nanming man

Chapter 171 The Blown Victory
In October of the 15th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army entered the pass from Huangyakou.

Since then, Beijing has been under martial law for more than half a year.

Emperor Chongzhen was still able to issue a few orders at first, and he could also receive some local beating reports. Later, when the Chuang army occupied Henan and Guanzhong, and the Qing army occupied Shandong, Beijing's connection with the outside world was basically cut off.

Occasionally, news came, and it was also the sad news of the fall of various places, which made Chongzhen feel powerless, and the courtiers had no strategy to solve the current crisis.

Fortunately, it was not just once or twice that the Qing army came to the city. After more times, the cabinet officials and the army in Beijing became accustomed to the martial law in the capital, and there was no trouble when the capital arrived.

At this time, only the Guan Ning army nested in the Shanhaiguan area remained among the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the north, and this man and horse could not move.

There is only so much the cabinet can do, and the only thing left is "wait".

Either wait for Jianu to leave by himself, or wait for the Ming army from the south to come to King Qin and force Jianu out of the pass.

In the nearly 300-year-old empire, there are not many cards in hand.

The cabinet has no cards to play, so it can only sit in the capital and work hard, and there is no rush.

But they were not in a hurry, but Emperor Chongzhen was.

This world belongs to the Zhu family, and the ministers don't feel sorry for him, but he does.

Jiannu lived in Zhu's house for more than half a year. Emperor Chongzhen was unwilling to eat, couldn't sleep at night, and lost a lot of weight.

Outside the palace gate, a few thin civil servants in scarlet robes walked quickly. As soon as they arrived at the palace gate, Wang Chengen rushed to greet him, and hurriedly urged: "Several elders, come quickly with our house, your majesty has already urged you six times. gone."

Zhou Yanru's complexion changed, he hastily pulled the hem of his official robe, and began to trot.

Today's temper is impatient, and after such a short period of time, he was urged six times, and several old things ran away in a hurry.

Not long after, everyone arrived outside the main hall, Wang Chengen went in to report first, and after a while, he stood at the door and waved: "Come in quickly, elders."

Zhou Yanru, Wu Shengfang, Wei Zaode and others rushed into the hall, and saw Chongzhen, who had been clothed all his life, walking back and forth excitedly in the hall with a memorial in his hand.

When he saw a few people coming in, he stopped immediately, took the memorial, and asked the few people who had just stepped through the threshold: "My dear friends, have you checked the great victory mentioned in Ma Shiying's memorial? Have you checked?" real?"

Historically, the Qing army retreated from Shandong in May and returned to Liaodong in June.

According to the Korean history book "Shenyang Zhuangqi", "the clothes worn by returning Qing soldiers are all torn and invisible, and they are all in the shape of ghosts." Because "there are many deaths", "the number of people who entered the army was only half of that of the previous year."Many Jiannu family members looked forward to the sad news of the death of their father and son.For a while, "crying sounded all over the house inside and outside the city gate".

North Korea has always been biased towards the Ming Dynasty, and there are many exaggerated elements in the records, but it can also be seen that although the Qing army gained a lot, they were away for a long time and suffered a lot of losses.

In addition to combat factors, within half a year, plague, disease, supply restrictions, and loss of supplies accounted for the main reasons.

Wearing a pair of shoes and a piece of armor for seven or eight months in a row makes a person feel like a ghost.

This time the Qing army stayed in Shandong until June, and the besieged Linqing City ran out of food, and the Qing army's food and grass were actually already in short supply.

It will be a matter of time before Abate will withdraw from the customs.

At this time, Gao Yihuan's sneak attack on the Tartar camp created an opportunity for the Ming army in the south, and the Ming army's northward movement was the key straw that prompted Abatai's decision to leave the customs.

The Qing army had run out of food, and there was nothing to grab in Shandong. Once they were entangled by the Ming army and could not win in a short time, the [-] Qing army would be in great danger.

In this case, Abate could only choose to retreat outside the customs.

Ma Shiying's memorial first went to the Ministry of War and then to the cabinet. Zhou Yanru and others had already read it.

In the memorial, Ma Shiying naturally didn't mention a word about Gao Yihuan, and he planned and directed the whole battle well.

Nanzhi’s officers and soldiers first ordered troops to Xuzhou in a premeditated manner, endured humiliation for half a year, just to paralyze the slaves in Teng County, and then sent troops to attack the enemy’s rear, attacking east and west, and transferred the Qing army in Teng County. Finally, Teng County was empty and took Teng County in one fell swoop. , A total of more than [-] heads were won.

After that, he continued to pursue, broke the siege of Linqing, and captured countless more.

The entire memorial was written quite wonderfully and excitingly, with more than 8000 words in eloquence, and he almost used 36 tricks one by one.

After the cabinet saw it, they beheaded three thousand people. No one believed it at all, so they were suppressed for a day.

But immediately afterwards, the memorial from Shandong was also passed on, corroborating Ma Shiying's memorial from the side, and Zhou Yanru hurriedly sent someone to send it.

Among them, Wei Zaode was in charge of the Ministry of War, and he reported back: "Your Majesty, I have already checked this matter, because the governor of Shandong has also sent a memorial, so it is basically credible." Speaking of this, Wei Zaode hesitated for a moment, feeling that he still couldn't say too much. Full, full, in case Ma Shiying falsely reported his military exploits and implicated him, he hurriedly changed his words: "However, Shandong is too far away from the capital, and I still need to send someone to check again."

Chongzhen only listened to the previous words, and his face flushed with excitement. He didn't listen to the latter words at all, so he waved his hands impatiently: "Quick, show me the memorials from Shandong!"

Wei Zaode happened to be carrying it with him, so he quickly took it out of his sleeve and presented it to Chongzhen.

After Chongzhen finished reading the memorial, he found that the memorial was brilliant, but the main point was to emphasize how the officials of the Third Division of Shandong cleverly led the main force of slave building to Jinan, bought time for the defense of various places, and finally succeeded in making the Qing army reluctantly retreat.

The contents of memorials in Shandong and Nanzhili are different, but one thing is certain, that is, Jiannu really withdrew from Shandong.

"The slave was frustrated in Shandong, and Ma Aiqing has urged Qin Wang's teacher to come north." Chongzhen closed the memorial, his face could not hide the color of joy, he looked at several people, and suddenly said excitedly: "This is a rare opportunity. An old man, who would like to go out to the capital to cooperate with Ma Aiqing to rebuild the slaves!"

The Ming Dynasty lost more than one hundred thousand in the first battle, and the Ming army beheaded more than 3000 people, which obviously could not satisfy Chongzhen.

After reading the two memorials, Chongzhen's sense of powerlessness disappeared, and he felt that Ming's army could still make a difference, so he hoped that they could make more achievements, severely injure the Jiannu who invaded the bandits, and relieve his hatred.

Facing Chongzhen's expectant eyes, several university scholars felt a shudder running down their spines.

Not to mention that Jiannu is not easy to fight, and Ma Shiying's memorial has not been verified. Even if the memorial is true, it is possible to fight, but the effect of the fight does not meet the emperor's expectations, and I am afraid there will be trouble.

University scholar Wu Shengfang saw the emperor looking at him, and hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty, I really want to share your worries, but I just took over the matter of supervising the rogue bandits, so I really don't have enough resources."

Chongzhen frowned slightly, but rogues were also a big deal, so he turned his attention to the other people, only to see Wei Zaode, who was talking just now, bowed his head to the ground, his buttocks raised high.

Zhou Yanru was thinking about something in his heart, and his movements were a beat slower, and he was immediately targeted by Chongzhen.

"Zhou Qing, are you willing to supervise the teacher?" Chongzhen looked at him and asked.

Zhou Yanru complained in his heart, but then he thought about it, he had been a slave for more than half a year, and it was time to leave the customs.

Now that he can't hide, he can only salute solemnly: "I am willing to invite my own teacher to kill slaves for Your Majesty."

Chongzhen was overjoyed immediately, issued an imperial edict to praise him, lowered his hand, compared him to Zhao Hu and Pei Du, and bestowed Zhang Fu, Platinum, Wen Qi, and 4 high-quality horses, and took out some gold and silk for Zhou Yanru to reward the army.

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