Chongzhen chat group

Chapter 459 It's too early for the decisive battle
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen woke up, he immediately entered the chat group to find out the situation.At this time, the battle in Liaoyang was over, and both Gao Yingyuan and Wei Mulan had reported. In conclusion, they said: Liaoyang had already been occupied, and because the city gate had been controlled in advance, no one escaped from the city.

In addition, a total of 32 people including Aixinjueluo Babuhai and his Jurchen Tartars were captured alive, and the rest were killed.On the Ming army's side, except for two people who were injured during the night march, only one person was slightly injured by Jianlu's arrow in the offensive and defensive battle in the city, and there was no other loss.

Now Han Wu and Gao Yingyuan led an army composed of Han slaves and Koreans to patrol the city. The order in the city was very good, and there were no accidents such as water leakage.In terms of materials seized, there are a lot of military supplies alone, and there is more than enough food to feed 5000 people for a month.

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After reading the victory report, Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed, got up immediately, and summoned Wen Tiren and other cabinet ministers, Minister of the Ministry of War Shen Yongmao, and the eunuch Bingbi, the Minister of Rites, to have an audience.

In the early years of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen did it himself. As the inner minister, it is not worthy of the name to be compared with the cabinet in the outer court.But since the soul of Emperor Chongzhen was changed, especially after Cao Huachun was appointed as the eunuch in charge of the seal, the supervisor of ceremonies slowly began to play the role of inner minister again, and the discussion of major national affairs had the supervisor of ceremonies again. s position.

Inside the Wenhua Palace, but when he explained the situation, the atmosphere immediately became lively.After Cong Jianlu ravaged Liaodong, it was something that had never happened before.In the past, there was only the matter of Jianlu taking over the city of Daming, and there was no such thing as Daming taking back Jianlu and occupying the city.More importantly, the capture of Liaoyang, an important town in eastern Liaodong this time, is of great significance!
This is a great victory, a real victory!
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, you are so powerful!" Wen Tiren was the first to say congratulations with an excited face.

Cao Huachun was not to be reconciled, and immediately followed up and said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and has the insight to know the pillars of the pillars. Only now can we achieve today's great victory. The servants dare to guarantee with their heads. With His Majesty here, it will not be far to pacify Liaodong!"

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This battle, without the communication in the chat group, would definitely not have such a result.Although Emperor Chongzhen slept with Concubine Tian in his arms and was not on the front line, if he really wanted to talk about his first achievements, he really took it for granted. Whoever let him have this chat group, of course, knowing people and making good use of them.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and accepted all the congratulations from his courtiers.

Of course, this was not his intention to call these courtiers here.After a while, Emperor Chongzhen asked, "What do you think the next step should be?"

There was indeed a plan before, but I thought that the battle of Liaoyang, not to mention earth-shattering, at least the news would leak, and the surrounding Jianren would definitely know it immediately.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yingyuan and Han Wu's outstanding performance also had a certain element of luck, which made the battle on the battlefield extremely simple.No one even escaped from the city, that is to say, Liaoyang was captured by the Ming army, but the surrounding Jianlu didn't know it at all.This situation is different from the estimate, so Emperor Chongzhen wanted to ask the think tank what he meant.

Shen Yongmao, Minister of the Ministry of War, did not grab the first chance to flatter. He was prepared at this time and was the first to go out and play: "Your Majesty, I think that the Guanning Army and the Liaoyang Denglai Army can be attacked back and forth and defeated in one fell swoop. Mangurtai's troops pushed our Ming front line to Liaoyang, and then threatened Shenyang."

If this is the case, it will be equivalent to regaining a large area of ​​Liaodong land, and the Ming forces will enter the hinterland of Liaodong again. The prospect is indeed very attractive.

Moreover, Mang Gurtai's subordinates knew the truth and reality, and ordered Sun Chengzong to let the Guanning army attack with all its strength; and then on Liaoyang's side, Denglai governor Lu Xiangsheng had [-] cavalry troops, plus the incorporated army, there were combat-capable troops There are at least two thousand or so. If you attack back and forth, you are sure of victory!
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but weigh it in his heart when he heard the suggestion of the Minister of War.However, Min Hongxue, an assistant minister in the cabinet who knew about military affairs, stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, we should be able to defeat Mang Gurtai's troops, but when the North Korean Jianlu army returns to the division, can we hold Liaoyang?"

What he meant by this was obviously against it.Upon hearing this, Shen Yongmao immediately retorted, "With Governor Denglai's ability, how difficult is it to defend Liaoyang?"

The other courtiers did not speak, and just listened to the two of them arguing.The same was true for Emperor Chongzhen, who did not immediately deny the opinion of one of them, and was also listening.

"If the Jianlu army cuts off the connection between Ningjin and Liaoyang and traps Liaoyang to death, can we, Ming Dynasty, have the military strength to get through and support Liaoyang?" Min Hongxue did not answer Shen Yongmao's rhetorical question directly, but asked another question.

When Shen Yongmao heard this, he paused, apparently unable to answer immediately.However, he did not give up, turned his head and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, if this is really the case, you can gather the elite from the nine sides and fight Jianlu to the death near Liaoyang!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought for a while, shook his head, and finally made a decision: "This is not a good strategy. There are troops in the important towns on the nine borders, but the places are not stable and need to be guarded by troops. If the nine Bian Jingrui, maybe one end is unbalanced, and the other end has too many things!"

In the original history, Daming would not have perished so early.That is, there are Jian captives outside the pass, and thieves inside the pass, tossing Daming one inside and one outside.It was hard to put down the bandits, but Jianlu invaded and gave the bandits a chance to grow again.The troops were dispatched to fight Jianlu, but the bandits made a scene of jubilation, and Emperor Chongzhen ordered to urge decisive battles one after another. He became a pig teammate that everyone hated.

After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, he immediately added: "Besides, I don't have the strength to support the decisive battle with Jianlu right now. If we insist on doing it, it may be okay if we win, but if we lose or even stand in a stalemate, it will be all right. As a result, the great situation that has finally achieved financial improvement is ruined!"

He was considering it from an economic point of view. He believed that if the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was there, he would probably be the first to stand up against it without saying anything.The three words of the decisive battle are spoken lightly by outsiders, and only the Minister of the Household Department has personal experience. It is all money!

The emperor made it clear that Shen Yongmao didn't dare to contradict him anymore, he didn't dare to pat his chest and promise that he would win.If he was really sure of this, he would have asked for an order to replace Sun Chengzong to take credit for it!

Emperor Chongzhen asked the suggestions of other courtiers again, and found that he was not satisfied, so he decided to follow the original opportunity and spend Jianlu at a small price first.Anyway, Jianlu's plate is only that big, and Jianlu will definitely be overwhelmed by spending him a few times.At that time, the new army that can really be used in field battles will definitely be able to take action, and wait until then to talk about the decisive battle.

Thinking of this, he dismissed the meeting, entered the chat group by himself, and contacted Wei Mulan to give his order.

(End of this chapter)