Wang Yuan set off on July 6 and was not too late.

You must know that Zhu Houzhao in history only slipped away from Beijing in early August. The time for him to reorganize the border army was only one month, because the little Mongolian prince came in October.

Wang Yuan led more than 17,000 people (including the baggage team) and arrived at Xuanfu on the second day of the eighth month. The distance is not far, with the place names of later generations to elaborate, it is just from Beijing to Zhangjiakou.

"What? Your Majesty is not in Xuanfu! Wang Yuan exclaimed.

Zhu Zhen, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, said with a sad face: "Your Majesty went to Yanghewei, and no one can persuade him." ”

Wang Yuan opened the map and looked at it, and was speechless for a moment, Yang and Wei were next to the Great Wall. If it happens to be coincidental, the Mongol troops invade from there, and they can directly surround Zhu Houzhao.

This emperor is too unreliable!

It's not impossible to drive in person, but how can there be such a royal drive?

On Zhu Houzhao's side, there were only 10,000 border troops of Jiang Bin and other generals, and two or three thousand border troops of Yang Hewei. Other local troops, including the Beijing camp led by Zhang Yong, Zhang Zhong, and Wei Bin, were all scattered and stationed in various places at the moment.

This Tie Hanhan's strategic deployment is equivalent to playing chess, when the old man rushes directly to the river, and only one car follows him.

Zhu Houzhao was too impatient, he saw that autumn was coming, he couldn't sit still in Xuanfu at all, and went directly to the border of the Great Wall to wait for the little Mongolian prince. Even, he hoped that he would be surrounded by the Mongol army, and then use himself as a bait to drag the enemy, and wait for the friendly army to surround the little Mongol prince.

If the ministers of the court and the central government knew that the emperor was in Yang Hewei, they would be so frightened that they would faint collectively!

"The whole army is on the way, heading to Yanghe!" Wang Yuan immediately ordered.

Zhu Zhen, the chief soldier, said: "Governor Wang, when Your Majesty left, there was an order, if Governor Wang arrived at Xuanfu, he would immediately lead the army to Wanquan Dusi." ”

Wang Yuan asked, "What else?" ”

Zhu Zhen, the commander-in-chief, continued: "If the Tatar thieves enter the army from Wanquan, Longmen and other places, Governor Wang immediately leads troops to resist and wait for His Majesty and friendly troops to rescue. If the Tatar thieves entered Datong, Governor Wang led his troops to Datong to rescue. ”

Wang Yuan was silent.

China's northern border was too long, and it was not known where the Mongols would get in from. In the past, Shanxi was invaded the most, followed by Hebei and Shanxi, but occasionally went to Liaodong to plunder. Now that the Tatars have occupied the Hetao again, it is even possible to run to fight Gansu.

How can this be prevented?

Even Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry to fight a big battle, so he could only divide his troops and deploy defenses, and then see where the enemy came from.

But the key problem is no longer these, but Zhu Houzhao went to the Great Wall to station, and the old man rushed deeper than the chariots and artillery.

Historically, Zhu Houzhao did win the battle, but Wang Yuan was afraid of the butterfly effect. In case the butterfly wings are fanned a few times, the little Mongolian prince is fanned to the sun, and it is a change of the unearthed wooden fort.

Wang Yuan was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother, the emperor could jump anywhere, Xuanfu and Datong would stay and play casually, but they wanted to go to the front line and talk nonsense!

In order to save the emperor's life, Wang Yuan chose to resist this time and disobeyed the order, and directly led his troops to Tianchengwei to station.

Tianchengwei is also next to the Great Wall, not far from Zhu Houzhao, once the emperor is surrounded, Wang Yuan only needs two days to rescue.

……

Yang and Wei.

That is, Yanggao County, Shanxi, in later generations, surrounded by mountains on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In the small acropolis, there is now a dragon in the nest, but unfortunately this dragon is a bit irony.

"Report!"

The horse went straight to the temporary residence of the Governor-General, the Mighty General of Military Affairs, and the Chief Military Officer.

At the border of the Great Wall, military affairs came first, and after a little inspection, the person who reported the news was put in.

Zhu Houzhao personally asked: "What is the military situation, tell me quickly." ”

The messenger said, "The mighty general, the governor Wang Yuan has led his troops to Tianchengwei to station. ”

Zhu Houzhao came from Tianchengwei, of course he understood how close Wang Yuan was to him, and suddenly said angrily: "Didn't you let him be stationed in Wanquan Dusi?" How dare you disobey orders! ”

The messenger hesitated slightly, and reported truthfully: "Governor Wang said that he is the governor of Shaanxi and Jin, and Wanquan Dusi is subordinate to Beizhili, and he has no right to garrison troops in Beizhili, and Tianchengwei's side is Shanxi's territory." ”

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Messing around! Let him go back quickly, or I will take away his command of the army." ”

Jiang Bin suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, I think it's not bad to let Wang Erlang garrison Tiancheng." If the thieves come here, the governor of the king and His Majesty will fight the enemy together. If the thieves invade elsewhere, we can go to the rescue together. ”

Zhu Houzhao glared at Jiang Bin: "Are you afraid that I won't be able to hold this place?" ”

Jiang Bin didn't dare to answer.

He was afraid, of course he was afraid!

Jiang Bin instigated the emperor to go out of Beijing to patrol the border because he wanted the emperor to sit in Xuanfu or Datong, so that there would be no danger at all. But the emperor was disobedient, and instead of sitting in the rear, he went to the front line of the Great Wall.

At this moment, Jiang Bin has already experienced the mood of the civil officials - why can't this emperor be a little better?

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the generals, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Li Cong, and Shen Zhou bowed their heads one after another. The meaning is obvious, everyone wants Wang Yuan to get closer to protect the emperor's safety at a critical moment.

"Speak!" Zhu Houzhao shouted angrily.

"The minister thinks that Wanquan Dusi does not need the king governor to garrison." Li Cong stubbornly admonished.

Li Cong was one of the four generals who were recruited into the leopard room, and he was previously the commander of Wanquandu, and he was the former commander of Wanquandu. He explained: "There are ten guards and two guards in the Wanquan Division, and the important town of Xuanfu is backed by sufficient troops to resist the Tatar attack, so there is no need for Governor Wang to lead his troops to garrison there. ”

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Have enough troops to resist the Tatar attack? How was the Wanquan Dusi attacked by the little Mongolian prince before! ”

Li Cong immediately lowered his head, and didn't dare to speak anymore, if he said it, he would have to turn over his own old bottom.

Zhu Houzhao exhaled angrily: "I let Wang Erlang garrison everything, which can be described as a strategy of killing birds with one stone." If the enemy attacks Liaodong, he can quickly support; If the enemy attacks Datong, he can also quickly support; If the enemy attacks Xuanfu, he can not only block the enemy's army, but also prevent me from being cut off. With such a heavy responsibility, I specially chose him to take on it, but he didn't obey the order and came here! ”

Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Li Cong, and Shen Zhouzhou were all slandering at this moment: If the emperor hadn't moved to the border of the Great Wall, how could Governor Wang follow him in one more move?

Seeing that his henchmen and generals didn't speak, Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Very good, you are all very good, I will personally go and drive Wang Erlang back!" ”

The emperor rode away, and in less than a day, he ran to Wang Yuan's military camp.

"Wang Yuan, you come out to General Ben!" Zhu Houzhao turned over and dismounted, holding on to the whip, shouting as he walked.

Wang Yuan smiled and went out of the camp to greet him, and did not kneel down to establish it, but directly took the emperor's hand and said enthusiastically: "Your Majesty is in a hurry, I don't want to come to eat yet, let's go inside to eat." ”

Zhu Houzhao was interrupted by this, and actually forgot to scold, and said angrily: "Why don't you listen to military orders?" ”

Wang Yuan asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, you appointed me as the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, why did you order me to go to Wanquan to garrison?" It is the border of North Naoli. If there is really a war, I, the governor of Shaanxi and Jin, in what name will I use to dispatch the officers and soldiers of Nanzhili? ”

Zhu Houzhao was speechless.

Regarding Wang Yuan's appointment, it was issued two months ago, when Zhu Houzhao was still in Xuanfu.

Zhu Houzhao's original intention was to guard the Xuanfu by himself and let Wang Yuan guard Datong. But he felt that the enemy was more likely to invade Datong, so he ran to the border of Datong Town, and let Wang Yuanding be on the northernmost border of Beizhili.

The emperor was speechless because he himself changed his own decrees, how could the governors of the two provinces change their appointments so easily?

Entering the camp tent, Zhu Houzhao was quite embarrassed and said: "Erlang, the military situation is changing rapidly, you should take care of it a little, it's a big deal that I will appoint you as the governor of Wanquan." ”

Wang Yuan didn't accept this stubble at all, and changed the topic: "Your Majesty, the minister is opening the sea in Hangzhou, and this year's customs tariff silver can be handed over to the household department at least 200,000 taels, and you can also hand over 80,000 taels to Your Majesty!" This is just the beginning, and in a few years, Hangzhou will definitely be able to hand over 200,000 taels of domestic money every year. ”

"Is it really two or three hundred thousand taels a year?" Zhu Houzhao exclaimed.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "As long as the people below are not corrupt, there may be more." ”

Zhu Houzhao slapped his thigh: "It's long overdue to open the sea!" ”

Wang Yuan said again: "Your Majesty, I also brought twenty Franc cannons. ”

"What cannon?" Zhu Houzhao said in a daze.

"The Franc cannon," Wang Yuan explained, "the Franc machine is a small country in Taixi, but it can dominate the sea frontier for thousands of miles, relying on the strength of the ship and the artillery. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, go with your ministers to test the cannon. ”

The emperor, who came to ask for the guilt in a rage, was successfully diverted in this way.