Hu Xi blushed because she was choked, and when she was about to retort, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand impatiently: "My dear, there is no need to say any more, I can't go into the city alone.
Either let the current Ming army disarm and withdraw their defenses, and let the Grand Master send troops to escort me into the city. Either Anyuanhou, Ningyanghou and Jingyuanbo will come to pick me up with the main force of the Ming army who returned from the southern expedition.
According to your method, there is no way for me to survive. Once I enter the city alone, my brother will have to put me under house arrest until I die. The Grand Master is right, Hu Aiqing, you really don't look like a dutiful and responsible minister. "
Hu Xi shook his head helplessly: "Your Majesty knows clearly that I don't want this. But now, it is absolutely impossible to let the Wala army enter the city. Not to mention that it is impossible for the new king to agree, even if we are ministers, we can never Allow this to happen.
As for Anyuan Hou, Ningyang Hou and Jing Yuan Bo, due to various reasons, they cannot return to the capital now.
The new king has made it clear that the current capital army is enough to defeat Wala. Moreover, the chaos in the south requires a large number of troops to suppress it, so the new king will not bring back the main force of the Ming army under any circumstances. "
Can the current capital's army defeat the 80,000 Wala cavalry? Ye Xian and Zhu Qizhen were both stunned by Zhu Qiyu's arrogance.
Hu Xi did not explain, but directly revealed Zhu Qiyu's plan to the two of them: "The new king also mentioned that even if the Miao rebellion and civil uprising in the south are temporarily suppressed, the main force of the Ming army will not be allowed to return to Beijing. Instead, it will be in Nanjing. Reorganize a new Beijing camp and organize most of the Southern Expedition army into the new Beijing camp.
In the future, when there are changes in the south, they will no longer mobilize the Beijing camp in Beijing, but directly mobilize troops from the Nanjing camp to suppress it nearby.
This can not only reduce the supply pressure, but also avoid the situation where Beijing's troops are empty again.
Therefore, Your Majesty no longer needs to expect that the troops and nobles who are loyal to you will return to Beijing. Your idea will not be realized for at least a few years.
The Empress Dowager and Sun Guojiu had tried before, but the new king was very smart. He repeatedly pretended to be confused and refused to let go of the matter of transferring Anyuan Hou back to the capital. "
Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a long time before replying: "Then we can only fight. You go and answer my good brother, and you don't have to think about taking me back.
I have no other requirements for him. I only hope that he can treat the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and my three sons well. "
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the new monarch has nothing to say about this. He has given the Queen Mother and the Queen's brothers all promotions. In the entire Forbidden City, the Queen Mother and the Queen have the final say. The new monarch has no right to treat your Majesty's family. Something to point fingers at.”
Zhu Qizhen was completely relieved after hearing this. After chatting for a few more words, he signaled Hu Hui to leave.
Hu Hu and others retired and personally escorted everyone out of the Chinese army's tent.
After seeing off Hu Hui, I was about to pay my bills when I turned around and saw Boyan Timur and Huang Pu standing beside the chariot, their eyebrows dancing and chatting very speculatively.
He immediately frowned deeply.
Boyan Timur has a very strong sense of identification with the Ming Dynasty, so he admires the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and respects the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. This is understandable.
Especially young scholars like Huang Pu, who are only in their thirties, Boyan rarely comes into contact with them, but now it is easy to meet one, and it is normal for them to fall in love with each other at first sight.
Even in the Ming Dynasty, young talents who can become Jinshi in their twenties or thirties will be frantically attracted by many people.
There is a big difference between young Jinshi and those in their forties or fifties: to be an official in the Ming Dynasty, one has to go through qualifications.
If you become a Jinshi in your forties or fifties and survive for more than twenty years, by the time you become a minister, your hair will already be gray, and that's basically the end of it.
And those who are Jinshi in their twenties and thirties, after more than twenty years of experience, can further impact the positions of ministers and cabinet ministers.
He Yi, who was awarded Jinshi at the age of twenty-one, even directly invited the emperor to snatch him. At the age of twenty-two, he was accepted by the emperor as a confidant. After another twenty years, he would still be forty-two years old, which is when he is in the prime of life. It would be even more terrifying. If he lived longer, he could even be the prime minister for thirty years.
But first, the more he looked at the two of them, the more uncomfortable he became, so he ordered his subordinates to call them over.
Boyan accompanied Huang Pu to the front. Huang Pu smiled and said, "The grand master has been doing well recently. I have been ordered by the emperor to convey the order."
"What is the new king's will?"
"The new king has two purposes. One is to invite Zhencai and Jingcai into the palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager Shangsheng. The other is to confer the Iron Marshal Polo under his command as King Xuanfu. At the same time, he also officially recognizes King Datong and the Queen Mother. The title of King Saihan."
Hearing the words first, he felt angry. Just as he was about to get angry, Boyan advised him from the side: "Brother, Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to etiquette and filial piety. As the wife of the Supreme Emperor, it is really unreasonable for my sister not to pay greetings to the Empress Dowager.
Don't worry, brother, the majestic Emperor Ming Dynasty can't be so bored that he would devise a deceit just to hurt two little girls. "
He nodded first, it didn't matter. What really disgusted him was that the new king of Ming Dynasty had already conferred the title of prince on his younger brother. If that was not enough, he also consecrated the other three brothers as county princes.
This is simply the weasel giving New Year greetings to the chicken.
If Xin Jun can keep his good intentions at ease, then he will see a living ghost.
But it was not easy to refuse at first. After all, these younger brothers all had a good impression of Ming Dynasty. If they really rejected the imperial edict for their younger brothers, then they would have to hate themselves as their elder brother.
Besides, Boyan Timur had already accepted the edict of the new king and was named the loyal king. Now if the other three younger brothers are not allowed to accept the new emperor's order, wouldn't it be openly treating the younger brothers differently?
I was a little discouraged at first. Xin Jun's offensive was subtle and silent, but it was continuous and interlocking. By the time he noticed it, Xin Jun had already tied him up tightly.
When Boyan Timur saw this, he did not object at first, so he ordered someone to call his three younger brothers.
When the three people of Polo heard that the Ming Emperor wanted to make themselves county kings, they were overjoyed and happily accepted the imperial edict.
However, before the few people could finish their joy, another sentry came to report: "Grand Master, it's bad, all the soldiers from the four camps of the Ming Army have already gone out to form the formation."
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed.
The Ming army came at the right time. The Wala army rushed all the way from Zijingguan to the gate of Beijing in only three days.
Now is the time when men and horses are exhausted. The soldiers do not want to start a battle immediately, but want to set up camp and rest for a day.
Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Heaven refused to give this opportunity, and actually wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Oala army's camp and unstable footing to come and cause trouble.
He also looked at Huang Pu fiercely first and cursed in his heart: "No wonder, the new emperor sent two groups of envoys over in succession. This and that made everyone uneasy, but he took the opportunity to let the Ming army gather and go out to provoke. .
Now the Ming army can attack or defend, and can advance and retreat freely. If you win, you fight. If you don't, you retreat to the camp. It's really comfortable.
Things are different for us in Wala. We have just arrived here, the fort is not yet established, the terrain is unfamiliar, and we don't know the enemy's situation. It would be fine if they won this battle, but as long as there was even a slight defeat, they would probably fall into complete passivity. "
No matter how much he cursed in his heart, Huang Puke still asked with a smile: "Do you want to go to inspect the army of the Ming Dynasty? I just want to go back to the city. We are also on the way. How about we go together?"
He was first provoked by Huang Pu, and his temper also got worse: "Okay, let's go. Please give me a good introduction to the elites of the Ming Dynasty."
When the word 'elite' was mentioned, the tone was deliberately emphasized, intending to mock the Ming Dynasty for having lost all its elite.
However, Huang Pu didn't take it seriously and politely accompanied everyone to the front of the battle.
Ye Xian has been in battle for a long time and has rich experience, but he is also an extraordinary person. First, 30,000 soldiers and horses were left to guard the camp, and then 30,000 of the most elite cavalry were ordered to form three teams of 10,000 people.
He also personally led a team of ten thousand people and approached Xizhimen. The other two teams of ten thousand people firmly protected the two wings.
When Ye Xian rode his horse and arrived five miles away from Xizhimen, everyone stopped, found a mound, and climbed up to watch.
Huang Pu, who followed him on horseback, took the lead and explained with a smile: "Master, please look, outside the Xizhi Gate is the Ming Dynasty's main army of 100,000 people, led by Wu Qing Bo Shi Heng.
Further north, approaching the camp of the three princes, was the Shenji Camp of the Ming Dynasty, with as many as 50,000 people.
From Xizhimen to the south, there is the Ming Dynasty's 3,000 battalion, with a total of 20,000 people. Further south, there are the four guards of Yumajian, with a total of 40,000 people.
This is a total of 200,000 troops. Today, I, the Emperor of Heaven, have only sent half of the army to line up to welcome the Grand Master. I have heard that the Wala cavalry is very sharp. I, the Emperor of Heaven, want to see it and ask the Grand Master to give me some advice. "
First of all, I don’t believe the numbers Huang Pu said. Where did Beijing get its 200,000 troops? However, it is estimated that there are almost 50,000 troops in front of Xizhimen in front of us.
The Ming army in the north apparently formed a team of 30,000 people, and was pressing towards Polo's camp in a "pin" formation.
The two Ming armies in the south each had about 10,000 soldiers.
Therefore, Huang Pu did not lie about the number of Ming troops who came out to form the formation. There were actually as many as 100,000 people.
After making an estimate first, he began to hesitate: These 100,000 people are real people. Is it true that as Huang Pu said, there are more than 200,000 Ming troops in Beijing now? He only has an army of 80,000, so if he fights one against three, the Ming army will have enough food and grass and can rely on the city to fight, which will be very disadvantageous for Wala.
With only 80,000 cavalry, without heavy artillery and siege equipment, it would be a fantasy to break into the city of Beijing, which was defended by more than 200,000 troops.
Ye Xian's original plan was to use the power of Tumu Fort's victory to completely overwhelm the Ming Dynasty in terms of momentum, causing the Ming Dynasty to collapse without a fight, thus occupying Beijing in one fell swoop.
But now it seems that the new king is full of confidence, the Ming army is high-spirited, and things are completely different from what he thought, which makes Ye Xian feel a little discouraged.
Just when Ye Xian was a little frustrated, Huang Pu asked with a smile: "My grand master has seen the military formation of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes. If we want to fight to the death today, please give me the right words from the grand master."
Now we don't have to worry about the grand master issuing a letter of challenge. As long as the grand master is willing to fight, the official will immediately report to your majesty.
At that time, the Emperor of Heaven will be on top of the city, taking command personally, and will compete with the Grand Master. "
(End of chapter)
