Han ride

Chapter 393 Retreat

"Gao Meng, let your lord go quickly." Wu Sangui came on a horse, and when he saw Yang Sichang fall into Gao Meng's hands, his face turned red immediately. Even though he was the deputy general of the Beijing camp, he knew that, in fact, , the leader is Yang Sichang, he himself is just a role of sparring partner, in this competition with Li Xin, he is playing the role of a thug, or a bodyguard, and the object of protection is Yang Sichang.What I didn't expect this time was that Gao Meng was so strong that he captured Yang Sichang alive, and in this way, wouldn't it be more embarrassing?

"What a sharp sword!" Gao Meng, who had already captured Yang Sichang, didn't care about these things. He grabbed Yang Sichang with one hand and pulled out the sword from Yang Sichang's waist with the other. , Unlike other generals, the weapons at the waist are not made of wood, but real weapons.This is probably also because he knew that Yang Sichang, a frail scholar, would not be able to fight the enemy even if he had some skills.That's why there is this treasured sword, but right now this treasured sword has fallen into Gao Meng's hands.

"Bang!" With a soft sound, the banner of the Chinese army that was originally standing beside Yang Sichang was finally chopped into two pieces under the action of high violence and fell to the ground.It seems to be heralding something.

The entire school ground fell into silence in an instant, whether it was Emperor Chongzhen on the stage, or Wu Sangui who was thinking about chasing him bravely, Hong Chengchou with a complicated face, Lu Xiangsheng with a face of resentment, and even an expressionless Qin Liangyu and others put down their weapons.

The Northern Army was victorious, but the imperial court's Beijing camp and the three sides' elites were defeated.The chief general, Yang Sichang, was captured in such a rather humiliating way, which was simply a loss of face to the court.

The faces of Wen Tiren and others on the point general stage were also not good-looking. They all lowered their heads and dared not speak. Whoever speaks at this time will be unlucky.Of course, no one knows what everyone thinks at this time.

"Hmph." Emperor Chongzhen obviously saw this scene on the spotlight stage, he stood up, his face was livid, he stared at Hong Chengchou and others, and finally his eyes fell on Li Xin, who saw Li Xin's expression was calm, There was no look of joy, nor any complacency, which made him feel a lot better.

"Marquis Zhengbei, you have stayed in the capital for a long time, and you should go back to Mobei. I will make my own decision when to dispatch the Zhengbei Army to the Central Plains to suppress the rebellion." Emperor Chongzhen said flatly.

"I obey the order." Li Xin looked calm, stood up and gave a military salute to Chongzhen.He just stood there quietly, and didn't ask about the reward after Chongzhen's victory.

"Go back to the palace!" Emperor Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen.

"The emperor drove back to the palace." At this time, Wang Chengen was eager to leave here immediately, so he dared to stay, so he quickly ordered the generals of the Han Dynasty, eunuchs, court ladies, etc. to prepare a guard of honor, and surrounded Emperor Chongzhen and walked towards the palace.Behind him, Wen Tiren and the others did not dare to stay, and looked at Li Xin gloatingly at his misfortune.Obviously looking forward to Li Xin's unlucky appearance.

"Gao Meng, let Master Yang go. Let's go back." Li Xin also didn't take the eyes of everyone into his heart. Although these people were in the pavilion and dressed in noble clothes, Li Xin could see clearly what was going on in their hearts. Chu.As for Yang Sichang, he didn't want to argue with him, at least Yang Sichang had little relationship with him, and it could even be said that he had no hatred.

"Hmph! What a Marquis of the North, what an Army to conquer the North." But what Li Xin didn't know was that he let Yang Sichang go, but Yang Sichang didn't feel grateful in his heart.For Yang Sichang, the most important thing is integrity and face. If Li Xin kills Yang Sichang, it will fulfill his integrity and preserve his face. But now, Li Xin's generals, in front of so many people He captured him alive with his face, and he still looked like that, so that his face was thrown in, so what else could he do.So he was very angry with Li Xin.

"Let's go!" Li Xin looked at Yang Sichang indifferently. He didn't have a good impression of this person who basically sent the Ming Dynasty into the abyss. For Li Xin, whether he could get the right to mint coins was the most important thing.

"My lord, where are we going now?" Gao Meng was very proud, took his own weapon, rode on the horse, and said to Li Xin.

"Go to meet someone." Li Xin thought for a while and said, "Let's go, let's go to Qin Tianjian now." As he spoke, he lightly clamped his war horse, and the speed of Wuyun Treading Snow suddenly accelerated, and behind him It was the three thousand cavalry led by Gao Meng.

Just when Li Xin defeated Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou, Huang Taiji, who was stationed far outside Xifengkou, finally got the news from Li Xin.Although this is bad news.

"Li Xin is really generous! He actually came to Beijing. Isn't he afraid of what others will say about him?" Huang Taiji said, looking at the information in his hand.

"If you lose your life, what is there to be afraid of?" Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "I heard that after Li Xin returned to the army, Hong Chengchou would not even let him enter Zunhua City, nor did he have any rations. Yes. This might work if we were to deal with ordinary Ming troops, but unfortunately, it was Li Xin who was dealing with it. Without hesitation, Li Xin rushed into the barracks outside Hong Chengchou City, defeated Zuo Liangyu, and robbed the food and grass inside. , and then sent troops to the south, until the capital. Although there is some courage, it is still forced."

"What kind of person do you think Emperor Chongzhen is? If I were Emperor Chongzhen, I would take the opportunity to kill Li Xin and get rid of this powerful enemy." Huang Taiji shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Emperor Chongzhen will not kill Li Xin, and he can't kill Li Xin." Fan Wencheng said without hesitation: "Li Xin has the courage to overlord, there are hundreds of people who can't kill him, and where What about killing? Emperor Chongzhen saw that Li Xin was only on the city wall, not to mention that he could not kill Li Xin in a short period of time, and might force the Northern Army to attack the city. In that case, maybe Chongzhen killed Li Xin, but Li Xin killed Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to do it lightly for his own sake."

"There is one more thing. Li Xin and Emperor Chongzhen had a secret conversation on the city wall for nearly half an hour. We must send someone to find out what the two of them said inside." Huang Taiji thought for a while and said with a smile: " Perhaps Chongzhen's biggest miscalculation was that he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to kill Li Xin, which is a pity. When he grows up, he will definitely be my great enemy in the future."

"As long as you are strong, it doesn't matter how many enemies you have." Fan Wencheng said softly at the side: "Li Xin is arrogant and domineering, even his own people like him, so he can only be a touchstone for a strong man That's all. The emperor is the master of destiny, how can he be afraid of a little Li Xin."

"That's right, what you said is true. This time, we underestimated the Central Plains people too much, and our desire to go south was too eager." Huang Taiji nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it will be a matter of time before we go south to the Central Plains, and the time has not yet come." Ning Wanwo said suddenly: "I believe that at this time, we must do three things. The army; the second is to support the Horqin tribe, or in other words, to consume the strength of the Horqin and other tribes, so that they continue to harass Li Xin; the third is to win over the rebels in the Central Plains. It will divert the attention of Li Xin's army."

"You mean that Li Xin's army will go south to the Central Plains?" Huang Taiji said in disbelief: "Emperor Chongzhen is probably not that stupid! Li Xin's army has entered the customs, that means Li Xin has a chance to gain a foothold in the Central Plains. I'm afraid there is no chance to drive Li Xin away."

"Emperor Chongzhen can't do anything about it." Ning Wan I explained: "Although there are many soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, most of them are on empty pay, even in the Beijing camp. Otherwise, when the emperor led the army to besiege the city, Chongzhen The emperor also ordered to serve the king. This is a clear proof that there are very few capable fighters in the 20 capital camp, and the capital camp is stationed in the capital, so why would they go to the local area to suppress thieves? Then there are only a few strong troops left In this battle with our army, [-] soldiers and horses can survive at most [-], what can a [-] army do?"

"The rebellion in the Central Plains has been wiped out again and again. Emperor Chongzhen did not solve the problem fundamentally. No matter how many soldiers and horses are sent out, it is impossible to succeed. In the end, all these King Qin's armies can only be wiped out. So in order to maintain the number of soldiers and horses, I thought that Emperor Chongzhen would definitely ask Li Xin to send troops into the Central Plains, and if I guessed correctly, once the Northern Conscript Army enters the Central Plains, it must be led by Li Xin himself." Fan Wencheng touched Brushing his beard, he said proudly: "According to the rules of the Central Plains Dynasty, these guys will definitely use Li Xin's soldiers and horses as cannon fodder, and Li Xin himself will be worried."

"Then what should we do?" Huang Taiji suddenly became interested.He was very happy to see Li Xin being unlucky.

"Your Majesty, we need to let Li Xin boldly go to the Central Plains to toss. The more he tosses, the vitality of the Central Plains will be greatly damaged. Although Li Xin has great ambitions, he cannot solve the main problems of the Central Plains. As long as the roots are there, these rebellions It can't be solved. As Li Xin, we can only lead the army to fight, not only to suppress these rebels, but it would be better to entrust him in the quagmire of war. On the grassland, we must guarantee the defense of Li Xin, but this This kind of defense is to allow Li Xin to leave enough soldiers and horses in the grassland. But it does not hinder us. The third is to send people to contact those so-called rebels, provide them with food and grass, provide them with weapons, etc. Let their power become stronger, so that we will have enough time, and Li Xin will be dragged by these people for a longer time. The loss of strength will be even greater. This is my humble opinion."

Huang Taiji nodded after hearing this. He was thinking about the relationship. If it was really like what Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I had planned, Li Xin would have been unlucky in the end.I only lost a little gold, silver and food, and Li Xin's soldiers and horses would be dragged into it.
In the quagmire of the Central Plains War, dragged him down, dragged him down, and he could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"We have stayed in this place long enough. Since Li Xin had a secret discussion with Emperor Chongzhen, it means that Li Xin is about to return to the grassland. It is unlikely that he will go to Xifengkou. If so, we should go back to the grassland. Shengjing is here." Huang Taiji said lightly.He has now promoted Li Xin to a person who can always threaten him.This time, instead of gaining more food and population, he lost a lot. He was very reluctant to lose General Yuetuo, but he was even more regretful that he did not kill Li Xin. This was the thing that made him most unwilling.He looked at the Xifengkou in the distance, and said with a sneer: "This Zhang Fengyi is really interesting. He actually built the Xifengkou under my nose. I'm not afraid that we will rush in at this time and take all these people here. I just don't know. After we leave, will Zhang Fengyi continue to build Xifengkou, and will he still want to be responsible here now?"

"The emperor was joking. If so, is the Ming Dynasty still the Ming Dynasty?" Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "I'm afraid there will be no great gold for us."

"Da Jin?" Huang Taiji suddenly thought of something, and said, "Both gentlemen are intelligent people. Tell me, what kind of virtues are the Ming Dynasty advocating now? Didn't the Central Plains have the theory of five virtues before? My Da Jin What kind of virtue should it be? It can’t be Kinder!”

"If you go back to the emperor, the Ming Dynasty advocates the virtue of fire. That's why it's called Huangming." Fan Wencheng said hastily.

"Then we should be water virtues, water can put out fire!" Huang Taiji thought for a while, then suddenly said to himself.After Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I listened, they looked at each other with a hint of joy in our eyes.

Throughout the dynasties, when the emperor discussed the title of the country, it meant that he wanted to be called emperor.Although the current Huang Taiji is called the emperor by civil and military officials, in reality, he is just a profuse sweat, not an emperor.

"Your Majesty, it's better to change the name of the country to Qing, and use all the water to put out the fire." Fan Wencheng hurriedly said.He decided that when he returned to Shengjing, he would immediately order some miracles to be performed in the territory of the Dajin Kingdom, such as the unicorn appearing in the world, the yellow dragon ascending to heaven, etc., so that Huang Taiji's ascension to the throne would appear to be a matter of course.

"It's a little early, a little early." After hearing this, Huang Taiji shook his head and said.When the emperor was equal to everyone, although Huang Taiji's power at this time was not as strong as in history, he was considered one of the overlords on the grassland. Unlike Li Xin, in Liaodong these years, after the painstaking management of Huang Taiji and his son, he had already It's fertile ground, and although Li Xin's soldiers and horses are very strong, their background is far inferior to that of Huang Taiji.This is also the reason why Huang Taiji didn't put Li Xin in his eyes before.But it is undoubtedly too early for Huang Taiji to be called the emperor at this time.Huang Taiji deeply understood this truth. If he had won the battle this time, how many people of the Ming Dynasty had been captured, and how much gold and silver he had won, Huang Taiji might have acquiesced to Fan Wencheng's behavior. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. As I imagined, the original raid was turned into the present situation by Li Xin in the end. A lot of soldiers and horses were lost, and even the general was killed. Of course, I also killed one of Li Xin's generals. But after all, it is not considered a real military achievement. No matter how thick-skinned Huang Taiji is, he will not ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor at this time, and make people laugh at him.

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I thought about it and nodded, but as long as Huang Taiji has this kind of intention, it will be easy to handle.The rest of the things are much easier to operate.Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that last time when Li Xin was in Pidao, North Korea helped Li Xin a lot, didn't he?"

"That kid Li Zhen is dishonest again?" Huang Taiji said coldly.He also hates North Korea, but North Korea is a strange nation, you can beat him, but it is very difficult to conquer it.Especially when Li Zhen was in power, North Korea had always been a subsidiary of the Ming Dynasty.When it came to Lord Gwanghae, Lord Gwanghae was dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty on the issue of enthronement, so he advocated flexible diplomacy without offending the Ming Dynasty as much as possible.Under the insistence of Mr. Gwanghae, Chosun sent a letter to Hou Jin, saying that his surrender to the Ming Dynasty was "a righteousness, and it is inevitable", and that there is no "neighborly love" with Hou Jin. It is better to seal off the frontiers and repair the old ones."At that time, North Korea was very law-abiding, although Mr. Gwanghae made great efforts to govern North Korea, which increased North Korea's national strength a lot.The Dajin Kingdom is also very tolerant of this, and even tolerated Mr. Guanghai's behavior of being both right and left. However, they still ask for a lot of food and grass. The Dajin Kingdom wants to use North Korea as its grain reserve base.

But things changed very quickly. Tianqi's nephew, Lingyang Jun, who worked around Li Hui for three years, saw that Li Hui was ill, so he asked his confidants to suggest that Pingshan Jiedu of the Western People's Party be Li Gui's coach. 500 people were transferred to the capital for "defense".On March 28, a palace coup took place in North Korea.Li Gui, Li Shi, Jin Zidian and others, with the assistance of Queen Inmok and the newly rising forces of the Southern People's Party, called the army to meet in the villa of Lord Lingyang (later Renzu).That night, Queen Renmu's subordinates raised fire in Qingyun Palace. Li Gui led Li Gui and others to break into Qingyun Palace under the banner of fighting the fire, launched a palace coup, tied up Li Hun, and took him to Queen Renmu for reprimand. , and then announced his dethrone. The [-]-year-old Lingyang Lord Li Yu is located in the other hall of Qingyun Palace.Li Ji's legitimacy was not recognized by the Ming government, so North Korea had no choice but to send a mission to Dengzhou to meet Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and begged him to play on his behalf to clarify the cause.From this, we can see the strength of the Ming Dynasty, but we can also see North Korea's feelings for the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains. In order to obtain a paper seal, they even asked the governor to be an intermediary.

Huang Taiji also knew this, but when the old Khan Nurhachi also attacked North Korea, he signed a contract with North Korea as a country of brothers, and North Korea paid a large amount of property every year.But despite this, North Korea still has an ambiguous relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and they agree with the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts.Mao Wenlong had harassed North Korea back then, and later, when Li Xin ravaged Shengjing, he also entered the customs from North Korea, and even North Korea helped Li Xin a lot.It was this point that made Huang Taiji very angry, and this time, Huang Taiji gained from the expedition, forcing Huang Taiji to find a way to teach his little brother a lesson.

(End of this chapter)