Luo Tong saw that the emperor looked confident, so he couldn't say anything else.
From Luo Tong's point of view, he really felt that the battlefield in Shanxi was somewhat out of control. Now Xian still has 30,000 troops in his hands, and they are all cavalry. They can move freely and come and go like the wind. If these 30,000 cavalrymen really rush around in Shanxi, what might happen?
Now the emperor actually pinned the outcome of the war on the consciences of Liu An and Guo Deng, which really made the ministers present dumbfounded.
Zhu Qiyu himself didn't feel how serious the matter was. Guangning Bo Liu An's ability was quite mediocre, and he was only appointed as the commander-in-chief of Datong this year.
It was obvious that although Liu An was the nominal commander-in-chief, he was somewhat unable to command the defenders of Datong.
And Guo Deng's military management ability is several levels better than Liu An's. Although he is the deputy commander in name, he is actually the backbone of Datong.
Now that the first and second houses of Wudinghou Mansion have all voted for the new emperor, Guo Deng seems to have no better choice but to be coerced into joining the emperor.
As a result, there was no way to get food supplies from Datong. Even if they attacked Xuanfu, they would have to march and loot along the way.
If he wanted to plunder along the way, it would be difficult to maintain a secret march. He couldn't have his cake and eat it too, so he had to make a choice first, which was a headache for him.
Based on his reliance on the Guo family and his confidence in his direct relatives, Zhu Qiyu comforted the ministers and continued to go back to his room to catch up on his sleep.
The ministers left the West Flower Hall with sad faces. The melee with more than 300,000 troops in the northwest really made everyone a little frightened. It was good to win, but if something unexpected happened, Ming Dynasty would really be in trouble.
This is simply scarier than the Battle of Beijing. Under the city of Beijing, at least relying on the city wall, defeat will not go far. Fighting mobile warfare in the northwest is completely different. No, the battle of Longfeng Temple cost another 30,000 Ming troops.
…
But it's not just the ministers in Beijing who are frightened. Now they are also sitting in their own Chinese army camp, with the same sad faces, as if they have suffered a huge defeat.
At this time, I also thought of Bai Qi's famous saying: A miserable victory is like a defeat.
At the end of the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi also had no joy and never boasted that he defeated Zhao Kuo.
The most brutal battle in the cold weapon era, it was so tragic that the generals of both sides were ruined. It was simply unprecedented.
Ye Xian felt the same way now. Although the ambush killed more than 30,000 Ming troops, he also killed 5,000 Wala warriors, not counting the thousands of wounded soldiers.
The entire war has been going on so far. The main force of Wala attacking the Ming Dynasty only has 20,000 people left. Counting Boyan Timur's 10,000 soldiers who have no intention of fighting, there are still 30,000 people.
When they arrived, there were a total of 80,000 troops.
At this time, Wala's 30,000-strong army was camped ten miles north of Datong City, and Shi Heng's 60,000-strong army was camped ten miles south of Datong City.
In Datong City, there were nearly 20,000 Datong defenders and 10,000 Xuanfu fleeing troops. These ten thousand people were captured by Alazhiyuan at Juyong Pass, and were later redeemed by the emperor with 30,000 sets of armor. They were then sent to Datong to perform meritorious service, and were jointly guarded by Wang Zhi and Liu An.
This is the current balance of forces. Shi Heng's army lost one-third. Now it would be a blessing if it did not collapse. It was impossible to organize an attack for a while.
It was almost the same at first. Five thousand people were killed in the battle, which was more than one-fifth of the total force. There were also thousands of wounded soldiers.
Unless he is possessed by the Soldier Immortal Han Xin now, he will be forced to rest where he is.
This is why Zhu Qiyu has everything in mind. Ye Xian's army is close to the end of the war. Look at the series of battles they fought: the Battle of Yanghekou, the Battle of Yao'erling, the Battle of Tumubao, the Battle of Zijingguan, and the Beijing City Conference. War, the Battle of Daomaguan, and the Battle of Longfeng Temple.
After fighting so many battles in four months, even an army made of steel should be tired.
These are all secondary. The most troublesome thing is that based on the intelligence received in the past few days and combined with his own experience, eunuch Xi Ning came to a conclusion: among the imperial troops who came to Datong this time, there was no emperor. The main force of the pro-army force is the Fifth Army Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion.
So the question is, where did the emperor's direct army go?
At first, the more I thought about it, the more afraid I became. I really couldn’t imagine that the emperor would dare to send the main force again to attack Oala’s lair just after the Tumu Fort Incident in the Ming Dynasty?
Just as Ye Xian was frowning, Boyan Timur hurried in, and without waiting to ask questions, he directly said with a cry: "Brother, it's not good, there is news from the inside of Xuan Mansion. Alazhiyuan, he rebelled."
He also stood up immediately: "Rebellion? How does he rebel?"
"Alazhiyuan took his 30,000 troops and led the Ming Dynasty's tens of thousands of troops back to attack the Wala headquarters."
Ye felt a chill in his heart, his legs became weak, and he sat down again.
After being lost for a while, he asked first: "When did this happen?"
"In about ten days, Alazhiyuan's army has already marched back to the grassland."
"Then why did you receive the news now?"
Boyan replied with a bitter face: "It turns out that the Ming Emperor and Alazhiyuan had colluded for a long time. The emperor ordered Alazhiyuan to surround Xuanfu City so that no one could get out.
After Ala withdrew his troops, the emperor immediately ordered nearly 20,000 Shenji battalions to surround Xuanfu again.
As for the guards of the castles in Xuanfu who had personal friendship with us, they had all been beheaded by the emperor in public. The castles such as Maying and Dushi that passed from Xuanfu to the grassland had long been abandoned by Yang Jun and other defenders.
So there are no Xuanfu defenders along the way, so naturally there is no one to deliver news to us.
Now the emperor has sent additional troops to Xuanfu, including generals who are close to the Supreme Emperor. Only then has the news been secretly passed on, otherwise we would still be kept in the dark. "
Hearing this first, he was also a little confused. There are only 40,000 troops left in the grassland in Wala, and they are still leaderless. If this was annihilated by the main force of the Ming army, then there would really be no way for him to survive. How could Ming, the new emperor who acted absurdly, be so ruthless?
The first thing I want to do now is to beat up the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen. Why do you want to conquer it yourself? Even if we have to go on a personal expedition, wouldn't it be better to abandon the army at the last moment and hurry up and run from Tumubao to Juyongguan as early as possible?
I regret it so much. Wouldn’t it be nice to let Zhu Qizhen, this loser, be the emperor? Why should I capture him when he has nothing to do? He is really missing eight generations of great virtues.
Boyan Timur didn't say anything when he saw it, and urged him eagerly: "Brother, now that things have happened, we'd better leave the customs through Yanghekou and return to the grassland. Maybe it's still too late."
He shook his head first and said, "It's too late. As expected, our remaining army is already fighting the main force of the Ming army. When we rush back, the only thing we can do is collect the corpses."
Besides, do we have enough food and grass to support the army back to the grassland? And if these exhausted soldiers run into the main force of the Ming army when they return to the grassland, wouldn't it be all over? "
(End of chapter)
