Mrs. Zu hurriedly said: "I have never fought in battle to kill the enemy, so I cannot be called a hero. I only know that loyal ministers do not serve the two masters, and martyr women do not marry second husbands. I have also heard for a long time that the scholar Xifu is amazingly talented. You are here to be a lobbyist."
Yes. My husband and my concubine have sworn to live and die together with Jinzhou, so what’s the point?"
While Mrs. Zu was talking, Xifu took a look at this woman who made Zu Dashou awe-inspiring: her face was slightly round, her chin pointed, her two thin eyebrows slightly raised toward the temples, her beautiful eyes exuding dignity and majesty.
She has an elegant temperament and is very beautiful. Xifu exclaimed in his heart: "Having a wife like this is enough for a lifetime."
"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty has admired my wife's name for a long time, so he specially wrote a letter, and ordered me to present it to my wife in person." Xifu presented the letter with both hands.
Mrs. Ancestor took it and read it hastily: "My adopted son, Zu Kefa, has recognized a thief as his father and has been expelled from the clan by his husband. General Dalinghe is a scum of our Ming Dynasty and is not worth mentioning. Please don't talk about old things anymore."
When the two countries are at war, the only option is to fight to the death. I only know how to help my husband to defend the territory, but I don't know about him."
Xifu said with humility in his tone: "Madam, what do you think of Guan Yunchang?"
"Guan Yunchang is a righteous man through the ages, I dare not make any unreasonable comments."
"In the past, Liu Bei was defeated, and Guan Yunchang was trapped in the mountains. He surrendered to Cao Cao because of the scheme of the two emperors' sisters-in-law. Now there are more than 20,000 soldiers in the city. My wife is just a loyal martyr. It would be too cruel to ignore tens of thousands of lives."
Mrs. Ancestor's willow eyebrows stood up: "Although Jinzhou has been besieged, the city is strong, the pond is deep, and there is sufficient food and grass. Lord Hong is deploying troops to support us. We don't know who will win yet, so how can we be cruel?"
Xifu said: "Madam, can you go to the city and take a look? Jinzhou has been surrounded by thirty-two of my camps, and there are three deep trenches. Even if reinforcements come, they can't even think about taking half a step. Can Madam just bear to watch?"
Will the Daling River tragedy happen again?"
Mrs. Ancestor stood up angrily: "Since ancient times, no one has died, and his loyal heart will be remembered by history. If I can wrap my body with my husband's horse leather, I will die in the right place, as heavy as Mount Tai. There is no need for a great scholar to say anything. My husband, let us see you off."
Upon seeing this, Zu Dashou said: "It is surrender or war. Let me discuss it later and ask the great scholar to go back first."
Xifu had no choice but to return to Shengjing with Han Daxun and report to Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji said: "You are a truly fierce woman, so please stay a little longer."
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen entered the year of his establishment. Throughout the ages, people have paid special attention to the three age groups of life, namely: the year of weak crown, the year of establishment, and the year of destiny.
The so-called weak crown year means that when a man reaches the age of twenty, his father invites some distinguished guests to crown him, that is, he wears a hat that symbolizes adulthood. From then on, he has the right to govern people and the right to serve in the army.
, the right to participate in sacrifices.
Thirty comes after twenty. Thirty is called the year of establishment. When a man reaches this year, he may have studied hard for more than ten years or worked hard in his career for many years, and has gained something and established a lifelong foundation.
Basically, I have a direction, so I call it the year of establishment.
Next is the year of destiny at the age of fifty. At the age of fifty, one has a clear understanding of worldly affairs and a sophisticated understanding of human nature. He has seen through everything, so it is called the year of destiny. Sixty is considered a long life. As for seventy, it is already a real life.
Ancient and rare.
Chongzhen attached great importance to Du Erli. In any case, in the past year, the ten-faced net strategy had initially achieved success, and the bandits were almost wiped out. He was determined to do something big in the year he was established, and to concentrate all his efforts to defeat the Jurchens.
, completely eliminate the troubles of Liao Zuo, internal and external troubles will be calmed down, and ZTE can wait.
However, things went against expectations. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Qing army captured Jinan Prefecture, a large town in the Central Plains, and abducted King De and his two sons. At the same time, they also took away more than 400,000 people and more than 500,000 livestock.
Then they retreated very calmly all the way north from Jinan, and withdrew from the first pass of the Great Wall to Liaodong.
This is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is the most taboo day for Shenzhou in Chi County to welcome the gods and pray for blessings. It is really an ominous sign for such misfortune to happen on such a day. The entire Yanjing Industrial City is shrouded in ominous omens. In a fit of anger,
, Chongzhen personally ordered the Ministry of Punishment to establish the Five-Year Plan, executed thirty-six high-ranking officials collectively, and punished more than 120 related personnel. He wanted to use this killing to invigorate the government, but the Five-Year Plan had just begun
At the end, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai rebelled again and defeated Zuo Liangyu's tribe in the Luohou Mountain area. Immediately afterwards, the fifth son born to his most beloved concubine Tian Fei saw ghosts in the palace in broad daylight and was killed.
I was scared to death. At the age of three, I had nothing to build, and in fact, I was even more in a mess.
Chongzhen had had too much bad news in recent years, and he had seen the bad news, so he quickly sent a message to Chen Xinjia and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, to see him.
Chen Xinjia was a juren during the Wanli period. He entered the court as Minister of War with the qualifications of a juren, which was unique since the Ming Dynasty. Firstly, Chen Xinjia did have some talents. Secondly, the ministers were afraid of being killed by Chongzhen and did not dare to come forward, so Chen Xinjia was able to surface.
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When Chen and Hong came to the gate of Qianqing Palace, Chen Xinjia was very humble and said: "Please, Mr. Governor."
Hong Chengchou returned to the capital from the front this time to urge for food and wages. He was a Jinshi scholar, and he despised a move in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be respectful: "Please, Mr. Chen."
Chen Xinjia sincerely respected him: "Master Hong is here, how dare students dare to make waves."
It turned out that Hong Chengchou also had the fictitious title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and was the governor-general who supervised the armies of five provinces. He had a distinguished reputation and was a real official in the border areas. Chen Xinjia was in awe of him from the bottom of his heart.
Hong Chengchou pulled Chen Xinjia's hand: "Master Chen, let's go together."
When they entered the palace, they saw the eunuch collecting the broken pieces of the tea cup on the ground. They felt as if a stone was weighing on their hearts.
Chongzhen said: "You two have come at the right time. I want to hear your opinions on how to deal with the siege of Jinzhou."
The two of them looked at each other and were about to give in to each other when Chongzhen spoke: "Master Chen has been in Ningyuan for many years and knows the most about foreign affairs. You can talk first."
Chen Xingjia said: "Since I took office, I have been making preparations for the extermination of the Jurchens. After jointly raising funds with Hong Jinglue, eight generals and the Eighth Route Army have been recruited."
"Oh?" Chongzhen became more energetic: "Who are the eight generals and the Eighth Route Army?"
Chen Xingjia said: "The first route is the Ningyuan Army of Ningyuan Commander Wu Sangui; the second route is the Ningqian Guard Commander Wang Tingchen and Ning Qianguard Army; the third route is the Shanhaiguan Army of Shanhaiguan Commander Ma Ke; the fourth route is Yutian Commander Cao
Change the Jiaoyutian army; the fifth route is the Jizhou army of Bai Guangen, the Jizhou army; the sixth route is the Miyun army of Miyun commander Tang Tong; the seventh route is the Xuanfu army of the Xuanfu commander Yang Guozhu; the eighth route is the Datong commander
King Pu Datong's army. The Eighth Route Army has a total of 130,000 people, and the food and grass have been prepared. In addition to Wang Tingchen, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, etc., the other five armies are ready to go. They are waiting for the imperial decree to set off outside the pass."
Chongzhen was very satisfied: "Chen Aiqing works vigorously and neatly, but I wonder if Chen Aiqing has any strategy to defeat the enemy?"
Chen Xinjia was eager to show off his talents, so he ignored Hong Chengchou's presence and said first: "The terrain from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan is long and narrow, which is not conducive to Jurchen cavalry operations. Now, the enemy has been besieging the city for a long time and has become lazy and tired. We use Songshan as the center and divide our troops.
Four routes were used to encircle and annihilate it. One route was to attack northwest from Tashan via Dashengbao; the second route was to cross the Xiaoling River and attack from the east; the third route was to go around Xingshan to attack the enemy's north; the fourth route was to attack from the front on Songshan. There were
Mr. Hong is strategizing. The four armies attack the enemy at the same time. Zu Dashou rushes out of the city and cooperates inside and outside. We will definitely win a complete victory."
Chongzhen had already experienced the power of Jurchens and was very interested in Chen Xinjia's impassioned speech, but at the same time he felt that it was too easy. He glanced at Hong Chengchou and saw that Hong Chengchou's face was expressionless, and he immediately realized that Hong Chengchou's attitude towards Chen Xinjia was
He disagreed with the plan. Years of experience told him that friction between border generals and courtiers would bring serious consequences. Xiong Tingbi's defeat was largely due to the constraints of courtiers. He looked at Hong Chengchou: "This man is calm and experienced, and has repeatedly
A corrupt thief, although Chen Xinjia has military talents, he is not as experienced as Hong Chengchou who has experienced hundreds of battles." He could not let Hong Chengchou express his position in front of Chen Xinjia. To avoid estrangement between the two, he decided to summon Hong Chengchou alone: "Chen Aiqing, the three armies have not moved.
Food and grass go first, and we should hurry up to prepare for this matter. As for the battle and defense strategy, I will consider it again, and you can retreat."
Chen Xinjia felt very strange. In the past, when the emperor summoned him, he would have to talk for at least an hour. Why did he say just a few words today? Moreover, Master Hong was not consulted. Is the emperor sick? He was surprised when the emperor had already stood up.
He and Hong Chengchou had no choice but to bow and retreat.
Chongzhen got up before dawn every day to govern, and often stayed up late at night. Therefore, he always slept for half an hour at noon. Internal and external troubles almost destroyed him. He hated his ministers for their incompetence, and even more for their ministers.
He wished he could go without eating, drinking or sleeping for a whole day and rule the world into a state where the treasury was full, the people were prosperous, the seas were feasting and the rivers were clear, and the singing and dancing were peaceful. However, his struggles and efforts were of no use.
On the contrary, the country's fortunes were deteriorating day by day. He often had nightmares, dreaming that the enemy had entered the Forbidden City and he became a prisoner. But sometimes when he woke up and looked at the magnificent palace, he was unwilling to decline from now on.
Deep in his heart, he shouted: I want to turn the tide and clear the world, I want to be the master of the Chinese Renaissance, and I want to become the king of Yao and Shun who will be admired throughout the ages.
He slept too deeply today. When he opened his eyes, the sky was getting dark. He asked in surprise: "What time is it?"
The eunuch looked at the Western clock on the case: "Your Majesty, it is now a quarter past four in the afternoon."
"Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
"Look at how rare it is for the emperor to sleep so soundly. I can't bear to be surprised."
"Is Hong Chengchou here?"
"Here we are, waiting outside."
"He was sent to Dong Nuan Pavilion to meet him."
Chongzhen rarely met ministers in the bedroom, unless they were very close people, so asking Hong Chengchou to meet him in the bedroom was a hint that the emperor regarded him as a confidant. Hong Chengchou felt hot in his heart, but he had no time to think too much and followed the eunuch into the pavilion.
"My minister Hong Chengchou wishes me long live."
"Get down, sir."
Sir is the honorific title given by the emperor to his cabinet ministers. Hong Chengchou was even more excited when he heard this. He thought to himself: "The emperor is courteous to the virtuous and corporal, and he is a truly benevolent and righteous king." He sat on the small stool next to the imperial couch with fear and fear.
"I overslept today and kept my husband waiting for a long time."
"I am outside hoping that Your Majesty can rest for a while."
"Sir, you don't quite agree with the Ministry of War's plan to suppress bandits, do you?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the strategy of suppressing enemies on all sides mentioned by Mr. Chen must not be used."
"As expected, I don't agree, so I want to summon Mr. alone." Chongzhen smiled proudly.
Hong Chengchou said: "I don't agree with it."
"Why?"
"Huang Taiji is extremely cunning in his military use. Now that he has won a new victory, his momentum is strong. We should avoid his vigor and not fight rashly. Fighting requires courage. We have suffered too much by eating Jurchens. The soldiers are very afraid of the enemy.
, morale is also unprecedentedly low. What is needed now is to fight steadily, be careful, and win a few small victories first to boost morale. Let the soldiers see that the Jurchens are not invincible, so that they can get rid of their fear and establish a will to win.
Only then can we make great strides.”
Chongzhen was very satisfied after hearing this: "What you said, sir, is realistic."
"The four-pronged encirclement and suppression mentioned by Mr. Chen is the same as Yang Hao's. The Art of War says that if you encircle an enemy ten times, now we have an army of 130,000 to encircle 140,000 to 140,000 to 50,000. Although I am stupid, I thought it was absolutely impossible. Moreover,
With all due respect, how many of my so-called 130,000-strong army can fight? In my humble opinion, Yutian Commander-in-Chief Cao Bianjiao, Ningqiang Guard Commander-in-Chief Wang Tingchen, and Guanwai Army Wu Sangui are considered to be capable armies, and the remaining five armies are
Only half of them can be used fully, and the other half need to train for half a year before they can go into battle. If we use four weak troops to fight against the enemy of tigers and wolves, the consequences will be uncontrollable."
"Sir, how should we defeat the enemy?"
"I believe that the Eighth Route Army must not be divided and must be concentrated in Songshan. Songshan is only eighteen miles away from Jinzhou. Assembling here will put great pressure on the Jurchens, and at the same time it will also be a great encouragement to the soldiers in the inner city of Jinzhou. The Jurchens are good at riding.
By shooting, you can defeat the enemy by controlling his strengths and attacking his weaknesses. Zu Dashou sent a message that the food and grass in Jinzhou City can still last for half a year. If you want to come for reinforcements, you must be cautious. The side chariot used by Zhang Chun and Zhang was to defeat the enemy.
It is also a sharp weapon. Unfortunately, God was not good at it. After the firearm was fired, the wind turned and burned his house. This kind of sidecar created by Qi Jiguang was specially used to deal with cavalry. I have made more than 8,000 of them. If it is placed horizontally in the formation,
In front of the car, the cavalry could not rush forward, which choked the Jurchen cavalry; the baffle beside the car was actually a shield, which choked their shooting. If each of the cavalry and their shooting were choked, we would have taken over.
Therefore, we must give full play to the advantages of chariots, press forward step by step with chariots, first break the siege of the east of Jinzhou, send supplies into the city, and then look for opportunities to defeat the enemy. In the past, the defeats of Yang Hao and Wang Huazhen were due to rashness
Attack; Ningyuan, Jinning and other two great victories depended on solid defense. Anyone who rashly fights against the Jurchens has no chance of winning. Therefore, I also need to strictly train the soldiers. I must train the 130,000 troops into: the generals will be strong generals.
Soldiers are elite soldiers who are invincible if they do not fight. If they fight, they will win."
The argument about defeating the enemy was incisive and practical. Chongzhen was very excited when he heard it: "I want to know when Sir can defeat the enemy?"
"One year, I ask your Majesty to give me one year. Within one year, I will be able to defeat the Jinlu."
Chongzhen once again felt a strong hope of revitalizing himself. He thought that if the rebellion in Liaozuo could be quelled within a year, ZTE would still have hope: "Sir, if you can know the enemy's strengths and suppress them, you are the real talent of the country. I hate that person."
, It’s too late to use it, it’s really too late to use it.”!~!