I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 178

Chapter 177

The increase of more than [-] troops did not help much in increasing the strength of Jiannu. Back then, Huang Taiji led an army of [-], which was more than twice as strong as it is now.

But he is not Cheng Shijie's opponent either. What's more, Cheng Shijie is stronger now. Not only has he received reinforcements from more than [-] cavalry from the Guanning Army, but also more than [-] Mongolian cavalry who have taken refuge in him. As many as [-] to [-] cavalry came out.

Huang Taiji is not worried about Ning Haijun's cavalry, what he is more worried about is Cheng Shijie's infantry, the muskets that are like popping beans, and the artillery that can kill dozens of people with one shot are what Huang Taiji is most worried about .

Huang Taiji dared to continue the fight because he was just a trapped beast, just an instinctive counterattack, wouldn't he surrender if he didn't fight?Even if they surrendered, the others might still have their lives. At least he and his son Hauge had no choice but to die, or they would be killed.

With no choice in this situation, he could only fight with his back.

More importantly, it is not that Huang Taiji has no chance of winning, but because although Cheng Shijie has many troops, not any one person is capable of commanding 7 to [-] horses, not to mention that Cheng Shijie commanded more Guanning troops. Well, the Mongols are nothing but grass, and they are the key to Huang Taiji's victory.

More importantly, Huang Taiji can now get supplies from Baiyintu. With food and grass, the soldiers have physical strength. Even if they can't beat the Ning Navy, they still have the ability to clean up the Guanning Army and the Mongols.

Cheng Shijie's eyelids suddenly twitched, and he asked inexplicably, "Yongyan, do you mean the left eye or the right eye?"

Sun Zhichen laughed and said, "I never thought Cheng Shuai would believe this!"

"The end of science is metaphysics, you have to believe it!"

Sun Zhichen was already used to Cheng Shijie's way of speaking. He knew every word Cheng Shijie said, but when these words were connected together, he didn't know what they meant.

He often heard Cheng Shijie say: "It's not scientific!"

What exactly does this science mean, he is more and more confused.

Sun Tzu smiled wryly and said: "Cheng Shuai, as the saying goes, a twitch in the left eye is bad for a friend, and a twitch in the right eye is good for a friend. Does Cheng Shuai's left eyelid twitch or his right eyelid twitch?"

"Ben Shuai's left and right eyelids are jumping together!"

Cheng Shijie looked at the direction behind him, a little puzzled: "Accordingly, Jianu is just a sick cat now, and the commander-in-chief will pack them up for fun. The only possibility is..."

"What is it?"

"The backyard is on fire!"

Cheng Shijie knew that Zhang Chun's [-] Ming troops were annihilated in the Daling River battle. In fact, Da Ming did not directly admit defeat in that situation, but wanted to transfer Sun Yuanhua's Denglai New Army and Dongjiang Army to support Daling River City. , It's just a pity that the people from Shandong went on strike and made Shandong a mess. Sun Yuanhua had soldiers but was unable to go out.

In the end, Kong Youde rebelled, which brought the battle of Dalinghe to an end, as Jiannu had expected.

If nothing else, it must have been an accident.

At midnight that night, Cheng Shijie was woken up by Meng En.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the slave-building reinforcements have arrived!"

"How many people are here? Are there 4 or [-] people?"

"No, there are more than 700 people. They should all be good players. They broke through the security circle of the Chasseurs without making a fuss. Five sentries, six to seven hundred people, died silently~!"

"There are only more than [-] people, it's okay!"

Cheng Shijie seemed to be awake in his sleep, and said with a disapproving smile: "Come on, come on, anyway, just use more corpses to fertilize the land!"

In Cheng Shijie's view, as long as Jiannu can't find a way to crack Ning Haijun's artillery, the number of Jiannu people coming will not have much impact.

Since Jiannu dared to come to die, Cheng Shijie dared to bury them.

Burying Jiannu was naturally a good thing for Daming.At least without the reason of building slaves, Liao pay will no longer be collected, and the common people will have a way to survive.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie's head suddenly brightened.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. The Liao pay not only enriched the Guan Ning army, in fact, it was not only the Guan Ning army that was enriched by the Liao pay, but almost all officials in the entire Ming Dynasty, especially the civil servants.

Although it is said that the Ming Dynasty began to collect Liao pay from the Wanli period, in fact, the most collected was actually during the Chongzhen period. In order to deal with the Liaodong war, the Emperor Chongzhen raised the Liao pay originally set at 6607% per mu during the Tianqi period to 740% and [-]%. This wave of operations was also excellent, collecting [-] million taels of silver in an instant.Coupled with the messy back-and-forth clauses, after one round of operation, the silver was [-] million yuan.

This does not mean that Ming officials collected 740 million taels of tax from the people, but refers to the total amount of tax paid to the court.

For the sake of this, what those moths of Ming Dynasty think in their hearts is not to pacify the war and let everyone continue to enjoy peace, but everyone is vying to fill their pockets.

The sum of Liao's payment, suppression's payment and training payment was more than double the regular payment stipulated in the Ming Dynasty.The people of the entire Ming Dynasty lived in the sorrow of "paying the emperor's grain", and the farmers of the Ming Dynasty went bankrupt and could not complete their tasks.

Many farmers had to sell their land to deal with the temporary "three rings", and gradually became tenants, slaves, refugees, hungry people, and finally mobs until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is said that there are many refugees in southern Liaoning, and nearly 40 of them are refugees, Cheng Shijie often contacts these refugees and knows very well that these refugees have been bankrupted by heavy taxes and have to become refugees.

But the Liao pay is the entire civil servant group of Ming Dynasty, covering all aspects from the imperial court to the local government.

So, this time, Jiannu put everything together and prepared to stud.

And Cheng Shijie already has the strength to defeat Jiannu, so in this case, there will definitely be people who hinder him, and maybe they have already come.

Cheng Shijie's face became ugly: "Our crisis is coming!"

Meng En said: "The commander-in-chief means that Jiannu is going to attack?"

"They are sneak attacking. Although there are still 4 Jiannu now, they have lost a lot of weight. If we don't attack them, they have already burned their incense. Even if the Mongols provoke them so brazenly, they can't stand it." How could it be possible to launch a night attack?"

Cheng Shijie looked in the direction of the capital and said, "Our crisis comes from the capital!"

"The capital?"

"Yes, for the sake of their pocketbooks, they will not allow Daming to eliminate Jiannu!"

Sun Chengzong's fortress strategy, training the army, used the fortress method to slowly erode Jiannu's strategic space, coupled with the material blockade, Jiannu was forced to buy eight taels of silver a bucket of grain from Shanxi merchants at that time.

Under such circumstances, countless people starved to death. However, just as Sun Chengzong's strategy in Liaodong achieved initial results, he was held accountable for the defeat of Liuhe and was impeached and resigned.

The defeat of Liuhe was actually a small-scale battle. Lu Zhijia under Ma Shilong's command was just a guerrilla general, and Li Chengxian was also a guerrilla general. According to the unspoken rules of Ming Dynasty's officialdom, the participating generals only commanded three or four thousand soldiers, and some had only more than 1000 soldiers. , then the guerrilla generals can only command 1000 people at the top.

In fact, Lu Zhijia and Li Chengxian led 800 people to forcibly cross the Sancha River in seven fishing boats, which led to the leakage of traces and caused the defeat of the Liuhe Battle. More than 400 people were killed and injured. Both Lu Zhijia and Li Chengxian died in battle. Qian Yingke fell into the water and died.The Eight Banners Army captured [-] horses.

At that time, the public opinion of the court was exaggerated, and the [-] Liao army was completely wiped out.Afterwards, Ma Shilong was impeached and resigned, and Sun Chengzong and Yu Anxing were dismissed at the same time.Gaodi took over as Jinglue, and Yuan Chonghuan took over.

Not to mention the small-scale defeat of a few hundred people, even if this number is increased tenfold, 8000 people will be lost. Like the great victory in Ningyuan, 8000 people in Juehua Island were killed by Jiannu at that time. Great work.

Sun Chengzong's fault is that his existence has seriously threatened Jiannu.

Now Cheng Shijie only needs one knife to beat Jiannu half to death or paralyzed, but also, the imperial court will never agree with Cheng Shijie to continue fighting, they will do everything possible to stop this war and give Jiannu a sigh of relief.

This incident reminded Cheng Shijie of the World War I in Great Britain. Germany in World War I was a defeated country just like World War II. According to France, they wanted to dismember Germany, but Great Britain disagreed and wanted to use Germany to contain France. So, In just a dozen years, Germany has been revived with full blood.

This can be said that Britain has contributed a lot.

Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie lost sleepiness.

At dawn, the sound of horseshoes broke the silence of the morning.

Sun Chengzong also didn't sleep well, he came to Cheng Shijie's RV early, saw that Cheng Shijie didn't look like he had just woken up, but he didn't seem to be asleep, so he said in surprise, "Beiping, didn't you sleep all night?"

Cheng Shijie nodded: "The sound of hooves coming from the south must not be Jiannu!"

"People are coming from the capital!"

Sun Chengzong raised the secret letter in Yang's hand.

Cheng Shijie asked curiously, "Who's here?"

"Fu Zonglong!"

"He's not staying in Tianjin, what is he doing here?"

"Didn't you guess?"

Sun Chengzong smiled bitterly and said: "The court has already quarreled over this battle, and you have been implicated by me!"

"Teacher, this is none of your business!"

While talking, Fu Zonglong and Gao Qiqian came with more than 100 officials and three or four hundred cavalrymen, braving the cold wind, especially Fu Zonglong, whose nose was dripping, and his eyebrows, beard, and temples were all white.

The lips and face were covered with bloody cuts. It was obvious that they came here without stopping.

Gao Qiqian was even more embarrassed than Fu Zonglong. After seeing Cheng Shijie, he bowed his hands to Cheng Shijie, sat down on the edge of the stove, and stretched out his hands to warm the fire.

Fu Zonglong collapsed directly on the floor. If it wasn't for the hot water gushing out of his mouth, Cheng Shijie would have thought that Fu Zonglong was dead.

"Master Fu, why are you bothering?"

Cheng Shijie shrugged and said, "Couldn't Cheng be allowed to finish this battle with peace of mind?"

Fu Zonglong looked at Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie's eyes were bloodshot, and Sun Chengzong stared at Fu Zonglong sharply.

Fu Zonglong didn't dare to look directly into Sun Chengzong's eyes.

In fact, Fu Zonglong was recommended by Sun Chengzong. It is said that Fu Zonglong is Sun Chengzong's person, but now his role is to hold back.

Cheng Shijie said: "Master Fu, the imperial court really wants Cheng to withdraw his troops?"

Fu Zonglong nodded, but did not speak.

"This is Wen Shoufu's proposal, and His Majesty agrees!"

Gao Qiqian grabbed the cup in front of Cheng Shijie, drank a cup of hot tea, and then panted heavily: "The news of the victory at Baliwan has spread all over the capital. Your Majesty, Long Yan is very happy, and I appreciate General Cheng very much. I am very happy." It’s beyond words. However, Gao Yingxiang’s 20-strong rebel army has captured Zhending, sweeping through Shunde, Daming Mansion, and approaching Baoding, threatening Gyeonggi!”

Cheng Shijie knew that in history, Gao Yingxiang did break Zhending and threatened Gyeonggi, but he was hindered by Lu Xiangsheng, and the Tianxiong Army became famous in the first battle.

However, in this time and space, there was a huge deviation.

Gao Qiqian then continued: "Your Majesty is worried about the rebels... Jiannu's siege of Haizhou has been repulsed, and it will be useless to fight again, so he intends to withdraw his troops and deal with the rebels under Gao Yingxiang first..."

Cheng Shijie said, "Where's Lu Xiangsheng?"

Gao Qiqian was slightly taken aback: "Lord Lu?"

"Yes, what is he doing?"

Fu Zonglong said: "The imperial court really ordered the Tianxiong Army to surround the rebels on purpose, but Lord Lu was inspecting the Tianxiong Army barracks. When performing firecrackers, unfortunately the firecracker exploded, and the shrapnel hit Lu Jiandou's forehead. Now his life is hanging by a thread. , life and death are uncertain..."

Before Fu Zonglong finished speaking, Cheng Shijie jumped up and said angrily: "It's so clever, so clever!"

Sun Chengzong asked curiously: "Beiping, are you saying that Lu Jiandou's accident was not an accident?"

"It was a man-made accident!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "In order to force me to retreat, they will do everything they can!"

Of Gao Yingxiang's more than 5 rebels, almost one-fifth of them are capable of fighting, that is, [-] to [-] people. Riding on foot, he defeated the refugee army and beheaded eleven leaders of the refugee army.

The real combat effectiveness of Gao Yingxiang's troops is actually not strong, but it is more than enough to deal with the Ming army in Gyeonggi.

Cheng Shijie said: "Master Fu, give Cheng some half a month!"

Fu Zonglong's head is getting big now, and he hasn't encountered such a situation yet.In the past, the Ming army fought with Jiannu. If the imperial court ordered the withdrawal of troops, those Ming army officers and soldiers would probably be as happy as Chinese New Year, but this time.

The victory at Baliwan in Haizhou was a hundred times more glorious than what the emperor and civil and military officials imagined. More than [-] ranks were beheaded, nearly [-] Mongolian soldiers were recruited to surrender, and [-] to [-] of the [-] slaves went. Enough officers of the Ming army to participate in the war are counted as one, and all officers are promoted several ranks.

"Continue to fight, what should we do if the golden army comes to help and the victory turns into a defeat?" Fu Zonglong sighed and said, "Your Majesty is also worried that Jiannu will come to help and the battle will be reversed! In the past few decades, our army There are many examples of greedy and aggressive, turning from victory to defeat..."

"Jiannu is like this, and you still want to turn defeat into victory? Go ahead and live your mother's spring and autumn dream!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Master Fu, our army's cannons and shells have arrived. At daybreak, the end of slavery will come! Try it, more than 6 or [-] people are surrounded by groups, and our army will fire all the artillery. They exploded with flesh and blood, and then the cavalry charged, how many of them could die! We will win this battle!"

Fu Zonglong is also very difficult to deal with. On the one hand, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the withdrawal. On the other hand, he is also afraid that these elite soldiers who have struggled in the sea of ​​blood will suffer unnecessary losses. What can he do if he doesn't appreciate it?
Fu Zonglong could still understand the desire of these generals to kill the enemy and serve the country, but the few civil servants who accompanied him were not so easy to talk to. Seeing that those generals did not enter at all, they couldn't help sneering: "What the court tells you to do, you just do it Yes! Your majesty's arrangement, there is no room for you warriors to comment!"

"I just know how to fight, and I don't even think about what to do if I lose! A group of guys who win a few battles and get carried away. With mediocre generals like you, it's no wonder that our army has retreated steadily in the past 30 years!"

As soon as they spoke, Cheng Shijie frowned, and even Sun Chengzong looked unhappy.

Cheng Shijie looked at Fu Zonglong: "Master Fu, these are all your people? They don't seem to understand the rules very much!"

Fu Zonglong hurriedly said: "They are all Wen Shoufu's right-hand men."

Cheng Shijie slapped the table with his palm, jumped up and pointed at a white-faced and long-bearded civil servant and yelled angrily: "Big fart officer, how dare you point fingers at me in my Chinese army tent, sneer at me, and yell like a warrior!" , What the hell! Throw it out!"

Cheng Shijie's personal guards rushed forward without waiting for the civil servants to yell, and grabbed them directly, as if they were catching chickens, and threw them out.

Fu Zonglong was dumbfounded.

During the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the status of civil servants was indeed not high, but after the Civil Fortress Change, civil servants surpassed military officials.

It's not uncommon for a sixth-rank junior civil servant to point at the nose of a second-rank general and scold him so hard that he can't even lift his head. As for those who don't understand farts but want to command blindly, they mess up the combat deployment and eventually lead to the annihilation of the entire army.This kind of thing is not new for a long time, and generals can only accept it and cannot resist it.

To put it bluntly, the army's food and salaries, weapons supply, appointment and dismissal, rewards and punishments, and combat command are all in the hands of civil servants. These military generals can only obediently obey the blind command of civil servants, bite the bullet and fight, and of course they win. Civil servants strategize and use soldiers like gods, and civil servants have made great contributions. These military generals who have survived the bloody battle will also be honored and make small contributions.

In case of a defeat, don't expect the civil servants to take any responsibility. It's because the general fears the enemy like a tiger and fights passively, so he loses. Anyway, the responsibility can't possibly fall on the civil servants.

This group of nonsense civil servants make trouble all day long, they can't beat, scold, talk, let alone beat them, and they have to obediently obey their orders and execute what they think is perfect, but in fact it is full of loopholes. This is the general of Ming Dynasty fate!

Fortunately, Cheng Shijie didn't save Wen Tiren any face, and just threw his people out!

Wen Tiren seems to be gentle and elegant, with a bright future, but in fact he is narrow-minded, and he must take revenge. If Cheng Shijie offends him, can he still have good results?
Who is Cheng Shijie?
Will he eat this set?
As early as when he was a fourth-rank garrison, the governor of the second rank did whatever he wanted, and he didn't give any face at all. As for Wen Tiren, when Cheng Shijie was happy, he would call him Mr. Wen, and if he was unhappy, he would be buried.

In terms of officialdom struggles, Cheng Shijie was indeed no match for Wen Tiren, but the problem was that Cheng Shijie held a knife, and he was not afraid of anyone when he used it.

Cheng Shijie frowned slightly for these civil servants who were still yelling outside the tent.

Wu Sheng said: "Marshal, the people under his command don't know how to handle things, so I'll go right away!"

"Ah ah ah..."

After several screams in succession, the whole world fell silent.

Cheng Shijie said: "Master Fu, the opportunity to fight is rare. If Jiannu can be wiped out, what's the point of mere bandits?"

"All right!"

Fu Zonglong saw that Cheng Shijie was determined to fight this battle, and he couldn't say that Cheng Shijie himself had the right to make decisions before the battle, and the four words of doing things cheaply represented Cheng Shijie's power.

Fu Zonglong said: "The old man will immediately report to the imperial court and state the enemy's situation. I think His Majesty will not blame him!"

"Thank you, Mr. Fu!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Come here, Master Fu, please go down and rest!"

After Fu Zonglong left, Gao Qiqian looked at Sun Chengzong and Sun Zhishen.

Sun Chengzong knew that Gao Qiqian should have a secret order, so he left directly.

After Sun Chengzong and Sun Zhishen left, he sighed and said, "General Cheng, why are you bothering?"

"what?"

Gao Qiqian said: "Our family has a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not!"

"Gao Gonggong, you are welcome, what is our relationship?"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile: "Is there anything you can't say? Just say it!"

Gao Qiqian curled his lips and said: "I think you should obey the holy order, withdraw your troops quickly, and immediately lead the army back to the capital to help the capital. You have made thousands of achievements, and it is not as good as King Qin to rescue you!"

Cheng Shijie said: "I have enough credit. Besides, if I can annihilate Jiannu, why should I withdraw my troops?"

"General Cheng re-created slaves with a weak force, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured [-]. This is indeed Cheng Zu's first great achievement after his expedition to the desert! At this moment, the reputation of General Cheng has spread all over the world. Who knows, who doesn't know? Even if you withdraw your troops at this time, it won't damage the prestige of General Cheng, so why do you have to go all out to fight Jian Nu and waste your strength for nothing?"

Cheng Shijie said: "Grandpa Gao, you have to understand one thing: it's not that I like to fight Jiannu to the death, it's really these bastards who are so cheap! If I don't beat them up, they will dance again soon." When they come out to make trouble and there is no end to it, then there will be more people who will die!"

Gao Qiqian sighed: "General Cheng, it's too late to go too far. You must know that a tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it! General Cheng wants to wipe out all Jiannu, so you are not afraid of the master of great achievements!"

Gao Qiqian understands Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen is not a magnanimous master, if you are needed, you are good at everything, when you don't need it, you are just a chamber pot.

"The master of high power?"

A faint smile appeared on Cheng Shijie's face: "I'm so powerful, I'm not afraid!"

(End of this chapter)