Whether the peak can bear the 60th section switch (middle)

On October 27, the second year of Chongzhen, the Houjin army broke through the Xifengkou section of the Ming border wall and invaded the Jizhen area of the Ming army.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Houjin army cleared the remnants of the Ming army along the Xifeng Pass to resist, and the Huang Taiji Chinese army began to enter the side wall. If according to the principle of two points and one line, draw a line along the map from Xifengkou to Daming Jingshi, then Zunhua, an important town on the Daming border 80 miles southwest of Xifengkou, is the first stop leading from Xifengkou to Daming Jingshi.

On this straight line leading from Xifengkou to Jingshi, plus Zunhua, there are three points, behind which is Jizhou, then Sanhe, and Tongzhou is the last barrier of Jingshi, with a total length of 350 miles. In addition to the key point of Zunhua, Santunying, the transportation hub of Jizhen and Liao Town, is only nearly fifty miles to the left of Xifengkou. Two hundred and sixty miles between Santunying and Shanhaiguan, passing through Qian'an and Funing in the middle, Santunying is the nearest route from Liaozhen to Jimen, once this place is captured, it can cut off the high-speed passage from Shanhaiguan to Jizhen reinforcements, and remove the threat from the flank.

After the Jin army entered the border wall on a large scale on the 27th, the two important military points of Zunhua and Santun Camp were already exposed to the front of the Later Jin army. But all day on the 28th, the Houjin army only marched to Hanerzhuang, which was twenty miles away from Xifengkou, and all the Houjin troops strangely stopped advancing, as if waiting for something.

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On the same day, across thousands of miles of continents and oceans, a fleet was galloping toward Shandong in the distant East China Sea. Huangshi held another military meeting on the flagship, and it was Kim Qiude who spoke first. Huang Shi and the three battalion officers all sat down and waited for the general staff to deduce the report.

"Dashuai, colleagues, Dashuai's flagship will arrive in Dengzhou in three days. According to our estimates, Jiannu may have completed the breach at this time, and if not, we can also find some reason to delay for a while, once the news of Jiannu's breach comes out. We can take the initiative to ask for help and go to war with Jiannu. Below. It is the battle plan made by the General Staff Division, please take a look at it with the marshal and your colleagues. ”

Jin Qiude handed over the four briefings to Huang Shi and the three front-line commanders, and then raised his whip and began to explain in front of the map: "In this exercise, the staff department is premised on Yuan Chonghuan's treason. As we all know, Zhao Shuai was transferred by Yuan Chonghuan from Jizhen to Shanhaiguan, so this person must be an unreliable candidate in Yuan Chonghuan's mind. ”

Jin Qiude turned around and clicked on the map again: "Judging from the deployment of the previous period, Jiannu will almost definitely break through Xifengkou. Mao Shuai also went to the court several times during his lifetime. It is said that Jiannu has a plan to enter the prison from here. Then after the Jiannu breach, there is only one route to Jingshi, that is, from Xifengkou to Zunhua, from Zunhua to Jimen, from Jimen to Sanhe, and finally Tongzhou, and then directly to the city of Jingshi. ”

Speaking quickly, the whip in Jin Qiude's hand drew a straight line along the official road on the map, and then Jin Qiude looked at this straight line and sighed: "Among them, Zunhua is the entrance, Jimen is the back door, and after passing the Jimen Gate, you will enter the Gyeonggi Plain." But if the officers and soldiers stick to Sanhe and Tongzhou. Jiannu was still not allowed to enter the Jingshi, so Yuan Chonghuan and Jiannu could not achieve a decisive victory. ”

"This way galloping, Jiannu definitely does not have the ability to carry siege equipment, as long as Zhao Shuai can hold Jimen or Zunhua, Jiannu's breach this time will not be deep, if Zhao Shuai can hold on to Sanhe or Tongzhou. Then the progress of Jiannu is still limited, so ......" Jin Qiude made a judgment crisply: "Zhao Shuai must die, and his troops must also be eliminated." ”

Jin Qiude looked around at the people in the house, all of them looked very serious, but did not raise any objections, so Jin Qiude looked back at the map, drew a straight line along the official road on the right wing of Jizhen and said: "From Shanhaiguan, take Fuping, Yongning, Qian'an, Santunying to Zunhua, this is the nearest road from Liao Town to Jizhen, Yuan Chonghuan will definitely let Zhao Shuai take this road." ”

"Ahh Kim immediately shut his mouth. Looking back at the two of them. Jia Minghe raised his hand first. Then Yao pointed to the map and asked, "Isn't this a death?" Xifengkou is only fifty miles away from the Santun camp, and the cavalry is coming in the morning and evening. And Shanhaiguan to Santun camp is more than 250 miles. Even if one person has two horses, and constantly changes horses and supplies at the post stations along the way, the cavalry will have to stay awake for three days and three nights before they can rush from Shanhaiguan to the Santun camp, and the Santun camp must have fallen long ago. ”

"Yes, that's death. However, the General Staff did not think that the Santun Battalion would fall prematurely, because once the Santun Battalion fell, the shortcut from Liaozhen to Zunhua would be blocked. "Once the Houjin took control of the Santun camp, then the Liao army could only retreat to Yongping Mansion by the same route, and then go to Luanzhou and Kaiping Zhongtunwei to enter the Gyeonggi Plain, and then go around the big circle to Baodi, Xianghe, Sanhe, Jimen, and then go to Zunhua.

Jin Qiude said with confidence: "Although the Santun camp is only fifty miles away from Xifengkou, and Zunhua is only eighty miles away from Xifengkou, if you want to annihilate Zhao Shuai, then Santun camp and Zunhua will never be taken prematurely." If I were a slave chief, I would deliberately keep the Santun camp and Zunhua not to fight, and let Zhao Shuai go to Zunhua through the Santun camp, so that his pro-army would run sideways in front of my main army, and at this time, I would pinch the official road leading from Santun Camp to Zunhua at the same time, and Zhao Shuai and his pro-army would not want to run away. ”

"It's too much to take for granted," Yang Zhiyuan also shook his head, he said to the map: "Doesn't Zhao Shuai look at the map, how can he take this road? Jiannu is eighty miles away from Zunhua, and Shanhaiguan is more than three hundred miles away from Zunhua, and it was Jiannu who set off first, and Zhao Shuai set off later, how could he be willing to go and compare the speed with Jiannu? Moreover, there were only thirty or forty miles between Santun Camp and Zunhua, and the cavalry rushed over in a blink of an eye, and they could quickly retreat when they encountered the enemy, how could Jiannu catch Zhao Shuai?"

Jin Qiude smiled faintly: "If there is no Yuan Chonghuan, of course it is impossible, but the premise of our assumption is that Yuan Chonghuan is treasonous." First of all, he could force Zhao Shuai to take this shortcut to death, and at the same time, Jiannu would tacitly agree not to attack Santun Camp and Zunhua. If Zhao Shuai refuses to go, he is afraid of the enemy like a tiger. Yuan Chonghuan could take him down on the spot. If Zhao Shuai went, and Santun Camp and Zunhua were not lost, then why did Zhao Shuai withdraw?"

He Dingyuan, who had not spoken, began to express his opinion at this time: "If you think about it carefully, this is not exactly death. If I had encountered such a situation, I would have to try to rush through it as fast as I could, and I had driven three hundred miles, and I was only thirty miles away from the target. Try it anyway. Well, according to common sense. Even if I was discovered by Jiannu Tanma, I was all cavalry, and when Jiannu Tanma reported back to the army, I had already rushed in front of Jiannu. ”

"Exactly, this is the most reasonable judgment. Jin Qiude immediately picked up He Dingyuan's words, and then let out a sigh of emotion: "But I think Jiannu didn't rely on probing horses to investigate Zhao Shuai's movements, they already knew that Zhao Shuai would definitely take this road." Therefore, they have already set up an encirclement at both ends, and waiting in front of Zhao Shuai must be Jiannu's ambush!"

Seeing that there was still suspicion on someone's face, Jin Qiude strengthened his tone and asked: "Then again, the fifty-mile road from Xifengkou to Santun camp, and the eighty-mile road from it to Zunhuadi, if Jiannu can't finish it in four days, then are they still the Jiannu we know?"

The room fell silent again, and Huang Shi looked around at a few henchmen and asked, "Do you have any opinions?"

Everyone was silent, only Yang Zhiyuan whispered: "Incredible idea." All this is based on Yuan Chonghuan's treason. ”

"You also agreed to Vice General Yang that day," Jin Qiude laughed, and said loudly: "The General Staff Department thinks that this plan is perfect, even if Zhao Shuai is killed, Yuan Chonghuan can be said to be in a hurry and not paying attention to the investigation." ”

Huang Shi swept around the people around him again, and this time there was no voice of opposition. Huang Shi turned back to Jin Qiude and said, "Okay. Let's move on to the following, and say that it has something to do with us, where is our intended battlefield?"

"It should be under the Jingshi City, maybe the Jingshi has fallen. ”

"Nonsense," Jia Minghe was taken aback, and then fiercely objected: "How could Jingshi fall? It is impossible for Jiannu to fight under the city of Jingshi." Once our main forces reach Shandong, they will soon be ready for battle. Zunhua was originally an important town, and Jimen was known as a first-line sky, and Jiannu would definitely not be able to build siege weapons in time when they came west. There are Sanhe and Tongzhou in the back, how can they all fall so quickly?"

"You can use the internal response. ”

"One, two possibilities. But it would be impossible for all four fortresses to use internal responses. ”

Jin Qiude said categorically: "If this should be the Ji Liao Governor. Then anything is possible. ”

Everyone was silent again, waiting for Jin Qiude's next step. Jin Qiude continued: "Annihilating Zhao Shuai should only be the first step, and it is time to take Zunhua and Santun Camp." They are useless, so that the threat behind the post-gold side is completely removed, and at the same time, a big step forward. But under normal circumstances, at this time, Jizhen should have been mobilized, not only Jizhen, but also the army and border army of Zhending Town will also open to Jimen, and soon the front line of Sanhe, Tongzhou, and Jimen will gather the Qinwang army. ”

As soon as Beijing is directly threatened by military forces, an urgent ground service order will be issued immediately, an urgent mobilization order will be sent out of Beizhili within a few days, and the Qinwang army in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong will immediately set off. At this time, the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty was still peaceful, and the border armies had not yet been killed with the peasant army, so after King Qin's order was issued, the troops around the country would definitely respond immediately, and the general soldiers who received King Qin's order would rush to Beijing with their families and pro-army as quickly as possible.

"This is the first time that Jiannu has entered the Kou, and most of the Mongols who came to the land with them are still suspicious, expecting them to follow Jiannu to rob and fight a good fight, but it is impossible to expect them to fight to the death with the fortress of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Mongols suddenly fell ill and were willing to attack the fortress desperately, let's not say that they could not defeat it, even if they could, it would be impossible for Jiannu to gnaw at Sanhe by the time the fortresses reached Sanhe one by one, and then the Qin army and the Lu army would also arrive on the Gyeonggi Plain. ”

The audience below nodded their heads one after another. What Jin Qiude just said was the normal deduction of the war, and then Jin Qiude's words changed: "But if we assume that the Jiliao Governor has already committed treason, then the situation will be completely different." First of all, he would take the safe Changli and Luanzhou lines to avoid the danger of confrontation with the Houjin army, and then go straight to Sanhe through the Xianghe River. Well. The General Staff Department believes that under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that Jiannu will attack Jimen Tianwei, so Jimen is likely to be still there at this time, and Jiliao Supervisor will personally rush to Jimen and take over the command of Jimen's Tianwei battlefield. ”

"Next," Jin Qiude turned around and pointed to the three locations of Sanhe, Tongzhou, and Jingshi on the map: "Jiliao Governor is in command of three towns and one guard, and Jizhen is the military town directly under his jurisdiction. When the General Staff Department played the role of Jiannu Fang in the deduction, he decided that it was very unreasonable to storm Jimen and Sanhe. The losses will be very large, so the best plan is to be ordered by the Jiliao Governor. The Qinwang army gathered in Jimen, Sanhe, and Tongzhou was transferred away from this invasion route. ”

"Where are you going?" Yang Zhiyuan couldn't help but shout again, and he asked in a loud voice, "Where are you going?"

Jin Qiude stopped to look at the location of Yang Zhiyuan on the map, shook his head and objected: "Hmm, I'm afraid Shunyi is too close, dozens of miles away, once the Jingshi is in danger, he can rush back immediately." ”

"Shunyi is still close, what about Huairou?" Yang Zhiyuan raised his voice an octave.

"I'm afraid it's still close. Huairou left Jingshi fifty miles more than Shunyi, but Jin Qiude was obviously still not satisfied.

"Where is that tuned? Changping or Miyun?" Yang Zhiyuan's tone became higher. The pace of speech is also more rapid.

This time, Jin Qiude seemed to be satisfied, and he nodded in agreement: "I think Miyun seems to be a good place, so it is far away from the Sanhe and Tongzhou lines, and it is easy to make excuses, such as guarding against Jin's attack on Jingshi from the direction of Miyun." ”

"Nonsense!" Yang Zhiyuan stood up angrily, he pointed to the map and shouted: "How can this kind of reason be said! Jiannu has already arrived in Zunhua, and if they want to attack Miyun, they need to retreat from the side wall from Xifengkou along the way they came. Then go around a few hundred miles in Monan, and then attack Gubeikou, and only after breaking through Gubeikou can you threaten Miyun, is Jiannu so stupid?"

Jin Qiude held the whip in both hands, and said to Yang Zhiyuan without changing his face: "Jiannu shouldn't be so stupid, but you can't deny that they have the possibility of being stupid." This transfer is at least more reasonable than transferring to Huairou, and it can also be transferred farther away from Jingshi. ”

Yang Zhiyuan was speechless for a while. Jin Qiude ignored him anymore, turned his head and glanced at the map again: "Well, in fact, Changping is not bad, after all, it is where the imperial tombs of the previous dynasties are located, and there must be no mistakes, I think you can also transfer the Qinwang army around Zhili to Changping, this reason is also very good." ”

"This is even more nonsense, Jiannu is east of Jingshi, but you have to transfer Qinwang's army to the west of Jingshi. When Yang Zhiyuan heard this, he became angry again. He retorted indignantly again: "If you hold the first line of Jimen, Jiannu can't peep into Sanhe, and if you guard the first line of Sanhe, Jiannu can't spy on Tongzhou." Defending Tongzhou Jingshi will be safe and sound, and as long as Jingshi is not lost, then there is no need to worry about Changping further west. ”

"I didn't say that I was worried about Changping, I wasn't worried about Changping at all, I just said that this reason was completely taken to protect the imperial tomb from alarm, isn't it the first thing that the loyal minister Yizi should consider?" Jin Qiude still had a calm expression on his face: "You are commanding the Ming army from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, and I am talking about how to command the Ming army from the perspective of Jiannu, of course, there is a huge difference between the two." ”

"You're delusional!"

"The General Staff Department is based on the premise of Yuan Chonghuan's treason, and you also agreed to this premise that day, Vice General Yang. ”

Yang Zhiyuan let out a long sigh and sat down slowly: "Vice Jin will continue to speak, but I don't think it's okay." If Yuan Chonghuan wants to transfer away the Qinwang army, then he himself will send troops to defend Tongzhou, Sanhe, Jimen, or Zunhua. Therefore, after the Qin Wangjun was transferred, unless he rebelled directly, Jiannu would still not be able to attack the Gyeonggi region. ”

"This is a better solution. I can use the excuse of defending the enemy outside the country, and then transfer all the Liao troops to Jimen after transferring the Qinwang army, and not a single soldier will be left in the middle, and then it will be switched on. ”

"Switch?"

"Yes, it's best not to mutiny immediately, the General Staff Department thinks that switching off the enemy is the best way, because the army in the middle has been transferred, so Jiannu will definitely be able to drive straight into the city of Jingshi. Yuan Chonghuan then led an elite group of henchmen to rush to King Qinwang before the other Qinwang armies arrived, and after entering the Beijing Division, he came to join Jiannu inside and outside. ”

Jin Qiude saw that Yang Zhiyuan's face began to gather anger again, so he rushed before him and said: "The staff department is based on the premise of Yuan Chonghuan's treason, and this Yang Vice General has already ...... you that day."

"Yes. That's right, I agreed that day," Yang Zhiyuan interrupted Jin Qiude impatiently, and he asked loudly: "But I want to ask now, what do you say Yuan Chonghuan is trying to do?"

"This is supposedly not part of our staff's work, we just put forward hypotheses and then start deducing. Kim shrugged. With an expression that was not a big deal, he said, "But since Vice General Yang asked, then I will say two of my private opinions." First. The emperor is still young, and judging from the performance of the pro-government in the past two years, the emperor is probably not a saint. ”

Jin Qiude originally wanted to compare Chongzhen to Emperor Yang of Sui, but he still didn't say such disrespectful words when he thought about it: "Yuan Chonghuan may think that the emperor is easily intimidated and coaxed, and a young emperor who grew up in the deep palace may agree to negotiate peace when he is shocked." And if Hou Jin really agrees to negotiate peace, then Yuan Chonghuan's reputation is probably similar to Guo Ziyi, who rode alone and retreated from the Hu cavalry, right?"

Yang Zhiyuan feels that this statement is not unreasonable. Chongzhen's performance in the past year has indeed been reversed. Whether it is taxing the disaster area or conniving at Yuan Chonghuan to kill Mao Wenlong, it shows that this child does not understand the minimum essentials of governing the country at all. The most important thing in an organization is order, and there should be a causal relationship between the actions and outcomes of the people in the organization, and those who abide by order must at least have a way to live.

Emperor Chongzhen collected taxes from the disaster area, which was a challenge to the bottom line of the law-abiding people. In the past, no matter how hard the Chinese people were oppressed, as long as they could barely survive in fear of the government, most of them were unwilling to give up their lives to fight against the government. And the same is true for conniving at Yuan Chonghuan to kill Mao Wenlong, no matter how the military attache was bullied by Wenchen in the past. But they at least know that as long as they follow some of the rules of the game, their lives are always safe. But now that Chongzhen does not punish Yuan Chonghuan who blatantly broke the law, then he should not blame the generals for starting to play with self-respect and listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.

"In my opinion, the emperor is likely to agree to negotiate peace. Jin Qiude felt that most of the soft-eared sons of heaven were also soft bones, and Chongzhen had no insight and opinions, so Jin Qiude estimated that once the Jin army came to the city. Chongzhen was frightened and probably compromised: "If the emperor is still unwilling to compromise like this, then Yuan Chonghuan will have no choice but to clear the monarch's side." ”

He Dingyuan and Yang Zhiyuan roared in unison: "Then he is the number one rebel in the world!"

"The fish is dead and the net is broken, anyway, Yuan Chonghuan knows that he has been in Pingliao for five years is a big talk, and he is dead both horizontally and vertically, so it is better to fight, well, maybe he can set up a new monarch and see if he can become Cao Cao. ”

He Dingyuan shouted: "Why? Rebel ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished." ”

"Well, there's a lot of stuff in there. He would definitely not say that he and Jiannu should be together. Most of them will say that they killed Jiannu and recaptured Jingshi. Well, it's good to deduct the guilt of the inside and the outside to others. Jin Qiude rolled his eyes and said casually: "For example, the Cao Huachun Cao Gonggong next to the emperor, I think it's good to push him, well, just say that Cao Huachun opened the door and let the enemy soldiers in, anyway, the favorite thing for these scholars to do is to rely on the emperor if the country dies, and it depends on the father-in-law if the battle is lost." ”

Jin Qiude's words actually did not slander the gentlemen of the Donglin Party. In the original history, when the Shun army was hired and demoted after the capture of Beijing, ninety percent of the Donglin Party members ran to ask to continue to be officials. The officials of the Shun army saw that many old bureaucrats also came to sign up for employment, so they asked the white-bearded people to go home to retire, but of course the Donglin gentlemen did not do it, saying that "as long as you use me, your beard will be black."

These Donglin gentlemen also rushed to the sycophants and the army, saying that Chongzhen was "a single husband to give the head, and the heavens and the earth will be destroyed". Before Chongzhen died, he rang the Jingyang bell and asked the minister to enter the palace to escort him, and none of the Donglin party members went. Later, when Li Zicheng asked about this matter, they said that it was not that they did not go, but that Chongzhen's eunuchs blocked the door and prevented the ministers from entering to die for the emperor. These gentlemen knew that Wang Chengen, who was in charge of the palace ban, had hanged himself with the emperor, but they still wanted to splash black water on the prince's head.

Later, the Donglin Party found out that Cao Huachun was not dead, so they began to make up lies that Cao Huachun opened the Beijing city gate, but at that time, Cao Huachun was obviously mourning in his hometown and was not in Beijing at all, but they didn't care. In a word, the ministers are all good, the country is all eunuchs who make bad land, and the land that betrays the emperor is also eunuchs rather than ministers.

Therefore, the General Staff Department suggested that the Beijing Division should rush to the aid of the Beijing Division as quickly as possible, and fight a decisive battle with Jiannu under the Jingshi City. Otherwise, in case the emperor agrees to negotiate peace. Or Yuan Chonghuan will do it on the side of Qingjun, and our Funing Army will become a thief if it can't be done. Jin Qiude said as he handed over the final plan drawn up by the General Staff Division to Huang Shi.

"There is also a Man Shuai," Jia Minghe looked at Jin Qiude's plan, and suddenly asked again: "I have seen Man Shuai, who is upright and upright, and has a grudge against Yuan Chonghuan. He will neither rebel nor listen to Yuan Chonghuan's blind command. ”

"Alas, a good man who always likes to charge and kill the enemy. Jin Qiude said disapprehantly: "There are too many ways to defeat a good man. A glass of poisoned wine, a dagger, and a cold arrow, it's too easy to create an accident on the battlefield, and Man Shuai can't guard against Guan Ning's army like a thief all day long, right?"

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On the second day of November in the second year of Chongzhen, Dengzhou Mansion

After Huang Shi arrived in Dengzhou by speedboat with his leading troops today, he immediately went to visit Zhenyu Village, the prefect of Dengzhou. After hearing that Huangshi suddenly arrived, Zhen Yucun was very surprised and hurriedly went out of the yamen to greet him.

"Lord Zhen. I was ordered to go to sea to fight for thieves, but the army unfortunately encountered wind and waves at sea, so I specially came to Shandong to take shelter from the wind. As he spoke, Huang Shi took out the edict of dispatching troops and the order of the military department, and handed them over to Zhen Yucun for verification.

Zhen Yucun nodded yes again and again, invited Huangshi to the yamen hall to serve tea, and began to inspect Huangshi's defense. Huang Shi sat in the guest seat and drank tea, while patiently waiting for the office of Zhenyu Village. After checking that the holy decree was correct, Zhen Yucun asked someone to take out the seal letter of the military headquarters for inspection. It was confirmed that the documents given to him by Huangshi were genuine, and that the Ministry of War did allow Huangshi to send troops, and also asked several inland provinces, including Shandong, to assist Huangshi's military operations.

"Well, there is no problem with the documents, the lower officials know, but there are still a few documents that need to trouble Huang Shuai. Zhen Yucun carefully copied a copy of the document. He also asked Huangshi to seal it with a seal, which could be used as evidence that Huangshi had stopped in Dengzhou Mansion in the future. In addition, Zhen Yucun also ordered to take out the account books to serve, if Huangshi wants to transfer money and grain from Dengzhou Mansion, these also need Huangshi's seal before they can be recorded in the account for the imperial court's inquiry.

After Huang Shi happily used the seal on the first document, Zhen Yucun solemnly put away this material and asked with a smile: "Huang Shuai is going to Ryukyu on this trip, isn't it closer to Jinghaiwei or Weihaiwei to transfer money and grain, why did he come to Dengzhou Mansion of Xiaguan?"

Jinghaiwei and Weihaiwei are both on the top of the Shandong Peninsula, while Dengzhou is in the Bohai Bay. Huang Shi clapped his hands and sighed, "Lord Zhen doesn't know anything. I also want to go to Jinghai and Weihai to replenish food and fresh water, so how can I set off this time. There are a lot of soldiers and horses, and the reserves of these two guards are not available at all, so they have to come to Dengzhou Capital City for help, and it is estimated that they will have to buy some from the merchants. ”

Zhen Yucun was taken aback when he heard this: "I don't know how many soldiers and horses Huang Shuai sent troops this time?"

Huang Shi stretched out two fingers and shook them, and said with a sigh: "Horses, footsteps, and water masters, there are 20,000 people, I don't know if there is enough money and food in Dengzhou?"

"Hiss-" Zhen Yucun immediately gasped when he heard this, the scale of Huangshi's troops was much beyond his imagination. He hurriedly asked the master beside him to open the account book, and his fingers hurriedly flipped on it: "Huang Shuai is a little calm, let the officials take a good look." ”

After a while, Zhen Yucun sighed softly again, and asked without raising his head, "I don't know how much food Huang Shuai needs?"

"Twenty thousand horses, infantry, and sailors, thirty days are needed. ”

Zhen Yucun was shocked again when he heard this: "How can you need so much?"

"These days, we have taken a lot of unjust roads to avoid the wind, and we have also discarded a lot of fresh water and food in order to protect the ship, so the reserves of the army are running out. ”

"I see. Zhen Yucun slowly closed the account book, raised his head and said apologetically: "Huang Shuai, the treasury is not even half, I'm afraid it needs to be transferred from the surrounding counties and Laizhou Mansion." ”

"Well, anyway, my fleet has been blown apart, and I have already asked them to come to Dengzhou Mansion one after another, and it will probably take some time on the way, and when the Funing sailors regather, well, why will it take more than ten days, Lord Zhen should have almost food in twenty days, right?"

Zhen Yucun did some calculations, and felt that the time was still a little tight, so he smiled and said: "Xiaguan will do his best, but Huang Shuai had better go to Laizhou Mansion and allocate some food there, otherwise I am afraid it will drag down Huang Shuai's trip." ”

"In this case, please leave it to Lord Zhen. ”

"Huang Shuai is polite, this is also the duty of the lower officials. ”

Before going out, Huang Shi handed Zhen Yucun a piece of Yijin. There are fifty taels of silver inside, and Zhen Yucun knows that Huangshi is generous, so he happily accepts it. He politely sent Huang Shi out of the yamen, and at the same time instructed the officials to prepare the post house.

According to common sense, there are not too many typhoons in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, but who can clearly say how the weather changes on the ground in the outer sea? Except for Huang Shi and his core members, the ordinary officers and soldiers in the fleet do not know what decisions are being made by the upper echelons. They were all told that the outpost had detected a wind at sea, so the whole fleet had to avoid it.

Originally, Huang Shi was a little worried that He Dingyuan's big mouth would cause trouble. However, this time He Dingyuan also knew the seriousness of the matter, and he had no intention of trespassing into other military town stations, which was like complicity and rebellion, and once this crime was confirmed, it would cost a bunch of heads, so He Dingyuan repeatedly assured Huangshi that he would keep this secret in the coffin. 、

As for the staff officer group, Huang Shi is more at ease. The territory under the jurisdiction of Jin Qiude has never given Huangshi a stab; Jia Minghe's mind is all about consolidating his Xuanfeng Camp Mountain, and he has always followed Huangshi the most, and he will never make trouble for Huangshi; Yang Zhiyuan is not only an old brother, but also the boss of the military justice department, and he knows best how heavy the crime of leaking military secrets is.

The faction in Funing Town was gradually established unconsciously, and within the existing system, He Dingyuan was the boss of the military academy department. Jin Qiude is the boss of the staff department, and Zhao Slowxiong seems to have a very detached status, but in fact, he has connections with Li Yunrui, Bao Bowen and Liu Qingyang, who he recommended to the people of Huangshi.

In the past two years, Li Yunrui and his three brothers seem to be planning to form their own line and draw a line with Zhao Slowbear, and Huangshi doesn't know very well what Zhao Slowbear's self-protection strategy is. It's still the three of them to protect themselves. However, since they were able to see the situation wisely, Huangshi pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if he was not aware of the factional division that was taking place.

Starting from Huangshi, all the hills in Funing Town know how to pretend not to understand, and Shi Ce seems to think that Huangshidi's true attitude is to encourage factional division, so recently he has also begun to engage in some Northern Fujian Sailor faction. Although these people are all arrogant on the surface, even if they are as straightforward as He Dingyuan, they will never dare to infiltrate the internal guard system and the loyal monarch patriotic Catholic Catholicism, at least he has never mentioned that the Funing Town Teaching Division will train the internal guards and those priests.

According to Huangshi's plan, the sailors of Funing Town will continue to come to Dengzhou to dock. Judging by the deduction of the staff department. The Houjin invasion of Daming Ji Town is imminent. Yellowstone intends to find an excuse here to delay for a while. Once the Houjin entered the customs in a big way, Huangshi could immediately lead an army to reinforce Gyeonggi. Repel the invading forces of Huang Taiji and manage to inflict heavy losses on them.

On the same day, outside the Santun camp

"Marshal Qiyu, Santun Camp is safe and sound, it is reported that Jiannu has approached Zunhua, but Zunhua has not yet fallen. ”

"What a stroke of luck to have us in the middle of it. After hearing the good news, Zhao Shujiao really didn't believe in his luck. After Yuan Chonghuan received the order of the Houjin army to invade Jizhen, he immediately asked Zhao to set off quickly and rush to Santun Camp by the route of Funing and Qian'an. He must finish the 260-mile road before Houjin completes the 50-mile road from Xifengkou to Santunying, rush through the blockade line that is about to be closed in Houjintou, and directly enter Zunhua City for defense.

"Jiannu's action this time is really slow, I thought I wouldn't be able to catch up. Zhao Shujiao felt that he set off a day later than Houjin, and the distance was five or six times that of the enemy, so he was always worried that he would run in vain. But he didn't expect that Houjin didn't even finish the fifty-mile road in four days, and the Ming army saw that he could reclose the defense line that Houjin had knocked out: "It seems that Jiannu is running out of food and grass, so he is walking so slowly." ”

For three days and three nights, Zhao led the four thousand family members and personal soldiers who did not take off their armor and unsaddle their horses, and rushed all the way from Shanhaiguan with one person and three horses, and even the horses ran to death, and now they are only thirty miles away from their destination: "Sons, we don't have to be considerate of horsepower anymore, rush, rush into Zunhua City!"

Zhao Shujiao confidently led the pro-army to rush out of the official road of the Santun camp and went straight to Zunhua. Although it was dangerous to pass in front of the enemy's line, if you were not considerate of the horsepower, the thirty-mile route would be completed in the blink of an eye. After waiting for the Jin army to return to the camp to report the enemy's situation, the other party will organize troops to attack after asking about the situation, then it will be too late, and the other party may send a horse to verify the number and banner of his army.

In the second year of junior high school, Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, was ambushed between Zunhua and Santun camp. The 4,000 cavalry were wiped out......

After annihilating the army led by Zhao to teach the land, the Houjin army reversed the situation for four days, and the main force quickly advanced westward.

In the early morning of the third day of the first month, the Houjin army arrived at the city of Zunhua, and the city should immediately open the city gate to lead the Houjin army into the city, and Wang Yuanya, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, committed suicide and martyrdom.

At the same time, the Houjin army also launched a thunderous offensive against the Santun camp and broke the city within an hour. The gap in the flank of the rear was closed and then moved westward. Rushing along the path of Zhao Shujiao, there was no longer a little slowness in his movements.

On the fourth day of the first month, the Houjin army marched west for two days and two nights, captured Qian'an, and threatened Yongping and Funing.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan had already led 20,000 Guanning iron cavalry into the pass, and he did not look at Yongping and Funing, where the right wing was threatened, and passed through Changli and Luanzhou. Go straight to Baodi and Xianghe.

......

On the same day, Jingshi.

Chongzhen urgently summoned Zhang Heming, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, after the breach, Zhang Heming has been persuading the emperor to be calm and impatient, and to make up his mind, and from the 28th to the second day of the first month, the Jin army has not had any further military action after four consecutive days, so the emperor has gradually flattened the center of the earth when he hangs up, and the Qinwang troops around Gyeonggi are coming, and it seems that the gap in the side wall will soon be closed.

But in the past two days, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. Wang Yuanya, the governor of Jizhen, committed suicide, Zhao led the Jiao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, was killed in battle, Zunhua and Santun camps all fell, and the situation near Xifengkou was quickly defeated.

As soon as Zhang Heming entered the house, Chongzhen hurriedly shouted without waiting for his old man to kneel down and salute slowly: "Old Zhang is exempt from the courtesy! ”

"Thanks—"

As soon as Zhang Heming's words began, Chongzhen couldn't wait to shout: "Old Zhang." How did this get so bad?"

Zhang Heming had already read some of the pieces before His Majesty saw it, and the alarms near the side wall were flying like snowflakes, and there were calls for reinforcements everywhere, and the magistrates everywhere thought that their own territory would be the next target of the Later Jin army.

When Zhang Heming began to twist his beard, Chongzhen called out anxiously again: "Old Zhang!"

"Holy Lord, the art of war is cloudy: those who are good at fighting are invincible, and they will not lose the defeat of the enemy. Therefore, the victorious army wins first and then seeks battle, and the defeated army fights first and then seeks victory. So the old minister thinks that today's plan. The only way to do this is to keep the same for all changes. Let's wait and see what happens. ”

Chongzhen originally stood up to listen to Zhang Heming, but after hearing this answer, he slowly walked back to the throne. After slowly sitting down, he asked: "Now that the East Captives are on the side, it is possible that Inspector Yuan has not yet entered the customs, and Zhang Lao is willing to share his worries for me and supervise Jizhen for the time being?"

"This ......" Zhang Heming twisted his beard again: "Holy Lord, the ministers have heard that the art of war is cloudy......

"Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, arrived. Outside the door, a eunuch shouted with a long voice, and before the sound was over, an old man in red walked into the hall.

Sun Chengzong walked into the hall and bowed down neatly: "Long live my emperor......"

"Sun Qing's family is flat!" Chongzhen hurriedly shouted, and he had already sent someone to hurry to find Sun Chengzong. In Chongzhen's mind, he thinks that among Sun Chengzong, Zhang Heming, and Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan has the highest level, and Zhang Heming is slightly inferior, but Sun Chengzong's opinions can also be listened to, after all, Sun Chengzong has also supervised Liaodong for several years, and he is not completely ignorant.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live. Sun Chengzong turned a deaf ear and lowered his head and shouted long live, and only after he finished said loudly: "Thank you." ”

After Sun Chengzong stood up, Chongzhen commanded again: "Give Sun a seat." ”

"Thank you, Shengshang!" Sun Chengzong shook his cuffs, waved his right fist like a bell, and said: "Shengshang! The art of war is cloudy: those who attack must be taken, and those who attack will not defend it." Those who defend and will be fortified, and those who defend will be attacked!"

At this time, the little eunuch had already moved the bench to Sun Chengzong's back, but he didn't care to sit down, and looked directly at the emperor on the throne and said sonorously: "Jianyu has committed this crime, then Jimen, Sanhe, and Tongzhou are the ones who must attack, and if I want to defend it, I must be stationed in Jimen, Sanhe, and Tongzhou with heavy troops. ”

Chongzhen lowered his head and muttered for a while, then raised his head and asked Zhang Heming, "What does Elder Zhang think?"

"Lord Sun's words are very good. ”

"Hmm. After hearing this, Chongzhen lowered his head again, as if he was thinking about something.

"Shengshang!" Sun Chengzong thought that Chongzhen was still hesitating, whether to stick to the official road from Xifengkou to the first line of Jingshi. He shouted anxiously again: "Holy Lord, the minister is willing to go to Jimen and urge the Ji army to fight with the Qin Wang army." ”

"Not really. Chongzhen seemed to have made up his mind, and he loudly vetoed Sun Chengzong's proposal: "If Lord Sun leaves the Jingshi, who can draw military affairs for Zhenzan?"

On the fifth day of November in the second year of Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong transferred troops on behalf of the emperor, and the famous general soldier You Shiwei hurriedly sent troops to Tongzhou. Organize a defensive line along the river, and send sentinels to spread out on both flanks. The detectives crossed various crossings from Shunyi to the Xianghe River, and mobilized the township soldiers to prepare to cooperate with the officers and soldiers to impose martial law.

Since Liu Ce, the governor of Jiliao, took office, Yuan Chonghuan did not allow him to get involved in the military affairs of Jizhen, so Liu Ce has stayed in Baoding for the past seven months and has never gone north to Jizhen. After hearing that the Houjin army entered the customs from Jizhen, Liu Ce felt that it was his defense area, so he hurriedly ordered the troops in Baoding and Xinle, and rushed to King Qinwang in Beijing at night.

Sun Chengzong ordered Liu Ce to immediately rush to Jimen to defend and make up for his mistakes. At the same time, troops were stationed in Sanhe, and another river defense line was organized in front of the Tongzhou defense line. Sun Chengzong also specially explained that he would send scouts to search for the ferry between Pinggu and Baodi. At the same time, Sun Chengzong also explained that if Jimen was not lost, then Liu Ce should lead the main force to defend Jimen.

After Liu Ce received the order, he hurriedly marched eastward, rushed to Jimen and Sanhe to set up defenses, and after Sun Chengzong deployed everything, Chongzhen also let out a sigh: "Thanks to Aiqing, I live up to my expectations." ”

"It is the duty of a minister to share worries for the sake of the saints. However, arranging troops is not the minister's strength, and the minister does not know whether this is appropriate. Sun Chengzong looked at the map again with a serious expression, and said to Chongzhen honestly: "Shengshang, the minister doesn't dare to say that he will be able to defend or not be able to defend Jimen, and the minister doesn't know whether the Sanhe defense line is insurance, so he will arrange a few more." In this way, although the troops are a little scattered, it will still be easier to defend, and there are three lines of defense in a row, even if there is a case, it will not be caught off guard. ”

"Well, does Sun Aiqing know who is good at using soldiers?"

"Holy Lord, the minister protects Ma Shilong. ”

After hearing Sun Chengzong mention this person, Chongzhen's face suddenly felt a little unhappy. The defeat of Ma Shilong in Yaozhou back then can be regarded as dragging Sun Chengzong down, and it also caused him to lose his official position. Sun Chengzong did not hesitate to resign in order to save Ma Shilong's life and official position, but Ma Shilong changed his court immediately after Sun Chengzong's fall and went to Wei Zhongxian.

Ma Shilong not only bribed Wei Zhongxian. also joined forces with other generals to set up a shrine for Wei Zhongxian. What is especially hateful is that Ma Shilong seems to be unlucky when he sees Sun Chengzong. beat his benefactor upside down, and pushed all the failures in Yaozhou and other places on Sun Chengzong's head, which can be regarded as sending Wei Zhongxian a letter of surrender, thus retaining his position.

Apocalypse died unexpectedly early, and after Chongzhen came to power, Ma Shilong was immediately relieved of his military position, arrested and taken into Beijing by the brocade guard, and thrown into the imperial prison to treat him for defeat, corruption, bribery, ancestral hall and other crimes, and finally sentenced to a beheaded marquis, and is now waiting for death in prison, and Ma Shilong will be sent to the execution ground to be beheaded after the emperor hooks Zhu.

"How can Master Sun protect such a virtuous villain?"

"Saint, Ma Shilong was born in the sect, he has not been educated by a saint, and there are countless scholars who have invested in the eunuch party, so how can he be harsh on him as a general?" Sun Chengzong paused, and said bitterly: "Saint, the battle in Yaozhou is really not Ma Shilong's fault, the main reason is that the old ministers are incompetent, which makes the army have disagreements and discords. Ma Shilong is a general in Ningxia, and he has accumulated merit to the governor of the same knowledge, and later the old minister personally invited him to the right governor and monk Fang Baojian, and he also fancied his talent rather than virtue. ”

"In that case, I will follow what Sun Qing's family said, let that Ma Shilong come out to make meritorious contributions. ”

"The old minister thanked Ma Shilong for his grace, and he will definitely be able to contribute to the country. ”

Historically, Ma Shilong never disappointed Sun Chengzong, and soon after he was released from prison, he began to give advice to Sun Chengzong, and also contributed a lot to re-establish the situation in Gyeonggi. After the Battle of Zunyong, Sun Chengzong escorted Ma Shilong back to Gansu to defend against the Mongols. Ma Shilong also made great achievements there, and once won three major victories in one year, beheading more than 1,800 corpses. When Ma Shilong died of illness a few years later, he had already accumulated merit as the crown prince Shaobao and the governor of Zuodu, if Sun Chengzong did not have this mind, how could Ma Shuai revive his official reputation and enjoy his life in peace?

On the fifth day of November, Chongzhen ordered the troops in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong to serve as kings.

At this time in Dengzhou, the Funing military and ground fleets were arriving one after another, and 10,000 marines had arrived.

"Brother Yang, are you still suspicious of the staff division's inference?"

In private, Jin Qiude talked about this issue again, and Yang Zhiyuan said frankly: "It's too incredible. ”

"How about a bet? I bet that Yuan Chonghuan will switch on and off the enemy. Jin Qiude smiled, Yang Zhiyuan and Zhang Zaidi's gambling contract he had also heard, Jin Qiude shook a finger: "If you really don't believe it, do you dare to bet a hundred taels of silver?"

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