Chapter 271 Use the brother-in-law as bait
Zhao Xing, who was in charge of Zunhua, received an imperial edict from Chongzhen and a report from Zhu Chenguang and Guo Guangsheng who came with the imperial edict.
In the imperial edict, Zhao Xing, Hong Chengchou and other soldiers were highly praised, and Zhao Xing was appointed as Ji Zun Zhuang, and the Hong Chengchou division of Zunhua and Zhang Cuiyan, the military headquarters of the righteous and brave civilians in Jizhou were uniformly allocated. At the same time, Zhao Xing also agreed to the right to transfer his original subordinates to the capital.
This has made Zhao Xing relax.
At the same time, Sun Chengzong was informed that at Thirteen, all five guards of the Northern Fushi Office, plus all the Qian Qiancheng Jinyiwei, a total of seven thousand subordinates, under the command of British Duke Zhang Zhi and two thousand elite troops, escorted 50,000 stones of grain and other equipment to the north. I hope that Zhao Xing can provide a good response by then.
Zhang Zhiji, who fought for this task in front of Chongzhen, was worried about his elder sister and brother-in-law. He didn't meet him in person, and he was always worried about him.
Chongzhen also understood his feelings, so he ordered Sun Chengzong, who was still in the capital, to temporarily serve as the commander of the Beijing camp, to release Zhang Zhi and leave the city.
The reason why Chongzhen dared to let Zhang Zhi go out of the city this time was because he had the confidence to defend the capital.
Zhao Xing's operation in the capital not only raised enough military rations for him, but also confiscated the fifty grain merchants, totaling two million silver. This allowed him to pay the full military salary, money and grain of the 200,000 troops outside the capital, making the lord army full of food and drink and have a high morale. He also paid salaries from October to the present to all officials in Beijing. In addition, the stable grain prices in the capital and the improvement of the people's enthusiasm caused by the victory of Yongdingmen, the capital can be regarded as stable as Mount Tai. Now we must first save Zunhua and Jizhou, cutting off the retreat of Jiannu, and at the same time restraining Jiannu from the capital, the dawn of victory has illuminated the east.
Zhao Xing said to Hong Chengchou: "The above is equivalent to agreeing to all our requests, which is equivalent to allowing you and I to mobilize themselves without being restricted, because I am full of confidence in defending Zunhua Jizhou."
Hong Chengchou also nodded confidently: "My sir is right. If we receive this batch of food again, there will be absolutely no problem for us to persist until May."
Hong Chengchou didn't know why Zhao Xing firmly believed that the war would end as long as he persisted until May, but he now believed that Zhao Xing's judgment was absolutely correct.
"There are five days left before Thirteen. I wonder what Jiannu's arrangement is?" Zhao Xing asked Zhao Zi, who was in charge of Jinyiwei's intelligence.
Zhao Zi stood up and took out an intelligence list to report: "Because we had strictly blocked our whereabouts and suddenly recovered Zunhua, he caught Huang Taiji off guard. In addition, his wife occupied Jizhou, which made Huang Taiji feel embarrassed, so they are now nervously dispatching people. According to reliable intelligence, the city occupied by Shi Kefa and others began to follow Master Sun's instructions. Although he did not attack and counterattack, he also began to make preparations. The noise was still very loud, which made Huang Taiji somewhat short of troops. Therefore, now only the Zhenglan Banner of Manguertai began to gather, and three tribes in Mongolia had a total of 10,000 troops began to mobilize towards Jizhou."
Zhao Xing was very satisfied with his decision: "Easing forward lightly and hitting the snake with seven inches. Our attack really hit Huang Taiji's seven inches, which also relieves the royal army from all over the country. Haha, at this time, I will just watch Huang Taiji's joke of being careless about his head and not being ass."
Regarding Zhao Xing's optimism, Hong Chengchou still proposed: "We disrupted Huang Taiji in a moment, but we have also become the target of public criticism. Now, we must consider whether this material can be received, whether the wife of Jizhou can persist, and then." His expression became dim and worried: "When will the court have the strength to cooperate with us."
This is the key. According to the current custom of the Ming Dynasty, it is the rule that the power of self-protection is not saved by death. Especially now, the army is that the literati commands the army. Although Zhou Tingru did not drink in front of the enemy, it was just empty talk. The generals saw that their status was so low that they could only be timid about the civil officials who were talking big. Otherwise, if they did not die on the battlefield but died inexplicably at the hands of the literati, they would be wronged and could not be wronged anymore.
No matter what, if you die at the hands of the enemy, you can still make you mourn after death. If your descendants can live, and your death in the hands of literati, you will not only die in vain, but also cause harm to your descendants.
The reason why Mao Wenlong's family was preserved was that his three adopted sons received the support of Zhao Xing, and they dominated the remaining power of Dongjiang Town, making the court dare to throw themselves into danger? Mao Wenlong had it, but no one was there.
Now, there are self-righteous civil officials who are holding the jar for everyone, and everyone is happy to be a turtle with a head-reducing turtle to preserve their strength.
Now the generals have preserved their strength not for the glory and wealth in their lifetime, but for the safety of their family after death. What a sad transformation and what a sad helplessness it is?
Faced with Hong Chengchou's pessimistic worries, Zhao Xing said with confidence: "Mr. Hong's worries make sense, but I think Mr. Hong's worries are redundant."
Hong Chengchou leaned out and asked, "What do you say, sir?"
Zhao Xing stood up and said confidently: "Thirteenth, the news that Beijing transports materials to reinforce us will definitely be obtained by Huang Taiji as soon as possible according to the confidentiality methods of the capital. I firmly believe in this."
When Hong Chengchou heard this, he was even more worried: "Since that's the case, please ask the adults to go to the capital and tell them not to come. With the elite subordinates of the adults and the ability of the small duke, it is better to pull Jiannu's hind legs when we are attacked by Jiannu."
This is a steady approach, and Zhao Zi also expressed his agreement. Wang Jinzhong and Zhao He also expressed his understanding: "Don't worry, sir, we can hold on."
Zhao Xing smiled, took the enemy information in Zhao Zi's hand, and said tremblingly: "You only see danger, but do you see the opportunity to annihilate the enemy?"
Everyone is really even more inexplicable about the inexplicable and strange insights of the supervisor.
Zhao Xing explained with a smile: "Huang Taiji's army looks like a hundred thousand, but they are in the hinterland of our Ming Dynasty. Faced with such a large area and a large army of hundreds of thousands in the capital, he needs to leave people to defend against the possible counterattack of the Ming Dynasty. Faced with several cities in the east that have not been occupied, they must send troops to guard against their counterattack at any time. Faced with the cities they occupied, they need to defend and always beware of the attack of the Ming army in Shandong and Hebei. In this way, their troops will be infinitely dispersed."
Everyone agrees with this situation.
"Shanhaiguan has isolated their connection with their lairs. If we cut off their retreat, the materials needed by the Huang Taiji 100,000 coalition forces can only rely on looting. These 100,000 are real cavalry, one cavalry, at least five infantry consumption. Even though the Jurchens and the Mongols were used to the hardships of hardships, three were still the bottom line. So, Huang Taiji's men were equal to 300,000 troops. Without the supplies transported from the rear, they could only rely on looting. How many people do they need to maintain the supply of this army? With such calculations, how many enemies can come to attack us?"
After doing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
"And there is one of the most critical factors that will allow us to obtain fighter jets."
Hong Chengchou quickly asked: "What is it?"
Zhao Xing smiled slightly: "The enemy's pride for us."
Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment and immediately clapped his hands: "The Lord's analysis is correct. The Jurchens are dissatisfied with a thousand and unrivaled. This has become a deep-rooted understanding of the enemy and ours. They still have this mentality, but we have broken this curse, so this is a loophole."
He Renlong spat fiercely at the ground: "What Jurchens are not worth ten thousand, and they are invincible. In front of me, He Renlong, I can beat him 10 of them."
Zhao Xing clapped: "It is precisely because the enemy is proud of their strength, but he doesn't know that we have the confidence to defeat them. Then Huang Taiji must send troops according to this standard. So, our opportunity is here." Then he smashed his fist hard on the table: "I am letting the transport team from the capital become a bait and attracting some enemies to intercept the enemy halfway. With the combat effectiveness of my subordinates, as long as we do not break through rashly and stick to the old place, we will definitely annihilate this enemy when we are attacking suddenly."
Everyone was shocked by Zhao Xing's bold plan. Because everyone had an inherent idea, that is, as long as they could defend Zunhua City, they would be victorious. How could they ever think of taking the initiative?
Chapter completed!