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Chapter 915

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"Why is it appalling?"

Chen Jiugao, the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, stood up. He seemed very dissatisfied with Bai Guangen's words, and said in a deep voice, "If it is Mr. Ma's Shanhai Town soldiers who went deep into the enemy's rear and crossed the border to intercept and kill the slave chief Hong Tai, I, Chen Jiugao, will never believe it."

When Chen Jiugao said this, he paused for a moment, and at the same time fixedly stared at Ma Ke and continued: "It's Zhang Zhenshuai's Xuanfu army, but we are not surprised at all.

Since we were able to kill the slave bandit and puppet king Duoduo before the battle, it was something we could not do, not to mention sending sharp knights to intercept and kill Hong Tai, that is to say, Zhang Zhenshuai led the army to raid Shenyang City, and went straight to the slave bandit's lair.

None of us will feel the slightest surprise, let alone the slightest doubt, but will give Zhang Zhenshuai a high five! "

Ma Ke was humiliated by him. Although he felt that Chen Jiugao was the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp after all, he was really humiliated under the eyes of everyone. He was about to say a few more words to make up for some face.

"Crack!" A crisp sound interrupted what he hadn't said yet.

Before Ma Ke could find the source of the voice, the voice of General Bing Cao Bianjiao came over: "I think what Chen Zongbing said is very true. General Zhenshuo has a long history of bravery, and Qin Wang Shi had the honor to fight slaves side by side with him. , Beheaded Yue Tuo in front of the battle back then.

Now, since General Zhenshuo's aid to Liao Dynasty, every time he made a suggestion, he hit the key point, and he was brave even before the battle. Before that, he killed the slave king Duoduo. I believe that this crossing the river to intercept the slave chief Hongtai was definitely not a lie. "

Since ancient times, heroes cherish heroes, as expected!

Cao Bianjiao is one of the few brave and brave generals in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He was always arrogant in the army, and he looked down on ordinary generals. Except for some private contacts with Wang Tingchen and other generals, he rarely communicated with other generals. Soldiers move.

But as a fierce general of the generation, he naturally admires brave people, so his impression of Zhang Cheng has always been good. Last time Zhang Cheng attacked the slave camp at night and killed Yue Tuo, he also participated in it, and he also killed slaves. few.

Therefore, for Zhang Cheng's killing of Yue Tuo, he only thought it was a coincidence, and there was some element of luck in it, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. Duoduo, the slave-killing king, really impressed him.

Maybe this is the real warrior, or maybe all real warriors are like this!
Only a villain like Ma Ke will become jealous because of jealousy, and his resentment will grow day by day. Whenever he does something wrong to others, he acts in a style of private revenge, and even disregards righteousness for the sake of taking a breath.

Sure enough, after Cao Bianjiao made his statement, Wang Tingchen and other generals expressed their approval, even Wu Sangui and Liaodong Deputy General Zu Dale did the same.

On the other side, the civil servants also expressed their opinions one after another, especially Yao Gong and Liang Dao Zhu Tingxie, the deputy envoys of the inspection, who were the most active. They not only chose to believe the information sent by Zhang Cheng, but also expressed their great appreciation for it.

However, Qiu Minyang, Governor of Liaodong, raised a question: "I can still trust the information delivered by General Zhenshuo, but the slave chief Hong Tai, why did he leave Jinzhou and return to Shengjing at this critical moment?
This seems to be unreasonable! "

The question in his mind, I am afraid that everyone here is like him, and everyone can't figure it out. The Qing Dynasty has mobilized the whole country for the battle under the city of Jinzhou.

And why did Mrs. Hong ignore the Jinzhou front line at this time and insisted on returning to Shenyang?

In fact, most people are still willing to believe Zhang Cheng's report, but they still can't understand why Huang Taiji must return to Shenyang at this critical moment.

"Could it be that something happened in Shenyang City, and the slave chief must return to end?"

Liang Daoist Zhu Tingxie made a point, but he immediately refuted himself: "But the kings of slaves and the armies of all roads are all gathered under the city of Jinzhou, what will happen to Shenyang?"

Everyone was at a loss, even Governor Hong Chengchou didn't understand why, he turned his head and glanced at Wang Chengen, but saw that he was like an old monk in meditation, his gaze was only within a foot in front of him.

Hong Chengchou shook his head lightly, if Zhang Ruoqi was considered a monster before, although it gave him a headache, he could still deal with it, but now Wang Chengen beside him is simply a great god, so he doesn't know how to deal with it .

Seeing that everyone in the tent was arguing endlessly, but they couldn't figure out why, Hong Chengchou asked Wu Sangui directly: "General Changbo, you have been in Liaodong for a long time, and you know a lot about slaves and thieves, so you may tell the key point. where?"

Wu Sangui had already expected that Hong Chengchou would ask this question. Since Zhang Cheng was stationed in Huangtuling under the leadership of Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief, he would be called by Governor Hong Chengchou to speak at every military meeting, which has almost become a routine.

Although this time he was not confident, but Wu Sangui was not flustered and nervous, he sat firmly at the head of all the military officers, first stood up and clasped his fists, and gave a deep salute to Governor Hong Chengchou and Chief Eunuch Wang Chengen.

Then, he clasped his fists to the civil servants seated opposite and the next chief soldiers, and then said loudly: "Returning to Governor Hong, according to Sangui, there is probably only one person in Shenyang City who can make the slave chief Hong I am so worried that I can hardly sleep or eat."

Wu Sangui made a fool of himself here, he was well versed in this way, he stopped after speaking halfway.

Sure enough, Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, was very cooperative and asked anxiously: "Who has the ability to make the slave chief worry about his stomach and make it difficult for him to sleep and eat. Come quickly!"

Wu Sangui smiled knowingly, and said: "According to Sangui's knowledge, this slave chief Hong Tai has a concubine whom he loves very much, although she is not the queen of his harem, and even entered the palace at an older age, she can dote on Hong Tai's palace.

If Sangui's guess is correct, it seems likely that only the Concubine Guan Suigong, who favored the harem, was seriously ill, which might have caused the slave chief Hong Tai to be in a state of confusion for a while, so that he hurried back to Shenyang regardless of the frontline battle in Jinzhou. "

"Nonsense?"

A rough voice came, it turned out to be Tang Tong, the general of Miyun, and he continued to say carelessly: "If there is a change in the rear, I think Mrs. Hong will go back to stabilize the situation.

But for the sake of a woman, how could he ignore the tens of thousands of soldiers under the city of Jinzhou? How could this be done by heroes? "

As soon as he finished speaking, all the officials and generals in the big tent echoed one after another, even Wu Sangui was a little shaken, he couldn't help secretly regretting that he shouldn't have listened to Zhang Cheng's words, but now it's embarrassing.

It turned out that Zhang Cheng felt that his military achievements were already too great, and the rewards he could get in this battle of aiding Liao Dynasty were nothing more than that. If he got more limelight, not only would the imperial court seal be unsealable, but also everyone who fought side by side would be defeated The soldier felt resentful.

Everyone fought against the Tartars together, all the commanders fought bravely to be the first, although the casualties were different, and the record was the same, but if Zhang Cheng's merits alone, it would overshadow the combined military achievements of the other commanders.

But it is definitely not a good thing, as the saying goes, "A tree that is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it" is the truth!
Therefore, after Zhang Cheng took back the soldiers and horses of the Huwei Battalion under Lin Fangping, when he wrote the battle report to Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, he also wrote a private letter to Wu Sangui.

In the letter, he fully informed his judgment on Huang Taiji, and also briefly introduced how Lin Fangping intercepted and killed Huang Taiji. The purpose was to provide Wu Sangui with speech materials during the military meeting.

The reason why Zhang Cheng did this is actually a strategy of "killing two birds with one stone".

First, my current plan is only in Xuanda. According to my current strength and ability, my focus should still be on the first town of Xuanfu. After the Xuanfu is stabilized, I will try to control the three towns of Xuanda.

Since they have nothing to do with Liaodong, it would be better to befriend Wu Sangui further, even at the expense of pulling him to the top. After all, the two have already cooperated in the economic field.

In Zhang Cheng's view, Xuanda and Liaodong are very likely to form a military alliance with high stakes because of their deep economic integration.

This depends on strength, but it does not depend entirely on strength, it also depends on a person's mind and tolerance, so Zhang Cheng's friendship with Wu Sangui at this time is to save for the future.

Second, Hong Chengchou is currently advocating Wu Sangui, but no matter what, it is difficult to surpass Zhang Cheng's achievements. No matter how good Wu Sangui does, it is at best a secondary achievement.

After all, the bravery of the slave thief is obvious to all, and there are only a few slave kings. Let alone the slave kings are not so easy to kill, even the head of the slave thief is not cut off at will.

Since the Ming Dynasty started the war with Jiannu, how many victories have been reported to the imperial court, but the number of heads of slave thieves that were really captured was only a few hundred at most, let alone the prince who killed the slave thieves.

Let’s just say that in this battle of aiding brocade, all ministries of the Ming army were also extremely courageous. Several victories were reported frequently in Xingshan, Songshan, and Shimenshan. In the battle of Apricot Pagoda, there were so many kills at one time!
Therefore, if you want to surpass Zhang Cheng in terms of military achievements, it is simply as difficult as reaching the sky. This is still on the premise that Zhang Cheng will not make new achievements in the future.

However, if Wu Sangui is only given the second place in military exploits, it is still not difficult to operate. After all, he has the support of Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao behind him, as long as some reasonable arrangements are made in the distribution of battles.

After all, Wu Sangui's Ningyuan army is not made of mud. It has been proved in the previous battles that Wu Sangui's Ningyuan army can definitely rank in the first echelon in terms of single combat power.

What Zhang Cheng did was actually just icing on the cake. This kind of thing must be done as early as possible. Once it is too late, it will become superfluous.

But now Wu Sangui was secretly regretting, hearing everyone's skeptical words in his ears, he couldn't help being shaken.

After all, how could they generals understand the power of love?
For example, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, Ma Ke and others, not to mention eager to go back and have a last look, at critical moments, they would even give up their wives to seduce wolf cubs.

However, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others are full of loyalty to the emperor, and those who can abandon their small families for the safety of the country naturally do not understand the greatness of love.

Then there is Wu Sangui himself. At this time, he has not met the important woman in his life—Chen Yuanyuan, and he has not yet reached the height of life where he "became a beauty in anger".

Perhaps only people like Huang Taiji have reached the pinnacle of life, not to mention seeing all the beauties in the world, tasting all the delicacies in the world, and controlling the power in the world.

For them, decades of intrigue and scheming are boring. Once they meet true love like a confidant, the feeling is incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Just when Wu Sangui was shaken, Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, spoke, and he said: "What General Changbo said coincides with what General Zhongchen guessed."

As soon as he said this, the big tent fell silent instantly, and even Wang Chengen, who was like an old monk in meditation, opened his eyes at this moment and looked at Wu Sangui carefully.

Wang Chengen meditated in his heart: "Wu Sangui, the former Jinzhou General Soldier Wu Xiangzi, after Liaodong general, was born in martial arts. He was famous for his bravery when he was young. He once led [-] cavalry to rescue his father. , is indeed a general!"

This time he came to Liaodong to preach the decree, and he was secretly responsible for an important mission, which was to check the talents of Liaodong generals for Emperor Chongzhen, so as to select the best and use them to serve the court.

As for who Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, can occupy such a high position, especially a mediocre person, he has already vaguely guessed that Wang Chengen must have another mission.

That's why after Wang Chengen arrived, he did not hesitate to hide Zhang Chengxue on the Huangtu Ridge, and supported Wu Sangui to show his talents in front of Wang Chengen. Once he enters the emperor's eyes, his future will be limitless.

At this moment, he was watching Wang Chengen sideways, and seeing that he was impressed by Wu Sangui, he couldn't help but secretly nodded, and then said: "No matter what the reason for the slave chiefs, they are eager to return to Shenyang, just talk about the siege of Jinzhou, what should be the explanation?
Let's all talk about it! "

After hearing the words, everyone in the tent looked at each other a few times, and then fell into deep thought, and no one spoke for a while.

Hong Chengchou seemed to have expected it a long time ago, he picked up the teacup on the big case, and drank the tea on his own, so that everyone could think about it first, and he wanted to listen to everyone's opinions.

In fact, regarding how to fight this battle, the strategy has already been agreed, but the specific operation has yet to be finalized, but Hong Chengchou is more concerned about everyone's attitude towards this battle at the moment.

"Minister, the general thought that our army should take advantage of the absence of the slave chiefs to attack the Tartars and break the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop."

Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Cao Bianjiao, another fierce general who made a statement.

Hong Chengchou's face was peaceful, without a trace of joy or anger, his eyes moved from Cao Bianjiao to Wang Tingchen, under Hong Chengchou's gaze, Wang Tingchen cupped his hands and reported: "The governor, the final general will act on the orders of the governor. , I would like to be the forerunner of the army and enter Jinwei."

The general soldiers expressed their attitudes one by one. Hong Chengchou was very satisfied to see that everyone was actively wanting to fight the slave.

Finally, he asked Wu Sangui again: "General Changbo, would you like to be the vanguard of the army and cross the river first?"

(End of this chapter)