Sun Yuan sat on the war horse, closed his eyes slightly, stretched out his hands, and felt the breeze passing between his fingers.

He breathed heavily, and his lungs were filled with the fierce air of Yan Zhao's northern land in an instant.

"Finally back in Beijing!" In later generations, although Sun Yuan was a southerner, he worked in Beijing as soon as he graduated from university. It wasn't until the year before last that he returned to his hometown to be a small boss, although the life of a small boss was comfortable and happy. But the best years of his life were left in the capital, Beijing, which is the most inseparable imprint in his life, which will accompany him for the rest of his life.

The time has reached the middle of August of the ninth year of Chongzhen, and after a long time on the road, the Ningxiang Army and the Tianxiong Army Wang Yuncheng finally entered the territory of Beizhili.

The army had just passed Baoding and arrived at the boundary of Yongqing County.

Unlike the Beijing area of later generations, which had a strong smell of bituminous coal when taking a breath, the capital sky of this time and space was fresh and intoxicating, especially at dusk

。

The sun had set, and the weather had suddenly cooled down, making people feel indescribably comfortable, and even the horses under the seats were neighing happily.

The troops were walking in an arid river valley, no one was talking, and there was a rustling sound under their feet.

"General, General!" At this time, a fast horse came running, rolled away the rolling yellow dust, and left Sun Yuan on his face. The body was already sweating, and as soon as the sand dust hit his face, he clung to the skin, making people very uncomfortable.

In an instant, the good mood was gone.

Sun Yuan sighed, this area was a river water network a few decades ago, but now it has become too dry. The Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty is really not a joke. As far as he could see in the days he had been in the north, the people had withered away, and he usually walked on the road for half a day, but he couldn't see a single figure. Many villages have become uninhabited villages.

The cavalry jumped off his horse and arched his hand: "General Yu, General Wang Yuncheng ordered, come here today, let us set up camp." ”

"Ordered, what is he Wang Yuncheng, he is also worthy of commanding our Ningxiang Army." Next to him, Shao Wei sneered: "Set up camp again, walk twenty miles a day, and if the weather is bad, you have to rest for a few days." The past few days have been getting slower and slower, and today I have only walked ten miles, and I have to rest. I can see that the Sichuan army is all young masters and sons, and they are not worthy of being soldiers at all. ”

Another officer sneered: "General Wang is afraid, Jiannu is now in front, he doesn't dare to compete with the enemy." ”

Shao Wei said angrily: "As a Ming sergeant, it is our responsibility to protect our family and defend the country. According to me, we should speed up the march and look for fighters to fight the enemy in a decisive battle, how can we rub off here? ”

"Yes, yes, marching with Wang Yuncheng, but having to obey his orders, it's really breathtaking." The officer chimed in.

"You all have to say a word." Sun Yuan drank him and smiled bitterly: At the beginning, he was humble for a while, but he asked Wang Yuncheng to be the commander of the army, but now he has to act according to his orders, which is really breathtaking. However, it is already in the capital anyway, and it is not too early. Seeing Inspector Lu's affection for my Sun Yuan, he asked him for a few days: "Set up camp!" ”

"Set up camp, set up a village!"

At the sound of an order, the army stopped and began to station.

At this time, Zhu Xuanshui reminded Sun Yuan: "General Sun Yuan, you have already entered the capital

。 At this time, Jiannu was burning, killing and looting in Gyeonggi. Yongqing is only two hundred miles away from the capital, and I am afraid that that place will also be occupied by slaves. Is it to send out all the scout cavalry to patrol and guard. ”

Speaking of this, he looked into the distance, and there was already a light seven miles away, which was the camp of Wang Yuncheng's army.

When Zhu Xuanshui said this, he spat contemptuously: "Wang Yuncheng is a little clever, but he is very confused in big things, and now, he hasn't discharged a scout, isn't he afraid that Jiannu will suddenly kill." It doesn't matter if he dies, if the thief Yingxiang escapes, we will all wipe our necks. ”

Sun Yuan smiled: "Wang Yuncheng is a villain, he is cheating, and he wants to push the hard work of the guard detectives on the head of our army." Isn't that what he's been doing these months? ”

"But too." Zhu Xuanshui's face was full of disdain, and he smiled: "Tianxiong Army, Tianxiong Army, dignified hero, how can such a dirty character come out?" ”

Sun Yuan ordered: "Release all the scouts, Jiannu can't say that it's just in front of you, don't be careless." ”

After all, it was a step too late to make it to this big battle. According to the real historical records, in more than ten days, Jiannu will return north to Liaodong with a load of spoils.

In fact, the news of Jiannu's entry into Gyeonggi this time, Sun Yuan had already learned about it through Di Bao halfway through.

According to the Di newspaper, in April of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji, the chief of Jiannunu, officially ascended the throne in Shengjing, that is, Shenyang, the founding name was the Qing Dynasty, and the year name was Chongde, and Shengjing was still the national capital.

It was from this moment that the chief of Jiannu in history was called Huang Taiji.

As a challenger to the old order, a new country will certainly engage in a major war of unprecedented scale with the outside world and display national and military prestige. In today's East Asia, the Ming Dynasty, as the hegemon and suzerainty of the past, will inevitably not watch the rise of a new country and shake its hegemony. Therefore, sooner or later there will be a war between the Ming and Qing dynasties. It's just that today's Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, and it is unable to march north. Moreover, in the past against the Northeast War, the spirit has been defeated by the Eight Banners. Today's Ming Dynasty is more defensive than offensive for its neighbors in the northeast. Moreover, the current Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen are ignorant of Huang Taiji's ambitions, and still regard the invasion of the Qing soldiers as a general incursion, not realizing that this is already a critical moment for the two dynasties to compete for the world, and their vigilance is insufficient.

Therefore, there was not much arrangement for Huang Taiji's attack.

In June of the ninth year of Chongzhen, the twelfth son of Nurhachi, the Manchu prince Azig led a total of 100,000 people from the Manchu Eight Banners, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Army Banner, and suddenly made a detour through Mongolia to attack the Great Wall from Xifengkou in the Yanqing season

。 Then, Azig led his troops deep into Gyeonggi and attacked the city and plundered the land.

On July 8, Azig captured Changping, captured the Ming Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum, and controlled the Juyongguan Great Wall Pass. The loss of Changping, the northwest gateway to Beijing, was a turning point in the campaign. After controlling the Great Wall Pass, the reinforcements from Xuanfu and Datong towns could only watch as Jiannu burned, killed and looted in Gyeonggi.

After taking Changping, the Qing troops attacked Xishan. Although the Ming army is weak, there is still a set of defending the city, the Manchu army raided the Ming Dynasty this time, the artillery is not easy to carry, and it is not good at attacking the fortifications, so it is helpless, and the man turns to attack Liangxiang.

On July 16, Baodi was captured. On the 22nd, he took Dingxing and Fangshan.

At this point, almost the entire prefecture and county under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture were plowed by the Jiannu army.

The fall of Fangshan is a very serious matter, this place is the strategic high point of Gyeonggi, condescending, morning and evening, as long as Jiannu is willing, he can kill the city of Beijing at will. For a time, the people in the capital were in turmoil, and the imperial court also issued martial law.

At this time, almost the entire Shuntian Mansion, all the people who could escape fled into the capital. The price of rice has also risen sky-high, and a bucket of rice has reached an astonishing 300 yuan. According to the Ming system, it is converted to weight. One bucket of rice is about equal to one catty and two taels. In the past, it was just three articles. In other words, the price of rice in Beijing at this moment is equivalent to 300 yuan, and the hardships of the people in Beijing can be imagined.

The Jiannu army is so rampant, as the chairman of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen can't ignore it. In fact, from the day he ascended the throne, Chongzhen was determined to be a promising monarch.

In view of the fierceness of Jiannu's offensive, Emperor Chongzhen summoned the six ministries and cabinet ministers to discuss countermeasures. After several big ******** of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the courtiers who can do things have been swept away by the so-called righteous gentlemen who usually talk about their hearts and minds and report to the king when they die.

In the face of such a sinister situation, the ministers are still clichéd and clichéd, and they are unable to come up with a feasible military plan. In the end, it was Emperor Chongzhen who came up with a solution.

Of course, his method is not new, and it is nothing more than recruiting troops from all over the world to enter Beijing to escort and retreat from the enemy.

The problem is that today's Changping Juyong Pass has been taken by the Qing soldiers, and the Xuan and the army cannot pass. And the Guan Ning army on the Shanhaiguan side had already been broken by Jiannu

。 As for the Shandong Army, it is far from being able to dissolve the close fire.

Moreover, the army of the Ming Dynasty also knew that Jiannu was no better than the peasant army that could not be worse, and he had no chance of winning against them. Therefore, after receiving the urgent order, although the Ming army also drove towards the capital, they walked very slowly and barely made a gesture.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly found that the ministers who seemed to be shrewd and capable on weekdays seemed to be useless. Could it be that it is wrong to believe in Wenchen and reuse an upright gentleman to govern the country?

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen's suspicion of Wenchen has become bigger and bigger in the past two years, and he feels as if he has been fooled by them. At this time, he suddenly regretted that he had abolished the factory guards and restricted the power of internal officials and so-called villains.

This time, it seems that it will not be possible to rely on the ministers and gentlemen.

Therefore, Chongzhen simply sent all the trusted eunuchs around him to be the supervisors of the troops in various places and command the army to fight against the enemy.

This move naturally caused a huge storm in the court and caused a strong backlash from the ministers. So, the upper fold of the fold, the impeachment of impeachment, and even someone pointed at Chongzhen's nose and scolded him for being the king of the scum, so that the emperor could explain why he wanted to reuse the eunuch?

In the face of the surging crowd, Emperor Chongzhen was suffocated for a while, so he had to say that the eunuchs acted neatly and went to work faster than the ministers. On the first day, he was given an order, and the next day he went out of the city with his troops. If the Qing family thinks that I have done something wrong and is willing to go out of the city to lead the troops, I will not object. So, who is willing to recommend himself, and I am still right.

Playing lip service, civil officials are naturally impassioned. But when they thought of going out of the city to fight Jiannu, everyone slipped away.

In this way, the court can be regarded as quiet.

Civilian officials are unbearable, but eunuchs don't seem to be very effective in leading troops. From July to now, the Ming army has not fought a decent war with Jiannu, and until now, no army has entered the Gyeonggi battlefield. As for Jingying, it has been more than a month since he left the city, and it seems to have evaporated out of thin air, and he can't find anyone at all.

The Ming army was so unbearable, which further fueled Jiannu's madness and arrogance. The Azig army was like a no-man's land in Gyeonggi, and it was all the way to the ground, even breaking through the house and Ansu, and attacking the big city. By August, it invaded Wen'an and Yongqing, and took Xiongxian, Sui'an, Xianghe, and Shunyi.

It can be said that except for the city of Beijing, there is no place in the entire Shuntian Mansion that is not free from military disasters.

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