Two days later, in order to gain time and prepare for his own mobilization of a large army to drive the expedition, the orthodox emperor issued an order to take the horse commander Jingyuan as the main general, and lead four deputy generals to lead 50,000 troops to attack first, delaying the offensive speed of the Wara army.

Jingyuan, the commander of the horses, did not dare to slack off, and immediately led an army of 50,000 to the west, leaving the Guanxi from Juyong Pass.

At the same time, the orthodox emperor began to arrange his own arrangements after leaving Beijing.

The orthodox emperor was most concerned about the stability of the imperial situation, so he ordered his younger brother Zhu Qiyu to guard Beijing and be responsible for supervising the country.

Then he ordered Wang Zhen, the eunuch of Bingbi, to urge the army to prepare for the march of the army after ten days.

As for the number of troops to be sent out, the orthodox emperor directly set a force of 500,000 troops for the sake of safety, and ordered the army to be assembled within the specified time limit.

You must know that at this time, the garrisons in various parts of Gyeonggi simply do not have so many troops, even if you add the soldiers and horses of the three major battalions in the capital, there are only more than 200,000, and the strength is still more than half!

For this reason, Kuang Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had no choice but to temporarily recruit soldiers, and recruited a large number of wanderers, ruffians, and idlers from all over the capital with generous treatment.

In this way, in just 10 days, the military headquarters finally gathered 500,000 "troops."

It's just that it is unknown how much combat power such an army has.

Although the combat strength of the expedition army is worrying, after all, there are 500,000 of them, and the orthodox emperor can't take care of many of them, so he excitedly tries on the newly created royal heavy armor in the dormitory.

Next to him, Wang Zhen kept commanding a few little eunuchs to dress up for the orthodox emperor, looking at his mighty self in the mirror, the orthodox emperor was very satisfied, and the confidence in his heart continued to rise.

"Your Majesty, how about this gilded dragon head armor?"

"Hmm!"

Emperor Zhengzheng said with great satisfaction: "The craftsmanship of the Ministry of Industry is very good! By the way, where is this glass mirror a tribute? I can shine so clearly! ”

"Huh."

Bingbi eunuch Wang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, this glass mirror was paid tribute by Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong, and I heard that it was produced by the workshop in Yushan Town. ”

"Yushan Town?"

The orthodox emperor suddenly remembered something, and said: "Didn't the military department report a list of heroes who suppressed thieves and quelled the chaos before? I remember that there was a military general who was promoted to a general, and it seemed to be from Yushan Town, Yanzhou Prefecture, right? ”

"Your Majesty, exactly!"

Wang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, this person's name is Liu Juntao, it is said that he was originally just a strong man, but then he gradually became powerful, coupled with the meritorious service of the peaceful place, he was recruited by the commander of the city guard to train the general of the people's regiment; Later, Liu Juntao was promoted to guerrilla general by the Ministry of War for his meritorious service in suppressing thieves. In this Fujian bandit riot, Liu Juntao led an army of 20,000 to go on an expedition and made a lot of achievements, so he was promoted to the general of Yanzhou Mansion because of his merits. ”

"I see!"

The orthodox emperor said again: "I heard that this Liu Juntao is also good at using firearms? ”

"Your Majesty is wise, exactly!"

"It's just a pity!"

The orthodox emperor sighed and said: "The Tartars are afraid of my Huaxia firearms, but Shandong is too far away from the Beijing Division, and it must be too late in time, otherwise Liu Juntao's troops will be transferred to the capital to go out with the army, which will just hit the Tartars' arrogance!" ”

"Your Majesty is exactly what you said!"

On the same day, the orthodox emperor issued an order to mobilize more than 100 civil and military officials from the court to accompany the expedition, most of them were military generals, nobles and military officials, and there were very few real civil officials!

Zhang Fu, the British Gong, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, Kuang Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Cao Nai, Zhang Yi and others of the cabinet all escorted the expedition.

When the news came out, Yu Qian, who was ordered by the orthodox emperor to reflect at home, couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh and burst into tears.

Although Yu Qian is honest and honest, it does not mean that Yu Qian is a nerd, and Yu Qian sees all the political ~ struggle between the DPRK and China, as well as the deceit between the courtiers, and can't hide it at all.

At this time, Yu Qian knew very well in his heart that Wang Zhen, the eunuch who instigated the orthodox emperor's personal conquest, was just the appearance, and the real behind-the-scenes promoter was the civil official group in the court!

This can be seen from the list of accompanying officers and officials approved by the orthodox emperor!

Of the more than 100 officials, there are only three or five civilian officials, and the rest are all military generals, nobles, and military officials who are enemies of the civilian clique.

Moreover, what kind of goods is the 500,000 army that went out, Yu Qian can be said to know it well, he has served in the military department for many years, Yu Qian is also well versed in the way of using soldiers, and understands that such an army has only a dead end in the face of the brave and fierce Warat Iron Cavalry, and there is no chance of victory.

"These ministers of calamity to the country have disregarded the safety of the country in vain for the sake of power and profit!"

Yu Qian didn't dare to imagine what kind of crisis the Ming Dynasty would face after the Orthodox Emperor was defeated in a battle with more than 100 soldiers and 500,000 troops.

As soon as he thought of this, the iron-clad Yu Qian had an urge to cry bitterly.

Four days later, Liu Juntao also learned the news that the orthodox emperor was going to drive the expedition, and obtained the list of officials accompanying the orthodox emperor through the investigation department.

After reading this list, Liu Juntao couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that with my own strength, I still can't affect the trend of history!" ”

Liu Juntao knew in his heart that after the battle of Tumubao, the takeover of the martial arts above the Ming Dynasty would be wiped out, and the civil officials would influence the direction of the political situation, which would completely rewrite the spiritual heritage of Huaxia Chongwen and martial arts!

"Wengui and Wu are cheap, it will make Lang Huaxia completely reduced to a lamb, and I would rather Yuan Huaxia become a division that can suppress Zhuhu like the Three Kingdoms, and I don't want Huaxia to become a Yidi hunting ground like Wuhu Chaohua!"

Liu Juntao secretly thought in his heart, and left Yushan Town with a team of guards that day, and began to go south to Yushan Military Bureau, Anshan Town and other places to review and inspect the military bureaus and battalions of the military headquarters of Yushan Town, and make final preparations for the army to go north to Beijing Division Qinwang.

At this time, the dark clouds of the battle of Tumubao had begun to gather, and it was impossible for Liu Juntao to lead the army west to Tumubao without an order from the imperial court, and it was too late in time.

Therefore, Liu Juntao can only concentrate on preparing to participate in the defense of Beijing!

Along the way, the Yushan Military Bureau, the Dongpingzhou Ordnance Institute, and the Xuzhou Military Bureau were all good to say, and the black-black exquisite bird guns and three-eyed guns were being packed and shipped, and boxes of cardboard shell fixed ammunition were also being hoarded.

Looking at the military equipment that has been piled up, Liu Juntao is very satisfied, but unfortunately, although Yushan Town has trained more than 200 gunners and is still in practice, it has not been able to spare manpower and material resources to start large-scale casting of artillery.

"If it is temporarily minted now, it will definitely be too late in time, so we can only wait until the end of this war."

Liu Juntao secretly said with regret, and began to lead the team towards Anshan Town, preparing to start reviewing the soldiers of each battalion.

Along the way, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, and Sun Xu were all pestering Liu Juntao to ask for battle, after all, this battle is different from the previous battle to exterminate the thieves, this is a battle with the Wara Iron Cavalry, it is a real tough battle, and everyone wants to lead the army into battle to kill the enemy.

In this regard, Liu Juntao is very happy, after all, the generals are full of fighting spirit, which shows that the morale of the battalions of the army is high, which is a good thing.

However, there must be soldiers and horses stationed in various places in Yushan Town, and it is impossible for all battalions of soldiers and horses to go north together.

Therefore, Liu Juntao only said one sentence to everyone: that is, to reorganize the army with peace of mind and wait for the requisition order of the military department.

Capital.

Seeing that the preparations of all parties were almost complete, especially the 500,000 troops had been assembled and stood by, and set up an endless camp around the capital, his heart could be described as full of pride and fighting spirit.

But at this moment, a shocking news came: the commander of the horse Duwei Jingyuan encountered the main army of Warat led by the Warat Taishi first, and the battle was lost!

At this time, he was also leading an army of 120,000 iron cavalry to besiege Datong City, and Datong Town was in an emergency!

Enraged, the orthodox emperor immediately ordered an army of 500,000 to set out the next day, and more than 100 accompanying officers waited outside the palace gate in the early morning of the next day.

As soon as the holy decree came out, everyone was shocked!

After Yu Qian heard the news, he hurried to the Forbidden City, ready to advise the orthodox emperor again, but he didn't even enter the palace gate, and was stopped by the Han general guarding the palace gate.

"The sky has no eyes!"

Seeing that there was no hope of entering the palace, Yu Qian couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, wanting to cry without tears, and stood outside the palace gate for a long time before returning home lonely.