Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 250 Shocking
"dilemma?"

"So, Prince Yu really suffered a defeat in Huai'an Mansion?"

"How is it possible? Prince Yu has more than [-] Manchurian elites under two white flags and a bordered blue flag, and almost the same number of coats is enough to fight, not to mention twenty red cannons!"

Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou all found it hard to believe it.

Huai'an Mansion is not the Liaoxi Corridor, and Shanyang City is not Ningyuan City.

The Xiangyong of the Ming Dynasty was not even the Liao army, so how could they defeat Prince Yu's army?

"Look for yourselves." Dorgon didn't bother to say much, and directly handed the secret letter to Ning Wan and me.

After the three hardcore traitors read the secret letter and finally believed it, the Nuan Pavilion immediately fell into a long silence.

Obviously, whether it is Dorgon, or Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, they all need some time to digest this shocking and shocking news.

Ning Wan and the three of us were really shocked.

They never expected that Duoduo not only suffered a defeat at the foot of Shanyang City, but also suffered a disastrous defeat!
Duoduo actually buried nearly [-] troops under the city of Shanyang. Among them, the Eight Banners and Manchuria alone were hit hard by [-] Niu Lu. Although most of them were dissatisfied with the compilation, there were nearly [-] Banners in total!
[Note: Most of the cattle records lost in Sanyang have already been lost in the battle of Xuzhou]

Nearly [-] banner men were lost in the First World War. If this kind of fiasco happens again, the Manchus will have no men to recruit, and they will not be able to retreat to Hetuala, let alone defend outside the pass.

Seriously, Ning Wan and I were really shocked.

The loss of this time is mainly due to the cattle record of the bordered blue flag. Although the two white flags have also suffered a lot of damage, they are basically a few cattle records drawn from the bordered yellow flag last year, so the loss of the two white flags, especially the bordered white flag It's actually not that big.

The Xiangbai Banner is the inheritance left by the old slave to Duoduo. It is a real elite, stronger than the Xianghuang Banner.

But even so, killing more than [-] bannermen in one battle is definitely considered traumatic.

This result was completely beyond their expectations.

……

At this time, in Shanyang, the prefecture city of Huai'an.

"My lord!" Wu Erdan ran all the way into the county government office and shouted, "Retire, Jiannu really retreated, the army of Jiannu has already retreated through Sanyi Town, and will soon arrive in Taoyuan County!"

Two days ago, the founding slave army suddenly retreated.

Yan Yingyuan and Fan Zhongjie were worried about being cheated but still insisted.

As of yesterday, Yan Yingyuan sent Xiaogu Xiangyong to go out to spy.

Today, Xiangyong's spying range has increased to more than one hundred miles.

Yan Yingyuan, Fan Zhongjie, and Zhi Tingjian were finally relieved when they received a report that Jiannu had passed Sanyi Town. Now that Jiannu had really retreated, it was absolutely impossible to kill another one.

Because this time, Jiannu also dragged away the bulky Hongyi cannon.

"Fu Zun! Brother!" Zhi Tingjian was so excited that his voice went out of tune, "Jian Nu really retired!"

Zhi Tingjian's excitement is also understandable, time went back two months, when the army of founding slaves had just approached Shanyang City, Zhi Tingjian didn't even dare to think about the result today.

In contrast, Fan Zhongjie was relatively calm.

"Well, Jianu has really retired, and we finally fulfilled our mission."

After finishing speaking, Fan Zhongjie lifted his legs and walked out, but he tripped on the flat ground.

Obviously, Fan Zhongjie's heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

In fact, Fan Zhongjie's heart could not be without waves, because this time he withstood Duoduo's [-] to [-] troops, defended Huai'an City, and defended the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty, which is definitely a great achievement.

If there are no accidents, he will soon move to Nanjing to become an official.

And this time Zuo moved to Nanjing, it is absolutely impossible to only give him a fourth-rank Beijing official.

With the heavy merit of keeping Huai'an, a third-rank official cannot escape. The only suspense is which ministry to serve as a servant or which temple to serve as a seal official.

Taking this step means truly entering the power center of the Ming Dynasty. Who can be really calm?

Perhaps the only one who is really calm is Yan Yingyuan. Yan Yingyuan really doesn't have much joy on his face, and his heart is inexplicably heavy, because Zhi Tingjian and Fan Zhongjie first thought of the great contribution of defending Huai'an, while Yan Yingyuan thought of it now. The hero who sacrificed to defend Huai'an.

Shanyang County has indeed been defended.

The Huai'an Mansion did indeed defend it.

But in order to defend Huai'an Mansion, more than [-] township braves sacrificed their lives, and more than [-] township braves became disabled. They will never be able to return to their original appearance in this lifetime.

Township Yong in Shanyang County had [-] recruits when he first recruited.

After Yan Yingyuan edited and practiced, there were only [-] left.

Up to now, there are only [-] people left.

Yan Yingyuan felt inexplicably heavy when he thought of facing more than [-] families who had lost their breadwinners, thousands of widows, and more than [-] orphans waiting to be fed.

Before defending the city, he had promised Xiangyong that if he died for the Ming Dynasty, he would not only receive a pension of fifty taels of silver, but also ten mu of land for each family, but could he really keep it?

This is more than [-] people, what a huge expense.

Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan's mood became more and more heavy, frowning.

……

At the same time, another Tang newspaper was delivered to Nanjing in an expedited two hundred miles.

The political envoy Liu Shizhen had read the Tang newspaper, and hurriedly brought the Tang newspaper to the cabinet in person.

Shi Kefa briefly read the Tang newspaper, and quickly summoned Gao Hongtu, Jiang Riguang, and Xie Xuelong to his room to discuss subsequent defense adjustments and rewards.

After reading the Tang newspaper, there was no sound in the value room for a long time.

Dorgon and the others needed to digest this shocking news, and Shi Kefa and his four cabinet ministers also needed time to digest this shocking news.

The Tang newspaper sent by the Huai'an Mansion last time only stated the results of Jiannu's retreat without details.

However, the Tang Bao sent this time not only stated the detailed process of Jiannu killing a carbine and was repelled, but also attached a lot of details and data.

For example, casualties, more than [-] township braves died in this battle, and more than [-] were disabled.

For example, consumption, a total of [-] silver was lost in various equipment and materials during this campaign.

For example, the damaged farmland and houses, the entire west city of Shanyang has been burned, thousands of hectares of fertile land outside the city have been severely damaged, and the city wall of the east city of Shanyang has also been severely damaged.

But what shocked the four elders the most was the result of the battle.

Although the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not been dispatched to verify, the four elders believe that even if Fan Zhongjie and Yan Yingyuan exaggerated the number of killed enemies, it is definitely not all fabricated out of thin air.

In other words, this number is basically credible.

Even if it is halved, it can be called an unprecedented victory.

Because when Xiangyong of Shanyang City cleaned up the various battlefields after the battle, they cleaned up nearly [-] Jian slave corpses, and fished out more than [-] corpses from under the ice of the canal.

In other words, nearly ten thousand Jiannu were killed in the Battle of Sanyo!
Nearly ten thousand slaves!Nearly ten thousand people!Shi Kefa's hand holding the pond newspaper was shaking, too excited.

After a long while, Gao Hongtu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, my Ming Dynasty finally won an unprecedented victory. I believe that after this battle, the uselessness accumulated in the past fifty years when facing Jiannu It can be wiped out at once, but if Jiannu wants to invade the south again, he has to weigh whether he can bear another fiasco."

After Gao Hongtu broke the silence, the thoughts of Shi Kefa and the three also returned to reality.

Shi Kefa said excitedly: "This Northern Expedition is hopeful, and the Great Ming Northern Expedition is hopeful."

Is the Northern Expedition expected?Xie Xuelong raised his head and glanced at Shi Kefa, and said in his heart that this is the opinion of a true scholar, if he defends the city and wins a battle, he dares to clamor for the Northern Expedition?I'm afraid you haven't experienced how powerful the slaves are in field battles.

Xie Xuelong's mentality is also the general mentality of Jiangnan gentry.

Conservative places, Jiangnan gentry are still willing to do their best.

But forget about the Northern Expedition, they will never contribute.

Fighting will kill people, but it will kill many people, and it will cost a lot of money. Is it necessary?Just take the Yellow River as the boundary, can't you make peace with Jiannu and live your own peaceful life?

But Xie Xuelong didn't say this, he didn't want to spoil Shi Kefa's interest.

Xie Xuelong said: "Fan Zhongjie, the prefect of Huai'an, and Zhi Ting, the magistrate of Shanyang County, have contributed a lot to being able to keep Shanyang this time. At this time, Fan Zhongjie has already sacrificed his life for the Ming Dynasty, and such loyal ministers, virtuous and capable ministers should be reused."

As for Maoxiang and Yan Yingyuan, they were directly ignored by Xie Xuelong.

The reason is also very simple, these two are scholars from the scholar camp.

The scholars in the scholar camp are the people of the Holy One and belong to the camp of the imperial party.

People in the imperial party do not belong to the civil official group, so they don't care.

This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between Chongzhen and the civil official group. Chongzhen basically did not interfere with the specific government affairs of the six cabinet ministries, and the six cabinet ministries did not care about the imperial party, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the scholar camp.

Therefore, Xie Xuelong only proposed to promote and reuse Fan Zhongjie and Zhi Tingjian.

"My servant seconded the proposal." Jiang Yueguang said with deep conviction, "Fan Zhi should be reused."

Shi Kefa said: "In this case, let's discuss a general opinion first, and then push it forward."

Gao Hongtu said: "In my opinion, let Fan Zhongjie go to the Ministry of Officials, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, as for Meng Zhaoxiang, he should also be transferred to Da Zongbo."

Shi Kefa frowned slightly again.

Because Gao Hongtu is not paying attention to him as the Chief Assistant anymore, even the appointment and dismissal of officials like the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials depends entirely on you?What do you want me, the chief assistant, to do?

It's really aggrieved to be the first assistant to this point.

But Shi Kefa had to admit that Gao Hongtu's proposal was not selfish and very appropriate.

First of all, Fan Zhongjie can be regarded as a member of the Donglin Party, because his mentor Dong Qichang was a member of the Donglin Party.

The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to the inheritance of teachers. Being a teacher for one day and being a father for the rest of your life does not mean talking about it. Whether it is a teacher, a tutor or a teacher, for the civil official group, it is necessary to devote a lifetime to filial piety and repaying kindness.

(End of this chapter)