When the emperor said the four words "I have made up my mind", he had to hold the determination to die to persuade him.

Although most of the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty believed that it was not a good time for the imperial expedition under the premise of insufficient preparation. But there are also not many people who think that Zhu Qizhen will encounter a fiasco in the Northern Expedition.

At most, there is no danger, and the logistical pressure on the courtiers is great.

Those who should be persuaded have been persuaded, and the emperor really wants to levy in person, so he can only obey his fate.

The Huagai Hall was full of civil and military retreats, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, stood at the gate of the palace and was worried, until the British Duke Zhang Fu came out of the palace, and Zhu Yong greeted him.

"British duke."

Zhu Yong said hello.

"Cheng Guogong, what's the matter?"

After returning the salute, the British public Zhang Fu asked rhetorically, generally at the level of the minister, it belongs to the kind of person who does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, not to mention that the court just discussed the major event of the royal conquest.

"British duke, the younger generation dares to ask, do you support Your Majesty's personal expedition?"

In fact, above the court, Zhu Yong saw that Zhang Fu had been silent, and he was very puzzled and a little anxious in his heart.

With more than 50 years of British experience in politics and the army, it is impossible for him not to know the risks of a hasty Northern Expedition, even if he was as strong as Ming Chengzu Zhu Di back then, he had to be fully prepared in advance for the invasion of Mongolia.

is such an old elder who has become a country, but he watched the emperor insist on going his own way?

If the British Gong Zhang Fu could stand up and admonish His Majesty at that time, with his qualifications and fame, the military generals and relatives group would not have been divided into two factions and hesitated, and perhaps there would have been a different result in the court meeting tonight.

Faced with Zhu Yong's inquiry, British Duke Zhang Fu only smiled vigorously, and then said something completely irrelevant.

"Chengguo Gong, it seems that you have been greatly influenced by Xiang North, and you have begun to look at the Mongols as if you were facing a great enemy."

You must know that the latest large-scale conquest of Mongolia by the Orthodox Dynasty was the destruction of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei under the leadership of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo. At that time, Zhu Yong had a high fighting spirit, regarded the Mongolian Tatars as pigs and sheep, and belonged to a fanatical main battle faction.

I didn't expect that in just the past four years, I have become so cautious about the conquest.

This sentence made Chengguo Duke Zhu Yong dumbfounded for a while, in a sense, Shen Yichen's inquiries about the military situation in the north in recent years, as well as his vigilance against the Mongolian Tile Thorn Department, did unknowingly affect the judgment of Chengguo Duke Zhu Yong.

Even he didn't realize when he put the tile spur in the position of the first enemy.

Seeing that Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was speechless, the British Duke Zhang Fu continued to say in an emotional tone: "The tiger father has no dog son, and my father really envies the Duke of Chengguo for having such a son, and he has the foresight to see the threat of the Mongolian tile thorn to my Ming Dynasty." ”

It's good that the British Gong Zhang Fu didn't say this, and saying it was equivalent to telling Zhu Yong that he didn't see the threat of the Tile Spur Department to the Ming Dynasty, but he still didn't stop the emperor's risky move.

Daming Xun Qi, retired with the country, why should the British Duke let the crisis go?

But soon, Zhang Fu told Zhu Yong this answer.

"Cheng Guogong, fifty years of ups and downs in officialdom, can see a lot of things clearly. My father is old, but his heirs are not very good, so it is time to think about future generations. ”

After that, the British Duke Zhang Fu waved his hand to Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and walked to the carriage of the Duke of Chengguo very lonely.

Under the illumination of the red lantern on the palace wall, the back of the British Duke Zhang Fu who was once majestic became faltering in the eyes of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, at this moment, and there was no longer the heroic posture of the battlefield back then.

Lian is quite old, and today's Zhang Fu does not have the spirit of a world-famous general.

Zhu Yong stared at it for a long time before Steward Wu of the Gongfu came to his side and reminded softly: "Grandpa, let's go back to the house late at night." ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Yong nodded, and said in an emotional tone: "It seems that His Majesty's protection of Xining at the beginning of the year made the British Duke a little disheartened. ”

Xining and Shen Yichen went out of Fujian together, but it did not change the dispute between him and the British Duke in history. On the contrary, after being put on the table, the desire for land became stronger and stronger, and he more unscrupulously invaded the field house of the British Gong Zhangfu, making a big fuss.

The ending is also the same as in history, Emperor Zhu Qizhen chose to protect Xining, and with the blessing of Fujian's counterinsurgency, Xining also unscrupulously provoked the British Duke afterwards, looking for a sense of superiority that he had never experienced before!

The British duke, the head of the dignified Ming Dynasty, was bullied by me Xining like a soft persimmon, and dared to ask who else in the world could do it?

You must know that the history books of the Ming Dynasty once recorded that during the period of Wang Zhenfei's domineering, anyone who saw him had to be respectful, "only auxiliary and resistant"!

However, Zhu Qizhen's bias made Zhang Fu understand the emperor's true intentions, he didn't fully trust his old ministers, and he never even had real respect in his heart.

As the saying goes, mourning is better than dying, since the emperor intends to rely on internal officials to control the government, then let him go.

As Zhu Qizhen wished, the British public Zhang Fu learned to shut up, learned to be silent, and learned to protect himself.

What's more important is that except for Shen Yichen in this world, no one may have expected that the result of the imperial expedition would be the annihilation of the entire army and the emperor Beijiao.

Otherwise, even for the sake of the first emperor's lonely responsibility, the British public Zhang Fu will stand up and say something.

Just when the Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies of the Beijing Division began to prepare for the imperial conquest, the situation in Liaodong, thousands of miles away, was also not optimistic. Originally, it was only a partial division of the sheep attack, but after gaining the support of the three Jurchen tribes, it achieved unexpected results.

Of course, the emergence of this result is inevitably due to the cooperation of Cao Yi, the chief military officer of Liaodong!

Cao Yi has been stationed in Liaodong for nearly 20 years since he came to Liaodong to assist the former commander-in-chief Wu Kai, and it stands to reason that he has a home advantage, and he should not be surprised in the face of the crisis.

But no one thought that Cao Yi first derelicted his duties and underestimated the enemy, ignoring the information on the movements of the Mongolian army provided by the defenders of the border fort. Then, after learning that the three Jurchen tribes rebelled and merged with the Mongolian Eastern Route Army led by Totobuhua, they actually effectively resisted without being organized, so they gave up Guangning City, the headquarters of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, greedily for life and fear of death!

You must know that there are 5,000 defenders in Guangning City, and there are also tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty Liaodong troops in the surrounding David City, but if Cao Yi grits his teeth and insists on a few days, reinforcements from all walks of life can arrive, and even complete the counter-encirclement of the Mongolian East Route Army.

As a result, no one thought that such a general soldier with a "great reputation" in Liaodong chose to abandon the city and flee!

His abandonment of the city is equivalent to interrupting the entire Liaodong Army's plan to rush to aid, and the opponent can be the Mongolian cavalry, which is best at this kind of field pursuit, and the defense of Guangning City along the way can be described as heavy casualties.

Even the reinforcements from David in Liaodong were constantly ambushed and surrounded by the Mongols, and the situation collapsed to a degree no less than that of Datong Yanghe!

Li Da led the officers and soldiers of Liaohaiwei to rush to the vicinity of Guangning City overnight, but what he saw was wreckage and discarded weapons all over the ground. On the head of Quang Ninh in the distance, the sweat flag of the Mongols can be faintly seen, and even the mournful cry can be heard.

"Big brother, has Guangning City been captured?"

Zhang Qi looked at the scene in front of him, as if he couldn't believe it, Guangning City was the residence of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and there was also a general military officer leading 5,000 troops to sit in town. The scale of the city is not comparable to the small earthen fort of the Liaohai Acropolis, and it was captured by the Mongol army in less than two days?

To put it mildly, the time for the Mongols to build siege equipment is probably more than two days!

"It doesn't look like it."

Li Da's face was extremely solemn, in fact, whether Guangning City was captured or not, and now the Liaodong Capital Division was occupied by the Mongols, which was destined to be a catastrophe.

The reason is that the Mongols, unlike the civil war in the Central Plains, can abandon the cities they occupy, and only need to loot the population and goods and bring them back.

Even if Guangning City is recovered in the future, what the Ming Dynasty will get may be a dead city, and the capital of Liaodong, which has been in operation for nearly a hundred years, will be wasted!

"Then what should we do now, send scouts to reconnoiter to see the situation, or return to the Liaohai Acropolis?"

In ancient times, it was not as convenient as in later generations to transmit news, and at this moment, Li Da's troops and horses belonged to a situation where they were completely confused. The fall of Guangning City means that there is no need to rush to help, and the whereabouts of the Liaodong General Army and Guangning Wei are unknown, and they don't know where to look for them in the vast land.

Before Li Da could make a decision, the Mongols, who had already discovered their traces, had already sent several troops to encircle.

In a sense, Li Daneng led the soldiers and horses to the city of Guangning so smoothly, which was also deliberately done by the Mongols. I thought that they took the initiative to abandon the Liaohai Acropolis and pulled out a nail on the back road.

But since he took the initiative to come, he didn't plan to let Li Da and the others return to the Liaohai Acropolis!

"Enemy attack!"

The reconnaissance cavalry, who were scattered far away, immediately discovered the figure of the cavalry of the Mongolian brigade, roared angrily and then frantically sounded the military horn to warn.

"Prepare for war!"

After hearing the warning of the enemy attack, Li Da no longer bothered to discuss with Zhang Qi, and urged the war horse under his crotch to shout around the Liaohai guards.

There was no panic, let alone fleeing, looking at the dust flying in all directions, even if they realized that they had entered the enemy's encirclement, the Ming soldiers of Liaohaiwei still raised their spears in an orderly manner.

In the past, only the Mongols saw the Ming army fleeing with the battle flag, and there was never a reason for the Ming soldiers to surrender without a fight. Even if there were such fiascos as Maoerzhuang and Yanghe, there was no large-scale surrender until the entire army was annihilated.

At this time, the Ming soldiers still have the courage and martial arts brought by the prosperity of the peak dynasty!

As the Ming army prepared to meet the battle, the Tatars surrounded the army and gradually emerged from the dust. The number of people far exceeded Li Da's expectations, and from a rough estimate of the cavalry from all directions, it may not be less than 10,000 people!

You must know that there are less than 2,000 people in the entire Liaohaiwei, and after excluding the hundreds of people left behind, Li Daman has only 1,500 soldiers and horses under his control.

This means that if you want to win this war, the Ming army can be one enemy and ten!

The soldiers who had spoken on the Liaohai Guard City subconsciously swallowed heavily when they saw the scene in front of them.

The recruit still asked the veteran soldiers beside him, "Uncle Wang, the Tartars seem to have surrounded us, can we still win this time?" ”

Without the protection of the city wall, it is equivalent to losing a psychological line of defense, even if the veterans of Liaodong who have experienced several northern expeditions to Mongolia are full of solemnity when they see this kind of scene.

But he still replied in an arrogant tone: "Qian Xiaoliu, didn't you tell you that the kid can fight three?" ”

"But there are far more than three of them!"

"We'll take care of the rest!"

On the other side, the Daming cavalry, who was carrying a saber, heard the conversation and replied to the recruit without hesitation.

Cavalry is a duel of the brave, even if the Mongols have always been good at riding and shooting, but the Ming cavalry still has its own pride, and no one will be the first to be timid.

The sword is shining, the golden iron horse, and the soldiers under him are not afraid, but Li Da knows very well in his heart that there is a huge gap in numbers, if there is no way to break through, then the city of Guangning is the burial place for himself and others.

It's like the corpse of the Ming army that has fallen here!

"Wen is dead, martial arts are fighting to the death, and now when it is time for our warriors to be loyal to the country, are you afraid of the group of uncivilized Tartars in front of you?"

"Don't be afraid!"

The sound of the response of the mountains and tsunamis resounded in the sky, and at the same time, the Liaohai guards continued to hit the ground with their weapons or slap their armor, and there was a sound of Jin Ge.

"Okay, it's worthy of being my son of the Ming Dynasty, then follow Ben General to fight a bloody road today!"

After Li Da finished speaking, he pulled out the sword at his waist with murderous intent on his face, but there was an irrepressible blood boiling in his heart.

When he was still in the family school of Yingtianfu Outer Courtyard, he devoted himself to writing from Rong, hoping that one day he could fight on the battlefield. Now, when you finally have the opportunity to get what you want, how can you not be excited?

Even if you die in battle, the horse leather shroud is also the best praise for a warrior!

At the same time, Zhang Qi, Wu Rong and others, who followed behind Li Da, also pulled out the weapons on their waists, held high the battle cry of the Ming army and shouted the battle cry of the Ming army: "The Ming army is mighty!" ”

"The Ming army is mighty, the Ming army is mighty, the Ming army is mighty!"

The battle horn of the Ming army, which resounded in the sky, surged towards the place like a wave. At the same time, the Mongol-Tatar army sensed the enemy's fighting spirit and also chanted Immortal Heaven in Mongolian.

"Kill!"

With Li Da's order, more than 1,000 soldiers of the Ming Liaohai Guard did not hesitate to charge towards the Mongolian army, which was ten times their size.

Especially in this desperate situation of being besieged, would you rather be slaughtered to death in humiliation, or die on the way to attack, even if you have only the last few minutes of your life?

In the shadow of the sword and sword, a huge Ming fleet appeared on the sea level of Bohai Bay.

Shen Yichen stood on the flagship deck of the next fleet, staring at the coastline that was already faintly visible in the distance, and his mood was indeed extremely heavy and depressed.

He had already received the news that the Ming army had suffered a crushing defeat at Datong, and the 50,000 Datong defenders had been wiped out. At the same time, the situation in Liaodong was not optimistic, and the general army Cao Yi chose to abandon the city and retreat, but was pursued and killed by the Mongol army all the way, and the loss of troops and generals temporarily lost contact.

At the same time, his sudden abandonment of the city caused many soldiers of the Liaodong Guard Station who did not receive military orders to rush to the aid of Guangning City according to the original plan, forming a scene of the Mongolian army encircling the point and sending reinforcements in disguise.

But what really made Shen Yichen feel the pressure was the news that Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen decided to go to the expedition in person, and the historical trajectory did not change in the slightest. If nothing else, the Jingying army may be on the way to Datong now!