For thousands of years, the threat to the Central Plains has mostly come from the north. Yanjing is located in a dangerous place, with Xiongshan Mountain in the north and the Central Plains in the south, and has often been in the repeated competition between the Central Plains and the northern barbarians since ancient times. It's too close to the Tartars outside the gates. Grandpa had already set the capital in Nanjing, but later moved the capital to Yanjing despite the opposition of the ministers, in order to guard the country with the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven personally sat in Yanjing and ensured the tightness and vigilance of the northern defense line. More than 280 years have passed, and there have been many northerners knocking on the pass, Yanjing is in an emergency, and even soldiers are coming to the city, and the entire dynasty is in danger. Every time, there are courtiers who ask him to give up the capital and move the capital to Nanjing, but no matter whether he is old or young, wise or mediocre, no one has ever relented and considered moving the capital.

The promise of the Son of Heaven to guard the country has been insisted on to this day. If you die, you must die in Yanjing, and swear to live and die with Yanjing, this is an unwritten ancestral motto, and it is naturally the criterion that this emperor Bai Yuanchen decided to abide by.

And this time is indeed the most severe crisis faced by the Great Yan Dynasty since its founding.

Qiwen remembers hearing from the elderly in her family that her hometown had been bombed when she was a child, but no one could tell who was on the plane, whether it was the Japanese army or *. This shows the ignorance of the people.

This was even more evident in ancient times. I always heard people talk about Rong Di Rong Di, but Qiwen didn't ask who killed her father and took Jinzhou City for more than a year, and no one around her could tell clearly. It wasn't until I studied government affairs with my master Wang Zhi that I figured out that Rong Di was just a common term used by the people of this dynasty for the northern aliens.

The original Rong Di referred to the nomadic people entrenched in the northwest desert, who deceived Zhao Shunde into opening the gate of Jinzhou in the name of border trade and captured the important town of Jinzhou.

And this time, the "Rong Di", who is about to invade Liaodong, is not the same thing as those nomads. Hearing the origin of this gang of new Rongdi, Qiwen was speechless.

They came from the Eastern Sea, and that place was called Yingzhou by the Central Plains people in the early years, and they called themselves "Heguo". As early as before this knock, they had harassed the southeast coast of Dayan countless times in the past hundred years, so they were also called "and bandits".

"Yes...... Wolver? When I first heard Master talk about it, Qiwen asked a question.

"Yes, you seem to have heard of it." Wang Zhi nodded, "It's rare for the people to call them like this, and they still call them Rong Di, but in fact, everyone in the court has long called them the Wa Kingdom." ”

Qiwen was so shocked that she couldn't speak, it was not □□ Hachi who dared to threaten Liaodong now, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi?

Certainly not Toyotomi Hideyoshi......

Now that the cabinet that has unified the country and begun to expand abroad, Sekihaku is named Fujiyoshi Yoshimoto.

It is said that six years ago, they first dispatched an army of 150,000 to invade Baekje, a subject country of Dayan, that is, Korea. Dayan once sent troops to support Baekje, but the entire army was wiped out because the commander entrusted Da Da to light the enemy. Later, Dayan sent reinforcements to the past, blocking the peace army at the border river between the two countries, and the battle lasted for several months, advancing and retreating from each other. Later, the rear supplies of both sides were tight, so a contract was made, and the status quo was maintained for the time being, and the country occupied Baekje, and Dayan acquiesced.

Thanks to the Emperor Tai and Qiao Anguo and others, the situation of the Great Yan Kingdom is getting worse and worse, and the year is not as good as the year, but the people and the country are thriving, and the year is stronger than the year, and finally at the beginning of this year, they gathered troops to prepare for a large-scale invasion of the south.

Knowing this, Qiwen was a little happy and a little sad. It's easy to imagine how powerful this enemy is. When Wanli's three major expeditions to resist Japan and aid Korea, the victory of the Ming Dynasty was not easy, if the invasion occurred in the Chongzhen period, what the consequences were, it is difficult to predict.

And it is very important that the purpose of the early invasion of the nomads was limited to looting, and the property slaves withdrew when they got their hands on it, just like the old Rongdi captured Jinzhou last year, and abandoned it after it was swept away, and the ruined Jinzhou City was easily taken back by Dayan. The little devils are not so easy to deal with, people are trying to occupy all of Asia!

The task of dealing with this group of invaders who are robbing money, grain, and land is really heavy.

Fortunately, the emperor had been prepared for a long time, and made arrangements as early as last year, attacking and pacifying the old Rong Di with both hands, and now he can ensure that he will not be attacked on both sides. Otherwise, the odds of winning this battle are slim.

And the so-called joy is that Qiwen has long wanted to beat up those little devils with her own hands, and this time she finally got the opportunity.

On this day, the camp in the western suburbs gathered 200,000 troops, but when they saw the chess flags, the red cards at high angles, the swords, axes, swords, and halberds, they were like a forest.

The twenty-three-year-old Xianjia Emperor Bai Yuanchen wore a golden phoenix wing helmet, wore a square-necked sleeveless fish scale leaf armor, a bright yellow waist sword belt, hung a bow bag and quiver, and stepped on soap leather boots, riding on a high-headed black horse solemnly, the golden statue of the Zhenwu Emperor on the top of his forehead and the lion head and shoulder armor on both shoulders were shining in the sun, eye-catching, majestic and heroic.

Although there were a large number of people present, everyone held their breath, except for the occasional sound of snorting and trampling hooves of cavalry horses, there was silence.

The holy chariot team of the 3,000 Lin Guards formed a long horizontal phalanx, lined up opposite the assembled army of 200,000, and there was a road dozens of steps wide between the two sides, as neat as a knife.

In the middle of the road, every few dozen paces stood a prisoner in unkempt uniform, guarded by two executioners with knives in hand.

In the silence, a herald dressed in dark green official robes rode out of the phalanx of the Holy Driver with an arrow in his hand, and shouted: "Pass on the Holy Order of My Emperor, the prisoner is in place, and the body is verified!" ”

The officers who stood behind the prisoners with knives responded in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live, one hundred and thirty-four death row prisoners have all been verified and are waiting for the holy order!" ”

Emperor Bai Yuanchen's face was cold and resolute, and he bowed slightly to the herald in front of him.

The herald immediately shouted: "Spread the Holy Decree of the Emperor - Execute with a cannon!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a trumpet rang out. When the thick aftersound hovered in the air, more than a hundred executioners raised their knives and fell, and for a while, the snow-white knife light and the red blood light flashed together, and the sound of sharp blades entering the flesh, heads falling to the ground, and corpses falling down came one after another, and the blood stained the loess, and the scene was suddenly slaughtered.

All the officers and soldiers in the audience were awe-inspiring, and even the war horses were infected by this atmosphere and were a little restless.

This is a special flag sacrifice ceremony arranged by the emperor for today's expedition.

He knew that this battle was very important, not only because it was the key to securing the throne, but also about survival, and that he needed to do everything in his power to ensure victory in all aspects. So when he decided on the candidate for the general, he first sorted out and cleaned up the entire military circle.

The first is to reduce the authority of the imperial horse supervisor and reduce the influence of the eunuch group on the army. Most of the eunuchs who have been in power in history have a very bad reputation, and there are indeed a few who are actually capable and have played a good role, and the word eunuch has almost become synonymous with the bad guys in the court in the minds of the common people in recent years. The emperor's reduction of the eunuchs' power this time won unanimous praise from the foreign court and the people.

There are countless corrupt officials in the military circles, such as Qiwen and her father, although they have been cleaned up by the emperor and a few of the most excessive, and now the rest are still all over the army. These people still felt that it was the time to employ people, and they were concerned about stabilizing the hearts of the army, and did not dare to do anything to them, even if they watched the great change of blood of the Chinese courtiers and the reduction of power of the eunuchs, they did not have much sense of crisis, and they did not expect that they would soon usher in a more tragic fate than the Wenchen and the eunuchs.

In the past, if the army wanted to arrest people and reduce power from the top down, it was inevitable that it would affect the whole body, causing the soldiers under its command to be terrified and dissatisfied, and those who were strict would also provoke a counterattack and mutiny, which was very difficult to clean up. But people have another trick today.

Which of these corrupt officials in the army has not deducted money and mistreated his subordinates? The emperor started from here, and before arresting the people, he took the lead in appeasing his subordinates: You have all been wronged, and now I will come to rescue and compensate you, and the money and food that should be given to you will be replenished immediately.

The low-level officers and soldiers have no deep friendship with their superiors, nor do they have too high consciousness, and the goal of being a soldier is to make money to support their families, and whoever gives money and food is the parent of food and clothing. Seeing that the emperor took care of his own interests, he couldn't wait to support him with both hands and feet.

So this order was carried out, and the time triggered the full support of the subordinates, not to mention the mutiny, in some places there was not even a need for the emperor to do it, and the people below first accused the corrupt bosses and waited for them to take people. In a sense, this seems to be a kind of "mutiny".

This time, the people who were beheaded and sacrificed to the flag were the ones who committed the most serious crimes among these corrupt officials in the army. The number of 134 seems to be a bit more, but in fact none of them are unjust.

After an investigation, it was found that these people could be so bold, which was simply staggering. There were people in the Shenji Battalion who sold the most advanced □□ artillery of the Dayan Dynasty many times, and some of them were directly sold to Heguo, what is the use of such people not being killed? In comparison, Zhao Shunde does not seem so guilty.

Originally, before leaving the school, he would always kill a traitor, deserter or the like to sacrifice the flag, and then kill a cow to sacrifice to the sky. This time, the emperor changed the rules, and the cattle were exempted, so he directly killed these scum in the army and even sacrificed the flag to the sky. He just wants the generals of the three armies to see clearly how they reward and punish clearly, how they use sharp methods, and how they don't rub sand in their eyes.

From there, the army marched north.

In addition to Yu Linwei, there were several other eunuchs who served closely, one of them was slender, wearing a soap-colored patch, wearing a hood on his head, and a gauze mask on his face.

This mask framed with copper wire and bamboo strips and covered with a veil is something that people use to cover the wind and sand when they walk in the countryside, and there is nothing special about it, but in general, it is disrespectful to cover one's face in front of the holy driver. When they went out today, the officers and soldiers found that the eunuchs and father-in-law in front of the saint were all wearing such masks, and they didn't understand what it meant, but guessed that the saint had other arrangements.

Qiwen was originally able to ride a horse, which surprised the emperor.

The two of them were very close to each other, and although they were separated by masks, the emperor could tell from her posture that she was not in good spirits from the posture of her hanging head and slightly slumping her shoulders, and immediately leaned closer to the reins, and asked in a low voice, "Are you scared?" ”

Qiwen immediately raised her head, shook her head and smiled: "What's the matter?" Don't forget, the first day I met you, I saw you kill people in the street, and you've seen the world! ”

The emperor laughed: "That's also homicide?" When you are on the battlefield, you will see what killing is. Compared to that, today's execution scene is nothing at all. ”

It is said that he originally planned to sentence the death row inmates to Ling Chi, but because he felt that the execution took too much time, he "simplified" it to beheading. In contrast, compared with the scene of a knife falling to the ground and the screaming of an inch knife, it also has another deterrent effect.

Looking at the flags fluttering in the wind in front of him, he heard her let out a soft sigh that seemed to be nothing.

The emperor's heart is like a mirror, and her sigh is naturally not for the danger ahead, but for the worries of the future: "You still can't rest assured, leave him in charge of the country?" ”

Qiwen shook her head and said lightly: "It's not just why you are in prison, you know, but you know it in your heart, I don't know as much as you after all." ”

He had already explained in detail beforehand that this expedition to Liutan Wangjian was for the cousins to show the domestic chaos and the invading foreign enemies with a posture of unity and no suspicion, but in fact it was just a show.

When the original Son of Heaven personally conquered, the vassal king supervised the country only as a supervisor in the capital, and the real major affairs of the court and China still had to be sent to the battlefield for the emperor to approve in person, not to put the decision-making power of national affairs into the hands of the vassal king.

Not to mention this time, in addition to the military power firmly held in the hands of the emperor, the rest of the power is also within the controllable range, unless he really goes to fight the whole army and can't come back, otherwise he is absolutely sure that he will not be taken advantage of by the king of Tan to get any power.

When it was decided to let the king of Tan supervise the country, the emperor had a private meeting with him and had a detailed discussion. Their brothers have not had any serious communication for many years, and this time of course, it is impossible to make a heart-to-heart relationship in one step. The emperor just fulfilled his responsibility to explain the current internal and external situation to King Tan, and asked him to do his duty as a prince in an official manner. King Tan also accepted it officially.

The last time King Tan didn't choose to break the net, although there was a suspicion of speculation, in fact, the emperor still firmly believed that his brother was not so unsuccessful. It turned out that the reason why he was demolished was because the shape was not so urgent, and Yuan Ying was still lucky, and wanted to take the throne first and then govern. It's different now, if you don't work together, waiting for them can really only be a dead country.

Growing up with almost the same education, he was still sure that Yuan Ying would not be so ignorant.

But the emperor didn't say this to Qiwen, because he knew that Qiwen wouldn't believe it. Although Qiwen said that he was in charge every time, the actual emperor understood that she thought in her heart that he should seize the opportunity to put Yuan Ying to death. Her opinion of Yuan Ying's personality is a hundred times more pessimistic than his.

He could only use a realistic explanation to ease her heart, telling her that she had made a careful plan and would not leave Yuan Ying a chance to fight backhand.

In fact, Qiwen didn't disbelieve him, now that he is sensitive, it is the period when he and the royalists are most vigilant against King Tan, he must have really made careful arrangements, and he will not leave King Tan a chance to take advantage of. But what about the future?

When the situation tends to stabilize, King Tan has pretended to be obedient for a long enough time, and he will always have a day to slack off. Qiwen knows the emperor's nature, and he will never be a killer unless he has to. In other words, I'm afraid I will have to wait until King Tan makes the first move.

If this continues, who dares to guarantee that there will not be a day when it will not be eaten back? In the struggle between the good and the wicked, the good side is always prone to fall behind.

Qiwen thought that the emperor would most likely not be able to bear King Tan for her sake, and maybe she should deliberately sell a flaw to King Tan in the future and make some trouble to force the emperor to get rid of him.

Sometimes she even thinks that she should have stabbed that girl to death with her own hands......

After the impact of the local Rongdi in the previous year, several important towns in Liaodong were destroyed Yan zhòng, and now after hastily repairing, they are about to meet a new round of bigger and heavier impact, which is inevitably not very reliable.

For this reason, someone once set up a plan to let the enemy army enter the city and start a battle outside the solid capital, and the emperor sent the speaker out of the gate on the spot and gave him a court staff.

No matter how much Liaodong has no danger to defend, how can it be handed away? Besides, there have been two times in the past when the enemy invaded the outskirts of Beijing, causing the surrounding people to be brutally poisoned, how could the imperial court know that this was done on purpose? This is simply ridiculous.

When the Shanhaiguan Pass really came out, and the towns and towns advanced northward one by one, the emperor and a group of generals who had not been there in person found that in fact, these towns had been repaired very well, and no matter the big cities and towns, none of them could be easily captured.

So the conservative subordinates began to speak again, and every time they went to a town, they would say again, advising Jinshang not to risk going north again, and to garrison troops to defend the danger. At the same time, he showed that he was by no means greedy for life and afraid of death, but out of the way of loyalty to the king for the sake of the safety of the present.

The emperor did not reveal any intention of adopting it, and insisted on continuing to go north to meet the enemy, and he had his own unique views on the strategy of attacking, and he would never be swayed by others.

Dayan's army claims to be 200,000, but the actual number is more than 240,000, which is very unconventional.

As we all know, from ancient times to the present, whenever an army is dispatched, it is always necessary to say that 10,000 is 20,000, 100,000 is 200,000, and 500,000 is 1 million. In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao claimed to have an army of 800,000 and was said to have only 200,000......

It's just because this time Qiwen said: What do you do, do you have to bluff a lot? Wouldn't it be better if I deliberately said less so that the other party would take it lightly?

His Majesty the Emperor felt that it was reasonable, so he created a precedent for "modesty" this time.

The army of Heguo is also claimed to be 200,000, but in fact it is only 150,000. Originally, people and Chinese people paid attention to seeking truth from facts and did not like to exaggerate, but they only learned from the exaggerated style of the Central Plains people, and they only exaggerated 50,000 people very "modestly".

So the real situation is that Dayan has nearly 100,000 more troops than Heguo.

One of the national characteristics of the country is to be cautious, and to fight a war also pays attention to knowing oneself and knowing the other, and it is not an ordinary emphasis, it is determined to find out any details of the other party clearly before giving up. The legend of the Emperor Taishang is located in the emperor, which caused the royal brothers to have a crisis of contention for the crown, and the common people in the country know very little about these things, but they have all been inquired into by the commander of the country.

Originally, this time Heguo gathered troops, preparing to attack at a time when the Emperor Taishang passed away and the emperor and the King of Tan competed for the domestic turmoil. Unexpectedly, what they thought was a very covert action had already been investigated and reported by Jinyiwei.

In order to gain more time to assemble and purge the army, the emperor deliberately let people go over, saying that there was no dispute on his side at all, just a small family conflict, which would be resolved in half a day, and his own side had already been aware of their actions and had been prepared.

This trick had a very good effect, and Heguo, who had always been cautious, really did not dare to attack rashly according to the original plan, but temporarily stationed troops on the Sino-Korean border to wait and see, and obediently left time for the emperor to prepare for the expedition.

This time, I heard that the emperor of the other party wanted to personally conquer, and in addition to the specific style of the previous emperors of the Great Yan Dynasty, Heguo collected and studied the information of the emperors of all dynasties in the history of the Central Plains to calculate the style and tactics of the current emperor.

When they thought that they had finished processing the information and could really start sending troops south, the 200,000 troops assembled by Dayan also set off from the capital to the north.

This does not mean that they are stupid and miss the opportunity, if the information they have collected and prepared is true and reliable, it will definitely be very beneficial to the war situation, but unfortunately, in this era of closed information circulation, no one can completely screen the authenticity of the information.

The Yan army in the north and the peace army in the south were equally divided into east and west, and it was not clear which side decided to divide the troops first, and which side decided to divide the troops after hearing about the division of troops from the other side. Anyway, the scouts on both sides are very active and conscientious, and the slightest change in the movements of both sides is quickly known by the other party.

The four-way army gathered day by day, and both sides were very cautious, just like two martial arts masters standing opposite each other, both wanting to make a move to kill the enemy, but no one dared to act rashly, and every action was extremely cautious.