It's over, it's over, Long Live the Lord is in danger. He was besieged by Hu Tu Dun Khan's 100,000 troops on the east bank of the Yu River. All the elite soldiers in Datong Town went to rescue him, but the Tatars had a 100,000 army! How many people are there in Datong Town? How can it be saved? "
In Hunyuan Prefecture, the old and confused acting king Zhu Dingwei is committing a crime! He committed the grave crime of spreading rumors to confuse the public and curse the emperor!
Those who listened to his rumors and curses were a group of "irrefutable witnesses", including British Duke Zhang Weixian, Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen, Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi, Left Governor Luo Sigong... and Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards. There is really no one here, even the biggest boss in Jinyiwei is here! This case is so solid that it can't even be denied. The commander of the Jinyi Guards personally testified, could he still be wrong?
"King, king, prince..." British Duke Zhang Weixian was frightened by this prince who was probably suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and he was speechless. "You, who did you hear these things from?"
"Alas, the news has spread all over Datong Town!" Zhu Dingwei sighed longly, "I also asked the sentries of Datong Town who came back from outside the city to ask... They all said long live I led more than a thousand cavalry to fight against the Tatars, and won a small victory. Then I marched in close to the enemy and crossed the Yuhe River!"
Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo who helped Zhang Weixian, stamped his feet, his rather heroic face was full of worry, he shook his head and said: "I fell into the trap, fell into the trap... This is a Tatar trick." Defeat the plan to lure the enemy!"
Zhang Weixian also shook his head repeatedly. Not to mention whether he fell into the trap or not, with the dignity of the emperor, he should not lead Qianqi deep into dangerous places! Even if this emperor is really brave and unstoppable, he cannot do this... Killing the enemy in battle is simply not what an emperor should do!
Luo Sigong, the commander-in-chief of Jin Yiwei, was very evil-minded and always felt that what the old king said was only half of what he said! So he asked: "Your Majesty, is the Emperor defeated or not?"
His son Luo Yang was even worse and added: "My lord, you are the vassal king, why did you leave the city and come to Hunyuan Prefecture?"
What do you mean? Zhu Dingwei also felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing were both the leaders of Jinyiwei!
"Gu, Gu Wang..." Zhu Dingwei hurriedly found an excuse. After thinking hard, he actually had one, "It was Lord Long Live who asked King Gu to leave the city! Lord Long Live was trapped in the Yuhe River and asked someone to pass on the order. The solitary king led the Datong eldest son and the servants of each government out of the city to join the battle!"
What? Is there such a thing? Let the prince and the eldest son go out to fight in the city? Isn't this emperor being too ridiculous?
Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Guobi and others all found it unbelievable. In order to prove that what he said was true, Zhu Dingwei quickly winked at the few princes who ran away with him and asked them to speak.
These county princes were also full of grievances. They had been living comfortably as princes in Datong City, but the young emperor didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong! He came all the way to Datong, and asked everyone to follow him to be killed by the Tatars... The most outrageous thing is that he himself took the lead. Does he think he is as brave as his ancestor Chengmiao Master? The two defenders Man Gui and Zhang Yiming were also bastards. They didn't stop the emperor and went crazy together. On the eighth day of the lunar month, they mobilized all the elite soldiers in the city to fight the Tatars!
There are one hundred thousand Tatars!
How many elite soldiers are there in Datong City? There are less than 10,000 people in total, and they are all transferred out at once. Who will guard such a large city of Datong? Is it possible to rely on hundreds of servants from the Ma family and Ma family and 10,000 or 20,000 "temporary soldiers"?
So it’s not that the big guy wants to run...if he doesn’t, he’ll be dead! Either he will be tortured to death by the young emperor, or he will be killed by the Tatars who destroyed the city!
Princes, you and I poured out bitter words with each word. Although the words were piecemeal, we were able to piece together a "fact".
Luo Sigong, the former commander of the Royal Guards, who was the best at telling stories among a group of martial artists in the capital, twirled his beard and began to summarize.
"My lords, is this what happened in Datong? Long live the Lord misunderstood the traitor and underestimated the enemy. He led a thousand cavalry out of the city. As a result, he was lured by the Tatars to the Yuhedong case and fell into a tight siege. Zhang Yiming and Man Gui led the whole army of Datong The elite soldiers of the city went to the rescue, and the princes also led their guards and servants out of the city to help in the battle. However, they were blocked by the Tatars, and their retreat was also cut off. They had no choice but to retreat around the city..."
Jinyiwei’s veteran Tishuai is just different! The story is quite well-written and could be included in the history books.
"Yes, yes, yes, that's it!" Acting King Zhu Dingwei nodded repeatedly.
Luo Sigong glanced at the British Duke Zhang Weixian - something bad is going on... You have to take us all to throw the blame away!
The British Duke sighed and said to the acting king Zhu Dingwei: "Your Majesty, why don't you and several princes from Datong jointly write a memorial to tell the story of what happened in Datong City, the court, the empress, and empress Yi'an? Your Majesty, please tell me."
"Okay, the lonely king will write it immediately!" Zhu Dingwei also knew that it was a sin for him to abandon the emperor and run away. Now of course he did not dare to offend the nobles from the capital, so he readily agreed and wrote the memorial on the spot. He asked several county kings who ran away with him to sign their names.
Zhang Weixian and others did not dare to delay, and immediately sent messengers on fast horses to deliver the memorials of several unlucky princes of Datong to Beijing...
After sending away the messenger, they settled King Dai and several other princes in the city of Hunyuan Prefecture, and then gathered together to stare at each other.
It is very likely that something happened to the young emperor. Datong Town may not be lost, but it will definitely be trapped, and there must be few troops in the city... The best case scenario is to rely on Zhang Yiming to mobilize a few people to hold on.
"The British Lord..." After a while, Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi spoke again, "What should we do if Long Live Lord is really gone?"
"Yes," Duke Chengguo Zhu Chunchen frowned, "Long Live Master didn't even leave a son..."
Funing Marquis Zhu Guobi shook his head repeatedly, "It would be better if it really disappears, I'm afraid there will be another coup..."
Luo Sigong glared at Zhu Guobi: "Marquis Funing, what are you talking about?"
Zhu Guobi also knew that he had made a mistake, but he still did not regret it and snorted: "The truth!"
British Duke Zhang Weixian coughed: "This kind of thing is not something we should be concerned about... We should consider how to protect the Ming Dynasty!"
"Preserve the Ming Dynasty? Isn't that enough?" Luo Yangxing was startled by the British Duke's words, "Do the Mongols still want to return to the Central Plains?"
"It's hard to say!" British Duke Zhang Weixian sighed, "The situation in Datong is unknown, but we must prepare for the worst... If the city of Datong cannot be protected, then what we have to defend is the Inner Great Wall, especially the Shanxi section. The Inner Great Wall and Zijingguan Pass, the pass leading to the capital, and other places on the Inner Great Wall.”
Zhu Chunchen said: "Then we must immediately divide our troops to guard Pianguan Pass, Ningwu Pass, Yanmen Pass, Pingxing Pass, Daoma Pass and Zijin Pass."
The British Duke nodded: "We don't have many troops on hand, so let's guard Ningwu Pass, Yanmen Pass, and Zijin Pass first!"
Although there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Beijing camp, when it comes to the critical moment when troops are needed, there are still not a few people to recruit. This time, the troops Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Guobi and others brought to Datong Town totaled only more than 20,000 people, including two to three thousand servants of nobles in the capital!
He thought for a moment and then said to Zhu Chunchen and Zhu Guobi, "Mr. Cheng Guo, you take 6,000 people to guard Yanmen Pass. Marquis Funing, you take 6,000 people to Ningwuguan. The rest will be led by this old man and the two commanders Luo Ti." , first check the situation here in Hunyuan Prefecture... If Datong is still there, Long live the Lord is fine, and the Tatars have retreated, of course it would be best."
Zhang Weixian's arrangement was actually to avoid the possible dispute over the succession of the throne in the court... It was a very satisfactory plan. Zhu Chunchen and Zhu Guobi were both sensible people. They immediately received their general orders and each took 6,000 men to guard Yanmen Pass and Ningwuguan. Zhang Weixian himself led more than 8,000 people to set up defenses in Hunyuan Prefecture, and also sent spies to inquire about the situation in the direction of Datong.
As a result, before the spies came back, Datong Governor Zhang Yiming arrived first!
(End of chapter)
