Chapter 220: The Wind and the Clouds Wash the Donglin in Blood (3)

It was already very late at night, and the lights were still on in the military room of the Governor's Mansion, and under the lights, it was Sun Chengzong and his counselor Lu Shanji, and there was no one else.

"Yang Lian's meaning couldn't be clearer, he wanted this superintendent to write a book for him to eradicate Wei Gelding, but I don't know if I think I should do what he wants?" Sun Chengzong asked Lu Shanji bluntly, and it was clear that Lu Shanji was the expression of Lu Shanji.

Lu Shanji lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head and said: "Everyone in the DPRK and China knows that the superintendent is a member of the Donglin Party, if the superintendent does not come forward, I am afraid that the party will be dissatisfied with the superintendent." And... If the city gate is on fire, it will definitely affect the pond fish, if Donglin is not protected, how can the superintendent protect himself? ”

"Hmm."

Sun Chengzong glanced at Lu Shanji approvingly, and it was better to analyze the environment he was in now with a "fire at the city gate, which affected the fish in the pond".

"Then according to you, how should I come forward?" Sun Chengzong intends to consider Lu Shanji.

Lu Shanji groaned slightly, and said: "The lower official thinks that the superintendent should immediately go to the emperor and tell the emperor the true face of Wei Zhongxian!" As long as the overseer is sparse, this thing will be successful! ”

Sun Chengzong didn't nod, but asked him rhetorically: "Why do you think that as long as I go to the top, I will definitely be able to get rid of Wei Zhongxian?" ”

Lu Shanji said without hesitation: "The superintendent is the emperor's teacher, and the emperor has always been obedient to your words, as long as the superintendent is sparse, the emperor will alienate Wei Gelding, there is no doubt about it." ”

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "It's not what it used to be... I have been away from Beijing for three years, and during this period, Wei Zhongxian has become the most important person around the emperor, and I am afraid that my words will not be so smart! Besides, our Emperor may not be able to see it? So it's not inappropriate to take care of this

If the emperor really can't see my performance, he is afraid that he will startle the snake, and Wei Zhongxian will definitely be wary of me at that time, and it will be difficult to make any more moves. ”

Hearing what Sun Chengzong said, Lu Shanji couldn't help frowning, and then said: "If Shangshu can't reach the emperor's hands, then the superintendent can only use the face of the king!" ”

"Noodle-kun?"

Sun Chengzong muttered and repeated, suddenly brightened, and happily praised: "This plan is very good!" The emperor's birthday was the fourth day of the fifth month, so I went to Beijing to meet the emperor in the name of celebrating my birthday, and told the emperor about the benefits. ”

After hearing this, Lu Shanji looked at Sun Chengzong with deep meaning: "The superintendent is going to go empty-handed like this?" ”

"Of course you can't go empty-handed, I always have to prepare some gifts for the emperor's birthday." Sun Chengzong smiled.

Lu Shanji saw that Sun Chengzong didn't understand what he meant, and hurriedly said: "The lower official didn't say this, the lower official said that the supervisor was preparing to enter alone."

Don't you bring some people? ”

"Bring some people into Beijing? Sun Chengzong was stunned, his face changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "You mean to bring troops into Beijing?" ”

"Yes!" Lu Shanji nodded heavily, and said categorically: "When necessary, the lower officials think that the superintendent can take the Qingjun side and do it!" ”

Sun Chengzong's heart suddenly burst into action, and he stared at Lu Shanji for a long time without speaking. In the middle of the ring, Fang got up and said:

"I am preparing to go to Jizhou and Changping to review the defense, which is only a few dozen miles away from the capital. You will go with me tomorrow. ”

Jizhou, Changping? Lu Shanji's eyes lit up, and he responded loudly: "Yes, Supervisor!" ”

Sun Chengzong didn't say anything more about this matter, but asked Lu Shanji another thing: "Is there a whereabouts of Zhou Huai'an?"

Lu Shanji shook his head: "I haven't received any news yet." ”

Alas...

Sun Chengzong sighed and said to Lu: "Be sure to contact him, with him, I can enter Beijing with confidence." After a pause, he instructed Lu Shanji: "You repair a letter to Yuan Chonghuan, tell him that there will be another famine in Jinjin District this year, and the old slave is likely to lead troops to attack after the autumn, and he must strengthen the city defense of Ningyuan, in addition, the construction of Jinzhou City must be fast, and the city must be built next year at the latest, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be too late." ”

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"Your Excellency, your subordinates will hold your lord's waist card to review the relevant personnel of Shanhaiwei, according to their report, Sun Chengzong will lead 3,000 elite horsemen to inspect the defense of Jizhou and Changping tomorrow!"

"Jizhou, Changping?"

These two place names made Yuan Dahai frown, he knew that these two places were the gateways to Beijing, only a few dozen miles away from the capital, if Sun Chengzong really dared to lead troops into the side of the Qing Jun in Beijing, the elite cavalry would be able to rush to the city of Beijing in just one day. If Wei Zhongxian didn't take precautions, he would undoubtedly be really cleared by Sun Chengzong.

But does Sun Chengzong really have the guts?

Yuan Dahai didn't believe that Sun Chengzong really dared to lead his troops into Beijing, because although there were 5,000 troops in the history books of later generations that Sun Chengzong led 5,000 troops to prepare for the Qing monarch's side and kill Wei Zhongxian, but in the end it was not implemented.

The "Qing Jun Side" must have its legal rationality, and Wei Zhongxian's struggle against the Donglin Party until now has been an upright exercise of imperial power (although there is an edict, it cannot be ruled out at all that Tianqi himself also intends to beat the Donglin Party. Yuan Dahai has always believed that the apocalypse is not stupid, behind his young, handsome and slightly immature face, there is an incomparably wise heart! If Sun Chengzong really dares to lead troops into Beijing, it will be equivalent to rebellion.

Impossible, impossible!

The biggest possibility is that Sun Chengzong is making a false shot, and it may be more practical to say that he is bluffing.

In fact, for Sun Chengzong, Yuan Dahai couldn't tell whether his perception of him was good or bad. Since he came to Shanhaiguan, he has been quietly observing this world's first Xiongguan. I don't know why, after his own field observation and the detailed reports of Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi who were installed in Shanhaiwei, he came to a conclusion, that is, maybe Sun Chengzong's strategy of guarding Liao made a mistake.

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After the Guangning War in the second year of the Apocalypse, Xiong Tingbi proposed the strategy of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness", that is, giving up all the land outside the customs and leading the whole army to retreat into Shanhaiguan to defend it. Although this decision is suspected of losing land and enriching the people, and has been criticized by the world, from a strategic point of view, Yuan Dahai believes that it is very correct.

Of course, this is very correct Yuan Dahai just thought, before he didn't check the Shanhaiguan on the spot, he always thought that Xiong Tingbi had done a big stupid thing, and Pingkong gave Houjin such a vast piece of land, which can be called the sinner of the Ming Dynasty.

However, he doesn't see it that way now, in addition to inspecting Shanhaiguan on the spot and knowing that this Xiongguan cannot be broken head-on, there is also the most important reason, that is, he knows that the three dynasties of Wanli, Tianqi and Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty are in a "Xiaoice Period" of the global climate, almost all sunspots have disappeared for as long as 70 years, during this period of time the flow of cosmic rays decreases, and at the same time the climate has cooled, which is the closest among the dozens of similar situations in the past 10,000 years. It's the coldest man has ever seen!

The extreme cold will inevitably cause the rainfall area to move southward, and the northern regions will be in the midst of famine for many years. Under such natural conditions, the Ming Dynasty only needed to hold on to the clear wilderness, and without spending a single soldier, the Manchu Qing could starve to death outside the pass. Xiong Tingbi's strategy is actually this purpose, but he does not know that this is the so-called "Xiaoice River Period", but his starting point is because the Ming army has no soldiers outside the pass, and there is no city to defend, so it must be fully contracted.

When the Ming army retreated to Shanhaiguan, if the Houjin soldiers wanted to attack, the supply line from Shenyang to the front line would be 600 miles long. The Ming army arranged the defense line at Shanhaiguan, just like the battlefield of Cao Cao's decisive battle with Yuan Shao, which was relatively close to his rear, which was extremely beneficial to the Ming army. What's more, Shanhaiguan is the "first pass in the world", the defensive strength is impeccable, and it is a heroic pass that has never been broken in the era of cold weapons. However, due to the defeat of Guangning, Xiong Tingbi was held accountable and dismissed from prison and imprisoned, and the post of Jiliao Jinglu was taken over by Wang Zaijin.

Wang Zaijin was not treated by Yuan Dahai before, thinking that he was a mediocre talent on paper, but now it seems that he is actually an outstanding military master and a so-called "eunuch" stupid talent who was slandered by the Donglin Party. While inheriting Xiong Tingbi's strategy of "clearing the wilderness with strong walls", Wang Zaijin further devised a brilliant idea to annihilate the enemy under the Shanhaiguan Pass - this idea was to set up a "heavy pass" plan in Balipu outside the Shanhaiguan.

Three years ago, Wang Zaijin had spent one million taels of silver to build the Balipu Heavy Pass, but such a huge amount had the unreserved support of the Apocalypse. In the imperial court at that time, whether it was the Eunuch Party, the Donglin Party, or others, there was no opposition to this. However, it was Sun Chengzong who volunteered to inspect Liaodong, and then resolutely rejected Wang Zaijin's plan, and ousted Wang Zaijin through political means.

Yuan Dahai remembered that it was recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" that the interrogation raised by Sun Chengzong about the "heavy city" left Wang Zaijin speechless, and in many later interpretations, it was believed that Wang Zaijin had made a low-level mistake, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who agreed with his plan, was also mediocre. In fact, it is not true, if he really used a ridiculous plan to deceive the Emperor of the Apocalypse, if he returns to the emperor after being questioned and exposed by Sun Chengzong, then Wang Zaijin will definitely not be able to get out of it, but why does Wang Zaijin refuse to compromise for seven days and seven nights?

Moreover, Sun Chengzong explained in detail the problem of "building a heavy city", and it is a bit bizarre that he still does not compromise!

After the completion of the front-line investigation, Sun Chengzong went back to report such an obvious mistake, but in the end, it was "more than ten sparse" that had the result, how could such an obvious omission be "more than ten sparse"? Doesn't the apocalypse trust and value him as a teacher? Could it be that Ye Xianggao, the head of the cabinet of the Donglin Party, is also confused?

All the doubts show that there is a mystery hidden in this "heavy city plan", but in fact, this mystery is not complicated, and it has already vaguely appeared in Sun Chengzong's interrogation.

Sun Chengzong asked Wang Zaijin: "In this way, there will be 80,000 guards within eight miles." A piece of stone in the northwest should not be set up in the northwest? ”

In fact, the total strength of Shanhaiguan at that time would not exceed 80,000, and when Yuan Chonghuan weakened the strength of Jimen and supplemented the Guanwai after Yuan Chonghuan's official visit, the Ming army only reached the scale of more than 70,000 people.

From Wang Zaijin's perfunctory dialogue in the dialogue, it can be seen that Wang Zaijin did not intend to station troops in the new city at all, so Sun Chengzong's series of doubts were easily solved. Sun Chengzong asked: "Are the pit mines in the old city set up for the enemy, or are they for the new soldiers?" The answer should be: "for the enemy".

Sun Chengzong asked: "The new city can be defended, and the old city can be used?" The answer should be "the new city is not kept, so the old city is used".

Sun Chengzong asked: "Then the enemy arrives and the soldiers flee as before, and the security is heavy?" It is to point to the key point, and it is also the key point of this mystery, which is "the enemy does not arrive and the soldiers withdraw first", and give this "heavy pass" to Houjin!

Why send a "heavy pass" to Houjin?

The reason is very simple, in the eyes of Yuan Dahai now, it is a very simple and clear question. Because after Xiong Tingbi cleared the wilderness, the layout of retreating to Shanhaiguan was actually to consume the strength of the Houjin army under Shanhaiguan.

If the Houjin really made a fool to storm the Shanhaiguan Gate, it was bound to be the best of the best, the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin decisive battle in this place, the troops of all parties gathered, and relying on the Shanhaiguan Xiongguan natural danger, enough for the Houjin to gnaw for half a year. You must know that Shanhaiguan is by no means comparable to Jinzhou, which Houjin failed to conquer! At least, in the eyes of Yuan Dahai, who doesn't know much about military affairs, if you want to take this Shanhaiguan in front of you, you don't want to pave it without a hundred thousand corpses! And then did the Jin Barbarian have so many soldiers? Even if they do, they all die here, what good is it to take this level? Could it be that it is impossible to ask the old wild boar skin to travel to the customs alone?

Not to mention the extension of the Houjin supply line, it is inevitably difficult to receive grain and grass, and it was originally out to grab food, but it turned out to consume food, which backfired in the first place, and after a little longer, the gold was miserable after the confrontation was consumed. And the most fatal thing is the killing machine hidden on the road from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan.

Shenyang to Shanhaiguan along the way thousands of miles, there are Da Ling River, Xiao Ling River, Liao River block, if it is the freezing season is fine, but after the beginning of the spring ice and snow melted, during the phase of stalemate, the Ming Dynasty can send out the water division, block the Da Ling River, Xiao Ling River cut off its grain road, at the same time water and land along the Liao River north to copy Shenyang, this is with Sun Chengzong so-called: "When Ning Yuan Chong, and Juehua are horns." The enemy peeped into the city, causing the island to make three forks, break the pontoon bridge, and attack it horizontally. The meaning is pretty much the same.

Imagine that the Ming Dynasty had to fight a decisive battle with the Houjin outside the gate, lengthen the supply line of the Houjin, and defeat the Houjin army by cutting off the rear grain road, which was an excellent plan for the Ming Dynasty to destroy the enemy, which could not only give full play to the advantages of the Ming Dynasty army to defend the city with firearms, but also give full play to the advantages of its own water division, and also avoid the war with the Houjin Ye, and even avoid the fight, because the Jin will inevitably collapse after the grain road is broken, if the Houjin army is starved for a month or two, will the Ming army still use the Ming army to fight?

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This view of Wang Zaijin's "new city and old city" is a family, but it doesn't feel like that, so I think Sun Chengzong may not be so great. Prior to this, Bones had always considered Sun to be the greatest military genius and strategist of the late Ming Dynasty.

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