On July 14th, the Ming Ministry of Shangshu: Wang Zhi, led the civil and military officials to kneel down in the Huangji Palace, and strongly admonished, "The things of the border have existed since ancient times, but in the strict garrison, now Your Majesty's arms of heaven help Yigu to seal the territory, declare the order to clear the wilderness, recuperate and wait for the victory of the profit, it is not appropriate to personally lead the six divisions to come to the stopper, and the current autumn department is still prosperous and the drought has not returned, the grass is not abundant, the water spring is still astringent, the use of people and animals is really not filled, and the car must be rushed out of the Quartet, how can it be reached?" Other interests are difficult to guarantee, and the Son of Heaven is supreme and goes to the dangerous place in person, and the ministers think it is impossible. "Ming Yingzong still didn't follow.

The next day, Ming Yingzong thought that the so-called Son of Heaven guarded the country, and the Datong Mansion under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Xingdu Command Envoy and Wanquandu Command Envoy Sixuanfu Town were the Outer Great Wall, and if it was breached, then the battle line defense would advance to the Inner Great Wall, and the enemy could enter the area of Longqingwei Juyongguan and Huailaiwei, so he insisted on issuing an edict to conquer Wara, and ordered the emperor's brother Prince Mingyu in Beijing: Zhu Qiyu, to guard the Beijing division to deal with the government.

On July 16th, Ming Yingzong wore the 12th chapter of the crown suit of the Great Tomorrow Emperor to send the Taimiao Zongshe, and then changed the straight top phoenix wing helmet and wore a long body armor to drive out of the Forbidden City of Beijing, and the civil and military officials hurriedly followed, Ming Yinggong: Zhang Fu, Ming Chengguo Gong: Zhu Yong, led the three major battalions of the Beijing army and part of the North Zhili army totaling 200,000 (known as 500,000) to go to the expedition, by the Ming Household Department Shangshu: Wang Zuo, the Ming Military Department Shangshu: Kuang Wei, Ming Hanlin Academy University Scholar: Cao Nai, Ming Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar: Zhang Yi, and others Hu Xing, Ming Ministry Shangshu: Wang Zhi, he was appointed to stay in Beijing.

At that time, the practitioners were headed by the Ming British Prince, but they were not allowed to interfere in military affairs, and the cabinet ministers were only two scholars, Ming Han Forestry Academy Scholar and Ming Wenyuan Pavilion Scholar.

Among them, although the scholar of Ming Wenyuan Pavilion has only been in the cabinet for less than three months, he also knows what kind of person the prince is? During the march, he privately complained to the accompanying officials in the camp tent: "If you don't kill Wang Zhen, you won't be able to go back!" If you use the power of a warrior to behead Wang Zhen and crush his head in front of the car, he has counted his treacherous crimes of abusing power and misleading the country, and he is sent to Datong Mansion, he has no intention of saving it. ”

It's a pity that no one dares to answer such a beautiful plan! So the scholar of Ming Wenyuan Pavilion went to discuss with the Ming Ying Gong again, but in the early years, the Ming Ying Gong had saved the life of the prince in front of the Empress Dowager Zhang of the Ming Dynasty, and now the prince is already a celebrity around His Majesty the Emperor, so naturally he does not dare to touch him easily, so he has no chance.

Due to the hurry, Ming Yingzong's imperial drive only three days out of Longqing, Weiju Yongguan, arrived at Wanquandu commanding the territory of Xuanfu Town, but there was already a shortage of food in the army! There were also people dying of disease and starvation, corpses were paved all over the official roads, and the morale of the army was already unstable before reaching the front line.

However, Shanxi Xingdu commanded the envoy to the Datong Mansion battle situation continued to spread, Datong Left Guard, Datong Right Guard, Yulin Guard, Yunchuan Guard, Gaoshan Guard, Zhenyu Guard, Tiancheng Wei were broken one after another, the royal car side was in the camp, the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu repeatedly admonished the pro-conquest, and said, "This soldier is guilty, with the strength of one side of the general is enough to subdue, Your Majesty is the master of the temple community, why not self-respect?" Ming Yingzong didn't listen directly.

When passing through the left guard of Xuanfu, the Ming army encountered a storm, which made the morale of the army even lower! Therefore, the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu and the Ming Household Department Shangshu ran to the imperial car again to ask Ming Yingzong to stop going to Datong Town, which provoked the Ming Si Li Supervisor on the spot to be angry with the eunuch who held the seal of the Ming Division, and he instigated His Majesty the Emperor to punish the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu and the Ming Household Department Shangshu to advocate disobedience and disobedience to the holy order, and punish the two of them to kneel in the grass until sunset! The two begged bitterly to see His Majesty the Emperor and let his class be rejected.

Even the Ming Qin Heavenly Supervisor: Peng Deqing, also admonished him with celestial phenomena, but the eunuch of Ming Sili did not listen, and still forced everyone to move on.

This news soon spread to the Wara South Route Army, led by the Wara Taishi Huai Wang: Rose Yexian, the main army of only 50,000 horses, heard that the Ming Emperor was driving a personal expedition, and knew that he was not their opponent, so he pretended to retreat with the intention of luring the main army of the Ming army into the Datong Right Guard area in the north of Datong Mansion to prepare for an ambush.

On August 1st, the eunuch of Ming Si Li and Ming Yingzong successfully entered the Shanxi Xingdu to command the envoy Datong Mansion Datong Town (in the capital of the Mansion), and the accompanying guards of the north and south towns of Fu Si Jinyi found that there were traces of war smoke and gunpowder in the guards near the official road along the way, but the army of the headquarters had not encountered any Wara cavalry? And the local defenders learned that the Warat army had retreated north?

Ming Yingzong was overjoyed after learning that the Wara army retreated north, he thought that it was his own heavenly prestige that scared away this group of northern barbarian thieves, and the ministers also praised His Majesty the Emperor for his wisdom and martial arts, and persuaded His Majesty the Emperor to return to the court as soon as possible, but Ming Yingzong did not think so!

He thought that Wara's retreat to the north was because he was afraid of his own conquest, and he was going to meet this group of northern barbarian bandits, so he insisted on continuing to advance northward. I'm afraid the Tile Thorns have a trick?

Therefore, he knelt in front of Ming Yingzong again and asked to return to the army but was refused, and also sent someone to ask the eunuch of the Ming Rite Seal to enter the camp tent to discuss the withdrawal of the army.

On the second day, the eunuch of the Ming Datong Prison Army: Guo Jing, wrote a letter to the Ming Si Li Eunuch about the defeat of the Datong Left Guard, Datong Right Guard, Yunchuan Wei, and Yulin Wei a few days ago, and in the letter, in addition to writing the news of the defeat of the local Ming army, he also informed, "If you continue to advance north, this is the plan of the Zhengzhong Beijiao!" ”

After the eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Seal read this letter, he began to be afraid, and hurriedly ordered the Ming Military Department to enter the camp tent to discuss how to withdraw the troops? But the two have different opinions!

On the 3rd day of August, after the coordination between the Ming military department and the eunuch of the Ming Division, the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty Rite Supervisor Zhangyin, the first meeting was finally discussed from Shanxi Xingdu to command the envoy Datong Town to the south through Xujiazhuang Fort, Guangling County, and Ulzhou, and out of Guangchang County into the Beizhili Bauhinia Pass to guard the imperial thousand households, and on the way to his hometown Ulzhou, so that Ming Yingzong could come to his mansion and show his majesty to the hometown fathers and elders, so all the Beijing troops withdrew from Datong Mansion and hurried south.

Because they retreated in a hurry without engaging the Warat army, the Ming army was very loose! After walking 40 miles, the eunuch of Ming Sili suddenly remembered that the brigade passing through Ulzhou would definitely damage the pastoral crops in his hometown!

So he changed his mind again, and quickly ordered the diversion to the eastward direction of Wanquandu Command Envoy Xuanfu Town to make a detour, and the rear Wara Taishi Huai Wang knew that the Ming army fled without a fight, and hurriedly organized the army to chase the situation was very tense, Ming Ding Xiangbo: Guo Deng, and Ming Hanlin Academy Scholar: Cao Nai, suggested to the Ming Si Li Supervisor Zhangyin Eunuch "From now on, it is less than 40 miles away to the Bauhinia Pass to guard the Imperial Thousand Households, and Lord Wang should enter the Beizhili from the Bauhinia Pass to guard the Imperial Thousand Households and return to Beijing, and should not detour to Wanquan to command the Xuanfu Town!" So as not to be pursued by the army of the northern captives! But the eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Seal did not listen, and insisted on turning back to Wanquan to command the envoy Xuanfu Town.

In this way, the Ming army ran in a roundabout way, and finally retreated to Wanquandu on August 10 to command the right guard of Xuanfu Town, but unfortunately the Wara army followed later, but the general army of Mingxuanfu Town: Yang Hong, did not send people to block the Wara army in advance.

Then Ming Yingzong hurriedly dispatched Ming Gongshun Bo: Wu Kezhong and Ming Guangyi Bo: Wu Keqin, and led his troops to cover his retreat, but they both died on the battlefield! The Wara army caught up again, and had no choice but to send Ming Chengguogong: Zhu Yong, led an army of 30,000 to block the Wara army at Tumaoling, and once again covered the southward retreat of Ming Yingzong, although the whole army was annihilated, but finally won three days of precious retreat time for the Ming army.

On August 14th, Ming Yingzong led the Beijing army through Baoan Prefecture to Tumu Fort, which was only twenty miles away from Huailaiwei in front, and the displaced Ming Yingzong went out of the imperial car and rode on a war horse to prepare to enter the Huailai Acropolis, but the eunuch in charge of the seal of Ming Si Li was afraid of losses because the 1,000 carriages he had looted had not yet arrived, and he felt that the Wara army should not arrive so soon, so he ordered to camp in the Tumu Fort and wait, regardless of the safety of the army.

At this time, the Ming army was in the Tumu Fort north of Huailaiwei, as long as they insisted on walking for another hour, they could enter the Huailaiwei camp safe and sound, and then the Wara army would be difficult to attack, and Wara Pingzhang political affairs: Juros Boyan Timur (Yexian's eldest brother) once again persuaded Wara Taishi Huai Wang to stop the pursuit, and thought that once the Ming army withdrew into Huailaiwei at full speed, the Warat army would not only gain nothing but be more likely to be surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army.

At first, the Warat Taishi Huai Wang also had the idea of retreating, but the Warat reconnaissance cavalry came back and reported that the army had been camped in the Tumu Fort, so he was relieved.

The Shangshu of the Ming Military Department repeatedly asked Ming Yingzong to withdraw to the Inner Great Wall Longqing Wei Juyong Pass first to ensure safety, and to resist the enemy after organizing elite troops, but these requests were ignored by the eunuch in charge of the Ming Si Rite Seal, and he was not allowed to see His Majesty the Emperor!

There was no way for the sake of His Majesty's Majesty the Emperor's safety, so he had to break into the camp of the palace alone and ask Ming Yingzong to move quickly, but he happened to be bumped into by the eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Supervisor who was on the night patrol, and he scolded angrily, "You rotten Confucian, how can you know about the use of soldiers?" If you talk nonsense, you will definitely die! ”

After speaking, he immediately ordered the Jinyi Guards of the Fusi of the North and South Towns to forcibly drag the Ming Army Department Shangshu out.

The next day, Ming Yingzong wanted to continue to advance, but found that it was too late, the Tile Spur army had surrounded the Tumu Fort, and also cut off the Ming Army's water source, the Tumu Fort was already higher and there was no spring next to it, there was only a river 15 miles away, but it was also occupied by the Tile Spur army, but instead it angered the Ming Army to launch a general attack, to the surprise of the Wara Army, the three major battalions of the Beijing Army who had been detouring for many days actually broke out a strong combat effectiveness and repelled the attack of the Wara Army many times.

The three battalions of the 160,000 Beijing Army of the Ming Dynasty plus some local troops (40,000 died all the way) After being besieged for two days, they couldn't get water to drink, and their throats were so thirsty that they couldn't do it, there was no way! The eunuch of the Ming Si Rite Seal had to ask the soldiers to dig a well on the spot to get water, but after digging more than two zhang deep, there was not a single drop of water, and it was not easy to get some water, but the water was still dirty and muddy! Not only Ming Yingzong was irritable, but even the soldiers were like ants on a hot pot, complaining and scolding, which further weakened the morale of the army.

At this time, the Ming Ying Gong: Zhang Fu, finally spoke, he and the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu jointly suggested that the three major battalions of the Beijing Army should concentrate the main force of 3,000 cavalry to escort His Majesty the Emperor to rush out safely, and the Ming Yingzong and Ming Si Li Jian Zhangyin eunuchs were also said to agree to let the Ming Soldier Department Shangshu and the Ming Ying Gong draw up a battle plan to counterattack this group of barbarian thieves who invaded the border of the Ming Empire.