Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 309 Defrauding people is a technical job

Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "Where does joy come from?"

Cao Huan also knelt down and said in a loud voice: "After Master Zhang's entire army was wiped out, the arrogance of building slaves became more and more arrogant. Rumors that Dalinghe City opened the city without blood became rampant. At this critical moment, Master Lu resolutely led seven thousand The Tianxiong army, together with the [-] fine cavalry and [-] civilian men of the Guanning army, never hesitated to reinforce the Daling River again, and fought bloody battles with the Jiannu, until they killed a lot of bones. The three important generals, Lord Lu, Zu Dabi, and Zu Dale took the lead, and the army was like a broken bamboo. They defeated the Jiannu Zhenglan Banner at Jiming Station, marched forward with great singing, forcibly crossed the Daling River, and the soldiers approached the city!"

The officials scoffed in their hearts, bragging, who wouldn't?No matter how nice it sounds, if you lose, you lose!Even Chongzhen didn't seem to be very excited. He only cared about what happened to the more than 1 elite soldiers: "What happened later? Did it succeed?"

Cao Huan looked a little sad: "No!"

Chongzhen smiled bitterly and murmured: "As expected..."

Cao Huan continued: "After crossing the Daling River, our army's offensive was like a tide, and the establishment of slaves was retreating steadily. Master Lu led a hussars to charge directly at the king's banner of the slave chieftain Huang Taiji, and the Mo knife swung like a fly. The soldiers and horses were all broken, and the slaves did not dare to be cold, and the slave chiefs did not dare to show their sharpness, and retreated in panic. Our army's morale was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more and more fierce. At this time, the gate of Daling River also opened wide, and a horse The army rushed out of the city, attacking from both sides, and Jiannu was in chaos..."

This dead eunuch really has a talent for storytelling, and his words are vivid and immersive, some ministers let him go in, and asked nervously: "What happened afterwards?" Even Chongzhen was no exception: "Yeah, what happened next?"

It seems that everyone's appetite has been whetted, Cao Huan didn't dare to continue to show off, and then said: "Seeing that the two armies are about to meet, however, Jiannu fired all kinds of cannons and bombarded our army indiscriminately! Your Majesty , I saw with my own eyes a cannon weighing several kilograms roaring! General Zu Dale led a thousand cavalry straight to the Jiannu base camp, trying to destroy these cannons. The cavalry who rushed to the formation were overthrown one by one, whether they were men or horses, they were all bloody, but General Zu Dale didn't look back, and led the cavalry with heavy casualties, rushed forward, rushed into the Jiannu artillery position, The gunner who slashed and killed Jiannu..."

Chongzhen pounded the dragon chair excitedly and shouted in a low voice, "Good job!"

A white-haired minister stroked his beard, squinted his eyes and said: "The iron cavalry is riding blood and rushing into the battle, how strong it is!"

"However, at this moment, Jiannuzheng's red flag came out again!" Cao Huan exclaimed excitedly: "Your Majesty, at that time, our army's camp at Jimingyi was being attacked by the red flag, and the chariots left on the south bank The battalion was surrounded by two white flags, and the troops crossing the river were bloodied with Jiannu's two yellow flags and Zhenglan flag. At that time, Master Lu was fighting against the elite of Jiannu's six banners with less than [-] troops. How can we stand against it! Commander Zu saw that the situation was not good, and ordered the city gates to be closed. Most of the troops who came out of the city to meet the reinforcements died in battle, and there were no survivors. Lord Lu commanded the army to retreat slowly, trying to retreat to the south bank and enter the car camp. Jiannu bloody battle to the end! Jiannu swarmed and divided the army on both sides of the bank, surrounded by water. The fight was really miserable at that time, with no rules at all, tens of thousands of people crowded into a ball, and there was no room to dodge and move. They can only fight face to face, with knives and axes slashing, spears stabbing, one after another, the sharp arrows shot by Jiannu can almost cover the sky, until now, the slaves still shudder when they think of the scene at that time!"

Chongzhen's eyes were a little moist.It seems that the Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army tried their best to break the siege of Daling River. It is hateful to disobey orders, but it is rare to fight so bravely and decisively... and it is not unforgivable.If they fought so resolutely every time they faced Jiannu, and refused to back down, what would it matter if they disobeyed orders a few times?
Xiong Mingyu secretly screamed that it was not good, he had just sued Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Menglong for being tricky, and now these two dead eunuchs are so eloquent that they turned Chongzhen's anger into joy... The most terrible thing is, This battle was fought so fiercely that he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, knew nothing about it. He went to the front line of Jinzhou to quarrel with Yang Menglong and then came back to file a complaint. What did Chongzhen think of him?It is not clear what Chongzhen thought of him. Anyway, some younger ministers looked at him with something wrong.He hurriedly said: "Lord Lu is fighting alone. Although he is magnificent, but he is single and weak, and is surrounded by the slaves. I'm afraid it's a disaster, right?"

Chongzhen's heart tightened, and he asked nervously: "Yes, what happened afterwards?"

Cao Huan said: "Later? Later, when Lord Lu and the two ancestor generals were struggling to support, Commander Yang led nearly 4000 infantry and cavalry troops to support them!"

Wu Yong said: "Report to the Emperor: Lord Yang and Lord Lu have a very deep friendship. When Lord Lu insisted on reinforcing the Daling River, Lord Yang tried to persuade Lord Lu to wait until the Sichuan army left the gate and arrived in Jinzhou before acting. But Mr. Lu was loyal to state affairs, he did not follow his advice, and led the troops to fight. After Mr. Xiong arrived in Jinzhou, he ordered to stop reinforcements to Dalinghe, and ordered the Wuyang guards to enter the customs immediately to put down the Denglai rebellion. Mr. Yang was in a hurry... The emperor also knew , Mr. Yang is under 19 years old, young and energetic, and has a bit of a temper. In a hurry, he said something that shouldn't be done, which offended Mr. Xiong. Mr. Xiong, this servant is here to apologize to you on behalf of Mr. Yang."

Xiong Mingyu snorted, and said: "Elder-in-law, let's talk about what happened to Wuyangwei later. This officer made Mr. Yang very angry, and he came back before the winner was decided. I am really worried about it!"

Wu Yong repeated: "What happened to Wuyang Guard?" A look of pride appeared on his pale face, and he said loudly: "Wuyang Guard has [-] elite soldiers, [-] civilian husbands, and [-] Guan Ning Army crossbowmen galloping. Twenty miles away, in the first battle at Jiming Post, over [-] Jiannu and Mongol troops were defeated, more than [-] people were beheaded, [-] Zhan horses were captured, and countless armored staffs were captured!"

"what!?"

Many ministers who were more restless jumped up in fright, and even Wen Tiren, who had been looking at his heart with his eyes and nose, and made it clear that the matter had nothing to do with himself, widened his eyes and stared at Wu in surprise. Yong, wanted to see if he was crazy.There were less than [-] soldiers, of which only [-] were able to fight. How could they defeat Houjin's tens of thousands of troops and behead more than a thousand in the first battle?This record is too appalling!
Wu Yong looked around at the ministers, like a proud rooster: "In this battle, our Wuyang Guards killed more than fifty white-armored soldiers alone, including four Niu Lu'e Zhen, one Jia La'e Zhen, and Yue Tuo, the leader of the inlaid red flag. He was wounded by a crossbow arrow, threw away his helmet and armor along the way, fled in a panic, and was completely defeated! The Wuyang Army took advantage of the situation and pursued them all the way to the north bank of the Daling River, where they collided with the two white flags of Jiannu!"

Chongzhen cried out: "Oops! The Wuyang Army only has such a small number of people. The three banners of Jiannu have a total of 3 to [-] people. What should we do?"

Zhou Yanru sighed: "Don't chase the poor enemy, don't chase the poor enemy! Although Commander Yang is very brave, he is still too young after all. This time he has committed a taboo among military strategists. What should we do?"

Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty, at that time, the three flags of Jiannu added up to more than 2 people, ten times more than me. Faced with ten times the enemy, Master Yang has only one way: go! First use heavy artillery to open the way, After disrupting Jiannu's position, Lord Yang personally led [-] cavalry straight to the Jiannu King's Banner. He was invincible, and the guards around the slave chief Huang Taiji were wiped out by him, leaving only Nu chief alone, Like a lost dog fleeing from the wilderness, Commander Yang chased after him, and the two of them ran along the Daling River one by one for as far as a mile!"

Chongzhen almost stood up: "Yes...have you caught up!"

Wu Yong said: "We caught up! But two soldiers from Jiannu sacrificed their lives to stop them. Lord Yang shot one to death with a powerful crossbow, and the other struck his helmet with a knife, which made him dizzy and lost his accuracy. The spear missed the target, failed to hit the slave chief, and pierced the neck of the slave chief's horse!"

Chongzhen said regretfully: "What a pity!" But after thinking about it, he smiled again: "However, it was a good fight, and it gave me a bad breath! By the way, what happened to Commander Yang?"

Wu Yong said: "After stabbing the horse of the Nu Chief, several Jiannu generals rushed towards Commander Yang like crazy. One of them took advantage of his unpreparedness and shot an arrow, which hit Commander Yang's helmet. Commander Yang Immediately fell off the horse and fell into a coma..."

Chongzhen cried out: "He...he died in battle? How could this happen?"

Wu Yong hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, Commander Yang's helmet is made of fine steel, which is extremely strong. Jiannu's full-strength arrow just shot through his helmet and stunned him!"

Cao Huan said: "Seeing Commander Yang's arrow fell down, all the soldiers of our army were red-eyed and rushed towards him with their lives. Jiannu was also red-eyed and rushed towards him desperately. Tens of thousands of troops Surrounding him, blood and flesh flew all over the place. The brutality of the battle was unprecedented, and the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood was no exaggeration! After fighting for half a day, our army finally snatched Commander Yang back, and Jiannu was powerless to fight again. Both sides withdrew their troops. In this battle, our army suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and Jiannu also suffered heavy casualties. Our army only beheaded more than [-] ranks, and each rank was a real slave. Although the reinforcement of Dalinghe failed, the slaves thought that , our army is gloriously defeated!"

Chongzhen said excitedly: "Yes, it's an honor to be defeated! Didn't more than 1 people die? I can afford to die! As long as the soldiers dare to fight with their lives, even if [-] or [-] people die, I can still make up for them." !" Taking a deep breath, "By the way, how is Commander Yang?"

Wu Yong said: "I woke up halfway. I was so angry that I couldn't stab the slave chief to death. I roared and wanted to go back and cut Huang Taiji. Everyone talked dry, and finally persuaded him. By the way, retreat to the Under the city of Jinzhou, hundreds of Jiannu cavalry were still clinging on, Lord Yang humiliated them severely. Jiannu Danu rushed over to try his best, but was shot by a powerful crossbow and suffered heavy casualties. All together, blast them to pieces!"

The officials couldn't help laughing, this guy can really make a fuss.Chongzhen also showed a smile: "Nonsense, really nonsense, but... relieve your anger!"

Wu Yong asked someone to present a helmet to Chongzhen.As he said, there was a deep knife mark on the helmet, and there was an arrow hole. The arrowhead had been pulled out, but the blood was still there, showing how hard the arrow was shot.Touching the helmet, Chongzhen was filled with emotion: "Unexpectedly, at a young age, Commander Yang has the courage of ten thousand people, is more loyal, and is not afraid of powerful enemies. Let him be a commander of the guard, it is really inferior!"

Wu Yong said: "Nevertheless, Mr. Yang turned against his boss in a hurry, and blatantly disobeyed his will, which is also a capital crime of confiscating his family and exterminating his family. The two slaves and servants rushed back day and night, just to beg for him. Please read the emperor's sincerity, For the sake of bravely killing the enemy, let him die!"

Xiong Mingyu yelled that something was wrong.He never dreamed that Yang Menglong, a stunned young man, could reverse the defeat by himself and rescue the army that was besieged on both sides of the Daling River. In this way, this stunned young man was not only innocent, but great merit!I just sued him, this...

Come whatever you are afraid of, Chongzhen waved his hands in a good mood, and said: "If Commander Yang hadn't resisted the order and led the troops to fight, the [-] troops of Tianxiong and Guanning would have been wiped out and killed. There is no armor left. He not only rescued the two armies, but also stabbed the horses of the slave chiefs to death, severely defeating the prestige of the slave establishment, what is the crime? Not only will I not punish him, but I will reward him!"

The Commander of Jin Yiwei asked: "Then the decree just now..."

It's okay not to mention it, but when Chongzhen was mentioned, he became furious, glared at Xiong Mingyu angrily, and said viciously: "Xiong Mingyu, as a minister of the Ministry of War, you are in charge of the military power of a country. You didn’t even ask, you just conveyed my will in a hurry, ran back to sue after quarreling with a child, almost ruined more than ten thousand elite soldiers, and almost caused me to wrongly blame a general, what should you do!?”

Xiong Ming encountered two battles, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, and said repeatedly: "I am guilty, I am guilty!" He never dreamed that Yang Menglong's counterattack would come so fiercely and so quickly, leaving him no chance to fight back !It seems that it is just two supervisors running back day and night to report the military situation, but it is actually a set of extremely fierce combination punches. The most damaging part of this counterattack is that it completely blocks the news from the front line, leaving him ignorant of the battle situation. , wishful thinking that the Ming army must suffer a disastrous defeat; the worse thing is that these two dead eunuchs suddenly came out after he finished suing, didn't you sue Yang Menglong for not obeying the order?They told Chongzhen that if Yang Menglong hadn't resisted the decree, the Tianxiong Army and Guan Ning Army would have been wiped out already!Resisting the decree and rescuing more than [-] troops, which is more important?It’s okay not to compare, but once compared, his shortcomings such as irresponsibility, narrow-mindedness, and vengeful will come out as the minister of the Ministry of War; on the contrary, Yang Menglong, although impulsive and reckless in doing things, is loyal, brave and fearless. Love and righteousness, isn't the contrast too big?
For Chongzhen, a general who has many flaws in character, but is loyal and will fight to the death in every enemy is far more useful than ten ministers of the Ministry of War like Xiong Mingyu.He is not afraid of the shortcomings of his subordinates, but he dare not use those who have no shortcomings.Xiong Mingyu doesn't have any obvious shortcomings, but he can't handle things, so what's the use of him?For a moment, he thought it would be better to swap the seats of Yang Menglong and Xiong Mingyu...

Of course, it's just thinking about it. If you really do it like this, why don't civil servants and officials dismantle it?Although he was very upset with Xiong Mingyu, he didn't want to punish Xiong Mingyu too much for this mistake. After thinking about it, he said: "Punish you with half a year's salary, and reflect on yourself!"

Xiong Mingyu was about to thank him, but Wu Yong muttered abruptly: "Dalinghe City is only thirty miles away from Jinzhou..."

Hearing this, Chongzhen became furious, tens of thousands of troops were slaughtered thirty miles away, and you, a minister of the Ministry of war, didn't pay any attention to it, what a shame!He gritted his teeth and said, "One year's salary!"

Cao Huan muttered: "If the Guanmen Sichuan army can be transferred to Jinzhou in time to join forces, this battle can be won..."

Chongzhen's anger surged more than three thousand feet, and he wished he could swallow Xiong Mingyu alive—it was this bastard who repeatedly insisted on keeping the Sichuan army behind closed gates and not allowing the Sichuan army to leave the customs!Originally, he also thought that there was no strong and brave army near the capital, so he agreed, but now it seems that this suggestion was wrong. This bastard made the Ming army lose the last chance to turn defeat into victory in Dalinghe!He almost roared: "Suspended for half a year and sentenced to three years' salary!"

Xiong Mingyu almost cried. He was fined for three years, so he must starve to death?Just as he was asking for mercy, Wu Yong made up his sword again: "At that time, Lord Xiong drew out Shang Fang's sword to kill Commander Yang..."

Chongzhen became more and more angry————Finally, there was someone who was willing to fight to the death for me, and you actually wanted to chop him with Shangfang's sword?What is your intention?He said loudly: "Take back Shangfang's sword, and deprive Xiong's eldest son of Jinyiwei's job as a hundred households, so as to make an example to others!"

Xiong Mingyu's vision went dark and he almost fainted.His eldest son, Yin Jin Yi Wei Bai Hu, was hereditary last year. This position did not bring much profit, but it was also a sign of the emperor's trust in him. Now that Shang Fang's sword is withdrawn and his son is deprived of the title of Jin Yi Wei Bai Hu, it means that he has lost this position. The trust of the impatient emperor, want to turn over, easier said than done!
After cleaning up Xiong Mingyu, Chongzhen put on a smile and said: "The proposed decree: Tianxiong, Wuyang, and Guan Ning are loyal to the king and fight to the death. Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Menglong, Zu Dale and others even took the lead in defeating the army and killing generals. I am very relieved to recreate the slaves, and I have specially summoned the three generals Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Menglong, and Zu Dale to escort the captives to Beijing to show their victories, and reward them for their merits, I respect you!"

Half of the [-] troops died, and the generals were summoned to Beijing to offer victory. Isn't it amazing?

It is not strange at all. For the Ming Dynasty, half of the [-] troops were killed, more than [-] people were beheaded, and [-] were captured. This was an unprecedented victory...

(End of this chapter)