166 The wishful thinking failed (for the head of Tianwaitian 007 5/5)
The problem that Emperor Chongzhen thought of was that the Ming army forces in Tianjin, including Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, had a total of about 30,000 troops. The total number of Qing troops they had to face was about 95,000. The reason why they could win the battle in Tianjin was to attack him unexpectedly was one aspect, and the other aspect was to create a local battlefield, that is, the battlefield on the north bank of the Weihe River, where the Ming army fought less.
In addition, another reason is also very important. The Qing army crossing the river must take care of the population and materials that were plundered by them, and the troops were actually separated at the beginning of the war, which is even more beneficial to the Ming army.
Now, this battle has been won, but the main force of the Qing army is still there, and there are at least 60,000 troops. Although we have to divide our troops to guard the Ming people who have not been rescued, we can use at least about 40,000 troops!
Although the Ming army won, there must be some damage to the war. Even if the war went smoothly than the last battle, it was estimated that 5,000 troops could not fight again. The injuries and deaths combined should be similar. Or, there would be more. After all, it would be more than 5,000 troops to exchange 5,000 troops for Jianlu. This is a great victory that has never been seen before. It would be incredible to think about it!
In this way, Mao estimated that the Ming army still had 25,000 troops to fight. But what should I do if the seized materials? What should I do if the people of the Ming Dynasty rescued? Do you ignore it? You must divide your troops to take care of them.
Materials may be transported nearby to Tianjin City to pile up, but what about people? According to the news from the feedback from the eavesdropping seeds, the number of people rescued this time is definitely not small. It is estimated that half of the people who were looted in the Ming Dynasty, that is about 200,000. Even Hong and Sun's troops could not squeeze out, let alone so many people!
In such a cold weather, if no one cares about these people, it would be useless to save them and they would definitely not survive. Once this happens, the consequences will be severely abolished.
These people must be placed in the nearby Ming city as fast as possible. No matter what, they must overcome the difficulties together and then resettle them after they have repelled the Qing army.
But if so many people want to resettle nearby cities, they will definitely crowd out nearby cities, which will cause huge inconvenience to the local people and cause many problems. Others cannot make such a decision. In this Ming Dynasty, only the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty can force local cities to be resettled. In this way, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's troops can concentrate their troops to deal with the revenge of the Qing army.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately began to consider the candidates to implement this order. He must have certain abilities and a certain status. Of course, the best thing is that the emperor goes directly, and no one dares to object to the resettlement, but this is unrealistic!
Immediately, Emperor Chongzhen thought of a candidate, so he immediately issued an order to summon him.
Not long after, in Wenhua Hall, the chief minister Xue Guoguan, the six ministers and others were already there first, watching the man who came under the orders greeting the emperor.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't talk nonsense. When he finished the ceremony, he immediately said to him: "Liu Qing, the first battle will be won on the front line, but the resettlement of the rescued people is urgent. Are you willing to go for me and do this?"
This Liu Qing is Liu Kongzhao, the uncle of Zhenyi. He was still thinking in his heart that he would not ask for anything again when he was summoned by the emperor.
When he heard this, he actually wanted to leave the capital for the emperor, that is, he was an imperial envoy to do things, and it was a very important thing. Suddenly, a feeling of being trusted rose from the bottom of his heart, and he immediately replied excitedly: "My ministers have been consuming the king's fortune for generations and should be sent by the king. No matter whether the ministers can do it or not, they will definitely do it with twelve points and will never dare to let the holy hopes down!"
Hearing this answer, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded with satisfaction, then explained to him: "Here you go here, please resettle the people nearby..."
After explaining the situation in detail, he nodded to the chief assistant, and an imperial edict was handed over by Xue Guoguan to Liu Kongzhao. At the same time, the personal eunuch Lan Tianbao also held a Shangfang sword in both hands.
"This matter cannot be delayed!" Emperor Chongzhen carefully explained to Liu Kongzhao, "It is necessary to deal with it with thunder. Whoever dares to shirk responsibility? I will give you Shangfang a sword to kill him immediately to shock others."
Looking at Shang Fang's sword and listening to the emperor's words, Liu Kongzhao was shocked again. He did not expect that the emperor would give him such great power!
When Emperor Chongzhen saw Liu Kongzhao respectfully received Shangfang's sword and imperial edict, he said to him: "Of course, I have said in the will that the city of the people should be exempted from three years of taxes. If the food is not enough, I will find a way to make up for it. But at present, the whole city must overcome the difficulties together, regardless of the common people and gentry. Those who contribute the most money should make a book and report it to me."
When Liu Kongzhao heard this, he couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. It seemed that the emperor still understood the people's hearts. He did not rely on the imperial power in his hands, but used it together with the sweet date stick. In this way, this matter would be much easier to deal with!
He was thinking, and Emperor Chongzhen was urging him again: "This matter is urgent. You should work harder and leave the capital immediately and go to deal with it day and night. I will ask my people!"
"Your Majesty has made arrangements. If I can't handle this matter well, I will be ashamed of my ancestors and my salary." After Liu Kongzhao said that, he also decisively said goodbye to the emperor immediately. He did not return to the mansion, and took the family members waiting outside the palace and the Jinyiwei who was accompanying him by the order and left the capital directly.
After leaving the city gate, Liu Kongzhao, who was whipping up, slowly calmed down. He suddenly realized that why did the emperor not arrange for civil servants to accompany him in this matter? For such a big thing, the emperor actually trusted him so much? After all, he gave Shangfang's sword and had the power to kill the fifth rank below!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be very moved. It seemed that the emperor still believed in the nobles, at least he believed in himself. This time, the errand was promised in front of the emperor. In this way, no matter how hard or tiring, or how complicated the situation was, he would have to follow the emperor's instructions and do it with thunder means, and put everything on the emperor's destiny first!
Liu Kongzhao naturally didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had already recovered the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Li Zushu's body and placed them on him. In this way, would it be strange if he was afraid that he would not do well with the emperor on his back?
A little earlier, the war on the north bank of the Wei River ended, and the Ming soldiers scatteredly pursued each other. Everyone was very happy. If the two teams met, they would greet each other and show off their military achievements. Even if they didn't know each other, they would salute each other and laugh.
The people of the Ming Dynasty who fled all over the place before also came back because they saw that the imperial army won the battle and they were rescued! No need to hide in the cold wilderness, otherwise they would either freeze to death or starve to death.
They looked at the Ming army soldiers wearing red mandarin duck battle robes around them, and for the first time they felt that these big-headed soldiers were so friendly. Many people came to their senses at this time and remembered that their homes were gone and their relatives were gone. They immediately knelt down and suffered pain. Only at this time can they vent their feelings happily.
Some people are more lucky, and some brothers and sisters are arrested together, so they search around, shouting their names loudly, with anxiety and worry.
What can be found is crying with joy, and I have never had any cherishment in my heart; while those who can only find the body are hugging and crying...
On the top of Tianjin city, two officials in big red robe looked at the scenes on the north bank. They didn't have much time to stop, but quickly turned to look at the south bank of Weihe, looking at the countless Jianlu over there, and the joy of winning the war had long disappeared.
"Many men from Qin died in this battle, and our troops are still in short supply!" Sun Chuanting looked cold, although he did not sigh, he might have heard that he was not in high spirits.
What he said was mainly the losses caused by the infantry and military formations blocking the Jianlu cavalry and infantry charges. Relatively speaking, the Yongwei Battalion lost a lot less of the damage to burn passages by the river. As for the troops assigned to Hong Chengchou, there was no loss at all. Because of their appearance, Jianlu collapsed immediately. Chasing and killing the defeated enemy was the easiest thing.
Hearing him speak, Hong Chengchou nodded and said, "Jianlu will definitely retaliate when he suffers such a great defeat. Our army has few troops, so it is still difficult to stop Jianlu from crossing the entire Wei River!"
"Yes, when their reinforcements arrive, we may not be able to block the attack across the river, let alone the night is even more difficult to prevent." Sun Chuanting continued worriedly, "Now we are in the Ming place, and we have lost our previous advantages, so we can only fight head-on!"
They were talking, and suddenly they saw Cao Bianjiao strode and reported: "Governor General, Lord Zhongcheng, the materials on the north bank have been clearly counted. There are 530 cars of food and grass, 100 cars of silk, silk, satin, etc., ten cars of gold, silver and jewelry, and fifty cars of other items."
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting frowned. They did not expect that there were so many silks and satin. What they most hoped was actually more food and grass. The army had arrived before, but they did not bring much food, so they were counting on seizures.
Although there are 530 cars, now there are not just troops!
Thinking of this, both of them looked out of the city at the same time, and at the countless Ming people, their hearts suddenly sank.
However, Sun Chuanting was decisive and immediately said to Hong Chengchou: "Sir, the official thinks that if you immediately divide your troops and lead these people away from the battlefield, otherwise you will be dragging them down next!"
"Divide the troops?" Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "Our troops are already insufficient, so how can we divide the troops?"
Sun Chuanting thought for a moment and immediately suggested: "Divid some of the food and grass, only two thousand troops are allocated, and the wounded soldiers are brought with them. Just watch the food. If anyone is disobedient, he will not give food. In this way, there is no need to distribute many troops."
His way of dealing with it was only impossible. He just let the more than 100,000 people leave. Not to mention whether the food was distributed enough, the coldness in the wild might eliminate those weak or injured.
"If you do this, the censor in the court will probably impeach..." Hong Chengchou spoke a little worriedly, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Sun Chuanting: "Sir, don't worry about the affairs in the court. There is an emperor in everything, just those verbs, what else can you do!"
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou immediately remembered the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen, and immediately smiled and said, "Follow my memory, haha, Boya is right, just do what you say!"
As soon as I made the decision, I saw movement on the south bank. I saw smoke and dust coming in the distance. Needless to say, the reinforcements of the Tatars arrived. However, it was too late at this time, and I could only see the scene of the Ming army celebrating.
They guessed correctly, Yue Tuo and Haoge led their troops back. They immediately saw the Ming army on the other side celebrating, looking at the bodies of the Qing soldiers, all over the ground, especially near the Wei River, there were countless corpses.
Suddenly, their faces looked very ugly.
The two went to the Central Army tent together and went in to pay the order. Then, Haoge couldn't help but complain, "What's going on? It was even worse than Yue Tuo's one time. How did this battle be fought?"
Dorgon was in a bad mood at first, but when he heard Haoge accusing him, his face suddenly became even more ugly.
However, after all, the defeat is a defeat. It is impossible to deny it, but he will not take responsibility alone. He immediately said coldly: "Turge, a slave, even making a fool of himself, has led to a complete defeat in the war! When he comes back, I will definitely not let him go!"
When Haoge heard this, he stared at Dorgon for a while and asked, "Then what does it mean to transfer me to the back? If I were there, at least there would be more troops. Why did Minggou be arrogant on the other side?"
When he heard this, Dorgon's face turned red, but he quickly disappeared and immediately shouted: "The passage is burned, what's the use of you? What's the solution now? How to deal with the Ming army on the other side!"
When Haoge heard this, he wanted to say it again, but Dorgon had already spoken first: "I have been to the rear army for so long, but have you found that the Qin Bing and Yongwei Battalion are fake? Not to mention that it is true, the Qin Bing and Yongwei Battalion are just a few people, all on the north shore, and it is absolutely impossible to be in the rear!"
"..." When Haoge heard this, he couldn't speak.
However, he also had a trick, and immediately turned around and looked at Yuetuo on the side and said, "I said I would go and kill for a while, but you won't let it go. Look, if we rushed for a while, we would have known that what was behind was fake!"
"But...but I once witnessed Lu Xiangsheng in the rear army with my own eyes!" Yue Tuo was a little stunned, stuttered for a moment, and finally found a reason.
When he heard this, Dorgon's eyes moved and he immediately said to both of them: "Go back immediately and destroy the Ming army. Tilu Xiangsheng's head is shown to the Ming army on the north bank!"
Hearing this, Haoge wanted to complain again. You have adjusted us all over and over, are you playing with monkeys?
However, Yue Tuo was happy and immediately clasped his fists and ordered: "There are at least 50,000 or 60,000 Ming troops behind me. If I don't kill these Ming troops, I will be willing to lead the army order!"
When he heard this, Haoge immediately came to his senses and immediately patted his chest and left first.
The Ming army defeated the 20,000 Qing army on the north bank, but the Qing Dynasty destroyed 50,000 or 60,000 Ming army behind it. At least it sounds like the Qing Dynasty made a lot of money!
Thinking of this, both Dorgon and the other two were relieved.
At this time, it was shown that the commander of the rear of the Ming army must be a famous commander. If an ordinary person fails to react, he will definitely be retaliated by Jianlu, and the troops following behind him may be wiped out.
Chapter completed!