While the four prime ministers and assistants were discussing matters, Lv Daqi, the Minister of War, and Liu Shizhen, the general affairs envoy, barged in, and both of them looked excited.
Shi Kefa was a good old man and would not speak out if he was unhappy.
But Gao Hongtu couldn't get rid of the sand in his eyes, and immediately said: "Da Sima, and Yang Tongzheng, didn't you see that we were discussing something with the chief minister? You just barged in."
Jiang Yueguang also expressed dismay: "It's not appropriate."
"Yes, this official is being reckless, so please give me a lot of help from all the pavilion bosses."
Lu Daqi and Liu Shizhen admitted their mistake, but they didn't take it seriously. They immediately said, "But the reason why the officials and others broke into the cabinet without permission is because there is a big happy event."
"What's the big news? What's the matter?"
Shi Kefa's expression moved slightly when he heard this, and he had a vague guess in his heart, but he thought it was impossible.
Gao Hongtu even directly reprimanded: "The national affairs are so difficult and there are a lot of troubles. How can there be any happy things?"
Jiang Yueguang was about to get up and drive away the people. However, at this moment, Liu Shizhen, the general envoy, held out a yellow silk scroll with both hands and solemnly handed it to Shi Kefa.
Lu Daqi held back and did not say anything.
Saying it will have no effect.
It would only be interesting if the four cabinet ministers themselves saw this good news.
They wanted to see how the four pavilion elders would react when they saw this great news. Would they be as happy as they were and forget about everything?
Shi Kefa took the Huang Ling scroll and slowly unfolded it.
First he glanced at it, then let out a light sigh.
Then Shi Kefa stood frozen on the spot.
Seeing this, the second assistant, Gao Hongtu, subconsciously stepped forward and took a glance.
"Ah?" Then Gao Hongtu shouted and stood frozen on the spot, as if someone had cast a immobilization spell on him.
Jiang Yue Guangxin asked what happened to these two people. He then took two steps forward to take a look, but when he saw it, he also froze in place with a cry, and there was no movement for a long time.
Xie Xuelong couldn't hold back his anger at this time, and walked over to take a look.
"Hey, we win!" Xie Xuelong clapped his hands after watching, but fainted without a mouthful of phlegm coming up.
Lu Daqi and Liu Shizhen originally just wanted to see the reactions of the four pavilion elders, but they were shocked when they saw that Jie Xuelong fainted because he was too excited.
"Come here quickly, Mr. Xie Ge has made a mistake."
Two clerks from the cabinet and Xie Xuelong's old servant came in after hearing the news.
First, he helped Xie Xuelong up, patted his chest, and served him tea. After working hard for a long time, Xie Xuelong finally recovered and stood up to face Shi Kefa and the four others. He couldn't help but burst into tears again.
"We won!" Xie Xuelong said, wiping away tears.
"Well, I won." Jiang Yueguang also had tears in his eyes.
"After fifty years, the Ming Dynasty finally defeated Jiannu!" Gao Hongtu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, although there have been occasional reports of good news, such as the Ningyuan victory, which has resulted in more than 200 beheadings, this is obviously not comparable to the Xia Town victory this time.
In this great victory in Xia Town, more than 3,000 true slaves were beheaded!
In addition, the Eight Banners Han Army was beheaded, the rebels and the Han people were over 6,000 insurgents, and more than a thousand Han soldiers were captured, surrendered, and indoctrinated. This was really the greatest victory since the beginning of the East!
Shi Kefa and the others never doubted whether the results of the battle were fake?
Although Chongzhen was headstrong and unkind, he never told lies.
What's more, the Tang newspaper also has the signature of Du Yinjia, the censor of Youqiandu and the censor of Xuzhou Tuntian.
Shi Kefa and the others have absolute trust in Du Yinjia's character. This is by no means a lucky minister who is willing to sacrifice his integrity just to please others, so this result is absolutely credible.
"Quick!" Shi Kefa wiped his tears and said eagerly.
"The Ministry of War immediately sent people to copy the newspaper and tell it to the world!"
"Yes." Lu Daqi bowed his hands, turned around and left in a hurry.
Soon, news of the great victory in Xia Town spread like a whirlwind throughout Nanjing and beyond.
Zheng Sen returned to the Imperial College from his teacher Qian Qianyi. When he passed by Jixian Gate, he found that the notice board on the right was crowded with people, and the outer three floors and the inner three floors were all packed with people. It was so crowded.
What's going on? Haven't you already passed the monthly exam?
Could it be that another classmate has written a good article?
But that’s not right. Good articles aren’t read by so many people, right?
Just when Zheng Sen was confused, another group of scholars heard the news and came.
One of them, Zheng Sen's bedmate, immediately stopped him and asked, "Brother, what happened?"
"Brother Damu, don't you know?" The classmate was surprised, "It's a big event. The Holy Father personally led the ten-town frontier army to defeat the Jiannu southern invasion army in the first battle of Xuzhou, beheading 9,000 people and capturing more than 1,000 people alive!"
"Ah?" Zheng Sen instantly felt a rush of blood rushing to his head.
"But this is too unbelievable, so I have to see the newspaper with my own eyes." After saying that, the classmate used brute force to separate the classmates in front of him and squeeze in. There was a mess in front of the notice board.
"Hey, don't squeeze. Who are you? Just come up and squeeze."
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At the same time, at Prince Rui’s Mansion in Beijing.
Baiyin Tu couldn't help but kneel down in front of Dorgon.
"Bayin Tu, you are really good at it." Dorgon said quietly, "You are really good at it."
Baiyin Tu didn't explain much, he just knelt in front of Dorgon with his forehead stretched out.
Dorgon counted on his fingers: "That is to say, during your trip to Shandong, you lost a total of ten Niu Lu from the Xianghuang Banner, including one Jia La Zhangjing, and ten Niu Lu from the Han Army under the Zhenghuang Banner.
, including even Gushan'e Zhenzu Zerun, Mele Zhangjing Geng Jimao, in addition to Gao Di's three thousand surrendered troops and three thousand Bao Yi, oh, there is also Wang Aoyong."
"We also lost more than 100 cannons of the navy, 120 carriages with yellow flags, 120 sidecars of the Han army with positive yellow flags, and 30 vehicle-mounted No. 1 Folan cannons."
"There are also 20,000 shi of military rations and 9,000 kilograms of gunpowder."
"And then there are the belongings you stole along the way."
"A conservative estimate of these properties is 500,000 taels, right?"
"Bayintu, tell yourself, how should I deal with you?"
After Dorgon finished speaking, he leaned down and stared at the Baiyin Picture like a hawk.
But Baiyintu didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. The battle turned into such a mess. He really had no shame to defend himself. In short, no matter how Dorgon dealt with him, he never complained.
"Take him down and lock him up." Dorgon did not kill him in the end.
After all, the picture of worshiping the sound is a solid mountain with a yellow flag. Even if the canonical punishment is really required, Da Yu'er's consent must be obtained, and Da Yu'er's face must still be given.
Two guards took away the Baiyintu.
Dorgon shouted to the outside again: "Take Obei with you."
"Slave Obai, please see your master." Obai dusted his sleeves and hit him with a thousand.
When he broke out that day, Obai just fainted from exhaustion and was not actually injured.
Later, he was chased by the Yiding. If it weren't for the guards of Obai and Yabulan, Baiyintu might not have been able to come back.
"No need." Dorgon raised his hand, looked into Obai's eyes and said, "Obai, tell me exactly how you lost this battle."
"嗻." Obai didn't hide anything, from when they entered Shandong, to when the troops were divided into two groups, to when he defeated Anshan Town, when Bai Yintu led his troops south to avenge him, and then when they entered Xuzhou territory
, and then to the Battle of Xia Town, Ao Bai talked for nearly an hour before finally finishing, and also focused on the Ming army's defense line in Xia Town.
"Prince Regent, the formations built by the Ming army in Xia Town are really impressive."
"My servant suspects that it is probably the Eight Formation Diagram that has been lost for thousands of years."
"Eight Formation Diagram? I think your head looks like Eight Formation Diagram!" Dorgon said angrily, "Get out of here."
Although Obai also suffered a defeat, after all, he was not the leader of this journey, and he did not escape before the battle, so even if the responsibility is investigated, he cannot be held accountable.
After sending Oboi away, Dorgon asked Hong Chengchou and three other die-hard traitors: "What do you think?"
Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanme immediately turned their attention to Hong Chengchou. When it came to making plans, they could talk a lot, but when it came to marching, forming formations and fighting, the two of them tied together couldn't compare to Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou said: "After listening to what Ao Bai just said, I feel that Baiyintu was defeated by an enemy who underestimated the enemy. Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. However, after Baiyintu led his army to Xia Town, not only did he not know the exact location of the Ming army,
The number of troops was not even clear who the leader of the Ming army was. When he finally launched a large-scale attack, Baiyintu only left a small number of mobile troops. As a result, the Ming army took advantage of the opportunity. He committed two consecutive crimes.
A military strategist has a taboo, which is why this great defeat occurred."
"That makes sense." Dorgon nodded happily, "What you said, sir, coincides with what I, the king, have said."
"I see." Fan Wencheng suddenly nodded and said, "In this case, everything makes sense."
"Yes, that makes sense." Ning Wanwo said, "If this were not the case, how could the Ming army, which was cowardly and fearful of our Qing soldiers like tigers, defeat Baiyintu's 10,000-strong army?"
The two hardcore traitors couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this.
I almost thought that the Ming army was really different from what it used to be.
Dorgon added: "That is to say, this is just an accident."
"Yes, it was just an accident, but the gun platform built by the Ming army in Xia Town should not be underestimated."
Hong Chengchou changed the topic and said: "The Ming army general who built the Xia Town defense line was well aware of the Ming army's weaknesses. He divided the originally integrated defense line into independent gun towers, which provided the Ming army with maximum protection.
, so that the Ming army will not collapse due to a single breakthrough, which greatly strengthens the confidence, morale and defensive resilience of the Ming army. Prince Regent, this is really a wonderful idea, very powerful!"
"Oh, really? Is it really as mysterious as you say?"
Dorgon, however, was hesitant, thinking that it was just a few hundred Western guns, and they were made of rammed earth. If the Hongyi cannons of the Eight Banners and Han Army were deployed and fired a few times, wouldn't they fall apart?
However, Dorgon did not say this out loud.
Fan Wencheng asked again: "Prince Regent, does Zuo Maotai still want to go to Nanjing?"
"Of course I have to go." Dorgon said without hesitation, "I still have to go."
