Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 892 The battle of Liaodong, close the door and beat the dog!
Yang Shengwu was very irritable, irritable because of money.

He is not a fool, nor is he an incompetent bombast.

It is impossible for a person who is truly incompetent to be in the position of Yushi Youqiandu.

Don't look at the fourth-rank censor in Youqian Capital, but the fourth-rank is a natural moat. There are many positions below the fourth-rank and many positions above the fourth-rank.

The most important reason is that there are too few positions for the fourth rank, each of which is very important, and the fourth rank is an important hurdle, it is easy to be promoted below the fourth rank, but if you go higher, there are only so many positions for the fourth rank. How do you advance to the third rank when you are the fourth rank?
The real dignitaries and high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the local important ministers of the capital are all with the rank of third rank. Whether it is the third rank or the third rank, they have to cross the threshold of the fourth rank. with.

Yang Shengwu's ability to sit on the fourth-rank title is enough to show that Chongzhen attaches great importance to him, not to mention that this is the censor of Youqian Capital, the censor, or the censor who inspects Shuntian Mansion.

The promotion from the fourth-rank censor of Qiandu to the second-rank Governor of Jiliao led the Ministry of Military Affairs, and Prince Shaobao of the Jin Dynasty is enough to show Chongzhen's favor and importance to Yang Shengwu.

Of course, Yang Shengwu also knows very well that an emperor like Chongzhen is suspicious and jealous. When he trusts you, he really cares about you. Give heart and soul.

Chongzhen is such a person, he has the ability to be trusted, and promotion is really easy.

The task given by Emperor Chongzhen to Yang Shengwu was not simple at all, which is why Yang Shengwu's official rank was promoted so quickly. Emperor Chongzhen wanted Yang Shengwu to fight for his life, or Yang Shengwu's own life, or the life of his 20 troops.

But right now, the most important frontier army in Jizhen, the [-] elite defenders of Shanhaiguan, is in a state of lack of money, food, and armor.

Sitting in the big tent, Yang Shengwu frowned and wrote a few letters and then handed them over to several personal servants: "This one is for the cabinet minister Yang Sichang Yang Ge, this one is for Liu Hongxun and Liu Butang of the Ministry of War, and this one is for you." Hand it over to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies."

Yang Shengwu was going to supply supplies. He didn't have enough money and food to feed the stomachs of 20 troops.

Several letters were quickly sent to the capital. Yang Sichang's face darkened when he received the letter. He knew that the people below were corrupt, but he didn't care. After all, Daming's salary was only so little. you work?

But Yang Sichang didn't expect that these people were greedy out of their heads, and each of them was so greedy for the frontier army's money. Are they really not afraid of ransacking their families and destroying their families?

Yang Sichang quickly went to find Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai. After the three of them read the letter, Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai also looked very ugly.

"I will allocate another sum of money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to Yang Shengwu. Anyway, Shanhaiguan must be repaired." Shi Feng said, already thinking about whether to get a few fat pigs to ease the urgent need.

Wen Tiren looked at Shi Fenglai: "How much money is there in the treasury of the household department, is it enough?"

Shi Fenglai shook his head: "It's not enough. The Ministry of Household Affairs has to allocate money to Duke Cheng, as well as money for the subsequent batches of troops from the Southern Kingdom to enter Beijing. You also know that His Majesty has decreed that the 30 soldiers in Huguang and Zhejiang are not enough." Sichuan and Guizhou will send [-] soldiers, Jiangxi and Fujian will send [-] soldiers, Guangdong and Guangxi will send [-] soldiers, and His Majesty will send another [-] soldiers. Once these [-] soldiers enter Beijing, how much will people eat and eat?"

"Originally, the requisition and adjustment of the thief's salary was used for these people and Chengguo. Now that a batch is transferred to Shanhaiguan, there will be a lot of vacancies. After all, Shanhaiguan has not been repaired for a year or two."

Wen Tiren snorted coldly: "Those corrupt bastards dare to be greedy for any money! Let's take a batch first, and always show an attitude in front of His Majesty, otherwise Yang Shengwu's letter should be sent to His Majesty's desk gone."

Yang Sichang nodded: "It's possible. Some people don't listen to greetings. They dare to take any money. It's time for them to spit it out."

When Daming was in turmoil and the status of the three was in jeopardy, the three finally united together again, this time not only for Daming, but also for themselves.

Soon, there was a wave of turmoil in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The censors directly interviewed more than a dozen officials, big and small, in the court, and produced evidence to prove that they were corrupt and perverted the law. Then Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered a strict investigation, followed by ransacking the house.

In a short period of time, the Ministry of Households had more than 300 million taels of silver. Of course, it was 30 taels in front of Emperor Chongzhen's eyes. If Emperor Chongzhen knew that a dozen fourth- and fifth-rank officials had embezzled 300 million taels, what would Chongzhen think?
And when Chongzhen knew that these ten people had corrupted 30 taels, his hands were trembling with anger. He was exhausted for Ming Dynasty, and he was reluctant to change his frugal clothes after wearing them for a year. Greed so much!

Then Yang Sichang proposed that Shanhaiguan was in urgent need of silver, and Chongzhen immediately decided to send the silver to Shanhaiguan.

As a result, Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai, and Yang Sichang received an extra 270 million taels of silver, Yang Shengwu had 30 taels of undiscounted military expenses, and Chongzhen reaped the joy of a bumper harvest.

The 30 taels of silver came to Yang Shengwu, which gave Yang Shengwu more confidence, and the large number of ordnance and artillery sent by Liu Hongxun of the Ministry of War gave Yang Shengwu more confidence. He was confident that he could fight to Shenyang!

With sufficient money, firearms and armaments, the Ming army also gained self-confidence. The [-] frontier troops replaced their armaments and received their salaries, while the [-] Southern Guard soldiers had already received their salaries. Yang Shengwu also promised them that they would enter Liaodong every day When a city is conquered, [-]% of the city's wealth will be given to all the soldiers, and he will not want any of it.

This kind of promise excited the soldiers of the Southern Kingdom. Thirty percent of a city has long heard that Liaodong is rich. Those Datong party members built Liaodong as a land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. Ten thousand?
Thinking of this, the soldiers of the Southern Guards no longer have sore waists, legs no longer hurt, and none of them are lazy. Although the money given by the emperor is not enough for them to work hard, what Governor Yang Shengwu Yang promised is real gold and silver Treasure.

Yang Shengwu quickly held the 20 soldiers in his hands, and Zhang Haogu was a little surprised by his sophistication.

"Yang Shengwu is a capable man. Once these 20 soldiers are in his hands, they will become 20 greedy tigers and wolves." Zhang Haogu said slowly.

Looking at Gu Yanwu at the side, Zhang Haogu suddenly smiled: "Send letters to Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yun, it's still the same sentence, how to fight, what to do, it's up to them, I only look at the result, the general is outside, the king's life is different by."

Liaodong, Jinzhou.

This is the temporary headquarters of the Northeast Front Army of Datong. Among the six towns of Datong in the northeast, except for one town stationed in Shenyang and one town stationed in Heihe, the remaining four towns were transferred to Jinzhou and Ningyuan.

Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu, the two leaders of the Datong Northeast Front Army, were reading the letter from Zhang Haogu in Jinzhou City.

"Old Cao, the chief trusts us a lot." Fang Yunchu chuckled, not worried at all because he only had four towns at hand.

Cao Wenzhao nodded, pointing his finger at the map. Compared with the military maps of Ming Dynasty, the map of Datong is more detailed, with mountains, rivers and cities in it: "Old Fang, this battle is not easy to fight, they are coming to our territory Once they wantonly burned, killed and looted, our business in Liaodong will be abolished."

Fang Yunchu narrowed his eyes slightly, and drew a short line on the map with his finger: "I think we can let them in first, all south of Ningyuan, and transfer them to Jinxi and Ningyuan, and do a game here first."

"What about the main battlefield, where is the main battlefield?" Cao Wenzhao looked at Fang Yunchu with burning eyes.

Fang Yunchu pointed to the position under his feet: "It will be in Jinzhou, stretch the front line, and then close the door and beat the dog."

Cao Wenzhao nodded: "Okay, nail Yang Shengwu under the city of Jinzhou and fight a decisive battle!"

After making a plan, Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu began to dispatch troops, and Yang Shengwu also marched out of Shanhaiguan with an army of 18, leaving only [-] defenders for Shanhaiguan.

Yang Shengwu, with an army of 18 and a large amount of ordnance, encountered little resistance along the way. They marched all the way and directly hit Suizhong, where they finally encountered resistance in this important town.

In Suizhong City, there was a group of Datong officers and soldiers who resisted Yang Shengwu for three days in Suizhong, and only withdrew from Suizhong City after the people in the city were evacuated.

In Suizhong City, Yang Shengwu found a large amount of money and food, and he also fulfilled his promise, giving three parts of the money and food to all the sergeants, and promised that if Ningyuan was captured, they would get half of it, and Jinzhou would be [-]%. If you go to Shenyang, you can get [-]%!
These tiger and wolf divisions became excited one by one. After taking down Suizhong, they only rested for a day. After leaving some defenders behind, Yang Shengwu commanded the army to attack again, and at the same time sent a victory report to Chongzhen, telling him the good news.

During the subsequent attack, small towns were captured by Yang Shengwu. As for villages and towns, there were not many things in those places, and they were not as important as cities, so they were all skipped by Yang Shengwu. His destination was only Ningyuan City.

After fighting all the way to Ningyuan, Yang Shengwu once again encountered Datong's stubborn resistance here. This time, there were tens of thousands of Datong soldiers stationed in Ningyuan. Ningyuan City.

The hard-won victory made people more confident. Yang Shengwu decided to rest in Ningyuan City for a while, and at the same time sent troops to occupy the surrounding cities.

Then Yang Shengwu set off again with the army, pointing directly at Jinzhou City!

At this time, a letter of success was also delivered to Chongzhen's desk.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the great victory in Suizhong, Governor Yang has conquered Suizhong!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Ningyuan has won a great victory, Governor Yang has conquered Ningyuan!"

"Your Majesty, the great victory in Jinxi, Governor Yang has already approached Jinzhou!"

When a letter of victory was delivered, Emperor Chongzhen was so surprised that he became somewhat suspicious at the end. How could Yang Shengwu be so good at fighting? !
He even hit all the way to Jinzhou!

Is it Hong Chengchou and Zhu Chunchen Taicai, or Zhang Haogu Taicai from Liaodong?
In order to ensure the authenticity of the good news, Emperor Chongzhen sent several waves of people to Liaodong, and finally got the real news: These are all true, Yang Shengwu really hit Jinzhou!
Emperor Chongzhen was in ecstasy now!

It's only been a few days?
From Suizhong to Ningyuan, from Ningyuan to Jinzhou, Yang Shengwu hit Jinzhou in just over a month!

When Yang Shengwu arrived in Jinzhou, only a little over 18 of the [-] troops were left. Throwing away those who were killed and injured during the siege, and those who were stationed in Suizhong and Ningyuan, Yang Shengwu only had this [-] troops.

But Yang Shengwu is still full of confidence, one hundred thousand beats twenty thousand, isn't this my advantage?
However, after arriving in Jinzhou, Yang Shengwu couldn't move this time. There was only one guard in Jinzhou City, but the militia assembled from all over the country were also in Jinzhou City. Using Jinzhou City as a bait, Yang Shengwu was restrained outside Jinzhou City. For seven full days.

And seven days was enough for Cao Wenzhao and Fang Yunchu to arrange all the plans.

Outside the city of Jinzhou, the sound of cannons was rumbling. Yang Shengwu commanded the army to attack. The cannons of the generals continued to fire, bombarding the walls of Jinzhou City. On the walls of Jinzhou, the artillery of Datong was also constantly counterattacking. I bombarded, and the smoke filled the entire battlefield.

Unable to attack for seven consecutive days, Yang Shengwu became a little impatient. He had never encountered a city like Jinzhou. It looked similar to Ningyuan, with more than 1 defenders. His [-] troops could not stop fighting for seven days!

There was already some restlessness in the army. After all, the city was attacked in seven days, and many soldiers were killed and injured.

Several generals proposed to transfer troops from the rear. In the two cities of Suizhong and Ningyuan, there are still 3 people who can be transferred, and 1 people can be transferred from the counties along the line. If there are more than 4 people, Jinzhou The city must be defeated.

Yang Shengwu was a little hesitant, but thinking of Emperor Chongzhen's trust, and thinking that the rear has been calmed down now, Yang Shengwu finally agreed.

But Yang Shengwu never imagined that he could no longer mobilize troops from the rear.

Five days after Yang Shengwu issued the military order to transfer troops, no soldiers were dispatched from behind Jinzhou City, which made Yang Shengwu feel deeply uneasy.

The vast area from Songshan Fort seemed to have become a silent vacuum, where no news could be transmitted, and nothing could be transported, not only the soldiers and horses were silent, but also the food and grass!

Yang Shengwu's army had not received the grain, grass, gunpowder and cannon from the rear for five days.

Food and grass are good, and they can be collected nearby, but there is no gunpowder and cannon. This cannon is a big copper pipe!

At this time, in the vast area along the Suizhong and Ningyuan lines, the militiamen hidden in the villages, towns and mountains were dispatched one after another, attacking the grain and grass transportation team of the Ming army, and intercepting all the news letters sent from here to Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan .

The [-] soldiers of the Ming army stationed in Suizhong and Ningyuan did not dare to leave the city at all. They tried to leave the city, but when they left the city, they were blocked by the Datong army.

But there were indeed a few generals who came out of the city with soldiers and horses and fought with Datong soldiers with real swords and guns. After that, these generals withdrew back to the city and could not come out.

They led an army of tens of thousands out of Suizhong City to protect the grain and grass, but were beaten to death in Shaheyi by less than 3000 people from Datong.

There were tens of thousands of troops, and less than half of them were beaten. One general died, and five generals died. This time, the generals of the Ming army in Suizhong City finally knew the real gap between the two sides. .

Wang Zhengdao, the leader of the Second Association and First Standard of the Fourth Town of Datong, spat out bloody spit in disdain, and sneered as he looked at the messy battlefield: "Hmph, if the general hadn't said that he would let you in, you bastards would still be able to take down Sui. Midtown?"

"Send a messenger to inform Han Dutong that I have repelled the temptation of the Ming army in Suizhong City, and I will nail it outside Suizhong City for [-] days. I promise to crucify the Ming army in Suizhong City!"

Similar to Suizhong City, there is Ningyuan.

1 people were stationed in Suizhong City, and [-] Ming troops were stationed in Ningyuan and Jinxi.

Compared with Suizhong City, the Ming army in Ningyuan and Jinxi fought back more fiercely. A total of 6000 people from the No. [-] Association of the Fourth Town of Datong blocked the Ming army in Ningyuan and Jinxi in Lianshan Station, preventing them from Go to Jinzhou.

In Jinxi City, several generals of the Ming Army paced anxiously with dark faces.

"Lianshan station can't be fought, and Governor Yang of Jinzhou can't be contacted. We are already surrounded by the Datong Party!" A general couldn't help but thumped the table.

"Governor Yang must already know the situation here. Governor Yang led an army of [-] to attack Jinzhou, and it is estimated that he has taken it. Next, Governor Yang just needs to counterattack with his troops, and the crisis here will be resolved." Another general comfort up.

"But what if Governor Yang doesn't know? Or is Governor Yang powerless to save us? We have lost contact with Jinzhou for seven days. During the seven days, we haven't seen any food, grass or military equipment in Shanhaiguan, so we probably were stopped in Suizhong. If we haven’t received food, grass and ordnance supplies for such a long time, wouldn’t Governor Yang send someone to investigate?” The general’s words made the rest of the people fall into fear.

"You mean, Governor Yang might as well."

"We can't rule out this possibility. We fought so smoothly all the way. Suizhong, Ningyuan, and Jinxi were all taken down by us. We fought all the way for [-] miles. Don't you think it's going smoothly?"

"This is all a bureau set up by the Datong Party. They put us in Liaodong, and then divided and surrounded us. Now we are divided into three pieces, and they will swallow us one by one!"

The generals of the Ming army looked at me and I looked at you, all of them fell into a state of solemnity.

In fact, on the front line of Ningyuan and Jinxi, it is not only the first association of the fourth town that is responsible for blocking. The second bid of the second association of the fourth town is blocked at Xiaotuanshan Fort and Caozhuang Station. Datong's militiamen are stationed and guarded in many places, such as Yong'an Fort and Yong'an Fort.

From Yong'an Fort outside Shanhaiguan to Daxing Fort, a whole criss-cross encirclement circle has been formed here, trapping the Ming troops in Suizhong and Ningyuan unable to move, and food, grass and military equipment cannot be sent to the city of Jinzhou.

At this time, under the city of Jinzhou, a large net for Yang Shengwu's main force was slowly shrinking.

"boom!"

Yang Shengwu looked at the generals in the camp fiercely: "Ten days, ten days!"

"Still can't contact Jinzhou?"

"Jinzhou can't be contacted, and the food and grass reinforcements behind can't come through, that's all. Why can Jinzhou City, which is guarded by only 6000 people, block our [-] troops for a full seventeen days?!"

"If Jinzhou City cannot be defeated again, do you know what will happen?"

"We have been surrounded by the Datong Party!"

(End of this chapter)