After discussing the countermeasures, everyone began to take action.
Zhu Qizhen asked for 100,000 shi of military rations, and no one in Datong would dare to give it. This amount was so great that whoever gave it to anyone would have their entire family’s heads chopped off by the emperor.
However, there is still room for discussion on the 10,000 stone army ration. These civil servants and generals in Datong turned a blind eye, and those who got the advice also happened to grab 10,000 shi of military rations first. This was not a difficult task.
After Yang Shan, Jin Ying, and Xing'an returned to the military camp, they also successfully persuaded Shi Heng, Sun Boring, Liu Yongcheng, and Cheng Jing. Everyone unanimously agreed that the army would continue to rest for three days, and then the whole army would go out of camp and line up to attack the Oara army.
This is reasonable and reasonable. After all, the Ming army just lost more than 30,000 people, so it is very necessary to rest for three to five days.
It's just that tomorrow night, the Wala army will move out quietly. By the time the Ming army 'discovers something unusual', the camp will already be empty.
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While the undercurrent was turbulent in Datong, the situation in Xuanfu City suddenly changed, and the emperor officially showed his cards.
Liu Zhongfu and Tao Jin led nearly 40,000 troops to surround Xuanfu City. Li Tang, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Wei, the Prime Minister of Yousi Temple of Dali Temple, the Censor of Youqiandu, and Cao Tai, the inspector of Shanxi Province, entered Xuanfu City together. Read the emperor's edict to Yu Qian.
After reading it out, Li Tang handed Yu Qian two edicts, one was the one he had just read out, and the other was the one the emperor ordered Yu Qian to read out to Yang Hong.
Zhu Qiyu still handed over the task of arresting Yang Hong to Yu Qian. And he very considerately ordered Wang Wei to assist Yu Qian in conveying the decree.
Wang Wei was recommended by Yu Qian as a doctor in the Ministry of War. Now he was changed to the Yousi Cheng of Dali Temple by the emperor and was sent to the Xuan Mansion to investigate the case.
Most people would think that Wang Wei is Yu Qian's confidant, and Wang Wei himself knows this very well.
Wang Wei in history, because he was afraid that others would regard him as Yu Qian's friend, took the initiative to meet Jingtai and secretly reported Yu Qian's faults. As a result, Jingtai turned around and handed Wang Wei's memorial to Yu Qian in person.
When Yu Qian returned to the Ministry of War and saw Wang Wei, his first sentence was with a smile: "I have made mistakes. I hope you will treat me differently. How can you be so evil?"
After saying that, he took out Wang Wei's memorial and handed it back, which made Wang Wei ashamed.
Therefore, Jingtai in history was really a down-to-earth person without any scheming, or to put it mildly, he was called short-sighted. Putting aside the right and wrong of what Wang Wei did, if you do this as an emperor, no minister will dare to be your confidant in the future.
And Xu Zheng, when he met Jingtai, proposed to heighten the walls of the Nangong Palace and fill the door locks with iron juice; then he moved the former prince and Yi Wang Zhu Jianshen to the fiefdom and became a vassal, in order to outlast the people.
As a result, he didn't even need to make a U-turn this time, and was sold by Jingtai on the spot. Not only did he demote Xu Zheng to Yunnan, but he also leaked the contents of the secret memorial, which eventually led to Xu Zheng being executed by Zhu Qizhen in the Tianshun Dynasty.
Looking at it this way, it is not surprising at all that Jingtai was turned against the wind in history.
Now Zhu Qiyu has learned his lesson and took the initiative to give Wang Wei a chance to show his loyalty.
Sure enough, as soon as he conveyed the order to Yu Qian, Wang Wei immediately urged Yu Qian to capture Yang Hong.
Yu Qian has feelings for the generals of the Yang family, but Wang Wei has no feelings for the generals of the Yang family, and his actions are much simpler.
Yu Gong and Wang Wei were ordered by the emperor to capture Yang Hong, who was really problematic. He had a good reputation and was upright. For private purposes, you can actively express your loyalty to the emperor and quickly distance yourself from Yang Hong, Yu Qian, and the entire Xuan Mansion.
When Wang Wei was young, he lived in Xuanfu with his father, so he was afraid that the emperor would have any unnecessary associations.
Yu Qian had no choice but to bring Wang Wei and several soldiers to the General Military Mansion.
Xuanfu was tightly besieged by the emperor's troops for many days, and news from inside and outside was cut off. Yang Hong was not aware of the recent changes in the court. He was shocked when he heard that an imperial envoy came to deliver the order, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Sure enough, after Qian Qian finished reading the emperor's edict, Yang Hong had already collapsed on the ground.
In the emperor's edict, Yang Hong was directly labeled as a traitor, and he claimed to have sufficient evidence.
At the same time, the imperial edict clearly informed that after Yang Hong was escorted back to Beijing, he would go directly to Jinyiwei Imperial Prison. After Jin Yiwei has been severely punished, he will be transferred to the Three Laws Division for trial.
In fact, Yang Hong's guilt has been made clear, and Jin Yiwei has nothing to ask. But Zhu Qiyu felt that he was really sorry for the many soldiers who died in Tumubao by not allowing Yang Hong and Yang Jun to experience the torture of Jinyiwei's prison.
Yu Qian stood there without urging, and Wang Wei also just watched with leisurely eyes.
The emperor's treatment of Yang Hong was unhurried from beginning to end. He just wanted to see if the Ming Dynasty's generals dared to raise an army to resist.
It turned out that this time the emperor was going to be disappointed.
Yang Hong himself knew that there was no point in resisting. How could he resist with the 40,000 troops outside the city?
Although there were 30,000 Xuanfu troops in the city, how could these soldiers openly defy the imperial court when the emperor had a clear edict? That would be a serious crime against the Nine Tribes.
Not even the generals under Yang Hong could resist. If you don't resist, you'll die at most. If you resist, you'll be in trouble and take your whole family with you.
At this time, the Ming Emperor still had great authority. With an edict, two civil servants, and several soldiers, the capture of the chief military officer was easily completed.
Yang Hong was put in shackles, put into a prison car, and sent to the Shenji Camp outside the city. The next escort will be the responsibility of the Shenji Battalion.
After dealing with the culprit, Li Tang, Cao Tai, and Wang Wei, as representatives of the Three Law Divisions, began to summon civilian officials in Xuanfu City for a joint trial of the Three Divisions.
As for the generals in the city, they are under the control of Qian Tong. In his edict to Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu also announced a new appointment: the 30,000 garrison of Xuan Mansion, immediately led by Chief Military Officer Zhang Xi and Minister of War Yu Qian, went to the south to join Wang Ji's army and participate in quelling the Miao rebellion. Yu Qian was responsible for successfully bringing this army to Wang Ji, and then went to Nanjing to serve as the governor of Southern Zhili.
As for Yang Shan, due to the defeat of Longfeng Temple, he was demoted from the right deputy censor of the capital to the censor of the right Qiandu. He became the counselor of Zhang Min's military affairs and went to the south together. Jin Ying, also because of his defeat, was exempted from all concurrent duties except being the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and was appointed Supervisor of the Army under Zhang Min.
The reorganization of the army in the city lasted for three days.
Three days later, on the morning of November 24, the troops in Xuanfu City began to leave the city to camp.
It lasted until evening before the 30,000 defenders of Xuanfu completed their assembly in the south of Xuanfu city and began to bury pots and make rice.
The army sent by the imperial court was divided into two parts. A new army composed of five thousand noble servants had already entered the city first.
It was too late for the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to enter the city before dark. After discussing with Liu Zhongfu, Tao Jin decided to stay one more night outside the city and monitor the Xuanfu army outside the city.
At dawn tomorrow, the Xuanfu army will head south, and the Shenji Battalion will regroup and enter the city.
At this time, Tao Jin, Liu Zhongfu, and Li Bing were in the Shenji camp, and Zhang Shi and Yu Qian were in the Xuanfu army.
Just when the sky was dim but not completely dark, something unexpected happened. In the mountains south of Xuanfu, a large army suddenly poured out from the valley like a tide.
(End of chapter)
