not have too strong combat ability.
Houjin Emperor Taiji keenly discovered the danger of Dalinghe City, personally led the army to attack the Dalinghe City being built, and the wise Huang Taiji fully adopted the way of besieging the city to send reinforcements, defeated the multi-way Ming army that came to reinforce, and forced Zu Dashou and others who guarded Dalinghe City to surrender, and more than 10,000 soldiers in the city were all accepted by Huang Taiji.
Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai stationed in Dengzhou, received an order from the imperial court to send a large army to reinforce Dalinghe City, Sun Yuanhua sent Dengzhou General Kong Youde, leading three thousand soldiers to reinforce, to say that the imperial court is also brainstorming, starting from Dengzhou to Dalinghe City, a distance of more than 2,000 miles, Denglai's new army is dominated by heavy artillery, and the speed of the march is extremely slow, even if it arrives at Dalinghe City, I am afraid that the battle will be over long ago.
When the sergeants led by Kong Youde arrived at Wuqiao, the battle of Dalinghe City had ended, and Houjin had won a complete victory.
It's a pity that Kong Youde didn't know that his cloth could not get the supply of grain and grass in Wuqiao, and when a heavy snow arrived in leap November, he finally began to plunder the people, so a mutiny that shocked the Ming Dynasty appeared in this cold season.
In Wu Fanhui's view, it is very necessary to build Dalinghe City, Dalinghe City is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, after the construction is completed, it is a huge threat to the Houjin Tartars, as long as the Ming army firmly holds the Dalinghe City, Houjin will not dare to easily attack Jinzhou, Ningyuan and other cities, and the area outside the pass will be able to get temporary peace.
In fact, the construction of Dalinghe City was proposed by the cabinet minister Sun Chengzong, but some people in the court knew that a direct attack on Sun Chengzong could not get the support of the emperor, so they aimed the spearhead at Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the military department, which led to a series of battles in the future.
Zhu Tianlin's understanding, so that Wu Fanhui felt a little heavy, it seems that not everyone knows the situation in Liaodong and Guanwai, and not everyone has a strategic vision, Sun Chengzong, who is familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, has no independent understanding, everything is based on the decision of the imperial court, Liaodong's fierce generals Zu Dashou and Zu Zerun surrendered, He Kegang, who is known as one of the three heroes of Liaodong, was killed by Zu Dashou, Song Wei and Wu Xiang were deposed, and Liaodong and Guanwai have fallen into a plate of scattered sand.
The situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi is not good, the trilateral governor Yang He was cut off and garrisoned, the Liukou got a respite, and the power grew stronger, the governors of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Ningxia and other places went their own way, as long as the Liukou did not make trouble in their own territory, they did not care, the imperial court appointed Hong Chengchou to temporarily take charge of the extermination of the Liukou, but Hong Chengchou assumed the heavy responsibility of the northwest frontier defense, and could not be separated at all, which led to the layout of the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou, which was also a plate of scattered sand.
The emperor and the court will have to pay a heavy price for this series of mistakes.
The reason why Zhu Tianlin made such an analysis in front of Wu Fanhui was that he thought that Wu Fanhui would rush to the capital at the end of the year, if the emperor was asking about the battle of Dalinghe City, Wu Fanhui could express these views and get the emperor's praise, then Wu Fanhui would definitely remember him Zhu Tianlin, you must know that as a local magistrate, it is difficult to have the opportunity to see the emperor in this life, and Wu Fanhui, who is a Hanlin cultivator, is easy to see the emperor.
Wu Fanhui's inner thoughts, Zhu Tianlin is not clear, and he doesn't need to figure it out, what he needs to do is to leave a deep impression on Wu Fanhui, so that he can be transferred to the capital just like his predecessor Lu Weibiao, the county magistrate.
During this period, Wu Fanhui rarely spoke, and it was normal in Zhu Tianlin's opinion, after all, Wu Fanhui was on vacation, and he didn't know what was going on in the court, so he went to Fengxiang Mansion to settle down on his family, which took more than two months, and I am afraid that all he thought of was his own family affairs.
Wu Fanhui didn't say anything in front of Zhu Tianlin, but after returning home, he began to write a recital.
The main content of the twist, he has already thought about it, about his own future, Wu Fanhui has been deliberated for a long time, the Ming Dynasty has been in rapid decline, he must work hard, it is impossible to fall with this declining dynasty, the road ahead is very difficult, but it must also go step by step.
Whether he can succeed or not, Wu Fanhui does not dare to judge prematurely, but he must work hard, he can't stop, he needs to do his best to reach the goal step by step.
Leap November 15.
A rare heavy snowfall came, one after another, it fell for two days, Mizhi County was covered by white snow, everywhere was a white expanse, almost no one went out, all at home.
Wu Fanhui is not at home, he is riding a horse with Li Yong and others, galloping on the official road, behind him are many scouts and cavalry, not to mention heavy snow, even if the world is under the knife, the Wu family's nursing home also needs to be trained, and the training under this climatic condition can hone the will of the nursing home.
No one complained, after all, Wu Fanhui had personally participated in the training, and he was the champion and Hanlin Xiu, where did he need to endure these hardships, he would go to the capital after the beginning of the year, and he would accompany the emperor.
These days, Wu Fanhui has been a little silent, and it is easy to speak, and Li Yong and others are not easy to ask casually.
Wu Fanhui pulled up the reins, stabilized the war horse, and spoke to Li Yong and the others.
"I haven't seen such a big snow for a long time, and I don't know what will happen to the surroundings of Mizhi County, and even many places in Yan'an Province after this heavy snowfall."
"Young master, it's so cold, I can't see a single person on the official road, and my subordinates feel that there will definitely be nothing wrong."
Wu Fanhui sighed slightly.
"It's not the right time for this heavy snowfall, the famine in Yansui has not been completely lifted, I don't know how many people are difficult to resist this severe cold, and they will freeze and starve to death, I think, I'm afraid something big will happen to the imperial court."
Wu Fanhui looked at the southeast direction, Wuqiao, thousands of miles away from here, presumably the mutiny that caused the Ming Dynasty to have happened, and the court was still in the dark, the ridiculous thing is that Kong Youde was obviously a mutiny, Denglai Governor Sun Yuanhua, but naively believed that Kong Youde mutiny was because of the lack of grain and grass, as long as the problem of grain and grass was solved, the mutiny would be completely resolved, so after the court was played, Kong Youde was ordered to lead the army back to Dengzhou, and the army along the way must not be blocked and encircled.
It was Sun Yuanhua's stupid idea that caused Kong Youde to escape the encirclement and suppression of the army along the way, and swaggered back to Shandong, while Kong Youde, who returned to Dengzhou, quickly revealed his true face, completely rebelled, and attacked Dengzhou City, which promoted the expansion of the Denglai Mutiny and led to heavy losses for the imperial court.
Li Yong and the others looked at Wu Fanhui with a somewhat gloomy expression, they didn't know what was going on, the big things related to the imperial court, they couldn't discuss it, and they also admired the wisdom of the young master, but the young master was in Mizhi County, how could he think of the affairs of the imperial court.