September 22, 11th year of Chongzhen.

The Great Qing Dynasty Guorui Prince Dolgon, Anping Belle Dudu, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi, Huaishun King Geng Zhongming, led an army of 150,000 troops, the soldiers were divided into two routes, one was led by Dolgon himself, from the wall guarded by Miyun in Shuntian Mansion to destroy the border wall into the pass, and the first route was led by Du Du, from the Qingshan Pass under the jurisdiction of Qian'an County, Yongping Mansion to destroy the border wall and enter the pass, and began to invade the pass.

The movements of Dolgon and the others were very fast, and their actions were unknown to the Ming court.

The Mongolian Chahar tribe outside the Beizhili Pass was completely submissive to the Qing Dynasty, which ensured the complete secrecy of the Houjin Tatars' actions, and the invasion of the Houjin Tatars caught the border army off guard, and they could only be beaten passively.

In just two days, Wu Aheng, the governor of Miyun, and Lu Zongwen, the general soldier, were killed, and the supervisor Zheng Xizhao fled to the capital, and most of the places such as Miyun, Huairou, Qian'an and Jizhou Town were swept by the Houjin Tartars, and the invasion of the Houjin Tartars was even more brutal, burning and looting along the way, without humanity, and the people along the way had almost no way to live.

The report flew like snowflakes to the capital.

There was a mess in the court, no one would have thought that the emperor Taiji had been a minister to the Ming court for less than two years, and the Houjin Tartars invaded the Guannei again, and the sword pointed directly at the capital, the emperor convened the cabinet to discuss urgently, on the one hand, ordered the Beijing division to be martial law again, and on the other hand, ordered the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, to lead the Datong border army to quickly rush to the aid of the Beijing division to fight against the Houjin Tartars.

The army of Shanhaiguan can not be transferred, after all, the Guanningjin defense line is the strongest defense line of the Ming Dynasty, if the garrison of Shanhaiguan is transferred, no one dares to guarantee that Houjin will take this opportunity to mobilize a large army to attack the Guanningjin defense line, if the Guanningjin defense line is lost, the border pass of the Ming Dynasty will completely collapse.

Yang Sichang, a cabinet minister and secretary of the Ministry of War, believes that the invasion of the Jin Tartars must have been prepared for a long time, and it is menacing, and the imperial court should mobilize the northern and southern armies to enter the king of Beijing. Only mobilizing the border troops of Datong to resist the Houjin Tartars may be insufficient in terms of strength.

Yang Sichang's suggestion has not received the attention it deserves.

Dolgon is worthy of being the great general of the Qing Dynasty, and the army under his command is like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. Their purpose was not to occupy the city, but to destroy the living force of the Ming army and plunder, so they would not stop at all along the way, and after capturing the city, they would leave after plundering as much as they wanted. Just when the Ming court was still discussing countermeasures, the army under the command of Dolgon had already captured Pinggu, Sanhe and other cities, and came in the direction of Tongzhou.

The army under Du Du, after taking the city of Qian'an, galloped all the way to the west, taking Yutian and other cities along the way.

In just ten days, Dolgon and Du Du made peace, and once again took Tongzhou with lightning speed, and the 150,000 army met in Tongzhou.

This news was like a bombshell, which instantly overturned the imperial court.

Tongzhou is only 60 miles away from the capital. It is the most important gateway to the east of the capital, and the Shenwu Zhongwei and Dingbian guards stationed in Tongzhou are also one of the main forces guarding the capital, and they were easily defeated by the Houjin Tartars, which means that there are no troops around the capital to compete with the Houjin Tartars.

After the next step, the Golden Tartars can calmly attack the capital, which is a consequence that the Ming court cannot bear.

The Datong border army led by Hong Chengchou is still on the way to Beizhili, but judging from the current situation, the Datong border army may not be able to resist the Houjin Tartars.

The emperor finally convened the cabinet again to discuss, this time the six books and the squire. The left and right capitals of the imperial history and the military department Langzhong all participated, and the capital was in great danger in Tongzhou, which was 60 miles away from the 150,000 soldiers of the Houjin Tartars.

Yang Sichang once again put forward the proposal of mobilizing troops from all over the country.

Curiously, the deliberations on this proposal did not go particularly smoothly. Everyone mentioned the border army stationed in Shanhaiguan, the Datong border army and even the Yulin border army, the army under the command of Xiong Wencan, the governor of the five provinces, and the army of the Southern Guard, including the white pole soldiers under the jurisdiction of Qin Liangyu, but no one mentioned the Zheng family's army.

Even Zhang Fengyi, Yang Yipeng and others did not directly mention Zheng Jiajun. This has to be said to be strange, but it also shows that there is an unusual flavor behind it.

It is estimated that if Huang Taiji knew the reason behind this, he would vomit blood angrily.

It turns out that the emperor has begun to worry about Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, nearly two years of stability, the emperor's suspicion is becoming more and more powerful, Zheng Jiajun can be said to be the most courageous army in the Ming Dynasty, but the court did not send a supervising army, and Zheng Jiajun ostensibly obeyed the dispatch of the imperial court, in essence, he obeyed Zheng Xunrui's orders, Zheng Jiajun's chief soldier Zheng Jinhong, deputy chief soldier Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu, Wang Yuncheng and others, all of them are Zheng Xunrui's henchmen, the emperor once sent someone to secretly test, Let's see if we can transfer these people to other places, and give them promotions, but they don't succeed at all.

It is also because of this situation that the emperor is actually already operating, and is ready to issue an order to adjust Zheng Xunrui and others, so that Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun will be completely separated, and Zheng Jiajun will be completely included in the control of the imperial court.

Zheng Jiajun defeated Liukou in Luoyang, Henan, the emperor actually knew the news, but he didn't show it, after Gao Qiqian returned to the capital, the emperor secretly inquired about all the circumstances, and it was precisely because of the many situations that the emperor felt that the imperial court must control the Zheng family's army.

There is also the firearms bureau in Huai'an, and the firearms developed by the firearms have also attracted the attention of the emperor.

It should be said that Fan Wencheng's suggestion is completely correct, as long as Huang Taiji can calm down, there will definitely be infighting and turmoil in the Ming court, but unfortunately Huang Taiji can't help it and loses a great opportunity.

Zhang Fengyi, Yang Yipeng, Yang Sichang and others, of course, understand the emperor's thoughts, but their thoughts are not quite the same as the emperor's, they think that if Zheng Jiajun makes contributions again, then the court will not be able to reward Zheng Xunrui.

Therefore, during this discussion, no one would take the initiative to send the Zheng family's army to defend against the Houjin Tartars.

Suspicion is like a cancer, spreading within the imperial court, even if the capital is in such a crisis situation, no one wants to touch this matter, the cabinet's deliberations are carried out under this situation, Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui and others, but also see the opportunity from it, they believe that once the imperial court deals with the crisis of the invasion of the Houjin Tartars, the next will definitely begin to liquidate Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, so that their opportunity will really come.

As for the invasion of the Golden Tartars after this time, whether the imperial army can really resist it, some people are afraid that they don't care very much.

Xiong Wencan received the emperor's decree and the edict from the Ministry of War.

In the wing, there were only Xiong Wencan and Wu Fu.

Xiong Wencan, who couldn't help it, spoke.

"Lord Wu, I really don't understand, after the invasion of the Jin Tartars, it is clear that the Zheng family army can be mobilized to resist, but the holy decree and the edict do not mention it at all, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong did not suffer a heavy blow, once the troops of the five provinces are transferred to the capital, how can the situation on this side be maintained."

Speaking in private, you don't need to care so much, and the relationship between Xiong Wencan and Wu Fu is also very good, and some things can be said clearly, although they all know the reasons for this.

Wu Fu also sighed.

"Lord Xiong, there are some things that you and I understand, but in a critical moment, thinking about those things really shouldn't be."

"Didn't the ministers of the cabinet think about it carefully, once the defense forces in Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan and other places are weakened, the Liukou will definitely take advantage of the situation, and then the imperial court will face the situation of being attacked by the enemy, and if it really comes to that point, how to deal with it."

Wu Fu stood up and sighed again.

"Lord Xiong, the lower officials also thought that you could be stationed in Henan, but the emperor's decree and the edict of the Ministry of War clearly required it, if you don't act according to the will, the consequences will be even more serious."

Xiong Wencan also understood that he, the governor of the five provinces, must act in accordance with the emperor's will.

"Lord Wu, do you see if I am writing a letter to Lord Zheng to inform the situation here, even if the Zheng family army cannot enter the North Zhili to resist the Houjin Tartars, it can also take care of the situation in Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan, Shaanxi has the Zheng family army garrisoned, and it has always been very stable......"

Before Xiong Wencan finished speaking, Wu Fu shook his head.

"Lord Xiong must not have such thoughts, doesn't the Ministry of War know to dispatch the Zheng Family's army, the Zheng Family's army is not only stationed in Shaanxi, but also stationed in Fuzhou and other places, in fact, asking the Zheng Family's army to participate in the fight and resist the Houjin Tartars, it is the best choice, requiring the Zheng Family's army to attack from the direction of Fuzhou, as long as it threatens Gaizhou, Haizhou and Yaozhou, the Houjin Tartars will not be at peace, but the emperor and the Ministry of War have not mentioned this matter, if Lord Xiong mentions it at this time, what will the cabinet think."

Xiong Wencan shook his head helplessly.

"If I lead the army under my command to leave, what should I do with Henan and other places, Liukou really launched a large-scale attack at this time, Henan, Shanxi, Huguang and Sichuan and other places, wouldn't it be a mess, not to mention that the Datong border army in Shanxi has been dispatched to the capital to fight against the Houjin Tartars."

"Lord Xiong, the lower officials think that Lord Zheng will not ignore it, as for Lord Zheng taking the initiative to participate in it, this is not the responsibility of Lord Xiong and the lower officials." ……

Xiong Wencan and Wu Fu discussed for a full hour, during which the order had been issued, and the more than 30,000 troops under Xiong Wencan's command made all preparations to enter Beijing to fight against the Houjin Tartars and protect the capital.

As for whether the Zheng Jiajun will participate in the war, and which aspect to start, the two are not sure, they obviously feel that if the Zheng Jiajun does not participate in the fight this time, I am afraid that the north will fall into uncontrollable chaos.

Of course, the invasion of Houjin Tatars at this critical moment was also something that Xiong Wencan and Wu Fu did not expect. (To be continued.) )