Wan Qian refers to whether the peak can bear the heavy responsibility of the 61st section (middle)

After the rebellion of the Guanning army, Chongzhen finally became furious and ordered a thorough investigation of Yuan Chonghuan's command in the Gyeonggi campaign. Soon the command and deployment of the Jimen front line was handed over to the emperor, and after Yuan Chonghuan set up for the enemy to enter the customs a few days ago, Chongzhen also personally defended him, saying that Yuan Chonghuan just "did not send reconnaissance defense, but let the enemy sneak through." ”

It's just that tens of thousands of people sneaking in front of one person can be explained, and one person sneaking in front of tens of thousands of people can also be explained, but tens of thousands of people sneaking in front of tens of thousands of people is really not something that human beings can understand, especially when Yuan Chonghuan also transferred Liu Ce and You Shiwei's armies from the passage route of the Houjin army in advance.

After the Jin army entered the pass, Yuan Chonghuan and Guanning Tiecai went around in a big circle, ignoring the friendly troops in Tongzhou, Shunyi and other places, and retreated to the Beijing division with one mind, allowing the Gyeonggi area to be ravaged by the enemy's iron hooves. Chongzhen's shock was followed by fury: "Avoid the enemy without fighting, set the enemy for a long time, pass the decree, immediately take Liu Ce and You Shiwei into Beijing, and punish their crimes." ”

Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, and cautiously suggested: "Long live the lord, they all have the warrant of the Jiliao Governor. ”

"Can such a ridiculous order be carried out?" Chongzhen was so angry that he lost his mind, and he forgot who had supported Yuan Chonghuan, so that there would be such a consequence: "Avoiding the enemy without fighting is avoiding the enemy without fighting, and these two people will be imprisoned immediately." ”

"Yes. Cao Huachun saw that the emperor was very angry, so he stopped persuading, and later both of them were condemned to death and beheaded.

Sun Chengzong did not speak for Yuan Chonghuan, but suggested to the emperor that he write a letter to Guan Ningjun. Recall these rebels. Sun Chengzong was the first governor of Liaodong, and he had always had prestige in the Guanning army, and Chongzhen's anger subsided slightly: "In this way, there is Lao Ge Lao." ”

After Yuan Chonghuan was captured and the Guanning army rebelled, the Houjin army also began to withdraw from the Beijing division, and the siege was lifted the next day and turned to other directions. After the siege of Jingshi was lifted, the folk song of the people said, "Vote for Yuan Inspector, and the easterners will run half." ”

Later, the Jin army abducted many people on the outskirts of the capital. Emperor Chongzhen then ordered Mangui to pursue and recapture the people. Man Gui is known as "the enemy is outnumbered." Don't take it lightly" in order to hope that the emperor would regain his fame, Chongzhen did not listen, and added the title of Guiwu Jing, asking him to take full responsibility for retaking the people of Gyeonggi from the Houjin army.

Man Gui then led the Xuan army out of the city to pursue the Houjin army, and after a series of bitter battles, Man Gui recaptured thousands of people. But after several battles, the arrow sores on Man Gui's body burst out. Maybe it was sweat that caused the wound to become infected, or maybe some dirt on the armor got into the wound, but he finally died from the arrow wound left by Guan Ningjun.

After Man Gui died of illness, the Xuanda army was in chaos, and the Houjin army attacked the camp at night and routed the Xuanda army, and no field army could still pursue the Houjin army after that.

On November 27, the second year of Chongzhen, Jingshi

When the news of Man Gui's death came back to Beijing, Chongzhen's hall was suddenly silent again. A few days ago, at Zhang Heming's suggestion, an emergency envoy sent to Fujian had already set off. The emperor estimated that Huangshi would not arrive in Gyeonggi until a month to a month and a half. There was almost no objection in the cabinet to transfer Huangshi to the north this time, and Zhang Heming asked for another month to give him another month to recuperate from his leg disease, and then he was willing to go out to supervise Liaodong.

The cabinet was still controversial about how long Huangshi should stay in Gyeonggi, with some arguing that as long as the Houjin army was expelled from the border wall with the Qin Wang army, it would be over, and the future work would still depend on the Guan Ningjun army. In the words of some cabinet members, Huangshi cannot be allowed to run wherever something happens. This will mess up the military town system of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, another voice also began to sound in the DPRK, Li Biao and Zhou Yanru of the Donglin Party, as well as Wen Tiren, a person without party affiliation, did not oppose the complete transfer of Huangshi back to the north, they thought that Huangshi's military status could be reassigned to Liaozhen, so that everything would be fine. Moreover, Li Biao, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren all revealed that they had the intention of supervising Liaodong.

However, the other faction felt that this was a change of soup rather than a change of medicine, and they asked if there were any more accidents in the northwest in the future, would it be necessary to transfer Huang Shi and his subordinates to the Qin army to settle down? Qian Longxi and others thought that this was a child's play on the border army system of the Ming Dynasty, and that Huang Shi was flying around with a large group of people, which could easily cause internal disputes in the local military towns.

All in all. Chongzhen wanted to know that there was still no shadow at all in the Pingliao strategy. Now the Houjin army is still harming the local people near the Daming Jingshi. But the ministers have been arguing about the hidden dangers of the Ming military town in a few years, decades, or even hundreds of years. After hearing this controversy, Zhang Heming also returned to a low profile. never mentioned his request to supervise Liaodong, as if he wanted to see the direction of the wind before making a decision.

After a moment of silence in the court, the courtiers began to quarrel again, passing the buck to each other, and no one could say what to do.

"Shengshang, the minister is willing to promote Ma Shilong as the governor of the left capital, unify the command of King Qin's army, and drive Jianlu out of the pass. After Sun Chengzong heard the bad news of this Mangui, he once again suggested to the emperor to use Ma Shilong, he said that Ma Shilong was also a veteran general who had fought for many years, and should know how to fight better than others.

Chongzhen looked at the other civil officials, and none of them could say anything weighty, so he said helplessly: "Then pass on Ma Shilong." ”

After Ma Shilong came to see the Son of Heaven, Chongzhen encouraged him a few words, and then asked Ma Shilong and Sun Chengzong to discuss military affairs. After they left, Chongzhen looked at the lifeless hall again, and felt as uncomfortable as if a big stone had been blocked, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "People are not sages, who can do nothing, it seems that Pingliao still has to rely on Yuan Manzi." ”

However, Chongzhen did not say this, the basket that Yuan Chonghuan stabbed was too big, and the government and the opposition talked about it, and many people pointed out that Yuan Chonghuan collaborated with the enemy. A rumor broke out in the city of Jingshi, and tens of thousands of people coaxed Yuan Chonghuan to open the door for the Houjin army. Jin Yiwei pressed hard, and later caught the person who created the rumors, that person was a carpenter in the north of the city, Jin Yiwei found out that no one was behind his back, and Chongzhen ordered the person to be released.

Although Chongzhen didn't have anything to say, he didn't plan to retreat from the court like this, so the room full of ministers and elders stood quietly in his position in a daze. and the time-consuming staring of the Son of Heaven.

"Long live the lord, long live the lord-" Wang Chengen, the master of ceremonies, ran in with joy, holding a copy of the newly arrived piece in his hands, and reported loudly with joy: "Long live the lord, Huang Shi, the chief military officer of Funing Town, has arrived at Shanhaiguan six days ago, and the orthodox commander has rushed to King Qin in the starry night. ”

This voice immediately caused a buzz among the ministers and elders. Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to each other, and they were all surprised by Yellowstone's appearance. Chongzhen jumped up from his throne suddenly. I hurriedly took the piece and looked at it.

Huangshi first explained why he was in Shandong, and then apologized for getting lost in the sea. Huang Shi claimed that his army did not have enough supplies and needed to rest his soldiers to recuperate, so he could not leave for Beijing immediately. In addition, Huangshi also found some other excuses for himself, such as the fact that his army had fallen behind in large numbers when he arrived in Shandong, and after getting lost in the Bohai Sea. The army was even more dispersed, and when he arrived at Shanhaiguan, there was only a boatload of hundreds of personal guards, so Huang Shi said that it would take some time for him to reach the capital.

Now Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan are pouring into Beijing, and there are many general soldiers and deputy generals from all walks of life, so Huangshi's general army will not have too high a priority. Of course, with Huang Shi's reputation, he could have managed to turn his own Di Ji into an eight-hundred-mile urgent paperwork, but Huang Shi was very responsible and honest this time. There is no back door, so that his recitals pass very slowly, and there are constantly various levels of expedited recitals running in front of him.

In particular, Zu Dashou took the Guanning Iron Cavalry to defect out of Beijing, and they plundered the stagecoaches from Jingshi to Shanhaiguan, so that Huangshi's recital became slower, and it took six days to reach Jingshi.

"I don't know where Huang Shuai is now?" Chongzhen read the piece several times. Then let people spread out the map, and walked to the side to look carefully: "I don't know if Huang Shuai's army has been assembled?"

Before Chongzhen's words fell, he saw Zhang Heming get up and play: "Holy Lord, the minister wishes to go out of Beijing on a starry night and go to Shanhaiguan to oversee Jiannu!"

Li Biao secretly scolded Zhang Heming in his heart for being fast, and he also stood up busily, "Holy Lord, Zhang Lao is loyal and brave, but he is old and sick in his legs. The minister thought that it would be better for the minister to go to Shanhaiguan to supervise the division. ”

"Holy. Lao Chen's legs are already big, and Lao Chen and Huang Shuai have also worked together for a long time......"

"Holy. This time, the captives entered the Kou, and the ministers were also very responsible as Yuanfu, and the beggar saint allowed the ministers to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions, and go to Shanhaiguan to supervise the division. Wen Tiren also tore open the dough and jumped out to compete with Zhang Heming and Li Biao: "The minister is willing to drive Jianyu out of the side wall for four months, and he will be in Pingliao for five years!"

"The minister is willing to expel Jianyu from the border wall within three months!

"The old minister is willing to expel and retreat from Jianjiao within two months!

"Minister......

"The thoughts of the Qing's family being loyal to the monarch and worrying about the country were deeply moved. Chongzhen hurriedly stopped their Pingliao auction. The hall that was still lifeless has now become boiling, Chongzhen already has a plan in his heart, and first said to Wen Tiren and Li Biao: "The two Aiqing are loyal to the king, but you are my first assistant and second assistant, and you must not leave the capital for a while. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Heming couldn't help but have a trace of pride on his face, only to see the Son of Heaven turn to him again and say: "Zhang Aiqing should be old and strong, and I am very relieved, but Zhang Qing's leg disease has not yet recovered, I see that Zhang Lao is still recuperating at home." ”

Zhang Heming anxiously explained: "Holy Lord, the old minister's leg disease has indeed been cured. ”

"No, I think Zhang Laodi is not well yet, and I think Zhang Lao is still very sick. Chongzhen smiled and finished speaking, feeling that he was out of the evil breath in his chest. If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian's abolition of the court staff system, Chongzhen would have wanted to beat people several times these days. The Donglin Party always said that Wei Zhongxian did all evil things, and Chongzhen has been pondering whether to restore the court staff system in the past few days, and the more he ponders this idea, the more tempting it will be for him.

Wen Tiren then asked, "Holy Lord, can the cabinet nominate you for the position of superintendent?"

The supervisors and scripture of the Apocalypse Dynasty were all elected from among the civil officials, but Chongzhen didn't like the idea now: "No need, I have my own plans." ”

Without waiting for the ministers to ask again, Chongzhen stood with his hands in his hands. Lang Sheng said to Wang Chengen: "The king of Huangshi Wanliqin, loyal and courageous, bestows honor and becomes an uncle, and has five thousand hereditary households. ”

"Yes. ”

Rongcheng is located at the top of the Shandong Peninsula, in the southeast of Weihaiweidi, and is the jurisdiction of the Shandong Political Division.

This appointment made the faces of the ministers change dramatically in an instant, and after the knighthood, Huangshi's status was no longer an ordinary general. His status was higher than that of a civilian official. If the emperor does not deprive a military commander of his military power after giving him the title of military general, it will only mean one thing.

Really.

After Chongzhen recorded the holy decree of the knighthood by Wang Chengen. Without hesitation, he announced loudly: "Jin Rong Chengbo is also aware of the affairs of the Privy Council, and hangs the seal of the general of the conquest." ”

Wang Chengen replied loudly: "Obey." ”

"Give the general Jin Lingjian to conquer the general, and the local officials of the third rank and below, regardless of the martial arts, will all be under the control of the general of the levy. ”

"Yes!"

"Holy. Although everyone knew that the emperor was very annoyed with them, and although everyone knew that the idleness of the cabinet these days had made the emperor lose his appetite, but this matter was too important, and Wen Tiren had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "The minister implores the saint to think twice." ”

Chongzhen stopped talking. coldly swept around the room with the ministers and elders, and the other people also had unwilling expressions on their faces, but everyone was unwilling to jump out and anger the emperor, and now everyone knew that the mood of the Son of Heaven was very bad, and they were all extremely disappointed. Chongzhen sneered again in his heart, and said in a light tone: "I have made up my mind to reopen the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion." ”

After saying this, Chongzhen ignored Wen Tiren anymore, and continued to say to himself: "Awarded the honor of becoming the governor of the metropolitan mansion of the left capital." Increase the rank of Metropolitan Governor, take charge of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, participate in the military affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, and the General Sixth Army, and shall not interfere in the affairs of the Six Ministries and Nine Secretaries. ”

Chongzhen paused, took a deep breath, and finished explaining the final order: "Military attachés below the fifth grade will be tested by the Dadu Governor's Mansion." The appointment of military attachés above the fourth rank shall be submitted by the Metropolitan Governor's Office to the celebrant for approval. ”

Wang Chengen immediately responded: "Obey." ”

The ministers and elders were still silent, and as the emperor's eyes swept over, they also knelt on the ground one after another: "The ministers obey the order!"

......

CHANG Li,

Huang Shi looked at the flags and men and horses that were getting closer and closer on the opposite side in the binoculars, and shouted softly, "Prepare for battle." ”

"Yes, Commander. ”

The two battalions of firefighting and rock have been deployed to form a battle formation, and as the officers shouted orders, the artillerymen have loaded the primers. The gunner held a burning torch. Standing solemnly behind the nine-pounder cannon. Behind the nine-pounder guns lined up was a neat infantry column. Thousands of infantrymen lined up in a dense phalanx with banners in their hands, and the drummers all held their hands firmly on the drum surface, quietly listening to the officers' orders.

Two miles behind the Funing military formation, thousands of friendly troops at Shanhaiguan, Huang Shi rode on a high ground between the two armies, and beside him were Yao Youxian and Jin Guan, who were full of nervousness.

Yao Youxian's face showed an unbearable look, and he asked cautiously: "Huang Shuai, can you not fight or not?"

"General Yao, Ben Shuai doesn't want to do this, but as the chief military officer of Funing Town, it is the duty of the officers and soldiers to be the only thief. ”

"Huang Shuai said yes, what he said. The Golden Crown echoed behind Yellowstone.

On the opposite side were the rebels of Zu Dashou and others. Yesterday, as soon as the troops of Shanhaiguan arrived in Changli, they met Zu Dashou's vanguard heralds, and they said that they would go back to Ningyuan, and asked Yao Youxian to get out of the way immediately, otherwise they would take the pass.

Yao Youxian had already agreed, but Huang Shi soon rushed to Luanzhou, and after hearing the news, he immediately asked Yao Youxian to send another envoy to chase after him, stating that Luanzhou would never let the Guanning Iron Cavalry pass through the ancestral land. Huang Shi told Yao Youxian in a stern manner that disobeying the orders of the imperial court was a rebellion, and letting the rebels out of the customs was treason, so Yao Youxian not only could not let the rebels in front of him pass, but also had to cooperate with Huangshi to intercept the rebels.

However, in order to take care of Yao Youxian and Jin Guan's emotions, Huang Shi let Shanhaiguan's troops stay behind the Funing military formation, and he felt that in this way, Yao and Jin would not have the opportunity to fight against Zu Dashou. Now the two men were staring at the troops coming from the Southern Highway, with a confused expression. When Huang Shi saw it, he comforted again: "General Yao and General Jin, they are thieves, we are officers and soldiers, how can there be officers and soldiers who have seen thieves and not caught them since ancient times?"

The two of them seemed to be a little dissatisfied when they heard Huang Shi's tone, for fear that he would take a copy of their own. hurriedly agreed loudly: "Huang Shuai is so right!"

Huang Shi smiled and stopped talking.

Seeing that the enemy army in front of him was about to enter the firing range, a white-helmeted cavalryman with a pit viper banner in his right hand and with a flick of the reins galloped forward, and soon he ran ahead of the rebel column. The cavalryman slowly pulled his mount in front of the rebels, turned his horse sideways on the official road, faced the rebels on the left side of his body, and held the battle flag steadily in his right hand. Towards the group of enemy troops, he stretched out his arms straight and flat, and made a blocking gesture: "Stop! The Daming Funing Army orders you to stop." Otherwise you will be destroyed. ”

The opposing ground horse team meekly stopped, and soon the crowd parted, and a general rode out of the divided rebels surrounded by his own soldiers. He looked at the arrogant-looking cavalryman in front of him, and his eyes moved to the banner behind the soldier, where the ferocious viper was swallowing a long letter, as if it was about to choose someone to devour.

The general sighed, jumped off his horse and walked on foot towards the internal guard of the Funing Army. As you walked, you took off your helmet and held it in your hands. The internal guard of the Funing Army also withdrew his left arm, crossed one hand on his waist, sat on his horse without moving, and looked condescendingly at the humble military general who walked in front of the horse.

"The sinner ancestor has a great birthday, and he asks to see Huang Shuai. ”

......

Zu Dashou tied his hands behind him, and he took off the helmet and crown by himself, and when he saw Huangshi, Zu Dashou fell to his knees: "The sinner begs Huang Shuai for mercy." Let a certain subordinate 9,000 sons have a way to live. ”

Huang Shi turned over and dismounted and slowly walked in front of Zu Dashou, who was still looking at the ground with his head down, kneeling straight motionless. Huang Shi knew that Zu Dashou would soon become an ogre in history, and after eating up the people of Dalinghe and Jinzhou, this ogre would cry and ask to join the Houjin Zheng Yellow Banner, and then rely on the credit of writing letters of persuasion to the generals of the Guanning Army day and night. Zu Dashou ogre finally turned himself and hundreds of people from his ancestral family into Manchu compatriots.

However, Huang Shi felt that since he could bow down to Kong Youde, then he should not discriminate against Zu Dashou, so he helped the ogre up from the ground with both hands, and took a closer look at this long-distance runner who could rank first in the Guanning Army for the first time. Well, the last time Huang Shi saw Zu Dashou was in the Battle of Guangning, when this ogre left the dust and left behind Sun Degong, who collaborated with the enemy, and Huang Shi, who knew about it.

"General Zu, you have already saved the lives of your subordinate sons with your actions. Huang Shi said and let go of the rope for Zu Dashou with his own hands. Zu Dashou alone has tens of thousands of slaves in Ningyuan, Jinzhou and other places, and the imperial court will definitely pardon this kind of army leader, so Huangshi might as well be a favor: "Turn back is the shore." Since General Zu has a heart of repentance. Then Huang will naturally try his best to keep General Zu fine. ”

"Thank you Huang Shuai, this kindness. Zu has no teeth and never forgets. The ogre escaped death, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and his tone was extraordinarily sincere.

"Right now, Huang is going to get a big credit, I don't know if General Zu is willing to get a piece of the pie?"

......

After Sun Chengzong learned of Chongzhen's decision, he couldn't help but shout anxiously to the cabinet: "Why don't you fight to block this kind of will of the saints?"

Wen Tiren said with a dejected face: "No one has ever invaded Gyeonggi for decades, and the Holy Lord is furious. The cabinet has been helpless, and the Holy One naturally does not trust us. ”

The cabinet knew that Chongzhen had now entered a quasi-berserk state, so no one was willing to die at this juncture, so the cabinet had already planned to sign Chongzhen's decree to reopen the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Wen Tiren explained to Sun Chengzong: "The ministers have discussed it, the Holy Lord is now on fire, and we can also discuss it in the long run." ”

"What is the long-term plan, do you want to kill Huang Shuai?" Sun Chengzong was so anxious that he was sweating. The power of the Dadu Governor's Mansion is too great, even the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang feels that it is difficult to control, and now once the Dadu Governor's Mansion is reopened, how to control Huangshi in the future, sooner or later there will be a problem of jealousy between monarchs and ministers.

Moreover, the reopening of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will completely destroy the inherent model of civilizing and imperial martial arts, and now most of the rights of the military department to the military generals were originally the rights of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, in addition, the Metropolitan Governor's Office can also take charge of logistics when going out on the expedition, and the control of the military department over the army is only left with equipment and soldier verification, and once the other rights are returned, the military generals are not too afraid of the military department's difficulties.

The most important thing is that not only will not the civilian officials be able to get credit from Huangshi, but the chances of getting credit from other generals will be greatly reduced in the future. Therefore, Huangshi and the Metropolitan Governor's Office are bound to become public enemies in the eyes of civil officials. Just now Wen Tiren said that the coming day will be long, which means that sooner or later the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can be closed again. But Sun Chengzong understands that if he holds it high and falls hard, it will definitely be another big prison to close the Dadu Governor's Mansion at that time, and Huangshi will be unlucky eight or nine times out of ten.

"You can't countersign, you can't countersign. Sun Chengzong made a big fuss in Wenyuan Pavilion, and finally succeeded in boosting the morale of the cabinet: "If the saint is to blame." The old man took it all in. ”

As Wen Tiren expected, the Central Decree was refuted by the Ministry of War and the Cabinet. Chongzhen was really furious, and when he sent Cao Huachun to Wenyuan Pavilion to question, everyone shrank their necks, and only Sun Chengzong came out proudly: "Gonggong Cao, the old minister wants to face the saint." ”

When Sun Chengzong saw Chongzhen, he saw the cold flames jumping in the latter's eyes, and there was deep suspicion in them.

"Holy. This metropolitan governor's mansion can't be opened, and the old minister is willing to supervise Liaodong, and he will definitely be able to sweep away Jiannu and solve the worries of the saint Shangdong. ”

Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong without blinking, and quickly spit out two words: "How long?"

"Holy Lord, the soldiers are in danger, how can there be a certain number?"

Chongzhen sneered: "Elder Sun Ge, have you won any battles, or are you sure to win the Pingliao Strategy?

Sun Chengzong's heart tightened. He really didn't have the military talent to talk about, but he still persuaded hard: "Shengshang, the more urgent the matter, the less it is appropriate to rush it, the Shengshang used to entrust all the eastern affairs to Yuan Chonghuan, and he didn't even set up a supervising army, but now he entrusts all of them to Huangshi." and there is no prison army to contain ......"

"Why do you want to contain Huang Shuai?" Chongzhen shouted angrily, and his voice became high-pitched and sharp: "If I have to believe in one person's words, I would rather trust Huang Shuai than you." ”

"Saintly, Huang Shuai is unique, but the ancestors formulated the law, for the land is the size of the system, and the power of the ministers must not be too great. ”

Chongzhen retorted impatiently: "Huang Shuai will never lose the ground!"

"Two years ago, did you think of Yuan Chonghuan too?"

As soon as Sun Chengzong's words fell, he saw Chongzhen's eyes staring at him suddenly, and anger erupted in the eyes of the young emperor. He said word by word: "Jiliao Inspector is not negative. He's just bad luck at best. ”

Sun Chengzong was stunned when he heard this. Chongzhen's forehead turned cyan: "Besides, Yuan Chonghuan said 'five years of Pingliao'." Isn't it not yet five years old? In my opinion, maybe as soon as the five years are up, Yuan Chonghuan will be able to bring Hou Jin to peace, and this is not necessarily a thing!"

"Holy ...... The saint ...... "Sun Chengzong couldn't think of anything to say for a while, the Son of Heaven in front of him didn't seem to realize the meaning of the law at all, there must always be rules to follow in the operation of the country, if everything is only based on likes and dislikes and wantonly break the rules, the country will soon become a mess."

"My determination will never change. ”

"Holy Majesty, the cabinet will definitely not sign it. ”

Chongzhen's eyes became doubly brighter because of anger, and he gritted his teeth and sneered: "What a strong old Sun Ge, it doesn't matter if the cabinet doesn't countersign, then I will directly give Huang Shuai an order." ”

In Sun Chengzong's mind, Huangshi is a person who is loyal to the country, and at the same time, Huangshi is also a person who knows how to take matters seriously and does not have too many personal ambitions. Therefore, Sun Chengzong firmly believed that Huang Shi would never accept this kind of order, and he believed that he had not seen the wrong person, so he shook his head and sighed softly: "Holy Lord, the old minister guarantees that Huang Shuai will never accept the order." ”

"No, Huang Shuai will definitely take it, Huang Shuai will never be disappointed. ”

On the 29th, Chongzhen sent someone to issue a central edict to Shanhaiguan as quickly as possible, and at the same time announced the news in the newspaper of Jingshi's mansion.

"Huang Shuai is here!"

"The end of the Tartars has come!"

"Huang Shuai lives a long life!"

The cheers of the people have been transmitted to the palace, and after several officials in the Wenyuan Pavilion heard the faint cheers outside, they all put down their pens and the work in their hands, frowned and thought about it.

......

On the first day of December in the second year of Chongzhen, Luanzhou

In the early morning, Sun Chengzong's handwritten letter was the first to be sent to Luanzhou, and in his letter, he could be pardoned for his ancestors' birthday and other generals. The ogre felt even more relieved when he saw this, and he had Sun Chengzong and Huangshi as a joint guarantor. The ogre felt that his life must be completely safe. The rest of the land is how to follow Huangshi to mix, so that you can get a share of the battle merits.

"Jiannu should still be at the foot of Jingshi now, and Jiannu will not be willing to leave the land before the Qinwang army from other provinces enters Gyeonggi, they will definitely plunder, and then use these treasures to win over more Mongols, and completely defeat the Chahar Mongols. "Since learning that Yuan Chonghuan was in prison, Huangshi has not worried about what will happen to Beijing. Now he is thinking about how to hit Houjin hard.

In the past, although Jin won many battles, the Ming Dynasty had the advantage of huge national strength. It can always automatically restore the strategic posture to the position of the Ming strategic offense and the then Jin strategic defense. This is like two people playing chess, one side does not have two rooks, then even if he is a national player, the other party can force him into danger as long as he is an ordinary person.

However, once the Houjin pulls Mongolia into the military alliance in other places, it will be equivalent to making up two cars for the Houjin side, and the two sides must be at the same level to attack and defend each other. In history, the Ming Dynasty has never had a military strategist who can be compared with Huang Taiji. Since then, the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty have changed their offensive and defensive positions, and Huangshi suspects that even if Sun Chengzong is replaced by Xiong Tingbi at that time, he may not be able to get it back.

Although Huangshi now has an army that transcends the times, he still has to work with political groups like the Donglin Party, so Huangshi still hopes that Huang Taiji will not have the opportunity to win over the Mongol Alliance. Huangshi was determined to make Huang Taiji pay the price, and the Mongols who followed Huang Taiji to rob him should stay longer, lest other Mongolian tribes also think that the Ming Dynasty was easy to bully.

After listening to Huang Shi finish talking about the plan, several generals looked at him silently. Huang Shi said with a smile: "Originally, I just wanted to relieve the siege of Yongping first, and then attack Qian'an at most to protect the flank. But then I thought about it. If we can really capture Qian'an, then why don't we take the opportunity to close the various passes on the side wall? Our generals need the enemy's head, as long as we can seal Jiannu in the pass, I think the beheading this time will not be less than 20,000, right?"

Yao Youxian nodded in agreement: "Just more, no less." After Jiannu broke through from Xifengkou, I am afraid that these days there will continue to be a rush of Xilu to take advantage of the fire to rob, and there has been a great drought in Monan in the past two years. There are also many herdsmen in Xilu who are almost unable to survive. ”

Jin Guan then added: "Amin and Daishan are still in Liaoyang, and Jiannu still has to guard against the entire Liaodong, so the number of Dongyu will not increase much." ”

"According to General Zu, all the people that Hong Tai brought into the pass are all white armor, right?" Huang Shi estimated that there were not thousands of white armor soldiers in Houjin, and Huang Taiji had the idea that the soldiers were expensive and not expensive this time, and he had no interest in fighting tough battles. No matter how much more Huangshi in his Mongolian alliance, he is not too afraid, and the fighting will and equipment of the Mongolian army may not be comparable to the core elite of the Houjin White Armor Soldiers.

"Yes, it looks like there are three or four thousand. The ogre whispered. Huang Taiji did not act according to the flag this time, but drew the essence of each Niu Lu out to form an army. These 4,000-strong troops are almost all the core elites of Houjin.

"Alright. As long as we can close the various passes on the border wall of Jizhen in time, then the Liao matter will be decided in a war. "Yellowstone knows what several of his allies are worried about. They were all afraid that if they didn't rush to Beijing, they would run into trouble: "The first rank of this battle merit will be equally divided with the monarchs, in case the imperial court blames, I Huangshi will bear it alone." ”

Huangshi's reputation is very good, Yao Youxian and others hurriedly shouted that they didn't dare, but they were all eager to try, Huangshi was invincible, if he could really block tens of thousands of northern captives in time, then the head assigned to each person would definitely be indispensable.

After a few people had discussed it, they discussed when it would be time to set out from camp. Huangshi's Xuanfeng Battalion had just arrived at Shanhaiguan today, so he had planned to set off again tomorrow. This is mainly out of secrecy, he estimates that once he appears in front of the Houjin Army, the other party will definitely report to Huang Taiji as quickly as possible, so Huang Shi thinks that he had better be fully prepared in advance, and once he makes a move, he will have a thunderous momentum.

Although Huang Shi reported his arrival to the imperial court, Huang Shi was not too worried about the leakage from the imperial court. Because even if Huang Taiji heard this kind of rumor, he would suspect that it was the Ming Court who was suspicious. Now that the Mongol alliance is grabbing strength, if Huang Taiji hears the wind and flees, and rushes all the way out of the border only to find out that he has been deceived, then what will his Mongol alliance think of him?

A few people were about to finalize the departure date, but they heard the noise of people outside, and soon an internal guard reported loudly outside the tent: "Marshal, there is an envoy here." said that it brought the emperor's decree. ”

Yao Youxian and the others immediately showed envious expressions on their faces. There is no need for the cabinet to sign the decree is generally some reward, at the moment Huangshi is far from reaching the capital division, just report to the emperor and there will be a reward to take, this imperial favor is really incomparable to other generals. Even if other Qinwang troops rushed to the city of Jingshi, they might not be rewarded by the emperor immediately, and the one given to Huangshi was sent to the army for hundreds of miles, and it didn't seem to be a very light reward. Otherwise, it's too much of a fuss.

Huang Shi and Yao Youxian thought about it the same at first, and he estimated that it was nothing more than gold coins, silver taels, armor, and fancy clothes. He calmly went out and knelt down to receive the order. But after the envoy read a few words, the people who accompanied Huangshi to receive the decree in front of the incense case were all stupid, and after a holy decree was recited, Huangshi did not immediately thank him for receiving the decree.

"Respectfully Tian'an, long live, long live, long live. ”

After a while, when he finally heard Huang Shi's words, the nervous expression on the envoy's face suddenly became relaxed, but immediately he tightened his face again. He replied majestically, "Holy Bow." ”

Huang Shi knelt solemnly for a moment, and then bowed again: "Thank you, long live, long live, long live." ”

"Heavenly grace—"

"Dashuai!" Before the envoy finished saying this, Jin Qiude and Li Yunrui, who were standing on the left and right, rushed forward at the same time, and they shouted in unison: "Dashuai, this order can't be accepted." ”

Without saying anything, the two of them pulled Huangshi up from the ground, one left and one right. While desperately apologizing to the lieutenant envoy, they pulled Huangshi aside. Jin Qiude said anxiously: "Dashuai, once you take this order." Marshal, you are the public enemy of the Chinese officials of the DPRK, and you may even become the public enemy of the officials of the heavens!"

"Yes, Dashuai, the most you can do if you don't accept the order is-" Li Yunrui picked his eyes and looked at the envoy, pulled Huangshi into the distance, and said in a low voice: "Dashuai." Not accepting the order will make the emperor a little unhappy at most, but as long as we can win the battle, the emperor's unhappiness will pass. But once you receive the order, you will be a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the civil official. ”

Yellowstone sighed.

This time, Chongzhen gave him full authority to command the Gyeonggi army, and asked him to do his best to get the people back, "don't let the slaves take me captive and leave the customs." Huang Shi originally planned to secretly block the back road of Huang Taiji, and he was always worried that he would be forced to withdraw by the civilian supervision army, but now as long as he accepts this order, Huang Shi can launch an open military operation, and there is no need to worry about anyone coming to command: "The emperor wants me to save the people, and this order is secretly in line with my intentions." I can't afford these people for the sake of self-preservation. ”

In the distance, the envoy was already blue with anger. Almost brushing his sleeves away, Yang Zhiyuan was talking hard about the envoy's side. And from time to time I glanced at Yellowstone. Yao and Xian also accompanied Yang Zhiyuan to say good things to the lieutenant envoy, while the ogre was full of smiles and stretched out his hand to block the lieutenant envoy, blocking his way.

Jin Qiude and Li Yunrui glanced at each other again, and they once again pulled Huang Shi by the hand, dragging him two steps away.

"Dashuai-" Jin Qiude squeezed out an extremely subtle voice from between his teeth, and even Huang Shi, who was beside him, could barely hear it clearly: "Dashuai, you have accepted this decree today, and you will definitely die in the future without a place to be buried, when that time comes, will you be restrained and killed?"

Li Yunrui also came to Huangshi's side and asked in a voice like a mosquito: "Dashuai, when that day comes, together with the prison, those of us who follow you will also be crushed together, Dashuai, you will live up to the people today, that is to lose us." Dashuai, we still have parents to support, wives and children to raise. ”

Huang Shi glanced back, Yang Zhiyuan was huddled in the crowd and said something, and a large number of officers with white feathers on their heads around him also looked at him with trusting eyes. Huang Shi took a long breath and said to the two people around him: "I will not fail the people today, and I will never fail you in the future." ”

Jin Qiude and Li Yunrui gently let go of their hands, Huang Shi turned around and strode back to the incense case, and the officers who were in a mess also hurriedly ran back to their positions, and Huang Shi bowed again:

"Minister, Huangshi, forever obey the resignation! Long live, long live, long live. ”

......

"Marshal!"

"Marshal!"

After the lieutenant envoy left, the Funing army let out an overwhelming cheer, and their supreme commander finally reached the peak of the Ming military generals and sat in the position where Xu Da and Li Wenzhong once sit.

The golden arrow was solemnly put away by Huangshi, and with this gift in hand, even the governor had to obey Huangshi's moderation. 10,000 Funing troops, 15,000 Guanning troops, and tens of thousands of Liaoxi military households have lined up outside the camp, and Huang Shi walked out of the camp surrounded by generals, ready to immediately lead them to Yongping, and now there is no point in keeping it secret.

"Plagiarism is shameful, but I'm going to use it this time. Huang Shi saw that the morale of the Guanning army was far less high than that of the Funing army, so he called a few internal guards over to ask for orders, and these internal guards randomly gladly took the order.

After the troops were dispatched along the road, Huangshi began to ride his horse to inspect the army that was ready to go, while several internal guards held iron horns, followed closely behind Huangshi, and pulled their necks to these tens of thousands of Ming officers and soldiers and asked loudly:

"Who is in Jinzhou - with 600 soldiers to break 8,000 Jiannu?"

Countless Funing officers and soldiers replied enthusiastically: "It's the marshal!"

"Who is in Gaizhou - beating Jiannu so that he doesn't dare to leave the house?"

More soldiers responded loudly: "It's the marshal!"

"Who is in Nanguan - beating the slave chieftain and throwing away his armor?"

This time, thousands of soldiers of the Guanning Army also cheered loudly with the Funing Army: "It's the marshal, it's the marshal!"

"Who is in Fuzhou ......?"

"It's the marshal!"

"Who's in Juehua......"

Yao Youxian shook his fists vigorously, and he was almost hoarse: "It's the marshal, it's the marshal, it's the marshal!"

"Who is in Haizhou...... Who's in Chishui...... Who is in Fuqing...... Who's ......"

The internal guards shouted the last question in unison: "Who is the prancing horse Liaoyang, the chief of the slave?"

"Marshal!"

"Marshal!"

"Marshal!"

......

Tens of thousands of cheers rose higher and higher. Yellowstone rode straight to the front of the army, he gently took off his helmet, blew the white feathers on it, and then stretched his arms as far as he could, and raised his helmet high so that more people could see it, and then Yellowstone shook his helmet hard from side to side.

The voice behind him fell silent suddenly, and Huang Shi waved his helmet behind his head, and then pointed straight in front of him, that is, in the direction of Yongping Land, and headed north as soon as he clamped the horse's belly.

The loud drums sounded at the same time, and the Ming army of the brigade marched towards Yongping with firm steps, following closely behind Huangshi.

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