prosperous age

Although they did not plan to attack the capital, they had to teach the Ming court a lesson. It would be impossible not to annihilate a Ming army.

When Huang Taiji came in this time, he naturally wanted to achieve greater success, so as to boost his prestige among the clansmen.

But since he broke into the Ming Realm, all the Ming soldiers he encountered avoided the battle, and all of them defended the city, leaving him nowhere to play.

Knowing that Ming army cavalry appeared in Sanhe, just in time to know that the Sanhe guard led troops to patrol the border, he just let him use it to attract them with Zheng Guantun and annihilate them, just thinking about it makes me excited.

At this time, Huang Taiji had already begun to call back the skirmishers from all walks of life, telling them to suspend the looting, and prepared a pocket to hold the cavalry of the Ming army in Jizhen.

For this reason, even though Du'er was with him and participated in the planning of this matter, he also recalled Dalaisun who was leading the looting outside.

On a small piece of flattened ground, several stones were placed randomly.

If Wei Guangde was here, he could easily see that this was the approximate location of several cities north of the capital of Beizhili.

Huang Taiji and the others are now in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and if they are negligent in combat, they may be lost forever.

Although they are ready to put oil on their feet at any time, after all, the Ming army has not yet arrived, and they still have enough room to display.

However, there are only more than 5000 people left in their hands. They have collected two batches of looted property before, and they have assigned 2000 people to escort them out of the customs.

About 2000 people were divided into more than ten groups to plunder, and by the way, they also served as scouts to monitor the surrounding situation. These 5000 people were already the largest force he could muster.

However, at this time, the Ming army did not notice that most of the large and small Mongolian Tartars that had been scattered in the past had disappeared, and they were still active only in a few main directions.

"Taiji, if it's just Sanhe's gang of Ming dogs, you really don't have to be afraid of them. There are only a few thousand people around. As long as we choose the right terrain to launch a surprise attack, we can wipe them out in one go."

Calling Sun stared at the placed stones and said, "What I am most afraid of now is the Ming army in those cities.

If they come out to make trouble at this time, although they usually look down on them, it will be very annoying if they really show up at a critical moment. "

"That's why I called you back."

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "In Shunyi, I have 300 people watching, wandering around the gates of each city every day. In the words of the Han people, it is a trick to spread suspicion.

On the other side of Pinggu, there was a small encounter before. Hundreds of Ming soldiers died. They probably didn't dare to go out of the city to fight, and the rest were Huairou and Miyun.

According to those Bai Pizi, the Miyun garrison is a deputy commander of Ji Town, who is in charge of the defense of the Great Wall pass near Miyun, where there are many soldiers.

Huairou is worse, there are not many soldiers and horses, but our little strength is not capable of attacking the city. "

Hearing what Huang Taiji said, Calling Sun nodded, agreeing with his point of view.

In fact, these words are the conclusions that Huang Taiji and Ba Du'er came to after discussing.

The Ming army was able to support Zheng Guantun at this time, and only the Jizhen cavalry and the Miyun garrison.

"Leave 1000 people to surround this Ming army, and you take more than a thousand people from your headquarters to hide in the woods to the northwest of Zhengguantun. No matter whether the Ming army came from Huairou or Miyun, you should find the opportunity to intercept and kill them.

Baduer and I stationed 3000 people in Zhengguantun, waiting for the Ming army to come.

As long as they dare to leave the city, we will find a chance to kill them all, and then return to the prairie. "

Huang Taiji opened his mouth and said the battle strategy they planned, and then it was up to Calling Sun's opinion.

After calling, Sun stared at Shizi for a while, then looked up at Duer, then nodded and said, "It's all up to Taiji."

"If the Ming army from Miyun comes, it will naturally increase our merits. If they don't come, your army will be wiped out. I guess the soldiers and horses on the Xuanfu side are not far from here."

Huang Taiji continued to add.

"Taiji, in fact, the soldiers and horses of the Ming army in Ji Town are probably coming soon in the next few days."

When Sun called, he said, "Let's lay out this bag. I think we can wait two days at most. If the Ming army doesn't show up the day after tomorrow, we'd better withdraw from the Ming country as planned."

"Well, you're right, we're not here to fight against people from Xuan Mansion and Ji Town of Ming Dynasty, that would be too passive.

Where to fight and how big to fight, we still have the final say. "

Huang Taiji nodded, and said with a hammer, "That's it. If there is no Ming army in the future, we will retreat."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and told Baduer: "Send people to keep an eye on the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the direction of Changping, as well as Sanhe and Pinggu, and go out fifty miles to investigate the movements of the Ming army."

"Yes, Taiji."

Badu'er immediately nodded in agreement.

The Mongols were ready, but the Ming army was completely unaware at the moment.

After Sun Bin led the Jizhen cavalry to leave Tongzhou City, they headed towards Sanhe County along the same road, but they were discovered by Mongolian scouts shortly after they left the city, and they urgently reported to Huang Taiji.

At this time in the capital, the news that villages and towns along the Wenyu River had been looted by Tatars had already spread in the capital, and the people in the city became more frightened.

Whether the emperor in the palace knew that the Jingying was a good-looking guy, of course the common people didn't know, but they did know what kind of stuff was in the Jingying.

If you really want the Beijing camp to defend the capital, the people really don't know what to do.

It's just that the capital has a city wall that is much taller than the surrounding cities, and this is undoubtedly the guarantee of their safety.

With the arrival of a Jizhen cavalry force outside Dongzhimen, the worries surrounding the hearts of the people in the capital were gradually dispelled.

Although the capital is under martial law, it is only the common people who are under martial law.

In fact, the dignitaries in the capital, as well as those who serve the court and the government, still perform their duties.

The water from Yuquan Mountain will be sent to the palace on time every day.

Ye Xiang's business is also indispensable in the capital.

Seeing such a situation, Wei Guangde didn't know what to say except shaking his head and sighing.

This time Huang Taiji was just planning to plunder, but if he really wanted to attack the capital, if they really found a way to cross the river, they only need to launch a surprise attack in the early morning, and it is really possible to rush directly into the city.

Even Wei Guangde wondered whether Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses broke through the city wall of Beijing in the time of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and were able to quickly capture the capital.

The population of the capital is really too much. Even if there are no people fleeing on the streets, it is the largest city in the world in this era, not one of them.

In this era, too many restrictions make urban design unreasonable.

But Wei Guangde is not a professional, so he can't say it.

Moreover, even if he can think of something, it will take a lot of work if he really wants to make a big change, and the effort may not be thankful.

At noon that day, Wei Guangde received an urgent letter from Ma Fang at Yuwang Mansion.

The letter was sent by Ma Fang when he led his troops through Changping, and now he has led his troops closer to Huairou. This is also in accordance with the order of the Ministry of War, intending to use Xuanfu troops to block the escape route of the Tartars to the north.

The current Ministry of War has directly begun to interfere with the command of the various ministries in Northern Zhili. They did not choose to send a letter to Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao, but directly issued orders to the soldiers and horses of Jizhen in the name of the Ministry of War.

Some of these orders were consistent with those given by Yang Xuan, and the general who received the order naturally followed them without further ado.

It's just that there are more orders that conflict with each other, but according to the final text of the Ministry of War order, the leading generals naturally know how to choose.

Although Yang Xuan is their immediate boss, his own rank promotion is all in the hands of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.

But at this time, Yang Bo was not happy in the duty room. The Ministry of War had received the news that Sun Bin led troops to rescue Zhengguantun in Sanhe.

Sun Bin's cavalry left in Tongzhou had been severely weakened, and the westward march of the Jizhen army was slow, and the Xuanfu army was about to take position. However, the nearest destination of the Jizhen army was still more than [-] miles away from Pinggu County, which took more than a day. the distance.

As for the army to be deployed in Sanhe and Tongzhou, it will take at least two days to be in place.

This is the uncertainty on the battlefield.

According to the normal situation, Jizhen's army rushed back from Shanhaiguan, and it should indeed be almost there.

But they hurried from Santunying to Shanhaiguan before, and then returned the same way.

The Ming army in this period did not have long-distance training, and it was difficult for soldiers to gather and travel.

After several days of continuous toil, the soldiers in the barracks complained a lot. Under such circumstances, the officers in charge of the army did not dare to be too harsh, for fear of triggering a mutiny among the soldiers.

There is a mutiny at this time, it is no joke.

We can only find many reasons to slow down the soldiers' progress.

However, after these news were fed back to the Ministry of War, Yang Bo felt that his whole body was not well.

In his opinion, this should be Yang Xuan's secret move.

Thinking of the dispute between him and Yang Xuan this year, Yang Bo had the urge to break him for the first time.

"Master Yang, Yang Xuan's answer is back."

At this time, Ge Jin, the servant of the Ministry of War, quickly stepped into the room, handed over the official document he had just received to Yang Bo and said.

This was the official document that the emperor had questioned Jizhen about the disadvantages of defending the capital, and asked Yang Xuan to explain what he had done during the period after the Tartars broke the border wall.

Yang Bo took the official document and asked casually, "What did he say?"

"Hey, see for yourself."

Ge Jin didn't want to say that he was the assistant director of the military affairs of the Beijing camp, and he spent most of his time patrolling the walls of the capital these days.

It was also a coincidence that when he entered Guangqumen for inspection, he received a reply letter from Sanhe Yangxuan to the Ministry of War.

He is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and his status in the Ministry of War is not low. He immediately accepted the official letter and was very angry.

"He, how could he say that?"

Yang Bo quickly read Yang Xuan's writing, and immediately became furious.

Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, made Yang Bo unacceptable in his writing. According to him, the army of Jizhen had already fought against the Tatars near Tongzhou under his command, and now the main force of the Tartars was captured Forced to flee to the east, he wanted to escape from the border from Sanhe to Pinggu.

Not only that, Yang Xuan actually asked the Ministry of War to pray for the soldiers at the end of the essay.

To the north of Tongzhou, there was indeed a small-scale battle between soldiers from Jizhen and the Tartars, but it was a scout battle, not a real fight.

But Yang Xuan actually took credit for this, saying that he commanded the soldiers and horses of Ji Town to force the Tartars to flee.

"He should have seen the purpose of this group of Tartars, so he dared to tell such a big lie."

Yang Bo threw the official document on the table and sighed.

Yes, the Ministry of War's plan to annihilate this group of Tartars is impossible to realize under the current situation.

The Tartars entered only to plunder. With the appearance of the Xuanfu army, the time for the Tartars to flee north will not be too far.

Although it is far from the truth, it is really hard to deny his achievements in commanding the army of Jizhen when the Tartars withdrew from the Great Wall in the end.

This is not to deny a person, it is the credit of the entire Ji Town, from the soldiers to the generals.

"The safety of Gyeonggi cannot be placed in his hands."

Ge Jin also thought about it on the way back. Like Yang Bo, he was determined to bring Yang Xuan down with this official document alone.

"The battle report sent to the palace today is written according to the actual situation."

Yang Bo said lightly.

"Then Yang chose this essay"

"Copy the original text, put it in front, and send it to His Majesty."

Before Ge Jin finished speaking, Yang Bo interrupted.

When Ge Jin mentioned Yang Xuan's writing, he naturally wanted to bring this matter up, but he didn't expect the good old man Yang Bo to be so firm on this matter.

"I'll go to the cabinet to see Mr. Xu Ge and the others."

Before Ge Jin could speak, Yang Bo spoke.

The war of words between the Ministry of War and Governor Ji Liao was not enough, so he had to draw the cabinet to his side to stand up for himself.

"Don't worry, my lord, I know what to do."

Ge Jin immediately cupped his fists and said.

Nodding, Yang Bo got up and handed the official document to Ge Jin, and went out of the room with him.

As the Ministry of War began to transcribe, the content of Yang Xuan's official document was quickly passed to Prince Yu's Mansion and fell into the hands of Wei Guangde.

Whether it's King Yu, Yin Shizhen, or Zhang Juzheng, they all have the battle situation in their hands from the Ministry of War, so they can naturally see Yang Xuan's word games, not to mention that Wei Guangde had also analyzed the purpose of the Tartars' entry in detail before.

They all shook their heads and didn't bother to comment, but no matter what, if this Yang Xuan can get the upper position of King Yu, he must have to leave.

With King Yu's temper, it is absolutely impossible to keep him as governor of Ji Liao.

"The Tartars are leaving."

At this time, Wei Guangde said, "Jizhen's soldiers and horses have not yet arrived, and the Xuanfu army is about to arrive in Huairou. It is impossible for the Tartars not to find out. The Ministry of War's plan has been defeated."

"Is there any way for Shandai? I can't let Xin Ai go back so easily."

Zhang Juzheng said.

Wei Guangde pondered for a moment, his eyes fell on the map hanging beside him, and after thinking for a while, he said, "We can only try our luck and let Ma Fang lead the cavalry from Xuanfu to chase Pinggu directly."

As he said that, Wei Guangde guessed: "Yang Xuan should be right. The Tartars probably left the Great Wall near Sanhe and Pinggu on their way back. There was a report from the Ministry of War before, saying that the Tartars sent the looted goods back the same way. Go out a lot.

The terrain of that section of the Great Wall is complicated, and there is another turning point. When I went to inspect it before, I noticed that many walls were in disrepair. "

"You mean, let Ma Fang arrest the army after the Tartars?"

Zhang Juzheng asked guessily.

"Exactly, Ma Fang's department should be able to wipe out all the troops he has cut off. At least a thousand people can still be left behind."

Wei Guangde spoke.

At this time, in Xiyuan Yongshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing was reading the battle report sent by the Ministry of War, and the first thing that caught his eye was Yang Xuan's official document.