The person was brought forward.
The battalion of the Tiger Flag looked at him and said, "You don't look like an ordinary guard soldier in your clothes!"
"The last general will be the Qianhu here." The middle-aged man answered cautiously.
Hearing this, Huzi Qiying smiled and said: "I wanted to find you originally, but I didn't expect that you are the Qianhu of this Qianhusuo. It just so happens that you can take my troops to the Xianshuigu camp."
How dare the Qianhu of the Ming Army in front of him refuse, so he bit the bullet and agreed.
Tianjin Guards is no better than the border areas. It has been at peace here for many years, and there have been no foreign invaders. Arms have been slackened for a long time, and the naval base has become a money-making tool for the nobles and civil servants in the capital.
Therefore, although Tianjin Wei is not well-armed, it is extremely rich.
Many large shops are opened here, earning huge amounts of money for the owners behind them every year.
The tiger-character banner army suddenly landed from Dazhigu, completely breaking the peace of Tianjin Wei.
The army advanced all the way to the west with overwhelming momentum, without even a bit of decent resistance, and directly surrounded the Tianjin Acropolis.
Cannons were placed outside the Tianjin Acropolis. In order to prevent people in the city from escaping, a trench was dug outside the city.
Tianjin Acropolis has three guards, Tianjin Guard, Tianjin Left Guard, and Tianjin Right Guard. Because Tianjin Guard rose due to water transportation, a million-year warehouse was built in Yin'er Bay, Xiaozhigu, with more than 10,000 troops stationed.
However, today there are only four or five thousand Ming troops left in the million warehouses. Many of them are fill-in men, but there are not many real soldiers. Like many guards, the Ming troops became officials and people who built houses and farmed land. House slave.
Tianjin Wei is the gateway to the capital.
The Tiger-Character Banner army landed in Dazhigu, and Tianjin Guard officials immediately sent the news to the capital.
The messenger worked hard all the way and arrived in Beijing that same day.
The news was immediately sent to the cabinet via the General Affairs Department, and then to Chongzhen.
On Chongzhen's desk, there were several requests for help from other directions.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen couldn't help calling softly from the side when he saw Emperor Chongzhen lying motionless on the dragon couch.
"Ah, what!" Chongzhen, who came back to his senses, glanced sideways at Wang Chengen, and at the same time put down the petition for help from Tianjin Wei in his hand.
Wang Chengen reminded: "Several pavilion elders have arrived and are waiting for you to summon them outside."
"I understand." Chongzhen rubbed his cheeks with his hands and said immediately, "Let them come in!"
Wang Chengen turned around and whispered a few words to the young eunuch in the palace.
The little eunuch retreated.
Not long after, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, and the Minister of War walked into the hall together.
"I see your Majesty."
Several ministers saluted Chongzhen and said hello.
Chongzhen looked at several people, and finally fell on Zhou Yanru. He said, "Do you know about the tiger bandit's invasion?"
Several ministers did not speak, just lowered their heads.
The tiger-character banner army launched an attack on Ming Dynasty from several directions, assuming a posture of vowing to destroy Ming Dynasty. Such a big movement, they, the ministers of the DPRK, were naturally aware of it.
Chongzhen, who didn't wait for an answer, said again: "I just received the news from Wang Chengyin that Julu surrendered due to Cao Wenzhao and has now fallen into the hands of tiger thieves. Tianjin Wei is being besieged by another army of tiger thieves. Only The situation in Yanqing is quite good, and it has temporarily blocked the offensive of the tiger bandit army."
Chongzhen paused for a moment and continued: "I am very curious about how many troops the tiger bandits have, and they can actually be divided into three armies to attack. The three beauties are here to analyze it for me!"
The more he spoke, the colder his voice became.
Just a few years later, Huzi Banner had the strength to launch an offensive against the Ming Dynasty. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he believed that the reason for this was the incompetence of the following ministers.
If it weren't for the incompetence of these ministers, how could it be possible for the Tiger Character Banner to become bigger in the northwest, and now it can even attack from several directions.
"I believe that the most urgent task is to quickly mobilize troops from Liaodong to serve the king." Zhou Yanru said.
Chongzhen's face turned dark when he heard this, and he said: "I asked the soldiers and horses from Liaodong to come to the capital a long time ago, but after so long, even the tiger thieves have begun to attack. Where are the soldiers and horses from Liaodong? Are they still there? You are asking me for payment from far outside the customs!"
Snapped!
At the end of the sentence, he couldn't help but raise his hand and slam it on the table.
The Ming army in Liaodong was raised by the Ming Dynasty with millions of taels of silver every year. Unexpectedly, when the emperor wanted to use it, he could not mobilize even a single soldier.
"I will urge the soldiers and horses from Liaodong to go south to serve the king." Zhou Yanru bowed and said.
Hearing this, Chongzhen did not show favor to Zhou Yanru at all, and cursed: "I only know how to urge, and now the rebels have arrived at my door."
At this time, the Minister of War stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to order the Beijing camp to defend the city and prepare the defense supplies before the rebels arrive. Even if the rebel army arrives, the capital can hold on for a little longer. .”
"Why do we have to wait for the rebels to fight for the capital? Can't we let the Beijing camp take the initiative to block the rebels from the Tianjin Guard direction?" Chongzhen said.
Among the Tiger-Character Banner armies that invaded from several directions, only the Tiger-Character Banner army that landed from Tianjin Wei frightened him the most. It was because Tianjin Wei was too close to the capital.
It was so close that an army could appear outside the capital in one day.
The Minister of War opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the capital camp has some strength, but it is far from what it was during the Chengzu period. It is barely enough to defend the capital. If we send troops outside the city, once there are losses, the capital will be in danger."
"What Ai Qing said makes sense." Chongzhen knew that the problems in the capital camp were not small. There were emperors who wanted to rectify them before, but they failed in the end.
After hearing this, the Minister of War secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Previously, he was afraid that Chongzhen would offend the impulse of young people, so he sent the Jingying camp outside to fight the tiger-character banner army.
With the current situation of the Beijing camp, it was barely possible to defend the city. He did not dare to let the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp go to fight with the Tiger Flag army in the field. Otherwise, if something happened to the Beijing camp, the Ming Dynasty would really die.
Chongzhen felt that it was not safe to rely solely on the capital camp, so he said to Zhou Yanru: "Didn't Zhou Qing promise me that he would send troops from Liaodong south to the capital? It's been so long, why is there still no news?"
He became increasingly dissatisfied with Zhou Yanru.
Tiger Banner used several armies to attack, but the cabinet failed to predict or solve the problem in advance. In his opinion, Zhou Yanru, the chief minister, was incompetent.
Although the previous chief assistant also suffered losses when encountering the Tiger Character Banner, he never had a sense of crisis that the Ming Dynasty was about to perish.
Zhou Yanru, who was obedient and obedient, had already figured out Chongzhen's temperament. At this time, he had to bite the bullet and said: "I have arranged for people to go to the capital. I believe it won't be long before the Ming army from outside the country comes to the capital."
That's all he could say at this time.
He knew that if he didn't say this, he would probably be imprisoned by Chongzhen immediately.
