On the afternoon of August 18, Wang Chengen ran wildly on the Gaotaiyong Road in front of the Qianqing Palace with the memorial from Tianjin in his arms.
What Wang Chengen carried in his arms was a memorial reporting the victory in Tianjin. The Qing army's cavalry was everywhere in the capital and blocked the roads in many places. Therefore, the victory report was passed around and took four days to reach the capital. The memorial arrived first, headed by Wen Tiren, the First Assistant Secretary. Wen Tiren made the draft and handed it over to Wang Chengen, asking Wang Chengen to quickly hand it over to the emperor.
This memorial comes at a very timely time.
At this time, the Qing army had been in the pass for a month and a half and was invincible in attacking the capital. The Ming guard officials were corrupt and incompetent. They could not defend the city under the attack of the Qing army and abandoned the city. Wang Chengen heard this every few days. The bad news was that a large city in a prefecture and county had been captured. The soldiers who had exhausted the imperial court's financial resources were also weak. On July 25, Zhang Fengyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, asked the governor to send reinforcements from various towns. However, the Qinwang camp soldiers led by Zhang Fengyi only dared to follow Aji. The armies of Ge and Abate simply did not have the courage to fight.
The Qing army rampaged across the vast capital, winning more than thirty battles in a row. In the past month or so, the Qing army captured Changping, Liangxiang, Shunyi, Baodi, Dingxing, and Ansu. , Dacheng, Xiongxian, Anzhou, Rongcheng and other ten major cities in prefectures and counties, massacred the people of the Ming Dynasty and plundered countless people and materials.
There was darkness in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and all the officials were silent and silent. The emperor was furious in the court every day. In the Qianqing Palace, the emperor broke more than ten porcelain cups. According to the emperor's temper, waiting for the Qing Dynasty After the army came out of seclusion, I don’t know how many high-ranking officials will be dismissed from their posts and interrogated, how many people will be imprisoned, and how many people will lose their heads.
Under such circumstances, news of a great victory came from Tianjin.
This was an unprecedented victory: Dongnu's pseudo-chaopin Gong Yangguli led 12,000 people from Dongnu's Zhenghuang Banner to attack Fanjiazhuang in Tianjin, and Li Zhi, the defender of Fanjiazhuang, defended it with all his strength. Then He Shishou, the governor of Tianjin, gathered all the TJ troops. Soldiers and horses supported Fanjiazhuang. The two sides fought for a day ten miles north of Fanjiazhuang. Tianjin soldiers and horses defeated the Dongnu Zhenghuang Banner men and horses, and beheaded the fake Chaopin Gongyang Guli, and captured 7,600 heads.
Such a good news is like a timely rain during a long drought, making the whole situation suddenly brighter.
Seven thousand six hundred heads, what an exaggerated number is this? If it were not for the joint signatures of the governor of Tianjin, the deputy general of Tianjin, and the Tianjin Bingbeidao and other officials, Wang Chengen would not believe this number. Such a number Doesn't the number of heads mean that Tianjin's soldiers and horses have crippled Dongnu's Zhenghuang Banner? This time Dongnu invaded the capital and robbed countless people, making a huge profit. But the Zhenghuang Banner was crippled, which can be regarded as letting Dongnu The slave knows how powerful I am, so Dongnu will not dare to enter the pass easily next time!
How happy would the emperor be if he saw this good news?
Wang Chengen carried the memorial of the great victory and ran all the way from the Yong Road into the Qianqing Palace. As soon as he entered the Qianqing Palace, Wang Chengen shouted:
"Your Majesty! What a great victory!"
Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Great Ming Dynasty was sitting behind the imperial court reviewing the memorials - the situation reflected in those memorials was dim. Zhu Youjian only felt that everywhere the city walls were broken by the Dongnu and the people who were plundered by the Dongnu were visible. His face was ashen.
Wen Tian Wu Xi! Wen Tian Wu Xi! How did these civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty manage the army? They were so helpless under the attack of the Qing army. Could it be that I, a long-time emperor like the Ming Dynasty, could only sit back and watch the Dongnu act unscrupulously? Entering the border and plundering?
Zhu Youjian was feeling chest tightness when he suddenly heard Wang Chengen's cry.
Great victory? Where was the great victory? Did any officers and soldiers dare to fight with the Tatars? Which town had such brave officers and soldiers?
Zhu Youjian took a breath and asked loudly: "Where is the great victory?"
Wang Chengen ran all the way and put the memorial on the imperial desk, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Tianjin's great victory, the head of Dongnu was captured and beheaded by 7,600 people!"
Seven thousand six hundred?
Zhu Youjian was shocked by this number. He was stunned for a while, and then he asked seriously: "Wang Chengen, are you talking about seven thousand six hundred?"
Wang Chengen nodded and said: "Your Majesty, we have secretly read the memorial jointly signed by officials of all sizes in Tianjin, decapitating 7,600 seventh-level Dong slaves! We also beheaded the fake Dong slaves, the super-class public Yang Gu.
profit!"
Zhu Youjian couldn't react at once and stared at Wang Chengen with a gloomy face.
Wang Chengen opened the memorial, handed it to Zhu Youjian, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, see for yourself, a great victory at level 7,600!"
Zhu Youjian then looked at the memorial in his hand. He read every word on the memorial carefully from right to left, and finally froze there.
Wang Chengen asked carefully: "Your Majesty, how are you doing?"
Zhu Youjian looked at the memorial and was speechless for a long time.
Wang Chengen smiled and said: "What a great victory! Your Majesty! Dongnu's Zhenghuang Banner was disabled!"
Zhu Youjian placed the memorial on the imperial desk with a snap, stood up, and walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace.
Wang Chengen stood aside with a smile, while the emperor walked around in front of the imperial case to vent his emotions.
After a long time, Zhu Youjian let out a breath, stood in the center of the palace and closed his eyes and said: "Okay! After being in the dark for many days, I finally waited for such a victory!"
Wang Chengen raised his hands and said: "It is because the emperor's holy heart moved God that he sent down good ministers and brave generals to protect the people and the country of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Youjian glanced at Wang Chengen, flicked his sleeves and sat in front of the imperial case again, and read the memorial again.
Every time he read a line, Zhu Youjian nodded, and the expression on his face became more relaxed. At the end, Zhu Youjian's face was filled with joy.
Why are Tianjin's soldiers and horses so powerful? They dare to support the besieged isolated city and dare to fight in the wild with the Tatar elite. This good news made Zhu Youjian feel that Tianjin has a burst of vitality, and the Ming Dynasty is deeply angry.
Other border towns are completely different.
Looking at the end, Zhu Youjian saw Li Zhi's name.
"Li Zhi, the defender of Fanjiazhuang, defended the city with all his strength. He defended the city for two days until reinforcements arrived. He followed the army out of the city to fight. He captured and beheaded 1,513 people, and beheaded Dong Nu, the fake Chaopin Gong Yang Guli."
Zhu Youjian took a breath when he saw this and read this article again.
"Li Zhi, the defender of Fanjiazhuang, defended the city with all his strength. He defended the city for two days until reinforcements arrived. He followed the army out of the city to fight. He captured and beheaded 1,513 people, and beheaded Dong Nu, the fake Chaopin Gong Yang Guli."
Zhu Youjian thought for a while and couldn't help but exclaimed: "A brave general! A brave general indeed! A conduct officer with only five hundred soldiers actually defended the city in front of Dongnuzhenghuang Banner, and even went out of the city to capture and behead 1,500 people! Formation!
Kill the fake and super-grade public Yang Guli! How strong a general is it to do this? Even if Qi Jiguang, the former crown prince and Taibao, was here, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to do this, right?"
Wang Chengen came closer to Zhu Youjian, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is indeed a fierce general. I'm afraid it has something to do with Zhang Zhiyong! If he kills Yang Guli in formation, I'm afraid it will scare Dong Nu!"
"Good general! He is indeed a good general!" Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered something and said, "Why does Li Zhi's name sound so familiar?"
Wang Chengen said with a smile: "My lord, have you forgotten? Last time during the Prime Minister's battle in Ruzhou, it was Li Zhi who killed the old man and returned to Ma Shouying."
Zhu Youjian was stunned when he heard this, then looked at the good news in the memorial, and said with a smile: "It turns out it's him! It turns out that this Li Zhi has made new achievements!"
Wang Chengen came to the side to take a look and said: "Governor He Shishou will protect him as a guerrilla general in Fanjiazhuang!"
Zhu Youjian pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Wang Cheng'en, you have written it on the approval letter. I, Li Zhi's guerrilla general, have approved it first on behalf of the Ministry of War! Li Zhi's general commanding officer will be promoted as soon as possible according to my special order.
I also give a pair of flying fish uniforms and a jade belt to Li Zhi as a token of recognition for his bravery in saving the country!"
