In the evening, on the bank of the Grand Canal twenty miles north of Xianghe County, Chang Yu, covered in blood, stood by the river with a long knife on the ground and looked at the river in a daze. Across the river, there was also a man on the east bank of the river holding a knife upright and looking intently at the little boy. The eunuch was Zhou Yuji. When he was chasing the enemy, he was only ten miles away from the Xianghe River. However, he was beaten back by the Qing army. When he was exhausted after running for more than ten miles in one breath, he discovered Chang Yu's men on the west bank of the canal. Resting.
When the large force of the Qing army came over, Chang Yu's weak force could not hold it anymore, so he had to open his fangs and let Kong Youde leave. Fortunately, the Qing army who came to rescue also ran back and forth for dozens of miles and fought with Zhou Yuji. He was already exhausted, and he didn't want to tangle with the young eunuch, so he let him go without pursuing him.
Only then did Chang Yu have to take off his armor and dismount his horse to rest. His troops and horses, whether it was the third battalion under his command or the cavalry led by Zhang Jie, were exhausted and the losses were tooth-ache! All the generals under his command are honored!
However, even after paying such a high price, his plan was shattered by Dorgon! One wrong step after another, one step ahead and one step ahead. Chang Yu began to reflect and blame himself: Li Yan did not have more than ten thousand troops to block the road, which was an act of underestimating the enemy. Instead of letting Zhou Yuji and Li Yan merge to defend the enemy together, they allowed them to go north and back. This is a strategic mistake!
What finally ruined his plan was that Dorgon took the lead yesterday. He actually sent vanguard troops to cut grass and discovered the snake. Moreover, after seeing through the little eunuch's attempt at the first time, he was able to take advantage of it and immediately anesthetized himself. Breaking camp and sending troops, Chang Yu was unable to stop the leak in time and launch an effective encirclement, so he threw all the pressure on Li Yan in front!
It was like a slap, it hurt him hard!
Hundreds of thousands of people in the entire imperial capital were paying attention to the war here. He even boasted about Haikou in front of Emperor Chongzhen, but he was slapped in the face. Dorgon easily broke through the encirclement he had painstakingly arranged and caused great damage to the Ming army. He has to bear the responsibility for casualties!
Chang Yu is not afraid of taking responsibility, and will not kill him because of Emperor Chongzhen's trust in him and the employment situation. However, there is a possibility of settling the accounts in the fall or on the day when the rabbit dies and the dog is cooked, but that is all for later. At this time, he is still full of complacency. Responsibility, of course...what to do next?
Failure is not terrible. Chang Yu experienced countless failures in his previous life from a young boxer to a professional fighting master, but he stood up every time and became stronger and stronger! So this failure can't defeat him. Dorgon and our contest has just begun!
"Factory Supervisor, Li Yan fled twenty miles to the west to rest, and Azige is on his way to the capital..." Hu Ling walked behind Chang Yu and said softly.
Chang Yu hummed: "How are the casualties?"
"It was reported that it was extremely serious. Li Yan's department almost collapsed and he was also injured..."
"He is a good person!" Chang Yu turned around and patted Hu Ling and then looked at Jia Waixiong, Tu Yuan and others not far away: "You are all good people. I can stand shoulder to shoulder with you." Fight and be lucky for three lifetimes!"
"Why did the factory supervisor say that? It's a derogatory position..." Several people in Hu Ling didn't know why the young eunuch said this. Chang Yu stopped him as soon as he started speaking: "The responsibility for the failure of this battle is all borne by this supervisor alone. From now on, we will just take care of it." Concentrate on killing the enemy..."
"Factory Supervisor, I will live and die with you. If the court blames me, I will shoulder the responsibility with you..." Jia Waixiong and Tu Yuan came over shouting: "But we killed the enemy with blood, even if we have no merit, why are we guilty?" !”
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Everyone has made military exploits, so why are they guilty of this? However, if the soldiers and horses suffer heavy casualties, the court must find someone to take the blame. Many times, the emperor cannot bear it, but he can't defeat some people! So someone must stand up and take the blame. I am ordered to supervise the army, so I will bear the brunt of the blame and cannot escape the blame.”
"The factory director is talking about the cabinet and those nobles. Damn it, let's work our butts off. They are hiding in the city one by one and enjoying the blessings and talking nonsense. Let Chunxiang deal with them later!" Fan Jiaqian looked sad and angry, and Chang Yu patted him with a wry smile. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Stop talking nonsense!"
"Lord Governor, there is not even a single frown among the thousands of troops. Is it possible that you are still afraid of those rotten tongues?" Zhou Yuji came across the river with a few people, with a wry smile on his face!
Chang Yu laughed: "General Zhou has never listened to the writings of scholars and the mouths of court officials. They are more powerful than the swords of our soldiers. They can kill without blood. Besides, I have offended so many people. They are trying every possible means to find my way." Stupid, how can we not make a big fuss about this matter? I am not afraid of them, I am only worried about causing trouble for you all!"
"If that's the case, let's jointly submit the report, and whoever has the ability will come!" Zhou Yuji also became angry and roared with a loud voice, and everyone responded: "Yes, whoever thinks he can do it will come..."
Chang Yu laughed: "If they had the guts, why would Ming Dynasty be here today?" He waved his hand: "Let's not mention this matter for now, let's talk about what to do next?"
"Factory Supervisor, Mr. Huang is here." At this moment, Chen Suole came running over. Chang Yu raised his eyes and looked north, and saw more than a dozen cavalry rushing towards them. It was Huang Degong and Li Muchian who had arrived.
Early in the morning, Chang Yu took the lead to hold back the main force of the Qing army, and Huang De's troops followed closely behind. However, the infantry's marching speed was too slow. At this time, there was still a small ten miles away from here, and Huang De's reward was that Chang Yu rested here and made peace. Li Muxian came to meet him.
After a cup of tea, Chang Yu explained the current situation to the two of them. Huang Degong frowned deeply: "Tatars can fight and calculate, but it is getting more and more difficult. Now they are whipping their whips and running away in a hurry. We can catch up with you." , Furthermore, there are few people in the DPRK and the government who are gossiping about this failure, and the factory supervisor should take measures to deal with it."
Hu Ling and others then took up the topic again, saying that the little eunuch had offended countless people in the capital, and these people wanted to kill him immediately. If someone really put pressure on him, I hope Huang Zhou would stand up and say something fair. .
Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong patted their chests and promised that they would fight to the end, but Li Muxian kept stroking his beard and remained silent. When Chang Yu was about to ask what the next step should be, Li Muxian said: "Pindao has never understood what you guys said about this failure. What does it mean? Under the strategizing of the factory governor, our soldiers surrounded the Qing army within dozens of kilometers and besieged it on three sides. We killed countless enemies in a fierce battle. The Qing army broke through and fled south... It was obviously a great achievement. Why do you guys insist on saying it’s a failure!”
His words were like thunder, making everyone stunned! Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and others looked at each other in confusion, and then looked at Chang Yu, yes, we obviously made a great achievement, how could we fail?
Chang Yu was also questioned for a moment and didn't react for a long time. Then he smiled bitterly. Looking at everything from another angle, things were really different. He always felt in his heart that he had not surrounded Dorgon and forced him to go north and get out of the customs as planned. , so I subconsciously thought that I had failed!
But looking at it from another angle, as Li Muxian said, great achievement!
"But before I left the capital, I told the emperor and the cabinet about the encirclement plan in full. After all..." Chang Yu started to speak but was interrupted by Li Muxian: "After all, the flaws are not concealed. The factory governor's plan was to encircle the Tatars and cut them off. Returning to the outside of the customs, it was an accident that the Tatars fled to the south in panic. However, after all, the factory supervisor is not a god who can make everything go smoothly. It is the ultimate to be able to complete six or seven points of a plan, not to mention that the factory supervisor has already completed eight or nine points. This time we killed the enemy without any plan and captured Azig, the Tatar prince. It was a real achievement at that time, who dares to talk nonsense!"
Just then, the generals started shouting again, and Chang Yu was silent for a while: "In this case, we will declare it with a great victory, so that those in the capital will not even have a chance to make a fuss!"
"The factory supervisor should return to Beijing to report this matter in person!" Li Muchian said again. Chang Yu was startled: "Why?"
"Now that the Tatars are marching south, we have no other choice but to pursue him. But now that we are exhausted, we are not in a hurry to pursue him. Why don't the factory supervisors take this opportunity to return to Beijing and explain the cause and effect to the emperor face to face? If the factory governor doesn't return to Beijing, the emperor may have to call you back to ask for details after hearing about the war situation here."
Chang Yu nodded slightly, looked at Li Muchian and let out a long sigh: "If Wuzhong bullies you again from now on, I will definitely deal with him!"
"What? Wuzhong bullies Pindao, just because of his..." Li Muxian didn't look disdainful, but suddenly found that everyone was rolling their eyes, but come on, even though that guy in Wuzhong is not one-tenth as smart as him, but If you beat him, you can hit him ten times!
Everyone rolled their eyes, but Li Muchian was secretly happy because the little eunuch's words were clearly a compliment to Dada.
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