In February of the eighth year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty, the world was in the midst of a festive and lively Spring Festival. The leader of Lawa, located in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, also took the opportunity to invade Datong when his demands were not met.
In March, Yingzong recruited hundreds of thousands of civilians from Qizhen, known as an army of 500,000, to march north.
On March 25, the army set off from Sunchon. Two days later, when I left Juyongguan, if I had the vision to look down from a high altitude, I would see the mighty army, stretching back and forth for more than 20 miles. I would like to see if the momentum is scary.
On April 1, just after arriving in Datong, Emperor Ming prepared to fight Ye Xian here. However, after receiving intelligence from Dongchang, Lawa had already made preparations here. This place was probably a trap.
Due to the cold weather and lack of food and grass, hundreds of thousands of troops withdrew without fighting. On their way back to Juyongguan, they were attacked many times by Lawa.
The remaining troops were attacked again in Mutu Town, with more than half of the casualties. Yingzong was captured and more than sixty ministers of the imperial court died in the battle.
On May 23, when Xian Ye defeated the Ming army, his ambitions swelled and he led a large army to attack the capital. He used the Yingzong threat to open the city gates in an attempt to occupy the Central Plains.
The ministers in the capital supported King Cheng Qiyu as emperor, refused Yingzong's entry into the capital, and at the same time summoned the troops from Hebei, Jiangnan, Shandong and other places to attack King Qin in the capital.
Because the imperial court rushed thousands of miles to summon people, within a few days, the news of King Qin's arrival in Beijing spread throughout Jiangnan Mansion.
During the great Ming Dynasty, when it was at its peak, the capital was besieged by barbarians from the north. This instantly sparked a frenzy among the people who heard about it along the way. Some people said that the Ming Dynasty was exhausted and the Mongolian Yuan people rose again. It is very likely that the capital is now It has been breached, and this group of Lavas may attack soon. A lot of places are starting to get messy.
Not long after the governor of Jiangnan received the imperial edict, he ordered the officials of the government to discuss it together. Since Lawa in the north was only a small state and could not be compared with the Yuan Dynasty, a few days after the imperial edict arrived, the first batch of King Qin's troops from Jiangnan Prefecture set out for an expedition. , and this of course had a great impact on society. Soon the lower-class citizens of Jiangnan Prefecture also knew the news. However, because the government clearly pointed out in the notices in various places that Lawa was only a small state with an army of only 50,000, and the army was only 50,000. The first batch of King Qin's troops in Jiangnan Dao alone had this number. Since Jiangnan Dao was the most fertile area in the Ming Dynasty and had good education, people's hearts were barely stabilized for a while.
The scholars gathered in Jiangnan Prefecture County looked at the notice posted in front of the county hospital that this year's autumn semester was cancelled. There was a man who looked to be in his thirties after failing to pass the exam last year and struggling for a whole year, only to see this ending. , lying on the ground and shouting: "God is not waiting for me, I have no money to study for another year. God wants me to die."
He banged his head on the ground, and the scholars around him became even more sad and angry when they saw him like this.
"I want to die too. The rent here is so high. I don't have any money left to continue my studies."
"My old parents at home can no longer farm, and they expect me to pass the exam to support them."
Many older candidates were so sad and angry that they wanted to die.
"Look, it says below the notice that if a scholar can join the King of Qin, he will get an extra level of military merit." A scholar said excitedly after reading the notice. There were still tears streaming down his face, so he just wiped them away and strode to sign up. He has nothing left to lose.
"It's this Lawa. If it hadn't been for them, I might have been able to pass the exam this year." The thirty-year-old man threw the book in his hand to the ground and walked away.
"Brother, where are you going?" Someone next to him asked him.
"Of course it's to kill the northern barbarians." The man returned.
The large number of scholars gathered in front of the door suddenly found the right direction, and the large number of people rushed towards the direction of the Jiangnan Mansion military camp like a parade, for fear of being too late.
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As soon as Shen Jie and Zhuo'er reached the alley across the long street, they heard a burst of noise. He looked across the street and saw a group of scholars running quickly towards the outside of the city.
Shen Jie saw a fat man walking slowly, standing on the side of the road panting, and asked: "Brother, what happened? Why did you run out of the city?"
The fat man looked at Shen Jie, who was also dressed like a poor scholar, and said, "I'm telling you, don't go to the Qiu Wei Festival again. It's canceled this year." The fat man said this, and from the corner of his eye he saw the fairy-like figure next to the young man. He wanted to lower his head and take a breath, but he held back for a while.
"Why was it cancelled?" Zhuo'er asked from the side. After Shen Jie woke up, she still expected him to register for Qiuwei. Now that she had arrived in Jiangnan Prefecture and there was still more than a month left, she especially wanted Shen Jie to obtain the meritorious title.
The fat man heard the woman speak so nicely, and his brain was a little slow for a while, but he quickly said: "There is a small tribe of barbarians in the north who have invaded the capital. Today, the Holy One has ordered everyone from the world to march against King Qin. As long as scholars come to the capital, their military merits will be increased." Wait, now this is the only chance for scholars like us to strive for fame, everyone is running to Fucheng to join the army now."
"How could this happen?" Zhuo'er said.
Shen Jie saw Zhuo'er's disappointed expression, and she knew that he wanted her to take the examination.
"Thank you, brother. Go as soon as possible. Don't fail to recruit people if it's late." Shen Jie said.
When the fat man heard this, he found that there were few people around him, "Brother, I also advise you to quickly join the army. I will leave first." The fat man spoke, glanced at Zhuo'er again, and ran forward with a bumpy step.
"Qiuwei is canceled this year, where are we going to go immediately, or you go too." Zhuo'er said confused, but his voice became softer afterward.
"After lunch, we will go to the capital." Shen Jie said.
"You really want to go to King Qin, what should I do?" Zhuo'er said. Ever since she was with him, she had never thought that he would leave her and go to such a far away place.
"There is one thing I need to confirm when I go to the capital. This is very important to me." Shen Jie said. Ever since he encountered that incident in the inn, he felt vaguely that 'Wulin Gaiden' was just passing by. It couldn't be that simple in this era. .
"What are you confirming? What are you hiding from me?" Zhuoer looked at him. At this moment, she felt that he was so strange.
He looked at the woman who was looking at him and said quickly: "I will take you with me."
