Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 93 The Great Victory of Xia Town
At the end of June in the [-]th year of Chongzhen, more than [-] slaves invaded Xuzhou. They fought fiercely with the Ming army in Xiazhen for [-] days. Dozens of riders escaped by chance.

This disastrous defeat is also the biggest defeat suffered by Nurhachi since he raised his troops.

When Baiyintu and Yabran fled back to Beijing, Dorgon couldn't believe that such a thing happened?
"What did you say?" Dorgon stared at Baiyintu, his eyes revealing the desire to eat people, "The [-] troops that accompanied you to the expedition only escaped with dozens of cavalry? ride!"

Hong Chengchou, Ning Wanwo, and Fan Wencheng who happened to be discussing matters in Prince Rui's mansion also petrified on the spot.

Hong Chengchou and the others would not be too surprised if Baiyintu's partial division was defeated by the Dashun army.

Because the Dashun Army is still quite effective. If the equipment is better, the Qing soldiers may not be able to defeat the Dashun Army. It is actually a fluke that the Qing soldiers won the Shanhaiguan battle.

But now Baiyintu's partial division has been defeated by the Ming army!
It's nothing more than losing to the Ming army, but he was defeated so terribly?
There were more than [-] people when we went, but only a few dozen left when we came back? !
Ever since the old Han Nurhachi raised his troops with the Seven Great Hatreds, the Qing Dynasty has never been defeated so badly.

Baiyintu really broke the record of the Qing Dynasty this time. In one battle, he reimbursed two Jiala's Eight Banners Manchuria, ten Niulu's Eight Manchus Han Army, [-] surrendered troops plus more than [-] coats !
When the news spreads back to Shengjing, I am afraid that Xianghuangqi will really make every family wear hemp belts to mourn.

Not only the families of those masters must wear filial piety, but also the homes of those slaves who are dressed in clothes must wear hemp with filial piety.

Moreover, Xianghuangqi's life this year may be very sad. After such a big defeat, there will be very little time to divide up the spoils, and the upcoming staking, I am afraid that he will be the last one.

In addition, so many prime-aged men have died in battle, this year's autumn harvest and next year's spring plowing are big problems.

Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng couldn't help but exchanged glances with Ning Wanwo. It would be fine if Xianghuangqi could still maintain unity, but if they couldn't maintain unity, they might lose at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In this way, the regent also had an excuse to rectify the bordered yellow flag.

The two hardcore traitors seem to have foreseen a power struggle.

Can the orphan and widow still hold up the scene?
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The news of Xia Town's great victory reached Nanjing almost at the same time.

Fu Wang Zhu Yousong really lived like a year during this period of time.

Han Zanzhou didn't dare to live in the Nanjing Garrison Eunuch's Office anymore, but he didn't bring any belongings with him when he fled from the mansion.

Not only do they have no place to live, but sometimes they can’t even get food.

That is to say, Uncle Chengyi waited for a few nobles to see him pitifully to help him, otherwise he would really be reduced to begging for a living.

That day, Uncle Chengyi Liu Kongzhao was entertaining a friend by the Qinhuai River, so he called Zhu Yousong over to let him have a drink. After getting on the boat, he found out that Liu Kongzhao was hosting Ruan Dacheng, the remnant of the eunuch.

Zhu Yousong regretted it a little. Now that the Donglin party members are in full control of the government, Ruan Dacheng, a remnant of the eunuch party, has become a street rat in Nanjing. Will there be good fruit to eat with him?Sincerity is confused.

If any censor sees him attending the court, he will be in big trouble.

"King Fu, please be patient." Liu Kongzhao saw that Zhu Yousong was gloomy, so he had a drink and persuaded him, "If you are stubborn, you will definitely defeat Xuzhou sooner or later. There is still room for change in major events."

Jiannu had already reached Xuzhou, and the news had already been sent back to Nanjing.

Right now, the streets and alleys of Nanjing, even Fireworks and Willow Alley are talking about this.

If Jiangnan scholars could not express their unique views on the Xuzhou battle situation, they would not even be ashamed to ask questions.

After decades of hard work by the Donglin Party and Fushe, it has become common practice in the south of the Yangtze River for scholars in the field to discuss government affairs, and officials in Nanjing turn a blind eye to this.

"Not necessarily." Zhu Yousong shook his head and said, "The Holy One is said to be quite knowledgeable."

Like Liu Kongzhao, Zhu Yousong hoped that Chongzhen would defeat Xuzhou in his dreams, and it would be better to die in defeat, but he dared not say it.

"The sage knows soldiers?" Ruan Dacheng laughed out loud, "If even the sage dares to claim to know soldiers, then there will be no one in Huanghuang Daming who doesn't know soldiers."

"Sir, be careful." Zhu Yousong turned pale with fright.

"What are you afraid of, Fu Wang? What else is there to be afraid of?" Liu Kongzhao drank a few cups of yellow soup, and his guts became stronger. "Do you really believe that the rumors are true? Do you really believe that the emperor brought Wang Jiayan and the others?" Breaking through from Beijing? Do you really believe that the Holy Majesty took Jiuqing, who was in distress, to Chahar and Mongolia? It's all fake."

Going to Distress Jiuqing is the collective name for Meng Zhaoxiang and the nine of them in Nanjing official circles.

In Jiashen's national calamity, only Meng Zhaoxiang and his nine civil servants followed Chongzhen out of the capital, and thus gained a huge wave of official voices, but Chen Liangmo, the seventh-rank censor, also became one of the nine ministers who went to the disaster.

Because everyone can see that sooner or later, Chen Liangmo will definitely be among the Jiuqing.

"That's right, it's fake, it's fake!" Ruan Dacheng also firmly believed that it was fake.

Liu Kongzhao went on to say: "The truth of the matter is probably that Ping Xibo and Wu Sangui sent a thousand barbarians to enter Beijing from Chaoyang Gate on Jiashen Day, and took nine of them out, Shengshang and Meng Zhaoxiang. That's probably the case."

"Yes, that must be the case." Ruan Dacheng said with a blushing face after drinking too much, "I'm going to write a new play, which will focus on the story of the Jingkang period, when the Jin soldiers went south, and the second Qinhui sect and a large number of princesses and princes of the clan were taken into captivity. , only Zhao Jiu is famous for his knowledge of soldiers, and he led Jiuqing out of Bianjing, smashed Huanglong first, and then went down to Lin'an to establish the Southern Song Dynasty."

"Mr. is drunk and sour, but I dare not say that."

Hearing what Ruan Dacheng said, Zhu Yousong was so frightened that he got up and wanted to leave, but Liu Kongzhao pushed him back into his chair.

"Why don't you dare? I, Ruan Dacheng, have no other skills, but my ability to read people is top-notch. Let me tell you, I, Ruan Dacheng, never miss people!" The party's grievances against Chongzhen finally vented out.

"How many catties and taels are there on the saint, I will know the first time I meet the saint."

"Your Majesty is headstrong and suspicious, and has the most urgent temper. However, any country's major affairs require continuous efforts. It takes ten, twenty, or even fifty years to see results. However, Your Majesty can wait for three years at most. No matter how many major events, it is worse than worrying about two." Character."

"However, in the past, he was just doing things carefully, but now, the Holy One has actually started to encroach on the meritorious deeds of generals to flaunt himself."

"If the Holy Majesty is not in Xuzhou, then my Ming Dynasty can rely on the danger of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, and no matter how bad it is, I can draw a river with the Jiannu to rule. But now that the Holy Majesty is in Xuzhou, I fear that the day of national subjugation is not far away."

"Sir, be careful, be careful!" Zhu Yousong was so frightened that his hair was about to stand on end.

"Why are you afraid, King Fu? What are you afraid of?" Liu Kongzhao was also quite drunk, he threw his wine cup on the table and roared, "The subjugation of the country is just in front of us, nothing more than the word death, why be afraid? Why not be afraid!"

Ruan Dacheng also yelled: "If the Holy Majesty is not in Xuzhou, Bo Jingnan can still fight Jiannu, but this time, if the Holy Majesty is in Xuzhou, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be defeated, definitely defeated! Definitely defeated!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes outside the window.

It seems that a fast horse is galloping across the Qingshiban Street by the Qinhuai River.

Accompanied by the rapid sound of horseshoes, a loud and clear voice followed: "Great victory in Xia Town! Great victory in Xia Town! Our soldiers from tomorrow achieved an unprecedented victory in Xia Town in Xuzhou, beheading more than nine thousand ranks! Over a thousand prisoners!"

Liu Kongzhao frowned, and asked, "What are you shouting about?"

Zhu Yousong said uncertainly: "It seems to be calling for the great victory of Xia Town, beheading more than [-] people..."

Zhu Yousong's voice suddenly stopped, and Liu Kongzhao and Ruan Dacheng also turned their heads suddenly, and the three of them looked at each other, some couldn't believe their ears.

The next moment, the three of them stood up suddenly.

Ruan Dacheng lost his balance and fell.

When Ruan Dacheng squeezed to the window and looked out, he saw that the windows on the Qinhuai River had been opened, and dark clouds were poking out of the windows, looking towards the north bank of the Qinhuai River.

On the shore, a postman rode away like a whirlwind.

This time I heard it more clearly: "Xia Town's great victory! Great victory!"

"This is..." Ruan Dacheng still had some disbelief, "You won the battle?"

"It should probably be a victory." Liu Kongzhao almost cried out. Daming won the victory in Xuzhou. Normally he should be happy, but why does he want to cry?
Zhu Yousong was even more sad, and burst into tears.

"God bless Daming!" With this cry, many scholars on the bank began to cry.

Even the girls and prostitutes in the painting boat on the river and the embroidery building on the bank also wiped their tears, which made the rich sons who came to look for flowers and ask for willows coaxed for a while, but Liu Kongzhao and the three no longer had the mood to drink flower wine, and ended hastily.

The postman shouted all the way, and went straight to the Nanjing Imperial City in the east corner along the Qinhuai River.

When the good news came, Shi Kefa, the chief assistant of the cabinet, summoned Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, and Xie Xuelong to discuss how to appease the censors who were secretly colluding.

After Shi Kefa formed the cabinet, he began to supplement Beijing officials.

Now Nanjing officials have added seventy-eight eighty-eight.

As a result, the imperial censor who had just "alternately entered Beijing" began to join forces secretly, threatening to go north to Xuzhou to die before admonishing the emperor, forcing Chongzhen to leave Xuzhou and return to Nanjing to watch matters.

Gao Hongtu said: "Anyway, we must stop them."

"Yes, they can't be allowed to go north." Jiang Yueguang said, "The Holy Majesty was worried about building slaves to invade the south, so he didn't hesitate to defend the border for the country. Although it will only add chaos to the border town in the end, his original intention is still good."

Well, these words are not hurtful, but extremely insulting.

Fortunately, Chongzhen couldn't hear him, otherwise he might die on the spot.

Xie Xuelong also echoed: "If the censors are allowed to go north to Xuzhou, they will definitely not be allowed to go north to Xuzhou, but the Holy One really can't stay in Xuzhou, otherwise it will only add chaos to the border town. If the Holy One is not there, the border town is okay. In the first battle, if the Holy One is here, the twenty-eight towns of Xuzhou will definitely be defeated!"

(End of this chapter)