Chapter 20 Defense of Beijing 1

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It also took two days to convince most of the leaders and formulate a plan to march.

His original intention was that the camp outside the city could hold Datong's army at least for two or three days. Even if it couldn't hold it off for two or three days, he could still give them a heavy blow when the Ming army attacked the camp at night. Confuse the Ming army's strategic purpose.

Even if he failed to achieve this goal, he would still be several hours ahead of the Ming army in Datong, but the Ming army had various concerns and could not pursue him with all its strength.

Even if there is a slight disturbance, it will not delay the march of the main force.

Even the Mongols couldn't bear the rush march, let alone Zhu Qizhen, who had always been pampered.

While he was sleeping, he was picked up by two Mongolian Khans and rudely thrown into the carriage. Before he could react, the carriage was driven towards the direction of the army under the control of a Mongolian.

After a night of tossing and bumping, Zhu Qizhen vomited several times and felt like he was going to die.

Although Xining was riding in a slightly more comfortable carriage, the situation was not much better.

This time, no soldiers invaded the Xuanfu, because he knew that the key to advancing into Beijing was speed. If the Ming army outside the pass discovered it, sending troops to block it would only give the Beijing defenders time to prepare.

If you can reach the city of Beijing one day earlier, you will have an extra chance of victory.

But Ye Xian didn't know that the Ming army in Beijing had already been prepared.

More than 300,000 well-equipped Ming troops are waiting to come first.

Although the Mongolian army wanted to avoid Xuanfu, Datong was being attacked, and Xuanfu's scouts had been sent out long ago. How could such a large-scale troop mobilization be hidden from Yang Hong.

Yang Hong knew that he would lead a large force to cross Xuanfu and go to the capital. He immediately lit the beacon and then ordered his troops.

Just as he was preparing to leave the city to pursue.

Ten thousand cavalry troops led by Taining Marquis Chen Ying also rushed to Xuanfu.

At first, when Yang Hong saw Chen Ying, he was shocked. Could it be that Datong was captured by Ye Xian first? Did Chen Ying, the Marquis of Taining, defect to Ye Xian and trick him into opening the city gate?

Now that the situation is so chaotic, Yang Hong's suspicion of Chen Ying has not aroused Chen Ying's dissatisfaction. Zhang Fu, Zhu Shou and other nobles far away in Datong have so many scruples that they have to act cautiously. The military strength of Xuanfu is not as good as that of Datong. , Yang Hong must be more cautious than Zhang Fu.

Chen Ying spent a lot of effort to make Yang Hong believe in him.

After entering the city, the two discussed with each other and jointly attacked the Mongolian army.

The Ming army is racing against the Mongolian army.

But because of the defeat of Tumu Fort, the Ming army had to be cautious when pursuing, fearing that they would be ambushed by Ye Xian's plan, so they were not as fast as Ye Xian's troops.

From the beginning to the end of this war, we took the initiative first.

Bauhinia Pass.

Zijingguan is the last barrier in Beijing. After Yu Qian took charge, he added 30,000 troops and horses to Zijingguan, and sent Han Qing, the commander of Shandong Province, to guard it, and Sun Xiang, deputy censor of Youdu, to assist.

In the original history, Ye Xian was delayed for four days at Zijingguan. Before the Ming army was about to collapse, Han Qing led thousands of cavalry directly into Ye Xian's Chinese army camp, greatly inspiring the morale of the defenders. However, he was surrounded by heavy siege. After failing to surrender first, he died in the rebel army. Then Sun Xiang followed Han Qing's instructions in advance and took over the command of Zijin Pass. He persisted for two more days and remained in the city. After being defeated, he still led his troops to fight in the streets with the Mongolian soldiers, and finally died on the battlefield.

It bought time for the capital and bought time for Yu Qian.

If Yu Qian is the national hero in front of the stage, then Sun Xiang, Han Qing and others who died outside the Great Wall are the heroes behind the scenes who made the defense of Beijing successful.

They used their lives to compose a tragic song. It was because of the determination of the Ming army's frontier soldiers to die generously to defend their home and country that a generation of geniuses also hated the city of Beijing.

Ye Xian experienced sixty-four battles in his life, and only lost twice. One was at the gates of Beijing, where he almost lost all his family wealth, and the other was when he was defeated by A Qi and lost his life.

When Ye first led to the Zijingguan Pass, Datong's battle report finally reached the capital.

Ye Xian's army approached the capital, and the trend of southward migration began again.

In the inner palace.

Empress Dowager Sun was wearing a formal robe, and she was sitting on the dragon chair holding Zhu Jianshen, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.

Zhu Qiyu is sitting under the dragon bank.

The ministers were quarreling again. After Yu Qian's arrangement, some ministers had changed their direction and began to support Yu Qian.

But Xu Youzhen and others were stubborn, saying that all the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty were outside the customs. If the rescue was not timely, wouldn't it be possible to put the emperor and the empress dowager in danger?

It is better to let the emperor and the empress dowager leave first.

Just when Xu Youzhen was talking eloquently.

Yu Qian entered the main hall after sorting out military affairs outside, and then saluted directly to Empress Dowager Sun and Zhu Jianshen.

"Please order to capture Xu Youzhen's group of people who can disrupt the morale of the army." Yu Qian's voice was extremely loud.

He was very confident that he could defeat the arrogant Wala under the walls of Beijing and defeat the arrogant Ye Xian who dared to go deep alone.

But before defeating them, the atmosphere in the court must be consistent and there must be no fear of war.

"Yu Qian, you are so brave. We have a big plan, but you actually want to put us in jail. Are you planning something evil?"

However, Yu Qian ignored Xu Youzhen and just looked at Empress Dowager Sun on the dragon throne. biquge.biz

Before the Empress Dowager Sun could speak, Zhu Jianshen said loudly: "Grandma Huang said that all affairs in the capital have been entrusted to Yu Shangshu with full authority. Come on, arrest them."

Zhu Jianshen's childish words were just like joking.

But now that he is the emperor, after what he says, as long as the empress dowager sitting next to him has no other opinions, they will be obeyed.

More than a dozen soldiers entered the hall and were about to arrest Xu Youzhen and others.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we are dedicated to the pursuit of our country. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty and Your Majesty, our devotion to your Majesty and our country can be seen from the sun and the moon."

"Your Majesty, we are thinking of you."

But the Empress Dowager still didn't speak. A dozen soldiers pulled Xu Youzhen and others down, waiting for the Empress Dowager and the young emperor to make further decisions.

"Yu Shangshu, what are your chances of winning this time?" After the hall became quiet again, Empress Dowager Sun asked.

"If you tell me, the Empress Dowager, I have a 100% chance of winning."

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Sun looked a little relaxed. The idea that the Mongolian army invaded the capital also made the Empress Dowager Sun a little worried.

"Yu Shangshu, Yu Shangshu, you must rescue my father and kill all those heinous Mongolian Tatars." Zhu Jianshen said quickly.

He can't act calm all the time. He is only two years old, and his naughty and immature side has to be shown.

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