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Chapter 179 Good News Comes
In fact, as early as the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, after confirming the presence of the Tatar Allied Forces, an alarm beacon tower was lit at Xifengkou, and the troops of the Nine Guards of Jimen and the Four Guards of Yongping in the vicinity also quickly assembled and went to the Great Wall to actively organize defenses. .However, when they saw the smoke rising straight into the sky from the Beacon Tower on the Great Wall, the people in Jimen and the people in the capital quickly fell into panic, because as early as a few days ago, all the counties in the south of Jimen had died. There are rumors that the Tatar coalition forces are coming this time, with a strength of 40 to [-]—no way, that’s how the rumors are, they like to increase their numbers without increasing their prices.In addition, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar cavalry had attacked the city of Beijing twice, burning, killing and looting in a mess around the capital.Frightened, all kinds of rumors were naturally flying all over the sky, and there were also scoldings against Young Master Zhang who hunted and killed Tatar cavalry and started the war. Donglin Party officials headed by Hou Xun proposed to kill Young Master Zhang to appease the Tatars. Speech has also gained a huge market among the people.

In fact, if anyone in the Gyeonggi area is most worried about the invasion of the Tatar coalition forces, then this person must be Wei Zhongxian!In order for his godson to build a slave-slaughter army, Wei Zhongxian endured tremendous pressure from the court and the local government, and provided the strongest support to Young Master Zhang, asking for money for money and food for food!Young Master Zhang's boss is disobedient, change! ——Li Chunye, Minister of the Ministry of War and member of the eunuch party, because he said a few words that Young Master Zhang spent too much money, Wei Zhongxian sent him back to his hometown in Taining to grow dog potatoes without saying a word!Young Master Zhang's subordinates are disobedient, change them! ——Hu Liangchen, the magistrate of Miyun County, ransacked his home and questioned him for his opposition to Young Master Zhang's salt and grain trading system!Sun Zhijin, the soldier of Jizhou, whose powers and powers overlap seriously with the governor of Jimen, was so overwhelmed that he couldn't even breathe. If he hadn't winked and knew how to cooperate with Young Master Zhang in everything, Wei Zhongxian would have been prepared to replace him up!

Wei Zhongxian was so partial to Young Master Zhang that even Cui Chengxiu, Feng Quan, and Li Yongzhen, the hardcore eunuchs, complained about this, let alone the Shaanxi army and Liaodong army who were fighting.But after making so many sacrifices and giving so much support, what he got in exchange was that Young Master Zhang took the initiative to provoke troubles and attracted 12 Tatar allied forces to invade the South in retaliation. Wei Zhongxian's anger and worry can be imagined.So much so that Hou Xun proposed house arrest of Young Master Zhang’s parents, and was ready to use the heads of Young Master Zhang’s family at any time to appease the people in Gyeonggi who were poisoned by the Tatar coalition forces. Sweeping the floor, then no matter how much credit Master Zhang has made in the past and how loyal he is to Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian will take Master Zhang's head and give an account to the world!

Facts have proved that the worries of Wei Zhongxian and the people in Jingji are meaningless and useless. On the evening of July [-]th, a messenger covered in sand rushed into the capital and brought the news that the Tatar coalition forces had arrived at Xifengkou in the early morning of the same day. At the same time, it also brought the news that Young Master Zhang had determined the main attack direction of the Tatars three days ago and moved to Xifengkou.After listening to the report from Wang Yongguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Wei Zhongxian was silent for a long time, and then sighed after a long time, and said: "Let's resign ourselves to fate, and the order will go down. Starting tomorrow, the nine gates of the capital will be under martial law, and the three major battalions and the twelve regiment battalions will Prepare to defend the city with the five city soldiers and horses!"

After a night of suffering, on the morning of September [-]th, Wei Zhongxian hardly said a word, and neither did the civil and military officials, but the carpenter Emperor Ming Xizong rarely took the initiative to ask Wei Zhongxian: "Zhongxian, Tatar? Tartar invaded Jimen yesterday, Zhang Haogu led the army to fight, how is the battle going? Is there any report?" Wei Zhongxian looked at all the officials first, and found that there was a hint of sarcasm in the eyes of countless officials, but he had no choice but to answer truthfully: " Back to the emperor, there is currently no report on the battle situation, as soon as there is news, the slaves will definitely report to the emperor immediately."

"That's good, the 12 Tatar army, I hope Zhang Haogu can stop it." Ming Xizong sighed, and said without hope: "Zhongxian, I heard that you have ordered the nine gates of the capital to be martial law. Give me another decree, let the common people and gentry in the capital area take refuge in the city when necessary, and don't repeat the mistakes of the civil engineering change and the Gengwu change."

As we all know, the civil engineering change and the Gengwu change were the two major national humiliations since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The Tatar army broke through the Great Wall defense line twice and invaded the capital. The Tartar army looted everything, and the lives and property of the people in Gyeonggi suffered heavy losses. Ming Xizong learned a lesson and offered to call on the people in Gyeonggi to take refuge in the city. irony.After pondering for a while, Wei Zhongxian replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, you can't avoid it in the eyes of slaves, right? Zhang Haogu is good at defending the city, and he has the natural danger of the Great Wall to rely on. Although the Tatar bandits have a large number of troops, they may not be able to break through. The line of defense for the little monkey cubs."

"Eunuch Wei's words are wrong." Yushi Hou Xun stood up and said darkly: "Zhang Haogu is good at defending the city, but the Jinzhou City he defended last time, the total length of the four cities is no more than ten miles, and the strength of the troops Sufficient and easy to defend, but the Great Wall of Jimen is thousands of miles long, and the Tatar army is as many as more than [-], and they attack separately. Zhang Haogu is invincible and invincible. How can he defend the Great Wall without losing it? The memorial of the governor of Liaodong said it well ——The Tatars outside the pass, if they cut off their lives, they will be killed immediately. Are they willing to sit and wait to be killed? That is, can the embarrassment of hunger be empty? It's better to build virtue because of it, and keep a few kinds of it outside. When others invade, I have to use their barriers. There is always a way to control it. If you can get rid of its violence and soften its heart, he will use it for me. I would rather have another heart After reading the memorial of his favorite student, Hou Xun said in a more bleak tone: "In my view, since the Jimen Great Wall cannot be defended, it is better to lure it with profit, soothe it with the law, and let the border market rest in peace. If you are a chieftain, the Tatars will go away, Jimen will be safe, and the Holy Majesty can rest easy."

"Use profit to lure him, use law to appease him?" Wei Zhongxian asked with a cold snort: "Master Hou, don't you want the emperor to bow his head to the Tatars, agree to the conditions proposed by the Tatars, and hand over Zhang Haogu's head to appease the Tatars?" Tatar?"

"Wei Gonggong's words are wrong." Hou Xun said calmly: "I don't want the Holy One to bow his head to the Tatar barbarians, but for the sake of the lives of the people and gentry in the capital, and there are three sides to defend Ping Liao national policy! Since the war between Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, the Karaqin Tatars north of Jimen have been in a neutral position. They can only win over them, not force them to prevent them from falling to Jiannu. Zhang Haogu Since the innocent Tatars were captured and slaughtered wantonly for military training, this led the Tatar coalition forces to invade Jimen, how can the anger of the Tatars be appeased if they are not killed?" Speaking of this, Hou Xun took a timid look again, fearing that he would become the duke of the state. Zhu Chunchen stood up again to make trouble for himself—fortunately, Zhu Chunchen, who was donated to the commander-in-chief of the battalion, had already gone to Jiucheng to command the army to prepare for defense, and he did not go to court today.

Wei Zhongxian was silent, and Ming Xizong didn't speak. After a while, Ming Xizong said: "I love you, let's postpone the discussion until the detailed situation of the Jimen battle is reported to the capital." Xi Zong also became murderous, and quickly thanked Ming Xi Zong, and then glanced at Feng Quan, the silent Shangshu of the household department, and said to Feng Tangguan, we have agreed-if Zhang Haogu and the Tatars If the coalition forces are at a stalemate in Jimen, you will cut off his food and grass, and let his army collapse, and then it will be up to you.

After the early court was over, Wei Zhongxian, who was extremely worried about the war in Jimen, explained to Wang Yongguang, Minister of the Ministry of War, that as long as the report on the battle in Jimen came, Wang Yongguang had to report it to him as soon as possible, no matter when he was with him.Wang Yongguang agreed, and explained to his family that as long as the report on the battle situation in Jimen came, even in the middle of the night, it could be delivered directly to his bedroom!Unexpectedly, these arrangements of Wei Zhongxian and Wang Yongguang were all in vain. During the whole day on September [-]th, none of the war mines from Jimen were delivered.As a result, Wei Zhongxian was inevitably even more worried, and the officials of the Donglin Party headed by Hou Xun clapped their hands to celebrate, saying that this time the little dog Zhang Haogu is doomed, he is doomed!
On the early morning of September 12th, when the morning court began, all the officials had just finished their salutes, and Ming Xizong, who was also worried about the battle situation in Jimen, took the initiative to ask Wei Zhongxian: "Zhongxian, it has been two days, and there is no report on the battle situation at Zhang Haogu's side. Has the newspaper been delivered?" Wei Zhongxian replied with a wry smile: "Go back to the emperor, or not." Now Ming Xizong was not happy, and said angrily: "This Zhang Haogu, did he take the military situation to heart? [-] Tatars invaded How could he not write a military report for two days in a row, how urgent the military situation is? Whether he defended the entrance of Xifeng or not, he should report to me, right?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. I'm afraid the battle at Jimen this time will be more ominous than good." Hou Xun stood up again, and said with a dark smile in his stomach: "Xifengkou is [-] miles away from the capital. Hurry up." Ma can only send the military information to the capital in one day, but now two days and two nights have passed, Zhang Haogu has never sent a military report to the capital—if he wins the battle, will this happen? "

Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian were silent again, knowing that Hou Xun's words were justified - if a general general wins a battle, everyone will immediately send the news to the capital to ask for rewards. Report the time, spend money to bribe the boss to say good things for him, and then report the military situation to the capital.At this time, Feng Quan, who hated Young Master Zhang so much, saw that the time had come, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, Lord Hou is right. According to Weichen, the battle in Jimen must have been fatal." At least, the emperor and Eunuch Wei might as well take this opportunity to convict Zhang Haogu of not reporting his defeat, and send an imperial envoy to bring Shang Fangjian to Jimen, behead him for questioning, so as to appease the hearts of the army and the people!"

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, I would like to serve as an imperial envoy!" Hou Xun shouted impatiently.Chen Xinjia also stood up over there, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I would also like to go to Jimen to preach the decree to behead Zhang Haogu for questioning!" Immediately afterwards, Li Ruoxing and Cao Yubian, the old enemies of Young Master Zhang, also rushed to stand. Come out and take the initiative to ask for orders to chop off the head of Young Master Zhang. There are as many as 20 other civil and military officials who take the initiative to ask for orders to make meritorious deeds. The failure of Young Master Zhang's life is evident! ——Of course, if the Liaodong officials were present, there would definitely be more people who stood up and asked for an order to chop off the head of Young Master Zhang!
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, if Zhang Haogu is not killed, the common people will not be angry!" Just when Young Master Zhang's gang of enemies were saying the same thing.Outside the Golden Luan Hall, Yuan Keli, the left servant of the Ministry of War, suddenly held up a performance watch, stumbled into the Golden Luan Hall with a flushed face, and shouted before he had time to salute: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, Tang Bao! The Tang Bao from Xifengkou is here! Just arrived in the capital!"

"How is it? Did the Tatars break through the Jimen Great Wall?" Ming Xizong stood up nervously, and asked in unison with Wei Zhongxian.Feng Quan and Hou Xun asked in unison: "How is it? Was Zhang Haogu killed by the Tatars?"

In the eyes of all the civil and military people in the court, Yuan Keli, whose face was flushed, coughed first, then knelt down on his knees, and shouted excitedly in the loudest voice: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to Eunuch Wei, congratulations to Eunuch Wei, great victory! Xifengkou great victory!" Zhang Haogu defeated the 12 Tatar army with 700 troops! Killed tens of thousands of enemies! Captured over [-] enemies! Killed nine Tatar princes (Taiji) and captured six of them alive! Army casualties, a total of less than [-] people!"

"Wow!" Ming Xizong and Wei Zhongxian both widened their eyes and opened their mouths at the same time, "Really? Is it possible that 12 troops defeated 700 Tatar troops with less than [-] casualties?! "

"Yes, it's definitely a false report!" Hou Xun also jumped up, beating his chest and shouting: "Is he Zhang Haogu Xiang Yu who defeated 56 enemy troops with 42 troops? Or Liu Xiu who defeated Wang Mang's 12 troops with [-] troops? ? Destroyed the [-] Tatar army with [-] troops? Isn’t that what he was bragging about? False report, this is definitely a false report! Even my student would not dare to write such a fake... fake! It must be fake of!"

"Shut up for us!" Wei Zhongxian tore off his hat, threw his head and face on Hou Xun's face, rushed in front of Yuan Keli, grabbed Yuan Keli's collar, and shouted excitedly: "Master Yuan, Is this battle report accurate? Zhang Haogu, that little monkey boy, is he really fighting for our family? With 12 troops, he defeated [-] Tatar troops?"

"Nine thousand years old, it's absolutely true!" Yuan Keli said without hesitation, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "The Tatars killed by Zhang Haogu had so many corpses that they covered the surface of the Luan River. Downstream, the river was dyed crimson by the corpses of Tatar soldiers! This news has been confirmed by Beizhi from the counties of Yongping Prefecture in the lower reaches of the Luan River! It must not be false!"

"Then why didn't he play the report immediately?" Wei Zhongxian was so excited that his voice was choked with sobs.Yuan Keli replied even more excitedly: "Zhang Haogu led the army to chase and kill the Tatars for more than 100 li, and surrounded the remnants of the Tatar coalition forces in the small town of Kuancheng outside the pass. The chief soldier, Yu Jingxin, reported to the imperial court! The general soldier Yu also said that Zhang Haogu had already explained that he asked the emperor and Jiuqiansui to send his Mongolian concubine Bumbutai to Xifengkou, saying that it was a surrender The Tatar remnants are useful!"

"Wow ha ha ha ha...! Monkey boy, you didn't embarrass our family, you didn't embarrass our family! This time, who dares to say that our family is partial to you, we will let him bring 12 troops to fight against [-] Tartars!" Tartar!" Wei Zhongxian got carried away with joy and laughed wildly.Over there, Ming Xizong was so excited that he sat down on the dragon chair, patted the armrest of the dragon chair and laughed loudly: "Zhang Haogu, you really reincarnated the star and became the pillar of the sky bestowed on me by the ancestor emperor!"

Ming Xizong, Wei Zhongxian and most of the civil and military officials were ecstatic here, while Feng Quan and Hou Xun and his gang were stunned over there, refusing to say anything 12 troops!At this time, Zhu Chunchen, who was in charge of the defense of the capital, also rushed into the Jinluan Hall from outside the hall, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, nine thousand years old, I heard that in the morning court yesterday, someone proposed to behead Zhang Haogu for questioning." , use his head to flatter the Tatar army! Who is this man, I want to argue with him!"

There was no sound in the Golden Luan Hall, only Zhu Chunchen was left there yelling, "Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei, the war in Jimen is still unclear, and Zhang Haogu is still fighting bloody battles with the 12 Tatar army with an army of more than [-]. He also proposed to kill him as a flattering thief. If the news spread, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of the officers and men in front? My minister asked for an order to put this traitor into the prison, so as to calm down the army, and then quickly dispatch troops to reinforce Jimen. Let the Tatars cross the Great Wall one step, and cause the people of Gyeonggi to suffer from the disaster of war!"

"There is no need to send reinforcements." Wei Zhongxian said to Zhu Chunchen in a calm tone.Zhu Chunchen was stunned, and then looked at Yuan Keli who was on duty in the household department. He had a bad feeling in his heart and exclaimed, "Is there a pond report? The Tatars have already broken the Great Wall?"

"No." Young Master Zhang and Yuan Keli shook their heads together.Zhu Chunchen was stunned again, and asked in doubt: "Then why didn't you send reinforcements? Could it be..." At this point, Zhu Chunchen's body shook, his face changed color and he asked: "Could it be that Zhang Haogu died in battle?"

"No." Civil and military officials shook their heads together.Zhu Chunchen was even more confused, wondering: "Isn't it Jimen's pond newspaper? Then who is here suggesting that Zhang Haogu's head be dedicated to the Tatars?"

"Master Hou Xunhou." The civil and military officials answered in an unusually neat manner.Ming Xizong also pointed to the ashen-faced Hou Xun and said: "Zhu Aiqing, you can reason with him as you like, you can reason with him, deal with him as you want, just deal with him like this-no matter what you want to do to him, I will do it for you." Ready to play."

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The news of Xifengkou's great victory was quickly reported to the world by the Ming court, which boosted morale and proved that Wei Zhongxian was right in his misjudgment.And this news was first sent to Shanhaiguan. After reading the mansion report, Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, was dumbfounded on the spot, and after a while he yelled, "You son-in-law, you are worthy of being my son-in-law. I didn't embarrass me! However, my future There is really no place to put the old face, and the 12 army smashed the [-] Tatar army——I am destined to be trampled under your feet in this life!" After scolding, Xiong Tingbi could not see the slightest anger on his face. Unable to suppress the pride, at the same time, he dispatched a fast horse to order Ma Shilong to ask Ma Shilong to find out the details of the victory at Xifengkou for reference by his own army.

The Di Bao continued to go north and sent it to the governor of Liaodong in Ningyuan City. He was thinking about how to report to the imperial court that the grain and grass in the Jinzhou army had been looted by the 12 soldiers who built slaves. : "False report! False report! I want to ask the imperial court to send reliable officials to inspect every head he has captured. He must have followed Mao Wenlong's example of killing good people and pretending to be meritorious! Once you check the authenticity of the heads, you will be able to find out all of them! Eight Thousands of troops defeated [-] Tatar coalition troops, he thought he was Chen Qingzhi?!" After finally stopping the hysterical roar, the governor of Liaodong slumped on his chair with a hoarse roar, and picked himself up to report to Jinzhou. The memorial without a single head was slowly torn to pieces...

After the news in the mansion newspaper spread in Ningyuan City, the news quickly spread to Liaodong through various bright and dark channels, and they were combined and sent to Nuerhachi's sick bed. After hearing the news, Nuer, who was already dying of illness, Hachi suddenly regained his energy, struggled to stand up and laughed loudly, "Hahahaha, little man Zhang Haogu, you are indeed my biggest opponent, Nurhachi. Eight thousand troops can defeat 12 Mongolian troops, and only I Nuerhachi's greatest opponent is able to perform such a miracle! Okay, okay, next step, should you come to Liaodong again? I'm waiting for you, I'm definitely waiting for you to come back——!"

The Dibao was not only sent to the north, but Sun Chengzong, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who was having a headache about how to put down the rebellion in Shaanxi, also received a copy. After being speechless for a long time, Sun Chengzong also laughed and said with a smile: "Zhang Haogu, you You little devil, no wonder you refused to come to Shaanxi right away. It turns out that you spent a year of hard work to build such a powerful army with your own hands. But it’s okay, after being beaten like this by you, the Tatars should not be able to do so within ten years. I have invaded Jimen, after you free your hand, you should bring your army to Shaanxi to help me clean up the thieves here? In order to buy you time, I have been struggling here for a long time."

Since it is the Mansion Newsletter that is published all over the world, it is inevitable that Qin Liangyu, the commander of Shizhu, who almost became the mother-in-law of Young Master Zhang, also sent a copy. Unconvinced, he said: "Eight thousand troops defeated 12 Tatars, Zhang Haogu's slave army can be stronger than my white soldiers? I don't believe it!"

"I don't believe it either." Ma Xianglin and Zhang Fengyi didn't believe it either, they both said that Young Master Zhang was too much loved by Wei Zhongxian, and this outrageously exaggerated mansion newspaper might cause a lot of problems.Only Ma Xiangling, who was almost stared at by Young Master Zhang, lowered his head and said: "I don't think it can be faked, the capital is so close to Xifengkou, if Zhang Haogu wants to fake it, he is not afraid that the speech officer of the capital will come to Xifengkou to verify the truth." ?”

"Damn girl, haven't you given up on him yet?" Qin Liangyu glared at his daughter and hummed, "If he is really such a hero, you can marry him and be his average wife, and I will agree."

The wind knows the strength of the grass, Young Master Zhang's great victory at Xifengkou, the reactions of various aspects are different, some are ecstatic, some are dissatisfied but are extremely happy in their hearts, and some are noncommittal on the surface but vigilant in their hearts. Some cursed and concluded that it was fake.But no one thought that this outrageous victory was just the beginning of a miracle, and the miracle that really stunned everyone was still waiting...

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