Chapter 1034 imperial decree
Duoduo's body, including Jin Li, the leader of the Han Eight Banners, who was captured alive, was quickly sent to the capital. All these tasks were completed by the navy. Starting from Lianyun Island and reaching the pier outside Shanhaiguan, you can directly arrive at the capital.
Su Tiancheng wrote a letter specifically, which roughly means that he hoped that the imperial court would be buried with Duoduo with great burial. If the person was already dead, he should not be too concerned. As for Jin Li, he would definitely be beheaded.
In this battle, the Jiangning Camp wiped out more than 30,000 Later Jin Tartars through ambush and proactive attacks, including the Han army that captured 6,000 alive. However, the Jiangning Camp suffered a great loss, with more than 6,000 people killed and more than 1,000 seriously injured. Many funerals also need to be dealt with. In this process, Su Tiancheng had already noticed the problem. It is needless to say that the soldiers of the Jiangning Camp are brave, but if they are not supplemented in time and are always in such a way, they may lose a lot of personnel after each battle. When the Later Jin Tartars are completely wiped out, the Jiangning Camp will probably be almost done.
In general, large-scale battles, the troops directly expand the soldiers from the captured prisoners. However, the situation faced by Jiangning Camp is very special. It is impossible for the Later Jin Tartars to recruit directly. Whether it is the Manchu Eight Banners or the Han Eight Banners, as for the Han army, the combat effectiveness is too weak. Even if it is recruited, it will not have much effect. On the contrary, it may become a burden. Moreover, the military discipline of these Han army is not good, and generally lacks constraints. If you can fight, you will be brave and fierce.
After such a situation occurred, Su Tiancheng thought that he had to continue to recruit soldiers from Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and even Fujian to enter Jiangning Camp. The opportunity was very suitable. The recruited soldiers were faced with fighting on the battlefield. Face-to-face fighting was the best temper, and those who could stand out from it must be excellent soldiers.
Although the Later Jin Tartars lost more than 30,000 people, they only suffered a heavy blow and were far from defeat. I am afraid that the biggest gain of this battle was the killing of Duoduo, who was a powerful general of the Later Jin Dynasty and an excellent commander.
After occupying Gaizhou, Su Tiancheng began to consolidate Lianyun Island and rest the army. He did not take a continued attack. Although Li Guohan, who was stationed in Yaozhou, led a small number of soldiers. If he launched a large-scale attack, he would have a great possibility of taking Yaozhou.
In fact, Su Tiancheng was also waiting to see what Huang Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty would perform and whether it would change the overall combat deployment. He transferred all the main forces of the Later Jin Dynasty to the direction of Haizhou.
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Zhu Youjian looked at Su Tiancheng's memorial again, without an excited expression on his face. Such victory was expected for a long time. Zhu Youjian even felt that as long as Su Tiancheng decided to do, the goal would be achieved.
What Zhu Youjian was most dissatisfied with was the tactical arrangement mentioned in this memorial. It turned out that the focus of Su Tiancheng's attack was on Haizhou. The direction of Liaodong was the best defense. Even Zhu Youjian didn't know about this deployment.
Zhu Youjian could understand Su Tiancheng's prudence and was afraid that the battle deployment would be leaked. It was precisely because of the good confidentiality work that he could achieve such a huge victory. In the first battle of attacking the Later Jin Tartars, he actually wiped out more than 30,000 Later Jin Tartars, killed Prince Yu of the Later Jin, Duoduo, the lord of the Inlaid White Banner, and captured Jin Li, the lord of the Zhenglan Banner to the Eight Banners of Han.
But Zhu Youjian still felt uncomfortable. The key is that Su Tiancheng should not hide it from him. Could it be that he, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, could he disclose the deployment of the battle?
Yang Sichang led all the cabinet ministers, including the Secretary of the Six Ministry and the Chief Censorate, in the Hall of Yangxin.
Everyone had smiles on their faces. Duoduo's body was sent to the capital, and Jin Li was also escorted. Su Tiancheng won such a major victory in the first battle of the army, which is worth celebrating.
Zhu Youjian finally spoke.
"I am very pleased that Su Aiqing led the army to confiscate the Later Jin Tartars and achieved such a major victory. Su Aiqing wrote a letter and begged me to bury Duoduo with great burial. What are your opinions?"
According to the rules, after Zhu Youjian spoke, the first answer was Yang Sichang, the chief assistant of the cabinet. If others have any additional supplements, they can continue to speak. If there is no additional supplement, Zhu Youjian will agree, and it will be decided.
Yang Sichang also read Su Tiancheng's memorial and knew all the contents. In Yang Sichang's opinion, the situation mentioned in the memorial was reasonable and there was nothing to discuss. Unexpectedly, the emperor still raised the question.
"Your Majesty, I think that Lord Su's request is not an exaggeration. Although Duoduo is the prince of the Later Jin Dynasty, he has been beheaded. Burying Duoduo for a grand burial also shows the demeanor of the Ming Dynasty and shows the emperor's kindness. As for the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Eight Banners, Gushane Zhenjin Li, my intention is to behead him and show him the public."
Zhu Youjian nodded slightly and looked at the others.
No one continued to speak, and it seemed that everyone agreed, but Zhu Youjian understood that some people actually raised objections. Duoduo was a Tartar of the Later Jin Dynasty and was originally a rebel. Why should the Ming Dynasty court have a grand burial? Not only should it be a grand burial, but it also had to dismember the corpse of five horses to punish those alien races who dared to resist the Ming Dynasty court.
Of course, Zhu Youjian would not agree with such an opinion, which seemed too petty. Even Zhu Youjian, a person who is not generous, thinks that this is too much.
"Yang Aiqing said so much. Su Aiqing considered this and I agree very much. The Later Jin Tartars were alien races and were the opponents of my Ming soldiers on the battlefield. But my Ming Dynasty must respect the opponent. Only in this way can the strength of my Ming Dynasty become more and more powerful. I will be buried with Duoduo. I think it is buried near Coal Mountain. As for Jin Li, he was originally a martial Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty. He recognized the thief as his father and surrendered to the Later Jin Tartars. He was indeed unforgivable. The cabinet planned to issue a note and behead him."
The things mentioned in Su Tiancheng's memorial are that this matter needs to be discussed, and there is nothing else worth discussing, and rewards seem too early. The battle to conquer the Later Jin Tartars had just begun, and Su Tiancheng did not talk about rewards. In the eyes of Yang Sichang and others, there was nothing worth discussing.
The result was not the case, and Zhu Youjian spoke again.
"Su Aiqing led the army and achieved a brilliant victory, which is a matter worth celebrating. However, Su Aiqing also mentioned in the memorial that the battle had just begun. Only after completely destroying the Later Jin Tartars and capturing Huang Taiji alive was the time worth celebrating. I agreed that Su Aiqing planned properly and achieved such a great victory was a blessing for my Ming Dynasty. However, I think that Su Aiqing should continue to work hard, continue to launch an attack, occupy Yaozhou and Haizhou, and expand the results of victory, but Su Aiqing temporarily stopped the attack. I don't know what suggestions do you have."
After Zhu Youjian expressed this meaning, the hall was very quiet.
Before Su Tiancheng decided to conquer, his opinion was very clear. He independently commanded the battle and made all arrangements independently, and did not want the court to intervene. After all, everyone was not clear about the situation on the front line, and it was probably not in line with the actual situation. Yang Sichang and others had commanded the battle and knew the mystery of it, but the emperor couldn't help it. He thought of pointing fingers at Su Tiancheng's deployment. This was definitely not a good thing.
Seeing that everyone had not spoken for the time being, Zhu Youjian was a little unhappy.
Su Tiancheng led the army and achieved a major victory, which must be something to be happy about, but Zhu Youjian was not so happy. He felt that Su Tiancheng's influence was getting bigger and bigger, obviously surpassing him as the emperor. This is not a good phenomenon. No matter what, the major battle to wipe out the Later Jin Tartars, he, as the emperor, must also show his wisdom and overshadow Su Tiancheng. Besides, with the growing strength of the Jiangning Camp, who knows what will happen next.
Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Shenxuan and thought about Zhu Shenxuan's statement. Such a difficult matter made Zhu Shenxuan's statement kill two birds with one stone.
Zhu Shenxuan lowered his head and was not ready to speak. He was very happy that Su Tiancheng had achieved such a major victory in Gaizhou. This proved more and more that Su Tiancheng's ability was extraordinary, and he was truly the number one person in the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Sichang next to him touched Zhu Shenxuan. Zhu Shenxuan raised his head and saw the emperor looking at him. The eyes of the people around him were also looking at him. Zhu Shenxuan was helpless and spoke with a harsh bullet.
"Emperor, I think that Lord Su won the victory and proved that his combat deployment was appropriate. The Later Jin Tartars were wiped out more than 30,000 people. Huang Taiji must be furious and had related deployments. For the sake of this, the emperor can understand the next trend of the Later Jin Tartars and make targeted deployments."
Everyone nodded slightly, thinking that what Zhu Shenxuan said was very appropriate.
Zhu Youjian had no expression on his face, and he spoke.
"What the King of Jin said is that Huang Taiji must be unable to sleep or eat, and suffered such a heavy blow. Duoduo is Huang Taiji's younger brother and the prince of the Later Jin Dynasty. He died on the battlefield. Huang Taiji must be extremely angry and wanted to avenge Duoduo. I see, please ask the King of Jin to understand Huang Taiji's next move. I am waiting for your news. As for Su Aiqing, I think I still have to urge him and immediately issue an order to express my appreciation for Su Aiqing's victory and urge Su Aiqing to make all preparations. In one month, take Yaozhou and Haizhou within this year."
After coming out of the Yangxin Palace, Zhu Shenxuan wiped the sweat beads on his forehead. The task assigned by the emperor was a little at a loss. Where could he live from the information of the Later Jin Dynasty? The emperor's arrangements were not to ask him to use Su Tiancheng's power to master the situation of the Later Jin Tartars, including Huang Taiji's information.
Zhu Shenxuan felt that his life was getting more and more uncomfortable. I am afraid that with Su Tiancheng achieving greater victory, his life in the capital would be even more difficult. He had to find a way to leave the capital. At least from now on, he had to plan this matter. (To be continued...)
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