Chapter 238: Digging Out the Elite

The news of the imminent withdrawal of the Tile Thorn had not yet spread, but the news of the Battle of Bauhinia Pass reached Beijing.

By the time the battle of Bauhinia Pass ended, it was already dark. Fang Jin immediately sent the news back to Jingshi.

Rushing all the way, from Bauhinia Pass to Jingshi, it was also at the time of the third watch.

Zhu Qizhen was startled overnight.

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he was also shocked in his heart, got up and wandered, and said secretly in his heart: "You can't call people from outside the palace, once the news of a minister entering the palace in the starry night spreads." I don't know how many gossips there will be tomorrow, and the people will be uneasy. ”

Once the panic is contagious, many things can be affected.

For example, Shaofu moved back to the city from outside the city, and there was a lot of preparation work.

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "Go to the cabinet and invite Boss Wang Ji over." ”

Wang Ji came soon.

Wang Ji also knows that although he is young today, he also knows the importance of things, and in this era, some things can not be played in one hour or two hours.

In many cases, even if you grab an hour or two, it will be wasted in another link.

And before dawn, there are not a few hours before the early dynasty. Unless this matter is extremely urgent, there will be no such posture as a starry night summons.

When Wang Ji arrived, Zhu Qizhen was already dressed and waiting, and when he saw Wang Ji coming, he was not polite, and immediately sent the battle report of this Bauhinia Pass to Wang Ji.

Wang Ji opened it and looked at it, and after reading the recital, he couldn't help shaking his hand and said, "Fang Jin has the style of a father. ”

Two hours, not even two hours, so many people died, Fang Jin could still be immovable, this is very difficult.

Wang Ji also led soldiers.

I don't know how important one of the most important things to measure a general's ability is how many casualties the army under his command can bear.

Although there are too many such factors, the command ability of the generals is also a very important factor.

This alone has endured a third of the casualties and has not collapsed. This is already the standard of an excellent general, even though there are many generals of all kinds in the Ming Dynasty, Fang Jin can have a place in the army just by virtue of this one advantage.

Zhu Qizhen also nodded slightly and said: "Fang Jin is naturally very useful, this is the current situation that should be handled like this?" ”

Zhu Qizhen is still very satisfied with Fang Jin.

In other words, Zhu Qizhen looked at Fang Jin himself with a filter, because Fang Jin, Guo Deng, and others all emerged in the battle of Luchuan, but the overall idea of this battle was decided by Zhu Qizhen.

These people can be said to have been dug up by him.

Zhu Qizhen has a natural sense of closeness.

Wang Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty."

, Fang Jin is certainly capable of fighting, but he thinks that this battle is also his super long play, even if he puts the Shenji Battalion in this place, it is nothing more than that. ”

"And the tile spur army and Fang Jin confronted each other under the Bauhinia Pass, and it was the brave who met on a narrow road to win. So it doesn't matter how many troops you send, the most important thing is the elite soldiers. ”

"It's just that now the Jingshi is not elite at all."

"So once Fang Jin can't hold on, it's easy to be defeated. Therefore, the minister thought that he should prepare in advance in Beijing. Just in case. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "Then Fang Jin won't care?" ”

Wang Ji said coldly in his tone: "After all, there are 100,000 horses in Beijing, but we all know how much water there is, let them rely on Beijing City to defend the city, it is still possible, if Your Majesty releases them to support the Bauhinia Pass, once the Bauhinia Pass is broken, these people will be of no use at all." ”

"At that time, Your Majesty will not even be able to find the soldiers standing on the city wall."

"The terrain of Bauhinia Pass is just a matter of waving flags and shouting, but keeping these people in Beijing can ensure that Beijing is worry-free."

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath, at this moment, he even hated the height of Beijing's city, there were no 100,000 horses, and there was no need to talk about defending the city.

But 100,000 horses, no matter what time they are placed, is a heavy army group.

At this moment, he has so many troops in his hands, but he turns a blind eye to the crisis of Bauhinia Pass two hundred miles away, firstly, he is uneasy in his heart, and secondly, Fang Jin is different from Cheng Guogong, Cheng Guogong is Zhu Qizhen's political enemy, although this hostility, Zhu Qizhen is very deep, but for the fall of Cheng Guogong, deep in his heart, he is happy to see it, but it would be better if he didn't get in 100,000 cavalry.

Fang Jin is one of his team, if he doesn't save him when he sees death. I'm afraid it chills other people.

This would affect his political prestige.

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and said, "No matter what? Bauhinia Pass is the gateway of the Beijing Division, and there must be no mistakes, once the tile thorn breaks through the Bauhinia Pass, the people in the capital can be saved? So what will happen to the people outside the capital? ”

"I can't bear what happened outside Datong City in Beijing."

"Is there really no way sir?"

Wang Ji said: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the old minister understands. It's just that it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is there really no way for Mr. I can only summon the British Duke into the palace. At this moment, Zhu Qizhen didn't care about the shock of the city.

After all, Bauhinia Pass is more than 200 miles away from Beijing, even if the army is dispatched at dawn, it will be a day or two after arriving at Bauhinia Pass.

This speed is fast enough, after all, Beijing is also short of horses, whether it is war horses and pack horses, they have been exhausted, and the streets of Beijing used to be filled with the smell of livestock dung, but now even this smell is gone

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And although Fang Jin didn't say that he could hold on for a few days, his appearance of "success is uncertain, but he is benevolent but determined" made Zhu Qizhen worried.

So, anyway, after dawn, the first support army will be sent out.

No matter what kind of reinforcements it is.

Wang Ji suddenly glanced at the guards of the Qianqing Palace standing outside, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is an elite team of people in the Jingshi. ”

Zhu Qizhen followed Wang Ji's gaze, shook his head with a sigh, and said, "My personal guards are only three hundred, what use can they be. ”

If there were 3,000 guards in the Qianqing Palace, he would send them without Wang Ji saying it.

In essence, the function of the guards of the Qianqing Palace is to overlap with the guards in the palace.

Do you really think that if Zhu Qizhen doesn't have three hundred guards in the palace, there will be no one to protect Zhu Qizhen?

Of course, the power in the palace is in the hands of the Empress Dowager, and Zhu Qizhen still has some worries in his heart, but now that the power of the Forbidden City is in the hands of Zhu Qizhen, he is not worried at all.

Therefore, all the guards of the Qianqing Palace will not delay the safety of the palace.

It's just that there are too few people, and what role can three hundred elites play on the battlefield?

Wang Ji said: "What the old minister said is not only the guards of the Qianqing Palace, but the personal guards of the nobles, although the battle of Maoerzhuang, the nobles of each family suffered heavy losses, but there are still many nobles who did not participate, if the British Duke, the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of Muguo, and even a lot of nobles, the pro-soldiers of each family are hundreds, and there are still dozens of less. ”

"Your Majesty, headed by the guards of the Qianqing Palace, summoned the guards of each family, but at most five thousand, as little as one or two thousand soldiers, and they are all the heritage and team of each family, and they are the most elite."

"I'm afraid that the people in Jingying can't compare to these people."

Zhu Qizhen's heart suddenly brightened, and he said secretly: "Why didn't I think of it?" ”

After all, it has not been many years since the Taizong period, and the Ming nobles have not degenerated to the extent that they do not know the military affairs. But the father of a famous general may not have a son of a famous general.

If the ability of the family to lead the army to fight for generations does not deteriorate.

And there was a family member in the house.

Don't think that these family members are just fighting, no, they are familiar with all the processes of fighting, as long as the current head of the family is not a fool, with the assistance of these people, I dare not say that there are any classic examples, but at least they are at the level.

It's like the battle of Ye Liuzong in the former Wei State, Wei Guogong He had fought before, but once he arrived in the army, he was also in good order, although he may not be able to catch Ye Liuzong, but there was nothing wrong with marching and camping, and various arrangements.

Is this the ability of the former Wei Guogong? No, this is the foundation of the Xu family, the old foundation.

These people play the role of almost a teaching team, and they are naturally first-class elites.