The emperor refused to give Wu'an Hou any face, and forced all civil and military officials to continue to watch the singing and dancing in the Fengtian Palace.
But how can the ministers still have such thoughts? Now everyone can see that something big is happening outside.
And it was very obvious that the emperor had already planned and deliberately trapped the ministers here.
Therefore, the emperor was not only suspicious of the eunuchs, but also obviously worried about the civil servants, military generals, and nobles, for fear that someone would take the opportunity to cause trouble.
When the monarch and his ministers are in this situation, it is actually very boring.
But Zhu Qiyu doesn't care. Ministers can view it however they like. Being in politics is a shameless thing, especially being an emperor, so you can't be ashamed.
Zhu Qiyu just wants his family to live well. After all, the experience and lessons are there. In history, Jingtai was too thin-skinned and did not dare to do this or that. As a result, he was the only one among a large group of women. Erwuzi survived, but the rest either died violent deaths or were forced to be buried, whichever was more miserable.
So Zhu Qiyu stayed with the ministers in Fengtian Palace and let the ministers discuss whatever they wanted, as long as they did not leave the main hall.
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The sages all pay attention to the connection between heaven and man, but in fact, the connection between heaven and man sometimes really works.
As more and more Wala soldiers were killed on the battlefield, the rain became heavier and heavier. The miserable wind and bitter rain made the battlefield even more tragic and desolate.
In this night attack, the left and right guards of Yingzhou were the most skilled. From the beginning, Zhu Qiyu had been training his own guards in night attack tactics, and he was waiting for this night's rainy night attack on the camp.
A negative example is the Shenji Battalion led by Fan Guang and Tao Jin. As the name of the Shenji Battalion suggests, the combat method is mainly based on firearms. Firearms are definitely useless on such a rainy day. Although some of the elites of the Shenji Battalion can also engage in hand-to-hand combat, they are ultimately much inferior to those of the Yingzhou Guards and Xiaoqi Battalion.
Moreover, the division of labor of the Yingzhou Guards was clearer and more coordinated. The eight thousand soldiers were divided into four branches. Three thousand heavy infantry were at the front, responsible for collision and breakthrough; two thousand flexible light infantry were responsible for interception and encirclement.
A thousand crossbowmen assisted and provided cover. The remaining two thousand people were responsible for beheading people and cleaning up the fish that slipped through the net.
There were also 500 dead soldiers from Alazhiyuan who were temporarily mixed into Yingzhou Right Guards to act together. Since the Yingzhou Right Guards were originally composed of Baoding Tartar officials who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, there was no problem in the cooperation between the two sides.
Zhu Qiyu ordered eight hundred divine arm crossbows from the Ministry of War and Jinyi Guards at the beginning, and later added a batch. Now that firearms are useless in heavy rain, strong bows and powerful crossbows are put to great use.
Therefore, after entering the Wala camp, the Yingzhou guards did not kill the Chinese army who was also ahead. Instead, they covered the rear army to follow up, and then played a head-cutting game on the flanks in an orderly manner.
This is not because the soldiers of Yingzhou Guard are not brave enough, but because they are humble and courteous. Fan Guang, Wang Tong, Hao Yi, Li Xuan, Guo Chang, Guo Cong and others deserve more credit for defeating the Chinese army.
Firstly, the Yingzhou Guards had done enough meritorious service before, and Xu Tong, Gu Zhong, Liu Chang and others were not willing to overdo it and attract attention. Secondly, the rewards given to the guards for beheading were large. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune.
Fan Guang's Shenji Battalion and Wang Tong's Tiance Guards shouted slogans in the heavy rain to capture Ye Xian alive, and were the first to reach the outskirts of the Chinese army camp where Ye Xian was.
Guarding Ye Xian's army were the most elite 10,000 pro-army troops, all wearing heavy armor and holding sharp swords in their hands, bravely blocking the Ming army's attack.
Fan Guang and Wang Tong also had about 10,000 people. The two sides were blocked in a small area and could not move at all. For a while, no one could do anything to the other.
The two sides fought each other for a meal, but in the end there were not many casualties.
Fan Guang and Wang Tong were anxious, but Ye Xian was more anxious than the two of them. There were shouts of killing everywhere outside. If you think about it, you know that if the Ming army didn't have 30,000 to 50,000 people, they wouldn't dare to charge into the camp.
This means that there are at least 80,000 to 100,000 people fighting together on both sides of Oara and Daming.
Thinking of this, I became more and more frightened and disheartened. It was almost over, let alone whether the 36,000 exhausted soldiers in his hands could defeat the 30,000 to 50,000 Ming troops who came in.
So what if we can defeat them? The Ming army has a total of more than 200,000 people. If the current 50,000 are exhausted, we can send another 50,000; if we are exhausted again, then we can send another 50,000.
Now that it's dark, windy and rainy, the Wara cavalry's combat advantage simply cannot be used.
There are still more than three hours before dawn, and no matter how brave and skillful the Wara soldiers are, they will not be able to survive until dawn, and their physical strength will be exhausted.
To put it simply, even if the Ming army used the stupidest wheel battle, it would still kill the Wala army.
So I have to draw a conclusion first: I will definitely lose this time.
The only rational approach now is to leave the battlefield as soon as possible and win as little as possible.
Just when Ye was struggling first, Zhu Qiyu did something too much: Hao Yi's four guards of the imperial horse supervisor and Xu Heng's Xiaoqi battalion also attacked the outskirts of the Chinese army's camp from the opposite direction to Fan Guang.
What Zhu Qiyu went too far was that he had previously agreed to the proposal of Chen Fuzong, a local official from Jiaozhi, and asked Chen Zongfu, Ruan Zongqi and other local officials from Jiaozhi to join Wu Xiang Zuowei, responsible for pulling out the elephants under the supervision of the royal horse and making elephant armor. Training elephants to fight.
No, these dozens of heavily armed elephants are now in use.
If it is on a frontal battlefield, and the two sides are facing each other in formation, elephant fighting is of little use. Artillery and crossbows can easily deal with elephants.
But this night attack was different. Not to mention that there were no artillery in Wala, even if there were artillery, it was still difficult to use on this rainy day. As for the crossbow, the camp is in such chaos that there is no time to set up the crossbow. Even if it is set up, how can it be aimed in vain.
Ordinary crossbows, if shot at the armor worn by elephants, would scratch the itch and have no big effect.
Ye Xian's elite soldiers didn't have much time to react. Dozens of elephants crashed in. Immediately, people were turned upside down and the formation was in chaos.
Immediately afterwards, the four guards from Xiaoqiying and Yumajian rushed in through the gap created by the elephant.
Seeing this first, he let out a long sigh. It can no longer be blocked. His own soldiers are now being attacked from both sides and are already stretched thin. If we don't run away, we will soon be surrounded from all sides.
At this time, Fan Guang and Wang Tong were to the east of Ye Xian's central army; Xu Heng and Hao Yi were to the west of Ye Xian; the Yingzhou guards were slowly approaching from the north, but there was no one on the south side.
This is also what Zhu Qiyu had ordered the besiegers to do a long time ago, leaving a way for him to run south.
As for whether he should not pursue the poor, Zhu Qiyu didn't care. Anyway, the Yingzhou Guard, Xiaoqi Camp, and Tiance Guard will all have other important tasks next, and will not participate in the military operation to pursue and reach Zijingguan first.
As for the other armies and guards, let them be commanded by their generals. Even if something goes wrong, the commander will be responsible. After all, Zhu Qiyu did not give them the order to pursue them randomly.
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Soon it was late at night, and many ministers in Fengtian Palace had begun to fall asleep.
Zhu Qiyu finished another piece of meat pie made by his beloved concubine, drank a bottle of wine, then leaned on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers in a daze.
(End of chapter)
