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- Zhang Yuan learned on March 10th that Liaodong Economic Strategy Yang Hao decided to set out on the fifth day of March for the army. On the afternoon of March 15th, he learned that the four armies had been ordered to attack Hetuala at the same time four days ago. Liaodong is thousands of miles away from the capital, and the transmission of military information is delayed. Zhang Yuan thought: "Maybe the news of Jun Jun's defeat of Saarhu is being reported to the capital on galloping horses at this time."
The current situation makes it difficult for Zhang Yuan to be optimistic. Although he worked hard and planned for this decisive battle that determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty, he met Du Song and Yang Hao, traveled thousands of miles to Korea to defeat the slave chief's conspiracy, and published his mission diary for the world to see. Understand the situation in Liaodong and don¡¯t be blindly arrogant. He is also planning to invite Westerners from Macau to help make firearms
But no matter how hard Zhang Yuan tried, he was still only a sixth-grade idle official and had no ability to influence the court's decision-making. For example, when he advocated a steady defense and counterattack, Fang Congzhe regarded him as a treacherous plot by the party. Public opinion in Beijing also said that he was timid and fearful. Due to the criticism of the war, most of the people in the capital thought that as soon as our imperial troops came out, the slave chiefs would be beheaded or flee. Last month, Yang Hao was impeached by officials and ridiculed by the ignorant people for delaying the date of dispatching troops.
Zhang Yuan knew very well that his qualifications were still relatively low, and it would be difficult for him to make a difference in the Wanli Dynasty where the Three Parties were in power. However, if he could not save the defeat of Saarhu, the situation would be extremely difficult in the future. Even if he could successfully occupy a high position after the new king came to power, But under such internal and external troubles, why should we not be exhausted and exhausted when we are in power?
At dusk in late spring, Zhang Yuan returned to his apartment in Lige Old Hutong and saw Mu Zhenzhen walking over with Xiao Mingqian, who had just learned to walk. Mu Zhenzhen asked: "Master, is there any news from Liaodong?"
These days, when Zhang Yuan came back from Zhan Shifu's office, Mu Zhenzhen's first question was this. She is concerned about the safety of her father, Mu Jingyan. Moreover, Zhang Yuan is obviously in a heavy mood these days. This made Mu Zhenzhen even more worried.
Zhang Yuan picked up the child, threw it twice, and replied: "There is no battle report sent back yet. News should be sent back in the next two days."
Zhang Hongjian, who was about to turn two years old, came over, stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand: "Daddy, I want to hug the baby too."
Zhang Yuan smiled and put Ming Qian down, picked up Hong Jian and threw him a few times. Xiao Hong Jian laughed happily, and Xiao Ming Qian also laughed.
The carefree laughter of children echoed in the courtyard. Zhang Yuan became cheerful and thought: "I didn't come to Wanming to watch a show. How could it be silent and have no impact? The butterflies on the Amazon River are flapping their wings and tornadoes are about to occur in North America. The situation of the Salhu War will definitely change." "
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On March 15, good news came from Liaodong: Liu Yao and the North Korean allied forces on the east road were overwhelming, approaching Henggang, the home of the Jiannu, and captured the heads of 300 Jiannu.
When the news came out, the sergeants in Beijing were filled with joy, and some people set off firecrackers to celebrate. It is believed that destroying Hetuala is just around the corner. In the past, Yue Wumu failed to directly defeat Huanglong and regretted it for eternity. But today, the emperor is wise and the soldiers are responsible for their lives. The slaves will be destroyed overnight, and the world will be peaceful from now on.
However, on the 17th, Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, reported that Du Song on the Fushun Road encountered 50,000 Dongpi infantry and cavalry in Sarhu. After a fierce battle all night, Zhao Menglin, the commander-in-chief of the aid to Liao Dynasty, was killed in the battle.
This battle report shocked the officials of the Ministry of War. Huang Jiashan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, urgently reported it to the cabinet. Fang Congzhe was stunned and didn't know how to report it to Emperor Wanli!
But a battle report that followed on the same day made Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan suspicious. This battle report was reported by Chen Wangting, the censor of Liaodong patrol. Chen Wangting reported that the two armies of Du Song and Ma Lin defeated Jian Nu Wu in Sarhu. Riding on ten thousand steps, beheading more than 6,000 people, the slave chief led his people to flee to Hetuala.
Fang Congzhe and Huang Jiashan looked at each other in confusion, not knowing who to believe. Huang Jiashan knew that the battle reports at this time were obtained from the reconnaissance cavalry in front. The real and detailed battle reports had to be reported to the Ministry of War by the supervisor, but now Zhang Quan, the supervisor of the Du Song Department, Pan Zongyan, the supervisor of the Marin Department, has not submitted any battle reports, and beheading a 6,000-level slave and the death of Zhao Menglin, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Dynasty, are completely two extremes. How can this be reported to the emperor?
In the evening of that day, Zhang Yuan learned these two pieces of news about the great victory and defeat from the township party Qi Chengyuan. Qi Chengyuan asked Zhang Yuan to judge which battle report was closer to the truth. Zhang Yuan was mixed with joy and sorrow, saying: "If what I expected is good, this should all be true." The truth is that the slave chief mobilized the main force of the Eight Banners Army to focus on Du Zongbing's route to Fushun in an attempt to defeat the Fushun Route Army in one fell swoop. Then he used the swiftness of his elite cavalry, one man and two horses, to defeat the Fushun Route Army and then turned north to intercept the Kaiyuan Route Army. , and on the east road, they used rangers to harass them to prevent General Liu and the North Korean coalition forces from quickly approaching Hetuala. Lao Nu's wishful thinking was to concentrate his forces and defeat them one by one. Governor Zhou reported that the Fushun Route Army was ambushed by most of Jian Nu. The truth is that the losses were heavy, but General Du led his troops to fight hard and endured until Kaiyuan Road, General Ma rushed to the rescue and turned the tide of the battle. That's why there is a battle report from Chen Xun. As for the defeat of 50,000 Jiannu cavalry and the beheading of 6,000 Level, I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s an exaggeration.¡±
It is common for Ming army generals to exaggerate their military achievements, and some even kill good men and take credit for their merits. Zhang Yuan did not believe that defeat could be turned into victory with the reinforcement of the Kaiyuan Route Army. He did notConsidering that Nurhachi would abandon the Jurchen auxiliary soldiers and soldiers on Jiefan Mountain,
Qi Chengshun had a close relationship with Zhang Yuan. He discussed the situation in Liaodong with Zhang Yuan many times. Zhang Yuan's comments on Liao affairs came true like a god. Qi Chengshun admired him very much. After hearing Zhang Yuan's analysis, he felt that it was reasonable and went to the Ministry of War to sit down early the next morning. Yamen, talked with Zhang Heming, a doctor in the Ministry of War, about Zhang Yuan's views on the Liaodong war situation. Zhang Heming was Zhang Yuan's room master during the examination.
While Qi Chengshun and Zhang Heming were discussing, Huang Jiashan, the left minister in charge of the military affairs department, ordered the junior officials to summon officials above the principal level to the lobby for discussion, saying that the latest battle report from Liaodong had been delivered.
This battle report uses the seal of the Liaodong Economic Strategy. This is the most authoritative battle report. Yang Hao reported to the Ministry of War in detail the course of the Saarhu Battle, and attached the battle status reports of the two supervisors Zhang Quan and Pan Zongyan. Casualty statistics: Du Song's Army on Fushun Road: 6,819 dead and 3,741 wounded; Ma Lin's Army on Kaiyuan Road: 809 dead and 320 wounded; Ye He on Beiguan Road Ministry: 480 people were killed and 212 injured; 6179 Donglu heads were captured and countless Donglu were wounded.
Yang Hao's battle report and the reports of the supervisory troops on the west and north routes were all about the Battle of Sarhu from March 11th to 12th. When mentioning Han Yuan Shanbu on the south route and Liu Yao on the east route and the North Korean coalition forces, Yang Hao only said that he had ordered the Eastern and Southern Second Route Army to attack Hetuala quickly, but the specific situation of the battle was unknown.
The report of Fushun Road Supervisor Zhang Quan also mentioned Baihu Mu Jingyan and General Banner Zhou Qinghu who risked their lives to break out of the encirclement and ask for help from the Kaiyuan Road Army. Request the Ministry of War to be commended.
That afternoon. Zhang Yuan knew the latest battle report of Liaodong. I made up my mind that as long as Nurhaci failed to annihilate Dusong and his group, he would not be able to easily ambush other Ming armies. The historical situation of the disastrous defeat of the Saerhu Ming army has changed.
When Mu Zhenzhen learned the good news that his father, Mu Jingyan, had made a meritorious service, he was so happy that he burst into tears. Xiao Mingqian, who was not yet one year old, saw his mother crying and didn't understand what terrible thing had happened, so he burst into tears. Mu Zhenzhen quickly picked him up and comforted him: "My mother is very happy. Your grandfather has made military achievements. Look, my mother is smiling."
Xiao Mingqian looked at his mother seriously, then turned to look at Zhang Yuan. The tiger-headed child burst into laughter.
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Regarding Yang Hao's report on the Sarhu battle, the DPRK and China had different opinions. Many officials believed that Du Song's loss of troops should be punished. Nearly half of the casualties along the way to Fushun were the deputy town, Shen, You, Dusi, Tongpan, garrison, Zhongjun, Qian In total, seventeen of the above officers were killed. Isn't this a disastrous failure, in the eyes of these officials who sit high in the temple and talk about it? When the Eight Banners Army saw the arrival of the Chinese soldiers, they would flee, but Jun Song suffered such heavy losses. Could it be that he was incompetent? When the military affairs department encountered the incident, Zhao Xingbang impeached Jun Jun: "He is stubborn, has no military skills, cannot predict the enemy with wisdom, and cannot control the crowd with his strategy, so that Losing troops and losing generals."
Some other officials, such as Sun Chengzong, Zhang Yuan, Li Qizhen, the official of Hu Ke, and Zhejiang Dao Yushi Yang He, wrote in support of Jun Jun, believing that Jun Jun had to fight against the 50,000 elite cavalry of the Jian slaves with his own army, and let the slave chiefs defeat them one by one. His conspiracy did not succeed, so he took all the credit
On the afternoon of the 19th, the Ministry of War received the latest battle report. Five thousand soldiers led by Qinghe Road forward He Shixian were ambushed in the valley south of Hetuala, with more than 3,000 casualties. Deputy Commander He Shixian died of his injuries; North of Abdali Gang, they were trapped in a fierce battle with Jianlu. Han Yuanshan led his troops to help, but the enemy retreated to the cities of Hetuala and Feala. In this battle, more than 6,000 people were killed and wounded on the east side, and more than 5,000 were killed and beheaded. Li Yongfang, a former Fushun guerrilla who surrendered to the bandits, was shot dead.
During the military affairs incident, Zhao Xingbang lashed out at Yang Hao, accusing Yang Hao of delaying the date of the army's advance so that Jiannu could calmly mobilize troops to focus on Fushun Road. He also accused Yang Hao of confusing military orders. Why couldn't Qinghe Road and Kaiyuan Road be united to join Jiannu? The slave masters intercepted and annihilated them outside Zhakha Pass, but instead allowed the Jian slaves to return to Henggang and then ambushed Qinghe Road and Kuandian Road one after another. Isn't it because they did not guard the sentry and the military order was at a loss?
Zhao Xingbang was the backbone of the Qi Party. After Dong Lin was deposed, the three parties came to power, especially the Qi Party. However, without Dong Lin as a common opponent, discord arose among the three parties. Even within one party, there was discord. Zhao Xingbang was dissatisfied with Fang Congzhe because Zhou Yongchun promoted him to the censor of Youqian Capital, so he criticized the Liaodong war very sharply. At the same time, he also represented the public opinion of the people in the capital who were eager to win. In addition, Zhao Xingbang also tried to figure out the wishes of Emperor Wanli. , Emperor Wanli was extremely concerned about this four-pronged troop dispatch and looked forward to a great victory. Of course he was very dissatisfied with the current situation.
Sure enough, on March 20th, Emperor Wanli issued an edict to rebuke Yang Hao and ordered the four armies to join forces to capture Hetuala. The Ministry of War issued a small red flag to urge the battle.
Zhang Yuan wrote a letter against hastily urging the war. The main forces of the Jianzhou slaves are all there, and there are also the Horqin Mongolian and Donghai Jurchen tribes to help. If you want to annihilate the Jianzhou Jurchens, it will never be successful in one battle. Today, the Junjun tribe and the Liu Yao tribe have severely defeated the thieves. The Dusong tribe can return to Shenyang, rebuild Fushun City, recruit Liao people, and strengthen war preparations; while the Liu Yao tribe can re-expand Kuandianliu Fort, force Jiannu to retreat, repair the castle, and? Cut grain, repair equipment, and use Liao people to guard Liao; Kaiyuan Road is the foundation of Hedong and should be guarded by heavy troops. Combined with Beiguan Yehe to cut off the communication between Jianzhou and Mongolian tribes, while I, the Ming Dynasty, favored Mongolia, so In ten years, Jianzhou will be destroyed, and the border troubles in Liaodong will cease.
Emperor Wanli ignored Zhang Yuan's memorial, and most of the officials in the DPRK did not agree with Zhang Yuan's policy of pacifying the Liao Dynasty in ten years. Ten years was too long, seizing the day and night, and even the people in the capital criticized Zhang Yuan. , saying that the four armies of soldiers were finally mobilized to Liaodong, and instead of annihilating the old slaves of Jianzhou in one go, they had to carry out long-term war preparations. Isn't this a waste of people and money? You, Zhang Yuan, only care about the life and death of the common people!
The pressure Zhang Yuan endured can be imagined.
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On the first day of April, reports of the battle in Liaodong came. Liu Yao and the North Korean coalition attacked Hetuala and fought fiercely with the banner troops of Daishan and Huang Taiji. However, they were attacked by Mongolian cavalry on the back road. The firearms of the Ming army and the North Korean army encountered strong headwinds. It didn't work, and the Ming army's camp was breached by the Jiannu cavalry. Fortunately, the North Korean infantry struggled to seize the high ground on the battlefield. Covered the Ming army. Han Yuanshan, who was ordered to attack Feala, withdrew and led his troops to help, so that the East Route Allied Forces were able to survive. In this battle, the East Route Allied Forces suffered heavy losses, with more than 7,000 casualties from Liu Yao's tribe. Liu Yao's adopted son Liu Zhaosun died fighting to save his adopted father. North Korean Deputy Marshal An Rune was shot through the head by a cold arrow and died. The Korean army suffered more than 3,000 casualties and beheaded 1,300 Jiannu. Killed the bandit general Anfei Yanggu and seriously injured Hong Taiji, the son of the slave chieftain.
Due to the unfavorable attack and excessive casualties, Liu Yao had led his army to retreat to Gulakuya. Han Yuanshan led his troops to withdraw from Crow Falcon Pass. Jun Jun and Ma Lin's armies fought with Jian Nudu at Zaka Pass, causing casualties on each other. Yang Hao was worried that the slave chiefs would unite with the Mongols to counterattack when Kaiyuan and Beiguan were empty of troops, so he ordered Ma Lin to return to Kaiyuan to garrison. Yehe Dabeile Jintaiji was seriously injured by an arrow. He and Buyanggu led the troops back to Beiguan, and Juniper also retreated to Shenyang. All four armies have now entered the border area, and 8,000 Han people who were taken captive last year returned to Liaoyang with the army.
Emperor Wanli was obviously very dissatisfied with this result. This time he mobilized elite soldiers and generals from all over the country. He also allocated 100,000 taels of internal funds to help pay, but he lost troops and generals and returned without success. Needless to say, he would have to spend a lot of money in the future. Regarding wages, some censors had already objected to the increase in wages for landowners across the country, and demanded the allocation of internal funds. This made the sickly old emperor very angry.
On the third day of April, Liaodong Inspector Chen Wangting Shangshu impeached Liu Yao for killing a good man and taking credit. Liu Yao reported that he had captured more than 5,000 heads of Jiannu and killed the rebel general Li Yongfang. In fact, many of these 5,000 heads were from The Han people who escaped from Hetuala were killed by Liu Yao's subordinates indiscriminately in order to compete for military glory. Li Yongfang was not killed by Liu Yao, but died in the civil strife of the slaves.
Emperor Wanli was furious and ordered the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to interrogate Yang Hao and Liu Yao. The Ministry of War planned to recall Yang Hao and Liu Yao to the capital for questioning, and replaced Yang Hao with Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi had patrolled Liaodong ten years ago and had been in Liaodong for several years. After verifying the military truth and passing on Du's inheritance, the customs of Liaodong were greatly improved. Moreover, Xiong Tingbi was from Jiangxia, Hubei and belonged to the Chu Party. Wang Dazhi, a doctor in the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel, recommended Xiong Tingbi to replace Yang Hao. However, Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, tried his best to replace Yang Hao. , saying that the situation in Liaodong is not stable, the fate of the officers and soldiers aiding Liao is undecided, and the displaced Liao people must be resettled, and Yang Hao must take charge of the overall situation.
Wu Daonan, the second assistant, also went to Shu and begged not to replace Yang Hao. Emperor Wanli then ordered Yang Hao to continue to manage Liaodong, and at the same time relieved Yang Hao of his part-time job as censor of Qiandu. Liu Qian was imprisoned for questioning.
Because of Yang Hao's departure and stay, Fang Congzhe had a rift with the Chu party, and because of the conflict between Zhao Xingbang and Zhou Yongchun during the military affairs incident, the Qi party was not as united as before. Since the Beijing police expelled Donglin officials last year, there has been no Common political enemies, conflicts and disputes among the three parties also began to emerge.
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On April 21, Liu Ai, who had led his army back to Kuandian, received the news that Jin Yiwei had gone to Liaodong to bring him to Beijing for questioning. He could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide like Li Guang.
The Battle of Liaodong returned without success, and most of the soldiers deployed to aid Liao from various places had to return to their original stations. The East Route Army was composed of troops from Sichuan, Shandong and Nanjing. After Liu Yao's death, the Sichuan Army was led by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang Wanhua and returned. Sichuan, the rest of the troops from Shandong, and Nanjing also gradually returned to their original posts. As for the Korean army, Emperor Wanli sent a special envoy to Kuandian to provide condolences to the fallen Korean soldiers. The Korean army crossed the Yalu River and returned home in early May. Xu Guangqi went to Yizhou to welcome them. condolences;
The 6,000 infantry and cavalry brought by Du Song from Yansui suffered nearly 3,000 casualties. The remaining troops stayed in Shenyang and rebuilt Fushun Pass. Du Song replaced Li Rubai as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Li Rubai's brother Li Ruzhen was appointed deputy commander-in-chief. This was the court's attempt to appease The appointment made by the Li family. Although Li Chengliang has passed away, his son and nephew's servant still has great influence in Liaodong;
Most of Han Yuanshan's troops at Qinghe Road were mobilized from Liaoyang, Kuoyang, and Guangning. Now they are all under the command of Du Song. Each of them is stationed in his own town to strengthen combat readiness to prevent the slaves from plundering again.
In the Liaodong War in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty army killed more than 19,000 people and seriously injured 14,000 people, and the head of the Hou Jin army was capturedIt is estimated that there are more than 7,800 people, and the number of those seriously injured should be more than 5,000. In fact, the number of Eight Banners soldiers killed by the four Ming troops should be more than the heads captured, because some of the corpses were snatched back by the Jin army, so it is said that Although the casualties of the Eight Banners Army of the Later Jin Dynasty were less than those of the Ming Dynasty Army, for the Hou Jin Dynasty, the total number of households was not as high as that of a prefecture and county in the Ming Dynasty. Such losses were extremely heavy, and the Eight Banners System was on the verge of collapse.
Anfeiyanggu, who is known as the five founding ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty, was killed and Erdu was disabled. In addition, Hu'erhan was killed by Zhang Yuan's mission in Fenghuang Mountain. Three of the five ministers have died, and Nurhachi's vitality Nalanbakshi, who was seriously injured and was originally imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison in Beijing, was also beheaded because he kept his food rations in vain.
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On May 27, Mu Jingyan, who was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Army after recovering from his injuries, sent two sergeants under his command to the capital to deliver a message. They asked for directions and found Zhang Zhuangyuan's apartment in Li Ge Old Alley. It was already noon, but he saw more than ten servants in the apartment. The servants were busy moving utensils. After asking, they found out that Zhang Zhuangyuan was about to leave for Guangdong.
Wu Ling came over and asked where the two sergeants were from. When he learned that they were messengers sent by Uncle Mu, he was overjoyed and said, "It's such a coincidence. If we had arrived one day late, we would have left the capital."
Zhang Yuan was not in the apartment. Mu Zhenzhen led Xiao Mingqian out to see the two sergeants. He was happy to know that his father, Mu Jingyan, had been promoted to the position of General Manager Qian, because he was about to leave Beijing and go south. Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly wrote a reply to her. Not knowing that Mu Jingyan was seriously injured on the battlefield, Mu Jingyan told the sergeant who delivered the letter not to tell him.
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