December 27, 10th year of Fanzhen.

The situation of the battle turned downward, the Xuan army and the Guanning army were defeated one after another, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the Ming Dynasty was powerless to stop the offensive of the Qing army. watched the cities fall, but no one did anything to do it. Although Emperor Chongzhen handled political affairs more diligently, he realized that he was completely useless, and he was exhausted, and he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and looked at a few folds, but it was about Liu Yuliang, the cabinet assistant.

As soon as he arrived in Baoding, Liu Yuliang heard that Lu Xiangsheng was killed in the battle and the defeat of Xiaoguanning's army, and his heart was terrified. His army passed through Anping County again, and when he heard that the Qing soldiers were coming, he and Chen Xinjia were colorless, so they hurried to Jinzhou to take refuge.

Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, closed the door, Liu Yuliang was furious, and sent the order arrow, otherwise he would engage in military law. Chen Hongxu ignored it, and sent a message to Liu Yuliang: "The superintendent is coming to defend against the enemy, and now the enemy is coming, so how can I avoid it?" If you don't continue to eat food, you have the responsibility to go to the city, and you don't dare to listen to your orders. ”

Liu Yuliang was helpless, and led the army to avoid going to Tianjin to write a letter of impeachment. Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to arrest Chen Hongxu, and the people of Jinzhou Prefecture complained about Chen Hongxu. May there be a thousand people in their own place. Seeing these twists and turns, Emperor Chongzhen hesitated again.

He threw the fold on the desk and said hatefully: "Liu Yuliang is useless in the end, and it will only increase the disturbance of the people." The cabinet will do things, and there are still a few weeks of Yanru and Yang Sichang. ”

He passed on a will, called Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, and issued an order to severely reprimand Liu Yuliang, and then sat in a daze. Finally, he was worried about the military situation, and ordered a eunuch to invite Yang Sichang, a scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites.

Soon, Yang Benchang came in, respectfully stepped forward to meet Emperor Chongzhen, and then lay quietly on the ground.

Every time he saw Yang Sichang, Emperor Chongzhen was very relieved, and he said softly: "Aiqing, get up." ”

Yang Lichang kowtowed again, and then stood up and waited for the emperor to speak. During the Battle of Julu, there were only 40,000 officers and soldiers in our Ming Dynasty, and the Dongnu soldiers and horses were close to 100,000, outnumbered, and the defeat of the Xuanda army and the Guanning army was also helpless. ”

Chongzhen sat silently, and his heart also agreed with Yang Sichang's words, the combat power of the Ming army still cannot be compared with the Qing soldiers. Yang Sichang said at that time that he must first settle down inside the outside, and tried his best to avoid a decisive battle with the Qing soldiers, otherwise once the main force was defeated, his tens of thousands of capable soldiers would fall, and this was indeed the case.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Lu Jisheng and Gao Qiqian died in battle, what about the generals under them?" Do you just keep hiding? ”

There was intense anger in his tone.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was angry, Yang Sichang was secretly frightened, he kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the reason why the Xuan army and the Guan Ning army are hiding is because they lost the main general, and they are afraid of the court's guilt. So I didn't dare to show up. When the country is in crisis, it is good to save some soldiers and horses. Therefore, Weichen thinks that if the court issues a holy decree to forgive the mistakes of the town generals, they are grateful. The thirst in and out is the effect of the imperial court

According to history, Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, Gao Qiqian survived, and Guanning's main force was not lost, so Yang Sichang could take the opportunity to put all the blame on Lu Xiangsheng. However, this time is different from the past, Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian are both missing, Lu Xiangsheng is guilty, and Gao Qiqian is also guilty.

If it is agreed that Lu Xiangsheng has meritorious service in the bloody battle, Gao Qiqian is also meritorious, and Yang Sichang can also please Emperor Chongzhen, the country has civil servants who died in bloody battles, and the loyal servants of the royal family are also the same, and it is better to explain the crime of absconding for fear of crime, and everyone is happy.

And the army loses the main general, and if the concubine Xuan army is punished, the Guan Ning army also needs to be punished, which involves a big situation. Guan Ning's gang of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, if they don't do it well, they go to the Qing army, then Yang Sichang will be very responsible. Moreover, the generals of Xuanda should be punished, and the new governor of Xuanda, Chen Xinjia, would not agree.

For Yang Sichang, the most important thing now is how to deal with the aftermath, after all, although he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he is also in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War, and he can't stay out of the matter when the matter is investigated.

Emperor Chongzhen also had a deep understanding of the problem of military generals in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and knew that if he continued to investigate, he might provoke the worries of the generals in various towns. In the end, the two of them came to the song, the officers and soldiers were victorious, and the Liukou army was annihilated, but the bodies of Li Zicheng and others were not found.

On the way of Hong Chengchou and the two Qinwang, Emperor Chongzhen got the news that Li Zicheng and others harassed Lingbao County, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious at that time, and almost ordered Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to be arrested and sent to Beijing for punishment. In the end, he was worried that such an action might disintegrate the army of King Qin, so he suppressed the anger in his heart. Hong Chengchou is outstanding, and Emperor Chongzhen is of great use, but for Sun Chuanting, Emperor Chongzhen will not easily forgive.

Of course, Yang Sichang knew the emperor's thoughts, and there were deep contradictions between him and Sun Chuanting. When Yang Sichang first served as the secretary of the military department, in order to implement his "four positive and six corners" comprehensive encirclement and suppression strategy, he increased his troops by 120,000 and sent nearly 3 million taels of military salaries and silver. Sun Chuanting disagreed with this, believing that the people were exhausted due to years of war, and this move may not achieve the expected results. At that time, when the Ming Dynasty gathered the amount of recruitment and horse recruitment reported by the governors of various places, only Sun Chuanting did not send it, Yang Sichang took the opportunity to take advantage of the difficulty, Sun Chuanting pleaded out, you come and go, and the two parties have already formed a deep grievance.

At this time, Yang Sichang was keenly aware of the emperor's dissatisfaction with Sun Chuanting, and he was secretly happy in his heart. Perhaps after Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting is the next target he will deal with.

Yang Lichang respectfully withdrew, and walked outside the pavilion door, he thought thoughtfully: "Wang Dou." ”

In the Qianfeng Palace, Emperor Chongzhen Yan regained his tightly knit brows: "Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting led the army into the guard, and the Beijing master was worry-free. It's just that the eastern captives are rampant all over the country, ravaging the prefectures and counties, and I am up and down in the Ming Dynasty, so I can't sit back and watch the captives wreak havoc? ”

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