Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 105 Bai Guangen is confused

Li Zicheng's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Gao, was also shocked.

She didn't expect that the emperor would exchange prisoners!

No matter what, she is one of the leaders of Dashun Junior High School, and her perspective on issues must be different from those below.

The people under her thought that the emperor was loyal; however, she saw that the emperor was doing this to win over the morale of the military. Even the military morale of her subordinates could be shaken by the emperor's move!
You know, this person is none other than the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!Even though Li Zicheng had established the Dashun Kingdom, the people present were actually soldiers of the Dashun Kingdom.However, she was sure that her men still believed that they were from the Ming Dynasty, and that their emperor was the one in front of them.After all, the time for the founding of the Dashun Kingdom was too short!
The aloof emperor cares so much about the lives of those below him!Even if Li Zicheng were here, he would certainly not be able to do this.

Aren't most people from the bottom of the class, how could they not shed tears of gratitude for being so valued by the emperor?Who doesn't hope to have such a good emperor?

If this thing spreads, I don’t know how much fame and popularity it will win for this emperor!

Although Daizhou was not captured in this battle, from Gao's point of view, she would rather exchange the loss of Daizhou for the fact that this matter did not exist. That would definitely be worth it!
At this moment, no matter whether Gao is willing to change or not, the emperor's reputation can no longer be affected.

Even if she didn't change, she would be able to compare the kindness of Emperor Ming and the ruthlessness of her Gao family!
If you may not have known the importance of people's disapproval before, now Gao definitely knows the importance of people's disfavor!
Now, all she can do is agree to the emperor's request, thus showing that she also values ​​the lives of the soldiers of the Dashun Army, not to mention that one of those prisoners is Zhang Tianlin, and she exchanges several times the number for prisoners!
Under the conspiracy, Gao had no choice, and immediately ordered: "Open the door and exchange prisoners!"

Hearing her words, her men quickly reminded: "My Lady, if you open the door, what if they take the opportunity to seize the city?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Gao turned around and stared at the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty among the imperial officers and soldiers in the distance, and then said in a firm tone: "No, he has achieved his goal, and it will not be self-defeating!"

If he wanted to seize the opportunity to seize the city, Gao would be happy to do so.

Because once the emperor decides to seize the city, outsiders will think that everything the emperor did before was just to seize the city!

But it is obvious that this emperor is particularly good at deceiving people.He will definitely not fail to see that he has already won. If he captures the city, he will lose a lot for a small amount!
Today's situation is not a matter of one city or one pool, but a matter of relations competing for the world!

After Gao made up his mind, the city gate slowly opened, attracting everyone's attention.

On the top of the city, they did not say who should be enlarged first and who should be released after the soldiers of the Shun Army. They saw a boy and a girl, accompanied by a tied-up man, and a woman behind them. They were the first to walk slowly through the city gate. out.

Needless to say, this is Zhou Dabiao and his family.

Behind them were other tied-up people.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this scene, he couldn't help but pay attention to the woman on the top of the city, and felt a little admiration in his heart.

This woman must have followed Li Zicheng in many battles, and she didn't have any petty ambitions, which surprised him a bit.

If I remember correctly, this woman's name is Gao Guiying, and she is Li Zicheng's third wife.The first two terms did not die in battle, but committed adultery. Of course, this is beside the point.

At this time, when the officers and soldiers of the imperial court saw Zhou Dabiao and others coming out, they stepped forward one after another, picked them up, and untied them.

Zhang Tianlin, one of the prisoners, looked at this scene and probably understood that she had been exchanged. Seeing that the people who had been exchanged had come out, she suddenly became anxious and shouted loudly: "You are the emperor, you should always keep your word. Are you letting us into the city?"

He was impatient. As one of Li Zicheng's generals, how could his status be compared with the people in front of him? He didn't believe that the emperor would exchange him for prisoners.What if he doesn't keep his word and kills him?
With a chance to live in front of him, he was naturally unwilling to die.

At this time, he was staring at the current emperor, preparing to use the emperor's golden words to the general again, so that the emperor had to keep his promise.

As a result, to his surprise, he saw that the emperor just glanced at him sideways, then took the reins and left.

More than 7000 cavalry troops, accompanied by their rescued comrades, followed the emperor and rolled away with rumble of iron hooves.

Zhang Tianlin looked at this scene and was stunned for a long time. Even though the dust covered his head and face, he did not react.

He didn't come back to his senses until his men called him after the imperial cavalry had gone far away.

However, at this time, he ignored his men at all, and instead jumped to the north where the emperor disappeared and shouted: "You fucking emperor, what the hell do you mean? You don't even look at me? I He is a general under His Highness, who has surpassed the stars, not an unknown person! His grandma's, don't leave if you have the guts, and fight him for another hundred rounds..."

A group of soldiers came out of the city to loosen the bonds of the people outside the city. One of the leaders came to Zhang Tianlin, looked at him jumping on his feet, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you are invited!"

Until then, Zhang Tianlin reluctantly let her men loosen their bonds and went into the city.

He knew that Gao Guiying would definitely ask him about the details of his arrest, and he would have to explain and reprimand Li Zicheng when he saw him later.

As for punishment, there shouldn't be any.After all, who among today's Dashun troops is not burdened with a lot of defeats?

With this in mind, he went into the city.

About an hour later, an army appeared in the south of Daizhou. The leader's flag had the word "white" on it. There was a lot of food, grass and baggage among the army.

There are very few people named Bai, and the most famous one is Bai Guangen.

He was originally a bandit, and he followed the Huntianhou. He surrendered in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and then followed Cao Wenzhao and others to pursue the bandits, and finally became the general soldier of the imperial court.In addition to fighting against the bandits, he also fought against the Jianlu in Liaodong. He once killed the Manchu and Qing forwards, the third-class light chariot captain Zhai Samu, the auxiliary leader Chuo Ketuo, the auxiliary leader Ebei, the auxiliary leader Wudana, Leaders such as Hu Junxiao Hundashan also had many records of defeats.

His son was captured by the Manchu army during the Battle of Songjin. He wrote a letter asking him to surrender to the Manchu, but he ignored it and escaped back. He followed Sun Chuanting to fight Li Zicheng again.

After Sun Chuanting died in the battle, he fled westward to Guyuan, where the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province was located. After being unable to escape, he surrendered to Li Zicheng.At that time, Li Zicheng was overjoyed and named him Taoyuan Bo.Later, Bai Guangen recruited Kaifeng general Chen Yongfu for Li Zicheng, who shot and blinded one of Li Zicheng's eyes.

Li Zicheng was very happy and showed his trust in Bai Guangen.No, this time he was assigned to escort the grain and grass from Taiyuan to the front line.

At this time, Bai Guangen escorted the grain and grass to Daizhou. After delivering the grain and grass, he completed the mission.

At first, everything seemed fine.

However, when he entered the city, he felt something was not normal.

Along the way, he kept seeing soldiers and pedestrians gathering around and whispering, and they kept silent when outsiders came.

As a general who has led troops in combat for many years, having good ears and eyesight is a basic condition.Vaguely, Bai Guangen heard words such as "Your Majesty", "Good luck", "Really loyal".

At first, he didn't take it seriously.

Do you want to say that Li Zicheng is loyal?That's true loyalty, that's why he can achieve great things!This, he admitted.

But later, Bai Guangen felt something was wrong.

If people in Daizhou City are really talking about Li Zicheng, there is no need to avoid him and stop talking when they see him.

When he was puzzled, he called his personal guards, gave a few instructions, and then went to see Gao Guiying himself.

About an hour later, when he returned to the mansion assigned to him, it was almost time for the personal guards he sent out to move forward.

Before entering the lobby, as soon as he saw Bai Guangen sitting in the lobby drinking water, the guard couldn't help but said at the door: "Master, the sun has come out from the west, it's incredible..."

The commander of the personal guards who was waiting on Bai Guangen heard this and couldn't help but laugh: "If you talk nonsense in front of the master, do you want to get a military stick?" Bai Guangen had just finished drinking tea, put the teapot on the table, then looked at the personal guards and asked : "What happened to Daizhou this time?"

At this time, the guard had already entered the lobby and came to him. With an excited but somewhat incredible expression on his face, he reported to him: "I have heard about this. Early this morning, the emperor led troops to attack Dai Dai." State, first sent people to defraud the city..."

When the commander of the personal guards heard this, he pretended to kick him and shouted: "Keep talking nonsense. Believe it or not, the emperor is crazy and attacking Daizhou!"

The guard jumped away quickly, and then hurriedly explained: "He is not from the Dashun Kingdom, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the current emperor..."

It's okay that he didn't explain. As soon as he explained, the guard commander kicked him and shouted at the same time: "You are itchy, don't you? How dare you talk nonsense in front of the master!"

The guard did not hide this time and received a moderate kick. Then he looked at Bai Guangen, who was a little impatient, and said with a very sincere expression: "Master, what I heard about is that the current emperor led troops to attack Daizhou. …”

Seeing him like this, the commander of the personal guards did not interrupt him, and seemed to let him make it up to see what he could come up with.

Even Bai Guangen actually looked unbelieving.

He has seen the current emperor, how could he not know what kind of person he is.It is said that the current emperor will personally lead the troops to attack Daizhou. You would have to have your head caught in the door to believe it!

As a result, Bai Guangen's expression suddenly became serious as he listened.

This was not only because he knew that the personal guard did not dare to make it up, but also because what the personal guard said matched the strange things he encountered when he went to see Gao Guiying.

First of all, Li Zijing was hanging his arm. Although the wrapping was very thick, blood could still be seen seeping out. It was obvious that his arm was seriously injured.

Secondly, he also met Tianxing Zhang Tianlin. He was dejected and ignored his greetings. Under normal circumstances, this would not be possible at all.

Even Gao Guiying, Bai Guangen felt that when she first saw him, her eyes seemed unnatural.

If you compare it with what the guards said, it will all be explained.

However, in this case, he was a little confused!
Is the current emperor in this matter really the current emperor that I remember and met?
Why did he feel that these were completely two people!

If the current emperor were really such a person, he would be brave enough to shoot Li Zijing with an arrow, win people's hearts, set up a Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs, and save those unknown soldiers, in this way, would the treacherous officials have their time in power?How can Jianlu become a trend?Can Li Zicheng sweep across the Central Plains?Why is this world like this?

To be honest, when Bai Guangen was thinking about this, he really didn't believe that the person his bodyguard said would be the current emperor!
Even Li Zicheng would never be able to do these things!

Perhaps only Emperor Taizu's magnanimity in establishing the Ming Dynasty from scratch could achieve these things!

Seeing Bai Guangen's suspicious look, the commander of the pro-army army said to him: "Master, why don't I go and inquire about it too!"

After hearing this, Bai Guangen nodded and said, "Okay, change your clothes and ask a few more people to confirm!"

Although he felt it was true, he really couldn't believe it. It would be good to confirm it again and again.

So, after half an hour, the commander of the personal guards came back with an incredulous expression on his face.

After Bai Guangen heard his report, it was exactly the same as what the bodyguard had learned before. He immediately fell into a daze and was speechless for a long time.

He didn't know that at the same time, someone on Gao Guiying's side was reporting to Gao Guiying: "Mother, Taoyuan Bo's personal guards are secretly inquiring about the current emperor!"

Hearing this, although Gao Guiying said nothing and waved away his men, he frowned, obviously unhappy or a little worried.

………………

In the afternoon, in the general hall of Yanmen Pass, Emperor Chongzhen, who had just returned, was sitting in the main seat. Zhou Yuji and others were standing in the hall, and they heard Emperor Chongzhen say to them: "What will you gain or lose in today's battle?"

As a soul of later generations, he grew up under the red flag and always had some fine traditions engraved in his bones. After the war, he felt it was necessary to make a summary, especially when he was not familiar with the wars of this era.

Therefore, as soon as he returned to his own territory, he held this meeting.

Hearing his words, the generals below looked at each other, and then Zhou Yuji came out and said: "Your Majesty's superb shooting will definitely intimidate the enemy and boost the morale of our army!"

To be honest, even he admired the emperor's archery skills!
The magic archer at the foot of Daizhou City, about two hundred paces away, still shot at the enemy on top of the city, with three arrows in a row, which absolutely shocked everyone!

Emperor Chongzhen was also happy when he heard Zhou Yuji say this.

Looking back now, when I saw that Li Zicheng's younger brother was about to kill a child in front of him, I didn't think much about it at the time. I immediately drew my bow and arrow to stop it. In my mind, I didn't seem to think about aiming, accidental injury or anything like that. I just thought about it. Just shoot the man.

Perhaps, this is the true state of archery. Just like later generations playing sniper, hesitation will lead to miss.

With this thought in his mind, on the surface, Emperor Chongzhen just said lightly: "Is there anything else?"

Another commander-in-chief, He Zan, heard this and went out to report: "Your Majesty leads the army with just a few words. The morale of the army is extremely high. The whole army wishes that everyone would die for your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's heart moved, and he turned around and ordered Fang Zhenghua: "Draw up the decree and order the prince to set up a loyalty hall in front of the Ancestral Temple and next to the palace prison. All those who have been loyal to the country will be enshrined in it and enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty. , will last forever with the country! When I return to Beijing and see that it is correct, we will start construction!"

"My slave obeys the order!" When Fang Zhenghua heard this, he felt happy and quickly agreed.

As a eunuch, he has no descendants.In order to provide for the elderly and to have someone to burn paper money after death, powerful eunuchs would adopt an adopted son or adopt one from their relatives.However, no matter how good these are, are they better than entering the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs after death?
Long live the Lord said that as long as those who are loyal to the country can be enshrined, Fang Zhenghua should be able to serve as a eunuch as well. It would be strange if he is not happy!

Zhou Yuji and others did not dare to ask Emperor Chongzhen whether the matter about Zhonglie Hall was true. When they heard that the emperor issued the order in front of them, it was definitely a certainty, and they were overjoyed.

Compared with others, generals like them who fight in troubled times are most likely to be loyal to their country!Now that His Majesty has established the Hall of Loyalty and Martyrs, as long as the Ming Dynasty is immortal and loyalty lasts forever, then what are the worries?
After Emperor Chongzhen explained to Fang Zhenghua, he looked at several generals and said: "I mainly want to know the gains and losses of today's battle, especially the shortcomings, so that I can fight and win again next time! Sirs, don't ask for good news. Instead of reporting worries, I would rather hear about shortcomings!”

After hearing this, Zhou Yuji and others looked at each other and saw that each other believed in the emperor's sincerity and that they were all straightforward men in the army, so they no longer had any scruples and immediately started talking to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen listened carefully and summed up in his mind, probably in the following aspects.

First, the battle to attack Daizhou was too wishful thinking.The means of siege are too simple. They just hope to deceive the city and have no other means.

Second, although the battle to ambush the bandits was a great victory, it also exposed the shortcomings of insufficient training.When the cavalry went to chase the rebels, they lost their structure and everyone scrambled to be first. They originally planned to chase the enemy for about five miles and then return, but in the end they chased them ten miles away before taking back the pursuers.

This is mainly due to an ambush by the rebels. Otherwise, when the two armies are fighting, if the rebels have an ambush and lure the enemy deep into the enemy to fight out, it will definitely be a big defeat.There were many war lessons like this during the Chongzhen period!

Third, the army has different weapons and equipment, no purposeful organization, and soldiers with different skills and levels. It is okay to fight such a smooth battle, but once it fights hard and hard, it is likely to suffer heavy losses.

Emperor Chongzhen knew this, and it was all because the cavalry was improvised.These shortcomings can be seen at a glance in the eyes of these battle-hardened generals.

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Just when Emperor Chongzhen was summing up the gains and losses of the war, Li Zicheng also received news of Kuai Ma.

(End of this chapter)