Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 604
There is a military salary, but the Ming court, if there are not a few troublemakers, it will not be called a court.

"Your Majesty, it must not be done at this time. The land of the ancestors must not be abandoned. The ancestors have said that the emperor guards the gate of the country! Besides, once Ningyuan is lost, Shanhaiguan, the cavalry who built slaves may threaten the capital at any time. Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

The chief minister of the cabinet, Chen Yan, took the lead in bowing down, followed by a large group of civil servants and officials who were heartbroken. Don't look at them kneeling, but in terms of momentum, it was the emperor Chongzhen who was kneeling on the ground, watching him kneel down A large area of ​​civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the Chongzhen Emperor sitting on the dragon chair was so angry that his hands were shaking.

What time is this, these bastards are still standing on the commanding heights of morality, criticizing and criticizing them, asking them to find a way to retreat from the Chuangjun, all of them are silent, but now they have risen, a particularly terrifying killing intent is slowly rising in Chongzhen's heart He rose up, and he even had an urge to order Jin Yiwei to enter, and kill all these guys, leaving no one behind.

Really not enough success, more than failure!

Fortunately, when Emperor Chongzhen was trembling with anger, Li Jiantai, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace who joined the cabinet later, stood up and bowed deeply to Emperor Chongzhen.

Historically, at this time, Li Jiantai had already set off as a supervisor. His family was a big landlord in Quwo, and he invaded Shanxi. He gritted his teeth as a supervisor and wanted to defend the township party. But in this time and space, Song Qingshu is in Taiwan, Luzon He was given farmland products ten times that of Quwo. Nearly seven or eight floors of the Li family went to Southeast Asia to grow rice and sugarcane. Quwo is not that important anymore. Li Jiantai is leisurely in front of his university in the court. scholar.

But what he said made Emperor Chongzhen tremble with anger.

"Your Majesty, Chen Shoufu and Wei Cifu have taken over from Lao Cheng to seek the country and said bluntly. The veteran believes that the ancestral land is indeed not to be abandoned! Call Ningyuan soldiers, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

"However!"

Unexpectedly, there was a turning point in Li Jiantai's voice. Chen Yan, Wei Zaode, etc., who were kneeling on the ground, felt their hearts thump. Sure enough, Li Jiantai's words almost made the two of them jump up from the ground.

"Your Majesty is the body of all gold and the foundation of the country. You should not take risks lightly. Emperor Chengzu of this dynasty was in danger of the Northern Song Dynasty. He specially reserved the southern capital and the six ministries of Nanjing. Since Chen Shoufu is passionate about fighting, he can replace Li Gang in the Song Dynasty. The battalion guards the capital, Your Majesty should set up a tour to the south, call on the elites of the southern provinces to gather in the southern capital, and then lead the world's army from afar, and fight the bandits to the death!"

In [-], Emperor Chongzhen's second chance to save the Ming Dynasty was to move south!With China's huge strategic maneuvering position, coupled with his status as the orthodox emperor, he might not be able to suppress Jiangnan, and his tactics will not be like Zhu Yousong's. From the beginning of its establishment, it fell into party struggle.

"Your Majesty must not!"

Wishing to eat Li Jiantai alive, he gritted his teeth and looked at him. Chen Yan, Wei Zaode, Zhang Fengyi and other cabinet members, the six departments knelt down in unison, and once again shouted three times. Just kidding, Nanjing has the ready-made six departments, but the elders are missing. Li Jiantai made a good plan, he urged the emperor to tour the south, the emperor naturally took him away, leaving himself and others to wait for death in this capital, and then he justifiably became the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty!What a shady scheme!Think beautifully!

"Your Majesty, the important place in the capital, the century-old heart of the imperial court, your majesty must not be easily moved! Otherwise, the country will be in turmoil! The world will boil, and it will be out of control!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you can't be a king who fled the country and repeat the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, defend the capital to the death and fight against Li Thief!"

But today, Li Jiantai seemed to really go all out, standing proudly at the front, Li Jiantai looked at a large group of courtiers kneeling on the ground contemptuously, and laughed mockingly.

"Chen Shoufu, Wei Shoufu, Li Bingbu, Zhao Xingbu, you are not willing to share your majesty's worries!"

"Li Jiantai, you are talking nonsense!"

"Li Jiantai, you are a villain! Talking nonsense and interfering with politics! Your Majesty, your Majesty should expel such a person who deceives the public with evil talk!"

"Hmph, Li Banghua, are you talking about government ministers talking nonsense and meddling in politics? Auxiliary ministers are not in charge of the government. Do you want you, the speaker, to be in charge? Your Majesty, just now Li Banghua was the one who made nonsense and harmed the government. I impeach him for the crime of concealing evil intentions. Please His Majesty take it down!"

Chen Yan has a speaker friend, why doesn't Li Jiantai have one?Wang Yaozhi, Zhang Jian, Fan Shen, and a large group of "capitalist roaders" also stood up one after another, arguing fiercely. Although there were fewer people, their momentum was not lost at all.

If Emperor Chongzhen of this period in history had so many people supporting him to move south, he would definitely go along with the flow, but in this time and space, moving south is not his best choice. On the one hand, he has the military salary and the possibility of keeping the capital. On the other hand, no matter how gorgeous the rhetoric, the eternal infamy brought about by the southward migration cannot be covered up. Emperor Chongzhen has the best face, how could he leave such a big stain.

Another point is that Song Qingshu really made him unable to grasp it. Before Emperor Chongzhen could regard him as an arrogant and vulgar warrior, but now, he can insert his eyeliner into his ceremonial supervisor, and he can easily gather hundreds of people in the capital. Wan Liang's huge wealth was unknown, and Chongzhen was really not sure to control him. Although Emperor Chongzhen himself didn't want to admit this, it still brooded in his subconscious mind.

"Mr. Li Ge, don't talk about it anymore! The strategy of moving south is not allowed! The capital is the place where our ancestors have worked hard for hundreds of generations. If I leave the capital, what will happen to the ancestral temple here? Gather the soldiers of the whole country, stick to the capital, and face the Li thief!"

"Your Majesty, soldiers? Where are the soldiers? Guard, how to guard?"

Clasping his fists, Li Jiantai once again yelled in pain, this time, the huge court once again fell into dead silence.

However, the most shameless side of these decadent civil servants was completely exposed immediately, and suddenly became impassioned, Chen Yan kowtowed fiercely.

"Your Majesty, the capital is the head of the country, just like the brain of a human being. Ningyuan is nothing more than borderline scabies. If Ningyuan is lost, at most one sibling will be lost. If the capital is lost, the brain will be lost. People can live without limbs, but without a brain, they will undoubtedly die. The minister advocates, transfer troops from Ningyuan, and stick to the capital!"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Chen Ge is the word of a certain country!"

Faces changed faster than flipping a book. Chen Yan, Wei Zaode and his party all kowtowed, as if they were not the ones who opposed it with all their strength just now. Anyway, it didn't cost them money to transfer Guan Ning soldiers. It was better than the emperor running away and leaving them in the capital to wait for death. Bar?

It was a simple matter of mobilizing troops to survive, but in the hands of these guys, it took such a big detour and made a lot of twists and turns. However, seeing that the officials finally agreed at this time, Emperor Chongzhen was still relieved and didn't give it to him. When Li Jiantai continued to speak, Chongzhen hurriedly waved his hand at His Highness Dan.

"Come on, pass on Wu Xiang!"

"Tell Wu Xiang!"

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The army transferred to Wu Sangui gave up Ningyuan and entered Jingqin King, a full month earlier than in history, but this does not represent the fate of the Ming Dynasty. The fate of the capital has been settled. The Ming Dynasty defended Ningwu Pass, and Li Zicheng was beaten with heavy casualties. Zhou Yuji, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, who even had the idea of ​​​​retiring, is now lying comfortably in the greasy hot springs of Mount Fuji in the Japanese country. Next, spend a rare vacation.

Without this nail, Li Zicheng's marching speed was a bit faster and faster than in history.

In the 17th year of Chongzhen, on the third day of the first month of the first year of Yongchang in Dashun, Li Zicheng led an army out to attack Shanxi, and issued a call for Ming Dynasty.The Dashun army was divided into two groups. The main force was commanded by Li Zicheng, who attacked Taiyuan, Ningwu, Datong, Yanghe, Xuanfu, and Juyongguan from Pingyang. An, Weihui, Zhangde, Daming, Baoding, and hundreds of thousands of troops quickly advanced northward, forming a pincer attack on the capital from the north to the south.

On the 23rd of the first lunar month, Pingyang was broken. On the second day of February, when they arrived at Fenzhou, on the seventh day of the lunar month, the capital Taiyuan had already been broken down. On the fifteenth day, they arrived at Ningwuguan. Ningwuguan without Zhou Yuji resisted for only one day, and then left the city to surrender. Next, The border towns along the Great Wall turned out to be like dominoes. Datong Jiang Xiang, Yang He Jiang Xuan, Xuanfu Governor Zhu Zhifen Feng, and Chief Soldier Wang Chengyin surrendered before the Chuangjun arrived.

It’s like marching, you can take over the places you pass, and there are no tough battles along the way, except for some obstacles caused by the rough roads around the Great Wall. On March [-]th, the Dashun Army arrived in the western suburbs of the capital as scheduled.

Without the loss of Ningwuguan, plus the surrendered troops gathered along the way, even if the soldiers and horses guarding various places were removed, Li Zicheng still had a huge force of 37 to 45 troops, and the huge soldiers and horses were spread out in his arms. , The huge army was overwhelming, and the densely packed Dashun and Li character banners made people dizzy. The heavy cavalry came out from the two wings, and the ground trampled by horseshoes made tremors.

However, this time, it was no longer the empty capital that greeted the Chuang army. The same huge infantry also formed a formation in the western suburbs of the capital.

After the Jingying came from the edge of the Tumu Fortress, Yu Qian organized a brilliant defense against Wala once. Since then, it has been abolished again and again, and has become a club for dudes. , Different from the history, the Beijing Camp, Tengxiang Four Guards Camp, Warriors Camp, Guards Shangzhi Army, Nine City Bing Masi's army, half of the army is listed above the city, and half of the army is listed below the city, showing Yuan Chonghuan guarding the city Classic tactics!
On the left side of the troops of the Beijing camp, there are [-] soldiers and horses of Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Jizhen, and on the left side, countless red armored cavalry formed a formation violently. forward.

Just the day before Chuang's army arrived, Ningyuan soldiers, who were slowly retreating with 50 Liaodong soldiers and civilians, arrived in the suburbs of Beijing!

(End of this chapter)