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

Chapter 497 Shock 1
"Great victory in Lushun!"

"Our army defeated Jiannu at Erwangtun in Lushun and beheaded [-] people!"

"The slave chiefs Yuetuo and Dudu were beheaded by our army in front of the formation!"

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The horses galloped through the fields, villages, and towns like the wind. Everywhere they went, the border riders opened their voices and roared the same words.Their voices had long been hoarse and they could hardly shout, but they still roared at the top of their lungs.They just felt happy in their hearts. How many years had the Ming army not fought such a great victory?Especially with Jiannu, they have been defeated again and again for decades, either losing troops or losing territory. They were lucky enough to hold Ningyuan, and beheaded hundreds of people, and the whole country rejoiced. Now they have beheaded [-] people and captured [-]. These border knights They all felt extremely proud.

Under the unbelievable eyes of the people in Beijing and Tianjin, the hoarse roar has been passed towards the city of Beijing.

Everything is business as usual in Beijing. The dignitaries continue to spend money like water and have fine clothes and food. The traffickers and commoners continue to run around for three meals a day. The refugees continue to struggle for survival. Everyone seems to have forgotten that there is a war in Port Arthur and that tens of thousands of soldiers are fighting on the front line. Hou Jin launched a bloody fight, how to live or how to live.Only in teahouses and restaurants, I occasionally hear some enthusiastic young people talking about it, and they are all worried.For Beijingers, the fighting on the front line in Lushun is certainly heart-wrenching, but precisely because it is so heart-wrenching, they dare not pay too much attention to how they should live their lives.The Ming army had let them down for too long. They were afraid that they would continue to be hurt if they cared too much, so they chose to be indifferent, and live as they should.

A thunderous roar broke the tranquility of Beijing: "Great victory in Lushun! Our army beheaded Jiannu Yuetuo and Dudu Erbeile in the formation of Lushun Erwang, and beheaded [-] people!"

Pedestrians on the road stopped abruptly, the peddler who was peddling opened his mouth as if his jaw was dislocated, and could not make a sound, the scholar who was reciting poems in the teahouse widened his eyes, and all his eyes were turned to the border crossing in a hurry Chuanqi, everyone pricked up their ears.

Then they heard another shout: "Lushun great victory!"

Chongzhen was sitting on the dragon chair, dealing with troublesome things.His biggest worries are three piles, rogue bandits, Jingxiang rebels and Lushun war.

After Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng were transferred to Lushun one after another, loopholes began to appear in the originally iron-clad defense line, and the invasion of the Central Plains intensified.The Jingxiang rebels became more fierce. After capturing Jingzhou and Suizhou, they went down the river, advancing by land and water. After a month-long fierce battle, they took down the three towns of Wuhan. So far, most of the Jianghan Plain has fallen into their hands. , Jiangxi, Anhui, and Sichuan are all under serious threat!The most terrible thing is that the victory of the Jingxiang rebels encouraged the refugees and grassroots scattered in Jiangxi, Anhui, Huguang and even Fujian.They were not as powerful as the Jingxiang rebels, but they were enough to cause the officers and soldiers to burn out. For a while, Huguang, Sichuan, Anhui, and Jiangxi were surrounded by smoke and fire, and the rebels' horseshoes resounded among the poor mountains and rivers.Such a critical situation shocked the government and the public, and more and more officials demanded to withdraw the elite troops from the front line of Lushun to deal with the Huguang rebellion, otherwise they would not be able to do it!Even the relatives of the emperor who have always been indifferent to military and state affairs panicked. The Jingxiang rebels are too terrifying. Not only can they take down any great city, but they can also govern the region!Yes, they really govern the place!They are not like rogues, who raided a land and looted it all, and then dragged the common people who had been robbed of their living food to the next target. The ledgers of the local tyrants and evil gentry distribute the fields, livestock, farm tools, and seeds to the common people, let them elect talented people to serve as township officials, organize production, set up private schools to provide free education for their children, and even provide the common people with the money they got from Nanyang. The seeds of pepper, potato, flax, and upland cotton economic crops, and teach the common people some techniques that can increase production and income, such as using some plants to make insecticides to kill insects, using animal manure and dried weeds to make biogas fertilizer, etc. wait.These measures easily won the hearts of the people. When they heard that they were going to recruit soldiers, every family had a half-grown boy who sent them to the barracks with drums and gongs.This situation made the gentry and scholar-bureaucrats of the entire Ming Dynasty horrified, and it was simply cutting their roots!Many ministers were crying and shouting that they should leave Lushun alone, and even leave the rogues alone, and quickly concentrate on destroying the Jingxiang rebels, otherwise Daming would surely be doomed!

Chongzhen was also secretly alarmed. The Jingxiang rebels made a big fuss. They knocked down the three towns of Wuhan in twos and twos. Now the south has been involved in the rebellion. How many local tyrants and evil gentry were hung on the treetops, and the whole south was thrown into chaos!The most frightening thing was that the Jingxiang rebels were still not satisfied after taking down the three towns in Wuhan. While sweeping up the remnants of Hubei gentry, they marched towards Hunan. Judging by their posture, they were going to rush all the way to Guangzhou!Although he also hoped that the Jingxiang rebels could help sweep away the Huguang Jinshen Group, and then Yang Menglong would go to pick persimmons, flex his muscles in this land where there were no longer so many conflicts of interest, and bring enough money to the Ming treasury. Food and money, but he was still terrified when he saw the Jingxiang rebels rampaging, and there were so many followers as soon as they climbed up. Once this snowball got out of control and rolled towards Beijing, what should he do?

"When Yang Qing's family and Lu Qing's family repel Jiannu, I will order them to return to the army and wipe out the Jingxiang rebels!" The big boss promised, slapping his chest.

But this guarantee is unsatisfactory.Huguang is Daming's granary, and now someone has set it on fire, which may engulf half of the country in the flames. How can they rest assured?The officials strongly suggested that the troops should be withdrawn immediately, and the Jingxiang rebels should be dealt with first, otherwise it would be over!Just as they were arguing, Cao Huachun, the eunuch on duty, hurried in, walked up to the golden steps, knelt down, and called, "Your Majesty, Wu Yong and Cao Huan, the supervisors of the Heluo New Army and Tianxiong Army, are back!"

The ministers fell silent for a moment, and they remembered that just yesterday, that daring guy Yang Menglong led the Ming army out of the city to fight Hou Jin in a decisive battle, and the outcome is still unknown!Chongzhen almost stood up, and hurriedly called: "They are back? How is the fight in Lushun? Hurry up, let them come in!"

Cao Huachun responded and went down.Soon, Wu Yong and Cao Huan rushed in, rushed in front of the golden steps, hissed and howled: "Your Majesty, great...great victory, great victory!"

Chongzhen stood up abruptly, his lips trembling slightly: "Great...great victory? In other words, we won!?"

Wu Yong hissed: "Win, win!"

Cao Huan was so excited that his facial muscles trembled: "Not only did we win the battle, but we also beat Jiannu terribly! In this battle, our army defeated Jiannu in Erwangtun with fewer troops and beheaded more than [-] ranks. Killed two Baylor slave chieftains, and captured more than [-] people! Your Majesty, a great victory!"

Chaotang exploded with a bang, and Wen Tiren, who kept smiling and closed his eyes to rest his mind, stared at them as big as he could, unable to speak: "How much...how much? How much beheaded?"

The two dead eunuchs said in unison: "Behead more than 3000 people, take [-] prisoners alive, and behead two Baylor Jiannu!"

Wen Tiren cried out, "Just kidding!"

Hou Xun said: "Yes, it is unbelievable to behead more than [-] people!"

Sun Chengzong frowned, and cast his gaze over. Obviously, the old man didn't really believe in such an exaggerated record.

Chongzhen's complexion changed several times, but finally he regained his composure.Although he was very excited when he heard that he had beheaded more than [-] levels, after all, he had been fooled a lot and was not so easy to be fooled. The devil knows if he is falsely reporting his military exploits.He asked, "Is there a memorial?"

Cao Huan said, "Yes, yes!" He took out the memorial and presented it with both hands.He submitted two memorials, one written by himself and the other by Lu Xiangsheng.There was only one copy of the memorial submitted by Wu Yong, and Yang Menglong was too lazy to write it, so he did it for him.Chongzhen first opened Lu Xiangsheng's memorial, read it ten lines at a glance, and then turned around to read it sentence by sentence, still not quite believing his eyes, so after reading it, he read it word by word.Lu Xiangsheng didn't add oil and vinegar, but the strong smell of blood between the lines still shocked the young emperor.After reading it, he picked up Cao Huan's memorial to read again. This man gave full play to his imagination. What Yang Menglong personally charged forward and killed dozens of people, and what Lu Xiang promoted his cavalry to charge more than ten formations in a row. They are all flesh and blood, written with nose and eyes. When he saw Yang Menglong pick Yuetuo off the horse, then lifted him up and forced him to kneel down, and chopped off his head with a knife, Chongzhen's facial muscles trembled so badly that his eyes were blindfolded. There was a layer of blood; when he saw Lu Xiangsheng stabbing Du Du to death with a spear, and leading the Ming army's iron cavalry to break through the golden cavalry phalanx, his face was red to the neck, and he swept the memorial far away with a sweep of his big hand. Let out a loud roar: "Good kill, good kill! I finally got angry on my behalf, hahaha..." Speaking of excitement, this man who has never had a real smile on his face since he ascended the throne The emperor jumped up and laughed loudly, his expression was a bit crazy.

The officials looked at each other in amazement, and Sun Chengzong, who was close to him, picked up a good report and scanned it again. His face also changed drastically, and he stood up excitedly, but his body was staggering and unable to support himself, so he sat back, crying , murmured: "Win, win! The tens of thousands of soldiers who died in the battle by the Daling River can finally rest in peace!"

Wen Tiren also grabbed a copy, and after reading it at a glance, his expression was unpredictable, and finally turned into a sigh.Winning, that guy who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth actually won, and he beat Jian Nu so badly!He doesn't need to count the heads one by one in person, he knows that the Ming army really won a big victory in this battle, because false reporting of military exploits is a skill, if you want to add water to the record, no one will put beheading and The number of captives is written so clearly, there are wholes and parts, and he only needs to look at the number of beheads and captives to know that that kid really led the Ming army and won a big victory that he hasn't seen in decades!
That guy, could it be that Wu Qi was reincarnated and Huo Qubing was reincarnated? He was so good at fighting!
At the same time he was in doubt, he also felt a little relieved. This time, Jianu was really beaten to the bone. It should be a few years, right?He, the chief assistant, can also relax a bit.However, this thought flashed by, and a sense of crisis enveloped him like a dark cloud in June.He has not forgotten that Yang Menglong is not only victorious in all battles, but also a master of farming and business. How can such a character be willing to be inferior to others?Now he has won an unprecedented victory. This victory will push him to the peak of his prestige. It is unbelievable to say, but, in a few years at most, that rebellious young man is really qualified to aspire to the throne of chief assistant up!

Can't let him continue to win!

(End of this chapter)