The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 256 Liang Shangshu's Professional Ethics
That night, when everyone lived in Fuzhou, someone asked Ding Yi if he wanted to burn Fuzhou too?

Fuzhou does not need to be burned.

Ding Yi shook his head. After Gaizhou was burned, if Houjin did not build Gaizhou, Fuzhou would not dare to garrison troops.

There is Yongning behind Fuzhou, but when Zaba fled, he took Yongding's people with him.

Ding Yi decided to burn Yongning tomorrow.

In this way, the entire southern Liaoning is close to the direction of Lushun, and only one Fuzhou is complete.

But Fuzhou is too far away from Shengjing.

Gaizhou in the middle was burned again.

If Hou Jin didn't build Gaizhou, he would never dare to send troops to Fuzhou.

In case of being surrounded by Ding Yi again, Fuzhou will be defeated before Shengjing's soldiers arrive.

But just in case, Ding Yi ordered the captives of the Han army to tear down the two city gates of Fuzhou, burn down the garrison camp, and after thinking about it, he filled in the moat in front of the main gate.

And also destroyed all the rice fields around Fuzhou.

Ding Yi did this, and between Gaizhou, Fuzhou and Jinzhou, there were about 20 mu of rice fields originally planted by later gold, and almost [-]% to [-]% of them were destroyed by Ding Yi.

Although the last time Houjin entered the customs and snatched a lot of money, it is estimated that there are millions of people in Houjin's country plus the looted population.

Sudden loss of so much field grain, this winter will be very difficult again.

On August [-]th, Ding Yi returned to Lushun with his troops and horses victoriously.

This battle can be described as a complete victory. Ding Yi's soldiers and horses were killed and injured less than 100 people, and more than [-] people were killed in battle.

After beheading Jin's entire Yiniulu, Mongolia's half Niulu, and the Han army, they got nearly a thousand heads in total.

More than 4000 Han soldiers were captured alive, and more than 100 Mongolian soldiers were added.

All the captives were divided into two groups, one group was sent to Jinzhou to rebuild Jinzhou, and the other group continued to dig holes and build walls behind the South Pass.

In addition, he got tens of thousands of taels of silver, nearly ten thousand of cattle, sheep and poultry, among which more than 3000 cattle are more important for farming, and some supplies of food and grass, especially more than 800 horses, and more than 1000 mules, which made Ding Yi's artillery move to a higher level. .

Ding Yi gave Zhang Jing cavalry [-] horses, and the other [-] horses belonged to the artillery, but Zhang Jing cavalry could not be expanded, it still had [-] horses, and these [-] horses could be used as a rotation.

Also on August [-]th, Zaba and Li Shuitai returned to Shengjing with the cavalry.

Daishan who was stationed in Shengjing felt like a bolt from the blue when he saw the two of them.

Gaizhou was burnt so that not a single blade of grass could grow, and Fuzhou was also captured by the Ming army. Right now, there are [-] Dajin people waiting outside Gaizhou city to help.

Fortunately, when Li Sutai and others withdrew from Fuzhou, they took all the food and rice, otherwise, the people of Dajin Kingdom would starve to death.

Fortunately, it is summer in August. If it is winter, the people will freeze to death outside.

"Bang" Dai Shan overturned the table in front of him angrily.

"Is this Ding Yi a Ming person? A Ming person?" Dai Shan couldn't believe what he heard.

Ding Yi burned, killed and looted all the way, covering the Jinsanzhou, all the villages were burned, and the grain fields were destroyed. This is something that Mao Wenlong has never done before.

Even in those days, when the food crisis in Houjin, the old Khan Nurhachi ordered to rob food and kill people, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties in Liaodong, no one burned the villages and destroyed the grain fields.

Dajin Kingdom had never done this kind of thing before, so Ding Yi did it.

"My servant said long ago that if we don't get rid of rats, we Dajin will not grow any grass sooner or later." Zaba cried.

"He only has [-]-[-] soldiers and horses, so he dares to go to Gaizhou. If he has [-]-[-] troops, he will definitely go to Shengjing." Li Sutai also hurriedly said.

Daishan's face was flushed, and he gritted his teeth: "Shameless thief, you will only dare to do such a thing when our elite soldiers of the Great Gold go out."

"When the Great Khan returns, it will be necessary to send troops from the whole country to destroy Lushun, leaving no one behind."

Daishan finally vowed that this time, he would never let Ding Yi go.

When Huang Taiji comes back, he must destroy Lushun.

"Use the red barbarian cannon to raz Lushun." Zaba also yelled frantically.

August 23.

Beijing.

A cloud of gloom hangs over the capital of Daming.

The Battle of Dalinghe broke out, and the entire Ming Dynasty was paying attention to Liaodong.

Emperor Chongzhen was in a bad mood these days.

Last year, there were many bandits in Shaanxi. Governor Yang He first ordered Hong Chengchou, who participated in politics, to lead the army to resist, and then asked Du Wenhuan to organize the town of Yansui and also supervise the Guyuan army.

Originally, Hong Chengchou and Du Wenhuan fought well. Du Wenhuan and Hong Chengchou defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Qingjian, but Yang He always liked to surrender. The governor is playing tricks.

One of the gangsters, Shen Yiyuan, also broke Du Wenhuan's house, but Yang He pardoned him, and Du Wenhuan left angrily with his clansmen.

Bandits from all walks of life surrendered and rebelled one after another, causing chaos in Shaanxi, and the court spent a lot of military and financial resources on suppressing bandits.

But it seems that the bandits will never be suppressed, and more and more are suppressed, and more and more are suppressed.

A few days ago, Chongzhen was having a headache about suppressing bandits, and suddenly Hou Jin started working with Zu Dashou in Dalinghe.

There are more than 2 elite soldiers under Zu Dashou, all of whom are the elite of the imperial court. Chongzhen and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all wanted to send troops to rescue them.

So in the recent period, Chongzhen has repeatedly summoned his ministers to discuss the rescue of soldiers.

On August [-]th, [-] Songshan garrison troops went for reinforcements. It was no different from giving away a head.

I don't know what the court thought at that time, even two thousand soldiers dared to send reinforcements.

Today there is another discussion about reinforcements. Some people suggested that Wu Xiang and Song Wei, the commanders-in-chief, should take Jinzhou soldiers to the rescue. Jinzhou can send about [-] troops. Chongzhen thought about it and agreed to this suggestion.

Then someone suggested that the Dongjiang Lushun Army, who were brave and good at fighting and had defeated the Houjin soldiers many times, could be sent there. Don't they also have [-] soldiers?It's okay to dispatch four thousand, right?

Chongzhen looked up and saw that it was Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet. Zhou Yanru was promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet in September last year.

He has a good relationship with Wen Tiren, Minister of Rites of Nanjing. Last year, he tried his best to recommend his in-laws Wu Zongda and Wen Tiren to the cabinet to Chongzhen. So last June, Chongzhen actually agreed and sent them both into the cabinet.

He and Jin Yiwei both commanded Zhang Daojun to be very good in private. Last year, he ordered Zhang Daojun to attack the cabinet chief assistant Cheng Jiming, forcing Cheng Jiming to resign. He also became the cabinet assistant.

As soon as Zhou Yanru's voice fell, Wen Tiren immediately said: "Ding Yi has a strong army and a strong horse. He just captured Jinzhou last time, and Houjin is his general who is often defeated."

"Adjustable Ding Yi troops stationed in Songshan, to aid the Daling River, will surely break the Houjin."

Wu Zongda also hurriedly said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Chongzhen's expression was a little surprised, he probably didn't expect that the three of them would suddenly want to transfer Ding Yi's troops.

In fact, he himself had the same idea and was about to nod.

"No way." Suddenly someone shouted from the side.

Swipe, everyone looked up, and it turned out to be Liang Tingdong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

"Why not?" Zhou Yanru glared angrily.

"Ding Yi's soldiers and horses went to Jinzhou in July, intending to garrison Jinzhou and restore their homeland. At the same time, they sent troops to attack and cover the two prefectures. This will have the effect of restraining Jin's troops. How can they be easily transferred?" Liang Tingdong said: "It's not easy. Do you want to abandon the occupied Jinzhou? This is the work of restoring the land."

Chongzhen's eyes lit up when he heard these words.

This was lost in the hands of his imperial brother, what if he could get it back?Can blow for a lifetime.

"The Jiannu army has arrived at Dalinghe, what can he restrain?" Wu Zongda asked strangely.

Wen Tiren smiled and said: "I'm afraid that once Jin Dajun returns, Ding Yi will immediately abandon Jinzhou and flee back to Lushun, so what's the use of it?"

All the ministers nodded, feeling that Ding Yi would definitely abandon the city again.

"It won't happen this time." Liang Tingdong said firmly: "Ding Yi sent a blood letter last time. This time, he will defend Jinzhou to the death and protect the homeland of Ming Dynasty. He has already built a city at the South Pass and hoarded troops to echo Jinzhou from north to south. , leaning on each other, will be able to hold on."

Chongzhen was in a dilemma. He wanted to send elite soldiers like Ding Yi out, but he also wanted to restore the land.

Liang Tingdong is also very professional. He took Ding Yi's money and worked hard to help Ding Yi. He quarreled with Zhou Yanru and the other three on the spot.

The three of Zhou and Wen are all pretentious. They are willing to be like Liang Tingdong. They have no demeanor in front of the king, and they have to pretend to be like gentlemen.

Wen Tiren looked at it, and rolled his eyes: "Let Ding Yi lead the troops to Daling River, and choose a good general from Pidao to station in Jinzhou, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Everyone said it was possible.

Chongzhen was very moved.

(End of this chapter)