Ming Zuo

Chapter 164 Daming's Sassy Operation
Zhang Zongheng made a false alarm.

Huang Taiji has no interest in Datong.

To be more precise, Huang Taiji was afraid that he would be too far away from the other road, and the Ming Dynasty would find an opportunity.

Therefore, after looting Xuanfu Town and obtaining enough food and grass supplies, Huang Taiji immediately returned to the division, joined forces with the left wing, and rushed to the capital again.

This day was already December [-]th, and Huang Taiji got the information that Man Gui led an army of [-] out of the city.

From the first day to the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, for a full half a month, the Ming court always turned a deaf ear to Hou Jin's actions and did not move a single soldier.

What is Ming Ting doing?

A farce is being staged.

First of all, Sun Chengzong in Tongzhou. The logistics minister did a good job, and the situation is improving.

Suddenly, a thunderbolt fell from the sky, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, and Zu Dashou ran away with an army of [-].

This time, Lao Sun changed from the rear to the front line, and he had to work hard to make peace.

The most urgent task is to bring back Zu Dashou.

Because this is the only army that can fight at the moment.

If Zu Dashou was allowed to go back outside the pass, then the Ming Dynasty could only stare and watch Hou Jinru enter a land of no one.

Sun Chengzong sent people back and forth to persuade him several times, but Zu Dashou refused to listen and remained indifferent.

In desperation, Sun Chengzong also became angry, and lost his temper in the memorial to Chongzhen.

What was Chongzhen doing during this time?

He is very busy.

Busy making charges against Yuan Chonghuan.

Yes, you read that right, Yuan Chonghuan's crimes were basically framed, and it was done by His Majesty the Emperor himself.

On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gao Jie, the censor of Jiangxi Province, clearly explained why Chongzhen did this in his memorial.

[The emperor was furious, and the supervisor Yuan Chonghuan was in prison, and he went down the chariot and recited the holy Mingyingduan thousands of times, following the emperor Wu Su, the national law was strengthened and the internal troubles were eliminated]

Translated into Mandarin, Yuan Chonghuan actually made His Majesty furious, which is really treasonous.

To put it bluntly, the fact that Hou Jin hit the capital city awakened Chongzhen's dream of the sage king coming to court and being praised by the whole country, and the big slap still hurt.

The emperor lost face and felt ashamed and angry, so he hated Yuan Chonghuan.

This is also the reason why Zuo Menggeng judged that Yuan Chonghuan would undoubtedly die when Houjin crossed Jizhou.

Although the emperor hated Yuan Chonghuan deeply because he lost face, he obviously needed a legitimate reason to kill Yuan Chonghuan.

What should I do?
ed.

On December [-]th, Zhang Sidong, a native of Shanxi, entered an important storage area with Huozhezi, and was captured by Shi Fan, the censor of the city.

After interrogation, Zhang Sidong claimed that he was instigated by Yuan Chonghuan's family member Zhou Biao, and Sun Juxiang, Shangshu of Cangchang, attended and testified.

Chongzhen immediately asked Jin Yiwei to take over and investigate the truth.

What's there to investigate?
Yuan Chonghuan, a Cantonese, wanted to find a Shanxi native to do such a big thing as burning the warehouse?

Hehe, he is from Shanxi again.

I have to say that the conspiracy behind this should not be too strong.

It is worth mentioning that Zu Dashou did not leave until the third day after Yuan Chonghuan was arrested.

He waited for Chongzhen for a day, wanting to make Chongzhen think about his behavior.

However, the Zhu family may not be close in other aspects, but in terms of stubbornness, it is inherited from the ancestors.

Zu Dashou waited until the third day and saw that Chongzhen had no intention of changing, so he left.

Since Chongzhen chose to be stubborn, in order to maintain his authority, he naturally had to be stubborn to the end.

Do you think I can't fight without you Guanning Army?
Take a good look at how I managed to win back gold.

So Chongzhen began to ask the officials to offer advice, but this advice...

To be honest, slapped him in the face again.

Lang Ning Chengxi, a former member of the Ministry of Military Affairs, made a note and counted five points together, fully revealing the predicament of the imperial court.

First, the city is not well repaired and it is difficult to defend;

Second, soldiers dare not fight;

Third, I didn’t know how to fight, and I didn’t dare to fight at night;

Fourth, the authority is not unified;

The fifth point is the simplest and most unsolvable, no money.

These are the actual situation, and it's good that Chongzhen didn't spit out a mouthful of old blood.

At the moment of depression, the evildoer came.

Liu Zhilun, the right servant of the Jingying Army, Political and Military Department, fully demonstrated his true nature of harming the country and the people.

He said to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, as for me, I know nothing..."

You don't know anything, so just be honest, okay?

"However, I know capable people. They can make single-wheeled trains, sidecars, beast carts, and hollow out wood to make Western cannons. They don't need money from the Ministry. As long as you give me [-] soldiers, I will fight Later gold."

When Chongzhen heard this, he was overjoyed.

Where can I find a courtier who can go to war without money.

He didn't think about it, could this Western cannon made of wood be able to fight?

Liu Zhilun not only won the appreciation of Chongzhen with these words, but also recommended a person to Chongzhen.

If Song Huizong had Guo Jing, then Ming Sizong also had Shen Fu.

What kind of guy is this Shen Fu?

This person was originally a gangster from Yunnan, he became a monk during the Tianqi period, ran around in Henan and Shandong, and finally became a guest at the Yingzhou hero Liu Tingchuan.

There are hundreds of diners under Liu Tingchuan's school, and they all like to talk about the art of war (bragging), but no one can compare (bringing too much) to Shen Fu.

Liu Tingchuan felt that Shen Fu was a great talent, and then funded him to go to the capital.

Shen Fu visited the court ministers many times and introduced to them the art of war he had learned.But the ministers are not stupid, how could they take him seriously.

This time, after the Jin invaded the bandits, Chongzhen panicked, Liu Zhilun took the opportunity to invite his name, thinking it was an opportunity, he recommended Shen Fu to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen went to the doctor in a hurry and summoned Shen Fu immediately.

Shen Fu didn't say that he had any skills, in fact, he had no skills at all.Anyway, I kept kowtowing and shouting.

"I don't have any talents, and I am willing to die to serve His Majesty."

On the spot, Chongzhen awarded Shen Fu the title of Deputy Commander of the Beijing Camp...

Do you believe it?
The Beijing camp was an empty shell, so Chongzhen asked Shen Fu to recruit troops by himself.

After Jindu hit the base of the city wall, it was only at this time that he recruited soldiers...

Can you fight?
On December [-]th, when the Houjin army turned back, the court urged Shen Fu to go out of the city to fight with Houjin.

This time Shen Fu's claws were numb.

But when things come to an end, you can't hide from them.

Had no choice but to lead the soldiers to hang down the city wall with ropes at night, and went to fight Houjin tremblingly.

By the time we reached the Marco Polo Bridge, there were probably more than a dozen people left.

The rest, all ran away.

Shen Fu met Hou Jin at Lugou Bridge.

It is estimated that Hou Jin didn't take this group of people seriously, and Shen Fu was shot like a hedgehog after shooting random arrows.

It was not until the [-]th that Shen Fu's body was found at Marco Polo Bridge.

The irony is that such a charlatan was rewarded generously.

The bloody fighters who loyally served the country were sent to prison and convicted, and the swindlers who deceived the king turned into heroes!
If the case of Shen Fu was just a farce, the annihilation of the Mangui Department was a tragedy.

In the battle of Deshengmen on November [-], the Mangui tribe had already been defeated and collapsed, leaving only more than [-] people in the whole army.

But Chongzhen ignored the facts, and after ordering the army of Prime Minister Mangui, he insisted on forcing him out of the city to fight Houjin.

It is estimated that when Man Gui received the news, his heart turned cold.

But there was no way, the eunuch of the supervising army stared at him covetously, and Man Gui had to do it.

And he also became the first person killed by Chongzhen to send eunuchs to supervise the army.

On the same day that Shen Fu was killed in battle, at the Yongding Gate behind the Marco Polo Bridge, the [-] Ming soldiers who had been battling impromptuly were killed by Hou Jin like chickens and dogs.

Man Gui and Sun Zushou died in battle, Hei Longyun and Ma Dengyun were captured, and Chongzhen lost all his last capital.

At this time, Chongzhen finally understood what he had done, and hurriedly threatened Yuan Chonghuan to write a letter to Zu Dashou, hoping to bring back the wild horse Zu Dashou.

It is worth mentioning that the friendship between Zu Dashou and Yuan Chonghuan may not be very good.

Zu Dashou's withdrawal was not because Yuan Chonghuan was framed, but because the Liao soldiers were wronged. He just used Yuan Chonghuan as a cover.

Why did he change his mind later and fight desperately?
Because he went back to Shanhaiguan and found that Zhu Mei wouldn't let him in.

Zu Dashou, who was trapped in the pass, had already begun to sit on the wax.It just so happened that Chongzhen's letter arrived at this time, if he didn't go down the slope, he would really be looking for a dead end.

In short, because of a series of coquettish operations by Chongzhen and the Ming court, the slightly stable situation collapsed completely.

Hou Jin completely turned into a runaway wild horse, no one could stop him, and began to sweep eastward.

Yongping, Luanzhou, Qian'an, Jizhou and other places fell in turn, and Hou Jin made up for the loss in Zunhua again.

At this time, Zuo Menggeng, who was hiding in the mountains, was keenly aware of the bad signs in the whole army.

It may be that the battle of Zunhua was so easy that the whole army thought that Houjin was nothing more than that, so they felt proud and underestimated the enemy.

Zuo Menggeng is very clear about the reason why arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated.

He knew that if this problem was not resolved as soon as possible, the rear battalion would definitely encounter big trouble in the following battles.

Didn't say, let's organize the army!
(End of this chapter)