At this time, Yuan Yingtai was very arrogant. After all, they had evidence in hand and they couldn't deny it.
Liu Yijing, the "coffin-breaker" who had been frowning just now, also showed a proud smile. With this kind of false report, they could pull Yang Hao down from the position of Liaodong manager.
Even the first assistant, Fang Congzhe, looked at Yang Hao with a hint of resentment in his eyes, as if to say: "You actually talk about this kind of thing openly in the camp, don't you talk about it privately?"
He has even begun to think about the candidate to replace Yang Hao.
Even if the Donglin Party can overthrow Yang Hao, it does not mean that they will be the final winner.
Li Xianzhong said: "It is indeed true, I did say this; and it was indeed Yang Jinglue who reminded me to report this military merit."
As soon as he said this, Yang Hao's face looked very ugly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead!
Yuan Yingtai let out a long sigh of relief, it seemed that things were finally done.
However, Li Xianzhong added: "But why does it matter if you falsely claim military merit?"
"The general did not know that auxiliary troops could also report military merits as military merit during his first attack. Yang Jinglue only informed the general. Where did he mention false claims of military merit?"
"Is it true that the general will be deceiving the heads of the old and weak who resisted in the Jianlu stronghold? How can he make false reports?"
Yuan Yingtai's face was red with anger at this time. He so obviously hinted at a false report, but Li Xianzhong actually insisted that there was no false report.
But when he wanted to refute, he was speechless because Yang Hao did not explicitly ask Li Xianzhong to make a false report.
At this time, Li Xianzhong continued to finish the attack and said: "The general just reported the gains truthfully. As for how to calculate the heads of these auxiliary soldiers, it is a matter for the Ministry of War at this time, but the general must report truthfully."
"So I don't understand how Yuan Shilang came to the conclusion of falsely reporting military achievements?"
In addition to Yang Hao and Li Xianzhong, South Road Supervisor Yan Mingtai was also present at the time. Yan Mingtai soon proved that there was indeed no false declaration of military merit.
As the supervisor of the Southern Route Army, Yan Mingtai's words are the most convincing. After all, this is his job.
Yuan Yingtai finally understood that all the civil and military officers in Liaodong were wearing a pair of trousers.
They were determined to turn this Liaodong War into a great victory so that they could claim credit and reward.
He couldn't find out anything about Li Xianzhong, so he ended his questioning.
It can be said that the Donglin Party's plans have basically failed, and almost no substantial progress has been made.
The only thing they could hold on to was Yang Hao's report that the two armies in the northwest had wiped out more than 10,000 enemies, which was without any basis.
However, Yang Hao's result was originally an estimate, and it is normal for there to be any discrepancies.
Yuan Yingtai did not panic. Although the result was terrible, they were not without tricks.
Finally, it’s time to take stock of the results.
Even though they did not catch Yang Hao's false claims of military exploits, the Ming army's losses were far greater than those of Jianlu, and it is an irrefutable fact that Jianlu entered Qinghe Road and Shenyang Zhongwei, wreaked havoc on the city, and robbed the people.
The northwest two armies lost 32,000 people in the battle. The Donglin Party members certainly did not recognize the victory of 10,000 enemies, and finally estimated the losses of Jianlu to be 5,000.
Even the Donglin Party members could not imagine that the actual number of enemies killed by the Ming army was even smaller than this.
The two southeastern route armies reported about 17,000 soldiers to annihilate the Jianzhou Eight Banners. The Ming army's own casualties were about 8,000 in the east route army, and 6,000 in the south route army, including the Liaodong cavalry.
However, the six to seven thousand and eight banner soldiers that Yan Mingtai annihilated at Qinghe Fort and Li Xianzhong's cavalry at Qinghe Road did not have the support of their heads, and were only estimates.
Therefore, Yuan Yingtai gave this number a 30% discount, and finally believed that the number of Tatar soldiers to be annihilated was about 15,000.
As for the nearly 20,000 old and weak Tatars who Li Xianzhong went deep into the hinterland of Jianzhou twice to kill, they did not regard them as auxiliary troops. At this time, all the young men in Jianzhou had gone out to fight, and those who stayed behind were at most common people.
During the Ming Dynasty, about 40,000 people were captured by Jianzhou near Qinghe Road and Shenyang Zhongwei. Li Xianzhong killed about 20,000 old and weak people in Jianzhou and rescued 12,000 people.
The Ming Dynasty's population losses were obviously greater than its gains.
Although the Ming army destroyed Gule Village, the second largest city in Jianzhou, Qinghe Fort was also completely destroyed by the Qing army.
Therefore, Yuan Yingtai finally came to the conclusion that in the Battle of Liaodong, the Ming army's northwest two armies suffered a disastrous defeat; the losses on the southeast two armies were basically equal to those of the Jianqi, and it was considered a draw.
Therefore, there is no "Great Victory in Liaodong". The Ming Dynasty actually lost this battle.
The actual number of heads recognized by the Ministry of War was much less than what they reported. Liu Wei and Li Xianzhong submitted that the number of Tatar heads was more than 10,000. In the end, the Ministry of War approved that only 6,000 heads could be rewarded.
Liu Wei's name is 1800, and Li Xianzhong's is 4200.
Li Xianzhong also raised objections to this. He paid great attention to the preservation of heads from the beginning. They killed very few captives with firearms. How could 30% of the heads be removed?
The Ministry of War’s explanation is that they have their own verification process and will not calculate the reward for those with unclear characteristics.
The quality of the heads submitted by Li Xianzhong was indeed better than that of Liu Wei, so the passing rate of the East Route Army was only slightly more than half, while he reached 70%.
Good guy, Yuan Yingtai is acting like a gangster, and Li Xianzhong can't do anything about it.
At this time, Chief Assistant Fang Congzhe and Minister of War Huang Jiashan were also on Yuan Yingtai's side.
It's very simple that the Ministry of Finance has no money. Although Wanli promised him a silver reward when he thought it was a great victory, it is absolutely impossible for him to pay for this "great victory" now.
In the end, the silver reward for each level was only 20 taels, which was still much less than the 50 taels at the peak. However, as compensation, the beheading of soldiers above level 3 and the promotion of meritorious generals at all levels will still be implemented.
Huang Jiashan disagreed with the determination of the outcome of the Liaodong battle, especially the draw between the two armies in the southeast.
Although judging from the losses on both sides, the Ming Dynasty and Jianlu were about the same.
However, of the eight thousand people lost by the Eastern Route Army, five thousand were old and weak.
If the old and weak are also included, then the 20,000 built captives who Li Xianzhong swept through the rear must also be counted. The Ming Dynasty still won a solid victory.
Moreover, Li Xianzhong also captured the traitor Li Yongfang and beheaded the enemy chief Abatai and Amin.
Gule Village is a famous city in Jianzhou, and its status is much higher than that of Qinghe Fort.
So in the two southeastern routes, my Ming Dynasty obviously won, and it was a big victory.
Under Huang Jiashan's arguments, the Donglin Party members finally had to admit that the two Ming armies in the southeast had achieved a small victory.
They insisted that Houjin's losses did not exceed those of Ming Dynasty, and combined with other factors, it could only be regarded as a small victory at best.
At this time Li Xianzhong said: "The day before I left for the capital, Jianlu invaded Tieling again. I led the Liaodong cavalry to pursue them for more than 30 miles into Jianzhou and finally defeated them."
"In this battle, our Ming army beheaded Jianzhou Xianghuang Banner level 800, and the last general personally beheaded Nurhachi's confidant general Fei Yingdong."
"The general deserves to die. He actually forgot about this matter. I will have his head sent to the Ministry of War."
At this time, Huang Jiashan said excitedly: "General Li Shen is really a brave general. I can rest assured that the top military department will carefully screen him this time and will not let the soldiers of Liaodong feel cold!"
Liu Yijing said: "Even if our Ming army wins the two southeastern routes, it will only be a victory and a loss. Our Ming Dynasty killed more than 46,000 soldiers, and the Jianlu soldiers lost only 21,000. How can we lose such battle losses?" Consider it a great victory?"
At this time, the first assistant Fang Yizhe said: "Although it is a victory and a defeat, Jianzhou has been severely damaged and it is difficult to recover for a while; although our Ming Dynasty suffered a lot of losses, it has not been injured. The battle in Liaodong is only temporarily stopped. In fact, It’s not over yet and it’s too early to say whether it’s victory or defeat.”
"This pavilion believes that merit is merit and fault is fault. We cannot erase the merits of others just because of some people's faults."
The biggest "scapegoat" in the Liaodong War, Du Song, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, was the culprit responsible for the defeat of the two armies in the northwest. However, he had already died in the battle, so no additional punishment would be imposed.
The commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, Ma Lin, was unfavorable in the battle, which led to the defeat of the North Route Army. However, because he fought bravely and his two sons died for the country, he was dismissed lightly.
This time, Jianlu invaded the hinterland of Liaodong, resulting in the capture of a large number of people near Qinghe and Shenyang. Yang Hao, the governor of Liaodong, and Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, had unshirkable responsibilities, so they were temporarily dismissed from their posts.
Li Rubai, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Route Army, was promoted to deputy economic envoy of Liaodong, temporarily in charge of military affairs in Liaodong.
Li Xianzhong, the former Tieling general, went deep into enemy territory many times to kill enemy chiefs. He made great contributions and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, temporarily leading Kaiyuan Road.
In the original Liaodong Qian incident, Yan Mingtai, the supervisor of the South Road, fought a bloody battle at Qinghe Fort to re-establish the captives. The supervisor of the South Road made a lot of gains, and he was temporarily appointed as the governor of Liaodong.
Other meritorious personnel will also be promoted.
Due to the repeated persistence of the Donglin Party members, the outcome of the Liaodong War was not satisfactory, so the Liaodong Manager and Liaodong Governor had to be replaced.
But now there is endless debate between the two sides about the selection of Liaodong Manager and Liaodong Governor.
The Ministry of War and the Cabinet proposed that Xiong Tingbi be appointed as Liaodong Manager and Yan Mingtai be promoted to Liaodong Governor; however, the Donglin Party insisted that Yuan Yingtai be appointed as Liaodong Manager and Zhou Shunchang be appointed as Liaodong Governor.
In addition, the Donglin Party members firmly opposed the direct promotion of Li Xianzhong to Kaiyuan Commander-in-Chief, believing that he was too young. In addition, Yang Hao had just promoted him from guerrilla to staff general, and it was inappropriate for him to be promoted too quickly. Therefore, he was only promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief for the time being.
For these three appointments, they decided to give the final decision to Wanli.
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