Han ride

Chapter 459 The Final Battle ([-])

Li Xin nodded, and said: "One more thing, Mr. Wen, the cabinet is vacant now, and this king thinks that Shi Yuanzhi, Song Xiance, and Zhang Cai, the military advisers of the Northern Army, can be cabinet bachelors. What do you think?"

"The old minister is willing to back down." Wen Tiren obviously thought of this a long time ago. It would be impossible without Li Xin in the cabinet, so he has absolutely no objection.

"No, sir is still the chief assistant. However, there is another person, this king wants to use him, what do you think sir?" Li Xin thought for a while, then suddenly hesitated.

"I don't know who the lord wants to use?" Wen Tiren's heart was moved when he saw this, he didn't expect that Li Xin wanted to use someone, and he wanted to ask his own opinion, and he was also moved.

"Jiangzuo Qian Qianyi. I don't know what you think?" Li Xin hesitated to say a name.Everyone in the big tent fell silent for a while, looking at Wen Tiren one after another. The military generals who conquered the Northern Army might not know it, but these civil servants did. Who didn't know that Wen Tiren and Qian Qianyi were enemies, and Li Xin wanted to use Qian Qian Yi, could it be that he is dissatisfied with Wen Tiren?
"Mr. Mu Zhai naturally has the qualifications to enter the cabinet. The prince nominated him, and I don't have any objections." Wen Tiren smiled, as if he had no objection to Qian Qianyi's entry into the cabinet.In fact, at that moment, Wen Tiren weighed himself. Li Xin asked Qian Qianyi to come as a cabinet minister. Perhaps it was because of Qian Qianyi's talent on the one hand, but more importantly, it was necessary to stabilize the situation in the south. Although Nanjing and Beijing They are both the capital of the imperial court, but to be honest, Beijing is the real capital of the imperial court, and the officials of the six ministries in Nanjing are just people who have no ambitions. This Qian Qianyi is one of them. At this time, Li Xin used Qian Qianyi, the biggest possibility is to take advantage of Qian Qianyi's popularity. After all, Li Xin's main energy is still in the north, and there will inevitably be other twists and turns in the south, so simply letting Qian Qianyi return to the court can be considered to stabilize the southern scholars Son of heart.

"My lord, what should Zhou Yanru do?" It was Zhang Cai who spoke.The most famous ones in the south are not Er Zhang, but Zhou Yanru and Qian Qianyi. Even Zhou Yanru's reputation is higher than that of Qian Qianyi.It's just that Zhou Yanru and Li Xin have a grudge, so not only Wen Tiren or others didn't say it, but Wen Tiren won't mention it, please come back with Qian Qianyi, Wen Tiren is already very upset, just thinking about Li Xin's strategy , I didn't care about it, if Zhou Yanru came this time, Wen Tiren would not be willing in his heart.

"Zhou Yanru, Zhou Yanru?" There was a hint of confusion in Li Xin's eyes, and finally said: "This person, forget it! Zhou Yanru is old, so he should read more at home! You can teach and educate people in your hometown if you have nothing to do. , this can be regarded as a merit. I am old and I am not good at walking, so I should walk less. Wang Chengen, let someone tell him this!"

?Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and Wen Tiren's face was even more complicated.He understood what Li Xin meant, and he clearly avoided the grievances between Zhou Yanru and him.The so-called bad behavior means that he doesn't want him to go to Nanjing, so he has nothing to do with those Donglin party members to talk about the affairs of the world.

Wen Tiren frowned, and sneered in his heart.He knew that on the surface Li Xin spared Zhou Yanru, but in fact, he was waiting for Zhou Yanru to make mistakes.For a person like Zhou Yanru, losing his power is tantamount to killing him.These years, since Zhou Yanru resigned, he sent people to keep an eye on Zhou Yanru, and he also knew about Zhou Yanru's actions. If he hadn't been concerned about Emperor Chongzhen, he might have sent people to get rid of Zhou Yanru long ago.Now that Emperor Chongzhen is away and the new emperor is on the throne, according to reason, Zhou Yanru really has the possibility of recovery, but now that Li Xin is in charge of the government, how can he let Zhou Yanru come here? Zhou Yanru, who has cut off his future, may not feel at ease in the future stayed.In this way, it just fell into Li Xin's calculation.It will be difficult not to die in the future.

"Yes." Wang Chengen nodded with twinkling eyes.He is also an old and cunning person, so how could he not know the mystery inside?It's just that he doesn't want to say it.

"Who is the eunuch guarding Fengyang now?" Li Xin asked suddenly.

Wang Chengen's complexion changed, and he quickly said, "It's Lu Jiude."

"How about Lu Jiude?" Li Xin looked at Wang Chengen and said.

"It can be used." Wang Chengen thought for a while and said.

"So let Lu Jiude, yes." Li Xin glanced at the crowd again, and finally landed on Shang Kexi, and said, "Shang Kexi, you have to go all the way. Do you have the guts?"

"The final general is willing." Shang Kexi was overjoyed upon hearing this.Li Xin asked him to go to Fengyang, the central capital, where there were also tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Letting him go to Fengyang actually made Rang alone, targeting Nanjing.

Wang Chengen listened clearly, although he was silent, but in his heart he was grateful for Li Xin's extremely sophisticated methods. Although the city of Beijing has not yet entered and the establishment of slaves has not yet failed, he has already begun to make arrangements for the world.Although he has elite soldiers in his hands, he has never underestimated anyone, especially those scholars in Nanjing.These scholars may not have the ability, but they have a great influence. If other ambitious people are added, it will cause irrelevant influence, such as ruling across the river. You must know that the south of the Yangtze River is extremely important, and it is the source of taxes and food for the court. How could Li Xin let these people occupy Nanjing? This was obviously not what he wanted, so he occupied Nanjing, occupied Nanjing, and things would be much easier.

That's why he used eunuchs like Lu Jiude, but he was afraid that Lu Jiude would not succeed, so he let Shang Kexi go. Shang Kexi is not as skilled in martial arts as Gao Meng, and as stable as Jiang Yi, but he has a smoothness that ordinary people don't have.With this person going to Fengyang, maybe things can really be done, and more importantly, this person can do anything bold for the sake of fame.If that Lu Jiude didn't cooperate, he might be killed by Shang Kexi immediately. If something went wrong in Nanjing City, it might not be impossible for this bold guy to raise troops to attack Nanjing immediately.

"It's still gratifying. I will enter the palace later and take the golden sword of the Holy Lord. If anyone disobeys the order, he will be killed without mercy. This king grants you the right to make arbitrary decisions on the fly. If you are below the third rank in Nanjing, you can behead them. If you are above the third rank, you will be beheaded after the performance." You have the guts." Li Xin looked at Shang Kexi and said.

If Li Xinxin ordered Shang Kexi to be the commander of the army just now, everyone would not have any other thoughts, but right now, Li Xin actually issued such an order, which surprised everyone.Even Gao Meng looked at Shang Kexi with strange eyes.This person who has not been relying on Li Xin for a long time can actually trust Li Xin so much.

"Thank you, Lord, for your trust. However, I will inevitably be short of manpower alone. I would like to ask the Lord to give up one person and let him help me." After hearing this, Shang Kexi was delighted, but he didn't feel complacent. Instead, he said with a serious face .

"Oh, whoever you want, you can choose among the generals in the tent." Li Xin said with an inexplicable smile in his eyes.

"Zhang Wu, the general will ask Zhang Wu to help me." Shang Kexi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said.He didn't order people like Gao Meng, Qin Han, He Kegang, but Zhang Wu.He and Zhang Wu once followed Li Xin to sweep all directions in Jiannu territory, so they formed a friendship.

"That's very good." Li Xin nodded, and said to Zhang Wu: "Zhang Wu, you are willing to go to Nanjing for a walk."

"The general is willing to go." Zhang Wu nodded.

"You guys, I'm very relieved." Li Xin's eyes were full of satisfaction. This Shang Kexi knew the seriousness. The incident in the south seemed to be no major accident, but if an accident happened, Shang Kexi would be the king of Jiangnan.His prestige in Li Xin's army is very low. Although he is fine now, he will have great power in the future.That's why Zhang Wu was allowed to go with him. After all, he was following the imperial guards around Li Xin.

"In that case, the last general will leave immediately." Shang Kexi and Zhang Wu glanced at each other, then cupped their hands towards Li Xin and said loudly.

"Okay, Jiangnan, I'll entrust it to you." Li Xin patted the two of them on the shoulder and said, "When I return, I will personally celebrate the achievements of the two. Remember, Jiangnan cannot be chaotic. If there is chaos, Settle down quickly."

Compared to Li Xin's calmness and arrangements, Huang Taiji on the opposite side was in panic. Although there was no trace of panic on his face, he had not slept peacefully for many days. Not long ago, Li Xin led his army to pursue , I will fight from heaven to hell, and escape all the way. I thought that if I surrendered Wu Sangui, I would open the door to return to the north. At that time, I could easily return to Liaodong. Take advantage of the fisherman, but unfortunately, things are all different now.Shanhaiguan actually fell into the hands of Li Xin.

"What a useless person, this Wu Sangui is really a useless person." Fan Wencheng cursed fiercely.He didn't expect things to change so quickly.If he wanted to go back now, he might have to start from Shandong. When he thought of this, Fan Wencheng really didn't know what to do. If he went all the way, even if he could escape from Shandong, he didn't know how many people would be killed or injured.

"Your Majesty, you can no longer hesitate at this time. Please also abandon most of your troops and choose an elite army to leave Beijing and return to Liaodong by sea." It was Duo Duo who was speaking. Now that Jiannu's life and death are at stake, Duoduo can only let go of his hatred and speak loudly to Huang Taiji.

"Let's go, do you think Li Xin didn't think of it? Do you think Li Xin will let us go?" Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "Li Xin will not let us go. He has been waiting for this opportunity for many years. He wants to destroy us. Now that the main force of our army is here, if he doesn’t destroy us, how can he deal with those rebels in the Central Plains with peace of mind?” He had the same heroic plot as Li Xin, and Huang Taiji compared himself and Li Xin Changed his position, and found that even if he was himself, he would not let go of such an opportunity.So he didn't think running away was a good move.

"Is it going to be a decisive battle?" Duoduo panicked, not knowing what was going on, he found that he was becoming more and more afraid of Li Xin now, Jiannu didn't make much plans for the decisive battle at this time.

"So what if we don't have a decisive battle? We must know that our food and grass can't last long." Huang Taiji stood up and said coldly: "At this time, there may be a chance for a decisive battle, but once this time passes, When we run out of food and grass, the enemy can easily wipe us out." The most important factor that restricts the success of the army is food, if there is no food and grass, everything is nothing.In the past, Huang Taiji still had grain and grass coming from Zhangjiakou. Later, because he pursued Emperor Chongzhen, he was chased by Li Xin before he could eliminate Chongzhen. They robbed the grain and grass of the Han people in the Central Plains, and only got some food and grass supplements when Wu Sangui arrived.Therefore, Huang Taiji can only benefit from a quick battle.

"I'm just afraid that Li Xin won't fight a decisive battle!" Ning Wanwo shook his head and smiled wryly.

"No, Li Xin will definitely fight." A smile appeared on the corner of Huang Taiji's mouth. Of course, Huang Taiji did not expect this decisive battle, but Li Xin was also unprepared.Everyone is rushing into the battle, he Huang Taiji may not lose.Although Jiannu has lost food and grass right now, Li Xin must also fight decisively. Otherwise, he will be delayed here for too long. There is no emperor in the Central Plains. God knows what will happen in the world. He Huang Taiji doesn't believe in the past The princes of the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty had no other thoughts.So Li Xin also couldn't afford it. He needed to defeat Jiannu immediately so that he would have time and energy to integrate the Central Plains.

"If he wants to fight decisively, we still have a [-]% chance of winning." Fan Wencheng's eyes lit up and he said loudly.

"Indeed." Huang Taiji nodded, and said: "Everyone, this battle is related to whether our Qing Dynasty can rule the world, and this battle depends on you."

"Slave complies with the order." Obai, Sony and others responded loudly, the momentum was like a rainbow, the majesty of the mountains and rivers, Jiannuli was united, this is an undeniable fact.

"Invitation to fight, tomorrow our army will have a decisive battle with Li Xin." Huang Taiji pulled out the sword from his waist and said loudly.

"Fight to the death, fight to the death." Obai and others roared loudly, the sound was heard far away, and the soldiers who established slaves also roared loudly.

"Jiannu is calling for a battle." Li Xin, who was instructing everyone in the big tent, laughed and said.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, a Pegasus came from outside, bringing Huang Taiji's decisive battle letter, and Li Xin spread it to the left and right, saying: "Huang Taiji is in a hurry."

"Huang Taiji is short of food and grass, and now Shanhaiguan has been captured by the prince, so they summoned him. His subordinates thought that at this time, he should not be ignored. After a while, Jiannu will be unable to hold on, and obediently surrendered to us." Gao Meng Said loudly.Li Xin also thought about it, and made a move.

"Not right, not right." Zhang Cai shook his head and said, "My lord, today is different from the past. Don't forget, my lord. Now that the south is not peaceful, if our army fights Jiannu here for too long, even if it is just a day, There will be big problems in the south. Although our army will lose a lot of brothers in a decisive battle with Jiannu now, but my lord, the south is important!"

Li Xin was taken aback when he heard the words, and he quickly understood what Zhang Cai meant. Right now, although Li Xin has the upper hand and captured the city of Beijing, to be honest, his foundation is still very shallow. Those who do not necessarily accept Li Xin.The longer the delay in Beijing, the more unfavorable it will be for Li Xin.So no matter what, Li Xin must solve Huang Taiji as soon as possible.

"Are our artillery ready?" Li Xin said to Zhang Cai fiercely.

"The preparations are ready. This time, the people of the Xuan Mansion knew that we were going to fight Jian slaves, so they took the initiative to transport artillery for us. Although the artillery was relatively heavy, they were strong in numbers. By this morning, a lot of artillery had been transported. "Zhang Cai hurriedly said: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord. Among the artillery shipped this time are not only the general cannon built by us and the imitated red cannon, but also Jiannu provided us with hundreds of guns. There are more than [-] cannons in total. If we add the small Franco cannons, there will be even more."

"Very good, let's not talk about the principles of war tomorrow, we will use cannons to deal with Jiannu, hundreds of cannons, no matter how powerful Huang Taiji is, at least tens of thousands of horses will be lost to consume our cannons " Li Xin said with a smile.

"It's just that we don't have enough gunners!" Zhang Cai said with some embarrassment.

"Master Zhang, don't worry, many people in my inner court have practiced cannons." Wang Chengen took the words and said.Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, they didn't expect that the eunuchs in the inner court would do this too.

"That would be great, order the three armies to fight tomorrow." Li Xin stood up and said, "Tell the soldiers that the decisive battle tomorrow is not only a matter of personal merit, but more importantly, this battle is related to the life and death of my Ming Dynasty. If we win, then we will make great achievements; if we fail, we will have to retreat to the grasslands and wait for others to attack us, and our family and wives will be killed by others and become slaves.”

"Don't worry, my lord. Everyone has been waiting for this day for a long time." Everyone was also elated, smiling at each other. In fact, from Li Xin's debut to now, he has formed an indissoluble bond with Jian Nu. Li Xin is almost Even climbing up by stepping on Jiannu's head, Li Xin didn't know how many Jiannu people were killed, even Huang Taiji's wife became Li Xin's woman.His old man was almost crushed by Li Xin. Such hatred cannot be easily resolved.So there must be a battle between the two, and this battle is unexpected, it will come so soon.

"That's very good." Li Xin nodded, his face showed satisfaction, and his heart was filled with the belief that he would win. He knew that ever since he learned that Huang Taiji hadn't taken those cannons away or destroyed them, he would The victory has already been locked.In war at this time, similarly, firearms have occupied a very important position.When hundreds of cannons attack together, the earth will shake and the mountains will shake, which cannot be resisted by ordinary people.It is also not acceptable to be a slave.

(End of this chapter)