216 Little Star
Needless to say, this army came from the Guanning Army, and the chief general was Wu Sangui, deputy general of the vanguard Right Battalion, and led a total of 1,500 cavalry troops to Beijing under the orders.
Before, Zu Dashou of Guanning heard that the Ji Liao Governor's Governor's garrison was going to move to Shanhaiguan. He got along well with Liaodong Governor Fang Yizao, and even asked his nephew to become sworn brothers with Fang Yizao's son. As a result, the Ji Liao Governor was coming. Isn't this an extra boss? It's the biggest!
For this reason, he discussed with Fang Yizao, and Fang Yizao submitted a report to the court, saying that now there are only Jinzhou in Liaodong, Ningyuan and Shanhaiguan, three strong cities and affiliated cities in Liaodong, and he is already here, which should be enough. Jianlu often enters the pass from Jizhen and is the best strategy to be watched by the Governor himself.
As a result, after the memorial was put up, there was no response at all. Instead, the new Governor of Ji Liao confirmed that he was the Sun Chuanting who asked the governor of Shaanxi to find out the garrison and pay for the funds in Shaanxi. This time, Zu Dashou was even more dissatisfied.
Of course, he had heard of Sun Chuanting. He knew that this man was the stone in the pit, smelly and hard. In Shaanxi, he was not even afraid of offending anyone. Now he was going to Shanhaiguan to take care of them and entered Zu Dashou's one acre of three-point land, which made him very uncomfortable.
The same is true for Fang Yizao. The governor was actually Sun Chuanting, and he felt uncomfortable! If possible, neither of them wanted Sun Chuanting to take office as the governor of Ji Liao.
However, before they had a bad idea, they heard that Sun Chuanting temporarily served as the general of the Beijing camp. During the martial law in the capital, Sun Chuanting held the military power of the Beijing camp during the arrest of the criminals, which was enough to show Sun Chuanting's position in the emperor's mind. Even Yuan Chonghuan, who had been very trusted by the emperor before, had no experience.
In this regard, Fang Yizao and Zu Dashou had no choice but to discuss how Sun Chuanting took office as the governor of Ji Liao and how to deal with it after arriving at Shanhaiguan?
You should know that in the Guanning army today, the Zu family is the largest force, especially after marrying into the Wu family. If you are to say it bluntly, the surname Zu is more than Zhu in this acre of three-point land from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou.
However, what made Zu Dashou breathe a sigh of relief was that after Sun Chuanting arrived, he did not immediately implement his strategy of replenishing funds in the Qing trunks, and did not even mention it. After meeting the generals and officials from all over the country, he was just looking at the official documents and matters within the power of the governor of Ji Liao.
Although there is no trouble for the time being, Zu Dashou also knew that Sun Chuanting must have a prestige when he took office. He is now looking at people and animals, just because he is still familiar with it. For this reason, Zu Dashou secretly held the gods to guard against Sun Chuanting.
But unexpectedly, at this moment, the emperor came with an order, indicating that Wu Sangui would be transferred to lead the cavalry in the headquarters into the pass.
This incident surprised Zu Dashou and others again. A group of people urgently discussed and guessed whether it would be related to Sun Chuanting. If they wanted to fight against Sun Chuanting, they would have better have enough capital. Therefore, their original intention was that they did not want Wu Sangui to enter the pass.
For this reason, Liaodong Governor Fang Yizao was preparing to write to the court, saying that the Liaodong Jianluo had too great threat and it was not advisable to divide troops from Ningjin.
When Sun Chuanting asked about this, Fang Yizao even "fighted with reason" and emphasized the power of Jianlu. If Jianlu besieged Jinzhou again, there would be a lack of troops to rescue Jinzhou at that time.
Just here in Shanhaiguan, in the past, there was a position of Liaodong General Strategy. This General Strategy was actually similar to the Governor, but relatively speaking, they were all inferior to the Governor. Because their ranks were divided into high or low.
During the Tianqi period, the Liaodong governor Xiong Tingbi and Liaodong governor Wang Huazhen were incompatible. As a result, Xiong Tingbi could not fight Wang Huazhen, which led to a complete defeat in the Liaodong war.
Although the Governor is the nominal superior of the governor, generally speaking, the Governor has the capital to compete with the Governor, and they are all from the Ming Dynasty's chief officials. They all have the power to report to the emperor directly. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Governor will not treat the Governor as a subordinate. If you have different opinions, you will consider it.
However, there was no conclusion about this matter. Then, Emperor Chongzhen's second order came again. The bandits in the Central Plains rebelled again and urged Wu Sangui to enter the pass immediately.
The tone of this decree was harsh, and the urging was very obvious. Sun Chuanting immediately ordered that Wu Sangui must enter the pass immediately, otherwise he would be in opposition to the decree and not obey it.
On Zu Dashou, they understood that it was not Sun Chuanting who was causing trouble, but the thief was causing trouble again, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
They were not worried about the thieves. So after changing their minds, they moved to Wu Sangui's official position.
In the past, as long as the Guanning Army entered the pass, such as Zu Kuan, Cao Wenzhao and others, they would have been named general officers. Wu Sangui's military position at this time was only equivalent to the deputy general. If he wanted to go further, this would be a good opportunity.
Therefore, after discussing with the Zu and Wu families, they no longer thought about resisting the order, and asked Wu Sangui to immediately lead the 1,500 cavalry troops of the headquarters into the pass.
At this time, Wu Sangui was already twenty-seven years old. He had lost his youthful blood. Under the fate of the Zuwu family, he had become "mature".
His mind was also about promotion. After arriving outside the capital, he was waiting. The emperor should reward himself, at least like Zu Kuan, to give a general officer to aid and suppression?
However, to his disappointment, the emperor did not let him go to Beijing to meet him after he knew that he had arrived, nor did he give him a reward, but just asked him to camp outside the city and wait for his orders.
Wu Sangui couldn't help but wonder, and quickly sent his servants to take off his military uniform and went into the city to find his father Wu Xiang to ask about the situation.
In the Battle of Daling River in August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Wu Xiang was sent by Sun Chengzong to rescue his brother-in-law Zu Dashou, but he became a fleeing general. In the Battle of Daling River, the Ming army was defeated in the battle of Daling River. Zu Dashou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and of course he fled back later.
This battle caused Sun Chengzong to be dismissed from his official position and returned home to retire; Wu Xiang, the escaped general, did not escape and was sent to prison. However, the Wu family was rich and was soon released from prison. He became an unemployed vagrant, and did not affect his son's career. At this time, he was listening to music and watching operas in the Wu Mansion in the capital.
Before it was dark, the servant rushed back to the military camp outside the city and reported to Wu Sangui: "Young Master, the master said that the emperor has issued an order to personally fight against the bandits. Therefore, he is busy now! He should give the young master the position of aiding general before going to the expedition."
In fact, this is also a routine, at least Zu Kuan and Cao Wenzhao have both been able to do so.
When Wu Sangui heard this, he was surprised and asked a little disbelief: "What did you say? The emperor wants to lead the army in person?"
In fact, this news is not just Wu Sangui, but everyone will be very surprised after hearing it.
Counting forward, except for Emperor Zhengde who had the experience of personally commanding the army, there were only those emperors who had the experience of fighting during the founding of the country. As for Emperor Yingzong, it was a joke.
So the servant replied affirmatively: "The emperor said that this time we would completely resolve the thieves' rebellion and restore peace to the people of the world, so he decided to command the imperial commander to personally."
"Oh!" Wu Sangui couldn't help but admire Emperor Chongzhen when he heard this.
He was a general, and of course he admired him as a brave person. If he had heard this news, he was more respectful of the emperor's identity, but at this time, when he knew that the emperor was going to the army in person, he was also a little impressed by the emperor's own daring to go to the battlefield, and he began to estimate the emperor again.
Thinking of this, he was not in a hurry and just waited outside the city with peace of mind.
In the capital city, when the emperor personally fought for the imperial army, all preparations were very efficient. The three battalions under the Imperial Horse Supervisor had all changed their clothes. In addition to the extra uniforms, nearly one-third of the people had iron armor. These iron armor were originally kept in stock, and were worn by the Han general during the Great Court. This was the face of the court, and no one dared to make any decision. At this time, when the Imperial Horse Supervisor personally fought for the warrant, they took them out of the warehouse and used the place they really wanted to use.
On the ninth day of the sixth month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the weather was clear. Except for the sick, all the soldiers of the three major camps under the Imperial Horse Supervisor gathered at the school ground. The emperor arrived with civil and military officials, and even the queen followed the prince.
The soldiers of the three camps and veterans have seen them on such occasions several times.
They always remembered it very clearly that the first time was when they rushed to the outskirts of the capital, the emperor unexpectedly went to inspect, walked among them, and made a promise to them, so that they could truly know their emperor for the first time.
The second time was during the triumph. The emperor reviewed, rescued them, took them seriously, and even cared about the wounded soldiers and fulfilled their promises. Such emperors had never heard of them before. At that time, they felt that it would be a blessing in this life to have such an emperor loyal to them.
After that, the emperor would often come to see them, making them feel that the emperor was always by their side. They never encountered any bad problems they would encounter when they were in the border army before.
Among the three camps, not only did they eat enough and dress warmly, but their military pay was higher than before, and there was no deduction at all. Therefore, they all cherished such a life very much and trained hard. Even if the amount of training was far more than before, there was no complaint at all.
Because they still remember that the emperor once said that they would lead them to the army to siege Liaodong. If they didn't work hard, one day, when the emperor really wanted to fulfill this promise, it might disappoint the emperor. This is what they least want to see!
Now, the emperor wants to personally conquer the thieves, and the veterans of the three camps are all full of confidence. Not to mention now, even when they were the border troops, they could chase and kill the thieves. They believe that now, they, who are stronger, will definitely not let the emperor down. They will definitely see that they have not let the emperor down.
Although the new soldiers in the three camps did not have as many impressions of the emperor as veterans, they were refugees who were plundered to Liaodong and were rescued in the Battle of Tianjin. When their families were destroyed, they hated Jianlu to the core and wanted to fight with Jianlu immediately, let alone fight against the weaker thieves now.
They also cherish everything they have now, knowing that this is the emperor's reason, so that they can have everything they have now. After they arrive under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, they also see that the emperor will come to see them for training from time to time, so they are also training seriously while respecting each other. This not only allows the emperor to see their hard work, but also to practice the ability to kill the enemy for revenge in the future.
At the same time, they naturally heard the Emperor's little by little from the veterans and understood that they could be rescued by the veterans. The Emperor played a key role in that battle. Later, the Emperor sent Chengyi Bo to settle them at the first time, which also made them feel the attention from the Emperor.
Therefore, although they did not have the same experience as the veterans at this time, they did not hinder their gratitude to the emperor. They all stood there excitedly, watching their emperor get on the stage.
Emperor Chongzhen was wearing military uniform and looked even more heroic. After seeing the emperor's outfit, the soldiers from the three camps felt a little more close. Their eyes moved with the emperor's figure, with a hint of fanaticism.
Emperor Chongzhen went to the generals and glanced at the soldiers below, feeling their love for him, and felt very relieved. He raised troops for a thousand days and used troops for a while, and now he felt that such an army had not disappointed his expectations.
He didn't want to talk nonsense, so he stood quietly for a while, and suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it upwards.
The soldiers of the three camps below looked at the emperor and saw the sword reflecting dazzling light in the sun. Even the armor on the emperor also reflected the sun's light, shining golden light, like a god. Just on that point, there was a majestic figure standing, dazzling.
This is our emperor! Almost all the soldiers couldn't help but say proudly in their hearts.
Emperor Chongzhen shouted loudly: "All the soldiers, follow me to fight against the bandits and restore peace to the people of the world, are you willing?"
Without prior ventilation, almost everyone shouted in unison: "I'm willing!"
Although this voice is short, it gathers the voices of all the soldiers, deafeningly, echoing over the school grounds, echoing in the hearts of all civil and military officials, the queen and prince.
As long as your eyes are not blind and your ears are not deaf, you can feel the love of these soldiers for the emperor.
The emperor's prestige in the army was something they had never estimated before!
Looking at this scene, even the prince, who was just ten years old, had his eyes full of stars. In his eyes, the person in front of the general was no longer just the strict father who scared him! Even Empress Zhou saw the other side of Emperor Chongzhen for the first time, with love for his man in his eyes.
Emperor Chongzhen on the stage looked at the soldiers below and shouted in his own mood: "Wansheng!"
"Wan Sheng!" This time, the response to the emperor was not only the soldiers of the three camps, but also the generals who came with him. They all had an impulse to follow the emperor to go to war!
Afterwards, the emperor did not say anything extra and gave the order, the three camps began to set off.
The army drove out of the barracks. On the streets outside, the people of the capital had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the emperor's brigade going to war and the figure of the heroic emperor, they couldn't help but shout: "Wansheng!"
Wu Sangui, who had received the notice, had already led his cavalry to set off. Hearing the movements from the capital and listening to the waves of "Wan Sheng" shouts, for some reason, the blood that had already disappeared seemed to surge in his body again.
Emperor, is coming?
Chapter completed!