"So, Prince Yu really suffered a defeat in Huai'an Mansion?"
"How is it possible? Prince Yu has more than 30,000 Manchu elites under the Two White Banners and the Blue Banner, plus almost the same number of coats, it is enough to fight, not to mention there are twenty red cannons!"
Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou both found it hard to believe.
Huai'an Prefecture is not the Western Liaoning Corridor, and Shanyang City is not Ningyuan City.
How could the Ming Dynasty's Xiangyong defeat the army of Prince Yu, let alone the Liao army?
"See for yourselves." Dorgon didn't bother to say more and directly handed the secret letter to Ning Wanwo.
After the three die-hard traitors read the secret letter and finally believed it, Nuange immediately fell into a long silence.
Obviously, both Dorgon, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou need some time to digest this shocking and even shocking news.
Ning Wan and the three of us were really shocked.
They had no idea that Duduo would not only suffer a defeat at the foot of Shanyang City, but also a disastrous defeat!
Duduo actually killed nearly 10,000 troops under Shanyang City. Among them, the Eight Banners Manchuria alone was severely damaged by 19 Niulu. Although most of them were not enough to be edited, there were nearly 4,000 Banners in total!
[Note: Most of these Niulu that were damaged in Shanyang have been damaged in the Battle of Xuzhou]
Nearly 4,000 bannermen were lost in one battle. If such a disastrous defeat were repeated several times, the Manchus would have no soldiers left to conquer. By then, let alone retreating outside the pass, they would not be able to retreat to Hetuala.
To be honest, Ning Wan, me and the others were really shocked.
The loss this time was mainly due to the loss of the Niulu flag with the blue flag. Although the two white flags also suffered a lot, they were basically the Niulu flags that crossed over from the yellow flag last year. Therefore, the losses of the two white flags, especially the Xiangbai flag, were
It's actually not that big.
The white flag is the legacy left to Dodo by the old slave. It is the real elite, better than the yellow flag.
But even so, more than four thousand bannermen were killed in one battle, which was definitely a loss of strength.
This result was completely beyond their expectations.
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At this time, we were in Shanyang, the capital city of Huai'an.
"Sir!" Wu Erdan ran all the way into the county government office, shouting, "Retreat, the Jiannu army has really retreated. The Jiannu army has retreated past Sanyi Town and is about to reach Taoyuan County!"
Two days ago, the slave-building army suddenly retreated.
Yan Yingyuan and Fan Zhongjie were worried about fraud but still refused to come out.
As of yesterday, Yan Yingyuan sent a small group of Xiangyong out to spy.
As of today, Xiangyong's spying range has expanded to more than a hundred miles.
After receiving a report that Jiannu had passed Sanyi Town, Yan Yingyuan, Fan Zhongjie and Zhi Tingjian finally felt relieved. Now Jiannu had really retreated, and it was absolutely impossible to kill another one who came back.
Because this time the Jiannu slaves also dragged away all the heavy Hongyi cannons.
"Prefect! Dear brother!" Zhi Tingjian was so excited that his voice was out of tune, "Jian Nu has really retreated!"
Zhi Tingjian's excitement is understandable. Rewind the time two months, when the Jiannu army had just arrived at Shanyang City, Zhi Tingjian simply did not dare to imagine that there would be today's results.
In comparison, Fan Zhongjie is relatively calm.
"Well, the Jian slaves have really retreated, and we have finally fulfilled our mission."
After saying that, Fan Zhongjie lifted his legs and walked out, but he stumbled on the ground.
Obviously, Fan Zhongjie is not as calm as he seems on the surface.
In fact, Fan Zhongjie's heart could not be without disturbances, because this time he withstood Duduo's 60,000 to 70,000 troops, defended the city of Huai'an, and defended the northern barrier of the Ming Dynasty. It was definitely a great achievement.
If nothing else happens, he will soon move to Nanjing to become an official.
Moreover, when he moved to Nanjing this time, it was absolutely impossible to give him only a fourth-rank official.
Based on the great achievement of guarding Huai'an, a third-grade official cannot escape. The only suspense is which ministry he will serve as a minister or which temple he will serve as a seal official.
Taking this step means truly entering the power center of the Ming Dynasty. Who can really take it easy?
Perhaps the only one who is truly calm is Yan Yingyuan. There is really not much joy on Yan Yingyuan's face, and his mood is even more inexplicably heavy, because the first thing Zhi Tingjian and Fan Zhongjie think of is their great contribution to guarding Huai'an, while Yan Yingyuan thinks of this at this time.
The local hero who sacrificed his life to defend Huai'an.
Shanyang County was indeed defended.
Huai'an Prefecture did hold on.
However, in order to defend Huai'an Prefecture, more than 5,000 rural warriors gave their lives, and more than 3,000 rural warriors were disabled. They will never be able to return to their original appearance in this life.
Shanyang County Township Yonggang had 30,000 people at the time of recruitment.
After Yan Yingyuan's training, there were only 20,000 left.
As of now, there are only 12,000 people left.
Yan Yingyuan felt inexplicably heavy at the thought of facing more than 8,000 families who had lost their mainstay, thousands of widows, and more than 10,000 orphans waiting for food.
Before defending the city, he had promised Xiang Yong that if he died fighting for the Ming Dynasty, not only would he receive a pension of fifty taels of silver, but each family would also receive ten acres of land, but could he really fulfill it?
This is more than 8,000 people, what a huge expense.
Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan became more and more depressed and frowned.
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At the same time, another Tang newspaper was delivered to Nanjing at a cost of two hundred miles.
General Affairs Minister Liu Shizhen read the Tang newspaper and hurriedly brought the Tang newspaper to the cabinet in person.
Shi Kefa briefly read the Tang newspaper and quickly summoned Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and Jie Xuelong to his duty room to discuss subsequent defense adjustments and rewards.
After reading the newspaper, there was no sound in the guard room for a long time.
Dorgon and the others needed time to digest this shocking news, and Shi Kefa and his four cabinet ministers also needed time to digest this shocking news.
The last newspaper sent by Huai'an Prefecture only stated the results of Jiannu's withdrawal without details.
But the report sent this time not only stated the detailed process of Jiannu killing a carbine and repelling it, but also attached a large number of details and data.
For example, in terms of casualties, more than 5,000 villagers died in this battle and more than 3,000 were maimed.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For example, consumption, the total loss of various equipment and materials in this battle is 500,000 silver.
For example, the entire western city of Shanyang has been burned to the ground, and thousands of hectares of farmland outside the city have been severely damaged. In addition, the city wall of Shanyang East City has also been severely damaged.
But what shocked the four pavilion elders the most was the result.
Although the imperial censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not yet been dispatched for verification, the four elders believe that even if Fan Zhongjie, Yan Yingyuan and others exaggerated the number of enemy kills, they are definitely not fabricating them out of thin air.
In other words, this number is basically credible.
Even if it is halved, it can be called an unprecedented victory.
Because when the rural warriors of Shanyang City were cleaning up various battlefields after the war, they found a total of nearly 5,000 corpses of Jian slaves, and more than 4,000 corpses were fished out from under the ice of the canal.
In other words, nearly 10,000 Jianu were killed in the Battle of Shanyang!
Nearly 10,000 slaves! Nearly 10,000 people! Shi Kefa’s hands holding the Tang newspaper were shaking, he was so excited.
After a long while, Gao Hongtu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, our Ming Dynasty has finally won an unprecedented victory. I believe that after this battle, the cowardice in the face of the slaves has been accumulated over the past fifty years.
As long as we can wipe them all out, if the Jiannu invaders want to invade the south again, they have to weigh whether they can afford another disastrous defeat."
After Gao Hongtu broke the silence, the thoughts of Shi Kefa and the other three people also returned to reality.
Shi Kefa said excitedly: "There is hope for this Northern Expedition, and there is hope for the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition."
Is there hope for the Northern Expedition? Jie Xuelong raised his head and glanced at Shi Kefa, thinking to himself, this is what a true scholar thinks. After defending the city and winning a battle, he dared to call for the Northern Expedition? I'm afraid you have never experienced the power of Jiannu's field battles.
Jie Xuelong's mentality is also the common mentality of Jiangnan Jin gentry.
To preserve the local area, the Jiangnan Jin gentry was still willing to do their best.
But forget it about the Northern Expedition, they will never contribute any effort.
A war will kill people, but many, many people will die, and a lot of money will be spent. Is this necessary? Can't we just use the Yellow River as the boundary, make peace with Jiannu and live a peaceful life of our own?
However, Jie Xuelong did not say this, as he did not want to spoil Shi Kefa's interest.
Xie Xuelong said: "To be able to defend Shanyang this time, Fan Zhongjie, the prefect of Huai'an, and the magistrate of Shanyang County were indispensable for their admonishment. Fan Zhongjie, in particular, did not hesitate to use his body as a bait to carry out a deadly plan. If it were not for the sacrifice of Gongsheng and Xiang to replace him,
, at this time Fan Zhongjie has already sacrificed his life for the Ming Dynasty, and these loyal ministers, virtuous ministers and capable ministers should be reused."
As for Maoxiang and Yan Yingyuan, they were directly ignored by Jie Xuelong.
The reason is also very simple. These two people are scholars from the scholar camp.
The scholars in the Shizi camp are people of the Holy Emperor and belong to the imperialist camp.
People in the imperial party do not belong to the civil service group, so they will not care.
This can be regarded as a tacit and tacit understanding between Chongzhen and the civil servant group. Chongzhen basically did not interfere in the specific government affairs of the Six Cabinet Ministries, and the Six Cabinet Ministries did not care about the imperial party, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the scholar camp.
Therefore, Jie Xuelong only proposed to promote and reuse Fan Zhongjie and Zhi Tingjian.
"I second the proposal." Jiang Yue Guangshen said in agreement, "Fan Zhi and the two should be reused."
Shi Kefa said: "In this case, we will discuss a rough opinion first and then make a decision."
Gao Hongtu said: "In my opinion, let Fan Zhongjie go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and move to the left to be the assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. As for Meng Zhaoxiang, it's time to move to the left as the great uncle."
Shi Kefa's brows frowned slightly again.
Because Gao Hongtu pays less and less attention to him as his chief assistant. Even the appointment and dismissal of officials like Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs are all decided by your words. What else do you want me, the chief assistant, to do?
It's really frustrating to be the chief assistant to this position.
However, Shi Kefa must admit that Gao Hongtu's proposal was not selfish and was very appropriate.
First of all, Fan Zhongjie can be considered a member of the Donglin Party, because his mentor Dong Qichang was a member of the Donglin Party.
The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to the succession of teachers. Once you are a teacher, you will always be a father. This does not mean that whether you are a tutor, a private tutor or a private tutor, for the civil servants, you need to spend your whole life to show filial piety and repay your kindness.
