The thin Wen Tiren followed behind Cao Huachun and ran hurriedly, and Cao Huachun was still urging in front. Wen Tiren ran a little panting, and said to Cao Huachun: "Don't rush Father-in-law Cao, the old man's legs and feet are not as strong as his father-in-law." ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly came over to hold his hand, half-dragged and half-pulled to help him go faster, and said: "The old gentleman (Note 1) will be considerate of our family, as soon as your music comes in, the emperor is so happy that the cup is broken, your old gentleman is good, he went back, the emperor asked our family to wait at the palace gate, and this has sent three groups of people to ask." Cao Huachun then recruited two little eunuchs and asked them to support them all the way, and when they arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, Wen Tiren was already out of breath and entered the warm pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Cao Huachun gasped and said, "Long live ......"

Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently, asking Cao Huachun not to interject, and he asked Wen Tiren impatiently: "Is what Aiqing said about Wendeng Camp true?" ”

Wen Tiren didn't come back in one breath, and the emperor couldn't help but answer his question, so he stammered: "Minister, minister"

Chongzhen couldn't wait to grab him and shake out the words, but now he couldn't look at him, so he quickly called a palace maid to serve tea, Cao Huachun cleverly found a chair for Wen Tiren, but Chongzhen was standing, and Wen Tiren didn't dare to sit.

It took a long time for Wen Tiren to breathe down, and said to Chongzhen: "Long live, there is indeed Wendeng Yingtang Malay report to the minister, and there is also a document attached to Gu'an Zhixian County, which is really credible, but Jiannu is not far away, and the minister has not gone to Gu'an to check in person, so this matter still needs to be verified." ”

"Then I immediately sent a message to the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to go to Gu'an for inspection."

Wen Tiren said: "Long live, I'm afraid I can't go now, when those Tang horses came out, thousands of Jiannu horses besieged the city, and the sentry officer of the Wendeng camp guessed that the Jiannu army was behind." ”

Chongzhen hesitated for a moment and said helplessly: "According to the Ministry of War today, the Jiannu army is still in Liangxiang, and there is also Gu'an, so let the Ministry of War send a sentry to investigate and defend first." He asked Wen Tiren again: "Why didn't the sentry officer of Wendeng Camp go to Aiqing to report to the military headquarters first?" ”

"Emperor, this Wen Dengying October 20 Fang exterminated Dengzhou Laiyang Wenxiang Sect rebellion, and went to recruit thieves from afar, all the way to the vicinity of Dengzhou, it happened that King Qin ordered to arrive, was sent by Denglai Dao to help, drifted at sea for ten days to Jinmen, had sent a fast horse to Beijing in advance, but the Chinese book was lost on the way, plus it was only a small sentry officer, the officers of the military department did not pay attention, that day it happened that the minister and Wang Qia were walking, the messenger was sent by Wang Qia coldly, his Qianli Qin Wang, received this cold reception, the courtier could not bear it, although it was not fully believed, but Gyeonggi was soldiered, One more pawn is one more pawn power, when Ji Liao Governor is in the east, the minister is worried that it will dismiss the reinforcements, so he shows that he arrived in Beijing from the south, not two days Jiannu has arrived under the city, the old minister reconsiders that he does not know that Jiannu is big, and sends his family to the south at the risk of death, so that it is nearby to protect the counties of Jinan, and strictly ordered it not to fight in the wilderness, but should be backed by the city to take over, Wendeng camp then set up camp Gu'an, not a few, Jiannu fruit as expected by the minister, Kou Luo Gu'an, for the Wendeng battalion to break the battle, the sentinel originally intended to go to Beijing immediately, and worried that Jiannu re-attacked Gu'an, is to send Tangma to report the news, and ask the minister to show it. ”

Wen Tiren knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty of deception and arbitrariness, and he is ...... with a book of etiquette."

Chongzhen didn't care, and couldn't hide the joy in his tone, "Aiqing is worried about state affairs, what is the crime, when it is, the Wang Qia is really ineffective, the military department ignores it, you are worried about his dismissal, and Aiqing has not seen his army in person, so it is not a deception." Chongzhen continued, "That Ji Liao Inspector all kinds of illegal things, Aiqing connected the five impeachments, I thought about it for a long time, and I decided to omit it, Wen Qing really made an indestructible contribution, although most of them stayed in the middle and did not hear about it, Aiqing dared to enter, but I remembered it in my heart." ”

Wen Tiren knelt down and said in a quiet tone: "I share my worries for the emperor, I don't dare to say anything, I just hope that all the armies of my Ming Dynasty will be like this Wendeng camp sentry, and expel Jiannu from the border wall as soon as possible, so that my people do not have to be displaced." ”

He and Zhou Yanru seized the opportunity to build a slave into the Kou, first played a series of impeachments against Yuan Chonghuan, first convicted Yuan Chonghuan, and then used Yuan Chonghuan to kill the handsome to drag the first assistant Qian Longxi into the water, Yuan Chonghuan had already written on the unveiling post at that time that he had discussed with Qian Longxi, and Qian Longxi could not deny it, originally he and Yuan Chonghuan were internal and external support, and now Yuan Chonghuan is in prison, Wen Tiren and others grabbed this braid and chased and beat him, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned on the same day, The two of them instructed Jiangxi Provincial Imperial Shi Gaojie to impeach Qian Longxi, dragging Qian Longxi to death in this quagmire, Qian Longxi's dismissal has become an inevitable thing, and it is difficult to say whether he can save his head.

Now Zhou Yanru's entry into the cabinet has been decided, he and Wen Tiren are a group, Wen Tiren originally had a very shallow foundation, and now the cabinet has an ally, things will be much easier in the future, Zhou Yanru is only thirty-six years old now, last year because of the Liao army's troubles, the opinions he said were very insightful, and he began to be valued by Chongzhen, and he had the intention to promote him, and it was logical to enter the cabinet this time.

Wen Tiren is a little self-aware, he can't compare to this genius who won the top prize at the age of twenty in any way, and it may be a little difficult to enter the cabinet, but now that he suddenly has such a big military feat in his hand, the shape is immediately different. The Wang Qia they are talking about is the original secretary of the military department, this guy has just been in office for half a year and has been arrested and imprisoned, it is indeed a bit wronged, but Wen Tiren doesn't care so much, continues to pour dirty water on him, and rationalizes his strategic work by the way.

This time, Jiannu entered the Kou, and most of the people in the cabinet were still implicated, and a new position would come out, so Wen Tiren was more anxious than Chongzhen, and he even wanted to risk going to Gu'an by himself to implement this plan earlier.

Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren with satisfaction, and praised in his mouth: "A small sentry officer, who can behead more than 600 levels, as well as one Jiala, one Niu Lu, if the Ministry of War checks that it is true, it is my Ming Dynasty who has beheaded the Ministry of Construction the most in a single time, and the little sentry officer led the troops to the king of thousands of miles, and also made such a great achievement." As soon as he thought of the fleeing Liao army, his face became a little gloomy.

Wen Tiren looked at Chongzhen's face, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you want to talk about this little sentinel, maybe the emperor knows it." ”

Chongzhen said: "Oh? I don't seem to remember an officer at the sentry level. ”

"This sentry officer is Chen Xin, a thousand households in Weihai who scolded Cui Chengxiu in the military department at the beginning of his reign, and has now been promoted to the sentry officer of the Wendeng camp, and he is the same as Weihaiwei."

Chongzhen was really surprised, because this thing was too bizarre at that time, he still had an impression after two years, he recalled a little: "It turned out to be him, two years ago he scolded Cui Chengxiu, and at that time he also wanted to award his merits, and then there was a royal history to impeach him for violating the Ming Law and insulting the Beijing officials above the third grade, which was offset by the final merit." Unexpectedly, he not only had righteousness in his chest, but also full of courage, and dared to fight under the city. I don't know how many soldiers and horses there are in this Wendeng camp? ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers were also surprised at the beginning, and later I learned that the number of soldiers in the Wendeng battalion was more than 1,100, and in October Laiyang Wenxiang Sect was in turmoil, and Chen Xin was worried about the chaos of Xu Hongru again, and Laiyang County agreed to convene more than 1,000 people to report to Laidao for permission, and this time King Qin had a total of more than 2,000 people. After the first battle of Gu'an, they suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat into the city, and they were afraid that they would not be able to fight in the near future. ”

Chongzhen shouted a good and laughed: "A good Wendeng battalion, a good sentry officer, two thousand people beheaded six hundred, it is also Wen Qing's plan, Wen Qing is responsible for the nuclear merit this time, the joint military department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Shuntian Mansion have a division to jointly inspect the war merits, since the loss is quite heavy, let him first hold on to Gu'an, and the loss of armor and food will be handed over to the military department to be discussed, this time after he arrives in Beijing, Wen Qing, you bring him to the palace to see, I want to see him in person." ”

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On the second day, Wen Tiren organized a division to prepare for this matter, which is a recent event, and the emperor is concerned, so the efficiency is quite high, the military department first sent a sentry to investigate, and met the sentry of the Wendeng camp halfway, knowing that Jiannu had been withdrawn from Gu'an, and the various ministries hurriedly sent people to Gu'an to verify.

Chen Xin received them in person, Huang Side, as a deputy, sent silver and jewelry, first set up the relationship, and when a few officials saw the heads on the carriage, they were all Zhenyi, and one of the directors of the military department also quietly persuaded Chen Xin to let some civilian heads in.

Jiannu is still in Liangxiang, several Beijing officials are also afraid of going out of the city at this time, after the inspection, only sent Tangma back to Beijing to send a letter, and stayed in Gu'an for two more days, Chen Xin's reception is very handy, good food and drink for offering, everyone is very satisfied with him, I heard that the Wendeng camp was owed for more than a year, and the head of the military department even promised to help him ask the military department for silver supplies after going back, and came to the conclusion that he suffered heavy losses and could not fight again for the time being.

Several Beijing officials stayed for two days, still felt that there was no safety in the Beijing Division, rushed back to the Beijing Division, the Ministry of War had already reported their nuclear merit documents to the cabinet, and now the court already knew about it, and the victory that appeared in a rout attracted everyone's attention, although Chen Xin had not yet arrived in Beijing, it had been in the limelight, and the only strange thing for everyone was that the work of planning was unexpectedly attributed to Wen Tiren, and many people thought that he might enter the cabinet.

Huang Taiji's momentum outside the city wall of the capital division also has it, he stopped in Liangxiang for nearly half a month, snatched the surroundings cleanly, the Eight Banners family has a rich income, Dolgon took the cavalry in Gu'an to show off his might, the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city, and finally got the face back, and the armor soldiers drawn by Niu Lu went back to say, and the morale was not affected by the defeat of Unag.

Huang Taiji himself went to the tomb of Jin Taizu outside Liangxiang City to worship, and he didn't care whether he was a real Jurchen tribe or not, anyway, he insisted that Jin Taizu hundreds of years ago had something to do with him, he put some sacrifices, hoping that the two Jin emperors would bless him, and then repeated the content of the Seven Hatreds and the like.

Although the Qinwang army that arrived around slowly increased, but it was very scattered, Sun Chengzong went to Shanhaiguan to pack up the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen, the largest Qinwang army around the Beijing division was still the Xuanda army led by Mangui, Zhang Zongheng brought some soldiers and horses from Datong to Mangui, plus the regrouped Changping and Miyun and other soldiers and horses, Mangui had about 30,000 again, stationed near Yongdingmen.

The Ministry of War did not give Chen Xin any orders, and I heard that the emperor originally intended to transfer him to the Beijing Palace to see him, but he was worried that Gu'an would be lost, so Chen Xin still took the Wendeng camp to guard there. Chongzhen single-mindedly took Gu'an and Chen Xin as the object of positive propaganda, and strictly ordered the military department to make proper arrangements, and it was necessary to ensure that Gu'an was not lost, and it happened that part of the army of Shanxi and Henan Qinwang arrived in Zhuozhou through Zijin Pass, and after the military department received the emperor's strict order, some of the newly arrived Henan soldiers and horses were transferred from Zhuozhou, and they were also enriched into the city of Gu'an, making the defense of Gu'an more solid.

The situation around Jingshi seems to be improving again, because the Xuanda army has moved to Yongdingmen, and the contact between Gu'an and Jingshi is also smoother, just when Chen Xin thought that he could enter Beijing safely, the Houjin army, which had stayed in Liangxiang for more than ten days without moving, suddenly attacked. When he walked to the Lugou Bridge, he happened to meet the deputy general Shen Fu, who knew how to do magic, and as a result, the master of magic was wiped out, but he himself was unyielding, a total of six knife wounds, several arrow holes, and most of the thousands of beggars he led fled before leaving the city, and none of them were spared after the war.

Immediately after that, the Jin army struck a thunderous blow to the largest mobile force of the Ming court outside the Yongding Gate, and the core Xuanda army had suffered heavy losses, and the cobbled together Qinwang army had low combat effectiveness, and was defeated in a battle, and more than 30 generals above the guerrilla were killed, and Heiyunlong and Ma Dengyun were captured, and the whole army was annihilated. This defeat occurred two miles outside the walls of the capital division, and countless soldiers and civilians on the city walls saw it with their own eyes, and the fear of Jiannu in the city reached its peak.

After Huang Taiji defeated this force, there was no Ming army around him who dared to get closer, he led the army to the west of the Beijing division and went around to the north, looting all the way, and left a book twice in Deshengmen and other places to say that peace could be negotiated, and the posture was very high. In the end, he returned to the northwest of Jingshi, and the Houjin army walked a complete circle around Jingshi, which was roughly equivalent to the line between the second and third ring roads now. All the large Ming armies were routed and conquered the county seat of Liangxiang, and the weakness of the Ming Dynasty was fully revealed.

Fortunately, Chen Xin's appearance gave the Ming court the last fig leaf, and on December 20, after the Jin army went north to Desheng Gate, Chen Xin handed over the Gu'an city defense to the Henan soldiers, leaving some soldiers to take care of the wounded, and took 2,000 people from the Wendeng battalion to escort the heads, and advanced to the Beijing division under the leadership of a cavalry of the five army battalions.