Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 163

Sure enough, Dorgon guessed right, it was Turge, the leader of the vanguard, who sent someone back: "Report, the vanguard is close to Shengshengdian, and the scouts found out that there are many Ming army banners at the head of the nearby big city, and it seems that the surrounding Ming army came to help. Which way should I go next?"

Jianlu's understanding of the terrain on the Ming side mainly came from the maps provided by Shanxi merchants.In their original plan, they just took a walk and had a look, and chose to go to Tianjin or go around to the west of Sanjiaodian according to the actual situation.

But now that Turge came to report that the Ming city on the west side of Sanjiaodian was heavily guarded, Dorgon didn't have the time and interest to find out which Ming army was in the big city and what was its combat effectiveness?
That being the case, just go directly from Tianjin.Farther away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, even if there were soldiers in Tianjin, with the strength of the Qing army, they could still intimidate them from leaving the city.

For Dorgon at this time, he was no longer interested in fighting the Ming army.What he is most concerned about now is to bring the looted population and materials back to Liaodong safely. That is a great achievement.

Therefore, he directly issued an order to let Turg walk along the east bank of the Triangle Lake, that is, continue to go north along the canal.

Dorgon didn't know that there were not so many Ming troops in the city of Dacheng.It was Lu Xiangsheng who rushed to order the bluff here, just to ensure that the Manchu and Qing troops could continue along the canal and take the road on the Tianjin side.

In the rear of Jianlu's army, as soon as Hauge joined Yue Tuo, he immediately asked, "How is your side, do you still need my reinforcements?"

"It's not necessary!" Yue Tuo shook his head immediately and said, "The Ming army has no chance to attack us at all, and we will be watched by Tan Ma!"

They have a large number of cavalry troops, and they spread far away, which directly blocked the Ming army from investigating the specific situation of the Qing army at night.On the contrary, it was the Ming army's own side, which was clearly seen by the Daqing scouts.

"Ah, this is a disappointment!" Hauge said a little unhappy when he heard that, "I was driven here, but I have nothing to do, how boring! How about we ambush them once?"

When Yue Tuo heard this, he shook his head and said: "The commander of the Ming army is Lu Xiangsheng. Although he fought bravely, he was still cautious in his actions. He would not rush after him without confirmation."

"Haha, that's true. After all, our Qing army is not vegetarian!" Hearing this, Hauge laughed and said, "If you have been taught a lot, Minggou will be obedient!"

After finishing speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and said to Yue Tuo: "How about we go charge for a while? Break this tail, so that it will be easier, don't need to be like now, A certain person is worried about this, worried about that, and even asked me to strengthen the back, really!"

Hearing this, you don't even need to guess, you know that Hauge is complaining about Dorgon.He was the only one who could complain about Dorgon like this, and he wouldn't dare to change Yuetuo.

Regarding Hauge's suggestion, he still shook his head and said, "Don't, now it's better to have one thing less than one thing more. Uncle Wang has repeatedly emphasized that as long as we bring all these human and animal materials back to Liaodong, it will be a great contribution." !"

Having said that, seeing that Hauge still wanted to speak, he hurriedly added: "Besides, the Ming army behind is not a weak soldier, and can be easily defeated by us! If this is really the case, you still need to talk about it. I've already gone for the kill!"

Hearing this, the corner of Hauge's mouth twitched, as if a little disdainful.So, he immediately heard Yue Tuo talking again: "Have you seen the combat power of the Yongwei Battalion? Now it is guarding the Chinese army at the back, as well as the Qin soldiers. I can assure you that it is definitely a strong team." They were deployed by Lu Xiangsheng in the back formation. Their forwards are all vulnerable troops. Do you know why they are deployed like this? They just use these weak soldiers as guards, understand? Lu Xiangsheng is guarding against our move!"

When Hauge heard this, he recalled his experience of confronting Yongwei Ying, and had to admit in his heart that Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan and others were indeed brave.At the same time, he also knew that Yue Tuo had about [-] infantry troops, which were lost to Qin Bing. Even if he thought he would not lose it if he came, it didn't prevent him from feeling that Qin Bing was indeed powerful.

So, let's forget about the matter that was mentioned by the way.

None of them knew that now in their rear, Lu Xiangsheng had a strong army, and there was no strong army at all, and all the elite soldiers had been drawn away.The Yongwei Battalion and Qin Bing they saw from a distance while exploring the horses were actually fakes.If at this time, Yue Tuo listened to Hauge and led his troops to charge for a while, Lu Xiangsheng might die in their hands.And this is also the reason why Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting sincerely want Lu Xiangsheng to take care.Because his side is actually more dangerous than the two of them.

There is an old saying that beat a teacher to death with random punches.Thanks to Yue Tuo's rationality, otherwise, if Hauge led the army alone, his reckless character might have hit the right target by mistake.

Therefore, in Jianlu's view, the Ming army had nothing to do with them and could only follow them.Hauge had heard Azig talk about his entry into customs before, so he was ordering his subordinates to make a sign, and he was going to write something like "All soldiers are free, see you next time" like Azig, and laughed at him. Get off the Han dog behind.

Yue Tuo didn't care about this, he just smiled and watched Hauge struggling there.It's actually not bad to humiliate the Han dog!He thought so in his heart.

Dorgon, the commander-in-chief of the Manchu Qing army, naturally kept abreast of the movement of the rear army.In fact, more than half of his thoughts are on the rear army, because Lu Xiangsheng is there!Hearing that there was no movement, he was also relieved.

As for the west side of the army, the scouting horses also traveled very far, as far as hundreds of miles away, and found nothing unusual.

Just walking like this, on this day, the striker Turg finally sent the news that he will arrive in Tianjin soon, and Weihe is in front of him.

This is an important place to return to the north. Dorgon was not sloppy, and asked Turg to send troops to surround Tianjin City first, and then let the people and supplies of the Ming Dynasty cross the river.

The Wei River at this time is of course also frozen.But it is a bit troublesome to pass through countless people, as well as vehicles and supplies. A sufficient number of planks must be laid to prevent the ice from breaking.In short, several channels must be erected to cross the river.

After receiving Dorgon's military order, Turge immediately started to get busy.On the one hand, he sent out infantry to surround the city of Tianjin.After that, the laying of the river crossing channel was started without any haste.During this waiting time, he deliberately crossed the river to see the situation of the Ming army in Tianjin City.

Tianjin City at this time was actually not that big.There are not too many heads and flags of the Ming army on the top of the city.Based on Turge's understanding of the Ming country, the Ming army inside is only about 6000 to [-] people.This kind of local army is tough enough to defend the city, and absolutely dare not go out of the city to attack the Qing army.

However, he didn't know that there was a pair of eyes looking at him at the same time in the arrow tower at the head of Tianjin City, watching the Manchu and Qing troops in the distance busy setting up the river crossing channel.

After looking at it for a while, I saw this man turned his head and ordered the generals beside him: "Pass down the order and hide it for me. Extra fireworks are strictly prohibited. After these two days, a great achievement is in sight, understand? "

"Understood, Lord Zhongcheng!" Several generals responded immediately, and then immediately went down to deliver orders.

This Mr. Zhongcheng, needless to say, is the governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting.He led the elite infantry, transported by animal power, and rushed to Tianjin City one step ahead of the Qing Tartars, where he hid and waited for an opportunity.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the capital, lost the opportunity to understand the war for the first time, because Wang Chengen was with Lu Xiangsheng, and Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou separated again.

But he didn't worry too much, after all, he had tried his best, and judging from the information he had so far, everything was going according to Lu Xiangsheng's plan. After following them for so many days, the Manchu Tartars didn't find any abnormalities at all.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen was still a little worried that if he supported the front-line operations so much, there would be an insider who would inform him.But after thinking about it, it seems impossible.Those who contacted the Manchus in Guannei were actually Shanxi merchants engaged in smuggling business.And the Shanxi merchants in the capital have already been arrested by him taking advantage of the Xungui case.

In addition, the Manchu and Qing troops returned to the north, and what route they took, these things, it is impossible for Shanxi merchants to know.Marching every day, in addition to the fact that the army can check each other's news, even if there are traitors, it may not be possible to find the Tartars and inform them in time.

Thinking of these things, Emperor Chongzhen thought of Fan Yongzheng, Fan Fu and others who were arrested in Dongchang Prison.Hehe, once the war is over, it's time to deal with you.

So he recruited Cao Huachun, the admiral of Dongchang, to ask about the situation.

"Your Majesty, that Fan Yongzheng has been calling for grievances." Cao Huachun played, "It is said that he is not in collusion with the palace, but that he has a good relationship with those two people. He knew them before entering the palace. Seeing that their lives are difficult, he subsidized some of them. That's all. When I chatted with them, I didn't expect them to do something in the palace. He really didn't ask them to do it, he didn't know!"

"Oh? Haha!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing angrily when he heard this, "Now, I'm going to die and refuse to admit colluding with the palace. Think about it, too. A businessman alone can't bear this charge!"

"Your Majesty, if you ask Dongchang to use tricks, I don't believe that he won't recruit." Cao Huachun said with confidence, "It's useless for him to be stubborn alone. Others wait, someone will recruit."

When they were arrested before, Emperor Chongzhen had explained that these people would still be useful in the future, so Dongchang didn't use any means, just questioned them as usual.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had withdrawn his mind from the front line and began to think about things after the war.I heard him say to Cao Huachun in a cold voice: "These Shanxi merchants have another very serious crime, which is coercing captives. You can use all means to end the case of cooperating with captives. Regarding related matters, I will give you another message later. In addition, I went to Jinyiwei to ask someone to testify. Her name is Gao Qingxue, who was rescued from Jianlu by a secret agent of Jinyiwei. She was asked to convey the story of the Shanxi merchants' cooperation with the captives. The Jin merchant who went to Jianlu's army was Fan Yongdou. The elder brother of Fan Yongzheng."

Cao Huachun had never heard of this matter.At this moment, when I heard it, my heart suddenly realized.No wonder the emperor was so well-informed that he even arranged Jinyiwei's spies into the Jianlu army!From this point of view, Dongchang is too far behind, but it must not be compared by Jin Yiwei.

Therefore, he quickly agreed, and secretly decided in his heart that the matter of Shanxi merchants cooperating with captives must be perfectly explained to the emperor.

Cao Huachun saw that the emperor had nothing else to say, so he took the initiative to play to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this servant has checked Chengyi Bo, and found no crimes. Compared with other nobles, he is very clean."

"Oh, I didn't expect there to be a special case among the nobles!" Emperor Chongzhen was delighted when he heard this, and praised with a smile.

Cao Huachun knew that the news would make the emperor happy, so he also smiled and said: "It is said that sincerity has been passed down from the ancestors, and future generations are strictly prohibited from violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty, let alone using the virtues of the ancestors to show off their power, keep a low profile in everything, and focus on learning."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that the first generation of Chengyi Bo was the well-known Liu Bowen. It seems that he is a scholar, and he is indeed the smartest. mind.

In later generations, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered heroes, but few people mentioned that those heroes who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, especially those generals, jumped from mud legs to the ranks of princes. Many people relied on their own merits, He began to be domineering, and he did not do less to bully men and women, which has already affected Zhu Yuanzhang's rule.

It has to be said that the awareness of ancient farmers was not as high as that of later generations.From the bottom with nothing to a high position, there are not too many things to get carried away.Zhu Yuanzhang was okay at that time, because he had already won the world, and there were no strong enemies around him.And Zhu Yuanzhang himself had a clear understanding of this, and used iron and blood to suppress those people. However, the titles of many heroes were still inherited by their descendants.

In the original history, Li Zicheng could have followed the example of Zhu Yuanzhang, from the bottom to the emperor, but it is a pity that with the enemy of the Manchu Qing, they didn't know clearly, without a clear mind, once they gained power, they could not understand clearly. Unscrupulous, the result is that the Manchus are cheaper, and the fruits of victory are picked, which is really a pity for future generations.

These thoughts flashed through Emperor Chongzhen's mind. At this time, he decided that if Jin Yiwei's reply said that this sincere uncle was like what Cao Huachun said, he was going to give him a bug. Seeds, and then let him lead the Beijing camp.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen still wanted to come by himself to rectify the affairs of the Beijing camp, but it would take a long time for the Yumajian to complete the rectification.

He was thinking about this, but on the front line, the battle was imminent.It's just that the Manchu army didn't know it.

At this time, the Manchu Qing army surrounded Tianjin City with 5000 troops. Of course, it was only a half-encirclement, mainly to prevent Tianjin City from thinking about them crossing the river.In addition, Tanma has also spread out for more than ten or twenty miles. If there is a situation around, they can react in time and take corresponding actions.

About [-] Jianlu troops crossed the Wei River first, and then blocked a large circle. After that, the people of Ming Dynasty were allowed to cross the river. They settled down in the large circle first, and then set off after everyone had passed. Continue north.

Carts of goods, such as gold, silver and jewelry, were also placed in a large circle after crossing the river, surrounding the Ming people to prevent them from escaping.

On the north bank of the Wei River, there are more and more people.Even the banner of the Central Army of the Manchu Qing army has appeared on the south bank.

Sun Chuanting, who was hiding in Tianjin City, estimated the situation in his heart and knew that it was almost the same.

(End of this chapter)