Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 308 Defrauding people is a technical job

The last reinforcement of the Ming army ended in failure, although Hou Jin fought in a dark and dark manner, causing Hou Jin to suffer extremely heavy casualties.This fierce battle exhausted Huang Taiji's patience. Two days later, he issued an ultimatum to Zu Dashou: To surrender, or not to surrender?

Zu Dashou chose to surrender.

On October [-]th, under the leadership of Zu Dashou, more than ten thousand Ming troops walked out of Dalinghe City and surrendered to Houjin.Hou Jin demolished the city wall of Dalinghe, and then withdrew to Shenyang. The battle of Dalinghe ended with the complete defeat of the Ming army.

Upon hearing the news, Chongzhen was stunned.He had already expected that the Ming army might be defeated, but when the news of the defeat came, he still felt unacceptable.After nearly three months of hard fighting, the loss of nearly 9000 soldiers, in the end it was hard to find a single victory, which made the young emperor feel angry and helpless——that terrible enemy in the north seemed to be his destined nemesis, no matter how many troops he sent A powerful army, no matter how well-planned he is, when the flames of war are ignited, he still cannot escape the fate of being beaten!After this battle, the strength of the Guanning Army was severely injured, and all the battle-ready soldiers in important military towns such as Jizhen, Guanmen, and Tianjin were wiped out. soldier.However, can these [-] troops deal with the slave cavalry who may break in at any time?

There are also rogue bandits in Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, and Shanxi who are getting more and more violent...

There are also Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng rebels who burned, killed and looted in Shandong as if they were in no man's land...

And the empty treasury, the dwindling tax sources...

Thinking of this made his head explode.There are so many major national affairs, but there is nothing that can make him worry. Ever since he came to the throne, he has not had a chance to breathe. Natural disasters, slave establishment, and rogue bandits are getting closer and closer. When the night is quiet, he can clearly listen. The cracking sound of Daming's decayed tree slowly falling down was not loud, but it made him shiver.

Daming can't hold it anymore...

After thinking about it, Daming hasn't fallen yet, he's not dead yet, so he still has to do things and worry about this rotten country.The battle of Dalinghe has been completely defeated, it is useless to think too much, let's think about how to put down the Denglai rebellion.He braced himself, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and listened to the opinions of the courtiers.

Regarding the Denglai Rebellion, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs had completely opposite opinions.Zhou Yanru's faction believed that the rebellion should be put down quickly with a thunderous iron fist, because Denglai is the rear of the battlefield in western Liaoning, and the food and weapons of the Guanning Army and Dongjiang Army in western Liaoning were shipped to western Liaoning in Denglai. Put down the rebellion of Li and Kong and let them wreak havoc, they are likely to turn the whole of Denglai into a wasteland, and the consequences will be disastrous!And in line with the principle of struggle that I will oppose what you support, and I will support what you oppose, Wen Tiren firmly opposes the extermination. He believes that the rebellion of the Liao soldiers was forced by hunger and cold, and the crime is unforgivable and justifiable. They should be given a chance.Furthermore, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Dalinghe, and Kong Li's troops were elite soldiers. If troops were dispatched to suppress them, no matter whether they lost or won, the losers would be the elite soldiers of Ming Dynasty, and Jiannu took advantage of it in vain.He strongly asked for security.The first assistant and the second assistant were tit-for-tat, fighting fiercely, and the courtiers were also divided into two factions, and their saliva flew wildly. Whether they could solve the problem was the second priority, and their first priority was not to let the other party take the initiative in the court.In the end, it was the Zhufu faction that prevailed——Chongzhen was also afraid of fighting a war. When the cannon fired, the gold was ten thousand taels.

The quarrel was getting louder when the eunuch on duty came in and said that Xiong Mingyu, the Minister of War, was back.Xiong Mingyu was appointed by Chongzhen himself, and went to Jinzhou for a trip, no credit is considered hard work, and he ran back from a long distance, although Chongzhen was in a bad mood, he was not in the cold, so he said: "Send him in. "

The eunuch on duty called out loudly, and amidst the piercing voice, Xiong Mingyu, who was dressed in rich purple and tied with a python belt, strode into the hall, knelt down on the ground, and said loudly: "Xiong Mingyu, Minister of the Ministry of War, kowtow to the emperor, my emperor!" Long live Long live Long live!"

Chongzhen said: "Xiong Shangshu please rise!"

Xiong Mingyu kowtowed again: "Long live thanks!" Then he stood up, his etiquette was extremely considerate and impeccable.

Chongzhen cheered up and asked: "Xiong Shangshu, how is the situation in Jinzhou? Have Tianxiong, Wuyang and other guest troops outside Guanwai suffered any losses?" He was most concerned about this.The marching speed of Wuyangwei and Tianxiong Army which was as fast as wind, thunder and lightning left a deep impression on him. He made up his mind to use these two flying troops to counter the rebellion in Shandong. Too much loss can be very bad.

Xiong Mingyu moved half a step forward, gave a great gift, and said in a deep voice: "I was ordered to go to the west of Liaoning to stop the reinforcements of Dalinghe City and transfer the guest army to Shandong. This is the emperor's trust in me. I tried my best and didn't dare to neglect a little bit, but..." I was very wronged and told what happened to me in Jinzhou one by one, specifically two points:

First: Those army chiefs don’t buy your account at all, especially that Lu Xiangsheng. Before I arrived in Jinzhou, he took his own initiative and brought more than 6000 people (including civilian husbands) to support Dalinghe City. ;
Second: There was a little commander of the guards who had no way to obey the king, refused to obey orders, and even ignored the emperor. I asked Shang Fang's sword to cut off his head, but he actually drew his sword and wanted to follow him. I slashed at each other, and the warriors fought against each other.
All the civil and military ministers were dumbfounded.Although many of them were happy to see Xiong Mingyu fall into a big somersault, it would be too shocking for a sesame-sized commander of the guard to draw his sword to fight against Shangshu of the Ministry of War who was holding Shangfang's sword!This is tantamount to slapping all civil servants in the face. Uncle can bear it, and aunt can't bear it anymore. Many people are gearing up to use memorials to bury the daring commander of the guard alive, so that those warriors who are becoming more and more incompetent will know , civil servants are not easy to mess with!

Chongzhen didn't care about Xiong Mingyu's life or death. His heart was beating wildly, and his whole body seemed to fall from a tall building. He was holding on with one breath, and his voice was trembling slightly: "You mean, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Menglong don't care about it?" It is my will to continue to reinforce Daling River City?"

Xiong Mingyu was heartbroken: "Yes, Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Menglong are disregarding the overall situation, and they are determined to fight Jiannu to the death! Especially that Yang Menglong, who led troops out of the city in front of his ministers to reinforce Dalinghe City, completely It's unscrupulous!"

Chongzhen let out a violent roar: "Damn it! Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Menglong, Qiu Hejia, all of them deserve to die! I trust them so much, they disregarded my will, and ruined [-] elite soldiers in the Daling River for nothing, damn it!"

When the emperor got angry, it was no small matter, all the courtiers trembled and knelt down one after another, shouting: "The emperor calms down, take care of the dragon's body!" Among them, Xiong Mingyu shouted the loudest, tears came out, but his heart was full of joy.When the emperor is angry, blood will flow for thousands of miles. Yang Menglong, even if you can save a small life from Jiannu's sword, you will not be able to escape Caishi Wenzhan's sword!
Chongzhen has no way to appease his anger. Since the start of the war, his patience has been exhausted. Now the two flying armies he has placed high hopes on ignore his will and go their own way. It seems that they will be ruined in the Daling River. His long-suppressed anger suddenly erupted like magma, out of control, and shouted with red eyes: "Come here, draw up an order: Yang Menglong has no king in his eyes, disobedience and disobedience, crimes will not be forgiven, order Jin Yiwei..."

Before he could say what he wanted Jin Yiwei to do, the eunuch on duty came to report again: "Tianxiong Army Supervisor Cao Huan, Wuyang Guard Supervisor Wu Yong, please see me!"

Chongzhen said impatiently: "No see! Order Jin Yiwei..."

The eunuch on duty hurriedly said: "Eunuch Wu and Eunuch Cao both rushed back from Jinzhou. They all went to Daling River with the army, and fought a fierce battle with Jiannu, and suffered many injuries..."

A flash of inspiration flashed in Chongzhen's mind, yes, these two are the supervisors he sent to Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Guard, they fought with the army, and now they can run back, at least it shows that Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Guard don't have the whole army Annihilated!Although it is not good news, it can be barely accepted.He waved away the Jinyiwei commander and said, "Show them up!"

As soon as the two supervisors came up, everyone frowned: the faces of these two were blue and white from the north wind, their lips were frozen and cracked, and even though their clothes had been wiped temporarily, there were still many spots of mud. To the extreme, it doesn't look like a supervising army, it's worse than a beggar!Xiong Mingyu was overjoyed. It seemed that these two had narrowly escaped death and only got their lives back. The resentment towards those army chiefs would never be any less than his own. up!
The two knelt down and saluted.

Chongzhen made them flattened, frowned and asked, "Why are you two in such a mess?"

Cao Huan was trembling all over, and said: "Back to the emperor, the slaves and maidservants have important military affairs to present, so they rode fast horses in the wind and snow, and rushed back to the capital from Jinzhou. The journey has suffered a lot, but the matter is important. But I can't care less!"

Hearing that they rode fast horses and braved the wind and snow all the way back to the capital from Jinzhou non-stop, everyone was in an uproar.They know what the weather is like the most, let alone let them ride horses for hundreds of miles, even if they are asked to go around the countryside, they won't do it!Chongzhen was even slightly moved. It seems that these two supervisors are still very conscientious, and they have reached the point of risking their lives!He was a little moved and said: "The military situation is of course important, but you can't be too desperate. If you have any good or bad, who will do things for me?"

Xiong Mingyu put on a smirk: "The two father-in-laws are so loyal! I don't know why the military situation is so urgent that the two father-in-laws galloped hundreds of miles back to Beijing to face the saint?"

Wu Yong gave him a cold look, cupped his hands with some difficulty, and bowed down again: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"

This came so abruptly that it would not be an exaggeration to call it a divine turning point.Including Chongzhen, everyone was puzzled.Over the past few months, there have been continuous defeats outside the pass. The rogues outside the pass have become more and more fierce, and smoke and fire are everywhere. Chongzhen has already been burned out. Congratulations, congratulations?You deliberately made fun of the emperor, right?

(End of this chapter)