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Chongzhen's preparations failed here, but he also got some money.

How many did you get? 800,000 taels.

Among them, 500,000 taels came from Zhu Changyuan's Ajiu Commercial Bank in Beijing and the Baohetang Medical Center.

As for the remaining 300,000 taels, Emperor Chongzhen himself took them out of his small treasury, plus some of the more than 800,000 taels of silver that Xue Guoguan scavenged from hundreds of officials, and all the more than 800,000 taels of silver were sent to Liaodong as soon as possible.

And Hong Chengchou, who was far away in Jinzhou, after receiving the 800,000 taels of silver, the expression on his face could really be described as crying and laughing.

800,000 taels of silver is a lot, isn't it?

It just looks!

In fact, not counting the food expenses of the 400,000 troops, the cost of military salaries alone is 400,000 taels per month, and 800,000 taels of silver is only enough to pay two months' military salaries.

But the food still has to be eaten.

With the original supplies in Liaodong, there is no problem in feeding 400,000 people for two months, and once the war drags on for two months, the Ming Dynasty will undoubtedly be defeated.

"Your Excellency, what should I do?" Tang Tong, the former chief military officer of Miyun, looked at the 800,000 taels of silver sent by the imperial court, and asked with a somewhat gloomy face.

Hong Chengchou sighed, shook his head, and said, "Without him, keep your ears!" ”

"The imperial court has now sent 800,000 taels of silver, which is enough for a period of military expenses, it may be the military expenses in the early stage, and it is estimated that some of them will come in the future, we have to plan well, how to withdraw from the army of Huang Taiji."

Hong Chengchou is the largest military governor in Liaodong, naturally he can't tell the truth to the guy named Tang Tong in front of him, he doesn't know others, but he knows this Tang Tong, this goods looks majestic, like a generation of famous generals, but in fact, although it is not a straw bag, it only has the posture of a Chinese, and he is afraid of fighting, and the grass on both sides will fall when the wind blows.

Chongzhen's holy decree clearly said that the silver this time was all. It's a pity that he can't tell Tang Tong.

"Guozhu, you come with me!" Hong Chengchou rolled up the holy decree and held it in his hand. With a wave of his hand, he led Yang Guozhu into his secret room.

"Governor!" Yang Guozhu saluted.

Yang Guozhu was also a general who defended one side before, and his military achievements were impressive, this time the imperial court concentrated all the elites of the nine sides in the Liaodong region, and naturally recruited their respective commanders.

In Yang Guozhu's heart, although Hong Chengchou was born as a literati. But this person is not confused, has a clear mind, knows what to do when and what to do, and how to deal with the situation when it arises.

This kind of general style is the capital of a leader!

Therefore, Yang Guozhu has always respected him.

"Guozhu, what do you think of the current situation?" Hong Chengchou asked with a worried face.

"Governor, the national pillar doesn't dare to get an axe!"

"Say!" Hong Chengchou personally moved a stool for Yang Guozhu to sit down.

"Governor Xie." After Yang Guozhu sat down, he said: "My subordinates have also clashed with the Tartars several times these days, and their team is much more difficult to deal with than those thieves in Shanxi and Shaanxi. Its combat effectiveness should be above our Ming army, especially their 60,000 cavalry, which can even compete with our Guanning iron cavalry. ”

"Therefore, the subordinates think that Liaodong is still better defensive, and when they can't gnaw on this hard bone, they will naturally retreat!"

What Yang Guozhu said is very reasonable, what Huang Taiji is most afraid of is the Jiancheng cannon of the Ming Empire, if he fights in the field. His 10,000 people can fight the Ming Dynasty's army of 20,000 or more, but if he attacks the city, his 100,000 people can't attack the city defended by 10,000 people.

This has been verified many times by the generals of the Ming Dynasty, such as the earliest Yuandudu. Later Sun Chengzong, and even Wu Sangui and so on.

However, this must be built on a foundation, there is food and grass, and it can be kept!

If you don't even have anything to eat, keep a hair.

Yang Guozhu obviously didn't know about Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree.

Hong Chengchou listened. He smiled bitterly, sighed, and said: "The words of the national pillar have won my heart, and I don't know that it is most advantageous to stick to it, and if I Hong Chengchou is here, he will not want to enter the Guannei step!" ”

"It's a pity, we can't hold on, and we have to take the initiative to find the main force of Huang Taiji, fight to the death, if it is a quick battle, there is still a glimmer of life, if it is delayed for a long time, it will be defeated!"

"Why do you say that?" Yang Guozhu was puzzled.

Hong Chengchou unfolded the holy decree, handed it to him, and said, "Take a look for yourself!" ”

"This, this!"

"This!"

The more Yang Guozhu looked at it, the more frightened he became, and in the end, he couldn't ask: "My lord, what is going on now?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Secretly mobilize troops, and in a month Songshan will make peace, and use the numerical advantage of our army to fight to the death with Huang Taiji, and moreover, you have to take it by surprise!" ”

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The words are divided into two ends, Yang Sichang led an army of 200,000 to attack Zhang Xianzhong in the south, not only failed to pacify Shu, but also lost his troops and generals, and brushed a wave of prestige for Zhang Xianzhong in vain.

What worries him even more is that due to the failure of his expedition, it directly led Huang Taiji to lead the army to Jinzhou and Songshan in eastern Liaodong again.

Yang Sichang felt guilty.

After returning to Chang'an, he has been living not far from Zhu Changyuan, and his body suddenly deteriorated, and he was seriously ill and couldn't travel far.

gave the emperor a few letters of pleading, but the emperor did not reply, neither harshly nor comforting, which made Yang Sichang's heart like a drum.

In fact, although Emperor Chongzhen received his note, he really couldn't reply, and it was something that he, the emperor, strongly advocated when he led the army to attack Shu, and now it is not good to put all the responsibility on the courtiers!

Moreover, the affairs of Liaodong have been noisy all day long, so where is he still in the mood to pay attention to Yang Sichang.

It doesn't matter if he inadvertently neglected him, the consequence is that Yang Sichang died of illness in Chang'an City in guilt, and a generation of famous generals fell.

Zhu Changyuan ordered people to transport Yang Sichang's body and the note he wrote before his death to Jingshi, and wrote a note to explain the situation to the emperor, urging the imperial court to send the governors of the three sides to supervise military affairs.

Yang Sichang can be said to be Chongzhen's confidant, the most trusted minister in his life, of course, this minister did not disappoint him and helped him do many things.

However, the will of heaven cannot be violated, and Yang Sichang finally left.

Chongzhen sadly sent away this partner and subordinate who was also a teacher and friend.

But his grief was just beginning!

September. Hong Chengchou made the most correct decision at that time on the situation in Liaodong, and gathered 400,000 troops to surround it from all directions, and included all the 160,000 main forces of Huang Taiji into the encirclement and besieged Songshan.

Full flood. Mighty and earth-shattering.

Even Huang Taiji, who had always been arrogant and conceited, was taken aback.

In his impression, when will the Ming Dynasty, except for Zhu Changyuan's army, take the initiative to attack, aren't they all fighting in the turtle shell!

However, as an old oilman who has fought all his life. At this moment, Huang Taiji was not nervous, and there was a slight excitement in his heart.

This is all the elites of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, although there are many people, but if this battle can be won, he may even enter Beijing City in the future!

"Defend!"

Huang Taiji immediately ordered, and all 160,000 people shrank together, and immediately defended their whole body like a hedgehog.

Although the army of the Ming Dynasty was large, after several successive attacks, it was found that Huang Taiji's army was surrounded. But it's not chaotic at all, and the combat effectiveness is simply outstanding!

No matter how you fight, you can't get in.

Later, Huang Taiji's army even released cavalry to storm around, hoping to find a breakthrough.

Yes, Huang Taiji was looking for a breakthrough, he didn't want to be surrounded all the time, and, fortunately, after a round of testing, he really succeeded in finding this breakthrough.

In the encirclement of all the Ming troops. Huang Taiji found that there was an army that was very weak in combat. It's not that they can't fight, it's that they seem to come here just to do a perfunctory job, and they don't contribute to their work.

After a few rounds of testing, Huang Taiji also knew whose team was opposite. Miyun's army of Tang Tong.

Once a breakthrough was found, without hesitation, he immediately turned his troops, with the cavalry in front and the foot soldiers in the rear. And, fortunately, Huang Taiji also caught Tang Tong.

And Tang Tong's goods are also very uneconomical, and he surrendered on the ground, without even thinking about it. It seems that this time he came all the way from the distant dense clouds just to surrender.

After breaking out of the breakthrough, the psychological burden of the soldiers was reduced, and Huang Taiji turned around and fought a gambling war with the 400,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty in the same place.

The cavalry was in front and the infantry was behind, and a burst of rushing into the army of the Ming army was simply a massacre without suspense.

Wu Sangui saw that the situation was not good, and he led six thousand iron horsemen to flee directly.

Governor Hong Chengchou led the army to withdraw nearby, and in the end, only more than 10,000 people were taken into Songshan by him.

Only Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, led his troops to fight desperately, fought a bloody battle with Huang Taiji for a day and night, fought to the last person, and then killed himself with a horizontal sword, and was absolutely on the battlefield.

In this battle, the 400,000 army of the Ming Dynasty was wiped out in an instant, and the Qing soldiers lost no more than 30,000 people.

Huang Taiji took advantage of his large number of people to take Songshan, and after besieging it for 20 days, he broke into the city and captured Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao.

In this battle, the Beijing division was shaken, the imperial court was shaken, Chongzhen was shaken, and then, the whole world was shaken.

The nine-sided elite will be destroyed in one fell swoop!

The last Jin Ge Iron Horse of the Ming Empire has disappeared.

Even Zhu Changyuan, who was far away in Shaanxi, couldn't help but almost vomit out a mouthful of old blood after hearing the news, and scolded: "Are you all pigs, you lost 400,000 people in World War I." ”

However, this is not the final ending.

In the end, Huang Taiji took advantage of the victory to pursue, abandoned the infantry and only took 60,000 strange soldiers, all the way from Songshan to Daling River, and from Daling River to Jinzhou.

Then the left tunwei, the right tunwei, ningyuan and even shanhaiguan were bloodless all the way, almost like picking up a city, occupying all the land in eastern Liaodong.

Until the end, Wu Sangui was able to defend Shanhaiguan by virtue of his geographical advantages.

At this point, the land of Liaodong outside the Guan, not an inch of land is owned by the Ming Dynasty! (This chapter describes the Songjin War for the needs of the plot, and the entire process of both time and events is very different from historical facts, don't spray!) (To be continued.) )