There are two official documents sent by the Ministry of War, one is about the rewards for the new army soldiers in Qinglai Town, and the other is the military order to mobilize troops.
After seeing this, Liu Yan had an angry look on his face, and he immediately summoned everyone in the shogunate and the commanders of each battalion of the new army to discuss the matter. When everyone came walking in the snow wearing big cloaks, they all smiled and saluted Liu Yan. Liu Yan also had a smile on his face and exchanged a few words with everyone.
Then everyone sat down, and Liu Yan first took out the official reward document and said: "In the Battle of Kaifeng and the Battle of Jinzhou, our New Army soldiers made heavy gains. The Ministry of War has already made a decision and issued a reward."
Everyone was overjoyed. They had worked hard for thousands of miles and fought for more than half a year, and now they finally got a reward.
Liu Yan handed the official reward document to Wang Wenzhen to read it out, but after a while, everyone's faces became a little ugly. Even Wang Wenzhen, who read out the award, had a solemn expression and his speech slowed down.
This time, the Ministry of War's rewards for the new army officers were passed very quickly. In the past, it took at least several months, but this time it was issued in less than a month, which is extremely fast.
Moreover, the generals of each battalion of the New Army in Qinglai Town fought with meritorious service. According to the list of meritorious officers attached to Liu Yan's report, almost all of them were rewarded. But this specific reward made everyone present feel angry, as if they had eaten flies.
Shen Tuo, Wang Yue, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming were promoted to participating generals due to their merit. Xun Jingyun and Bao Xuezhen were awarded the title of capital commander, and artillery battalion commander Qian Qian was awarded the title of guerrilla general.
In addition to the three former battalion commanders Wei Han, Guo Mingxu, and Shen Donglai, the remaining commanders of each battalion, including Kang Hui, Bai Hanyue, and Liu Jing, all served as commanders.
He was appointed as a guerrilla general, and the other Qian Zong, Bai Zong (post commander), flag commander, and captain did not receive any promotions. They were only given corresponding silver rewards according to the number of beheadings.
What made everyone most angry was that Liu Yan was not promoted this time. He was only given a reward of one thousand taels of silver, twenty silver medals for merit, twenty gold medals for merit, and some silk and satin. In addition, the imperial court granted Wang Yunhe the title of second-grade imperial concubine, and other than that, there were no other rewards.
"Is Chen Xinjia crazy?"
Xu Ming said coldly: "Our new army fought from Liaodong to Henan. The slaves and thieves put together, more than 200,000 people were beheaded. More than 200,000 people! Most of the meritorious soldiers in the headquarters and each battalion were killed." Without promotion or reward, the imperial court treated my new army soldiers so harshly!"
Miao Shao also slammed the table and said loudly: "Headquarters, I think we should just ask the soldiers of the front camp to withdraw from Hongluo Mountain. Anyway, there is no reward for the merits, so why are you staying there?"
Wang Bo said angrily: "The court is unfair, so don't blame us for being merciless. I think we followed the example of the border army and made a fuss, so that the high-ranking adults in the court can see that our new army officers cannot be bullied!" "
The rest of the people were very excited, clamoring to go to the capital to remonstrate, and to make an argument.
Liu Yan ignored the crowd's commotion, but took out another official document from the Ministry of War and said: "Along with the reward, there is also a transfer order: the Ministry of War requires this town to lead its troops to rest for half a month in Qinglai Town, and then the new army will Each battalion must rush to the capital to be stationed on standby."
Now everyone was even more angry. Not only did the imperial court refuse to reward meritorious service, a large number of grassroots soldiers were not promoted. Liu Yan, the
The chief general of the new army has not been promoted, and there is not even any mention of pensions for the casualties. He is even thinking of recruiting new army officers to fight again. What kind of brains are there in the heads of the Ministry of War? They all grew up eating shit. ?
At this time, even Xun Jingyun, who had always put laws first and foremost, couldn't help but say: "Headquarters, our New Army officers must not obey orders in a hurry and go north, otherwise the morale of the army will be lost. How can we explain to the officers and soldiers of each battalion!"
Everyone agreed, and civil servants such as Wang Wenzhen, Zhang Lei, and Yue Ming also agreed. They believed that there was no clear explanation for the rewards and pensions, and the battalions of the New Army must not obey orders to go north.
Since the imperial court does not deal with personnel matters, don't blame me for not obeying orders. It's like in later generations, companies don't pay you for overtime work, but they still think about assigning them extra work. Don't even think about it!
Seeing that all his subordinates had unified their opinions, Liu Yan said: "Okay! Since you all agree with this town, let's do this. This town is determined not to comply with this order from the Ministry of War."
With that said, Liu Yan tore up the transfer document in public, and everyone cheered.
"Haha, it just so happens that this town is going to promote bayonets in the army. Each battalion just takes this opportunity to reorganize their troops and become familiar with the use of bayonets as soon as possible."
"yes!"
After the meeting, Liu Yan left Wu Guojin behind. The two went to the study in the backyard. Liu Yan asked, "Is there any news from the capital?"
Wu Guojin said: "There is news, but it is very complicated. There are all kinds of news inside and outside the capital. My subordinates have simply sorted it out."
In fact, the rewards and transfer orders issued by the Ministry of War this time are very abnormal in Liu Yan's view. It stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty suffered from military disasters for many years and the army was defeated repeatedly.
Both Chen Xinjia and Emperor Chongzhen urgently needed a big victory to boost morale.
In this context, Liu Yan first severely damaged the Qing army in Liaodong, and then defeated Li Zicheng's millions of troops in Kaifeng City, beheaded more than 200,000 people, and killed several bandit generals. Such achievements are worthy of praise. I wrote a special letter so that the people of the world can see that the imperial court is still as stable as Mount Tai, and the imperial army and horses are still invincible!
However, this reward from the Ministry of War went in the opposite direction. It seemed that the officers and soldiers of the new army were not taken seriously at all, and they were just perfunctory. Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of War continued to recruit new troops to go north to the capital to wait for orders. This was obviously an attempt to fish for the best. The rewards were not in place and the pensions were missing. They continued to recruit new troops to fight. Isn't it possible that the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen were afraid that the new army soldiers would directly rebel?
It was precisely because of doubts in his heart that Liu Yan left Wu Guojin behind, hoping to find answers from clues in the intelligence.
Liu Yan said: "Tell me, what news do you have?"
"Since last month, there have been rumors in the capital that Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, intends to negotiate peace with the slave thieves, but the ministers of the DPRK and China are silent on this, and the Intelligence Department has no way to verify it."
"...The war in Liaodong was stalemate. Hong Chengchou led his troops to fight fiercely with the slave bandit army several times in Jinzhou, Songshan, Rufeng Mountain and other places. Both sides suffered losses."
"Wang Yanghua got the news from the Ministry of War, saying that Ma Ke and Tang Tong were severely damaged, and Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen suffered heavy casualties. However, the army still occupied Jinzhou City, Songshan Fort and Rufeng Mountain by virtue of the terrain advantage. The defense line keeps the slave thieves to the north of the three-point line, and they are never able to go south."
"The other thing is
Regarding the soldiers of the front camp, according to the Ministry of War, the slave thieves had twice assembled tens of thousands of elites to raid Hongluo Mountain, but they were defeated by the soldiers of the front camp. It is said that many of them were beheaded, so the food supply of the officers and soldiers was worry-free! "
Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that due to the participation of the former battalion soldiers, the situation in the Battle of Songjin had changed a lot and began to deviate from the historical trajectory.
As long as the Hongluo Mountain defense line is not lost, the government and army will be in an invincible position and continue to be in a stalemate with the Qing army.
"The Ministry of War is recruiting new troops to go north to the capital at this time. Could it be that..."
An idea came to Liu Yan's mind. Could it be that the war in Liaodong was stalemate, and Chen Xinjia and Emperor Chongzhen were getting angry. They wanted to use the residual power of the Kaifeng victory to continue to increase their troops in Liaodong and prepare for another victory in Jinzhou?
"snort!"
Liu Yan sneered in his heart, Chen Xinjia and Emperor Chongzhen couldn't let Chen Xinjia and Emperor Chongzhen encounter all the good things. They didn't let the horses eat grass, but they still wanted the horses to run away. There was no such good thing in the world!
"Any other news?"
Wu Guojin said: "There is another news: There are rumors in the capital that the army of slave thieves seems to be showing signs of withdrawing and returning north, but this news cannot be confirmed either."
Liu Yan was immediately shocked. During the Battle of Songjin in history, there were indeed many difficulties within the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Not only was there widespread drought in Liaodong, but also because of the brutal rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, people everywhere were miserable. Large areas of farmland were abandoned and it was almost impossible to harvest. What taxes.
It can be said that the Battle of Songjin was also a huge gamble for the Manchus. If the gamble was successful, they could rely on the seizures from the war, as well as the wealth and population of Jinzhou City, Songshan Fort and other cities to tide over the difficulties. If they failed, they would lose everything. !
Now the situation in the Battle of Songjin has changed
Different from history, the Qing army originally raided the Ming army's food road, causing the Ming army to collapse instantly. The main force of the army was completely lost. Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and others surrendered to the Tatars. Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Yang Guozhu and other generals died in the battle. Wu Sangui led the remaining troops to retreat. Ningyuan City can be said to be the battle of Songjin in history. Except that the Qing army fought hard at the beginning, the overall fight was very smooth.
But now, the Ming army has more than 12,000 elite troops stationed in the rear of the New Army's front camp, as well as Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's troops and horses. The Qing army cannot defeat them in a short time unless they fight with heavy casualties and all the flags. Even with this exhausting plan, there might still be a chance.
At the same time, I don't know if it was because of the New Army's front battalion, but Hong Chengchou and the generals of the towns also swept away the fear of the Qing army in the past, and fought very bravely in Liaodong, which can be said to be extraordinary performance. Although the overall casualties of the Ming army were still more than those of the Qing army, they could still block the Qing army to the north of Rufeng Mountain, and even start a confrontation with the Qing army, which was unimaginable before.
Liu Yan thought about this and said: "According to the current situation of the Liaodong war situation, it is really possible for the army of slave thieves to withdraw!"
At this time, for the Qing army, there was no hope of victory if they continued to fight. It would be more practical to retreat temporarily and try to find some bargains from the Mongolian ministries in the west or North Korea in the east to overcome the difficulties.
Then Liu Yan said to Wu Guojin: "You have something to do."
"Please give me the instructions from the mayor!"
"The Intelligence Department immediately spread the news inside and outside the capital, saying that the imperial court's reward for the new army was unfair. Commander-in-Chief Liu Yan was angry and unwilling to obey orders to go north!"
Wu Guojin was shocked: "Is the chief town trying to taint himself?"
"Ha ha!"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Today, our new army is the most powerful army. There is no need for this town to taint itself. Just go and follow the instructions. This town estimates that after the news spreads, it won't take long for the court to send People come to our door to bargain with the town.”
"If we want to mobilize our new army officers and soldiers, the court must show some sincerity!"
Now there are rumors that the Qing army is going to withdraw its troops to the north.
Liu Yan was shocked when he heard the news. Has the trajectory of history changed?
