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Chapter 625: The Battle of Ice and Fire in the Battle of Thousand Miles of Blood (16)

Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty issued an order to replace the Minister of War Wang Qia, and Sun Chengzong was appointed as the Ministry of War. Sun Chengzong did not refuse at this critical moment of the Ming Dynasty, but the disciples of the Secretary of War Wang Qia in the same year stopped doing it. They also knew that Sun Chengzong was the most suitable candidate at the time of succession of Wang Qia, and they could not blame Sun Chengzong for not being wrong, but they dared to cause trouble for Emperor Chongzhen. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were very combat-capable since the beginning of Chengzu Zhu Di. Their favorite thing was to offend the emperor and then get a court shot.

Any civil servant who had been beaten by a court stick would be famous in the official history afterwards. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been few civil servants who died under the court stick, so most civil servants are proud to have been beaten to have been beaten to the court stick. Since Emperor Chongzhen provoked the war at this critical moment, all civil servants were injected with blood and wrote memorials at home, especially the censors who had nothing to do to find trouble, and even revealed the dark history of Yuan Chonghuan, the general secretary of Ji Liao, to the memorials. The subtext is that the emperor failed to investigate the employment of people.

Jiannu was camping dozens of miles north of the capital, and the sound of golden drums was so exciting. Just when the foreign enemy was in front of him, the Ming Dynasty court was fighting endlessly. At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen in the platform hall was really crying and was in tears. The Ming Dynasty was at the critical moment of life and death, and the ministers in the court were still accusing him of failing to supervise people. Emperor Chongzhen, who had some experience in fighting, had to explain his difficulties to the ministers. Fortunately, the chief minister Qian Longxi changed the topic and focused the court's discussion on the strategy of retreating to the enemy, which initially resolved the embarrassing situation of Emperor Chongzhen.

If any political struggle is to be calmed, there must be compromise. Although the cabinet chief Qian Longxi temporarily suppressed the impeachment of Yuan Chonghuan, this undercurrent only turned from the open to the underground. As Zhang Ping'an, the most shameless nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, said, the Ming Dynasty court just missed the sieve, and the news of today's court discussion was circulated as soon as the court discussion ended in the capital. Originally, the people in the capital were afraid of Jiannu's attack on Beijing. They were always looking for the culprit for this crisis. The result of the court discussion allowed them to know who the sinner was.

Only through the memorials of the censors did everyone know the truth about the dark story. It turned out that Zhang Ping'an, the foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty, had predicted that the result of today's current emperor had appointed Yuan Chonghuan, the remnant of the eunuch party. What's even more annoying is that the reinforcements of the Baoding kings blocked hundreds of thousands of Jiannu's army on the front line of Jizhou, and the Jiannu's Tatars could not advance or retreat. However, the Ponu's Quarter predicted that Yuan Chonghuan would disband the Ming army in Jizhou, and Yuan Chonghuan really disbanded the Ming army stationed in Jizhou and asked the Tatars to attack the capital. Why did the prestigious Ji Liao army do this? There was an explanation in the court memorial today.

That is, the Ji Liao army had a big talk about pacifying Liao for five years in front of the emperor. But he did not do much in Liaodong and did not take back an inch of his hometown. In this way, Yuan Chonghuan might be impeached by the censor for deceiving the saint. The Liaodong border army could not defeat Jiannu on the battlefield, so Yuan Chonghuan had to find a way to complete his big talk about pacifying Liao for five years in other aspects. If Jiannu negotiated peace with the Ming court, even if his goal of pacifying Liao for five years could not be achieved, Yuan Chonghuan would have no responsibility.

Since Jiannu broke the pass, there were many strange things in the Jiannu Tartars passing through the pass and kill the generals. Every time Ponu Hou predicted Yuan Chonghuan's prediction of Ji Liao commander Yuan Chonghuan. What's even more strange is that Yuan Chonghuan knew the prophecy of Ponu Hou, he also acted according to Ponu Hou's guess. This is just another explanation. Yuan Chonghuan wanted to use the Jiannu army to attack the capital and force the court to sign an alliance with Jiannu in the city. If this is true, the life of the emperor will be difficult, and it is still light to issue a self-destruction, and it is not impossible for the court ministers to decentralize power.

The consequence of this discussion of government affairs is that the government troops and the people of the capital camp guarding the city walls distrust the Liaodong border troops stationed in Guangqumen. They are all afraid that the Liaodong border troops would help Jiannu attack the capital. When the Liaodong border troops who set up camp went to the moat to fetch water, they would be insulted by the capital officials and people on the city walls. They accused the Liaodong border troops of being the culprit for Jiannu entering the capital, and were not allowed to fetch water from the moat. The officials of the city guarding the city would spontaneously shoot arrows at the Liaodong border troops who were fetching water, forcing them to stay away from the capital walls.

Like the messy situation in the capital, in the meeting hall of the Ponu Hou Mansion in Zhangjiazhuang, the commander Xu Yian was cursing the assistant commanders Wan Gufei and Dong Heliang. The tradition of the Ponu Army is that when the superiors scolded their subordinates, the subordinates were not allowed to speak again. If anyone had the courage to speak again, then what was waiting for him would be to release his troops and return to the field. Although Xu Yian was not a general in the leadership of the Ming Dynasty, he had been swimming in the large dye vat of the Ming Dynasty officialdom for too long. In politics, he could be the fastest-mature military general in Ponu City.

The Po Nu Army achieved great results in this battle with the Jurchen Blue Banner and the Han Army White Banner. There were not many problems in the military command of Wan Gufei, but the problem was that Wan Gufei violated the combat strategy given by General Zhang. General Zhang had long explained the inspection strategy of the Po Nu Army to serve the King, that is, when the Jurchen army did not come, the maps near the capital could be mapped on a large scale. Once the situation was tense, the Po Nu Army would only dispatch a small group of scouts and cavalry to monitor the enemy's movements, and would never fight with the Jiannu Tartars first.

Although everyone is not clear about the strategic intentions of Zhang Damashu, every military arrangement of Zhang Damashu has a deep trick. Everyone is in different positions and has different understandings of Zhang Damashu's orders. In this battle, the main responsibility lies with Dong Heliang. This hob meat is the same as the commander Hu Ming, who cannot see military merits. Originally, his patrol scope was only on the west side of Andingmen Gate. However, his scouts were able to conduct large-scale investigations. When the scouts reported to him that they found the traces of the Jurchen scouts, Dong Heliang immediately felt hot.

Dong Heliang fought in North Korea a few days ago. He could have been promoted to the vice-president with his military achievements, but today he made great progress and damaged the strategy of Zhang Dashen. Xu Yian might not be able to protect him even if he wanted to save Dong Heliang. In order to rescue Dong Heliang, the co-president Wan Gufei even took out the "rocket launcher" that Zhang Dashen was under the box. This time, Zhang Dashen pulled the "rocket launcher" to the capital. It was not because he had a deep affection for the Ming Dynasty, but because he had always wanted to test the latest weapons he invented on the Jurchen Tartars. In the past, the "*" was like this, but now the "rocket launcher" is still like this. As long as the Jurchen Tartars do not perish, the Jurchens will become a test piece of Zhang Dashen's new weapons in the future.

However, this time, the General Secretary Wan Gufei was a little impatient in the war, and directly exposed the most mysterious weapons of the Po Slave Army to the Tartars and the Ming Dynasty. From a political perspective, Wan Gufei's battle would arouse the alertness of the Ming Dynasty, and thus would have many adverse effects on the Xuanwei Envoy of the Po Slave Army and Zhang Dashi. As the commander of the Po Slave Army, Xu Yian could have dealt with Wan Gufei and Dong Heliang. However, the General Secretary Wan Gufei was the general of Zhang Dashi himself, and there was a military order to command the battle. The strategy given by Zhang Dashi was that the decision of whether to fight or not is in the hands of Xu Yian, and once the fight started, he would obey Wan Gufei's command. Xu Yian was also convinced, after all, Wan Gufei had more practical experience than him.

Xu Yian has finished scolding, but after he has finished scolding, it is time to talk about the main business. This time, Xu Yian gave a strict order and resolutely followed the instructions of General Zhang to fight. Even if there are fighter jets, he would not allow attacks beyond the range. Xu Yian was really anxious. In the past, General Chang Liang, the general of Wanquandu, ran to Zhangjiazhuang when he had the opportunity. Since the defeat of the Bon Slave Army, Chang Liang almost stopped visiting the door, and only asked his confidants to pass the message when he had any questions. From this point of view, the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards the Bon Slave Army began to change. In the past, Emperor Chongzhen did not like Zhang Dashe. Now, after seeing the powerful combat power of the Bon Slave Army, the important officials of the court also became afraid.

As an officer of the Military Cooperation Commander Wan Gufei, perhaps he didn't know the inside story. Xu Yian knew that Zhang Damao Zhang had long-term plans. In the past, Zhang Damao Zhang was in awe of Emperor Tianqi, and he just whispered the matter. Now, Zhang Damao Zhang may really have the intention to rebel. If Zhang Damao really had plans to rebel, then Zhangjiazhuang would have to be fully prepared, especially the gold and silver transferred from the capital could not be transported back to the city. As for Zhangjiazhuang's defense issues, Xu Yian was not very worried. Although the Jurchen army brought the main force to the north of Zhangjiazhuang and occupied the upper hand on the battlefield, Xu Yian still believed that there was no need to worry too much.

But Xu Yian still dared not be careless in the military arrangement. This time, there were only Wan Gufei, Dong Heliang, Zheng Tai, Gu Xiaosheng and him. They removed the table and chairs in the middle of the conference hall and placed a map of the capital. Xu Yian took the instruction stick and clicked the map and said, "Everyone, let's talk about the serious matter! Dong Heliang is in charge of the scouts, you can talk about the enemy situation around you first."

Dong Heliang heard Xu Yian's name and quickly stood up and replied: "Xu Dutong, Wan Xietong reported to the scouts that the main force of the Tatars Jurchen Inlaid Yellow Banner, Wuzhen Chaoha Camp was camped in the northwest of our Zhangjiazhuang to Zhengbei. The female real red flag, the Han army inlaid red flag camped in Deshengmen, the female real white flag and the Mongolian Zhenghong Banner, the Han army inlaid white flag, the Han army inlaid blue flag camped in Andingmen. The Jurchen Inlaid blue flag, the Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, and the Han army inlaid blue flag camped in the northeast of Guangqumen. The enemy facing Zhangjiazhuang built bunkers three miles away to deal with the attacks of our army's crossbows and *. While building fortifications, the enemy sent a large number of rangers to cover the battlefield in the west. The tactics invented by our Zhang Dashen were learning very quickly..."

"Mr. Dong Qian, we are talking about so much nonsense in the military discussion! Can the Wan Xietong have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Xu Yian interrupted Dong Heliang's feelings and asked Wan Gufei directly.
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