It was fast forward to September. At the beginning of the month, Daming will usher in a new helmsman.

In September, Zhu Qiyu, who had been designated as the heir to the throne, officially ascended the throne as emperor in Fengtian Palace.

Although it is said that the king of a country ascended the throne and unification, because there are strong enemies outside, and the people's hearts are unstable inside, it is extremely hasty and simple to ascend the throne, and compared with Zhu Qizhen and the enthronement ceremonies of the emperors of previous dynasties, it seems much shabby.

"It doesn't matter, when the country is in crisis, everything is simple."

Faced with the apology of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, who were fully responsible for the emperor's enthronement ceremony, Zhu Qiyu smiled and did not take it seriously.

Not only that, but looking at the still cumbersome enthronement ceremony, he frowned, and then despite the opposition of the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, with a stroke of the pen, many procedural ceremonies that should be taken were cut off.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites shouted that they were not in order, but no matter what they said, Zhu Qiyu just did not agree to increase, and in the end he had no choice but to prepare according to the emperor's wishes.

On the day of the enthronement ceremony, the whole palace was filled with a festive atmosphere, and there were so many things that happened during this period of time, so big, so scary that everyone was always on the look, and their faces were in misery.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and the dragons have a leader, it is naturally something to be happy and look forward to.

The door of the Fengtian Hall opened, and the great eunuch Jin Ying appeared on the high steps, holding a long whip in his hand, facing the rising sun, shaking left and right, and two crisp whips sounded outside the Fengtian Palace.

Wenchen military general, under the leadership of Wang Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Yu Qian, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, Yuguan walked up the steps and entered the Fengtian Palace.

At the same time, the bell towers of the four city gates in the capital, the four large bells were rung at the same time, and the continuous one hundred and eight bells reverberated throughout the capital.

Everyone who heard the bell turned their eyes in the direction where the palace was located. They knew that the country could not be without a king for a day, and the new Ming Emperor officially ascended the throne.

In the Fengtian Palace, the ministers bowed, shouted three long live, and the enthronement ceremony was announced.

The red tape of the enthronement ceremony such as what to sacrifice to the sky was deleted and omitted by Zhu Qiyu, but even so, it took more than an hour before it was officially over

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

Facing the shouts of the mountains and tsunamis, Zhu Qiyu wore the emperor's gown, sat on the dragon chair and overlooked everyone, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

In the end, everything was still running along the established trajectory and did not change because of his appearance.

As an unexpected visitor, Zhu Qiyu did not let go of his heart that had been hanging for more than 20 years until this moment, and the inexplicable uneasiness and danger in his heart were also minimized.

Then came the excitement, the excitement beyond words.

This is the emperor, the emperor who holds the power of life and death of countless people, and the ninety-five who can judge the life and death of people in one word.

As a prison before, he was also in power, after all, it was someone else's. Now that he is an emperor, he is still a righteous emperor, and that kind of excitement is difficult for anyone to hold onto.

Fortunately, Zhu Qiyu can be regarded as a person who has seen the world, and he has also chatted face-to-face with the lords of many countries, so although he is excited, there is no loss of majesty.

"All the ministers are flat!" After the excitement, Zhu Qiyu spoke in a rather calm tone.

Zhu Qizhen's calm and capable, not surprised, and not arrogant when he first ascended to a high position, but he was secretly surprised by the ministers of the court, the new emperor ascended the throne so calmly and calmly, without the slightest grasp of power, and the excitement and excitement when he ascended the throne as the emperor, just looking at it like this, it was much stronger than the orthodox emperor.

Zhu Qiyu overlooked the hundreds of civil and military officials under the main hall, and said loudly: "Tumubao was defeated, the emperor was captured, and the 200,000 elite army was lost. I was ordered to ascend the throne as the emperor, and vowed to live and die with the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, and I hope that the old pillars of the state will help me. ”

"The ministers swear to defend the Ming Dynasty to the death."

The ministers knelt down again, at this time, whether it was a civil servant or a military general, the recognition of the Ming Dynasty was still very high, and it would not be like the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the catastrophe came, they flew separately, and even there were sellers seeking glory.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up!" Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time lowered his posture very low.

There is no way, although he has become an emperor, his foundation is weak. Moreover, after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the ministers of the court, especially the civil ministers, were very good, and they didn't take the emperor in their eyes at all, and they wanted them to do things, but they really couldn't do it without asking for it.

Besides, the throne was still asked for by the ministers present.

Corporal Lixian is still very necessary.

As an in-service graduate student of the world's most famous military academy in the 21 st century, he is not only a top student, but also an intermediate commander and fighter who has come out of the grassroots level step by step, and he is also a military family, and he is even more comfortable in commanding operations.

But this is not the 21st century, and there are not so many cutting-edge technological weapons and elite soldiers. In this regard, although he has also understood and studied for a long time, he has never fought in actual combat, so in the face of the current situation, he does not dare to command blindly, and can only rely on the ministers present.

Clearing his throat, Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "Regarding the matter of establishing the prince, I have no opinion, the Zongren Mansion is responsible for all the reasons for canonizing the prince, and the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple assist!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Several ministers led by Hu Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, replied.

Some ministers who were obviously biased towards Zhu Jianshen originally wanted to open their mouths to remind them, but Wen Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The new monarch ascended the throne, set up the crown prince, and changed the orthodox emperor to the emperor.

Next, the urgent need to deal with is how to face the crisis at hand.

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In the face of the current situation in Daming, Zhu Qiyu was also helpless, because of the fiasco of the Civil Fort, the Minister of Chinese and Wu of the DPRK was almost empty, and the gate of the capital was opened. Before the Battle of Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty was at the peak of its strength, but after this battle, the exploits of the previous decades were almost wiped out.

The most serious problem is the loss of the vigor to compete with the nomads

The most serious consequence of the Battle of Tumubao was not the defeat of the war, but the spirit of the nation. After Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, there was no longer a situation in which the emperor personally conquered in the Ming Dynasty. A large-scale counterattack against the nomads also ended at this time. As soon as someone proposed to take the initiative to attack the Mongols and Jurchens, the ministers would move to the Tumu Fort and defeat it to oppose it.

This shows how serious the blow to the confidence of the Ming Dynasty was in this battle.

The loss of heart and spirit led to the rise of nomadic, fishing and hunting minorities under the nose of the Ming Dynasty, and finally dragged the Ming Dynasty down and destroyed the country.

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Far away, no one is available, which is the embarrassing situation of the Ming Power Center at this time. Even so, Zhu Qiyu did not approve of the ministers' proposals, such as the transfer of officials in Nanjing, the promotion of low-level personnel, and other proposals to quickly replenish manpower.

"Everything will wait until after the battle for the defense of the capital division." This is the explanation given by Zhu Qiyu.

As for Zhu Qiyu's true purpose, no one knows except himself.

Although everyone was dissatisfied, they could only reluctantly agree, and then complained that one person did the work of several people, and had to work day and night, and there was no time to rest.

You must know that since he first led the army to invade the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen drove the imperial expedition to the present, almost no one has rested, and now it is almost impossible to support it.

At the same time as Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne as emperor.

Yexian's patience has also reached the limit, for more than a month, he has not received a trace of ransom, and Xining's strategy has not worked at all, and he has been rushed around like a fool, which is really a loss of face.

At this time, the joy of the victory over Daming had long been thrown out of his mind.

He had lost faith in the eunuch named Xining beside him, and it turned out that the methods he said did not work at all.

Having won the Ming Dynasty and captured their emperor, he still couldn't completely shake this behemoth.

And at this time, the news that Zhu Qiyu was enthroned as emperor in Beijing had spread, and I knew first that Daming had completely given up this high-quality weight in his hands.

From the moment Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, Zhu Qizhen, the former emperor of the Ming Dynasty who was a strange commodity in his hands, was no longer of much use, and his plan to win the biggest victory without a fight went bankrupt.

Attack! Attack!

Since it's hard to use a trick, then use my method!

It turns out that everything can be solved with violence. The defeat of the Ming army at Tumubao is the best proof of this.

At this time, he also returned to the role of a qualified military commander again, he believed that the Ming Dynasty's 200,000 troops were destroyed, even if it was as strong as the Ming Dynasty, it would be broken to the bones, as long as some sacrifices were paid, the Ming Jingshi could be broken in a few days.

Restoring the world of Dayuan will finally be completed in your own hands!

Attack the Ming Jing Division!!

After a short period of repair, he also concentrated all his forces and began to march towards the capital.

Xuanfu and Datong are actually the last barrier to attack the capital, as long as you open either of these two gates, you can wave your army to the Beijing division.

But he also understood that if he wanted to take either of these two cities, he would not be able to complete it in a short time, and he would lose a lot, and the longer the time dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for him.

So, Xining, who was left out in the cold, once again saw the opportunity and once again presented the details of border defense. I was also overjoyed when I heard this, and I rewarded Xining heavily. Then, he directly bypassed these two big cities that he hated so much, and opened the gate to the capital in another direction.

Bauhinia Pass was originally the destination of Emperor Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition and conquest.

On October 1 of the 14th year of orthodoxy (1449), he also led all the elite troops first, and under the guidance of the little eunuch Xining, bypassed the rest of the checkpoints and marched towards Bauhinia Pass.

Of course, he will not forget to bring Zhu Qizhen, although Zhu Qizhen is no longer the emperor at this time, but after all, he has become the emperor, which is somewhat useful.

Dozens of miles away, Bauhinia Pass Liao was uninhabited and looked lifeless.

At this time, the Bauhinia Pass became an empty city, and the fate of Sun Xiang, the guard of the Bauhinia Pass, who should have died in battle with the arrival of the new emperor Zhu Qiyu's envoy, was rewritten.

Speaking of which, this Sun Xiang is also a dead brain, even if he saw the emperor's holy decree and asked him to lead all the officers and soldiers guarding the Bauhinia Pass to abandon the Bauhinia Pass and retreat to the Beijing Division, he still did not retreat, and he would swear to defend the Bauhinia Pass. The guards, who couldn't come to announce the decree, tied him up directly, and then seized his military power, and retreated to the Beijing division with all the officers and soldiers of Bauhinia Pass.

The Bauhinia Pass is also the gateway to the capital, and the breaking of this pass indicates that the entire Beijing division will be exposed to the enemy's iron hooves.

Why didn't Zhu Qiyu fight here, but abandoned it?

This is also the doubt in the heart of Sun Xiang, the general of Bauhinia Pass, but the envoy who came to announce the decree did not say why, so Sun Xiang was unwilling to abandon the Bauhinia Pass, and scolded the ministers of the court and the newly enthroned emperor for being allowed to order the abandonment of Bauhinia Pass because of their brain diseases.

scolded and scolded, he couldn't change Zhu Qiyu's decision.

Abandoning the Bauhinia Pass was naturally a decision made by Zhu Qiyu after discussing with Yu Qian and others, which was a strategy.

The first army is mainly cavalry, coming and going without a trace, blindly defending is not a way at all, only to concentrate it in one place, and then organize superior forces to have a large team battle, it is best to completely destroy the opponent, even if it cannot be completely destroyed, a large number of killing and injuring the opponent's troops, it can also temporarily solve the current dilemma.

After all, Daming at this time can't afford it, and he can't afford it.

As a result, there was the scene of the abandonment of the Bauhinia Pass.

The reason why Bauhinia Pass was chosen instead of Datong and Xuanfu was deliberate. First, because it was first attacked from here in history, Zhu Qiyu also chose Bauhinia Pass as the necessary place for the first army to attack Beijing in order to prevent history from causing too many deviations and changes in the future because of his arrival.

The second reason is that he also suffered losses in Xuanfu and Datong one after another, and he will never look back.

Therefore, the purple crown is now the best choice.

Unlike in history, the Purple Gold Crown in history was captured by force, and now it is actively abandoned.

One was broken by a strong attack, and the other was automatically abandoned, whether the result was as repeated as in history, even Zhu Qiyu had no bottom in his heart.

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The army of Yexian was naturally very strong, and the cavalry rushed straight to the Bauhinia Pass with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain, and it was almost half a day, and the vanguard had already appeared in front of the Bauhinia Pass.

I thought there would be a bad battle to fight, but I was stunned by the scene in front of me, and I didn't know why.

The army was approaching the city, and what appeared in front of Ye Xian and others was not the scene where the city gate was closed and the Ming army was waiting for the battle, but the Bauhinia Pass, which was wide open, defenseless, and empty.

"What's going on?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, which was completely different from what they expected! In front, Xuanfu and Datong couldn't open the door even if they clamped the emperor. It's good here, I thought it would take a lot of effort, but I didn't want it to be like this.

"Dashuai, this is the enemy's strategy, the purpose is to let us introduce the pass, and then the enemy army in ambush will kill together and kill us by surprise." The little eunuch Xi Ning seemed to be right and said first, and quoted the scriptures, and said that the head was the Tao.

It can be said that Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty really made a good start, and the eunuchs he trained were also very capable, and he was not lost to those Confucians who had been studying poetry and books for more than ten years.

In terms of strategy, even the Confucian, who is full of wealth, is not far behind.

He naturally knew the cunning and cunning of the Han people, and he didn't need to be reminded by Xining, and he would not act rashly in the face of the empty and open Bauhinia Pass.

The large army set up camp, and then, as well, ordered a small group of scouts to go deep into the pass to investigate the enemy's situation.

People are sometimes really complicated, even the simplest things, they will think complicated, I don't know why!

Is it because you have suffered too much loss? Or is it too knowledgeable?

Is it really empty in the Bauhinia Pass at this time, yes yes, yes yes to say no.

All the officers and soldiers guarding the Bauhinia Pass have withdrawn, but there is still a special team hidden in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to move.

A team of Warat cavalry entered the pass, and in the face of the empty Bauhinia Pass, they were like facing a great enemy, and they were extremely cautious.

Unknown dangers are the most terrifying, because you don't know when, where, and from what direction your life will end.

In the dark, the bright eyes opened one after another, like a sleeping murderer preparing to forage for food, but did not exud a trace of the prey's alertness.

The Warat cavalry continued to go deeper, and although they could not see anyone, the fear made people always alert.

Shout!

Suddenly, a sharp sound of breaking wind sounded, and the leading Varat cavalry fell to the ground, dead and dead. Stuck in its neck was a crossbow bolt that sank into its tail, revealing a bloody arrow.

Before the rest of the cavalry could react, the crossbow arrows shot from the hand crossbows were like the scythes of death, mercilessly harvesting fresh life.

In an instant, this group of cavalry was mercilessly shot, and there was no one alive except for the horses that had lost their masters, still surrounding their dead masters.

Dozens of people came out of their hiding corners, all of them very old, dressed in black suits that were obviously out of place in this world, with crossbows in their hands and swords more than a man tall on their backs.

Daring Do is the commander of this team, and like the Fallen Fish and Goose, he has no last name, only a first name.

When he learned that the Shuai army was attacking Bauhinia Pass, Zhu Qiyu not only ordered Bauhinia Pass to be abandoned, but he also sent all the forces in his hands, the purpose of which was to secretly attack and break the ring and harass the enemy army.

Maybe if you're lucky, you'll be able to do a decapitation or something.

Of course, Zhu Qiyu naturally didn't expect to rely on them to turn the tide of the battle, but he couldn't bear to sink the fish and geese and fearlessly ask them to fight, so he agreed.

As for the other thing that Shen Yu said to them, he wouldn't let Zhu Qiyu know.

That's the ultimate purpose of their trip.

As for why Dauntless came to the empty Bauhinia Pass, it is very simple, although he abandoned the pass and did not defend it, he couldn't let the first come so smoothly, that is, the purpose of Dauntless to lead the team here is so much, but also to explore the reality of the first place, and to train the soldiers easily.

After quickly pulling out the crossbow arrows on the corpse, collecting the war horse, and removing all the corpses, he glanced at the hollow street, a meaningful smile crossed the corner of Fearless's mouth, and he waved his big hand, "Withdraw!" ”

Soon, the streets were empty, and apart from the shocking pools of blood, they had once again returned to their former tranquility.