Blood from Daming

Chapter 437 Liaodong
Luo Sigong told Xue Rui that he also ordered the Jinyiwei in Yulin to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to find this horse bandit, but there was no trace of this horse bandit in Yansui Town, and the Menglebu Department never knew the origin of this horse bandit In the end, Luo Sigong got news from friends in the official circles in Yulin, but he just wondered if it was a horse dealer who was usually a temporary visitor to a horse bandit.

Xue Rui said: "Brother Luo, why don't you use the power of the "Qian Kun Sun Moon Order" in Shanxi? "

Luo Sigong blushed and said, "The Order of the Universe and the Sun and the Moon is not omnipotent, but they have heard that a horse dealer named Gao Yingxiang appeared with a large number of horses at the time and place where the accident occurred, but Gao Yingxiang was not found. What strange behavior and related loot this horse dealer has. "

Xue Rui said: "This Gao Yingxiang showed up at the place where my nephew happened. Even if he wasn't the culprit, at least he might be an insider. Brother Luo, didn't you go to find this Gao Yingxiang?"

Luo Sigong sighed and said: "Brother Xue, brother is trying to find a way, but he lost the position of Commander of Jinyiwei. Now Sigong is powerless in this state."

Xue Rui thought for a while and said: "Brother Luo, you and I have known each other for decades, and our ancestors are also subordinates of the "Qian Kun Sun Moon Order". If you have any clues or want to ask Gao Yingxiang, Xue Rui can do it for you. "

Luo Sigong said: "Brother Xue, you mean to send Xue's army to attack Gao Yingxiang's caravan for a long distance."

Xue Rui nodded and said, "How about it, brother Luo, think about it."

Luo Sigong was a little hesitant, and after a while he said: "Brother Xue, thank you for your kindness, Sigong and my son Yangxing have written it down, and when there is news about Gao Yingxiang, brother will come to trouble Brother Xue."

Xue Rui said: "Brother Luo, I will notify Xue Liu of this matter, and if it is convenient, I can notify Xue Liu of Datong Mansion. Even if this Gao Yingxiang is wronged, he is just a horse dealer. To put it bluntly, he is a half-horse bandit. It can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people.”

Luo Sigong told Xue Rui to take care of Xue Polu, whose family is in Liaodong. There are too many people staring at him in the court, maybe Xue Polu will bring something unexpected to the Xue family. Xue Rui sincerely thanked Luo Sigong for his kindness. With Jin Yu's kind words, the two old men continued to talk for a while, and then Luo Sigong got up and left Xue's residence.

Soon after, the Ming Dynasty held the tribute ceremony of the Tuxietu Khan tribe. Emperor Tianqi accepted the nine-white tribute of a white camel and eight white horses from the Tuxietu Khan tribe, and pardoned the Tuxietu Khan Khan King Gun Because of Bu's crimes, in view of the poor health of King Gonbu Khan, the queen mother of Tuxietu Khan was named the queen mother of the regent, and the Tuxietu Khan was rewarded with rewards.

As soon as the tribute ceremony of the Ming Dynasty ended, good news came from Liaodong. The Liaodong Army re-established the Jierhalang Department of the Luxianglan Banner in Youtunwei, killing thousands of enemies and making countless gains. This should have been a happy event. I didn't know but gave birth to a farce of double yolk eggs.

On one side was played by Yu Anxing, the governor of Shanhaiguan. Zhao Ledjiao, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the Tunwei, and Xue Polu, the general of the Beijing Camp, rescued the Zhou Shoulian Department of the Right Tunwei. They captured thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, and beheaded nearly a thousand captives. (This includes the heads captured by Xue Polu near the Sancha River and the Right Tunwei)
On the other side is Ningqiandao Yuan Chonghuan's memorabilia. Zhou Shoulian, the guard of the right garrison, defended the city in a bloody battle. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Youtunwei's victory, he seized the trophies such as the head of Jianlu, cattle, sheep and horses that originally belonged to Youtunwei.

Now the imperial court is full of excitement, everyone can talk about it, and all kinds of suspicions have surfaced, which makes the Youtun guard, who has always been unknown, become famous overnight, and becomes a key figure in the battle of the Ming court's Youtun guard. .

The imperial court sent officials to Liaodong to verify the truth of the Liaodong Youtun Guards' battle. Not long after, bad news spread in the capital. Kaizhou Puyi was defeated by Niulu's men and horses from Yizhou Wei. More than 1 people were defeated. After the defeat, they fled back to Jinzhou.

The people in Beijing and the court officials and the emperor just had a few days of comfort when they heard such disgusting gossip. As usual, this Ming Dynasty official army is reliable in defeating battles.

As a result, all kinds of Liaodong news spread in the capital. The imperial court finally received the second re-examination memorial from the Liaodong Jinglue Mansion. Governor Yu Anxing turned over Jianlu's leader ten times more than Ning Qiandao Yuan Chonghuan, the truth of the matter is self-evident.

The Liaodong Jinglue Mansion also confirmed the fact that Ningyuan’s general Zu Dashou defeated Yizhou Wei, but the Liaodong Jinglue Mansion’s wording was more euphemistic, but the loss of the Ming army was similar to the rumors. A Jianzhou Niulu defeated more than 1 Ming troops. The army was simply stunned, and let the talented officials and common people of Ming Dynasty lose their spirits.

Emperor Apocalypse hadn't woken up from the dispute over the battle of the Youtun Guards in Eastern Liaodong and the fact that Zu Dashou's troops had defeated Yizhou Guards, when news came that the East and West Route Army of Liao had defeated Shuangtaizihe. Yuan Chonghuan, who led the West Route Army, took Nearly [-] Liaodong officers and soldiers stayed on the east bank of the Shuangtaizi River, while Yuan Chonghuan, under the interception and killing of the Zhengbai Banner, Xianghong Banner, and Zhenglan Banner led by Jianlu Huang Taiji, lost tens of thousands of troops and returned to the Liaodong Ningjin Defense Line.

Emperor Apocalypse was so shocked that his hands and feet were cold when he got the news, but the most shocking news came that the 4 Liaodong East Route Army lost contact with the Liaodong Jinglue Mansion. Banners and Three Banners did not launch an attack on the Liaodong Ningjin defense line, which was short of major generals, but the whole army turned around and crossed the Shuangtaizi River.

It is already an extravagant hope for Daming to rescue Uiju Prefecture in North Korea. Emperor Tianqi and the court ministers are most concerned about the Liaodong East-West Route Army on the east bank of the Shuangtaizi River. It is difficult for everyone to accept that [-] Liaodong soldiers and civilians are gone like this.

Now the officials of the imperial court began to dig out the reasons and find the responsibility. The handling of Yuan Chonghuan's private exchange of the crossing route was the incompetence of Sun Chengzong's command in Liaodong Economic Strategy. The person responsible is guilty.

In the panic, there are still some people who understand. The head of the Ministry of War, Qian Yuanxi, wrote to the Emperor Tianqi, asking the emperor to issue an order to invite General Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Town, Li Banghua, Governor of Tianjin, Yuan Keli, Governor of Denglai, and various naval forces in Liaodong to search and rescue the Liaodong Army in Liaodong Bay. The officers and soldiers of Shuangtaizihe, Emperor Tianqi read the memorial of Qian Yuanxi, the head of the Ministry of War, and immediately ordered the Ministry of War to fully supervise the matter.

The next step is that the imperial court should send reinforcements to Liaodong, but the entire Ming Dynasty slipped around and found that the imperial court had no more soldiers available. At this time, a minister proposed to urgently send Xue Yun, the deputy general of Datong, to Liaodong for support, but the entire imperial court knew Xue Yun should be in Tuxietu Khan's tribe thousands of miles away, waiting for the messenger to inform Xue Yun to send troops to Datong's army to Liaodong.

It is unrealistic to transfer Datong Xue Yun to support Liaodong, so the only option is to order the emperor Sun Chengzong, the Liaodong economic strategist, to guard the Ningjin defense line, but Sun Chengzong was impeached by the officials in the court.Sun Chengzong's anger and literati's temperament broke out, and he even went to Ershu and asked to be dismissed from office. After a while, give him python clothes and jade belts.

Today's Beijing city is dead silent, and they are all silent in the grief of the defeat of the Liaodong army. The atmosphere in Xue's mansion in the capital is very dignified. There are no greetings from court officials these days, but many people in the capital city come to Xue's mansion to condolences to Xue's family, and to Xue's army. Expedition to Liaodong expressed condolences, which made Xue Rui, who had always been calm, panicked.

Xue Rui, who has been distracted for the past few days, can no longer hold her own. Today, for the first time, Xue Rui took the initiative to invite his granddaughter-in-law Mrs. Chen to the Xue Mansion in the capital to narrate. The youngest went first, bid farewell to fourth uncle Xue and sister Wu Hui, sat in a small sedan chair, brought more than twenty male and female servants out of Xuezhuang, and headed straight for Guangqumen in the capital.

Ms. Chen entered Xue's mansion and went directly to the study in the backyard of grandfather Xue Rui. Grandpa Xue Rui had already been waiting in the study. Ms. Chen went into the study to salute her grandfather and asked, "Grandpa, why did you recruit grandson-in-law?" Is it something about Liaodong?"

Xue Rui said: "That's right, although Grandpa knew that Xue Er would drag Xue's army to North Korea, but this time Governor Yu, Zongbing Man, and Zongbing Zhao were all with Xue Er. Will he be able to complete this task? There are also the Tartars of Jianlu Huang Taiji with three banners, chasing and intercepting Xue Er and his East Route Army, plus the Tartars on the east bank of the Shuangtaizi River, grandpa has to worry about Xue Er and our Xue family army."

Ms. Chen said: "Grandpa, my husband left second uncle behind, not to mention my Xue family's army is invincible in every attack. I believe that second uncle can bring the team out of the predicament."

Xue Rui sighed and said, "Now that Xue Er and the others have nowhere to go, they are chasing after him, and he is not in charge of the army. The future of the entire Liaodong East Route Army is worrisome."

Ms. Chen decided to reveal some secrets to comfort Grandpa, so she said: "Grandpa, the situation in Liaodong is not as pessimistic as the officials of the imperial court think. I just received the news from Datong Mansion that my husband has left the Tuxietu Khan Department. Let's start now." The date of the date, the husband's soldiers and horses should be among the Chahar or Horqin tribes."

(End of this chapter)