Chapter 1634: Victory
Cheng Benzhi frowned and said, "Since that's the case, what should we do?"
"Several moves, we have to go." Li Yanke said with a bright look: "Don't stop the assistance to Korqin. Taiji, who were both ends of the rat, was full of resentment and injustice against Korqin, but they dared not move. I think Korqin will transfer most of the main force from Korqin, keeping some guards and Thirteen Mountains to keep the Donglu, and keeping so many soldiers. What should we do? They want to threaten Jizhen and Xuanda. Once the troops are out, the Korqin people's minds are alive. We will always give them money and food, and we must secretly give them weapons... Don't report this to the court. We have to take this responsibility by ourselves and don't make it so an uproar. Korqin people are brave and dare not rebel.
, There will always be someone who jumps out to make trouble for Hutchison, and this move will be used to make a living. The next step is to continue to send people to Huang Taiji. When discussing peace, the Donglu will first respond! Before, there has been no accurate letters for peace talks. We might as well take advantage of the victory to avoid reducing the bargaining chips. As mentioned before, Liaodong gave them this Ming Dynasty, which is the most difficult thing to accept, but it has become a fact, so don’t pretend to be fat! One thing you must insist on is that Huang Taiji must submit to him and accept the title given to him by the Ming Dynasty. His own khan can be retained, and he must use the title given to us by the Ming Dynasty, and the title given to us by the Ming Dynasty is like Altan Khan. When he is strong, he is not stronger than the Donglu. He is the King of Shunyi."
Everyone nodded frequently after saying this, Cheng Ben smiled and said, "In fact, Huang Taiji mentioned it first. We just accepted it passively and could not touch the imperial court's pulse. This matter is a bit vague. If we set the purpose and we will directly negotiate here, we will report it back to the court with great fanfare. Dongweng took the matter on himself, and he would just go back without authorization. So what if the court would reprimand it on the surface, but in fact the emperor would have to breathe a sigh of relief in secret..."
Yuan Chonghuan smiled and said, "I thought about the matter of peace talks over and over again. This is a matter that both sides have good things. The Ming Dynasty can free up hands to target this important problem with Hebei, and the Donglu can also rest and recuperate, so it should be possible to get a chance."
At this moment, when the peace talks are brought up, the voices of resistance and opposition are definitely not as loud as before. No matter what, civil servants can put the "big situation" first. If someone firmly opposes it, there will inevitably be suspicion of the inner workings of the Hutchison...
Thinking about this section, everyone present had their faces shining. Cheng Benzhi said jealously: "We are like a mess here. I asked Brother Yan to analyze it, but it suddenly became clear."
Li Yanke smiled faintly and said, "Everyone has to implement the matter and do it seriously. Just take the matter from Korqin, you must do it by Brother Cheng. How can others be so brave? Yang Er and the others also need to comfort Brother Cheng, don't let them have trouble and affect the overall situation..."
Yang Er returned from joining the enemy and was unwilling to follow the major plan of Hutchison to defend against the Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty, and target Mongolia. Yang Er and the others were more willing to come to the Ming Dynasty to fight the Dongli, but the facts were not satisfactory. Now his troops stationed in Dagu Fort, which is also an important place for bypassing the Guangning line in western Liaoning and to directly contact the Korqin people. When Yang Er was resettled, he pointed casually and put it on the side wall and did not get in the way. When Yang Er managed several forts in order, the situation suddenly changed and the situation turned straight. Hutchison had already crossed Chahar and officially occupied Yizhou. Guangning and Thirteen Mountains were also under Hutchison. The Ming garrison in Jinzhou also had a tacit understanding. Everyone was more than a hundred miles away, and at most, they were whistle-riding cavalry and were vigilant against each other's surprise attacks, which was considered to have officially divided the boundaries with Hutchison...
Now if you want to go to the grassland to contact the people of Korqin, you have to pass by Yang Er's territory. It is not difficult to dispatch again from a legal perspective, but it is unreasonable to reason. Once dispatching is done, it is too obvious. Since the assassination of the old slave, everyone has also understood that Hutchison has put a lot of detailed works everywhere. There must be many from Ningyuan to Guanmen area. There is no way to completely ban trade and prohibit merchants and travelers from waiting for communication, so you have to be less active than quiet. It is better to continue to put Yang Er in place.
"Yang Er is still willing to serve the country with loyalty, and he is considered a righteous man." Cheng Benzhi felt proud. He and Yang Er met on the grassland. Because of his deliberate acceptance, Yang Er is now his helper outside. Of course, Cheng Benzhi had to try his best to protect Yang Er. Every aide would try his best to make some powerful support outside, but no one is as good as Cheng Benzhi and Yang Er's relationship. How could those generals be together?
Yuan Chonghuan nodded and said, "Yang Eryi was determined to fight the Jurchens. He would definitely feel wronged if he didn't go into battle this time. If there is another rumor of peace talks, be careful of his troubles!"
Cheng Benzhi frowned when he heard this. This was indeed a troublesome thing. Yang Er would not have gone without being dissatisfied with Huji's strategy. But now the western part of Liaoning has taken the same path. This matter must be resolved well, otherwise it will affect the overall situation in the next step!
"Who is willing to go to Liaodong?"
The last time Huang Taiji took the initiative to send envoys. In this battle, Yuan Chonghuan and Zhao Rujiao sent envoys to discuss peace talks and tricked Huang Taiji as Erleenzi.
For Huang Taiji's own face and prestige, it was absolutely impossible for the Later Jin side to actively send envoys. Huang Taiji still has to be shameless, so he has to send people from Ningyuan to discuss peace, and the scale cannot be too low.
Since he made a decision, Yuan Chonghuan's ability to act was quite strong, and he was really not afraid to take responsibility.
As long as the western Liaoning was in and the troops were in, the court had to rely on him to govern Ji Liao and defend against Hutchison and Donggu. His position was quite stable. In August last year, when the old slave died, Yuan Chonghuan dared to send people to mourn, which was an obvious temptation. Later, in the seventh year of the Tianqi period, the eunuch party instructed the censors to impeach Yuan Chonghuan one after another. Seeing that something was wrong, Yuan Chonghuan resigned and returned to his hometown to observe the changes in current affairs.
When Chongzhen ascended the throne and the eunuch party was finished, Yuan Chonghuan immediately knew that the opportunity had come!
Chongzhen summoned Yuan at the age of seventeen. Out of disgust and hatred for the eunuch party, the emperor liked officials who were driven away by the eunuch party, and even liked Yuan, a hero who made great contributions and suffered grievances.
Of course, Yuan himself also built a temple and gave gifts to Wei Yan. This was automatically ignored by the emperor... This was the general trend of the world at that time, how many people could avoid the common people!
If this is the case alone, Yuan could not be considered bold. The most courageous thing was that he proposed the strategy of pacifying Liao for five years on the platform. Later, after he came out, people asked him if he was really sure. He said, "comfort the emperor's heart a little." This is a very serious crime. How can he make a promise in front of the emperor? How can he comfort him?
Later, in the fifth year, Ping Liao pacified Huang Taiji to the foot of the capital. Regardless of other crimes, Chongzhen used this to kill Yuan Chonghuan. Even Yuan himself had nothing to say. From this point of view, Yuan Chonghuan deserved his title of "barbarian". Sometimes he was brave and responsible, and sometimes he was just a rude and rude!
"That's what happens now." At this time, a lieutenant asked to see him in front of the door. Yuan Chonghuan ordered someone to come in and said, "Brother Yan went to Liaodong, Master Cheng went to deal with the people of Korqin, but don't be anxious for the time being. At present, we are just speculating that we have to wait for the official report before waiting for the imperial court, so don't be anxious, don't be confused..."
"I have met the military master at the bottom of the flag." The captain who came in was Zu Dashou's subordinate, and his surname was Zu. He was just an officer who became a clerk after his family changed his surname. He was very handsome and could speak well, so Zu Dashou sent this person to deal with Yuan Chonghuan. After seeing the ceremony, the captain said in a magnificent manner: "Zu Shuai and You Shuai have completed the inspection. Including the Zhenyi heads calculated in Jinzhou a few days ago, this battle will be beheaded in a total of 269 levels!"
"Okay, very good." Even though Yuan Chonghuan had always been deep and restrained, he couldn't help but smile on his face.
Nearly three hundred true Yi heads are a very outstanding record. This is not the head that Dongjiang has obtained after years of sneak attacks over the years of adulthood. This is the head that was cut down after fighting in a dignified formation on the battlefield!
The Ming Dynasty King's Army fought with the Donglu, either a crushing defeat or even a win without a chance to cut the head. A large-scale battle had nearly 300 heads, what does it mean? This is an absolute victory, a victory with no controversy at all!
Since the second year of Tianqi, Sun Chengzong went to work in western Liaoning, he has been busy repairing cities and farming. At that time, more than 90% of the Liao soldiers were recruits. After repeated defeats, not only did the top leaders of Liao Town almost all changed their blood, but the middle-level generals and soldiers at the bottom were basically almost dead.
This is not an exaggeration. From the Qinghe Battle before Sarhu, 20,000 soldiers in Liao Town were completely wiped out in the field, and more than 10,000 were completely wiped out in Qinghe Fort. Sarhu Liao Town also suffered heavy losses. In the battle between Shenyang and Liaoyang, Liao Town died tens of thousands of soldiers. In addition, the losses of Guangning Battle, several generals died in the battlefield. Most of the ordinary soldiers died in one battle. After a hundred years, the corpses were still corpses in the wilderness, and ghost fires were everywhere, which was not like the human world.
When Lao Suntou presided over the western part of Liao, there were only tens of thousands of defeated soldiers at the close of the gate. He was still in shock. Old soldiers like the Zu family, who were willing to give up the land and territory outside the pass, and only guard Shanhaiguan was satisfied. Sun Chengzong drove away Wang Zaijin and began to train troops outside Shanhaiguan. He first restored Ningyuan, then restored Jinzhou, and then built the large and small Linghe River in Qiantun Youtun. He originally wanted to build a side wall that was hundreds of miles long, but later he really didn't have to pay for it.
With the efforts of Sun Chengzong, Liao Town improved, but the army was strong but had not experienced real tests... At the same time, Mao Wenlong left Liao Town before Guangning defeat and went to Pidao to recover the lost land in southern Liaoning. The recovery of Zhenjiang was a beautiful first move. Later, although Dongjiang had not opened a town, Mao Wenlong recovered dozens of islands and placed a large number of Liaodong refugees in Tieshan and Yizhou. At the same time, using sneak attacks and other spy war methods to continuously cut off the Zhenyi heads. In this regard, Mao Wenlong before the seventh year of the Tianqi revelation, he did indeed give him a good reward to the imperial court, and Dongjiang did have quite solid contributions.
Mao Wenlong's shortcomings are that he cannot fight, but western Liaoning is not much stronger. In the Battle of Liuhe, the officers and soldiers of several battalions, Li Chengxian, Lu's armor was all highly praised by western Liaoning. As a result, after crossing the river, he encountered a Jurchen of Niulu, which was a crushing defeat. The general was cut off from the mud and lost hundreds of armored soldiers. Because of such a crushing defeat, Sun Chengzong had no face to stay. The battle of Ningyuan was later defeated.
It was only after the victory of the Ningjin Battle that the troops in western Liaoning were truly established and regained their strength. This time the great decapitation was of great significance. To be fair, it was much more important than the beheadings obtained by sporadic sneak attacks in Dongjiang.
"Donalds," Yuan Chonghuan stood up and said with a serious expression: "Brother Deng, please help me draft a draft to report to the court. Ningyuan and Jinzhou should continue to be on guard. More escort cavalry must be sent to make sure that the enemy cavalry has retreated and should not be careless. You all can prepare first. After the imperial decree is issued, we will discuss the next step."
He maintained an enterprising attitude and was not completely lost. Several staff members present nodded one after another and expressed their approval.
Zhou Wenyu, who had just proposed that Hutchison Kewei and should be cautious, could only stand in the corner again. No one cared about what he had just said and was wary of.
Chapter completed!