Meng Xian, Lu Xiangguan, and Liu Shixun's memorials were delivered to them one after another. After the emperor read them, his expression was very calm.
Liu Chao carefully observed the emperor's expression and found that the emperor was not angry at all.
"It's a pity that Bolo escaped."
After hearing this, Zhu Yihai said, "What's the pity? Being able to block them at Muling Pass and annihilate three thousand of them in several battles is already a very rare achievement. You have to know that these ten thousand troops,
But the Eight Banners elites that Bolo brought south from Beijing struggled in the mountains for a long time, and finally lost three out of ten. They died with so many elites, but achieved nothing, and finally had to retreat. This is already a great victory for us."
In this battle, Meng Xian performed the best, while Lu Xiangguan and Liu Shixun were a little careless in underestimating the enemy.
But they were able to hold on after the field encounter with Bolo in Tashan. Although they paid a heavy price of three thousand dead, they also killed a thousand Tatars. The death ratio of three to one was still quite high.
, but this pair was against the elite of the Eight Banners. Even a year or two earlier, even if it was placed on Guan Ningjun, he would have been able to withstand it.
Not to mention the other Ming armies in the pass, in a one-to-three comparison, they could even dare to call it a great victory.
Even Zhu Yihai was very satisfied with this result. With more than 10,000 points against 8,000, he was able to resist the collapse in the end, and was able to kill more than 1,000 people. He lost 3,000, but as long as he held on and did not collapse, it was not considered a defeat.
Yuying's courage was finally revealed.
There are still some gaps in terms of equipment, training, etc., but as long as you dare to fight, these are secondary, because they can all be practiced.
After these two defeats, Boluo is now withdrawing to Laiwu in despair, and is about to take a detour to Jinan.
After wasting so much time, it can be said that it was a complete failure.
He wanted to take a shortcut to reinforce Qingzhou, but ended up losing troops and generals. Qingzhou Prefecture was basically completely wiped out by the Ming army. Even because of his delay, the Ming army went deep into Jinan Prefecture and raided it again.
Thinking about it this way, Boluo lost not only three thousand elites, but also the entire Shandong war situation.
"Liu Shixun returned to Haizhou, Lu Xiangguan returned to Qingdao, and Meng Xian's Ministry also returned to Qingzhou."
"This time Meng Xian made great contributions, Liu Shixun, and Lu Xiangguan also made great contributions in the early stage. In this battle at Tashan, we slightly underestimated the enemy, but we were still able to hold on, so it's a small mistake.
Meng Xian of the Jin Dynasty was appointed as the chief military officer of Zhongsu Town, Lu Xiangguan transferred Shence Town and was demoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and Liu Shixun was demoted to one level. I hope they can learn from this."
Meng Xian and Lu Xiangguan were originally from local volunteer camps, but they were both very capable rebel generals around Taihu Lake. After being integrated into the imperial camp, they both performed well.
This time, Zhu Yihai asked Meng Xian to go to Zhongsu Town and Lu Xiangguan to go to Shence Town. They coordinated with each other to clearly distinguish rewards and punishments, and at the same time, he also intended to strengthen control over the towns in the imperial camp to avoid becoming mountaintops.
Although such hills are unavoidable, we still hope to control them as much as possible so that they will not turn into imperial camps or even warlords.
"Send someone to deliver the message."
Zhu Yihai sent Liu Chao away and continued to read the report.
What he picked up in his hand was the memorial of Tu Guobao. This guy actually made a big fuss around Cangzhou and caught a big fish. Hong Chengchou also caught it for him.
Moreover, he openly claimed that Hong Chengchou was actually a spy of the Emperor of Heaven and had been working for the imperial court. He also said that he was actually the Secretary of the Ministry of War secretly authorized by the Emperor of Heaven, the right deputy censor of the capital, and the governor-general of Zhili.
Tu Guobao claimed to be the governor of Tianjin and was ordered to be the vanguard of the Northern Expedition.
He also used Hong Chengchou's name and falsely conveyed his emperor's imperial edict to banish and demote a bunch of Tatars.
This national treasure is really capable of causing trouble.
In his memorial to Zhu Yihai, he said that he has now recruited more than 10,000 troops in the Cangzhou area, recruited many demoted officials, and even successively captured Cangzhou, Qingxian, Yanshan, Nanpi and other cities, and captured salt
Lots of money, cloth, etc.
A ship has been dispatched to carry the first batch of loot to Denglai. Along with the ship, many descendants of demoted officials came to make a pilgrimage to worship the emperor.
Among the generals sent out to harass the coast this time, Tu Guobao was the most able to cause trouble and achieved the greatest results. Although the others, such as Li Chengdong, also performed well, none of them could mess with this guy.
He forced himself to find a governor of Tianjin.
"Your Majesty, the elders are all here."
"good."
Zhu Yihai took the memorial and went to see the imperial ministers.
After the meeting, when it came to the news that Bolo had left, everyone was relieved, but also felt a little pity. No one criticized Liu Shixun and Lu Xiangguan too much. It was good to be able to fight like this.
Everyone even felt that one exchange for three was a huge gain.
As for Meng Xian exchanging a few hundred for two thousand, that is already a classic.
However, Tu Guobao made such a move in Hebei, which surprised everyone.
"Should we simply send the navy to take over and seize Cangzhou and Hejian directly?" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but asked. He had previously taken the navy to Liaodong for reinforcements under the orders of the imperial court, although it was just to make soy sauce.
But I also know that it is not easy to create such a movement.
"Forget it. Don't change the planned plan casually. Tu Guobao can do it, so let him do it. But also let him pay attention not to go too far into the interior, pay attention to the movements of the Tatars at all times, do not fight them head-on, and avoid reality.
If the situation is not right, we should quickly retreat to the seaside and let the navy ship take us out to sea."
Zheng Zhilong reminded that Tu Guobao now has more than 10,000 troops and occupies several cities.
Gu Yi
"Those are all false."
Zhu Yihai took a sip of tea and said, "Hong Chengchou, how do you guys deal with it?"
"Kill this big traitor immediately."
Yan Wegong suggested, "I think it would be too easy to kill Hong Chengchou directly. It is better not to kill him. And not only not to kill him, but also to issue an edict. According to what Tu Guobao said, Hong Chengchou was actually captured after
, I have always been loyal, but I just pretended to be a thief,
Last year, when I was trying to appease Jiangnan, I had secretly contacted Long Live to respect the Ming Dynasty and resist the Qing Dynasty..."
Yan Wogong, who once worked as a top undercover agent, proposed that Hong Chengchou should also be made into an undercover image, and he could even be granted the title of Governor of Zhili.
Then he took advantage of the situation and demoted all the people recruited by Tu Guobao, and also promoted them to official positions.
"That's too cheap for this big traitor, isn't it? He's such a traitor to his country, and now he's captured alive, but he still has to be given such a high official and a generous salary?" Yu Dafu objected.
However, Chen Qianfu smiled and thought this plan was good.
Anyway, the emperor could give or take this title. Now that it is granted by imperial edict, it may not be a real grant, but it can be used to disgust the Tatars and even further stimulate the relationship between the Manchus and the Han Dynasty between the Tatars.
There was a Duke Yan before, who had already caused the Tatars to lose face. Even Hong Chengchou was implicated and deprived of his position. A lot of Han officials were implicated.
Now if it were revealed that Hong Chengchou was a high-level undercover agent of the Ming Dynasty as soon as he left the capital, and returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and also captured Cangzhou and other cities to return to the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars would be even more angry.
At this time, the Emperor of Heaven could even directly include a list of commendations in his edict, and give a large reward to many high-ranking Han ministers in the Tatar court.
You can even send people to spread rumors, saying that people such as the governor of Shaanxi, Meng Qiaofang, the new admiral of Henan, Xu Dingguo, etc., are Ming Dynasty's internal agents, and even people like the great scholar Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I can be arranged at will.
Will the Tatars be in chaos then?
True and false, false and true.
It's just a governor of Zhili, so what if it's given to Hong Chengchou now?
The Tu Guobao people are going to send Hong Chengchou to Laizhou soon. Who knows who will be able to control him then?
But what will happen to the Tatars? Believe it or not?
Believe it or not, if this kind of thing happens a few times, it will endanger everyone.
Just like how Tu Guobao captured a bunch of Tatars and demoted them, he did not kill or chop them down, but falsely spread the imperial edict to the outside world, saying that these people had followed Xianggong Hong for a long time and had become enlightened in secret anyway, and now they were taking the city with him.
It was obviously the city that he led his troops to seize, but it was not revealed to the outside world that it was the demoted officials who dedicated the city, and even sent their children to Laizhou as hostages. What do you think these demoted officials should do now?
The Tatars will definitely not be able to go back, and they will have no choice but to work for the Ming Dynasty.
Originally, they were demoted, but how many people could commit suicide?
Most of them can only go on the road of no return, accept the title of Ming Dynasty, and then serve as the guide for Tu Guobao, help capture cities and land, and even recruit and persuade other Tatar officials to surrender for Tu Guobao. Everyone will
If you have relationships with people of the same clan or hometown, even if you recruit one or two people, it is still a success.
"A formal edict was issued to commend Hong Chengchou, and he was awarded the title of Governor of Zhili. As for the local national treasure, he was also given to him as the Governor of Tianjin. The other demoted officials were also awarded."
"Hong Chengchou still retains the title of Marquis of Nan'an, and Tu Guobao is granted the title of Marquis of Jinghai. Remember to make a note about Hong Chengchou's title."
I think back then, after Hong Chengchou was captured, the Ming court thought that he would commit suicide and die for the country, and even held a grand funeral for him in Beijing. Unexpectedly, news later came that Hong Chengchou actually surrendered, which can be said to have severely beaten the Ming Dynasty.
The faces of kings and ministers.
After all, Hong Chengchou was so favored by the country. As a civil servant of the first governor, how could he surrender to the Qing Dynasty?
And now, Zhu Yihai also feels that by slapping Hong Chengchou hard on the face of the Tatars, do you really think you can recruit Hong Chengchou to surrender? Do you think you will succeed with that little show of kindness?
No, you didn't succeed. Even if you Khan asked your beloved concubine to give ginseng soup to Hong Chengchou, it would be useless. Hong Chengchou is a loyal minister. He has just been lurking beside you. Now, he has finally returned.
Not only did he return to the Ming Dynasty repeatedly, but he also captured Cangzhou and many other cities in one fell swoop and presented them to the Ming Dynasty. He also seized a large amount of money and grain, etc. This was to lead the way for the king, take Beijing and Tianjin directly, and open the way for the Northern Expedition.
If the traitors like Hong Chengchou, who were tried so hard to surrender and were rewarded by the Tatars, can't be trusted, then who among the Han civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty can truly trust?
At that time, Huang Taiji only relied on marrying Mongolia and paying equal attention to Manchu and Han Dynasties, so that Hou Jin could be upgraded to the Qing Dynasty, and he could truly reborn and have the foundation to enter the customs.
Now this foundation will be dug up by Zhu Yihai, Yan Wo Gong, Hong Chengchou, Liu Liangzuo, Li Yuchun, Tu Guobao, Li Chengdong, Qian Qianyi and others.
Of course, Hong Chengchou was only the first one.
Soon the news that Geng Zhongming raised the flag in Haizhou was about to reach Beijing. Zhu Yihai had been paying attention to Geng Laoer. After this guy returned to Liaodong, he lived up to his expectations and turned against the Tatars.
Now that they have captured Haizhou and are going to attack Liaoyang, Geng Laoer is also ruthless. After capturing Haizhou, he did not immediately withdraw to Pidao, but planned to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Liaoyang City and rob the city ruthlessly.
When the news of Geng Lao Er's rebellion reaches Beijing, it is estimated that several Tatars will be angry to death.
Hong Chengchou rebelled, and Geng Laoer rebelled again. They are both top-notch traitors. They rebelled one after another. Which traitor can the Tatars trust?
After trust collapses, the foundation of Tatar rule will also collapse.
"Another imperial edict was issued to confer upon Geng Zhong the title of Duke of the Liao Kingdom, the Governor of the Left, the seal of the Pioneer General of the Liao Dynasty, the Admiral of Liaodong, and the opening of the town of Dongjiang!"