No matter what he wanted to do first, Boyan Timur had already decided to go home.
It was getting cold, and other soldiers also wanted to go home. Except for Ye Xian, everyone else was opposed to restarting the war.
After an argument, Boyan Timur persuaded Xiang Ye first: "Brother, how about I escort the Supreme Emperor back to Datong as agreed.
This can not only ensure the safety of the Supreme Emperor, but also arrange an escape route in advance. "
Hearing the words first, he nodded. After thinking about it in my mind, I first felt that it was feasible: let Boyan Timur return to Datong with his 10,000 troops and take the Supreme Emperor away, so that he could pocket the 600,000 taels of ransom. And there is no need to return the universal amulet to the Supreme Emperor.
Six hundred thousand taels of silver, plus the eight full carriages of treasures that the Empress Dowager Sun had originally given, were enough for the entire tribe to live comfortably for a year.
The dates for next year have been decided, and we will talk about the year after that.
So he made up his mind first and turned to ask the Supreme Emperor for instructions.
At this time, Zhu Qizhen's mentality also changed, or he had given up the idea of returning to Beijing in a short time. His younger brother was too determined to do the truth: among the civil servants, Wang Zhi, Hu Hui, Shang Ren, and Peng Shi were completely driven away.
In Xunguili, a long list of Prince Consort Jiao Jing, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yi, Gongshun Hou Wu Jin, Cheng'an Hou Guo Sheng, Pincheng Bo Zhao Rong, and Jianping Bo Gaoyuan were all sent out of the capital. In addition, Ningyang Marquis Chen Mao, Anyuan Marquis Liu Pu, and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji were all sent to the south by Zhu Qizhen himself.
Finally, counting the large group of nobles who were personally buried by Zhu Qizhen in Tumubao, the Beijing Xungui Group that supported Zhu Qizhen has been completely disintegrated and can almost be said to have ceased to exist.
Now, Zhu Qizhen finally figured out why his younger brother insisted on transferring even Yu Qian. Because Yu Qian was promoted by the late emperor after all, and he knew that with the late emperor's feelings in mind, he would not kill himself on the battlefield.
The remaining people, especially the Xiaoqiying, Tiancewei, and Yingzhouwei in the camp closest to the Wala Army, don't care about this. If during the fight, the Supreme Emperor himself was 'accidentally injured' by artillery and crossbows and died, it would be a big deal.
Therefore, Zhu Qizhen wisely chose to run away when he was destined to be unable to enter the city.
Seeing that Boyan Timur and the Supreme Emperor had no objections, they began to appease the generals and said: "The rest of us will hold on for a few more days. We won't fight seriously these days. Let's learn from those in the city. As a new king, he shows weakness again and again to confuse the enemy.
After seven or eight days, we pretended to retreat, and when the Ming army pursued us, we set up an ambush to catch them off guard.
This time we will try our best to capture the Ming army alive, and then use the prisoners to ask the new king for ransom, and ask him to make up the remaining 400,000 taels for us. "
When the generals heard this, they cheered. According to Ye Xian's arrangement, the soldiers no longer had to fight the Ming army's hedgehog formation, so they were naturally very happy.
Retreat first, then set up an ambush, and then defeat the Ming army. This was exactly the same as the three battles in Shanxi. The soldiers were already familiar with the operation.
The most important thing is that the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty has set a precedent of paying a large amount of money to the Alazhiyuan to redeem prisoners, which makes the plan of Grand Master Yexian look very feasible.
Just when the discussion seemed to be coming to an end, Xi Ning whispered something softly into Ye Xian's ear.
Ye Xian actually changed his attitude because of this and said to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, when you were in Shanxi, the Xuanfu General Soldier and others said that you were a fake and refused to open the city to welcome you.
Now that you have been under the city walls of Beijing for so many days, you have never appeared publicly in front of the soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the Ming court has another reason to say that you are a fake.
We don't care, but if the Ming court keeps emphasizing that someone is pretending to be the emperor in the future, wouldn't it be a great disadvantage to you? "
Zhu Qizhen asked quickly: "What does the Grand Master mean?"
He also replied first: "Before you leave, your majesty, please go to the city and show your face, so that the civil servants, generals, soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty can see your true face. In this way, no one can say that you are a fake anymore, and you can be eliminated forever." future trouble."
Zhu Qizhen's words were very firm when he saw that he could not refuse, so he could not humiliate himself, so he had to agree.
So everyone dispersed and went their separate ways.
Boyan Timur had already ordered his men to pack their bags, and now he agreed to retreat. As long as he prepared five more days of food and fodder, he could hit the road.
Boyan Timur was making final preparations, while Zhu Qizhen got on the chariot, put out the emperor's guard of honor, and drove to the city in a swaggering manner surrounded by Ye Xian's 10,000 cavalry.
No matter whether it was the 100,000 Ming troops already in formation or the soldiers in the camp, they didn't dare to step forward to stop the Emperor's guard of honor, let alone launch an attack.
If a bad person bombards the Supreme Emperor in broad daylight, then whose fault is it? No one wants to bear the charge of killing the nine tribes.
In this way, Zhu Qizhen's chariot drove smoothly to the outside of Xizhimen before stopping. When the Supreme Emperor stepped out of the chariot and looked up, he happened to be facing his younger brother, the new emperor Zhu Qiyu.
Zhu Qiyu didn't expect to make such a move first, so he couldn't help but feel very grateful. He quickly ordered his personal guards to beat drums and gongs, and called on the people to come to the city to watch the battle. He also asked other personal guards to quickly notify Lian Gang, and they rushed over with the painters in a hurry.
The opportunity was once in a lifetime, but it was fleeting. Zhu Qiyu keenly predicted that his good brother was going to call the door in the city of Beijing.
In order to buy time, Zhu Qiyu stood at the top of the city and shouted to Zhu Qizhen below the city: "Is this the eldest brother below? Please come forward and talk."
Zhu Qizhen heard what he said, but he didn't dare to get close. What if someone suddenly shot a cold arrow? The Supreme Emperor, who cherished his life extremely, did not dare to take risks.
Seeing that the Supreme Emperor was hesitant, Zhu Qiyu continued to shout: "Elder brother, please retreat the Wala cavalry. I will order the warriors to go down and take the eldest brother into the city."
Zhu Qizhen shook his head and replied loudly: "My brother has good intentions and I accept them, but there are traitors in the court. If I go back, something bad may happen."
It would be better for me to wait until the traitors in the court retreat and then discuss returning to the capital. "
Just in time, Zhu Qiyu replied loudly: "Since the eldest brother insists, I have no choice but to respectfully accept the eldest brother's order, defend the capital for the eldest brother, and wipe out the traitors.
When everyone was in power, my brother sent Liu Pu, the Marquis of Anyuan, Wang Ji, the uncle of Jingyuan, Hu Ming, the great uncle, and Yu Qian, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to pick up his eldest brother and return him to the capital for restoration. "
When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he immediately fell into silence, and secretly calculated in his heart: This precious brother of his is really a master of trading, and he has reached the level of mastery and mastery. Even when shouting from a few hundred meters away, he did not forget to negotiate a deal with himself.
(End of chapter)
