Beiyang new warlord

Chapter 422

Everything is exactly as it has happened in history.

The city of Jinan was destroyed, the German king Zhu Youshu was arrested, and the entire city was almost emptied, with a population of several 10 and a lot of wealth. The Qing army, full of food and drink, finally retreated northward along the canal.

Along the way for more than a dozen miles, there were full of old and weak captives, with luggage on their backs, and were driven by the Qing army like animals. Ignoring the crying and begging of the relatives next to me, I went up and stabbed it. It was so miserable, there were cries and screams everywhere, and the corpses left behind were endless on the thousand-mile road from Jinan to Hebei.

There are 5 people in Dezhou, 18 people in Jinzhou, and more than 20 people in the three major battalions of the Beijing Normal University. They watched this huge bandit army looting the population and wealth of Ming Dynasty, but none of them dared to fight. Shouting the orders of the Ministry of War all day long, swearing to defend Dezhou to the death, the capital’s Beijing camp was like an enemy, until the Qing army retreated to Tongzhou in early February, Liu Yuliang, a university scholar who served as the governor of the world, took his ass from Jinzhou, Shanxi. The gathered King Qin soldiers and horses moved towards the capital.

This one went smoothly, and even Huang Taiji took out the signboard when he invaded Shanxi Datong in the seventh year of Chongzhen. When passing through the prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, these arrogant braided soldiers outside the customs would play a big sign.

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Below the city, endless streams of victims and captives cried out for help, while above the city, officials and scholars who were paid by the imperial court shrank behind the city wall, watching in fear, not daring to shoot an arrow or shoot! The siege of the city that provoked Jiannu was said to be the shame of Jingkang. The Qing army entered the fortress five times, how much less shame than Jingkang?

On February [-]th, the last Qing army crossed Qiangziling and returned to the outside of the pass. The thrilling Qing army's entry into the fortress for several months came to an end. From the Emperor Chongzhen in the capital city to the local governors and governors, everyone was sincere. I breathed a sigh of relief, and finally finished grabbing it.

However, the Qing army is gone. In the devastated ruins, what is ushered in is not a spring-like reconstruction, but the Ming people themselves are crazily killing each other like vicious dogs fighting for food.

In March, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong who guarded the first-line canal in Dezhou, was locked up by Jin Yiwei in strict accordance with the order of the scholar Yang Sichang. In April, he was escorted to the capital, beheaded and abandoned the city. Hebei governor Zhang Qiping was also executed. The defeated governor under his command, Chongzhen, was exceptionally capable. For several days in a row, Caishikou did not stop every day, and the number of governors, generals, and local officials who were executed successively reached dozens, and the dyed land was completely red.

And following the execution of the governor, another big event happened in the capital.

On the pitch-black Jingshi Avenue, dozens of torches were swaying wildly, and noisy shouts could be heard occasionally. From the city gate that suddenly opened in the middle of the night, this torch team has been busy to the inner city near the root of the imperial city. Influx into the nightmare prison of the Ming scholars, and then stopped.

Even at eleven or twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Jinyiwei North Town Fusi, the signing room is still brightly lit. These days, in order to investigate the responsibility for the defeat of the Qing army's entry into the fortress, the censors are like crazy dogs tearing each other up every day. Bite, the Ministry of Punishment has the task of arresting people almost every day, and Jin Yiwei has to follow suit.

Also dizzy from busy work, Lu Zhong put down the writing brush in hand, pushed open the door and went to the yard, took a few deep breaths of the cold air in the middle of the night, after a few days of busy work, his dizzy and swollen mind seemed to follow Finally regained consciousness, and was about to go back to the house to continue working, but there was a commotion in the yard, leading a few soldiers, Qianhu Eucommia also walked in with a tired face.

"Oh, Master Du, you've worked hard all the way! Today's business trip is going well!"

"Hi! Forget it!"

Obviously tired, he followed Lu Zhong into the signing room, took off his coat and hung it up, while Eucommia was still talking about his bitterness.

"I've been on an empty trip for the past few days. The person was escorted back to the capital. I wiped my hands and didn't get anything. I have to find a way to appease the brothers."

"It's better for that boy Zhao Guan to copy Zhang Qiping's house, and he will have to waste a thousand taels of silver."

"Oh, folks say that after three years of clearing the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver! Whose family is this! How can you let your brother go on such an empty trip?"

This can be regarded as a court secret, but the secret is so leaky here, after a little hesitation, Du Zhong lowered his voice, and whispered in Lu Zhong's ear softly and hurriedly.

"This unlucky job is the governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting!"

"Sun Chuanting!!!"

This name really made Lu Zhong tremble a little. Even Jin Yiwei had some understanding of the court situation, not to mention that there are really few people in the Ming Dynasty who can lead troops to fight. When Lu Xiangsheng died, the talents withered.His voice also lowered a bit, and he asked cautiously and hastily: "But that Sun Chuanting who captured Gao Yingxiang and defeated Li Zicheng's Eighteen Cavalry from Shangluo Mountain? Isn't it important to use him recently to rectify the defense of the north? What, are you still in?"

"Who says it's not! You can blame Old Man Sun for being too stubborn!"

Mentioning this, Du Zhong felt a little regretful, sitting in his own position, leaning on the back of the chair and humming.

"Originally, the imperial court has decided to transfer him to the governor of Baoding, in charge of military affairs in Henan, Hebei and Shandong. What an official! The old man is good. He firmly opposes the detention of Qin Bing in Baoding, and even fell out with Yang Sichang, Master Yang!"

"Who is Master Yang? Can you provoke him? Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, wants to sue his old man and return to his hometown. In a word, the scholar said that he was caught by the capital and beheaded and abandoned the market! This Sun Chuanting wants to sue his old age and return to his hometown, and Grand Master Yang sued him in front of the emperor." If there is a case, no, it will be locked up in prison, and it is not certain how to deal with it!"

This warrior on the battlefield did not die on the battlefield, on the contrary, the enemy was locked up by his own people at the moment. The politics of the Ming Dynasty is really enough for fun. On this end, Du Zhong is still chattering, and on the other end, Lu Zhong's eyeballs couldn't help but dripped and rolled.

Sun Chuanting is definitely a character, and the master behind him seems to be particularly willing to collect characters. A while ago, Sun Chengzong's family, he made great efforts. If Sun Chuanting is brought over again, the master will probably be very happy.

On Jinyiwei's side, Lu Zhong, the chief executive, is already very satisfied. When it comes to Jinyi's affairs, he will command and make these tasks thankless, and they are all performed by nobles. Moreover, in today's Ming Dynasty, showing In front of their own spy chiefs, it was gray, with no future in sight, and Lu Zhong had to think about his future fate.

The risk of stealing someone from the emperor's prison in order to please that person seems completely insignificant!

Just as Lu Zhong was thinking, there was another commotion outside the door. Then, three panting and exhausted messengers in brocade clothes rushed into the yard, shouting at the top of their voices.

"Where is the Commander-in-Chief? Urgent military situation! Urgent military situation! Zhang Thief offered his loyalty, Luo Thief Rucai was in Gucheng, and the area around Fangxian County is rebellious! Eight hundred miles urgent!"

Without urinating, under the oppression of Yang Sichang's four and six corners, these rogues who surrendered were not sincere at all. Once the imperial soldiers retreated, these rogues who had a chance to breathe once again raised the banner, ten times Years of incomprehensible situation, still have to continue to be puzzled, Lu Zhong's mind buzzed when he heard the news, but immediately, a sneer hung on his face again.

"It's urgent, the Commander-in-Chief has already returned to the residence to rest, come here and arrange a room for the three brothers to rest, tomorrow, I will report to the Commander-in-Chief!"

"As ordered!"

When the capital was still bathed in a bloody storm, it was peaceful outside the pass. It brought back 10,000+ taels of gold, millions of taels of silver, and 46 slaves from the pass. I took a sip of ginseng tonic soup.

Every household received a lot of coated clothes, gold, silver, grain and livestock, and the whole city of Shengjing was as lively as the New Year.

However, Huang Taiji's head was not caught in the door, and he was not dazzled by the victory.

In Chongzhen's ten-year battle of the Dongjiang River, excluding the loss of the coated slaves, the Jianzhou Jurchen lost more than 3 Dingkou, and the Mongolian tribe lost more than [-]. In addition, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty could not be supplemented by these plundered slaves. Liaodong came to join the Ming army in the early years, and regarded itself as a member of the Qing Dynasty, and its combat effectiveness was even stronger than that of the Jianzhou Eight Banners.

Today, the fighting power of the Qing Dynasty is only two-thirds of what it was at its peak, which is a little less. Therefore, it is time to give in to Dongjiang, and you still have to give in.

More than April, I went back to Shengjing to fix it for a month. The mighty Qing army in the pass was like Sun Tzu driving 20 plundered people with 5 taels of gold and 10,000+ taels of silver to the Yalu River. Come to pay tribute.

In a few years, this should be regarded as the busiest time in Yalu Riverside City.

Tens of thousands of refugees in the pass, with ropes tied to their bodies, marched toward Yizhou along the Yalu River Chain Bridge on the Dongjiang River. The entire bridge deck seemed to be full of piles.

In addition, entering the customs this time, no matter whether it is the Manchu Eight Banners or the Mongolian Eight Banners, they have caught a lot of good things. The products outside the customs are poor, and there is no place to spend the money. They threw most of the money in the border market. Cigarettes, corn shochu, cloth, and ironware were transported back in crates and crates.

"Your Majesty, our soldiers have worked so hard to get these things, so you just gave them to Mao Manzi?"

Gold dazzles the eyes, but silver stinks the hearts of the people! Boxes and boxes of white and yellow gold and silver slammed the lids of the boxes, and Tulai felt as if he was dripping blood. .

To be honest, Huang Taiji himself was reluctant to part with it, but he couldn't help but let out a long sigh when he looked at these things with straight eyes.

"There is a saying in the Han people, you can't wait for your child to be caught by a wolf! Now if we fight Mao Dongjiang to the death, of course our Qing Dynasty has no chance of winning, but with that temper, my Qing Dynasty may not have one out of ten. Can we suppress it by then? People who live in Mongolia have two things to say!"

"We have to endure it now! If we can't offend this lunatic, can we still flatter him? When we haven't solved the other side, we have to appease this lunatic!"

During the conversation, the Dongjiang camp on the other side of the Yalu River also became noisy. Wen Meng, the new commander of the Tieyi Army, went out to the camp in person, but this time Mao Jueyuan did not arrive in Heilongjiang, and the military and political leader of Dongjiang was Adelaine.

Foreign girls don't have so much national righteousness, and they are burdened. Seeing this person who is giving money and giving away, her beautiful almond eyes smile like a pair of crescent moons.

Chapter 423. Continue to grow

"Madame Hong, according to the agreement with General Mao, my emperor personally escorted these spoils to Dongjiang!"

"Your Majesty really believes in people! My general will definitely be happy when he finds out!"

Surrounding the earth platform where the oath was originally made, the high-level executives of both sides began to use unnutritious diplomatic rhetoric. Huang Taiji seemed a little disappointed when he didn't see Mao Jue. But Adelaine's smile was a bit sweeter than when she was a Yangzhou skinny horse.

Sure enough, the Western proverb is right, a politician is a complex of whores, thieves, robbers, bastards, and ruffians.

During the high-level conversation, the turbulent crowd was also quickly driven away by the Qing army. During the reception of the Dongjiang army, they passed through the iron bridge and poured into the territory of Dongjiang, becoming 120 million to 140 million residents of Dongjiang.