Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 63
Lu Xiangsheng traveled day and night, traveling sixty miles a day, and finally arrived in the capital a few days later. This speed was extremely fast in the Ming Dynasty.But he didn't expect that someone moved faster than him, and that while others were still on the way, his name had already entered the emperor's sight.Of course, there were several other names that came into the emperor's sight at the same time, but no name aroused the emperor's great interest like his...

On the Golden Luan Hall, the young Emperor Chongzhen's face was ashen, and he was furious. The civil and military officials knelt on the ground and kept licking their heads. There was no second sentence except "Damn the humble minister, damn the humble minister", and they were expected to come out for the emperor. idea?That is a dream!In normal times, of course, they can talk endlessly about Jiangshan Zhuanghuai, and if they reuse me, they will definitely be able to sweep Liuhe in Langqingyu. Come in, but none of the hundreds of thousands of troops dare to go out to fight against Jiannu!Under such circumstances, if any of them dare to speak up, it is purely self-inflicted.

Uh, it's not that no one dared to drive out to brush Jiannu's beard. The Guan Ning Army counted as one. During these days, the Guan Ning Army fought against Jian Nu under the city of Beijing, fighting inextricably.But until now, the Guan Ning Army has also suffered heavy losses. The four most outstanding generals in the Guan Ning Army, Zhao Lvjiao, Man Gui, He Kegang, Zu Dashou, Zhao Lvjiao have already died in Zunhua, and Man Gui also died. He was seriously injured and died in the fierce battle of leading his troops out of the city to fight Jiannu. Zu Dashou was rebellious and refused to listen to anyone except Yuan Chonghuan. He Kegang was a more obedient and loyal person to the court. Forget it, after Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, he led his division back to Shanhaiguan with Zu Dashou.Two of the four tiger generals disappeared, and the other two were unwilling to listen to the imperial court's command. The Ming Dynasty, which claimed to have a million troops and thousands of tiger generals, fell into the predicament of having no generals to use. With 20 troops stationed outside Beijing, there would be no generals. If one person dares to fight, he can only let the Houjin army go on a rampage, attacking the city and looting the land, and Chongzhen's anger can be imagined.Today just received the bad news that Qian'an was lost, and Chongzhen's stomach burst out with anger. He threw Zuo Chao on the ground, roaring and roaring horribly, just like a raging beast that wanted to kill someone. Beast!When the emperor was angry, it was no small matter. All civil and military officials were silent, some of them even turned pale and trembled like shaking, and they might pass out at any time. They were really frightened.

"Trash, what Guanning Army, Xuan Dajun, all of them are trash! 20 troops gathered in the capital, and none of them dared to go out to fight, and let the Jiannu wreak havoc in the capital, doing whatever they wanted! This is my good minister, this is my fee An army that is dedicated to supporting the army!" Chongzhen's eyes burst into a terrifying light, his thin body let out a huge roar, and the monstrous rage almost turned everything into ashes.The fragile heart of a minister in his seventies and eighties couldn't bear the pressure anymore. He rolled his eyes and passed out.Chongzhen is still venting: "Enough is enough! Since the founding of the slaves, the army has been defeated or the general has been killed, lost here or besieged there. There is no good news, no good news No, I really have had enough! You have let me down!!!"

This baby is really unlucky. The Wanli Dynasty's national struggle lasted for 30 to [-] years. Their father's status was shaky, and he lost his life several times. After finally surviving Wanli to death, his father finally ascended to the throne. He thought that the moon would be bright when the clouds opened, but the Hongwan case happened, and their father died after only being the emperor for a month.Dad's bones were not yet cold, and all the courtiers fought for each other. They fought next to Guangzong's body, dragged his elder brother away, and put him on the throne... Well, dad is gone, and the same is true for elder brother when he becomes emperor. The younger brother's life can also be better, but before Zhu Youjian's little classmate can laugh, there is a loud noise in the sky, and Wei Zhongxian makes his debut. The point where Emperor Tianqi will be replaced!In the following years, Zhu Youjian was shrouded in the terrible shadow of Wei Zhongxian, and the precarious fear of childhood returned.All these unfortunate encounters almost distorted Xiao Zhu's personality. He became extremely paranoid, suspicious, and extremely insecure. He couldn't believe anyone, and he couldn't really trust anyone.After Apocalypse passed away, he ascended the throne and wanted to make a big difference, but he bumped into building slaves and invaders. Yuan Chonghuan, who he had placed almost all his trust and hope in, disappointed him. He tried his best to support Yuan Chonghuan and urgently I want to see Yuan Chonghuan fulfill his promise of "Ping Liao in five years", but what he gets in return is that Hou Jin invaded from the mouth of Xifeng.He tried his best to rejuvenate this empire, but found that the empire named "Ming" had been shrouded in the haze of the last days. Sitting on the dragon chair, he could clearly hear the slight and creepy sound of the building falling. With a sudden sound, he tried his best to save the empire, but he was beaten to death again and again.Paranoid and suspicious, lacking a sense of security, always look at people and things around him with suspicion, obviously can't trust anyone, but in vain want to find someone who can really trust, this kind of weird personality is a tragedy for him, For this empire, it is even more tragic.Looking at Xiao Zhu's life, it can no longer be called a cup of tea, it is simply a whole set of tableware!Ordinarily, Xiao Zhu has experienced so many hardships, and his heart has been honed to be quite strong, but now he has completely lost control, roaring loudly, and losing his composure, after all, it is because of Yuan Chonghuan.The person he once trusted unconditionally made him so disappointed.

Looking at the hysterical young emperor, Sun Chengzong secretly sighed in his heart.The enemy has all come to the capital, there are 20 troops, but no one dares to fight, no matter which emperor it is, it will go crazy.Yuan Chonghuan let Chongzhen down, why not let him down too, he was more disappointed with Yuan Chonghuan than Chongzhen, because Yuan Chonghuan was half of his student, he taught his own strategy, hoping Yuan Chonghuan could become the golden beam of Ming Dynasty, He firmly blocked Hou Jin from the pass; he saw Yuan Chonghuan's talent in military affairs, and also saw that Yuan Chonghuan's self-willed temperament would definitely cause big troubles, but he didn't expect it to be so big that the sky almost collapsed!The student Yuan Chonghuan let him down. Fortunately, a student who he didn't remember his name for a long time found him a general who could replace Yuan Chonghuan. He was going to recommend this general to Chongzhen. To which step...he is over 60 years old, I'm afraid he won't be able to see it, but I hope he won't make the same mistakes as Yuan Chonghuan.

As the teacher of Apocalypse, the only veteran Chongzhen can still rely on now, Sun Chengzong has a detached status. In addition, he has lost a lot of weight during this period of time in order to stabilize the situation. Naturally, Chongzhen is not easy to let him and the group of useless ministers Kneeling there like that and being scolded, a chair was specially given for the old man to sit and rest, and all his anger went to the civil and military officials, not including the old man.Chongzhen's anger turned to anger, at least he could tell the difference between good and evil, knowing how this old man tried his best to hold on to the crisis, and he dared not yell at anyone.Because of this, Sun Chengzong was able to sit there peacefully with his eyes closed, calm and calm.It wasn't until Chongzhen got tired of cursing and stopped to pant slightly that Sun Chengzong opened his eyes, stood up and saluted, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, this old minister has an instruction."

Chongzhen managed to pull himself together, and said, "Mr. Ge, you don't need to be polite, please speak up if you have something to say." His tone was a bit gentle, which is really rare.

Sun Chengzong said: "The veteran received the news half a day ago. A few days ago, the army of Jiannu surrounded a county less than [-] miles away from the capital. The county magistrate Fang Yizhi led the army and people of the city to resist and fought bloody battles with Jiannu for several days and nights... ..."

Chongzhen asked feebly: "What's the result? Lost it?" He had heard too many bad news like this, and he was already numb.

Sun Chengzong said solemnly: "Under the brave resistance of the officers of the whole city, Jiannu's seven attacks were smashed and bloody, and the losses were heavy. A Niu Luerzhen was blown to death during the siege. Layers upon layers, no fewer than hundreds! At the most critical moment, the daimyo prefect Lu Xiangsheng led more than [-] brave warriors to come to support, and fought fiercely with Jiannu under the city for a whole day and night, killing blood like rivers. The cavalry rushed repeatedly, and there was no general under the horse. Jiannu was terrified, and finally fled in embarrassment! In this battle, our army won a complete victory, beheaded [-] ranks, captured more than [-] people, and captured countless weapons and armor! "

The officials looked at each other in astonishment, and there was such a fierce man who dared to fight Jiannu in the field and win the battle, beheading hundreds?Chongzhen was stunned, and said: "Mr. Ge, how is this possible? Could it be that seeing that I am in a bad mood, I specially made up such a story to make me happy?"

Sun Chengzong said solemnly: "How dare the old minister make such a joke! The county magistrate Fang Yizhi's victory report document is here, please have a look at the emperor!" After speaking, he took out a victory report and submitted it.

Chongzhen called eagerly: "Submit it quickly, submit it quickly!" The eunuch didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly took the victory report and submitted it. Chongzhen snatched it, glanced at it ten lines at a glance, and then turned around to read it line by line I read it again, and this time I read it word by word. After reading it, I laughed loudly: "Okay, good, good! Sure enough, we won! County Magistrate Fang is doing well, and so is Prefect Lu." Well done, they have vented my anger on my behalf!" Handing the good news to the eunuch: "Everyone, please take a look!" The smile is so brilliant!
The ministers were in doubt, and they rushed to circulate the news of the victory.Fang Yizhi's victory report can be described as brilliant, with more than 38 words eloquently describing this thrilling battle vividly, with bloody smell between the lines.He is a relatively fair person. In the victory report, he first emphasized the role of Lu Xiangsheng. If Lu Xiangsheng hadn't led the army to help, he didn't know how long this battle would last; The hard work and hard work he has put in, in fact, he has not had a good sleep in the past few days, and he has been guarding the county office, jumping up whenever there is a situation, and there is nothing wrong with bragging about it; he has not forgotten Yang Menglong's love. Credit, if Yang Menglong hadn't led the officers and soldiers and Xiangyong to fight to the death, he probably wouldn't have been able to support Lu Xiangsheng's help; of course, he didn't forget Zhang Qianhu's greedy bastard who was afraid of death, and he sued this guy severely, which can be said to be comprehensive up. "Xiang Sheng led tens of thousands of warriors who dared to fight from Jiannu's back. The spears were like a forest, and the sharp arrows were like rain. The Jiannu people turned their backs on their backs... When the battle was at its height, Xiang Sheng led a hundred riders and a horse to rush into the enemy's line first, and the sword fell. Flesh and blood flew around, killing more than a dozen Hongba Yala soldiers in a row. Jiannu couldn't resist and fled in a hurry, but was surrounded by many layers and couldn't fly! In the end, except for 38 prisoners, more than three thousand Jiannu were beheaded and killed Almost no one was spared!" The last paragraph made Chongzhen feel elated, especially the sentence "Except for 30 prisoners, the three Niulu slaves who were built over a thousand were killed, and almost no one was spared". It made him feel happy from the bottom of his heart, even more happy than defeating tens of thousands of Jiannu horses!Defeating an army of tens of thousands of Jiannu, killing and injuring no more than a thousand, reporting only a few hundred, but this time three cattle were killed and wiped out, except for more than [-] captives, none of them escaped, there is more joy than this ?After getting used to the endless bad news, Chongzhen was overjoyed when he suddenly received such good news. Just now he was not pleasing to anyone, but now he is pleasing to everyone.

However, some people deliberately did not make him happy.After reading it, a censor frowned and said, "All the best soldiers in the world have joined King Jingqin. How can there be any elite soldiers in that area that can rival Jiannu? With a group of improvised fighters, a group of guard soldiers, To actually annihilate the three ox records of Jiannu, behead more than 38 people, and take [-] prisoners? This is unlikely, right? Could it be the people below..." He didn't go on, but the meaning couldn't be more clear: there must be someone Falsely reporting military exploits, even killing good men and pretending to be meritorious!
As soon as this remark came out, the smile on Chongzhen's face suddenly froze, and he turned to Sun Chengzong for help, hoping that the teacher could give him a positive answer, at least not to let his dream be shattered so quickly.

Sun Chengzong said indifferently: "Lu Xiangsheng is leading the victorious army to escort the leader and prisoners to King Qin of Beijing day and night."

As soon as this remark came out, Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief.Lies cannot withstand scrutiny. If Lu Xiangsheng and the others falsely reported their military achievements, they would not dare to let Lu Xiangsheng personally send the leader and prisoners to Beijing. This is called real gold not afraid of red fire!

The censor snorted and said, "The leader can be faked. Isn't it rare to kill a good person and pretend to be a meritorious deed?"

Chongzhen's complexion changed again, and Sun Chengzong remained calm: "The head can be fake, but the captives can't. Whether it's true or not, you'll know when the captives arrive."

(End of this chapter)