Early the next morning, a servant summoned Sun Chuanting to enter the palace.
This made him very strange. He didn't know what was the urgent matter?
If it were vaccination against cowpox, it would be impossible for the entire yamen to be completed so quickly?
But he knew that the current emperor was a bit impatient.
So Sun Chuanting took the list of those who had been vaccinated with cowpox from the Ministry of War Yamen and hurried into the palace.
Unexpectedly, when Emperor Chongzhen saw him, he asked with a very serious expression: "Sun Qing, you are the best at military affairs. I ask you a question, and you must answer truthfully!"
After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Sun Chuanting to reply, and immediately asked: "If you were the slave chief of Liaodong, at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, would you dare to lead your troops to attack the pass through the Mongolian grassland?"
Sun Chuanting never expected that the emperor would come to him so early in the morning and actually ask this question.
After being stunned for a moment, he looked serious and started thinking seriously.
At this thought, he was immediately surprised.
Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Sun Chuanting replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, if this humble minister were that slave chief, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to do this."
"Why?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately after hearing this.
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting immediately replied: "It's too risky and all-or-nothing, and the whole army can easily be wiped out!"
Later, he explained in detail: "When marching such a long distance, without food routes, and without knowing the enemy's situation, fighting alone, if the retreat is cut off, we don't even have to do this, but we just fail to capture the city, obtain food and grass supplies, or food and grass supplies."
If the supplies are too little, the entire army will be wiped out!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he sneered and said: "What if the slave chief knows the truth and reality in the pass? Including the military deployment and true combat capabilities of the imperial army?"
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he immediately recognized his intention and said a little surprised: "Someone has tipped off the news? And this person's official position is not low, at least he is an official in the court!"
In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and communication was even more inconvenient. It was far less convenient, faster, and cheaper to obtain than information in later generations.
Therefore, if you want to know official news, the deployment of the imperial army, and even geography, etc., only the imperial center is the most convenient.
At the end of the second year of Chongzhen, the place where the Jianlu invaded the capital for the first time was Ji Town, one of the important towns on the nine sides of the imperial court. If the situation in Ji Town was not known, the Jianlu would have dared to attack the Gyeonggi Province from the defense line of Ji Town without any support or food.
place?
Even if there were imperial officers and soldiers who defected to Jianlu on the Liaodong battlefield, it would be impossible for those Liaodong officers and soldiers to have a clear understanding of the military defense situation in Jizhen.
Not to mention, behind Ji Town is the imperial capital, which logically should be heavily defended.
Is Jianlu really so confident that after entering the pass alone, he can be invincible and grab the necessary food and supplies?
Even if Jianlu's small number of troops were consumed, they couldn't afford it!
These thoughts flashed through Sun Chuanting's mind one by one, and he concluded that the slave chief would lead troops into the pass, and he definitely knew the truth inside the pass.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw that Sun Chuanting said the same thing, he obviously looked a little angry and said sternly: "Someone must have tipped off the news, so that the prisoners could enter the pass!"
Judging from the information Liu Weichao gave him, there was a famine in Jianlu at that time, which was also the reason why Jianlu had to find a way to solve the famine.
However, this is not the whole reason, because if the Jianlu wanted to plunder, there was another North Korea that they could choose. Why not plunder North Korea, but why did they enter the customs?
You must know that for the Jianlu, the Ming Dynasty is a vast land with rich resources, a large population, and a large number of troops. The Guan Ning Army also controls the Jinzhou area. What if the Guan Ning Army attacks his home base while the main force of the Jianlu is out?
Jianlu has never been good at attacking cities, so he will definitely be able to capture the city inside the pass?
All kinds of problems show that Jianlu made such a decision because he definitely understood the reality inside the pass.
Rather than the slave chief being wise and powerful, he would be sure to win when he enters the pass!
Of course, even if you know the truth inside the pass, you still need to have some courage to make such a very risky move.
At this time, Sun Chuanting was a little surprised when he heard this conclusion, but he was not surprised anymore.
I had never thought about this before, but if you really think about it, this thing is definitely strange!
And Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "After that, the captives who entered the pass seemed completely unafraid of our important nine-border towns of the Ming Dynasty. In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, the captives entered the Kou Xuan Mansion. Important towns like Datong were not afraid of being consumed by the imperial army at all, and the same is true for fear. You know.
The general of Datong, Cao Wenzhao, and others were leading troops to suppress the bandits, but the military town was actually empty of troops! Because of the intruders, Cao Wenzhao, who surrounded the bandits in Henan, was forced to lead his troops back to Datong, and the bandits took the opportunity to break out.
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Subsequently, Cao Wenzhao was dismissed as a border guard due to his loss of territory. It was Shanxi Governor Wu Gang who recommended him, and he was reinstated as the commander-in-chief of the aid and suppression forces, and he redeemed himself with his meritorious service.
This point is mentioned in Liu Weichao's information, but Emperor Chongzhen did not mention this to Sun Chuanting.
"After that, Jianlu entered the pass several times, all at the critical moment of suppressing the bandits." Emperor Chongzhen said with an angry look on his face, "Why did the suppression of bandits fail to do its best many times? It was that Jianlu entered the pass many times on the eastern front, forcing me not to
Don’t send troops to come back for reinforcements!”
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting nodded immediately.
Previously, together with Hong Chengchou, he defeated the Chuang King Li Zicheng and only had eighteen riders left to flee into the mountains. At that time, under the encirclement and suppression of the two of them and Lu Xiangsheng, when the situation of the country's suppression of bandits was excellent, the Jianlu invaders once again invaded the pass on a large scale.
, threatening the capital and forcing all their troops to respond to King Qin’s edict.
As a result, Lu Xiangsheng died, and his grandson Chuanting was also imprisoned. When he was released from prison, the gangsters were already powerful!
Thinking this way, Sun Chuanting was also very angry and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, does he know who tipped off the news?"
He was a bit confused as to who would inform Jianlu and what benefits could be gained?
Emperor Chongzhen nodded after hearing this, and shouted angrily: "There is no businessman without treachery, and there is no treachery without businessmanship. A bunch of damn things, for a little money, countless people died, it's really damning!"
In his mind, the words Liu Weichao told him in the information, "Businessmen have no borders" appeared in his mind!
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he was a little surprised and asked with a little doubt: "Your Majesty, just the words of those businessmen, how can they know these things so well?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he said bitterly: "They are rich, but which official in the court is not greedy for money?"
"..." Sun Chuanting stopped talking when he heard this.
He is not a fool. The emperor has said it so straightforwardly, but he still doesn't understand the truth.
After understanding this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, you must immediately cut off Jianlu's ears and eyes to prevent Jianlu from easily entering the invaders again!"