Chapter 86 Emperor Chongzhen
"The two adults are so patient!" Qiu Hejia said disdainfully: "Do you really believe the words in Zu Dashou's document? Humph, even if a person who has been hungry for dozens of days eats human flesh every day, how energetic and combat effectiveness will he have after a few dozen days? Zu Dashou is clearly robbing the credit, but he didn't expect that the two adults really believed it?"
"What if I don't believe it?" Sun Chengzong smiled bitterly: "Xianzhi, do you really think I believe these soldiers and wicked people? But what if I don't believe it? How many soldiers and horses are under our command? These soldiers and horses are in the hands of those soldiers. How can I not understand the hookups here, but there is nothing to do."
"I'm sorry, my nephew, who fought bravely for the country, rushed into the army of tens of thousands with two thousand men and made great achievements. In the end, not only did he not have any rewards, but he could not even replenish his food and grass." Qiu Hejia stood up and staggered towards the outsider.
"Hey, the commander, we probably passed this time." Zhang Chun also smiled bitterly: "Li Xin is so brave, he is a rare genius! It's a pity to give up like this."
"So what?" Sun Chengzong also shook his head and said, "It's a pity that his identity is a criminal. Even you and I can't excuse a criminal! But you and I can't, but there is someone who can?"
"You mean? Emperor?" Zhang Chun's expression moved, and he nodded at last, saying, "Yes, the emperor loves young talents the most. Li Xin is a talented person. As long as the emperor likes him, one sentence is enough to get him to a high enough level to repay the credit this time."
"Since that's the case, I'll report to the emperor now." Sun Chengzong nodded, thought for a while and said, "You'd better ask the old man to persuade Xianzhi. Is there anger in his heart?"
"Haha, OK, the old man will go." Zhang Chun nodded and left the hall. After a while, several cavalry rushed out of Jinzhou City and rushed towards the distant capital.
In the Xishan camp, a huge training ground has now become a huge training ground. Jiang Yi, Jutu, Yang Xiong, Gao Meng and others organized this 10,000 people together for detailed training. According to Li Xin's instructions, two large armies will be formed among the ten thousand people, one for nearly 3,000 cavalry and the other for 7,000 infantry. The cavalry is personally led by Li Xin, and the infantry is divided into three divisions. Five hundred elite troops are selected as the guard battalion of the central army, commanded by Gao Meng, and the remaining army, Jutu leads 1,500 long archers, Jiang Yi and Yang Xiong each lead 2,000 infantry, namely the second battalion of Panshi and Qinglong, and one thousand people are baggage soldiers. Follow Zhang Yifu's instructions.
"Lord, the news from Dalinghe City." Shi Yuanzhi and Zhang Yifu arrived together, and Zhang Yifu's face was full of anger.
"What's wrong?" Li Xin raised his head and looked at the two of them and said.
"Lord, the news from the spy said that five hundred trucks of food and grass were transported from Jinzhou City and transported to Dalinghe City." Zhang Yifu snorted coldly: "I heard from my friends inside that all the five hundred trucks of food and grass were owned by Dalinghe City, and there was no supply to our Xishan Army at all."
"What do you say about Zu Dashou?" Li Xin frowned. He never expected that the Ming army was so short-sighted that even Li Xin, a friendly army of 10,000 troops, did not like it.
"There is no news about the Zujun Sect yet." Shi Yuanzhi shook his head and said softly: "Lord, my subordinates think that this matter has nothing to do with Lord Sun Chengzong, and I'm afraid it has something to do with Wu Xiang and other Liaodong generals. Do you still remember that Ajige?"
"The guy I killed?" Li Xin asked curiously.
"Yes, it's this person, but this person was not killed by the lord, but was killed by Wu Sangui." Shi Yuanzhi sneered: "Wu Sangui has picked up a big advantage. I heard that he was promoted to a guerrilla general with this contribution."
"Can he be a guerrilla general?" Li Xin was stunned when he heard this, and finally laughed: "These people can't beat Jiannu, but their own people can deal with their own people. It seems that our contributions will probably be wiped out by these guys."
"They are not only erasing the lord's credit, but also like destroying our army." Shi Yuanzhi sneered: "The lord has no righteousness and no food and grass. How can the lowly soldiers lead them?"
"What a joke. The whole army of our Xishan Army has received great favor from the lord's life. How could he give up the lord because of a small righteousness? I think everyone in the court is brainless." Zhang Yifu snorted coldly.
"No matter what, the food and grass still need to be solved." Li Xin frowned and said, "In the past, our army had only two thousand people, and it was enough to grab food and grass from Jiannu. Now our army has more than 10,000 people, so it is absolutely not enough to rely on grab food and grass specifically."
"Lord, Major General He Bin came outside the door and sent a hundred trucks of food and grass." At this time, Gao Meng broke in.
"It seems that Zu Dashou is not stupid yet. He still knows our role." Shi Yuanzhi's face was overjoyed.
"It's not possible to rely on other people's help. We have to get ourselves." Li Xin shook his head and said, "If you pass the order, every three days from now on, I will personally lead us to attack Jiannu and a group of cavalry and infantry to steal food and grass from them."
"Hey, this court is really too much." Zhang Yifu sneered: "If it weren't for the lord, this Dalinghe City would have been defeated by Jiannu long ago. If it weren't for the lord, his Zu Dashou would have been killed by Jiannu long ago, and he would have been able to hold on until now."
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. I, Li Xin, never thought of getting any assistance from the court. I, Li Xin, can have today, depend on myself." Li Xin said coldly: "I hope these guys don't bother me, otherwise I will ask Jiannu for some food and grass and then escape into the grassland."
"My lord really wants this?" Zhang Yifu was stunned when he heard this, and quickly stopped him, "If the lord is like this, it may cause scolding from all over the world."
"Spit off? Since they are not afraid of being scolded by the world, let alone me." Li Xin waved his hand.
"Master, this matter can be handled. Hehe, I'm afraid that if the lord doesn't ask for it, then Jiannu will definitely ask." Shi Yuanzhi was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Since Dalinghe City has been rescued, it means that the imperial army will soon go north and fight against Jiannu. The lord has an army of 10,000. No matter which side, they will be careful. Jiannu must not want the lord to appear here, and may send gifts to the country. Hehe, lord, if the two armies are fighting, hehe." A trace of treacherous appeared in Shi Yuanzhi's eyes.
"If this is the case, it would be great." Li Xin thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Since that's the case, I have caused some trouble for Jiannu in the past few days, making them want to send us out immediately."
"Master, you guys?" Zhang Yifu was confused now and looked at Shi Yuanzhi and Li Xin. He was from a merchant and was extremely intelligent. But at this moment he found himself still stupid. He was usually cunning. If he met these two people, he would have been sold. What is shamelessness and what is treason?
"Okay, this is also the future. What we need to do now is to prepare more food and train elite troops. I think we will not have much time to stay in Xishan." Li Xin said softly.
"Don't worry, lord, I'll do it now." Shi Yuanzhi and Zhang Yifu looked at each other and then retreated.
A few days later, Li Xinzhen led his cavalry and infantry. The two cooperated with each other and raided the Jiannu army's food route along the way. For a time, from Shengjing Shenyang to the front line of Daling River, there were wars everywhere. Wherever Li Xin's army went, whether it was Jiannu's farm or government office, as long as there was a cheap place to occupy, Li Xin would never let go. Although Huang Taiji also ordered heavy troops to escort food and grass, with the arrival of the 40,000 troops led by Zhang Chun, Huang Taiji had no choice but to concentrate his troops against Zhang Chun, and ordered people to dispatch 8,000 elite cavalry from Shengjing to protect the food route, and ordered people to build the Han Eight Banners, and chose elite troops to form the Han people captured from the Central Plains to supplement his lack of military strength. This could barely ensure the smooth flow of food routes, but the intercepted food routes by Li Xin still happened from time to time.
Just when Li Xin, Zhang Chun and Huang Taiji were playing games in Dalinghe City, a radius of dozens of miles, they were far away in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, from Emperor Chongzhen to the people, all were shocked by a memorial from Sun Chengzong. By the Daling River, Zu Dashou led generals such as Li Xin to defeat the tens of thousands of troops of Jiannu Hongtai, and the Daling River siege was lifted. Who is Li Xin? It aroused everyone's suspicion for a while.
Soon, news came from the capital, listing all the life of Li Xin, including his origin, the son of Li Gu, the former prefect of Huai'an. After Qingliu, he even rushed through the eight roads of Jiannu with 300 troops, and killed Ajige with a formation, using nearly 2,000 troops to attack the 40,000 Jiannu army, cooperated with Zu Dashou, defeated Hong Tai, and lifted the Daling River siege, etc. These were all disclosed one by one. Some storytellers even compiled Li Xin's story into jokes, spreading it to all directions. In short, it was Li Xin's fire, and it was absolutely a big fire, and the fire reached the deep palace.
"Wang Cheng'en, do you know Li Gu?" In the imperial study, a young man with a strong face, wearing a Taoist robe, asked softly. The middle-aged man looked handsome, but a hint of fatigue appeared in his eyes. He was only in his early twenties, and wrinkles could be seen on his forehead. This person was no one else, but Emperor Chongzhen, the current master of the Ming Dynasty.
"If you come back to the emperor, this person is the former prefect of Huai'an, but he has something to do with Wei Ni at the time. Later, the Ministry of Justice investigated officials from all over the world and issued an order to kill him. His Majesty personally criticized the winner." Wang Chengen was a confidant eunuch in Chongzhen. When Chongzhen was King Xin, Wang Chengen followed Chongzhen and never left him. He was deeply trusted by Chongzhen. In fact, Wang Chengen was also a loyal minister. From beginning to end, he followed Chongzhen and was loyal to Chongzhen. Until later, Chongzhen hanged himself on the Coal Mountain, and Wang Chengen also followed Chongzhen. But he was a eunuch, and it seemed that it was natural for eunuchs to love money. Wang Chengen also liked money.
"He has a son named Li Xin, do you know?" Chongzhen said again, "Sun Chengzong of Jinzhou sent a memorial to praise Li Xin's great achievements and wanted me to give him a future."
"How dare I say too much about military and national affairs?" Wang Chengen's eyes turned. In fact, Wang Chengen would have opened these memorials in person when he was delivered to Chongzhen. However, this matter is of great importance and he cannot hide it. But at this moment, he asked him to decide Li Xin's future, so Wang Chengen naturally did not dare to speak.
"To lead the army as a sinner is in itself a violation of the court code, but what Sun Chengzong said makes sense. Such merits must be rewarded." Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chengzong's memorial and saw that it said: "The crime is hard to forgive, and the merits must be rewarded." It turned out that Sun Chengzong was still writing about the words of Wu Xiang and others. Chongzhen did not understand the reason, but it also surprised Chongzhen. How capable is Li Xin, who can actually impress Sun Chengzong. He looked at it carefully now, and the more he saw it, he became more and more surprised. It turned out that Li Xin was really a good person who could fight and actually fought. He fled in a panic and almost killed by him.
"Li Xin really only led two thousand people?" Chongzhen asked suspiciously. Such a result may not be achieved even if he had 20,000 people! Could this battle report be fake? A trace of doubt appeared in Chongzhen's eyes?
"When I say the Emperor, this war report is not only true, but also has many omissions." Seeing this, Wang Chengen could only sigh deeply and said, "In fact, Li Xin had also killed Ajige."
"Then wasn't Ajige killed by Wu Sangui?" Chongzhen was shocked. He knew about Wu Sangui killing Ajige in the formation, and he personally praised him. But what he didn't expect now was that Ajige was not killed by Wu Sangui, but by Li Xin, which made Emperor Chongzhen extremely angry.
Chapter completed!