Liu Juntao led Bai Yuxing and a group of guards to walk on the street of Hejian Fucheng, only to see the crowd surging, there are many shops on both sides of the street, and the market is very prosperous.

Because there were too many pedestrians on the street, it was no longer convenient for everyone to ride their horses forward, so they dismounted and walked forward.

Bai Yuxing looked around and said with a smile: "General, this land of Gyeonggi is not ordinary, this is much more prosperous than our Yanzhou Mansion City, even compared with Jinan Mansion City, it is not much worse!" ”

Liu Juntao also nodded, the prosperity of this Hejian Mansion City was really beyond his expectations, but in the inconspicuous Hejian in the future, it was a prosperous place at this time.

But think about it, at this time, the city of Hejian is a big city in the north of Zhili, not only has a large population but also yamen from all sides abound, this official mansion is more, then even the city will be bigger, and the people will be more.

In the city of Hejian Prefecture, there are not only a series of official offices such as the state capital yamen, but also the station of the commander of the local guard post of Hejian Prefecture, which can be said to be an important place in Beizhili.

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao and his entourage to come to the yamen of the state capital.

After handing over the name card and the order of the military department, Liu Juntao and others smoothly entered the yamen of the state capital, and after waiting in the main hall for a while, they saw the prefect of Hejian Mansion.

The prefect of Hejian is surnamed Wang, about fifty years old, not tall, a little thin, very elegant, with a white and pure face with three beards and long beards, and it looks like a bit of fairy, at first glance, it is a scholarly family of eunuchs.

After Liu Juntao and Wang Zhifu exchanged polite words, they mentioned the supply of money and food for the army.

The prefect of the king did not shirk it, and said directly with a smile: "Hehe, the imperial court system: the guest soldiers cross the border, and the state capitals should provide the required money and food, which is understandable!" Don't worry, general, I'll let my subordinates handle it, and I can deliver the money and food to the general's camp today. ”

Liu Juntao also smiled and thanked him, and then asked Bai Yuxing to take a few people to hand over to the subordinates of the Wang Governor's Mansion, and returned to the camp outside the city first.

After that, Liu Juntao chatted with the prefect of Wang again, but he saw that his eyebrows were full of sadness, so he asked: "Does the prefect have something on his mind, why are you so worried?" ”

Governor Wang asked with some surprise, "What?" Something so big happened, doesn't the general know about it? ”

"What's wrong? I marched all the way and didn't hear anything. ”

In an instant, Liu Juntao suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

I saw that the prefect of Wang sighed heavily, and said: "Yesterday, I received the news that I am going to the imperial army to lead an army of 500,000 all the way to the west, and I was surrounded by the army led by the Wara Taishi at Tumubao!" At this time, Shuntianfu has been completely under martial law, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the Ministry of War will issue an official document, and the entire Northern Zhili will be under martial law! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zhifu couldn't help but say angrily: "The 500,000 army is surrounded by more than 100,000 Tartars, I really don't know how to fight!" ”

Liu Juntao also sighed and said secretly: "History still staged this scene!" ”

Liu Juntao chatted with Wang Zhifu for a while, and then hurriedly returned to the camp.

As soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Juntao received information from the exploration department that several fast horses had been killed.

It turned out that the orthodox emperor led 500,000 Ming troops westward to Datong Town, just camped to prepare for a rest, and did not find any trace of the Warat army, Guo Jing, the eunuch of Datong Town, hurriedly sent someone to report to the orthodox emperor, saying that Wara Taishi also first lured the army to go deeper, and led the Wara army to take the initiative to retreat north.

When the orthodox emperor heard the news, he prepared to garrison the city of Datong Prefecture and confront the Wara army, and the ministers of the military who accompanied the army also agreed with this move.

However, Wang Zhen, the eunuch of Bingbi, saw that the Warat Taishi also led the Warat army to retreat north, but he thought that the Warat people were afraid of the power of the Orthodox Emperor, so they fled without a fight, so he insisted on persuading the Orthodox Emperor to immediately lead the army north.

The orthodox emperor, who led the army for the first time, listened to Wang Zhen's nonsense, and was also quite moved, so he gave up the safe plan of garrisoning Datong Fucheng, and instead led an army of 500,000 to leave Datong, and went north to pursue the 120,000 iron cavalry army of Yexian.

However, only two days later, the Orthodox Emperor received the news that tens of thousands of vanguard troops in front of him had been ambushed by the Warat Iron Cavalry and then suffered a crushing defeat, and he could not help but panic, so he hurriedly ordered the army to retreat.

In fact, at this time, there were still more than 400,000 soldiers and horses left in the Orthodox Emperor's department, and it was not too far from Datong Mansion City.

However, the eunuch Wang Zhen had other ideas, and at this time, the army was very close to his hometown of Ulzhou, so he instigated the orthodox emperor to change the route of the withdrawal and pass through his hometown to "ride the luck" in order to show his prestige.

The orthodox emperor was already out of idea at this time, and after being encouraged by Wang Zhen, he agreed.

But when the more than 400,000 troops were about to arrive in Ulzhou, the eunuch Wang Zhen didn't know what to think, and he was afraid that the army would damage the pastoral crops he had purchased in Ulzhou, so he changed the route of the army again and again.

Under this "divine operation," the march route of the 400,000-strong army was repeatedly changed, which not only delayed the precious retreat time, but also caused the soldiers to be exhausted and complained.

At the same time, the news also came that the Wara Taishi had already sent an army of iron cavalry to the front of the army, cutting off the connection between the army and Datong Town.

At this moment, the orthodox emperor panicked and hurriedly ordered the army to change the direction of march and retreat towards Xuanfu Town.

However, when the army entered the boundary of Xuanfu Town, the Warat Taishi had already led the main force of Warat with 100,000 iron cavalry to pursue!

As a last resort, the orthodox emperor had no choice but to order the only 30,000 cavalry in the army to meet the battle, buying time for the army to retreat.

Before the orthodox emperor could lead his army far, the 30,000 demoralized Ming cavalry were defeated and "killed and plundered" by 100,000 brutal Warat iron cavalry.

This news became the last straw that crushed the morale of the Ming army, and the orthodox emperor didn't care to rush to Xuanfu Town when he heard the news, so he hurriedly ordered the army to immediately rush to the nearest castle to defend it, and then mobilize reinforcements from the surrounding areas to rescue.

After that, the Ming army of more than 400,000 troops fled to the civil fort in embarrassment, at this time the civil fort has been abandoned for a long time, not only the city defense is lost, and there is no water source for the surrounding army of more than 400,000 troops!

Seeing that the Orthodox Emperor had brought more than 400,000 troops to this place of execution, they asked the Orthodox Emperor to immediately order the army to withdraw to Xuanfu Town to defend it.

But at this time, the night did not receive the Pegasus report: the Warat Taishi had already led the Wara 120,000 iron cavalry to chase after him, and it didn't take long to besiege the 400,000 Ming troops in Tumu Fort and couldn't move!

After reading the information in his hand, Liu Juntao's face was frosty and indignant.

Even if the 500,000 army is not good at combat strength, there are many martial generals in the army who are generals, and they can command the army to retreat slowly, and even if they are defeated, they can also inflict heavy losses on the Warat Iron Cavalry!

But at this time, the orthodox emperor was bewitched by the eunuch Wang Zhen of Bingbi, and he made frequent tricks and forcibly brought the army of 500,000 into death!

"It seems that the orthodox emperor and the 500,000 army have only one dead end, and history is still stubbornly marching according to the predetermined trajectory! I have to get to the capital as soon as possible! ”

At this time, Liu Juntao was ready to face the Warat Iron Cavalry in the defense of the capital.

If you want to say that before leaving, Liu Juntao still has a trace of luck in history change in his heart, then at this time, Liu Juntao has only one thought in his heart, that is, to fight to the end!

"Beijing City, I'm here!"

At dawn the next day, the 28,000-strong army was ready to go, and Liu Juntao gave an order and led the six battalions of soldiers to the north.

Due to the urgency of the situation, it originally took three or four days to get from Hejian Fucheng to the capital, but Liu Juntao ordered the army to march all the way, and it only took a little more than two days to reach Tongzhou in the east of the capital.