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

Chapter 858 Aggressive
The news that Chongzhen wanted to take the emperor's personal conquest was like a bolt from the blue, which made Yang Menglong tremble all over, and he almost couldn't even stand still.

The emperor's personal conquest is not a joke. In the end of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Yingzong and Ming Wuzong had personal conquests. As a result, everyone knows that Ming Yingzong defeated the elite soldiers and strong generals accumulated by generations after Jingnan in Tumubao. All of them were ruined, and since then, the power of the Ming Dynasty has declined greatly, and Wacha and Tatars can come to Beijing to hold parties.Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty defeated the little Mongolian prince in Yingzhou and helped his grandfather get back the place, but he was powerless to prevent the decline of the Ming Dynasty.A mature monarch, unless he is sure of winning or has no other choice, will never easily lead a personal conquest.

Chongzhen had never led soldiers before, so he didn't look like he was sure of winning, so it could only be a last resort.

"When the emperor goes to court, the earth shakes and the mountains shake." This sentence is not just a joke. In the feudal era, the emperor was the country's honor, disgrace and safety. If he died in battle or was captured, the world would be in chaos. Urous, wishing to lock the emperor in the palace and not let him go anywhere. Finally, there was a Ming Wuzong who dared to go outside the Great Wall to fight against the Mongols. He died for no reason. How could they be uncharacteristically and try their best to instigate Chongzhen Yujia Did they recruit themselves? Could it be that they all took the wrong medicine? Yang Menglong found the answer after a little thought:

They never planned to let Chongzhen come back alive!

First of all, it is now close to the end of the year, and the whole north is splashed with ice. This is by no means a suitable season for combat.Under the severe cold in Liaodong, the Ming army will soon experience a large number of non-combat attrition, and its combat power will be greatly reduced!The most terrible thing is that the Bohai Sea has been frozen, and the powerful Denglai navy can only stare blankly, and cannot go north to give the army any support. That is to say, the army led by Chongzhen was a lone army from the beginning!
Second, the timing wasn't right either.Driven by natural disasters, the Mongols are now attacking the border areas like crazy, and are fighting blood and blood with the Tianxiong Army on the Hetao Plain. Taking away an entire army from the Tianxiong Army at this time is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot!The strength of the Tianxiong Army is already tense enough. If another army is taken away, the section between Xuanfu and Jizhen will be empty. If this army is trapped in Liaodong, the Mongolian army will take the opportunity to attack from Xuanfu and Jizhen. If you can't draw even a single soldier to resist, the entire Xuanda defense line is likely to collapse because of this!
Finally, the choice of commander was wrong.If the commander-in-chief of this army is Lu Xiangsheng, although he may not be able to capture Shenyang, at least Hou Jin will not be able to take advantage of him. He is not dead, but Gao Qiqian is the cheater!Historically, Lu Xiangsheng was tricked to death by teaming up with Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang. This was a genius who could turn Guan Ning's cavalry into a bombing cavalry. If he handed over this army with a very complicated composition, what would be the outcome? Just imagine!

Reminiscing about his own assassination, Yang Menglong only felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet, straight to his spine, and his whole body was chilling.

In order to protect your own interests, you will not hesitate to ruin the entire country, you are so vicious!It is said that the hearts of women are the most poisonous. This is a great injustice. Compared with these scholar-bureaucrats, Empress Lu and Wu Zetian are as kind as angels!
He could no longer stay in Taiwan. At his insistence, the Denglai Navy quickly dispatched four light frigates to escort him back to the mainland.When boarding the ship, he said to Shen Tingyang: "Leave three warships, and the main force of the fleet will go north immediately. If it cannot cross the Bohai Sea, it will be stationed in Yantai. When the weather gets warmer and the sea soldiers melt away, immediately send troops to Liaodong. Don't hesitate! "

Shen Tingyang also knew that the situation was serious. During this period of time, Fujian and Jiangnan civil servants showed their favor in every possible way, and he realized that the situation was wrong, but he never got the order from the Ministry of War. At the same time, Yang Menglong was seriously injured and he was at a loss. Now he has Yang Menglong's order would naturally not be neglected.He said: "Understood! I will return to Shanghai, replenish ammunition and supplies, and then go north!"

Yang Menglong said irritably: "Don't go to Shanghai for supplies, go north immediately, and see if you can reach Dalian Bay before the Bohai Sea freezes!"

Shen Tingyang was stunned: "Now the fleet is in short supply of ammunition. On average, there are only [-] shells left for a cannon, and the rocket shells are only enough to fire three rounds. With such a small amount of ammunition, even if they rush to Dalian Bay, they will not be of much use! "

Yang Menglong said: "At least you can go to Yingkou in the most critical time, where you can meet the emperor and they evacuate to Dalian, understand?"

Shen Tingyang gasped, lowered his voice and asked, "Master Hou, is the situation really so serious?"

Yang Menglong said: "I'm afraid it's more serious than I imagined! Don't ask, hurry up and make arrangements. We must set sail northward within three days. We are racing against death!"

Shen Tingyang saluted solemnly: "Understood!"

With such a large fleet, even if it rests for two months, it does not mean that it can leave, so Yang Menglong gave Shen Tingyang three more days, and he left Heliao Port under the protection of those light frigates. A ship sails to the mainland.

After Shen Tingyang watched him go, he summoned the generals with an extremely serious expression: "Master Hou ordered all the team members to board the ship immediately, and immediately remove the naval guns that were dismantled and installed on the fort on the shore and put them back on the warship. Don't stay! These tasks must be completed within three days, and sail north immediately after three days. If at that time I see that there is still a shell and a soldier left on the shore, I don't mind using the head of the responsible officer Come sacrifice the flag!"

All the generals were stunned, they didn't dare to say more, they acted immediately, Chixian City and Taiwan City suddenly became flustered.

Yang Menglong returned home like an arrow, regardless of whether the ship's body could bear it or not, he braved the strong sea wind to fill the sails, and advanced at full speed. In less than a day, he returned to Fujian.Due to the limited time, he was destined to be unable to go ashore in Fujian, so the fleet could only sail close to the coastline.What comforted him a little was that the black tiger flags were still flying high at ports in a series of coastal cities such as Xiamen, Quanzhou, Putian, and Fuzhou. Standing upright like a javelin under the banner to prove to Yang Menglong that during his two months of recuperation, Fujian was still firmly controlled by the Heluo New Army, and no one can take away the fruits of victory from them!No matter how your civil servants and gentry win over, show favor, threaten and lure, the Heluo New Army will just say: "We need to ask the Marquis for instructions, please go back 1" and roll the eyes of those who win them over.

The warship headed north all the way, passing through Wusongkou.The water battalion at Wusongkou has been expanded several times, and many forts and bastions have been added. Hundreds of Heluo new troops are stationed here, as firm as a rock.The Heluo New Army’s management of Wusongkou had a huge impact on the entire Shanghai area. A large number of merchants and farmers followed, those who opened up wasteland, those who did business, and even built factories here. This place prospered at an astonishing speed. .

After Wusongkou, along the upstream of the Yangtze River, the speed slowed down significantly.Now is the dry season of the Yangtze River, the water level has reached the lowest point of the year, and the wind direction is not right. It is difficult to sail against the current.Yang Menglong smiled wryly, and had to admire those bastards for picking an excellent timing, and all unfavorable factors were dumped on his side.He asked to get off the boat and ride on the boat to save time, but Hong Niangzi and all the soldiers unanimously strongly opposed it—his wounds had not fully healed, and he was really not suitable for riding.He had no choice but to stay on the boat, watching the fleet slowly move upstream, feeling anxious.

Fang Yizhi was also anxious.

The whole country was shocked when Chongzhen wanted to conquer in person, and Fang Yizhi was almost knocked out of his wits.My God, is it fun to go on a personal expedition? My lord the emperor, do you think you are traveling? You are fighting against the most murderous and bloodthirsty slaves!He wrote thirteen memorials in a row, and signed them with all the officials of Huguang and Heluo, imploring Chongshi to dismiss this stupid idea, but they all fell to the ground.The orders from the Ministry of War came one after another, and the purpose was just two words: deploy troops!

The main force of Tiaohe Luoxin Army went northward, acted as the main force of the army, and attacked Shenyang!This is about to die. The Heluo New Army is Yang Menglong's army. So far, they have hardly received a penny of food from the imperial court. They only obey Yang Menglong's orders, and they can also listen to the orders of Heluo officials. As for the imperial court... You'd better save some saliva!They ignored the orders of the Ministry of War.Seeing this, the Ministry of War immediately put pressure on Fang Yizhi, but Fang Yizhi was not an idiot. He knew that the honor and disgrace of his Fang family depended on the new army of Heluo. Without Yang Menglong's pressure, he sent Heluo Xinjun to them, and promised to send back as many boxes of ashes as the soldiers sent out—maybe they wouldn't even be able to send the ashes back.He fought Taijiquan with the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War was very annoyed by this, so he sued Chongzhen. Chongzhen probably felt that Fang Yizhi didn't give him face, so he issued an order to reprimand him severely, making Fang Yizhi a bad person both inside and outside. I can only pray that Yang Menglong will come back soon, he really can't cope with such a dangerous situation!

There was no news from Yang Menglong for a long time, but the Minister of the Ministry of War came to the door first.

By the way, a month ago, Fu Zonglong was crazily impeached by officials for corruption, and Chongzhen took off his black hat and put him in prison. The current minister of the Ministry of War is Yang Sichang.This person has a compelling arrogance all over his body, and he is obviously not an easy character to get along with. He personally traveled day and night in a carriage from Beijing to Wuhan. When will we be able to dispatch troops?"

All Huguang civil and military officials were silent.Huguang and Heluo areas have such a booming situation, it all depends on the Heluo new army, if the Heluo new army is hit hard, it is hard to say whether they can keep their own interests and keep this stage for them to play to their fullest Very much, such a serious matter, they can't be careless.

Yang Sichang sneered: "Why, even the imperial decree can't invite the new army of Heluo, right? The slave chieftain Hongtai declared himself emperor against the sky, which is the shame of the Ming Dynasty and the shame of all the people. The emperor Longyan was furious, and he was so angry that he personally conquered it. As the saying goes :'The emperor is concerned about the humiliation of the minister, the emperor is humiliated and the minister is dead'! The Holy Majesty suffered a great humiliation, and we ministers should risk our lives to wash away this shame, even if we are smashed to pieces! Now the army has set off, and the war is about to break out. As the new army of Heluo What's the reason why the Ming Dynasty's strongest army refuses to move? Could it be that you are trying to get into troubled waters and change your masters?"

This guy spoke like a knife, surprisingly mean and vicious, and all the civil and military officials present made him tremble with anger. Fang Kongzhang suppressed the anger in his heart, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, calm down! The Heluo New Army only has 4000 people. Guarding such a large territory as Huguang is already stretched, and now the Ministry of War needs to mobilize 2 people, how can it be mobilized all of a sudden!"

Yang Sichang still sneered: "It's been a month since the imperial decree came down, and you haven't mobilized all the troops? According to my official opinion, you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and want to disobey orders! Hmph, it is said that the new army of Heluo must fight to the death when encountering an enemy. The strong army, I have seen it today, what is the number one strong army, it is clearly a group of shrinking turtles!"

Xue Siming slapped the table with his palm and shouted sharply: "Say it again!"

Cao Jun said angrily, "Who do you call a coward? From the Daling River to Taiwan, we fought the slaves, the bandits, the pirates, and the captives. When did we get over that!?"

Yang Sichang said: "Stop talking nonsense. If you really dare to fight, send troops immediately. Otherwise, you will disobey the order! Those who disobey the order are regarded as rebellious, and the imperial court will send a large army to wipe out all of you. There is no need for an army either!"

Everyone's complexion changed slightly.The consequences of disobeying orders are too serious. Once they are classified as rebellious, they will definitely become enemies of the world. They cannot afford such serious consequences!
Yang Sichang sneered in his heart, Qiu Ba is Qiu Ba, it is not easy to restrain you!He looked around the crowd and asked in a cold voice, "Will you be regarded as the rebels of the Ming Dynasty and then wiped out by the imperial army, or send troops to expedition to Liaodong? Choose yourself!"

The hall fell into a deathly silence, and a needle could be heard.

Yang Sichang was aggressive: "Are you going to send troops to Liaodong or are you going to be a rebel? Speaking, I don't have much patience!"

Still silent.

In the awkward silence, a hoarse voice came from exhaustion: "We send troops!"

Fang Yizhi, Fang Kongxuan, Xue Siming, Cao Jun, Li Yan, Qi Hu... all the civil and military officials present jumped up excitedly. With big eyes, I happened to see a young man with a pale complexion and a dusty face striding in.His face was very thin, without much blood, but his eyes became sharper, as if they wanted to pierce his heart!

Yang Menglong!
He actually came back from Taiwan alive!

Yang Menglong stared at him, and said mockingly: "We sent troops, and the main force of Heluo's new army was dispatched to fight Jiannu to the end. Are you satisfied?"

Yang Sichang twitched the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, his smile was uglier than crying.

(End of this chapter)