Beiyang new warlord

This kind of temperament is really not personal. When he turned his head, Chongzhen even took the anger out on the two decree officials. Seeing his master's red eyes, Wanji threw his head on the ground in fear, not daring to look up.

Next to him, Li Mingrui was also trembling, but he had to hold up a bright yellow bundle with his hands.

"Your Majesty, the seal of the King of Liao was not handed over to Mao Ni, but the minister brought it back!"

Chongzhen's face finally revealed a little bit of relief and relief, but Li Mingrui's next words were like a heavy hammer hitting his head hard, causing his brain to hum.

"Mao Ni has in his hand the Jade Seal of the Kingdom that he surrendered to himself as a slave, and uses this seal to order Liaodong!"

There was no blood on his face in an instant, Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair directly, watching this scene, Wanji almost cried, and kowtowed his head incessantly.

"The old slave also argues with reason, saying that this seal is not something that a minister can have, so let Mao Ni dedicate it to His Majesty, but Mao Ni is stubborn, and after he ascended the throne, he immediately drove the minister out of Shenyang City, Your Majesty, this old slave Really tried my best”

Kowtowing their heads, the two imperial envoys separated sadly, but Chongzhen couldn't listen to a word of their words, his eyes were dull, and he couldn't stop looking at the sky.

For more than 280 years in the Ming Dynasty, the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom has not been retrieved from the grasslands, but Mao Jue has only risen for two generations, and the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom has already come under control. Is it possible that the Ming Dynasty is really about to perish?

Rarely, after being summoned by the platform, Li Mingrui and Wanji retreated in one piece, and this matter seemed to be over.But despite Chongzhen's order to keep their mouth shut, the news of Chuanguo Yuxi and Zhou Yanru's joining Dongjiang was still uploaded in the court, causing the capital to once again be full of trouble.

A few days later, in Qianhu of Jinyiwei, Dongjiang's nephew Lu Zhong was in fear, Dingbei Hou Mao Wenlong, Gaoming's wife Chen Jiao, and Mao Jue's eldest son Mao Xingjian were summoned to the palace, but luckily It was a false alarm. After Chongzhen personally summoned him on the platform, he didn't say anything serious about the current situation. He just praised Mao Wenlong for his ability to teach his son, and he helped the court to calm down Jiannu, who was in serious trouble, and Mao Wenlong's title was set aside. Beihou mentioned Zhao Guogong, the prince Taibao, and Chen Jiao was also transferred from the humble Zhengsanpin to the wife of the Liao Kingdom. Mao Xingjian, who was only a few years old, was given a jade card to walk in the palace and ordered to accompany the prince.

After a series of cold confrontations, Chongzhen finally gave in, and turned from containment and intimidation to win-win. Unfortunately, compared with the Liao throne, these are just icing on the cake, and it is not known how much they will really work.

At the same time as wooing and easing, three imperial edicts were urgently issued from the capital, one to Liaodong, one to Zuo Liangyu in Huguang, and the last one to Zhongzhou Henan, which had become a fierce battlefield at this time. .

Yanshi, Henan, the Qin army barrier.

The colorful heavy snow fell from the sky, pouring hoarfrost on the newly cast cannons, resisting the bayonets and blunderbuss imitated from the Dongjiang River, each of the Qin soldiers shivered from the cold, shrinking their hands into their sleeves tremblingly while patrolling, shrinking their necks, Qin Jun, who had no mission, huddled in the tent to warm himself by the fire, and didn't want to come out at all. The whole camp was dead silent in the snowy night.

But just a few hundred meters in front of this big camp, half-buried corpses were scattered all over the mountains and plains. The corpses of the soldiers who died in battle had their eyes shriveled from the cold and their cheeks livid.

I have to admit that Yuan Chonghuan's handsome talent is higher than that of Sun Chuanting. Historically, Sun Chuanting had already been defeated in Jiaxian County at this time and died in Shanhaiguan. However, in this time and space, the Qin army at this time is still firmly on the front line of the Yellow River.

Yuan Chonghuan adopted a completely different method of warfare from Sun Chuanting. Sun Chuanting was urged by Chongzhen to put all his eggs in one basket. After leaving Hangu Pass, he went directly to Ruzhou, Yiyang and marched to Kaifeng. He was ten times faster than himself. The main decisive battle was surrounded in Jia County, and the soldiers were defeated and died, but Yuan Chonghuan saw the early Qing Dynasty. Now it is no longer the era when tens of thousands of officers and soldiers chased hundreds of thousands of tent troops and ran all over the mountains. The enemy is strong and we are weak. , rashly confronting Li Zicheng, that is courting death!

In the past two months, the Qin army has been fighting outside the circle, constantly launching attacks on the edge of the Chuang army's control area. First, it defeated the Chuang army Xie Junyou's troops in Yiyang, and then recaptured Luoyang to the north, and then captured Meng County to the east. , Control Mengjin, an important Yellow River ferry, in your hands, relying on the danger of Heluo, first establish yourself in an invincible position.

His tactic is called small ax raft big tree. First, he continuously launched attacks on the periphery, weakening the branches of Li Zicheng's Chuang army, frustrating the morale of the Chuang army, and eliminating the periphery of the Chuang army little by little. After all, the tent army is a tent army. Without the flexibility of the officers and soldiers, changes will inevitably occur over time.

And even if Li Zicheng's army of millions came to attack, Yuan Chonghuan was not afraid. With his back against Luoyang and using the Yellow River as a supply line, he could fight a battle, preset the battlefield, and use the location to offset the advantage of the enemy's strength. Mao Jue has always been good at it. After staying in Dongjiang for so many years, Yuan Chonghuan has learned a lot.

In the past two months, the Yellow River had begun to freeze, and Yuan Chonghuan was not in a hurry to attack. While storing military supplies for the camp, he was still actively arranging scouts and planning the offensive for the coming year.

But when he, Zhang Ruolin, Bai Guangen and other generals surrounded the central army, his personal lieutenant Liu Junyong was full of panic, rushed in hastily, and suddenly knelt on the ground on one knee.

"Supervisor! The imperial envoys have arrived! To arrive outside the gate, the imperial envoy Wu Shen ordered the supervisor to lead all the officers to receive the order outside the gate!"

The sudden decree made Yuan Chonghuan's heart skip a beat.

Chapter 542. The big gamble of the last hand

Not only Jinyiwei, but also Shanxiwei's heavy cavalry who were blocked outside the barracks gate, all of them were heavily armored and wore iron helmets.

The ones who can use this kind of equipment are at least the servants of the chief soldier's family, the elite of the elite.

And Wu Zhen is not an ordinary person, former governor of Shanxi, Minister of the Ministry of War, Dongge University scholar! The purple crown and black yarn on his head are also covered with a layer of snowflakes. Wu Zhen is riding on the horse with a stiff expression, holding the imperial decree in his arms , looking forward gloomyly.

Especially after being in the army for a long time, Yuan Chonghuan also discovered a small detail. The heavy cavalry in the front row pulled the reins of the horses as if nothing had happened, but the rider behind them staggered half of their body and shrank behind them. You can see a little bit of the bow protruding through it. If you guessed correctly, then what you are holding in your hand must be a crossbow made by the frontier army!

This scene reminded Yuan Chonghuan once again of the night snow in the imperial palace that night in the third year of Chongzhen. The gloomy eyes of the Emperor Chongzhen were already bound by the cold shackles of Jin Yiwei.

But even so, taking a deep breath and leading a dozen generals of the Qin Army, Yuan Chonghuan strode out to welcome him, stopped five steps in front of Wu Shengma, immediately unfurled his sleeves, and fell to his knees grandly on the ground with a loud voice. He bowed hoarsely.

"Follow the heavens, the emperor ordered!"

It seemed that the heavy soldier was also relieved, and the Grand Scholar Wu Tong unfolded the imperial decree at hand with a clatter, and recited it in the same hoarse voice.

"Governor Yuan Chonghuan of the three sides, I have picked up the prisoners who suffered from the border, and entrusted them with a heavy responsibility as a crime and meritorious deed. In the past, I was deeply disappointed, and I committed a crime against the country, the country, and the country. Ignoring punishment is not enough to calm the hearts of the people. Now, I will hand it over to the great scholar Wu Yansuo, and after the thief is broken, he will be escorted to the capital for investigation!"

"In addition, Wu Wei, a scholar of the Dongge University, is the governor of the five provinces. He supervises the soldiers and horses of the princes of the world, and immediately goes east to suppress the thieves. There must be no mistake! This!"

Even if he was mentally prepared, Yuan Chonghuan still had his head buzzing, his eyes turned black, and his head knelt in the deep snow for a long time without lifting up. There was an explosion behind him, and he was promoted. More than a dozen young officers, such as Tongguan general He Rou, Yansui guerrilla Zhang Keji, jumped up angrily.

"Who dares to touch my supervisor?"

"Bold, are you going to rebel?"

The Shanxi heavy cavalry unceremoniously lit up the guy, but listening to the roar, Qin Jun, who was patrolling nearby to watch the excitement, unceremoniously picked up the firecrackers, and the dark muzzle of the gun was uncompromisingly pointed at Wu Tong. .

As Wu Shen's expression changed, Huamachi General Liu Gui'ai even pulled out his knife and pointed it in front of his horse's head.

"Qin Jun only recognizes one supervisor, Master Yuan Chonghuan! Get out of here! Otherwise, I will kill you bunch of picky and rotten corrupt officials!"

"Get out!"

Seeing that the situation was on the verge of breaking out, the nervousness was like a explosive barrel hissing with sparks, but at this moment, a roar seemed to pour over everyone's heads like ice water. Looking back, Yuan Chonghuan roared out full of anger .

"But Supervisor, these corrupt officials are here to get you"

"The governor said to stand down!"

The excited Qin Army officers finally had to retreat. Yuan Chonghuan knelt down on the ground and kowtowed his head heavily while Wu Zhen was frightened.

"Minister Yuan Chonghuan, accept the order!"

With the sound of horseshoes kicking, the Shanxi cavalry who had come all the way finally entered the camp and took over the most powerful hand of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen's action also exposed his desperation. In fact, at this time, Ming Dynasty did not have soldiers and horses. On paper, Zuo Liangyu still had more than 20 soldiers. The general soldier Huang Degong added more than 8 troops, and there were also tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Shandong and Hebei. It is better to be able to make do with these forces and return to the Central Plains battlefield than to die against Yuan Chonghuan's mere [-] troops.

But now that the battle has been fought, the majesty of the imperial court has been almost defeated by Chongzhen. The imperial court has been unable to mobilize all the military leaders, and can only use Yuan Chonghuan, who is relatively obedient, to act.

But Chongzhen didn't think about it, once the last obedient army was paid, what would the imperial court, which became a polished commander, do for fun!

The entire imperial court seems to be dancing on the tip of a knife now, but even so, Wu Tong, who arrived at the Qin Army camp, still committed a big taboo in the army and changed his generals!

In the past few days, he has placed a large number of generals he brought from Shanxi into the Qin army, how soft the generals promoted by Yuan Chonghuan, and the young generals such as Liu Gui'ai, who have been pushed aside and squeezed out, are relatively speaking. He is still obedient and obedient, those mountains are very powerful, such as Gao Jie, the general of Shaanxi, Bai Guangen, the general of Yulin, Niu Chenghu, deputy general of Yansui, and other veterans, he is also bullying and afraid of the hard and dare not touch them.

In just three days, Qin Jun, whose morale was still high, was made into a mess by Wu Sheng.

Although it was taken down, the scene of entering the barracks made Wu Yan dare not be rude to Yuan Chonghuan. It was much more comfortable than the last time Jinyiwei locked the lock. He drew a tent alone, and Yuan Chonghuan's things were moved there intact. , as long as he doesn't come out, no one cares about him.

But even so, Yuan Chonghuan didn't pay his bills for five days. He didn't even get a drop of water or rice in the first two days. I can't even eat this meal.

On this day, he was still sitting on the bed with his brows tightly furrowed, staring at the kraft paper map. Suddenly, the curtain of the tent was lifted up abruptly, and he habitually didn't turn his head back. He just spoke in a hoarse voice.

"I can't eat it, take it!"