The Fengsui defense line of Datong Town on the nine sides was swept away by the Tile Thorn army as early as when Song Ying, the Marquis of Xining and the governor of Datong, defeated Yanghe.

As a result, the Ming army fell into passivity in intelligence, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, took the initiative to pursue the main force of the Tile Spur, but was under the supervision of the enemy throughout the whole process.

Now the Xuanfu has commanded Yang Jun to escape, not only so that Ming Yingzong's pro-conquest army has no support for the border fort acropolis. What's more important is that the water source of the Sanggan River is near the abandoned monolith fort, so how can you rely on the banks of the Sanggan River to camp?

In addition, it can also be seen from Yang Jun's escape from the wind that the harm caused by the collapse of the second generation of Xun Qi to the Ming army, and the fact that Ming Yingzong was able to fall into the desperate situation of Tumu Fort in history can be said to be directly related to the abandonment of the monolithic fort.

Even after Yu Qian guarded the battle in Beijing, he once commented on Yang Jun like this: "After rebelling against the borders, Jun Wangfeng rushed to the wind, and abandoned the eleven cities such as Dushi Yongning, so that the border was sluggish, the garrison was wiped out, and the captives came and went as if they were in a no-man's land, and everyone who heard it hated it." ”

The direction of the war is like this, and the embankment of thousands of miles collapses in the anthill!

"The Xuanfu Fengsui defense line is lost, so what should I do?"

Hearing the news of the military intelligence brought by Jing Yuan, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen couldn't even calm down on the surface at the moment, and directly sought a countermeasure from the ministers in the tent in a panicked tone.

Seeing that the "farce" of the pro-conquest has come to this point, the British Gong Zhang Fu, who has been silent for a long time, has not forgotten his duties as a relative after all, and has not forgotten the instructions of the first emperor when he was orphaned.

Mingzhe's retreat to protect his life still did not defeat the blood of loyalty to the country.

So Zhang Fu walked out of the official queue and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have two strategies to deal with the current crisis. ”

"Please speak up quickly!"

As if a drowning person saw a life-saving straw, Zhu Qizhen saw the British public Zhang Fu stand up, and instantly had a kind of support.

After all, the British served in the army for 50 years, and followed the Yongle Emperor to conquer Annam in the south and Mongolia in the north. In terms of seniority and experience, the DPRK and China have never been higher than the British dukes.

Even Zhu Yong, the smash hit Chengguo Gong, is slightly inferior.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The British Gongzhang replied, then straightened his back, and said calmly: "The best policy is for the Mongolian Tatars to defeat the Chengguo Gongbu, and the main force must be gathered in the area of Harrier Ridge, and there is still some distance from the Xuanfu border fort. ”

This means that at this moment, Yang Jun abandoned the eleven border forts such as the monolith, and there must not be many defenders of the Mongol Tatars. If our army can seize the opportunity to launch an attack, we may be able to recapture the Xuanfu border fort in one fell swoop and completely cut off the worries of camping! ”

"What about the next step?"

Hearing that he was going to take the initiative to attack the Mongolian army, Zhu Qizhen didn't think about it, and directly asked what to do.

Sent 60,000 elite cavalry to attack before, but ended up with a situation of losing troops and losing generals, and almost didn't wipe out the whole army, do you want to repeat the mistakes of the past?

"The next policy is to take the Bauhinia Pass back to Beijing, although the flat terrain there is more conducive to cavalry charges. However, going deep into the customs will also take a lot of risks, and it will not be able to fight a war of annihilation with encirclement. ”

"With a broken arm to survive, we can ensure that Your Majesty and most of the soldiers will return to Beijing safely!"

The British Gong Zhang Fu's next strategy was to completely put the Ming army in the position of the weak, just to avoid being surrounded and annihilated.

In fact, with the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yanghe and the Battle of Harrier Ridge, the Ming army not only lost almost all of its mobile troops, but was already at a disadvantage in the face of the Tile Spur army in terms of quality.

Even in terms of the number of soldiers, in fact, compared with the Mongol three-way army, they actually fell into a disadvantage.

There is nothing wrong with self-aware and voluntary admitting to be weak.

But if you choose the next strategy, it sounds like a retreat at best, and it's more like an escape if it's bad. It is equivalent to announcing the failure of Zhu Qizhen's imperial expedition in advance, and there is no hope of overturning the Mongolian army at all.

Many times, people are a little less self-aware, even if the situation has reached the point of irreversibility, Zhu Qizhen is still unwilling to admit his defeat at this time.

"Is there any other way?"

Faced with the emperor's inquiry, the British Duke Zhang Fuwei shook his head with a wry smile.

Looking at Zhang Fu's wry smile, Zhu Qizhen was speechless, and for a while, there was only silence left in the imperial tent, a long silence......

At this point, no minister dared to stand up, admonish or help the emperor make a choice, and no one could bear the blame for the failure of the imperial expedition.

The person who knows Zhu Qizhen is none other than Wang Zhen, who knows the unwillingness of the emperor at this moment, and is even more afraid of bearing the infamy in the history books.

There is no way, the food of the king, the matter of loyalty. has enjoyed the wind and rain given by the imperial power, so at the critical moment, Wang Zhen has to be a microphone to say what the emperor wants to say but does not dare to say.

"Long live the Lord otherwise, let's simply camp in the same place as Tumu Fort, and wait for the remnants of Chengguo Gong to return to the camp with Zhu Yi and the Wurui Department, and after joining forces, it is not without the strength to fight."

Judging from the emergency military situation, there are still more than 20,000 people left in the Zhu Yong Department of Chengguo Gong, and there are still more than 10,000 people except for the wounded who cannot participate in the battle.

In addition, Zhu Yi and Wu Rui have a total of 10,000 cavalry, and no matter how many thousands of people are lost after the war, this means that the cavalry strength of the pro-conquest army still has about 20,000 soldiers and horses.

20,000 elite cavalry, not to mention taking the initiative to attack the Mongol army, it's always no problem to cover the retreat of the main force, right?

Or take a step back, as long as the cavalry harassment of the tile spur cavalry can be suppressed, the "squad army" from all over the country can quickly rush to the aid of the Beijing division, and the remnants of Zhu Yong can delay the time.

Wang Zhen's abacus played very well, but he forgot a very important thing, that is, the cavalry troops really relied not on people, but on war horses!

After a fiasco, people can repair and integrate, and the war horse is frightened to death, and it is impossible to quickly enter the battle. In fact, now that the three divisions of Harrier Ridge and Zhu Yong are together, there are less than 10,000 cavalry that can still have complete combat effectiveness.

"Sir's right!"

After Zhu Qizhen heard Wang Zhen's words, he nodded emphatically.

However, he soon found that the ministers in the tent were silent, as if they were not interested in Wang Zhen's suggestions.

At this point, Zhu Qizhen did not have the courage to be arbitrary, so he asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, Tumu Fort is located on a high ridge, although there is a spring for drinking, but the water level is constantly falling in the hot summer, and it is less than the needs of more than 100,000 troops."

"It is not recommended to camp on the spot!"

Hubu Shangshu Wang Zuo stood up against it, he was in charge of the supply of more than 100,000 troops, and all aspects of food, grass and drinking water were naturally clearer than others.

Under the scorching sun and the over-absorption of the army, the daily rate of water level decline is visible to the naked eye. Maybe in two days, this spring will be dried up, and then what will the hundreds of thousands of troops drink?

"Since Da Situ has spoken out against it, our family would like to hear what you think."

Wang Zhen asked coldly towards the head of the household, and his tone was quite unkind.

"This ......"

Wang Zuo didn't know how to answer this kind of question, the household department was in charge of finance and logistics, and military affairs were not within the scope of his authority, what retreat advice could he give?

Seeing that Wang Zhen was still playing the prestige of a power eunuch at such a time, Cao Nai, the head of the straightforward cabinet, couldn't help it.

"Your Majesty, cutting off the water source and civil fort is equivalent to a Jedi, isn't being stationed here a reproduction of the Battle of Wild Fox Ridge in the Jin Kingdom back then?"

The Battle of Yehuling was a decisive war between the Jin State and the Mongols, when in the face of Genghis Khan's attack, the seventh emperor of the Jin Kingdom, King Wei Shao, chose to stick to the Yehuling, hoping to use the mountainous terrain to make the Mongols useless for cavalry.

As a result, after the narrow pass was taken by the Mongols, hundreds of thousands of troops became turtles in the urn, and in an instant, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the corpses were ambushed for hundreds of miles all the way.

This war consumed almost all of the field troops of the Jin State, greatly damaged the vitality of the invincible Jurchens, and laid the foundation for the future destruction of the country.

Cao Nai took the Battle of Yehuling as an example, and almost explicitly told Zhu Qizhen that if the hundreds of thousands of pro-conscripted troops stationed in Tumubao were surrounded and annihilated by the Mongols.

Then this is not just a loss of a war, but the Ming Dynasty will face the crisis of national destruction!

But what Cao Nai didn't expect was that his righteous words just stimulated Zhu Qizhen's fragile self-esteem, which made the emperor rebellious, and he couldn't accept such an analogy at all.

I saw Zhu Qizhen furious, got up angrily and pointed at Cao Nai's nose and scolded angrily: "My army is still standing, you can really compare it to King Wei Shao of the Jin Kingdom." ”

"Cao Nai, what are your intentions!"

For the ancients, calling him by his name is actually an insult, and it is okay to shout his name among young people or enemies.

But in front of the minister of civil and military affairs, the emperor named and sprayed his surname, which was really a bit faceless.

If you were someone else, it is estimated that you will quickly kowtow and admit your mistakes, after all, your life is important.

But Cao Nai was born with a straight character, and he treated Wang Zhenda, who was in power, and the same was true for Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong.

Didn't the emperor ask what his intentions were?

Cao Nai immediately replied confidently: "The minister is brave and loyal!" ”

Originally, Zhu Qizhen was on fire, but Cao Nai's words didn't choke him to death.

"Good, good, good faith."

"Then I'll let you see if the precedent of the Wild Fox Ridge will be repeated when stationed in Tumu Fort."

"Today I can clearly tell you Cao Nai, I am not King Wei Shao!"

After that, Zhu Qizhen issued a holy edict to the army, and the whole army was stationed at Tumu Fort to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and refused any admonition from the minister of civil and military affairs.

The giant wheel of history had just deflected its direction at Harrier Ridge, and soon returned to its established track at Tumubao.

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Shen Yichen, on the other side, led dozens of cavalry guards such as Canghuo and followed Yu Qian to the capital division.

Thinking that at the beginning of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, he was ordered to go out of the town of Fujian to quell the rebellion, and a year and a half passed, Shen Yichen did not expect that he would come back in this way, and he felt embarrassed for a while.

"Xiang Bei, are you worried about Cheng Guogong?"

Yu Qian noticed that Shen Yichen's expression was a little wrong, so he asked.

"Half and half."

It is not so much that Shen Yichen is worried about Cheng Guogong, but rather that he is caught in an indescribable emotional entanglement.

Shen Yichen has long told himself not to become a brick and tile of the Chengguo Mansion, and Zhu Yong's so-called attention is just that he has shown his value.

If he was still Ying Tianfu's mediocre talent who only knew how to have fun, Cheng Guogong would never look at himself more!

can know the trend of history, knowing that Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, is about to die in Harrier Ridge, Shen Yichen's heart, which he thought was extremely reasonable, still had a trace of waves after all.

He didn't know if this was worry, or the "father-son" affection hidden deep in his heart, in short, he had mixed feelings when he thought of the ending in history.

"Besides Grandpa, what is the other half?"

Facing Qian's questioning, Shen Yichen glanced at him meaningfully.

The other half of his mind is Yu Qian himself.

If history has not changed, and Ming Yingzong still suffered a crushing defeat and was captured in Tumubao, then the entire Ming Dynasty will be Yu Qian's stage.

He will show what it means to turn the tide and help the building to fall!

But the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and a hero who controls supreme power but does not want to go along with the flow has no place in the turbid world.

You must know that it is not only Zhu Qizhen who is afraid of Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu on the sickbed after the change of seizing the door heard the bell of the upper dynasty, and his first reaction was to ask left and right, could it be that Yu Qian usurped the throne?

So what will be the fate of Yu Qian in the future?

Shen Yichen has stood at the turning point of history, and his heart is actually full of confusion and unknown.

"It's nothing, it's just a cranky thought."

Shen Yichen smiled and didn't explain too much.

However, it was obvious that Yu Qian misunderstood his eyes, and said with some emotion: "According to the merits of quelling the rebellion in Fujian to the north, you should return to Beijing with a big honor guard, but you can only enter the palace in a low-key manner when you encounter an eventful autumn." ”

"I know you have some thoughts in your heart, after Your Majesty returns to Beijing, you will definitely ask for a reward in the name of the Ministry of War."

Indeed, as an ordinary young and vigorous official, he put down the rebellion and supported the society by himself, but he was ordered to enter the palace alone as a traitor, and it is understandable that he felt some injustice and anger in his heart.

But Shen Yichen really doesn't matter, the great changes in history are just around the corner, what is missing is never the opportunity to become famous, but how to gain a firm foothold in this wave!

"Then the lower official will thank Shao Sima first."

"Xiangbei, you had a life-saving grace for me at the beginning, and my mother needs to be so polite."

Yu Qian waved his hand, this was originally the reward that Shen Yichen deserved for quelling the rebellion.

The group came to Fengtianmen, and before entering the palace, Yu Qian did not forget to instruct: "To the north, Your Majesty's expedition is nominally the king of the palace and the regent of the queen mother." ”

"In the early years, the Queen Mother of King Lu was a little prejudiced against you, and after entering the palace, remember to be cautious in your words and deeds, otherwise if you do not call the army to Beijing, you will become a conviction handle!"

Yu Qian rarely admonished his colleagues in such favoritism, but he felt a kind of "kind" atmosphere in Shen Yichen.

He believed that Shen Yichen was selfless, and he would return to Beijing for the sake of his family and country, and he denied that he would not resolutely agree to enter the palace alone after learning about the military situation outside the country.

A good person should not be pointed at a gun, let alone unjustly convicted!