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On July 3, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Jingshi was under martial law.

The capital has been under martial law many times, and the reason is one, the invasion of the Houjin Tartars.

But this time the situation is completely different, and it is much more critical than the previous ones.

Later Jin Wuyingjun King Azig Bel Abatai led 100,000 Houjin Tartars to attack in a big way, and the troops were directed towards the capital.

On June 27, Azig Abatai led the 100,000 Houjin Tartars, the soldiers were divided into three routes, respectively from the Xifeng Pass and the Dushikou into the pass, defeated the Ming army seven times along the way, the patrol of the imperial history Wang Zhaokun was killed, it took only seven days, after three roads, the Jin Tatars captured the city of Yanqingzhou, and met in the city of Yanqingzhou, and then, non-stop capture of Juyong Pass, towards Changping County, Changping General Soldier Nest Pichang Kaicheng surrendered, located in Changping Emperor Xizong's mausoleum was destroyed.

Changping is only seventy miles away from the capital, and after the Jin Tatars occupied the county seat of Changping, the army approached the Xizhi Gate of the capital.

The emperor was greatly alarmed, and when the Houjin Tartars had just occupied the city of Yanqingzhou, he ordered the eunuch Li Guofu to guard the Bauhinia Pass, Xu Jinzhong to guard the Fallen Horse Pass, Zhang Yuanheng to guard the Longquan Pass, Cui Liangyong to guard the Guguan Pass, and then ordered Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, to inspect the border pass.

When the Houjin Tartars occupied Changping County and the soldiers pointed directly at the capital, the emperor sensed the crisis of the situation and ordered the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to guard the capital, and ordered the Cabinet Auxiliary Minister Zhang Fengyi to reinforce the troops from all over the country, and enter the king of Jingqin, and at the same time ordered the eunuch Gao Qiqian to be the supervisor of the army and command the various armies of the king of Qin.

It is a pity that the Ming army suffered from a strict fear of gold, despite the emperor's decree, despite the constant urging of the military department, although the capital was in great danger. However, the troops stationed in Xuanfu, Yongping Mansion and Jizhou basically stood still, and they did not dare to fight against the Houjin Tartars, they knew that they would go to the rescue at this time. Surrounded by Houjin Tartars, it is a dead end, not to mention rescuing the capital, it is difficult to protect itself.

What's more, there are as many as 100,000 Houjin Tartars, and there is a saying that the Jurchens are less than 10,000. Manchu is invincible.

In fact, Houjin Tatar had no intention of attacking the capital of the Ming Dynasty at all, and before Azig led the troops to set off, Huang Taiji specially instructed not to attack the well-guarded cities, but to attack those states and counties where the defense was lax and the cities were not solid. The purpose of this Houjin dispatch was to celebrate the establishment of the Great Qing Dynasty and show the might of the Great Qing Dynasty on the one hand, and on the other hand, to continue to loot around the capital, taking the opportunity to consume the strength of the Ming army and make the Ming Dynasty even more declining.

Azig and Abatai led their troops into the pass, and they were cautious at first, but with the vulnerability and rout of the Ming army. Let Azig and Abatai be emboldened, and have no scruples, after they occupy Changping. The swaggering sword pointed at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but he wanted to see what the Ming army around him was.

Under the Xizhi Gate of the Ming Capital, they have more confidence in their hearts, and this time they can enter the customs without scruples.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

The emperor's face turned pale. With a solemn expression, he looked at the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs standing below.

Late May to early June. Wen Zhenmeng, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, and Lin Zhu, the auxiliary minister, died of illness one after another, which caught the emperor off guard. I also thought of the matter of pushing the ministers, but unfortunately before I had time to actually operate, the news of the invasion of the Houjin Tartars came, so that the emperor had no chance to think about the matter of pushing the ministers.

The holy decree has already been issued, seeing that the Houjin Tartars are preparing to attack the capital, but they can't see the army that came to King Qin, which makes the emperor's heart cold, as of now, the emperor has received reinforcement news, there is only one case, that is, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Xuanda, who is the secretary of the leading army, sent the general soldier of Datong, Wang Pu Chi, to help, and met the Houjin Tartars, and the two sides started a fight.

But just the reinforcements along the way did not help, and it was impossible for Wang Pu to resist the 100,000 troops of the Houjin Tartars.

The iron-clad facts were in front of him, which made the emperor angry and helpless.

The first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren, was also at a loss for what happened, the troops around Gyeonggi all received the emperor's holy decree, but only Datong sent troops to help, and the rest of the army did not have the slightest movement, at this moment it was Jingying and Jinyi Wei who guarded the capital, including the civil and military ministers of the court, but this situation could not last for a long time, and in the end it was necessary to rely on the army to drive away the Houjin Tartars, and the dignified capital of the Ming Dynasty was repeatedly attacked by the Houjin Tartars, which could not be said to be not sad.

The Ming army stationed in Shanhaiguan, including the Ming army stationed in the direction of Datong, did not dare to be transferred on a large scale, and the Houjin Tartars had conquered the Chahar tribe of the grassland, and Datong and Shanhaiguan all became veritable border passes.

In particular, the garrison of Shanhaiguan must not be transferred.

Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi have discussed several times, to see where to send troops into King Qin, thinking about it, the only way to transfer the Zheng family army that is exterminating the Liukou is to be dispatched.

The Zheng family's army has reached a critical moment in exterminating the Liukou, and at this time, the transfer will undoubtedly give the Liukou ** a chance, but the matter has come to this point, and the capital is in danger, so I can't care so much.

Wiping the sweat drops from his forehead, Wen Tiren spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister built yì, and sent the Zheng family army to King Qin, Beijing."

As soon as Wen Tiren's words fell, Qian Shisheng followed and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, Zheng Jiajun is still in Sichuan, thousands of miles away from the capital, and it's too late to ...... time."

Before Qian Shisheng's words were finished, Wen Tiren continued to speak.

"Lord Qian, then please tell me what to do in the face of the current situation."

Wen Tiren was indeed a little angry, there was no compatibility between the Donglin Party and Zheng Xunrui, he didn't want to get involved, but as long as Zheng Xunrui was mentioned, no matter what was discussed, the Donglin Party people always found such and such reasons to oppose Zheng Xunrui, especially after the death of Wen Zhenmeng, this trend was even stronger, you must know that the capital has been besieged by the Houjin Tartars, and under such a tense and dangerous situation, the Donglin Party people are still keen on party fighting.

Qian Shisheng looked at Wen Tiren and was speechless, of course he couldn't think of a good way, but after hearing Zheng Xunrui's name, he couldn't help but express his opposition, and just more than ten days ago, he also impeached Zheng Xunrui, the reason was that Zheng Xunrui did not exterminate the rogue before June.

Hou Fangyu, Zhang Pu and others found him successively, and when it came to the matter of cabinet ministers, Qian Shisheng raised his hands to approve of Hou Sui's entry into the cabinet, and also exchanged views with Wen Tiren in private, although Wen Tiren did not agree, but he did not oppose it.

Qian Shisheng knew that he was too reckless to open his mouth this time, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

The emperor may have thought of this as well, and looked at Qian Shisheng and spoke.

"Qian Aiqing, since you think that the Zheng family army is too far away from the capital to reinforce it, let's propose a solution."

The emperor's tone was very bad, which made Qian Shisheng even more frightened, and he had no choice but to explain.

"Your Majesty, the minister just thinks that the Zheng family army is too far away from the capital, and the water is far away to quench the thirst, and besides, Lord Zheng is responsible for exterminating the Liukou, and he was not able to completely exterminate the Liukou before June, which violated the holy decree and should have been punished."

Before Wen Tiren could speak, the emperor spoke again.

"Qian Aiqing, I ask you how to deal with the Houjin Tartars."

The atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace became a little dull for a while, Qian Shisheng naturally couldn't answer, this was not his supervisor's business, he naturally didn't have anything to say, but he didn't expect that because of his rebuttal, the emperor was angry.

It was Zhang Fengyi who opened his mouth and broke the silence.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can send the Zheng family army to King Qin, and as for the matter of exterminating the Liukou, Lord Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, is temporarily responsible."

After all, Zhang Fengyi is the secretary of the military department, and he can put forward specific proposals, of course, he also knows that the transfer of the Zheng family's army to King Qinqin in Beijing at this time will definitely affect the matter of exterminating the Liukou, but the Liukou is already dying, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

The emperor looked at Qian Shisheng, who lowered his head, and slowly spoke.

"The cabinet can vote to urge Zheng Xunrui to lead the Zheng family army into the king of Beijing Qin, as for the extermination of the Liukou, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Huguang, is temporarily in charge, and Lu Xiangsheng is promoted to the right attendant of the military department, responsible for the extermination of the Liukou, and the promotion of Wen Zhenheng, the left senator of the Shaanxi political envoy, to the governor of Shaanxi, and concurrently serves as the imperial history of the left capital."

When the emperor slowly said these words, Qian Shisheng's face turned pale, of course he was clear about the meaning, Zheng Xunrui recommended Wen Zhenheng as the governor of Shaanxi, he has always been against it, after all, the governor is a feudal official, Wen Zhenheng is just the identity of a prisoner, and it is unreasonable to say that he is the governor of any party, but at this critical time, the emperor suddenly made a decision, indicating that the emperor had already thought it through, which also means that Zheng Xunrui's position is going to change, and the governor of the five provinces is just a temporary position, responsible for exterminating the Liukou, depending on the emperor's arrangement, Lu Xiangsheng is about to concurrently serve as the governor of the five provinces, and I don't know what Zheng Xunrui's next position is.

Leave the Qianqing Palace and return to Wenyuan Pavilion.

Wen Tiren spoke to Zhang Fengyi.

"Lord Zhang, this official thinks that the Houjin Tartars will not attack the capital, and the emperor also knows this, but the land of Gyeonggi is my Ming Dynasty, if the Houjin Tartars are allowed to plunder, where is the face of the court, the cabinet has just gotten the news, the Houjin Tartars have withdrawn, the troops are divided into two roads, and they are going in the direction of Liangxiang and Shunyi, Lord Zhang and Gao Gonggong will leave the capital tomorrow, and command the reinforcements from all walks of life to fight against the Houjin Tartars, this official has only one aspect that needs to be emphasized, the armies of all walks of life can not be afraid of the Houjin Tartars, if they blindly retreat, The land of Gyeonggi will be left in rubble. ”

Zhang Fengyi nodded.

"Your Excellency's entrustment, the lower official has written it down."

Looking at the back of Zhang Fengyi's departure, Wen Tiren shook his head slightly, he knew that under the current situation, Zhang Fengyi had no choice, the army in the land of Gyeonggi was not the opponent of the Houjin Tartars at all, the Houjin Tatars repeatedly entered the customs and plundered, and the last year from Xuanfu entered the customs and plundered, which has made the Ming troops from all walks of life in the land of Jinggi frightened, and no one dared to compete with the Houjin Tatars head-on. (To be continued)