The offensive launched by 50,000 Tartar thieves against the capital was thwarted, and the 30,000 captives were blocked by the defenders of Juyong Pass, unable to rush to Beijing to participate in the battle as scheduled. In the face of this situation, he had no chance of winning, and was worried that it would be unfavorable for him to drag on the war for a long time, so he led his troops to flee west from Liangxiang.

In terms of strength, the Ming army guarding the capital was not as good as the elite Beijing army that was defeated at Tumubao, but after Yu Qian's training and the removal of a large number of middle and low-level officers, the Ming army's combat strength was quickly restored.

Shi Heng and Yu Qian were the first to discuss merit, Emperor Jingtai named Shi Heng as the Marquis of Wuqing, and Yu Qian was added as the Shaobao and the secretary of the military department, which was after Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, and there were people in Jiuqing who were once again among the "three orphans".

Not long after Yu Qian was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, he was awarded the title of Shaobao in a blink of an eye, and his status was already above Hu Hu and Wang Zhi, who were the prince's concubine and the prince's protector, which made Yu Qian very uneasy, and Yu Qian chose to resign when his majesty saw him.

"The minister is shallow to the sixth secretary, and the responsibility is heavy and the talent is sparse, and he is out of sight. When the Holy Lord is diligent and the ministers are dying, how can they take the heavy responsibility of protecting and fulfilling the heavy responsibilities of dogs and horses? If he was merciful, he still served in his old position, and supervised military affairs, in order to make up for it. ”

Of course, Emperor Jingtai would not accept Yu Qian's resignation, but insisted on adding the title of Shaobao to Yu Qian. Emperor Jingtai also sent a letter to Yexian, and sent an edict to Yexian's younger brother Boyan Timur, asking them to treat the emperor well, and it is best to send one or twenty people to disarm and put troops in the army, and return them to the emperor.

Knowing that he had also taken the emperor hostage and withdrawn from the Bauhinia Pass, Emperor Jingtai sent an edict to all Qinwang soldiers to leave Beijing, and ordered the Korean soldiers, Jurchen soldiers, and Shaanxi Tubo soldiers who had not yet arrived in Beijing to return their own.

The capital is still under martial law, but the three departments of Warat have shown signs of imminent infighting, and they sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute, and Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, got a glimpse of the defeat of Warat, and strongly persuaded Emperor Jingtai to make good friends with Takeoff and not to spend, in order to collect the effect of discord, Emperor Jingtai listened to Chen Xun's suggestion, treated Wu Lingha politely, and gave Takot no flower to a heavy reward.

Those who were busy working in vain were also angry first, and the arson army wantonly plundered the prefectures and counties they passed, and hundreds of people were still suffering. As a result, Emperor Jingtai sent several people to chase after and suppress his subordinates, and strictly ordered the defenders everywhere to fulfill their responsibilities to protect the territory and the people.

Just as Emperor Jingtai remembered Zhu Qiming and was about to pass him to Fengtian Temple for a detailed discussion, he heard Xing'anyu's report: "Your Majesty, the King of Yue has left the capital with 8,000 men and horses, and it is expected that he will arrive at the Datong border in three days." ”

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The sky is full of snow, and the snow in the area of Datong Maoerzhuang has exceeded a foot.

"Phew!"

Zhu Qiming reined in his horse and gazed at the surrounding terrain to deepen the geographical impression left on him by "The Seven Strategies of Pingyu".

The topography of Datong belongs to the basin, surrounded by ravines and ravines, undulating mountains, and dangerous terrain, which is an important gateway of the Beijing division of Fanping. And Maoerzhuang is on the north side of Datong, close to the border line, Daming has a castle here, here is also the first to enter and exit the Ming must pass through, at the beginning also led the army to invade Datong at the same time, Datong general Wu Hao was killed in this place.

"Drive!"

Zhu Qiming rode his horse into the army, and ordered nearly 7,000 men and horses to bypass Maoerzhuang Castle, cross the border line, and sneak into the border of Warat.

Before dark, nearly 7,000 men and horses arrived at a col, and saw Shi Feng leading more than 1,000 men and horses to meet him.

"Your Highness, please move, and go half a mile north to reach the campsite." Shi Feng jumped off the horse, grabbed the bridle of Zhu Qiming's mount, and said with a smile.

When the fierce battle in the capital was in full swing, Zhu Qiming ordered Shi Feng to lead the crowd to come here first, carry the documents of the household department, transfer enough grain and grass from Datong Mansion, and choose to be there

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Many caves were dug on the loess slope for the army to camp.

Zhu Qiming has reread "The Seven Strategies of Pingyu" many times, and he has long been familiar with the terrain here, but he does not want to enter the camp at the moment, and plans to carefully explore the surrounding terrain before dark to form a more intuitive impression.

He ordered Xu Gong and Tang Ji to lead the army to the camp to light a fire and prepare food, while he called Shi Feng, Wang Lie and two hundred guards to patrol around the perimeter of the camp.

The cavalry sometimes climbed the heights, sometimes ran to the bottom of the valley, leaving hooves all over the ground. Zhu Qiming knew that after a night of heavy snowfall, if he woke up tomorrow morning, all the traces here would be tightly covered by the snow.

Ascending a high ground again, looking around, confirming that there were three hidden paths to choose from the camp, and cutting diagonally into the wide north-south passageway, Zhu Qiming nodded with satisfaction, and waved his horsewhip at Shifeng.

"Shi Feng, after this battle, you can go home and reunite with your wife and young son."

Shi Feng touched the back of his neck, "Hey, hey······ Your Highness, the Tartar thief has not been extinguished, how can the husband be at home! ”

You'll get a bargain! Over there, Wang Lie had disdain on his face, and then turned his head to look at Zhu Qiming, with a sense of expectation in his eyes.

"Your Highness, after this battle, I plan to disarm and return to the field."

"Disarming and returning to the field?" Zhu Qiming glanced at Wang Lie in surprise, but did not reply.

Shi Feng sneered at Wang Lie, "You kid can't forget that Jurchen demon girl, hum!" is also disarming and returning to the field, why don't you say that you will return to the hidden stove and Tu Mountain, and be a Jurchen hunter? ”

"Nonsense, Yehenara is not a demon girl!"

Wang Lie's face sank, his eyes were a little scary, and looking at that, he had the posture of rushing forward to fight with Shi Feng.

Shi Feng was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly lowered his voice: "Poor people must have something to hate, alas, amorous hatred since ancient times!" ”

Wang Lie's ears turned red, Zhu Qiming hurriedly waved the whip, and with a "snap", the whip woke up Shi Feng and Wang Lie, who were competing.

"Wang Lie, it won't be long before you become a famous young general, why don't you worry about marrying a beautiful woman at that time? You have to think clearly, that Yehenara clan is not an idle person, you left your fame and went to Jianzhou, this move may not be able to impress her. ”

Wang Lie said without thinking: "I can't manage so much in Xia, as long as I can see her, I am willing to live thirty years less!" ”

"Alas, unexpectedly, you, Wang Lie, have also become one of the infatuated men and women in the world! However, most of the Jurchens are fierce, and if you want to seize the title of Golden Sword Warrior, I am afraid that it will not be easy. ”

"The Golden Sword Warriors have to have someone to fight, and after trying it, they will know if this matter is easy."

Zhu Qiming sighed helplessly, "Okay, this king will repair a book for the Fancha couple and give it to you to carry with you, with this letter, presumably the Jurchens will not embarrass you." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Wang Lie immediately smiled from ear to ear.

Shi Feng said cool words again: "Wang Lie, before you kid goes to Jianzhou, let's practice how to be a hunter or fisherman." ”

"Why not be a hunter or a fisherman? I do! ”

Wang Lie was in a good mood and didn't want to have a verbal dispute with Shi Feng anymore, so he replied lightly, and then smirked at Zhu Qiming.

"Let's get back to camp."

Zhu Qiming gave an order, and more than 200 horsemen and horses rushed down the high ground one after another, but the sound of hooves was deafening, and the hooves of the horses rolled up the snow and dust all the way.