Ming Empire

Chapter 108 Reaction of the Parties
Convincing Sun Chuanting, a stubborn old man, with his own persistence, Cao Yue has a sense of accomplishment.He also didn't forget to blackmail the frightened and pale acting king Zhu Chuanqi again in front of Sun Chuanting, and finally made Zhu Chuanqi reluctantly take out [-] silver and [-] shi of grain for military supplies.

Having been blackmailed by Cao Yue again for a large amount of wealth, Zhu Chuanqi has the heart to kill.

But after weighing the advantages and disadvantages, he finally accepted Cao Yue's "blackmail".He and Datong can only live and die together, and Cao Yue can lead his army to leave and build slaves to attack Datong aggressively. He can only contribute to defend Datong and donate some family property.These lost family property, there is a chance to get it back in the future, but if Datong falls into the hands of Jiannu, he will have no chance to recover, and even the whole family may lose their lives.

Zhu Chuanqi already had a grudge against Cao Yue, and he thought that he must find an opportunity to teach this stunned young man a good lesson, and let Cao Yue know that the surname of Zhu is in the world.

But Cao Yue completely ignored it. Of course he knew that Zhu Chuanqi, who was like a miser, would definitely hate him, but he didn't take this vassal king seriously.

He also no longer has the time and thought to talk to the red lady, and for the next period of time, he will devote all his energy to military preparations.

All the squads of the special training team have been dispatched to carry out their secret missions, and while investigating the situation, they have caused some troubles for Dorgon.All the troops under the jurisdiction of Datong were withdrawn to the city of Datong. Other prefectures and counties were also on strict alert. The people in the vicinity also tried their best to mobilize them into the city or hide in the mountains. Except for empty houses, nothing else was left for construction in the village. slave.

All the weapons workshops in Datong City also started working day and night, rushing to manufacture muskets, gunpowder and other weapons. Officials at all levels also mobilized and recruited a large number of civilian laborers.

And Cao Yue did not forget the army of rogues who did not leave. He also sent scouts to inquire about the whereabouts of Liu Zongmin and Li Yan's troops to prevent these 10,000+ troops from taking advantage of the fire and attacking Datong together with Jiannu.

An enemy's enemy is a friend. Cao Yue agrees with this very much. No one knows whether Jiannu will form an alliance with the rogues to attack the government and the army.

The red lady also knew the news that the Jiannu army was about to attack. She wisely didn't bother Cao Yue again, but she didn't stay idle, let alone stay in the yard. She ran outside all day and didn't know what she was busy with. .

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The army of founding slaves has always been known for their speed, and their mobility is very strong. Their speed exceeds the expectations of ordinary people.

When Cao Yue received the news from Shengjing that it was estimated that Jiannu would arrive near Datong in five days at most, in fact the army led by Dorgon was only more than [-] miles away from Datong.

In fact, Cao Yue did not receive the first few messages sent by the spies Cao Yue sent to Shengjing, and the scouts sent to Shengjing only confirmed the news a few days after Dorgon led the army to leave.It took several days to come and go like this, but fortunately, news finally reached Cao Yue, who was able to give an early warning.

One night when Cao Yue was busy preparing to defend against the enemy, Dorgon, who had led his army for more than two hundred miles in a hurry during the day, was summoning Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, who had been reused by him, in his temporary tent. , and the generals such as Duduo, Azig, Haoge, He Luohui, Chebai, Boluo, Sakhalian, and Abatai who led the army to discuss matters.

It is less than four days away from Datong, how to finally attack Datong will be decided at this military meeting.

Duo Duo, who led an army to attack Datong and failed last time, was the first to stand up and ask for orders, asking Duo Ergun to give him the task of attacking Datong first.

Dorgon finally agreed to Duduo's request, and ordered Duduo to lead [-] Mongolian Eight Banners, [-] Han troops, and [-] Jurchen Jingqi as pioneers to attack Datong first.Azige led [-] Mongolian Eight Banners, [-] Han troops and [-] Jurchen cavalry to follow up.He personally led the remaining troops to attack from the rear.After Dorgon assigned the task, he repeatedly told Duo Duo to be careful and not to repeat the same mistakes as last time.

Because he was repeatedly suppressed by Dorgon, Hauge, who was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, did not take the initiative to ask for orders at this military meeting, and allowed Dorgon to hand over important tasks to Duduo and Azig.

After making a new arrangement, Duoduo led 6 horses, accelerated his marching speed, and rushed towards the Great Wall of Datong.

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Beijing, Palace of Qianqing, Forbidden City.

It was already midnight, and Emperor Chongzhen, who had just finished reviewing the memorial, yawned a series of yawns, and was about to take a bath and rest.

Today he is going to visit Empress Zhou.During this period of time, he felt that he had good energy and a good mood, and he became more interested in the affairs of men and women, and wanted to vent.

But just when Emperor Chongzhen ordered his attendant Wang Chengen to pack up the memorials on the case and prepare to leave the Qianqing Palace, there were shouts and movements from outside.

Just as Emperor Chongzhen frowned and Wang Chengen hurried out to check the situation, Minister of War Chen Xinjia stumbled into the Qianqing Palace, followed by two young eunuchs, trying to stop Chen Xinjia from breaking in.

When Emperor Chongzhen first came to the throne, in order to show his hard work, he made an unprecedented rule that whenever a major military event happened, the courtiers could directly enter the palace to meet him without notification, and there was no time and place restriction. will be held accountable.However, in the past so many years, the matter of ministers breaking into the palace at night has never happened, and today is the first time.

Seeing Chen Xinjia rushing in in a panic, almost out of breath, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He knew that something important must have happened, and it was military.

Wang Chengen hurried forward, supported Chen Xinjia, and signaled him not to worry, and not to offend the emperor.

Chen Xinjia had no time to pay attention to Wang Chengen, rushed to Emperor Chongzhen, knelt down with a plop, took out something from his arms, and happily presented it to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, Datong... urgent report, Datong six... six hundred... Urgent military report... I dare not delay and send it to the palace as soon as possible."

As soon as he heard that it was the six-hundred-mile urgent pond report sent by Datong, Emperor Chongzhen's face changed immediately, and he quickly ordered Wang Chengen who was protecting him: "Chengen, bring it quickly."

"Yes, Lord Long Live, the servant obeys the order," Wang Chengen replied, and quickly took the emergency report from Chen Xinjia, which made people look shockingly beautiful, and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen.

After Emperor Chongzhen received the Tang newspaper, he opened the envelope without any inspection.After hastily reading the contents inside, his face turned pale immediately, and the pond newspaper also floated to the ground.

Chen Xinjia, who had been paying attention to the changes in Emperor Chongzhen's face, also changed his face, and asked tremblingly: "Your Majesty, is there a change in Datong?" Could it be that Sun Chuanting went to Datong and planned to join forces with Cao Yue to rebel against the imperial court?

"Datong is in danger," Emperor Chongzhen slumped back to his seat, sighed miserably, and said, "It's an urgent military situation jointly reported by Sun Chuanting, Cao Yue, Wei Daben, and Zhang An. Marching south from Datong, we have almost reached the city of Datong."

"What?" Chen Xinjia was taken aback, and quickly reached out to pick up the pond newspaper that fell on the floor, and read it carefully. After reading it, his face was paler than that of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Chen Aiqing, what good strategy do you have?" Emperor Chongzhen looked restless, because the good mood that Cao Yue brought to him by defeating the rogues had long since disappeared.

Chen Xinjia thought for a while, and finally replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, I believe that the target of Jiannu's southern invasion will eventually be the capital, and the imperial court should strengthen the defense of the capital!"

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a long time, and finally nodded lightly: "Chen Aiqing's words are correct. The ultimate goal of building slaves must be the capital. Pass on my will, and immediately tell the world about this matter, recruit the teachers of King Qin, and order Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao to return to their teachers immediately. Inside the pass, defend the capital. For the matter of Datong, leave it to Sun Chuanting and Cao Yue, I believe they can handle it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Xinjia knew that the plan to send Sun Chuanting to Henan had come to an end, and the most important thing at present was to deal with Jiannu's large-scale southward attack.

(End of this chapter)