As the news of Li Zhi's successive victories continued to spread, people in the capital, Gyeonggi, and even the whole country looked at Li Zhi with admiration. Li Zhi's prestige among the people has once again greatly increased. The previous scandal was caused by Li Zhi's publishing of a newspaper.
The image of literati in the eyes of the people has been greatly damaged.
At this time, in the morning court at Huangji Palace, the civil servants all looked embarrassed when they heard the news about Li Zhi’s victory.
Zhu Youjian said calmly: "If Uncle Xingguo was not here, Hong Chengchou would have been defeated at Bijiagang. Without Li Zhi, our army would have lost two generals and could not fight anymore. Uncle Xingguo's reputation as the mainstay is truly worthy of his name!"
After hearing the emperor's words, all the officials looked at each other. Now that Li Zhi had made a contribution, it became reasonable for the emperor to send the royal guards to help Li Zhi run the newspaper. Although the civil servants were unwilling, they could no longer attack in groups as before.
Curse the emperor.
Although I hate Li Zhi very much in my heart, at this time Li Zhi is in the limelight, who dares to go up against the wind? Offending the emperor is a trivial matter. If he is labeled as a collaborator, he will not be able to live with it in the future.
Now that the emperor said that Li Zhi was the mainstay, the officials would not dare to ridicule him.
The civil servants were silent one by one, neither praising Li Zhi's achievements nor attacking Li Zhi.
Zhu Youjian looked at the silent civil servants and smiled. He supported Li Zhi against all opinions and got the battle of Jinzhou off to a good start. He had a share of the credit for Li Zhi's strategizing!
But thinking about what will happen in Shandong in the future, Zhu Youjian's heart sank again. Li Zhi is constantly making meritorious deeds, and it may be difficult to keep Li Zhi out of Shandong in the future.
Zhu Youjian sighed and said: "Li Zhi has made great achievements in killing the enemy, so he should resume his official position as Crown Prince and Tutor!"
When all the officials heard this, they looked at each other, unwilling but not daring to refute.
Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said: "Since all the ministers are fine, I will withdraw from the court today."
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Outside Xingshan City, 130,000 Ming troops and Jin troops joined forces for ten miles, and the end could not be seen at a glance.
In the lobby of the deputy general's mansion in Xingshan City, Hong Chengchou opened the large map and summoned the generals to discuss the military situation.
Because Li Zhi defeated the Qing army again in Hejia'ao and rescued Wang Tingchen and Bai Guangen, the emperor restored his official position as Crown Prince and Tutor. Now he has a higher status in the army. Now in the lobby of the Vice-General's Mansion, surrounded by generals
Next, Li Zhi was already on an equal footing with Hong Chengchou.
Everyone is very convinced of Li Zhi's superiority. Not only because Li Zhi has a high official position, but also because Li Zhi can really fight. In the next tough battle, there are many people who have to rely on Li Zhi. Maybe if he accidentally falls into a tight siege, he will have to rely on him.
Li Zhi came to support the rescue.
The generals were a little confused when they saw Cao Bianjiao being respectful in front of Li Zhi before, but after experiencing the battles at Bijiagang and Hejia'ao, the generals all understood why Li Zhi deserved such respect from Cao Bianjiao. They all became respectful to Li Zhi and spoke.
They always perform official duties.
Li Zhi's army is so powerful, if he is promoted by Li Zhi, it is easy to get promoted and make a fortune.
Hong Chengchou looked at the map and said: "Now that our army has entered Xingshan, Songshan City has not been attacked by the Qing army, and the road from Songshan to Ningyuan has been opened. Our reinforcements of 130,000 horse infantry have gathered, and we can cross directly.
Head north from Songshan Mountain."
Hong Chengchou pointed to a hill ten miles north of Songshan City and said: "However, if you want to get to Jinshan, Dabi Mountain is the only way. The Qing army dug trenches and built forts in Dabi Mountain, and built Dabi Mountain into a
We have built a fortress. If our army does not capture Dabi Mountain, the supply of food and grass will be cut off by the Qing army. Now the only way is to storm Dabi Mountain and open the road to Jinzhou City."
Everyone frowned and fell silent when they heard Hong Chengchou's words. Although the Tatars were not good at attacking fortresses, they were quite capable of digging trenches and building fortifications. If they stormed the Qing army's mountain fortresses, they would probably pay a heavy price.
It was really cunning for the Qing army to encircle a point to gather reinforcements and wait for work. Now that Ming soldiers and horses came to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, they instead wanted to attack the Qing army's mountain fortress.
Hong Chengchou looked at the serious-looking generals, waved his hand and said: "My army has been renovating in Xingshan for two days. Tomorrow we will go to Songshan and go north to attack Dabishan!"
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Huang Taiji stood on the top of Tianzhu Mountain and used a telescope to look at Dabi Mountain five miles away.
Kong Youde first learned artillery skills from Western missionaries under Sun Yuanhua, and also received three monocular telescopes from the missionaries. The Ming Dynasty called this monocular telescope a telescope, and Kong Youde regarded it as a treasure. After Kong Youde crossed the sea and took refuge in the sixth year of Chongzhen, he
During the Jin Dynasty, he brought these three telescopes to Houjin and presented them to Huang Taiji.
Although this kind of telescope can only magnify the mirror image several times, which is far inferior to Li Zhi's telescope, it is also a rare treasure for Huang Taiji. He took the telescope with him when he marched and fought. Once he went to a place with a wide field of vision,
He took out his telescope and looked into the distance to understand the military situation.
Compared with the second-hand information reported by scouts, the military information obtained through telescope observation is first-hand information, there is no mistake, and it is more precious.
Huang Taiji looked at Dabi Mountain in the distance and saw that Dorgon, who was responsible for building the mountain fortress, was very defensive, and he was silent.
Behind Huang Taiji, a group of Manchu princes, princes, Baylor, Gushan Ezhen, etc. all stood on the platform on the top of the mountain, waiting for Huang Taiji to speak.
Huang Taiji put down his telescope and said, "Prince Zheng, you said all Li Zhi's soldiers are wearing armor?"
Jierhalang returned with a great defeat at Hejia'ao, and Huang Taiji's beloved general Obai was killed. He was originally very frightened. But after listening to Jierhalang's description of the battle, Huang Taiji knew Li Zhi's deployment of troops and horses.
Afterwards, he did not scold Jierhalang.
It seems that in Huang Taiji's eyes, losing to Li Zhi is a very normal thing. Huang Taiji asked Jierhalang about Li Zhi's situation in detail, and was especially concerned about Li Zhi's cannons and armor.
Jierhalang heard Huang Taiji's question and quickly stepped forward and said: "Back to the emperor, I heard from the defeated soldiers and horses that Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were all wearing steel armor. The steel armor protected the entire front of the soldiers, except for their faces.
If it is exposed, ordinary bows and arrows cannot penetrate it."
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "But no matter how well-equipped Li Zhi is, he will still fail in Dabi Mountain."
Pointing to Dabi Mountain, Huang Taiji said: "Dorgon has some skills and built Dabi Mountain like an iron bucket of golden soup. The Ming army, let alone 130,000 people, even 200,000 people besieged Dabi Mountain.
It may not be possible to capture it.”
Jierhalang said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, your Majesty! With the strict guard of Prince Rui, the Ming army wants to capture Dabi Mountain, unless there are divine soldiers to help."
Huang Taiji clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the Manchu nobles behind him. He saw that the faces of the generals were full of confidence. Obviously, everyone had confidence in Dorgon's Dabishan defense line.
Huang Taiji always had to use the talented Dorgon at critical moments. Huang Taiji himself could trust Dorgon and reuse Dorgon, but he did not want to see others respect Dorgon. He thought of Hauge's succession.
Problem, he really didn't want to see the generals trust Dorgon so much.
Huang Taiji thought for a while and nodded with no expression on his face.
