After hearing this vague imperial edict, all the generals hesitated. What on earth does the emperor want to do? He wants me to go into battle to kill the enemy, but also ties up our hands and feet to prevent the army from leaving the capital too far. This
Isn't this a joke? How can we fight like this?
Among the crowd, only a few people, Lu Xiangsheng and Pang Gang, understood. Chongzhen did not want the imperial army to leave his sight. He was afraid that the Tatars would surround the capital again. At the same time, he was also afraid that the army would lose control and wanted to hold on to the army.
A direct manifestation in one's own hands.
Pang Gang sighed and shook his head secretly. Although Chongzhen was a diligent emperor, he was not a qualified emperor. This suspicious and jealous character has been with him for more than ten years in his career as emperor. It is estimated that this is the same as when he was a boy.
It is related to the fact that he did not receive systematic royal education, so his mind is far inferior to that of the previous Emperor Tianqi and Emperor Wanli.
For example, during the reign of Chongzhen in history, fifty-two cabinets were replaced like a revolving door in just seventeen years. What does this mean? This shows that during Chongzhen's reign, the lifespan of each cabinet was less than four months.
Life span, in the eyes of later generations, can only be described as ridiculous.
During these seventeen years, Chongzhen also replaced fifty academicians (equivalent to prime ministers or deputy prime ministers), and fourteen ministers of the Ministry of War (that refers to the official ministers of the Ministry of War, and those with the title of minister of the Ministry of War, such as Yuan Chonghuan, do not count)
.In addition to Yuan Chonghuan, ten other governors or governors were killed or forced to commit suicide. Eleven governors were killed and one was forced to death. In the 14th Ministry of War, Wang Qia was imprisoned and died, and Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong were poisoned.
Yang Sichang hanged himself, Chen Xinjia was beheaded, Fu Zonglong and Zhang Guowei were dismissed from their posts and imprisoned, Wang Zaijin and Xiong Mingyu were dismissed from their posts and investigated.
In Pang Gang's view, such frequent blood exchanges, unless Chongzhen has the iron-fisted methods or extraordinary imperial talents of its ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di, another person's nonsense will only push the Ming Dynasty into the abyss of destruction. Moreover, Chongzhen's
His suspicious character also made him promote the system of military supervision to an even greater extent. Even for military events such as marches and battles, eunuchs who only knew how to make money were sent to check and balance the commander. It was really sad.
After listening to the imperial edict, Gao Qiqian, who was originally in a very bad mood because of Pang Gang's incident, suddenly felt much better. He snorted and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Captain Lu, you have heard the emperor's edict, right? The emperor is like this.
I mean, do you still want to lead the entire army to attack the Tatars?"
Lu Xiangsheng held back his anger and said, "What about following Eunuch Gao's wishes?"
"It's what our family wants." Gao Qiqian thought for a moment and rolled his eyes and said, "Well, our army of 100,000 people has too many people here, and the supply of food and grass is not easy. How about we divide our troops?"
"Divide the troops?" As soon as Gao Qiqian said this, not only were all the generals stunned, Lu Xiangsheng was so angry that he was shaking all over and almost cursed, "Divide the troops, divide your fucking troops! Don't look at the Qing troops now spreading around to harass."
Hebei, but Lu Xiangsheng can guarantee that as soon as the news of their division of troops spreads, the scattered Qing troops will immediately pounce on the scattered Ming troops like hungry wolves and devour them!
But as the old saying goes, arms can't twist the thigh after all, and Lu Xiangsheng naturally can't compete with Gao Qiqian who has the support of the emperor. Seeing that the division of troops is a foregone conclusion.
Pang Gang looked coldly at Gao Qiqian, who was acting like a clown, and said nothing. He knew that with his current status, he was not qualified to argue about such a major matter. He could only watch Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian blush.
The faces in the commander's tent were like fighting cocks, competing for the number of troops under their respective command. The final result came out. Lu Xiangsheng led Xuanda's troops and his own Tianxiong Army, a total of more than 40,000 troops, to Yongdingmen, while Gao Qiqian led
He led the remaining nearly 60,000 troops to garrison at Marco Polo Bridge.
But there is one exception, that is, the Shandong reinforcements led by Pang Gang were originally going to follow Gao Qiqian, but how could Gao Qiqian, who had just been put a knife on his neck by Pang Gang, dare to let this evil star follow him?
With Lu Xiangsheng nearby, he assigned Pang Gang to Lu Xiangsheng on the pretext that Lu Xiangsheng's troops were weak, which gave Lu Xiangsheng a small surprise.
After the two of them finished their discussion, Gao Qiqian said to everyone triumphantly: "Okay, everyone has heard it. Except for the Xuanda soldiers and horses and the Shandong soldiers and horses, everyone else should follow us!"
After saying that, Gao Qiqian proudly walked out first. More than 20 of the more than 30 generals in the tent followed him, and all the generals from all over Miji Guanning left.
, only a dozen lonely Xuanda generals were left around Lu Xiangsheng.
Looking at the lonely handsome tent, Lu Xiangsheng felt a wave of sadness and anger welling up in his heart. He could no longer hold back the anger and grief in his heart and fell heavily on his seat. He really couldn't figure out why he finally gathered a hundred thousand troops.
Instead of seeking an opportunity for a decisive battle with the Qing army, they have to divide their forces to guard everywhere. It can be foreseen that future battles will be extremely difficult and passive.
However, Lu Xiangsheng was a famous military commander in the late Ming Dynasty after all. Although he was frustrated, he was not discouraged. After a while, he raised his head resolutely and said to the generals: "Everyone, although our army has been divided, our army still has some troops."
With an army of 40,000, it is not easy for the Tatars to take advantage of us. The Tatars are rampaging across the capital, killing my people and destroying my homeland. All the officials of the Ming Dynasty are grinding their teeth. All generals should share the same hatred and kill the enemy to serve the country! Lu is here
Please!"
After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng bowed deeply to everyone.
All the generals avoided their bodies to show that they did not dare to accept the Governor's gift. Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province, stood up and shouted loudly: "Follow Governor Lu to the death and kill the enemy to serve the country!"
The generals also shouted out: "Kill the enemy and serve the country!"
Seeing that the military morale was available, Lu Xiangsheng's originally depressed mood finally improved a lot. He said to the generals: "Lu thanked everyone for their love. I received news the day before yesterday that there were signs of Tatars gathering in Tongzhou, so I went to Yongding."
The door will not be safe all the way, so everyone needs to be careful."
After listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words, Da Zhuang behind Pang Gang couldn't help but muttered: "This damn eunuch, knowing that the Tatars are in Tongzhou, still wants to divide the troops into two groups and let us go to Yongding Gate because he thinks we can't die fast enough."
What's wrong?"
Da Zhuang's voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone. Everyone couldn't help but laugh bitterly. What kind of general leads what kind of soldiers? A small guerrilla dared to question the commander's strategy.
, let alone the one who is his boss.
After leaving the tent, Pang Gang jumped on his big red horse, raised his whip and whipped it in the air, and the group of people rushed towards their camp at lightning speed.
Soon, the officers and soldiers of each battalion pulled out of their camps one after another. Amidst the sounds of people and horses neighing, it was announced that the generals from various towns in Guanning had already pulled out of their camps, leaving only a large area of empty camps.