The Yan army swore to fight.
Wherever the soldiers passed, no one dared to stop them.
Baoding Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, Jizhou, Zunhua and other places saw the wind fall one after another.
In less than half a month, the Yan army annexed the entire northern Xinjiang territory in one fell swoop.
With Zhending Prefecture and Dezhou Prefecture forming a line, the Yan army retreated as soon as it was good and did not go too far.
The two sides seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement to govern according to the territory and not interfere with each other.
However, as an urgent report from Fang Xiaoru was delivered to the Imperial Capital of Jinling, huge waves were once again set off.
Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked at the urgent report in his hand and cursed Li Jinglong in his heart, wishing he could chop off the head of this incompetent waste with his own hands.
Although Fang Xiaoru had tried his best to excuse Li Jinglong in the emergency report, no matter how he tried to evade the important and trivial, the facts remained the facts and the result remained unchanged.
That is, Li Jinglong led an army of 500,000 people to go north to fight against the rebellion. It took more than four or five months and countless money and supplies. As a result, instead of conquering the city of Beiping, he was defeated by King Yan in a battle and had to retreat to Zhending Dezhou!
In other words, the imperial army was not only defeated this time, but also a disastrous defeat!
They spent countless amounts of money, food and equipment, and almost no decent results were achieved. Instead, they lost more than 100,000 soldiers. Even Qu Neng and his son, the famous general Ping An and other senior generals were tricked to death by Li Jinglong!
How could Qitai report this to His Majesty the Emperor?
With His Majesty's temperament and temperament, why should we strip him of his skin?
Qitai looked at the emergency report and remained silent for a long time.
Finally, he let out a long sigh, made a mental draft, and then took heavy steps to meet the saint.
It must be reported. Such a big matter cannot be hidden at all, and it is impossible to hide it deliberately.
Instead of doing this, it is better to report it as early as possible, pretend to be wrong, and try your best to minimize the impact of this defeat!
Qi Tai was not stupid either. He ordered others to find Huang Zicheng, the minister of Taichang Temple.
The two met outside the Qianqing Palace and discussed in a low voice.
When Huang Zicheng first heard the news, he was furious as expected.
It was also difficult for him to understand how Li Jinglong could be so incompetent, like a waste!
Aren’t you a master of the art of war?
Aren't you a general?
Didn’t you inherit the mantle of Qiyang King Li Wenzhong?
Is this the result?
An army of 500,000 troops stormed Beiping for two or three months, but they were able to knock down the city every time!
As a result, the traitor Zhu Di was forced to lead his troops from Daning to return for reinforcements, and your main army was defeated in one battle!
Anyone who sees this kind of stupid and incompetent performance will feel angry and disgusted!
Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong, you really deserve to die!
But even so, they still have to find a way to save this waste!
Because Li Jinglong is the coach of the three armed forces recommended by the three of them, that means that the four of them are now grasshoppers on the same rope!
If His Majesty the Emperor is dissatisfied with Li Jinglong or even murderous, then the fate of the three of them will not be any better than that of Li Jinglong!
Therefore, Li Jinglong must keep it. At least the situation has not completely collapsed yet. Li Jinglong still has 400,000 troops under his command. He can continue to march north to fight against rebellion until the spring of next year!
The two exchanged opinions, sorted out their words, and then hurried into Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yunwen was in a good mood at the moment, because the North Korean King Li Fangyuan had just signed a letter of credence, publicly expressing his support for him, the Ming Emperor, to send troops to fight against the rebellion and destroy the traitor Zhu Di and other rebellious officials and traitors.
This letter of credence from North Korea is undoubtedly a typical act of flattery, but it touches the heart of Zhu Yunwen.
Since the traitor Zhu Di rebelled, the imperial court has repeatedly failed to suppress the rebellion, so that now everyone in the government and the public is panicked and uneasy.
In particular, many old ministers publicly and secretly impeached Qi, Huang, and Fang, requesting that the national policy of reducing vassal states be abolished in order to appease all the vassal kings in the world.
After all, the reason why the traitor Zhu Di raised an army to rebel was because of the national policy of Qi, Huang and Fang to reduce vassal states. At least this was the banner adopted by Yan Ni.
Even Zhu Yunwen himself sometimes wonders whether he was too hasty and impulsive, and should not have used force to cut down the vassal so forcefully that it led to today's situation.
However, the letter of credence written by King Li Fangyuan of North Korea gave Zhu Yunwen support and encouragement, confirming his inner thoughts of reducing the vassal status.
It is absolutely right for me to cut down the vassal clan!
You see, the surrounding vassal countries have expressed their support!
The wrong people must be Zhu Di and other rebellious officials and traitors!
Zhu Yunwen firmly believed that even if he did not implement the national policy of reducing vassal states, Zhu Di and other rebellious officials and traitors who had already had different intentions would definitely rebel!
So in the final analysis, the fault is not in cutting down the vassal vassal, but in the throne!
Zhu Yunwen encouraged himself again and was about to send a mission to North Korea to reward and praise the North Korean king Li Fangyuan.
But at this moment, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng came together to request a face-to-face meeting, which made Zhu Yunwen a little uneasy.
"Your Majesty, urgent report from the front, Li Jinglong has been defeated!"
Qitai was so single that he knelt down on the ground and told the result first.
When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he immediately froze on the spot.
"Failed?" He murmured in disbelief, "How could it be defeated?"
"He Li Jinglong has an army of 500,000 people!"
"These 500,000 troops are all elite soldiers I mobilized from various places!"
"And I have tried my best to provide him with food, grass and supplies, and I have never stopped!"
The further he spoke, the angrier Zhu Yunwen became, and there was even a murderous intent deep in his eyes.
"How could he lose? Tell me clearly!"
Qitai sighed and forwarded Fang Xiaoru's urgent letter.
Zhu Yunwen took the urgent report and looked at it, his face was uncertain for a while.
Upon seeing this, Huang Zicheng hurriedly spoke and directly defended Li Jinglong.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
"It's true that Li Jinglong lost, but it's also excusable."
"When the bitter cold came to the north, most of the soldiers came from the south, so they could not adapt to the bitter cold weather, and their combat effectiveness plummeted."
"Secondly, Qu Neng, Ping An and other senior generals, relying on their hard work and merit, did not pay attention to Li Jinglong, the commander-in-chief of the three armies. They fought on their own and delayed the military aircraft. In the end, not only did they lose their lives in vain, but they also implicated the Wang Division's army. !”
As soon as the civil servant opens his mouth, he will know if there is one.
When it comes to the ability to confuse right and wrong and cover up wrongdoings, this is definitely the specialty of civil servants and gentry.
The result of Qitai and Huang Zicheng's discussion just now is to do their best to protect Li Jinglong. As for the mistakes in this battle, they must find at least a few scapegoats.
Naturally, the best scapegoat is a dead person, because a dead person cannot argue!
Therefore, Ping An and Qu Neng are undoubtedly the best choices. If one of them counts, don't even think about running away!
When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he became furious and punched the desk hard!
"Bastard thing!"
"This is really unreasonable!"
"The incompetence of an ordinary man is a burden to our three armies!"
"Come here, take Ping'an, Qu Neng and all their family members into prison!"
Hearing this, Qitai and Huang Zicheng looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
His Majesty the Emperor dealt with these scapegoats, and most of his anger was gone.
The rest depends on Li Jinglong's next performance.
"Your Majesty, Li Jinglong is now leading his army to retreat to Texas. He is reorganizing his troops and preparing for war. He will go north to fight against the rebellion in the spring of next year!"
"Yes." Zhu Yunwen nodded, "Tell Cao Guogong that temporary failure does not matter, I am waiting for him to destroy Yan Ni and return to the court with great victory!"
Qitai and Huang Zicheng looked at each other and smiled, then shouted loudly in unison.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
