Chapter 40: The Great Earthquake in the World
But what is different from the ordinary people is the attitude of the imperial court, when someone transmitted the news of the victory of the Yu family army to the palace of the Jingshi, Chongzhen was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground on the spot, and his mouth could not be closed for a long time.
According to his understanding of the Jiannu army, this Jiannu army should be very, very capable of fighting, so many years, he has been on the throne for more than ten years, but he has almost never heard of a certain Ming army, the Jiannu army has been defeated and lost, and occasionally the news of the so-called victory in Beijing once or twice is only a dozen beheadings, at best, it is only a small fight with more than 100 beheadings, and there is still a lot of water.
Even so, such news can make him happy for a while, greatly reward the generals who have won the results, and make a special announcement of this matter in the court to boost the morale of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
But even such a small victory is very rare for him, what he hasn't heard is all kinds of unfavorable news, either the army here is broken by Jiannu today, or where the tunpu was broken by Jiannu, and how many soldiers and generals have been lost.
Since he ascended the throne, Jiannu has now broken through the pass, raided and plundered Gyeonggi three times, which time Jiannu entered the customs, the Ming army was all beaten to a big defeat, today is not the death of the general, tomorrow is the death of the Zhizhou, or the county was broken by Jiannu, and the county was martyred.
He still heard these news the most, so for a long time, even he himself has been infected with a strong fear of slaves, and he shuddered a little when he mentioned Jiannu.
This time Jiannu entered the customs, he has died two governors, garrison above, more than 100 generals, even the king of Jinan was captured by the Jiannu army, as for the loss of land is Jiannu to break through more than 40 county seats, every day when I open my eyes to get the news is where and where was conquered by the Jiannu army, how many soldiers died, how many people were taken captive.
So much so that he himself has felt numb in the past six months, although he is angry every day, but he doesn't know what to do, although he has gathered more than 100,000 Ming officers and troops in Gyeonggi, but these officials and soldiers have no way to take the Jiannu army now.
How could he not know that these Ming generals were afraid of the Jiannu army, as long as they could not fight, they would never go crazy and go to the Jiannu army, so now even he himself has lost confidence in these Ming generals, lost confidence in these ministers, and just thought about it, let's go quickly! Jiannu army, you still have enough to grab it, hurry up! If I leave, my old man will live in peace, and I don't have to suffer such sins every day.
But now he suddenly heard that Yu Xiaotian actually led troops to have a decisive battle with the Jiannu army, and it was a victory, and the Jiannu army was defeated and disintegrated, and the defeat was basically the annihilation of the whole army.
How could this news not make Chongzhen's jaw drop? He couldn't believe that this news was true, and in his opinion, it was absolutely impossible, something that was simply impossible.
Yu Xiaotian led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to land at Dagukou This matter is now well known to the government and the opposition, although it was rumored afterwards that Yu's army took the waterway and transported a batch of soldiers and horses from the south, but the number was also very limited, and more of them transferred a lot of materials over.
A few days ago, Yu's army blocked the Jiannu army in Tianjin, and the two sides fought for many days, and Jiannu failed to break through the obstacles of Yu's army and passed through Tianjin.
This incident was enough to shock him, but he still thought in private that there were more lucky elements in the Yu family's army, and although they were guest troops, they captured Tianjin Wei for the first time, and they should have gained a firm foothold in Tianjin Wei and unexpectedly blocked the offensive of the Jiannu army.
But although he didn't hear how many soldiers and horses the Yu family army had lost in those days, he also firmly believed that the Yu family army must have consumed a lot of money, and the casualties would definitely not be light.
Therefore, Yu Jiajun did this, so that he could not see clearly what Yu Xiaotian wanted to do, Yu Xiaotian led these soldiers and horses, attacked more with less, and defended Tianjin without retreating, which was basically hitting stones with eggs and seeking his own death.
That's why for the sake of face, he ordered that Chen Xinjia should not be allowed to lead the Ming army stationed in Baoding, and the reinforcements who were hastily transferred from Shanhaiguan to Gyeonggi to sneak attack the flank of the Yujia army.
Because he thinks that with the Jiannu army, it is enough to clean up the 30,000 or 40,000 chaotic troops of the Yu family's army, and his original idea was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight and watch a dog-eat-dog show.
But it was only a few days later, Yu Xiaotian's side, there was news that he was fighting to the death with Jiannu in the south of Tianjin Wei, and he felt that Yu Xiaotian was really crazy, he was not superior in strength, and he was still a little sure of the city's stubborn defense, Jiannu was afraid that he would not have much to do, and this battle might be stalemate for a while.
And Yu Xiaotian actually took the initiative to fight to the death with the Jiannu army south of Tianjin Wei, and it was a field battle, at that time he and his subordinates thought that Yu Xiaotian was really crazy, isn't this asking for his own death? Even if your subordinates surnamed Yu have sharp guns, can they withstand the onslaught of the 100,000 army of other Jiannu?
In the battle of Salhu that year, the Ming army was also equipped with a large number of firearms, and the number of troops far exceeded that of Jiannu several times, but in the end, it was not still defeated by Jiannu, and the army of several roads was almost completely wiped out outside the pass.
This Yu Xiaotian actually thought that he had blocked several onslaughts of the Jiannu army in Tianjin, so he didn't know what his surname was, and he actually proposed to fight to the death with the Jiannu army in the field, isn't this crazy?
So at that time, Chongzhen breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking that this time he didn't have to worry about Yu Xiaotian's henchman, even if Yu Xiaotian didn't die this time, it was estimated that he would be defeated and lost by the Jiannu army, and he could escape to the sea and flee back to Fujian, even if it was good, if he didn't get it, he might even be slaughtered by the Jiannu army on the spot, and maybe, so it was unlikely that Yu Xiaotian would continue to be his trouble.
But he never expected that just three days had passed, and it was reported that the Yu family army was south of Tianjin Wei and fought a decisive battle with Jiannu, and in one fell swoop, the 100,000 army of Jiannu was defeated and almost wiped out.
Can Chongzhen not be surprised? I'm afraid that the surprise is not good, the boss with his mouth open, he didn't know that he was drooling, and it took a while to react, and he quickly ordered Cao Wenzhao to convene the ministers and enter the palace to discuss matters.
At this time, the ministers also heard the news, and knew that the saint would soon invite them into the palace to discuss matters, so they didn't need to greet them, and they all ran to the outside of the bow gate to wait.
Chongzhen immediately asked these ministers what to do at the moment, this Yu Jiajun is too fierce! How can it be so powerful that even the 100,000 army of Jiannu has been defeated?
The most important thing now is how the imperial court should deal with this matter, is it to quickly send someone to celebrate Yu Xiaotian's achievements and reward the generals under Yu Xiaotian's command?
What are you kidding, Yu Xiaotian is definitely not a good bird, he raised troops this time and directly killed Tianjin Wei, it was simply ill-intentioned, even if he defeated the Jiannu army, there was no rebellion, at best, it was worth the merits and demerits, and there would definitely be no way to reward him.
Therefore, giving him a celebration seal is something that must not be thought of, and it is quite good to be able to punish him.
However, Yu Xiaotian is now the nominal general of the Ming Dynasty, and he has the title of the governor and the chief military officer of Fujian, and the Yu family army under his command, although most of them may not have the establishment of the Ming army, but this battle can be regarded as a fight for the Ming Dynasty.
And they fought the army of Jiannu that everyone hated in the Ming Dynasty, and they fought such a big victory, which can be called an absolute and absolute victory, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there are almost no such great victories, and they can't even find such a powerful victory to compare with it.
If this is not rewarded, it seems that it is unreasonable, this is not only Yu Xiaotian is afraid that he will not do it, but his people are afraid that they will not do it, this world is full of mouths, spitting stars, it is estimated that the court can be drowned.
So Chongzhen is very entangled, very entangled, the ministers are also very entangled, and very entangled, and finally someone proposed that this time the decisive battle between the Yu family army and Jiannu, although the news has spread, he has won a great victory, but Yu Xiaotian has not yet sent someone into Beijing to play the victory, so the court can ignore it completely for the time being, and the right to not hear about it.
The news of this great victory still needs to be verified and verified, which takes time, and it cannot be counted on the basis of someone's empty words, it must be righteous and righteous first equal to filial piety, and then send people over to investigate the battlefield situation, count the heads and prisoners, and then reward meritorious deeds.
Of course, it is definitely impossible to reward meritorious deeds, although the Jiannu army was defeated, but the Yu family army was still there, and there was a trouble in the heart, and the rest was even more of a trouble in the heart.
So someone immediately came up with a plan, anyway, now that Yu Jiajun and Jiannu have just been fighting fiercely for a few days, even if they win a big victory, it should be a miserable victory, and it is estimated that their own losses are not small, this time is when they are the weakest, if they let go of this opportunity and let him be supplemented, then no one dares to say what this guy will do.
Therefore, the best way at the moment is for the imperial court to announce to the world first, and say that Yu Xiaotian is a criminal minister, disobedience and disrespect is secondary, support the army to divide one side, and lead the troops directly into Tanggu without authorization, which is even more ill-intentioned, and there is definitely a heart of disobedience, so Chongzhen can take the first step to announce to the world, and give Yu Xiaotian's hat to Yu Xiaotian on his head first, confirm his crime, and then order the soldiers and horses of the world to ask for it.
(Thanks to the desert laughing spring breeze, Gu Xiaoxia, and a few intoxicating brothers for their rewards)