Chongzhen gave the order
The new army and the Divine Arms Battalion were all stepping up their training!
The War Bureau and the Artillery Bureau were working overtime to produce firearms. In secret, everyone was holding their breath and nervously preparing for battle!
As for Liaodong's memorial, Chongzhen chose to ignore it.
Pay? How was this possible?
All these years, he had spent millions of taels to raise these border guards, but in the end, Slave Jian would still enter the pass when he should. What was the use of having them?
Since they had already had second thoughts, they had to abandon all fantasies and prepare for war. Even if Chongzhen had hundreds of millions of silver in his hands, he would not give out a single cent.
Chongzhen's unyielding attitude directly angered the Liaodong Army!
Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, and the other generals sent three memorials a day to urge for food and pay, while at the same time reporting that Slave Jian was preparing to enter the pass. This caused the capital to panic and the atmosphere to become extremely tense.
Chongzhen still ignored this!
He knew that the generals of Liaodong would not betray him immediately. They were all sitting on the fence and watching. They would not rebel immediately unless they were forced too much. At most, they would let Slave Jian enter the pass to scare the officials of the imperial court.
Therefore, it was fine to ignore them now!
He would stall for as long as he could!
Seven days later, the news of Slave Jian entering the pass came again, but this time it was true.
Huang Taiji personally led 200,000 troops to bypass Jinzhou City and Shanhaiguan, and entered from Dushikou, Xifengkou and other places.
Slave Jian's army split into three groups and invaded Tongzhou, Zhuozhou, and Jingxi. They were invincible and many counties were looted.
The flames of war quietly blazed around the capital!
For a time, the people were terrified, the provinces were shocked, and the capital was in chaos.
In the throne room of the Great Ming Dynasty, all the officials were shocked.
"Your Majesty, Slave Jian has entered the pass and is currently wreaking havoc in various places. Please issue an order to gather all the soldiers and horses to help the king.”
"That's right, I've already said that I wouldn't go to war. This time, the Jin merchant case has caused a great deal of damage and the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil.”
"Your Majesty, please order all the commanders to enter the capital. The military situation is like fire, and we can't delay it!”
"I object. I think we should negotiate peace. Slave Jian entered the pass for nothing more than some property. We can send people to negotiate with him and retreat the enemy!”
"Peace negotiations? Ridiculous, the enemy has already killed their way to our house, and you still want to negotiate peace!”
In the imperial court, the officials were quarreling endlessly!
Among them, Chief Assistant Fan Jingwen strived to fight and strongly requested to summon all the commanders to lead troops into the capital to kill the enemy and fight to the death with Slave Jian!
Yang Sichang, the Grand Secretary of the cabinet, requested for peace. He felt that the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil and should not go to war. Peace was the most important thing.
At the same time, there were also many officials in the court who were sneering. These people were from the Donglin Party, Qi Party, and Lu Party. Chongzhen had slaughtered the officials twice before, which could be said to have violated their absolute interests.
This time, he killed the Jin merchants and caused unrest. Slave Jian entered the pass!
They looked very anxious on the surface, but in fact, they were gloating in secret.
"Enough!" "I've already ordered Governor Lu Xiangsheng and General Zuo Liangyu to lead troops to rescue the king. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the capital. What are you panicking for?"”
"We are terrified!"
After all the ministers shouted and bowed!
Yang Sichang stubbornly said," Your Majesty, the bandits are too powerful to be fought with. Although the capital camp has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, most of them are ill-trained. Moreover, the phenomenon of each camp receiving empty salaries is very serious. If they can't defeat Slave Jian, let's negotiate peace!"”
"Shut up!" Chongzhen was furious." Slave Jian has already killed his way into the country and is slaughtering the people of Ming Dynasty. How dare you say that you want to negotiate?"”
Yang Sichang's face was filled with grievance!
Chongzhen's questioning and scolding made him feel extremely humiliated.
However, he stubbornly said,"Your Majesty, it is wise not to do something that you know is impossible!" I insist on my own opinion and beg the emperor to negotiate peace.”
"There's no need to say anymore!" Chong Zhen flew into a rage out of humiliation and said," I will never negotiate peace. The Ming Dynasty will never negotiate peace either. No matter how fierce or ruthless Slave Jian is, I will never be afraid of him. This time, I must ruthlessly beat Slave Jian out."”
"Yang Sichang, didn't you want to negotiate peace? Good! I order you to be the Commander-in-Chief of the capital camp. Immediately lead the five battalions, three thousand battalions, and other capital camp troops to fight against Jian Nu for me. There must be no mistakes!”
"This?"
Yang Sichang was dumbfounded.
He had never thought that he, a party that advocated peace, would actually be appointed by Chongzhen as the viceroy to fight. This was the rhythm of courting death.
Yang Sichang wanted to refuse, but he couldn't help but feel a little scared in the face of Chong Zhen's murderous gaze. Then he thought about how Slave Jian might be powerful, but he might not immediately attack the capital, so there was still room for maneuver.
Therefore, he braced himself and agreed,"I will obey your orders. However, I request that you allow me to lead the Divine Arms Battalion and the new army into battle."”
"Haha!"
Chong Zhen immediately sneered at this!
What was he thinking? The Divine Arms Battalion and the new army will be under your command? You're probably thinking too much, right?
"No!" " The Divine Arms Battalion and the new army have just been established," Chong Zhen refused decisively." They have yet to complete their training. They still need to guard the capital. You can only lead the other capital troops into battle.”
"In that case, I request a large number of new firearms!”Yang Sichang continued.
Chong Zhen rolled his eyes again.
Was he thinking too much? The firearms that I have painstakingly accumulated are for you to squander?
"No!" Chong Zhen continued to refute." The production of the War Bureau and the Artillery Bureau has been low recently. It's difficult to replenish the troops. Moreover, Slave Jian is coming at us aggressively. We have to eliminate him as soon as possible. You must lead your troops to battle immediately. Don't delay!"”
"Yes, sir!"
Yang Sichang bitterly agreed.
This time, no matter how stupid he was, he realized that something was wrong.
Chongzhen clearly wanted him to go out as cannon fodder bait. He didn't even give him firearms, nor did he allow the new army and the Divine Arms Battalion to be brought along. He brought a bunch of untrained soldiers from the capital. Wasn't this sending them to their deaths?
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