When the messenger saw the emperor, he hurried over, holding the next long tube in both hands, and shouted loudly: "Dongjiang Town is eight hundred miles away, hurry up, Jianlu is raiding North Korea on a large scale, Governor Lu is asking for help."
Emperor Chongzhen never expected that this eight-hundred-mile emergency was actually a letter asking for help from Lu Xiangsheng. Haha, this is the best, then it’s okay!
He was relieved, but the courtiers standing behind him became anxious when they heard it. Xue Guoguan, the first assistant, immediately bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, North Korea and the Ming Dynasty are across the sea. I'm afraid Governor Lu's letter asking for help came a little late. I wonder when it came?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, North Korea has finally returned to the Ming Dynasty." The Minister of Rites also followed suit, "If the Ming Dynasty does not save it, North Korea will probably be annexed by the imperialists."
Of course, when it comes to military and national affairs, the Minister of War also has to speak: "Your Majesty, Governor Lu only has about 7,000 troops. If the Jianlu invade North Korea on a large scale, it will definitely be difficult to stop the Jianlu offensive with just a few troops. North Korea is in danger! "
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Listening to their performance and seeing that some of the ministers were about to speak, Emperor Chongzhen took the memorial that had been presented to him and was not in a hurry to open it. Instead, he smiled slightly and said: "I have settled the matter in Korea. never mind."
After finishing speaking, he clapped the memorial in his hand, glanced at it briefly, and then smiled again and said: "This is the only thing in the memorial, so it's nothing."
After hearing his words, everyone who heard him couldn't help but froze.
Things related to the emperor always surprise them, and being stunned will become a habit!
When they thought about it, North Korea was far away on the other side of Haide, and even Governor Lu's 800-mile express delivery had just been delivered. How could the emperor be so convinced that the Korean War was no longer a concern and could be solved by him?
Thinking about this, this time, it was Xue Guoguan who asked: "The eight hundred miles of urgent matter has just arrived. How did your majesty find out about it and then solve it so quickly?"
This question was also what others wanted to know. Because they couldn't figure it out, they all looked at Emperor Chongzhen and wanted to hear any reasonable explanation?
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was not troubled by this question, and said to Xue Guoguan casually: "This is actually easy to guess. Think about it, how many years have passed since the last time Jianlu entered the pass? They plundered Are the supplies almost exhausted? Without Shanxi merchants to give them blood transfusions, and Liaodong is so barren, if they want enough food and supplies, do they have to find a way from North Korea? This is one of them!"
"Secondly, Lu Qing's Dongjiang Army has a foothold in Liaodong, which seriously threatens Jianlu's flanks. Jianlu will definitely want to destroy Lu Qing's troops. And the best way is, of course, to attract Lu Qing to come ashore and fight the main force of Jianlu . Therefore, if Jianlu sends troops to North Korea to create a situation that will destroy North Korea. Then North Korea will definitely ask for help. Except for the Dongjiang Army to rescue, there will be no other troops available..."
Everyone can speak clearly about hindsight.
Emperor Chongzhen did not want to expose the eavesdropping system. Of course, even if he told others, others would not believe it. Therefore, he just used it as an afterthought and surprised them.
"...I guess that Jianlu will definitely leave a big city uncaptured, and his troops will be able to be roughly dealt with by Lu Qing's troops. In this case, Lu Qing will definitely go to the rescue. If my guess is correct, Jianlu will The place chosen by the captives is probably Pyongyang City!"
Listening to Emperor Chongzhen's eloquent talk, many people nodded, feeling that the emperor's reasoning was very reasonable.
However, in the end, some people were relatively sober. After listening to what Emperor Chongzhen said, the Minister of War finally asked his doubts: "Then how did your Majesty know when Jianlu would launch a war?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he glanced at him and said with a smile: "It's very simple! Suddenly, Jianlu wanted to talk to Ming Dynasty about King De. They didn't talk about it sooner or later, and suddenly they started talking about it. This matter. I know that Jianlu is definitely going to take action against North Korea. So I want to use this trick to stabilize Guan Ning."
"So that's it!" When the prince heard this, he immediately said excitedly, "That's why my father decided to go on a personal expedition and... used the strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao to save Korea?"
As a prince, he has heard many stories, so he naturally knows the story of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. It was just a good time to show off, so I said it immediately.
Emperor Chongzhen listened and nodded with a smile: "Yes, it seems that the prince's homework has not been wasted!"
When the prince heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, being praised by his father!
The prince reminded that others followed this line of thinking and thought about it one more level.
The Minister of the Ministry of War also suddenly realized: "In this way, Your Majesty threw tens of thousands of Jianlu heads all over Liaodong, creating a situation of a large army attacking Liaodong. Therefore, the main force of Jianlu had to return to aid, and the danger of Korea was Is that solved?"
Emperor Chongzhen nodded, thinking that you are so smart, you have sorted everything out for me, so there is no need to waste words.
Empress Zhou and those who were qualified to stand closest and hear the conversation were all high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, including the six ministries and nine ministers. They went through all the conversations in their minds, and suddenly they couldn't help but admire Emperor Chongzhen in their hearts.
They may be able to guess some things, but they can never guess the truth behind so many things as surely as Emperor Chongzhen. What is discernment? This is clear knowledge! Also, after the emperor was able to deduce the truth of the matter from these clues, he decisively led the three battalions to go on an expedition. Such a decision must be made with great decisiveness. Only the emperor has this ability!
Thinking about these things, even civil servants who have been practicing for many years in the officialdom can't help but be secretly frightened. I warned myself in my heart not to fool the emperor, otherwise, with the emperor's current ability, he would definitely find out. By then, the emperor led troops to fight and killed countless people. His previous convictions for treason, conspiracy, and confiscation of homes, etc., were enough to show that the emperor was not a soft-hearted man, but an iron-blooded emperor!
They don't know that these things are all based on known results and they start to extrapolate what happened before. Therefore, it seems that Emperor Chongzhen was so clever and wise that he was able to deduce the truth of the matter from various clues.
If there was no eavesdropping system, Emperor Chongzhen would have been able to deduce that there was something wrong based on this information alone. Even if he had suspicions, it would be impossible to decisively send troops to respond. If the inference is wrong, he ran into Jianlu's arms.
However, now all these impossibilities have become beyond the wisdom of Emperor Chongzhen, and ordinary people cannot guess or do it. Whoever hears this does not admire and respect Emperor Chongzhen!
After standing and talking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen drove back to the palace.
As soon as he left, what Emperor Chongzhen said to the prince, as well as his judgment on the matter and the actions he took, etc., immediately spread among the officials. Officials who were farther away and out of earshot got specific information from those who were within earshot. Subsequently, the conversations between officials, as well as between officials and their servants, inevitably became known to more people. Eventually, these things spread among the people of the capital.
It can be said that at this time, all the conversations among millions of people outside the capital city were centered around Emperor Chongzhen's personal expedition.
"Didn't the victory report say that tens of thousands of captives were wiped out in one battle? I have paid homage to my parents so that they can be comforted by their knowledge in heaven, but where is this head?"
"Yes, I'm also waiting for this head. I'm wondering if I can buy one with money and make it into a urinal after I go home to worship it!"
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The army has filed into the capital city, but there are no carloads of heads. Seeing these, the people of the capital are even a little suspicious.
"Could it be a false report of military merit? However, this was issued by the emperor and the court also announced it?"
"Yes, it shouldn't be fake, otherwise, this would be the biggest scandal in our Ming Dynasty!"
"Maybe they were snatched back by Jianlu, just like before. It's strange to say that in the war with Guan Ning, we always kill many enemies, but in the end, we don't even see their heads. This has become a routine. Now even the emperor is like this, is this really evil?"
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Just when they were a little suspicious, the truth of the matter spread bit by bit.
"You are so brave, you still dare to doubt the emperor? You just want to say something because you have no ability. You are really a frog in the well!"
"What are you talking about? Tens of thousands of Jianlu were not wiped out in one battle, and none of them escaped. Who snatched the bodies? Tell me, where did the heads go?"
"Tell you the truth? The emperor used those heads to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, do you understand? Without these heads, how can we make a big splash? Attract the main force of the rebels back from North Korea!"
"What do you mean, how is the main force of Jianlu?"
"Didn't you see the Eight Hundred Miles Expedited just now? That was the request for help sent back from Liaodong by Mr. Lu, the governor of Baoding. The main force of the Jianlu invaders invaded North Korea. Mr. Lu's small number of troops alone could not resist the main force of the Jianlu. But the emperor has already I expected it, and decisively sent out troops, so that I could have this personal expedition, and only then could I besiege Wei and rescue Zhao..."
As those who already knew the news began to show off, Emperor Chongzhen's wise, mighty, and calculating abilities once again became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen's original words were inevitably changed and exaggerated in the process of being spread again and again. Even in the mouths of a few people who like to play tricks, they added fuel and jealousy based on their own imagination. When it comes out, it’s even more exaggerated.
At the end, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became uneasy in the palace, so he calculated that even if there was a catastrophe in Korea, Governor Lu would also be in disaster, so he immediately led his troops to rescue, and only then did these things happen.
Also, why the Battle of Tashan was determined by one battle? It was Emperor Chongzhen who calculated Jianlu's breakout plan with his fingers, and then went to the altar to implement it. Suddenly, thick fog, wind, clouds, thunder and lightning made Jianlu dizzy. Turning around, the combat power alone was directly reduced by three levels, and they also ran into the ambush circle arranged by the emperor, and they were able to annihilate the brutal tens of thousands of Jianlu in one night.
Anyway, later on, Emperor Chongzhen was somewhat deified by them. Various measures are much more powerful than Zhuge Liang in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After all, no matter how powerful Zhuge Liang was, he still had the defeat of Jieting. He could not defeat the Wei State or destroy the Wei State. There was also the death of the Martial Saint. Zhuge Liang did not calculate it, let alone the Fire Company.
Of course, there are also a small number of people who are still confused and feel that it is too exaggerated. Although they witnessed the arrival of the urgent messenger from 800 miles away, these people usually don't trust others very much, so they are still a little suspicious in their hearts.
If the current mainstream in the capital is praising the current emperor's wisdom and prowess, these people will not dare to express their doubts, lest they be besieged by others.
Later, some news came from the mouths of the Ming Dynasty soldiers in the three battalions under the jurisdiction of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Mainly the details of the Battle of Tashan, and the fact that the emperor indeed proposed to coordinate the Korean War in the military meeting.
This matter was not said by one or two Ming soldiers, but by all Ming soldiers. In particular, the commander-in-chief, military supervisors and others participated in the military meeting and were fully aware of Emperor Chongzhen's battle plan and rescue intentions. From this aspect, it can be proved that what Emperor Chongzhen said outside the capital city was not exaggerated or exaggerated. lie. As a result, there were even fewer people who had doubts in their hearts.
The capital is a big city, with people coming and going. Some people came to the capital and heard about Emperor Chongzhen's deeds; some people left the capital and brought Emperor Chongzhen's wisdom and martial arts to other parts of the Ming Dynasty. Some restaurants and teahouses even started telling stories about Emperor Chongzhen in order to attract customers. Of course, this storytelling is naturally good, and it is more Zhuge Liang than Zhuge Liang. In terms of literature, Emperor Chongzhen has also begun to be slowly deified.
The climax of the matter reached its peak when Lu Xiangsheng's memorial summarizing the war situation in Korea was sent to the capital. With such authoritative news as evidence, even if some people had doubts before, they no longer have doubts.
In this way, the words that Emperor Chongzhen said to the prince were no longer exaggerations, but truly confirmed that the emperor thought so, and that he had this ability!
"Wait for the day when I will regain the entire Liaodong. At that time, it will not be too late to worship the Ancestral Temple and show off my military exploits!"
"A Jianlu Prince means nothing. One day I will arrest the Jianlu Puppet Emperor, and it won't be too late to come and offer sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple!"
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The prestige of Emperor Chongzhen can be said to have reached a very high level. Except for Taizu Chengzu, the other emperors of the Ming Dynasty were completely incomparable to Emperor Chongzhen.
The benefits this brought to Emperor Chongzhen were naturally obvious.
Emperor Chongzhen did not add fuel to the flames in the whole matter. Continuous victories will naturally unite people's hearts. At this time, his mind was no longer on this trip to Liaodong.
