Zhao Jin nodded with a deep groan, and said to Chen Sheng: "It seems that there is still a big battle, but the official army is beaten too hard, I am afraid that there will be variables outside the gate, and it will be troublesome when the time comes." ”

"Fight then, we have already fought here, and it is nothing to do a few more games, but it is true that we can't delay outside for too long, the army is hanging alone, and Xuzhou is easy to be risky." Chen Sheng said very truthfully.

Ma Chonghao glanced at everyone's expressions, and said again: "After this defeat, if Wei Zhongxian and his party are willing to take the opportunity to launch and overthrow the Donglin party in the court, this peace discussion can be carried out." ”

"These eunuchs understand things better than any Wenchen and know how to advance and retreat, but they are different from what ordinary people say." Ji Xiang smiled and sighed.

Ma Chonghao nodded and agreed: "The ministers also understand things, but they have to maintain their own power, and they have to worry about the Qingyi Township Party, and some things can't be done and don't dare to do it, so no matter how much the eunuchs are Xuanhe, they are also slaves of the Son of Heaven, doing things for the main family, and they naturally don't want to have a face, and they share the blessings and woes with the Heavenly Family, so they naturally know that they are considered from the general trend." ”

Everyone at the banquet was nodding, don't look at the fine materials on the banquet, but the chef's methods are extraordinary, and the ordinary pigs, sheep, chickens and fish are also very delicious, but now no one cares about this, Ma Chonghao pondered for a moment, and then said: "General, there is still a possibility at this time"

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Before Wang Zaijin returned to the capital, the capital already knew the news of the defeat of Jinghai, although the soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion were unbearable, but they were not inferior to the elite cavalry of the border army, and they did not delay making a fortune along the way and ran back to the Beijing division directly, the main general went to the senior level of the official office, and the following generals and colonels were spread everywhere, and it didn't take long for the entire capital to know that nearly 100,000 troops were beaten by more than 200,000 thieves in Jinghai County, and there was no way to clean it up.

For the upper echelons of the capital, the more than 200,000 Xuzhou thief army is false, they all know that the thief army is only more than 20,000, but the people below do not know the truth, everyone thinks it is incredible, how did more than 200,000 thief army suddenly appear, how the official army was defeated, it is said that it is still within a few hours, when the Salhu was defeated, the four-way official army was also defeated and fled within seven days, is this thief stronger than the Tartars?

Don't believe it, but everyone is panicked and afraid, some people want to escape, and some people feel that it is better to escape in this city than to escape from safety, after all, since Jingnan moved the capital, the capital has never been breached, but like the previous military disasters in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, the city is still in chaos, there are also large areas of dwellings outside the capital, which is already an extension of the city, at this time they have to go into the city to hide, the rich naturally have a place to live, and the poor people have nowhere to go. Even officials have been affected.

The soldiers of the two counties of Shuntianfu, the patrol soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the four battalions of Dongchang, Jinyiwei and even the forbidden army were all sent out, severely suppressed, and their heads fell to the ground, finally making the situation stable, and those who could drive these were eunuchs, and they were also figures of Wei Zhongxian's party, if it was a few days ago, the big charge of intending to rebel had been detained, a few days ago, Wei Zhongxian's party did not dare to let go of such a thing, but after the news of the defeat came back, the situation had changed.

Some people gritted their teeth and said that this is a lie, maybe it's just that the Beijing camp fled first, and there is still a fierce battle over there, even if it is defeated, it is impossible for the thieves to collapse so quickly with less and more, so there must be a fake, and we have to wait for the news.

There are also people who shirk their responsibilities and begin to say that they were prescient in the court and on various occasions, and they did not build a plan to send troops at that time, but unfortunately no one listened to their words, and they had no choice but to follow the crowd against their will, and those who said such things often had to secretly contact Wei Zhongxian and his party to make some preparations for their future.

At that time, the premise of gathering soldiers and horses everywhere was to exterminate the thief army and win quickly, and then return to the defense of various places, but now it is a big defeat, which means that the defense of the grassland on both wings of the capital has a big hole, how to move to replenish, whether there will be any changes in Chahar and Jurchen, and how to deal with it at that time, this is all difficult.

But it's not just that that makes them anxious, the bigwigs in charge have already ordered them to plan again, this capital must be defended, and the thief army has little stamina, obviously not daring to move forward again, and they have to mobilize troops and horses to fight again!

When Wang Zaijin returned to the capital, all the undercurrents under the table were lifted to the surface, and the superintendent Wang Zaijin was also a top officer with the title of secretary of the military department, and he brought the conditions and letters of the Xuzhou thief army, which also proved that the unbelievable defeat of Jinghai was true, and at this moment, the capital was completely shaken.

With the habit of not being able to conceal the day's political discussions, all parts of the capital already knew about this that night, and even used rumors such as "Xuzhou thieves have come in" to set off chaos, and then took advantage of the fire to rob the bandits, so they had no choice but to close the city gate in advance, and then use various forces to carry out severe suppression, otherwise the capital itself would completely collapse without waiting for the thief army to come.

The eunuchs who have been silent began to speak out at this time, they didn't mention how to deal with the follow-up, just attacked the Donglin disaster, rashly sent troops, lost the opportunity to appease, and put Jiangshan Sheji in a crisis, now the thief army has approached the capital, who will bear this responsibility, the princes in power, shouldn't they resign to thank the world?

Of course, the cabinet and the six ministries of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not resign, this unexpected defeat makes the situation extremely dangerous all of a sudden, now the resignation of the words not only has no chance of recovery, but it will fall into a desperate situation from which it will never recover, even the edict prison does not have to boil, it is possible to directly condemn and execute, but the current situation really does not see any possibility of turning the tables, how can not get rid of this responsibility, after all, it is too fast, persuade everyone to send troops, and it is true that it will win, these people are still firmly in mind, and the eunuch party is still there, Now the counterattack has begun.

Now that you are going to survive in a desperate situation, first of all, you will put all the blame on Wang Zaijin, the minister who led the army fled back alone, and the other troops and horses were scattered, why you can return so safely after being captured, there must be some collusion with the thief army, if it were not for you, the leading minister, to collude with foreign enemies, I am afraid it would not have happened.

The ability to weave charges is not only a traitor and a eunuch, Qingliu is equally skilled, Wang Zaijin has been the governor of Shandong, which is very close to Xuzhou, presumably colluded in private, Wang Zaijin has also been the governor of the river, and it is also very close to Xuzhou, and some people say that the reason why Xuzhou thieves are so arrogant is because there is a Qingliu who plots from it, that Qingliu is surnamed Wang, and Wang Zaijin is also surnamed Wang, which must be harboring evil intentions, and some people say that when Wang was in Jin Jingluo Liaodong, he had many conflicts with the university scholar Sun Chengzong, and he was really suspicious. Thanks to Sun University's discernment.

The people who said these words have forgotten that just ten days ago, they were still defending Wang Zaijin, thinking that Wang Zaijin was experienced, and although Sun Ge Lao was wise and decisive, he was too hasty, but at this time, no one cared about the details that could not be taken care of before and after, and everyone wanted to find a scapegoat for self-preservation.

Ye Xianggao and Zhao Nanxing were terrified when they tossed these, they couldn't even mobilize all the party members, defeat is defeat, not only let the political enemies eye, even their own family members were suspicious, of course they knew whether Wang Zaijin was a collaborator, they also knew what was going on from beginning to end, at this time, the two famous ministers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who should speak out the most - Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou both thought that Wang Zaijin should be responsible for the defeat, but it should not be a collaborator, and even asked not to give an inch to the eunuch party, They are also helpless against this kind of Qingliu who has no money and is hard-boned, so they can only persuade them to maintain a tacit understanding and not to speak out.

Wang Zaijin didn't defend himself, and he couldn't defend himself, he was directly detained, and there was no way to communicate with outsiders, and the letter from Zhao Jin he brought was almost torn up.

"The thieves seek peace, and then continue to be weak, at this time, when the regrouping of soldiers and horses to attack, another order Henan, Shandong, Nanzhi soldiers and horses to attack Xuzhou, cut off the back road, at this moment to look dangerous, but it is a good time to turn defeat into victory, Beijing camp soldiers and horses, Jizhen soldiers and horses, Liaozhen soldiers and horses three-way joint attack, will definitely be able to thwart the thief army......" Soon someone sang this tune.

Zhao Jin's attitude of taking the initiative to ask for peace did give the ministers of the DPRK and China a lot of illusions, which also made them have confidence when they said these words, and put forward this decisive battle to build yì There is also a purpose, if the eunuch party does not agree, the other party really forces over, then the responsibility is not on Donglin's side, and even this mention itself is to set off a controversy, and in the dispute, the blame may not fall on the head of one party.

The eunuch party is not as low-key as it was some time ago, and if it is proposed here, it will be difficult for the celebrant to reply to the red, so it's okay, it's not that we won't do it when the time comes, but that your inner court will block it.

Ye Xianggao, the head of the cabinet, and Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the ministry, played a good abacus, but he didn't expect that this time there was no celebrant and cabinet, eunuchs and Qingliu, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse directly participated in the court meeting......

After experiencing the three major cases, Donglin's momentum soared, and there began to be some unambiguous posture in the court, and the emperor of the Apocalypse was bound to do anything, so the heavens enabled the old method of the Ming generation, and went to "indulge in pleasure" by himself, so that the eunuchs of his cronies went to the front desk to fight with the ministers, and the literati only scolded the eunuch dictatorship, but they did not think that under the system of the Ming Dynasty, if there was no support from the Son of Heaven and acquiescence, the eunuchs would not be able to straighten their waists at all.

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