Wanli 1592

Chapter 514 Xiao Zhennan Arrives in the Capital!
From childhood to adulthood, Nurhachi never dared to go against Li Rusong's will. He didn't dare when he was young, and he dared not now.

Standing beside Li Rusong, who was as strong as an ox, Nurhachi couldn't even show the aura of General Dragon and Tiger of the Ming Dynasty or the leader of the Jurchen Department of Jianzhou.

To him, Li Rusong's order was an imperial decree, more effective than the Ming Dynasty emperor's will. If Li Rusong came to mention someone, he dared not disobey him.

Fortunately, this time, he was protected by Li Rusong again. The Haixi Nuzhen would never dare to invade the Jianzhou Jurchen when he entered the pass to fight. He believed in this point.

After all, in the past few years, Li Rusong has made troubles everywhere in the Southern and Northern Wars, and the entire Jurchen and Mongolian tribes near Liaodong are almost numb to him.

After the 23 cavalry were ready, the dry rations and equipment were ready, they rushed out, and the whole journey was swift and fast. It took him only half a month from the arrival of the order to the arrival of Beijing City, and he arrived in Beijing City on the afternoon of the [-]rd. After dinner, The Ministry of War issued an order to order Li Rusong's troops to send emergency support to Zijingguan overnight.

Because Bauhinia Pass has called for help twice in a row.

As a result, that night, just a quarter of an hour after the Ministry of War's order was issued, and before Li Rusong's generals arrived for a meeting, the emperor's order suddenly came from the palace——

The cavalry under Li Rusong was ordered to set up camp on the spot, strictly guarding the camp and not leaving the camp without authorization, and the court provided food and drink supplies, and Li Rusong was allowed to go home to visit his relatives in the city.

Li Rusong was extremely troubled by this imperial order that ran counter to the order of the Ministry of War. According to the past rules, the orders of the Ministry of War were the most formal, and generals had to obey the orders of the Ministry of War when they were outside.

However, the emperor is the supreme commander of the national army in name. From the perspective of righteousness, the national army must obey the emperor's order, and the emperor's order is the highest order. Even the Ministry of War issues orders in the name of the emperor.

But now that the Ministry of War and the Emperor's order have issued two diametrically opposed orders, how should Li Rusong deal with it?

He hurriedly wrote a letter to the Ministry of War to inquire about this matter, and went to the city early the next morning to inquire about the situation. He was already impatient to rescue his father.

But at this moment, the Ministry of War is also quite puzzled. For so many years, although the emperor has his own opinions in the war, and has given orders, but those orders are also informed by the Ministry of War and do not interfere with the frontline battle situation. , or an admonition order before the start of the war, without an actual command order.

This time, Li Rusong's order to send troops to support Zijingguan immediately after arriving in the capital was also notified by the Ministry of War to the emperor and obtained the emperor's permission.

Under the current situation, military operations are still based on the emperor's wishes, and all the officials are silent, nervously worried that the Mongols will attack the capital and kill them.

However, the emperor issued an emergency order just fifteen minutes after the Ministry of War wrote the document, ordering Li Rusong not to advance, but to set up camp on the spot. There was no other explanation, and he did not discuss with anyone. understand.

The emperor should not be ignorant of the current situation. Datong has basically fallen, Pingxing Pass has been broken, Zijing Pass is in a hurry, Daming has suffered heavy losses, and even Wutai in Shanxi has fallen. Taiyuan seems to have become the target of the Mongols.

The general of Yanmen Pass died in battle, the general of Pingxing Pass died in battle, Dong Yikui, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi, several senior military officers died in battle, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were slaughtered, and the people were miserable. Danger!
Zhao Zhigao and Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, rushed to the palace overnight, trying to ask the emperor's opinion, but the news they got was that the emperor had already fallen asleep, and we will talk about it tomorrow if there is anything to do.

Zhao Zhigao and Shi Xing couldn't understand why the emperor ordered Li Rusong's elite cavalry not to go to support the precarious Bauhinia Pass at such an urgent time.
But the emperor just said nothing.

Li Rusong stayed up all night with dark circles under his eyes, and rushed into Beijing at dawn the next day to ask for an explanation from the Ministry of War. The emperor asked for an explanation.

At this time, the news that the emperor did not allow Li Rusong to march was also spread, and it reached the ears of many civil servants and officials, and these people suddenly became restless——

This time the Mongols also threatened their lives, and they were very concerned about this. They wished that Li Rusong would immediately send troops to drive the Mongols away, so that they could continue the political struggle with peace of mind. But now Li Rusong's troops are in the capital and they are not advancing , Is the emperor going to fight a battle to defend the capital?

There were various speculations and rumors flying all over the sky. Zhao Zhigao and Shi Xing brought Li Rusong into the palace again the next morning to inquire about the news. Zhu Yijun received the three of them, calmed the anxious Li Rusong with nice words, and said, Li Rusong didn't need to march for the time being, Zijing Pass wasn't that dangerous yet, he had his own arrangements.

The emperor was not in a hurry, and he looked like he was holding the winning ticket. Zhao Zhigao and Shi Xing were puzzled by this appearance, and Li Ru, Songzhang, and the second monk were puzzled. But the emperor was not in a hurry, and it was useless for them to worry, without the emperor's order He, Li Rusong, really dared to resist the order and attack?
Then he will be captured and killed in minutes.

The authority of the Ming central government is still full, let alone the generals who did not obey orders.

The ministers did not dare to contradict the emperor, because the emperor himself was in danger, and there was no reason to issue idiot-like orders. They could only say that the emperor really had other arrangements, but as for what the emperor's arrangements were, they really didn't know. I know, but I dare not imagine.

The emperor wouldn't join forces with the Mongols to pit himself, right?

If the Bauhinia Pass is really over, the emperor will be responsible.

Li Rusong could only survive four difficult days in torment. On the early morning of the [-]th, he couldn't bear it any longer, and went to the city again to ask the Ministry of War when he would be able to send troops. Anxious, in the past few days, civil servants have been coming to ask the emperor when to send troops. Later, even Wu Xun came a lot, asking when to send troops.

This is really the real version that the emperor is not in a hurry... But are these people eunuchs?

Shi Xing and Zhao Zhigao were tired of coping, but the emperor was always perfunctory. Li Rusong drank seven bowls of tea and went to the toilet three times in the military department, but he didn't get a single word. There was a lot of noise and confusion, and Li Rusong didn't know what was going on, when he suddenly heard someone shout——

"Xiao Zhennan has arrived in the capital! He also brought soldiers and horses, and was summoned by His Majesty to the palace as soon as he arrived!"

Li Rusong frowned.

Xiao Zhennan?Who?

Surname Xiao?Zhennan?
oh!It seems that Xiao Ruxun is the Marquis of Zhennan, guarding the southern border of Ming Dynasty in Burma...

Isn't Xiao Zhennan the one?

Li Rusong's eyes suddenly widened.

(End of this chapter)