After playing with the kitten for a while, the little girl saw Yang Fan lazily leaning on the cushion, shaking his head and smiling bitterly, with a look of helplessness on his face. He felt curious because Yang Fan rarely showed such an expression.
"Master, what are you looking at?" Xiao Niangpi brought her face close to Yang Fan's cheek and looked at the intelligence report in Yang Fan's hand.
"Oh, this Governor Yuan is really a god." Yang Fan said with a wry smile.
"What did he do again?" Xiao Niangpi asked in surprise.
She found that the master seemed to pay special attention to Yuan Chonghuan and seemed to have a great interest in him. It is true that Governor Yuan is a powerful figure in the Ming Dynasty today, but with the strength of his family, there is no need to be afraid of him.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru were from Dongchang, so they naturally had no favorable impression of the Donglin Party.
"On the tenth day of the lunar month, Yuan Chonghuan arrived in Jizhou. For some unknown reason, he ordered Liu Ce to lead his troops back to guard Miyun, and ordered You Shiwei to lead his troops back to Changping. Then he sent a memorial to His Majesty: "On the fourth day of the lunar month, we set out for Shanhai early.
Arrive at Jizhou,..., and (Houjin) will not be allowed to take a single step west of Jizhou."
The little girl was shocked, what! What was he going to do?
In the face of a powerful enemy, he brought more than 40,000 people to Qinwang, and scattered more than 10,000 people to defend along the way. Only more than 20,000 people arrived at Jizhou. This force was not enough to stop the 200,000 Jiannu.
He actually dismissed the local garrison in Jizhou. Is this crazy?
Seeing the situation here, Lin Yueru also came over. She hadn't read the information sent by Xiaoyu yet.
Xiaoyu sits in the intelligence office of Xincheng Mansion, processing the intelligence collected from various places every day, and then forms a report and sends it by telegram.
Yang Fan started to read it after receiving it. Lin Yueru was still playing with the cat.
The three people suddenly stared at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Lin Yueru took a stack of information and started reading.
"On the 12th, Huang Taiji led his troops from Zunhua to the west and approached Jizhou. They had a small fight with Yuan Chonghuan's Liao soldiers at Ma Shenqiao, not far from Jizhou."
"On the 13th, our spies in the palace obtained Yuan Chonghuan's battle report. Yuan Chonghuan's nearly 10,000 Liao soldiers were arrayed, while the Manchus only had more than 200 people. Then the two sides began to confront each other for four hours. Afterwards, Yuan Chonghuan ordered an attack, and the two
Hundreds of Qing troops retreated. Yuan Chonghuan ordered the troops to withdraw and return to camp."
"We were on the inner line of the Han Army Banner, and the intelligence we passed on showed that we arrived at Jizhou on the 13th, and met 500 Ming troops at the outpost. Hou Jin captured fifteen people alive, and sent letters to the officials and people in Jizhou City, ordering them to surrender. Fourteenth
On the same day, the army arrived in Sanhe County. "It can be seen that the two sides did not fight in Jizhou at all." Lin Yueru said doubtfully.
Yuan Chonghuan's battle report to the court and the report of the Han Army Banner were completely different.
It's obvious that Yuan Chonghuan's report was made up. He was making some kind of plane.
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and said: "Look at this, the shocking thing is yet to come."
Yang Fan said and handed Lin Yueru a piece of information that Yang Fan had read.
When Lin Yueru saw the result, it was like a thunderbolt. She was so shocked that she stood up from her duck-sitting position.
"What, on the night of the 13th, the 200,000-strong army of slaves silently bypassed the defense line of Guan Ning Army and went straight to Sanhe County." Lin Yueru's little mouth was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.
Xiao Niangpi snatched the piece of paper and read it carefully several times. After confirming that she had read it correctly, she looked in disbelief.
"How is this possible? There are 200,000 people, and there are more than 100,000 cavalry. People are shouting about horses, and there is a lot of baggage. How is it possible that they can cross the Jizhou defense line silently under their noses?
Even if they are passing by, 200,000 people will have to walk all night. How could Governor Yuan and the others sleep like this? Have they been poisoned by Mongolian perspiration, or are they sleeping like dead pigs?" Xiao Niangpi said loudly.
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and said: "Seven days have passed now. What's funny is that Huang Taiji took a straight line and captured Sanhe County, then went straight to the Hongqiao in Yanjiao. This key bridge on the Chaobai River was actually unguarded. Hehe, it's really
It’s speechless.”
Looking at the two wives who were already stunned, Yang Fan continued: "Master Yuan pursued Huang Taiji, but he did not pursue them tail to tail, but turned southward and made a V-shape."
As he spoke, Yang Fan made a V-shape with his fingers to illustrate what a V-shape was.
Anyone with a little bit of education knows that a straight line is the shortest between two points. When pursuing the enemy, he would not follow a straight line, but would take the other two sides of the triangle.
This is a crazy idea. It would be crazy if I could catch up with you.
"He's crazy, what is he going to do?" Xiao Niangpi accused angrily.
"You know what he thinks. Anyway, I don't know." Yang Fan smiled helplessly.
"Does he think your Majesty is a fool? His Majesty repeatedly told him to defend Jizhou, but he neglected his duty. The enemy troops arrived on the 13th and passed that night. He did not defend to the end for a day. This bastard, he
This is seeking death." Xiao Niangpi cursed.
Yang Fan cursed in his heart that he should stop treating His Majesty as a fool. He has deceived His Majesty into a lame person in the past two years.
Lin Yueru, on the other hand, watched the show with gloating, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is in great trouble this time. He doesn't know who to use, but he chose this Southern Barbarian. He got this nickname, so you must have earned it in vain. Your Majesty is probably already here now."
I’m so scared that I will cry in the Qianqing Palace.”
Yang Fan sneered and said: "Your Majesty still has time to cry, hum, Huang Taiji will go to talk to him soon. He is probably at Yongding Gate now."
"Does the cabinet know the situation? What happened to Li Biao and Qian Longxi? Governor Yuan was recommended by them and then recommended by the court. The local governor also agreed. This is a collective behavior in Donglin. They want to take advantage of it." Xiao Niang
Pi said.
Yang Fan said with some fun: "Look at this piece of paper. Sun Chengzong knew about the incident in Jizhen. He immediately issued a warrant and ordered Yuan Chonghuan to immediately bring troops to Tongzhou to go to him."
"I have always had opinions about Lao Sun before. But what happened this time made me take a high look at him. After all, he is my close disciple, and Lao Sun has softened his heart."
Lin Yueru and Xiao Niangpi were both human beings, and they instantly understood what Yang Fan meant.
His students had caused such a big disaster and could no longer deal with the aftermath. He wanted to keep Yuan Chonghuan in Tongzhou and try to protect him. But thinking more deeply, this was actually an attempt to preserve Donglin's cabinet. As long as Yuan Chonghuan was preserved, Donglin could be preserved.
party.
Lin Yueru's beautiful eyes flashed, and she said word by word: "This is his last chance. It depends on how he chooses. It depends on where he makes his determination. One step will lead to great success, and he will be in power, and one step will lead to an abyss.
."
Yang Fan took a deep look at Lin Yueru. This girl has a dark mind, so she often sees things very accurately.
Because the thoughts of civil servants always follow a feminine path, just like the thoughts of women.
After the Tang Dynasty, China's political governance shifted from masculine to feminine.
She had read through Yuan Chonghuan's thoughts. At this time, when only a few clues were revealed, she relied on her intuition to grasp the deepest context.