Chapter five hundred and forty-two. The gamble of the last hand
Not only the Jinyiwei, but also the heavy cavalry of Shanxi guards were blocked outside the gate of the military camp, and they were covered with heavy armor and iron helmets. In the snow, they were like an iron man arhat with a snow cap in a temple.
Those who can use such equipment are at least the servants raised by the general's family and the elite among the elite.
Moreover, Wu Qi was not an ordinary person, former governor of Shanxi, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and grandson of the Dongge! The purple hooded black veil on his head was also covered with snowflakes. Wu Qi rode on his horse with a stiff expression, holding the imperial edict in his arms, and staring forward with a gloomy look.
Especially after a long time in the military, Yuan Chonghuan also discovered a small detail. The heavy cavalry in the front row was pulling the reins of the horse as if nothing had happened, but the cavalry behind them was staggered half of their body position and huddled behind them. A little bow could be seen vaguely. If you guessed correctly, the one holding it in your hand must be a crossbow of the border army!
This scene reminded Yuan Chonghuan of the night snow in the palace that year of Chongzhen again. Emperor Chongzhen's gloomy eyes were already cold shackles of the Jinyiwei.
But even so, taking a deep breath and leading more than a dozen Qin generals, Yuan Chonghuan still strode out, stopped five steps before Wu Qi's horse, then spread his sleeves, and knelt down to the ground with a hoarse voice.
"The emperor ordered the emperor to follow the will of heaven!"
It seemed that the cavalry were relieved, and the Grand Secretary Wu Yan suddenly unfolded the imperial edict at hand, and his voice was also hoarse.
"……………………………………………I picked up and pulled out the prisoners from the border and entrusted them with important tasks for their crimes and meritorious work. However, he was arrogant and generous, restrained and used his own power. However, he was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and he was respectful to his own troops. He was stagnant and stagnant. He was deeply denied my hopes. He blamed the country and the country, and it was not enough to be pacified. Now he handed over to the Grand Secretary Wu Yansuo, and waited for the thief to be defeated and escorted to the capital for investigation!"
"I also want to mention that the Grand Secretary of Dongge Wu Qi is the governor of the five provinces, and he will supervise the soldiers of the princes of the world. He will immediately advance eastward to pacify the thieves. No mistakes are allowed! I respect this!"
Even though he was mentally prepared, Yuan Chonghuan's head buzzed, his eyes turned black, and his head was knocked in the deep snow for a long time without lifting it up. He was immediately furious behind him and promoted him. Young officers selected from the children of the Yulin family of Tongguan, such as He Rou, the general of Tongguan gangsters, Zhang Keji, and more than a dozen people jumped up in anger.
"Who dares to touch my supervisor?"
"Bold, will you rebel?"
The Shanxi heavy cavalrymen lit up the guy without hesitation. However, listening to the roar, the Qin army patrolling nearby to watch the fun all raised their muskets without hesitation, and their dark muzzles were straight at Wu Yan without compromise.
As Wu Qi changed his expression, Huama Chi Shen general Liu Juai pulled out the knife and pointed it in front of his horse's head.
"The Qin army only recognizes one supervisor, Yuan Chonghuan and Lord Yuan! Get out of here! Otherwise, I will kill you, a group of pickled and rotten miscellaneous officials!"
"Get out!"
Seeing the situation approaching, nervousness was as if the fuse was hissing on the explosive barrel of Mars. At this time, a roar was poured on everyone's head like ice water. When he turned around, Yuan Chonghuan roared out in anger.
"But the supervisor, these stolen officials are here to get you..."
"I said to withdraw!"
The excited Qin army officers finally had to retreat. In the terrified Wu Qi, Yuan Chonghuan knelt heavily on the ground and kowtowed.
"Minister Yuan Chonghuan, accept the order!"
With the sound of horse hooves, Shanxi cavalry who came from afar entered the camp and took over the most powerful hand of the Ming Dynasty.
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Chongzhen's move also exposed his desperate end. In fact, the Ming Dynasty was not without soldiers at this time. Zuo Liangyu had more than 200,000 soldiers on paper. Liu Liangzuo, the general of Xuzhou who Yang Sichang brought to Jiangnan to suppress bandits, Huang Degong, the general of Fengyang, plus more than 100,000 troops, and tens of thousands of soldiers in Shandong and Hebei. It would be better to put these forces back to the battlefield of the Central Plains than to die with only 80,000 people in Yuan Chonghuan's hands.
But until now, the majesty of the court has been almost defeated by Chongzhen. The military leaders of the court have been unable to be transferred, so they can only attack the relatively obedient Yuan Chonghuan.
But Chongzhen never thought that once even the last obedient army was compensated, what else could the court, who became a commander-in-law, have to do anything to play with!
The entire court is now like dancing on the tip of a knife, but even so, Wu Qi, who arrived at the Qin army camp, still violated the military taboo and changed generals in the last battle!
In the past few days, he has inserted a large number of generals he brought from Shanxi into the Qin army, and pushed the young generals such as Yu Rou and Liu Quai who promoted Yuan Chonghuan to abolish them. These are relatively obedient and dedicated to their lives. Those mountain tops are powerful, such as Shaanxi General Gao Jie, Yulin General Bai Guangen, and Yansui Deputy General Niu Chenghu. He also bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong and dare not touch them.
In just three days, the Qin army, which was originally very morale, was chaotic by Wu Yan.
Although he was taken down, the scene of entering the military camp made Wu Yan dare not be rude to Yuan Chonghuan. It was much more comfortable to take the Jinyiwei Lock last time. He drew a tent alone, and Yuan Chonghuan's things were moved intact. As long as he didn't come out, no one would care about him.
But even so, Yuan Chonghuan had not given the bill for five days, and had not even dripped in the drip of water two days ago and had not been dipped in the grain of rice. It was not until the third and fourth day that he had to eat a meal every day. If he hadn't been able to die, he would not even be able to eat this meal.
On this day, he was still sitting on the bed with his brow frowned, staring at the kraft paper map. Suddenly, the curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted up, and he didn't even look back at his habitual head. He just said hoarsely.
"I can't bear it, take it!"
"Can Lord Yuan give me some face?"
He stood up in shock, but Wu Yan, a Grand Secretary of the Dongge, lifted the curtain and came in. Yuan Chonghuan was shocked when he saw it. He quickly bent down and bowed to meet him, bowing heavily.
"Sinners pay homage to the elders!"
"Oh, Brother Yuan, please come up quickly! There is no teacher in the Pavilion today. Let's talk about friendship between peers and peers!"
The evaluation of Wu Yan in "History of Ming Dynasty" is: "It is difficult to suppress the times, and it is not a talented person in the world, but it is not a talented person." Although he is not a talented person in heaven, he is not a candle like Chen Yan, Wei Zaode and Li Jiantai. The old man has supervised the army and led the soldiers, and he also knows that the Qin army is taking him out to seek death and give him a head. When it is time to bow his head, Wu Yan lowered his head and placed the wine and food in the basket. He personally pulled Yuan Chonghuan to sit down, reached out and poured him a glass of wine, and said with a smile.
"Brother, I am also in charge of the emperor's destiny. I've been wronged. I'm here to apologize to you!"
"I dare not take it!"
He picked up the wine glass helplessly, and Yuan Chonghuan accompanied him to drink.
In the chaotic times, the people all changed their children to eat. Wu Yan actually brought the rice wine from Jiangnan Tao at a high price. He tasted the taste of the aged wine with grain, and then the old guy bowed again.
"Brother Yuan! My brother has a ruthless request. My brother has the right to act cheaply. My brother wants you to be the acting governor of Shaanxi and supervise the Qin army to fight the thieves. Do you think?"
Originally, the three-sided governor was defeated by the governor of Shaanxi, but he was the leader of Wu Qi, who was good at winning, and he was promoted to a title. If he lost, he would probably have been punished with multiple crimes and he would take the blame. Besides, this battle is not ordinary, and there is no hope of winning. If ordinary people are afraid of throwing their sleeves away, they will be happy even if they take the shackles and run away quickly.
But Yuan Chonghuan was Yuan Chonghuan after all, so he nodded without hesitation.
"Gei Master, it's okay to let Yuan act as the governor of Shaanxi, but Yuan still does not change the tactics! He will not move this winter and will march after the spring next year!"
Full of earnestness, he bowed heavily, and spoke heavily and said hurriedly.
"Our army has only 80,000! And the entire north of the court, only our army can fight. Once our army makes another mistake! Shaanxi cannot be guaranteed by three sides! Three sides are lost, the court is like a bird's nest on the pavilion, and the wind blows over!"
"The rebel army is more than ten times that of our army. In recent years, we have fought fiercely and restrained the defeated soldiers of the official army and practiced brave artillery. It is no longer ambiguous! However, this is its advantage and a disadvantage! The land in Zhongzhou, Henan has suffered many years of disasters, and the people have followed the thieves, the fields are deserted, and the food is difficult to save! When the spring famine is next year, even if I don't attack the thieves, the thieves will definitely come to attack me! At that time, rely on the dangers of Heluo and the benefits of firearms, and the convenience of the Yellow River, to transport supplies and nourish blood. The battle will take less than three months! Li Chuang will definitely not be able to hold on! The thieves will fall apart again and fall into thousands of stocks, and will scatter again!"
"At that time, the army will be dispatched from all sides! It will be easy to suppress it! Why take this strange risk today and fight against the thief?"
Yuan Chonghuan's strategy is to drag! Anyway, he had surplus grain in Guanzhong at 800 miles, and the Qin army could afford to drag, but Li Zicheng and locusts were robbed everywhere, but he couldn't help! Now all the heroes of Green Forest Road follow Li Zicheng because he could win battles and eat enough, but the peasant army had no strength. Once he encountered setbacks and had no food to eat, he naturally began to fall into the trees and scattered money. He was alone, and the millions of treacherous troops twisted together were the power to create a dynasty, and spread out a small team of 10,000,200,500,800, which was no different from the thieves who had scattered the country in the past few years. Just kill them!
Moreover, as long as Yuan Chonghuan achieves the results of his victory, Zuo Liangyu, Xuzhou Liu Liangzuo, and even Datong Jiang Xiang, the local military heads must be transformed into a crazy counter-revolutionary force like flies who see smelly meat. They will be in a crazy counter-revolutionary force, and they will be greeted by the peasant army in a hurry, and they will be alive!
Why bother to work these months?
But the most uncomfortable thing in the world is that everyone is drunk and I am awake alone. After some reason, Wu Yan also understood, but he refused to accept Chongzhen's will.
"Brother Yuan! Mao Jue from Liaodong is called King of Liao! He also has the jade seal in his hand!"
"Yuan has been in Liaodong for more than ten years and knows Mao Jue so well. He is a person who can make plans and move. As long as the court is as stable as Mount Tai, he will never risk going south and risk the world's worst! It is enough to have Wu Sangui and his army stationed in Shanhaiguan!"
"Brother Yuan, you understand this, but the emperor doesn't understand it! What he sees now is Mao Jue's traitor holding the imperial seal, seizing Liaodong, and staring at the capital! But until now, the official army can't even solve the small bandits! The emperor can't wait!"
Also speaking earnestly, Wu Yan patted his chest and said with difficulty: "Now I still support you, Lord Yuan. The Qin army is united and has the power to fight. If I am also taken down by the emperor and then change someone, even if it is delayed until next year, will Lord Yuan think he has the ability to turn the tide and stop a million thieves?"
"I am so shameless. Please Lord Yuan serve as the commander of the three armies and lead the Qin army to fight to the death with the thieves!"
Looking at Wu Yan who bowed his head, Yuan Chonghuan was really stunned. The last time he took this damn politics, but he didn't expect that this time he would still be! Indeed, there were not many choices left for him!
In Liaodong for several years, he was also infected with the heroic habits of Liaodong men. He sighed deeply in sorrow. Suddenly, Yuan Chonghuan reached out to pick up the jar of wine brought by Wu Yan, raised his head and poured it into his mouth. He drank a small jar of old flowers in one breath. Youzi took out a jar of corn wine from the bookcase in confusion and angry. He brought back corn wine from Liaodong, twisted the mouth, and poured it down halfway. The wine dripped on his beard, making himself half full. Only then did he have a pair of blood red eyes and bowed to Wu Yan with difficulty.
"Mr. Yuan, obey!"
"General Thank you!"
He bowed heavily again, and then Wu Yan did not delay. He knew that Yuan Chonghuan needed to vent, so he turned around and left tactfully. However, before he could go out, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly reached out and called him behind him.
"Gei Master, you said that Mao Jue is called the King of Liao. I wonder if there is one among the Princess of Liao..."
"What?"
"Forget it! Yuan is unable to drink, so he can't send him to the cabinet!"
He shook his head again, Wu Yan lifted the tent, and this time he really turned around and left. Almost a pound of wine was over. Even Yuan Chonghuan was shaking slightly, but he was confused and resentful. He reached out and grabbed the bottle again. But as soon as he lifted it, he put it down again. Holding the tent bracket, Yuan Chonghuan walked heavily and shakingly walked back to the front of the book box just now.
He took out a small crystal jade bottle. A few cherry blossoms on the body of the bottle were as red as blood. When he opened the bottle, the indifferent cherry blossom fragrance also floated out. Holding the bottle, Yuan Chonghuan sighed deeply.
Don’t say that heroes are short-sighted, who is the one who has the greatest love for children?
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After all, the chaos of the Qin army was wiped out after Yuan Chonghuan returned, and several excluded generals were restored to their posts. As long as Yuan Chonghuan was willing to send troops, Wu Xuan would not go against him in this regard.
After preparing again, on the eighth day of the October 19th, the desolate horn echoed over the dark sky of Yanshi Ancient City. Stepping on the knee-deep snow, the cavalry in the front army walked dullly, and the sergeants pushing cannons and wheelbarrows behind them rolled out a muddy gully in the snow.
A big flag of the governor of Shaanxi and the Minister of War Yuan was floating in the wind and snow, and rode a horse to the front of the entire army. Yuan Chonghuan had a expressionless face and no longer had any emotions in the world.
Chapter completed!