Chapter 136: Take the initiative to ask for battle
Zhang Kewang, who was on the side, had already seen Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts, of course he wouldn't say it.
At this time, the spies came to report that Zhang Biwu had already led the army back to the three counties of Lingbao, and Zhang Biwu didn't seem to want to participate in the battle against the thieves, what he wanted was to go north to support Liaojin, so there was a chapter on Chongzhen!
Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said, "Okay! Count him Zhang Biwu's acquaintance! Then ignore him! Let's fight with Zuo Liangyu and Ding Qirui! It's up to you to see who wins and who loses! ”
Zhang Biwu is ignorant of the fact that the evidence of his crime was held by Zhang Xianzhong and that he will be threatened by Zhang Xianzhong in the future.
Yuan Ti'an came to confess to Zhang Biwu, because he was threatened by Yang Sichang to spy on Zhang Biwu, and his family was detained by Yang Sichang, and now that Yang Sichang is dead, his family has to be released.
But Yuan Ti'an was still deeply sorry for what he had done, and he naturally wanted to explain the situation to Zhang Biwu.
Zhang Biwu actually knew early in the morning that there was a problem with Yuan Ti'an coming over from Yang Sichang, but he knew that Yuan Ti'an was not the kind of person who wanted to harm people for money, and there must be something that made him have to do it.
Now the truth is revealed, because his family was used as a threat, so he did such a thing. Zhang Biwu didn't blame him, because in the case of Zhang Biwu, his family was arrested by others to threaten him to harm an unfamiliar person, and he did not hesitate to do it.
At this moment, Yuan Ti'an was moved by Zhang Biwu's tolerance and generosity. He decided that he wanted to work for Zhang Biwu, not to mention that now the country is in trouble, and it is Zhang Biwu who can save the country! Tolerance is far more important than ability! This is Yuan Ti'an's view.
Zhang Biwu asked Yuan Ti'an to treat Lu Xiangsheng, and even told Yuan Ti'an the truth - Lu Xiangsheng was not dead!
Yuan Ti'an was stunned, and it wasn't until now that he understood that what Yang Sichang had been looking for was Lu Xiangsheng, just to confirm whether Lu Xiangsheng was dead!
Yuan Ti'an didn't say much, he secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must cure Lu Xiangsheng! Even if he can't be cured, he will ask his friends to cure Lu Xiangsheng. It is precisely because Yuan Ti'an cured Lu Xiangsheng that when the Qing army invaded the Ming Dynasty for the fifth time, thanks to Lu Xiangsheng and Yao Dongzhao, the children of Sanfu helped Zhang Biwu defeat the Qing army led by Abatai.
Zhang Biwu now focused his attention on the Battle of Songjin, and he gave Chongzhen a recital.
Zhang Biwu wanted to fight against the Manchus because he was afraid that he would be sent to fight Li Zicheng, and he would rather fight to the death with the Manchus in heavy armor than fight Li Zicheng.
The latest news came that the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou was first unfavorable, and the general soldier Yang Guozhu was killed by an arrow. The Qing army avoided the battle and waited for a good opportunity to break the Ming army.
Where the Ming army's food and salary were located, Bijia Mountain was attacked by the Qing army, and Chongzhen's food and salary accumulated for more than a year were destroyed in one fell swoop.
As the supervising army, Zhang Ruoqi guarded Bijia Mountain, but did not save Bijia Mountain, and did not care about the army, he left with a small boat, and the Ming troops who surrounded him were forcibly crushed by the boat. And some of them climbed up, and their hands were cut off. Zhang Ruoqi's defeat and escape made the army even more disheartened, and the Ming army would go to the sea countless times.
The Ming army had to break through and retreat because of lack of food, and it was originally agreed to break through together, but I didn't expect that Wang Pu, the coward of Datong's general soldier, finally killed 130,000 elites, and Wang Pu took the lead in fleeing, so that the Ming army was scrambling to escape, so the entire Ming army was defeated.
A whole set of breakthrough arrangements all came to naught, and the Ming army was defeated. Especially the Ming army drowned on the seashore was 23,000 people! The Qing army did not experience much resistance from the Ming army at all, and the Ming army only knew how to flee and flee! How can they still fight with the Qing army?
Only more than 30,000 remnants fled back to Ningyuan with Wu Sangui, Wang Pu and others, and Wang Pu was arrested by Chongzhen's order. Chongzhen was very annoyed, and Lu Xiangsheng repeatedly said that Wang Pu was overwhelmed by the heavy army of a town.
However, Chongzhen couldn't bear to punish him because Wang Pu had heavy troops in his hands, and he had been the chief soldier of Datong for a long time, so he dragged it out again and again, and he didn't punish him in the repeated escapes without a fight.
Chongzhen was annoyed, he couldn't help but think of Lu Xiangsheng, if only Lu Xiangsheng was still there! Chongzhen saw Zhang Biwu's recital, and he remembered that Zhang Biwu was Lu Xiangsheng's most trusted and relied on general.
Chongzhen smiled and said, "Okay! Good! Zhang Biwu is really my minister! It can't be compared with a bunch of inactive ministers in the DPRK and China! At this time, Princess Kunxing was beside her, and her face turned red.
Chongzhen was playing at this time, he wanted to distract himself, Wang Chengen waited for this piece of music to naturally want to please Chongzhen.
Chongzhen was very appreciative of Zhang Biwu's initiative to ask for war, because none of the civil and military forces in the court could share his worries, and everyone was so afraid that they couldn't say a word when they talked about Liaodong, even if Chongzhen wanted to force the courtiers to go to Liaodong, but one or two of them were still unwilling to go to Liaodong and participate in the affairs of Liaodong.
Liaodong is a tricky matter, and the courtiers are afraid to avoid it, so they try to avoid it if they can. Therefore, whoever wants to invite Liaodong to fight can please Chongzhen.
Chongzhen was very happy when he saw Zhang Biwu's recital, and he held Zhang Biwu's recital above the court and said to the ministers: "Look at it! Check it out! This is my loyal servant! Yang Sichang ...... "Speaking of Yang Sichang, Chongzhen was uncomfortable in his heart, as soon as Yang Sichang died, the ministers of the court kept attacking Yang Sichang, which made Chongzhen very disgusted.
What do the ministers of the court know in addition to the view of the portal and the party's differences? None of them are people who really think about the country and take responsibility for the country!
Now Zhang Biwu automatically asked Ying to go to Liaodong, where everyone is afraid, and to go to the Manchu Qing to start a war, which is a very good thing.
Chongzhen decided that he would praise Zhang Biwu in the court, and at the same time, he wanted Zhang Biwu to come to the capital quickly to discuss the matter of saving Jin.
When the courtiers heard that Zhang Biwu wanted to save Jin, they couldn't help but shake their heads, because they knew what great ability Zhang Biwu could have as a guerrilla general? He just went to please the emperor, and did he dare to fight the Qing army in the last day? Even if it is his big victory in the Battle of Jinan, it can't be better.
Zhang Biwu had already arrived at the court, Chongzhen was very happy, and said, "Aiqing! If you really want to lead troops to save Jinzhou, how many soldiers do you need? ”
The ministers all laughed, because they had a private discussion when they were in the last court, Zhang Biwu would definitely ask for 50,000 or 60,000 troops, or more men, and it was not easy for Chongzhen to make up 130,000 horses, and it was extremely difficult to make up for food. Zhang Biwu can open his mouth widely, but Chongzhen can't give it, so this matter will naturally be over.
But I didn't expect what Zhang Biwu said was: "Your Majesty, I don't want a soldier or a general in the court, I just ask the emperor to give me the right to recruit soldiers!" Let me recruit people, no matter what kind of people I gather all over the country, the emperor should give it to me! For example, the wolf soldiers in Guangxi, the monk soldiers in Shaolin Temple, the gourd soldiers in Song County, and the miners in the Funiu Mountains are all for me to gather! I only need three months to recruit troops! I think Governor Hong can hold out for more than half a year, I only need to recruit troops in three months, and then use a month to go to Jinzhou, and strive to relieve the siege of Hong Shangshu and General Zu's army! ”
"Guangxi wolf soldiers?" Chongzhen couldn't help but think of the strategy of Pingliao that Yuan Chonghuan said to him before, he said that he would let him gather the wolf soldiers of Guangxi, as for killing Yuan Chonghuan, there was also a private discussion in the court, saying that it was not good to kill, because Yuan Chonghuan and the Manchu Qing negotiated peace There are many doubts.
Chongzhen remembered one thing, Zhang Biwu's master Han Runchang is Yuan Chonghuan's favorite general, and he has a lot of connections with Yuan Chonghuan, and now he mentions the Guangxi wolf soldiers, thinking of Yuan Chonghuan, Chongzhen himself feels that he has killed too early! But he will never admit his mistake! Then let Zhang Biwu go to recruit Guangxi wolf soldiers.
As for the Mao Hulu soldiers in Song County in the early years of Chongzhen, they were all famous in the war to suppress the peasant army, killing Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Mixed World Wang, Wang Ziyong, Wang Jiayin and other crying fathers and mothers!
The Mao Hulu soldiers began in the Jin Dynasty, the Mongol soldiers destroyed the Jin, and the Mao Hulu soldiers in the Dengzhou area were very famous for resisting the massacre of the Mongols! The Mongol soldiers who swept across the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa all thought that this gourd soldier was not to be despised and was very powerful.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the rebel army that rose up in Nanyang and Dengzhou attacked the city, so the Yuan Dynasty recruited natives to defend the city to exempt them from forced labor and taxes. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the gourd soldiers in Dengzhou no longer heard of it, but the gourd soldiers in Song County were very famous!
It's just that Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong hated the gourd soldiers very much, and attacked the gourd soldiers and wiped out the gourd soldiers.
Chongzhen thought of this, he nodded, anyway, he didn't need the soldiers of the imperial court, Zhang Biwu could summon as many as he could! Aren't the soldiers recruited by Zhang Biwu the most reluctant?
Chongzhen said, "Okay! Zhang Aiqing, I'm right! Go and call for troops! As many as you can call. If, in three months, you are short of soldiers, I will make up for you more! ”
Zhang Biwu immediately responded quickly: "Emperor Xie!" Chongzhen became very serious and said: "Zhang Biwu, in three months, you must go to Liaodong in one day!" Otherwise, you'll! At this, he paused, his eyes like swords.
Zhang Biwu naturally understood, he nodded again and again, and said, "Yes!" Your Majesty, rest assured! The minister will definitely go to Liaodong in three months! ”
At this moment, an official stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, please punish Zhang Biwu!" Zhang Biwu is not subservient! If every general can continue to recruit troops at will, or on a national scale, he has the power to fight, then no one can restrain him! He really wants to seize military power and plot against him! It must be punished severely! ”
Suddenly, Zhang Biwu's face changed, it was really a sideshow......