8. Emergency military intelligence
In the evening, Zheng Wen was in Changle Palace to accompany the Queen Mother Wang to eat, chat and eat.
After eating, Zheng Wen said: "Queen Mother, the emperor is familiar with government affairs these days, and he has no time to take care of the situation in the inner palace, you have to take care of it, and I want to ask you to help me manage the inner palace, what do you think?" ”
The Queen Mother paused, smiled and said, "Yes! The mourning family is also old, wait a few days, and then help you choose a queen, the mourning family will be perfect in this life, you can close your eyes and go to see your father, this great Qian's Jiangshan Sheji will be passed on to you, and the mourning family will rest assured. ”
When Zheng Wen heard this, he couldn't help but blush, in his past and present lives, he was a little virgin, and when it came to these men and women, Zheng Wen was still a little embarrassed!
For the new emperor Zheng Wen, the Wang family was generally satisfied, except for the lameness.
Wang's impression of Zheng Wen is that he is benevolent and righteous, second, diligent in government, and third, he can be a man. Righteousness is the abolition of burial and the salvation of those poor women; Diligent government is from the accession to the throne to the present, except for the days of the emperor's funeral, he has been dealing with court politics almost every day, and it can be seen from the fact that he has mastered the palace almost without waste, this is not a simple person; He is a man because he respectfully calls himself his mother, and since he was a lame prince who has been on the throne for less than a month, almost all the courtiers inside and outside have recognized him, it can be seen that he is very good at being a man.
He is more like an emperor than the first emperor, this is the real thought of the Wang family.
At this moment, a guard walked in quickly from outside, holding a lacquered box with a red feather inserted, and said on one knee: "Your Majesty, urgent military situation." ”
Zheng Wen looked at it, quickly stood up, took the letter box, ignored it, opened the box, took out a piece of paper, and saw the words on it: Mongolian Kublai Khan raised 300,000 troops to storm Shanhaiguan, urgent! Urgent! Urgent! Shanhaiguan guard Zhang Yu!
Zheng Wen looked at it, held the letter paper in his hand, saluted the Queen Mother, and said: "Queen Mother, emergency, I'll leave first, I'm sorry, I'll have dinner with you next time." ”
When the Wang family saw this, he spoke: "The military situation is urgent, I will help you take care of the inner palace, don't worry." ”
Zheng Wen nodded, limped out of the main hall of Yongle Palace, and suddenly, a large number of people came around, Zheng Wen said as he walked: "Big companion, convene the cabinet ministers, the generals of the Northern and Southern Army and the Beijing Battalion Captain and above are going to the Wuying Palace to discuss matters, and order Li Wei, the commander of the forbidden army, to guard the palace. ”
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At this time, outside the Shanhaiguan Pass, inside a luxurious yurt.
Kublai Khan sat on the top, dressed in Mongolian costume, with a round face, and a few hairbands in his hair, and said with a big smile: "The new emperor of Daqian is on the throne, it is said that he is still a cripple, I don't know if he can sit on the throne, you say that this time we can break the Shanhaiguan Pass, go straight to Yanjing, and even break Yanjing and capture Emperor Qiandi alive!" ”
A minister stood up, arched his hand at Kublai Khan, and said: "Great Khan, in my opinion, breaking the Yanmen Pass, we are a surprise attack, 300,000 troops besieging together, as long as there are no reinforcements within seven days, it is still completely possible, as for what to break Yanjing and capture Emperor Qiandi alive, it is impossible." Daqian has an army of millions in the north, and even if we break through the Shanhai Pass, it is estimated that we will not be able to reach Yanjing City, and we can only take advantage of it at most this time. ”
Kublai Khan took a sip of wine, sighed, and said, "Yes! There are still too few people, or too anxious, if there is an army of millions, I will definitely be able to break the Shanhaiguan Pass this time, the soldiers will come to Yanjing, and even break Yanjing, but unfortunately, this time we can only take some advantage, you say, this time we break the Shanhaiguan, what conditions do we propose to Emperor Qian? ”
A man who looked like a military general stood up and said, "Great Khan, I see, cut a million silver, a million stones of grain, a hundred beautiful women, and a princess and her companion shall not be less than one million taels of silver." ”
A Wenchen stood up and said, "General Duolong said less, and the minister thinks that it will be almost the same if the property and food are increased by ten times. ”
Another Wenchen stood up and retorted: "This is impossible, the emperor of Daqian is not as weak as you think, and it is impossible to pay compensation with relatives." In my opinion, it would be great if we could get some craftsmen, and as for the property, we can only break the Shanhaiguan Pass and enter the customs to take it ourselves. ”
The other immediately retorted, and immediately made a fuss.
Kublai Khan didn't care, but he agreed with the words of "breaking the Shanhai Pass and taking it upon himself", because he knew that Daqian was a very backbone dynasty, even if he broke the Shanhaiguan, they would never ask for peace with themselves, because a few decades ago, Daqian shot a few arrows at Shanhaiguan because of a thousand-strong Mongol team, which triggered more than ten years of Qianmeng War, and hundreds of thousands of deaths on both sides before the truce, if it wasn't for the new emperor just ascending the throne, he would not have led the army to attack Shanhaiguan, not daring, but not rowing!
At this time, Kublai Khan suddenly spoke: "The army attacked Shanhaiguan overnight, and I was reluctant to do it day and night, this time I must capture Shanhaiguan and enter the pass." ”
"Yes, Great Khan," everyone got up and answered, and went down to prepare.
Kublai Khan sat alone in the big tent, quietly in a daze.
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At this time, Zheng Wen, in the Wuying Palace, was surrounded by many ministers and generals under a huge map.
Zheng Wen took the lead in speaking: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan led an army of 300,000 to attack Shanhaiguan, I think you all know, who knows the matrix of Shanhaiguan, let everyone know." ”
The privy envoy Wu Yong came out of the ranks and said: "Your Majesty, ministers, generals, Zhang Yu, the guard general of Shanhaiguan, is a veteran, there is no problem in this regard, but the defenders are only 80,000, although they are all elite, but if they are besieged by 300,000 troops day and night, they will not be able to hold it for seven days." ”
When Zheng Wen heard this, he immediately frowned, from Shanhaiguan to Jingshi, he had been going for a day and a night, that is, he only had six days to deal with the crisis, otherwise after six days, the Mongolian army would enter the customs, and I don't know how many people in the north would die, and their wives would be separated, and the court would not know how much loss it would be.
After pondering for a while, Zheng Wen immediately spoke: "Old General Wu, where is the nearest garrison near Shanhaiguan, how many people are there, and when will they arrive at the earliest?" ”
Wu Yong listened, so he spoke: "Your Majesty, there is a naval army not far from Shanhaiguan, about 5,000 people, and it can be reached in one day, it's too late." ”
When Zheng Wen heard this, he didn't care so much, so he spoke: "Immediately issue an order and order them to support Shanhaiguan quickly." ”
He also said to Wu Yong: "General Wu, I appoint you as the commander of the reinforcements, and transfer 150,000 troops from the north and south armies of the capital, and then 50,000 troops from the Beijing camp, a total of 200,000 troops, for the early reinforcements, I will set off tomorrow to support Shanhaiguan quickly, I appoint you as the general, control all the battles in Shanhaiguan, you can be cut first and then played." ”
After speaking, Zheng Wen took out a black jade tiger talisman, took off half of it, handed it to Wu Yong, and said: "This is my tiger talisman, you can control the relevant soldiers and horses around Shanhaiguan."
He untied the Son of Heaven Sword from his body, handed it to Wu Yong with both hands, and said, "This is the Sword of the Son of Heaven, you can cut it first and then play it." Shanhaiguan has been handed over to the old general, don't lose hope! ”
Wu Yong's eyes were red, he knelt on one knee, took the sword of the Son of Heaven, and said loudly: "Well, the minister will never live up to His Majesty's hopes." ”
Seriously, Wu Yong didn't think that Zheng Wen trusted him so much, gave him the Son of Heaven Sword, and completely delegated power to him, if it was the first emperor, it would be impossible to be so happy, this lame emperor may really be a Ming monarch!
After Zheng Wen finished speaking, he personally helped Wu Yong up with both hands.
He turned around again and said loudly: "I have been a great cadre for more than 300 years, fighting with the Liao, Jin, and Mongols, and I have never yielded in 300 years, Kublai Khan raised 300,000 troops to attack Shanhaiguan, he is bullying my youth, bullying me just ascended the throne, and I am a cripple. ”
"But I won't give in, my blood is still hot, Daqian's blood is still hot, and your blood, I believe it's still hot!"
"From now on, I will personally serve as the privy envoy, all the border armies in the north will be mobilized by me, the garrison of Hebei will assemble in Yanjing on the same day, and I will send 300,000 troops to Shanhaiguan again. This time, I want to tell Kublai Khan that although I am lame, I am not so easy to bully, this time, I want to hurt him, I want to tell him that my great cadre is a great cadre after all, and it is not for the Mongols to touch. ”
"From now on, let the people of Beidi move and transport the materials to Shanhaiguan."
"From now on, let Jiangnan move and transport supplies along the Grand Canal to Yanjing."
"Where is Qin Fei from the Jingying Festival?"
"The minister is here," after speaking, Qin Fei knelt on one knee.
"From now on, the Beijing camp will move, blockade the entire Yanjing, no exit from Beijing without an order, no entry or exit, I want to make Yanjing City impregnable."
"Whoa."
"The prime minister and all ministries must cooperate with each other, materials and manpower must be in place in one step, I will not allow anyone to procrastinate, and violators will be severely punished!"
"Go down and get ready!"
"喏","喏","喏"......
Zheng Wen looked at the distant backs of the ministers, and fell into deep thought, today's matter, on the one hand, Zheng Wen really wanted to teach the Mongols a lesson, on the other hand, he personally served as a privy envoy, it was indeed for the sake of military power, the emperor without military power was like a toothless tiger, after this mobilization in the north, the military power was basically held in Zheng Wen's hands, and from then on, Zheng Wen could be regarded as the real emperor.
It's just that Zheng Wen is still very worried at this time, after all, this is the first big war since he ascended the throne, hundreds of people on both sides are fighting on the front line of Shanhaiguan, thinking that I don't know how many northland boys have spilled their blood on the battlefield, I don't know how many fathers have lost their sons because of this, I don't know how many sons have lost their fathers because of this, and I don't know how many wives have lost their husbands because of this.
Zheng Wen suddenly felt a feeling in his heart, but for the sake of Daqian and his throne, Zheng Wen forced himself to harden his heart.
This night, Zheng Wen sat alone in the Wuying Palace, quietly staring at the huge map, and was stunned all night!