"The proprietor is wise."

Looking at the soldiers of the pro-conquest army who were not afraid of death to attack the city wall, Wang Neng didn't know what to say at the moment.

Two days ago, this group of people lost their armor and were chased by the Mongols in the wasteland like lost dogs.

However, two days later, they were able to capture the Wanquan Zuowei Cang, which was garrisoned by the Mongols, and the fierceness was not inferior to that of the Mongol Tatars, and it was not even too much to say that it was surpassed.

Can people really complete the transformation so quickly?

"It's not that I'm wise, it's that they're not weak in the first place."

Shen Yichen replied with a sentence, not boasting. It's not that he's humble, it's just telling the truth.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who can follow the emperor's personal expedition dare not say that they are one in a hundred, and they can definitely be called one of the elites of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the corruption of the second generation of the middle and high-level Xun Qi in the Beijing camp has not quickly spread to the lowest soldiers. You must know that Zhu Yong, the prince of the orthodox nine-year Chengguo, led the same group of people to fight outside the fortress, and the three guards of Wuliang Ha cried and shouted to his mother, did he fall to this point in just four years?

A: Of course, no.

Now that he can capture Wanquan Zuoweicang, on the one hand, the battle of Tumubao is too aggrieved, which makes the pro-conscription soldiers hold their breath in their hearts. Coupled with the bloody battle between the Liaodong Army and the Shandong Weisuo Army in Fujian, more than 30,000 people stubbornly withstood the charge of the Mongol army, which was several times as large, and covered the retreat of the large army.

In contrast, I am even more ashamed.

On the other hand, there is such a thing as the border fort of the Ming Dynasty, which was not called a strong city and deep pond before the Jiajing Dynasty. Except for the well-known nine-sided towns such as Datong and Xuanfu, most of them are just earthen forts, and there are no complete fortifications.

Coupled with the carelessness of the Mongol army, they never thought that the Ming army would launch a counteroffensive. Just like the pro-conquest army of Tumubao, they were also unguarded and treacherous at first, and did not retreat fifteen miles at all.

Caught off guard, a wave was directly penetrated.

After all, the real war is not like a computer game, simply relying on the superposition of values, and the higher side will become the winner.

The impermanence of victory and defeat of soldiers, and the example of fighting back by the Jedi is the charm of war aesthetics for thousands of years.

The scene that happened in Wanquan Zuoweicang was also staged in Wanquan Youweicang, Xiyanghe Fort, Zhangjiakou Fort, and other places. The Mongol defenders who were attacked by surprise did not perform much better positional warfare than the Ming army at Tumubao.

After the initial victory had exhausted the self-confidence, there began to be a small rout, which eventually led to a collapse on the whole front.

Looking at the Mongolian soldiers who fled in a hurry, the soldiers of the pro-conquest army were also unrelenting, ruthlessly chasing and killing. Return the situation you encountered naked in the Civil Fort, and return it to this group of enemy soldiers who had humiliated them.

The battlefield has never been a place that pays attention to benevolence and righteousness, and only the victor controls the right to speak.

As the dawn rose from the east, a pro-conquest army soldier rode a horse in front of Shen Yichen, and said with a touch of irrepressible excitement on his face: "Admiral Shen, you have not disgraced your mission and won the Wanquan Left Guard Cang!" ”

"Very well, this is what you are supposed to do."

Shen Yichen didn't praise too much, if he had the advantage of surprise attacks and troops, and couldn't take the "small earth fort" that the Mongols carelessly underestimated the enemy, then this group of pro-conquest troops would no longer be worthy of being called the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and they would not even be worthy of going to the battlefield again.

Just as the Qi family army in later generations was unwilling to recruit soldiers from the guards, and would rather recruit miners from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian to serve in the army, cowards who rotted from the roots had no value to trust.

Fortunately, this group of pro-conscription soldiers did not disappoint Shen Yichen!

"Humble duty understands!"

The pro-conscription general roared in response, he understood the meaning behind Shen Yichen's words. The shame of the defeat and escape in the battle of Tumubao is not enough to be easily washed away by this raid.

At the end of the war, Shen Yichen led his guards to climb the tower of Wanquan Zuoweicang, standing on a high place and looking at the past, there were beacons and corpses everywhere. When the Mongol soldiers found that they could not resist, they wantonly set fire to the acropolis, in a vain attempt to burn down the grain, grass and armament depot.

However, for this method, Zhu Yi has long been prepared to deal with it. As soon as the fire was ignited, he decisively gave up part of the grain and grass materials and built an isolation firebreak to preserve most of the remaining grain and grass materials.

"Admiral Shen, let's take down the Wanquan Left Guard Cang!"

"Admiral Shen, the Mongols are just like that, Mobei is still the world of the Ming Dynasty."

"Admiral Shen, I killed two Tartars to avenge my brothers!"

"I haven't killed enough, when will Admiral Shen be able to fight again?"

Countless soldiers of the pro-conscription army saw Shen Yichen appear on the city wall, and they all gathered around him to confide in him their excitement.

Even throughout the dynasties, there are very few people in power who trust the generals of the defeated army like this, giving them a chance to take revenge, Shen Yichen's move is really a great risk.

When you are willing to trust your men, they will be loyal to you as well!

"Do you still want to fight?"

Shen Yichen asked the soldiers of the pro-conquest army under the city wall.

"Yes!"

The deafening cries responded, and now the morale of the pro-conscription army is like a rainbow.

"There are thousands of miles in Mobei, and the territory is actually no less than that of the Ming Dynasty, and there are more opportunities after the war, but it is not yet time."

"All the soldiers listened to the order and carried the grain, grass and weapons of the Wanquan Left Guard Warehouse back to Huailai City as quickly as possible."

The blood of the soldiers of the pro-conquest army surged, Shen Yichen still remained calm, this victory in the thousand-level war did not affect the overall Ming Dynasty is currently in a weak situation. Even when the Tile Thorn first got the news of the capture of Cangbao and led a large army to rob it, it was unknown whether he could maintain the current results.

The nearly 100-year war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia is far from over.

"Yes, Admiral!"

After hearing Shen Yichen's order, the soldiers of the pro-conscription army dispersed one after another and began to carry supplies.

At this time, Zhu Yi appeared behind Shen Yichen and said to him: "To the north, I found a large number of people who were looted by the Tartars in a warehouse, do you want to go over and have a look?" ”

Want me to go over and have a look?

Zhu Yi's words made Shen Yichen a little puzzled when he heard it. With his ability to deal with this kind of thing, he doesn't need to come and ask himself at all, and if he does, it must be extraordinary.

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

Shen Yichen nodded, and then followed Zhu Yi to a large warehouse in the Acropolis. Before I even entered, I saw all kinds of twisted corpses, as well as stumps and broken arms everywhere.

If it was just this kind of picture, it would not be enough to make Shen Yichen feel much fluctuation now, after all, similar scenes abound on the battlefield.

But here is different, the corpses are mostly old and weak, women and children, and it is clear that they were tortured and killed during their lifetime!

Killing civilians on the battlefield and killing civilians are two completely different concepts, and Shen Yichen knows that every time a nomadic invades the Central Plains, it is a history of blood and tears for the local people.

But there are some things seen from the books, which are completely different from the shock brought by witnessing, and at this moment he understands why the Ming Dynasty wants the Son of Heaven to guard the country, and he is unwilling to pay tribute to the foreign race when he dies.

Because once the Ming Dynasty is defeated, those thousands of people will reproduce the tragic situation of the "southerners" who were ruled by the Great Yuan after the fall of the Song Dynasty, and they will be slaves and slaves!

Pacing along the corpses everywhere, Shen Yichen slowly pushed open the door of the warehouse, and a scream of fear came from inside. A group of unclothed women curled up in a ball at this moment, looking in the direction of the gate with extremely frightened eyes, for fear that it was the Mongolian soldiers who appeared at this moment.

Most of these women were in their prime, but they were scarred by the abuses and abuses of the Mongols. Some women who are unwilling to give in easily have even broken their hands and feet and cut off some organs on their bodies as punishment and deterrence.

Now Shen Yichen understands why Zhu Yi let himself come over to take a look, this is the real situation that the border people will suffer after the defeat of the Ming Dynasty.

In a sense, it's not even as good as livestock!

"Whenever the Tartars captured a place, they would take the local people captive, most of the old, weak, sick and disabled were tortured and killed on the spot, the men became slaves to help them herd sheep and horses, and women became the objects of their venting."

"In the past two years, I have seen too many such hellish situations on earth, and family feuds are nothing compared to national hatred."

In addition to letting Shen Yichen see the situation of the people on the border, Zhu Yi also wanted to tell this "third brother" in the bloodline that those family grievances and grievances in the past were simply not worth mentioning at the height of the family and country.

Shen Yichen did not respond to Zhu Yi, but walked up to the group of women with heavy steps, looked at them and said: "I am Shen Yichen, the champion of the orthodox ten years, the invading Tartars were beaten away by the Ming soldiers, and now they are safe, I will take you home." ”

Shen Yichen carefully said this passage in the most popular language, wanting to appease this group of bullied women.

Silent, deathly silent, the woman in the room still looked at Shen Yichen in panic, a little unable to believe that everything in front of her was real.

It was a long time before an inaudible voice appeared.

"Are you Shen Zhuangyuangong?"

"Exactly."

Compared with the official titles of Zuo Chunfang University Scholar, Hanlin Academy's Bachelor's Degree, etc., Shen Yichen, who has been out of the town for many years, knows that there is no title that is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than "champion".

"Champion Gong came to save us?"

"Our Ming soldiers have won?"

"The village that was overrun by the Tartars has been restored?"

All kinds of unbelievable questions sounded one after another, and when with the help of the morning light projected from the direction of the warehouse gate, he could really see the Ming official uniform on Shen Yichen's body, as well as the Ming army-standard armor worn by the soldiers, there was no longer any doubt.

But what followed was not the surprise after being saved, but all kinds of sorrowful cries resounded throughout the warehouse.

For this group of Ming women, their parents were killed, their brothers were taken captive, their sisters and themselves were defiled, and their families were ruined!

At this moment, a ragged woman in the crowd knelt down in front of Shen Yichen and cried: The little girl's father and brother died tragically, and now she has lost her innocence, and the grace of the champion will be repaid in the next life. ”

Hearing the other party say this, Shen Yichen instantly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and sure enough, before he could respond, the woman got up and hit the pillar of the house next to her, wanting to die.

However, Shen Yichen's reaction was not slow, and after finding that the signs were wrong, he rushed over, and stood between the woman and the column.

This collision directly hit Shen Yichen's wound, and his face turned pale in pain, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans immediately appeared on his forehead.

"Why are you wrong with these misfortunes, and why are you looking for short-sightedness to seek relief?"

"The one who should really apologize is the Great Tomorrow, the defeated soldier of Tumubao, and an official of the court like me!"

"You all deserve to live well and witness the day of revenge!"

Shen Yichen persuaded from the bottom of his heart that the most innocent people in the entire war were these border people.

They should not suffer any accusations, and the pedantic things of feudal etiquette should not become the shackles of Ming women.

Only by living can we witness the future and hope!

Looking at Shen Yichen's incomparably sincere appearance, listening to him even pointing the finger at Da Mingzi, many women in the warehouse who wanted to seek death finally calmed down their emotions a little.

"Zheng Xiang!"

Shen Yichen shouted behind him.

"The subordinates are here."

"Find clothes or cloth from the warehouse to cover them first, and call the doctor to come and treat the wounded, and finally the horse-drawn carriage is sent to the rear first."

"In case of any accidents, this official will take you for the crime!"

Zheng Xiang was the most calm and calm of the miners who followed Shen Yichen in the early days, and the previous smuggling business with Xu Fengyuan was also handed over to him to deal with.

This time the placement of the female roll was relatively troublesome, and the others Shen Yichen was not at ease, so he could only continue to hand it over to Zheng Xiang to deal with.

"Subordinates obey!"

After that, Zheng Xiang immediately beckoned his subordinates and began to look for clothes and come with the doctor.

As the sun gradually rose, the light of the morning sun finally slowly illuminated the entire warehouse, and this group of humiliated border women finally no longer had to be in the dark.

But the problem is that the entire Nine Frontier Defense Line stretches for thousands of miles, and similar tragedies continue to be staged everywhere, and this is the consequence of the defeated.

Also suffering the consequences of defeat was Emperor Zhu Qizhen, who was in the tile spur camp. The news of the Ming army's counterattack on the four cangbao was quickly transmitted to the ears of Taishi Yexian, which was a resounding slap in the face for the Mongolian army that had just finished the celebration banquet!

Taishi also suffered the loss first, so he had to get it back from the Great Tomorrow.

I saw that he tore off the hypocrisy of treating the monarch and the ministers, and directly broke into the camp of Zhu Qizhen of Ming Yingzong, and said with an unkind face: "Your Majesty, the foreign ministers treat you well, and I hope that the Ming Dynasty and the tile thorn will become a brotherly country and enjoy peace forever, and even think of negotiating with the imperial court to escort you back to Beijing." ”

"Now it seems that there are people in the court who don't want you to go back safely!"

Hearing Ye Xian's sudden words, Zhu Qizhen was shocked and frightened, and he subconsciously thought that the imperial court wanted to set up a new emperor and give up on himself.

So he hurriedly asked: "What does the Taishi mean by this, that courtier wants to harm me?" ”

"Ming champion Shen Yichen!"

Shen Yichen?

Hearing this familiar name again, Zhu Qizhen felt a little dazed, and recalled in his mind the pictures of those monarchs and ministers who used to get along with each other.

At the same time, he was also puzzled, Shen Yichen was far away in Fujian to supervise military affairs, and secretly supervised the construction of the next sea ship, how could he not want to return to Beijing safely?

Even if Shen Yichen really had this idea, with his position as a mere fifth-grade official, he didn't have that ability.

"Taishi, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding, Shen Yichen is the third yuan and the first appointed by me, and he is still far away in Fujian to supervise military affairs, how can he prevent me from returning to Beijing?"

Zhu Qizhen didn't believe that this matter was true, it was too ridiculous.

"It seems that Your Majesty doesn't know that as early as the day of the first battle of Tumubao, Shen Yichen led nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight a fierce battle with my Mongolian Erlang. Now it's even more provocative, and last night it attacked four warehouses including the Wanquan Left Guard Cang of my tile spur! ”

Shen Yichen led 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight a battle with the tile spurs?

Zhu Qizhen seemed to be listening to a book from heaven at the moment, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how many soldiers and horses there were near the Jingshi was not clear?

If Shen Yichen could summon an army of nearly 100,000 to fight, then it would not be possible for the Imperial Commander to march with an army of 220,000, but 320,000.

In the past, Zhu Qizhen must have scolded angrily and talked nonsense first, but now he is under the eaves and has to bow his head. Even if the other party is really talking in a dream, you have to listen to it.

"Taishi, this is unlikely, Shen Yichen doesn't have the power, and he can't muster 100,000 soldiers and horses."

"Heh, what does Your Majesty mean, can't the foreign minister even recognize the Shen Zi Shuai Banner?"

Originally, he was captured by four forts and lost a large number of grain, grass and weapons, and he was holding back a wave of anger in his heart. As a result, now that the facts are in front of him, the Ming Emperor is still denying it in every possible way, which makes him subconsciously use a threatening tone.

"Master misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

Feeling that Yexian's tone was not good, Zhu Qizhen hurriedly smiled and comforted him.

This scene was placed in the eyes of Xining behind him, and the contemptuous look was simply overflowing, and the dignified Ming Emperor was nothing more than that, he really fell into the situation of being a prisoner under the stairs, and he was not as good as a eunuch with no eggs!

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to say much, how about sending someone to escort you from Xuanfu tomorrow?"

This is the real purpose of breaking into Zhu Qizhen's camp first, he must force the Ming Emperor to cooperate completely in order to open the door of the Xuanfu, an important town on the nine sides.

You must know that Xuanfu is the gateway to Beijing, once the soldiers take it bloodlessly, then it is really possible to take advantage of the situation to "escort" Zhu Qizhen back to Beijing.

"This ......"

Zhu Qizhen showed a hesitant expression, he knew in his heart what he wanted to do first, and if he agreed, he was afraid that he would be spurned by everyone.

"Huh?"

also lengthened the tail note first, and looked at Zhu Qizhen with fierce eyes.

Before he could really make any substantive moves, Zhu Qizhen hurriedly agreed: "Okay, everything will be arranged by the Taishi!" ”

"Your Majesty."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, a smile also appeared on his face, and he bowed respectfully to Zhu Qizhen.

But then he added: "Your Majesty, why don't you make another will by the way to cure Shen Yichen's crime of treason?" ”