On the dog days of June, even in the north, the sun above us still exudes an irresistible wave of heat, scorching the whole land and those who are still away at this time. ◢ With * dream * small ◢.1a

The more than 100,000 elites of the Beijing camp walking on the official road had long since lost their previous vigor at this time, all of them drooped their heads, carried guns, and continued to move their steps by instinct, continuing to rush west. Many people are crying bitterly in their hearts, they could only be stationed in Xuanhua City, and then prepare to fight with the Mongols, but now, because of a military order, they need to continue to rush under the scorching sun.

Suddenly, one of the foot soldiers in the group suddenly went limp, and he fell to the ground. When the comrades around him rushed over to help, they found that he was convulsed all over his body, and he had chills, obviously unable to withstand the continuous scorching of the sun and suffered from the heat.

Seeing this, someone immediately stepped forward to take him aside, and a medical officer with the army stepped forward to treat him. It's just that for several days, some people have been suffering from heat stroke and collapsed, and now they have no suitable medicine at hand, so they can only put him on a stretcher and drag him away, and wait until they get to the next city.

When the news was reported to Zhang Kaiwen, the general of this army, the deputy general of the Fifth Army Battalion, he could only sigh, and then instructed: "You must take good care of these sick soldiers." Also, try not to let other soldiers get too close to them, so as not to infect them. ”

After the soldier received the order and rushed to deliver the order, the sorrow on General Zhang's face became a little heavier: "This is the twenty-fourth person who has fallen in the past three days. If we continue like this, we don't know how many people we will lose when we reach the big time. I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, why he has to come to Datong. Wouldn't it be more convenient to send troops directly from Xuanfu? ”

Just thinking about it, a fast horse suddenly rushed across the road in front of him, just looking at its outfit, Zhang Kaiwen recognized that this was a scout from the capital: "In such a hurry to deliver the news, could it be that something has happened in the capital?" Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but become more nervous.

The person who came ran around under the scorching sun for several days had already reached the limit, and it was not until he saw the most eye-catching group dragon that the tired color on his face was happily replaced. Hurriedly added another whip, and drove the good horse under the crotch forward as fast as possible, and finally rushed to the huge dragon chariot under the big line, which required twenty horses to pull and walk. While pulling the reins violently and controlling the horse to raise his forefeet and stand and stop, he had already reported loudly: "Your Majesty, there are ministers in the capital who are in a hurry today!" ”

In the Imperial Palace, it is a completely different situation compared to the outside. In the spacious compartment, there are more than a dozen ice cubes neatly stacked, which makes it extremely cool. And on the top of the imperial case, in addition to a few volumes of documents, it was filled with watermelons, sour plums and other fruits, which looked not like going to war at all, but more like going out on an outing.

And today, wearing only a light robe at this time, is holding a bowl of sour plum soup, standing in front of the sand table that is not far from him, with a light finger, it seems that he is thinking about something. Wang Zhen laughed with him, stood aside, and listened carefully to the Son of Heaven talking about his plans to use troops next, and echoed a few words from time to time.

It wasn't until the scout outside reported that Zhu Qizhen came back to his senses. While drinking sour plum soup to refresh and moisten his throat, he gave Wang Zhen a look. The latter immediately understood, turned around and came to the entrance of the carriage, and gave a few orders to the forbidden army guarding there.

A moment later, a note was handed to the car.

Although Wang Zhen was the eunuch who was the master of ceremonies and the most trusted person in front of the Son of Heaven, in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to take a preemptive look at what was written in the song, so he could only take this note, which looked quite thick, and sent it to the emperor in a regular manner.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen had already returned to the imperial case, and while sitting down, he took the note, and without any hesitation, he opened it and looked at it quickly. After a while, he frowned slightly, and when he saw the signatures of the series of courtiers behind him, he showed even more displeasure.

Although Wang Zhen didn't lean over to look at the content, he had been carefully observing the expression of the Son of Heaven. As soon as he saw his appearance, he asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, but did Hu Butang say anything that they didn't like?" ”

"Not only Mr. Hu, but almost all the officials who stayed in the capital signed this recital, and they jointly signed it, asking me not to continue to Datong, but to return to Xuanfu!" When the Son of Heaven spoke, he naturally handed this recital to Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen didn't see it, he took it casually, and looked at it hastily, and his face showed a disapproving expression: "Your Majesty, these civil officials are in the capital, how can they understand your foresight?" This time, Your Majesty, it was not easy for you to come to the north once, so naturally you can't just stay in Xuanfu, so what do the defenders of other towns think. Only by going to Datong to have a look and boost the morale of our Ming border army, then when we fight with the Tartars, we can work together to win this battle in one fell swoop. ”

"You're right, I think so. After all, whether it is Datong or Xuanfu, it is an important town at the top of the northern Ming Dynasty, how can I favor one over the other and hurt the hearts of all the soldiers? If it weren't for the tight schedule this time, I would still want to go to Jizhou, or even Liaodong and other places to have a look. ”

"Your Majesty. There is a way that the people do not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, and the officers and men in this army naturally have the same mind. Wang Zhen hurriedly flattered at the right time, making the Son of Heaven smile proudly.

But then, the emperor frowned a little worriedly and said, "But what these courtiers mentioned in the song is not unreasonable. If you send troops to Datong, it will be twice as difficult to send food and grass to the army as it is from Xuanfu, which is not a good idea after all. ”

"Your Majesty is benevolent, the old slave really didn't think of this. In that case, why not go back to Xuanfu after arriving in Datong and inspiring the morale of the army? Wouldn't this be the best of both worlds, which not only inspired the morale of the army, but also made the court less hard? Wang Zhen immediately came up with such a seemingly genius idea.

And after thinking for a while, His Majesty the Emperor of our Shengming actually stroked his palm and said: "This method is wonderful, just do it according to your wishes." However, in order to maintain the morale of the army, we must not leak this news before arriving in Datong. ”

"The old slave can save it, Your Majesty, but please rest assured." Wang Zhen hurriedly patted his chest and reassured.

This gentleman and a slave, two guys who are not even too skilled in talking on paper, actually decided the next movement of the army in just a few words. They didn't know what terrible consequences their decision would bring to themselves, to the entire Northern Expeditionary Army of hundreds of thousands, and even to the entire Daming Jiangshan Sheji.

At the same time, on a war horse not too far from the Imperial Palace, the British Duke Zhang Fu, who was eighty years old but still straight, also received a letter. This was sent by Hu Hui to the scout along the way, in order to naturally hope that this old friend could give more advice in front of the Son of Heaven, so as to change the current critical situation.

However, this time Hu Hu was obviously disappointed. After reading the letter, Zhang Fu just let out a long sigh and sent the scout away.

"Jie'an, if it weren't for the old man's refusal to help you speak to Your Majesty, there was really nothing you could do. As early as when His Majesty wanted to go to Datong, I tried my best to persuade him. But at the instigation of Wang Zhen, His Majesty refused to listen to the advice at all, and in the end he could only lead a large army to this scene.

"Moreover, now that we have reached the realm of Yanghe, we are only a few days away from Datong, and it is the real danger to turn back. Therefore, even if I know that it will be inconvenient to send troops from Datong and will bring you more pressure, I can only wronged you. ”..

After silently muttering these few words in his heart, Zhang Fu sighed again, and then with a strong hand, he had compiled the letter into a ball. This matter cannot be known to others, otherwise the generals in the army and the officials of the DPRK and China will communicate privately, even if the Son of Heaven does not pursue it, I am afraid that Wang Zhen and his party will not let go of such a good opportunity.

"The only thing to be thankful for is that now we have arrived near Datong, and the Mongolians still have not reacted, apparently because they have only received the information for a short time. So as long as we can enter Datong City, at least Your Majesty's safety will not have to worry. In the end, he could only convince himself with this one sentence.

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On the grassland, the messenger who was also carrying the dusty messenger asked in an unbelievable voice: "What you said is true? The emperor of the Ming Kingdom didn't settle in Xuanhua City, but just led people to Datong? Aren't they afraid of our attack? ”

"Taishi, this is the news we found out more than ten days ago, but now it seems that they should be about to arrive in Datong." Although the man was treated like this, he answered honestly.

"How can this be true? I missed such a great opportunity! He was furious and pushed the person out. Immediately, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Blow the trumpet for me and gather the people of all tribes." It's time to really see the emperor of the Ming Kingdom! ”

Originally, as long as the news came fast enough, he could set up an ambush in the middle of the road, so even if he couldn't completely defeat the Ming army, he could still achieve a big victory, thus laying the foundation for victory. I felt that I had missed a great opportunity, but at this time, I couldn't hold it anymore, and finally decided to take the initiative.

And with this order of the Taishi, the entire grassland Warat Department and its affiliated tribes have quickly moved, and a big war has slowly begun.

And whether it is Ye Xian, or the people on the grassland, even the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty could not have imagined that next, the emperor Zhu Qizhen, as the commander of the three armies, would make mistakes again and again, and make stupid moves......