Volume 4 Chapter 56 Surprise
Jiajing really didn't expect that the Tartars came to attack Jizhou Town, which brought him not only surprise, but also joy.
The first one that made him overjoyed was naturally Qiu Luan, the Marquis of Xianning, his edict had just been issued for a day, Qiu Luan's twists and turns arrived, and on the fourth day, Qiu Luan's 40,000 elite border troops really rushed to Tongzhou City!
The second thing that surprised him was Yang Cong, the governor of Zhejiang, Qiu Luan's side had just led the army to Tongzhou for two days, and the Tartars had not yet launched an attack, and Yang Cong's twists and turns had also arrived.
Yang Cong didn't say anything else, just said that he was organizing the elite of the Tunwei to practice near Jinling City, preparing to exterminate the Japanese Kou with all his might, and the Tartars tried in vain to attack Jizhou Town and threaten the capital, so he naturally put down everything and led the army to the capital as soon as possible.
Coincidentally, what he said in the recital was that he would lead the army to arrive within three days.
Of course, the three days he talked about are not the same concept as the three days Qiu Luan said.
Because Xuanfu Town is only a few hundred miles away from the capital, 800 miles to rush the message, one day is coming, Qiu Luan can lead the army to set off the next day, and he can rush to the vicinity of the capital on the fourth day.
And Jinling is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, and it takes about three days for the 800 li urgent transmission to reach Jinling, no matter how fast Yang Cong is, it will take the fourth day to lead the army to set off, and the sixth day to reach the capital.
However, even if this is the case, it is enough to surprise Jiajing.
Nanzhili Jinling City, so far away from the capital, Yang Cong was able to lead the army to come to King Qin in about six days, this speed is simply incredible, if he hadn't been in the fire dragon car, he would definitely think that Yang Cong was talking nonsense.
At this time, the railway from Jinling City to the capital has already been completed, but the southeast has been making trouble, so he didn't go to Jinling to worship his ancestors, but he didn't expect that the railway could give him such a surprise after it was repaired.
On the sixth day, not long after Yang Cong's recital was transmitted back to the capital, Yang Cong really led an army of 40,000 to rush to Yuyuantan Station west of the capital by fire dragon car one after another.
In this way, there are 40,000 elite border troops led by Qiu Luan stationed in Tongzhou in the east, and 40,000 elite guards in the southeast led by Yang Cong in the west stationed in Yuyuantan, 80,000 troops have been assembled near the capital, and the Jingying Tunwei has also quickly gathered to the capital, nearly 50,000 horses have been assembled at this time, and the entire Gyeonggi region has gathered 130,000 troops.
You must know that the walls of the capital are more than three zhang high, if you add the moat outside, not to mention the Tartar cavalry who are not good at attacking the city, even if you are an experienced foot soldier in siege, if you want to take such a large number of male cities in the world, you must at least invest more than ten times the number of troops.
Do the Tartars have an army of hundreds of thousands, or even millions?
Obviously, no, the Tartars will kill more than 100,000 horses, and it is almost impossible to capture the capital garrisoned by 50,000 horses, if you add the 80,000 troops on the east and west sides of the capital, if the main force of the Tartars is really desperate to attack the city, it is possible that the whole army will be annihilated.
Therefore, at this time, Jiajing is not worried at all that the Tartars are coming to attack the capital, he is even complacent, thinking that he is wise and martial, and uses people like gods, Qiu Luan in the northwest, and Yang Cong in the southeast, aren't they all appointed by him, with these two people, the Tartars are not going to plant a big fight!
I have to say that he is a little overthinking.
He is just an ordinary emperor, and there is nothing outstanding about him, if you insist on finding out his merits, there is only one of his merits, and that is luck!
His luck, that's really not ordinarily good, no matter how much he messes around, someone always comes out to wipe his ass.
For example, at the beginning of his succession, because of the dispute over the Great Rites, Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Mao Cheng and other capable officials left in the Zhengde Dynasty were cleaned up.
For example, after others reach middle age, they indulge in cultivation and believe in traitors like Yan Song, which makes the whole court miserable and the demons dance wildly, if, at this time, Yan Song cultivates a successor and continues the corrupt power, the Ming Dynasty is probably finished, but there is a series of famous Wenchen generals such as Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Hu Zongxian, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, etc., who wiped his ass clean, so that he could die well.
Like this, he obviously fell into Qiu Luan's trap, and he was about to be humiliated by Altan Khan, but Yang Cong ran over to wipe his ass.
I have to say that his luck is sometimes really a bit against the sky.
This luck is ethereal, so I won't go to the bottom for the time being, isn't this Altan Khan ready to break through Jizhou Town and loot it, at this time, the army of the two Qinwang of the Ming Dynasty has arrived, why is he still not moving at all, did he receive the news and dare not come?
It's not that he didn't dare to come, but he didn't have time.
Datong Town is also seven or eight hundred miles away from the old nest of the Wuliang Habu, although his subordinates are mainly cavalry, but there are also 50,000 foot soldiers, and there are 200,000 stone grain and 50,000 taels of silver given to him by Qiu Luan, he has to go to the Wuliang Habu to go around, settle the foot soldiers, and keep the grain and silver.
He led the army to Wuliang Habu, and seven or eight days passed, and when he turned around and prepared to attack Jizhou Town, he was really surprised.
The spies came to report that Qiu Luan, the Marquis of Xianning, actually led the northwest border army to Tongzhou City, where he was repairing the city wall on a large scale, preparing to roll stones and trees, as if he was going to defend Tongzhou City.
Fuck Nyima, Qiu Luan, you eight lambs, looking for death!
At this time, if he doesn't know that he has been tricked by others, he will be an idiot.
Qiu Luan, this guy obviously lured him to come to the vicinity of the capital of the Ming Dynasty to plunder, and then pretended to lead the army to Qinwang to defend Tongzhou, ensure that the capital is safe, and make immortal achievements.
If this guy really blocked his army north of Tongzhou, then he would be stupid enough to run to give meritorious service to others.
This guy is really insidious and cunning, and he is shameless.
However, Altan Khan is not without a way, his subordinates are cavalry, and they don't have to attack the city and plunder the fortress, advance layer by layer, regardless of it, it is okay to go all the way and rampage everywhere.
What about Tongzhou's tight choke on the road from Jizhou Town to the capital, and there is more than Tongzhou from Jizhou Town to the capital, he can completely bypass it from other places, and he doesn't have to care about the northwest frontier soldiers stationed in Tongzhou at all.
Anyway, he had already planned it, and only led 100,000 cavalry to loot, but the cavalry came and went like the wind, and he was not afraid of being cut off from the back road or something, if Qiu Luan dared to run out of Tongzhou City to cut off his back road, it would be good.
He kept it, so that the eight lambs of the king could not eat and walked around!
Of course, at this time, he didn't know that the army of King Qin led by Yang Cong had also arrived, because the scouts he sent could at most investigate the vicinity of Tongzhou City, and further south, the scouts would not be able to mix.
If he knew that Yang Cong was coming, he probably wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.