The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 362
The merchant ship with the best Shen family and the most artillery was handed over to Shen Xianyi for sailing, and the twenty or so merchant ships of the Shen family traveling on the sea followed his example. , Shen Xianyi's ship is equivalent to a flagship.

With the help of the chief captain of the largest sea merchant in the Liaohai Sea, Huang Yong can get twice the result with half the effort in arresting various seagoing ships. With the positive energy of the court, it is easy to recruit and accept rebels, and the strength of the navy is increasing day by day.

It is estimated that by the end of the year, the navy of the "Red Banner Army" will have no less than [-] merchant ships and transport ships.

Based on the average displacement of a sea-going ship of [-]-[-] tons, including warships, the total tonnage may exceed [-] tons.

The dominance of the Liaohai Sea is close at hand, and now several merchant ships and warships produced by the Huang family are launched every month. With the continuous recruitment of master craftsmen and recruited craftsmen to join in the construction, this output is still doubling.

When the number of relatively advanced old lock ships continues to increase, and when warships with wheel-beating water sailing come out, it is no longer a dream to dominate the China Sea, and the ultimate dream is to become the world's hegemon after vigorous development.

It was already early October, the front line of Jinzhou was in full swing, and the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians was high.

Huang Han had returned with his cavalry for more than half a month. The besieged Jinzhou West City Wall was bombarded by 26 field cannons of the Ming army every day during this period, and now it was crumbling.

The day for the general attack on Jinzhou was set for October [-]. The reason why we waited for more than ten days to launch the attack was because the climate in southern Liaoning was getting colder every day at this time.

When the ground was frozen three feet, the ice cover on Jinzhou's wide moat was enough to run a cannon car, and the moat no longer had a trace of defensive effect.

Huang Han did not serve as the commander-in-chief. He tried his best to be humble. When he returned to the Jinzhou camp and saw Liu Zhilun, he insisted on asking him to command the entire army, because the rules of the Ming Dynasty were that civilian officials commanded the army and eunuchs supervised the army.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was only a matter of time before the city of Jinzhou was broken, and such a great achievement was within easy reach. Seeing Huang Han asking him to take command of the overall situation, Liu Zhilun was shy and embarrassed to take the credit, and insisted on not accepting it.

No way, if the name is not correct, the words will not go well. Huang Han called civil officials and generals to write a memorial to the emperor to make a decision. The content is to ask the emperor to appoint Shuntian governor Liu Zhilun to command Jizhen and Dongjiang towns. five thousand.

For the proposal, Fang Zhenghua, the supervisor of Yuma, should be appointed as the commander-in-chief, Li Ruolian as Jizhen, Chengquan as the supervisor of Dongjiang Town, and Jin Sheng as the military preparation route to dispatch food and military supplies, with Zheng Xiaowen and Gao Youmou as deputy.

Now Huang Han is a big celebrity in the imperial court, and his memorials can definitely be heard in heaven. At this time, Chongzhen has not heard the sad news that Zhang Chun’s entire army has been annihilated, and he is in a good mood. He is very happy to see Huang Han’s memorials. He thinks Huang Han knows how to measure, Know how to advance and retreat.

The emperor was worried about the impending chaos in the command of the Jinzhou front line. He had discussed it with his confidant eunuchs Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen, Gao Qiqian, Wang Dehua, Li Fengxiang, and Shen Liangzuo many times, but he couldn't come up with a solution.

The emperor was repeatedly deceived by civil officials and military generals, and his heart gradually became cold. Since Fang Zhenghua made great achievements, the emperor became keen to discuss state affairs with the chief eunuchs and entrusted the eunuchs with important responsibilities.

As early as November of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Emperor Chongzhen, who had not changed the year of the Yuan Dynasty, ordered the dismissal of eunuchs in various border towns. Form a party for personal gain.

It's a pity that Chongzhen and the Donglin Party members who he favored at the beginning performed too poorly. The national power of the Ming Dynasty went from bad to worse. It was not as good as when the Eunuch Party was in power. The emperor woke up like a dream. Come on stage.

Chongzhen and Lijian all know that Huang Han has been in charge of the overall situation in southern Liaoning, but then he went to Shuntian Governor Liu Zhilun, and Dongjiang Town accounted for the majority of people surrounding Jinzhou. Jin Yiwei knows that it is difficult to give the command power to whom.

Huang Han's use of troops is reassuring. The emperor hoped that Huang Han could fight the offensive and defensive battle of Jinzhou from beginning to end, but he was a general and was too young. The emperor could not make sure that the civil and military generals in southern Liaoning would obey his command.

Although the same young emperor never believed that age was closely related to ability, most of the princes of Gungun were bearded guys, and they blurted out such things as "young and frivolous, young and immature, and immature".

If Chongzhen issued an imperial decree to make it clear that the civil and military forces in southern Liaoning and the [-] to [-] soldiers and civilians would obey Huang Han, a young man in his early twenties, there would probably be an uproar.

Liu Zhilun is a great official in the frontiers enough to lead the civil and military affairs in southern Liaoning. Unfortunately, he arrived at the battlefield when Jinzhou was already surrounded by the "Red Banner Army" and Dongjiang Town's people and horses.

At this time, giving Liu Zhilun the authority to lead the army in battle is suspected of picking peaches, and I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. Maybe Fang Zhenghua and Li Ruolian, who participated in it from the beginning, will not be convinced.

It's all right now. Dozens of civil servants and military generals who participated in the war in southern Liaoning took the initiative to write memorials to ask for a clear command.

Everyone asked Liu Zhilun to be the chief general, and Fang Zhenghua to be the commander of the army. Such an arrangement was reasonable and legal, and the emperor was of course very happy.

The emperor was happy, the cabinet supported it, and the imperial decree was naturally issued quickly.

Liu Zhilun took Shuntian as the governor and supervised the south of Liaonan, under his jurisdiction Jizhen and Dongjiang Town, Fang Zhenghua supervised the army Jizhen, Dongjiang Town, Denglai, Li Ruolian supervised the army Jizhen, Chengquan supervised the army Dongjiang Town, and the eunuch Wu Zhi supervised the army Denglai.

Jin Sheng was in charge of the battle in southern Liaoning as the fifth-rank soldier, and Zheng Xiaowen was appointed as the deputy envoy of the fifth-rank soldier to be in charge of the "Red Banner Army"'s rations and personnel deployment. sentenced.

Because Huang Han is very good, the emperor likes it, so it is no big deal to give another reward, just give some rewards, give Zheng Xiu'e a first-rank order, and Yin's son will be hereditary from a thousand households of Jinyiwei.

This is because Huang Han and a group of civil servants and generals in southern Liaoning made the memorial in time, and the effect was not so good after a few days in the evening, because at that time, the sad news of Zhang Chun's annihilation of the entire army in Liaodong was reported to the court by Qiu Hejia and Sun Chengzong, which caused There was a panic.

The originally happy atmosphere was completely destroyed by the bad news of the defeat of the Liaodong army. The emperor who received the memorial kicked down the Long Shuan on the spot. Messy.

There are frequent reports of success in southern Liaoning, and the main force is wiped out in eastern Liaoning. Zhang Chun, Wu Xiang, and Song Wei deserve to die, Qiu Hejia deserves to be killed, Sun Chengzong?Forget it, let him go home to live up to his old age!
Wu Xiang actually has such a heroic son?There are filial sons in the family who will continue to worship them, Wu Xiang and Song Wei will stay in their posts to see the effect after the crime.

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