For nearly one million officials and people in Beijing, this winter is definitely a bumpy mood.

At the beginning, when it was learned that Jiannu broke through the northern wall of Ji and invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the people in the city were absolutely panicked, and everyone expected that Jiannu would soon come to the city of Beijing.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing has been besieged several times, and with the strength of Beijing's city defense, it is impossible for the Mongols or Jiannu to attack the city of Beijing. However, Beijing is a large city with a population of nearly one million, and the daily necessities of the people, such as firewood, rice, oil and salt, need to be transported from outside.

Once the Jiannu soldiers come to the city, the city will inevitably be closed for a long time, the shortage of materials, and the soaring prices, which will have a very great impact on the lives of the people.

Therefore, at that time, the people were panicked, and under the bewitchment of people with hearts, they also had a grudge against Sun Chuanting, who supervised Liaodong, thinking that if it were not for Sun Chuanting's incompetence, how could Jiannu cross Liaoxi and attack from Jibei? So at that time, there was a wave of condemnation of Sun Chuanting between the government and the opposition. Fortunately, the royal people spoke for Sun Chuanting and trumpeted the achievements of the Liaoxi soldiers against Jiannu last year, which reversed public opinion to a certain extent.

However, after all, the Royal People's Newspaper is a newly established newspaper, and the literacy rate is very low in this era, so it is not realistic to rely on a single newspaper to completely control the people's opinion.

In addition, Sun Chuanting is arrogant and has no backers in the court, and his position as the governor of Jiliao is greatly lacking, and the millions of money and grain that he hands over every year are even more coveted by many people. Under the impetus of people with good intentions, the government and the opposition did not have a high evaluation of Sun Chuanting.

After Jiannu attacked and plundered Gyeonggi and slaughtered Fangshan, Gu'an and other cities, there was a lot of discussion among the government and the opposition, and Sun Chuanting was very dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting's refusal to fight with Jiannu.

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen was a reborn person, he knew how strong Jiannu's strength was, and he was worried that the defeat would cause greater panic, so he did not influence public opinion between the government and the opposition, and did not force Sun Chuanting and Jiannu to fight a decisive battle.

During this period of time, Beijing was locked down, food and materials from outside could not be transported in, the weather was cold, prices were soaring, many people did not even have charcoal fires at home, and the whole city was really panicked.

It wasn't until the news of the Liaodong War came that Zhou Yuji captured the three states of southern Liaoning, and joined forces with Cao Wenzhao to defeat thousands of Jiannu cavalry in Haizhou, and then learned that Liu Xingzuo's troops went out of Phi Island and went down to Zhenjiang and Phoenix, and the spirit of the people was raised. And when the news of Lu Xiangsheng's direct attack on Huanglong and the capture of Hetuala, the old capital of Jiannu, reached Beijing, it was really a great earthquake all over the city, followed by ecstasy all over the city!

For many years, in the face of the Jurchens in the northeast of Mongolia, they were all pressed and beaten by others, and in the battle of Salhu, the Ming Dynasty recruited more than 100,000 troops to attack Jianzhou in four ways, but they didn't even see the walls of Hetuala, and they were broken and beaten by others.

For more than ten years, the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu fought several times, but they were defeated one after another, losing thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the entire eastern Liaodong.

In order to deal with the construction of slaves, the imperial court had to levy additional salaries, spending millions of taels of silver every year, the treasury was empty year after year, and the poor people were forced to leave their hometowns to become displaced people by taxes.

Whether it is the border army or the people in the north, they are very afraid of Jiannu. Unexpectedly, today, when Jiannu broke through the border wall and plundered Gyeonggi, the Ming army launched a counterattack in Liaodong and broke through Jiannu's lair!

How does this make the people not excited?

What makes the people even happier is that when the old nest of Jiannu is attacked, it will definitely not stay in the territory of Daming for long, and will definitely quickly retreat and return to Guanwai. In this way, Beijing will also open the city ban as soon as possible, so that materials from outside the city will be transported in, and everyone's life will be better.

And then things turned out to be like this, and Jiannu withdrew from the army and evacuated Gyeonggi.

Jiannu has withdrawn from the army, the city is banned, and ordinary people live the same as before, which is naturally a happy thing. But for the court officials, there is also a problem, that is, how to deal with the retreating Jiannu army?

Jiannu retreated, took away the plundered food wealth, and also carried more than 100,000 young and strong people, if they were allowed to retreat safely like this, it would be a great blow to the prestige of the Ming court.

The people who had been plundered must be saved, and this had formed a consensus in the court.

Therefore, the battle between Sun Chuanting and Jiannu in Yongping Mansion is full of expectations for the government and opposition in Beijing.

Lu Xiangsheng's momentum in Liaodong was like a bamboo, which made the government and the opposition hallucinate, and felt that the Jiannu Eight Banners were nothing more than that, Sun Chuanting commanded all the armies in Gyeonggi, and the Qinwang army in each province was also under its control, and the strength was more than twice that of Jiannu, so it may not be the opponent of Jiannu.

Lu Xiangsheng led 30,000 Praetorian Guards to kill the old nest of Jiannu, and Sun Chuanting had an army of 100,000, how could he not save the plundered people?

Because of the great expectations, when the results of the battle between Sun Chuanting and Jiannu were returned, many people said that it was unacceptable.

Although the people were rescued, but tens of thousands of people died tragically on the battlefield, Sun Chuanting had an army of 60,000 at the time, but only more than 10,000 people were left by Jiannu, if it wasn't for Zhang Shize to lead the troops to arrive in time, maybe the Liao soldiers would be wiped out!

Although Jiannu retreated, although tens of thousands of people were rescued, in the eyes of many people, Jiannu took the initiative to retreat and give up these people.

Zhang Shize captured 20,000 Mongols? In the eyes of many people, this credit cannot be placed on Sun Chuanting's head at all, but it is a testimony of Sun Chuanting's mistakes in using troops.

Let's ask, if Sun Chuanting did not send Zhang Shize's Yansui army to Jibei, but pursued Jiannu with the army, then the battle situation in Yongping Mansion would not be like this, maybe the Ming army could defeat Jiannu head-on and save more than 100,000 people, instead of causing tens of thousands of people to be killed.

Therefore, when the report of the Yongping Mansion War was transmitted back to Beijing, many officials were very dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting and began to impeach Sun Chuanting.

The Criminal Division gave Mao Shilong and Shangshu three major crimes of impeachment of Sun Chuanting, one is a command error, knowing that Jiannu retired through Yongping Mansion, but sent the Yansui soldiers, who had the strongest combat effectiveness, to Jibei, and was suspected of privately releasing Jiannu;

Second, the remnants of the people ordered the slaughter of the people for the sake of military exploits, which directly led to the tragic death of tens of thousands of people on the battlefield;

The third is to turn defeat into victory, pretend to lead his subordinates' military exploits, and deceive the imperial court. In the first battle of Yongping Mansion, Sun Chuanting's 60,000-strong army was only more than 10,000 people, and most of the soldiers were lost, but they were victorious, "Sun Thief is tyrannical and shameless, trying to deceive His Majesty and deceive the imperial court." Please ask the imperial court to remove him from his position as the governor of Jiliao, and lock it into Beijing to ask for guilt. Mao Shilong said in the recital.

After Mao Shilong's impeachment, other officials responded one after another, and the impeachment sparse flooded to the imperial court.

After experiencing Zhu Youzhen's suppression some time ago, these officials were holding their breath, and now they are finally about to break out.

A considerable number of these officials are members of the Donglin Party, such as Mao Shilong and others, and there are also Wen Tiren and others.

Sun Chuanting really ordered to take action against the people who were wrapped up in Jiannu during the battle, which was a stain, and these pretentious officials naturally would not let it go.

Winning a Jiliao Governor and the world's first feudal official, in the eyes of many officials, if they can successfully remove Sun Chuanting, it will be their great political achievement, and they naturally have to bite it.

There are also officials who impeach Sun Chuanting, the purpose is that the forces behind him have taken a fancy to Sun Chuanting's position as the Governor of Jiliao, after all, millions of taels of silver and food every year, as long as it is a little bit too much, it is a huge wealth, and it is exciting to think about it.

And Sun Chuanting has no backers in the court, and no one speaks to him at all.

As a result, the entire imperial court once again appeared in a wave of impeachment of Sun Chuanting, and there was a great tendency to take Sun Chuanting.

Of course, whether to win Sun Chuanting or not is not in these officials, but in how the emperor decides.

If he was the emperor for the first time, in the face of such a situation, Zhu Youzhen would have panicked a long time ago, and he would definitely issue an order to remove Sun Chuanting. In fact, the last time he became emperor, Zhu Youzhen dismissed Sun Chuanting many times, and even imprisoned Sun Chuanting for several years. At that time, the reason for the dismissal of Sun Chuanting was that he listened to the impeachment of the officials and his own impatient character.

And now, after experiencing the pain of losing the country, Zhu Youzhen's personality has changed a lot, and he has matured a lot. After four hundred years of soul travel, he has seen through many things, knows that Sun Chuanting is a truly loyal person, and knows Sun Chuanting's talent.

Compared with those officials who can only talk about cannons, Sun Chuanting is the dry city of the country!

However, many times, it is not easy to completely change his nature, and for the battle of Yongping, Zhu Youzhen also felt a little confused to tell the truth, thinking that with Sun Chuanting's ability, it should not be like this.

Is it the reason why Sun Chuanting hasn't experienced too much experience, is it because he pulled out the seedlings and helped him to rise to a high position all of a sudden? Zhu Youzhen was a little skeptical.

So he summoned Hong Chengchou and asked him what he thought of Sun Chuanting's performance in the battle of Yongping Mansion.

Hong Chengchou is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the battle reports from all over the country must be sent to the Ministry of War as soon as possible, so he naturally knows the Battle of Yongping very well, and even reviewed the Battle of Yongping.

"Your Majesty, Weichen believes that Sun Chuanting's performance in this battle is not too much of a problem." Hong Chengchou said.

"The imperial historians impeached Sun Chuanting for his command errors, and Zhang Shize should not be sent to Jibei, but should concentrate his forces to pursue Jiannu. With the powerful Yansui army joining, they may be able to defeat Jiannu. However, in the opinion of the ministers, they exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Yansui army.

Chen read the war report, when Zhang Shize arrived at the battlefield, most of the Mongols were abandoning their horses to attack the Jizhou army on the mountain, the Mongolian soldiers who met Zhang Shize were only thousands of horses, and the strength of the Yansui army was several times that of the Mongolian soldiers who attacked, and they were equipped with a large number of firearms, so it was natural to defeat them.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Yansui army is very strong, but the reason why it was able to encircle and annihilate the Mongols was more due to luck. With the addition of the Yan Sui army, Sun Chuanting may not be able to defeat Jiannu.

Let's ask, if it weren't for Zhang Shize leading his troops to defeat the Mongols, once the Mongols obeyed Huang Taiji's order to go to the battlefield of Yongping Mansion, Sun Chuanting would inevitably face the situation of Jiannu and the Mongol cavalry being flanked from both sides, which was likely to directly lead to defeat.

As for the slaughter of the people. At that time, more than 100,000 people were driven by Jiannu to attack our army's camp, if these people were not dispersed, I am afraid that they would not be able to wait for Jiannu to kill, and the Ming army would be crushed by the people. And the facts have also proved that the Qinwang army of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi was indeed defeated by the people, and only the Liaoxi soldiers directly under Sun Chuanting were not defeated, which shows that there is no problem with Sun Chuanting's response.

When these people were driven by Jiannu to attack our army's camp, they could not be seen as ordinary people, in fact, they had become Jiannu's accomplices. This is the case with the so-called mercy not to be in charge of the army! From this point of view, there is no problem with Inspector Sun's response.

In Yichen's opinion, Inspector Sun was able to persist in fighting to the end, and more than 10,000 people in the 60,000-strong army still insisted on fighting, which is enough to show his ability. There are not many generals who can still fight to the end when most of their own forces are lost. ”

Hong Chengchou analyzed the battle situation at that time for Zhu Youzhen and believed that there was no problem with Sun Chuanting's performance.

"Your Majesty, although in terms of process, the battle of Yongping was too tragic, our army suffered serious losses, and thirty or forty thousand people died tragically. But in terms of results, the battle of Yongping caused Jiannu to lose thousands of troops, forcing Jiannu to abandon the looted wealth and materials, give up the captured more than 100,000 people of our Ming Dynasty, and escape from the border wall in a hurry.

After Huang Degong's interception, Jiannu lost thousands of soldiers. When Jiannu attacked the border wall, plus the Mongols had an army of 60,000, according to the minister's estimates, there were more than 20,000 people left when they withdrew from the border wall, and more than half of the troops were lost.

Of course, most of its losses were from the Mongol servant army, from the Mongol tribes that belonged to it, and the loss of the Jiannu Manchu Eight Banners was not large. However, after this war, Jiannu's prestige among the Mongol tribes will inevitably fall, and the Mongol tribes that belong to Jiannu will definitely not be willing to become the next Tushetu tribe. And after seeing the strength of our Ming army, the Mongols who belong to Jiannu will inevitably hesitate, as long as my Ming is slightly wooed, there will be many Mongolian tribes who choose to abandon Jiannu and join the Ming.

Jiannu suffered huge losses, but he got nothing, and fled back to his hometown in a hurry. Therefore, in terms of results, our Ming army won a great victory in this battle, and Sun Chuanting contributed a lot! ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and his face softened: "What Aiqing said is very true. ”

After Hong Chengchou's analysis, Zhu Youzhen suddenly felt that the situation in Daming was so good now. Compared to such a good situation, some losses are not worth mentioning at all!

In the Battle of Yongping, most of the troops lost were the Qinwang army of the three provinces, and these local armies were already weak in combat. However, the real elites such as the Liaoxi soldiers, Xuanfu soldiers, and Yansui soldiers did not suffer much losses, and they were trained.

Hong Chengchou continued: "Your Majesty, the main force of Jiannu has withdrawn from Guanwai, and the next step will inevitably be a big battle in Liaodong, Lu Xiangsheng may not be able to win the main force of Jiannu, but as long as he can safely retreat from southern and western Liaoning, and preserve the strength of the Praetorian Guard, this battle will be regarded as a big victory." At this time, the army in Sun Chuanting's hands was very important, and Sun Chuanting should be allowed to lead the army to Liaodong as soon as possible to support Lu Xiangsheng. At the time of the war, it was natural that the commander could not be changed on the spot, and no matter from which angle, Sun Chuanting could not be dismissed. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "All the impeachments of Sun Chuanting will be left in the center." Passed the decree and ordered Sun Chuanting to supervise the army and quickly rush to Liaodong to meet Lu Xiangsheng. ”