On the other side, the commander of the Mingning Mountain Guard took them to change into fast horses and take the official road to catch up with the frame of His Royal Highness the County Lord, and before evacuating, Wu Junzhen and the others looked at the city gate very unwillingly, and then everyone rode fast horses to evacuate Ningshanwei.

The next day, Ming Yizong, who received the war reports on the fall of the states and counties of Shanxi Chengxuan, was very angry in the imperial gate (Huangji Gate) of the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City, and he directly threw the military newspaper on the ground and scolded: "Waste, incompetent! What do I want them to do? The state capital can't hold it! Do they all eat dry food? ”

After saying this, Ming Yizong stood up and walked a few steps, raised his head, closed his eyes, and sighed: "I don't want to be the king of the dead country, but everything has the appearance of a dead country!" The country that my ancestors fought hard to defeat is now about to lose inch by inch, what face do I have to see my ancestors and ancestors! No, I want to personally supervise the division and fight to the death with Li Thief, even if I die on the battlefield, there is nothing to regret, but I don't want to die! ”

At this time, the scholar of Ming Dongge: Li Jiantai, seeing this, came out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is a person from Quwo County, the political secretary of Shanxi Province, and now the Liukou invaded his hometown and killed the people. Ming Yizong was very happy when he heard this, and immediately named the scholar of Ming Dongge University as the secretary of the military department, and gave Shang Fang the sword and ordered him to supervise the teacher.

In order to go on a smooth expedition, Ming Yizong decided to go at noon (send the general) and sent Princess Ming Ruian to the horse Duwei ~ Prince Taifu Zongren Mansion Sect Order: Wan Wei, use the three kinds of cattle of cattle, sheep, and pigs to pay tribute to the Taimiao, and Ming Yizong was replaced by the palace maids with red (Wu Ben clothes) and slowly walked towards the imperial palace.

At this moment, standing on the west steps of the Imperial Palace, wearing a red scarlet robe, the pattern is embroidered with a unicorn, the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu: Li Jiantai, on the steps to the front and back of the main hall respectively very politely bowed four times, during which the Ming Si Rite Supervisor outside the main hall palm seal eunuch observed on the side, and only after he finished the salute did he let the Jinyi Guard Lieutenants submit the "Inspector Great Seal" to the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu.

However, the Shangshu of the Ming Military Department still did not have enough qualifications to lead troops, and he had to accept the gift equipment [Jieji] issued by His Majesty the Emperor himself before he could order the three armies to take command of the expedition.

Therefore, the eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Seal walked towards the main hall and reported to His Majesty the Emperor: "Long live the Lord of Qiyu, Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War has already received the Great Seal of the Inspector, Long Live Lord, do you think you want to continue to issue festivals?" After thinking about it for a while, Ming Yizong picked up the festival and said, "Take it down and give it to Li Aiqing!" I want him to be able to return triumphantly. ”

So the eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Seal walked down the hall with the festival and came to the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu to hand over the festival, and after getting the festival, the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu immediately buckled his head and thanked him, and then got up and walked straight out of the noon gate, and when he came to the noon gate of the imperial city, he saw a neatly arranged and well-equipped Ming Empire One of the five military governors of the Ming Empire (the right army governor's mansion) stayed in the right guard, the right guard of the navy, and Wu Dewei, and the three Ming armies stood here.

I saw that the Ming army department Shangshu held the knot high and shouted, "The three armies listen to the order, the fire team is out of line, the horse team is dismounted, and the infantry team is in a horizontal formation..." "After commanding the troops, the Ming Military Department Shangshu felt that their military appearance was relatively good, and they deserved to be the elite troops of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!

Then the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu began to ride on the war horse to lead the three armies towards the Emperor Temple, before this Ming Taichang Temple worship has already prepared the sacrifices, when the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu arrived, he walked into the temple and came to the main hall, and directly picked up the incense to worship the enshrined (Ziweihou: Zhang Qi, that is, the Three Kingdoms period Shu Han's chariot general: Zhang Fei) three bows to the past, he let the rest of the soldiers kneel and bow to the 188 emperors of the past dynasties in the imperial temple, and the worship has been busy for an hour to complete the expedition ceremony.

Then Ming Yizong, who was wearing a military uniform, personally came to the Zhengyang Gate Tower in the outer city, accompanied by the first assistant of the cabinet, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Six Shangshu, the Palm Seal of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Jingying and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs were all present, and the Ming Military Department Shangshu: Li Jiantai, saluted with both hands and delivered a speech, and Ming Yizong waved his hand to let the palace maids and eunuchs give a banquet to see him off.

During the banquet, Ming Yizong personally poured three glasses of wine for Shangshu of the Ming Army, and then issued an edict saying: "Qing is going to do it on behalf of me this time!" This made the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu very excited, in fact, he was also worried that his hometown property was looted by the rogue so he asked for his life to go on the expedition, but in order to go out smoothly, the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu also specially asked His Majesty the Emperor to ask for the Westerner Ming Qin Tianjian Zheng: Tang Ruowang, as an accompanying military advisor, after all, his invention is more peculiar, and his special identity takes him out to the expedition to feel unique, Ming Yizong did not refuse and immediately agreed, it just so happened that Ming Qin Tianjian Jian Zheng also wanted to go out to see the vision.

After a stick of incense, after the banquet was over, the secretary of the Ming military department got up and waved to Ming Yizong and the civil and military officials who saw him off, and said: "Your Majesty, ministers, rest assured, if I can't exterminate the Li thief and recover Sheji, I will never return to the dynasty this time!" After speaking, he said goodbye to His Majesty the Emperor, and Ming Yizong looked at the back of Li Jiantai, who was sitting in a sedan chair, with the army leaving step by step.

But when they just left the Yongding Gate in the outer city, the soldiers struggled to carry the sedan chair, and after walking a few steps, they didn't know why? The sedan chair where Shangshu of the Ming Military Department was sitting suddenly broke the sedan pole? The soldiers carrying the sedan chair were startled when they heard the sound and hurriedly got off the sedan chair, and the Ming soldiers in the sedan chair Shangshu saw that he stopped and asked, "What's the matter?" Why don't you leave? The soldiers did not dare to answer! The Ming Soldier Department Shangshu opened the curtain and walked out to take a look, and as soon as he came out, he saw the broken sedan pole? For this reason, the Shangshu of the Ming Military Department was angry on the spot and said: "Someone! Pull these people who carry the sedan chair down and cut them down! In addition, change the sedan chair. "Even though the soldiers begged for mercy, it was to no avail, and everyone felt that this was a bad omen? Even Ming Qin Tianjian Zheng, who was with the army, felt that this matter was extraordinary, very much like the feeling that God would not help him?

At the same time, Ming Yizong also began to make full preparations for the defense of the capital, he first let Ming Xiangcheng Bo: Li Guozhen, strictly guard the imperial city, the inner city, and the outer city of Gyeonggi, and sent the Ming Shangshan supervisor to control the seal eunuch: Du Xun, patrol the Xuanfu Sanwei under the rule of Wanquan Dusi, and then let the Ming imperial supervisor palm seal eunuch: Du Zhizhi, patrol the Juyong Pass under the rule of Yanqing Wei.

However, when the Ming Soldiers changed into a war horse and rode to Liangxiang County, the soldiers suddenly couldn't open their eyes due to the strong wind blowing sand, and the Ming Soldiers felt a little strange? He hurriedly grabbed the reins and asked the soldiers to inform Ming Qin that the Heavenly Supervisor was divining the hexagrams.

The Westerner Ming Qin Tianjian who was sitting in the sedan chair got off the sedan chair, entered the camp tent built on the spot, held three copper plates, shook it with the divination (Gu) and silently recited the incantation in his heart, and then threw it on the table, only to see the hexagram displayed (unfavorable to the practitioner).

This made Ming Qin Tianjian Zheng shake his head in disappointment! Seeing this, the secretary of the Ming Military Department in the military tent asked, "Dare to ask the supervisor how this hexagram is?" ”

Ming Qin Tianjian Jian Zheng explained: "The words of Lord Shangshu of the Hui Military Department, this is the 'first sixth' words of the Yu hexagram (Ming Yu is fierce), this is a line corresponding to the Ming Qian (Zhen Ji) of the (Qian hexagram), Qian can be Ming, and Ming is auspicious, it can use his fame to subdue some Yi countries, and Yu can not be Ming!" Ming leaked secrets, it seems that there is a disaster of overthrowing the army and destroying the country? After listening to the explanation of this hexagram, the whole person of the Ming Military Department Shangshu was stunned! However, it is impossible to easily retract his fate once he has already set out on the expedition, so he can only choose to move on.

When the army marched forward again, when it arrived at Shuntianfu and Zhuozhou, the soldiers fled more than 3,000 people under various pretenses due to the disadvantage of the division! For this reason, the secretary of the Ming military department was very angry, and he just wanted to scold the fleeing soldiers, when he received a letter from the herald.

I saw that it was written (Li Thief has approached the territory of Taiyuan Mansion!) This surprised the Ming Bingbu Shangshu! He thought to himself; The family's assets are gone! The expected food was lost, and he fainted on the spot in a hurry, and he couldn't afford to be sick from then on! The march was greatly slowed down by the only chariot per day, and the soldiers were scattered.

When he went to Guangzong County, Shunde Prefecture, Beizhili, because there were not many generals around Shangshu of the Ming Army, and all the prefectures and counties knew that Li Jiantai was the general appointed by His Majesty to go out on the expedition, holding the three guards of the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army, but he did not go directly to the west of Shanxi Chengxuan Zhengsi to fight against the Liukou, but went east to this city, which made the Ming army defending the city feel a little strange?

Therefore, the defenders did not open the city gate in time but reported to the Ming Guangzong Zhixian: He Zhicheng, the local magistrate is a loyal and patriotic person, as soon as he heard the news, he immediately ordered to refuse the Ming army outside the city to enter the city, and let the soldiers spread the word in the city: "Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of War, our magistrate said that you are deeply favored by the emperor and go out on the expedition by His Majesty's will, but you must not delay time here!" Please also hurry west to face the Li thief! ”

Seeing that the magistrate refused to open the city gate, the Ming military department Shangshu was immediately furious, and he ordered, "Bastard thing!" The Governor ordered the artillery battalion and the musketeers to press the fire and prepare, and the rest of the soldiers rushed to attack the city on a cloud ladder. The Ming Qin Heavenly Supervisor who accompanied the army persuaded him: "Oh! Lord Bingbe, how can you do this? This is attacking your own territory! If the court learns the news, it will be killed! ”

But at this moment, the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu can't take care of so much! He just wanted to find a place to stay first.

Therefore, the Ming army gunners and artillery battalions outside the city quickly set up an offensive formation, but considering the seriousness of the situation, no soldiers dared to attack the city directly, and the Ming left behind the right guard commander: Liao Jian, and hurriedly asked Ming Wu Dewei to pacify: Cai Maokun, ran to the carriage of the Ming military department Shangshu and asked, "Lord Shangshu of the military department, the formation has been arranged, do we really want to attack the city?" ”

I saw that Shangshu of the Ming Military Department opened the curtain and looked at him with angry eyes, and scolded: "Nonsense! What is Ben Governor asking you to do, even if you let it go and do it without asking, why don't you go quickly? If you can't take the city, the governor will ask for your head! ”

The scolded Ming Wu Dewei Zhenfu had to lower his head and run back to tell the Ming to stay behind and the right guard commander to open fire, and the Ming artillerymen lit the line of fire (dong, dong, dong) under the wave of the order flag, and one shell exploded to Guangzong County, and then the musketeers under the city also shot quickly, while Wu Dewei's cavalry sword players and the right guard archers of the navy covered the infantry to push the ladder while shooting at the defenders in the city.

Soon Guangzong County was breached by the Ming army, after the city was broken, the Ming army department Shangshu in order to retaliate for not opening the city gate, but also specially ordered to kill the squire, collect the materials, and pulled the Ming Guangzong Zhixian to the county hall and whipped severely! Seeing this, the Ming Qin Heavenly Prison was secretly lamenting in his heart: "Hey! Unexpectedly, Li Jiantai, the dignified cabinet chief assistant minister, Li Jiantai, a scholar and supervisor of Dongge University, went out of Beijing to attack his own county seat! even slaughtered the common people and whipped the magistrate, this move really goes against the original intention of the teacher! ”