Chapter 630 The joy and sorrow of Emperor Chongzhen
Chapter 630 The joy and sorrow of Emperor Chongzhen
Closer, closer, he could already see the pale face of the Jurchen general. At this time, Zhao Zhijiao was already sure that he had found the right person, because many Jurchens gathered around that person. Capture the thief first, capture the king, forever.
Unbreakable words of wisdom.
Two more Jurchen light cavalry came over to strangle them together. Zhao led his disciples with anger and slashed the two Jurchens off their horses with his sword. The bravery of Zhao led his teachings shocked the world and made the ghosts and gods cry. Fei Guyang finally
Panicked, he raised his left hand, trying to turn the horse's head, "Stop him, stop him, stop this madman..."
Fei Guyang was really panicked. If he calmed down at this time, let all the Jurchen soldiers disperse, and used bows and arrows to deal with Zhao Lijiao, he would definitely kill Zhao Lijiao on the spot and achieve a miraculous feat. But under fear,
His mind went blank, and he was only thinking about how to survive. He fought his way out of the crowd, and a knife passed between them. Fei Guyang only felt a sharp pain in his back, and then he was hit by a fierce force on his chest.
The pain seemed to burn through his heart.
Uh...a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the silver gun fell off the horse. After Fei Guyang galloped for more than ten feet, it fell on the yellow soil. Fei Guyang died, and the dignified and famous commander of the Yellow Flag was like this.
Fei Guyang's death shocked everyone's heart. The morale of the Jurchen cavalry was greatly reduced, but the soldiers of Liaodong County were so powerful that the killing sound was loud. After an hour of the battle, the Jurchens withdrew.
, and the Liaodong soldiers and horses also suffered heavy losses. The Jurchens retreated because the main general was dead. When they regrouped, the next attack would become more fierce.
Zhao Shujiao relied on an infantry-based military formation to repulse the arrogant Zhenghuang Banner cavalry. Who would have thought? This is an unimaginable miracle, but Zhao Shujiao did it. Zuo Liangyu's face was solemn, his eyes were
He was full of energy and didn't know what he was thinking about.
"Huang Qi, what are you waiting for? Send people to guard the north, and you must pin Abatai's people to the north!" Zuo Liangyu pulled out his saber. He was originally thinking of escaping south. Now this
The situation did not allow them to retreat. If anyone dared to retreat, Zuo Liangyu would chop that person to death without Zhao Lijiao taking action.
Facing Zuo Liangyu's general order, Huang Qi could not say anything and could only accept the order and leave. Waiting for Huang Qi to leave, Zuo Liangyu sent 6,000 people to replace Zhao's troops in guarding the defense area, while the others went to Zhao.
March north and occupy Shimen Fort.
At the beginning of the end of the year, the news of Feguyang's death reached the rear. After hearing the news, Abatai's first reaction was disbelief, and then he became furious. The hateful Han people really deserved to be killed.
Under a bluestone wall, Zhao Shujiao was lazily leaning against the wall. The King of Qin sword was lying on his lap, holding a kettle in his hand. He was too tired. He was exhausted after a fight, even in the Wuzhou War.
, I have never been so unsure.
Tap tap... tap tap... A flurry of footsteps sounded. Wang Kaiyue's helmet was tilted and he ran over in a panic. At this time, his face was covered in blood, and his true face could not be seen, only the corners of his mouth were grinning.
, it can also be seen that he is smiling. Seeing Wang Kaiyue's expression, Zhao Shujiao also smiled. Wang Kaiyue has always been steady, but when he shows this kind of expression, there is probably something good going on.
"General Zhao... General Zhao... Wu Sangui sent an urgent report. At the beginning of yesterday, Panshan City was captured!"
Huh, got it down? Zhao Shujiao stood up suddenly, without concealing the joy on his face. What a Wu Sangui, he really lived up to expectations. Haha, after winding up the mountain, who would want to tangle with Abate? He ran away in a panic.
Ten miles away, I found Zuo Liangyu in the crowd. Seeing Zuo Liangyu, Zhao Shujiao punched Zuo Liangyu on the shoulder and laughed, "General Zuo, retreat, ha... Wu Sangui has already captured Panshan."
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Buzz, Zuo Liangyu opened his mouth, and his head felt like it exploded. Did you take it down? He didn't believe it, and couldn't help but ask again, "General Zhao, is it true? Really?"
"General Zuo, you heard it right, it's true... Wu Sangui captured the entire Panshan City at midnight last night, so the casualties we paid were worth it. Now, let the brothers withdraw!"
Zuo Liangyu's hands were trembling. He was happy, but what came out of his eyes were tears. Is this a dream? Haha... After a long time, Zuo Liangyu laughed crazily. He was like a child.
They were dancing and running all over the camp, but the tears paired with the ferocious scarred face were a bit nondescript, even a bit scary.
"Brothers, evacuate... Panshan City has been captured by us... We have taken back Panshan City..."
All the Ming soldiers had smiles on their faces. At this moment, their morale was high. Their morale, which had been weakened by heavy casualties, was rising again. Just when Zhao Lijiao and Zuo Liangyu led the army to rest, the Jurchens did not show any signs of it.
There was no intention to pursue, because at this time they received the shocking news that Panshan had been conquered by the Han people, and the thousands of elite soldiers guarding Panshan City were wiped out.
Abatai has always wondered why the always shrewd Zhao led the church to attack the Daling River line without any plan. Now that he understands Zhao led the church, it is already too late. Should he pursue those Han people? Even if he catches up, what's the point?
use?
There are conspiracies and conspiracies in the world, and all conspiracies have flaws. As long as it is a conspiracy, there must be a way to break it. But Sun Chengzong used conspiracy this time. Compared with conspiracy, conspiracy is more terrifying, because you know clearly that
It's a dangerous place, but you have to jump in. Just when you're starving and food appears in front of you, you will eat it even if you know it's poisonous. If you lose it, you have to take it back. There is no other choice.
Otherwise, we must quickly abandon the front line of the Daling River to avoid being cut off from supplies in the future and causing the exhausted army of nearly 100,000 to collapse.
At this time, Abatai had already thought about what Zhao would do next. He would definitely gather his troops and go north to cooperate with the Ming army in Panshan City to cut off the retreat of the Jurchen warriors. This is not difficult to predict, because the enemy who lost control of Panshan City
Under these circumstances, if Shenyang wants to rush to the front line of Daling River, it can only detour through the Horqin tribe, which is obviously unrealistic. Even if Dorgon sends troops to come, it will still be too late. What is a conspiracy? This is a conspiracy, even if you know it
The Han will take the opportunity to attack, but have to jump in, unless you give up the idea of taking back Panshan, but is that possible?
In the world's strategy, evil schemes are the most terrifying, and among the world's soldiers, an upright master is invincible.
In the face of all conspiracies and tricks, conspiracy cannot be solved. In the face of powerful power, all military strategies become pale and powerless. Abatai took a deep breath and immediately issued an order. He no longer defended Jinzhou and went directly to
Withdrawing from the north, Amin also took the lead in advancing. Now he hopes to rush to the north of Daling River before Zhao leads the army.
And what about Zhao Lingjiao? He had no time to enjoy too much praise at this time, so he parted ways with Zuo Liangyu. After a short rest, the army rushed north along the western bridge of the Daling River, marching very fast. That night, under Dorgon's order,
Duduo, who came to attack Zhenjiang Prefecture, also temporarily stopped his troops. Then Duduo sent his subordinate Aletang to Panshan. When he rushed to the hinterland of the hills east of Panshan, he was ambushed by Wang Kaiyue and Huang Qi's army. Because Panshan fell, the Jurchen soldiers were not ready.
The morale of the army was unstable. Now they were ambushed and could not break through for a long time. Gradually, morale fell to the bottom. Wu Sangui took the lead and picked off a Jurchen general. Wang Kaiyue followed up to kill him. In this battle, more than half of the more than 2,000 Jurchen soldiers were killed and more than 7,000 people were killed.
He was captured, and even Aldang, the deputy commander of the Zhengbai Banner, was captured alive by Wang Kaiyue.
On the first day of July in the sixth year of Chongzhen, the first day of the new month, Liaodong was once again shaken by a piece of news. Wu Sangui, the deputy commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, led an army to raid Panshan, conquered Panshan City in one battle, and wiped out more than 5,000 people in Panshan.
On the second day, they cooperated with the Liaodong army to set up an ambush east of Panshan and won a complete victory.
When the news spread to Daoguan and poured into the capital, it was already the third day of July. In the exquisite palace compound, Zhu Youjian looked at the urgent report in his hand with a heart that seemed to jump out of his chest.
In recent years, there has been very little good news in Liaodong, and a big victory is even more rare. Since the return of teacher Sun Chengzong to Liaodong, it has only been able to maintain a balance. This time the imperial court was empty because of the treasury.
Without the ability to send additional reinforcements, Liaodong actually won the battle, which was really unexpected.
Zhu Youjian was really happy, but then he became a little worried. The soldiers and horses of Liaodong won the battle, and they must be rewarded as usual, but the treasury couldn't take out any money, and there wasn't much internal money in stock. What should I do?
In desperation, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but think of Tie Mo. Now he could only ask Shanxi merchants to borrow money. If he wanted to find Shanxi merchants, he had to let Tie Mo open the door. Zhu Youjian also knew that doing so was unfair to Shanxi merchants.
, since he ascended the throne, especially after Tie Mo raised his eyebrows in northern Shanxi, Shanxi merchants have continued to donate blood to the imperial court. It can be said that it has not stopped every year. It is conservatively estimated that Shanxi merchants have donated no less than 30 million taels of silver and support materials to the imperial court in the past five years.
It is even more difficult to estimate, and the court returned only a few hundred thousand taels of silver.
At this point, even Zhu Youjian himself was a little embarrassed to speak, but he had no other choice. Everyone in the world envied the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, but only Zhu Youjian knew how difficult it was. He, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was extremely poor.
Xiang, he had to save money every year during the holidays. Zhu Youjian also thought about asking dignitaries from other places to donate, but at present, the only people in the Ming Dynasty who were willing to donate to the court were Shanxi merchants.
Half a year ago, Zhu Youjian sent people from Jinyiwei to Nanzhili to collect tax money and donations. As a result, Jinyiwei people visited Nanzhili for two months and finally brought back only 30,000 taels of silver. From then on, Zhu Youjian
The inspector completely understood that Jiangnan was not capable of using heavy swords, and he, the emperor, could not even hope to receive one tael of silver. The thirty thousand taels seemed more like a satire, and looked like a reward to a beggar.
Chongzhen wanted to rectify the situation, but it was not the right time at all. He would have to wait until Liaodong and the civil unrest were pacified before he could take action. Moreover, if he wanted to accomplish this, he would have to rely on the help of Shanxi merchants headed by Tie Mo.
Unknowingly, Zhu Youjian came to the West Palace, looked at the small courtyard in front of him, but could not move his feet. After all, the people in the courtyard were a little unable to face, the hot wind blew on his cheeks, and his temples were a little messy. Wang Chengen seemed to see what Chongzhen was thinking.
Hesitating, he coughed twice and whispered, "Is your Majesty here? Your Majesty is here to see you..."
There was nothing he could do now. Zhu Youjian looked at Wang Chengen and walked in. At this time, the door of the main room opened leisurely, and Zhang Yan hurriedly walked out, holding a frying spoon in her hand and no longer wearing any clothes on her body.
It's a luxurious palace dress, but an ordinary blue dress.
"I have met Your Majesty, why did you come at this time without giving any advance notice?"
Although his voice was still eager, the unfamiliarity between his brows was real and palpable. Zhu Youjian was filled with emotion, he gave a hand and forced a smile, "Sister-in-law, there is no need to be polite. I have free time today, so I decided to take a look at it on the spur of the moment."
Look at you, you’re too lazy to tell people about it. But, Sister-in-law, why are you dressed like this?"
"It makes Your Majesty laugh. Since I came to the West Palace, there are fewer busy people, but it is cleaner. If you are idle, it is boring. On weekdays, it is very interesting to learn to raise flowers and plants and cook by yourself. I just cooked two things today.
It’s a side dish, Your Majesty, why don’t you sit down and try it?”
"Haha, it's my wife's fault to get the wine!" Zhu Youjian didn't refuse at all. He followed Zhang Yan and walked into the house. Looking at the back of the beautiful lady in front of him, for some reason, he felt a trace of guilt in his heart. Could it be that the original decision was really true?
Wrong?
The furnishings in the room are very simple. There are two plates of side dishes on the table, spicy fried pork and a hot steamed rice. It is really ordinary and completely different from the food in the palace.
Zhu Youjian sat down to eat. During this period, he wanted to speak several times, but in the end it turned into small talk. However, Zhang Yan was attentive and asked softly: "Your Majesty, you are looking for me today, but what business do you have?"
"This...then I won't hide it from the emperor's sister-in-law." Putting down the bowls and chopsticks, Zhu Youjian looked sad, "The emperor's sister-in-law may have heard that Liaodong severely damaged the Jurchen Tatars a few days ago and achieved a great victory.
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Zhang Yan nodded, with a smile as bright as a flower, "The slave family has also heard that Liaodong has not had such a great victory in many years. At this moment, Your Majesty should be happy. Why do you look a little bored?"
"Hey, I am naturally happy. How can I be unhappy that our Ming soldiers have such a great victory? But if there is no reward for such a great victory, I am afraid that the soldiers of Jiubian will be disappointed. My soldiers of the Ming Dynasty guard the borders day and night. It is worth it.
If there is no reward for this great victory, I will feel sorry for myself. But the emperor's sister-in-law, you know the situation in Beijing to some extent. The treasury has no money, and my internal funds do not have much surplus. And even if the internal funds are emptied, I am afraid it will not be enough.
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Zhang Yanhe and others, Zhu Youjian just mentioned it briefly, and she already roughly understood what they meant. After thinking about it carefully, she smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you want me to speak for you? It doesn't matter.
, I can write a letter to the Iron Governor and talk about the situation here, but I can’t guarantee anything. Your Majesty also knows that in recent years, under the leadership of the Iron Governor, Shanxi merchants have donated countless money and silk to the imperial court, but this is still the case to this day.
Not even 10% has been taken back. The money used by Liaodong this time is not a small amount, and I am afraid that the Shanxi merchants will also be a little dissatisfied."
Hearing this, Zhu Youjian sighed in his heart. Of course, he was not very angry. Today's Zhu Youjian is no longer the same as when he first came to the throne. He is much more mature. In the past, Zhu Youjian would definitely be furious.
Yes, the vastness of the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. The whole world belongs to me, so why not let the rich and powerful businessmen from all over the world donate some money?