"Shi Zheng, our people outside Huailai Wei City sent back the news that Huailai Wei Cheng opened the city gate, and there were people in the city holding white flags and leaving the city." The messenger went into the tent to report.
"This is surrender!" Qin Rong looked at Chen Xunping.
Tan Zaiwang on the side said with a smile: "We have taken care of the tens of thousands of troops outside the city. There are at most a few hundred defenders in Huailai Guard City. The defenders in the city know that they will not be able to hold on and want to surrender in order to survive."
Without the tens of thousands of troops led by Zhao, Huailaiwei is the meat on their lips and can be swallowed at any time.
Chen Xunping pursed his lips and nodded, saying: "Since they are willing to surrender, we will save ourselves the trouble of attacking the city. Assistant Master Sun, please immediately lead a team of troops to take over Huailai Acropolis."
"Okay." Sun Chuang nodded, turned around and walked out of the tent.
Tan Zaiwang stood up and said, "Assistant Sun and I will go together. With the cavalry here, even if something happens in the city, it can be suppressed quickly."
"Okay, you can come too." Chen Xunping nodded in agreement.
Tan Zaiwang quickly chased after Sun Chuang, who had just left.
"Without Zhao's army, Yanqing Prefecture is already empty. Should we take this opportunity to capture Yanqing Prefecture as well?" Qin Rong came over with two pieces of sweet potato and handed one of the sweet potatoes to Chen Xunping.
Chen Xunping reached out to take the sweet potato, tore open the outer skin of one end with his hands, and said, "There is no need to rush the matter in Yanqing Prefecture. Right now, we will send someone to notify the Third War Division and tell them that they can take Xuanfu Town."
The First Battle Division entered Xuanfu from Yuzhou, and the Third Battle Division entered Xuanfu from the grassland. One of the two battle divisions entered from the west to the east, and the other from the north to the south.
The First Battle Division that marched eastward captured Baoan Prefecture. In order to contain the Guan Ning army led by Zhao within the territory of Xuanfu, the Third Battle Division laid siege to Xuanfu Town instead of attacking it.
Now that Guan Ning's army in Xuanfu has been destroyed, there is no need to stay in Xuanfu Town.
"I will arrange for someone to send the news of the destruction of Zhao's army to the Third War Division." Qin Rong finished speaking and took a bite of sweet potato in his mouth.
Chen Xunping stuffed the last sweet potato in his hand into his mouth, patted the charcoal ash on his hands, stood up, and said, "Let's go to Huailai Acropolis to see it."
The two people walked out of the tent.
The army brought by Zhao Lijiao in the Xuanfu was destroyed outside Huailai Guard City. The entire Xuanfu had no troops to mobilize, especially the several guard posts of Wandu Division near Yanqing Prefecture. They were empty of troops and there were insufficient defenders in the city. One third of what it used to be.
Not to mention fighting outside the city, even defending the city is stretched thin.
Shortly after Kang Shu, the defender of Huailai Guard City, presented the city, Yanqing Prefecture City and Yongning also fell one after another. The troops of the First Battle Division were approaching the Yanqing Guard.
You only need to cross the Badaling Great Wall and Juyongguan to head straight to Changping Prefecture, which is later known as Changping District.
Capital.
In the main hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty became ants on the hot pot.
No one expected that Xuanda's rebel bandits would already be approaching the Badaling Great Wall in just a few months, and a large army might invade the capital at any time.
"Trash, they are all trash, are we going to have to deal with Yingzong again?" Tianqi cursed loudly on the dragon throne.
Since the Zhengtong period, no rebellious Tartars have approached the capital like this.
"Your Majesty, I have asked the cabinet to send King Qin's decree to various places. Within a month at most, King Qin's army will arrive to escort him." Gu Bingqian stood up and said.
Now the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet has fallen to him.
The first assistant, Zhu Guozhen, was relieved of his position as the first assistant because Zhao led his teachings to lose troops and generals when facing the rebels. The replacement was Gu Bingqian, the second assistant at the time.
After the defeat, although Zhao Lijiao was not captured by the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner, he was arrested by Tianqi's order and is now detained in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Hearing that King Qin's order had been sent out, Tianqi's anger became smaller. He looked at the ministers in the court in a cold voice and said: "The Liu thief has already reached Juyong Pass. Can any of you go to Juyong Pass on my behalf and defeat Liu's army?" Blocked outside Juyong Pass for one month."
In the main hall, none of the ministers said anything. They either lowered their heads or looked elsewhere.
Tianqi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, saw the appearance of these ministers in front of him, his face turned red with anger, and his fingers on the side of the dragon chair were dug tightly into the dragon chair.
"What? You don't speak anymore. Aren't you always very talkative?" Tianqi's face became increasingly ugly.
"I think we should mobilize some troops from Liaodong, supplemented by all the troops and horses that can be mobilized around Xuanda, and use the power of thunder to eradicate the Liu thieves entrenched in Xuanda." A minister below stood up from the team.
"No." Yang Lian, the left deputy censor of the capital, came out holding an elephant wat. "The soldiers and horses of Liaodong are used to deal with the slave traitors in Liaodong. Once the soldiers and horses in Guan Ning are transferred to announce the great suppression of the rebellion, the slave traitors are likely to take the opportunity to come. If you commit a crime, please ask the Holy Spirit for a clear warning."
The two people spoke.
The ministers in the DPRK began to talk about their own ideas. Some supported the deployment of troops from Guanning to suppress the rebellion, while some supported Yang Lian and could not mobilize troops from Liaodong.
Both sides insist on their own opinions and no one gives in.
The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony went from being completely silent before to becoming noisier than the bustling city in the capital.
Tianqi looked at the ministers below who still couldn't agree on the same opinion. On the contrary, the quarrel became more and more fierce. He had a headache and rubbed his temples with his hands.
Every time there was a court meeting, simple things were often difficult to accomplish, and even useful things could not be solved. Instead of quarreling, there were meaningless quarrels, which made him more and more disgusted with coming to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for court meetings.
Seeing that there would be no results if the meeting continued, Tianqi got up and walked out.
Seeing Tian Qi leaving, the little eunuch stepped forward and shouted: "Retreat from the court."
After shouting, he quickly chased after Tianqi who had left.
Tianqi returned to Qianqing Palace.
The maid brought tea and some snacks.
At this time, a young eunuch ran in from outside, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Gu Ge is outside asking for an audience."
"Let him come in." Tianqi put down the snack he had taken a bite of, took the tureen beside him and took a sip of tea, smoothing away the snack residue stuck in his mouth.
Not long after the young eunuch left, Gu Bingqian was brought in.
"I see your Majesty." Gu Bingqian bowed and saluted.
Tianqi's subordinate glanced at Gu Bingqian with a tureen in his hand, and said, "What does Gu Aiqing think of the affair of the traitor Xuanda Liu? I want to listen to the truth and don't use those words in the court meeting to deal with me."
"I don't dare." Gu Bingqian bowed and said immediately, "I feel that the Liu bandits in Xuanda look powerful, but they are not as big a threat as the slave bandits in Liaodong. It's just that Liu's army captured Yanqing Prefecture and reached Juyong Pass. Besides, this makes it look more threatening.”
Tianqi, who was sitting on the dragon couch, nodded slightly when he heard these words.
Gu Bingqian noticed this and knew that what he said had reached Tianqi's heart, so he immediately continued: "I think that as long as I send a capable minister to Juyongguan to guard the area, I can stop the Liu thief from continuing southward."
