Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 193 The Death of Yuan Chonghuan

When Zhao Wen transferred the Longmen Army to Zunhua, a memorial came from Dongjiang Town, Pidao, and it was placed on Emperor Chongzhen's desk not long after.

This memorial is exactly the one that Zhao Wen asked Mao Wenlong to submit before.

The content of the memorial is also very simple. It is what Zhao Wenrang wrote before, impeaching Yuan Chonghuan for falsely preaching the imperial decree, wanting to kill himself and control the entire Dongjiang Town.

"Hehe, this Yuan Chonghuan is really ambitious!" Chongzhen looked at the memorial on the desk, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he sneered again and again.

Cao Huachun stood aside, still fearing that the world would not be chaotic, and fanned the flames: "My lord, this Yuan Chonghuan dares to falsely preach the imperial decree, he really deserves to be killed."

"Cao Daban, take this memorial, make a copy, and then bring a copy for him to see. By the way, I will interrogate me carefully, and I want to see what else Yuan Chonghuan has done that I don't know about. things." Chongzhen handed the memorial to Cao Huachun.

"Follow the order!" Cao Huachun carefully held the memorial and was about to go out.

But at this moment, Wang Chengen rushed in in a hurry.

Cao Huachun looked at Wang Chengen, who was in a hurry, and shouted: "In front of the emperor, what do you look like in a panic?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down, and made a big salute to Chongzhen, "My lord, something is wrong, Zu Dashou has escaped."

Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, and for a moment he didn't quite understand the meaning of his words, so he asked, "What? Zu Dashou ran away? Where did he go? Why did he run away?"

Cao Huachun also hurriedly shouted: "Yes, you hurry up and speak clearly, what ran away?"

Wang Chengen panted heavily, and said with his chest fluctuating: "Go back to the emperor, Zu Dashou led the Guan Ning army and ran towards Shanhaiguan. They ran away last night and were only discovered today. Now the entire Guan Ning army camp is empty." Yes, not even a shadow of a person."

Chongzhen's face changed greatly when he heard the words, "What? Zu Dashou led the Guan Ning army and ran to Shanhaiguan? What's going on? Who gave him the order?"

"My lord, it wasn't someone who gave him the transfer order. This was planned by Zu Dashou for a long time. Ever since Eunuch Cao imprisoned Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou has become increasingly dissatisfied. Last night, he finally couldn't help it. Taking advantage of the darkness, he directly led the soldiers and horses and ran away." Wang Chengen spoke quickly and kept talking.

"Slap." Upon hearing this, Chongzhen slapped the table directly, "Hehe, this Zu Dashou is really courageous!"

"My lord, what should we do now? Now that all the soldiers and horses in the world have not yet arrived, there is a sudden lack of a soldier and horse to defend the capital. What if Jiannu suddenly kills a carbine again?
What's more, the Guan Ning army is a soldier of the imperial court. How could they refuse to obey the imperial court's command because Yuan Chonghuan was arrested?Is this Guan Ning Army Yuan Chonghuan's Guan Ning Army or the imperial court's Guan Ning Army? "Cao Huachun stood aside and said in a strange way.

Listening to Cao Huachun's analysis, Chongzhen's face was bruised.

"Hmph, good, that's really great. This Yuan Chonghuan is really the pillar of the court. He actually turned the Guan Ning army into his own private army? Okay, okay, Cao Daban, I order you to go to prison now, and give me the general Investigate the things here carefully." Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun, his eyes were scarlet, and he said through gritted teeth.

It is better to say that it is an investigation than to give Yuan Chonghuan an ultimatum.

The fact that Zu Dashou kept the court dispatching and directly led the troops to escape privately was unbearable to any emperor, let alone the extremely conceited Chongzhen?
Now Chongzhen feels like a monkey being played by Yuan Chonghuan.

Cao Huachun looked at the furious Chongzhen, and replied respectfully: "I will obey the emperor's will."

A few quarters of an hour later, Cao Huachun waited for several Jinyiwei school lieutenants and Dongchang Fanzi to come to the Imperial Prison.

Yuan Chonghuan was wearing a blood-stained prison uniform and was beaten badly. He was detained in a dark and damp cell.

He watched Cao Huachun walk in, squatted in the corner of the cell, and said with a sneer, "Hehe, you brat, if you have any tricks, just let me do it. If I frown, I will take your surname."

Cao Huachun walked to the cell, and said jokingly, "Hehe, are you still talking hard? Take a look at what this is?"

Cao Huachun sneered, looked at Yuan Chonghuan who was squatting in the corner, and threw the copied copy directly on Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Cao Huachun sarcastically, "Where did you get the false confession? Let me tell you, I won't admit it."

Yuan Chonghuan opened the copy of the memorial with a sneer on his face, squinted his eyes and examined it carefully with the help of the torch next to him.

After just a few glances, Yuan Chonghuan's expression hardened on his face, and after a few breaths, he turned into a look of horror again.

Holding the copy of the memorial, his body kept shaking, and cold sweat kept breaking out from his body.

"Master Yuan, how is it? Is this thing forged?" Cao Huachun looked at the trembling Yuan Chonghuan, and asked contemptuously.

"You, you, where did you get it? Where did you get it? Could it be Mao Wenlong who made it? Yes, it must be him." Yuan Chonghuan threw the copy directly on the ground, Stepped on two feet, pointing at Cao Huachun with a look of horror.

"Master Yuan, don't worry about where this came from, I'll just ask you, is it true?" Cao Huachun looked at Yuan Chonghuan and said coldly.

"It's not true, it's not true." Yuan Chonghuan yelled in the cell like crazy.

Cao Huachun looked at Yuan Chonghuan like a lunatic, and said again: "I'm not afraid to tell you one more thing. After you were arrested and imprisoned, your confidant and beloved general Zu Dashou actually led the Guanning Army to fight against the emperor without the consent of the emperor." , directly ran back to Shanhaiguan.”

"What? What did you say? Zu Dashou led the Guan Ning army and ran back to Shanhaiguan? You are confused, Zu Dashou is confused! My life is in danger, my life is in danger!" Yuan Chonghuan yelled, covering his head and looking up to the sky.

Cao Huachun looked at Yuan Chonghuan who looked like a madman, shook his head involuntarily, and walked outside.

A few days later, Yuan Chonghuan was directly sentenced to Ling Chi by the furious Chongzhen, and was escorted to Caishikou for execution.

When the people in the capital knew that this person was Yuan Chonghuan, who had entered the customs as a slave, they rushed to buy the meat cut off by the executioner and fed it to the dogs when they went home.

When he was dying, Yuan Chonghuan left a deadly poem: "My career is always empty in my life, and my fame and fame are in my dreams for half my life. After death, I will not worry about having no brave generals, and my loyal soul will still guard Liaodong."

It is said that when Chongzhen learned of this poem, he was instantly furious and directly exiled his relatives and family members for eight thousand miles.

When Zhao Wen knew about this, he was unusually calm.

In Zhao Wen's view, no matter whether Yuan Chonghuan surrendered to build slaves or not, they must be eliminated.

In history, he was arrogant and conceited, and falsely preached an imperial decree to kill Mao Wenlong, because of his incompetence, he allowed Jiannu to break through the Xifeng Pass and wreak havoc on the entire Gyeonggi.

Now, even if Yuan Chonghuan did not succeed in beheading Mao Wenlong, his crimes were far greater than his credit.

Therefore, it is not too much to sentence Yuan Chonghuan to a sentence of Ling Chi.

"My lord, we are already less than forty miles away from Zunhua City. Do you think we should attack directly or wait for other Ming troops here?"

Liu Wu looked at Zhao Wen who was riding on the horse, and asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Wendao: "Let's set up camp in place. It's getting late now. Let the soldiers have a good rest. After Song Hu and the others arrive, we will launch a general attack on the Jiannu who are hiding in Zunhua City the day after tomorrow."

"Yes!"

Liu Wu cupped his hands at Zhao Wen and said in a deep voice.

Now Zhao Daniu, Song Hu and others are still on the way, and there is still a day's journey away from Zhao Wen. If they attack tomorrow, there will be insufficient troops. Even if Zunhua City can be captured, it will take a lot of time.

After the Longmen army set up camp, Zhao Wen scattered all Ye Bushou and sneaked towards Zunhua City.

It didn't take long for Liu Wu to walk into the big tent where Zhao Wen was with a dull expression, holding the military newspaper sent back by Yebushu.

"My lord, according to the report from Ye Bu, now Huang Taiji is leading the two yellow flags and the white flags and has already taken the looted people towards the north, and is going to break through the Xifeng Pass directly. In Zunhua City, there is only A Min's flag is white."

Liu Wu took a military newspaper and handed it to Zhao Wen who was sitting in the big tent, saying with an uncertain expression.

Zhao Wen was eating dinner, and when he heard this, he slapped the chopsticks in his hand on the table.

"This dog-like Huang Taiji belongs to the rabbit, right? He runs pretty fast."

Zhao Wen took the military newspaper in Liu Wu's hand and read it with a dull expression.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Liu Wu couldn't help asking, looking at Zhao Wen with an uncertain expression.

Zhao Wen put down the military newspaper in his hand, and said with a long breath: "The military newspaper said that Huang Taiji ran away with his troops and looted people yesterday morning. They should not run far away with the people. Let's If you speed up your pursuit, you should be able to catch up. Let's attack the city directly tomorrow. It's getting late today, let the soldiers rest for the night first.

Oh, by the way, by the way, let Horqin's department tell Buhe to send troops to help us.Let them lie in ambush on the place where Jiannu must pass, and stop Huang Taiji for me.I don't ask them to defeat Huang Taiji, as long as they can resist Huang Taiji for half a day. "

"Obey!" Liu Wu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then went outside.

At the same time, Mao Wenlong led the soldiers of Dongjiang Town and quietly ran to the city of Liaoyang with the mortar and 56 semis that Zhao Wen handed over to him.

Liaoyang City is the throat of Shengjing City, as long as Liaoyang City can be taken, it will be able to go straight to Jiannu's lair.

Because Huang Taiji took away a large number of soldiers when he broke through the Xifeng Pass, the Jiannu in the entire Liaodong area are basically huddled in the city and dare not come out.

Otherwise, Mao Wenlong would not be able to rush to the city of Liaoyang easily.

Mao Wenlong led more than 4000 soldiers from Dongjiang Town to stop in a small forest two miles away from Liaoyang City. He looked at Liaoyang City in front of him, and whispered to Mao Chengzuo beside him: "Go and send General Zhao here. Get those three cannons to the open space ahead and give me a hard bang!"

Mao Wenlong pointed to an open space outside the grove, and looked at Mao Chengzuo.

Mao Chengzuo nodded heavily, and then took the gunner Zhao Wenlian sent with the mortar, and led a few bantams to the open space outside.

Because the Type 55 120mm mortar is relatively heavy, Mao Wenlong bought three bantams, one for each bantam.

Now the sun has gradually set, and the sky has begun to darken.

Under the cover of night, Mao Chengzuo led the gunners to quickly set up the mortar.

Mao Chengzuo looked at the built mortar, his eyes were full of fiery color.

"Grandma, this guy is really a treasure. I really don't know where General Zhao got it. Could it be that General Zhao is really what the gunners of the Longmen Army said, a fairy in the sky?"

Mao Chengzuo looked at the gunner who was adjusting the parameters of the mortar, his eyes were shining with fiery light, and he kept saying with emotion.

"General Mao, well, do you want to fire a cannon now?" After a gunner fiddled with the mortar, he turned around and looked at Mao Chengzuo with a smile on his face.

Mao Chengzuo looked at the mortar and swallowed, "Can I?"

"of course."

"Haha, then I won't be polite." With that said, Mao Chengzuo took a high-explosive shell from the gunner and headed for the mortar.

Since Zhao Wen sent the three mortars to Dongjiang Town, at the beginning, Mao Chengzuo didn't care much after seeing such a small mortar.

After all, artillery in this era depends on its weight. Whichever artillery is heavier, that artillery is more powerful.

Compared with the red cannons of this era, this mortar is really lighter, so Mao Chengzuo didn't think there was anything special about this mortar at first.

But when he saw these gunners testing the cannons in the school yard, he was shocked all of a sudden.

That terrifying power is still unforgettable to Mao Chengzuo.

Since then, Mao Chengzuo has been around these gunners.

If it wasn't for Mao Wenlong's prohibition to fire at will, Mao Chengzuo probably couldn't bear it long ago and fired a few shots. Now, how could Mao Chengzuo not be excited when he heard that he was asked to fire?

Mao Chengzuo held the high-explosive bomb and looked at Liaoyang City in the distance, with a strange smile on his face.

"Jiannu, eat the cannonballs."

Mao Chengzuo had already figured out the filling method of the mortar. He held the shell and loaded it directly into the mortar.

"Oh!"

There was a loud noise, and then a high-explosive bomb headed towards Liaoyang City.

A Jiannu soldier was standing on the top of the city wall, and when he was dozing off drowsily, he suddenly heard a very strange sound.

He raised his head curiously and looked up into the sky.

Before he had time to react, the high-explosive bomb fell directly at his feet.

"Oh!"

With a loud noise, the Jiannu soldier was directly blown to pieces by the high-explosive bomb.

The bricks under his feet were also blown up and flew around.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The slave guards on the entire city panicked for a moment. They screamed loudly and headed for the explosion.

At the same time, Jian slaves in the city also rushed towards the city wall.

"The calibration is over, let's bombard with all our strength!"

A gunner roared as he watched the high-explosive bomb land exactly behind Liaoyang City.

The gunners behind him heard this, took the shells out of the box, and loaded them directly.

All of a sudden, three high-explosive bombs headed towards Liaoyang City.

(End of this chapter)