Chapter 95 (17) Who is Lao Tzu?

We said earlier that when the Qing soldiers besieged the Daling River, the imperial court did not send a single soldier to relieve the siege.In fact, this statement is wrong, it is not in line with history, and it will make His Majesty Chongzhen very unhappy when he hears it. Emperor Chongzhen's IQ was not high, but he was not a complete idiot. In fact, when he received the urgent call for help from Dalinghe, he ordered Kong Youde, a general in Dengzhou, Shandong, to lead 800 riders to go out to help. Kong Youde was Mao Renlong's old subordinate in Dengzhou. Although 800 riders were not many, it was not enough for Huang Taiji to charge once, but at least it meant that, at least it showed that His Majesty Chongzhen was thinking about Dalinghe in his heart.

thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, 800 people set off, and within a short time, they arrived at Wuqiao, Hebei. When they got off their horses at the place, General Kong Youde ordered everyone to rest on the spot, and all the cadres above the class came to the meeting. What kind of meeting are you having? Discuss where to have dinner today. There are many places to eat, and restaurants are everywhere.The Taiping Emperor, the world is bright and bright, is there still a place to eat?It's just that these poor big soldiers don't have a penny on them. They have not received their wages for a long, long time. The salaries of these soldiers were pushed by Chongzhen to his own private treasury with a small cart. The silver ingots below were deformed due to pressure.

It is very likely that Chongzhen thought so at the time, the soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous, these 800 brave soldiers, if they go to the battlefield, most of them will die heroically.People have sacrificed, so what is the use of money? Let me collect this salary and bonus for the soldiers. The arduous task before Kong Youde is how can he reach the Daling River without any money, food or drink? How about borrowing some from the common people nearby? OK, this method is good. Soldiers stormed neighboring village forts and began smashing doors and households to borrow money.This is also for the sake of the country, and it is right for the common people to pay some money.

But I never thought that there were also officers and soldiers from the countryside nearby, and they came to "suppress".Now Kong Youde is very angry, don't you have a lot of officers and soldiers?Do you still have to force us to travel such a long distance without a penny?What is this talking about?On the spot, they exchanged fire with local officers and soldiers. The memorial was urgently reported to the imperial court: report, Kong Youde, he turned his back on him. The officers and soldiers of the brigade came from all directions, unexpectedly blocking Kong Youde's way to aid the Daling River.

There was no other way, Kong Youde had no choice but to return to Shandong to recruit his former subordinates, and unexpectedly gathered more than 8,000 people. He was thinking about how to explain this to the court. When he came, he fought Kong Youde with real swords and guns. Kong Youde was furious, and named himself Marshal of the capital, Li Jiu became the deputy marshal, and Geng Zhongming was the commander-in-chief. He led the troops and fought fiercely with the offending officers and soldiers. dare not come back. The problem is getting worse. The imperial court held a meeting to study how to solve this problem. No one dared to mention that Emperor Chongzhen secretly hid the payment of Kong Youde's troops. Everyone knew that Chongzhen had such a problem. Let’s talk about how to deal with Kong Youde.

In this meeting, the officials of the Ministry of War did not say a word, and the officials of the Ministry of Households played the leading role. Liu Chongqing, the right servant of the household department, and Wang Wanxiang, the censor of Sichuan Province, proposed a wonderful solution: How about bringing back the Liaodong troops and repairing Kong Youde? The officials of the Ministry of War looked at each other, please, Liaodong is a war zone, and there are fierce battles every day, that is, the officials of the Ministry of Households are so courageous that they dare to come up with such a bad idea.

Deliberately wanting to see the jokes of the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War did not say a word, watching them report this proposal to Chongzhen. Unexpectedly, Chongzhen would be full of praise: good, good, this is a great idea, a genius idea. did you see that?Chongzhen is such a careless person. On the Liaodong frontline battlefield, not only did they not get the support of the imperial court, they had to travel all the way back to wipe Chong Zhen's ass. Director Guan Ning, Chief Eunuch Gao Qiqian, Deputy General Zu Dabi, Chief Military Officer Jin Guoqi, commanded tens of thousands of troops, left Liaodong alone, and rushed to Shandong aggressively.In the team, there is a small guerrilla Wu Sangui, under Wu Sangui's banner, and an ordinary fighter: Wu Xiang.

How did Wu Xiang become his son's subordinate? It was also caused by the Dalinghe battle. Wu Xiang had long legs and escaped without the coach Zhang Chun. The court was very angry and revoked all Wu Xiang's posts inside and outside the army, and sent him to serve in Wu Sangui's army, so the father and son The two, tossing to this day, have been reversed. To be honest, if you want to be a soldier, you have to work under the hands of your son, at least Wu Xiang is very comfortable.First of all, Wu Sangui had to call him father, and had to discuss with him about important battles, so Wu Xiang rode on a horse, holding a big knife in his hand, with his nose up to the sky, more airy than anyone else.

When the troops entered Shandong, they encountered Kong Youde's outpost troops. Wu Xiang took the lead and rushed out, brandishing a big knife.His combat habit is to run away quickly and charge slowly, but facing the cowardly Ming army, if he doesn't seize the time to show his hand, it would be too thoughtless. Sure enough, the Ming army was not Wu Xiang's opponent at all. He danced his knife into a ball of rotten silver, beheaded several people in a row, and then stood majestically with his knife, and shouted: "Do you know Wu Xiang, my long-distance runner?" ? The Ming army was horrified: My mother, even the often defeated generals of the Liao army are so powerful, run away...

Wu Xiang came back triumphantly, Wu Sangui slapped him on the back of the neck: Work hard, I can't treat you badly. Fuck you, who is who? ... Wu Xiang was dizzy. It's all messed up.