Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 161
After dawn, Emperor Chongzhen, who had slept for a while, entered the Santun Camp accompanied by Fang Zhenghua.

At this time, Santun Camp was naturally under the control of the imperial army. There were soldiers standing guard everywhere, and there was a steady stream of follow-up troops heading east through Santun Camp.

Emperor Chongzhen stood on the top of the city. The first thing he naturally wanted to do was to see where he had set up the firecrackers.

I saw a large area of ​​darkness under the city wall, including the city wall, the ground, and nearby houses, all painted with a layer of black.The scope was so large that even Emperor Chongzhen himself was a little surprised.

When he imagined last night, a large number of Jianlu were here to witness this big firecracker, and he couldn't help but feel lucky for them: only they could experience such an opportunity!
When the siege troops last night knew that the emperor had arrived at the city, they immediately came to see him.

He Zan was in front, and Li Laiheng was behind. They all came to the emperor with excited faces and a little tired after an all-nighter.

After seeing the gift, He Zan couldn't wait to report to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty bombed the Three Tun Camps. When the generals entered the city, every prisoner was like a headless fly, not knowing what to do." , one by one, killing each one with such joy!"

After finishing speaking, he remembered Li Laiheng who was following him, and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Brother Li is also very lucky. When cleaning the battlefield, he found several Jianlu who were stunned, including There is Aisin Gioronikan, the guard general of Santun Camp!"

"The villain has no merit, it's all your Majesty's credit!" Li Laiheng heard this and spoke quickly.

At this time, he really thought so.If the emperor hadn't shown his power, he wouldn't have been able to pick up someone with the surname Aisin Gioro.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and was sure that this Li Laiheng was the Li Laiheng who persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty until the end.

During the Battle of Changping, he had a chance to escape, but he did not escape and chose to stay.

I heard Emperor Chongzhen say with a smile: "In the battle of the Three Tun Camps, you new surrenderers are all very brave, I can see it."

Yesterday's daytime siege was mainly about attacking with soldiers.And when marching, we must march proactively, otherwise, we may not be able to get here in time.

Therefore, at least Emperor Chongzhen has recognized these surrendered soldiers as good soldiers.

Li Laiheng was overjoyed when he heard that the emperor said that they were all brave, which meant that they had passed the test and could become members of the soldiers in the Beijing camp.

So, I quickly thanked him.

The captured prisoners were all brought up. Emperor Chongzhen saw that many of the captives had black heads and black faces, as if they came from Africa, including Nikan, who made Li Dingguo famous in history. black.

These are probably the unlucky ones, being right near the explosive packs.But he was lucky that he was not killed on the spot!

If in the past, an Aixinjueluo was caught, it would definitely be publicized in a big way.But Emperor Chongzhen had captured Azig alive before, so he didn't care so much about these things that were one level worse.

Seeing the troops passing through the city in a steady stream, they asked them to tie the prisoners to the scene of the salute explosion, so that the soldiers could have fun before going to the battlefield.

Sure enough, the following troops, some of which were as far away as Zunhua, could not hear the huge explosion last night. When they passed through the city, they saw black people all over the ground, and there were Jianlu prisoners who looked like black people. At this time, everyone is curious.

Needless to say, Emperor Chongzhen's feat last night quickly spread throughout the army.

On Emperor Chongzhen's side, just after breakfast, the battle report from the front line came back.

Jianlu, who returned from Tianjin Wei and wanted to leave the customs, discovered the Ming army on the Santun Camp side, so he divided his troops into two groups and tried to continue to exit the customs through Xifengkou. For this reason, he and the Ming troops who had bypassed the Santun Camp The army fought fiercely; the other way was from Qingshui Mingyue Pass and the Jieling Pass further east.

After capturing Santunkou this morning, the Jianlu soldiers in Qian'an found that after the large-scale reinforcements from the Ming army arrived, they had all fled to Qingshui Mingyue Pass and Jielingkou in the east.

There is no need to say anything. Emperor Chongzhen immediately issued an order and the entire army pursued them lightly.

If you want to run in armor on a hot day, it is undoubtedly a fantasy, it is impossible.

The escaped Jianlu took the lead in practicing a word: "Throwing away the helmet and armor".

When escaping, escape is the first priority. If you lose your armor, you will run faster!
Naturally, the Ming army couldn't catch up wearing armor. Except for the cavalry, most of the soldiers also took off their armor and handed them over to the army's baggage soldiers, and then chased the fleeing Jianlu.

Although they are both not wearing armor, they are still essentially different.

This kind of pursuit of Jianlu naturally did not require Emperor Chongzhen to personally go into battle.He led his troops southward from Luanhe River, passed through Qian'an, and arrived at Yongping Mansion.

These places that had been captured by the Jianlu were all plundered by the Jianlu. Their houses were killed, their property was robbed, and the people were either killed or robbed.

There are broken walls and ruins everywhere, and bones can be seen from time to time among the weeds.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at this scene and his joy disappeared.

In the last years of Chongzhen's reign, the people in the capital, especially those close to the Great Wall, were really suffering.

Every time Jianlu entered the pass to plunder, they were the first to suffer.Once, twice, three times...

By this time, there was no rooster crow for a thousand miles.It is estimated that few of the people here fled to other places, and most of them were harmed by the Jianqi.

Although it is said that after this battle, there should be no captives or bandits in the capital, and it should be peaceful.

But it's hard to say how long this peace will last. Will we still build the Great Wall defense line as before?

This is what Emperor Chongzhen is thinking about!

When he was stationed in Yongping Fucheng, military reports from various places were collected one after another.

Three days later, the pursuit ended.

The various departments of the Beijing camp recovered all the Great Wall passes and stationed themselves there to repair the city defenses.

In this battle, 300 soldiers were killed and more than 800 were injured.A small number of them died in the siege of the Santun camp, and most of them were killed or injured while blocking the Jianlu who were eager to jump over the wall.

The injured soldiers also included non-combat attrition, diarrhea, heat stroke, etc.

In terms of Jianlu, there were 2000 Jianlu in Santun camp, most of whom were killed, and only about 8000 were captured.During the blocking and pursuit battles, there were about [-] Jianlu prisoners who failed to escape. Most of them were chased and killed while escaping.As for the wounded soldiers, there were not many, just a dozen or so.

Generally speaking, this data is a bit strange. How can there be only this small number of wounded soldiers? It is also very different from the proportion of killed soldiers.

However, Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised. The atrocities committed by the Jianlu were obvious to all, and his own food was in short supply. There was not much point in keeping the injured Jianlu!
In general, the pursuit of Jianlu started from Changping, because the journey was farther than Jianlu, or the Jianlu were so decisive that they failed to stop the Jianlu from Tianjin Guard, and only left more than [-] Jianlu behind.

This result, if you look at it from a numerical perspective, is definitely not big.However, if you look at it from a higher level, such as the size of Jianlu's population, this number is actually a lot for Jianlu.

Jianlu wanted to get a bargain when he entered the customs this time. There were about 14 horses in total; but now there are only nine to one hundred thousand horses that can escape the customs. The loss was nearly 30.00%, which was enough to make Jianlu feel pain in his bones. went.

In the past, every time Jianlu entered the pass, they looted a lot of land, but this time, they lost their troops and even Prince Heshuo stayed in the pass. This was an unprecedented defeat for Jianlu since they began to conquer Liaodong. It was definitely enough. They drank several large pots.If Wu Sangui and Kong Youde's troops could escape in time, the entire war would be perfect.

While Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, a horse from Shanhaiguan arrived. It was a report from Li Yutian, governor of Liaodong. Not only did he report that Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and others had returned with their troops, but they also added the results of the battle.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this memorial, he was very happy and sent an order to all the armies to discuss the matter, including those at Shanhaiguan, as well as Funing Guard and Shanhai Guard in the east.

In late August of the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, matters were discussed in the lobby of the former Yongping prefecture's Yamen.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the throne, with Fang Zhenghua standing beside him.Under the hall, there are civil and military ranks.

On the civil official side, Li Yutian, the governor of Liaodong, was headed.The original governor of Jiliao, Wang Yongji, disappeared. It is not known whether he died in the battle when Jianlu entered the pass or surrendered to Jianlu and followed him to Liaodong. The situation is currently unknown.

On the general side, Zhou Yuji is naturally the leader.

Behind a group of Beijing camp generals with titles were Ningyuan Commander-in-Chief Wu Sangui, Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief Gao Di, Beijing Camp Staff Generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and newly promoted generals Gao Yigong and Li Laiheng.

This was the first formal meeting after the war in Changping. When merit was discussed and rewards were given, everyone present was very excited.

However, Emperor Chongzhen found that Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming did not seem to be very happy.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and asked them first: "You will lead the army to Liaodong, set a precedent for the imperial court to regain Liaodong, defeat the Jianlu in Jinzhou, seize Haizhou, sweep across the Jianlu from Haizhou to Gaizhou. And scare the Jianlu. The prisoners built in the pass were able to escape, which created a favorable record for me in the war inside the pass, and in the end I was able to come back intact. This is considered a great achievement, but I look at it, why are you so depressed?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Tinglin, who was standing in the queue of civil servants, probably guessed what he was doing, and went out to report to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, they still want to attack Anshan Posthouse and kill Liaoyang and Shenyang. I am the official If they don’t let me, I guess the time is almost up so I persuade them to come back!”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Isn't this a good thing? If you continue to stay in Liaodong, you will probably run into the Jianlu who come back to help, and you won't be able to come back!"

Having said this, he comforted them and said: "Don't worry, sir. When the time is right, I will personally conquer Liaodong, with you as the vanguard. How about it?"

After hearing this, Wu Sangui smiled and immediately clasped his fists in front of the parade and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming looked at each other, smiled, and went out to play: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

When the other generals saw it, they all laughed. This was a grab for credit. They had snatched the vanguard position before even setting off on the expedition!
However, Emperor Chongzhen could see that there was a bit of reluctance in their smiles, and he was slightly confused. Could it be that they felt that their contribution was not great enough?
But after a second thought, he understood and immediately asked: "Are you thinking about Jiaxiao who is still in Jianlu's hands?"

Wu Sangui did not have any children in the hands of Jianlu, but his uncle Zu Dashou did.Wu Sangui was able to have such a powerful force in Guan Ning's army, and Nazu Dashou definitely helped him a lot.

Hearing the emperor's words, Kong Youde quickly replied: "When the general abandoned the dark side and surrendered to the imperial court, he already knew that the family was gone."

At this point, he paused, hesitated a little, and then answered truthfully: "This expedition to Liaodong was originally thought to see if there would be a chance to make great achievements and rescue them at the same time. As a result, …”

When he said this, Geng Zhongming quickly grabbed the topic and said: "Your Majesty, please don't worry. The general and others cherish the opportunity given by your majesty. They can only blame them for their bad luck. The general and others will never because of If you have a small concern, you will have the slightest concern. If you should attack Jianlu, you will fight Jianlu. Many family members and friends of the generals and others died at the hands of Jianlu."

Kong Youde listened and nodded in agreement.

When Wu Sangui saw the emperor looking at him, he quickly said: "The general originally wanted to rescue Zu Zongbing, but the general knew that he did not sincerely surrender to the Jianlu. But if there is no chance, the general would not force it."

After hearing this, Yang Tinglin also spoke for them: "It is true that after the official asked for a reply, they all focused on important matters and did not insist on attacking Anshan Post!"

Anshan Posthouse is the pass from Haizhou to Liaoyang. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it cannot be bypassed.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned to look at Wu Sangui and others. When they saw him looking at them, they all smiled again.

He knew in his heart that no one could care less about his family!It's just that in this era, sometimes you can't help yourself whether you care about your family or not.

Don't look at them talking as if their family members in Liaodong have no influence on them. In fact, deep down in their hearts, there must be pain.It's just that in this troubled world, there has been enough pain, and they have learned how to face it.Helplessness is also a kind of face!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen's heart moved and he said to them: "Let me see if I can save your family!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall was surprised: Does the emperor mean to conquer Liaodong now?Otherwise, how to save their families?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuji was the first to stand up, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, our army does not have enough food and grass to support the army's expedition to Liaodong. And it is still summer, not a good time to go on an expedition!"

After hearing this, Wu Sangui quickly followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, what the loyal and brave Marquis said is right. Now is not the time to regain Liaodong!"

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming also showed gratitude. They quickly knelt down on one knee and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

The two of them were very touched that the emperor had this kind of intention. They even secretly swore in their hearts that they would only recognize this emperor for the rest of their lives!
Emperor Chongzhen laughed immediately when he saw them like this.The laughter made the civil and military officials in the hall become confused, wondering what the emperor was laughing at.

Only Fang Zhenghua probably knew that after all, he was the emperor's confidant and had always been with the emperor.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen laughed for a while and then stopped laughing. He said to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming: "You two gentlemen, please get back on your feet first!"

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming heard this and stood up quickly.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen stopped laughing, looked at Wu Sangui, Kong Youde and others and said: "I have prisoners of Jianlu in my hands. There are 23 people in the Jianlu army who are above Niulu Zhangjin, and among them there is Aisin Gioronikan. I will hand them over to you, and let you negotiate with Jianlu and exchange for the people you want. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui and others couldn't help but be dumbfounded.They never expected that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to exchange prisoners.

Geng Zhongming came to his senses first and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. These people are all high-status among the Jianlu. Even Nikan is named Aixinjueluo; and the last general and others are We are small and have no virtues, how can we exchange them for them!"

Their family was small and they also surrendered to Jianlu.The emperor was magnanimous and did not care about this, which was already a mercy.Now they have to exchange these high-ranking military officers among the prisoners. The status is obviously unequal!

When Kong Youde heard what he said, he also said: "Your Majesty, if you do this, the court will suffer a big loss!"

Wu Sangui also believed that although Zu Dashou was the chief soldier, how many general soldiers were there in the Ming Dynasty and how many were named Aixinjueluo?Not to mention that he is an adult and has served in the army for many years. This kind of prisoner should be beaten to death with a stick by the imperial court.

After hearing their words, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "In my opinion, if I can exchange these prisoners for the people you want to rescue, it can solve your worries and allow you to serve the court with peace of mind, I think it is the most worthwhile. , how can it be a big loss?"

Having said this, he paused and then said: "Besides, after releasing these prisoners, am I still afraid that they will turn upside down? It won't be difficult to kill them or capture them again, right?"

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen saw that several of them seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he smiled slightly and said: "I have even captured Prince Heshuo of Jianlu, so how can I treat these prisoners as such?" no?"

This statement is a bit pretentious, but from another perspective, it can also be said to be a bit heroic!
When Zhou Yuji and others heard this, they all puffed up their chests and immediately agreed.

In the past, Jianlu was very difficult to capture. If you captured one, you would treat it like a treasure.But now, after several battles, nearly [-] to [-] Jianlu were killed, and Jianlu at the level of Prince Heshuo were also captured alive, so it is no longer so rare. At worst, they can defeat Jianlu again!
　Now the average booking is almost 800. The editor said that the starting point now has to be above 800 to be recommended.Therefore, in the next few days, I merged two chapters of [-] words into one chapter of [-] words and updated it. I added both chapters to pass this rigid condition and see if I could get a recommendation.Here’s the explanation, I hope you don’t mind.After Thursday, I will ask the editor about the situation and restore two chapters and [-] words.

　　


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