Beiyang new warlord

"The subject is in charge!"

In the impassioned voice, the white filial piety was caressed on the ground. It was completely different from those Western politics of compromise and compromise. At this time, the Ming court did not compromise at all, and the densely packed courtiers standing behind almost followed Lu Xiangsheng's roar. He showed a look of approval.

It's a pity that the people behind Lu Xiangsheng are all hypocrites. It's hard to imagine that six years later in history, the same group of literati who yelled that there would be no peace, servilely turned the Tartars who had broken through the gate into the establishment The slaves are invited to enter the capital city, worship them as masters, shave their hair and wear clothes easily, and are willing to be slaves, but they can't ask for it.

The ear-piercing roar also made Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, twitch involuntarily.

Seeing this situation, Yang Sichang hurriedly stood up and bowed full of righteous words: "The court does not advocate harmony, it is just those outside discussions! I am a great Ming, how can I be with Haidong?" The barbarians bowed their knees and begged for peace?"

“So good!”

The voice was as loud as a bell, and his square face was flushed with excitement. Kneeling in the center, Lu Xiangsheng kowtowed to Chongzhen again excitedly.

"Your Majesty, the newly defeated army who built slaves has lost morale and suffered damage. It is a sign of dying to invade our pass at this time. Its lone army goes deep and is isolated and helpless. In the land of our capital, Qin Wang's soldiers and horses gather. There are Xuanda frontier soldiers, the elite of Liaozhen, twice as strong as Jiannu, and they are still fighting on our land. The soldiers are eager to protect their homes and the country, and they are going all out to destroy this bandit chieftain, so as to ensure the stability of our Daming border for a hundred years! "

"Immediately, I will go to the Changping camp, send out surprise soldiers, attack the slave chieftains, and fight to the death with Jiannu!"

Lu Xiangsheng's roar made a group of court ministers feel elated, as if they had already killed the Qing army to the point of blood flowing into rivers, and their corpses were strewn all over the field, as if they were about to celebrate the victory, but Emperor Chongzhen's brows trembled even more. On the other side, Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the Liaodong Supervising Army of the Zhuhe faction, also showed a bit of disgust at Lu Xiangsheng who was kneeling in the middle of the court hall.

But of course you can't reprimand Lu Xiangsheng above the court. If you reveal the intention of the Lord and Harmony, wouldn't your image as an eternal Mingjun be greatly reduced, and you will have to face the sharp-mouthed reprimands of the civil servants. The emperor still smiled and stood up.

"In this way, I will entrust the safety of the capital and the important task of resisting the captivity to Lu Aiqing!"

But even this time the Emperor Chongzhen had Xie Zuoquan in the play, with a little impatience, Chongzhen continued to order impatiently.

"As soon as the matter is resolved, Qing Zi discusses with Yang Sichang, a scholar, and Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and retires from the court!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lu Xiangsheng slammed his head on the ground again, and he didn't realize that Yang Sichang's worried and worried eyes had high and potential loathing eyes.

The war is uncertain, and the self-defense counterattack of the Ming Empire has not yet started, but it has already cast a cloud of darkness.

Chapter 4 Nine. Disagreement

The Ming Dynasty still has tough bones! Even when Emperor Yongli cursed the water, the tough bones of the Ming Dynasty have not died!

Lu Xiangsheng is one of the tough ones.

He is also really concerned about the country and the people. He handed over to Yang Sichang the matter of paying the army and his next strategic deployment. , arrived at Changping Daying.

The subordinates of Xuanda's three generals, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, and Wang Pu, together with the 2 people in the standard battalion directly under Lu Xiangsheng, have already gathered here to wait for orders.

To be honest, after Lu Xiang was promoted to office, Xuanda's army did not increase, but decreased.

The Ming Dynasty has 400 million troops, which is really real, but the army is divided into garrison troops and soldiers. In the interior, [-]% of them are garrison fields, and [-]% of them are guarding cities. Border towns are generally divided into [-]% and [-]% of garrison fields, and [-]% and [-]% are garrison troops. But that is the old calendar of the Hongwu Yongle period. The inland guards have almost become all households, and all of them have become hoe soldiers, but the border town is just the opposite. The garrison land was invaded, which caused the number of garrison troops to drop sharply.

The hardships of the military households in the Ming Dynasty were unimaginable. Xuanda’s frontier soldiers had 40 soldiers in name, but after years of fleeing and dying in battle, they were actually only [-] to [-]. The supplies were extremely poor. In the cold winter months, soldiers patrolled the border in single clothes. The degree of trembling.So after Lu Xiang was promoted to office, he took almost the same path as Sun Chuanting later and Mao Jue today, farming!

Originally there were more than 7 soldiers in the Xuanda War, but Lu Xiangsheng weeded out the old and the weak, and incorporated them into the village households, leaving more than 3 soldiers, and resumed farming, and recruited border folk Yanxing, that is, crossing the border with hoe seeds in spring, Go to the Mongolian tribe's land to cultivate, and return to the pass after harvesting in autumn. In the past two years of operation, Xuanda's army is good. In the camp, several square formations of pikemen are patrolling in an orderly manner with pikes in one hand , Large and small cannons are also lined up shiny.

It's just that Lu Xiangsheng is not as bold as Mao Jue, so out of the ordinary, good at opening border markets, Xuan Dajun is also limited in strength, and has to rely on the court for supplies, unlike Mao Jue, who opened a supply line by himself, these first few soldiers On the other side, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and others hurried in with their helmets in their arms.

"The last general pays homage to the supervisor!"

"All generals please rise!"

After some etiquette between superiors and subordinates, Datong General Soldier Wang Pu, who also had a big head, a round face, and a playful look, asked hurriedly.

"Supervisor, did the imperial court provide food and grass?"

There is also a reason for him to ask this question. On the one hand, Xuan Dabing is a guest soldier. When he went to fight in the capital, he relied on the Ministry of War to distribute food and pay. On the other hand, the Ministry of War has a dark history with Shanxi. Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Mengjing, the general soldier of Shanxi, supervised five thousand soldiers to come to the king. Tun three places.

Originally, they came all the way to help, but they were tired and hungry. After three days of tossing and starving, the Shanxi frontier soldiers simply mutinied and returned to Shanxi. A large part of them joined the bandits, and Geng Ruqi and Zhang Mengjing also Therefore, the city was abandoned and beheaded.

When foreign towns come to fight, it is not the Qing army that is worried, but the imperial court first, which shows how absurd the end of the Ming Dynasty is.

However, these words made Lu Xiangsheng's face darken, and he yelled angrily.

"When a man joins the army, what he does is to defend his family and the country, and to shed blood on the battlefield. If the court doesn't pay you, why don't you stop fighting?"

"The last general dare not!"

Lu Xiangsheng's scolding made several general soldiers lower their heads tremblingly, but the morale was obviously lowered in the words, and the subconscious in the words of his own supervisor probably had no confidence in the Ministry of War, and the Xuanda troops still had to hungry.

Just like what Lu Xiangsheng said, you don’t have to eat, but you still have to fight. The general soldiers were summoned to describe what they saw and heard about their trip to Beijing. It was a strategic mission, and then they went to inspect the camp and prepare for the next fierce battle. I have to say, Lu Xiangsheng is really a rare general in this era. His standard battalion, the [-]-day army is neatly arrayed and the morale is high. Although the [-]-strong army of the third general of the Xuan University is a little short, it is also in order, which is better than that of the mainland. The officers and soldiers of the army are much stronger, at least Yu Dacheng's standard battalion is not as good as it is, and when the battle is coming, the whole army can be regarded as ready.

Moreover, compared with Dongjiang, the proportion of cavalry in Xuanda is even higher, with 5000 people, and the number of cavalry is as high as [-], which is almost one-third, and the number of cavalry in Mao Jue is less than one-fifth of the whole army. .However, many Dongjiang infantry also have mounts to travel and transport equipment, but they are not used as cavalry.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Lu Xiangsheng had just finished patrolling the camp. Outside the camp, drums and music sounded again. Several soldiers ran in hastily and excitedly, kneeling in front of Lu Xiangsheng's horse to report.

"Master, His Majesty has sent Eunuch Gao to reward the army!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's spirit was also lifted.

But then, I witnessed how stingy Emperor Chongzhen was. Although Gao Qiqian did not come empty-handed this time, the reward silver he brought was only 3 taels, which was still in name. 2000 and [-], Lu Xiangsheng was considered to have a big face, and he only paid a month's military salary for Xuanda's army, which was barely a tael of silver per person, which converted to less than [-] yuan for future generations.

Then there are [-] royal horses, [-] Taipu Temple horses, and [-] silver and iron whips. These things can be considered valuable, but they cannot be directly exchanged for silver. In the season of the war, they must be added to the combat power. , or give his old Zhu family his life.

If Mao Jue's Dongjiang army, I'm afraid he would dismiss it. Dongjiang usually pays two taels of silver a month, almost 4000 yuan, and seven to eight thousand yuan with rice grain. But for the loyal Lu Xiangsheng, this is enough It moved him.

Your Majesty is still in favor of the main battle!

"Chen thank the Lord Long En!"

Gao Qiqian slept in the capital for a long time, his old fat face with loose muscles was flushed, he finished reciting the imperial decree in rhythmic rhythms, and he was very excited, Lu Xiangsheng received the decree first.

Yue Fei once commented on the criteria for evaluating Anbang, that is, civil servants do not love money! Military officials do not hesitate to die! Lu Xiangsheng is a civil servant, but he has done both. The soldiers went down, and the horses were also distributed among the cavalry. This hair was silver, and he and Gao Qiqian patrolled side by side on the other end.

Yesterday was mainly to inform each other about the intelligence of the Qing army. The specific plan for how to march and resist has not yet been revealed. This time is just for communication.

"There are only nine soldiers and horses in the world, and the soldiers on the nine borders are headed by Liao Town, but our family supervises those soldiers in Liao Town, which is more difficult than Xuan Dabing under the command of the supervisor. The supervisor knows how to train soldiers!"

However, when the topic changed, Gao Qiqian turned his head and looked towards the northeast direction with meaning in his words.

"However, Jianlu is not an easy generation. After many years of fierce fighting, the 20 Liao army has suffered no results, and they have repeatedly lost their teachers to humiliate the country. Now this Jiannu has penetrated into the important areas of the capital. The top of the hundred, we warlords who look at the generals must definitely Be cautious, and make His Majesty worry, Lord Lu, do you agree or not?"

"This official is in charge!"

When Lu Xiangsheng said a word, Gao Qiqian choked up again.

This battle is not about fighting against the Qing court, but about negotiating a peace. After all, Huang Taiji has already invaded the Central Plains. Chongzhen's arrogant character will not sign an alliance under the city anyway. Even if he wants to negotiate a peace, he must finish the battle. , which means field battle!

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the combat thinking of building slaves was the old routine left over from Yuan Chonghuan’s time. The captives were good at field battles, and the court’s teachers were good at defending the city. They defeated the enemy’s bravery with fortified cities and heavy artillery! Inside the shell, he yelled at the middle finger of Qing Junshu: If you have the guts, come and hit me!

The meaning of Gao Qiqian is to remind Lu Xiangsheng that it is ok to defend the city, to block the two gates of Tongzhou and Changping, and to keep the capital safe and sound.

But this Lu Xiangsheng is really the smelly and hard stone in the latrine. He was summoned on the platform yesterday, and his sentence of ministers and battles had already changed the color of Emperor Chongzhen slightly. Today, that slogan remains the same.