The cavalry headquarters of Zhang Cheng's department followed Lu Xiangsheng for more than 200 miles. Fortunately, his subordinates were all cavalry, and during the battles of Mafang and Shiqiao, they captured a lot of carts and mules. Even if Shiqiao
Most of the captured mules and horses were distributed to Liang Song's infantry, and he had enough for himself.
But Xuanda and other generals in Shanxi were not so relaxed. They did not have many mules and horses, and they did not receive sufficient supplies of food and grass. Especially their infantry, which was fine at the beginning, but could not keep up later.
The pace of the army has increased.
Lu Xiangsheng announced that the main force of the army had only rested for one night in Yizhou, and then hurriedly set off again in the snow.
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Just when Lu Xiangsheng led his army to fight in Jinan, chasing the Qing army all the way.
Emperor Chongzhen was troubled by the Qing army's ruthless cavalry that was ravaging various parts of Jinan. The Qing army divided its forces and raided the south, attacking several cities in succession. The people were suffering and their lives were in ruins.
Whenever he read about the fall of cities in various places into the hands of slaves and thieves, his heart would twist like a knife, but he did not know the actual situation on the battlefield. Lu Xiangsheng led his Xuan army to pursue the captives all the way for several days, and fought with them many times.
The captives and cavalry behind the palace engaged in battle, and dozens of heads of slaves and thieves were captured.
However, these deeds and military achievements were suppressed by Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang. Not only that, the two of them colluded with Chen Xinjia, and attributed the fact that they were repeatedly defeated by the Qing army's cavalry to Lu Xiangsheng's support.
Failure to save them resulted in the cavalry running rampant and frequently breaking into the city and looting.
On this day, Emperor Chongzhen received a document from Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was responsible for the rituals. He was afraid that the Qing army would attack another city, so he asked suspiciously: "What document?"
"Your Majesty, this is a memorial written by the great scholar Liu Yuliang. It was just sent to the supervising room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Because of the intrusion of the captive cavalry and the corruption of the Jifu, he begged the Lord to send him to supervise the reinforcements in the towns."
When Chongzhen heard about this, he was suddenly overjoyed and said happily: "What? He is going to supervise the reinforcements in the towns?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Chongzhen picked up Liu Yuliang's memorial and read it carefully.
The memorial was written passionately and generously, and was filled with the passion of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. Emperor Chongzhen was deeply moved. As he read it, he kept smiling and nodding, with tears flashing in his eyes.
He secretly said in his heart: "It's rare! It's really rare!"
After reading Liu Yuliang's memorial, Chongzhen had already made a major decision. He decisively ordered: "Go, pass the decree, and send Liu Yuliang to replace Lu Xiangsheng as governor of the world's Qinwang soldiers and horses."
"Where's Lu Xiangsheng?"
Wang Chengen was surprised at first when he heard this, and then asked timidly.
"Let him come to Beijing to listen to the survey!"
Wang Chengen's heart skipped a beat and he secretly glanced at Chongzhen's face.
He knew that Emperor Chongzhen made such a decision because he mistakenly believed the lies told by Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang and was unaware of all Lu Xiangsheng's efforts on the front line.
But so what?
He did not dare to say a word in front of the emperor, so he could only follow the emperor's instructions and go out to draft the decree. He had just reached the gate of Qianqing Palace when Emperor Chongzhen called him back.
Unable to wait for the Chief of Ceremonies to draft an edict on his behalf, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a pen like a wolf-hair pen and quickly wrote an edict:
"The first assistant, Liu Yuliang, sparsely invited the governor, and his words were generous and commendable. After the assistant minister went to the front of the Baoding army, he was the governor of all the towns, and he took the opportunity to attack the rebels, expel the rebels, and quickly performed his skills to stabilize the country.
When Lu Xiangsheng was too afraid to move forward, which was really deplorable, he immediately resigned from all his posts and came to Beijing to listen to the survey. I admire this!
After Emperor Chongzhen finished writing the edict, he read it carefully again, then put down the ink pen in his hand, glanced at Wang Chengen, and then began to read other documents.
Wang Chengen stepped forward, picked up the edict that Chongzhen had just written, and respectfully exited the Qianqing Palace.
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that the bachelor Liu Yuliang was not a qualified commander, but he was already very dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng's performance on the front line.
He was now eager to change the military situation in Jifu. Since Liu Yuliang asked himself to supervise the reinforcements in various towns, he decided this important issue very hastily.
Emperor Chongzhen has always been a smart and self-reliant person, so no matter how stupid the decisions he made, in his own opinion, he still thought that he was wise and decisive in dealing with matters.
At this time, he was thinking in his heart: "I hope Liu Yuliang can be stronger than Lu Xiangsheng and can change Jifu's current situation!"
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Throughout the morning, Emperor Chongzhen did not leave the Qianqing Palace.
He had been reviewing various memorials that made him more troubled. Whenever he felt sleepy, he would ask the eunuch Wang Chengen who was waiting on the side to read the memorials or newspapers to him.
Near noon, the Supervisor of Rites sent another memorial to impeach the cabinet minister Yang Sichang. When Emperor Chongzhen saw that it was from Yang Tinglin, editor of the Hanlin Academy and lecturer of the East Palace, he could not help but frown and thought to himself: "This bearded Yang What is Hanlin talking about?"
He couldn't help but remember that at a court meeting ten days ago, it was this Yang Tinglin who went out to kneel and recited: "Nowadays, the captive troops are deeply entrenched, and Jifu is corrupted. Reinforcements from all walks of life have gathered, and most of them are waiting and watching. In fact, because of the rumors in the capital, I don't know. The imperial court wants peace and war..."
Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for him to finish his words, and asked sharply: "Which one wants peace?"
Yang Tinglin replied: "Everyone is talking about it outside."
Chongzhen said angrily: "Since it is an outside discussion and not the intention of the court, why do you need to ask more questions!"
He originally thought that with such stern words, Yang Tinglin would not dare to continue talking.
However, he did not expect that Yang Tinglin would not give up and still said loudly:
"The courtiers have already heard about the peace negotiation. Although His Majesty said that the peace negotiation was not the intention of the court, there are many rumors from outside, and there must be a reason. All the land in Manchuria is owned by the ancestors.
According to historical records, the Manchus were originally descendants of the Jurchen Miao. They were called Sushen in the Zhou Dynasty, Julou in the Han and Wei Dynasties, Wuji in the later Wei Dynasty, Han Fu in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Heishui Mohe were later called the Jurchens.
Therefore, since the Zhou Dynasty, the Jurchens have been one of the tribes in China, and even Nurhachi was granted the title of this dynasty and became the border guard of this dynasty.
China has been a unified world since ancient times, and there is absolutely no reason to pay money to the tribes to seek peace. If there is indeed a matter of negotiating peace, then the great Ming Dynasty will be established. The world that the two ancestors worked hard to create will not be the continuation of the Zhao family? "
Yang Tinglin's rebellious words made Emperor Chongzhen very angry and at the same time felt slightly ashamed.
He couldn't punish the courtiers on this issue, so after a moment of silence, he had no choice but to say: "Now that the enemy troops are in depth, all my subjects should share the same hatred with the enemy and fight to defend the country. The proposal was based on rumors. There is no need to say more. You go down. Bar."
After Emperor Chongzhen said these words, he hurriedly retreated from the court and hurriedly took the imperial chariot back to the palace.
Now, even though it had been more than ten days, Yang Tinglin's stubborn look when he knelt in front of him still clearly appeared in front of his eyes.