Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1396
It was getting dark soon, but on the battlefield near Lintong County, the shouts of killing and the sound of gunfire did not stop.The sound of sporadic firefights and the sound of rumbling artillery were still ringing in the night, and there were torches everywhere in the wilderness to search for the soldiers of the Ming army who were defeated by the Jin army.

When it was dark, Wang Yan entered Lintong City and set up a festival hall here to dispatch the army and arrange post-war affairs.

After this battle, there was no obstacle for the Ming army to enter Chang'an. Wang Yan prepared to quickly clear the battlefield, and then advance to Chang'an.As the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, Chang'an, taking Chang'an will have great political significance.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the surrender of all parts of the Kingdom of Jin was not ideal. The big reason was that the people in Guanzhong and the local officials of the Kingdom of Jin still had hope for the Kingdom of Jin and felt that it would be difficult for the Ming army to destroy Jin. If you take down the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, it will give the Kingdom of Jin a great shock, and it will be easy to recruit and surrender.

Cleaning up the battlefield, arranging the troops, the affairs are complicated, and at the end of the day, the lights inside and outside the crew are still brightly lit, and people come in and out.

At this time, it was midnight, and the guards outside Xingyuan were still holding torches and standing straight on both sides of the door. Li Guo, Zhang Mingzhen, Liu Fangliang, Wang Shixiu and other generals of the Ming army rode to Xingyuan one after another, and then got off their horses. , took off the knife and handed it to the guards, and then hurried into the festival hall.

The festival hall was lit with big wax, illuminating the hall as if it were daytime. After several generals came in one after another, they talked together, some were excited, some looked annoyed, and some just sat without talking He was absent-minded, apparently still terrified of today's battle.

Among them, Li Guo was the happiest, several generals gathered around him, congratulating him in advance for his great achievements.

Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, Wang Yan walked in from the back hall, all the generals quickly quieted down, stood up and saluted, "See Jian Guo!"

When Wang Yan came to the middle hall, he glanced at the generals first, then sat down by himself, smiled and said: "This battle has won a complete victory. Dudu Li and Dudu Zhang have made great contributions. The lonely king wants to ask the court for your credit." .”

In this battle, the northern line blocked Meng Qiaofang's attack, and the southern line defeated Wu Sangui. The two are indispensable. If either aspect fails to complete the goal, the Ming army will not have such a victory.

Li Guo and Zhang Mingzhen walked to the middle under the envious eyes of the generals, then they clasped their fists together and said, "This battle is due to the supervisor's command, the officers and men work hard, and the ministers dare not take credit for it."

"You should be rewarded for your meritorious deeds. You two don't need to be humble." At this point, Wang Yan waved his hand to let them take their seats first, then glanced at the generals in the hall and said: "The lonely king will also remember the merits of all the generals here. Next, wait until we take Chang'an and report it together."

Wang Yan paused for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's not talk about it beforehand. The top priority is to clear the battlefield as soon as possible, gather troops and horses, and take Chang'an. Everyone, how are the various ministries doing now? How about the gains? "

Although the Jin army was defeated in Lintong, many soldiers and horses also escaped. This is not the time for the Ming army to celebrate their victory.

Li Guo got up and clasped his fists when he heard the words: "Report to the supervisor, the minister defeated Wu Sangui on the southern line, and now Wu Sangui has led the horse army to flee to Lantian. Most of the Wu army's infantry was wiped out by the minister, and the number of prisoners killed should be 2." Left and right. In addition, 1 people from Li Benshen's department are currently besieged in Lishan, and Wu Sangui's general Liu Zhifu has thousands of remnant soldiers, who are besieged and released to the lake. Because it is dark, there is no attack for the time being."

In this way, Wu Sangui still had tens of thousands of horses escaped, but Wu Sangui has a large army of horses, so it is not unusual for him to be able to escape.

Wang Yan nodded, stroked his beard with his hands, and immediately ordered after a moment of contemplation: "Wang Shixiu listen to the order!"

"The minister is here!" Wang Shixiu immediately got up and clasped his fists.

"After daybreak, you immediately lead the rampaging horse army to the south and pursue Wu Sangui. Don't give him time to rest. You can chase as far as you can."

"The minister takes orders!"

Wang Yan nodded slightly, and then looked at Li Yuanyin, "Li Benshen used to be a general under Gao Xingping's account, and he has worked with him for a few months alone. Uncle Yuan, you are also an old general of Xing Ping, you can be a lobbyist and persuade him to surrender .”

Li Yuanyin came out immediately, "I take orders!"

"The lonely king will repair a book, and Uncle Yuan will come to pick it up tomorrow morning, and then go to Lishan." After speaking, Wang Yan said to Li Guo: "If Liu Zhifu can be recruited, if he can't be recruited, he must be wiped out before dark tomorrow. "

Li Guo cupped his fists, "I understand."

At this time, it was Zhang Mingzhen's turn to stand up and report: "Report to Jianguo, our Zhenwu army blocked the attack of the Jin army in this battle, but our own losses were also very heavy. More than [-] soldiers died in the battle. , Qin Yiming died in battle."

When Wang Yan heard that he had lost one from the second rank and one from the third rank, his heart sank, and he was silent for a while and said: "The lonely king will ask the Ministry of Rites to give him a posthumous title, and ask the Ministry of War to bestow shade on his heirs."

Zhang Mingzhen bowed his hands in thanks before continuing to report, "Meng Qiaofang took the lead in crossing the Wei River after the defeat of the army and burned down the pontoon bridge. Now on the south bank of the Wei River, Tang Tong and other golden generals are left with [-] to [-] defeated troops surrounded by the river bank Side, waiting for the ruling of the prison country."

Tang Tong sent the envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to surrender to Chang'an, and expressed his loyalty to the court of the Kingdom of Jin.At that time, he shouldn't have thought of the ending now.

Wang Yan sneered, but he didn't intend to kill them all because of this.Right now, the Kingdom of Jin has been defeated, causing more killings, which is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty's rule in Guanzhong.

Here, the Ming Dynasty had no popular support. If one more person is killed now, one more family will resent the Ming Dynasty. This is not what Wang Yan wants to see.

At that moment, Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "The lonely king also wrote a letter, and Dudu Zhang sent the letter to Tang Tong. If he is willing to surrender, then save his life. If he is not willing to surrender, then completely defeat the defeated soldiers on the south bank as soon as possible."

"The minister takes orders!" Zhang Mingzhen cupped his fists and stepped aside.

At this time, Liu Fangliang stood up a little annoyed, bowed his head and saluted: "Qi report to the supervisor, I went north to hunt and kill Haoge, beheaded Wang Jinbao, Ye Bilong and other golden generals along the way, chased to the south bank of the Wei River, and will capture Haoge alive Yes, I don’t want Sonny to come out suddenly and save Hauge in the end.”

"Let Hauge run?" Wang Yan frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy.

Although the Kingdom of Jin was defeated and lost more than [-] soldiers and horses, many people fled.Hauge is not eliminated, which means that the war will not end in a short time.

This gave Wang Yan a headache. Wu Jinxi, a scholar who stayed in Nanjing, asked for the third time how the battle was going.Although he did not explicitly urge Wang Yan, nor did he call for a cessation of the war, but from his words, it could be seen that the war-weariness of the Ming Dynasty was high, and the Nanjing court and the people did not want to fight anymore.

"How many soldiers and horses did Haoge take?" Wang Yan asked in a deep voice.

"Just a small boat, no more than ten people!" Liu Fangliang felt Wang Yan's displeasure and replied in a low voice.

Wang Yan tapped his fingers on the table a few times, and suddenly waved his hand and said, "Liu Fangliang, you should cross the river as soon as possible, and pursue Haoge and Meng Qiaofang, so that they cannot gather up the defeated army. Don't make any mistakes this time!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan stood up without waiting for his reply, and waved his hands: "The rest of the generals, pack up quickly, and go straight to Chang'an with the lonely king tomorrow!"

"No, I will take orders!" All the generals clasped their fists and sent Wang Yan off respectfully.

Wang Yan glanced at everyone, nodded, and retreated into the inner hall. He still had a lot of things to do, and he had to deal with them after he finished his orders, so he couldn't waste time.

With the big victory right now, we must take this opportunity to beat the dog in the water. In addition to writing a letter of surrender, he has to let the prisoners be imprisoned, and report the victory to Luoyang and Nanjing, so that the court and the cabinet will give him more time, otherwise the grass will not be eradicated. , The spring breeze blows and gives birth again.

If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to solve the problem in Guanzhong and give Jin Guo a chance to breathe, then the problem in Guanzhong may be delayed for several years, and he will not be able to implement the strategy of recuperating in Guanzhong.

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