Early the next morning, Guan Ning's army had 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. At the same time, they recruited 10,000 guardsmen from the area under Zhao's original jurisdiction as auxiliary troops. They set out from Shanhaiguan in a mighty manner.
At this time, the shortest way to rescue the capital from Shanhaiguan is to take the Fengrun and Luanzhou lines and go directly eastward. However, if you go this way, you will run into the Qing army. Therefore, after discussion, Guan Ning's army decided to take a southward route.
The arc, that is, starting from the south side of the mountains south of Zunhua, marching day and night, directly detouring back to Jizhou City, blocking the path of the Qing army.
The reason why I went to Jizhou was because Sun Chengzong was appointed by Chongzhen as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Gyeonggi Province. Sun Chengzong directly gave him an order, asking him to take reinforcements directly to Jimen. He must block the Qing army and not let a single soldier go.
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Originally, Yuan Chonghuan planned to go directly to the capital, so he had no choice. If he didn't want to disobey, he had to obey. The messenger was Sun Chengzong's student and the head of the Ministry of War, He Yiming, personally sent it.
Yuan Chonghuan has to accept it, and he has to accept it even if he doesn't.
Governor Yuan's face looked very ugly at that time.
After He Yiming left, he was silent for a quarter of an hour, and then ordered the entire army to prepare and set off tomorrow morning to rush into Jizhou.
In the middle of the night, the Huotou army got up to cook. At the fourth watch, the army got up. At the fifth watch, the army started eating.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, the gate to the south of Shanhaiguan City opened wide. The army came out of the gate in a mighty manner.
Shanhaiguan City was built in the Hongwu period, with a circumference of about 4 kilometers. It is connected to the Great Wall and uses the city as a gate. The city is 14 meters high and 7 meters thick. It has four main gates and a variety of defensive buildings. Including "the first gate in the world"
"Jian Tower, Jingbian Tower, Muying Tower, Linlu Tower, Wengcheng and the 1,350-meter-long Plain Great Wall, etc.
At this time, snowflakes began to float in the sky, and the weather was cold. The officers and soldiers huddled their necks, puffed on the air to warm their hands, and moved forward numbly.
Although Guan Ningjun was a frontier army supported by the imperial court, he could barely support his family. He could not even talk about having good food and warm clothes.
Although the cotton-padded armor worn by officers and soldiers has a certain effect of keeping warm, it is not a large cotton-padded jacket after all.
The compacted cotton sheets have no looseness and gaps, and can still keep you warm to some extent. It's just that there are two layers of cotton sheets, with a layer of iron nails sandwiched in between, so that the cold nails cannot touch the skin.
Just feel better.
Just like what Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his poem about the frontier fortress, the iron armor of the imperial guard was cold. The Tang Dynasty did not invent cloth face armor, so wearing armor in winter would be a sin.
The vanguard battalion is in front, Yuan Chonghuan is in the middle army, and the infantry follows behind.
At this time, the situation was already very urgent. Zunhua could not be defended. It was only a matter of time before the slaves came to the imperial capital. At this time, the emperor was probably going crazy with worry.
He thought about it over and over in his mind, and finally felt that he should be more positive about this matter. At least the emperor would have nothing to say. He knew very well that the emperor now had a strong opinion of him.
It's just that he thought about it, and at this juncture, it was the right time to hire people. I guess the emperor was not irrational. In his heart, he actually despised Chongzhen. I guess the emperor was frightened by the tragic defeat outside the pass. This
This is the time when a person's heart is the most vulnerable and when he needs the most support.
He was riding on his horse, thinking and calculating as he hurried on. This time should be an opportunity. It depends on whether he can make up his mind. Although thirty thousand people are not many, they are already a force that can influence the situation. And now he
There is no turning back when the bow is drawn.
It is impossible to return to Liao in five years. He can't deceive anyone he deceives, and he can't deceive himself. If he deceives everyone, he will be the most successful liar.
If the emperor pursues it, it will be the end.
In the two years since His Majesty took the throne, everyone has seen that His Majesty is not a kind master.
In the past two years, the cabinet has been changed three times. In the past few terms, some resigned and some were imprisoned. Few died well. Now His Majesty’s frequent contacts with Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others make Donglin feel like a light is hanging on his back.
, very uncomfortable.
Yuan Chonghuan could already tell that the emperor was worried about Dong Lin.
Judging from the past two years, the emperor's employees are thrown away after use. No one has a long-term career. As for the monarch and his ministers getting along well, starting well and ending well, that is even more of a joke.
Now the forces of Mrs. Zheng and King Fu have been beaten to an almost complete extent.
Mao Wenlong, the last powerful figure in the army, was also eliminated under the impetus of his majesties. Now, Concubine Zheng is like a phoenix that has lost its feathers, worse than a chicken. Since the wings have been shaved off, it is estimated that Concubine Zheng will leave.
It's not too far to go west by driving He.
But when he thought about the things His Majesty had done in the past two years after he ascended the throne as a young man, each one passed before Yuan Chonghuan's eyes like it was real or in a movie. He became more and more flustered. It was His Majesty's vicious spirit
Son, it made people shudder. He felt a little uneasy for a while.
However, if this matter is not resolved, sooner or later it will be a knife hanging over the head. It can fall at any time. Two years is too fast, but when it comes to time, if you can't pay the job, why don't you stick your neck out and wait.
Recently, Donglin has also become anxious. Seeing that Rehe was completely destroyed by Huang Taiji, the Qing army was presided over by Donglin. The three general soldiers were all candidates proposed by Donglin. This suddenly ruined the best of the border army. Donglin
The Cabinet and the Ministry of War can no longer sleep.
Chongzhen had always suppressed the incident of the Jizhen mutiny and did not investigate the responsibility.
Li Biao and Qian Longxi did not think that the emperor had forgotten.
This time the imperial commander went on a personal expedition. First, a mutiny broke out in Zunhua, attacking the troops and disturbing the imperial commander. After an investigation, it turned out that the money from the expedition had been misappropriated.
Before this matter could be investigated, the Beijing camp suffered a complete defeat.
Yuan Chonghuan knew the inside story. What happened when the business became like this? The emperor was not a fool. How could he not understand the situation? There were so many people involved in this matter, how could it be that they were not exposed?
In the hands of Uncle Dingyuan, this army swept through thousands of troops. Now it collapsed against Jiannu. It has only been half a year, how could it collapse so quickly? What happened next.
None of these things can stand up to scrutiny.
Two years after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he put in countless efforts and scheming to overthrow the Duke of Wei. He turned Concubine Zheng into a mere commander. He increased fiscal revenue by more than two million taels per year and laid off half a million people.
The number of quotas for the frontier army and the Beijing camp has greatly reduced the scope of empty pay.
Moreover, with the proper use of people, the threats from Mongolia and Mongolia were eliminated. The She'an Rebellion in the south was also completely put down. Although Sichuan and Guizhou were seriously injured, order was restored at least. As long as the southwest can recuperate for dozens of
Years later, things got better.
All of this was originally developing in a good direction. However, in the past two months, the three generals outside the pass were defeated, and the imperial commander's personal expedition to the capital was defeated. The land of the capital was extremely empty, and almost wiped out all the achievements of the past year.
Empty. And the situation is getting worse.
All the emperor's efforts, not to mention returning to their original form, also provoked the slaves to invade the pass, directly threatening the security of the imperial capital. This has not happened for many years.
The more Yuan Chonghuan thought about it, the more frightened he became. He was a student of Sun Chengzong, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not take away his identity as General Donglin. At this moment, it was too late to try to cut off from Donglin. He had already been
Tied to death on Donglin's chariot.
"Alas! Under the overturned nest, there are intact eggs." Yuan Chonghuan looked up to the sky and sighed.
