Chapter 563 Wu Sangui is here!

When he woke up early in the morning, Zhang Zhun received an urgent official document from the Ministry of War sent by a special person. The content of the official document was actually very simple, and it was to tactfully persuade Zhang Zhun to put military affairs first and not leave his post for too long. Just visit relatives and just want to be meaningful. Dongjiabao is your concubine's home, not your wife's home, so why be so grand?

The implication is that you have been in Northern Zhili for too long, so you should hurry back to Shandong. There is still a large group of Tartars in Dengzhou, Shandong that have not been annihilated. You should conquer Dengzhou Prefecture as soon as possible, and then send the heads of the Tartars and the two leaders of the Scent of the Incense Sect to the capital. The court will naturally reward you with merits.

At the end of the official document, it was also vaguely mentioned that I heard that the Winter Sorrow Sect had been wiped out by you, but I had not seen your war report for a long time, nor did I see the heads of Wang Yilun and Xu Qingluan. You should hurry up and sort out the battle report. If you can send the heads of two people, that would be the best. These two people are the long-wanted criminals in the court!

"Oh, please send the official documents to the Grand Governor's Office in Fushan City."

"Get time to write to the Ministry of War, and the matter of destroying the Wenxiang Sect is still in progress. Some of the Wenxiang Sect's disciples have been wiped out, and some are still fleeing. The two heads of the Wenxiang Sect have not yet fallen. The Hu Ben Army will definitely try its best to find them, get the heads of the two as soon as possible, and then send them to the capital."

"In addition, when I received the next official document, I wrote to the Ministry of War that the Tartars in Dengzhou Prefecture were already hard to fly. Nowadays, there were killed Tartars, but not starved to death. Our Hu Ben Army was preparing to starve the Tartars to death in Dengzhou City."

Zhang Zhun yawned and said lazily, throwing the official document to the staff officer Gongbing.

He was too lewd last night, and now he was sore in his waist and weak legs, and he had no energy. He had to respond to the contents of the official document, only the Tartars of Dengzhou Prefecture were dealt with. As for the matter of the Yinxiang Sect, he was naturally talking lies with his eyes open. The court could not have known about the matter of the Tiger Army's suppression of the Yinxiang Sect. This official document was obviously pretending to be confused. Since the imperial court was pretending to be confused, Zhang Zhun was also happy to pretend to be confused.

Zhang Zhun was not lying to starve Dorgon and Dodo to death alive. He did plan so. Now Dengzhou Prefecture has been surrounded by groups and cut off all external supplies. As long as the food in the city is consumed, the Tartars can only eat grass, tree roots, rats, cockroaches, and ants. When everything you can eat is eaten, they can only eat each other.

Zhang Zhun wanted to see how hard the Tartars' bones could be. See if they knelt down and beg for mercy when they were so hungry that they could not stand it. It seemed that after coming to this world, Zhang Zhun had never seen the Tartars begging for mercy. On the contrary, many Tartars seemed particularly tragic before their death. Just like Oboi and others refused to surrender.

This situation made Zhang Zhun feel very unhappy. He must make the Tartars surrender. He must torture the Tartars to the point of being inhumane, mentally and physically. Killing them with one shot is actually a bargain. Cutting off their heads with one knife is also a bargain. What is the most painful way to die in the world? Lingchi? Wrong! It is to starve to death alive!

Isn’t you Dorgon an outstanding figure among the slave chiefs? Wouldn’t you plan to enter the Central Plains in the future? I’ll see what you can fight hunger. I’ll see how long you can last in Dengzhou City. If you don’t have the courage to commit suicide, you can only lie in front of the Hu Ben Army like a dog and beg for mercy obediently.

For Jianlu, who has always looked down on the Han people, such torture is actually the first step of the Long March. It is very important to eliminate the Tartars physically, and it is even more important to impress the Tartars spiritually. Didn’t Huang Taiji try to rescue Dorgon and Duoduo? It depends on how capable you are, right?

Zhang Zhun actually had a very vicious plan, which was when he was deflowering Xu Qingluan last night. When he suddenly thought of it, he would throw him into Dengzhou City and let them die. Since the Tartars like Dengzhou City so much, then stay in it for a long time.

Gong Bing left with the official document.

Fortunately, he didn't know what was thinking in the Governor's mind at this moment, otherwise he would have shivered all over. It was too vicious and vicious. If he was Dorgon or Duoduo, he would have chosen to commit suicide immediately, so as not to end up without the strength to commit suicide. If he was other Tartars, it would be better to commit suicide obediently, so as not to fall into the hell of Dengzhou City.

A moment later, Ye Longxin hurriedly brought in a piece of information and sent it to Zhang Zhun.

Zhang Zhun glanced and immediately became energetic. The reason was very simple. There was a name he was very familiar with in the information. This name was more familiar than Dorgon and Dodo. If Zhang Zhun was preparing to starve Dorgon and Dodo to death and starve all the Tartar prisoners alive, then the name in front of him was very complicated. His crimes could not be saved even if they starved to death. However, his crimes had not happened at this time.

"Is the information true?" Zhang Zhun asked slowly.

"Yes." Ye Longxin answered cautiously.

Zhang Zhun nodded, waved his hand, and asked Ye Longxin to do his own business first. He stood up and paced back and forth in the living room. After coming to Hejian Mansion, this was the first time Zhang Zhun showed such a cautious expression. The reason was very simple. This familiar name was Wu Sangui.

The court finally sent Wu Sangui out.

In fact, Zhang Zhun knew for a long time that the court was going to use Wu Sangui to deal with him. When he was still in Shandong, there was information that the court had plans to mobilize Wu Sangui and Zuo Liangyu to siege him. However, Wu Sangui was not moved for a long time, and Zuo Liangyu did not come for a long time. In the end, Dorgon couldn't wait to come and was locked in Dengzhou City.

There are only two reasons for this result. The first is that he has not directly threatened the safety of the capital. The second is that Shandong is not suitable for Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry Operation.

Shandong is still a little far away from the capital, after all, and it is said that if the knife does not cut the flesh, it will hurt. The elite Ming army with combat effectiveness in the imperial court was very limited and could not be freed to deal with Zhang Zhun. Wu Sangui's cavalry has always been the main force of the Shanhaiguan defense line and cannot be mobilized easily. The Tatars' Zhenghong Banner and the two parts of the Inlaid Red Banner have always been looking for opportunities to attack on the front line of Shanhaiguan. The cavalry commanded by Wu Sangui are quite well equipped, have sufficient food and salary, have high morale, and have strong combat effectiveness, and must be used to deal with the attacks that the Tatars may launch.

The Shandong Peninsula occupied by Zhang Zhun was relatively large in the mountains, with rugged roads and unsuitable for large-scale cavalry operations. This is also one of the reasons why Wu Sangui refused to dispatch it. If he arrived at the Shandong Peninsula and was restricted by the terrain there, the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong cavalry would be at most 30%. The people in the Ministry of War were not completely unaware of military affairs, so he would naturally not do such a thing that puts the cart before the horse.

However, now, neither of these two reasons are available. Zhang Zhun came directly to Northern Zhili and directly threatened the security of the capital. If the imperial court did not take ruthless measures at this time, there would be no chance in the future. Zhang Zhun approached the capital without any response, and the imperial court was also a great provocation to the majesty of the court. No one could tolerate such provocation. At the same time, the terrain of Northern Zhili was very conducive to the combat of the cavalry, and Wu Sangui's cavalry was just exerting its great power.

According to the information, Wu Sangui brought 4,000 cavalry. The Guanning Iron Cavalry had a total of five battalions, each of which was about 4,000 people, and the total strength was about 20,000. It was more reasonable for Wu Sangui to bring one battalion. After all, if the number of Liaodong cavalry was reduced too much, the Guanning defense line would not be safe. Zhang Fengyi, the governor of Ji and Liao, served as the Minister of War, naturally would not draw a large number of elite troops from Liaodong.

In order to make up for the lack of cavalry combat forces, Zhang Fengyi transferred 10,000 people from General Xu Dingguo, Miyun, and asked him to cooperate with Wu Sangui's battle. In this way, four thousand cavalry, plus ten thousand border infantry, could basically deal with Zhang Zhun. The border army led by Xu Dingguo was also relatively elite, because the border army under his command was originally led by Zhao Shujiao. According to the estimates of the imperial court's Ministry of War, even if Zhang Zhun could not be completely wiped out, Zhang Zhun could be driven out of Northern Zhili.

While thinking, Gong Bing came again and sent another piece of information. This piece of information was sent by Ma Yi, about the dispatch of the Tartars. After Zhang Zhun looked carefully, he said calmly: "Take it again."

Gong Bing agreed to leave.

Zhang Zhun put the information on the table as if nothing had happened and continued to pace slowly.

The news about the third invasion of the Tartars was basically the same as Zhang Zhun's speculation. There was no big deviation in terms of time and military strength. Based on Ma Yi's information, Zhang Zhun could infer that the time when the Tartars arrived at the Great Wall should be in late December. In other words, in northern Zhili, he had to deal with Wu Sangui and Xu Dingguo for at least one month.

"Wu Sangui, General..."

"Xu Dingguo, general..."

"Zhang Zhun, General..."

Zhang Zhun gently knocked on the edge of the table and talked to himself unconsciously.

The general officers of the Ming Dynasty were very chaotic. If you only use official titles to estimate the strength of the enemy, there will definitely be serious deviations. Therefore, it must be measured from many aspects. In the past, the general officers of the Ming Dynasty were very noble, and only royal relatives, ministers and powerful officials could take office. This was a first-rank military officer, and it was the peak of military officers, equivalent to the three dukes, three orphans, and three divisions of civil servants, which could not be granted easily.

During the Jiajing period, there were only five general officers in the country. Only one province had in several provinces. However, since the late Wanli period, the number of general officers gradually spread. One province was at least one. By the Chongzhen period, there were already many general officers, and one province was more than a dozen generals, which was common. With the number of general officers, it was naturally not valuable. Even civil officials of the fifth rank dared to take the general officers of the first rank.

The same general officers, the powers given to them and the strength of the commander may differ from heaven and earth. For example, Zhang Jun himself was the general officer, and Song Degang was also the general officer. Song Degang had only three or four thousand people, while Zhang Zhun had tens of thousands of people. Generally speaking, they were general officers in key positions, with more soldiers, more money, more food, and more general officers in key positions were Qingshui Yamen. For example, Zuo Liangyu had tens of thousands of people under his command. In terms of the number of soldiers, Zuo Liangyu was definitely the veritable number one general in the Ming Dynasty.

There are actually several generals in Ji Town, including Xu Dingguo, General Miyun, General Yutian, Cao Wenzhao, General Fengrun, Wu Guojun, General Lulong, Zhu Guodong, General Kaiping, Chen Guowei, and other five. There are two other nominees, which are not worth mentioning. The most famous one is of course Cao Wenzhao, General Yutian. However, Cao Wenzhao has been leading his army to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi uprising army. Unless the Tatars invade, he will not return to the northern country. Cao Wenzhao is not there, and among the remaining four generals, the most combat-effective one is Xu Dingguo.

Wu Sangui was led by the Iron Cavalry of Guanning, and Xu Dingguo was led by the infantry, but it was mainly infantry. It seemed that the court was preparing to give him a big meal. When it comes to skilled infantry and cavalry joint combat, only the elite border troops could do it. Well, Zhang Zhun must admit that he went to Hejian Mansion for vacation, which really made the adults and the emperor in the capital unable to sleep at night. If the court didn't even care about this, it would not be called the court.

At noon, Zhang Zhun returned to the cabin.

Xu Qingluan was too tired last night and had not yet gotten up. Only Zhu Yijing was waiting by her. After having the ridiculous experience of last night, she was naturally included in the ranks of her own people by Zhang Zhun. In front of her, she didn't need to be a magistrate. Others have seen what she had on her body long ago. And others knew very clearly that she was very lewd, so there was no need to pretend to be a saint.

The benefits of the Hu Ben Army's merger of the Incense Smelling Sect were quickly reflected. The tentacles of the Hu Ben Army's intelligence agencies expanded several times at once. In the capital, in southern Zhili, Shaanxi, Henan, and Fujian, there were believers of the Incense Sect lurking. They would provide Xu Qingluan with some key information from time to time. Now, this information naturally became Zhang Zhun's.

The most rare thing is that the speed of intelligence transmission has made a qualitative leap. The information that originally took several days to transmit can now be transmitted in one day. In order to please him, Xu Qingluan even secretly sent the carrier pigeon to Liaodong to help Ma Yi deliver the message. This is a very risky behavior.

With the high-speed transmission of information from the pigeon system, Zhang Zhun can quickly master the information, which has increased greatly. Now he has finally regained a little bit of the feeling of marching and fighting in the future. Whether it is the battle situation on the front line or the general trend of the world, he has a better understanding of it. Especially the general trend of the world, it is quite important. For example, internal information from the court, the information of the Shaanxi uprising army, and the information of the Zheng Zhilong Pirate Group are all very important.

Zhang Zhun asked casually: "Is there any news about Yan'er?"

Zhu Yijing replied softly: "She came to the message yesterday and said she had arrived in Tang County, Baoding Prefecture."

Zhang Zhun turned his head to look at the map next to him and found that Tang County (now Tang County, Hebei Province) was at the junction of Baoding Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture. Because it was the junction of the two prefectures, the ruling power of the government was naturally relatively weak. When public security was uneasy, these junctions were often the most chaotic. Dong Shuyan wanted to spread rumors, so she naturally started from the most chaotic place.

From a military perspective, Dong Shuyan's choice was also relatively smart, just avoiding the marching route between Wu Sangui and Xu Dingguo. Otherwise, once the two of them sorted out the local public security, Dong Shuyan would definitely suffer losses. If there was any accident, she could also lead people to the nearby Shanxi.

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "If there is anything, please inform me immediately."

Zhu Yijing agreed softly.

Zhang Zhun left the cabin and saw Dong Sanhuai, Cao Siming, Liu Zongshao, Liu Zongli and others waiting for him in the distance, so he walked over.

"Governor..."

Dong Sanhuai and others were obviously hesitant and wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Zhun asked in confusion.

"Sir, are Wu Sangui and Xu Dingguo both here?"

Liu Zongli said with a nervous look on his face.

Zhang Zhun understood a little and said with a smile: "Oh, you are worried about this."

Liu Zongli said in a somewhat obscure tone: "Sir, this..."

They were indeed a little worried. Even if they knocked their heads, they would never have expected that Zhang Zhun would attract two generals of the court when he took action! One of them was Wu Sangui!

There are many people in Cangzhou who serve in Jizhen and Liaodong. Of course, they are not unfamiliar with Wu Sangui and Xu Dingguo. Xu Dingguo is easy to say, but Wu Sangui is really a difficult master to deal with.

When Wu Sangui was very young, he was called the general of the Huzi. This man was very good at riding and shooting. The most rare thing is that he still has culture! Wu Xiang himself did not know how to read military books, but Wu Sangui understood it! It can be said that this man is a general who is both literary and military! He had been in love with the capital for a while and really met many people. Therefore, the court highly praised him.

At the end of the Tianqi period, Wu Sangui, who was only fifteen years old, followed his father to the battlefield. At that time, Wu Xiang happened to be accidentally surrounded by the Jianlu cavalry, and was surrounded by dangerous situations. Wu Sangui, who was a newborn calf, rushed into Jianlu with more than 20 servants, and rescued his father and killed several Tartars. The limelight was unparalleled. Even Sun Chengzong praised him for being "the bravest army".

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, the Daling River Battle broke out, and the Ming army and the Tartars accumulated heavy troops to try to destroy the other side in one fell swoop. When Wu Xiang was rushing for assistance, he failed to get the Ming army passive. In the end, the Ming army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. Zu Dashou surrendered to the Tartars, Sun Chengzong dismissed, and Wu Xiang was held accountable for this and finally all his official positions were removed from prison.

However, Chongzhen treated Wu Sangui very well. He asked Wu Sangui to replace his father as the general officer of Shanhaiguan. At this time, Wu Sangui was less than 20 years old. After replacing his father as the general officer of Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui launched attacks on the Tartars one after another, and indeed fought several battles. Although he had no military achievements, the court and the Tartars saw the courage of this person.
Chapter completed!