Chapter 130: Beijing Shakes

Meng Ying had not rested for a day in Yanghewei when he received an urgent report from Datong, and the tile spur cavalry was divided into two parts under Datong City, one part surrounded Datong City, and divided troops to sweep the vicinity of Datong City.

The other part crossed Datong City and went south, heading straight to the direction of Hunyuan Prefecture. The estimated destination is Bauhinia Pass.

After Meng Ying got the news, her heart was shocked.

This was what he expected, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly?

The attack on Beijing's outer defense line will happen this morning. And what he was most worried about was Bauhinia Pass, and he arranged his powerful subordinates during the southern expedition to Zijing Pass.

He trusts Fang Jin.

But trust is trust, and at this time, I can't help but think crankily in my heart, such as what if Fang Jin has an accident? What if the Tile Thorn army breaks through the Bauhinia Pass?

You must know that Bauhinia Pass is only about 200 miles away from Beijing, and it is a flat river, so there is no danger to defend. Alarming the Jingshi, that is the real world is shaken.

It's just that he can't move lightly at the moment.

also made this move first, although the intention is in Beijing, but it may not be with him.

As long as he is in a hurry, he will naturally have countless flaws, and he will use them first.

Therefore, Meng Ying's heart was very agitated, but her face was like a peaceful lake, and she said lightly: "I know, this news is not allowed to anyone in the army to know, and the army will start to go to Datong City." ”

After Meng Ying made the arrangements, she secretly said in her heart: "Fang Jin, Fang Jin, my net worth and life, and the honor and disgrace of the court are all entrusted to you." ”

Just when Meng Ying was worried, the Assassin Zhiyuan with tens of thousands of cavalry had already passed under the city of Hunyuan Prefecture, turned to the east, and went straight to the Bauhinia Pass.

It's just that at this time, the road is a little difficult.

After arriving in Guangchang, the troops did not advance, broke Guangchang City, captured many people, and sent troops to garrison Guangchang City, so as to prepare to attack Bauhinia Pass.

The reason is very simple, although the Bauhinia Pass is a checkpoint, but it does not mean that the Bauhinia Pass is steep, only a Bauhinia Pass, but I don't know that the Bauhinia Pass is in the Puyin Trail of the Eight Paths of Taihang, from Guangchang, that is, the Laiyuan of later generations to the east, it will enter the Puyin Trail.

The so-called Taihang Eight Paths, as the name suggests, are several roads that can pass through the Taihang Mountain, and these roads can pass through the army.

It is the impact of the upstream river on the Taihang Mountain for I don't know how many years, and it is forced to cut out a river valley area from the Taihang Mountain.

Even if such a road can pass through the army, there are all kinds of inconveniences, not to mention, once the Ming army captures Guangchang and blocks the Tile Spur cavalry in the narrow valley road, the consequences can be imagined.

Such a zone is also not suitable for cavalry, and there is no room for cavalry to maneuver.

Before entering the Puyin-Path, the Assassin Governor naturally had to make some preparations.

And the Assassin also knows about it

His own mission, attacking Bauhinia Pass, is true, but it is also true to deter the Beijing division and let Beijing summon Meng Ying to the south.

Therefore, he did not seek any suddenness, but spread the news after the attack on Guangchang. Under this deliberate dissemination, the information seemed to fly into the city of Beijing.

For a time, the Jingshi was shaken.

This kind of shock is even greater than the shock of the defeat of Maoerzhuang.

Because many people, they don't know where Maoerzhuang is, and they don't know what the significance of the defeat of Maoerzhuang is to the Ming Dynasty? In their hearts, they certainly felt that the imperial court had suffered a defeat.

It's not a big deal.

But the question is, where do many people know about Bauhinia Pass?

The tile thorn hit the Bauhinia Pass and wanted to threaten the Jingshi, which was something that had not been done again since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and for a time the entire Jingshi was panicked.

Many officials have played one after another, asking His Majesty to recall the army, focusing on the Beijing Division, and some even impeached Meng Ying for arsoning with the enemy.

Even in the early dynasties, only Zhu Qizhen broke the rules, but he didn't want these officials to ignore the discipline of the court and asked for performances in court.

Zhu Qizhen could only forcibly go down to the court and temporarily pressed this matter.

But the news that there are only tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people in Beijing naturally spread, which made Zhu Qizhen extremely passive, and even Empress Dowager Sun came to see Zhu Qizhen to talk about this matter.

Zhu Qizhen was also appeased one by one.

It's so much that I'm burnt out.

He had only rested for a while, and the cabinet had asked for another meeting.

Zhu Qizhen will naturally not be gone.

Zhou Chen also couldn't withstand the pressure below, and said as soon as he came: "The tile thorn soldiers are in the Bauhinia Pass, and there are only 30,000 Fujian soldiers in the Bauhinia Pass, and the Fujian soldiers are unbearable, so the minister thinks that His Majesty should make plans as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "If you want to recall the Marquis of Baoding, don't say it, I will not agree." ”

When the tile spur soldiers approached Bauhinia Pass, Zhu Qizhen may not have been without apprehension in his heart, but he finally strengthened his thoughts.

First of all, when Meng Ying left, she actually expected such a situation. There have been arrangements, and Fang Jin's department has arranged the past.

Secondly, after Zhu Qizhen's defeat in Maoerzhuang, he also reacted to himself.

What went wrong in the Battle of Maoerzhuang?

He admitted that the biggest mistake, the biggest mistake on the surface, was to believe in the wrong person, a general was incompetent and exhausted to the death of the three armies, but it was the Ming army that reached the point where it is now, and no snowflake is innocent.

From the emperor to the noble, he is a civil official.

The emperor did not take the guards seriously, and sent them at will, building various projects, such as Yanbian Fortress, Beijing City, the Grand Canal, etc., I don't know how many military households shed blood and tears. Xungui regarded the low-level soldiers as slaves, serfs, and tenants, not for two days a day, but for two days.

And the fight between civil officials and nobles

Fighting, the military department's encroachment on the power of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is really wholeheartedly for the good of the Ming Dynasty, and has it not played any role in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army?

Before the military system was put in order, he took it upon himself to talk about war, thinking that if he had enough money and food, he would be able to win the war.

But there is one thing he still insists on, that is, the dictatorship, that is, the trust in the front-line generals, and Zhu Qizhen cannot be made to feel that it is of great benefit to directly command the war because of the incompetence of Cheng Guogong.

Therefore, until Baoding Hou does not prove himself to be a failure, he will not change any of Baoding Hou's decisions.

Of course, he also has a little confidence in doing this, that is, from beginning to end, the British public Zhang Fu did not make any remarks on this matter, and devoted himself to military training.

How many people outside are talkative, in Zhu Qizhen's opinion, they are all laymen, even if they are added together, in this matter, they can't compare to the influence of British Gong Zhang Fu on Zhu Qizhen.

Zhou Chen didn't know whether he really didn't think like this, or if he didn't think so, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean this, it's just that the defenders of Beijing are insufficient, and the minister has two suggestions." ”

"First, the transfer back to the squad from Shandong, this matter, the minister has already asked too much, and Lord Yu has already agreed, and only asks His Majesty to give an order."

"Second, it is the Tongzhou camp, and the training has been for a while, can it be transferred to the Beijing division first, and then it is not too late to continue the training."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, his first thought was that Yu Qian was transferred to the Beijing Division.

Once the tile spur really broke through the Bauhinia Pass, Zhu Qizhen was still relieved to let Yu Qian serve as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing defense battle.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen didn't want this scene to happen.

It's just that now he can't reconcile himself anymore.

In the summer, the Yellow River, which was originally diverted, is not too quiet in the newly built channel. Second, the natural disasters that come every year as promised, and they have not spared the orthodoxy for 14 years.

Now, although Yu Qian is nominally the governor of the river, in the face of some situations in Henan, Shandong, and Huaibei, Yu Qian is actually the governor of Shandong, Henan, Fengyang, and Huai'an.

In these places, Qian is responsible for the disaster.

The reason is also very simple, the court has no money. In the face of the war, Zhou Chen was already eager to break a penny in half. The only way to blame the disaster relief is to the local government.

But is there money in the place?

There were before.

However, under Zhou Chen's fiscal policy of digging up flesh and mending sores, the local government treasury was already empty, and each prefecture and county did not have a balance of more than 1,000 taels of silver, more than 1,000 taels, and was directly transferred by the household department.

There is no money at the local level, and there is no money at the central government, but do you still need relief for the disaster?

So what to do?

Only power can be given. Others Zhu Qizhen was not at ease, so he gave Yu Qian the right to act cheaply, that is, as long as the local disaster was suppressed, what Yu Qian did, Zhu Qizhen admitted afterwards.