In Jinzhou City, whether it was the people or the soldiers, they were different from the previous concept. The emperor was superior, one was replaced by the other, and he had nothing to do with the common people. At this time, they all thought about the emperor's kindness, and they all became worried. .
In the past few years, the current emperor has gradually attacked the Jianlu people and improved their lives, including repaying military pay, checking the grain fields that were annexed by the generals and families of the ancestral army, and rescuing them from the Jianlu people, etc. . These are just their personal experiences. They also heard that the emperor attached great importance to people's livelihood and made disaster relief the first priority of the Ming Dynasty's national policy. He even personally participated in culling locust plagues in Shaanxi and so on.
When they met such a good emperor, of course they didn't want anything to happen to them. They even sincerely wished that such a good emperor would live long live!
Today, such an emperor is in danger, facing several times the strength of the captives. They had the deepest experience of Jianlu's ferocity, and the emperor's side must have been in a hard fight. Moreover, the emperor fell into such danger to save the people of the Liaohe Plain. How could he be indifferent to this as long as he was still a human being?
The call for war was very enthusiastic. Not only the soldiers asked for war from their superior generals, but also the governor. Even the people of Jinzhou City also asked to join the war. Not to mention the plundered people who were rescued.
Hong Chengchou felt the huge public support and military morale. At this moment, he was also shocked.
He can be said to be well-read, but even so, throughout the past dynasties, he has never seen such a situation happen.
Regardless of whether it was public or private, Hong Chengchou immediately responded and prepared for war. Early tomorrow morning, he would personally lead the army to go to war.
In any case, the army is setting off, and it doesn't mean that they can leave by walking. It is already the afternoon, and it will be very fast to set off early tomorrow morning. Generally speaking, this is still too hasty.
For this reason, Hong Chengchou was a little surprised. He was afraid that because he went to the expedition too hastily, he would end up causing trouble. Therefore, he personally inspected and supervised preparations before going to war.
However, what surprised him was that the preparations for this expedition were extremely efficient. Many preparations were completed much faster than he expected. Moreover, if something was lacking, people in the city also donated it. For example, if there are not enough grain bags, as soon as word comes out of the yamen, a pile of grain bags will be piled up at the yamen gate. There was not enough rope, and after a while there was a pile of trousers and belts at the entrance of the government office...
Jinzhou is at the forefront of the war against the captives. It can be said that the people's lives are very hard and the supplies they have are also very scarce. But even so, in order for the army to rescue the emperor as soon as possible, they took out all their belongings as long as they could. This grand occasion was truly unprecedented!
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Your Majesty is truly a benevolent king through the ages! With the emperor so supported by the people, why should the Ming Dynasty not be revived?
Early the next morning, all the people got up early and rushed to the military camp to see him off.
Hong Chengchou also got up early. He knew that under such public opinion, if he just neglected it, no matter what happened to the emperor, as long as the news spread, he would not get good results.
At the gate of the military camp, facing the men, women, old and young on both sides of the street, and the enthusiastic people, Hong Chengchou clasped his hands and gestured: "Don't worry, fellow citizens, if Jianlu wants to deal with the emperor, he must step over me first!"
At this moment, although he was a civilian official, he also learned from the words of a military commander. I have to say that the effect of this kind of words is still very good. The people returned the favor one after another, and their favorable impression of Hong Chengchou also increased a lot.
At this moment, an officer on duty suddenly sped over from the direction of the city gate. The rapid sound of horse hooves immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Seeing this general in such a hurry, everyone's hearts suddenly clicked, and they felt an unpleasant feeling.
Hong Chengchou also saw it, and his expression suddenly became tense.
"Report..." When the officer on duty approached, he immediately reined in his horse and reported, "There are prisoners fighting among themselves outside the city. It's very strange!"
"..." Upon hearing this, everyone, including Hong Chengchou, was stunned. I thought it was some kind of emergency military situation, whether there was some bad news from the emperor, such as the situation was critical and rescue was in urgent need. Unexpectedly, the captives outside the city killed each other. This is something I have never heard of!
After a while, Hong Chengchou came back to his senses and confirmed again: "You said there are prisoners who are killing each other outside the city?"
"Go back to the Governor, yes." The officer on duty quickly reported again, "The Jianlu are trying to escape, and another group of Jianlu are chasing them. We can just see them from the top of the city."
Upon hearing this, Hong Chengchou immediately ordered the troops to be on standby. He waved his whip and hurried to the city to see clearly with his own eyes.
Seeing the Governor leaving in a hurry, the others couldn't help but start discussing.
This situation is unprecedented and unheard of. Could it be that there was internal strife among Jianlu, but this was not really a critical moment in the war in Haizhou, so how could there be internal strife?
As they discussed one after another, they immediately divided into two views.
One is that Jianlu won the battle and fought with each other in order to grab the spoils of war, such as the credit for capturing the emperor. After all, this was a huge achievement, and Jianlu could not help but be jealous.
Another view is that Jianlu has taken control of the situation and the Haizhou war is under their control, and then internal strife began among Jianlu's slave chiefs.
No matter which view is taken, it is very unfavorable to Daming. Therefore, everyone became very worried while discussing.
Hong Chengchou didn't have time to think so much and rushed to the city in one breath. The Ming soldiers who were already at the city pointed to the outside of the city and said to him: "Sir, look over there, the fighting is almost over!"
Hong Chengchou heard the news and went to see, sure enough, in the northeast corner of Jinzhou, a group of Jianluo were fighting around other Jianluo. There were as many as a hundred people besieging, and among those who were besieged, there were less than ten people left.
After watching for a while, Hong Chengchou suddenly asserted: "Those Jianlu Tanma who were besieged are from the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou, and those who were besieged by many people should be from the grassland tribe."
The people on the side were very surprised when they heard this, and he explained: "The Jianlu soldiers are brave in hunting horses and strong in foot combat; while the Mongols are good at riding and shooting, but weak in close combat. You will understand after you see for yourselves."
After hearing this, everyone saw that it was indeed the case.
But this way, they become even stranger. The Mongols have always regarded Jianzhou Jurchen as their master, so why did they suddenly attack them with swords? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like internal strife between slaves and chiefs?
Just after thinking about it for a while, the fight over there was over.
Afterwards, a dozen Jianlu without weapons, just carrying their heads, rushed towards the city wall. As they got closer, one of them shouted loudly in Ming Dynasty Mandarin that was a little out of tune: "We have obtained the Jurchens' The first level, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has the purpose, from now on he will be the real soldier of Ming Dynasty, we are our own!"
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou was very surprised. He waved his hand and asked people to go out of the city and bring them in to ask clearly what was going on?
When the heavily armed Ming soldiers rushed out of the city as if they were faced with a formidable enemy, these prisoners did not run away. Instead, they carried their heads and faced them. They did whatever they were told and were very obedient and cooperative.
After checking that there were no weapons, he was escorted to the top of the city and presented to Hong Chengchou.
After learning that the man in front of them was the governor of Ji Liao in the Ming Dynasty, these Jianlu quickly saluted with a very respectful attitude.
Hong Chengchou looked at the people in front of him, all of them had money tails, and felt a little weird. Jianlu has always been arrogant. When he sees Mingren, he looks at them with his nose. But now, he is nodding and bowing, and there is no trace of the past.
"Tell me, what's going on with you? How is the war in Haizhou?" Hong Chengchou was concerned about the problem, but he didn't look too much at it and asked immediately.
These Jianlu were naturally those who were ordered to hunt down the real Jianlu and wanted to be regularized. When the Governor heard the question, he quickly told what happened.
There was no surprise. After hearing what was going on in Haizhou, Hong Chengchou and others were all stunned. What about the promised decisive battle? Is this how a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people went? Isn't this incredible?
It is said that while Zhou Yu was chatting and laughing, the oars and oars were reduced to ashes. Isn't it the same with the emperor now, laughing at Jianlu's monkey show, and finally disintegrating Jianlu without even using a single soldier or a shot? When did fighting become so easy?
Even if Wu Sangui was one of the people who personally experienced this war, he was still very surprised.
It is true that he uses it as a trump card, but the prerequisite for the effectiveness of this trump card is that the emperor must deal with it properly and at least be able to maintain a stalemate. In this way, if he does not reward him severely for a few battles, it is probably Don't believe it. But did the emperor fight? There was no fighting at all, just shouting. The Jianlu people began to surrender and then started fighting among themselves.
Suddenly, Wu Sangui thought of a very critical question: Who else in the world can be the opponent of the current emperor?
To be honest, Hong Chengchou's reason told him that this matter was too unbelievable to be believed. However, his experience also told him that these prisoners were definitely not lying. In other words, this battle was real. Yes.
At this moment, the sound of fast horses came from outside the city again. When I turned around, I saw a group of Ming army soldiers galloping towards me. The man in the middle, wearing a flying fish suit, was obviously from the Jin Yiwei.
It stands to reason that this person is not qualified to be welcomed out by the Ming Dynasty's border official. However, Hong Chengchou was curious, so he ran away as soon as he saw it, wanting to know the truth?
This cavalry team came to Jinzhou to convey the message that they would send soldiers to surrender, so that they could make arrangements in advance. By the way, Hong Chengchou naturally knew the details of the Haizhou-Yaozhouyi war.
"Your Majesty is so majestic!" Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "After this battle, Jianlu is still hanging on, and there is not much time left to live. The liberation of Liaodong is imminent!"
When the news spread to the city, the entire Jinzhou City suddenly became a sensation.
What could be more inspiring than winning a battle? Yes, that is a big victory!
For ordinary soldiers and common people, they don't care about how this war is fought. They only care that the Ming Dynasty won, the emperor is fine, and there are no casualties among the officers and soldiers. That's enough!
The previous worries turned into excitement, and the atmosphere was very lively. This surprised even the Jinyi Guardsmen who came to Jinzhou on orders. The reaction from Jinzhou City was so strong!
After asking casually, he learned that the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou were worried about the emperor's safety and were preparing to lead the army to Haizhou.
"Your Excellency, the Governor is interested!" After hearing this, Captain Jinyi couldn't help but have a great impression of the soldiers and people of Jinzhou, and said to Hong Chengchou, "When I go back, I will definitely report the situation here to the Emperor!"
This is of course the best! After hearing this, Hong Chengchou thought this and became even more happy.
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Emperor Chongzhen's original plan was to return to the capital by boat along the coastline of the Bohai Sea. On the way, he would land at Juehua Island, that is, Ningyuan, and summon Hong Chengchou to arrange things. However, after hearing about what happened in Jinzhou, he changed his mind. , the main force continued to return as planned. He landed from Xiaolinghe and came directly to Jinzhou.
When he heard that Emperor Chongzhen was coming to Jinzhou, Hong Chengchou led the army and civilians of Jinzhou and mobilized the whole city to welcome him from ten miles away.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live the emperor!" Just seeing the emperor's ceremonial guard from a distance, Hong Chengchou knelt down with the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou and shouted to welcome him, with incomparable piety in his voice.
After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen arrived in front of them. Seeing them kneeling there respectfully to greet him, he felt a little moved in his heart. He could feel that their respect for him was not just because he was the Ming Emperor.
"Pingshen!" Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to signal and said loudly with a smile.
After all the people in front of him stood up, Emperor Chongzhen scanned on his horse and soon found an area full of young people, but all of them were skinny. He knew that these people should be plundered to Liaodong. The pass is young and strong.
So, he rode his horse and came in front of these people, and said with a heavy face: "It is the incompetence of the imperial court that allowed you to experience the loss of your wife and children, your family and your family, and you were also plundered by the rebels and came to Liaodong..."
Hearing the emperor's words, these people looked sad, but they didn't even dare to say a word. They kept talking about the emperor's kindness and spending such a huge price to save them, and it was too late to be grateful.
Emperor Chongzhen did not feel relieved about this. He stretched out his hand to signal them to quiet down, and then said seriously: "This is the fault of the imperial court, and I will admit it!"
After setting the tone, he continued: "I can't undo what happened in the past. But for your future, I can give you some compensation. If you have relatives in the customs, you can follow me Enter the customs together, and after local verification, we will replenish the grain field money; if you do not want to re-enter the customs, and do not want to see things and miss people, you can stay outside the customs, and I will give you double the grain field money..."
No matter what, this can be considered a form of state compensation! What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that the choices of these people surprised him.
