"Since Mr. sees the same thing, then I immediately ordered that the Duke of Chengguo and the Marquis of Gongshun find the main force of the Tartars, and at the same time change the path back to Beijing to take Juyong Pass!"

After making this decision, Zhu Qizhen had an irrepressible look on his face, as if he was proud of his wisdom and martial arts.

As everyone knows, the tile spur also didn't want to let the Ming army evacuate safely, he had already waited for the enemy to prepare for a decisive battle, just waiting for Zhu Qizhen to throw himself into the net!

Zhu Yong, the prince of Chengguo behind the palace, soon received the emperor's edict, and when he read the content of the holy decree, his face could be described as extremely solemn.

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, has fought on the battlefield for decades, and has fought against the Mongols countless times. His battlefield instinct told him that he must not take the initiative this time, otherwise it would be equivalent to giving the Tile Thorn an opportunity to take advantage of it first.

What's more, it has only been a long time since the Yanghe fiasco of Song Ying, Marquis of Xining, the Mongols are menacing and far stronger than before, and the cavalry force of 60,000 palaces may not be as big as imagined.

"Grandpa, let the last general lead the soldiers and horses to find the traces of the main force of the Tile Spur Division."

Before Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, made a decision, Wu Kezhong, the Marquis of Gongshun, took the initiative to ask for help.

Wu Kezhong was born in Mongolia, and his father Wu Yuncheng was a Tatar official who followed Zhu Dijing, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and later changed the Tatar character of the Tatar official to the word "da" in order to avoid literal derogation.

The Mongol Tatar officials gained a firm foothold in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, relying on their outstanding military exploits to maintain the longevity of the family. Now that he has returned to Beijing without making an inch, he is not satisfied with many military generals and relatives in the army.

They are still waiting for this war to be promoted to the rank of knight and lay a foundation for future generations.

Now that the emperor has changed his mind again and taken the initiative, Wu Kezhong is naturally unwilling to miss this opportunity.

"Now that the enemy's situation is unknown, it is not appropriate to divide troops and take the initiative to attack."

Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong shook his head and rejected the idea of Gongshun Hou Wu Kezong taking the initiative to ask for help.

He always felt that this time the imperial court soldiers and horses were caught in a huge conspiracy whirlpool. With the power scheme of the first Taishi to unify Mongolia, how could he not make any moves so far?

There is no sign that it is also preparing for a big move first!

It's just that as soon as Zhu Yong's voice fell, a leisurely voice sounded beside him: "Grandpa, this is the will of the Long Live Lord, and our family thinks it is better to obey the will." ”

It was none other than Liu Seng, the supervisor of Zhu Yong's department, who said this.

As Ming Yingzong relied more and more on the eunuch group to balance the power of the DPRK and China, not only Wang Zhen achieved the power of the government and the opposition, but the other eunuchs also ascended to heaven and were arrogant.

Coupled with Liu Seng's identity as a superintendent of the army, Gui Wei Chengguo had to bend his waist in front of him.

"Gonggong Liu misunderstood, although Datong did not fall under the insistence of Guo Dudu Tongzhi, due to the large number of losses of Fengsui Castle, the entire Beacon Fire Intelligence System has been destroyed, and we don't know anything about the whereabouts of the Tile Spur Division."

"Soldiers, treacherous, this duke has to plan first."

The Yanghe fiasco of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the loss of 40,000 elite border troops, also led to the collapse of the entire border fort beacon fire intelligence system.

In the past, with the help of beacons of border forts, Great Wall, Acropolis and other defense systems, it was possible to detect the Mongol army almost immediately and track the enemy's direction.

Now the Ming army has completely become a "blind man", and the one who is hidden in the shadows has an absolute first-mover advantage.

"Our family doesn't know what sophistry is, only that the holy decree of the Long Live Lord must be obeyed."

"Cheng Guogong, do you want to resist the decree?"

When Liu Seng said these four words, all of Zhu Yong's caution became pale and weak, and the emperor's order could not be violated!

"Gong Shun Hou, this duke orders you to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to investigate the traces of the Wa Thorn Division."

"Remember, if you have news, go back to the camp to report it, don't rush for quick success!"

After the order was given, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, still gave an instruct with peace of mind.

Gongshun Hou Wu Kezhong fought bravely and was loyal to the Ming court. But he is more than brave and lacks strategy, and it is easy to be led by the nose by the enemy.

The strategy of the tile spur is far from being comparable to those Mongolian reckless men in the past, and there is a vague kind of shadow of the prime minister of the Great Yuan back then, and he must not be taken lightly.

"The last general obeys!"

Wu Kezhong received the order very happily, but put the admonition of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, in the back of his ears.

He has a full 60,000 elite soldiers, not to mention that dozens of kilometers away, there are more than 100,000 troops in the Beijing camp led by His Majesty.

Now the one who is afraid should be Yexian, as long as the Ming army discovers the whereabouts of the main force of the tile spur, it will be a catastrophe to meet the Tartars!

The horse's hooves were flying, and Wu Kezhong, the Hou of Gongshun, led more than 10,000 elite soldiers and roared out of the camp.

At the same time, on the side of the Beijing Division, Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, only led a few horsemen to the Dagu Haiphong Pass in Beizhili, preparing to read out the will to let Shen Yichen enter Beijing alone.

Tens of thousands of Fujian troops have been assembled at Dagukou, and temporary camps have also been set up to stand by. Shen Yichen dared to take the risk of leading the army to Beijing without being summoned, but it was impossible to forcibly enter the Beijing division without a will.

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That would really be a rebellion.

Yu Qian came to the gate of the camp, looked at the neatly planned camp tent in front of him, and the soldiers with high morale, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart for a while.

Maybe the three major battalions of the Beijing Division today are not as neat and tidy as Admiral Shen Yichen's local army!

"Who's coming?"

The sentry standing at the door saw Yu Qian and the others coming, and immediately put on a posture of combat readiness to ask the identity of the other party.

Even if Yu Qian's scarlet robe was already extremely conspicuous, he still didn't get any special care.

"This official is Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, and he has come to announce the decree to Admiral Shen, and he will not let go!"

Yu Qian thought that he had mentioned the holy decree, and the gatekeepers would definitely be afraid to retreat. But what he never expected was that the barracks sentry replied with righteous words: "The army only knows the commander's military order, and I also ask the young Sima to stay for a while, and go to pass on the word to Admiral Shen!" “

With that, the soldier turned and ran towards the camp.

The appearance of this scene almost made Yu Qian's jaw drop. A sentry guarding the gate not only knows how to call himself Shao Sima, but also can be neither humble nor arrogant in the face of the messenger of the decree, and abide by the laws of the army.

If it weren't for what he saw with his own eyes, Yu Qian wouldn't have believed that Shen Yicheng had been able to train such an elite division in Fujian for more than a year!

It didn't take long for Shen Yichen to lead the generals at all levels of the Fujian Guard Station to the camp to greet Yu Qian.

Yu Gong, Yu Qian is a squire of the military department, which is regarded as the superior department of the local health station, and also carries the will.

Yu private, Shen Yichen knows what kind of person Yu Qian is, and he will give the other party absolute respect.

"Xiaguan Shen Yichen and the Fujian generals have seen Shao Sima."

"The last general will meet Shao Sima!"

A salute sounded, but Yu Qian set his eyes on Shen Yichen.

At that time, the foreign minister of Beijing said goodbye, and three years have passed unconsciously. Compared with Shen Yichen, who was full of bookish atmosphere at that time, now when he sees him again, he can feel a kind of calmness and majesty that does not match his age.

In three years, Shen Yichen has really changed a lot.

"Mothers need to be polite."

Yu Qian waved his hand and motioned for the Fujian generals to get up, and then he came to Shen Yichen, and said with an emotional smile on his face: "Admiral Shen, long time no see." ”

"Yes, Shao Sima, it's been a long time."

Shen Yichen's tone was also embarrassed, who would have thought that when he met Yu Qian again, the change of Tumubao was already close at hand.

"This official came this time, and there is an edict to read to Admiral Shen, can you temporarily retire?"

Yu Qian's personality has always disliked politeness and favoritism, which also led to being framed after the change of seizing the door, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty stood up to speak for him.

But this time, Yu Qian asked Shen Yichen to temporarily retreat, which was regarded as giving him space to think and relax. After all, the prospect of entering Beijing alone is uncertain, and he may encounter opposition from his subordinates, which will lead to unpredictable consequences.

"Stand aside for now."

"Yes, Admiral Shen!"

Canghuotou, Meng Da and others gave up their orders, but in the process of leaving, they kept looking at Yu Qian with vigilant eyes.

This kind of look gave Yu Qian an ominous premonition in his heart, the loyalty of the Fujian soldiers to Shen Yichen has exceeded the fear of the imperial court in a sense, which is not a good sign!

"Young Sima, please speak."

"The king has an order, and he ordered Admiral Shen to enter the palace immediately to meet him."

Hearing this order, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yichen's mouth, it was obvious that the imperial court had regarded itself as a "traitor" and began to play the trick of capturing the thief and capturing the king first.

"Is this the Divine Decree of the Prison State?"

Shen Yichen asked rhetorically, Zhu Qiyu only has the authority to "live in the guard", which is very different from the prison state.

To oversee a country is to oversee the affairs of a nation, and to dwell is to guard only a city.

Legally, Jushou does not have the authority to issue "holy decrees" to foreign officials.

"No, this is the Queen Mother's decree."

The Empress Dowager's Decree?

Hearing this term, Shen Yichen's face changed slightly and he was a little surprised.

Now that the Tumubao change has not happened, it is far from the time when the Empress Dowager Sun is in the center of the imperial court, why would she choose to issue a decree to herself.

Could it be that for the sake of King Lu's affairs, the communiqué is a personal vendetta?

"What does the Queen Mother want to do when she announces my visit?"

"No matter what the Queen Mother wants to do, you can't refuse to go north."

Yu Qian had already felt Shen Yichen's resistance, and he had to say a word of remind, taking a wrong step was an abyss!

"Young Sima, do you also think that I am committing a conspiracy?"

Shen Yichen asked rhetorically at this moment, he now has many loyal subordinates and followers, but he is still lonely in his heart.

Maybe in this world, only Yu Qian, who also dares to override public opinion and set up a new monarch in order to stabilize the situation, can understand his hardships as a last resort.

Hearing Shen Yichen's question, the corners of Yu Qian's mouth also showed a surging smile.

"I once wrote a poem in which there is a sentence in which I am not afraid of broken bones, and I want to leave my innocence in the world."

"If Admiral Shen really has the heart to shoulder the family and the country, why should he care about being misunderstood?"

"Those who are clear will clear themselves!"

Shen Yichen has always felt that he can become a person like Yu Qian, but now he knows that he is not Yu Qian.

Because he still accounts for the pros and cons of gains and losses, and Yu Qian will not.

Whether it was the establishment of a new monarch after the Tumubao Change, or the sacrifice of himself after the restoration of Nangong, Yu Qian put his family and country in the first place, rather than considering his own safety.

Yu Qian's life, what he pursued was the stability of the country, and what he upheld was the importance of social welfare!

Just as Shen Yichen was about to make a decision, a fast horse galloped towards the camp, and a red order flag was tied to the horse's back.

"Military Emergency! Military Emergency! ”

The Red Order Flag's military emergency report is the highest level, and it is also the most urgent military situation.

Yu Qian didn't care about talking to Shen Yichen at this time, turned to the messenger and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Xuanfu urgently reported, Gongshun Hou encountered a Tartar ambush and the whole army was annihilated, and now the army of the Tile Spur is pursuing His Majesty's pro-conquest army, and the situation is critical after the Chengguo Gong Harrier Ridge is broken!"

What?

After Shen Yichen and Yu Qian heard the news, they exclaimed at the same time, maybe neither of them expected that the fiasco would come so quickly and so suddenly.

And compared with Yu Qian, Shen Yichen understands the trend of the incident better, not long after the destruction of Wu Kezhong's troops in the palace, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was defeated in the fierce battle of Harrier Ridge, and was also defeated by death.

With the loss of 60,000 elite cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the remaining pro-conquest army in Zhu Qizhen was mainly infantry, and it could not outrun the four legs of the Mongolian cavalry at all.

If Zhu Qizhen made a decision at this time and chose to camp near the Sanggan River, he would at least be able to hold out for a while and wait for reinforcements to arrive. You must know that Tumubao is not the end of the world from Jingshi, it is only seventy kilometers, and the arrival of the Qinwang army around Jingshi will not be long.

However, Zhu Qizhen was frightened by the defeat of Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and did not have the confidence to be stationed by the river to resist the charge of the Mongol cavalry, so he chose the higher ground Tumu Fort.

If you choose to be stationed on the top of the mountain, you have to face an extremely important question, that is, where will the water come from?

Tumu Fort is equivalent to the tomb that Ming Yingzong personally selected for the pro-conscription army!

"Wu Rui!"

Shen Yichen shouted, since he can't do Yu Qian, then it's just right to be another Zhang Ju.

Whether it is defined as a powerful minister or a capable minister. No matter how the present world is pointed out by thousands of people, how the future generations are praised by thousands of people.

As long as you can do things, you will be worthy of the world!

"The last general!"

"Lead the cavalry to Harrier Ridge, no matter how to save the grandfather."

"The last general obeys!"

Wu Rui didn't say anything, he followed Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, to fight in the south and the north since he was a child, and this life was the grandfather's.

"To the north, you are using soldiers for yourself."

After listening to Shen Yichen's order, Yu Qian reminded him.

Even if the situation is critical, without the dispatch of the military department, Shen Yichen has no right to privately order the army to rush to help, this is overstepping!

"Then the next official will follow Shao Sima into Beijing and make up this paper order!"

Over the years, Shen Yichen's feelings for Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, are extremely complicated.

From the beginning, he was affected by the original body memory, and longed for his father's approval, but later he was completely indifferent and only regarded as an object of mutual assistance and mutual benefit.

But with the passage of time, Shen Yichen, who stepped into the officialdom, gradually understood Cheng Guogong in many ways, and he represented not only himself, but the rise and fall of the entire family.

This world is not black and white, and people are not right or wrong, Shen Yichen couldn't watch Zhu Yong die in Harrier Ridge after all.