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Chapter 757: The imperial court’s reaction

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    "The Ming Dynasty needs a general staff."

    "No, I think their most urgent priority right now should be to promote punctuation!"

    ——The conference room in Qiongshifang has been temporarily transformed into a war room. A group of people looked at the copy with bared teeth, and everyone had a splitting headache.  This is not an adjective, it is really a headache - Ming Dynasty texts were not punctuated or divided into paragraphs!

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? In order to keep the writing neat and to save paper, the spacing of every word they wrote was almost the same, and they must fill the paper from beginning to end.  No matter what the content is, you have to judge the sentence reading by yourself.

    When I opened it, it was really dark, which made people have no desire to read.  Although it is not like Wang Xifeng's "words are so dense that he recognizes me and I don't recognize him!" for short-haired people, it is really painful to read through so many texts from beginning to end.

    In the end, they had to find a calligrapher who was responsible for copying and reading the sentences for Di. This was a little better. Of course, this might cause misunderstandings and ambiguities, so they couldn't control it.  Anyway, the contents of those newspapers are full of omissions and confusion, and a misreading is nothing.

    Distinguishing sentence reading is only the first step. Next, they need to find truly useful content from a large amount of junk messages. According to Old Jack, these newspapers cannot be called military intelligence at all because they all lack the most basic information.  military literacy.

    For example, in a certain newspaper, it was reported that a Tatar spy had been caught and interrogated about the enemy's internal affairs.  It is said that there are 80,000 elite troops, and 40,000 troops are divided to attack Xuanfu and 40,000 troops to attack Datong - this sounds false. Do you think they are dividing the family property and balancing it?  ——This is Lin Hanlong’s complaint.

    He also asked who the leader was, and the answer was "Mr. Ma". He didn't even know the specific name - it should be Ma Dengyun, the Ming general who was captured during the "Jisi Incident" in the second year of Chongzhen. This time he was changed to lead the way.  Party - a supplement from Guo Yi, who has studied history books more deeply in recent times.

    When I asked him what the duties assigned to him were, he said that he was lurking outside Xuanhua City to see if there were any troops sent out in the city, whether there were many troops, and whether the weapons and armor were good Once he had seen clearly, he could just go back and report it - this shows the opponent's intelligence level.  It is also very low, but it is still better than the Ming Dynasty - this is the common feeling of everyone.

    ——Then, it’s gone, that’s all about military content.  Next, he elaborated on the spy's name, age, family, place of origin, and when and where he was captured by Hou Jin.  Even the reward that Hou Jin promised him for being a spy was written: one woman from the Southern Dynasties, eight cattle and sheep, and one donkey.  Of course, there is also the military's plan to deal with him: beheading him.

    "What are these things written in?"

    Old Jack, who originally thought he had completely mastered Chinese characters, now feels like he has returned to the time when he first traveled through time. With great difficulty, he was able to understand this newspaper with the help of the master of writing, and then he let out a sad and indignant cry.

    ——This is a memorial written to the emperor of the empire. It is sent to the center of the Ming Dynasty and is used as the basis for determining military plans!  Is it just such a mess, with a bunch of eyebrows and beards, and no focus?  What idiot wrote this?

    Then look at the author of the article: The imperial envoy monitors Xuanzhen’s food, wages, soldiers, and horses, border walls, and rewards? Wang Kun, the eunuch and eunuch of the Royal Horse, would like to mention - it is a report sent by the eunuch guarding Xuanfu, so what else can you ask for?  A horse-breeding eunuch with limited education might have been just a urinal holder in the palace, but now he is responsible for the espionage and counter-intelligence work of the Xuanfu border army. It is good to come up with this article.

    To be fair, this report contains some "dry information" at least, and those sent by civil servants and military generals should not be read.  Basically, they were beaten here and there. After a hard fight, they finally drove the enemy away and defended the defense line.  How many casualties, how many losses, please send reinforcements as soon as possible, please ask for rewards and so on.

    As for where the enemy troops came from, where they retreated, their numbers, the tactics of their arms, and other key issues, almost no one mentioned them.  If we go by what those newspapers said, the entire northern territory of the Ming Dynasty was already a sea of ??fire, and there were warning signs everywhere.  The number of invading Tatar soldiers exceeded 100,000.

    Of course, every newspaper also mentioned how he fought bravely and killed hundreds or even thousands of Tatars. The total number probably exceeded 100,000.  However, because the body was snatched and burned to ashes, the head was not obtained.

    There is another very interesting point - it was specifically mentioned in many pond newspapers: "each of them used artillery to bombard them, killing and wounding countless bandits and barbarians, including two chiefs. The bandits all circled around and retreated crying, pity the chief's corpse immediately  It’s not enough to lift it up and cut it down.”

    Or it could be "the barbarians wearing red armor were shot with shotguns and fell from their horses. The barbarians were pulled away, and the thieves ran away crying."

    …and other suspected reports can be found everywhereSee.

    ——It seems that although Governor Yuan is dead, his old wisdom has been learned by many people.  Whether there are dates or not, it’s just a stroke, and it won’t cost much ink to write more. Maybe one day a Tatar chieftain accidentally fell to death from his horse?  If the occasion comes, wouldn't it be a great achievement?

    …………

    Faced with such military reports, even if Lin Hanlong, Guo Yi, Old Jack and others racked their brains, they really couldn't analyze a clear battlefield situation.  They estimated that Emperor Chongzhen and those central officials of the Ming Dynasty were not geniuses and could not do better than them. They would probably be even more confused.

    And the reaction of the Ming court was just as they expected. Facing the rapid and blazing invasion of the Jin army, they were unable to make any timely response.  Reflected in the replies to those newspapers, there are three words: "I know."  Occasionally, there are more words, such as "Everything must be planned to defend the city and help, so as not to fall into the trap", or "Strictly order all the generals and officials to defend the city from all sides, and do not be timid when the reinforcements are combined to suppress the attack."  .  The real strategy of offensive, defensive and counterattack was not mentioned.

    ——Therefore, it is not without reason that the explanation army suffered repeated defeats. The central committee could not even understand the basic enemy situation.  Although it has a huge body, it cannot be mobilized.  It all depends on the performance of the generals at the front. Predicting the enemy's situation depends on guessing or gambling. Winning the battle is luck, and defeat is normal.

    Of course, it is not entirely true to say that the Ming court took no action at all during this period.  The information from the front is inaccurate and targeted arrangements cannot be made, but some related work has been done at the rear, mainly reflected in three places:

    The first is to recall Zhang Fengyi, Minister of War, to Beijing.  Zhang Fengyi was originally in Tianjin to inspect military equipment, but he had fallen ill some time ago and originally planned to recuperate in Tianjin.  However, the emperor issued several imperial edicts in succession, and Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and other superiors and colleagues used short-haired wireless telegrams to send an average of three messages a day. Prince Shaobao? The Minister of the Ministry of War still increased his salary by one level. Mr. Zhang finally gave up.  He returned to Beijing according to the order, continued to work despite his illness, and presided over this war against Hou Jin.

    For the sake of safety on the road, Mr. Zhang found short-haired soldiers to escort him. Pang Yu generously sent him a battalion. More than 600 people led by Xu Lei followed Zhang Fengyi to the capital.  After arriving in Beijing, they naturally plunged into Qiongshifangli, which greatly enhanced the security strength of the Beijing team.

    Secondly, the imperial court re-appointed Bi Ziyan as the Minister of Household Affairs, while Yang Yihe remained his Minister of Water Transport.  During this period, Yang Shangshu was busy traveling south from Tianjin to inspect the water transportation work along the Grand Canal, and would not return to Beijing to report on his work for the time being.  Fortunately, the Ministry of Revenue was Bi Shangshu's territory, and Yang Yihe did not make any adjustments to it after taking over. Bi Shangshu should be able to return to his old place with ease.

    Bi Ziyan originally wanted to make a fuss and refuse to accept the imperial edict, but it was Qian Qianyi who accompanied the eunuch who announced the edict.  Lao Qian had a heart-to-heart talk with him for a while and said, Brother Jing Zeng, you suffered this disaster for nothing and it is understandable that you feel aggrieved.  But now is a critical moment. When the country is in trouble, we still have to put the overall situation first.

    Bi Ziyan accepted the advice and finally accepted the order and returned to his old career.  So everyone was happy, except Hou Xun - Hou Fangyu's father, who was originally the Minister of Household Affairs who he succeeded in history, but now he has no choice but to continue to queue up.

    The third thing is to dispatch reinforcements.  After experiencing the chaos of the "Already Change" five years ago, Emperor Chongzhen himself and the princes of the Ming Dynasty finally behaved calmer this time. They no longer distributed royal edicts indiscriminately, even the troops in Jiangnan and Sichuan were blocked.  come over.

    Because of the examples of the "Ji Si Change" and the Battle of Dengzhou, it turned out that the Liao Zhen troops were better at fighting, so the imperial court only issued troop deployment instructions to Fu Zonglong, the governor of Jiliao.  As the successor of Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong, Fu Zonglong's standards are not low. He quickly sent back the accurate message: Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief You Shiwei and Ningyuan Regiment Training Commander Wu Xiang have each led their elite troops to Changping and Juyong area to rush for reinforcements.  , and at the same time, as the core of the Zu Family Army in Liao Town, Guan Ning warrior Zu Dabi will also go into battle later as backup.

    Of course, since Liao Zhen is used, it is impossible that another army that is more famous than it will not be mentioned - someone in the DPRK did write a letter, saying that Qiong Town also has a strong army in Shandong?  Why not send it over?  It's quite close to the capital.

    “It’s just that this letter did not cause any waves in the court. No one agreed or opposed it. There was no discussion at all.  Except for the stupid young man who submitted the letter, almost all the courtiers kept silent on this matter with a tacit understanding.  After this letter was sent to the palace, there was no further content, and it was "flooded" without a sound.

    Lin Hanlong and others only heard the news from Qian Qianyi several days later.  Mr. Qian Ge was probably afraid of arousing Short Hair's suspicion, so he felt the need to explain.  But Lin Hanlong didn't mind this at all.

    "It doesn't matter, as long asThe Ming court can solve the problem on its own, so wouldn't it be nice for us to just be spectators from beginning to end?  "

    ——Lin Hanlong is now full of confidence, with 800 elites in hand, and his mentality is naturally very good.  Anyway, even if the capital city falls, he is sure that he can keep everyone safe.

    …………

    Time passed like this day by day, and the city of Beijing gradually relaxed.  Although the front line still often sent back emergency military reports, the front line always only lingered in the Xuanda area.  So most people felt that they understood clearly - Hou Jin did not intend to go deep into the invasion this time, and just grabbing a handful near the border would satisfy them.

    Of course the people from Qiong Haijun thought so - is this what is recorded in the history books? It seems that the inertia of history is still strong, and this time the post-Jin army invaded, that's almost the end of it.

    Since it is confirmed that the surrounding areas of the capital are safe, their business can continue.  So he sent a telegram to Tianjin, asking him to send the backlog of goods quickly.  Qiongshifang took the opportunity of this market break to check inventory and organize goods. It took a while to reorganize, and now it is ready to reopen.

    The feeling in the entire city of Beijing is similar. There are gradually no longer patrols of soldiers on the streets, and the streets have basically returned to the state before martial law.

    Everything seemed to be going well, until one day in August, things suddenly changed!

    "Urgent report from the front, Juyong Pass has been lost! Commander Chen Hongfan has been killed!"

    "The Tatar vanguard has arrived in Changping!"

    The sudden bad news shocked everyone, including the people of Qiong Haijun - there is no mention of this in the history books!  Could it be that history has changed?

    And the information that came later finally convinced them that history was different.  The reason seems to stem from themselves.

    ——The commander of the Tatar army, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji, announced the reasons for attacking Ming Dynasty. In addition to the reasons originally recorded in history books such as retaliation for Ming border generals disturbing their territory, killing their people, and hiding people,  An additional article has been added:

    The Qiongzhou Kun bandits harmed my brother. This is a life-and-death feud!  This time when the unified army goes south, they must obtain the head of a "true Kun" and sacrifice it to the heroic spirit of Ten Belles.  If the Ming Dynasty is willing to take the initiative to hand over the Kun bandits, even just one of them, the Great Khan can stop his troops.
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