At dawn on February 14, civil servants were gathering at the Meridian Gate.
On the way here, they had already learned the news that Wang Yue had taken the risk and abandoned the garrison of Guancheng. On the way, the group of ministers exploded. Not to mention ordinary ministers, even experienced veterans of the Ministry of War such as Ma Wensheng, I don’t understand Wang Yue’s motives.
Zhu Youtang appeared at the Meridian Gate with several eunuchs from the Bureau of Ceremonies.
Zhu Youtang was sitting on the throne, his expression showing that he had not had a good rest in the past two days.
But the emperor's speech seemed slow and leisurely, as if he was not too anxious.
In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor was "more sad than heartbroken". Anyway, he knew that the instructions from the capital could not help the northwest, so he had to resign himself to fate.
The meeting begins.
Min Gui, the censor of Zuodu, took the lead in attacking Wang Yue.
"... Piangan Pass is the most important part of our defense in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Yue, the censor of the right capital, does not care about the emperor's favor and openly abandons the defense of the pass, which makes Di Yi have the opportunity to invade our inland. Please remove him from his post and interrogate him. !”
Min Gui is the censor of Zuodu and the highest official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He has the responsibility of investigating the mistakes of ministers.
This time Wang Yue went to Piantou Pass to serve as the general secretary of the Xuan Dynasty, and he held the official title of Censor of the Right Capital and Left Minister of the Ministry of War. This meant that he was within the scope of supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Min Gui came directly to impeach Wang Yue. This is also its responsibility.
After Min Gui finished speaking.
The officials present at the Ministry of Science and Technology were excited, and several people came out to participate in the impeachment. In particular, the words given to Yu Xuan by the Ministry of Military Affairs were the most intense. They even brought up old matters again, including Wang Yue's bribery of Li Guang, collusion with Wang Zhi, etc. Pour them out together.
Wang Yue is said to be like a national traitor.
After the civil servants made the move, it was Zhu Youtang's turn to take the move.
He sent the people there, not to mention that he now knew Wang Yue's motives. Even if he didn't understand Wang Yue's intentions, he couldn't just beat him to death with a stick.
The emperor doesn’t want to lose face?
Zhu Youtang was also wondering, don't you ministers understand this?
"I talked about this matter with Ma Qing's family, the Minister of War, and Liu Ge, the cabinet minister, last night. I also think Wang Yue's move is too hasty, but he has a strategic plan. I sent him to Pianguan two months in advance. To prepare for war, with his skills in leading troops, is it just to lead the troops to withdraw from the pass when the enemy invaders arrive?"
This time the emperor was able to make things clear to his ministers.
That's right, Wang Yue was sent by me, you don't have to doubt it.
Moreover, Wang Yueren has been at the Piantou Pass for nearly two months. He has been preparing for the war for such a long time. If he has no strategic plan at all, do you believe it?
Don't participate in impeachment just for the sake of participating in impeachment, use your brain more!
Xie Qian came out, raised the wat board and said: "Excuse me, your majesty, can Wang Wei rather explain his intention to use troops at Pianguan? If the Tatars occupy Pianguan or even destroy the pass, how can he return to fight? ? Or... we want to lure the Tatar soldiers and horses further south and then encircle them? "
Now no minister would think that Wang Yue dared to fight back with a few cavalry while leaving the Piantou Pass to the Tatars.
It can only be explained that Wang Yue's move was to let the Tatars "take advantage of the opportunity" and move the Tatars closer to Datong, and then send Xuanfu and other suppressing troops to cut off the Tatars' retreat...
In fact, this is also a bit nonsense.
The Tatar cavalry comes and goes like the wind. If you can't get out of one pass, you can go through other passes. The Tatar cavalry is in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Who else dares to confront them in the wilderness?
It's just a fire sieve. In recent years, when the bandits have raided the border areas, how often have they not come in arrogantly and left in high spirits?
Zhu Youtang said: "It's too early to talk about this matter now. I can't judge the crime for something that hasn't happened. Even if Wang Yue is at fault, it has already happened. It's already too late for me to issue an order to correct it now. The commander is changed before the formation, and it's still too late. It is better to wait until the insurgency in the northwest subsides and then take a long-term approach."
Wang Zongyi, the right minister of the Ministry of War, requested the order: "Your Majesty, around the capital..."
"Wang Qing's family, you don't need to mention it. Not to mention Neisanguan and the capital, even Xuanfu and Datong, I have already issued a decree that martial law is strictly enforced everywhere and no one can go out to fight without permission. Even Wang Yue, It was also a response after encountering an enemy attack and he did not take the initiative to attack. Can't you give him a few days to judge the hero based on success or failure?"
The emperor was also a little angry.
You guys like to give it a second thought. The matter is not over yet. Even if you want to summarize after the war, shouldn't you wait for the results of the battle first?
What's the use of worrying about Wang Yue's crime here now?
Whoever thinks Wang Yue is guilty, don't beep, I'll give you a yue and go to the northwest to capture him! Who dares?
He looks like a loyal and courageous remonstrator. When he presented me with a difficult problem, didn't he think about whether it would be difficult to implement it?
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The subsequent court discussions were basically still about military affairs in the northwest.
But compared to the battle at Piantou Pass, those things seemed to be nothing. Zhu Youtang also ended the court meeting early, but left the cabinet ministers Liu Jian and Xie Qian, and the Minister of War Ma Wensheng to serve in the cabinet. , at your disposal at any time.
When Zhu Youtang was walking towards the Qianqing Palace, he just passed by the steps in front of the Fengtian Palace when a ray of sunlight shone down and happened to shine on Zhu Youtang.
"Its daybreak."
Zhu Youtang squinted his eyes and looked at the rising sun in the east.
Dai Yi said: "Yes, Your Majesty, in February, the sun rises later. After late spring, the day will dawn before the court meeting is over."
Zhu Youtang said with a calm look on his face: "Today's meeting was short. Here and in Pianguan, we see the same ray of sunshine. I don't know if Wang Weining is in Pianguan, whether a battle has been won or not, and what the outcome will be. ?”
Dai Yi heard the anxiety in Zhu Youtang's heart. The emperor just didn't show it on his face. In fact, he was still anxious in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have been tossing and turning last night and couldn't sleep.
"Your Majesty, I don't think Wang Weining will fall behind the Ming Dynasty's frontier army." Dai Yi said.
"Um."
Zhu Youtang nodded, "Today's second trial is about to end. Let him come to the palace to see me later. Speaking of which, I still miss him a little."
Dai Yi was startled.
Who does Your Majesty miss so much? He actually misses Zhang Zhou?
After further thinking, this kind of longing should be spiritual sustenance. The more helpless and hesitant the emperor was, the more he wanted to take advantage of Zhang Zhou's unpredictable abilities.
Dai Yi said: "When the old slave turns around, he will ask someone to pass on the message."
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It is also the rising sun.
The location was changed to Piantou Pass.
Zhu Feng dragged his tired body and reined in the horse in front of a house near Beicheng Pass. He almost fell off the horse. He only stabilized his body by supporting the ground with his hands, and put away the heavy armor on his body. Take it off.
"General!"
The people nearby felt that Zhu Feng was playing with fire.
Just after the war, you, Zhu Feng, were in a hurry to remove your armor. Do you really think there is no hidden danger in this city?
"Too heavy!"
Zhu Feng just said the truest thoughts in his heart. When he put down his sword and wanted to find a place to rest, suddenly there was the roar of horses in the distance. He quickly grabbed the hilt of the sword, his hands still shaking.
When he saw clearly that the roaring horses were the generals of his right army, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the sandbag, holding the hilt of his sword.
The sandbags were surrounded by scattered rice. When I grabbed a handful from the ground, there was still the smell of blood inside.
There are granaries nearby.
The granary was the key location to be bombed. Wang Yue planted explosives in all granaries and places with luggage.
Probably Wang Yue never cared about external things, so these fine rice were blown up all over the streets together with the flesh and blood of the Tatars.
When Zhu Feng looked at the blood stains and meat-like things that could be seen everywhere on the street, his stomach turned upside down.
"Major General!"
The person who got off the horse was a guerrilla general named Wu Tong sent by Wang Yue to cooperate with Zhu Feng.
Wu Tong was once the commander of the Yulin Guards, and he followed Wang Yue in the battles. He was appreciated and promoted to join the army, and he was regarded as Wang Yue's direct descendant.
Zhu Feng said: "No courtesy, cough cough."
Perhaps because of the cold, or perhaps because he was too tired last night, Zhu Feng coughed.
After a while, after Zhu Feng got better, Wu Tongcai said: "There are no traces of the Tatars at the northern pass of the city. Our department responsible for escorting and guarding the prisoners in the city has already arrived at the military camp in the east of the city. Why doesn't the Major General go and take charge?"
"No... no need."
Zhu Feng almost wanted to say, this is no place for people to stay, I want to go home!
A dandy boy who had never even seen what a battlefield looked like before, let alone leading troops, was exposed to such a tragic scene of bloody flesh and blood.
The first-level trumpet has not been seen in the novice village yet. It faces the level 100 BOSS directly, and it is still a one-on-one challenge.
Wu Tong sighed: "The bravery of the young general is really impressive to those in lower ranks, especially when you killed Di Yi with your own hands."
"cough."
When Zhu Feng heard this, his hands trembled even more.
That's called force killing?
It was obvious that after entering the city, the horses were frightened by the explosion and almost ran wildly on the street. There happened to be a Tatar in front of him who had even lost his horse. He was still alone. He picked up his long sword and used the momentum of the horse to hit him from behind. As soon as the man was hit, he was knocked down, but the retinue who followed him chopped him to death.
But just because of this, Zhu Feng, as a newbie on the battlefield, actually gained experience.
Because of this, his hands were shaking all the time, and he had to hold on to something to calm down. This was also the reason why he kept holding on to the hilt of the sword since he dismounted.
"Excellent...excellent."
Zhu Feng felt bad.
I'm just here to gain experience. I really don't have any ambition to make a difference. Even if I said I wanted to come to the battlefield, I didn't say I wanted to work hard in a place like this.
Could it be that my father, Brother Zhang, and Wang Weining had any misunderstandings about my intentions?
Wu Tongze almost wanted to blow Zhu Feng to the sky...
During the battle last night, Wu Tong hated Zhu Feng for being timid, but after the war was over, Wu Tong immediately understood that as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Zhu Feng also had a strong backing, and it was inevitable that he would be promoted to a higher position after returning.
Wu Tong calculated that even if he couldn't eat meat, he would definitely get a lot of money if he drank soup.
Zhu Feng stood up holding the hilt of his sword and asked, "Do you have any wine?"
A guard next to him took out a leather bag containing wine. Alcohol was prohibited in Wang Yue's army, but during battles, soldiers were allowed to bring wine, saying that spicy food can stimulate the pride in the hearts of soldiers and reduce fear on the battlefield.
Zhu Feng was about to pick it up.
Wu Tongtong: "Major General, if you want to drink, ask someone to warm it up for you. Uncle Wei Ning has given instructions that it is cold in February, so the army should not drink cold wine."
Zhu Feng wanted to say, I just want to drink some wine to calm down my shock, but this won't work?
"Major General, have you never heard of the story about Chen Liangjiu?"
Of course Zhu Feng had heard of it.
Wang Yue liked to ridicule Chen Rui in front of his subordinates when he had nothing to do. Perhaps because Chen Rui had a high prestige in the army in the past few years, Wang Yue used Chen Rui as a negative example to show his prestige in the army.
Wu Tong said with a mocking look: "The general's father followed Wei Ningbo to conquer Weininghai, and fought with Wei Ningbo through life and death. He was never afraid of the Tatars! But there are some people who, when encountering the enemy, do not think about bloody battles, but think about He led the troops to escape. There was news earlier that when Ping Jiangbo heard that the results of the bloody battle in Guancheng were improving, he led his troops to this side and then ran back. He is expected to enter the city in the afternoon."
Just as he was talking, another messenger came over.
The messenger said: "General Zhu, Wang Junmen, please come over and have a chat!"
If Wu Tong asked Zhu Feng to go to the west of the city to guard the prisoners, Zhu Feng did not have to go, but Wang Yue personally sent someone to call... Zhu Feng had to go.
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The city head in the north of the city.
Zhu Feng carefully followed the soldiers up to the city wall, and looked down... It was more than ten feet high, and she felt dizzy just looking at it. What was even worse was that there was still a section of the city wall on the side, and bricks were still being lowered in some places.
Zhu Feng was very afraid that the wall beneath his feet would collapse and he would fall down.
Wang Yue was holding a telescope and looking into the distance.
"Mr. Wang." Zhu Feng sniffed and said.
Wang Yue put down the telescope, looked back at Zhu Feng, and found that the armor on Zhu Feng was only temporarily put on, and he had obviously left the body before.
"Zhijie, this battle has gained a lot. Just the heads of the Tatars killed were more than 1,600! Not counting the ones that were blown to pieces, there were at least hundreds of them..."
Zhu Feng's throat moved, and he didn't know whether he was swallowing saliva or snot, but he managed to calm down and said: "Mr. Wang, the Tatars have run away, are you afraid that they will come back again?"
"hehe."
Wang Yue smiled and said, "What are you people below doing? They have rearranged the mighty sky gunpowder. If there are few Tatars, shoot them back one by one. If they come in large numbers, they will explode them all... Don't worry. Well, from what I’ve seen, the Tatars have suffered such a huge setback, let alone returning to attack again, they probably won’t dare to come again in a few years!”
Zhu Feng was worried to death.
The city wall has gaps everywhere, as if it is undefended, and there are only a few thousand defenders in the city. Can they do anything?
However, seeing Wang Yue's calm and composed appearance, as well as the new explosive sites being laid everywhere, as well as the re-erected artillery and muskets, he felt confident.
Is it finally over...?
"Then Mr. Wang, why didn't you pursue him?" Zhu Feng asked another question that sounded innocent to Wang Yue.
Wang Yue said: "Zhijie, aren't your current achievements enough to make you successful?"
Zhu Feng thought, this must be enough.
Wang Yue pointed to the bottom of the city and said: "The Tatars left at least 2,500 corpses here, as well as 600 to 700 prisoners, thousands of war horses and livestock... This credit should be enough, right?"
"Well……"
Seeing Wang Yue asking for advice seriously, Zhu Feng was suddenly confused.
I need to define whether the credit is enough?
Wait, doesn't he mean to say, I am the supervisor of this battle?
"Where is Eunuch Zhang?" Zhu Feng then thought of Zhang Yong, the supervisor of the army.
Wang Yue smiled and said: "Eunuch Zhang is not in the city. He will probably enter the city before noon than Chen Liangjiu."
"oh."
Zhu Feng thought for a while, but the supervisor was not there.
Wang Yue cared about his thoughts, probably because he represented Zhang Zhou.
Wang Yue said again: "Don't chase the poor bandits. If you have to chase them out, you will encounter bandits gathering to fight back, and you will be impeached by civilian officials with several memorials. Your credit will not be clear."
Zhu Feng heard this.
have to.
For you, Mr. Wang, all wars are just a business.
This is because the business has made enough, and for fear of being greedy, I will continue to take part of the credit earned.
Might as well give it up when it's good.
Zhu Feng liked doing business himself, and suddenly felt that Old Wang's business experience was quite pleasing to the ears.
As long as he doesn't continue to chase...he won't be in danger.
It doesn’t matter whether you fight or not in the future, I will definitely not come again!
(End of chapter)
