Beiyang new warlord

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Yuan Chonghuan didn't want to camp here at all. Less than 20 miles in front of him was Zhuxian Town, the forefront of the confrontation between the official army and the Chuang army.Speaking of a large army, his 40 men are too inconspicuous in front of the million-dollar army and the main force of the [-] official army. In the battle of a million-strong army, it is better than nothing. One more of him is not much, and one less of him is quite a lot .

Especially in the case of Zhu Xianzhen's army, Yuan Chonghuan did not see the slightest hope of victory.

"The twilight energy is soaring to the sky, and Yunxi is yellowing, which is the appearance of a defeated army!"

Holding the binoculars brought in from Mao Jue, standing on Maoergang and looking eastward, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help sighing, not to mention the lack of troops, how can this battle be fought just with this morale?

The Ministry of War appointed Ding Qirui and Yang Wenyue to come here to untie the siege. This is different from the situation on the battlefield outside Hong Chengchou. Organization, although Li Zicheng was in charge at this time, the nearby prefectures and counties were also from the Ming Dynasty, and they were not afraid of the encirclement and encirclement of the Chuang army.

Although I have no experience in fighting the refugee army, I have read a lot of Tangbao in the imperial court for so many years in Dongjiang. Countless shareholders fled to the west, once again being chased and beaten by the imperial army!

But at this time, the officers and soldiers did not have the courage of the officers and soldiers a few years ago. It has been 34 days since they settled in Zhuxian Town. The army actually began to defend on the spot! On the contrary, it was the Chuangjun army. Hundreds of thousands of refugees were digging the ground with hoes a few miles away from the army. In Lao Peng's labor camp, two wide and deep moats have half-surrounded the officers and soldiers in an arc.

Mao Jue was willing to use civil engineering when fighting a war. Yuan Chonghuan knew too well what would happen to the Ming Dynasty's 40-strong army once the encirclement was closed!

If we use the five lands in "The Art of War" to describe it, it is the last dead land!But Yuan Chonghuan was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do!

Jump in?He also couldn't drive Zuo Liangyu to die with him, and leave the camp?Going to Xuchang and Ruzhou now is the best choice to go to Guanzhong. You can also bring back the high-yielding potatoes and corn from the Dongjiang River at the last moment of spring plowing. The 4000 people are a kindling of hope.

But! The imperial decree is tied around Yuan Chonghuan's neck like a rope of execution. He does not have Mao Jue's courage to resist the decree and disrespect. At this time, the trilateral governor Biaoying can only use the most wrong method to waste time here. time!

Putting down the binoculars, Yuan Chonghuan worriedly asked Yang Tinglin, the army supervisor who was partner with Lu Xiangsheng, Fang Langzhong, who was also the only benefit given to him by the imperial court.

"Mr. Yan Ruo! Has there been any new orders from the imperial court?"

"Return to Supervisor, I haven't received it!"

Yang Tinglin is also a sensible person, just like Yuan Chonghuan, his lips were so anxious that his lips were chapped several times, and the handsome and talented man was aging like an old man with Liu Xun. Looking at the northeast, he couldn't help but shook his head heavily. .

"Hey!"

Full of sorrow, Yuan Chonghuan followed suit with a deep sigh, clenching his fists tightly.

"My lords! What are you doing!"

When the entire Central Plains army was assembled and the fate of the First World War was decided, the court was still busy with internal fighting and liquidation.

Emperor Chongzhen counted on the Minister of the Ministry of War to bear the blame of losing power and humiliating the country, but the question is, is Chen Xinjia willing to bear the blame?The Shoufu University scholar is unwilling, the emperor is unwilling, and he is naturally unwilling!

This blame is not to be memorized casually, if you memorize it, you will be ruined. Losing an official and resigning is a trivial matter, and your descendants will have to suffer during the imperial examination. After receiving the emperor's stern rebuke, Chen Xinjia stayed behind closed doors for more than two days .

Although the political field does not have the shadow of swords and swords on the battlefield, it still kills people without blood. If you make a wrong step, your head may fall to the ground, and the whole family may be chopped off.

Chen's study room was as silent as an ancient tomb, only a solitary lamp in the southeast corner flickered from time to time, half of his face was gloomy in the shadows, Chen Xinjia's face was also cloudy and sunny, and his long face was severely wrinkled. Trembling, between the messy beard, beads of sweat flowed like a stream on the collar of his purple official robe,

In his hand, a yellow leather memorial seemed to be electrified, and he couldn't stop trembling when touched.

However, after hesitating for more than an hour, Chen Xinjia still made up his mind, grasped the memorial with all his strength, and immediately tilted his head and shouted out the window.

"Steward Chen! This memorial is for my master to present to the cabinet!"

"Little one obeys!"

Chen Xinjia refused to bear this responsibility, and the next one with trembling hands would be Emperor Chongzhen. Except for the secret letter sent directly to the emperor, the memorials of the Ming Dynasty had to go through the cabinet first. over and over.

Unwilling to be the scapegoat, Chen Xinjia's memorial debated in detail for himself. On a certain day of a certain month, the emperor said that if you can afford it, you have already paid for it. Chen Xinjia completely revealed the secret peace talks with the Qing Dynasty that he ordered from Chongzhen several times! He, Chongzhen, was also forced to come to the front of the stage naked from behind the scenes.

How will the minister talk about me?How will the history books record me! Song Huizong?Weak and incompetent?Bow down?A dark murderous aura filled the gloomy half face of Emperor Chongzhen who lowered his head.

Chen Xinjia wanted to clean himself up through rebuttals. He was not good at negotiating peace with the Qing Dynasty. The pushers behind him were all the emperors, so that the civil officials would stop stalking him, but he didn't think about it. What kind of anger would it be.

How Jiangshan was no longer in Chongzhen's thinking, the muscles on his face trembled violently, even a layer of Houhou powder that had been applied to cover up his aging was gone, under the candlestick, the emperor's voice almost hummed out with trembling.

"The case of illicit liaison with captors will be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice!"

"Old slave, old slave obeys the order!"

It has been a long time since I saw the emperor so angry. The voice of the eunuch Wang Chengen was trembling violently.

This time the emperor was angry, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs was very efficient. At the end of April, officials suddenly came to the door, arrested Chen Xinjia, and put him in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

This one went to prison, Chen Xinjia figured it out, he wrote a letter to plead guilty, and at the same time he spent a lot of money to bribe the officials. It was revealed how capricious the officials of the Ming Dynasty were here. After receiving the money, he strongly advocated the execution of Che Chen Xinjia's military department immediately changed their position when Fang Shiliang was involved in the incident, and went to the servant of the criminal department, Xu Shiqi, to plead for mercy.

Xu Shiqi was also a sensible person, knowing that Chen Xinjia would not die, the emperor would lose face, and the matter would not be over, so he firmly supported the death penalty, and resolutely charged Chen Xinjia with trespassing and arbitrarily negotiating peace.

But after watching the performance of the Ministry of Punishment, Chongzhen still felt that he couldn't hold back his face. This was tantamount to making Chen Xinjia take the blame. It also forced the Ministry of War to change the charges, accusing Chen Xinjia of improper command during his tenure as Minister of the Ministry of War, which led to the fall of Guan Ningjin, 72 cities in the Central Plains fell into Li Zicheng's hands, and seven vassal kings were killed and humiliated.

God is pitiful, it was Emperor Chongzhen himself who urged Hong Chengchou to enter the army. As for Li Zicheng, it was Chongzhen and Yang Sichang who forced the Qin soldiers to stay in the Central Plains. Sentenced to death, beheaded!

On the tenth day of May, while the lord of the Ministry of Military Affairs was wailing, he was escorted out of the prison of the Ministry of Justice and went straight to Caishikou. On that day, many officials gathered at the entrance of the Criminal Department.

This series of political actions, as well as the murderous intent of the emperor to silence the mouth, made everyone understand who was going to negotiate peace, and it also made the relationship between the emperor and the officials even more distant!

Even if Chen Xinjia is an ignorant official, he leaked his secrets first, and then he couldn't resist! But he is a close minister of Emperor Chongzhen after all, and he did such dirty things for the emperor, but in the end something went wrong, and the emperor not only failed to protect him. , Instead, he pushed down hard to make matters worse.

Who will die loyal to him in the future?

The prison cart was rolling forward, on both sides of the road, the people in the capital didn't know so many twists and turns, they only knew to follow suit, and piles of vegetable leaves and garbage smashed on the prison cart, squatting inside the cart, Chen Xinjia He was also sitting with his legs crossed in desperation, and he was too clever in his calculations, so he lost his head in the end.

But when he saw the gloomy execution ground at Caishikou, the Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly snorted coldly full of sarcasm.

There is no one who understands the reality of the Ming Dynasty better than him! It is estimated that with his decapitation, it is estimated that the policy of peace has completely disappeared. In history, it was because of Chongzhen's rebellion that the angry Huang Taiji launched the fifth Qing army's invasion of Serbia. , which made Daming even worse, collapsed, and seemed to vaguely see the future of Daming, Chen Xinjia went to Xingtai with a sneer and shackles.

However, in this time and space, after all, there are more variables like Mao Jue. When the big blade was about to be cut down, suddenly a horse on the street ran up to him.

"The emperor has a decree to keep people under the knife!!!"

Chapter 474. Clever Mistake

It really made him walk back and forth from the gate of hell. Just now, the executioner's big knife was on his neck. He almost said goodbye to this world. After being wrapped in a jacket and walking down the vegetable market, Chen Xinjia was still a little stupid.

"Greetings, Master Chen, are you alright, Master Chen?"

Not far from Jin Yiwei, came the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, a trusted eunuch next to the emperor, full of smiles, he hurriedly took Chen Xinjia's hand, and while pulling it to the car, he was comforting.

Sitting on the cushion of the carriage, Chen Xinjia came back to his senses, and asked tremblingly with his mouth turning blue.

"Has the emperor changed his mind?"

"Your Majesty Chen is so clever! Liaodong affairs are handled beautifully! Even the emperor has kept it a secret! You are really admirable to our family!"

The smile was still there, but in Wang Chengen's words, Chen Xinjia could feel a kind of cynicism, which made his heart feel heavy again.

Emperor Chongzhen was too capricious!It may not be a good thing if this head is not saved. If something happens in Liaodong, it may be a catastrophe of ransacking the family and exterminating the family!

Frightened, Chen Xinjia didn't say a word, and was dragged into the palace together amidst the weird comments and curses of the people in the capital.