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Chapter 303 Irikawa did a great job

The words are divided into two ends,

Zhu Shuren is based in Chongqing, and Fang Kongxuan and Zhang Huangyan continue to advance westward. The final decisive battle with Zhang Xianzhong on the Chengdu Plain will not take a month or two, and there will be no decisive progress.

Since it is necessary to make a roundabout and outflank, and the rigorous layout is completed in one battle, we cannot think that the preparation work is slow and time-consuming.

Even if there is a preliminary result in the end, considering the geographical isolation of the Sichuan area, it is not surprising that there may even be Zhu Shuren deliberately delaying the report, and it will take more than a month for the news to be reported to Beijing.

So with such a rough estimate, until May of 16, Chongzhen, who was in the capital, would know very little about the current situation in Sichuan. It was like playing an RTS game with a layer of strategic fog, and his vision was not fully explored.

And the time difference of these few months is enough to cause too many changes in the world outside of Sichuan.

Wang Gonggong, who was in charge of reporting back to Beijing, set off from Chongqing around February [-]th. He was quite diligent and wanted to announce the good news of the restoration of Chongqing and Luzhou to His Majesty as soon as possible, so he only walked for half a month before returning to the capital. .

This is already very diligent, and you have to travel two to three hundred miles a day.Compared with the six-hundred-mile express courier who changes horses but does not change people, it can reach [-]% of the speed of the latter.

After arriving in the capital on the second day of March, he entered the palace non-stop and first reported to his adoptive father Wang Chengen.

In fact, this prince is not much younger than Wang Chengen, and he himself is 40 to [-] years old.But as a eunuch, he doesn't care about his age when he recognizes his godfather, not to mention that Wang Chengen is still a bit older than him, even if they are the same age, he can recognize his godfather.

Wang Chengen learned about the latest situation in Sichuan, and knew that Chongqing had been taken back within half a month after Zhu Shuren dispatched troops. The follow-up was because he had to make a better game and wipe out Zhang Xianzhong completely. This procrastination made him feel at ease Quite a lot.

The righteous father and son talked secretly for a long time to sort out the ins and outs. Wang Chengen also thought about how to report to Chongzhen and ask for instructions, and then went to meet the king.

At the same time, Chongzhen obviously had more than one military information channel, the eunuch who supervised the army. When the eunuch came back, Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, almost got official official news.

So when Wang Chengen went to report, Chen Xinjia also reported the southwest war to Chongzhen on the same day.
Before meeting the Lord, the two naturally communicated with each other—after all, Chen Xinjia still needs Wang Chengen to pass it on to meet the Lord.

It's just that there are more things on Chen Xinjia's side. Now Daming has at least two other battlefields, and the situation is more difficult than Sichuan. Therefore, in Chen Xinjia's report, the priority of recovering Chongqing and trying to encircle Chengdu can only be ranked third.

Of the other two battles, the first was of course the fight between Li Zicheng and Sun Chuanting in the Hedong Basin of Shanxi, as well as in Luoyang and Shanzhou on the opposite bank.

The second scene is the Jiannu Tartars and their Horqin Mongolian servants who entered the bandits again after the spring of Chongzhen in 16 years.

The battle between Sun Chuanting and Li Zicheng must be endless.At present, it seems that until a third party intervenes in this battlefield and breaks the deadlock, it is still unclear who will win Sun Lilu.

Chen Xinjia's report, of course, should try to whitewash Sun Chuanting as much as possible, as long as he doesn't lose, he wins, so Chongzhen probably won't see Sun Chuanting's bad news until the last moment.

In the battle of Jiannukouguan, the outcome was relatively clear-there was no doubt that the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty under the control of Chongzhen would definitely not be able to defeat the Tartars.

After all, a year and a half ago, when the elite of 13 and nine sides were still there, Hong Chengchou couldn't beat the Tartars.Now these 13 elites have been sent away by Hong Chengchou at least [-] to [-], and only [-] to [-] have fled back. On the other side, Hong Chengchou is the leader, how can the rest be beaten?
If Zhu Shuren hadn't made a little trick with Zheng Chenggong last year, and brought back two of the eight generals that should have been destroyed, and saved 5 more soldiers, Chongzhen would not even have the last [-] or [-] soldiers left. no less

At most, only [-] to [-] veterans of the Guanning Army directly under Wu Sangui, plus the second-line troops who guarded the pass and did not fight at the time. (Historically, after the Songjin War, Chongzhen basically only had such a fortune in Liao.)
Jiannu should have been detained and invaded by Chongzhen in the autumn of 15 years, and then Chen Xinjia, who was devastated, secretly suggested that Chongzhen seek peace to stabilize it.

Now it can be regarded as a butterfly effect, because at the turn of spring and summer in the 15th year of Chongzhen, the wave of Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong killed a Han army flag of the Tartars, and also caused the other two Manchu flags to be wiped out by one or two Jiala, so Huang Taiji did not gather strength to pass the test in the fall of Chongzhen 15 years ago, and chose to rest for a month or two to return to his state.

However, during autumn and winter, after one or two more months of rest, the seasonal window period is often missed, and the customs cannot be closed before September. With the advent of severe winter and heavy snowfall, the harsh and extremely cold environment outside the customs is really not suitable for military use. However, the Eight Banners army also had cat winter, so they added one to two to make five, and rested until the spring plowing in February this year before Huang Taiji took any action.

It is now the first ten days of March, and Huang Taiji outside the pass has been mobilizing troops for a month, and the Ming army has lost two more battles in this month.

First of all, all Wu Sangui's strongholds outside Shanhaiguan have finally been lost so far.Li Fuming, who recovered his life last year, was seriously injured again when he held on to the loss, and was escorted by the remnant cavalry trilogy to escape back to Shanhaiguan.
The long-fighting Ming army that broke out from Tashan and Xingshan last year was once again wiped out by thousands, and many more fled back after being defeated.This is also something that cannot be helped, and Zhu Shuren, who is far away in Sichuan, cannot change it.

It can only be said that it is Zhu Shu who is humble and powerless to worry about the country. He wants to worry about it, but the country does not give him this opportunity to grasp the overall situation. What can he do?
Historically, when Li Fuming was completely lost outside Shanhaiguan, he died directly in battle, but before he died, he fought hard and took away one or two Jialazhangjings from the Qing army.Now that he was only seriously injured and retreated by his subordinates, his fortune has been told.

And let alone a coincidence, during this process, Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of Haidao, who was in charge of transporting grain to Shanhaiguan this year, helped Li Fuming. Advantage, so as long as you want to retreat, at least there is an extra way out.

When Li Fuming was in a coma, his lieutenants and generals also made full use of this resource one by one, and then rescued Li Fuming, who was determined to give his life to Chongzhen, again.

The only difference between this and last year is that Zhang Mingzhen himself did not lead the team, and Zheng Chenggong did not personally follow the military ration shipping fleet because of his job transfer. It was just that some generals who were relatively low-ranking last year took care of the matter. .

After Li Fuming woke up, he was completely disheartened. As long as the horse runs and the horse does not eat grass like Chongzhen, how can he work for Chongzhen?
On the contrary, Guo Xing Ye, who has been promoted to the earl, has saved their brothers twice, strictly speaking, and has also transported military rations and military salaries to the Liaodong army every year, and the rations have never been deducted——

Especially those old men and officers who have been soldiers for more than ten years, they all know that before Chongzhen 14 years ago, the Liaodong frontier army had to rely on their own reclamation to feed themselves, and the military rations brought in from the pass were never enough. Pass.Among the group of exploited animals in the Ministry of War, which one doesn't drink the blood of soldiers?

Only from the 14th year of Chongzhen!After all the military rations in the Liao region were contracted to Shen Shilang (later Shen Shangshu) of the Nanjing household department, the Ming army in the Liao region was completely fed by the imperial court!
To speak with conscience: The Shen family fed them for three years and saved their lives twice. Li Fuming should know how to repay them in the future.

When the news of Li Fuming's serious injury came back to the capital, it was around late February. Chongzhen also attached great importance to it, and immediately sent eunuchs to the front line of Shanhaiguan to express condolences.

The eunuch also witnessed it with his own eyes, and saw that Li Fuming was indeed seriously injured, and he was defeated in a battle. When he went back and reported the truth, Chongzhen could only give Li Fuming a few months of rest time and stop sending them, so that they could recuperate. .In this way, Li Fuming got an excuse for the delay of "the injury is not healed".

It was also at this moment that Chongzhen was in Liao, and from then on he could only rely on Wu Sangui, the chief soldier.

But the battlefield of Tartar Kouguan was far more than Liao. Huang Taiji obviously spread the Eight Banners soldiers and horses along the Great Wall, and drilled wherever there were loopholes.

Li Fuming and Wu Sangui's bloody battle only prevented the Tartars from entering Shanhaiguan, but it could not prevent the Tartars from breaking through Jimen and Zhangjiakou again.

So in the spring of the 16th year of Chongzhen, several prefectures and counties outside Beizhili were slaughtered. The total number of dead was hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of livestock were looted, and millions of taels of silver were taken away.

Under such internal and external difficulties, just a few days ago, Chen Xinjia finally made a suggestion to Chongzhen to negotiate a peace with Huangtaiji, as historical inertia does.

When Chongzhen first heard this suggestion, he was still a little unwilling, but Chen Xinjia gave a reason that was far more sufficient than that of the same period in history:

"Your Majesty, today is not the same as in previous years. Although my Ming Dynasty is in dire straits, there is a reliable force loyal to His Majesty, which is accumulating and rising——Huguang Krupp, since Chongzhen took charge of the army for 13 years, he has never failed! Given time, Zhu Shuren will definitely become a rival. Sun Chuanting is more reliable than me, the giant of Ming Dynasty!

He had already driven Zhang Xianzhong to a dead end last year, but at that time Yang Ge's old grandson Chuanting Zuo Liangyu rushed in and corrupted the situation in the Central Plains. In the second round of effort, the people also suffered the second round of crimes.

But based on his past experience, as long as we have no doubts about the employment this time, "the one who will be able but not the king will win", give him half a year, and he will definitely be able to get Zhang Xianzhong's head back!According to this speed, in another one or two years, the intruders will be completely wiped out!
At that time, wouldn't it be beautiful for Daming to recuperate internally and fight the Tartars again?We are negotiating peace now, not to lose power and humiliate the country, but to buy this time for Zhu Shuren!Two years to fight the chaos, one year to recuperate, Your Majesty will endure it for three years, and after three years, I will let the old servant of the Tartars know that I am powerful tomorrow! "

Not to mention, what Chen Xinjia said at the time really moved Chongzhen, and then he secretly allowed Chen Xinjia to talk to Huang Taiji first, even if he gave some silver coins, it was not unbearable.

Chongzhen even hinted in his heart that he was just like Liu Bang and Liu Heng, who temporarily tolerated Maodun Shanyu. When Daming became rich and the people stopped rebelling, sooner or later Huang Taiji and his descendants would be killed like Huns and dogs!

After Chongzhen agreed, Chen Xinjia started to work. Just two days ago, Chen Xinjia's first peace negotiation conditions were secretly sent outside the customs to negotiate with Huang Taiji, but there has been no response yet.

But Chen Xinjia knew very well that at this juncture, if he asked Chongzhen to report all the situation, he would inevitably be asked by Chongzhen about the progress of the secret peace talks, so he had to make more preparations, so that he could give some good news when the emperor asked about it. , Hold the rhythm.

Anyone who has work experience knows: If the boss gives you a project, the cycle is relatively long, and the results have not yet been produced.At this time, if the boss wants you to report the progress halfway, even if you make it up, you have to make up some phased results to show the boss, so that he knows that things are always progressing.

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After Wang Chengen and Chen Xinjia exchanged voices in advance and formed a tacit understanding, they came to the Wenhua Palace to meet the king.

Chongzhen was quite excited when he heard that Chongqing's recovery and Zhang Xianzhong's extermination work was progressing in an orderly manner.

Taking advantage of the emperor's good mood, Chen Xinjia quickly sold Wang Chengen's favor to him, thinking it was his idea, and reminded:
"Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong has been defeated repeatedly and lost countless lands. Now that even his adopted son is expected to show the tendency of abandoning his father and fleeing himself, Zhang Xianzhong must be crowned head soon!

But Sun Kewang's change also reminded us, the minister thought that the imperial court should be aware of the subtleties, and be careful in advance to block the escape route of Zhang Xianzhong's remnants to my other prefectures and counties in Daming.Now that Zhang Xianzhong controls the surrounding areas of the prefecture and county, only the road leading to Hanzhong still has risks.

Although Hanzhong is a place of hell, but there are thieves who want to go back to Guanzhong from time to time, so they have to prevent the two thieves from trying to join forces!The minister suggested to urge a troop from the nearest places in Shanxi and Shanxi to go south to Sanguan and Yangpingguan to respond! "

After hearing this, Chongzhen nodded frequently.Chen Xinjia's remarks were a lot more tactful than what Zhu Shuren had said to Wang Gonggong at the beginning. This was to let Chongzhen make the final decision and give several options by default.

Zhu Shuren is directly implying that Wang Gonggong, Shanxi Cao Bianjiao is available.Chen Xinjia asked Chongzhen to choose one from the troops in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi.

But in fact, how could Chongzhen have a choice?The troops in Shanxi and Gansu were all exhausted by Sun Chuanting's depletion of fishing resources, and the nearest ones could only be found in Shanxi.

In the end, Chongzhen thought that he was thinking hard and came up with this clever plan, but he didn't know that the people below had been coaxing him to drill into this option.

Finally, after only a few days of decision-making discussions, Chongzhen made a decision to let Cao Bianjiao switch defenses.

At the same time, since all the good news from Sichuan and Huguang had been dealt with, Chongzhen certainly couldn't be completely mean and ungrateful.

Zhu Shuren was supposed to be promoted last year, but he was too young, and it was not suitable to be promoted to governor or governor within a year, so he finally gave the earl as compensation.

Now that Chongqing has been regained and the Bai Wenxuan Ministry under Zhang Xianzhong's command has been annihilated, it can almost be given to the governor of Huguang.

Chongzhen had thought about killing Zhang Xianzhong before giving it to the governor, but then he also remembered that he had made an oath at the Taimiao, and whoever killed Zhang Xianzhong would directly be made a duke.

When the time comes, he will be promoted to the governor and given to the duke again, it will inevitably be too hasty, it is better to give it separately, or to lure him with kindness, let him speed up and complete Zhang Xianzhong, and then go north to other battlefields to share the emperor's worries.

Under such considerations, Chongzhen finally issued a new decree to Zhu Shuren on March [-]: to promote Krupp and Huguang governor Zhu Shuren on the grounds of his contribution to the recovery of Chongqing and the annihilation of a part of Zhang Xianzhong's army. Governor of Huguang.

At the same time, Chongzhen also asked the eunuch who passed the decree to promise Zhu Shuren in private: as long as Zhang Xianzhong is killed, the Taimiao oath of the duke will remain unchanged, and it is absolutely guaranteed to be fulfilled.
The governors at the end of the Ming Dynasty were able to supervise several provinces at the same time. Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou all served as governors of six provinces at the same time.

Therefore, it is not against the sky to concurrently supervise the two provinces of Huguang and Sichuan.

After finalizing the award and encouragement to Zhu Shuren, Chongzhen inevitably urged Chen Xinjia to negotiate a peace with Huang Taiji, but who would have thought that this matter would definitely not let Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia live in peace.

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PS: This kind of external plot from the perspective of the non-protagonist, let’s go through it quickly, so don’t think it’s long-winded and trivial.

Mainly, my books will greatly change the course of history, and I can't write down these deduction things just once.It is not too late to spend a chapter on what happened in the world outside of Sichuan and what happened in the spring and summer of Chongzhen's 16th year.

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