East Factory Governor

Chapter 242
Forbidden City.

It was late at night, but the imperial study room was still brightly lit.

Chongzhen held a vermilion pen in his hand, and critiqued the memorial with deep brows.Years of staying up late and insomnia had left him with deep dark circles and bloodshot eyes.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War report!" Wang Huade trotted forward with a memorial.

Chongzhen stood up abruptly, and said happily, "But Qin Shuhuai's? Is there any news about him?"

Since Qin Shuhuai gathered two thousand Hengshan guards and entered Hengling, there has been no news. Chongzhen has been fidgeting for the past few days, waiting for his pond report every day.

Wang Dehua's expression was not very good, and he said, "Going back to the emperor, it belongs to Governor Yuan."

Chongzhen was slightly disappointed, but Yuan Chonghuan's Tang newspaper was also very important, so he immediately opened it and read it.

Looking at it, the wrist trembled slightly.

"Snapped!"

Chongzhen slapped the Tang newspaper on the table fiercely, and roared extremely angrily, "Master Yuan, what a supervisor Yuan! What a natural danger for my Jizhou, what a good one to prevent Jiannu from overtaking the western half of Jizhou." step!"

Wang Dehua hurried forward to appease, "The emperor calm down, take care of the dragon body!"

Chongzhen slammed a cup and shouted, "Jiannu has already crossed Jizhou and is about to reach the city of BJ. What's the use of protecting the dragon's body? Yuan Chonghuan's [-] troops guarded Jizhou, but was built The slave cheated four thousand and lost four thousand in the battle. Now the seven thousand army is huddled in Jizhou City and dare not fight. Is this the Guan Ning army known as the first army of the Ming Dynasty? This is the strong man raised by me with millions of taels of silver every year. Soldiers?! Yuan Chonghuan misunderstood me! Yuan Chonghuan misunderstood Daming!"

Chongzhen was furious, trembling all over his body, and continued to roar with red eyes, "Where is the 20 army in Jizhou? Since the founding of slaves and entering the pass, when have I seen them? What about my strong soldiers, they are all here now." Where did they go? When the world was at peace, everyone told me how they trained their troops, how they strengthened their army, and how they needed money and food. When there was a war, they all either turned into earth-walking grandchildren and fled, or turned into grass on the wall. Surrendered! Hehe, am I raising soldiers for Daming, or raising wolves for Daming? And they are all white-eyed wolves!"

Chongzhen roared almost hysterically, teacups, pens, inks, papers and inkstones all fell to the ground, even Wang Dehua did not dare to go up to persuade him.

No wonder he went mad.After Jiannu crossed Jizhou, there was an endless plain in front of them. Jiannu's cavalry tactics will be brought into full play. Right now, no army can stop their westward march!
Chongzhen sat back on the dragon chair weakly, panting with dull eyes.

After a long time, he finally calmed down a little.

I read the Tang newspaper carefully again, and saw that Yuan Chonghuan mentioned that Qin Shuhuai set up an ambush in Hengling, but he didn't know the result of the battle, so he couldn't help feeling worried.

If Jiannu can come out of Hengling smoothly, does that mean Brother Qin's ambush was not successful?In this way, is brother Qin less fortunate?
Jiannu has an army of 4000, and Brother Qin has only [-]. Even if they set up an ambush, they might be outnumbered, right? Brother Qin, brother Qin, why do you always do such risky things?

At this time, Sun Chengzong hurried in again.This veteran, who is nearly seventy years old, has gray hair and a stooped back, but he is still contributing his last light and heat to this country.

"Your Majesty, Qin Shuhuai has an urgent message!"

Because Qin Shuhuai lost his way after retreating from Hengling, and the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, his pond report was later than Yuan Chonghuan's.

Chongzhen suddenly opened his eyes, and asked Sun Chengzong impatiently, "Teacher, what did Brother Qin say?"

Sun Chengzong said, "Back to the emperor, Lord Qin urgently reports: Great victory in Hengling!"

Chongzhen asked suspiciously, "Victory at Hengling? Since Yuan Chonghuan was defeated in Jizhou, how could he win at Hengling?"

As he said that, he immediately took the pond newspaper and read it.

"My minister, Qin Shuhuai, bowed his head and bowed again, asking for my emperor's peace! On November 26, the Jiannu army wanted to sneak across Jizhou from a small road in Hengling, and the minister led more than [-] people to set up an ambush on the trail. At the time of You, the enemy arrived. All the soldiers in the army fought fiercely with the enemy for nearly an hour, blood flowed into streams, and white snow turned into roses... In this battle, I wiped out more than [-] enemies, including [-] elites and [-] soldiers, beheading the enemy general Abate , seriously injured the enemy general Azig. Our army also suffered heavy casualties, with a total of more than [-] casualties..."

Seeing this, Chongzhen couldn't help his nose sore, and shouted loudly, "Okay! What a blood flow into a stream, what a snow-white rose!"

Putting down the memorial, he said to Sun Chengzong, "Teacher, brother Qin said that he wiped out nearly ten thousand Jiannu, of which six thousand were elite! Six thousand are elite!"

Chongzhen was ecstatic, as if seeing a life-saving straw in Wang Yang.

"Brother Qin, you have done a great service for me again! Nearly ten thousand Jiannu were wiped out in one battle. How can anyone in the Manchu dynasty be able to match it? In this way, the Jiannu in Yuejizhou are nothing to be afraid of!"

Sun Chengzong stroked his beard and said, "If Lord Qin is not exaggerating, then the main force of slavery who crossed Jizhou this time is actually only [-]. If our army is properly deployed, we will be able to intercept them outside Tongzhou."

Chongzhen immediately said, "Mr. Sun, if someone else sends such a report, I will definitely ask a question. But Brother Qin sent it, and I firmly believe it! I believe him!"

Sun Chengzong laughed and said, "It's a blessing for the emperor to have a good minister like Lord Qin, and it's also a blessing for Lord Qin to have a sage king like the emperor. It's my great Ming's blessing to have the emperor and his ministers shine together!"

Chongzhen's originally dim eyes gradually brightened again, and a sense of pride and ambition welled up in his heart again.

"Jiannu wants to attack my capital with only more than [-] main forces. Do you really think that there is no one in Ming Dynasty? Hehe, arrogant soldiers will be defeated! I will let them know this truth this time!"

After finishing speaking, he asked again, "Teacher, how is the defense arrangement near Gyeonggi?"

Sun Chengzong said, "At present, You Shiwei, the commander-in-chief of Changping, is stationed in Miyun, the commander-in-chief of Datong is stationed in Shunyi, and the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, Hou Shilu, is originally stationed in Sanhe. However, he said that Sanhe City is small and it is not easy to eat, so he applied to guard Tongzhou."

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Hou Shilu can't keep Sanhe, let him go back to Tongzhou. Brother Qin is familiar with Tongzhou area, isn't his Jianghe Gang in Tongzhou? I think after Brother Qin comes back, let him sit in Tongzhou .”

Sun Chengzong said, "Although Mr. Qin has made outstanding achievements many times, his military strategy is rarely matched by others in our dynasty, but these frontier generals are not familiar with him, so I am afraid it will be difficult to command."

What Sun Chengzong said is very realistic.Although Qin Shuhuai has made great achievements many times, but he just came out this year, and his qualifications are still very shallow.More importantly, although his Hengling victory was shocking to the world and unmatched by anyone in the court today, those generals may not buy it because it happened just now and has not been confirmed.In addition, all the generals in the late Ming Dynasty thought highly of themselves, so if 16-year-old Qin Shuhuai was to lead them, he would definitely feel dissatisfied.

Chongzhen thought about it carefully, and felt that what Sun Chengzong said was also reasonable, so he asked, "What does the teacher mean, who should be in charge of Tongzhou?"

"The veteran thinks that it is better for Governor Yuan to sit in the town."

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Teacher, do you think I can still trust Governor Yuan?"

Sun Chengzong said bluntly, "Director Yuan will coordinate the various armies, and Qin Shuhuai will lead Tongzhou Jinyiwei and Jianghe Gang to assist in the defense. The two of them can each do their best. At that time, the veterans will also go to Tongzhou to coordinate in the middle, so as to ensure the smooth operation of all lines. Military orders are unimpeded."

Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "What the teacher said is right, let's do what the teacher said."

After a pause, he said again, "I don't know where Brother Qin is now?"

(End of this chapter)