Emperor Chongzhen was of course very happy to receive this good news. But to be honest, this happiness did not have the same ecstatic feeling as the Battle of Jizhou.
He was like this, and so were the civil and military officials, and even the people of the capital. After the baptism of the Jizhou victory, they felt that this Ningyuan victory was enough to make them happy for a while.
Haha, Jianlu was defeated again!
That’s all!
At this time, the entire capital, including the civil and military officials, the royal family and nobles, down to the traders and common people, were actually concerned about the revised version of the Ming Dynasty Code.
There are already rumors that the manuscript will be completed before the end of the year. This is related to the daily life of everyone in the Ming Dynasty and so on.
Not to mention anything else, just the modification of the over-the-counter system will affect many people.
Therefore, at this time, the people of the capital did not feel as shocked as the first time when the captives arrived.
Regarding this point, as the parties involved, Prince He Shuoying of the Qing Dynasty and Aisin Gioro Azige had different ideas.
He felt that because of his status, he was captured by Ming Gou, so he must be taken very seriously. Even if he was taken seriously maliciously, it was also a reflection of his status.
For this reason, on the ship to Tianjin Port, he tried hard to maintain his pride as a prince of Heshuo in the Qing Dynasty. He either despised Turge and Kong Youde, or scolded them both.
In this regard, the Ming army officers and soldiers on the ship did not bother to care.
"Ming Gou just made a deflection with his sword this time. He actually used a boat to transport the White Guards Army to block the way to the Queen's rear. Otherwise, Ming Gou would not be able to gain any benefit from this battle at all!"
"Don't think that just because of this battle, Minggou is very powerful! I tell you, Liaodong is still the Liaodong of the Qing Dynasty. Once Minggou wants to attack the hinterland of Liaodong, there will be no return!"
"Xianhan still defeated Minggou when the conditions were so bad. Now that the Qing Dynasty is ten times stronger than before, how can it lose to Minggou?"
"If nothing else, if Ming Gou really dares to attack the hinterland of Liaodong, we, the Qing Dynasty, will definitely be able to cut off his food route and make it impossible for him to return!"
"You are blind. I wonder how you will return to Liaodong in the future?"
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Listening to Azig's endless scolding, Turge and Kong Youde wanted to talk back at first, but later, they stopped talking.
They are also battle-hardened generals who are used to fighting battles. As for the past Battle of Ningyuan, if they carefully review the outcome now, they basically know the key.
The most critical thing about the Ningyuan battle was that we still didn’t know the details of the Ming army and how many troops there were. And because of the impact of the Jizhou battle, Azig made the decision to withdraw his troops overnight.
Otherwise, we may not be able to fight.
If the elite of the Qing cavalry under Azige were to wait for work and engage in a deadly battle with the Ming army in the front garrison, at least the Ming army would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
Second, it was unexpected that the Ming army had already transported the white pole soldiers to Ningyuan by sea, and built an interception position to block the retreating Azige troops.
Third, it was natural to attack from both front and rear, and the Qing army had no structure, so it suffered a disastrous defeat.
As Azige said, if this Ming army really wanted to attack the hinterland of Liaodong, it would be really embarrassing!
That is the home ground of the Qing Dynasty. If the Ming army wants to attack, they must first stock up on military supplies in Ningyuan or Jinzhou. Otherwise, they must leave enough troops to maintain the safety of the food routes in the rear. Otherwise, no matter how strong the combat power is,
Without food and grass supplies, and Liaodong is a barren land, the fate can be imagined.
However, although they agree with most of Azig's views, they will still surrender when it is time to surrender. Because if they don't surrender, they will die!
I just don’t know what Emperor Ming will do with them in the end!
Along the way, both Turge and Kong Youde were a little flustered.
It was like this, this situation, until they got off the ship, there was a bigger change.
"This...is this Tianjin?" Kong Youde got off the boat and looked at everything in front of him in disbelief.
Although there are many soldiers at the dock, martial law is already in place.
However, it can be seen with the naked eye that this Tianjin is definitely not the Tianjin before.
In order to commemorate the "Longxing Land" where he began to send troops, Zhu Di, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, named "Zhigu" Tianjin. "Tian" means emperor, and "jin" means ferry. From then on, the name Tianjin came into being.
Number.
Tianjin City was just an earthen city at the beginning. The circumference of this earthen city was more than 9 miles. The city was 3 feet 5 feet high and 2 feet 5 feet wide. The shape of the city was long from east to west and short from north to south. It looked like an abacus.
So people at that time also called it "Abacus City".
Whether it was Kong Youde, Turge, or Azig, they had all been to Tianjin Wei before. It was just a small city, one of the many inconspicuous acropolis in the Ming Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, what they saw now was that the outside of the city wall was full of houses, and they were not temporary huts or the like, but real houses that stretched out for a long distance.
Just looking at the port, you can see that today's Tianjin Acropolis, if we don't pay attention to the city walls, is probably about the same size as a city like the state capital!
How long has it been since then? How come Tianjinwei has become so prosperous?
Unfortunately, all the ships in Tianjin Port were requisitioned by the imperial court. After hearing about this, ships from other places did not dare to come for fear of being requisitioned. Otherwise, just the dense number of ships in the port would be enough to show off.
Blind their eyes.
The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, or the prosperity that can be gathered in a short period of time, is not something that people from Liaodong, who come from a vast land and sparsely populated area, can imagine!
While they were looking at it dumbfounded, suddenly, a loud "beep" sound sounded, waking them up.
"What is this sound?" Turge had never heard such a sound before, and he was instinctively frightened, so he asked Kong Youde.
After Kong Youde heard this, he shook his head and replied: "I can't tell!"
After he finished speaking, he happened to see Li Dingguo on another boat ashore, right next to him, so he quickly approached and asked flatteringly: "Sir, what made that noise just now?
It sounds so strange!”
As the general who captured Azig alive, Li Dingguo was naturally sent by Du Yinxi to the capital as a prisoner.
Of course he knew something about Kong Youde. He knew that the fake Tatar in front of him was a general in Dongjiang Town. When he went to reinforce the Ningyuan war, he was forced to rebel by two chickens and finally defected to Jianlu.
If the regular officers and soldiers, such as Zhou Yuji, still couldn't agree with this, Li Dingguo, who was born as a bandit and was originally a rebel general, would not have much prejudice against Kong Youde. When he heard Kong Youde asked him, he told the truth.
Explained: "That's the sound of a steam train!"
"The wife's living car?" When Kong Youde heard this, a series of question marks appeared on his forehead.
What is the head wife's carriage? This means the head wife of a wealthy family, the carriage she rides in, the braying of the donkey and horse that pulls it, etc.?
No, this sound doesn’t sound like it at all!
When Li Dingguo saw his confused face, he knew that he didn't understand. In fact, it was true that if he had never seen it before, he would want to explain it. Even if the explanation was clear, he would still be very confused. Because this thing has never existed.
Live in the world.
To describe such a thing, even if you can describe it clearly, not many people can.
Thinking like this, Li Dingguo smiled and said: "We just want to take this car back. You will understand it as soon as you see it!"
Can you understand it at a glance?
After hearing this, Kong Youde thought about it, and he would understand it after a quick look. If he asked more questions now, he was afraid of offending this lucky general, so he decided not to ask anymore.
So, he gestured to Turg, saying that he would know just by looking back.
Before Turg could say anything, Azig looked at them with disdain and shouted coldly: "You useless thing, after all, you were once a senior officer of the Qing Dynasty. What haven't you seen? What's the fuss about?"
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Not to mention, Turge and Kong Youde behaved like this, but they actually had the idea of pleasing the generals. Showing them like this can make the generals feel superior. This is an invisible flattery!
At this time, Azig shouted out, and the two of them were thick-skinned and pretended not to hear it.
Li Dingguo didn't care about the verbal quarrel between them. When he saw that the welcoming officials had arrived, he led them over and then walked to the train station near the port.
This area is naturally under martial law and there are no people around.
Turning a corner, you can see the whole train station.
Kong Youde and Turge were following Li Dingguo. When they saw the train station, they were stunned.
They had never seen a train parked there, with its steamy front and long body, or one carriage after another, so long.
What kind of car is this? How come there is such a car?
A real wife’s carriage? A steam carriage?
Azig saw the two of them sitting there stupidly, and when he was about to yell and curse again, he also saw the steam train. So, for a moment, he forgot to yell and cursed, and was shocked by the vehicle he had never seen before.
However, he quickly came to his senses and shouted coldly: "Isn't it just a lengthened carriage? What's so surprising? More horses can pull the carriage. As long as there are enough horses, it can be pulled up differently. What's so surprising?
of?"
It seems reasonable to say that as long as there are enough horse-drawn carriages, it can indeed pull many carriages.
But the key point is, these carriages seem to be made of iron, right? Also, what about the horses, there aren’t many horses in sight?
Turge and Kong Youde looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. Instinctively, they felt that Azig's guess might be wrong!
Li Dingguo didn't care about them and strode over immediately and got into the passenger compartment.
Of course, important criminals also have to be personally supervised, so we got into the same carriage with him. Anyway, one carriage is big enough.