The exciting sounds of war drums and desolate horns resounded over Tongzhou. Two armies were fighting desperately on the battlefield. One of them was wearing red armor, and the other army was wearing red and blue armor. This was the Ming army.
Fighting against the Manchu Qing’s Xianglan Banner.(-< Shuhai Pavilion>-Net.)
After about a stick of incense, the Ming army gradually lost to the Qing army and began to retreat slowly, while the Qing army pressed forward step by step. In the end, the Ming army's retreat turned into a rout, and finally it was out of control and attacked the Ming Dynasty.
The army camp was pouring in. If it were not for the cover of the artillery in the Ming army camp, I am afraid that the Qing soldiers would have rushed into the Ming army camp long ago.
When the leading Ming army general was dragged back into the camp by the defeated troops, he came to the Chinese army's tent and lowered his head in front of a eunuch who was sitting in the center with a pale face and said: "Eunuch Gao, I will fight at the end of the war.
If it’s not good, please punish me, Eunuch Gao!”
The eunuch sitting in the center of the tent was Gao Qiqian, the commander-in-chief of Tianxia Qinwang, and the general who had just lost the battle and begged Gao Qiqian dejectedly was Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi.
"You..." Wang Pu, who saw his armor crooked and in a state of embarrassment, became furious when he got up and dived. He pointed at Wang Pu and cursed: "You are incompetent, incompetent! You dispatched six thousand soldiers.
You can't even defeat three thousand Tatars with a horse. Is this how you are loyal to the emperor? We think you are just a loser!"
Wang Pu grinned and wanted to say something, but finally endured it. Only the generals in the tent showed a hint of injustice. This dead eunuch clearly knew nothing about military affairs, but he still occupied a high position. Since he
After pulling Lu Xiangsheng off his horse, he sat arrogantly on the command post in the middle and gave random orders all day long. After a month, the losses of the Ming army exceeded 30,000, while the losses of the Qing army on the opposite side were only 2,000. It was so frustrating.
The battle caused serious war weariness in the entire army. - < Shuhai Pavilion > - Net. And this battle can only be won with a large number of people. If that is the case, everyone should stop fighting and line up with numbers.
Just count the heads. It seems that Gao Qiqian, this idiot, can only blame the generals for their incompetence in fighting, but he can't come up with any ideas.
After losing his temper, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng who was sitting next to him with his eyes closed and resting. Gao Qiqian couldn't help but feel anxious secretly. Since Lu Xiangsheng was dismissed as the head coach, he seemed to have entered the camp.
Xu Shu from Cao camp said nothing, didn't care about anything, and didn't ask any questions.
Originally, Gao Qiqian was secretly happy to see Lu Xiangsheng like this, but he didn't come to his senses until he suffered a few defeats. Lu Xiangsheng wanted to see his own show emotionally.
Only now did Gao Qiqian understand the troubles of being the commander of an army. Even though he was a powerful commander, he knew very well in his heart that if he really killed tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty elites, Chongzhen would never do it.
Mind if you chop yourself into pieces.
Seeing the mocking looks in the eyes of the generals, Gao Qiqian felt upset for a while, ordered everyone to disperse and returned to his tent with his hands behind his back.
"We can't go on like this. Right now, the Tatars only have more than 50,000 troops, and the 90,000 troops they led have already lost 30,000. If we don't have to wait until defeat, I'm afraid there will be Jin Yiwei coming to find me."
Thinking of this, Gao Qiqian was frightened, "I still have to find a scapegoat."
After thinking about it, Gao Qiqian's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: "Don't you have the best scapegoat right in front of you?"
Thinking of this, Gao Qiqian had an idea in his mind. He came to the writing desk, spread out a piece of white paper and started to write: "My minister, Gao Qiqian, respectfully greets the Holy Ann. Your Majesty is the king of Yao and Shun, and he is benevolent and virtuous."
Being surrounded by grass and trees, I love the soldiers as if I were a child. Ever since I was appointed by the emperor as King Qin, Supervisor of the Army and the Commander-in-Chief, I have been working hard and dare not neglect my duties. However, it is inconsistent with the ancestral system for a slave to hold two positions, so I...
..”
He wrote a long article eloquently, and then immediately called a confidant eunuch and asked him to rush the memorial to the palace at a cost of 600 miles. That night, Emperor Chongzhen received this letter from Gao Qiqian.
memorial.
"What happened to Gao Qiqian? It's not reliable at all. I just let him temporarily serve as the head coach last month, and only a month later he gave me the pick." In the Nuanxin Pavilion, Chongzhen was a little depressed.
Gao Qiqian's memorial was still given to Yang Sichang in front of him.
While Yang Sichang was reading the book, Chongzhen took a cup of tea from a palace maid. The faint fragrance of the tea was refreshing. He smacked it gently with his lips and looked thoughtfully at the azure Xuanyao tea.
Dark Dragon Cup, admiring the exquisite and precious art.
The few maids and eunuchs standing nearby were silent and secretly observed Chongzhen's facial expressions and his subtle movements of studying the tea cup. They all knew that the emperor would ask Mr. Yang Ge about some confidential matters later, but they
They didn't see any instructions from the emperor and didn't dare to avoid it automatically. These maids and eunuchs usually didn't need to wait for the emperor to speak. They would act based on any slight movements of Chongzhen's eyebrows, hair tips, lips or beard to figure out his thoughts.
When the emperor's eyes just left the tea cup, a palace maid immediately took a step forward, took the tea cup with a lacquered gold plate in both hands, and walked out carefully. The other palace maids and eunuchs all waited for a second or two.
Zhenei tiptoed out.
After reading the memorial, Yang Sichang took a long breath and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Gao is trying to avoid suspicion."
"avoid arousing suspicion?"
"Your Majesty, people's words are terrible. Aren't those Qingliu gangs in the capital just trying to find fault with the Emperor? Moreover, Eunuch Gao is currently holding two positions, which is not in line with the ancestral system. If something goes wrong again,
Then they would be in trouble."
Chongzhen sighed and said: "Yes, it is indeed difficult for Gao Qiqian to take on two positions, but if Lu Xiangsheng is used again, I am just afraid that he will ruin his already weak family fortune."
Yang Sichang rolled his eyes after hearing Chongzhen's words and immediately came up with an idea, "Your Majesty, actually you don't have to worry too much. You can let Lu Xiang be promoted and reinstated first, but he will still be controlled by Eunuch Gao. If it doesn't work, then you can
Let them divide their forces again, but don't let Lu Xiangsheng go too far away from Eunuch Gao, and it will also be convenient for Eunuch Gao to control him. In this way, with Eunuch Gao controlling him, we won't be afraid of Lu Xiangsheng making trouble."
"Well, that's a good idea!" Chongzhen nodded repeatedly after hearing this. The emperor who wanted to employ people but was constantly on guard against them issued an imperial edict at the instigation of Yang Sichang, the Minister of War with two swords.
The next day, this imperial edict was brought to the Tongzhou camp by several young eunuchs...