Chapter 898

After the war in Shandong broke out for half a month, they didn't fight according to the ideas of Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and others. At first, they made progress too fast, and the speed of progress was far beyond their expectations. However, after fighting for more than ten days, they became difficult to move forward.

And they can see that they can make such rapid progress, mainly because the other party gives up these sites, and the other party doesn't want to let them, but they beat their heads and blood.

In particular, the cavalry division of the Chinese army has given them great restraint. The cavalry of the Chinese Army appear and disappear around Dongchangfu and attack the weak links of the enemy, forcing the officers and soldiers not to divide their troops. Even if they fight in autumn Valley, they have to go in groups.

These days, the army is still used to fight wars and attack cities and land. It's better for them to raise some food and grass and pull people. They have to send out a large army before they dare to go out, otherwise they will be killed.

The emergence of this situation makes those who want to make a fortune in Shandong realize that they take it for granted. Their ropes and pockets are a little early. They want to bully each other before they win the battle.

At this time, they knew that the Chinese army was a wolf eating meat, not a sheep bullied by them. That's why Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou decided to clear the way first and then attack forward, otherwise they would die miserably.

However, the imperial court is still stubborn. Even if they repeatedly wrote to the imperial court, they still adhere to this idea. In the eyes of the imperial court, the Liu family is the core of the Chinese army. Liu Bu may have died, and the rest is a Liu Yuanqiao. If Liu Yuanqiao dies or something happens, the Liu family will fall down and scatter the Hu monkeys, This is not to say that the Chinese army will be defeated by them quickly, but that the top generals in charge of the Chinese army will support and respect themselves and no longer serve the Liu family.

If something happens to Liu Yuanqiao, there will be no one in the Liu family. Even if these people are loyal to the Liu family, they don't know who to be loyal to. This will lead to the situation that the Chinese army has no masters in the world and the heroes compete for the deer. This situation is greatly beneficial to the imperial court. This is the fastest way to defeat their opponents.

If they attack one town after another, and the Chinese Army occupies several provinces, they may not be able to fight these towns for more than ten years.

And now people all over the world have recognized that time is good for the Chinese army and not for Daming.

Why do we say this? Because what the Chinese army occupied is Daming's tax and land, the essence of Daming, they can get a lot of taxes from here every year, and a lot of supplies will increase with time.

Daming, on the other hand, is a pit father. All the land with heavy taxes has been lost. The rest is the poorest place. He has to support so many troops and the whole imperial court. He can still support it for a while and a half. If it is a long time ago, it will certainly not work.

For example, they have gathered so many troops this time, which can be called fishing with all their strength. This kind of outbreak is only a moment and a half. It is bound to be unable to last for a long time. If they do not need the enemy to fight for a long time, they will dissolve themselves.

This situation is what the imperial court is most worried about. In fact, the imperial court has always faced this difficulty. Since the rise of JianNu in Wanli, it has sent troops to encircle and suppress for many times. They have interfered with the actions of front-line generals for many times, hoping to make a quick decision and solve the enemy in the shortest time, so as to save more money and food.

As a result, the generals in front were forced to have no choice but to go out to fight with the enemy in advance. They were caught in the enemy's plot. As a result, they were defeated and killed, and the whole army was destroyed. Even their supplies and food belonged to the enemy, making JianNu more powerful.

Obviously, the imperial court has forgotten the pain after getting rid of the scar. It has never learned a lesson from this aspect, but has entered a new round of strange circle.

They just hope to eradicate Liu thieves at the least cost in the shortest time.

Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang, of course, can see the idea of the imperial court and their difficulties, but they are lamenting: "is this Liu thief easy to deal with? If you can't defeat them as much as you can, do you still want to defeat them easily?"

Therefore, both Yang Sichang and Hong Chengchou flatly refused the imperial court's order. In their eyes, they are concerned about doing their best to defeat Liu thief. Now they listen to the imperial court and win the credit. I'm afraid if the imperial court has a good command and loses, the board will hit their ass and the knife will cut their heads.

Therefore, neither of them carried out the orders, but carried out the policies formulated, which made the imperial court very angry.

In one day, a decree was issued and strictly warned for 12 consecutive days, which put great pressure on Hong Chengchou and Yang Sichang. This is even more fatal than the twelve gold medals in history.

However, they knew that the courtiers were just general talkers. They were mediocre and did nothing. The corpses were plain. They didn't know the actual situation at all. They knew that they stood in the temple and talked nonsense. They listened to their methods very much. They were afraid that they would lose even worse.

Whether Hong Chengchou or Yang Sichang, after fighting with Liu Jiajun many times, they knew each other's strength and no longer despised each other, so they didn't dare to be careless at all.

Now they are like fighting with tigers. They are absorbed and cautious, and dare not relax at all. However, the imperial court is good. Seeing the smooth entry of the front-line officers, they think it is easy for the Chinese army, so they pay attention to it and are ready to make a quick decision to annihilate the enemy in the shortest time and at the least cost.

After the army entered Shandong, it made a good start, which made the emperor very happy. According to the current progress, I'm afraid we can win Jinan and defeat the enemy within half a year.

But I didn't expect that there was a disagreement with the generals on the front line so soon. Moreover, on such a major issue, the generals on the front line actually refused the imperial edict and acted on their own, which made the emperor very angry.

Emperor Chongzhen secretly paid: I don't listen to orders now. Will they still pay attention to the imperial court when they exterminate Liu thieves and make great achievements? I'm afraid Liu thieves have been exterminated, and there are new Yang thieves and Hong thieves!

So the emperor did not hesitate this time, but sent his eunuch to the front line.

In the past, Emperor Chongzhen did not believe in military officials or civilian officials. He often fought on the front line and sent eunuchs as military envoys.

However, these eunuchs did not play any role as military supervisors. On the contrary, they delayed, and he called these people back under the pressure of clear discussion.

Now seeing that the situation was critical, he sent Gao Qiqian to Yang Sichang camp again to supervise the army. At the same time, he also sent Cao Huachun to Baoding camp to serve as the military supervision envoy.

These eunuchs went to supervise the army. As personal representatives of the emperor, they have great power and decision-making power in many things. Although they may not do better than these generals, one thing is that all their power comes from the emperor. They are loyal and will not appear. They are proud of their achievements, If you have a little power in your hand, you don't listen to the orders of the imperial court and do it for yourself.

The emperor sent eunuchs to the front line to supervise the army, which can help him control the army and understand the trend of the army in time. It is the best way.

But when it reached the bottom, these soldiers were extremely angry and angry.

Even Yang Sichang, who has always regarded himself as loyal and patriotic, is very angry. They are thinking: "We have sent troops to fight for the imperial court in extremely harsh environment. We do not avoid the wind and rain. We step on the snow and lie on the ice, cut through thorns and thorns, and move forward with heavy load. It can be said that we have put aside life and death and are ordered to go out in the autumn of danger. They are willing to do this, regardless of reward, regardless of life and death, for the country, out of loyalty and patriotism.

But they were loyal and patriotic, but the emperor did not give them enough return or enough trust. If the emperor did not trust them, how could they command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen thought it was very wise to send eunuchs to the front line, but it provoked the unanimous anger and anger of the front-line generals.

When Emperor Chongzhen sent eunuchs to the front to control all kinds of people, Yang Sichang lost his temper on the spot.

At this time, Yang Sichang thought of his grievances. He basically fooled soldiers to fight and worked hard. Now he let people go to the battlefield, which turned his face and didn't recognize people.

Since ancient times, when soldiers eat food, they have to pay military salaries and food. Now the imperial court has actually adopted the means of supporting the war by fighting.

Throughout the ages, which army can support the war with war is basically proud for a while, and finally goes to destruction.

Yang Sichang also knew that there would be such a result, but he was duty bound to lead his troops to set out. He was based on the idea of loyal to the king and serving the country. The emperor treated me as a national scholar, and I should report it as a national scholar.

Now, I have sent a eunuch to monitor him. How can I trust him? How can I trust him?

Moreover, since ancient times, no one who sent eunuchs to supervise the army has not lost the war.

At that time, it is estimated that there will be a situation. If he loses the war, it must be that Yang Sichang has no way to lead the troops and is ineffective in fighting. If he wins the war, I'm afraid he will have to give a share to the eunuch who oversees the army first.

As an orthodox scholar bureaucrat, Yang Sichang also has his strong side. Like other scholar bureaucrats, he despises eunuchs and is easily damaged by his parents. It is unfilial. In order to seek wealth, fame and wealth, he castrates himself into the palace. He is greatly unfilial. He can no longer be called a person.

Let these people and ghosts ride on their heads. What good results can there be? So when Yang Sichang received the will, he angrily smashed the seal and went away: "the minister was incompetent and unable to command the three armies. He resigned from all his posts and went back to his hometown to study without asking about the world."