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

Chapter 915 Rupture
In Fuzhou City.

Surrounded by trenches, minefields, and barbed wire on three sides, the city has expanded a lot in the past two years, and many new buildings have been built inside and outside the city, which is completely different from the original depression and barrenness.After the victory in Lushun, the Ming army recaptured half of the Liaodong Peninsula. With the help of the Heluo New Army and the Tianxiong Army, resources that had not been utilized before were quickly developed, such as the Fuzhou Salt Field, where daily production More than a thousand stones of refined salt, salt white as snow, without a trace of impurities, without a trace of bitter smell unique to seawater, has become the hard currency of the Dongjiang Army.Merchant ships from Shandong and Hebei brought in boatloads of goods, exchanged them for refined salt from the Dongjiang Army, and then trafficked them to the major cities in Zhili in the north and south. Once they changed hands, they made several times the profit. It is relatively low, giving those merchants huge profit margins, and it is extremely popular. Thanks to this, the Liaodong Peninsula, which was originally cut off from business travel, suddenly became densely populated with merchant ships and merchants.It is precisely because of the inexhaustible refined salt as hard currency that the Dongjiang Army has recruited a large number of civilians, expanded Fuzhou City, and turned a small city into a large city that can accommodate 10,000+ people. Li is at the level of a medium county, but in Liaodong, it is really a big city!

It is a pity that the continuous war made the prosperous scene of the past no longer exist. Seeing the momentum of the decisive battle between Ming Dynasty and Manchuria, many businessmen and tourists fled the Liaodong Peninsula. After the war spread all the way to this side, Fuzhou area A wave of fleeing was quickly set off, and everyone rushed to Jinzhou Lushun, and Fuzhou was suddenly emptied.Mao Yongjun, who stayed behind in Liaodong, had nothing to do about it. They were here to do business, and of course they would run away when they saw danger. He couldn't lead his troops to detain them, could he?Fortunately, these guys just fled to Lushun, which is stronger in Jinzhou, and have no plans to flee back to Shandong and Tianjin. First, the sea conditions do not allow it, and the Bohai Sea in winter is too dangerous. Going to sea at this time is courting death. Second, they are reluctant As long as the flames of war do not reach Lushun, they will never leave the Liaodong Peninsula for the huge profits that can be brought about by sea trade with the Dongjiang Army!

As long as they don't leave Liaodong, everything will be easy to discuss.

However, this wave of escape helped the Ming army invisibly. Nearly [-] remnants of the Ming army poured into Fuzhou City. Because a large number of merchants, tourists and even immigrants fled, Mao Yongjun got enough houses to settle in without any trouble. These exhausted soldiers.He ordered rice to be brought out to cook pots of sticky meat porridge, opened the supply, and opened the storehouse to bring out a large amount of coal to add to the fireplace, making every house warm.These supplies were originally prepared for those merchants and immigrants, but they escaped, so they were not used, and now they just come in handy.

The Ming army who entered the city was manipulated by the Dongjiang army like puppets, as if they had no sense at all. It was not until they had two bowls of meat porridge that they were sure that they were still alive. In the robe Ze, everyone felt sad and wept bitterly, the cry seemed to tear the heart apart, it was heartbreaking!

As the king of a country, Chongzhen's treatment was naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers of the Ming army. On the way to fight thousands of miles, even Lu Xiangsheng had to eat trees and grass roots to satisfy his hunger. He still had food and was not hungry.Now that he entered Fuzhou City, Mao Yongjun naturally tried his best to get him a table of fairly sumptuous food and wine for him to enjoy.After more than 20 days of purgatory journey, the king of a country is already in shape and emaciated. He is really hungry and wants to eat a big meal, but the painful wails are heard not far away. Crying made him unable to swallow at all. 30 horses!Just because of his impulsiveness, 30 horses were buried like this. How many 30 horses can be squandered by him in the entire Ming Dynasty?These 30 people are all bloody men who are not afraid of powerful enemies, and they are also a force that has been accumulated with great difficulty in the reforms of the Ming Dynasty for several years. They were ruined like this, and they were ruined together with countless lives, and Yang Menglong and Lu Xiangsheng had a hard time. The great situation that has just been worked hard... When he thinks of this, his heart is pierced, even if it is a bear's paw and a Phoenix's cheek, he can't swallow it.He was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice to these emaciated generals: "I am sorry to all my lovers, and I am sorry to these 30 loyal and brave soldiers of the Ming Dynasty! I am even more ashamed of the common people!"

The king of a country cannot admit his mistakes. He is the emperor, the beloved son of heaven, and he can never make mistakes.Even if the emperor really did something wrong, he couldn't admit it. If he really wanted to admit it, he had to wait until his death, and then the successor would admit his mistakes for him. This has been the case since ancient times.Now Chongzhen admitted his mistake in person in front of many generals, which was unprecedented. However, the generals did not react at all. Not to mention the sincerity and fear of kowtow and apology, even their expressions did not change much.They were too tired after fighting thousands of miles in the wind and snow, and they were too tired to think about other things. Moreover, they were not civil servants and could not learn from the civil servants. They believed in their hearts that Chongzhen's rash expedition to the east had failed from the very beginning. You were wrong, and it's too late to admit your mistake now!Don't talk about the majesty of the emperor, don't admit your mistake, old man, even if you kneel on the ground and kowtow a hundred times, will the hundreds of thousands of people who died in the battle survive?

They have been completely disappointed in this emperor.

Lu Xiangsheng forced a smile, and comforted Chongzhen, saying: "The matter is over, the emperor should not think about it anymore, it is better to eat something quickly and drink a few glasses of wine to regain strength... The battle is not over yet, who knows what will happen next What is it, how can you handle it if you don't have the strength. Everyone, drink, drink!"

Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them with each other, then drank with their heads held high.

The wine tasted bitter when I drank it. It was so bitter that it was hard to swallow.

Shang Keyi angrily threw the wine glass on the ground, gnashing his teeth and cursing: "The stupid Guan Ning army, you made us miserable!"

Upon hearing the word "Guan Ning Jun", Chongzhen's face twitched slightly, as if someone had stabbed him hard, but Shang Kexi yelled directly: "If there is a counterattack in the future, the general of Liaoxi will definitely be killed." Kill them all, leave no chickens or dogs behind, Guan Ning's officers and soldiers are all sent to low status, if this is not the case, we will not be able to dispel the resentment in our hearts!"

Li Weiluan also scolded: "That's right! It's understandable for the bandits to rebel, because the imperial court is sorry for them, but the imperial court is worthy of the Guanning army! All the country's resources are used to support those 10,000+ arrogant soldiers, and let them live a prosperous life. They even betrayed Ming Dynasty! ? This is simply unreasonable. It would be better if they could destroy the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, but if not, they can just wait to die!"

All the generals present opened their mouths, cursing Guan Ningjun with the most vicious words.Their anger and hatred towards the Guan Ning army far exceeds that towards the Qing army. It is only natural for the Qing army to plot against them. They are unbearable, no army can tolerate such betrayal and plotting!During these 20 days, Guan Ning's army chased and killed them the hardest, even harder than the Qing army. They couldn't remember how many people died in the hands of Guan Ning's army. Draining the blood of the Liaoxi general will not be wiped away!As Li Weiluan said, unless the Guan Ning Army and the Qing Army can destroy Daming in one fell swoop and drive them all to extinction, otherwise, as long as they survive, they will fight the Guan Ning Army to the end, and they will never die!

These generals only cared about venting their anger, completely ignoring Chongzhen's feelings.He also knew that Guan Ning's army was very disappointing, but he didn't expect that Guan Ning's army would be so shameless. Daming spent all his country's resources to support these proud soldiers for decades. In decades, even cold stones should be ashamed. Wu was transformed, but they betrayed Daming without hesitation. They slapped Daming and Zhu Youjian hard on the face, making his eyes stare!But even so, he still felt embarrassed when the generals scolded the Guan Ning Army in front of him, because he insisted on using the Guan Ning Army as the main force of the Eastern Expedition, and directly sent 30 people to hell. Guan Ningjun's trust, he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in!
Lu Xiangsheng saw Chongzhen's embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Shut up, don't say any more! Since you have no intention of drinking, you will step back and let the emperor eat something!"

The generals simply stood up angrily, and just bowed their hands to Lu Xiangsheng as a military salute, and then strode out. As for Chongzhen, they completely ignored it.Seeing this scene, Chongzhen felt chills all over his body, he was stunned for a long time before he smiled miserably, and said: "I never thought that I would lose my heart to this extent!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, and said: "The generals haven't recovered from the days of fighting, they are very tempered, and it is understandable that they are not polite. The emperor should not care about them."

Chongzhen still smiled miserably: "How dare I care about them, thank God if they don't care about me!" Shaking his head, he picked up the wine glass and drank it down, then imitated the generals and threw the wine glass on the ground to smash it into pieces. Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, he asked, "Lu Aiqing, what are your plans for the future?"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "Your Majesty, we should rest in Liaodong for a period of time, and wait until the sea ice melts. Now the Dongjiang Army is running out, and the troops that have been withdrawn are also weakened. It is difficult to rest without a month or two." Restored combat power..."

Chongzhen shouted: "This is not what I mean! I am asking you, do you want to be Cao Mengde or Wang Mang!"

This is too serious. When the emperor asked a minister whether he wanted to be Cao Cao or Wang Mang, there was basically no friendship between the monarch and his ministers, only you and me.In the past, Lu Xiangsheng might have been so startled by these words that he knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head, but now his heart is as hard as iron, he was only slightly moved, and then he regained his composure and said, "I dare not!"

Chongzhen sneered again and again: "Don't you dare? I'm afraid even if you dare, you can't help yourself! Due to my fault, the troops in Beizhili have been evacuated, and the Dongjiang, Denglai, and Changping armies have no time to protect themselves. The Ning Army rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Only you, the Tianxiong Army, are still strong, and now you have brought out [-] elite soldiers who have survived the battle from the sky and the earth. , the entire Liaodong Peninsula will follow like a cloud, and the Tianxiong Army will respond in the northwest and Daming Road, but whether it is a separatist regime or going north to compete with Jiannu, it will come naturally. Will you give up such a good opportunity? I am afraid that even if you want to give up, These tens of thousands of soldiers are not reconciled, right?" It can be seen that he was full of resentment for Lu Xiangsheng's killing Gao Qiqian on the spot, beheading the generals he promoted, and completely emptying him, and now he is full of resentment. Yes, he poured out the counts endlessly, some of them were all poured out, completely forgetting his own situation.In his opinion, he has become a puppet. If he can end up like Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, he will be blessed by his ancestors.

Lu Xiangsheng listened quietly, with no expression on his face. These slanderous words that could scare the traditional civil servants to death several times did not cause many waves in his heart.When Chongzhen said he was tired, he said with a little bitterness: "It turns out that this is how His Majesty looks at me."

Chongzhen sneered.He was very suspicious at first, but after this heavy blow, it became even worse. When he was struggling for his life, he didn't feel anything. Now that he was safe, he completely broke out. He completely forgot about Lu Xiangsheng. To cover his loyalty when he desperately broke through, he only remembered Lu Xiangsheng's dismissal of him and the generals' rudeness to him!
Being mean and ungrateful and extremely suspicious are probably the common faults of most emperors.They doubted which minister, not because of whether the other party had such a motive, but whether the other party had such an ability. Being able to challenge the majesty of the imperial power was a capital crime in itself, and Lu Xiangsheng had committed this capital crime now.Lu Xiangsheng's expression became even more bitter. He fixed his eyes on Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, you and I have known each other for ten years, right? Have you never trusted a humble official? Not even once?"

Chongzhen snorted coldly and didn't speak, the answer couldn't be more clear.

The emperor is very pitiful, no one can trust him, not even the most loyal person, just because he is the emperor!

Lu Xiangsheng let out a long sigh, and said helplessly, "It seems that some things must change."

Shocked, Chongzhen asked, "What do you want?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never be Cao Cao or Wang Mang. I will always remember your Majesty's appreciation and promotion of me! It's just... this kind of person is so high that everyone in the world will serve him year after year." The situation of paying a heavy price for the existence of the emperor should be changed... Weichen has been to Huguang and Heluo many times, and found that the people there can live very well even without the emperor. I think the people in the world should also change. I can live..."

(End of this chapter)