Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 325
The plan went bankrupt, but the battle still had to be fought, and the military pay in Liaodong still had to be prepared.

The preparations on Chongzhen's side failed, but they managed to get some money.

How much did you get? 80 taels.

Among them, 50 taels came from Zhu Changyuan's Ajiu Firm and Baohetang Medical Center in the capital.

As for the remaining 30 taels, Emperor Chongzhen himself took it out of his small treasury, plus some that Xue Guoguan looted from the hands of hundreds of officials, all of the more than 80 taels were sent to Liaodong immediately.

After Hong Chengchou, who was far away in Jinzhou, received the 80 taels of silver, the expression on his face can really be described as dumbfounded.

80 taels of silver is a lot, right?

Just look!

In fact, not counting the food expenses of the 40 troops, the military salary alone costs 40 taels per month, and 80 taels of silver is only enough to pay the military salary for two months.

But we still have to eat.

It is no problem to feed 40 people for two months with all the supplies that Liaodong already has. Once the war drags on for two months, Ming will undoubtedly lose.

"Your Excellency, what should we do?" Tang Tong, the former general officer of Miyun, looked at the 80 taels of silver sent by the court, and asked with a gloomy expression.

Hong Chengchou sighed, shook his head, and said, "Without him, keep your ear to the ground!"

"The imperial court has now sent 80 taels of silver, which is enough for military expenses for a while. It may be the military expenses in the early stage. It is estimated that there will be part of it later. We have to plan carefully, how to retreat Huang Taiji's army."

Hong Chengchou is the largest military officer in the Liaodong region, so naturally he can't tell the truth to this guy named Tang Tong in front of him. He doesn't know about others, but he knows this Tang Tong. This guy looks majestic, like a famous general, But in fact, although it is not a straw bag, it only has the appearance of a middleman, and it is timid to fight, and the grass on both sides will fall when the wind blows.

Chongzhen's imperial decree clearly stated that the money this time was all, but unfortunately, he could not tell Tang Tong.

"Guozhu, follow me!" Hong Chengchou rolled up the imperial decree, held it in his hand, and brought Yang Guozhu into his secret room with a wave of his hand.

"Governor!" Yang Guozhu saluted.

Yang Guozhu was also a general guarding one side before, and he made great achievements in battle. This time, the imperial court gathered all the elites from the nine sides to the Liaodong area, and naturally they would recruit their respective commanders.

In Yang Guozhu's heart, although Hong Chengchou was born as a literati, he was unruffled in times of danger, had a clear mind, knew when to do what, and how to deal with situations when they occurred.

This kind of general style is the capital of a leader!
Therefore, Yang Guozhu has always respected him.

"Guozhu, what do you think of the current situation?" Hong Chengchou asked worriedly.

"Governor, Guozhu doesn't dare to fight with an axe!"

"Speak!" Hong Chengchou moved a stool for Yang Guozhu himself and sat down.

"Thank you Governor." After sitting down, Yang Guozhu said: "This subordinate has also confronted the Tartars several times these days. Their team is much more difficult to deal with than those bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi. Their combat effectiveness should be higher than that of our Ming army. Above all, especially their [-] cavalry, they can even compete with our Guan Ning cavalry."

"So, my subordinates think that Liaodong is better off defending, and when they can't chew this hard bone, they will naturally retreat!"

What Yang Guozhu said is very reasonable. What Huang Taiji is most afraid of is the strong cannons of the Ming Empire. If he fights with him in the wild, 1 of him can beat 2 or more of the Ming army. , he could not attack a city defended by 10 people with 1 people.

This has been verified many times by the generals of the Ming Dynasty, such as the earliest Yuandudu, later Sun Chengzong, and even Wu Sangui and so on.

However, this must be based on a foundation, there is food and grass, and it can be guarded!
If you don't even have anything to eat, be careful.

Yang Guozhu obviously didn't know the imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen.

After Hong Chengchou heard this, he smiled bitterly, sighed, and said: "The words of Guozhu are deeply in my heart, so I don't know that it is the most beneficial to stick to it. Moreover, if I, Hong Chengchou, are here, he will not even think about ten Huang Taiji." One step into the pass!"

"It's a pity, we can't stick to it, and we have to take the initiative to find the main force of Huang Taiji, and fight to the death. If the battle is quick, there is still a glimmer of life. If we delay for a long time, we will definitely lose!"

"Why did your lord say that?" Yang Guozhu was puzzled.

Hong Chengchou unfolded the imperial decree, handed it to him, and said, "Look for yourself!"

"This this!"

"This!"

The more Yang Guozhu looked at it, the more frightened he was, and at the end he could not ask: "My lord, what should I do now?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Secretly mobilize troops, Songshan will make peace in a month, and we will fight Huang Taiji to the death with the advantage of our army's numbers, and we will have to surprise!"

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The story is divided into two parts. Yang Sichang led an army of 20 to attack Zhang Xianzhong in the south, not only failed to pacify the land of Shu, but also lost troops and lost generals, which gave Zhang Xianzhong a wave of prestige in vain.

What worried him even more was that because of his failure in the expedition, it directly led to Huang Taiji leading his army to attack the Jinzhou and Songshan areas in eastern Liaodong again.

Yang Sichang was very guilty.

After returning to Chang'an, he lived not far from Zhu Changyuan, and suddenly his health deteriorated, and he was seriously ill and couldn't travel far.

He sent several memorials to the emperor, but the emperor did not reply, neither harsh nor consoling, which made Yang Sichang feel like beating a drum in his heart.

In fact, although Emperor Chongzhen received his memorial, he really couldn't reply. It was something that the emperor strongly advocated when he led the army to conquer Shu. Now it's not good to put all the responsibility on the courtiers, isn't it!

What's more, the Liaodong matter made him want to die all day long, so he didn't have the mood to pay attention to Yang Sichang.

His inadvertent snubbing didn't matter, the result was: Yang Sichang died of illness in Chang'an City amidst guilt, and a generation of famous generals fell.

Zhu Changyuan ordered people to transport Yang Sichang's body and all the memorials he wrote before his death to the capital, and wrote a memorial to explain the situation to the emperor, urging the court to send the three governors to supervise military affairs.

Yang Sichang can be said to be Chongzhen's confidant and the most trusted minister in his life. Of course, this minister did not disappoint him and helped him accomplish many things.

However, God's will cannot be violated, and Yang Sichang finally left.

Chongzhen sadly sent away this partner and subordinate who was also a teacher and friend.

However, his sorrow has only just begun!
In September, Hong Chengchou made the most correct decision on the situation in Liaodong at that time. He assembled all 40 troops to encircle from all directions, including all 16 main forces of Huang Taiji in the encirclement circle, and besieged Songshan.

The momentum is huge and the power is shocking.

Even Huang Taiji, who was always arrogant and conceited, was taken aback.

In his impression, apart from Zhu Changyuan's army, when did the Ming Dynasty take the initiative to attack? Aren't they all fighting in the tortoise shell?
However, as a veteran who has fought all his life, Huang Taiji is not nervous at the moment, and there is a little bit of excitement deep in his heart.

These are all the elites from the Nine Frontiers of the Ming Dynasty. Although there are many people, if they can win this battle, they may even enter the city of Beijing in the future!
"Defense!"

Huang Taiji immediately ordered that all 16 people huddled together and immediately defended themselves like hedgehogs.

Although there were many troops in the Ming Dynasty, after several successive attacks, it was found that although Huang Taiji's troops were surrounded, they were not chaotic at all.

No matter how you fight, you can't get in.

Later, Huang Taiji's army actually released cavalry to charge around, hoping to find a breakthrough.

Yes, Huang Taiji was looking for a breakthrough, he didn't want to be surrounded all the time like this, and, fortunately, after a round of probing, he really succeeded in finding this breakthrough.

In the encirclement circle of all the Ming troops, Huang Taiji found that there was an army whose combat effectiveness was very weak.It's not that they can't fight, but that they seem to have come here just to do things perfunctorily, and don't work hard.

After several rounds of probing, Huang Taiji also knew whose team was on the opposite side, the army of Miyun General Soldier Tang Tong.

Once a breakthrough is found, without hesitation, he immediately and immediately turned his troops forward, with the cavalry in front and the infantry in the back to cover, and a burst of charging turned Tang Tong's army into stragglers, and, fortunately, Huang Taiji also captured Tang Tong. This guy.

And Tang Tong was also very unscrupulous, he surrendered immediately, without even thinking about it.It seems that this time he came all the way from the distant Miyun just to surrender.

After rushing out of the breakthrough, the psychological burden on the soldiers was relieved. Huang Taiji turned around and fought a gambling war with Ming's 40 troops on the spot.

With the cavalry in front and the infantry behind, they rushed into the Ming army's ranks. It was a massacre without any suspense.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Sangui led [-] cavalry to flee directly.

Governor Hong Chengchou led the army to withdraw nearby, and in the end only more than [-] people were led into Songshan by him.

Only Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, led his troops to fight to the death and fought bloody battles with Huang Taiji all day and night until he was the last one.

In this battle, the 40 troops of the Ming Dynasty were wiped out in an instant, and the Qing soldiers lost only 3 people.

Huang Taiji went all out, took advantage of his large number of people, and went straight to Songshan. After 20 days of siege, he broke into the city and captured Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, alive.

In this battle, the capital was shaken, the imperial court was shaken, Chongzhen was shaken, and after that, the whole world was shaken.

The elite of the nine sides will be destroyed once!
The last gold and iron horse of the Ming Empire has vanished into thin air.

Even Zhu Changyuan, who was far away in Shaanxi, couldn't help but almost spit out old blood after hearing the news, and cursed: "Are you all pigs? You lost 40 people in World War I."

However, this is not the end.

In the end, Huang Taiji took advantage of the victory to pursue, abandoning his infantry and taking only [-] strange soldiers, he fought all the way from Songshan to Dalinghe, and then from Dalinghe to Jinzhou.

Then Zuo Tunwei, You Tunwei, Ningyuan and even Shanhaiguan, all the way without bloodshed, almost occupied all the land of Liaodong like picking up a city.

Until the end, Wu Sangui was able to defend Shanhaiguan by virtue of his geographical advantage.

So far, the land of Liaodong outside the pass is not owned by Daming! (This chapter describes the Songjin War for the sake of the plot. Both the time and the whole course of the incident are completely different from the historical facts. Don’t spray!)
(End of this chapter)