Chapter 0622: The Second Battle of the Jingshi
By the day that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen returned to Beijing, Jinyiwei's secret agents outside the gate had already sent back six hundred miles to expedite!
Under the disparity between the outnumbered, Zhao led the sect and finally died in battle, and the entire army was annihilated. Zunhua fell, and Wang Yuanya, the governor of Shuntian, and Zhu Guoyan, the chief military officer of Jizhen, died. When the news reached Beijing, the capital was suddenly in chaos, and the officials and people fled one after another, but the imperial court ordered that only men were allowed to go out of the city and not to bring their families.
Emperor Chongzhen originally compared himself to Tang Zong and Song Zu, and it is unknown what measures Tang Zong and Song Zu would take in the face of this kind of turmoil that had not been seen in a century, but he was indeed completely panicked and helped the Houjin Army a lot in the strategy.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is a veteran in politics, but for an emperor, he is still not comprehensive enough, he can handle one thing well, but he can't handle everything well, this is his sorrow!
He can be a good official, he can be a good businessman, he can be a good teacher, but the emperor is a very comprehensive profession!
After having the experience of commanding a large-scale war last time, this time Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen did not recruit the people to help defend the city! On the one hand, the combat effectiveness of the common people is really limited, and it is useless, and they must also pay the same military salary as the army, if 200,000 people are recruited, the role they play is equivalent to 20,000 troops, and the military salary is equal to 200,000 troops!
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen urgently summoned Lu Xiangsheng and asked him to command all the Ming troops in the Gyeonggi region and assist him in commanding this second battle to defend Beijing!
Indiscriminate dispatch of new troops. It's already ridiculous. But for the indiscriminate command of King Qin's reinforcements. It's even more ridiculous. For example, after Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, received the battle report of the crisis in Beijing, he immediately led 5,000 people with the general soldier Zhang Hong. This Governor Geng was a famous minister of the Tianqi Dynasty, who was sentenced to death for offending Wei Zhongxian, and was later exempted from the eunuch party because Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, so he was very active in aiding the Beijing Division. Unexpectedly, after entering the suburbs of Beijing, the Shanxi reinforcements were first arranged to be stationed in Tongzhou in Jingdong on the first day. When he arrived in Tongzhou the next day, he did not wait to set up camp, and received an order to guard Changping in northern Beijing.
After Lu Xiang was promoted to office, he inspected 72 castles on the Eighth Road, and the border defense and war preparedness were vigorously rectified, so that the military and people of Datong were able to eliminate their fears.
Later, the Jin soldiers entered the suburbs of Beijing. The Ming court issued an edict instructing the king of Qin in various places. Lu Xiangsheng led a thousand cavalry into Beijing to guard, stationed in Shunyi, and defeated Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, so he went to Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen sent officials to comfort them, rewarded them with 10,000 taels of silver, and let him and Hou Shilu be stationed in Deshengmen together. Soon. In a foreign battle, Hou Shilu's team was defeated and retreated. Lu Xiangsheng fought forward alone. Cannons were sent on the city wall to cooperate with him, but Lu Xiangsheng's troops were injured by mistake, and Lu Xiangsheng was also wounded, and Emperor Chongzhen let him go into the urn outside the city gate to rest.
Lu Xiangsheng cried and knelt in front of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, "Your Majesty, there are only 5,000 of the 8,000 soldiers left, plus Cao Wenzhao's 5,000 men and horses, they can barely get together 10,000, and the rest are all wiped out!" ”
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was also shocked! He didn't understand why he had worked hard for more than a year, but he hadn't changed at all after being reborn, it seemed that the situation was even worse than in the previous life!
But Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is a reborn person after all, although there is a dense army of Jiannu outside the city, he is not completely panicked! "Lu Xiangsheng is flat, you fought well, I don't blame you, Jiannu's iron cavalry is brave, your men and horses are killed or injured, it's not your responsibility, go down and rest first!"
Untied his shirt to show Emperor Chongzhen his injuries, and Emperor Chongzhen expressed his deep admiration. But Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen expressed doubts about Lu Xiangsheng in his heart, is it really appropriate for him to let a person in his early thirties be the commander? At this time, he once again thought of Sun Chengzong, the old man who was imprisoned in the imperial village by himself!
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is not the stubborn personality of the past, after being hit repeatedly, he decided to resurrect the veteran Sun Chengzong!
This can be regarded as a heavy span for Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen! He crossed his self-esteem, if he was placed in the previous life, he was a personality who would rather bend, even if he hanged himself, he would not use the person who was imprisoned by himself to go out of the mountain again!
"Let Sun Chengzong come here!" Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen said to Wang Chengen, who had come to the city and was with him!
Wang Chengen nodded, very satisfied with the emperor's decision, yes, at this time, a veteran commander with outstanding achievements like Sun Chengzong is very able to play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army!
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth when Wang Chengen just turned around, "Recruit Sun Shenxing too!" ”
Wang Chengen was overjoyed, he didn't expect the emperor to open his mind, it should have been like this a long time ago, the Jingcha plan is okay, but blindly suppressing the Donglin party, this is his own and himself can't get by, at this time, you can't let the court mess anymore, these people can't help but nothing, if this time makes the Beijing division chaotic, it will fall into a situation of no return, the recovery of Sun Chengzong can unite the army, the recovery of Sun Shenxing, can unite the civilian group, play an immediate effect!
Since returning to Beijing, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen has never returned to the palace! asked Su Mo'er and Tai Songgege to be sent back to the palace and handed over to the queen for placement, but he himself has been personally commanding the overall situation in Deshengmen, and Zheng Yuelin has always been by the emperor's side.
Looking at Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who had not closed his eyes for three days, Zheng Yuelin's distressed liver and intestines were broken, she only understood why he had always been depressed and unhappy, and seemed to always have a full stomach, she has been inseparable from Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen for the past few days, and only then did she know how sad his life was, state affairs, military affairs and civil affairs! He doesn't have a quarter of an hour to spare!
"Your Majesty, can you go and rest?" Zheng Yuelin's eyes were red.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen sighed, "How can I have the face to rest, you can rest by yourself, you don't have to worry about it here, I let you enter the palace first, and you won't go back." Your dad didn't know you were with me. ”
Zheng Yuelin was red-eyed and took the emperor's hand, "When this happens, will I leave?" If you let me go, why don't you kill me? ”
When Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen heard this familiar sentence, he remembered his Zhou Ke'er, and Zhou Ke'er also told him the same thing at the beginning! (To be continued......)