Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Unbeknownst to Chongzhen and his scholars, a warrior was struggling to break through the Jiannu blockade at this time.

Needless to say, this warrior was naturally Yang Ponu. He obeyed Huang Degong's general order and went south from Xiazhen overnight.

Before Xiazhen sent so many messengers, none of them broke through the blockade of Jiannu.

Yang Ponu didn't think that his skills were any better than the previous messengers, so if he tried hard, he would repeat the mistakes of those previous messengers in all likelihood.

What's more, Yang Ponu has a unique skill.

Yang Ponu grew up in a small village in Lujiang Prefecture.

This small village is close to the Yangtze River, so Yang Ponu has been trained to be good at water since he was a child. How good is it?Good enough to catch live fish with bare hands in the deep water of the Yangtze River!

Even caught a Jiangzhu.

In addition, Yang Ponu also discovered a secret of the river.

That is when the winter is the coldest, the depths of the river bottom are actually warmer than the river surface.

In the harsh winter season when dripping water turns into ice, even the best fisherman can only persist in the river for less than two quarters of an hour, but Yang Ponu can persist for half an hour!Can last longer if you want.

Yang Ponu's secret is to dive into deep water as much as possible.

Now Yang Ponu is doing this, except when he floats up to the surface of the water when breathing, he is sneaking at the bottom of the river at other times.

After sneaking intermittently in the depths of the river for almost an hour, Yang Ponu felt that his body was about to reach its limit, and if he persisted at this time, he might faint at any time.

Fainting in deep water is certain death.

Yang Ponu immediately floated to the surface of the river.

At this time, the surface of the Yellow River was covered with icicles, and Yang Ponu instantly felt frozen to the marrow of his bones.

Yang Ponu knew that he couldn't hold on for a while in such icy water, so he quickly grabbed the ice and paddled towards the bank of the river. In less than fifty steps from the middle of the river to the bank, Yang Ponu was almost completely frozen.

Struggling to climb ashore, Yang Ponu felt intense sleepiness.

Yang Ponu didn't know that this was a shock reaction caused by hypothermia, but he knew that if he fell asleep at this time, he would basically never wake up again, so he bit the tip of his tongue hard and tried his best to keep himself awake.

After climbing dozens of steps to the shore with all his strength, Yang Ponu exhausted all his strength and couldn't move.

"It's over, I'm going to disappoint the Marquis of Jingnan now." Yang Ponu's eyes darkened before he finished thinking about it.

But before he lost consciousness, Yang Ponu seemed to hear a soft shout in his ears: "Who?"

It was Da Ming official language, not Nu Nu, now he was saved, Yang Po Nu finally fell asleep with peace of mind.

I don't know how long it took, Yang Ponu regained consciousness again, feeling warm all over, like soaking in the river water after a long time in summer, not to mention how comfortable it is.

"Are you awake?" A sharp voice suddenly sounded.

Yang Ponu felt goosebumps all over his body when he heard it, and opened his eyes immediately.

What caught my eye was a dim adobe house, and a white-faced, beardless man wearing a three-mountain cap.

"Eunuch Gao?" Yang Ponu had a good memory and recognized this man as Gao Qiqian, the great eunuch in front of the Holy Majesty.

While talking, Chongzhen walked in quickly with Zhu Cijiong, followed by Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi and other scholars. …

Seeing Chongzhen, Yang Ponu quickly turned over and sat up, but halfway through sitting up, he fell back to the straw couch, and only then did he realize that his limbs were limp and weak.

At that moment Yang Ponu smiled wryly and said: "My lord, forgive the villain for being rude."

"Don't move." Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "Just lie down and answer."

After a pause, Chongzhen asked again: "Yang Ponu, how did you get in?"

Yang Ponu said: "Back to the sage, the villain came from the upper reaches of the Yellow River."

"Impossible." Gao Qiqian shouted, "Although the weather is getting warmer now, the surface of the Yellow River is covered with icicles, so it is still bitingly cold. People can only stay in such cold water for a quarter of an hour at most."

Lu Jiude went on to say: "Although Jiannu's blockade of the upper reaches of the Yellow River is not as good as that of the lower reaches, and there are no Hongyi cannons, they have also set up many sentry posts on both sides of the Yellow River. At least it takes two or three miles to swim, even if it is going downstream, it is impossible to do it in less than half an hour."

Yang Ponu said: "Back to Eunuch, the villain has been swimming for nearly an hour."

"You're talking nonsense." Gao Qiqian shouted again, "No one can stay in the river for an hour in such a cold day, you must be lying, my lord, Yang Ponu must have been caught by Jiannu and betrayed. "

"Shut up!" Chongzhen yelled with a dark face, "No one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak."

Gao Qiqian shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything, Lu Jiude also took a step back quietly.

But Yang Ponu said sincerely: "Back to the two father-in-laws, the villain really did not lie. The reason why the villain was able to stay in the river for an hour was because he knew a secret."

Chongzhen asked: "Is it warmer in deep water?"

"Huh?" Yang Ponu was stunned, "Your Majesty also knows?"

Chongzhen thought that this is nothing, the water temperature at the bottom of the river is usually around four degrees Celsius.

But even if it is four degrees Celsius, people who are not used to winter swimming can't last long. Yang Ponu probably grew up in such an environment when he was young, so he was able to last for an hour.

However, the arrival of Yang Ponu provided Chongzhen with an idea.

Zheng Sen thought about it almost at the same time, and couldn't wait to say: "My lord, since Yang Ba can always come in from the Fushui of the Yellow River, we can also send messengers out of the Fushui, or even send one or several sampans to infiltrate at night. I don’t believe that Jiannu can really seal a river several miles wide!”

"Well." Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "Send a sampan to Pizhou tonight! Then let Lu Zhenfei send a messenger to detour Fengyang Mansion to Luoyang to deliver a letter to Niu Jinxing, but how should this letter be written?"

Huang Zongxi said: "Your Majesty, this letter should be written like this, saying that I, Ming, spent a lot of manpower and material resources to finally attract the [-] troops who built slaves to the Xuzhou battlefield, and finally created an extremely empty situation in Beijing. Next time we are going to attack Beijing by surprise, so we sent messengers to tell Pseudo-Shun not to compete with me, Ming Dynasty, for Beijing."

"Well, that's a good idea." Chongzhen said happily, "Let's warn Niu Jinxing to be safe."

At this time, Zheng Sen suddenly said: "My lord, the students don't know whether to say something or not?"

"What do you want to say?" Chongzhen said angrily, "Is it still the same thing?" …

"Yes." Zheng Sen said solemnly, "Students still think that as long as the slaves can be recreated, as long as Daming can rejuvenate, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed, and the people of Daming Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and even Jinan Mansion can also be sacrificed, so At this time, it is inappropriate to use aggressive tactics against the puppet Shun army, wait until the wheat of Jiannu is ripe in two or three months, and then induce the puppet Shun to send troops to Beijing, and at the same time dig the embankment of the Yellow River, Jiannu will inevitably fall into a desperate situation!"

The entire adobe house instantly became dead silent.

Even Yang Ponu, a young general who doesn't understand strategy, can see the viciousness of this strategy!

If the Ming army really followed the method Zheng Sen said, let the Jiannu spend two months and two months of rations to farm outside Xuzhou City, and then suddenly dig the embankments on both sides of the Yellow River when the wheat is about to mature. , flooded the wheat fields that Jiannu spent three months carefully cultivating with monstrous floods, and at the same time the Puppet Shun Army sent troops to Beijing...

What kind of situation will Jiannu face then?That is really the end of the mountain.

Not to mention how many Jiannu will be drowned if the river floods down, even if they don't drown, they will be trapped. At that time, even if the Jiannu in Xuzhou want to go back to save Beijing, they will not be able to go back.

If the Jiannu in Xuzhou can't go back, Beijing will inevitably fall.

Then the wheat fields that Jiannu had planted for three months were all flooded, and there was no harvest in the fields.

As a result, even the rations of the slave-building army trapped in Xuzhou became a problem.

If such a situation is not considered the end of the mountain, what can be considered the end of the mountain?
Yang Ponu looked at Zheng Sen with some horror, thinking that this scholar with thick eyebrows and big eyes is so cruel?
Chongzhen turned his head and looked at Zheng Sen deeply: "Zheng Sen, do you think this method can really restore the creation of slaves? It is even possible to destroy Jian slaves at once?"

Zheng Sen said: "It is definitely impossible to destroy Jiannu, but it is no problem to recreate slaves."

"No problem? Then I tell you now, this is just your wishful thinking." Chongzhen snorted coldly, "If you really dig the Yellow River embankment according to what you said, and at the same time lure the puppet Shun army to send troops to Beijing, the establishment of slaves will definitely not happen." As for the end of the mountain, but the people in the entire Beizhi and even Shandong will definitely fall into the desperate situation of the end of the water!"

"It's impossible." Zheng Sen said unconvinced, "Students think it's definitely not the case."

Chongzhen then said to Huang Zongxi: "Huang Zongxi, come and tell Zheng Sen why there is nothing wrong with being a slave, but the people in Beizhi and Shandong have suffered disaster."

"Student obeys the order." Huang Zongxi cupped his hands and said to Zheng Sen, "Brother Damu, you only thought that the flood of the Yellow River could flood Jiannu's farmland and trap Jiannu, but you didn't think that Jiannu was alive. , They will withdraw early before the river completely floods."

Zheng Sen frowned and said, "Can Jiannu run through the flood?"

Huang Zongxi said: "That's because you have never seen the Yellow River burst."

"Then you have seen it?" Zheng Sen was a little dissatisfied, "What is it like when the Yellow River bursts its embankment?"

"I have seen it, but it was only a small-scale breach of the embankment, and it was finally blocked." Huang Zongxi said, "The water surface of the Yellow River is wide and not deep, so even if there is a gap in the embankment, it will not expand quickly. For example, in the small dike breach I saw, it took three days to expand from a gap of more than ten feet wide to more than one hundred feet."

"Ah? Three days?" Zheng Sen said dumbfounded, "Is the Yellow River bursting its embankment so slowly?"

"Otherwise?" Huang Zongxi shook his head and laughed, "Could it be that you thought that as long as you dig a gap, you can expand it to hundreds of feet in a short time, and the river can rush down?"