Chapter 91: The world is shocked (2)
As soon as I heard the war report coming from the border, the entire Huagai Palace immediately became quiet.
Emperor Chongzhen knew that this time Hong Chengchou brought more than 100,000 troops to aid Jinzhou, basically placing the last family of the Ming Dynasty. If he lost this battle, the last elite of the Ming Dynasty would be lost. Although the Ming Dynasty was extremely large on the surface, there were no more elite soldiers.
In the future, when facing the Qing Dynasty, I could only be on the defensive and no longer had the power to attack.
This time, I will definitely not lose.
Even Emperor Chongzhen could vaguely feel that if this battle was defeated again, the Ming Dynasty would really be destroyed in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.
As for Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and the two brothers who were making trouble in the northwest, it was really just a small problem for the Ming Dynasty. By simply transferring some troops at the border, they could cure these two brothers.
To put it bluntly, whether it is Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, they are not really good at fighting. They are considered masters among the crocodiles, and when they meet real masters, they will sing to Liangliang.
The civil and military officials below were not stupid people. They also knew that this time in Jinzhou and Songshan was actually the last family fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and they all got it.
If they lose, Emperor Chongzhen will die, and they will probably not be very happy if they are officials.
So, it was particularly quiet for a moment.
The messenger who ran over said, "According to the detective, Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, Jirgalang, brought nearly 10,000 troops and directly passed through Xuanfu, with unknown intentions."
"What!" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frown when he heard this. What does this mean?
Now shouldn't it be the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, who are all rushing their troops to Jinzhou and Songshan areas? Why did the Qing Dynasty send nearly 10,000 troops around Shanhaiguan and to Xuanfu? What do they want to do? What are their tactical intentions?
"What do you think?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.
Others can escape the problem of Emperor Chongzhen, but Feng Yuanbiao, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, could not escape. Feng Yuanbiao was not a talented person himself. Although he was not at all aware of military affairs, he was not much better. He frowned and thought: "Can it be that the Qing Dynasty discovered that our army's forces were concentrated in Jinzhou and Songshan, so he divided his troops and wanted to attack our Xuanfu directly? Destroy our rear?"
"This is indeed possible." Emperor Chongzhen nodded: "However, we cannot allow Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, Jirgalang, to bring tens of thousands of troops to cause great damage in our territory. We have to mobilize some troops and block these people."
Now, it was Feng Yuanbiao's turn to have a headache. There were not many troops on the border that had not been drawn, let alone Jiergalang himself, who was brave and good at fighting. He brought 10,000 troops with him, which could cause unimaginable destructive power. He thought for a while: "This problem of troops can be solved. No matter how much we can gather, we can still get together 10,000 or 20,000 troops. But the problem of this general is difficult to solve. The generals who can fight on the border have been transferred to Jinzhou and Songshan. It is too difficult to find the generals who can fight against Jiergalang."
Chongzhen couldn't help but ponder. He was paying attention to border wars all year round and was quite familiar with the names of generals. In the Ming Dynasty, there were really not many easy-to-use generals. Sun Chengzong died, and Lu Xiangsheng also fell into the ambush of the Qing army and died. Fewer and fewer people were available at hand.
I didn’t see Chongzhen’s most beloved teacher Yang Sichang went out to suppress the bandits.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly had a whim: "I remember that on the border, there was a man named He Xuan who once defeated three hundred Qing troops with one force and killed the Qing troops and abandoned their armor. If this person was the commander, would it be possible?"
When he heard someone mention He Xuan, Feng Yuanbiao couldn't help but sneer and said disdainfully: "He Xuan, I have investigated this person. This person was born in a farm family and had never read books. He didn't even know about military books. Such a person is only as brave as an ordinary man. How could he be the commander of the three armed forces? If he was the commander, he would be afraid that tens of thousands of people would be compensated by him alone."
"A person who doesn't even know military books is indeed not suitable to be a general. This person is just a barbarian." Liu Yuliang, who was standing beside him, said disdainfully. He had never seen He Xuan before, but in his opinion, a person with such a record must be a barbarian who looks like an iron tower and has a strong illiteracy power. The one who scholars like him most disdained these barbarians.
"My idea is indeed a bit ridiculous." Emperor Chongzhen felt that his ideas were unrealistic when he heard the ministers say this.
In this way, the question has returned to the starting point. Who is the commander to command tens of thousands of troops? Facing Jirgalang, he does not seek victory in Jirgalang, but he must also be able to maintain the defensive momentum.
At this moment, another messenger ran in quickly: "Report, war comes from the border again."
"What information? Let me tell you. Is there a change in Songshan? Or is there a change in Jirgalang?" Emperor Chongzhen's voice trembled faintly when he asked. In fact, to put it bluntly, he was also very scared now. He was afraid that bad news would come, and that the Ming Dynasty would lose all his possessions.
"It's from Jirgalang." The messenger said intriguingly: "Jirgalang led tens of thousands of troops to attack Xuanfu, but not attacked other places, but attacked Qingshan Military Fort."
"The leader of Qingshan Military Fort is He Xuan and He Deputy Qianhu, the one who won three hundred in the last time. He only brought 250 people."
"Two hundred and fifty people against ten thousand people, I thought I would definitely lose."
"But Deputy He Qianhu defeated the army alone, defeated tens of thousands of troops from the other side, killed Prince Zheng Jiergalang, and greatly defeated the enemy."
"What!"
"Impossible!"
Everyone was really scared by the sound of gasping in the air.
What a joke!
Incredible!
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shook his head. He felt that he seemed to be living in a dream, and everything became so unreal: "What are you talking about? You said, Deputy He Qianhu of Qingshan Military Fort, one person defeated the opponent's tens of thousands of troops? How could one person defeat the opponent's tens of thousands of troops? This was a war report written by a bastard, how could it be possible?"
The messenger said, "That's what the battle report says, "It's said that He Qianhu fought one-on-one first and killed Oboi, the first warrior of the Qing Dynasty. Then, he stood on the top of the city and used a bow and arrow to kill Jirgalang, who was blocked by someone more than a hundred steps away. He Qianhu used bow and arrow to directly use all the military generals among the enemy's ten thousand soldiers, from Prince Zheng, Jirgalang to the ordinary Niu Luezhen, and shooting all the generals."
"The enemy group has no heads, and then it collapses! In the end, the remaining more than 8,000 enemies all fled."
Emperor Chongzhen raised his hand and said, "Take the note over."
Immediately, a eunuch brought the note over.
Emperor Chongzhen savored it carefully. The letter on the memorial was indeed the same as the message soldier said: "According to this statement, it is indeed possible. The enemy only used more than one hundred generals to shoot all of these more than one hundred generals. The enemy was naturally defeated. It seemed that there was some truth."
"Of course, this kind of thing is really difficult for others to do."
"But I remember that He Xuan, the deputy Qianhu, is indeed extraordinary. He can fight for three hundred times. He is the bravest warrior in the legend. Maybe he can really do it."
Emperor Chongzhen still believes it a little now.
And because of this, he felt more and more as if he was in a dream.
One person defeated ten thousand people!
Moreover, there are not ten thousand refugees, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the second-rate level.
But there are ten thousand people from the top Qing army now!
Has such a thing really happened?
Chapter completed!