Chapter 457 Lu Bing's interrogation
Lu Bing's hand was raised into the air again, and he was about to fight, but suddenly he thought of something again, he stopped moving, his eyebrows were open, his nostrils were heavy and he was angry, and finally slowly put his hand down and sighed: "Sky wolf, when will you learn to judge the situation with your brain?" β
The Heavenly Wolf said coldly: "The situation? The current situation is that the Mongolian soldiers are outside the city, and the current situation is that the biggest traitor is controlling the court, you are very diligent in catching the thieves of the White Lotus Sect in the city, but in the face of Yan Shifan, a huge traitor, why is there no power to do anything? β
Lu Bing said angrily: "It's not because of you! If you can kill him in the Mongol camp, it's a hundred, nothing! Now that he has escaped and can do whatever he wants, we don't have any evidence, how can we arrest him? Not to mention that now this thief has stepped up his precautions, and we can't get out of it, we have no way to start, that is, he is standing in front of him now, with the way you are now, can you beat it? β
"Don't forget, you are Jinyiwei, if you can't assassinate you, then even I will be implicated, the entire Jinyiwei will be purged, and when the time comes, if you want to betray the country, or even rebel, it won't be a difficult thing!"
Sky Wolf sneered: "Speaking of which, you just don't have the courage to gamble your net worth and life to eliminate thieves for the country, Lu Bing, I really misjudged you!" Forget it, after I recover from my injuries, I will quit Jinyiwei, and in the future, I will assassinate Yan Shifan myself, even if it is not successful, it has nothing to do with your Jinyiwei, this will always work!"
Lu Bing shook his head: "Heavenly Wolf, since I have promised you that you will join forces with you to get rid of the Yan family's father and son." If you don't break your promise, why should you rush for quick success and can't wait? The Mongols have now retreated. Yan Shifan doesn't dare to be too presumptuous at this moment now, now is a good opportunity for us, we can slowly eliminate the henchmen of the Yan family and his son, once he can slowly get rid of his henchmen, so that the court will not be controlled by Yan Song's party, then I will naturally find a way to finally have a showdown with this pair of thieves and fathers, and I need your strong help. It's so disappointing for you to say such brainless impulsive words!"
Sky Wolf's heart moved: "The Mongolian army has retreated?" β
Lu Bing nodded: "Yes, since you rescued it." Altan Khan also seemed to be frightened by the events of that night, and no longer prepared to attack the capital, but instead plundered outside the capital, three days later. and took with them the treasures and people they had stolen. Still withdrawing along the Gubei Pass when entering the customs, the information just received this morning is that the 100,000 Mongolian troops have all left the customs!"
The wolf gritted his teeth hatefully: "Don't you know? This is exactly the traitorous agreement that Yan Shifan agreed with the Mongols, he did not want to open the gate of the capital and let the Mongols enter the city, but to non-aggression with the Mongols, on the one hand, so that the troops of the Qinwang led by Qiu Luan could not attack the Mongols, and on the other hand, the Mongols were allowed to plunder. In the end, let Altan Khan's headquarters grab a good time, and after returning to the grassland, they can continue to be the king and hegemon!"
Lu Bing was slightly stunned: "What! Yan Shifan and Altan Khan actually agreed to this kind of agreement?"
Heavenly Wolf sighed: "Lu Bing." If you think about it, if the Ming Dynasty really died, the Yan family and his son would not be better off than now, so they didn't want the Mongols to break the city, and the Mongols originally planned to make Zhao Quan a puppet, which was absolutely unacceptable to Yan Shifan. β
Lu Bing's brows furrowed: "But why did the Mongols agree to him?" They approached the city, won the field battle one after another, and the army of King Qin was not fully assembled, so it was a good time to attack the city at this time. β
Heavenly Wolf asked, "Didn't Qu Caifeng tell you about this incident?" β
Lu Bing shook his head: "Now she seems to hate me very much, after breaking out of the Mongolian camp that day, she went back after seeing that you were not in danger of life, and she didn't even want to say anything to me." β
Tian Wolf sneered: "See, even Qu Caifeng, who is reckless in the rivers and lakes, has a scale, and the loyal and traitorous people can still distinguish between the good and the evil, and the eyes are brighter than you, the dignified commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guard!"
Lu Bing's black face turned slightly red, and he hurriedly changed the topic: "The only people who heard the entire negotiation process between Yan Shifan and Altan Khan that day were you and Qu Caifeng, since she refused to say, then I can only ask you." β
Thinking of the events of that night, the wolf hated it in his heart, clenched his fists tightly, and said angrily: "Altan Khan entered the customs this time, and he wanted to attack the city with the tribes of servants along the way, and keep the main elite of the headquarters to attack Beijing City, but he didn't expect that the battle was too smooth along the way, and those servant tribes did not lose anything, but plundered a large amount of booty, while his soldiers of the headquarters found almost nothing. β
"When the city of Tongzhou was attacked that day, the servant tribes that were sending reinforcements on the periphery had no will to fight, and the men and horses of the headquarters who had not been caught in the battle were clamoring to attack the Beijing Division, and they grabbed a handful, and sent reinforcements to the servant tribes who had no will to fight, and let the elite of the headquarters attack the capital of the city of Gaochi Shen, plus the Mongolian soldiers were good at cavalry and archery, and the siege was not what they were good at, Altan Khan was also worried that if the attack failed, the headquarters would suffer too much damage, and after returning to the grassland, he was unable to continue to suppress the servant tribes that had obtained a large number of people and treasures in this war, so he was in a dilemma, hesitate!"
Lu Bing said in a deep voice: "So Yan Shifan hit it off with him, he controlled the troops of the Qinwang from all walks of life not to attack, in exchange for Altan Khan's headquarters to grab three days outside Beijing, so that his subordinates could be satisfied, and by the way, he would also improve his prestige among the various tribes of the steppe, right?" β
The wolf said hatefully: "That's right, Lu Bing, the art of war is cloudy, avoid its edge, hit its lazy return, the current Mongolian soldiers have grabbed enough, grabbed enough, and brought hundreds of thousands of prisoners, the marching speed must be slow, at this time, Master Qinwang gathered, selected elite soldiers to attack it, will definitely be able to win a big victory, please be sure to advise the emperor!"
Lu Bing sighed: "It's late, Sky Wolf, if you wake up five days early, I just fight for the position of commander-in-chief, and I will go all out, but unfortunately now the Mongolian soldiers have withdrawn from Gubeikou and returned to the grassland, at this time it is too late to chase again, not to mention that the troops of the Qinwang were also disbanded three days ago and returned to their respective stations, except for Qiu Luan who also camped outside Beijing with 30,000 cavalry, there is no soldier outside the capital city!"
The wolf almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, pounded the bed and roared, "How can this be! Could it be that no one in the Manchu Dynasty can see this? Isn't there anyone who wants to pursue? The emperor had better save face, and let the Mongols fight outside the city, and even dare not fight behind closed doors, and don't even dare to pursue when the army gathers? β
The corners of Lu Bing's mouth hooked: "The emperor originally ordered to pursue, and also ordered Ding Rukui, the secretary of the military department, to make every effort to dispatch troops and take charge of this matter, this Ding Rukui is Yan Song's protΓ©gΓ©, and asked Yan Song about the time, Yan Song said that if the army fights outside the border pass, it can be concealed if it fails, and even turn defeat into victory, anyway, the emperor will not personally investigate." But now it is outside the capital, if the pursuit is lost at this time, then the emperor can see it clearly.
So Ding Rukui did not send troops to pursue, in fact, according to my information, even if he issued an order to pursue, it would be impossible for Qiu Luan, who is now in command of all Qinwang's troops, to do so, at most it is just a show.
The day before yesterday, Altan Khan also sent a letter of state, demanding the reopening of trade in the border market, otherwise he would bring troops to come next time, and his attitude was extremely arrogant. In this Mongol invasion, the capital was shaken, the ministers were afraid, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, only Siye Zhao Zhenji publicly stated that he could not agree to the conditions of the Mongols, and most of the other ministers remained silent and did not say a word. β
Heavenly Wolf said suspiciously: "Even Xu Jie, Gao Gong, these Qingliu ministers don't speak?" β
Lu Bing shook his head: "These are also old foxes, speaking in support of Zhao Zhenji at this time, it is to liquidate Yan Song, then Zhao Zhenji is a student of Xu Jie, he made such a public statement above the court, presumably it is also a move by the ministers of Qingliu to ask for directions in the early morning, I want to see if some people in the Yan Party have begun to find another way to retreat and distance themselves from Yan Song, don't you really think that they are for state affairs!" (To be continued......)