"Night Attack!" Zheng Guan said firmly.

"Night raid?" Mu Zhice was puzzled, "Our army has just experienced a hard battle, and it is time to rest." ”

"Your Highness is right, but the enemy must also think so." Zheng Guan took a step forward, and said with a worried expression: "In today's fierce battle, our army has suffered heavy losses, and the enemy must have thought that our army will be repaired. This may be the only way to reverse the decline at the moment. ”

"This ......" Mu Zhice looked embarrassed.

Seeing Mu Zhice hesitate, Zheng Guan immediately knelt on the ground and said movingly: "Your Highness, when the war started on the plains, our army was already at a disadvantage, not to mention that it lost contact with Rin Feng Pass, His Highness has seen the difficulties of today's battle, if you still blindly follow the rules, you will only lose more miserably tomorrow, Your Highness will believe in the old minister this time." ”

Mu Zhice let out a long sigh helplessly, "The situation has become so bad. ”

After a long time, he said gloomily, "The matter is now...... That's all there is to it, the marshal will do it. ”

"The old minister obeys."

Subsequently, Zheng Guan immediately found Xiao Ping, the former commander of the palace.

"Immediately lead 50,000 elites and attack the Yuanfu camp at night!" Zheng Guan said sharply.

“…… The marshal. Xiao Ping, who was kneeling on one knee, raised his head and looked at Zheng Guan with some doubts, he seemed to want to confirm Zheng Guan's words again.

"What are you still doing in a daze, this action is very important, only success, no failure, go quickly!" Zheng Guan scolded.

"Yes...... The last will obey! ”

The news of the recapture of Liangqiang Pass and the news of the death of the King of Beiyang reached Yunjing by only one day.

"You know what? The king of Beiyang died in battle. The diners in the wine shop drank all the wine in the wine cup in one gulp, and smacked their lips as they poured the wine.

"Hey, who are you listening to nonsense, how could such a big official die in battle." The diners across the table laughed.

"It's true, my brother-in-law is on duty in front of the palace, and he told me personally."

"Ahh That's true. ”

"Then there can be a fake." The diner took a peanut and chewed it, pouting, "Hey, when you sing about wine, life is geometric, sometimes think about it, our people's lives are comfortable." ”

"That's the reason."

Yongning Palace.

Emperor Ning, whose eyes were red, stood up from the dragon chair, the news of the death of the King of Beiyang was too sudden, he walked slowly to the front of the palace gate, stood for a long time and choked up: "Spread my will, add the title of Prince Lu Tianyuan, and the portrait ...... Accession to the WTO Pavilion, nicknamed ...... Wu Zhao, Lu Ziyu immediately ...... Inherit the throne of Beiyang. ”

Under the city of Minzhou, Xiao Ping was secretly observing the Yuansu military camp with the Imperial Forest Army, and the sparse bonfires and the soldiers playing Hache did not seem to have a trace of defense.

The doubts in Xiao Ping's heart still couldn't be let go, because the palace marshal had not told him in advance that there would be a plan to attack the camp, could it be that the cooperation between the palace marshal and the Yuan Su people had broken down?

But after all, the military order was difficult to disobey, and Xiao Ping still rushed to Yuan Su's camp with 50,000 imperial forests.

After quickly killing the Yuan Su soldiers guarding the camp gate, the Imperial Forest Army rushed into the Yuan Su camp one after another, and the sound of swords and guns piercing the tent was wrapped in a strong murderous aura, but they did not see the Yuan Su soldiers sleeping soundly as they imagined.

The unreasonable phenomenon made Xiao Ping immediately understand, and he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!" But it was too late.

Arrows blazing with fire rained down from the sky, and the Yuansu soldiers who shouted earth-shattering screams killed them from all directions in an instant.

"Zheng Guan Lao'er, you hurt me!" Xiao Ping roared angrily, and as soon as his words fell, an arrow pierced his throat alive.

Being surrounded by enemy forces in the chaos often ends up miserable. Even if you are a so-called heavenly soldier.

The main general was dead, and the uncommanded and panicked Imperial Forest Army instantly lost its combat effectiveness, and countless Imperial Forest Army died under the scimitar of the Yuan Su army, and that night, the rout of the Royal Forest Army spread from the Yuan Su military camp to the Ning army military camp.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Zheng Guanwei cried and knelt in front of Mu Zhice, "Defeated, we are defeated, the main force attacking the camp was defeated by the Yuan Su army, and the Yuan Su people have already killed in front of the camp." ”

"What!"

"Your Highness, run away with the minister, if Your Highness has a case, the minister will not be enough to kill if he has 10,000 heads!" Zheng Guan begged in a lost voice.

"Zheng Guan, you really mistook the palace and the society!" Mu Zhice's hand trembled and pointed at Zheng Guan and mourned.

"The old minister deserves death for his crimes, and he deserves to die for his crimes, but it's useless to say anything now." Zheng Guan shouted hoarsely outside the account: "Come on! Protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from retreating! ”

It was an embarrassment that the Daning Dynasty had never had for more than a hundred years, and under the pursuit of the Yuansu army, the Ning army, who had lost their armor and abandoned their armor, fled south in a panic, and suffered countless casualties for a while.

Baggage, money, food, carriages, and armor were scattered everywhere, and they were so embarrassed that even Mu Zhice's crown was gone.

The wind was loud, the grass and trees were all soldiers, and the rout army fled all night before the trace of the Yuansu people disappeared.

After dawn, Zheng Guan hurriedly sorted out his troops, but at this moment there were less than 5,000 people left around him.

How high-spirited the 100,000 heavenly soldiers were when they set out on the expedition, but now they are so embarrassed. This situation made Mu Zhice, who was covered in dust and his shawl, couldn't help but cry loudly: "The northern border is lost!" The North is lost! This palace is ashamed of Sheji, and I have no shame to see my father! After speaking, he was about to draw his sword and commit suicide, but fortunately he was stopped by the soldiers present.

Fearing that the Yuansu people would kill again, Zheng Guan directly led the remnants of the army back to Xianggu Pass. He will return to Beijing in a few days to plead guilty.

After the defeat of the Ning army, the Yuan army was naturally jubilant, and on the same day, they took Min and Huai Erzhou in one go. After that, every time the Yuan army captured a state capital, Yan Changfeng would personally go to appease the people in the occupied areas, for him, it was more important for the people in the occupied areas to continue to live and work in peace and contentment.

Without the protection of the imperial court and the Beiping army, those local state capitals were almost defenseless. Wherever Yuan Su Iron rode to, Yan Changfeng went down to the eight states again.

At this time, there were only seven state capitals left west of the Rinfeng Pass in the northern border of Daning.

On this day, the Yuan Su army was preparing to attack Tongzhou under the leadership of Yan Shanhu, but the weak city wall and the few hundred people of the box army, Yan Shanhu did not pay attention to it at all.

The confident Yan Shanhu directly issued an order to capture Tongzhou for an hour.

The soldiers of Yuan Su were also happy to receive the order, and the most elite troops in Daning were almost wiped out by them, so why was it difficult to take a small state capital in an hour?

But just as they were charging to the familiar sound of trumpets and drums, a group of demons with white silk on their heads rushed behind them.

That's right, the devil, because only the devil can describe the fear that the Yuan Su army experienced that day.

After the death of the king of Beiyang, Yuan Su took it for granted that the Beiping army was leaderless, so he could only retreat in the wind pass and did not dare to come out, and the excitement after the defeat of the Royal Forest Army made them almost forget the existence of this army.

Carelessness often comes at a terrible price.

The surging Beiping army rushed to the Yuansu camp like a fierce tiger in the mountains.

Yan Shanhu was still a little surprised after seeing the military flag of the Beiping Army, but after all, he also had tens of thousands of tigers and wolves in his hands.

But who would have thought that the victorious Yuan Su Iron Cavalry would collapse at the touch of a touch under the charge of the Beiping Army. The soldiers of the Beiping Army are described as overwhelming, especially the general who is dressed in a white robe and holds a silver spear.

Some of the Yuansu soldiers recognized him, and the Daning general who had fought bloodily on the city wall of Qinzhou had left a deep impression on them.

What made Yan Shanhu even more panicked was that he found that the direction pointed by the soldiers of the Beiping Army was his own Chinese army camp, but he found out too late.

The hideous tiger head spear emitted a deadly cold light, and as soon as Yan Shanhu on the war horse raised the scimitar in his hand, the lightning-fast spear had already penetrated his chest.

Lu Ziyu pulled out the steel knife on his waist, and at that moment, Yan Shanhu's head and Shuai Qi were cut off together.

This scene completely disintegrated the will to fight of the Yuan Su army.

The Yuan Su army scattered and fled for their lives was very similar to the Royal Forest Army that was defeated that day.

Lu Ziyu did not give the order to continue the pursuit, because after the bloody battle of Qinzhou and the battle of Liangqiang Pass, the Beiping army only had more than 20,000 people left.

But more than 20,000 people, on that day, they were stunned to contain the overwhelming offensive of the 100,000-strong army of Yuan Su, and stubbornly kept the only seven remaining state capitals in the north.

When the news of the defeat of Tongzhou and the death of Yan Shanhu reached Yan Changfeng's ears, he was not as angry as he imagined, and dying on the battlefield was a very glorious thing for every Yuansu person who grew up on horseback.

Yan Changfeng, who closed his eyes and was speechless, clasped his hands in front of his chest and whispered, "Uncle, you have done a good job...... The Yuansu people will always remember what you did for the Yuansu Khanate. ”

Subsequently, he issued an order to the whole army to stop continuing the offensive against Daning.

The invasion of Daning by the Yuan Khanate almost exhausted the strength of the whole country to gather 170,000 troops, and after a campaign, the Yuan Su army, which was already somewhat depleted, immediately appeared to be overstretched after the fiasco of Yanshan Hutongzhou. Coupled with the emptiness of the country, the newly occupied state capital also needs soldiers and horses to consolidate the garrison, and there will be a certain risk of continuing the attack.

And there was another reason for Yan Changfeng to give up his offensive plan, that is, every time he occupied a state capital, he would order people to survey the fields here.

Unlike Daning, they did not have so many cities and populations, except for the capital Beiye and the distribution centers of some tribes, there were no other cities, and now the fields of the fourteen state capitals plus the cattle and sheep pastures in the grasslands were enough to feed the entire Yuan Khanate.

That is, he has completed the task given to him by his father Khan on his deathbed.

But these two points are not the most important reasons. The reason why he did not go on the offensive was because what he wanted in his heart was far more important than these seven state capitals.

On the day when the crown prince and Zheng Guan returned to Yunjing with the remaining thousands of people, it was raining coldly.

The people on the side of the road looked at these down-and-out soldiers in disbelief, there were no vegetable leaves in the sky, no unbearable scolding, only endless silence.

This is the army they are most proud of on weekdays, but now they are so embarrassed by the defeat, and their hearts are also lost and uncomfortable.

Emperor Ning may be really old, since the celebration of the 50th birthday, there seems to be no good news in the Daning Dynasty, from the fall of Liangqiang Pass to the death of the King of Beiyang, Emperor Ning has not closed his eyes for many days and nights.

And this time the crown prince was defeated, and the news of the loss of fourteen states in the north completely crushed Emperor Ning's body, and he fainted under a burst of fire, and he gradually woke up until the next day. During this period, Concubine Hui and Mu Linxiao were guarding in front of the couch, and Mu Zhixun, who hurried to hear the news late at night, also did not leave an inch.

And Mu Zhice knelt in front of Emperor Ning's couch for a whole night, and it was useless to persuade anyone.

"You...... Come here. Emperor Ning pointed to Mu Zhice, who was kneeling on the ground, which was the first thing he said after waking up.

“…… Father. Mu Zhice knelt down and moved to the front of the couch.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Ning slapped Mu Zhice fiercely, and Mu Zhice, who hit him directly, staggered to the ground, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Hui hurriedly stopped the excited Emperor Ning.

"Brother Prince!" Mu Linxiao hurriedly helped Mu Zhice up, and the tears in his eyes had already begun to roll.

"Father, it's not the emperor's fault." Seeing this, Mu Zhixun knelt down and pleaded, "It's Lu Ziyu...... Lu Ziyu escaped from the battle and let the Yuanfu people in, which made the imperial brother fall into the dilemma of infantry versus cavalry! ”

"Ahem...... What about Zheng Guan! How did he become a lieutenant general! Emperor Ning angrily patted the bed and shouted.

"The marshal...... He is at home and waiting for his father to fall. Mu Zhixun said in a low voice.

"Father...... Erchen is incompetent, this is all the fault of Erchen, Ziyu is not to blame or Zheng Guan, all the blame is borne by Erchen alone. Mu Zhice said bitterly.

"You bear it...... Can you afford it?! Emperor Ning roared.

"Father, after all, the prince's brother is leading troops to fight for the first time, so you can forgive him this time." Mu Linxiao also knelt on the ground and begged with tears in her eyes, she had never seen her father be so angry with the prince's brother since she was a child, and this time, she didn't know how her father would punish the prince's brother.

After Mu Linxiao finished crying, Emperor Ning closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. After a long time, his voice trembled and said: "The prince was guilty of doing something in the community, and he was punished for kneeling in the temple for three months, and after three months, he was confined in the palace...... Chang Wang instead. Zheng Guan failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a general, and was immediately dismissed, imprisoned in a prison, and waited for his fate. Thinking that Lu Ziyu is sticking to the land of Qizhou, he ...... for the time being If you are guilty, you will be retained, and the matter of Qinzhou will be discussed later. ”

On that day, Zheng Guan took off his court clothes and was taken into the prison by his former subordinates, and the heartbroken Mu Zhice was also sent to Taimiao on the outskirts of Beijing under the care of the Imperial Forest Army.

After Mu Zhixun left the palace, he walked in the direction of the prison with an umbrella, his ink-colored eyes were cold and dark, yes, things were developing in the direction he had planned.

The crown prince lost power, and he could finally take this opportunity to walk openly in the cabinet and various ministries, and then make specific arrangements for the next step, but ...... Zheng Guan's failure to get rid of Lu Ziyu was something he never expected, and now he knows that Lu Ziyu must be beginning to suspect him, although His Majesty has not summoned Lu Ziyu to Beijing for the time being, but he can't delay it any longer, no matter what, he must act before being exposed.

The next day, the controversy above the Xiao and the palace exploded. The Imperial Forest Army was defeated, Zheng Guan was imprisoned, and the seven northern states were in danger. How should the imperial court respond to the next move of the Yuan Khanate? Once the war resumes, who should the imperial court send to be the commander? The main force of the Beijing Division suffered heavy casualties, and Gyeonggi was empty, did it transfer the Zhennan Army and the Jing Navy into Beijing?

Asking for help, sticking to it, and negotiating peace, for a while, there were many civil and military discussions in the Manchu Dynasty, but there was no way to satisfy Emperor Ning.

There were even people who said that Zheng Guan was going to be activated again, and he was ordered to be in danger, and the angry Emperor Ning directly waved his sleeves and said angrily: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

At this time, a eunuch outside the palace hurriedly ran in and knelt down and said, "The general army of Xiangguguan is in a hurry, and the Yuan Khanate has sent an envoy to sue for peace, asking to enter Beijing." ”

As soon as the words fell, the ministers looked at each other, and the sudden peace made them unclear about the intentions of the Yuan Khanate for a while, the twenty-one states in the north had already reached the fourteen states, why didn't they choose to take the remaining seven states in one go, but chose to sue for peace?

“…… Permission to enter Beijing. Emperor Ning's cheeks trembled slightly, and there was helplessness and resentment in his mouth.