Chapter 65: Transfer
Now the court is doing this, it has already provoked the anger of the heavens and the resentment, and it is rumored that there is even news in the market, saying that many ordinary people are scolding the court, saying that he is a faint king, saying that the ministers in the court are some traitors, and I hope that Yu Xiaotian will quickly attack the Beijing division and get rid of all these traitorous ministers.
Chongzhen heard the news, more sad than anything else, he recalled that after he ascended the throne, what he had done in the past ten years, always thought that he was diligent in government affairs all day long, and never enjoyed too much fun of being an emperor, getting up early every day to deal with government affairs, but why is the situation in the world still getting worse, smoke everywhere, and people everywhere are not living?
Was he really wrong? Chongzhen was very angry when he thought of this, he still didn't think he was wrong, he had done everything he could and should do, even if it was wrong, it was the fault of those ministers! It is Yuan Chonghuan, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Yang Sichang...... Their fault!
If it weren't for them, how could Da Ming get to this point? How can Yu Xiaotian lead his troops to attack the Jingshi directly?
Now he can also see that Da Ming can't finish it! Although there are still tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the Beijing Division, and the strength even exceeds the Yu family army a lot, but these officers and soldiers are not enough to hold it, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers are cowering in the Beijing Division, like turtles who dare not stretch out their heads and claws, and let the Yu family army smash the shell of the Beijing Division like a giant hammer outside the city, but no one dares to go out of the city to fight to the death.
Even today, he heard that in the areas of Deshengmen, Xizhimen, and Fuchengmen, there were many escapees last night, and some officers and soldiers guarding those places took advantage of the night to wrap up a soft thing, and went down the city to escape from the Beijing Division, and even heard that on the side of the Xibian Gate, the guards accepted huge bribes from some rich people in the capital that night, and secretly opened the Xibian Gate at night, and released some rich people who escaped from the Beijing Division.
How did Da Ming get to such a point? The officials and soldiers were so unbearable that even the rich people in the city had obviously lost confidence in the Ming Dynasty at this time, and would rather drag their families and pay heavy bribes than abandon this place and escape from Beijing.
Could it be that this time it really can't stop the Yu family army from attacking the city? The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and hurriedly sent his personal attendants to Dongzhimen and Chaoyangmen to inquire about the situation there.
Although this time he handed over the defense of the east of the city to Gao Qiqian, and in his opinion, Gao Qiqian is also a person who knows the army, which is more suitable than ordinary people, but now for two consecutive days, he has not heard any good news from Gao Qiqian, and the eunuch in the palace told him that the war in the area of Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen is fierce, and Gao Qiqian is personally sitting in the Chaoyangmen area to resist the enemy, but the war is not smooth.
It is rumored that the officers and troops guarding the Chaoyangmen area have suffered heavy losses in the past two days, and the artillery fire of the Yujia army outside the city is extremely sharp, and the officers and soldiers who fought are unable to parry, but no one has verified this matter, Chongzhen is really relieved, so he decided to send someone to investigate.
As a result, soon after dark, the eunuch sent to inquire about the news hurried back to the palace and told Sù Chongzhen, saying that Gao Qiqian was still sitting in Chaoyangmen, and that today's Yujia army attacked the city several times, but he led the troops to resist desperately, and the attack of the Jiangjia army was repulsed, and thousands of rebels were killed.
However, the rebels were sharp in artillery fire, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties, so in order to mobilize morale, he asked the saint to give him some silver taels as a reward for morale, so that he could fight to the death with the rebels tomorrow.
When Chongzhen arrived at this point, he couldn't care so much, so he hurriedly ordered the household department to find a way to raise some silver taels for Gao Qiqian, and quickly sent it to the Chaoyangmen area and handed it over to Gao Qiqian for calling.
But the household department was crying again and again, saying that the household department was already clear and slippery in the library now, and it could run mice! Now I can't take out much silver for anything, and I use it as a bounty for Gao Qiqian.
Chongzhen was very angry, thinking that the household department was still guarding money at this time, when was this? If the rebels are allowed to invade the city, and the jade and stones are burned, what will be left for the silver, will it be left to the rebels?
But the household department insisted that there was no money, and Chongzhen had no choice but to issue an order to allocate 20,000 taels of silver to be deposited in the treasury and urgently send it to Chaoyangmen for bounty.
Anyway, now the truth is irreparable, and it is useless to regret it, Yu Xiaotian is this fang, it seems that he will not give up if he does not attack the Beijing Division, even if he admits his mistake now, I am afraid it will not be able to be reversed, not to mention that he is a dignified son of heaven, how can he admit his mistake to a rebel and thief like Yu Xiaotian?
So he can only grit his teeth and persevere, just see if he can't turn the tide this time, he can hold Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate to the death, as long as he persists, it won't take too long, a month is always okay!
As long as it can hold out for half a month, the soldiers and horses of Yan Jizu in Shandong will be able to arrive in the capital city of Qinwang, and the reinforcements sent by Wu Fu in Shanxi will also arrive in Beijing to help.
In this case, presumably Yu Xiaotian's fang, if he can't attack for a long time, he will definitely run out of ammunition and food, and finally have to retreat to Fujian, even if he doesn't return to Fujian and go south to Shandong and Hebei, it is better than staying in Beijing.
As long as he is given a certain amount of time to breathe, Da Ming still has the strength to mobilize more soldiers and horses and slowly destroy them, and this Da Ming can still be saved.
The premise is that Gao Qiqian must hold Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate and other places, and cannot let the Yu family army attack the Jingshi City, if the rebels have already invaded the Beijing Division before the reinforcements from all walks of life arrive, then all the qiē will be finished, and the Beijing Division will be broken, which means that the Ming Dynasty has been completely subverted, even if he can escape from the Beijing Division, what can he do? Could it be that he would follow the example of Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong and go to the south to establish the capital again?
Chongzhen really didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he simply stopped asking what would happen next, and returned to the dormitory early for the first time to accompany Queen Zhou, who had been with him for many years.
But what everyone didn't expect was that on this night, a major event happened in Jingshi, and the cause of the major event was still because of Gao Qiqian.
Gao Qiqian sat in Chaoyangmen, two days down, the city defenders under his command suffered heavy casualties, and there was no fighting spirit, Gao Qiqian had realized at this time that he could no longer rely on these generals, he had to transfer reinforcements, find a tiger general, and if it was a tiger general who could fight well.
However, the generals he pulled over and had on hand did not find such a general who could take on the role of a great task and guard the Chaoyang Gate for him.
He knew very well that if after dawn, the Yu family army launched another attack, then he would definitely not be able to hold it here, and if he didn't find a big man who could stabilize the army's heart at this time, then he would be completely rested!
After thinking about it, he sent people to consult with Cao Huachun overnight, and asked Cao Huachun to mobilize some officers and troops that night, and send surprise troops from the two gates of Andingmen and You'anmen, and flank Chen's troops in the east of the city on the left and right, and use the cover of night to carry out a surprise attack on the rebels.
In this way, even if there are not many thieves, it can also deter the thieves, so that they will be able to estimate the safety of the flanks and not be able to attack Chaoyang Gate with all their might.
This method of high diving is actually a pretty good idea, but the premise is that someone is willing to take the order out of the city to do it.
Now the generals of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division are all panicked, and when they were recruited by Cao Huachun to discuss this matter, these generals shook their heads like rattles one by one, and refused to take the order out of the city to sneak attack the Yujia army camp with a push of 625.
Cao Huachun also communicated with the eunuch at this time, and learned about the crisis on the side of Chaoyangmen, originally he was not interested in Gao Qiqian, and he was not willing to help Gao Qiqian, but now he heard that the war in Chaoyangmen is dangerous, once Chaoyangmen is broken, then the egg of Jingshi is equivalent to being completely broken.
Considering that there are no eggs under the nest, and the big guys will be unlucky at that time, Cao Huachun can only help Gao Qiqian, so he invited the generals under his command to discuss this matter and see if anyone is willing to take the order to fight, but as a result, these generals are all resolutely unwilling to accept this order one by one, and no one is willing to take this hot taro.
Are you kidding? The Yu family army even beat the slaves and out, so that these guys led a group of old soldiers to steal the camp? What's the difference between this and sending to death? If you take the order to lead the troops out, it will be like suicide, and after you go out, it will definitely be a matter of meat buns and dogs.
They have a big business, where are they interested in doing this! At the beginning of the division of labor, it was very clear that these people were guarding the west of the city, and Gao Qi was sneaking to the east of the city, but now Gao Qi Qian couldn't hold it anymore, and he wanted them to go out and die, and they couldn't do anything about it.
Cao Huachun talked bitterly for a long time, but he didn't say that he would move any generals to take over this job, and now he still has to count on these generals to guard the west gates of the city, and he can't force them too tightly, these guys are not good birds, if they are pressed, maybe these guys can do something, and if they don't get it, they will simply open the city and surrender.
So Cao Huachun had no choice but to send someone to reply to Gao Qiqian, saying all kinds of difficulties, saying that he couldn't help him, and let Gao Qiqian think of a way by himself.
After listening to it, he scolded Cao Huachun for falling into the well at this time, and wanted to see his jokes, but there was no way, so he could only hurry up and find a way.
As a result, he suddenly moved in his heart, and thought of Yang Guozhu, Yang Guozhu is the chief soldier of Xuanfu, which can be said to be a general, who once followed Lu Xiangsheng and Jiannu to fight, and it is said that he also fought well and was quite powerful.
But for some reason, when Yang Guozhu was under Chen Xinjia's orders, the whole army was defeated under the battle of Jinghai County and fled to Bazhou.
But in any case, when Chen Xinjia's troops were defeated, only Yang Guozhu's troops were defeated, and in the end they almost retreated with their whole body in mind, and they didn't lose too much.