Even Wang Ziteng responded quickly. In just two days, he led a group of soldiers and prepared to leave the city. Before we reached the city gate, an urgent report from the border had arrived.
The important border town of Datong has been lost. Almost all the elite grassland people came out in full force, and the border officers and soldiers collapsed at the first touch. There is simply no way to resist.
In fact, Wang Ziteng can achieve the position of Jingying Jiedushi. He also inherited the military power of Rong Ning's Second Mansion. How could it be possible that he was a vain person? His informant received the news of the fall of Datong one day in advance.
Wang Ziteng could only spend one more day in the capital. Calculating that the information about the fall of Datong was about to arrive, he led a group of soldiers out of the city.
He was not willing to lose the real shortage of Jiedushi in the Beijing camp. If he really left the city, it would be too late to get the news. After all, the imperial name is still there, even though Datong was lost. Are there any other border crossings I can go to?
When he returned to the capital at that time, he did not know that he was the military governor of the capital camp. How many more people are available? Maybe the emperor didn't like Wang Ziteng for a long time.
At this time, Wang Ziteng hurriedly followed the messenger to the palace. When the emperor saw that Wang Ziteng had not left the capital, the express report of the fall of Datong had arrived. It seems that the strength of the border army is weaker than expected. Originally, the emperor also wanted to expel Wang Ziteng from the capital.
Now it seems that it can't be done, so the emperor's order is withdrawn. Let Wang Ziteng prepare the capital camp and be ready to participate in battle at any time. To be honest, both the monarch and his ministers knew that the current Beijing camp did not have the strength to fight against the Tatars in the steppes.
Wang Ziteng could only accept the order and leave. Who told him that he had become more selfish recently and did not stand with the emperor completely? The emperor was clearly knocking him.
Wang Ziteng returned to the capital camp. I feel a little more at ease. But looking at the soldiers from the Beijing camp, they couldn't help but shake their heads. The combat capability is worrisome. Wang Ziteng believed that he was no worse than others in leading troops.
In addition, Wang Ziteng never deducted the soldiers' food and salary. I would only put money in it secretly, but of course I wouldn't dare to put money in it blatantly. Otherwise, what's your intention?
Wang Ziteng was also helpless. The Beijing camp under his command was like this, let alone the frontier troops who didn't even have enough to eat. The sun has set on the Great Zheng Dynasty. I don’t know how many people will die this time.
Fortunately, the grassland people are not good at attacking cities. The Zheng Dynasty had no problem guarding the big city. Now Wang Ziteng is thinking about it. The emperor wants him to reorganize his troops and prepare for war. It seemed that the emperor was still dissatisfied with his performance and began to use soft knives.
The real purpose of the steppe Tatars entering the country from Datong was not to capture cities and territories, but to plunder property and people. They originally came to survive and were prepared to risk their lives. It turned out that the frontier troops of the Great Zheng Dynasty had long been turned into a group of sick cats and were vulnerable to a single blow.
The steppe Tatars went from fighting for their lives to committing wanton robbery and destruction. In terms of robbing property, it is definitely more effective to disperse the operation, so there are not many grassland Tatars who can actually reach the capital.
The people fleeing in the north came in groups, heading towards the capital, which was the safest place in their hearts.
At this time, the imperial court received another battle report. Five thousand Jurchen cavalry entered the country from Zhangjiakou and began to plunder and plunder, heading towards the capital along the road. Now the court was completely panicked and in chaos.
They were really not afraid of the prairie Tatars. They just grabbed a bunch of them and left, taking the harvest with them before spring started. The Jurchens were even more ruthless. The Jinzhou area was almost completely plundered by them. They were not steppe Tatars. They only wanted property and women.
The Jurchens are indeed in need of men, women, and property, and they even don't lack siege equipment. And their fighting power is even greater than that of the steppe Tatars. It is said that Jurchens are absolutely invincible.
Fortunately, this time the Jurchen cavalry did not exceed 10,000. It seems that the Zheng Dynasty can still block it. A unified opinion was quickly formed in the court. The Jurchen cavalry must be kept out of the capital.
It would be too dangerous for the Jurchens to come near the capital, so the emperor quickly issued an order, ordering Wang Ziteng to lead 25,000 elite troops from the capital to intercept the Jurchens outside Changping.
Wang Ziteng had no choice but to bite the bullet. His elite troops from the Beijing camp were just fine delivering food to the Jurchens. Before the vanguard troops arrived at Changping, they encountered the Jurchen cavalry.
The elite troops of the Beijing camp were not much stronger than the frontier troops, and they were also defeated in one blow. Wang Ziteng also slashed and killed, and finally gathered more than 3,000 defeated troops. Retreat to the capital.
From this point, we can also see Wang Ziteng’s decisiveness. The ones he killed were all his own soldiers. The remaining more than 20,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp will be killed and killed, but they will not be able to escape. I don’t know where I went.
When the court heard the news, they broke out in a cold sweat. The elite of the Beijing camp were so vulnerable. The emperor was even more at a loss. I thought that Wang Ziteng's elite could at least block the Jurchens' sharp edges.
The elite of the Beijing camp would definitely not be able to defeat the Jurchen cavalry. Delaying for a while is victory. After all, after the start of spring, the Jurchen cavalry will naturally retreat if they lose their advantage.
Of course, the Jurchen people will leave with a large number of people and property. There is no other way now. The only option is to close the city gate tightly and wait for the Jurchens to retreat automatically when they have grabbed enough.
Nearly 100,000 refugees have gathered outside the capital in just a few days. Moreover, the number of people is still increasing. The four gates of the capital are tightly closed, and even the defeated more than 3,000 soldiers of the Beijing camp are blocked from the city gates. Wang Ziteng was also upset because he was unable to enter the city.
He was not worried about foreign enemies. The combat power of the three thousand soldiers now in hand cannot be underestimated. Maybe it won't work against the Jurchen cavalry. But the Jurchen tribe will not come to bite his hard bone. Who wants to chew hard bones if you don't eat good tender meat?
What Wang Ziteng is worried about is the accountability after the incident. There are only more than 3,000 soldiers in the 25,000 Beijing camp. As the commander-in-chief, Wang Ziteng cannot escape the blame. Now Wang Ziteng is thinking about ways to atone for his crimes.
People in the capital were panicking. The Zheng Dynasty had been stable for so many years. Who knew that the Jurchen tribe was suddenly discovered and they were about to attack the capital.
There used to be an influx of refugees into the capital, but now that we don't care about things outside the city, we definitely can't let anyone into the city anymore.
The current situation in the capital is also quite tense. There are tens of thousands of refugees in the city, and it is freezing and snowy. It is too much to rely on government relief. The treasury is not said to be empty. Not much different. This is the consequences of official corruption.
Often the figures on the books are still there, but in fact the property has been greedy by the officials for a long time. Even the grain depots were like this. The official administration of the Zheng Dynasty had long been ruined. How is it possible that the remaining grain depots are not in ruins?
So the court became a mess and turned into a pot of porridge. These officials want to hold that group of officials accountable. That bunch of officials said that was pretty much it when I took over.
And there are certificates. In fact, everyone in the court and the officials know it. Everyone is unclean. The emperor actually understood that these officials were just putting on a show.
It is to let the emperor know that it is not just the responsibility of the current grain officer. If we really pursue the case, there will be too many officials involved. It is said that the law does not punish everyone, and the safety factor is much greater if everyone is tied together.
Of course the emperor knew what was going on here. If the officials were so easy to manage, he would have taken action long ago. The top priority now is to solve the problem of food and shelter for the refugees.
A single mistake among tens of thousands of refugees can cause serious consequences. Stability is everything at the moment.
The only way is to ask big families to donate food, money, and materials. Get through the immediate crisis first. The emperor took the lead in donating charity. Who else could be the big family in the capital besides the important ministers of the court?
But no one’s property falls from the sky. The most valuable thing in the chaos of war is food. Now the price of food in the capital has doubled several times.
In the end, the ministers had to donate some money, food and property. As long as the refugees have something to eat, they will not be in chaos until they starve to death. Many refugees froze to death and starved to death.
