Chapter 375: Honor of a Great Power
"The sinner ancestor Dashou knocks to see Your Majesty!" As soon as he entered the big tent, Zu Dashou knelt down with a plop and touched the ground with his forehead.
In addition to Chongzhen in the big tent, Cao Wentai, the commander of the imperial guards, and Huang He, the eunuch in the hall, waited left and right, and Liu Hong gradually stood aside.
The morning on the grassland was particularly refreshing, and Chongzhen drank the soup with a medicine bowl, but did not make a sound.
Without Chongzhen's order, Zu Dashou didn't dare to get up, and the sweat on his forehead stained the dust.
"The sinner knows that he is guilty, but he asks for death, please give him death!" The more Chongzhen was silent, the more guilty Zu Dashou felt, even if he had a thousand excuses, he finally betrayed Daming.
There were muddy old tears in his eyes, if Chongzhen gave him death, at least it proved that Chongzhen was willing to admit him, and at least his descendants would suffer less criticism from the court.
It's so tiring to be charged with treason like this!
"Your Majesty, knowing your mistakes can improve Mo Dayan......" Liu Hong gradually felt that the Ming Dynasty lacked good generals, otherwise he would not have taken the lead.
"Shut up!" Chongzhen interrupted Liu Hongjian with a cold word, which was a rare situation in the past.
Chongzhen naturally has a reason for this, after Yuan Chonghuan's death, Zu Dashou fled the capital with his troops without any military order, and since then he has been like a warlord.
Chongzhen still tightened his belt to support the border army, but in the end, it was still in exchange for betrayal, and the Guanningjin defense line fell into the hands of the enemy, and twenty years of blood and tears were burned.
It hurts! Chongzhen couldn't sleep when he was distressed!
How can this kind of chill be dissipated with a word of apology?
Alas, it seems that this ancestor should not be brought over at this time, out of sight and out of mind!
"You told me that I owe you something, and I used the financial and material resources of the whole country to support Liaodong, but you and others betrayed me one by one, and I ...... cough cough cough ...... Ahem...... Ahem"
Chongzhen's face was flushed, and he was so angry that he coughed again.
"Quick—bring the medicine!" The eunuch Huang He hurriedly trotted out to summon the imperial doctor.
"Don't be angry, Jinzhou has been recovered, and the Guanning Jin defense line has returned to the arms of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor should be happy.
As for the old things...... Since the emperor doesn't want to see you, Zu Dashou will step down, and the official will look for you later! ”
Liu Hong gradually took the opportunity to wave his hand at Zu Dashou, who was already covered in cold sweat, and saw that Chongzhen's complexion was getting worse and worse, and he knew that he was not welcomed, and he kowtowed three times to Chongzhen and got out of the big tent.
Chongzhen drank another bowl of soup and medicine, and then gradually suppressed his strong cough, and he struggled to hold the chair handle with his right hand.
"No need to persuade me anymore, I know that the recovery of Jinzhou City has his credit, I can promise you not to kill him, but I will never see him again!"
For Chongzhen, there are some things that can be forgotten, but for those who he once poured out his heart and lungs, but in exchange for betrayal, he can't dissolve it no matter what.
This is Chongzhen, with his mind and his stubbornness.
"It's the emperor, if you don't see it, you won't see it, the minister knows that the emperor is miserable in his heart, but people always have to look forward, the emperor." Liu Hongjian can only compromise, it seems that it is unlikely that the ancestor will continue to be a general in the Ming Dynasty.
That's it, it's enough for him to do this, since he can save his life, that's enough.
"Report! Your Majesty, Lord Governor, Governor Huang has transferred the supplies from Shanhaiguan to the capital, please enter the camp! "A herald has come to pass it on appropriately.
"Your Majesty, please go all out and continue to attack the Jianyu City!" Liu Hong gradually made a decision.
Lao Huang came at the right time, and while the news of the loss of Jinzhou had not yet spread, he might be able to expand some of the results of the battle in a lightning flash.
"Go, I am not in good health today, so I will wait for your good news in Jinzhou City." Leading the troops to fight is the most painful and physically exhausted, and Chongzhen is also a little physically exhausted.
"The minister obeys the order, the emperor is well recuperated in this Jinzhou city, and the minister is the emperor and not the minister!" Liu Hong gradually gave up.
In the camp of the Ming army, there were long queues of carriages carrying grain, grass and materials, and Huang Degong, the governor of Xuanliao, was full of red light.
The Ming army regained the Guanningjin defense line in half a month, which was a great thing that he had never encountered since he led the troops.
Even if he couldn't come in person, even if he was only in charge of logistics and supplies, Huang Degong was still very happy.
"Lao Huang, it's very timely, you have done a good job in logistics!" Liu Hong gradually threw down the thoughts in his heart and greeted him.
"My lord, you are really a god of the Ming Dynasty! Although he has made achievements in the army for decades, compared with the Inspector, it is really like the ratio of the bright moon to the sand, and he admires it! ”
Daming can have such a record, Huang Degong is happy in his heart.
"Yo, I haven't seen you for a few days, Lao Huang, you have learned this sycophant, and you have grown!" Liu Hong gradually lifted the wooden box on a carriage, and there was a neat array of grenades.
"How dare you dare, the humble duty is just the words of the heart, the humble duty is fortunate not to disgrace the life, and the supplies from the capital are transported to the camp as scheduled!" Huang Degong's face turned red and he hurriedly said business.
"Well, yes, yes, how many soldiers did you bring this time? What is the situation over there in Ningyuan? Liu Hong gradually waved his hand and motioned to Chang Yu and Wang Yuanba, who came to contact, to unload the goods.
"Lord Hui, Ning Yuan's humble post has arranged for 15,000 new soldiers from the border army to be stationed, Ning Yuan has recovered, and the people in the city are all thunderous with joy, they all say that they have waited too long for this day!"
Huang Degong is quite proud of this, this is the sense of honor of a great country, it is better to die than to be free, even if it is hard to live, it is better than being enslaved by the Tartars.
"The humble post brought a total of 20,000 border troops this time, all of whom are infantry!" Huang Degong reported truthfully.
The new army has been training in various towns on the nine sides for half a year, and they are waiting to go into battle to kill the enemy to get silver.
"Not enough! Beware of the Menggu tribe in the west, now the Chahar tribe is also expanding rapidly, this is not a good sign, you should continue to increase the troops in Ningyuan and Jinzhou, just in case.
In addition, you can find opportunities to attack some small tribes of Menggu to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty! Liu Hong gradually frowned.
Anyway, Menggu is now a mess, some follow Jianyu, some follow Chahar, and some support the army and sit and watch the tiger fight.
Since Da Ming has no suzerain relationship with them, he is still polite.
Maybe the 500,000 new recruits may not be enough! After all, the northern region is too vast.
Every time he captured a city, he asked Huang Degong to send troops to garrison, a little here, a little there, not enough!
"It's my lord, and I obey my orders! Those group of melon babies have been waiting for the adult's words for a long time! Finally got the order to go out, Huang Degong was quite excited.
"Don't be too happy, Lao Huang, your main task is to deliver supplies to this official and His Majesty, take over the recovered city, and ensure the safety of the rear.
As for those small tribes, you should take it as a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and you have to go step by step! Liu Hong gradually had instructions.
After discussing the follow-up matters with Huang Degong, Liu Hong gradually urgently summoned many cavalry officers and soldiers of the border army and the 3,000 battalions.
An hour later, 30,000 cavalry and the entire cavalry lineup of Banzai Mountain Thousand Households marched towards Yizhou and Dalinghe Fort north and east of Jinzhou!