Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 205 What should they do? Only God knows!
At the end of the team is the logistics force of hundreds of thousands of people.

Zhu Youtang brought more than 100,000 logistics troops from the capital, plus Xu Chang's more than 100,000 logistics troops.

At this moment, the total number of logistics troops has exceeded 300,000.

In addition to carrying millions of shi of grain and fodder, these logistical troops also had to carry more than 18 million taels of silver.

Thousands of factory guards supervised the entire logistics team to prevent anyone from escaping or stealing silver.

Of course, the more than 2,000 Oirat people were also arranged before the logistics troops and after the Ming officials.

At this moment, the total number of people patrolling the border under Zhu Youtang had exceeded 400,000.

Such a large number of people made the place where Zhu Youtang was located the real power center of the Ming Dynasty.

As Zhu Youtang's carriage got closer and closer to the Xuanfu city gate, more and more people gathered around to see him off.

Wang Chun had to send a large number of Xuanfu soldiers to control the situation and prevent the people of Xuanfu from getting too close.

"Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Take care, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, we respectfully escort you out of the city! Your Majesty, have a safe journey!"

"We respectfully send off His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Long live His Majesty!"

"..."

The people of Xuanfu watched Zhu Youtang's carriage leave Xuanfu with reluctance on their faces.

In addition to the reluctance in their hearts, they also worry about their future fate.

After Zhu Youtang, the emperor who protected them, left, what should they do if another general like Yang Tong came to Xuanfu?

What do they do?
Only God knows.

Zhu Youtang has done everything he could think of and do.

The shouts of the people of Xuanfu reached Zhu Youtang's ears.

Before walking out of the Xuanfu city gate completely, Zhu Youtang stretched out a hand towards the window and pressed it down.

Wang Zhi immediately understood and quickly ordered: "Stop the sedan!"

Zhu Youtang's dragon sedan stopped, and the entire team stopped as well.

"His Majesty……"

Wang Zhi stood beside the dragon sedan chair, bowed and waited for orders.

Zhu Youtang did not say anything, but walked out of the dragon sedan and looked at the people of Xuanfu behind him.

In an instant, wherever Zhu Youtang's eyes reached, the people of Xuanfu knelt down one after another.

"Long live your Majesty!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

The people of Xuanfu have said this countless times.

But they had nothing else to say except wishing Zhu Youtang to live for ten thousand years over and over again.

There are very few emperors like Zhu Youtang who are willing to care about the people and have the ability to eliminate harm for the people.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, so far, only three emperors could do it: Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Wen, and the current emperor.

Emperors such as Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Qiyu had neither the heart to care about the people nor the ability to eliminate harm for the people.

They have completely become puppets of the civil officials and nobles, and everything they do is to make profits for them.

Emperors such as Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Jianshen were willing to care about the people, but they were unable to eliminate harm for the people.

They resisted and struggled, but ultimately suffered a crushing defeat in the political struggle.

Some people have been disgraced, some have died, and everything has turned into dust in history.

Only Zhu Youtang was still trying his best to save the Ming Dynasty.

Mona also stuck her head out of her sedan chair and looked at the countless people of Xuanfu kneeling down to worship Zhu Youtang.

Mona bit her lip and looked at Zhu Youtang with admiration.

Thousands of people came out to watch the emperor leave the city, which is enough to show how much the people of Xuanfu loved Zhu Youtang.

When I think of my husband, he has the ability to provide a stable life for hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of people.

Mona felt an unbearable heat in her heart, and her body twisted slightly unconsciously.

Zhu Youtang waved to the people behind him, then looked at Wang Chun behind him.

When Wang Chun met Zhu Youtang's gaze, he was startled and his scalp instantly went numb.

He immediately walked quickly to Zhu Youtang, knelt down and saluted: "I, General Wang Chun, respectfully escort your majesty out of the city."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youtang looked at Wang Chun, which was both an instruction and an order.

"Now Xuanfu only has more than 50,000 soldiers left, which is when its strength is at its weakest."

"We must recruit soldiers from now on and restore the number of soldiers in Xuanfu to more than 100,000 as soon as possible."

"It would be best if soldiers with military status volunteered to join the army, but we should also encourage people from other places to join the army."

"As long as the soldiers' food and wages can be delivered to them on time and in full, there will be no worries about recruiting enough soldiers."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Hearing Zhu Youtang's instructions, Wang Chun was excited and quickly agreed.

Finally, Zhu Youtang sighed.

"Wang Chun, I hand over these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xuanfu to you."

"Don't let me down."

Zhu Youtang's last words immediately made Wang Chun's eyes red.

He held his head high and replied loudly at the top of his lungs.

"Yes! Your Majesty! If I have failed your Majesty's faith in the slightest, please chop off my head immediately!"

Zhu Youtang nodded, turned around and returned to his dragon sedan.

"Let's go." Following Zhu Youtang's order, the young eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department hurriedly sang the salute.

"Get up the sedan!"

"set off!"

Zhu Youtang's dragon sedan finally left Xuanfu completely.

After the emperor's ceremonial guard, Gao Shun led an army of 150,000 and firmly protected the entire expeditionary inspection team in the middle.

Under the sight of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xuanfu, Zhu Youtang's troops led in person slowly moved away.

Wang Chun looked at the team that was slowly going away and shouted, "Everyone, salute!"

"The soldiers and civilians of Xuanfu respectfully send off His Majesty!"

"Long live your Majesty!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

"..."

……

Beijing.

Time goes back to the second Battle of Tumu.

When Yang Kui led 20,000 of Yang Tong's personal troops to attack Zhu Youtang's camp, the huge momentum woke up all the logistics troops sleeping outside Zhu Youtang's camp.

These logistical troops were all civilians temporarily recruited from the vicinity of the capital after Zhu Youtang decided to lead the army in person.

They were timid to begin with, and when they saw tens of thousands of fully armed cavalrymen charging towards them with murderous intent, many of them were frightened out of their wits and lost their souls on the spot.

They didn't know what style of Ming armor was, but before setting off, they vaguely heard someone say that Zhu Youtang had to lead the army in person because the Oirat invaded the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, when they saw so many cavalrymen charging towards them, they actually thought that it was the Oirat people who were coming to kill them. They were so scared that they ran away. Some people didn't even put on their clothes or pants, and ran out with their heads covered.

"The Wala people are coming! Everyone, run!"

"Run! They're killing people! If we don't run, we'll be killed by the Wala people!"

"It's over! The Wala people have reached Juyong Pass! We are going to die! We are all going to die!"

"..."

The civilians in charge of logistics fled from Tumubao madly while crying and howling.

After the attack, the people living near the capital city had no ideas and instinctively ran home.

And the direction of their home is the direction of the capital.

Then we saw a group of people running back to Juyongguan from Tumubao without looking back.

After Yang Kui led his troops out of Juyong Pass, the soldiers defending Juyong Pass were fully alert and stationed on the city wall, intending to prevent the remnants of Zhu Youtang from passing through Juyong Pass.

In their opinion, if Zhu Youtang had managed to survive Yang Kui's attack, he would definitely lead the people around him and return to the capital through Juyongguan as soon as possible.

At that time, these soldiers guarding Juyongguan will be of great use.

However, they did not wait for the remnants of Zhu Youtang, but instead waited for a large number of ordinary people who fled.

When these people arrived at the gate of Juyongguan, they began to bang on the gate and shout at the door.

"Open the door quickly! The Wala people are coming in. Go and fight them!"

"Open the door! Let us in quickly, otherwise if the Wala people catch up with us, we will all die!"

"Open the door! Open the door! The Wala people are attacking the emperor, why don't you send troops to rescue the emperor? Open the door! Open the door!"

"..."

These people had no idea that the cavalry that attacked Zhu Youtang’s military camp started from Juyongguan.

They also tried to persuade the defenders of Juyongguan to rescue Zhu Youtang, which was simply a pipe dream.

On the walls of Juyongguan, thousands of soldiers were ready for battle.

"General Luo, there are many people gathered at the pass. Should we take action?"

A lieutenant general of Juyong Pass pointed at the crowd of civilians under the city wall and said to Luo Xin, the defender of Juyong Pass.

Luo Xin frowned as he looked at the people below and shook his head: "They are just a bunch of unruly people. They can't break through the city gates. Why should we bother with them?"

"Since these unruly people can come here, it means that General Yang Kui has succeeded."

"Everyone, cheer up and keep a close eye on me. Don't let the emperor pass through Juyong Pass!"

"Yes, General Luo!"

All the soldiers received orders one after another and dared not slack off.

When the people living under the city saw that the gates of Juyongguan were not opened for a long time, they felt both fear and despair.

And some smart people have already started taking detours.

In many places there are no main roads, only small paths.

The army couldn't get through, the horsemen couldn't get through, but they could climb over.

In this way, a large number of fleeing people, after crossing the Inner Great Wall by various means, ran desperately towards the capital.

Tumubao is really too close to the capital.

The 20,000-strong army led by Yang Kui attacked the camp in the second half of the night.

On the morning of the next day, the first group of people who could run fast ran back to the capital city on foot alone.

The soldiers defending the capital saw naked people running in panic from the north on the city wall.

A look of shock appeared on everyone's face.

The north was the direction where Zhu Youtang personally led his expedition, and these people were the logistics troops who followed Zhu Youtang in the expedition.

Now these people look terrified and are running here from the north in panic. Does this mean that your Majesty's expeditionary force has encountered an accident?

The soldiers defending the city did not dare to guess blindly. They only felt their mouths dry, their hearts pounding, and they were terrified.

And when these people ran to the gate of the capital city, the words they said made them feel like the sky was falling!
"Help! The emperor has been attacked by the Oirat people in Tumubao! Go and save the emperor!"

(End of this chapter)