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Chapter 218 BJ Defense Battle

My charming but short-lived ancestor: I'm going to say that if this person becomes good later, what will happen to Zhu Di?

I can't sleep at night (Guan): I can't say that, after all, at this time, I remember that Zhu Di also went to the battlefield with Xu Da!

My dear, don’t go away: How old was Zhu Di at that time? How is it possible to go to the battlefield?
His Majesty Han Xiaowu: Not necessarily. I remember that Zhu Zhanji went to war when he was 12 years old.

Yu Yusning: Rather than talking about these, let’s talk about what Zhu Wenzheng did. I’m really curious!

Su Yue looked at the comments and said, "Then let's take a look at Zhu Wenzheng!"

Zhu Wenzheng (1336-1365), nephew of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, a famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty and a core figure of the Zhu Yuanzhang Group.

He once served as the Grand Governor of the "Grand Governor's Office", the highest government office in the army.

His father is Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest brother Zhu Xinglong, King of Nanchang.

In the Battle of Hongdu, Zhu Wenzheng sat in an isolated city and resisted the attack of Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops. It can be called a miracle in military history and has outstanding military achievements.

Because he was dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang's reward after the war, he wanted to seek refuge with Zhang Shicheng, but Zhu Yuanzhang found out about it and was put under house arrest. Finally, he died in depression.

My charming but short-lived ancestor: Well, it means that you are smart and confused for a while. What do your own relatives think of surrendering to the enemy if they don't believe it?

The pig came to the bowl quickly: "Yes, so it's a pity for him!"

Wudu refuses: Agree!
Su Yue looked at the comment area and said: "Okay, now let's take a look at Uncle Qian'er's famous battle - the BJ defense battle!"

March into the capital
When the Ming court was actively preparing for war to increase the military strength of the capital, it first took Yingzong hostage and went to Datong, Xuanfu and other places to ask its defenders to open the city gates.

Since the Ming army defenders held on to the city and refused to leave, they failed to succeed.

BJ defense battle

On the first day of October in the 1449th year of Zhengtong (2), Ye Xian's troops were divided into three groups. The East Route Army with 5 troops attacked Miyun from the direction of Gubeikou; the Middle Route Army with 10 troops attacked Juyongguan from the direction of Xuanfu; Ye Xian led the West Route Army himself. On the way, soldiers and horses took Yingzong hostage to Datong, claiming that they had come to return Yingzong.

Guo Deng, the general of Datong, held on and actively prepared for war.

This plan failed to succeed at first, and seeing that Guo Deng was already prepared, he did not dare to attack, so he passed through Yanghe and attacked Baiyangkou (southwest of Juyong Pass).

On the eighth day of October, Xie Ze, the general guarding Baiyangkou, died in battle. After the Oara army captured Baiyangkou, they marched towards Zijingguan.

On the ninth day of October, they also arrived at Zijingguan first and ordered the Wala army to step up their attack. Xi Ning, the Ming eunuch who had surrendered to Oala before, informed Oala of the trails in the mountains, and Zijingguan was attacked from both sides.

The guards Sun Xiang and Han Qing were all killed in the battle, and Zijingguan was captured by Wala. The Wala army marched towards BJ from Baiyangkou and Zijingguan.

Martial law in the capital
After the Ming court learned of the Wala attack, it immediately put the capital under martial law and ordered the kings to send troops to defend it.

At the same time, a reward and punishment policy is formulated. Those who have performed extraordinary merits will be promoted to the third level and will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver; those who have achieved first level merit will be promoted to the second level and will be rewarded with ten taels of silver; those who have performed regular merits will be promoted to the first level and will be rewarded with five taels of silver; those who have died in battle will be promoted to the first level and will be rewarded with five taels of silver. , the descendants were promoted to the second level and were rewarded with twenty taels of silver.

It also stipulates that if the leader of the army retreats before the battle, he will be beheaded; if the sergeant retreats, the rear team will be beheaded by the front team; others who retreat, surrender to the enemy, and plunder people's property will be punished accordingly.

On the eighth day of October, Zhu Qiyu ordered Yu Qian, the commander-in-chief, to supervise the troops and horses of each battalion and control all generals. At the same time, he pardoned Liu An and Wang Tong, who had been convicted before, and assisted in guarding the capital.

And summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss strategies to defend against the enemy.

Zhu Qiyu adopted Yu Qian's idea of ​​going outside the city to meet the enemy, and sent 220,000 troops to defend the nine gates of the capital. The chief military officer Wu Qingbo Shi Heng was stationed at Desheng Gate; the governor Tao Jin was stationed at Anding Gate; Guangning Bo Liu An was stationed at Dongzhimen; Wujin Bo Zhu Ying was sent to Chaoyang Gate; Commander Liu Ju was sent to Xizhimen; Deputy Commander-in-Chief Gu Xingzu was sent to Fu City Gate; Commander Li Duan was sent to Zhengyang Gate; Commander Liu Dexin was sent to Chongwen Gate; Commander Tang Jie was sent to Xuanwu Gate. The guards of each gate were controlled by Shi Heng, while Yu Qian went to Desheng Gate in person to participate in the battle.

On the ninth day of October, the Ming army demanded that all those with armor be beheaded if they did not leave the city to fight. At this time, only one tenth of the Ming army had armor. After all the troops were deployed out of the city, the capital closed all the city gates to show its determination to fight to the death from behind.

battle at city gate
On October 11th, Wala arrived at the gate of Beijing, formed a formation outside Xizhimen, and placed Zhu Qizhen in an empty room outside Deshengmen.

On that day, the governors Gao Li and Mao Fushou were in the north of Zhangyi Gate, killing and repelling 300 thieves and capturing one person alive.

He also saw that the Ming army had a well-organized lineup and did not dare to attack rashly. Then in the name of negotiating peace, the Ming court was asked to send someone to pick up Zhu Qizhen.

The next day, Ming Ting sent two junior officials there, and first wanted Ming Ting to send higher-level officials, but Ming Ting remained unmoved.

Capital city defense map

Seeing that the peace plan failed, he immediately mobilized the main force to attack Deshengmen on October 13th. Previously, Wala had sent troops to investigate here, and Yu Qian had a premonition that he would attack here first, so he asked Shi Heng to lead troops to ambush in the empty houses on both sides of the road in advance.

After the Oara army attacked, the Ming army sent a small number of troops to fight. Then he pretended to be defeated and retreated, and more than 10,000 Oara army cavalry pursued him.

When the Oara army approached, the Ming army fired artillery and muskets, and at the same time ambush troops to attack from a pinch.

The Oara army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties. Ye Xian's younger brothers Bo Luo and Ping Zhang Mao were both shot to death.

Later, the Oara army moved to Xizhimen to attack the Ming army.

Ming army guard Sun Bor led his army to fight, killing several of his vanguard, and the Oara army retreated north.

Sun Boring led his army to pursue him, and the Wala army increased its troops and surrounded Sun Boring. Sun Boring tried his best to fight, but still could not clear the siege.

Gao Li and Mao Fushou of the Ming army came to support, and then Shi Heng also sent troops to help. The Oara army was attacked on three sides and forced to retreat.

On October 14, Yu Qian redeployed based on the problems exposed the day before, and ordered the commanders Wang Jing, Wuxing, and Wang Yong to go to Changyi Gate to defend the enemy, and asked them to support each other so as not to delay the war opportunity. He also ordered Wang Hong, the censor of Qiandu, to supervise military affairs at Mao Fushou and Gaoli, and to garrison troops at Sun Boring.

At the same time, Mao Fushou and others were asked to block important intersections in the southwest streets of the capital and lay ambush with short guns to await response.

On the same day, the Wara Army organized troops to attack Zhangyi Gate, and Yu Qian ordered Wang Jing and Wuxing to go to Zhangyi Gate to fight.

Wuxing ordered the firecrackers in front, followed by the short soldiers with bows and arrows, and hundreds of cavalry at the end.

When the Wala Army arrived, the Ming Army attacked with fire cannons. However, some Ming Army cavalry attacked privately in order to gain credit, causing the Ming Army's formation to be destroyed.

The Oara army took the opportunity to counterattack, but the Ming army was defeated and Wuxing died in the middle of nowhere.

Subsequently, the Oara army pursued them to Tucheng, but encountered resistance from local residents and their advance was blocked.

Then the Ming army came to support, but the Oara army did not dare to fight and immediately retreated.

Withdrawal of Wala troops
The next day, after several days of offensive, it was first found that it was difficult to capture BJ, and they had been defeated for several days, and their morale was low. In addition, the Oara army, which had been attacking Juyongguan, was also unfavorable.

At the same time, they also heard that Ming Ting's reinforcements were gathering, fearing that their retreat would be cut off.

Under this situation, they first hijacked Zhuqi Town and retreated that night, and plundered the prefectures and counties they passed through. On October 17, they retreated north from Zijingguan Pass.

At this time, there were still many remnants of the Oara army in various prefectures and counties within the pass.

Yu Qian ordered Yang Hong, Sun Boring and others to clear the money.

By November 8, all the Oara army had withdrawn from the outside of the Great Wall, and martial law was lifted in the capital.