Chapter 664: Kill to the capital
It was night, and a group of people got together. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhang An is the oldest, so naturally he presided over this meeting.
Wang Zhou and Ma Xuan looked at each other and smiled, without much communication, everything was silent.
"The news of Wen Xuan's death, everyone here should already know. Now that the Xuanfu has more than 400,000 soldiers, it is not a matter for it to continue like this. Grain and grass are one thing, and the other is the impact. This time we are not rebelling, but going to Beijing to get justice for Wenxuan. Zhang An propped up the table with his hands, and his eyes kept looking at the people sitting at the table.
There were a lot of people present.
They are Wang Zhou, Ma Xuan, Fan Tong, Jiang Wei, and Xie Lun.
Gao Yinhe, the former Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi, originally had no chance to sit at this table, but Wang Zhou deliberately arranged for him to receive the five thousand Shenji Battalion soldiers under the command of Liu Qi, so he also had this opportunity to participate in the meeting.
"With such fanfare, I'm afraid that something is wrong!" Ma Xuan hesitated.
He saw a letter, and after reading the letter, he chose to leave Datong without hesitation.
But if he really let him take 100,000 border troops and follow so many people into Beijing, he always felt that something was wrong.
Zhang An said lightly: "If you want to go, you will go, and if you don't want to go, you won't go, I won't force it." This is not a war, not a service for the court, but a personal vendetta.
When Wenxuan was alive, he was kind to all of you. After receiving his suicide note, everyone came. Yes, very good, the old man is very pleased.
But everyone has their own ambitions, and the old man will not force you to do what you don't want to do.
Loyalty and patriotism, or brotherhood, you have to choose.
But once you make a choice, you have to make up your mind. The old man will be the main general this time, if someone agrees to come down, and then he says he won't go. Even if the old man agrees, the knife under the old man will not agree. ”
These words are clearly beating the hesitant Ma Zhang, among so many people, only Ma Xuan can't make up his mind.
With Zhang Ru's suicide note, he came, and he hoped that more people would oppose such a proposal. But unexpectedly, from beginning to end, he was the only one who objected.
Even, the person named Gao Yinhe looked at him with disdain.
Suddenly, Ma Xuan felt red-faced.
Wang Zhou smiled: "Since everyone is here, they are ready." I have long since left the Wang family, and my life or death has nothing to do with the Wang family. Even if it was a real rebellion this time, Wang Zhou was also a pioneer officer. ”
Gao Yinhe stood up and said very excitedly: "In order to fulfill the last wish of the Hou Ye, Gao is willing to pay a cheap life." ”
Others also stood up to express their attitudes, at least, their attitudes were different from Ma Zhang's.
Zhang An nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, yes, Wen Xuan didn't look away." But don't worry, this time, it should be fine. By the way, Ma Xuan, what about you? ”
Ma Xuan snorted, "I..."
Zhang An's face changed slightly, and his eyes became calm: "Mr. Ma, don't tell the old man that you came to Xuanfu with 100,000 Datong border troops, not only did you not come to help your boss avenge, but you came to stop us from helping your boss avenge!" ”
Ma Xuan hurriedly denied: "No, no, General Zhang misunderstood." It's just that we enter Beijing with such fanfare, if the imperial court sends someone to block it, a big war will be inevitable at that time. Ma Xuan was not afraid, but worried that the situation would be out of control at that time. ”
Zhang An said confidently: "Don't worry about this, the old man is naturally measured." ”
Of course, he wouldn't tell Ma Xuan that he had seen something unusual in the letters.
After a little discussion, the army immediately set out, all the grain and grass and baggage were not brought, and the cavalry was the first to set off.
Originally, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to have so many cavalry. After all, the Central Plains region does not produce war horses, and an excellent war horse is rare.
But the 300,000 Tatar army sent nearly 600,000 war horses to the Ming Dynasty. This is still the number after deducting the loss, and if you count those disabled war horses, it is at least 900,000.
The Tatars were standard with three horsemen, which allowed the light cavalry to exert their due attack power and also speed up the march.
The 200,000 cavalry took the lead, but in a day and a half, they encountered Li Ming's Jizhen soldiers.
The border army of Jizhen has always been led by Li Ming, and its loyalty to the imperial court is much higher than that of the other eight border towns, but Zhang An just personally took people to Li Ming's side, and then after coming back, he continued to take people to the capital and hurried slowly.
"Commander, hundreds of thousands of troops have rebelled, why do you let them go?" I was puzzled by the question.
Li Ming said expressionlessly: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." ”
"But..."The general wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Li Ming's violent shouting: "Ben Shuai told you, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't know what you shouldn't know." Immediately sent a letter back to Beijing, and the 150,000 troops of Jizhen fought fiercely with the rebels, losing 90,000 people. ”
The doubts in the general's heart were even greater: "Commander, you are a blatant bully!" ”
Li Ming said: "You don't need to bear the responsibility, what are you afraid of." Besides, as long as I, Li Ming, were beheaded because of the rebellion, you would be the chief soldier of Jizhen. ”
The general will no longer speak, he is afraid that if he continues to talk, he will not wait for the day when Li Ming's head will be seen, but his head will be cut off by Li Ming first.
The controversy between the principal and the deputy has always been a common practice in the military and officialdom. Unless they are die-hard members, the average deputy hopes that the main post will die sooner and then he will be in the position.
The border army of Jizhen went through the motions and there was nothing to do, and after returning to the station, they still lived their lives as they wanted, as if nothing had ever happened to them.
This ambiguous attitude also relieved the 'rebels', who were originally ready for battle, and no one wanted to die early, and sometimes they wanted to save their lives and enjoy happiness.
The fact that they couldn't fight at this stop was a blessing for them.
Maybe after arriving in the capital, there will be another battle, and they will be able to survive.
Soon, hundreds of thousands of troops were killed outside the capital.
Almost all the people in the entire city of Beiping fell into panic.
It didn't take long for the news of Zhang Ru's death to come out, why did the border generals under him come to the capital with people to kill?
Whether it's those who are ready to move out of the capital or those who don't want to leave at all, everyone can't leave now.
The men and horses under Zhang Ru's command have already surrounded the capital.
These so-called rebels did not immediately attack, and they also shot letters to the city with arrows, and perhaps the Beijing troops in the city must be in panic.
The place with the most rebels was Desheng Gate, which was supposed to pass through the city gate when the general was triumphant, but now crowded with rebels.
The keeper of Desheng Gate is Qiu Sheng, the Marquis of Tianyin, and when he has no master of the six gods, he sees a ray of light. This ray of light is the letter that Zhang An ordered people to shoot at the head of the city.