As Qi Bin's new army took the lead in entering the Weishui River to join the battle, the Ming armies from all walks of life quickly responded and rushed to the Weishui River battlefield with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
"Beat the drowned dog" was originally the favorite thing and the best thing for the Ming army soldiers. The Junggar army is at the end of its rope, and the situation of fish and meat is a great opportunity for the Ming army to "make contributions" and "defend the country". Everyone
They are all scrambling to be the first and swarming up.
At this time, on the Wei River, there were more than 10,000 enemy heads, all of which were awarded for military merit. Driven by profit, the military was naturally motivated!
In fact, even the Ming army on the left defense line, which had been completely defeated by the Junggar cavalry, now forgot about their recent defeat and poured into the Weihe battlefield unwilling to lag behind, charging forward one by one.
Even the new military army, which Zhao Junchen had always placed high hopes on, was inevitably affected at this time.
However, the rare "coordinated efforts" and "brave killing of the enemy" by various Ming armies had the opposite effect on the battlefield situation.
The shallow water area of the Wei River, which was just over ten miles away, was quickly crowded with soldiers from all armies. However, the overcrowded environment prevented the Ming army from exerting its strength advantage, and the battlefield situation gradually fell into chaos!
Before the various Ming armies rushed into the battlefield, the Mongolian right-wing cavalry and Qi Bin's new army were able to maintain the most basic discipline and formation during the battle. The Junggar cavalry was already in danger under the attack of the two armies, but the various Ming armies
After swarming into the battlefield, they went on a rampage and quickly disrupted the formation and coordination of the Mongolian right wing and Qi Bin's new army. On the contrary, it allowed the Junggar cavalry to gain some breathing space, and they were quite "pig teammates".
suspicion.
Moreover, after many Ming troops entered the battlefield, they intentionally or unintentionally attacked the Mongolian right-wing cavalry, which had become "friendly forces" for the time being. They probably wanted to use the heads of the Mongolian right-wing cavalry to replace the heads of the Junggar cavalry in exchange for military merit.
As for trampling, pushing, and fighting over people's heads, it also happened frequently.
Fortunately, the Ming army already had the upper hand, and the Junggar cavalry could not escape. Even if there was some chaos in the battle, it only delayed the final victory.
Otherwise, if the battlefield situation suddenly falls into such chaos, the Junggar cavalry may find a chance to turn defeat into victory, and Zhao Junchen's various plans and painstaking layouts will be in vain.
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At the same time, inside the central camp of the Ming Army, on a high platform.
Seeing that the victory was determined, and under the congratulations of all the officials, Zhao Junchen was in a great mood, and he was already secretly thinking about his future plans in his mind - how to use this victory to gain the greatest benefits? De
How should Emperor Qing respond if he is afraid? How should the border defense strategy of Shaanxi and Gansu be arranged in the future?
When Zhao Junchen came back to his senses, he finally noticed the chaotic scene of the battlefield, and most of his original comfortable mood was suddenly destroyed.
These Ming troops, if we say they are useless, have fought several victorious battles in succession under the command of Zhao Junchen these days. However, if we say how good their performance is, they will always have troubles at critical moments, which is quite disturbing.
It's disappointing.
After all, Fang Zhenshan was a military attache, and he also noticed the signs of chaos on the battlefield. Seeing Zhao Junchen suddenly frowning, he quickly asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, the soldiers from all walks of life on the battlefield gathered on the Weihe battlefield, but there is a lack of command and control.
Cooperation is really a bit confusing, do you think we should pass down a military order to restrain it?"
Zhao Junchen nodded solemnly and said: "Immediately send out fast horses to the battlefield of Weishui River to convey the military orders of this imperial envoy to all the soldiers. I strictly ordered all armies to gather their troops and enforce military discipline. They must not trample on each other and engage in internal strife. After the war, they are not allowed to kill prisoners at will.
Not to mention taking the opportunity to attack the Mongolian right-wing army. Whether it is the Dzungarian prisoners or the Mongolian right-wing cavalry, my imperial envoy will keep their lives for future use... Forget it, there is no need to send a messenger! Commander Fang, it is up to you to deliver the message in person.
Military order, this imperial commission gives you the power to make decisions on the fly. If someone still acts arbitrarily after receiving the military order, it is up to you to deal with it yourself. The matter is very important, so you must be severely punished!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Upon hearing Zhao Junchen's deep command, Fang Zhenshan quickly agreed and then turned and left.
However, both Zhao Junchen and Fang Zhenshan knew that this military order was just for personnel matters. The Ming troops on the battlefield would probably not obey the military order. Even if Zhao Junchen had established a very high prestige in the army, this
Talking sometimes may not work.
The advantage lies in the edge of the mountain and the depth of the source, and there is no fear - Guanzi made this clear more than 2,000 years ago.
Now, the defeat of Junggar has been determined. The battlefield of Wei River is full of Tatar heads that can be exchanged for military merit and silver rewards. It is obviously a benefit that is easily available. It is too late to rob them. How can Zhao Junchen stop it with a military order?
Since he came to this world, Zhao Junchen has always been motivated by profit whether he recruits or employs people. It is precisely because of the profit-seeking nature of human beings that Zhao Junchen's power and influence will become greater and greater. If Zhao Junchen is allowed to
On the contrary, he always forces his subordinates to give up their immediate benefits, fearing that they will collapse long ago.
Zhao Junchen's military prestige is gradually increasing, but he can only let the soldiers work hard for him. If he wants the soldiers to give up their interests, it will be difficult to achieve results.
Things in the world are always like this - it is easy to make people work for you, it only requires some means to make people work hard, but it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to make people give up their interests.
After all, Zhao Junchen is only a man, not a god, and he is not even a qualified military strategist. The profit-driven methods he is good at, such as deceiving people's hearts, can only be used to boost the morale of the army and enhance the fighting spirit of the soldiers, but they are absolutely impossible to defeat the enemy.
In a short period of time, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army, which had been corrupted for a long time, became strict and strict in their military discipline.
Therefore, it is natural that the war situation in front of us is chaotic.
From a certain point of view, this situation can be regarded as Zhao Junchen shooting himself in the foot. If Zhao Junchen had not set extremely high standards for military merit awards when boosting morale before the war, the soldiers would not be like this at this time.
So impulsive.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen shook his head slightly helplessly.
On the other side, after seeing the change in Zhao Junchen's expression, the civil servants present exchanged glances with each other. They usually have different positions and often have specific opinions, but at this time, their performance was surprisingly tacit.
Wu Qifan, the prefect of Xi'an, looked angry and said: "According to the imperial envoy's pre-war plan, Qi Bin's new army and the Mongolian right wing should be responsible for the main attack at this time. However, in order to grab credit, the various armies attacked indiscriminately.
, and even trampled on each other, fought with each other, and attacked friendly forces, which completely violated the imperial envoy's express orders, and caused the current chaos on the battlefield. The originally stable victory situation also suffered setbacks. If the Junggar army took the opportunity to reverse the situation,
What should we do about the war situation?"
As soon as Wu Qifan finished speaking, Zhou Bo also said solemnly: "Yes! According to my opinion, the victory of this battle is all due to your command and strategy, the imperial envoy. Otherwise, the border army will have been corrupted for a long time, and the reinforcements of the forbidden army will also be long-term."
Without a war, who would be the opponent of the Mongolian coalition? If it weren't for the imperial envoy sent from heaven, I am afraid that three parties would have been in trouble, and the city and the land would have been lost! Now that we have won a great victory that has not been seen in a century, it is certainly a heavenly thing.
This is a great thing, but I am a little worried in my heart. What if the soldiers and generals of the border army become arrogant and disobedient to control after this great victory? Of course, your Majesty, you can suppress them here.
But you will have to return to the capital sooner or later, and then we civil servants will probably suffer!"
As Wu Qifan and Zhou Bo took the lead in expressing their stance, all the civil servants hurriedly agreed.
"Yes, looking at today's situation, your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy, is clearly still in the Chinese army, but the various armies are already showing signs of disobeying military orders. When you, the Imperial Envoy, leave the three sides and return to the capital, what will happen to the armies on the three sides?
Can it be cured? Such signs have great impact and hidden dangers! We have to guard against it!"
"The armies of the three sides were defeated repeatedly in the past, and their military discipline was already corrupt. They listened to orders but not propaganda. Now that they have won the battle, they must have become more arrogant. Then the people on the three sides will only suffer!"
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, I believe that although the chaos on the battlefield in front of us does not affect the victory or defeat, it is by no means a trivial matter. We also hope that we must pay attention to this matter and severely punish those generals and military attachés who violate military orders. Small punishments and big warnings can be used.
There is long-lasting peace!"
Civil servants are always like this, whether they are small-minded or take precautions before they happen, they are naturally wary of the power of military attachés and will always seize every opportunity to suppress the power of the army. If the battle is unfavorable, they will despise the military attachés for their incompetence, but if it is a war
If everything goes well, they will worry that the military attachés will take advantage of the situation and become powerful.
Especially now, with Fang Zhenshan leaving, most of the officials who remain with Zhao Junchen are from civil service backgrounds, and the few remaining military attachés are also of lower rank and have no influence. This is a great benefit for civilian officials.
Chance.
What's more, if they can take the opportunity to persuade Zhao Junchen, while Zhao Junchen takes action to suppress the military attachés, the civilian officials may also receive more merit.
In short, seeing that a great victory is about to come, not only the Ming armies from all walks of life are competing for credit on the battlefield, but also the civil servants who stay behind are unwilling to be lonely. Before, there was an atmosphere of concerted efforts and unity, but now it is no longer
It can no longer be seen.
Zhao Junchen was also very aware of the mentality of the civil servants, so he naturally ignored them and just quietly observed the changes in the battlefield situation.
As Fang Zhenshan rushed to the Wei River battlefield to supervise the battle, conveyed Zhao Junchen's military orders, and punished several military attaches who did not obey the orders, some results were finally produced, and the Ming armies became a little more honest. Although
It is said that the armies are still unwilling to retreat from the battlefield, but at least they no longer dare to blatantly compete with each other. The number of attacks on the Mongolian right-wing cavalry has also decreased a lot. The battlefield situation is still a bit chaotic, but it has returned to the control of the Ming army.
among.
Seeing such changes in the situation, especially after noticing that the Ming armies no longer attacked the Mongolian right-wing cavalry, Zhao Junchen breathed a sigh of relief.
He was really worried that the Mongolian right-wing cavalry would become angry under the constant harassment from various Ming armies, and would eventually turn against the enemy and attack the Ming army. Then things would change again.
Then, Zhao Junchen finally replied to the comments of the civil servants, but shook his head and said: "As you said, this imperial envoy will return to Beijing soon. There are still a lot of important government affairs waiting to be handled at the temple center. By then,
I'm afraid it will be difficult to take care of the three sides... But you don't have to worry too much. In the future, Liang Ge will still be in charge of the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, and the court will be in charge of the overall situation. There must be no big problems... The armies today
Although there were some suspicions of disobeying military orders on the battlefield, it fortunately did not hinder the victory. The soldiers had been fighting extremely hard during this period of time, with many casualties, and their performance was much better than expected. On the occasion of this great victory
At that time, if we punished them for such a trivial matter, there might be a risk of mutiny in the army, so we should not bring up such a topic again."
Hearing Zhao Junchen's answer, all the civil servants were a little unwilling. In fact, Zhao Junchen's statement was difficult to convince them.
Although Liang Fuchen had some prestige among the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu in the past, now that the three sides' armies are completely dedicated to Zhao Junchen, Liang Fuchen's former prestige has disappeared, and it may be difficult to control these victorious soldiers in a short time.
However, before the civil officials could speak again to persuade them, Zhao Junchen said again: "It has been more than an hour since this war began, and I have been standing here watching the changes in the battle situation for more than an hour.
I'm really tired. Now that the overall situation has been decided, the final victory is only a matter of time. We don't have to brave the autumn wind here anymore. Let's go back to the commander's tent and wait for the final victory news... I have been working hard during this period.
There were too many, and my physical condition was not good, so I couldn’t bear it anymore!
...In addition, it is somewhat unreasonable for the various armies to take the opportunity to attack the Mongolian right-wing cavalry, which has become a friendly force, on the battlefield this time. After the war is over, Qigmu from the Mongolian right-wing will definitely question and accuse me.
There will inevitably be some wrangling, and in addition to dealing with post-war matters, you also need to have enough energy beforehand..."
After saying that, Zhao Junchen took the lead and turned around and got off the high platform and walked towards the commander's tent in the camp, but he no longer gave the civil officials a chance to speak.
In fact, although the thoughts of Wu Qifan, Zhou Bo and others are suspected of burning bridges, they are not unreasonable. The military discipline of the frontier soldiers has been corrupted for a long time, and their usual style is similar to that of ruthless bandits. In the future, they will become more and more successful with military merit.
Arrogance is difficult to control.
But this situation is beneficial to Zhao Junchen. Only when the border army officers are arrogant and uncontrollable can Zhao Junchen's influence on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu be continued. Once Liang Fuchen is unable to calm down the situation, civil and military officials will have conflicts.
Zhao Junchen needs to come forward to solve the problem. In this case, Liang Fuchen will continue to owe Zhao Junchen's favor. At the same time, it can also delay Liang Fuchen from returning to Beijing to assist Emperor Deqing, but it is a situation where he kills three birds with one stone.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen naturally ignored the concerns of the civilian officials, not to mention that the concerns raised by the civilian officials at this time were largely just to compete with the military attaches for merit.
On the other side, seeing Zhao Junchen's performance, all the civil servants were a little helpless, but they did not dare to mention this matter again to dampen Zhao Junchen's mood, so they had to follow Zhao Junchen back to the commander's tent.
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In fact, Zhao Junchen did not lie. Since the war started, he stood on a high platform and watched the development of the war. He stood there for nearly two hours and was blown by the northwest wind for nearly two hours. During this time, he was originally
His physical condition was not good. Seeing that the victory was determined, his mood was no longer as nervous as before, but he found that his body could no longer bear it.
After returning to the commander's tent, Zhao Junchen first drank a cup of ginger tea, which finally made his body warmer. Then he closed his eyes and rested, waiting for the final result of the battle.
When the civil servants saw that Zhao Junchen looked tired, they did not dare to disturb him, and also waited quietly.
While waiting, Zhao Junchen's brain was not idle. It was still spinning rapidly, thinking about many follow-up questions.
"Tonight, I will send someone to inform Xu Qingyan that Liang Fuchen can be released. Liang Fuchen has a good mind and will definitely suspect that his kidnapping has something to do with me. Therefore, this matter must be handled cleanly and Liang Fuchen must not be allowed to
Get any handle..."
"After this war is over, I will be at my strongest and most prestigious. I will definitely take advantage of the situation to summon the governors and generals from all over the country to meet with them. Not only will I take advantage of the opportunity to establish my authority, but I will also take advantage of the opportunity to use them for my own purposes...
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"Before this battle, I never thought that the final victory would be so glorious, so the military merit rewards set before the war seemed a bit high. The military merit rewards given to the soldiers must be a large amount. Just rely on
I don’t know if it is enough to search the Wang family’s property, but we also need to think of some ways..."
"There is also the matter of conquering the Hetao Plain. We must hurry up and arrange it... If Bagan can be captured alive, we can use it..."
"In addition, the handling of Qi Bin's new army also needs to be cautious. I have been deliberately suppressing them and not allowing this army to gain too much military glory. However, this army has good combat capabilities. Sooner or later, they will be reused in the future. However, although I have always
Infiltrated in secret, but Qi Bin still left too many imprints, and Liang Fuchen behind Qi Bin..."
"The trends in the center of the capital..."
"How should we operate the battle report..."
Perhaps because he was about to win a big victory, Zhao Junchen's body was still tired, but his brain was exceptionally clear and sharp, and he quickly sorted out all the issues.
Just as Zhao Junchen was thinking deeply, time passed very quickly, and soon it was already half an hour later.
As the noise and cheers outside the commander's tent gradually grew louder, Zhao Junchen slowly opened his eyes.
He knew that this war must have a final outcome.
Sure enough, after another cup of tea, Zhao Dali quickly entered the commander's tent, his face full of excitement and joy, knelt in front of Zhao Junchen and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the Weishui War is over! The Junggar Army
Either killed or captured, no one escapes, our army is victorious! Our army is victorious!"