Han ride

Chapter 361 It's Not Simple

In Beijing City, in Xinuan Pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen's face was gloomy. In front of him, Wang Chengen, Wen Tiren and others were kneeling in front of him. Chongzhen just came from Concubine Tian, ​​because Li Xin blocked the entrance of Xifeng, and Hong Chengchou led the army to move forward Advance forward, and soon you will be able to intercept Huang Taiji, the biggest enemy, within the pass.

What I didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen, who had just been flirting all night, received a bad news this morning. It can be said that it was a huge bad news. Hong Chengchou sent someone from the front line at a starry night, and Zunhua fell.For Chongzhen, this is simply an unimaginable event.However, if this Zunhuacheng was breached, Emperor Chongzhen might not be able to do anything, but it happened that the city was offered to the city by internal thieves, which made Emperor Chongzhen feel ashamed and angry.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was not good at military affairs, he also knew that Zunhua City was extremely strong, and there was a lot of food and grass in it. Attacking Xifengkou calmly, although the [-] troops were blocked between Zunhua and Xifengkou, but also, Huang Taiji had enough food, grass and weapons to support him for a long time.But if he can support it, can Li Xin support it?And Hong Chengchou's soldiers and horses also need countless food and grass to support them. Can the court have enough food and grass?Emperor Chongzhen really didn't know.

"Decree, the Yi Wu Guojun nine clans. There is still Deng Xizhao, and there are still the Yi nine clans." Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said coldly: "It is not a pity for such a person to die. One day, I will definitely cut him into pieces." Chongzhen had deep resentment towards these two people, if it wasn't for these two people, how could his mood have changed so badly?

As for Wen Tiren and the others below, they also cursed in their hearts. Seeing that Huang Taiji was going to be destroyed, the soldiers on the front line would get some of the credit for such a great contribution, and the people in the center of their own would also get a lot of it. This guy is lost, and everyone is naturally unhappy.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhengbei has sealed off the entrance of Xifeng. Although these two guys escaped temporarily, they must not pass through the entrance of Xifeng." People, if they can be released to serve as military supervisors, they naturally have something to do with being in the palace.If this is pursued, he, Wang Chengen, will also be unlucky.

"Is there any news about Wu Aheng now?" Chongzhen nodded and frowned again. He hated and was angry with Wu Aheng, but he was also worried. , opened the gate of Zunhua, and let Dorgon enter the city.But Wu Aheng did not surrender to become a slave after all, and he was still very loyal to Daming, which made him very relieved.

"I heard that he was captured by Jiannu. Because he didn't surrender to Jiannu, Jiannu became angry and broke his legs." Wang Chengen said quickly.

"Although he made some mistakes, he is a loyal minister after all." Emperor Chongzhen sighed, waved his hand and said, "Don't pursue this person. Right now, Jiannu is going to be blocked in front of Zunhua and Xifengkou. What do you think of Hong Chengchou?"

"Hong Chengchou wrote a letter saying that as long as Zheng Beihou can block the enemy's attack, he will be able to block Jiannu in a tiny place." Wen Tiren said quickly.

"Hmph, everything depends on Li Xin. Li Xin has only a few troops in his hands. Once all of them are exhausted, Jiannu will break through. Will Hong Chengchou be able to stop the opponent?" Chongzhen was a little dissatisfied, and snorted coldly , Said: "He has nearly 20 soldiers and horses now, but he dare not take the initiative to attack, he is simply a waste."

"Your Majesty, what both sides need now is time. Our army has a chance to win. The longer the time drags on, the greater our chances of winning and the smaller our losses will be. Don't let anyone off the hook. The advantage lies in the slow victory, and Jiannu's cavalry is very strong. At this time, the food is still sufficient, and the cavalry is just working hard, so Hong Tai hopes that we can fight him immediately, and the decisive battle in advance will benefit him. The more." Wang Yingxiong explained on the side: "It is best to drag Mrs. Hong to death, so that we can annihilate the entire Jiannu without any effort and with the smallest cost."

Wen Tiren and the others also nodded repeatedly. From their point of view, the winning ticket has been locked. In this case, it is better to wear it down slowly and win easily in the end.

"If this is the case, then it will be easy." Emperor Chongzhen shook his head, took out a memorial from one side, and said, "I also understand this truth, but the situation in the Central Plains is tense. Gao Yingxiang and others saw the imperial army going to deal with Jiannu. Now The power has grown stronger again." It turned out that the reason why Emperor Chongzhen was so anxious was because the 20 army consumed a huge amount of food and grass every day, and more importantly, he was worried about the rebels in the Central Plains. Let Hong Chengchou and others eliminate Jiannu and mobilize troops to deal with the rebels in the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to field battles, it should be the soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Zhengbei, why not let the soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Zhengbei attack first?" Wang Yingxiong said with his eyes rolling.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was waiting to express something, when suddenly a eunuch broke in from outside and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you are the Marquis of Zhengbei, please ask your majesty."

"Quick, quick, bring it up." Emperor Chongzhen had never been like today, hoping to see Li Xin's memorial, but after he opened the memorial, he glanced casually, and his face became gloomy again.

"Let's have a look! Jianu is really cunning. He even threatened Zheng Beihou with the plundered people to make way for Zhengbei Hou to let Jianu pass." Emperor Chongzhen threw the memorial on Wen Tiren, but he himself Walk around in the hall.Li Xin raised a difficult problem for himself, but it can be imagined that such a matter is not easy for Li Xin to solve.If hundreds of thousands of people were killed by Jiannu because of this, I am afraid that Li Xin would be drowned by all the people in the world.

Wen Tiren and others knelt on the ground and looked at the memorial sent by Li Xin. After reading it for a long time, their faces were also gloomy.Obviously, everyone is not good at solving such problems.For the sake of the people, Jiannu was released, not to mention that King Qin’s army spent a lot of money every day this time. More importantly, such an opportunity is rare, and I don’t know when there will be such an opportunity. You must know that the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu repeatedly When a battle is won, it is usually a big defeat.Even if it was a victory, it was because of Li Xin. It would be a pity to miss such an opportunity now.

But more importantly, all the people present were literati and scholars, who paid attention to the way of benevolence and righteousness.What he pays attention to is the way of a sage. Hundreds of thousands of people died in order to establish slaves.

"This Li Xin is too hateful. You can solve this kind of thing in private. Why did you pass it on to the court? It's really hateful." Wen Tiren rolled his eyes, and couldn't help scolding Li Xin in his heart: "This kind of thing is actually in the hearts of everyone. They all know what to do. At worst, after Li Xin does it, the court will just cover him up. This is all right, and the matter is put in front of us. I am afraid that this matter has spread throughout the capital, and it will be difficult for everyone to cover it up. .”

"Maybe Li Xin did this on purpose." Wang Yingxiong rolled his eyes, and he also felt it. Li Xin said this. Although he respected the court on the surface, in fact, he set the court on fire.In the past, even if they made mistakes, the common people just felt disgusted with Li Xin, but if the court took over the job and made any mistakes, it would be the court's responsibility. It can be said that it was just Li Xin's treachery.

"Your Majesty, the opportunity is rare! If this opportunity is removed, it will be very difficult to trap Jiannu in a tiny place next time." Wang Chengen has been with Chongzhen for a long time, and he saw a trace of embarrassment on Chongzhen's face. Color, quickly said to the side.

"Your Majesty, Jianu has harassed my border gates all these years, killed my subjects, and plundered my food and grass. The people at the border gates are miserable. They wish to drink their blood thirsty and eat their flesh hungry. Now Jianu is trapped at the entrance of Zunhua and Xifeng In the meantime, this is an opportunity to avenge the people at the frontier, Your Majesty, I think this opportunity should not be missed. Otherwise, would the people who died at the hands of Jiannu feel at ease?" Wen Tiren couldn't help but said.

"However, Zheng Beihou made it very clear in the memorial that Jiannu threatened hundreds of thousands of people. If he refused to let him leave the pass, he would kill these hundreds of thousands of people. Innocent!" Emperor Chongzhen also knew how to choose this matter, but unfortunately, he valued reputation more, he wanted to be the greatest king in all ages, remembered by the world, let him make an imperial decree, let Li Xin not He really can't do it to pay attention to these people.

"Your Majesty, Jianu is cruel. If we don't take the opportunity to wipe them out, we will suffer more casualties in the future." Wang Chengen persuaded: "Although tens of thousands of people died at this time, in the long run, more casualties will be reduced in the future." The minister thinks that such a deal is very cost-effective."

"This?" Emperor Chongzhen's expression changed when he heard the words. In fact, he also thought so in his heart. Wang Chengen has followed Chongzhen for a long time, and it can be seen that Emperor Chongzhen desperately wants face and wants to be a holy king. For this kind of decision, it is right It is impossible to say it from his mouth, only Wang Chengen can say it himself, he said what Chongzhen was thinking.

But as an emperor, it was hard to say such words, no matter how gaudy the people said, he couldn't make such a decision in person.Immediately sighed: "Pass the decree to Li Xin! Let him do it according to his discretion. I don't want one of Jiannu to escape from Xifengkou. Once he succeeds, I will make him the Duke of Liao."

The faces of Wen Tiren and others changed, and they immediately thought about the meaning of Chongzhen's words, but they were terrified. The Emperor Chongzhen had obviously agreed to everyone's suggestion.It's just that these words are not easy to come out of his own mouth.

But, will Li Xin agree to this matter?Moreover, Chongzhen's words are not imperial edicts, and the meaning in them is not expressed, it is just a hint.The people present are all old foxes. If Li Xin does this, it will definitely arouse criticism from the ruling and opposition parties. Those officials who think they are righteous will definitely slander Li Xin. Even the Emperor Chongzhen himself will follow behind. When the time comes, will Emperor Chongzhen still remember what he said today?Remember your promise?This possibility is extremely unlikely. At that time, Li Xin will be the unlucky one.

"Your Majesty has a good plan, but will Li Xin agree to this matter?" Wen Tiren shook his head. If Li Xin was easy to deal with, there would be no such memorial. Li Xin also did this on purpose. All the charges were placed on Emperor Chongzhen.In fact, no one wants to encounter this kind of thing. At least Wen Tiren thinks that Li Xin's memorial is just to let Emperor Chongzhen make up his own mind and put all the infamy on Chongzhen. Of course, Emperor Chongzhen is not stupid, didn't you see it? ?He still issued a vague decree.

Of course, no matter whether it is Wen Tiren or others, they will not care about this matter. An imperial decree was quickly issued to Xifengkou, and at this time it also caused repercussions in Beijing.Some people in the Qingliu began to publicize this matter everywhere. Many people commented on this matter in taverns and brothels, or demanded that a small price should be paid to eliminate the slaves in order to achieve long-term law and order. Dao, exchange these people with a way of life, the so-called God has the virtue of good life.

No matter what, at Xifengkou, neither Li Xin nor Huang Taiji took this matter to heart.Both of them are unrivaled heroes, and the consideration is of course the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, but the more important thing is the profit.It was Li Xin who, while considering his own reputation, was more interested in his interests.

For a moment, Xifengkou was rarely quiet. One was observing how to take down Xifengkou as soon as possible, while the other was constantly strengthening the defense of Xifengkou.

On this day, Huang Taiji's yellow canopy appeared at the entrance of Xifeng. He looked at the entrance of Xifeng, which was tens of feet high in the sky, and took a deep breath.This is Xifengkou, this time at least let him bleed out. He spent countless troops, money and food to invade the Central Plains, but he didn't expect to be made dumplings by his enemy here, and then asked him to let him out. In one way, this is a great shame for Huang Taiji.

"Your Majesty, look in front of the pass, there are many earthen walls. What are they for?" Ning Wan looked carefully, and he saw many earthen walls under the entrance of Xifeng. These earthen walls were as high as half a person, but I don't know what to do with it.

Huang Taiji and the others obviously noticed this too. Dorgon thought about it for a moment, and said, "With so many earthen walls, our army's attack will be troublesome. The first thing we have to deal with is so many earthen walls. And Li Xin backed Relying on the strong pass, standing on the pass, you can easily shoot arrows and kill our army."

"Li Xinxin's soldiers are deceitful, so don't underestimate them." Huang Taiji looked at the surrounding earthen walls, and finally shook his head and said: "The earthen walls you see are used to resist our army, but you don't know that these earthen walls can It is not used to resist our army, but to facilitate those common people."

"It's convenient for those common people? Why is that?" Everyone looked at Huang Taiji in surprise, obviously not understanding why Huang Taiji said such words.

"Look, although there are quite a few earthen walls, there is a three-horse avenue in the middle for people to walk on. Hehe, when Li Xin was preparing for the exchange of people, a large army took the opportunity to rush through the pass. Li Xin Those people still care about them." Huang Taiji was deeply scheming, and soon understood the reason behind it.

"What does the emperor mean to say that we can exchange these common people for a way out of the customs?" Dorgon and others cheered after hearing this. This is a good thing. If Li Xin is really a cruel person, he would not Taking these people to heart, I am afraid that everyone will not know what price they will have to pay in order to rush out of the pass.

"It's not that simple." Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "Li Xin and the others have shown their sincerity, now it's up to us. If we can't satisfy each other, it's time for a decisive battle." If this is the case Simple, Li Xin is not Li Xin anymore, Huang Taiji deeply understands his opponent, he will never simply let him and others pass by, the number of [-] troops is so strong.It is impossible for Li Xin to send all the [-] troops back to the grassland, unless he is a fool.

"Your Majesty, my younger brother is willing to walk through Xifeng Pass, and please allow me." At this time Dorgon suddenly stepped forward and knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "The reason why our army was trapped at Xifeng Pass is because of my younger brother." As a result, my brother is willing to lobby Li Xin to get Li Xin to agree to open a road on the condition of the people and let us return to the grassland."

"Fourteenth brother, what?" Huang Taiji was taken aback when he heard the words. He originally planned to punish Dorgon severely when he returned, but seeing Dorgon's appearance at this time, his heart suddenly felt a little loose. , stepped forward to help Dorgon up, and said: "Li Xin is extremely treacherous and has no benevolence at all. Mr. Fan went there last time and suffered humiliation. If you go this time, I'm afraid your life will be lost!"

"Die for the emperor, and my younger brother will die without regret." Dorgon lowered his head and said gnashing his teeth.In fact, he did this because he realized that Huang Taiji was going to go back and deal with him. At this time, he played a sad card and asked Huang Taiji to deal with him, he was a little scruples.On the other hand, I also want to see what kind of character Li Xin is.

"Your Majesty, Fourteen Baylor is a Manchu, not a Han." Ning Wanwo sighed softly.

"Okay, Fourteenth Brother, go ahead, if Li Xin does anything to Fourteenth Brother, I will definitely kill these hundreds of thousands of Han people to avenge Fourteenth Brother." Huang Taiji nodded and said coldly .

"My brother, thank you, Your Majesty." Dorgon felt warm in his heart, knowing that he had passed this test.

"Fourteen Baylor is here, the emperor can let people gossip about the Central Plains. Presumably, once the Emperor Chongzhen knows that Li Xin has discussed with our army, he will definitely not let Li Xin go. At that time, there must be something dirty between the two, whether it is It is good for now and in the future." It was Fan Wencheng who spoke.

(End of this chapter)