Chapter Forty-Eight: Ready to Go
Zhu Shou respectfully gave a salute and said solemnly: "Please rest assured!" The sons will sweep away the Tatars for you! Return the Ming Dynasty to a peace, and return the people to an explanation! ”
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty has often harassed the Ming Dynasty, and the people along the border have complained of misery, and several conquests against the Tatars have only taught them a lesson and driven them out of the Central Plains. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info didn't kill them, it's not that he doesn't want to, but this Tatar is too cunning, often playing games and hide and seek with the Ming army, and he can't find them.
Several times it has failed, and then the Tatars were replaced by tile thorns, and the change of the civil fort during the Yingzong period, the Ming Dynasty almost lost the country. Yingzong was captured and asked the Ming to take money to ransom, thanks to the empress dowager, Yu Qian and others who made a wise decision not to agree, but to set up a new emperor, and slowly the Ming Dynasty can continue to this day.
On that expedition, due to the hasty preparation and the lack of military rations on the way, the army's morale was already unstable. When he learned of the defeat at the front, Wang Zhen hurriedly withdrew his troops, but Wang Zhen wanted to withdraw from Bauhinia Pass and let Yingzong go to his hometown of Ulzhou to have a look, first, to raise his eyebrows, and second, to show off.
Many of the officers and men who accompanied the army opposed it and still changed the route of the march. Later, he was afraid that the army would cross the border and damage the crops in his hometown, so he ordered the army to turn to Xuanfu, but unexpectedly at this time, the Warat army chased after him, and some generals led their troops to meet all the battlefields and died. The 50,000 horses who led the cavalry to block the attack went to Harrier Ridge, and died in ambush, and all 50,000 horsemen were destroyed.
In the middle of August of the 14th year of orthodoxy in 1449, he arrived at Tumubao, only 20 miles away from Huailai City, Wang Zhen thought that more than 1,000 heavy military vehicles had not arrived, and ordered to camp on the spot.
Due to the improper organization of the Tumubao Incident, all military and political affairs were arbitrarily decided by Wang Zhen (Liu Jin's idol), but the civil and military ministers who accompanied the expedition did not participate in military and political affairs, and the army was very chaotic. After the defeat, he retreated to Tumu Fort.
Some ministers suggested that they should be asked to enter Juyong Pass to ensure safety, but Wang Zhen was capricious and not allowed.
There is a river fifteen miles south of the civil fort, which is occupied by the Wara army, and the soldiers are hungry and thirsty, and there is still no water when they dig two zhang of wells.
A day later, the Warat army surrounded the fort. The leader of the tile spurs sent an envoy to make peace and explained that he would take the initiative to evacuate, so as to paralyze the Ming army. Yingzong was not suspicious. Wang Zhen ordered the camp to be moved to water, and when the Ming army moved, the hungry and thirsty sergeants rushed up and rushed to the river, the men and horses were out of order, and the Wara army took the opportunity to launch an offensive.
The Ming army had to respond to the battle in a hurry, many ministers and generals were killed, Yingzong sat cross-legged, and was soon captured, and Wang Zhen was killed by the guard general with a sledgehammer.
In this battle, more than half of the Ming army died, and a large amount of baggage was plundered first, and the battle was hastily responded. The Wara army besieged on all sides, the cavalry broke into the formation, wielded a long knife and slashed the Ming army, Yingzong was captured, and almost all of the accompanying army were killed.
In the end, the tile thorns invaded the Ming Dynasty in a big way. In the battle to defend the capital, thanks to Qian and other loyal ministers who swore to defend the country, they were able to usher in the final victory. It is very commendable that the Ming Dynasty turned the tide of the war with a loss of 200,000 men first.
This war was also the process of the Ming Dynasty's transition from the early to the middle period, and it was also the process of the gradual weakening of national strength. The three battalions on which they relied almost no longer existed, and they were restored in the later years of Chenghua, but they also lost their former combat effectiveness.
Fortunately, Zhu Shou built a large number of weapons and formed an army, and now the Ming Dynasty can fight with the Tatars.
Now the Watts were once again replaced by the Tatars to represent the Mongols, and they often went to the border areas to harass the inhabitants of the Ming Dynasty. This time, he actually invaded the Ming Dynasty again, threatening to reproduce the changes in Tumubao.
Zhu Shou's simple words from the bottom of his heart made Zhu Youzhu very useful to hear, and nodded with a smile, "Father believes in your ability, and I am waiting for the news of your triumphant return in this palace." Da Ming was transferred from Taizu's hand to my hand, can't he just stop here. ”
Zhu Shou was a little speechless when he heard this, he still had the heart to joke at this time, but it was very useful, what he needed most now was encouragement. Especially with the encouragement of the current emperor, Zhu Shou became more and more confident in sweeping away the Tatars. "Wrap up with Erchen. But ......",
"But what?" Zhu Youjiao's face was happy, and nothing made him happier than Zhu Shou's bold words.
"However, I want three battalions of our army." Zhu Shou said lightly,
Zhu Youzhu showed doubts on his face, the current three major battalions are all decorations except for the Shenji Battalion. Usually used to do some construction or something, as a sapper. "What are you doing here? It shouldn't be of any use to you, right? Don't you have the Fearless Camp, the Xuanji Camp, the Heavenly Camp, and the Heavy Spirit Camp? ”
Zhu Shou nodded, "That's right." But I want the 3,000 battalion and the five-step battalion to have other uses, and I definitely want the Shenji battalion. ”
"The father emperor gave you 10,000 for the 5,000 Shenji Battalion, the 3,000 Battalion, and the 50,000 Battalion. How about giving you another 50,000 guards? ”
Zhu Shou roughly calculated, since the recruits were merged into the battalion, he had 5,000 Dreadnought Battalion, 50,000 Xuanji Battalion (originally Caokou), 10,000 Iron Cavalry in the Yutian Battalion, 500 Chongling Battalion, and 500 Shenji Battalion. plus the 751,000 given by Zhu Youjiao, a total of 140,000 troops.
"I'm going too!" Zhu Houwei argued, he had long wanted to go to the battlefield like Zhu Shou, but now that he has the opportunity, how can he let it go. What's more, he is going to become the second man of Zhu Houzhao.
"Wei'er, don't mess around! Your royal brother is going to war, not to make fun! Zhu Youzhu roared, this is a big battle related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, how can you tolerate Zhu Houwei making trouble?
"If the royal brother can go, then I can go too! They were all born to a parent, why can't I? Zhu Houwei said stiffly, and this time he poked Zhu Youjiao's pain point, "Yes, they were also born by the same parents, your imperial brother can go to the battlefield, but you are still messing around with me here!" “
In fact, Zhu Youzhu also considered letting Zhu Houwei go out to practice, but considering that he had two sons, in case Zhu Houzhao died on the battlefield...... In the future, the country will not be without heirs.....
Considering that Zhu Youzhu would not let Zhu Houwei go no matter what, he and Zhu Shou had to exercise according to the standards of the prince. If Zhu Shou can come back alive, it's okay, if he dies, Zhu Houwei can still inherit the throne.
Zhu Shou didn't care about Zhu Houwei messing around there, and when he returned to the palace, he began to prepare, in fact, there was nothing to prepare, but there were a few must-bring items, such as a slingshot, his fish intestine sword, and armor specially tailored for him. The rest of the toys are left unattended.
After a brief preparation, Zhu Shou found Zhu Houwei first, and there was one thing to ask him. As for whether he can complete it is another matter, anyway, Zhu Shou doesn't have much hope, he just finds him a job.
Wang Shouren couldn't find it, so he had to wait until he came back from the battle, and now the twenty-six-year-old Wang Shouren was preparing for the third examination.