In Jinzhou City, whether it is the people or the soldiers, it is different from the previous concept, what emperor is high, one is not in exchange for the other, and the little people have a fart relationship; At this time, they were all worried about the emperor's goodness.

In the past few years, the current emperor has gradually cracked down on the Jianguo and improved their lives, including repaying military salaries, checking the grain fields annexed by the Jiangmen family of the ancestral army, and rescuing them from the hands of Jianyu. These are just their personal experiences, and they have heard that the emperor attaches great importance to the people's livelihood, takes disaster relief as the first priority of the Ming Dynasty's national policy, and personally participated in the culling of locust plagues when he was in Shaanxi.

Such a good emperor, they met, of course they didn't want anything to happen, and even sincerely wished such a good emperor that he could really live long live long live!

Now, such an emperor is in danger, facing several times the number of captives. The ferocity of Jianyu, they have the deepest experience, and the emperor's side must be in a bitter battle. Moreover, the emperor fell into such a danger in order to save the people of the Liaohe Plain, as long as he was still human, how could he be indifferent to this?

The voice of the war was very enthusiastic, not only the soldiers asked their superiors and colonels, but also the governor, and even the people of Jinzhou City also asked to participate in the war. Not to mention the looted people who were rescued.

Hong Chengchou felt the huge public opinion and military heart, and at this moment, he was also shocked.

He can be said to be well-read, but even so, throughout the dynasties, he has never seen such a situation.

Regardless of whether it is public or private, Hong Chengchou will immediately respond, reorganize the army for war, and early tomorrow morning, he will personally lead the army to the battle.

In any case, the army is not able to leave, it is already afternoon, and it will be very fast to set off tomorrow morning. In general, this is still too hasty.

For this reason, Hong Chengchou was a little surprised, afraid that because the expedition was too hasty, the result would be to add to the chaos. Therefore, he personally inspected and supervised the preparations before the battle.

However, what surprised him was that the efficiency of the preparation for the expedition this time was unusually high, and many preparations were prepared much faster than he expected. Moreover, if there was a lack of things, the people of the city also donated them. For example, if there are not enough grain bags, as long as the word goes out of the yamen, a pile of grain bags will be piled up at the yamen immediately. There was not enough rope, and after a while, even the belt of the pants could be found at the entrance of the yamen......

Jinzhou was at the forefront of the war against the captives, and it can be said that the life of the people was very hard, and the materials they had were also very scarce. But even so, in order to let the army go to save the emperor as soon as possible and rescue the emperor as soon as possible, they took out all their own things, as long as they could take them out, this grand occasion was really unprecedented!

When Hong Chengchou saw this, he couldn't help but sigh very emotionally, Your Majesty, he is really a benevolent monarch through the ages! With the emperor so supported by the people, why don't you worry about it!

The next morning, all the people got up early and rushed to the barracks to see them off.

Hong Chengchou also got up early, he knew that under such public opinion, if he just slackened, no matter what happened to the emperor, as long as it was spread out, he would not have good fruit to eat.

At the gate of the barracks, facing the men, women and children on both sides of the street, and facing the enthusiastic people, Hong Chengchou clasped his hands into fists and signaled: "Fellow villagers, don't worry, if you want to deal with the emperor, you must first step on this official!" ”

At this moment, although he is a civil official, he has also learned the words of a military general. I have to say that the effect of this kind of talk is still very good. The people returned the salute one after another, and their good impression of Hong Chengchou also increased a lot.

At this moment, from the direction of the city gate, an officer on duty suddenly galloped in. The sound of horses' hooves sounded rapidly, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing this general in such a hurry, all of a sudden, everyone's hearts "chuckled", and there was a bad feeling.

Hong Chengchou also saw it, and his expression became nervous.

"Report to the ......," the officer on duty, when he approached, immediately reined in his horse and said, "There are prisoners outside the city who are fighting each other, which is very peculiar!" ”

"......" Hearing this, everyone, including Hong Chengchou, was stunned. I thought it was an emergency military situation, whether there was any bad news from the emperor's side, such as the situation was critical, and rescue was urgently needed. I didn't expect it to be a cannibalism outside the city, which is something I've never heard of!

After a while, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses and confirmed again: "You said that there were Jianchou who killed each other outside the city?" ”

"Back to the Governor, yes." The officer on duty hurriedly said again, "The Jianyu probed the horse and fled, and the other group of Jianyu chased after it, and it happened to be seen at the head of the city." ”

As soon as he heard this, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered the army to stand by, and he himself waved his horsewhip and hurried to the head of the city to see it clearly with his own eyes.

Watching the Governor leave in a hurry, the others couldn't help but discuss.

This has never been seen or heard of before. Could it be that there is infighting in Jianyu, but this is not really a critical time for the war in Haizhou, how can there be infighting?

They discussed one after another, and immediately divided into two points of view.

One is that Jianyu won, in order to grab the spoils of war, such as grabbing the emperor's credit, they fought with each other, after all, this is a great merit, and it is impossible for Jianyu not to be blushing.

Another view is that the Jianju were already in control of the situation, and the war in Haizhou was under their control, and then the slave chieftains of the Jianju began to fight among themselves.

No matter which point of view, it is very unfavorable to the Ming side. Therefore, everyone is very worried in addition to the discussion.

And Hong Chengchou didn't have time to think so much, he rushed to the city in one go, and the Ming soldiers who were already at the head of the city pointed to the outside of the city to show him: "My lord, look over there, the fight is over!" ”

Hong Chengchou heard the prestige, and sure enough, in the northeast corner of Jinzhou, a group of Jianguo was fighting around some other Jianjiao. There were as many as 100 besieged men, and less than 10 of those besieged remained.

After looking at it for a while, Hong Chengchou suddenly asserted: "Those Jianyu Tanma who were besieged belonged to the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe, and those who were besieged by many people should be from the grassland tribe." ”

When the people on the side heard this, they were very surprised, so he explained: "The Jianyu Tan Horse is brave and strong in foot; And the Mongols are good at riding and shooting, and their melee ability is weak, you can see for yourself and you will understand. ”

When they heard this, everyone saw it, and it was so.

But then they are even stranger. The Mongols have always regarded the Jianzhou Jurchens as their masters, why did they suddenly swing their swords at each other? How do you look at it, it doesn't look like infighting between slave chieftains?

After thinking about it for a while, the fight over there ended.

Subsequently, there were more than a dozen Jianyu who did not bring weapons, but just carried the head, galloped to the side of the city wall, and got closer, one of them shouted loudly in a bit out of tune in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty: "We have obtained the head of the Jurchens, the Ming Emperor has a will, and we will be the real Ming soldiers in the future, we are our own people!" ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou was very strange, so he waved his hand and asked people out of the city to bring people in and ask clearly, what is going on?

For the heavily armed soldiers of the Ming army, they rushed out of the city like a great enemy, and these prisoners did not run away, but carried their heads to meet them, and let them do whatever they wanted, and they were very obedient and cooperative.

After checking that there were no weapons, he was escorted to the head of the city and in front of Hong Chengchou.

After learning that the person in front of him was the governor of Daming Jiliao, these Jianyu hurriedly saluted, and their attitude was very respectful.

Hong Chengchou looked at the people in front of him, all of them were money rat tails, and he felt a little weird. For a long time, Jianyu has been arrogant, and when he sees Mingren, he sees it with his nose. But now, he is nodding his head, and there is no trace of the previous taste at all.

"Tell me, what's going on with you, what's going on in Haizhou?" Hong Chengchou was concerned about the problem, but he didn't look too much at it, and immediately asked.

These Jianjiao were naturally ordered to hunt down and kill the real Jianjiao and those who wanted to turn positive, and when they heard the Governor's question, they hurriedly told the story again.

There was no accident, after hearing the story of the battle in Haizhou, all of a sudden, Hong Chengchou and the others were all dumbfounded. What about Armageddon? The battle of hundreds of thousands of people, this is how it happened? Isn't that incredible?

It is said that Zhou Yu talked and laughed, and the canopy was wiped out, and now the emperor is not too, laughing at Jianlu's monkey play, and in the end, Jianyu fell apart without spending a soldier or a shot? When did it become so easy to fight a war?

Even if Wu Sangui was one of the people who experienced the war, he was also very surprised.

It is not wrong for him to be a killer weapon on his side, but the premise that the effect of this killer weapon can be used is that the emperor's side must deal with it properly, at least it can be stalemate, so that it is estimated that it is not believed that he will not reward a few battles ruthlessly. However, did the emperor fight? There was no fight at all, just shouting, and the Jianyu side began to surrender, and then there was infighting.

Suddenly, Wu Sangui thought of a very critical question: Who else in this world can be the opponent of the current emperor?

Hong Chengchou's side, to be honest, reason told him that this matter was too unbelievable to be fully believed; However, his experience also told him that these Jianjiao were definitely not lying, which means that this battle is true.

At this time, there was the sound of fast horses outside the city, and when I turned my head to look, I saw a group of Ming soldiers galloping over, and the person in the middle, wearing a flying fish suit, was obviously a person from the brocade guard.

It stands to reason that just this, he is not qualified to let the feudal officials of the Ming Dynasty welcome him out. However, Hong Chengchou was curious, so he ran down as soon as he saw it, wanting to know the truth?

This cavalry team came to Jinzhou to deliver an edict to send a subordinate to let this side make arrangements in advance. By the way, Hong Chengchou naturally knew the details of the battle between Haizhou-Yaozhouyi.

"The emperor is mighty!" After Hong Chengchou listened, he had to sigh with emotion, "After this battle, Jianyu has been breathing for a long time, and there is not much time to live, and the recovery of Liaodong is imminent!" ”

When the news reached the city, the entire city of Jinzhou was suddenly sensational.

What could be more exciting than winning a battle? Yes, it's a big win!

For ordinary soldiers and ordinary people, they don't care about what kind of war this war is, they only care, the Ming Dynasty won, the emperor is fine, and there are no casualties among the officers and soldiers, that's enough!

The previous worry turned into excitement, and the atmosphere was very warm. This surprised the lieutenants of the Jinyi Guards who came to Jinzhou by order, and the reaction of Jinzhou City was so strong!

After asking, he knew that the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou were worried about the emperor's safety, and they were preparing to lead the army to Haizhou.

"Your Excellency the Governor has a heart!" When Captain Jinyi heard this, he couldn't help but have a great impression of the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou, so he said to Hong Chengchou, "After I go back, I will definitely tell the emperor about the situation here!" ”

This is certainly the best! Hong Chengchou was even happier when he heard this, thinking so in his heart.

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Emperor Chongzhen's original plan was to return to Beijing by boat along the coastline of the Bohai Sea, and land on Juehua Island, that is, Ningyuan, on the way, and summon Hong Chengchou to arrange things, but after hearing about the matter in Jinzhou, he changed his mind, and the main force continued to go back as planned.

Hearing that Emperor Chongzhen was going to Jinzhou, Hong Chengchou led the Jinzhou army and people, and the whole city was dispatched to meet ten miles away.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Just seeing the emperor's guard of honor from a distance, Hong Chengchou knelt down with the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou, shouting to greet him, and his voice was extremely pious.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen arrived in front of them, and he was a little moved to see them kneeling there respectfully to greet him. He could feel that their respect for him was not just because he was the Ming Emperor.

"Flat!" Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to signal, smiled and said loudly.

After the sea of people in front of him stood up, Emperor Chongzhen rode on his horse and glanced around, and soon found that there was an area full of young people, but all of them were skinny, and he knew that these people should be the young people in the Guannei who were plundered to Liaodong.

So, he rode his horse to these people, and said with a somewhat heavy face: "It is the incompetence of the imperial court that has made you experience the separation of your wives and families, and you have been plundered by Jianjiao to Liaodong ......"

Hearing the emperor's words, these people were sad, but they didn't even dare to say anything, and they said that the emperor was gracious, and it was too late to be grateful for saving them at such a great price.

For these, Emperor Chongzhen did not feel relieved by this, and stretched out his hand to signal that they were all quiet, and then said solemnly: "This is the fault of the imperial court, I have to admit it!" ”

After setting the tone, he continued: "What is in the past, I can't get it back. But for your future, I can give you some compensation. Among you, if there are relatives in the customs, you can enter the customs with me, and after the local verification is clear, additional grain fields and money will be replenished; If you don't want to re-enter the customs, and don't want to see things and think about people, you can also stay outside the customs and give me double the grain field and money......"

In any case, this is also a kind of state compensation! It's just that what Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that the choice of these people surprised him a little.