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Chapter 719 Remote Control Thousands of Miles Away

Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, looked away from Zhang Ruoqi and turned to look at Songshan.

I saw hundreds of thousands of Ming officials and troops setting up numerous camps, leaning against the mountains and the sea, scattered all over the place, with flags covering the fields, swords and guns like a forest, and drums and horns echoing each other.

Since the Battle of Liaoyang, this was the most powerful dispatch of the Ming army!

Looking at this mighty and majestic military appearance, Hong Chengchou felt heavy worries in his heart. At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the letter from Minister of War Chen Xinjia he received last night urging the war. He was deeply worried about the continuous persecution of the Liao Dynasty by the court.

He sighed softly: "The princes of Huanghuang in the court have no other plans, but only seek luck and urge the battle wholeheartedly. Don't they want to disregard the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and the safety of the country!"

Qiu Minyang seemed to have heard the helplessness in Hong Chengchou's words, and he reminded softly, "Hong Du be careful."

When he said this, he couldn't help but glanced towards Zhang Ruoqi and Ma Shaoyu, seeing that they were also pointing to the Tartar army camp outside Jinzhou City, and didn't pay attention to the situation on their side, so he felt relieved.

Although Hong Chengchou looked as usual, he still had a refined expression, but he was in a bad mood inside. He said in a heavy tone: "I am ordered to help Jin now, and I will never look back, but the morale of the captives has not declined, and there is no intention of retreating. , it seems that a fierce battle is inevitable.

It's just that I don't know where this great battle will start! "

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who was the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, originally planned to temporarily order all the troops to dig trenches and set up camps after arriving near Songshan City, and did not want to rush to Jinzhou.

However, last night he received another secret letter from Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, which finally made him unable to adopt a steady and steady military strategy.

Even though a day has passed, Hong Chengchou still feels very unhappy when he thinks of Chen Xinjia's tone in the secret letter, as if a big stone is stuck in his chest.

At that time, he was stationed in Xingshan Fort, where he was discussing with Fuchen Qiu Minyang about entering the Songshan army. Xie Sixin, Li Song, Liu Zizheng and other cronies and staff were also participating in the discussion.

In view of the past two major defeats in the Liaoyang Battle and the Dalinghe Battle, everyone insisted that after the king's division arrived in Songshan, they still adopted the strategy of fighting and defending. Half of them stepped up their drills, waited for the opportunity to move, and marched towards the city of Jinzhou step by step.

Everyone agreed that as long as they could hold out against the Tartars for a few months, until the Tartars ran out of food, the morale of the army would be weakened.

After Hong Chengchou received Chen Xinjia's secret letter, he did not shy away from Qiu Minyang. He pointed to a passage in the secret letter and ordered Li Song, his trusted aide, to read it out for everyone.

Li Song took the secret letter and read it: "... close to the Sanxietang newspaper, Yun Luqi wants to invade again. If this is true, internal and external difficulties will be difficult.

Since the encirclement of brocade by the eastern captives, it has lasted more than a year, and the soldiers of Taiwan and Taiwan have spent hundreds of thousands of food and salaries on granting brocade.

At that time, the troops on Taiwan and Taiwan were slack and brocade, wandering and looking around, if you don’t enter the mountains and seas, the three associations will be empty, if you go to the west of Liaoning, Baoshan will return empty, why do you want to thank the Chinese and military officials of the court?
The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and Taitai Liang also feels uneasy at night! "

After Hong Chengchou heard him finish reading, he said with a wry smile: "I am the governor of Jiliao, and I hold the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Chen Fangyuan and him are of the same generation. In terms of seniority, he is even more backward.

But in this book, he used such a tone to threaten me, isn't it for no reason? "

Qiu Minyang didn't know what to say at the time, so he kept silent, looking like he was in deep thought.

But Xie Sixin persuaded: "I think it must be that the emperor is worried about the affairs of Liao and is too anxious. This is what the soldiers said. In addition, Director Zhang went to Liao and did not know the real situation of the enemy and us. It always feels like victory is a contract. Every time letters are exchanged, our soldiers will be eager to solve the siege of Jinzhou."

Liu Zizheng also said angrily: "The imperial court doesn't know the truth about the front line of Songjin, but they want to remotely control it thousands of miles away, so that the commanders of the army will be blamed at every turn. How can we win the battle against the Tartars!"

The crowd discussed secretly until late at night, and finally decided to give Emperor Chongzhen another memorial, detailing the pros and cons of Liao affairs, and winning the emperor's support to fight and defend, and gradually advance to the battle strategy of Jinzhou.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou personally wrote a long letter to his soldier Chen Xinjia, the content of which was roughly the same. Although he guessed that this action was doomed to be futile, he could only do his best and obey the destiny.

Because Liu Zizheng himself was familiar with the situation outside the customs, and he was generous and outspoken, he decided to send him back to Beijing with the memorial to Emperor Chongzhen and the handwritten letter to Chen Xinjia, and asked him to report his interests to Chen Xinjia face to face.

At dawn the next day, when Wang Shi's army marched towards Songshan, Liu Zizheng came to bid farewell to Hong Chengchou.

He knew in his heart that among the generals who aided the Liao Dynasty, there are many people who are timid to fight, and if they are of one mind, they may not be able to form a joint force during the war. Therefore, he looked at Hong Chengchou with worried eyes and said: "The humble officer knows that the governor The minister is in a difficult situation, he is restrained by various affairs in the army, and he indulges in prudence, but Nai Chaozhong and the director only know how to promote the war!
After Zizheng entered Beijing, he must fight in front of his own soldiers. He also hoped that the governors could occupy the terrain of Rufeng and Shimen Mountain first, look down at Jinzhou, and then move at the camera.

As long as the Tartars are not given an opportunity to take advantage of, the slaves will retreat after a little delay. Please be cautious and not lightly fight the Tartars! "

Hong Chengchou sent him off with a wry smile, and said to him: "Don't worry, sir. Fortunately, the person who supervises the army by my side is not an envoy."

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Just before the military discussion, Hong Chengchou still preferred to fight steadily in his heart, hoping that Emperor Chongzhen and his soldier Chen Xinjia could be persuaded by himself to change the strategy of using troops in Liao affairs.

But the arrival of a woman finally made him change his mind.

This woman is the Zuo Dudu of the Ming Dynasty, Mrs. Zuo, wife of Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Forward, who hung the seal of the Liao Forward General. He learned that Hong Chengchou called the officials and generals in the Wu Sangui camp.

Then he led the guards of the family to rush to meet Hong Chengchou, please conquer Shimen Mountain, so as to relieve the siege of Jinzhou as soon as possible. Mrs. Zuo also climbed up to watch the inside situation of Jinzhou, and also knew that there were no trees in the city, the firewood was cut off, and the firewood was used. If you don't clear the siege, you are afraid that the morale of the army and the people will collapse, and Jinzhou will not be able to hold on.

She even said bluntly that if Governor Hong did not agree to attack Shimen Mountain in order to quickly break the siege of Jinzhou, he would personally lead all the family members under his command to attack West Shimen alone.

At this time, Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief, was pressing on the sidelines again, claiming that Jinzhou was right in front of him, but Hong Chengchou stopped his troops, because he resisted the order and refused to obey. .

What's more, Zhang Ruoqi even reminded him that if the crime of the captive cavalry really happened, he, Hong Chengchou, would become the number one sinner in Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)