12-96 Self-defeat without a fight

Zhuozhou, Zu Dashou's defense area, here is a small city on the outskirts of Beijing, garrisoned by 5,000 cavalry, used to kill interspersed enemy small groups of men and horses, to defend the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Zu Dashou was tired for a day, his spirit was very poor, his temper was very great, and recently there were many enemy squads near Beijing City, swimming but not attacking, erratic, chasing and not being able to catch up, fighting and not daring to fight, the pressure on the top was great, and there were many complaints below, and this soldier could not be brought.

Zu Dashou hadn't worked so hard for a long time, he felt that the soles of his feet and boots had grown together, he returned to the door, turned over and dismounted, and walked into the living room with the support of two pro-soldiers, just wanted to let people help take off the armor, and suddenly saw a stranger sitting on the Taishi chair, who was leisurely drinking tea, Zu Dashou was immediately furious, and shouted: "Who is so bold!" ”

The family members didn't dare to answer, and the man smiled slightly: "Don't be embarrassed by the people below, my brother is from the south." ”

Zu Dashou's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly drove everyone out, covered the door, and asked with his sword in his hand, "You...... Who are you? What are you doing here? ”

The man took out a sign from his waist and threw it to Zu Dashou and said: "My brother is an errand boy in Nanchang, and he is temporarily serving as a thousand households. ”

Zu Dashou touched the genuine waist card in his hand, thought about it in his heart, and suddenly shouted: "Someone!" Suddenly, the door was broken, and more than twenty personal soldiers rushed in, and the fire was aimed at the messenger, just waiting for Zu Dashou to give an order.

"Bold and spy, dare to enter the house, don't blame Zu Dashou for being ruthless, come on, tie him up and send him to Beijing to be handed over to the young marshal for disposal!" Zu Dashou shouted solemnly.

The man was still drinking tea with Erlang's legs crossed, and he didn't blink his eyelids, "Junmen, you better read the letter first, the little cowardly can't stand the fright." ”

Zu Dashou signaled his subordinates not to act rashly, then he took out the letter paper and looked at it, the letter was written by his wife, the handwriting is very familiar, it should not be fake, the letter mentioned that the supervisor took good care of the family, and also gave gifts to the elderly, the child is going to take the exam this year, and no one is expected to be embarrassed, I hope Zu Dashou will recognize the situation and abandon the darkness.

After reading the letter, Zu Dashou was stupid, you must know that many of the families of the generals of the Xuzhou Army settled in the rich land south of the Yangtze River, the invasion of the Western Xia Army, the Beijing-Shanghai War, these wars interrupted the communication between the north and the south, Zu Dashou didn't know whether the family was healthy, a heart was uneasy, I didn't expect Liu Ziguang to find his relatives, but fortunately, the intention is self-evident.

Zu Dashou finally woke up, touched the back of his head and sneered: "I thought that Yuan Chengzhi kid sent someone to fool me, you all retreat, without my general order is not to get close to ten zhang." ”

The soldiers put away their weapons and retreated, Zu Dashou took off his helmet, removed his armor, and untied his sword, sat down next to the envoy, helped him refill the water in the teacup, and asked politely: "Is your envoy just here to deliver a letter?" Nothing else to account? ”

The envoy said: "The Lord of the Prison Country said that as long as you are not an enemy of the people, all sins can be blamed in the past, and the ancestral army should consider it carefully." ”

Zu Dashou said: "Just this sentence? Nothing else to explain? ”

The envoy said: "Yes, what to do specifically, it depends on the sincerity of the ancestral army, I will contact you again in the future, by the way, there is also a gift here, General Zu will take it and leave in the next place." ”

The messenger took out another envelope and gave it to Zu Dashou, then took his leave and drifted away.

Zu Dashou trembled and tore open the envelope, and now there was a piece of hard paper inside, on which were painted the portraits of his wife and daughter-in-law, as well as three children.

Of course, Zu Dashou didn't know that this was a photo, he was just deeply impressed by the strength of Nanjing, two tears fell on the photo, Zu Dashou said in a trembling voice: "Mother, the child is not filial." ”

Beijing City, Zhongnanhai, here is the residence of Yuan Shaoshuai, the security is heavy, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, because there is news that the spies in the south have entered the city and may assassinate the young marshal at any time. Yuan Chengzhi's face was hideous and distorted, and he sat behind the handsome case.

Today, there were people in the camp who made a fuss and incited hundreds of soldiers to besiege Shangguan, if it weren't for the timely dispatch of their own soldiers and the cutting off of more than a dozen heads, I don't know what the trouble would have been.

Trouble, salary, these soldiers know that they want money, and they don't understand the difficulties of Shangguan at all, Hebei is not as good as Jiangnan, the output is limited, the whole is sitting on the empty posture of eating mountains, the food and salary in the south have long been broken, the soldiers have not been paid for two months, and the looting in Beijing is almost the same, but the cash is limited after all, you can't take those antiques, calligraphy, painting and jade to pay the soldiers, the antiques of the prosperous times, the gold of the troubled times, even if there are more valuable things in the Forbidden City of Beijing, it is not a top matter.

The food can last for a month, but the silver is really not enough, and it can only maintain the expenses of the soldiers, Yuan Chengzhi's brain is turning in a hurry, and there are many difficulties at the moment, not to mention the siege on all sides, and the army's heart is not stable, as big as the general army, as small as an ordinary soldier, all of them have a bleak future, how to change this situation, Yuan Chengzhi can't think of it when he thinks about it.

Although there are many troops under his command, they must guard the Shanhaiguan, Dagukou, Tianjin, Zhendingfu, the Great Wall in the north, and the front line in the south.

There was no movement on the front line for several days, this calm made Yuan Chengzhi very uneasy, turned on the radio was full of noise, and could not hear the signal at all, Yuan Chengzhi was uneasy, and sent a scout horse to investigate, and soon the return came, the Mongols had broken through the Gubeikou, the troops pointed directly at Beijing, the Dagukou fort was destroyed, and the enemy army had already landed in Tanggu 6! The 20,000 elite soldiers placed in Shanhaiguan did nothing, and they actually erected and lowered the flag anyway! There were also enemy troops in Shanxi who fought out of Pingxingguan and went straight to Zhendingfu, only the Texas front line did not move. Enemy rangers have also repeatedly appeared in the vicinity of Beijing.

Yuan Chengzhi was so angry that he jumped like thunder, what happened to Mangui in Gubeikou! To let the Mongols come in, could it be said that he had reached some kind of agreement with the Mongols? It's possible that this guy was originally a Mongol!

Shanhaiguan, Tianjin Wei, Zhending Mansion, are the defenders of these passes eating dry rice for nothing? Are their firearms burning sticks? And that Zu Dashou, what is the use of giving him 5,000 men and horses, he can't even clear a small group of rangers, what else do you want him to do?

Yuan Chengzhi is young after all, younger than Liu Ziguang, and has not experienced many things, originally thought that he would become a god of war after reading two military books, but in fact, his ability to command about 10,000 soldiers and horses is okay, and he is overwhelmed with more people and horses, and he is overwhelmed with more territory.

"Alas, the great handsome's reputation has been ruined by this kid."

"What a young marshal, I think it's Zhao Kuo!"

"We've got to figure out a way out."

A group of old military leaders secretly gathered in the mansion of Zu Dashou in Zhuozhou for a meeting, they are all old men of the Xuzhou army, after the Beijing incident, they were seized by the newly rising young Zhuang faction, and they did not return to power until Yuan Chonghuan came over, but the popularity has been dispersed.

"In my opinion, the Apocalypse year can't last this year, and the emperor has no heirs, so it makes sense to set up a new monarch in the south, why don't we conform to the people's will." Zu Dashou said.

"Both the north and the south are the Ming Dynasty, as long as Liu Ziguang does not usurp the throne, we will not be considered a surrender, we will not be a repeated villain, and after the big deal, we will jointly protect the life of the marshal." He Kegang said.

"I have made peace with the Mongolian Great Khan Zamu, and we don't want us to do anything in the south, just stay neutral at the critical moment." Man Gui also interjected.

was chatting, and suddenly a personal soldier ran in and said: "Military gate, there is a flag officer in Beijing holding an arrow." ”

Zu Dashou was shocked and asked, "How many people?" ”

"One banner, one general soldier, twenty guards."

"Gather your brothers together and listen to me throw the cup."

The pro-soldier took the order, and Zu Dashou said: "I'm tired of you hiding behind the screen first, and then wait for my brother to deal with this matter, I think it's the young marshal who is going to take me to the knife." ”

Man Gui and the others calmly got up and hid behind the screen, they were all generals who were used to seeing big scenes, and they were not in a hurry when they encountered this situation, and they didn't forget to joke about their ancestors' birthday.

After a while, a team of people drove into Zu Dashou's official residence, twenty guards stood in the courtyard at the fork waist, and a young chief officer walked into the lobby accompanied by a flag. ”

When I looked up, I still knew each other, and the person who came was Yuan Chengzhi's little Zhang Dongjian, a young man in his twenties, who had few military achievements, but he was also promoted to the high position of the general army, and Zu Dashou and others were at the same level, thinking of this made Zu Dashou uncomfortable, but he didn't express it on his face.

"Zu Dashou listened to the order, and hereby relieved the commander of the Zu General Soldier Zhuozhou to suppress bandits, and the soldiers and horses were handed over to Zhang Dongjian's command, and Zu Dashou was transferred to the command of the Five Cities of the Capital Soldiers and Horses."

After reading the order, the flag officer handed the piece of paper to Zu Dashou: "Zu Junmen, take a look." ”

Zu Dashou looked at it, and the order was covered with Yuan Chengzhi's customs defense, it was definitely not fake, and he had relieved himself of his military power, so it would become meat on someone's board, Zu Dashou was anxious in his heart, and he made up his mind in less than a moment, picked up the teacup from the table and said: "Come and make it hard, drink tea, drink tea." ”

After speaking, he threw the cup, and hundreds of sword and axe hands poured in from all directions, and Man Gui and the others also turned out from behind the screen, looking at Zhang Zongbing and the flag officer with a smile.