Chapter 682: No more biting bones, eat meat!

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"Shank you?"

Jirgalang asked in a low voice.

When Zhang Zhun came ashore, Huang Taiji seemed to be in a hunch.

Zhang Zhun's movements were very slow and leisurely, and he felt that he did not take Huang Taiji seriously at all. He led a team of only three or four hundred people to slowly come up from the canal pier. On the pier, he deliberately sorted out the team, and then lined up to the west gate of Dezhou City. Zhang Zhun himself rode a white war horse and walked leisurely. He looked around and looked leisurely, just like a rich young man who was out to travel around the mountains and rivers.

Many officers in the Forward Battalion vaguely felt that the white war horse under Zhang Zhun's crotch was a bit like Dorgon's mount. They often saw Dorgon's mount and were still a little familiar. But the distance was a bit far, they could not be sure of it. However, the chance of this was very high. Because Dorgon fell into Zhang Zhun's hands, his mount was naturally occupied by Zhang Zhun.

Speaking of this, the Tartar slave chiefs present were a little depressed. They couldn't help but think of Dorgon. Although the Forward Battalion was Huang Taiji's confidant, they had never been very compatible with Dorgon, and occasionally there might be conflicts between the two sides. However, in any case, Dorgon is one of Huang Taiji's brothers with very outstanding abilities. His military talent and abilities are both admirable.

Now, Dorgon fell into the hands of the Hu Ben Army, and his mount was occupied by Zhang Zhun, which is indeed touching. This incident was actually very jealous of the Great Jin Kingdom. Because this incident not only made Dorgon lose face, but also made the Great Jin Kingdom lose face. When did the Great Jin Kingdom suffer such a loss since its founding?

In the past, the Jin army seized the supplies of the Ming army, and the Jin army itself never lost anything. The mounts of all Beile are all the best Dayuan horses, descendants of the sweat-blooded BMW. They are rare and extremely precious. Only people with very status and status are qualified to own them. Now, these thousand-mile horses have been stolen by Zhang Zhun, which is really uncomfortable!

However, Huang Taiji and his vanguard camp watched Zhang Zhun's movements without any movement. No matter how familiar the mount under Zhang Zhun looked, there was no expression on Huang Taiji's face. It was as if everything in front of him was transparent and did not exist. Now he should try his best to forget Dorgon's existence. Otherwise, Dorgon would become a heavy burden for the Great Jin Kingdom.

If there were only a few hundred people beside Zhang Zhun, Huang Taiji would have ordered the vanguard battalion to rush over. However, there were three or four thousand people in the Dezhou City. All the senior officials of the Great Jin Army could see the naked eye that the Tiger Ben Army on the top of the city was waiting for the battle, and the black muzzle was aimed at the north and south sides of the dock. If the vanguard battalion launched an attack, it would definitely suffer huge losses.

Three or four thousand muskets fired together, and their lethality was still very strong. In Dongjiabao, the Jin army had already tasted the taste. Most of the casualties of Ajige's Zhenghong Banner were from the Hu Ben Army. It would be fine if there were other troops, but Huang Taiji could not afford to lose it.

As a result, Zhang Zhun returned to Dezhou City safely. The west gate of Dengzhou City was slowly closed. The canal continued to stay in the canal. However, with Zhang Zhun's departure, these canals had no value in Huang Taiji's eyes.

"Retreat!"

Huang Taiji said helplessly.

When Zhang Zhun entered the turtle shell of Dezhou City, it became even more difficult to deal with. The current Da Jin army would never forcefully attack any cities defended by the Hu Ben Army. After the defeat in the Dongjiabao battle, Huang Taiji learned from his mistakes and decided to change the Da Jin army's combat policy and would never compete with the Hu Ben Army for towns.

"Sweat..."

The people around Huang Taiji were a little unwilling to accept it.

Such a good opportunity actually made Zhang Zhun run away again. They were indeed too uncomfortable. Since the Great Jin army headed south, this was the best opportunity to deal with Zhang Zhun. However, due to the power of the Hu Ben Army, they did not take action. It was not that they did not have the courage to take action, but that they could not afford the price they had to pay after taking action.

Huang Taiji looked at the people around him and said expressionlessly: "Do you have any good suggestions? If not, just do you want to do that."

Everyone around him shook his head helplessly.

Huang Taiji said indifferently: "Let's go! Our goal, don't just stare at Zhang Zhun."

After saying that, Huang Taiji took the lead in leaving.

Other slave chiefs, look at me, and look at you, and they all feel a little confused. What does Huang Taiji mean? What does not mean just staring at Zhang Zhun? In the past, wasn’t the strategy of the Great Jin army resolutely destroying the resisters? As long as they dare to fight against the Great Jin army, they must be eliminated no matter how much the price they pay. Could it be that Huang Taiji wants to change his strategy and let Zhang Zhun go for the time being?

Only Jirhalang understood what Huang Taiji meant. Because the Jin army suffered too much losses, they could not continue to get entangled with Zhang Zhun. In the battle with Zhang Zhun, the Jin army did not get any benefits, but suffered heavy losses. From now on, Huang Taiji will no longer target Zhang Zhun specifically. In other words, they should not continue to chew bones, but prepare to eat meat. The Jin army went south with great hard work, and could not only lose or gain.

Huang Taiji had to adjust his strategy and recover the losses from others. For example, in the Ming court, in fact, as long as the Da Jin army did not fight head-on with the Hu Ben army, they still had enough ability to control the world. Even if all the Ming army was pressed over, the Da Jin army would not be afraid. The Ming army's combat effectiveness was completely different from the Hu Ben army.

Once the strategy is adjusted, the Jin army will not have to encounter any walls or be damaged everywhere. At least, the current Northern Zhili, except for the Hu Ben Army, are no other forces. The resources they have in their hands can still be snatched by the Jin army as long as the Jin army works hard. As long as there are enough resources, the Jin army still has the ability to continue to entangle with the Hu Ben Army.

Of course, it is not easy to do this. After all, Zhang Zhun and his Hu Ben Army brought such serious losses to the Jin army, which brought heavy pressure to the Jin Kingdom, making it difficult for Huang Taiji to face the questioning gazes of the nobles around him. Now, if he wants to temporarily suppress this hatred, I am afraid that Huang Taiji's heart will be very uncomfortable.

"Sir, Huang Taiji has retreated."

Hao Linyong came up to report.

"I see."

Zhang Zhun said calmly.

"Sir, do you want us to follow us?"

Yang Weiguo came up to ask for instructions.

"don't want."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said.

With the strength of the Dragon Cavalry, if you catch up, you will only be able to be counterattacked by the vanguard battalion. It is better to wait until the large unit of the Hu Ben Army's cavalry is formed and then fight the Tartars in a dignified battle. There is no hurry now. The battle between the Hu Ben Army and the Jin Army is still long.

Judging from today's situation, Huang Taiji can take over, let go, and bend and stretch, which is indeed a difficult person to deal with. If he attacked Dezhou desperately, the destruction of the Jin Kingdom would be faster. Unfortunately, Huang Taiji did not do this, so he decisively chose to avoid it. It seems that it will take some time to completely defeat Huang Taiji!

...

Northern Zhili, capital, and Forbidden City.

In the morning, Emperor Chongzhen got up before dawn, washed up under the service of a group of palace maids, dressed in the wardrobe, and then walked out of Yangdezhai to the yard in front of the Ganqing Palace to burn incense and worship the sky. After four bowings, he silently prayed for a while and returned to the westernmost room of the Ganqing Officer. In order to be upset, he said that he would give up the queen, prince, concubine and princess to pay as usual.

Changed into a dark dragon yellow satin robe, he sat down in front of the imperial case to review documents. He had been reviewing various documents on military and national affairs for nine years and wrote countless edicts, but he was worried every time he was concerned about this imperial case. The various memorials piled up on the case and the reports of various places like hills, and almost no document would make him happy.

Some of these documents reported serious famines, full of shocking words such as "a thousand miles of land", "severe people" and "changing children to eat", some reported the riots of "traitors" and "local bandits", some reported the tragic phenomena of soldiers, some reported that the Jianli went deep into the capital and continued to advance, and then broke through some prefectures and counties, how heavy the burning and looting were taken away, how many dens and plowing oxen were captured, as well as some local officials fled, and some local officials were defeated in the city.

Such documents made him have to read every day, but he really didn't want to read them, and he didn't dare to read them. Sometimes, he wanted to kick the imperial case over. However, as the ruler of the Ming Empire, Chongzhen had to remind himself at all times to wake up his spirit and handle military and national affairs well. For this reason, even if he felt very hard, he had to grit his teeth and persevere.

Chongzhen has always believed that his abilities were more prominent than those of the previous emperors and that his work was more active than those of the previous emperors. The reason why the country's destiny and the situation was so decay was because the ministers around him were ineffective. Sun Chengzong's death and Changping's defeat were all because of the ministers' ineffectiveness.

Sun Chengzong's death came to an end for the time being. He had done everything he wanted to do, and I believe no one dared to criticize him again. However, what he could not have imagined was that Sun Chengzong's affairs had just been handled and Changping was captured again. Changping was the tombs of emperors of all dynasties. The tombs of ancestors were attacked by Tartars, so Chongzhen naturally had to reduce food and withdraw his joy and go to the Taimiao to comfort his ancestors' souls. After this struggle, Chongzhen was at least ten pounds lighter.

Now, he was very thoughtful. He did not immediately review the documents. He looked down at the bronze incense burner on the imperial desk. A palace maid held a peony-shaped silver-tied painted red tray made by an orchard factory during the Yongle period with both hands. On it was a blue and white cover bowl and a silver spoon containing bird's nest soup. He gently walked into the warm room. Another palace maid took the cover bowl and silver spoon from the tray, placed it in front of the emperor, and opened the lid. Chongzhen glanced at the palace maid, then picked up the silver spoon, and slowly finished the bird's nest soup.

He picked up a list of petitions from the cabinet from a double dragon protected sun weight carved in peach-colored agate. On it was the names of ten people, some were given such official positions, some were given such official positions, some were given such official positions, some were given electives, and some were transferred.

In theory, in the current situation where the enemy soldiers are in depth, there are many huge urgent matters waiting for him. As for the matter of being promoted, he has passed through the Ministry of Personnel and the cabinet, so he doesn't have to worry too much. If he should agree, he will criticize the word "ke". If he disagrees with that person, he will call out his name.

However, Emperor Chongzhen picked up this not-so-important document, because he was afraid of contacting documents related to war and famine, and the other hand, even in some small matters, he was often very worried about his subordinates and developed the habit of "doing everything himself".

He picked up the list and looked at it several times, but could not make a decision. Some people's names were familiar, while others did not know them. He studied those names he knew and many questions arose in his mind: Is this person not someone's fellow countryman? Is that person not someone's disciple? Also, is this person changed from the censor to be the chief minister, is it from someone's intention?... He thought and suspicious, and had to put down the red pen in his hand.

At this moment, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the eunuch at the Sili Supervisor, walked in with a document and placed it respectfully on the imperial case. Chongzhen was afraid that he had bad military situations or famine again, so he worked hard to stabilize his mind and make the worst plans before asking suspiciously: "Big partner, what document?"

Wang Chengen hurriedly replied: "Qi Zhui, this is Yang Sichang's memorial. The documentary room was sent to the liexi custody room. Liu Fangliang originally wanted to wait until tomorrow to deliver it, but later changed his mind and wanted to deliver it today."

Chongzhen asked suspiciously: "Yang Sichang...Liu Fangliang...What's the matter?"

Chongzhen had not approved Wen Tiren's resignation, but Wen Tiren fell ill. At the beginning, Chongzhen thought he was pretending to be sick and wanted to escape the chaotic situation in front of him and stay out of the matter. So he sent the imperial physician to investigate Wen Tiren's crime of deceiving the emperor. As a result, the imperial physician reported that Wen Tiren was indeed sick and could not handle government affairs.

There was no choice but to let the second assistant Liu Fangliang be in charge of the cabinet and take on the heavy tasks. Several other people in the cabinet, Fan Fucui and Tang Yin, were not able to take on important tasks. Chongzhen originally wanted to transfer Yang Sichang to the cabinet, but he liked Yang Sichang's response very much and believed that Yang Sichang was very talented, but Yang Sichang had not made any military achievements yet, so he was embarrassed to speak directly.

Wang Chengen replied in a regular manner: "Yang Sichang was invading the cavalry and the capital was in ruins, so he begged the Emperor of Long Sui to send him to inspect the reinforcements in the towns. Liu Fangliang did not agree and wanted to dissuade Yang Sichang. As a result, he later changed his mind and agreed to Yang Sichang again."

Chongzhen was suddenly happy and said with obvious excitement: "What? Yang Sichang is going to inspect reinforcements in the towns? Why is this Liu Fangliang so confused, such a good thing?"

Wang Chengen said respectfully: "Yes, the emperor."

Chongzhen said anxiously: "Read it to me! Read it to me!"

Wang Chengen picked up Yang Sichang's memorial and recited it in a tone of ups and downs. Yang Sichang is a master of articles, and his memorials are naturally unspeakable. Many sentences in the memorials are written with great enthusiasm and full of patriotism, which deeply moved Wang Chengen, and his voice trembled and his blood boiled.

Of course, Chongzhen was also very moved. While listening, he smiled and nodded, with tears flashing in his eyes. He also said in his heart: "It's rare! It's rare!" After reading the memorial, Chongzhen had made a major decision and decisively ordered: "Go, draw an order for me quickly, and send Yang Sichang to govern the world to serve the king and make contributions as soon as possible."

He always wanted to find an opportunity to get Yang Sichang up, and it would be best to enter the cabinet, so that he could deal with it at all times. However, Yang Sichang was still inexperienced, and there were many senior cabinet ministers in front of him. Even if he entered the cabinet, he had to queue up. Chongzhen didn't like this queue, so he was reluctant to promote Yang Sichang, and he was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

The order of the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty was strictly stipulated, and even the emperor could not interfere too much. Basically, if there was no accident, it was necessary to support the qualifications. However, if Yang Sichang governed the world to serve the king and make great contributions, he would be able to take Yang Sichang's position as far as possible. The position of the chief minister cannot be guaranteed, and the secondary assistant is still OK.

Wang Chengen hurriedly asked, "The original prime ministers of the five provinces..."

Yang Sichang's current position is to replace Lu Xiangsheng as prime minister of five provinces, and be responsible for encircling and suppressing the Shaanxi uprising army with Hong Chengchou. This memorial was brewed by Yang Sichang within a few days after receiving his appointment. The real reason is that Yang Sichang did not want to be on par with Hong Chengchou, and he wanted to be above Hong Chengchou.

Chongzhen casually said: "Let Zhu Dadian replace him."

Wang Chengen couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Zhu Dadian?

Is he capable of encircling and suppressing the rebels?

Chongzhen didn't care at all. As long as he could make room for Yang Sichang, it didn't matter how poor Zhu Dadian's ability was. Isn't there Hong Chengchou still there? He said casually: "Shandong is all Zhang Zhu's territory, so what are Zhu Dadian doing? It's serious to leave quickly. Zhang Zhu has already detained Hong Chengchou's food and grass, and Hong Chengchou is impeaching Zhu Dadian."

In fact, Hong Chengchou impeached Zhu Dadian purely to ask someone to vent his anger. When he learned that his food and grass were stolen by Zhang Zhun, Hong Chengchou's anger was still very obvious. There was indeed not much grain for thirty ships, the key was face and rules. Zhang Zhun did this purely to target him, Hong Chengchou personally. Of course, he wrote down this account.

However, Hong Chengchou can't do anything to Zhang Zhu, so he can only find the bad luck of Zhu Dadian first. Can Zhu Dadian manage Zhang Zhu? Idiots know that they can't manage at all. However, from a system perspective, Zhu Dadian, as the governor of Shandong, can indeed manage Zhang Zhu. The governor manages the military affairs of the whole province! If you can't do it, it means that your ability is limited. Since your ability is limited, then get out!

However, in this matter, Chongzhen did not adopt Hong Chengchou's suggestion. Zhu Dadian is a man who is quite easy to use and is quite loyal to the court. Hong Chengchou impeached Zhu Dadian, and Chongzhen simply asked Zhu Dadian to serve Hong Chengchou. Isn't this the best apology method? What else are you unsatisfied with?

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