Chapter 117 Ning Haijun’s second round of violence

Chapter 116

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty on the great victory in Haizhou. The Ning navy killed tens of thousands of invading slaves in Haizhou, beheaded more than 4,000 people, and the Han army killed more than 6,000 people..."

When Gao Qiqian's voice sounded in the court hall, the officials below cursed in their hearts.

Since Emperor Chongzhen found out that he had been cheated by his ministers, he began to reuse eunuchs and royal guards. But the problem was that there was only one Wei Zhongxian. Cao Huachun was not Wei Zhongxian. He had neither Wei Zhongxian's ability nor Wei Zhongxian's courage, nor did Wei Zhongxian have the respect that Wei Zhongxian had in Emperor Tianqi's heart.

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Despite this, the ministers strongly opposed the interference of the eunuch Cao Huachun in politics, which caused the eunuchs to form a group. From the imperial eunuch to the twelve eunuchs, four departments and eight bureaus, they began to use various opportunities to fan the flames of Emperor Chongzhen. And Emperor Chongzhen

Like a rebellious child in adolescence.

The minister asked him to go east, but he preferred to go west.

Nowadays, Gao Qiqian and Cao Huachun are both untouchable by most ministers. It is very simple for eunuchs to deal with civil servants. They can find any reason at will and they will be right after checking it. In the entire Ming Dynasty, 90% of the officials had no butts.

Clean, who can withstand inspection?

Thanks to the efforts of the eunuchs, Emperor Chongzhen's impression of the civil servants, especially the Donglin Party, became even worse.

Almost all the ministers did not believe a word Gao Qiqian said.

Although Jiannu rose, the Ming Dynasty fought against it, winning less and losing more. They had been dealing with Guan Ning's army for many years, and they were very familiar with the routine of those warriors who killed good men and took credit for their merits, falsely claimed their military merits, and drank their soldiers' blood on empty wages.

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They have developed a pair of sharp eyes long ago. No matter how eloquent you are, no matter how colorful your articles are, they can tell at a glance which ones are trustworthy and which ones are not!

Guan Ningjun often said that he had annihilated tens of thousands of slaves, but he only dared to report a few hundred for his rank. If anyone dared to boast that he had beheaded more than a thousand people, he would definitely be outraged.

You think we are idiots, right? Now Cheng Shijie is better off. He beheaded more than 4,000 people as soon as he opened his mouth. Good guy, they are pouring water on their record, and he is pouring water on his record!

Now I am excited to see Emperor Chongzhen's face rosy.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Zheng Yiwei, a scholar of Dongji Palace, was the weaker chief minister of the Chongzhen Dynasty. He only served as the chief minister for two months longer than Li Biao.

Zheng Yiwei looked at Xu Guangqi and lowered his voice: "Zixian, (Xu Guangqi's word) passed!"

Xu Guangqi was a little embarrassed. At this time, Sun Yuanhua's letter was suppressed by Gao Qiqian, but the memorial had been sent to the Supervisor of Ceremonies and would soon be delivered to Emperor Chongzhen.

Because he didn't know the truth of the matter, Xu Guangqi didn't dare to make a conclusion.

Like the last victory at Jinshishan, Ning Haijun beheaded 452 people. The credibility is relatively high, but the problem is, now...

Xu Guangqi didn't know the real situation, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Chu Yang (named for Sun Yuanhua) is a steady person. He will definitely report the details. Let's wait and see!"

Zheng Yiwei believed in Xu Guangqi's character very much.

To say that the cabinet of the Chongzhen Dynasty was all rubbish is definitely prejudice. At least, Sun Chengzong, Li Biao, and Jiang Dejing, the great scholars of Dongji Palace, were all capable ministers, but there were too many people who were holding them back, and they were ridiculed as independent

Minister, but in fact they were neither vicious enough nor treacherous enough, so they were impeached.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen did not directly believe Gao Qiqian's words, because it was too absurd. The Ming Dynasty's army is like the national football team in later generations. If the national football team is to qualify, how many people dare to believe it?

Emperor Chongzhen is also a man who saves face. If he is cheated, he will lose face.

When Gao Qiqian saw Emperor Chongzhen's face turn from rosy to serious, he knew that Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, my slave is supervising the army in southern Liaoning. What he says is unfounded. This time I brought him here specially."

Instead of conquering the general, Cheng Hu, the adopted son of Cheng Shijie, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, why not let him report it to the emperor!"

"Cheng Hu!"

Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Xuan, Cheng Hu has an audience!"

"Xuan Chenghu comes to the audience!"

As the standing general shouted at the top of his lungs.

Cheng Hu, formerly known as Liu Huzi, is only fourteen years old now. Although he has not been with Cheng Shijie for a long time, he eats well and keeps up with nutrition. In just six months, his height has grown by nearly ten centimeters and is now close to one

It’s seven years old.

Wearing a Ming-style Mingguang armor, he looked extremely heroic.

As Cheng Hu entered the hall, all eyes in the hall were looking at him. Being surrounded by hundreds of ministers like monkeys, Cheng Hu felt very nervous.

But thinking that his words and deeds were related to Cheng Shijie's future, Cheng Hu secretly thought in his heart: "I can definitely do it. I am not even afraid of the slave-building bandits, but can I be afraid of a group of old men!"

"Your Majesty, Cheng Hu, General of Military Virtue, pays homage to our emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live!"

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Cheng Hu was not very old. Of course, due to his years of wandering around, Cheng Hu was not a white-faced youngster. The skin on his face was very rough and he was older than his actual age. He looked eighteen or nineteen years old.

Emperor Chongzhen was very excited when he saw his peers appearing in the main hall for the first time. He wanted to step forward and help Cheng Hu up, but he was worried that the ministers would nag him for his lack of etiquette.

Emperor Chongzhen asked: "What position does Cheng Qing hold now?"

"I am now the Chief Qian of the Right Command of Ning Haijun!"

"Cheng Qing, come forward!"

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to ask Cheng Hu how long he had been fighting with Cheng Shijie, and then tell him about Zhao Zilong. Now Emperor Chongzhen is a fan of Cheng Shijie.

However, Emperor Chongzhen felt that the minister below had a somewhat unkind look, so he could only say seriously: "Cheng Qing, you personally experienced the Battle of Haizhou and reported the Battle of Haizhou truthfully. You must not hide a word!"

"yes!"

The army is a very training place for people, and Ning Haijun is also a big dyeing vat. No matter how timid they are, they will become eloquent in Ning Haijun. Because usually, as long as Ning Haijun is not fighting, Ning Haijun will hold a half-hour meeting to introduce themselves to each other.

, summarize and share your experience in the battle process.

This point is actually a bit like a brainstorming meeting of a certain MLM organization.

Cheng Hu followed the words given to him by Gao Qiqian and said: "After the victory in the Battle of Jinshishan, my father-in-chief thought that Jiannu had more victories than defeats in recent years. He probably couldn't swallow this sigh of relief, so he borrowed troops from Dongjiang Army Huanglong."

There are more than 26,000 people, together with the left and right commanders of the Ning Navy, plus the cavalry battalion, a total of more than 40,000 infantry and cavalry, standing ready to prevent Jiannu from raiding. More than a month ago, Jiannu was defeated by Jinshi Mountain and wanted to deal with the defeated army.

General, the leader of the battle was Belazig with a white flag, so I put the responsibility for this battle on the head of Zhalan'er Jinnah's La clan Hu'erqi, and wanted to kill Hu'erqi and more than two thousand of his men..."

Having said this, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty took a deep breath. They originally had deep resentment towards Emperor Chongzhen, but when they heard that Huang Taiji was so indiscriminate and killed innocent people, they suddenly felt happy. Compared with Emperor Chongzhen, he was a saint.

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Cheng Hu continued: "Because Hu Erqi's half-sister was a slave next to the thief chief Taiji, he got the news in advance and notified Hu Erqi. Then Hu Erqi led his troops to flee, and was surrounded and killed by the slave army. His troops fled into the mountains.

, until they found out that the Jiannu army was dispatched, preparing to go south to attack Liaonan, Hu Erqi led more than a thousand of his remnants to flee to Haizhou and join his father's commander!"

Having said this, all the ministers suddenly realized.

It turned out that Cheng Shijie was so lucky that he knew the movements of the slave-building army in advance.

It has to be said that Gao Qiqian's ability to write stories is actually not a lie. From now on, the victory of Haizhou seems much more reasonable.

"The commander-in-chief learned that the slaves were coming and attacked Fuzhou, Fenghuang City, Xiuyan City, Shiqiaobao, Songlinbao, Xiamabao, Shimenbao, Xinghai City, Gangu City, Ancient Castle, Wangtai Town, and Haizhou City.

A total of twelve cities were deployed with heavy troops to defend them to the death. When Jiannu arrived at the front line on the 19th of the first lunar month, we, Ning Haijun and the soldiers of the Dongjiang Army, occupied the city and fought bloody battles with Jiannu. The fields were filled with corpses, but we

The Ning Haijun and the Dongjiang Army also suffered heavy losses. The Dongjiang Army's deputy commander-in-chief Mao Chenglu, staff general He Hongkui, guerrilla Liu Dayou and other three generals suffered more than 4,000 casualties!"

This was Cheng Shijie giving face to the Dongjiang Army. In fact, Mao Chenglu, He Hongkui and Liu Dayou were all the generals of the Dongjiang Army who were killed in the Dongjiang Army's mutiny.

Without this unexpected victory, their deaths would have been in vain. Because Cheng Shijie had achieved great success, he naturally didn't mind giving the three of them an honor.

Although he clearly saw the good news and knew the result, Emperor Chongzhen still asked seriously: "What happened next?"

"Later, Jiannu saw that his commander-in-chief had already prepared, and I was well-defended. He felt that he could not gain any advantage, so he took the initiative to retreat!"

Cheng Hu said: "Due to the cold weather and freezing ground, Jiannu accompanied the army with cattle, sheep and war horses. They had no way to get food locally and could only transport it from the rear. The food and grass consumption was quite large. On February 14th, a sudden heavy snowfall occurred in southern Liaoning, and Jiannu accelerated the process.

With the speed of retreat, Commander-in-Chief took the opportunity to lead the Ning Navy's 8,000 elite troops. The troops were divided into three groups. On the right, Shen Mingyu, the left commander, led 2,000 troops. On the right, Changyu, the right commander, led 2,000 troops. Commander Father led 4,000 elite troops.

, headed north in the snow, and under the cover of heavy snow, Jiannu was unprepared. On February 15, the fifth year of Chongzhen, his father took the lead in launching an attack on the Chinese army camp at Beile Duduo in Zhengbai Banner. Jiannu responded in a hurry, and there was a

Chaos. Commander-in-Chief Father took the lead, and Ning Haijun was dedicated to serving the country. He marched forward bravely and refused to retreat. The army was overwhelming, and Jiannu retreated in embarrassment. During the battle, Ning Haijun burned Jiannu’s food and grass..."

"Because the snow was so thick at that time that Jiannu's war horses could not run in the snow. I would rather the navy officers were not afraid of hardships and fought bravely to kill the enemy. Jiannu had no food and grass, and could not use 30% of his 100% combat power. Therefore, you

Countless people were killed..."

Under the eloquent words of Cheng Hu, who had witnessed the great victory of Haizhou, the ministers listened to his story and basically understood what was going on.

There was a huge element of luck in this battle.

If Jiannu hadn't made a stupid move and forced Nala's Hu'erqi to rebel, Cheng Shijie probably wouldn't have known about Jiannu's attack in advance, let alone prepared in advance. In a hasty battle, the outcome would have been unpredictable.

If it hadn't been for the heavy snowfall that limited the mobility of the Jiannu cavalry, the outcome would have been equally unpredictable.

If Ning Haijun had not been lucky enough to burn Jiannu's food and fodder during the night attack, the outcome would have been equally unpredictable.

If Jiannu hadn't been tired and hungry and couldn't exert 100% of his fighting power, Ninghai would also have been hard-pressed to win.

In any case, there are not so many ifs.

The ministers were a little jealous of Cheng Shijie's good luck, but they also knew that luck was also a kind of strength.

"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty..."

"God bless the Ming Dynasty!"

Emperor Chongzhen blushed all the way to his neck. He waved his hand and roared: "Well done, well done! Finally, I took a breath of bad breath on my behalf, hahaha..."

When Chongzhen talked about excitement, the young emperor, who had never had a real smile on his face since he ascended the throne, jumped up and laughed loudly, his expression was actually a bit crazy.
To be continued...