Beiyang new warlord

In the First World War, the Ming army killed more than 13 people, and captured tens of thousands of people. Among the eight generals, Cao Bianjiao and Yang Guozhu died in battle. Wang Pu and Wang courtier Ma Ke were almost wiped out. Tang Tong and Wu Sangui fled back to Ningyuan with only a few thousand people, Shanxi general Li Fuming fled to Tashan, and Hong Chengchou’s remnant army was surrounded by less than [-] people in Songshan. That's it.

Near the Bijia Mountain, the corpses of the Ming soldiers who drowned in the sea were overwhelming, and even the sea was covered by the corpses of the Azig cavalry. Under Songshan City, there were dense corpses all over the mountains and plains, and the sticky blood flowing down in the low-lying areas A red brook converged everywhere. Amid the astonishing stench, it didn't dry up for a few days. The captured Ming soldiers were like livestock. They were strung with long ropes by noblemen from various banners and escorted to Shenyang.

Although Jinzhou has not yet fallen, hundreds of thousands of Liao people from Ningyuan to Jinzhou in the Hexi Corridor and Liaodong Town have officially fallen into the hands of the Qing army. All of a sudden, Huang Taiji lost the battle of Dongjiang , Completely replenished with a sip of milk, as long as it takes time to digest, the restoration of the previous Qing Dynasty is just around the corner.

However, the only difference from history is that in the time and space without Mao Jue, the Qing Dynasty ruled outside the pass, and Huang Taiji leisurely ordered the siege of Songshan and Jinzhou, and they were so trapped that they left the city to surrender. The last side of Hai Lanzhu.

But here, Huang Taiji was still catching the nosebleed with a silver bowl, and anxiously supervised the battle under Songshan City. Cannons roared overwhelmingly at the top of the city. On the city wall, Hong Chengchou slumped behind the battlements in a sluggish and dazed manner, without saying a word.

It's all over!Outside the pass, the Ming Dynasty no longer has the slightest military strength to contend with this monster in the white mountains and black waters. Guan Ningjin, it's over!

Not only was Hong Chengchou silent, but the next day, at the court meeting held by the capital, all civil and military officials were also silent. For half an hour, the entire center of the Ming Dynasty did not say a word.

The army is not a leek, it can still emerge after cutting it. Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, and Chengchou were defeated twice, and almost drained most of the elite troops on the nine sides. The rest are still facing off against Li Zicheng's army in Henan. They are all empty, and the emperor wants to rescue them. What will the court do to rescue them?

This silence almost made Zhu Youjian's lungs explode with anger, and he was furious in the court hall, and more than a dozen officials were dismissed and imprisoned on the spot, especially since Emperor Chongzhen, who was still angry, returned to the palace full of anger. Another exasperated Xuan Zhaodao.

"Immediately summon Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, to the palace to see me!"

It was still the Nuan Pavilion between Qianqing Palace and Front Palace, the famous platform.A few years ago, it would have been a great honor to be summoned by the emperor here, but now, this place is a cursed place, and everyone avoids it.

At least Chen Xinjia was like this. Trembling, he knelt down on the ground trembling.

"Chen Xinjia pays homage to my emperor, long live long live!"

Surprisingly, the emperor didn't get angry this time, his face was calm as if nothing happened, and he said softly.

"Chen Qingping, come and give me a seat!"

With his butt on the edge of a stool, Chen Xinjia reluctantly sat down. Under his frightened eyes, Chongzhen asked again slowly.

"Now that the Liao affairs are in ruins, the Central Plains is also raging with war, and troops are needed everywhere. Do you have a strategy to teach me, sir?"

Hasn't this been asked in court?As I said earlier, don't rush to fight, don't fight, don't listen! Where can I squeeze out soldiers and horses now to rescue the heavily besieged Jinzhou City?

But here he was received by the emperor alone. He is listed in the military department. If he pretends to be deaf and dumb here, he may not be able to walk out of this platform alive today.

But the problem is, it’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice! Now that he is almost becoming the Minister of the Ministry of War, what can he use to answer the emperor’s request?

Just as Chen Xinjia's beads of sweat were dripping down, Emperor Chongzhen sighed with meaningful melancholy.

"Since I came to the throne, I have been sleeping all day long, and I have been unable to sleep at night. I have always dealt with state affairs with trepidation. However, this country has been so corrupt. Do I have to suffer the humiliation of the Tanyuan Alliance like the Northern Song Dynasty? "

This is the part where you guess and I guess!Knowing his own affairs, Chongzhen didn't expect Chen Xinjia to come up with any unnatural ideas. It was still the same old way. The emperor had an idea, but he couldn't say it himself.

However, this was also a life-saving straw for Chen Xinjia. He couldn't understand, so he sat on the chair of the Minister of War for nothing, and suddenly knelt down from the chair to the ground. Chen Xinjia kowtowed hurriedly.

"I invite you to discuss peace with the Eastern captives!"

Chapter 461. The Butterfly Effect

Chen Xinjia was recommended by Yang Sichang to serve as the minister of the Ministry of War. Fu Zonglong offended Emperor Chongzhen and was sent to prison. Then he took the position and became Minister of the Ministry of War. His policies naturally followed Yang Sichang's. At that time, Chen Xinjia had sent people to contact the Qing government, but the death of Lu Xiangsheng aroused too much backlash in the court, and Chongzhen let it go as soon as he got a good face. Afterwards, Yang Sichang asked himself to supervise the army and negotiate peace. The matter was completely put aside.

But to borrow a non-mainstream saying from later generations, only when it hurts does he know how to let go. In this songjin war, Chongzhen lost the last bit of his family fortune. The Ming Dynasty was really powerless to fight again. Finally, he also threw face. On the one hand, I thought of Yihe again.

The Tanyuan Alliance is a contract between Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom after a great battle in Tanzhou. It opened the Song Dynasty's old currency model, but the Great Song Dynasty won the battle, lest you, a poor ghost, bother me every year. , send you some leftovers and go away, but now the Ming Dynasty has lost, and talking about the Tanyuan alliance is putting gold on your face.

However, Emperor Chongzhen brought it up, and Chen Xinjia naturally went on the road. He used this allusion of the Tanyuan Alliance to quote scriptures for a long time, describing the century-long peaceful life after the Song Dynasty, which can be regarded as "persuading" Emperor Chongzhen and agreeing with him Secretly contacted the Qing Dynasty to discuss peace negotiations.

Regardless of whether the peace talks were successful or not, at least the imperial court finally had a new countermeasure and sent Chen Xinjia away, and Chongzhen felt a little relieved.

It was already dark at this time, and several young eunuchs carried the soft sedan chair in the palace and supported Chongzhen back to the harem. While walking, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the court, was still whispering about the things to be done and the itinerary.

"Stay overnight in Yongning Palace. Concubine Yuan Gui is ready to pick her up. In addition, Mr. Zhang Ge sent someone to send a message. Lord Hou Xunhou has been released from the prison. When will His Majesty meet you?"

"Just tomorrow afternoon!"

These words once again aroused Chongzhen's irritability. Thinking that the entire Central Plains battlefield is still in chaos, he said it a little tiredly, but Wang Chengen next to him hurriedly bowed, then took out his portable notepad, and hurriedly used a fine brush write it down.

However, when it comes to imperial prison, he has been worrying about Hong Chengchou for the past few days, Chongzhen can be considered to have remembered something important again, hesitated for a while, and asked with his head tilted.

"Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, is still awaiting trial in the Imperial Prison, isn't he? Let him be released together, and we will face the holy together tomorrow. Although Sun Chuanting is ignorant, arrogant and rebellious, he has supervised Shaanxi for many years after all. Hou Xun is in the east, and Sun Chuanting is in the west. It can be regarded as being able to care about the battle situation!"

"His Majesty!"

Very surprised, Wang Chengen exclaimed in astonishment.

"Last year, Sun Chuanting died violently in prison!"

How mean and ungrateful Chongzhen was, it took someone to think of it, and these words surprised him for a long time, and finally formed such a relatively perfect arrangement in his heart, but it disappeared again, and he was stunned for a few seconds. He yelled and cursed in a low voice.

"This rebellious minister and traitor will fight against me once he dies, so he can't be a minister!"

This is a bit too unreasonable!You always order people to be arrested, and they can't go out to do business when they die of illness, or are you always against you?Even though Wang Chengen was dull and speechless for a moment, he was still loyal, and he also hesitated for a long time, while Wang Chengen cautiously confessed.

"Your Majesty came to command the three sides because of lack of a commander. In fact, there is another one, but I don't know if His Majesty can show mercy."

"Oh? Who? It's in the imperial prison!"

I directly think of the prison, which shows how stupid and absurd the Emperor Chongzhen did, but Wang Chengen shook his head with difficulty.

"This person is not in the prison, but in Liaodong!"

"Stop the car!"

In an instant, his face became extremely ugly, and Chongzhen growled furiously in a low voice: "The traitor you said?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the minister dare not, it is Dongjiang Maoni, and there is another important minister in Liaodong! Chongzhen three years, do you remember?"

After being dazed for a moment, Chongzhen finally remembered, and at the same time asked in astonishment: "Is he still alive?"

However, after these words, there was another long silence, holding the beard on his chin and hesitating for more than ten minutes, before Emperor Chongzhen reluctantly nodded.

"Forgive him to return to Beijing!"

This time, Dongjiang's information came later than the imperial court!

After all, there is no telephone in this era, and there is not even a telegraph machine. Ningyuan Jinzhou has become a pot of porridge. Before Hong Chengchou was undefeated, in order to show off and intimidate, if he had a slight victory, he would send a battle report to Dongjiang, Mao Jue Knowing the information can be earlier than Emperor Chongzhen, but this time, Hong Chengchou was surrounded in Songshan, and the Liaozhen army was almost wiped out. Everyone was busy fleeing for their lives. The battle report should be known in advance, and Feige sent a letter to Shandong after more than ten stops It was only sent to Tieshan, and it was already more than a month later when it reached Kyoto.

Luojia Hot Springs had the exact same expression as Emperor Chongzhen, and Mao Jue also stared in disbelief, watching the battle report, speechless for a long time.

Indeed, as a time traveler, he knew that in history, the Songjin War was defeated by Ming Dynasty, but in that era without Mao Jue, there would be no Battle of Dongjiang! There would be no Qing army that lost more than 13 soldiers, and tens of thousands of strong men had their thumbs chopped off. Take the bow and mount the horse, and after the Dongjiang fight, Mao Jue discovered that the Qing army was indeed strong, but it was not too strong. The regiment's [-] horse combat effectiveness far exceeds that of Marin and Juniper Liu Ting's troops who attacked in separate lanes during the Battle of Sarhu.

I have gotten used to this era, after a few times of deliberation, I am ashamed of Shen Guangzuo, Sun Yuanhua, and the veteran Sun Chengzong, who all felt that Hong Chengchou could not win or lose, but why did the entire army be wiped out in a blink of an eye!

Simply inexplicable!