Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 293 Xuzhou Great Victory
It is more than [-] miles from Xuzhou to Zhongmou.

When Chongzhen led Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan, Ma Huabao and other frontier troops from the three towns and the Shiziying to the veterinarian's mouth, it was already noon five days later.

To be honest, a rapid march of six hundred miles in five days is already considered a super speed.

That is to say, the current Ming army has enough supplies, and their physical fitness can keep up. Otherwise, the poor supplies in the past would not be able to support such a high-intensity march.

However, compared with the Shiziying, the frontier army is still a bit worse.

After five days of rapid march, the [-] soldiers of the multilateral army were already exhausted, but the more than [-] scholars still seemed full of energy, and even had the mood to recite poems while marching.

The muscles and bones of these [-] scholars have really been worked out.

Yun Wen Yun Wu, really can be called the top elite of this era.

At the veterinarian's mouth, Chongzhen saw Jin Xuan, Hu Guozhu and Zheng Hongkui.

"The ministers and others are meeting the Holy One." The three of Jin Xuan bowed to Chongzhen in accordance with military etiquette.

"No." Chongzhen waved his hand casually, and asked again, "How is the situation?"

Jin Xuan said: "Return to the Holy Lord, the Yellow River embankment was saved, but Jian Nu was not stopped and let them run away."

"My lord, it's all due to the incompetence of my navy." Zheng Hongkui said shamelessly, "Because the river is too shallow, my navy can't go up when it reaches Heyin, so I can only watch Jiannu cross the river. .”

"Zheng Qing doesn't need to blame himself, how can he blame the navy for this matter." Chongzhen waved his hand in relief.

"What's more, your navy can be said to have contributed a lot to defending the Huanghuai defense line this time!"

Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai and other navy generals behind him were naturally happy, while Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan, Ma Huabao and other border town generals were slightly unhappy.

Chongzhen did not ignore these generals in border towns.

"There are also Qing and others." Chongzhen patted Jin Shenghuan on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "They are all heroes of this battle. When I return to Xuzhou, I will reward you a lot, haha."

"I thank you, Your Majesty."

Jin Shenghuan and other generals were overjoyed when they heard the words.

In contrast, the scholars were extremely calm.

Chongzhen asked Hu Guozhu again: "Hu Qing, are you sure that Jiannu has retreated across the Yellow River?"

"I'm sure." Hu Guozhu replied with certainty, "The Yi Ding led by Meng Ketu even chased outside Wushe City. At this time, the Jiannu army had already retreated across Qinshui and rushed to Weihui's Mansion."

"Good, good! Very good!" Chongzhen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words.

"Until now, I dare not believe that the Xuzhou War has really come to an end."

Having said this, Chongzhen said again: "We Daming won the Xuzhou War after all, ha ha!"

"Congratulations, my lord!" Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and other scholars congratulated Chongzhen one after another, and then Jin Xuan, Zheng Hongkui, Jin Shenghuan and other civil and military generals also followed suit.

"Same joy, same joy, huh." Chongzhen laughed all over his face.

Now, it's time to think about the specifics of what's next.

……

At this time in Luoyang, Li Zicheng looked depressed.

This time when he went east to Luoyang, Li Zicheng originally wanted to take advantage of it.

As a result, the cheap price was not picked up, but the [-] army was buried.

The [-] right battalion army that followed him out of Luoyang in the east only escaped back with [-] old soldiers, and the [-] newly recruited soldiers either died in battle or fled, and there is a high probability that they will never return to Luoyang.

Fortunately, as long as [-] veterans are still there, the foundation of the right battalion is still there.

In the past few days, news has been coming back from Sishui. When he heard that Jiannu was going to dig the embankment of the Yellow River, Li Zicheng didn't think there was anything wrong, because he had done this before.

In war, in order to defeat the enemy, it is natural to use all means.

What can never harm the people is just the opinion of scholars and the detours of rotten Confucians.

Li Zicheng even hoped that Jiannu could succeed, which would bring a catastrophe to the Ming army. Even if the Ming army held the Huanghuai line of defense, they would have to be busy with disaster relief for a long time.

It's a pity that Jiannu's success fell short in the end.

Chen Yongfu said: "Your Majesty, the Jiannu have retreated, and the Ming army has occupied Heyin, Mixian and Xingyang counties, but the garrison is very small, and each county has no more than a hundred horses."

"If our Dashun Army sends troops at this time, it will be easy to capture these counties."

After saying this, Chen Yongfu said again: "In this way, at least half of Kaifeng Mansion can be obtained."

Zuo Mao became anxious when he heard it the first time, and said, "Your Majesty, you promised us Daming that the Kaifeng Mansion is only a temporary loan. Now that the Xuzhou War is over, it should be returned to the original owner. You can't send troops to snatch it. .”

"Don't worry, sir, I won't snatch it." Li Zicheng said angrily, "There were not many people left in Kaifeng Mansion, and even less after being ransacked by Jiannu this time, what's the use of taking it away? "

After a pause, he said to Chen Yongfu: "You just need to beware of the slaves in Huaiqing Mansion in the north."

Suffering this defeat, Li Zicheng felt a little lost and wanted to go back to Xi'an to recuperate for a while.

But before leaving, there was one more thing to finish, so he immediately told Li Shuangxi: "Prince, go and behead Niu Jinxing and his son, and you will supervise the beheading yourself!"

"Your servant is in command." Li Shuangxi said.

However, it's not all bad news.

There is also good news from the front camp and the back camp.

The front battalion has already reached Suzhou Wei, completely restoring the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The rear battalion was even worse. Relying on Sanggar's Khan Banner, they subjugated dozens of tribes in Hetao and Tumotechuan in less than half a year. Now only the two largest tribes are huddled in the city of Guihua. If Jiannu does not send troops again, the pacification of the whole territory of Tumed Mongolia is just around the corner.

……

At this time, Dorgon's army had arrived in Anyang, Zhangde Prefecture.

Dorgon stayed in Anyang temporarily for a few days, and news soon came from Weihui and Yanzhou.

The news sent from Weihui Mansion said that although Xianglan Banner dug two embankments of the Yellow River, due to the high sediment content of the river, the gaps were finally blocked.

When trying to dig the third gap, the army of the Ming Dynasty rushed over, so they had to retreat.

This news disappointed Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo, the three traitors. If the Yellow River embankment cannot be dug up to artificially create a large-scale disaster, the situation may not be optimistic given the huge gap in manpower and material resources between the Ming and Qing courts. Now the only hope left is faction.

I hope that the party struggle can hold back Chongzhen.

Otherwise, the Ming army might launch the Northern Expedition.

Immediately afterwards, another news came from Yanzhou.

However, this news made Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo feel mixed feelings.

Because the Duoduo army ransacked Confucius' hometown, Qufu County, and Yanshenggong's mansion was also bloodbathed by the Duoduo army. I don't know if the contemporary Yanshenggong died in the military chaos?
The status of Confucius in the minds of scholars can be described as extremely sacred.

Duoduo's army ransacked Yanshenggong's mansion, and the image in the minds of scholars can be said to be completely destroyed.

But then again, it's actually not a big deal, and righteousness and fame are sometimes false.

When the Qing army had not yet entered the customs, when those Ming officials in the court hall in Beijing talked about the difference between Han and Yi, which one was not arrogant?Later, as soon as the Qing army entered Shanhaiguan, they knelt faster than anyone else.

There are indeed many scholars with integrity, but there are more people without integrity.

What made Hong Chengchou and the three of them disappointed was that from now on, the Qing court could only recruit scholars who had no integrity.

However, Hong Chengchou and the others could understand Duoduo's move.

Because Shandong has been plundered successively, the population, livestock and property have dropped sharply, which means that there is not much oil and water, and the Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu is one of the few fat sheep.

The Qing soldiers suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Xuzhou this time.

Naturally, a few fat sheep must be slaughtered to make up for it.

Hong Chengchou and the others can understand it, and Dorgon can understand it even more.

At that moment, Dorgon called He Luohui to Xingyuan, and said: "He Luohui, you immediately send your flying cavalry to Yanzhou Mansion, and tell the ten kings that they don't need to occupy the counties along the way, and they can take all the land in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jinan Prefectures. The young and strong women and children will be taken captive to Dongchang Mansion, and the elderly and handicapped people over the age of [-] will be killed, and food rations should not be wasted."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou and the others sighed again, there was nothing they could do.

"Hey!" He Luohui took the lead and left.

……

Kaifeng city had been burned down by Jiannu, not a single house was left, and all the people in the city were killed. After Jiannu left, he couldn't even find a dog.

Therefore, Chongzhen's army could only be stationed in Zhongmou near the left.

Chongzhen waited until the first day of July in Zhongmu, and finally waited for Chen Qianfu and Du Yinxi.

After Huang Zongxi lent Kaifeng Mansion to the Dashun Army, Chen Qianfu was forced to take all the officials of Kaifeng Mansion to retreat to Yanling, south of Kaifeng Mansion. This time, he learned that the Chongzhen army had recaptured Kaifeng and hurried back.

But after returning to Kaifeng, I saw only a piece of ruins, and I couldn't help feeling sad.

So when he saw Chongzhen, Chen Qianfu filed an imperial petition: "Your Majesty, please behead Huang Zongxi! If this thief hadn't taken the initiative to lend Kaifeng City to the Jiannu army, how could he be reduced to this point?"

"Chen Qianfu, it is my intention to lend Kaifeng City to Pseudo-Shun."

Chongzhen blocked Chen Qianfu's mouth with one word, so don't talk about it.

Jiannu bloodbathed the city of Kaifeng, hundreds of thousands of old and young women and children died, and no one felt good.

Didn't Huang Zongxi have been unable to eat for three days, and he was hungry and thin?But before borrowing the city, who would have thought that the Puppet Shun Army would be so ineffective and so easily plotted against by Jianshou?
So this matter has nothing to do with Huang Zongxi.

So Chongzhen took the responsibility without hesitation.

Seeing that Chongzhen protected Huang Zongxi, Chen Qianfu didn't know what to say.

Chongzhen said again: "Chen Qianfu, after a while, more than one million refugees in Xuzhou City will be sent to Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. You need to cooperate with Du Qing to do the resettlement work and the matter of averaging acres."

"Yes." Chen Qianfu agreed, and couldn't help but ask again, "My lord, do you really want to average the land in Henan?"

"Otherwise?" Chongzhen snorted, "If you find it inconvenient, I can replace someone else to Henan."

(End of this chapter)