Chapter 48: Nagato's Lonely Shadow Darkened
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After listening to the courtier's reply, Sun Qingyang said: "Kuang Yu, the secretary of the military department, has gone to the country, and the mourning family heard that he has also warned the emperor many times on the way, don't rush forward, but unfortunately the emperor believes in Wang Zhen's words, and eventually leads to danger. Like Lord Yu, who wants to be before the king, they are an example for all of you to follow. โ
Speaking of this, she showed a look of approval, "Lord Yu once said that 'the six divisions should not be taken lightly', and Lord Wang once led hundreds of officials to admonish, saying: 'Border things have existed since ancient times, but they are strictly guarded. Your Majesty has the help of heaven's arm, it is advisable to consolidate the territory, declare the order, clear the wilderness, and wait for it, but you can win it, and it is not appropriate to personally lead the sixth division to the fortress. At present, the autumn department is still in full bloom, the drought has not returned, the grass is not abundant, the water spring is still astringent, and the use of people and animals is really not filled. And the car is out, and the Quartet is in a hurry. Other benefits are not guaranteed. The Son of Heaven is supreme and goes to the dangerous place in person, and the ministers think it is impossible. It's a pity that the emperor didn't listen to such a contrary advice, otherwise, the emperor would not have been captured. โ
"Now, Lord Kwong and many of the pillars of the country are in trouble, the country is in turmoil, you must be sincerely united, do not be the one who only cares about himself, intends to protect the wealth and life of the whole family, you must know that there is no end to the nest, if the city is ruined and the country is destroyed, then how can the villain be trusted? The mourning family summoned all the adults to come, just to set up the crown prince and let the king of the palace who lived in the palace supervise the country, on the one hand, negotiate with Warat and redeem the emperor with gold and silver, on the other hand, be ready to resist the Wara army, repair the plank road openly, and secretly Chen Cang. What do you think? โ
Hearing that the Queen Mother, who has always ignored political affairs, has such an insight, the ministers were taken aback, and they all praised what the Queen Mother said.
Later, Yu Qian was ordered to see him, and Sun Qingyang asked him to take on the important task of defending the capital as the acting secretary of the military department, and Yu Qian was indignantly ordered.
As Qianhu Liang Gui brought back a handwritten letter from the captured orthodox emperor, telling about the various things that happened along the way of the imperial expedition, the inside story of the Tumubao change was completely revealed.
Since July 16, the saint drove out of Beijing, on July 19, the army left Juyongguan, and on the 23rd, arrived at Xuanfu. Along the way, there were strong winds and rains for days, the roads were muddy, coupled with the palm prints of the celebrant and the factory of Dongchang, when Wang Zhen, the most favored eunuch of today, urged to hurry, because the weather in the north of the country had become cold, the soldiers were hungry and cold, and the suffering was unspeakable, and countless people and horses were injured on the road, and the two armies had not clashed, and they had begun to suffer a large number of casualties.
For this reason, the ministers asked for a temporary delay, Wang Zhen was furious, and said: "The imperial court raises troops for a thousand days, and it is used for a while. Whoever dares to obstruct it again will be subject to military law! Wang Zuo, the secretary of the household department, and Kuang Mat, the secretary of the military department, argued with him for a few words, but was dragged down by the samurai and punished to kneel in the grass by the roadside for several hours.
Everyone was indignant, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Since then, Wang Zhen has monopolized the power and demanded that the civil and military generals should first return to him, and he will judge whether to inherit the emperor again.
Among the people who accompanied the driver at that time, although the British public Zhang Fu ranked first in terms of official position and qualifications, he did not directly participate in military politics. There are only two cabinet ministers, Cao Nai and Zhang Yi, of which Zhang Yi has not been in the cabinet for three months, and he is also angry with Wang Zhen.
Cao Nai conspired with Zhu Yushi on the way and said: "If you don't kill Wang Zhen, you can't go back." Today, the six armies are in mourning and hate Wang Zhen for a long time. If you use the power of a warrior to smash Wang Zhen and crush his head in front of the car, count his crimes of treachery and misuse of the country, and then send the general to Datong, there is no intention to save it. It's a pity that the imperial history is worried about those who dare to respond, Cao Ding wanted to discuss this matter with the British prince but never found the opportunity, so he had to go all the way.
The army has not yet arrived in Datong, and the soldiers are short of food. Warat also pretended to avoid it first, and lured the teacher to go deeper.
On the first day of the first month of August, when the army marched into Datong City, there was news of the defeat of soldiers and horses from all walks of life, especially the defeat of the Battle of Yanghe, the military affairs of the governor of Datong, Xining Marquis Song Ying, the chief military officer Wu Jinbo Zhu Mian were killed, the whereabouts of the eunuch Guo Jing and the chief military officer Shi Heng were unknown, and the rest of the fortresses were attacked by Warat and Mongolian cavalry, and suffered heavy losses.
After arriving in Datong, military reports came from all over the country, knowing that all the men and horses of Warat had entered the Great Wall and were rapidly moving south, and the return route of the army was in danger of being cut off. Wang Zhen saw that the situation at the border pass was critical, panicked, and was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and decided to withdraw when everyone did not say to retreat.
At that time, Guo Deng, the deputy commander-in-chief of Datong, suggested to the emperor that it was best for the army to retreat to the southeast and return to Beijing through the Bauhinia Pass to ensure safety. Because the retreat from this road had to pass through Ulzhou, Wang Zhen wanted to invite the emperor to his hometown to show his favor and return to his hometown, to which the emperor agreed. However, after walking forty miles, Wang Zhen suddenly changed his mind again, he was afraid that the army would pass through Ulzhou, and thousands of troops and horses would trample on the crops in his fields, so he ordered to advance in the northeast direction, and followed the road he had walked straight to Xuanfu.
At the same time, Wang Zhen sent thousands of vehicles to Ulzhou to carry his family's belongings and advance with the army. Along the way, he arbitrarily commanded hundreds of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of troops, just like herding cattle. The whole army was furious to the extreme, and during the march, there were many complaints.
Guo Deng, a general of Datong, suggested to Cao Nai, a scholar, that the Xuanfu was too far away and the terrain was unfavorable, so it was advisable to retreat to the Bauhinia Pass. Lord Cao advised the Son of Heaven, but Wang Zhen coerced the Son of Heaven to order the ministers, and insisted on ordering the army to move towards Xuanfu, but it was delayed for seven days in vain, and it was only on the tenth day of August that he arrived at Xuanfu!
At this time, Polo has led the army to catch up, Polo is also the younger brother of Yexian, the fierce general in the Wara army, known as the "Iron Neck Marshal".
After the battle with the Ming army in Jiming Mountain, the emperor sent the palace army to obey the Hou Wu Kezhong and the governor Wu Keqin to lead the troops, because the Ming army ran back and forth for many days, exhausted, physical strength, more than half of the dead and wounded, Wu Kezhong and Wu Keqin brothers were killed heroically.
The report of defeat came, and the emperor ordered Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and Xue Shou, Yongshun Bo, to lead an army of 30,000 to fight with the enemy in Harrier Mountain.
The two battles suffered countless casualties, but finally bought time for the army, and on the thirteenth, the emperor's pro-army entered the Tumu Fort from Xuanfu. The fort is an important post station, surrounded by high peaks, with only a few mountain paths for traffic. This place is only more than 20 miles away from the county seat of Huailai, if the army rushes to Huailai, you can defend the city.
As a result, because Wang Zhen's batch of baggage vehicles had not arrived for a long time, in order to wait for those things, he did not let the army enter Huailai City, and the whole army was stationed on the Wolf Mountain near Tumubao. Kuang Yu, the secretary of the military department, asked to see the emperor twice, and wanted to ask the emperor to lead a light cavalry to enter Juyong Pass first, and the army then followed up and sent elite soldiers to the palace to make sure that everything was perfect. But Wang Zhen didn't let Lord Kuang meet the Son of Heaven, and insisted on stopping him outside the tent, and Lord Kuang was so angry that he scolded, and Wang Zhen ordered the guards to drag Lord Kuang out......
At dawn the next day, with the sound of horns, the Varat pursuers arrived and immediately surrounded the Ming garrison. The terrain of the civil fort is very high, the Ming army dug the ground, can not get a drop of water, the army panics, although it is early autumn, the summer heat has not subsided, two days can not get drinking water, the people and horses are hungry and thirsty.
The cunning also saw the Ming army trapped first, and was very happy, but at that time, the Wara army only had more than 20,000 cavalry, and the Ming army was known as 500,000 troops.
Therefore, he also waved his army to retreat temporarily, and sent envoys with letters to negotiate peace and lure the Ming army to leave the position. When the Ming army of the brigade was marching on the mountain trail and could not take care of each other, it suddenly launched an attack, shooting at the Ming army with strong bows and crossbows from all directions, and the Ming army was passively beaten, and the team was in chaos and fled in all directions.
At that time, the emperor's residence was under siege, and the guards and eunuchs around him were hit by arrows one after another. And these arrows were sold by Wang Zhen to Warat at a high price in the past. The guard general Fan Zhong gritted his teeth with hatred, grabbed Wang Zhen and scolded bitterly: "You dog eunuch, the country's major affairs are in your hands, you can't run, today I want to eliminate harm for the people of the world!" Then he slammed Wang Zhen's head with a hammer, but unfortunately, at this time, the Wara army had been surrounded from all sides, Fan Zhong rushed left and right, killed several enemies one after another, and finally died of exhaustion.
In this campaign, Wang Zhen, in order to seek personal gain, took state affairs as a child's play, and pushed hundreds of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops into a desperate situation. However, the soldiers of the Ming army at that time were brave and unyielding in the unfavorable situation and suffered heavy casualties, bravely fought with the enemy, and never gave in.
In the melee, hundreds of civil and military ministers, such as the British Gong Zhang Fu, the Minister of the Expedition, Chen Ying, the Marquis of Taining, the eldest daughter of Emperor Hongxi, Princess Jiaxing, the concubine Duwei Jingyuan, the secretary of the military department, Kuang Yu, the secretary of the household department, Cao Nai, Zhang Yi, the cabinet scholar, Ding Xuan, the waiter of the criminal department, Wang Yonghe, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and Deng Di, the deputy capital of the imperial history, all died in the chaos of the army and died heroically.
Only a very small number of people such as Xiao Weizhen, the right temple of Dali Temple, and Yang Shan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Among them, many of them were civilian officials who had never experienced a battle, and some were gray-haired old men, but all of them had weapons in their hands and died on the battlefield.
In this battle of Tumubao, there were only more than 20,000 people in the Wara army, and the Ming army of 450,000 was under the blind command of Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen...... There were very few survivors left, and they were completely defeated, with more than half of them killed and wounded, more than 200,000 mules and horses lost, and all their armor and baggage were taken by the enemy. The soldiers of the Ming army who fled in all directions, fell over the mountains and fell into the valley, starved for days, unkempt hair and naked, and abandoned their corpses for hundreds of miles, which was unbearable to see.
After listening to what Liang Gui said, back to Cining Palace, Sun Qingyang was silent for a long time, and only muttered for a while: "The emperor ascended the throne before the age of nine, and he was supervised by the Empress Dowager, and Sanyang was the auxiliary government, and the court has always been peaceful, and the world is stable. Just as Wang Zhi and others of the Ministry of Officials said, they were not well prepared at the beginning, and they did not prepare grain and grass in advance, and only gathered for more than ten days before they hurriedly set out on the road, so that there would be a matter of leaving the capital for a few days and not arriving at the front line battlefield, and there was already a lack of food in the army......"
"Although the initiator of this matter is Wang Zhen, it is not that the emperor is partial to credulity, but now, he also treats the emperor as a strange commodity to live in, what should I do?"