After returning to the palace, he summoned the three elders again, and selectively said that he had touched a gray nose in front of Zhang Ru.

Xie Qian's face was flat, Liu Ji's eyes were wandering left and right, and Qiu Jun was silent.

"If it really doesn't work, let Baoguo Gong go on the expedition!" Zhu Youzhu rubbed his eyebrows and said with a bitter face.

Liu Ji nodded happily: "What Your Majesty said is very true, Zhang Wenxuan does not give His Majesty face, if the court keeps holding him, I am afraid that he will get carried away." Since he did not agree to go on a campaign for the country, there was no need for the imperial court to show mercy to his subordinates. The minister asked His Majesty to issue an order to copy the property under Zhang Wenxuan's name to fill the treasury. ”

Xie Qian snorted angrily and turned his face away from Liu Ji's hateful face.

Liu Ji asked very indifferently: "Lord Xie, do you have an opinion about the old man?" ”

Xie Qian didn't raise his eyelids: "The old man doesn't like to talk to sinister villains. ”

Liu Ji's eyes widened, pointing at Xie Qian and about to go crazy, seeing that the situation was a little wrong, Qiu Jun immediately stood up and said: "What Your Majesty said is not unreasonable, but the minister thinks that Baoguo Gong is really not the best candidate for this trip to Datong."

At the beginning, the minister recommended Bao Guogong because Guogong had been a great Ming Rong horse for half his life, and he had countless military achievements, and he was the commander who could best deter Zhang An of Xuanfu.

But that day, the words of Baoguo Gong still linger in the hearts of the old ministers, Baoguo Gong is now an honest old man, if he is forced to go on the expedition, it is good if nothing happens, once something happens, how should the people of the world view Your Majesty?

Zhu Hui, the son of Baoguo Gong, is a little capable, but compared with his father, it is difficult to match.

Please think twice about this choice of commander. ”

Zhu Youzhu said angrily: "This is not good, that is not good, you should recommend a useful talent to me." Isn't Xuanfu Zhang An unruly and untamable, let him serve as the commander of the three armies, what can he do. ”

At this moment, the three pavilion elders were all panicked.

They all arched their hands and said: "Your Majesty think twice, Zhang An can only be a general, not a handsome!" ”

Zhang An is indeed a rare veteran, and he is also a good general. But this guy is old, but he has to fight with Xiao Young. Even if it is a battle that is nine out of ten, he likes to use dangerous tactics.

Although every time he went out to fight, he won more and lost less, but the current Ming Dynasty could not withstand any toss at all, and the courtiers hoped to survive safely, rather than raising the strength of the whole country to deal with the Tatar army of 200,000.

"Within three days, choose the right person." Zhu Youzhu couldn't put forward a few suggestions, so he simply didn't mention them, and threw this hot potato to the three elders.

With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

On April 13 of the third year of Hongzhi, the defenders of Datong, who had been in a stalemate with the Tatar army for half a month, finally had their first encounter with the enemy. The place where the war took place was coincidentally in Yajiao Mountain.

In the early morning of the 13th, the Tatar army, which was constantly replenished with grain and grass in the rear, launched an attack on Yajiao Mountain under the leadership of the vanguard general Blot. At this time, it was still the fourth watch, the sun had not risen, and the soldiers were tired.

Suddenly, there were shouts of killing all around, as if there were enemies on all sides, and for a moment, the young soldiers began to panic, and some of them could not even hold their weapons steadily.

Fortunately, the new garrison of Yajiao Mountain, Lin Ke, was not chaotic, and let his veteran lead the recruits to organize a defensive formation as soon as possible.

The shouts of killing continued, but I didn't see a single enemy go up to the city, and the imaginary siege ladder did not appear, and those enemies evacuated lightly.

After listening to the report, Lin Kedi sneered again and again: "If you want to mess with our army's heart, it's just a fool's dream." ”

"Come, give the order, from now on, the soldiers will not take off their armor, stay on their back, everyone will be vigilant, and the archers will attack within the enemy's range. Don't care if the arrows are sufficient, give it to Lao Tzu **** mother. ”

Orders have become vulgar at the bottom, but no one cares if the order is vulgar or not, what they care about is how to kill a few more enemies while ensuring that they are thorough.

After the first battle of Yajiao Mountain became famous, the number of troops increased to 5,000, which is already considered a large number among dozens of fortresses. However, in the face of the 20,000 Tatar cavalry outside, Lin Wuving, a veteran of the battlefield, still had no certainty of victory.

The rolling stone and sassalwood were carried to the city, and it was not time to use these weapons for the time being, but Lin Kedi was ready to fight to the death.

"Report! Baobao, Lemazhai and Heihukou were captured, and more than 13,000 defenders were captured. ”

The panting Tanma fell off the horse's back with a grunt, and then staggered into Yang Rong's military tent, shouting clearly.

Yang Rong, who was looking at the map, stood up suddenly: "What did you say?" Are you sure you didn't die in battle, but were all captured? ”

"Returning to the general, the last general will not dare to believe it. The Sanzhai people and horses were indeed all captured, not killed in battle. He didn't dare to raise his head, but he said with great certainty.

Yang Rong slumped on the chair for a moment, thinking to himself that this is the end, if these people were all killed in battle, I would still have an explanation for the imperial court. However, the Sanzhai people, a total of more than 13,000 people, were all captured, and I, the chief soldier, am afraid that it will come to an end.

It was not easy to react, and Yang Rong immediately asked, "Say, what's going on?" ”

The spy said: "General, the Sanzhai people were not captured on their own initiative, but fell for the tricks of the thieves. I don't know what powerful people are in the Tatar army that invaded this time, and they sent a small group of men and horses to enter the border of our Ming Dynasty, and then intercepted the grain and grass halfway, and put sweat medicine in the grain and grass.

Our army did not notice for a while, and only then did they fall for the enemy's tricks. ”

"Fart!" Yang Rong slapped the table: "If no one reports the news, how can those Tartars know the route of our army to transport grain and grass." ”

Now the spies didn't dare to speak, after all, Yang Rong's analysis was very reasonable.

"You immediately hurry into Beijing and ask the imperial court to send troops to rescue." In the dark, Yang Rong had a feeling that this Datong was estimated to be more auspicious.

Ma Xuan was very comfortable, hiding in Datong City with his descendants, and he didn't care about Yang Rong's life or death. All the burden is now on Yang Rong alone, even if Ma Xuan does not hide in Datong City, this burden can only be on Yang Rong.

Nominally, he is the general soldier of Datong, and the victory or defeat on the battlefield has nothing to do with others, and all the responsibilities need to be borne by him.

I don't know how many times he has sent a letter to the capital, but unfortunately every letter sent out, there is no reply, and the adults in the capital don't seem to care about the rise and fall of Datong at all.

However, except for asking for help, Yang Rong had no way.

Xuanfu Zhang An was behind his buttocks, but he knew the man's temperament very well, and under normal circumstances, he would not come to the rescue.

Li Ming in Jizhen is easier to talk to, but if there is no order from the imperial court, Li Ming will not dare to bear the notoriety of this private troop transfer.

During this time, Yang Rong was so anxious that his mouth was blistering, and after countless nights of tossing and turning, he even had the idea of leaving his family to escape alone.

Asking for help again can be regarded as Yang Rong's last bit of hope.

The spy is also dedicated, galloping non-stop all the way, and every time he arrives at a post station, he changes horses and does not change people, because this order is a message, and he must fully describe it to the adults in the capital.

Three days later, the five armies were governors.

The spy dismounted and died immediately after saying a word.

"If you don't rescue again, Datong will be in danger!"

The murdered spies did not make the governors feel compassion, and after they looked at each other, they sent someone to inform Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department.

Yang Rong, the chief soldier of Datong, and Ma Xuan, the deputy chief soldier of Datong.

Ma Xuan is Ma Wensheng's son, Datong is in a hurry, and the most urgent person should belong to Ma Wensheng in addition to the emperor and several scholars in the cabinet.

What makes people feel strange is that Ma Wensheng, who got the news, seemed extremely indifferent, he didn't seem to be worried about his son dying on the battlefield in Datong, but also comforted the governor, saying that it was okay, everything has the court!

Ma Wensheng's intriguing attitude reassured several people, in fact, they were not very worried about the situation in Datong, Datong is gone, it happens to be the world of these military generals, and the situation of being pressed by civil officials will be swept away.

The emperor and several cabinet members soon learned the news, and at this time, the emperor couldn't sit still at all.

He summoned several cabinet ministers to gather in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and immediately threw out his own questions when they met: "Several, Datong is in a hurry, if Datong falls into the hands of the enemy, my northwest gate will be opened, and the Tatar army can go straight to the capital."

I don't have much time, and the time of the Datong defenders is not much, within three days, the candidate suitable for the commander of the three armies will be selected, and after three days, the army will set off to help Datong. Zhang An of Xuanfu was ordered to send troops to help, and Li Ming was responsible for logistics and supply, and there must be no mistakes. ”

In fact, the Holy Purpose had already arrived at Zhang An's desk a few days ago, but no one understood why Zhang An dared to resist the decree.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent and can't find a suitable candidate for the expedition." Xie Qian's nose is not a nose or an eye, anyway, he refuses to give Zhu Youzhu a good face.

This is also a Zhu Youzhu who is not brutal, if it were replaced by Zhu Jianshen, I am afraid that he would have been dragged out and spanked a long time ago.

Liu Ji didn't dare to talk nonsense this time, don't say that he didn't have a suitable candidate in his heart, even if he had a suitable candidate, he wouldn't say it at this time.

Just kidding, no one knows what the situation is on the Datong side, and it is difficult to deduce the scene based on the words in the newspaper alone.

This rode a fast horse into Beijing, who knows if Datong is still in the hands of Daming.

If he said the wrong candidate and ended up defeating, he couldn't afford this old bone.

Qiu Jun took a step forward and said, "If Your Majesty allows it, the old minister is willing to persuade Zhang Wenxuan to come out." ”

Zhu Youzhu suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "I'm really curious, why do you all believe in Zhang Wenxuan so much. ”

Qiu Jun said word by word: "Because he is good at creating miracles, he has the ability to win." ”