national surname chiming

Chapter 380 Respite
In the early hours of November [-]th, Duoduo's troops had no choice but to withdraw the entire army and reorganize their formation to meet the upcoming reinforcements from the Ming army.

If at this time, Zhu Shuren allowed his vanguard troops to advance lightly and out of touch with the main force at the Dasheng Pass, they might even bite part of Doduo's rear troops and cause more losses to Doduo.

It's a pity that nothing is perfect in the world, and Zhu Shuren also came from afar.Before hearing the news of Duoduo crossing the river, his troops had been hidden and deployed in the Anqing and Chizhou areas. Dangerous situation, it can only be shown that hurrying and rushing just arrived at the most critical moment), after learning that Duoduo took the risk, he rushed downstream without stopping.

Therefore, Zhu Shuren couldn't get more information about how the battle in Nanjing was going, whether Duduo had spent his life, and how the status of Duoduo's troops is still maintained... Zhu Shuren couldn't open his eyes to this information. ,

He can only choose to be safe and prudent first, and wait for the exchange of news with the Nanjing defenders before making a long-term plan.

The Qing Dynasty could afford to gamble, but today's Ming cannot afford to gamble.I would rather be more stable, win a little less each time, and accumulate a lot of money.

……

Under the steady advance, Zhu Shuren's army did not enter Nanjing City until the afternoon of the [-]th.

After his vanguard arrived at the Qinhuai River wharf in the morning, he didn't even enter the city immediately. Instead, he took control of the port, cleaned up the damaged water fortress, and waited for the front team of the Chinese army.Put on a steady posture that can continue to advance by land and water at any time, and stand at an angle with the defenders in the city.

Although he did not achieve any results at the first moment when the reinforcements arrived, Zhu Shuren still won a grand welcome from the Nanjing defenders and the people.

They had just finished the bloody battle of defending the city for more than half a day, and everyone knew that the reason why Duoduo retreated, and the reason why the bloody siege battle was able to end, was all thanks to King Qianliqin, the reinforcement of Lord Guoxing.

It is better to catch up early than to be coincident. It is the greatest favor to show up at the moment when the friendly army is most in danger.

Emperor Longwu Zhu Changhao also personally arranged a car to lead a hundred officials out of the city to welcome them. Although the welcome was not far away, because the Qinhuai River Wharf was only a few miles away from the gate of Nanjing, it was impossible to welcome them further.

Before Zhu Shuren got off the boat, he saw the emperor Luanjia, and he didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly jumped off the trestle bridge a few steps, and saluted respectfully in front of the onlookers.

"The minister, the governor of Huguang, Sichuan, Guangdong and Guangxi, and the military forces...kowtow to His Majesty. The king Qinqin is late, and he is very frightened."

Naturally, Zhu Changhao would not be harsh on his son-in-law, and he praised his son-in-law honestly: "It's not too late, it's fortunate that Qing came in time, otherwise, how could Duoduo retreat so easily. I have long thought that my Ming Dynasty has fallen to this point, and it is all because of Qing." Due to lack of skills.

At the beginning, the first emperor ordered Qing to destroy the western thieves first, and Zhang Ni was awarded the head within a few years.Afterwards, I asked Qing to rescue me. Although there was a slight delay, it was only to kill the intruders. Even if Duoduo was able to retreat to the north this time, it was only due to Qing's lack of skills that he could not catch up. He will not do so next time Good luck.

If the Ming Dynasty had three courtiers who were loyal to the country, talented and strategic, the late emperor would not have to die for the country, but would just send out the Western thieves, trespassers, and Tartars.Fortunately, the western thieves and intruders no longer exist. From now on, you will concentrate on dealing with the Tartars, and the demise of the Tartars is just around the corner! "

Zhu Changhao's words made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty feel awe and shame, and they dared not accept it.

Because this is indeed the truth: when Li Zicheng was able to kill Chongzhen, it was because Chongzhen sent Zhu Shuren to completely wipe out Zhang Xianzhong first.After Zhu Shuren freed his hand and regarded Li Zicheng as the number one enemy, didn't Li Zicheng disappear in the process of going south to Huguang?

Even if Duoduo didn't disappear immediately this time, it can only be regarded as Zhu Shuren was temporarily stumbled by Li Zicheng and Azige successively.In other words, based on Zhu Shuren's experience in the five and a half years since his debut, he has maintained a record of absolute victory in all the frontal battlefields where he personally sits, no matter who the enemy is!

The reason why Da Ming often regressed and suffered setbacks was because Zhu Shuren didn't take care of the overall situation. He was only sent to take charge of one side alone, so he could only crush on the side he was alone in, and suffered setbacks in other areas he couldn't control!
In the 12th year of Chongzhen, he only served as an official for half a year, and he had no place to govern. He only helped to reform the long-standing malpractices of water transportation, so it can not be counted.

Since Chongzhen became a local prefect and magistrate in the 13th year, in the first year of managing a government, Liu Xiyao, who was a disaster for the government, was eliminated.
In the 14th year of Chongzhen, when several neighboring prefectures were in charge, the other three battalions of the fifth Gezuo battalion in Huang Xinyang's area were all wiped out!

In the 15 years of Chongzhen, it was the first time that he managed almost half of the province, and finally expelled Zhang Xianzhong in southern Hunan from Huguang!
In the 16th year of Chongzhen, the first emperor allowed him to go out of the province to pursue him. He immediately defeated Li Zicheng once, and completely wiped out Zhang Xianzhong, including Zhang Xianzhong himself!
Now that Chongzhen was 17 years old, Chongzhen ordered him to deal with Li Zicheng with all his strength before his death. After nine months, he really killed Li Zicheng again!

Jin Cancan's resume is there, and there is no enemy that the imperial court entrusts him with, and he is willing to let him alone to destroy, there is no enemy that cannot be destroyed!The Tartars were not seriously injured before, but the imperial court did not arrange for him to do this!

Thinking about it carefully, it is terrifying, it is simply "there is no thief who cannot be destroyed by the surname, only the thief who was not sent by the court to destroy."

As long as the court authorizes him, he is invincible!

Calculating carefully, it is only more than a month since Li Zicheng's death.

Because of Duduo's threat, the Nanjing court had not devoted much energy to discussing the reward for Zhu Shuren's great contribution to killing Li Zicheng. Now that the emperor himself brought up this matter, the officials who accompanied him remembered it.

The atmosphere has been enhanced here. It seems that no matter what rewards the emperor offers later, the cabinet, officials, and the bunch of censors who make a living are hard to say anything.

Everyone felt a little apprehensive, and as expected, Zhu Changhao said casually in the next sentence, "Since the first emperor gave Qing the surname, everything should be compared with the clan. With your achievements in killing trespassers, you will be crowned king." , it’s all right. We need to make persistent efforts in the future, and drive the Tartars across the river first.”

After all, there were a few censors beside me who couldn't bear it, knelt down and remonstrated bitterly: "Your Majesty! How can the discussion of making a king be trifling? Even if it is a clan with a national surname, there is no reason for me to make a king because of merit. Noble blood is crowned king. If you want to raise honors, the duke is the ultimate, and the founders of the country are all like this."

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to discuss such an important matter! The siege of the capital has just been lifted, and the situation is still unclear even though a strong enemy is on the sidelines."

Zhu Shuren also felt that this statement was too fast, and the timing was not right now, so he quickly expressed his humility.Of course, Shen Tingyang had to be modest on this occasion.

After a brief debate, Shi Kefa, the chief assistant of the cabinet, stood up and came up with a compromise plan:

"I can understand your majesty's painstaking efforts. Duoduo has just suffered a setback, and it is necessary for the soldiers to use their lives to beat the poor. In order to motivate the soldiers of King Qin, the rain and dew will be rewarded to raise their previous achievements, which is also the meaning of the question.

But Feng Wangzhi's words, really... Fuck it, now is not a good time to discuss, if it is just for the convenience of commanding all kinds of soldiers and horses to pursue, you can first add the title of minister of the Ministry of War to Zhu Shuren, and temporarily supervise the entire army of thieves.After the enemy is completely retreated this time, we will make a long-term plan and reward all the merits. "

As mentioned earlier, before King Lu ascended the throne, Zhu Shuren was only a governor of Huguang in the hands of Chongzhen. After his father-in-law ascended the throne, he was promoted to the governor of three provinces, but his status was still lower than when Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and other governors were released to the outside world.

The main difference lies in the fact that those highly respected foreigners are placed as governors of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the number of provinces that can be supervised is also more.Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou have all lived in five or six provinces.

Shi Kefa's proposal was considered prudent. He was so mature in seeking the country, and the two sides demanded a lot of money and paid back the money on the ground, so they made a compromise.In order to coordinate the troops of all walks of life, including the local army in Nanzhili, so as to avoid the final pursuit battle, the generals will not know the soldiers, and the soldiers will not know the generals. Everything should be done.

If there are people who want to oppose it, then they are not opposing Zhu Shuren's promotion, but want to "undermine the great cause of unified command and fight against the Tartars", what is the intention!
Sure enough, after Shi Kefa finished speaking, no one objected, and Zhu Shuren himself was only a symbolic humility once more, and then he was ready to accept.

However, Zhu Shuren still has to plug a small loophole in the end, which may lead to defamation in the future.Because he knew that he had arrived at the most critical moment in the battle of Nanjing this time, after all, he did not fight the hard battle of the first stage.

In the future, if the pursuit is a big victory, will the first stage or the second stage be the most credited?Will the friendly army who suffered the injury in the first stage be convinced and completely accept his command?Will anyone think that "Zhu Shuren just goes down the mountain to pick peaches, and the hard work is left to the friendly army, and he only plays the counterattack stage"?
Even though it would not affect Zhu Shuren's future in the future, it could make the image in the history books more perfect, and Zhu Shuren would not hesitate to make up for it.

So he kindly reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty, since you are asked to add the rank of Minister of the Ministry of War and lead the whole army to fight against Duoduo, how dare you refuse to make mistakes for the sake of false fame!
However, if our army can finally defeat Duoduo in the future, the contribution of the generals who defended the city before cannot be underestimated. Without them laying the foundation and causing Doduo to be severely damaged before the minister arrived, how would we be able to achieve today's situation?
The generals defending the city have just suffered a lot of casualties, and they have to obey the unified dispatch of the ministers. I am afraid that they will not be able to make further contributions. "

Zhu Shuren didn't say whether the generals in Nanzhili would be dissatisfied with the temporary transfer to his command, but only said that the opponent was tired from fighting and his troops were weak, and there might be fewer opportunities to make meritorious service in the next stage.

If this happens, it is because they are indeed exhausted, and it is not that they do not give them the opportunity to expand their victories.

The ears of all the officials present perked up, and they also thought of this situation.But Zhu Shuren said it so frankly, it should not be for the sake of meritorious deeds, but for seeking truth from facts.

When everyone was in a dilemma, Shi Kefa thought of a way. He had presided over the defense of Nanjing a few days ago, and he was most familiar with the merits and demerits of the Ming troops who participated in the battle, so he said bluntly:

"Your Majesty, in the past few days, in the battle of defending Nanjing and fighting the generals on the front line, Li Fuming's department deserved the most credit. Why don't you ask Your Majesty to reward Li Fuming first, so as to appease and inquire whether his troops are worthy of another battle."

Zhu Changhao thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he asked Li Fuming to perform in class in public.

Li Fuming, who still holds the title of Shanxi General Soldier to this day, was not transferred to the south after he went south, so Shi Kefa put him in various places in Nanzhili to prevent leaks.A few days ago, he finally showed his face, and the Nanjing defenders counted his former Shanxi frontier army as the most daring to fight.At this moment, being called by the emperor, he hurriedly stepped out excitedly.

Zhu Changhao said: "I came to Nanjing, thanks to the life of the generals. Zhang Mingzhen, the former general of Haidao, conquered Qingjiangfang and Anding Zhengshuo, and was awarded the title of earl. Li Zongbing's contribution to defending the capital this time is not inferior to him. The cabinet can Discuss the noble title according to the situation, so as to boost morale."

This is tantamount to asking Shi Kefa to go back to discuss the title of an earl and add a title to Li Fuming.

Li Fuming quickly thanked him with tears of gratitude, but Zhu Changhao asked one more question, implying whether he would accept Zhu Shuren's leadership in the follow-up battle of chasing Dodo.

Li Fuming had just received a heavy reward, and his own contribution had already been fulfilled, not to mention that Zhu Shuren was kind to him in the first place, so naturally he would not resist.He hastened to say:
"Your Majesty, why did you say that! It's the imperial court's law that a general should be restrained by the governor. What's more, when the last general was in Liaodong the year before last, he was put in a desperate situation by Hong Chengchou. If it weren't for... Shen Ge used the sea road to rescue the army thousands of miles away. The last general and his subordinates The trilogy, now I am afraid that it is a dead bone in Tashan. Under the restraint of Zhu Butang, there will be no dissatisfaction in the end."

After Li Fuming made this statement, Zhu Shuren could control and control the various armies in Southern Zhili without any flaws in power theft——

Because Li Fuming made the most contribution in the previous defensive battle, and the people with the most contribution expressed that they are not dissatisfied. How can the other group of soy sauce bastards who have not done much merit have the face to dissatisfy?

If the matter of these military power appointments is put in the court, it may become a side issue and be dictated by a group of people.But now the emperor and the chief assistant, as well as the main generals who made great contributions in the defense of the city, just settled the matter while talking and laughing, and no one else could intervene at all.

Zhu Shuren once again thanked the emperor for his kindness and the trust of his colleagues, and then made another gesture just right—he asked Zhu Changhao for instructions and asked to leave some of his troops to camp at the pier of the Qinhuai River. Because there were too many people, the rear army had not yet arrived. If all of them enter the city, I'm afraid that the city of Nanjing will be chaotic, and it won't be able to accommodate so many people who suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Zhu Changhao took advantage of the situation and asked Zhu Shuren to bring only 3 to [-] people, and mainly led the officers into the city, leaving most of the troops outside the city, waiting for Queen Qin's army to gather together.

When the officials saw this, they also felt Zhu Shuren's caution - up to this moment, he has not let the foreign soldiers rush into Beijing and use force to control the government.

……

Needless to mention those dirty red tapes, after entering the city, after hastily drinking the wind wine, Zhu Shuren thanked En and left the palace, finally he could chat with Shi Kefa about military affairs.

It was only at this moment that he was able to grasp in detail the specific losses of Duoduo's side in the previous battle of defending the city, and the remaining combat power.

In fact, Shi Kefa has never figured out the specific total force of Duoduo crossing the river. He only said that the total number of troops crossing the river one after another should not be less than [-], and there may be bluffing.

As for the losses in the siege of Nanjing, Shi Kefa calculated hastily. The piles of corpses of the Qing army that could be found amounted to nearly ten thousand, and there were also those who fell into the Qinhuai River to die.

According to Shi Kefa's preliminary statistics, the casualties of the Duduo Army under the city of Nanjing should be no less than 2!In just two days of siege, so many people were lost, which can be regarded as a new peak in the war history of the late Ming Dynasty.

On the side of the Ming army, there were also six to seven thousand regular army casualties, not counting the civilians who helped in the battle and transported ammunition and supplies, as well as those defected to the enemy who were forced to go up the wall by the war supervisor's sword. There are also thousands of casualties.

It's just that the Ming army has the power to clean up the battlefield after the war, so most of the Ming army's wounded can be treated, and the death rate is relatively low.

The reason why the death-to-injury ratio of the Qing army is so high, at least half of the people died, is actually because when the Qing army retreated, all the wounded were left behind the city, and they couldn’t walk with their wounded comrades on their shoulders. Many wounded were left behind. Towing away those within the firepower coverage of the Ming army's city head may cause more casualties.

Of course, the Ming army would not be polite to these dog tartars when they cleaned the battlefield. Anyone who saw a rat-tail braid, no matter whether he was angry or not, would chop off his head with one knife and ask for credit. Thousands of people were killed by the knife.

Zhu Shuren estimated the loss. Based on the fact that Duoduo had [-] soldiers left to fight, he still had tens of thousands of soldiers left in Jiangbei. However, because of insufficient boats, they could not all cross over. Halfway through the crossing It was intercepted by Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Hongkui, and he never came over for several days.

Such a distribution ratio is supposed to be very cost-effective for the Ming army, and each part of the Qing army will not be too strong, and it is relatively easy to defeat them one by one.

After understanding the size of the enemy army, Zhu Shuren's next focus is what territory Doduo currently occupies.

Shi Kefa didn't have any more news on this matter. After all, he only cleared the siege in the middle of the night plus one morning, and the scouts of the Nanjing Ming Army had just been sent out, and they haven't returned yet.

At present, Shi Kefa only knows that Longtanwei and Qixia Mountain have been lost long ago. They were Duoduo's landing grounds. In addition, Jurong County in Yingtianfu was also lost, which was blocked by Duoduo before attacking Nanjing City.

It wasn't until late at night when Zhu Shuren arrived that the latest batch of Ming army scouts reported back with the latest situation. Everyone knew that during the period of Nanjing's siege, Zhenjiang Prefecture in the east also confirmed the loss of two counties, Danyang and Dantu. All fell into the hands of thieves.There is no news about Jintan County and Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture to the east.

Zhu Shuren calculated: "So, Duoduo is now counted as [-] battle-ready soldiers, but his morale is low and his armaments have weakened. It has been confirmed that he has three counties to occupy. As our army continues to pursue, this number is still possible. Expanded to five counties, but that should be the end of it——

Jiangyin County, Changzhou Prefecture, is guarded by Yan Yingyuan, the new magistrate recommended by me. Duoduo should not be able to get through, so in the worst case, it will end in Wujin County. "

(End of this chapter)