Han ride

Chapter 443 Opportunity
"Hey, what I care about is not other people, but the hearts of the people. If the hearts of the people are not attached, the world will be in trouble!" Huang Taiji shook his head and smiled wryly.Why didn't he see the current situation, but he is a Manchu, and it is even more difficult to rule the Central Plains. The former Yuan Dynasty was so powerful, but within a few decades, the ashes flew out. It is the Manchus, entering the Central Plains, will those Han people agree?

"People's hearts? What is people's hearts?" Fan Wencheng said with a sneer: "After the emperor entered Beijing, he announced some good news, such as tax exemption, etc., which is enough to make the common people grateful. These Han people, I know best, as long as Giving some small favors is enough to buy people's hearts. As for those adults? Your Majesty, these guys don't have any integrity at all. If they have integrity, they will be buried with Chongzhen when Chongzhen dies. What you are asking for is only a high official and a generous salary, can the emperor not afford these things?" Fan Wencheng really knew the Han people very well, and his understanding was quite thorough, especially the ministers of the Ming Dynasty had such a character.

"Sir, do you mean to destroy Chongzhen and seize the opportunity to occupy Beijing City?" After Fan Wencheng said this, Emperor Chongzhen's mind suddenly moved. Why did he not want to occupy Beijing City? That's where the real King's Landing is.

"Yes." Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I looked at each other, nodded and said.

"Okay then, let's attack Emperor Chongzhen." Huang Taiji stood up and said, "We still have to send someone to keep an eye on Li Xin. If Li Xin makes any changes, we must take precautions so that everyone can attack him." Go Ergon, be careful of Li Xin." Huang Taiji was still very worried about Li Xin, for fear that Li Xin would shoot him in the back again.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, no matter how powerful Li Xin is, he won't be able to defeat Jiang Tuan so quickly and capture Datong. Jiang Tuan still has more than 8 soldiers." Fan Wencheng said confidently.

Huang Taiji thought about it, and finally said: "It's better to be careful. Send someone to monitor it!"

Following Huang Taiji's order, the battle that determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty finally took place, and when the world's attention was focused on Chongzhen, Li Xin in Jinshatan also received the news.

"My lord, do you think His Majesty the Emperor can win this time?" It was Hao Laosan who spoke, not only Hao Laosan, but also Ding Ruhu and Huang Qiong who came over also looked at Li Xin with strange eyes. There is a glimmer of hope in it.

Li Xin thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "If this battle is commanded by Hong Chengchou, the 15 army can still exert the power of a 15 army, and maybe we can maintain an invincible and undefeated situation. I heard that this command Old Duke Xu is fighting, the [-] troops can at most display the power of [-] to [-] troops, if you add an emperor, hehe, it would be great if you can display the power of [-] troops."

"That's what you say?" After everyone heard this, there was a trace of regret on their faces.

"Don't worry, even if the emperor is defeated, Jiannu will not take the opportunity to go south or attack the capital." Li Xin said confidently: "The world is not in chaos, how can I enter the capital? Unless Huang Taiji is mentally ill. He killed Your Majesty, no matter how wrong Emperor Chongzhen is, he can die at the hands of rebels, or at the hands of me, Li Xin, but he absolutely cannot die at the hands of outsiders, otherwise, Huang Taiji will never be able to sit on the throne." In history, why Dorgon was able to occupy Beijing City, he was able to occupy Beijing City under the leadership of Wu Sangui in the name of revenge for Chongzhen.If Chongzhen died at the hands of Huang Taiji, people in the world would probably wish to kill Huang Taiji to avenge Chongzhen.

"What does the lord mean?" Huang Qiong's eyes lit up, revealing a hint of joy.

"What can I mean, as long as I defeat Jiang Xiang in front of me." Li Xin shook his head and said, "To be honest, if His Majesty hadn't come to provoke me, I wouldn't have come to this point. He misread the person , Yang Sichang has great ambition and talent, so he is not suitable to be his arm at all, Jiang Xiang has selfish intentions, in order to deal with me, he dragged the entire Ming Dynasty into it, and I don't know how people in the world will treat him in the future."

"My lord, this subordinate is willing to persuade Jiang Xiang to surrender." Huang Qiong said hastily upon hearing this.

"No, we have to wait now." Li Xin thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Although this person has [-] troops in hand, I am not afraid of him. Persuading him to surrender may be able to make him surrender, but I I have to explain to the people of the world, if he surrenders, how do you want me to explain to the people of the world?"

Huang Qiong was taken aback when he heard the words, but soon understood, his complexion changed, and he said quickly: "It's the subordinate who didn't think carefully, and the subordinate should be punished." Then he knelt down.

"It doesn't have to be like this. Our task now is to defend, and Mr. Huang has to make good preparations for logistics and food." Li Xin's voice was extremely soft, but Huang Qiong's ears were full of majesty.

"This is what this subordinate will do." Huang Qiong, Ding Ruhu and the others hurriedly retreated, only Li Xin sat in the big tent, silently looking at the sand table in front of him.It seems to be thinking about the future war.

"Master Huang, please stay." Outside the big tent, Ding Ruhu stopped Huang Qiong and said, "I was so confused when I heard what my lord said just now. According to the truth, Datong has not yet come down. If you go to persuade Jiang Xiang to surrender now, you will undoubtedly die, but you said To persuade you to surrender, isn't that like your behavior?"

"Hmph, General Ding, who do you think will win the decisive battle between Emperor Chongzhen and Jiannu?" Huang Qiong said proudly.

"Although there are as many as 15 soldiers and horses in the imperial court, I am not optimistic about the imperial court. The [-] imperial forest troops will be of no use. What's more, His Majesty the Emperor Chongzhen is not the lord. He will go to the imperial court personally, and there may be accidents." Ah!" Ding Ruhu thought for a while and said.

"General Ding is right. The Emperor Chongzhen is sure to lose this time. At that time, the chief culprit in this battle, Jiang Yu, will surely escape infamy, and my lord has sent General Jiang Yi to attack Datong. I am afraid there will be news in the near future. It is said that when the time comes, there will be a large army blocking the way for Jiang Yu in front of him, and chasing troops behind him, coupled with the scolding of the people all over the world, he can only take refuge in the lord. Originally, I wanted to say that surrendering this person would be considered a great achievement. Hehe, this If it's something I'm not sure about, how can I, Huang Qiong, do it." Huang Qiong shook his head and regretted, "It's a pity that the heart of the lord is higher than the sky. I'm afraid I won't be able to get such credit."

"How do you say that?" Ding Ruhu asked puzzledly: "My lord loves the people like a son, and treats the soldiers below like brothers. How can you object to such a thing?"

"One moment and another moment! If there was such an opportunity in the past, the lord would definitely not let it go, but this time it is different." Huang Qiong said disdainfully: "If Chongzhen is defeated, Jiannu will not let go of this opportunity to attack In Beijing City, if Chongzhen dies, the lord will definitely attack Jiannu, and with Datong’s victorious division, 10,000+ soldiers and horses will attack Jiannu who lost most of them, and Jiannu will definitely be defeated. Hand, but the death of the emperor was due to the matter of Jiang Yu. If Jiang Tuan did not die, how would the lord appease the hearts of the people in the world? So, this Jiang Tuan must die, otherwise, the lord will definitely be criticized by others in the future. The heart of the lord, It is no longer enough for a small prince to be satisfied." After all, he has been through the officialdom for a long time, and he can still live well under Qi Zhiwei's suppression, this vision can be seen very carefully.

It's not that there are no one who thinks the same as him. When Jiang Guan knew that Emperor Chongzhen's imperial conquest was in person, he knew that something was wrong.Although he heard about it at the beginning, since Emperor Wuzong, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty stayed in Beijing. Even if Jiannu attacked the capital, they still stayed in Beijing.Jiang Guan believed that with the resistance of the city of Beijing, he would be able to resist for a while, and he would not mention it when he destroyed Li Xin.But what I didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen really took the imperial conquest. Although an army of 15 sounds like a lot, the elite soldiers in the world are all in Datong, and the Imperial Forest Army is composed of noble children.Although Zu Dashou's soldiers and horses were together, they would definitely not be able to withstand Jiannu's attack.It can be said that the failure of the imperial court is inevitable. At that time, Jiang Tiao who caused such a situation will become the target of public criticism, and no one in the world will let Jiang Tiao go.He is very regretful now, if he had known this earlier, it would have been right to go to Qin Wang in the first place, if he lost Datong, there would always be other places, Chongzhen would not fail to reward such loyal ministers as himself.But now to Qin Wang, Chongzhen will not let him go.Now Jiang Yu didn't know what to do.

Just when Jiang Yu didn't know what to do, in Datong, Datong in the middle of the night was like a giant beast holding on to the ground. This was the base camp of the Datong Army, and Jiang Yu had been operating it for more than ten years.It's a pity that what Jiang Guan didn't know was that Datong was not only Jiang Guan's base camp, but also the base camp of Shanxi merchants. Here, what Shanxi merchants say is the truth.

In the dark night, the fire on the top of the city illuminated half of the sky, and the soldiers on the top of the city were also guarding carefully. Suddenly, there was a sound of shouting and killing from the top of the north gate, and one after another of flames shot up into the sky. Light up half the sky.Seeing that hundreds of soldiers were attacking the city gate, Mr. Qian, who was guarding the city, never thought that the comrades who were drinking together yesterday became enemies in the blink of an eye. .

Outside the North Gate City, countless cavalry appeared like ghosts. A silver-rimmed golden eagle banner, a middle-aged general's face was sinking like water, holding a sword, with a cold light in his tiger's eyes, looking faintly at the tower in the distance. Who is Jiang Yi who is not in the Northern Army? As the second member of the army under Li Xin's command, Jiang Yi is no longer the yamen servant at the beginning, but a general in charge of his own work.

"My lord, the city gate is open." At this moment, the guards around him suddenly pointed to the distant city gate and said.In the distance, under the north gate, the fire was shining, making the whole gate as if it were daytime. A group of people came out, and the leader was Fan Yongdou, the boss of Shanxi merchants. Behind him, Tian Lansheng, Wang Dengku, etc. were also behind. It turned out that these people opened the gate of Datong City to welcome Jiang Yi's army into the city.

"Welcome the general to enter the city." Fan Yongdou and others looked at Jiang Yi outside the city and the tens of thousands of troops behind him, with smiles on their faces, they hurried up to greet them, and said loudly.

"Enter the city." Jiang Yi nodded, and immediately waved his army to kill Datong City. For more than a hundred years, since Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to subdue Datong, this border city was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but more than 200 years later At that time, Datong Jiancheng also fell into the hands of Li Xin, and all the officials in the city, including the clan king and so on, were captured by Jiang Yi.

After the news spread to Zuoyun and Youyu counties, the three armies were in a state of panic. No one knew that Li Xin had spared a hand when there were few soldiers. .More importantly, these frontier fortresses did not have time to report to Datong at all. Jiang Yi's army had already arrived at the city of Datong. The two counties of Zuoyun and Youyu, which are defensive fortresses, are now facing a situation of internal and external attacks.This left Yang Zhenwei and Jiang Xuan at a loss as to what to do.The two armies were huddled in the two counties of Zuoyun and Youyu, and even the food and grass were about to be cut off.At this time, as long as everyone knows that Jiang Yu is probably going to pass this time.

On July 29th, the seventh year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhenwei finally surrendered. After hearing that Yang Zhenwei had surrendered, Jiang Xuan was also killed by a general. The [-] army changed its banner overnight and surrendered to Zhao Guang.

It's just that Yang Zhenwei was not very happy. For this duplicitous character, Li Xin ordered Yang Zhenwei to be executed without hesitation.Then after ordering Zhao Guang to lead the army straight to Jiang Yu, Jiang Yi also ordered generals Qin Han and Zhang Wu to lead the army south, preparing to encircle Jiang Yu on three sides.All of a sudden, the vigorous three-way army besieged Li Xin and attacked Yunzhong, but unexpectedly reversed at this moment, Jiang Yan became a turtle in a urn, unable to fly.

Jinshatan, the place where the Song and Liao decisive battles took place, is currently covered with banners and flags. On one side is the golden eagle flag, which is where Li Xin's Chinese army is located, and the other is a "Ming" banner, which is where Jiang Tiao's Chinese army is located. .

At this time, Jiang Yu's face was gloomy. When Emperor Chongzhen personally marched, he felt bad, but he thought that he was sitting in Datong and had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands. As long as Datong was in his hands, even Emperor Chongzhen would see Unaccustomed to himself, he could only endure it, but what he didn't expect was that Datong was lost overnight.

"It's all those damn merchants." The confidant who escaped from Datong told himself the reason for Datong's fall, which almost made Jiang Guan die of anger.Which of the businessmen on weekdays does not flatter themselves.These people's status is low, life, death, and plunder are all up to them. Now it's all right, these guys actually colluded with Li Xin to open the city gate, and the huge Datong fell into Li Xin's hands overnight.

Where is Datong? That's Jiang Tiao's old lair. Datong's frontier army's family is all in Datong. Datong is now in the hands of Li Xin. This matter has not been spread yet. beated.

"Has the brother made arrangements?" Jiang Guan said to Wan Lian on the side.

"It's already been arranged. His family will just return to Datong and give him a big reward." Wan Lian narrowed his eyes. Of course he knew what Jiang Tuan's arrangement meant, which was to kill the other party so that no news would leak out.Although unwilling, but there is no way.In fact, when the news came, not only the little soldiers, but also Wan Lian himself was a little anxious. His family is also Datong.Although Li Xin is a man of benevolence and righteousness, he would not do anything to his family if he thought about it.

"It's all those damned merchants. When we return to Datong this time, we must uproot the Shanxi merchants." Jiang Yu said viciously.Wan Lian and the others showed a wry smile. Now that the army is besieged by Li Xin, whether they can escape or not is a problem. How can they defeat these people?Li Xin is not a simple thing, and it is even more difficult to defeat Li Xin.

"Junmen, what should we do now? There is not much food left." Han Zhaoxuan smiled wryly.In fact, when he knew that the Emperor Chongzhen was going to fight in person, he once persuaded Jiang Guan to go to King Qin. Unfortunately, Jiang Guan insisted on defeating Li Xin before going to King Qin. This made Han Zhaoxuan very dissatisfied, but there was no way.Sure enough, it’s all right now. Jiang Yu’s refusal to King Qin must have been registered with Chongzhen. Now that Jiang Tuan has returned to Chongzhen’s embrace, he may have lost his military power as soon as he arrived in Chongzhen’s camp. Now he must defeat Li Xin , and then relying on occupying Datong and striving for hegemony in the world, at least it would make Emperor Chongzhen afraid a little bit, or surrender Li Xin, but is Jiang Yu willing?If it was before, Jiang Guan might still have such calculations, but now I’m afraid he doesn’t have this idea. How did Yang Zhenwei die? Wasn’t he killed by Li Xin? Not only Jiang Guan, but also Wan Lian and others beside him , I was also panicking in my heart, wondering if I could save my life after surrendering Li Xin.

Han Zhaoxuan believed that Jiang Yu was in crisis at this time. Once Li Xin made a promise, these generals would probably take Jiang Yu's head and surrender to Li Xin.

Jiang Yu glanced around and saw that the faces of the people were calm, as if nothing had happened, and felt bitter. Li Xin's move was so powerful that he actually occupied Datong while he was leaving Datong.Cut off his own way out.Datong fell, Zuoyun Youyu didn't have food and grass to support it, and he was facing Li Xin's double attack. Yang Zhenwei, the thief, would kill Jiang Xuan, which caused the current situation. If he can capture Yunzhong, he still has a chance.

"Everyone, don't worry. Li Xin is a hypocritical person. I believe he won't do anything to our family members. This person is waiting for the decisive battle between the emperor and Jiannu. No matter who wins, he will not do anything to us. " Jiang Guan sat on the handsome seat and said with a smile.

"Why did the military sect say that?" Feng Ruhuan asked hesitantly.

(End of this chapter)