Chapter 5: War of Words
Although Chongzhen has a small abacus in his belly, he wants to compromise with the Dongyu Tartars, but he doesn't dare to really show the attitude of the Lord and his family, and wants Yang Sichang and them to secretly operate this matter, after really doing this, once the people of the world scold, he can also use the excuse that this is Yang Sichang's pretentious matter, and the blame can be pushed to the courtiers below, and when the time comes, he will find two scapegoats to carry this black pot for him, and it will block the mouths of all beings in the world.
But in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to hide the secret, although all the things related to the peace with the Jiannu are carried out secretly and secretly, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, this matter was quickly spread in the capital, after learning the news, the officials and the people all scolded, and the people even scolded Yang Sichang by name as a traitor, and the matter was blocked for a while, and Yang Sichang did not want to carry this black cauldron, so he could only drag it down.
However, secretly Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian still controlled the soldiers and horses in the Jinggi area as much as possible in accordance with Chongzhen's intentions, and did not start a big war with the Jiannu who entered the Kou, only the new military secretary Lu Xiangsheng was bent on the main battle, and led the Xuanda soldiers and horses under his command to fight to the death with the Jiannu army around Jinggi in a row, although they won again and again, but these news were held down by Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang, and they were not reported to Chongzhen at all.
Chongzhen can be said to be not very clear about the war situation around Gyeonggi during this time, but as long as there is bad news, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian will deduct the blame on Lu Xiangsheng's head, which makes Chongzhen very dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng, but secretly Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang also stumbled Lu Xiangsheng everywhere, neither providing Lu Xiangsheng with enough food and salary, nor sending troops to cooperate with him to use troops against Jiannu, and in the name of Chen Xinjia, they divided the few soldiers and horses that Lu Xiangsheng had at the moment, making Lu Xiangsheng's troops even thinner.
But now that Xingtianjun suddenly issued such a message, it is equivalent to pushing the imperial court to the forefront, if they don't fight, then can the people of the world agree? When the time comes, even with him Zhu Youzhen, all of them will be spurned by the world, Xiao Tianjian did this, in fact, it is clear that he is forcing the court to be responsible for this matter, forcing the court to find a way to fight to the death with Jiannu, it turns out that their plan was kicked over by Xiao Tianjian, how can Chongzhen not be angry?
If they are allowed to come, then it shows that the imperial court is not capable of protecting their own land and people, and they actually have to rely on a thief army to help them, in addition, Xiao Tianjian said well, going north only to resist the Jiannu army, as long as Jiannu withdraws from the pass, they will return to Henan, can they believe this? Once the Xingtian Army goes north, it is impossible to spit out the meat that has been eaten in its mouth? Therefore, it would be a joke at all if the Xingtian Army was allowed to go north to fight against the Jiannu Tartars.
But if you don't agree to the Xingtian army to go north, the imperial court will send troops to fight to the death with the Jiannu army, and it can't be defeated, and it must be shown that he Zhu Youzhen, the son of today's great tomorrow, has the ability to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty, but in this way, the imperial court must pay a huge price, and put all the elite soldiers at hand into the battle against Jiannu. What else will be used to exterminate Xiao Tianjian's Xingtianjun and Li Zicheng and other thieves in the future?
So this time Xiao Tianjian sent out this letter to the world, which is equivalent to forcing the court to a dead end, unable to advance or retreat, but he Xiao Tianjian is standing at the highest point of morality, Xiao Tianjian's method is really vicious to the extreme, no matter what the court does, it is not pleasing at both ends.
Do you promise to let the Xingtian Army go north? Chongzhen Ping retreated from the left and right chamberlains, leaving only the most trusted Yang Sichang to discuss this matter, Yang Sichang had actually been thinking about this matter for a while before entering the palace, and immediately advised Chongzhen not to let the Xingtian Army go north, the only way to do this is to quickly mobilize troops and horses from all over the country to defend the Beijing Division, one is to form a heavy army around Jinggi to defend the Beijing Division, to prevent Jiannu from attacking the capital, and the other is to strictly prevent the Xingtian Army from standing on the moral commanding heights, sending troops to the north, under the banner of resisting the Jiannu Army, to the north to grab territory.
As for dealing with this poisonous trick of the Xingtian Army, Yang Sichang gave Chongzhen a good idea, that is, to publicly recruit the Xingtian Army again, so that this move of the Xingtian Army can be dismantled.
Chongzhen's mood was a little better when he heard this, but he immediately asked Yang Sichang which side of the official army to be transferred to the guard, and Yang Sichang immediately said that he would transfer Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's Shaanxi army into the guard as soon as possible.
Chongzhen asked again what to do in Shaanxi once Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting led the Shaanxi army into the defense.
Yang Sichang replied that Zheng Chongjian, the current governor of Ningxia and the right attendant of the military department, could be replaced by the governor of the three sides, responsible for the suppression of Li Zicheng and other road-flowing people's troops in Shaanxi.
After thinking about it, Chongzhen felt that there was only one way to do it now, so he had to order a draft decree to quickly dispatch Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to lead the troops into the Weijing Division, and at the same time issue an edict to let people draft an edict to go to Henan to recruit An Xiao Tianjian.
Of course, Chongzhen did not forget to order the officials and troops of Hebei Zhulu to strictly prevent the Xingtian Army from moving north, in short, this time the Xingtian Army could not take advantage of this opportunity to develop northward, and he also issued a secret decree to order the officials and troops around Henan to continue to take advantage of this opportunity to find a way to recover the lost territory in Henan.
When Xiao Tianjian got the news that the current imperial court once again issued an edict to recruit him, he sneered.
"I expected that the current emperor Lao'er would come up with this method of recruiting peace to deal with the current situation, and sure enough, they want to use their own way to govern others, and in turn stand on the moral high ground! Turn it over! ”
Niu Jinxing, Li Xin, Li Jinde and others all nodded again and again, in fact, this time Xiao Tianjian issued a document announcing to the world that he wanted to temporarily suspend the army with the imperial court and jointly resist foreign insults, mainly Xiao Tianjian raised it, and after listening to it, they found that Xiao Tianjian's trick was really clever to the extreme, and suddenly put Xingtianjun to the highest point of morality, grasped the initiative of public opinion, and forced the current court to be unflattering no matter what it did, and at the same time forced the court to the Jedi, which made the court have to make great efforts, Go and fight against Jiannu.
When Xiao Tianjian first put forward this idea, the senators who relied on their brains to eat all applauded this plan, and they didn't dare to underestimate Xiao Tianjian in their hearts, if it weren't for the great wisdom, they wouldn't have come up with such a solution, so in addition to admiration, the rest was awe of Xiao Tianjian.
And Xiao Tianjian is somewhat ashamed of this, because to a certain extent, he still borrowed the methods of a great man in later generations and put the national righteousness in front, so that he occupied the commanding heights of morality.
However, he also knows that after this method is used, the court will definitely see the trick, and the only way for the court is to sacrifice this magic weapon of Zhao'an, if he refuses to accept Zhao'an, then the court will regain the initiative, and publicize his Xiao Tianjian's refusal to recruit An, and say that Xiao Tianjian is a villain who sells his reputation, so that he will dissolve his ruthless move.
However, they have already discussed this matter, and formed a consensus at the top of the Xingtian Army, that is, it is okay to agree to Zhao'an, but to solve the matter of Zhao'an through negotiation, when this matter develops to this point, it is no longer just a military matter, but has developed the situation into a public opinion war.
So just after the imperial court announced its intention to recruit the Xingtian Army, the Xingtian Army immediately began to announce with great fanfare that as long as it was to resist foreign insults and jointly build slaves, Xiao Tianjian and even the Xingtian Army could accept Zhao'an, but the imperial court needed to send someone to discuss how to recruit An.
In fact, Xiao Tianjian did this is a procrastination, because everyone knows that recruiting is not a trivial matter, even if Xingtianjun accepts Zhao'an, he always has to negotiate the conditions first, even if Xingtianjun understands the righteousness, it is impossible not to say anything, so he directly accepts Zhao'an, and he must negotiate the conditions before accepting Zhao'an.
Therefore, Xingtianjun expressed his agreement in principle to accept Zhao'an, and the matter of jointly defending against foreign insults was quickly publicized, and new notices were posted in various places, indicating the attitude of Xingtianjun, but there is also a premise, that is, the imperial court and local governments must also stop using troops against Xingtianjun at the same time, otherwise, it is that the imperial court has no sincerity in Zhao'an.
Of course, such a reaction was quickly fed back to the Jingshi, Chongzhen was furious when he heard it, and after discussing with the ministers, he felt that this matter should be dismantled, so after agreeing, he ordered the current governor of Henan to contact the Xingtianjun to discuss the matter of the Xingtianjun's appeasement.
However, with the speed of communication in this era, if such a thing really unfolds, even if the Missionalist Rider keeps delivering news day and night, more than a month will pass in the blink of an eye.
And during this period of time, the Jiannu army that entered the Kou was not idle, Dolgon and Yue Tuo each led a large army, which had already penetrated deep into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, attacking the city along the way, wantonly burning and looting, and later saw that the Ming army was really weak, and there were not a few Ming troops who dared to stop them, so they simply divided the troops into eight ways and began to attack deeper into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was like entering a no-man's land.
Although because of Xiao Tianjian's unexpected action, Chongzhen had to change some of his thoughts about the Jiannu army's entry into the army, but the eunuch Gao Qiqian, the chief army, did not dare to lead his troops to seek a decisive battle with the Jiannu army, so except for Lu Xiangsheng, who was still leading his limited soldiers and horses to constantly fight fiercely with the Jiannu army around Gyeonggi, the Qinwang army from all walks of life did not fight a decent battle at all.
And Lu Xiangsheng was indignant about this, and sent people to find Gao Qiqian many times, asking Gao Qiqian to cooperate with his actions to prevent the Jiannu Army from continuing to wreak havoc in the Jingfu area, but Gao Qiqian didn't listen to Lu Xiangsheng's words at all, and continued to control the 50,000 Guanning Army at hand, just leading the army to hug together, following the Jiannu Army's ass in Hebei in a circle, and did not dare to take the initiative to seek fighters and fight with the Jiannu Army.
However, in order to prevent Lu Xiangsheng from gaining great success, Gao Qiqian secretly tried his best not to allocate food and salary to Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates, so that the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers under Lu Xiangsheng's command had to fight with the Jiannu army every day of hunger, which made Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers and horses suffer very large losses.
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