Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 701 Jianlu civil strife (1)

War is boring.

What Emperor Chongzhen disliked the most was war, and what he liked more was peace, because only peace could gradually realize his plans.

But in such a situation, no matter how much you don't like war in your heart, you can't avoid war. After all, there are too many ambitious people.

Daming was too rich and its territory was too vast, which caused many people to covet and want to overthrow Daming and replace it.

But how could Daming be banned so easily?
Yes.

Daming was in the Little Ice Age, and the contradictions and hidden dangers accumulated over the years were continuously expanded and affected by frequent natural disasters.

But the characteristic disasters of the Little Ice Age were not only suffered by Ming Dynasty, but also by other forces, such as Jianlu, Mongolian and Tatars, North Korea, and Japan Island...

A true warrior must dare to face disasters directly!
Liaoyang City.

"King Khan, the losses in the first battle of Haizhouwei have been counted."

Fan Wencheng was worried, knelt down on the ground, and told the silent Huang Taiji: "This battle... the Eight Banners of Manchuria lost thousands of elites, and the Mongolian and Han troops..."

"enough!!"

Huang Taiji stared angrily, leaned forward, and said hoarsely to Fan Wencheng: "Don't tell Ben Khan this, Ben Khan just wants to ask you, how did Chongzhen do it!"

On the frontline battlefield of Haizhou Guard, the hot air balloon that appeared in the sky was definitely a fatal blow to the Eight Banners team led by Huang Taiji.

In this period, even hot weapons were not fully popularized. The way of fighting on the battlefield was to cooperate alternately with cold weapons and hot weapons, attacking the enemy with artillery, attacking the enemy with various elite arms, and charging with cavalry. , The chariot battalion broke the formation, all kinds of infantry alternated, and then defeated the enemy troops encountered.

In such a war situation, the sudden appearance of a team fighting in the air, without any effective means to resist and counterattack, would have a huge blow to the morale of the army.

A symbol of feudal society, that is, enlightenment education has not yet been popularized, and under the tone of illiteracy everywhere, thoughts such as feudal superstition are still very common.

This is especially true for the Jianlu Eight Banners.

"Master, the slave doesn't know either."

Fan Wencheng suppressed his fear and did not dare to look at Huang Taiji's angry stare. His hands trembled, "On the battlefield of Haizhou Wei, those big balls that appeared have never been recorded before..."

"Of course Ben Khan knows!"

Huang Taiji said angrily: "Ben Khan just didn't know, so I asked you what's going on. Why did the situation that was beneficial to me, Dajin, fall short like this?"

Huang Taiji was very unwilling.

The original battle situation was extremely beneficial to Huang Taiji. As long as he could hit the Liaodong rebel army led by Li Zicheng on the front line of Haizhou Guard, the situation in the southern Liaoning guards, Dingliao Youwei and other places would basically be a final conclusion.

Fighting for such a large number of casualties is only to get rid of the constraints of the Liaodong Rebel Army, and then accumulate strength to face the Ming Dynasty's army guarding Liaodong.

But in the end it turned out to be nothing.

"Master, this slave has thought of it!"

Fan Wencheng was a little emotional, looked at Huang Taiji and said: "There are traces of this thing, this is a Kongming lantern, but it's just a big Kongming lantern..."

Huang Taiji was silent.

Being reminded by Fan Wencheng like this, Huang Taiji thought of something.

He still knows things like Kongming lanterns.

But Huang Taiji couldn't figure it out, how did Daming manage to turn a small Kongming lantern into such a big existence.

A Kongming lantern of this scale can not only carry people to fly into the sky, but also carry a large amount of gunpowder products. With so many requirements alone, Huang Taiji can't imagine how this thing is made.

"Is it possible to make this thing?"

Huang Taiji clenched his fists, looked at Fan Wencheng and said, "As for the craftsmen gathered in Shengjing, can they make a batch of Kongming lanterns in a hurry? This battle must defeat Li Zicheng. If the Eight Banners continue to lose, I'm afraid Liaoyang will be defeated." The town is in danger, and even Shengjing will be threatened."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Fan Wencheng gritted his teeth and said: "I'm afraid the fabric needed for this thing is specially made, and it can't be made in a short time. If..."

"Report!!"

A man with a yellow flag waving his teeth hurriedly ran into the hall, knelt down and said, "Master, there is an urgent report from Shengjing, Amin is coercing his troops, leaving the front line of the Weining camp, and rushing into Shengjing, arranging a large number..."

Huang Taiji seemed to be struck by lightning, and couldn't believe what he heard.

Amin betrayed? !
Since the expansion of the Eight Banners system and the addition of the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and Han armies, Huang Taiji has been doing one thing, trying to attack the power of Daishan, Amin, and Manggurtai, and reduce the Niulu under their command, so as to strengthen their control Khan right.

However, under the influence of Emperor Chongzhen's pan-Liaodong strategy, the current situation of building the Eight Banners is very different from the original timeline.

He was constrained in Liao.

Trapped in the steppe.

This kind of situation of facing the enemy from both sides made it impossible for the Jianlu Eight Banners led by Huang Taiji to expand effectively, and Huang Taiji gradually fell into the trap of Emperor Chongzhen.

Just an arms race will continue to consume Jianlu's war potential.

When the intensified contradictions reach a critical point, crisis conflicts will come quietly.

"Master, the city of Shengjing cannot be chaotic."

Fan Wencheng couldn't hide his doubts, looked at Huang Taiji who was absent-minded, and said, "If Shengjing City is occupied by Amin's troops, then the Eight Banners are on the front line..."

"Come on, call Daishan, Yuetuo, Shuotuo, and Azig to Ben Khan." Huang Taiji kept his mind steady, clenched his fists, and shouted sharply: "Damn Amin, Ben Khan will definitely send you to the Khan." You're in pieces."

At this time, Huang Taiji was a little messy.

This damned Amin didn't rebel sooner or later, but he rebelled under such a situation.

This caused Huang Taiji too much passivity.

If he personally led the army to Shengjing City to suppress the elite of the Eight Banners surrounded by Amin, then the Liaodong Rebel Army led by Li Zicheng would definitely storm Liaoyang Town.

Once Liaoyang Town is lost, even if Shengjing City returns to calm, there is no danger to defend, and it is afraid that it will be threatened with the fate of capture.

After all, the Ming army is not a display.

Think back in the days of Tianqi, when they captured Shenyang City, they took advantage of the turmoil of the Ming army and moved to Liaoyang City. In just over ten days, they successively captured two important towns, Shenyang and Liaoyang.

The loss of these two important military towns caused the Ming army to lose its foothold in Liaozuo, which in turn caused turmoil among the guards in southern Liao. Threatening the lands in western Liaoning, Ming's losses in Liao land were extremely tragic.

(End of this chapter)