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Chapter 450 Yanshi Must Fight

Emperor Chongzhen, who lived in the palace all year round, didn't know the suffering of the people in Henan, and he didn't expect that the intruder would suddenly hit him in the waist and beat him so badly.

But at this time the world is restless, the imperial court is using troops everywhere, he still knows that the cabinet minister Yang Sichang is chasing and suppressing the bandits in Sichuan, and Hong Chengchou is also fighting fiercely with the slave bandits in Liaodong.

But the resurgence of the Shandong turmoil was like fire, and it was difficult to extinguish it for a while, fearing that it would cut off the water transportation, and what worried him even more was the movement of the thief Li Zicheng.

Since Li Zicheng broke through the Hanshui River from Wuguan, the court has not received any news about the intruders, although no information is the best news.

But for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen was even more worried. He was afraid that the intruders were lurking somewhere, and they would suddenly kill them, disrupting the imperial court's combat strategy of focusing on chasing and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong.

The Chinese New Year is less than a month away, and Beijing is full of festive atmosphere, and it has not been affected by the wars in various places.

At this time, Beijing City, Jinzhou in Liaodong, Luoyang in Henan, and Sichuan, which was ravaged by thieves, were like two worlds. There was still a peaceful and festive atmosphere, as if the Ming Dynasty was still prosperous, and there was no trace of doomsday.

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The Xuanwu Gate in the Forbidden City has just played the five watch drums. All the temples inside and outside the imperial city are beeping in unison. Cooperating with the chanting and Sanskrit singing, it was transmitted to the Qianqing Palace in bursts.

Emperor Chongzhen had woken up early. Wearing his court uniform, he drank a bowl of bird's nest soup with rock sugar and ate a piece of silk candy with tiger eye socket. The eunuchs put a "Pepsi Daji Box" on his imperial case according to the custom in the palace. Dried persimmons, lychees, longan, chestnuts, ripe dates.

But he only glanced at it, didn't eat anything, but sighed in his heart: "Oh, when will we see Pepsi's success!"

Seeing that the emperor had finished his breakfast, the maids hurriedly stepped forward to change Emperor Chongzhen into the court clothes Dung and Mian, and the Emperor Chongzhen walked out of the Qianqing Palace, took a chariot, and went to the Huangji Hall to attend the morning court.

That day, Emperor Chongzhen returned to Qianqing Palace after the morning court, still feeling restless, and he felt even more bored when he saw the memorials on the imperial case that looked like hills.

After walking around the Qianqing Palace for a while, Emperor Chongzhen called a young eunuch who was accompanying him and said, "Send Chen Xinjia!"

The little eunuch sang a song, then turned around and left quickly, not daring to delay.

After a while, Chen Xinjia came to Qianqing Palace in a hurry, he knelt down and saluted and said: "Chen Xinjia pays homage to Your Majesty."

"Chen Qing get up!"

After Chen Xinjia thanked him, he got up and stood aside quietly waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's order.

Emperor Chongzhen sat behind the imperial case and looked at Chen Xinjia who was standing in the hall with his head bowed. In his heart, he was very satisfied with Chen Xinjia. He even thought that Chen Xinjia was a rare and capable talent.

"Does Yang Sichang and the governor of Henan have any new military reports?"

Chen Xinjia bowed and replied: "There was a report from Yang Ge's department before, and the supervisor in Sichuan was quite successful in suppressing the bandits, and now they have forced the bandits to the west of Sichuan, and there will be good news in the near future.

The governor of Henan said that Li Chuang's thief had broken dozens of villages in Funiu Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain since he entered Henan. There are worries about entering Luoyang.

However, Zhang Cheng's troops in Xuanzhen Town and Chen Jiugao's troops in the Beijing Camp were dispatched to Henan to assist in the suppression. There are no new reports, and I hope there will be no major changes in the future. "

When Emperor Chongzhen heard that the intruders were approaching Luoyang, his expression was quite excited and nervous. When he heard that Zhang Cheng had led the army into Henan Province to help the suppression, he felt a little relieved.

He said to himself: "Ah, since Zhang Cheng went to Henan Province to help the suppression, Henan Province should be fine!"

Emperor Chongzhen seemed to think of something, and he said again: "Luoyang is an important feudal land, and there is no room for loss. You tell Li Xianfeng that we must do our best to suppress the thieves, and we must not let the bandits harass Luoyang and Kaifeng, which are important feudal lands."

He paused and asked again: "Where is Zhang Cheng in Henan now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, at the end of November, Zhang Cheng's troops had already left Feng, and marched into the western part of Henan to help suppress the intruders and ensure that Luoyang was safe."

"Hmm. How's it going in Jinzhou?"

Chongzhen then asked about the situation of the Liaodong war, and Chen Xinjia reported them one by one. Although the wars in the four directions were frequent, the Emperor Chongzhen also deeply felt that Chen Xinjia was well dispatched and highly appreciated him.

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On December 13th, the [-]th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, at noon, the sun shone on the frozen ground, and a group of armored soldiers were marching forward. The sunlight was reflected by the iron armor.

Yanshi County is right in front of you. Zhang Guodong looks at the south gate of Yanshi City. There are still bloodstains on it, which seems to show people the tragedy of the war in the past.

Teams of bandits wearing turbans guarded the city wall. They seemed to want to hold on to the city and had no intention of going out of the city to fight in the field.

On the bank of the Luoshui River in the south of Yanshi City, Zhang Guodong said beside Zhang Cheng: "Commander, the last general proposes not to attack Yanshi, but a part of the Liubu camp to monitor the bandit army in Yanshi City. The army goes west and goes straight to Luoyang."

Zhang Guangda also said: "The final general thinks it is feasible. The bandits rely on the city to hold on. Our army's drills are shallow and we have no experience in attacking the city. Why don't we bypass Yanshi and go straight to Luoyang, attract the bandits in the city to attack, and kill them in the wild?" cut off."

Looking at Yanshi City not far away, Zhang Cheng was silent and lost in thought. The crowd didn't want to disturb them, so they gathered around to discuss whether to attack Yanshi.

After a long time, Zhang Cheng turned around and looked at the crowd, and said in a deep voice, "Yanshi must fight!"

The generals looked at Zhang Cheng in amazement, and only heard him continue: "Although our army has been practicing for more than a year, now we only have experience in field battles, but we have never had any experience in defending or attacking a city. It has only broken through a few bandit strongholds.

Today, there are only a few thousand rebels in Yanshi City, and among them there are only a few hundred who can be called elites. Moreover, their occupation of the city is very small, and they have no ability and experience in governing the area.

It is an excellent opportunity for our army to practice siege, how can we miss it, if we can't even capture today's Yanshi, how dare we call it a strong army! "

After hearing what Zhang Cheng said, all the generals felt that it was reasonable. At this time, Zhang Cheng said: "In the future, defending the city, fighting in the field, and attacking the city will be indispensable. Be different.

A good defender, whether setting up a camp or defending a city, should be as solid as gold, making the enemy invincible; a good attacker, destroying a city and pulling out a stronghold, should be invincible; a good fighter should judge the situation and look for the negligence or weakness of the enemy , Make full use of the advantages of the terrain to overcome difficulties and defeat the enemy in field battles. "

"Here!"

"The last general has been taught, please rest assured, commander, Yanshi City will be taken down tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)