693 supervising the eunuch Du Xun

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"We're looking at the saint."

Half a day later, Chen Xinjia came to Chongzhen's imperial study.

"Chen Aiqing, let's be flat. Aiqing knows why I came to you? ”

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and asked slowly.

Chen Xinjia stood in front of Chongzhen's desk and said respectfully: "Wei Chen guesses, the saint must want to understand the negotiation process between Wei Chen and Tartar." ”

"Well, tell me, how's it going?" Chongzhen took a sip of tea, glanced at Chen Xinjia, and said.

"Holy Lord, Weichen is incompetent, this matter has not been done."

Immediately, Chen Xinjia knelt directly on the ground and pleaded guilty to Chongzhen.

"What's wrong? Negotiations broke down? ”

"Yes, Holy Lord, the conditions offered by the Tartars are too harsh, and Weichen really doesn't dare to agree!"

Chen Xinjia said bitterly.

Regarding the harsh conditions offered by the Tartars, Chen Xinjia told the truth, he really didn't dare to come down, otherwise Chongzhen would let him go afterwards.

It is estimated that the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, headed by Lu Xiangsheng, will not let him go.

Besides, Dolgon is so wide open, Chongzhen can't agree even if he wants to.

Let's not talk about providing the people for the Tartars, if Chongzhen really dares to do this, not only will he deviate from the ancestral teachings, but he will also make the Ming Dynasty completely lose the support of the people, and it will be a matter of time before it perishes.

As for Dolgon's request for other money and food, Chongzhen couldn't take it out at this time, he didn't even have money and food to feed his own army, so he went there to raise so much money and food for the Tartars.

The bottom line of the two sides was 108,000 miles apart from the beginning.

Therefore, Chongzhen wants to negotiate peace with the Tartars without paying too much price, and let the Tartars withdraw from the customs, which is basically a delusional idea.

At this time, Chongzhen's face was ugly, Chen Xinjia had already reported Dolgon's harsh requirements to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen slapped the table at that time.

But Chongzhen still did not give up the last hope of peace talks with the Tartars, and let Chen Xinjia continue to talk with the Tartars.

Now, when Chongzhen saw Chen Xinjia's appearance, he knew that there should be no progress in the negotiation between Chen Xinjia and Tatar, otherwise Chen Xinjia would have come to ask for credit.

"Hey, is it really the heavens that are going to die?"

Chongzhen sighed in his heart, at this time he was really desperate for the future.

From his succession to the present, fifteen years have passed, and in the past fifteen years, Chongzhen has worked hard to improve the plight of the Ming Dynasty.

But now, Chongzhen found that the situation in Daming was getting worse and worse year by year, and at this time he even felt helpless.

"Okay, Chen Aiqing, you go back.

The Tartars made such a request, even if I became the king of the dead country, I must not agree, otherwise I will have no shame to see my ancestors and ancestors after I return to heaven.

However, Aiqing's secret connection with Tartar should not be interrupted for the time being. ”

"Yes, Holy Lord, Wechen understands, Wechen retires."

After hearing Chongzhen's words, Chen Xinjia nodded and then retreated.

……………………

At this time, the Ming army camp in the west of the capital, 120,000 Ming troops gathered here, commanded by Lu Xiangsheng himself, and confronted Azig's army more than ten miles away.

As for the Tartar army led by Dolgon in the east, it was blocked by Hong Chengchou in the east of Tongzhou before.

After Chongzhen found out, Long Yan Dayue directly appointed Hong Chengchou to be in charge of the defense of the east of the capital, and the Ming generals in command also had nearly 100,000 people.

Hong Chengchou then set up a defensive line west of the Yu River with Tongzhou and Zhangjiawan as the center, preparing to resist Dorgon's army.

It's a pity that Dolgon had no intention of storming the Jingshi at all, so until now, Dolgon's army has not gone west and crossed Tongzhou.

On the contrary, Dorgon has been secretly sending troops south for the past two days.

"Dashuai, we don't take back the night in the north to report, and a team of more than 3,000 people from the Tartars, escorting tens of thousands of people, went to the north."

At this time, a Ming army general ran in and reported the situation to Lu Xiangsheng, who was deducing the war with many Ming army generals in the big tent.

"What? And this kind of thing? After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng was also taken aback.

"My lord, I suspect that most of these people were brought back by the Tartars who had plundered from the south two days ago.

Now the Tartars are dividing their troops and taking them north, this is to take them out of the pass!

The marshal, humbly asked for his life, and led a team of men and horses to intercept this Tartar and rescue the people who were captured. ”

After analyzing the analysis, a Ming general stood next to him, and asked Lu Xiangsheng for his life.

"How many people do you need?"

Lu Xiangsheng asked the Ming General with a gloomy face.

Of course, Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to look at tens of thousands of Ming people, so he was taken out of the customs by the Tartars, if he could be rescued, Lu Xiangsheng was still willing to give it a try.

"Dashuai, according to the information that is not collected at night, there are almost more than 3,000 people escorted by the Tartars, all cavalry.

The commander must give at least 10,000 cavalry to the lowly position, so that the lowly position can be sure to rescue those people. ”

The general of the Ming army thought for a moment and spoke.

As a result, as soon as the Ming general finished speaking, he was opposed by the other Ming generals next to him.

"Marshal, no, our battalion only has a total of 20,000 cavalry, if half of it is taken away by General Tong, if the main force of the Tartars takes the opportunity to attack, our situation is not good."

"That's right, General Han is right, 10,000 cavalry is too much to be transferred."

"Yes, yes, you can't transfer away!"

Soon, the opposition was supported by many Ming generals in the big tent, and they did not agree with Lu Xiangsheng's transfer of 10,000 cavalry to save the people who were taken to the north by the Tartars.

"Enough, do you just want to watch tens of thousands of my Ming people being taken outside the gate with Tartars?"

Lu Xiangsheng glared at the Ming generals around him and scolded.

Those Ming army generals were glared at by Lu Xiangsheng like this, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to respond.

Immediately, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the Ming general Tong Hai again, with a serious expression, and asked: "Tong Hai, Ben Shuai asks you, if Ben Shuai gives you 10,000 cavalry, can you guarantee to save those people who were captured by the Tartars?" ”

"Yes, the last general is willing to promise with his head that if he does not save those people, he will die to apologize."

Tong Hai straightened his chest, raised his head, and made a military order.

"Okay, then Ben Shuai will give you 10,000 cavalry, set off immediately, and save those people while the Tartars have not gone far."

"Yes, Marshal."

"Dashuai, no! In case the Tartars take the opportunity to attack, we ......"

Hearing Lu Xiangsheng's decision, many generals next to him were anxious and stood up again to persuade.

"Okay, even if the Tartars take the opportunity to attack, Ben Shuai still has more than 110,000 horses in his hands, can we still hold it by relying on the camp?"

Lu Xiangsheng is still very confident in his command ability, he believes that he can use 100,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 cavalry to block Azig's army.

After all, in Lu Xiangsheng's opinion, the Tartar cavalry field battle is indeed powerful, but Lu Xiangsheng has no intention of fighting with the Tartar Pill at all.

He relied on the camp to hold on, the infantry happened to be the best use, and the cavalry was just a mobile force in his hands, and the transfer of 10,000 could not affect the overall situation.

It's just that the generals of the Ming army around don't think so, they have all been scared by the Tartars, and they are more afraid of the Tartars than the tigers.

At this time, these Ming army generals were eager to find them, and all the soldiers and horses they could find were gathered here to resist the Tartars, how could they dare to divide their troops.

Moreover, in the eyes of these Ming generals, it is simply irresponsible to ignore their safety and the safety of the capital and the saints for the sake of tens of thousands of untouchables.

But it's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng is not only the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty at this time, but also the commander of the Ming army who resisted the Tartars this time, and he is really high and powerful.

Now, since Lu Xiangsheng has made up his mind, even if these generals oppose it again, it will be useless.

Unless Chongzhen arrives in person, he can stop Lu Xiangsheng!

At this time, a Ming general standing at the entrance of the big tent quietly took a few steps back and slipped out of the big tent.

Soon, the Ming general, who had slipped away, came over with a eunuch.

"No troops."

A rooster's voice sounded, and then a eunuch walked into Lu Xiangsheng's big tent with a sword in his hand.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw the arrival of this eunuch, his eyes also changed, and he asked coldly, "Dugonggong, why are you here?"

What do you mean by saying that troops cannot be adjusted? ”

The person who came was none other than Du Xun, a popular eunuch beside Chongzhen at this time, and he was also the eunuch sent by Chongzhen this time.

By this time, Chongzhen's old problem had not been changed.

Although Chongzhen trusted Lu Xiangsheng, he still sent Du Xun as a eunuch to accompany him, and even gave Du Xun Shangfang a sword to supervise Lu Xiangsheng.

However, this time Chongzhen also gave special instructions, Du Xun could not command the army, and all the war was commanded by Lu Xiangsheng, and Du Xun only had the right to supervise.

To put it bluntly, Chongzhen was worried that Lu Xiangsheng would rebel and lose control, so he sent Du Xun to monitor.

And Chongzhen also learned the lessons of the past and knew that he would not let the eunuchs sent to supervise the army interfere with Lu Xiangsheng's command of the army.

And now, Du Xun's arrival prevented Lu Xiangsheng from sending Tong Hai north to save the people who were taken away by the Tartars, which made Lu Xiangsheng annoyed in his heart and asked in a cold voice.

"Marshal Lu, don't you understand the meaning of this prison army enough? This prison army said that you are not allowed to transfer troops to the people. ”

Du Xun held Shang Fang's sword, walked arrogantly in front of Lu Xiangsheng, looked directly at him, and said word by word.

"Du Jianjun, you have no right to stop the order given by this marshal, Tong Hai, you go."

Lu Xiangsheng forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, said coldly, and motioned to Tong Hai to order troops.

"Tong Hai, I think you dare."

As a result, before Tong Hai could get out of the big tent, he was directly stopped by Du Xun with Shang Fang's sword, and Tong Hai didn't dare to break out at this time.

"Du Xun, you have crossed the line, do you want the handsome general to hand over the handsome seal to you, and let you command the 100,000 army!"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't suppress his anger anymore, pointed at Du Xun's nose, and roared.

"Marshal Lu, this prison army has not crossed the line, and this prison army does not dare to take over Marshal Lu's handsome seal, let alone command an army of 100,000.

This time, the prison army came here to remind Lu Dashuai that the Holy Lord had asked you to hold this place and resist the Tartars attacking the capital, but not for you to save people.

Now that Lu Dashuai doesn't seem to be able to figure out his mission, this prison army has no choice but to come over and remind Lu Dashuai.

If you transfer 10,000 cavalry like this, if the Tartar army takes advantage of the situation to attack, the camp is broken, and the Tartars are killed under the capital, are you worthy of the trust of the Holy Lord?

At that time, you will be a sinner for the ages, and your sins will be unforgivable. ”

"You ......"

Lu Xiangsheng was also angry when Du Xun gave him such a big hat, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Because, what Du Xun said was right, Chongzhen's order to Lu Xiangsheng this time was indeed to let him lead the army here to resist the Tartars, and not let the Tartars easily attack the capital.

Now Lu Xiangsheng wants to divide his troops to rescue the people, to a certain extent, it is said that he has deviated from Emperor Chongzhen's order, and he is barely touching.

And this point happened to be caught by Du Xun.

In fact, Du Xun's behavior can be regarded as interfering with Lu Xiangsheng's command to a certain extent.

Du Xun also knew this in his heart, so he found another way, starting from the point that Lu Xiangsheng disobeyed Chongzhen's order, which barely made his interference justified.

A eunuch leader like Du Xun has been a prisoner many times before, and he has already had a lot of experience.

They knew how to create conditions for themselves, and even if Chongzhen stipulated that he should not interfere with Lu Xiangsheng's command of the army, he would have other ways to circumvent this order.

At the same time, when it comes to playing tricks, ten Lu Xiangsheng are not Du Xun's opponents, and Du Xun's words have already made Lu Xiangsheng angry.

"Whew!"

Lu Xiangsheng took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He knew that at this time, if he wanted to mobilize troops to rescue the tens of thousands of people who were taken away by the Tartars, Du Xun might not be able to pass this level.

Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng could only think about it and persuade Du Xun.

"Du Jianjun, that's tens of thousands of my Ming people, I can't watch them being taken out of the customs by the Tartars.

Besides, the division of 10,000 cavalry will not have much impact on our army's refusal to defend the camp, and besides, the Tartars will not necessarily take advantage of the situation to attack!

In recent days, Ben Shuai has been very calm when he observes the Tartars, and Ben Shuai has always felt that this time the Tartars entered the customs, I am afraid that they are not coming to the capital at all.

Most of the Tartars are thinking of entering the customs and plundering.

Besides, if you can save these tens of thousands of people, it will also be a great merit, and when the time comes, you will also have a share. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was patient, and persuaded Du Xun with affection and reason.

But Du Xun's side was unmoved.

Because, Du Xun, who supervised the army with the army, has always been dispensable, which made Du Xun, who was used to pointing fingers with the army before, being high up and respected by many Ming army generals, very dissatisfied.

Therefore, this time, it was not easy for him to seize such an opportunity to show his status in Lu Xiangsheng's army, how could he let it go easily.

"What kind of merit is the lives of tens of thousands of untouchables, the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of untouchables can be worth our great credit for defending the capital and defending the saints!

I think that Lu Dashuai is turning the beginning and the end upside down, as the commander of more than 100,000 troops, this is very dangerous.

The Holy Lord has a lot of trust in Lord Lu, and if you entrust such an important matter to you, how can you put the capital and the Holy Lord in danger for the sake of tens of thousands of untouchables.

Lu Dashuai, you don't need to say it, this time the army will never agree to the transfer of troops to save people.

If Lu Dashuai dares to go his own way, don't blame the prison army for using the Shang Fang sword in his hand. ”

Du Xun said arrogantly.

Later, he taught Lu Xiangsheng a lesson, and finally did not forget to threaten Shang Fang's sword again.

(End of chapter)