Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 220 Beating a wolf with hemp stalks

Seeing that the emperor looked confident, Luo Tong couldn't say anything more.

From Luo Tong's heart, he really felt that the Shanxi battlefield had gotten a little out of control.Now there are still [-] troops in hand, and they are all cavalry, moving freely, coming and going like the wind.If these [-] cavalry were to run around in Shanxi, it's uncertain what would happen.

Now the emperor actually pinned the outcome of the war on the conscience of Liu An and Guo Deng, which really made the ministers present dumbfounded.

Zhu Qiyu himself didn't feel how serious the matter was. Liu An, the uncle of Guangning, was quite mediocre, and he was appointed as the general of Datong only this year.

Obviously, although Liu An is the commander-in-chief in name, he can't command the defenders of Datong.

And Guo Deng's ability to govern the army is several grades better than Liu An's.Although he is the deputy commander-in-chief in name, he is actually the backbone of Datong.

Now that the first house and the second house of Marquis Wuding have voted for the new king, Guo Deng seems to have no better choice, he can only be coerced to join the emperor together.

In this way, they will not be able to get food and grass supplies from Datong. Even if they go to attack Xuanfu, they can only march and loot along the way.

To plunder along the way, it is difficult to maintain a secret march. You can't have both, and you have to make a choice first. This is a headache for him.

Based on his reliance on the Guo family and his confidence in his direct lineal army, Zhu Qiyu comforted the ministers and went back to his room to catch up on sleep.

The ministers left the West Flower Hall with sad faces. The melee of the over 30 troops in the northwest really made everyone a little scared. It's a good thing to win. If something unexpected happens, then Daming will really be in trouble.

This is simply scarier than the defense of Beijing.Under the city of Beijing, at least relying on the city wall, there is no way to lose.Fighting mobile warfare in the northwest is completely different. No, a battle at Longfeng Temple sent another [-] Ming troops.

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However, the ministers in Beijing were not the only ones who were terrified, they were also sitting in their Chinese army camp, with sad faces, as if they had lost a big battle.

Also at this time, I 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 had defeated Zhao Kuo.

The most tragic battle in the era of cold weapons, so tragic that the leaders of both sides were ruined together, it is unprecedented.

First of all, I feel the same way now. Although this ambush killed more than [-] Ming soldiers, I also killed [-] Vala warriors, not counting the thousands of wounded soldiers.

The entire war has been going on until now, and there are only 2 people left in the main force of Wala who attacked Daming. Including Boyan Timur's 3 soldiers who have no fighting intentions, there are barely [-] people.

When they came, there were a total of [-] troops.

At this time, Oala's [-] troops camped ten miles north of Datong City, and Shi Heng's [-] troops camped ten miles south of Datong City.

In Datong City, there are nearly 2 Datong defenders and 1 Xuanfu fugitives.These [-] people were captured by the Ara Zhiyuan in Juyongguan, and were later redeemed by the emperor with [-] sets of armor.

This is the current balance of forces.Shi Heng's army had lost one-third, and now it would be considered a high incense if it hadn't collapsed, and it was impossible to organize an attack for a while.

It was almost the same first, 5000 people died in the battle, which was more than one-fifth of the total force, and there were thousands of wounded soldiers.

Unless he is possessed by Bingxian Han Xin first, he can only be forced to rest in place.

This is why Zhu Qiyu has a plan in his chest. Yexian's army is close to the end of its strength. Look at the series of battles they fought: the battle of Yanghekou, the battle of Yaoerling, the battle of Tumubao, the battle of Zijingguan, and the Beijing City Assembly Battle, Battle of Daomaguan, Battle of Longfeng Temple.

After fighting so many battles in four months, even an army made of steel must be tired.

These are all second, and the most troublesome thing is that the eunuch Xining, based on the information received in the past few days and combined with his own experience, came to a conclusion: this time in the imperial army in Datong, there is no emperor. Pro-army, the main force is the Five 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 I became afraid. I really couldn't imagine that the emperor would dare to send out the main force again after the civil fort change in Daming, and go straight to the old nest of Wala?

Just when Yexian was frowning, Boyan Timur hurried in, and without waiting to ask questions, he said in a crying voice: "Brother, it's not good, there is news from the inside of the Xuanfu. Ara Zhiyuan, he rebelled."

He also stood up abruptly: "Rebellious? How did he rebel?"

"Ara Zhiyuan brought his own army of [-], led the Ming court's tens of thousands of troops, and returned to attack the Wara headquarters."

Also felt a chill in his heart, his legs went limp, and he sat back paralyzed.

After being absent-minded for a while, Ye Xian asked, "When did this happen?"

"About ten days or so, the army of Ara Zhiyuan has already set off back to the grassland."

"Then why did you only get the news now?"

Boyan replied with a bitter face: "It turns out that the Emperor Daming and the Ara Zhiyuan had colluded for a long time. The emperor ordered the Ara Zhiyuan to surround Xuanfu City so that no one could get out.

After Ala withdrew his troops, the emperor immediately ordered nearly 2 people from the Shenji Battalion to surround the Xuanfu again.

As for the guards of the castles in the Xuan Mansion that we have private friendship with, they have all been beheaded by the emperor in public.The castles such as Maying and Dushi passing through from Xuanfu to the grassland have long been abandoned by guards such as Yang Jun.

So there are no Xuanfu defenders along the way, so naturally no one will pass on news to us.

Now the emperor has sent additional troops to the Xuanfu, and there are generals who are close to the Supreme Emperor, so the news was passed on secretly, otherwise we would still be kept in the dark. "

I also heard the words first, and I also got a little confused.There are only [-] troops in Wala staying on the grassland, and they are still leaderless.If this is wiped out by the main force of the Ming army, then there is really no way out for him. Why is the new emperor, Daming, acting so absurdly, so ruthless.

The thing I want to do the most now is to beat up the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen, what do you think you are doing by yourself.Even if you want to conquest yourself, wouldn't it be better to leave the army at the last moment and run quickly from Tumubao to Juyongguan earlier?
I really regret to die, wouldn't it be nice to let Zhu Qizhen, this trash, be the emperor well? Why should I capture him when I have nothing to do? I really lack eight generations of great virtues.

Boyan Timur didn't say a word when he saw it, and urged him eagerly: "Brother, now that things have come to an end, we should hurry out of Yanghekou and return to the grassland, maybe there is still time."

He also shook his head first: "What's the time, no accident, our left-behind army is already fighting the main force of the Ming army. When we rush back, the only thing we can do is to collect the corpses.

Besides, do we have enough food and grass to support the army to return to the grassland?And these exhausted soldiers, if they run into the main force of the Ming army when they return to the grassland, wouldn't it be all over? "

(End of this chapter)