Zhou Shangwen was frightened by the emperor's boldness.

In fact, what was written on Mi Shu was to remind him of the dangers that Datong might encounter, to ask him not to go too deep into the grassland, and to send out the night to grasp the situation of Datong.

Because whether Dayan Khan will enter Datong specifically, or even whether he will only attack Datong, is actually unknown.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao hoped that Zhou Shangwen's Ministry would only send a force to roam outside Datong.

But Zhou Shangwen didn't care about these at all, as long as Datong was in danger, even if it was just possible, he had to return to help at all costs.

Datong and Xuanfu are the fortresses that control the Beijing division, and once they are lost, the Tatar cavalry can go straight into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Especially in Datong, the terrain is a small basin between many mountains, the terrain is gentle, and to the east can threaten the Jingshi, whether it is Tatar or Warat, they prefer to take this route. To the west, it can threaten Yulin, and then merge with the fire sieve department, so that this time in the battle of Huamachi, the Ming army will be defeated.

So the threat is just too great.

And even if he goes back and runs away, at least let the emperor see the loyalty of his escort.

When Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had a big battle in Xingyang, the situation in Xingyang was very critical for a while, and Han Xin led his troops outside, using the so-called siege of Wei to save Zhao, preparing to cut off the grain route of the Chu army from the back road.

This was a military success, but a political failure.

For Zhou Shangwen, it is the same.

At this time, Ma Rong and Yibula were still recruiting those two right-wing households.

Zhou Shangwen doesn't care, love to surrender or not, at this time it must be more important for the Beijing Division, as long as the Beijing Division is saved, these two-faced and three-faced Mongolians can turn around and clean up together.

Therefore, there are also war horses galloping on the grassland, and this order is urgent, and the 8,000 cavalry led by Ma Rong must be returned to the division immediately.

And the main force he led had immediately turned around.

He didn't expect this at all.

If it is given to him in the form of a secret sparse, it means that the ministers of the court do not know at all. The Son of Heaven wants to use himself as bait to play this scene well.

Ma Yihuai and Yan Xingkui are his two lieutenants, and they don't know why it's so urgent.

So they hurriedly found Zhou Shangwen.

"Mr. Zhou, what's going on? The enemy has not yet been found, why did he suddenly retreat? ”

The emperor's secrecy cannot be shown to them.

Zhou Shangwen had no choice but to force, "This is a military order!" Execute it now! On the way back to the teacher, Ben will explain it to you! Just go! ”

There was no way, the two generals turned back and organized various troops to complete the whole army and retreat.

Fortunately, the elite cavalry moved quickly, and it didn't delay too long.

The Ming army's array also quickly moved from north to south.

That night, the general barracks gave an order to discuss military affairs, and they all passed.

There was not so much verbosity among the soldiers, and Zhou Shangwen said directly to the generals: "Before your question, I will ask you first, what should I do if the Tatars attack Datong?" ”

Ma Yihuai and Yan Xingkui glanced at each other.

Although their expressions were serious, they were not so flustered,

Yan Xingkui said: "Datong is not an empty city, even if the little prince really attacks Datong, that city is not broken and broken." ”

Ma Yihuai attached, "Yes, the two generals Chang and Liu have always been steady, and they will never break the city overnight." Again, although the terrain of Datong is gentle, which is conducive to the iron riding army, there are Yatou Pass, Ningwu Pass, and Yanmen Pass outside to protect Yulin, and there are Juyong Pass, Bauhinia Pass, and Inverted Horse Pass to isolate the Beijing Division. Tartars are long in field battles and short in sieges, where is it so easy to attack the Beijing Division? ”

Having said that, but after all, the general soldier is not there.

Zhou Shangwen is a more powerful general, he can think of some things that ordinary people can't think of, "Surprise attack is unprepared, this is the key in the war." When we waited to lead the troops into battle, no one thought that the little prince might be a soldier. When it strikes suddenly, the lords of the land will surely panic. Although the towns of Datong and Xuanfu were full of earthen forts and fortresses, it was difficult to resist the Tatar army.

In addition, there is no problem for Chang and Liu to defend the city, but the cavalry is not there, if the Tatar army bypasses the big cities of Datong and Xuanfu, what can they do? ”

It's like a flower horse pond.

In fact, in the war in the Central Plains, there are very few ways to bypass the fortress, so there is such a saying as 'the place where soldiers must fight', why do you have to fight?

The key here is logistics. The grain and grass in the rear could not be unstable, so no general dared to go around it easily.

But when the steppe nomads entered the Great Wall, they often fought like this.

Because they were on horseback, eating and drinking all by robbing, such a large army, even if a certain city reached his back road, the defenders of the city did not dare to attack.

Ma Yihuai and Yan Xingkui were speechless, they just didn't expect this possibility.

"Bypassing Datong, the Tatars are deep into the pass, as long as the division of the king of Qin arrives, the Tatars will be defeated. Why did he do this? Jingshi, who can't beat it first, can he beat it? ”

"It was also delayed for too long back then, so Yu Shaobao only had more than a month to prepare for the war."

"That's not going to be a reckless march into the Jingshi."

This is actually a point of doubt. But Zhou Shangwen is now concerned about the Beijing Division, "For now, it is better to return to the division quickly, you think, how many days did the Bauhinia Pass last year?" ”

Zhou Shangwen asked about the change in Tumubao.

In October of the 14th year of orthodoxy, Warat also led an army of 90,000 to attack Bauhinia Pass.

Four days later, on October 9, the closure broke.

Two days later, on October 11, the army also traveled 400 miles and arrived at the city of Beijing.

So Zhou Shangwen had to worry. He didn't care if the little prince of Tatar was desperate or not, anyway, he couldn't let Jingshi be besieged again.

And if he's worried,

The cabinet and the six ministries of the DPRK and the Central Committee were directly frightened.

Datong was attacked, but Zhou Shangwen, the chief soldier, was not there! Is this still worth it?!

Therefore, Wang Wei and other officials all entered the palace.

On the way out of the palace, Wang Zhi saw a lot of old ministers who were walking like flying, and they really thought that these people were dying of old age.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

At this time, Zhu Houzhao held a shiny sword in his hand.

"I heard that the little prince attacked Datong!!"

Zhu Hou looked at these panicked old ministers, frowned, and reprimanded: "What are you panicking about?!" ”

"The ministers are worried about the Jingshi and the safety of His Majesty!"

Maybe between the words, the little prince of Tatar has already led his troops to bypass Datong, they either take the Xuanfu, or take the old road of crossing the Bauhinia Pass first, anyway, there is indeed a little danger in the Jingshi.

"When the enemy is coming, the battle is coming."

Wang Bing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was very worried and said: "Zhou Shangwen has led the troops to the battle, far away, and the will is difficult to convey, how can he know the current situation?" ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Wei also looked at the emperor worriedly, "For the sake of the country, we should make plans as soon as possible." ”

Although Gu Zuo is in charge of money, he also said at this time, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when it is critical, the court must not mess with itself. The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth. There are still several passes from Datong to Beijing, and the imperial court can increase troops everywhere, strengthen the guard force, and delay the pace of the little Tatar prince's march. In addition, he ordered the divisions of King Qin in various places to gather in Beijing, prepare warehouses and treasury to allocate special money and grain. As long as the imperial court is stable, it will be impossible for the Tatars to win a quick victory. And as long as it can't win quickly, its army will be defeated! ”

The previous speculations and collisions will evolve into actual battles again and again.

Zhu Houzhao felt a little pity, he should have left Wang Shouren behind.

But at that time, no one could have imagined that the little prince of Tatar would be a prisoner.

So much so that Yang Yiqing, Yang Shangyi, and Wang Shouren are all in Datong.

Zhou Shangwen can still rely on it, but before he comes back, he must still rely on himself.

"The new Ministry of Industry has arrived, right?"

"Minister He Jian greets Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao instructed: "The Ordnance Bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, and since you have taken office, you should immediately take charge of the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, including craftsmen, materials, and the artillery and muskets that are in stock. In the battle with the Tatars, firearms were a sharp weapon. Fortunately, I started preparing to rebuild the Shenji Camp last year. So all of you Aiqing can rest assured that the sky will not fall. Tobe Han Shangshu? ”

"The minister is here."

"More than a month ago, I ordered the household department to release the silver and buy grain, which was to prevent Yang Yingning from being unfavorable in the war. At the moment, the purchase of grain is out of date and too slow. How much grain has the household bought in the past month? How much is brought in? ”

Han Wen didn't dare to evade, "The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal has boats coming and going from the south to the north every day, it is easy to buy grain and difficult to transport grain, this month, although I tried my best, I only transported 120,000 stone of grain." ”

"Far water can't quench your thirst. I intend to open the Jingtongcang to the people and officials of Beijing. Use the method of Yu Shaobao back then. ”

The so-called Jingtongcang is the grain reserve warehouse set up by the imperial court in Beijing and Tongzhou since the Hongwu period, and the capital also has the so-called five altars, eight temples and thirteen warehouses.

This thirteen warehouses are Jingtong warehouses.

At the time of Chengping, there was no problem where these granaries were built, but in the orthodox years, the first army came to the city, and Jingtongcang faced the test for the first time.

The warehouse inside the city wall of the capital division is fine, but the warehouse in Tongzhou is very dangerous.

Therefore, in the defense of the Beijing Division, someone proposed to Yu Qian, and he would burn it before he could transport it, anyway, it was better than being robbed first.

Yu Qian did not agree, and at that time, there were more than 9 million stones of grain in Jingtong Warehouse.

Therefore, he ordered that a one-time payment of Yulu should be issued in advance, and the officials of the Beijing Division would be issued a one-time payment of nine months, and the soldiers defending the city would be issued for six months. At the same time, the people of the city and along the route were mobilized to help the officials and soldiers carry food, and they were rewarded:

Anyone who can transport 20 stones of grain from the official warehouse in Tongzhou will be rewarded with one tael of silver.

Essentially, it is these official grain reserves, which are now all opened, and each family is open to luck. But there is a difference between some people taking grain and some people taking silver.

Good fellow, as soon as this decree was issued, the entire city of soldiers and civilians went crazy.

The road from Tongzhou to the capital was suddenly full of grain transport teams, and they were self-prepared carriages and horses, so they didn't have to worry too much about the imperial court.

Yu Qian showed for the first time what the power of the people is.

In just a few days, the granary in Tongzhou was emptied.

The capital also has enough grain for the military and civilians in the city to eat for more than a year, and it can be said that every family has grain in stock, and the people's hearts are settled for a while.

This is an effective method, and Zhu Houzhao is willing to do it, and these grains did not disappear out of thin air, but were dispersed to thousands of households in advance.

As long as the food has entered the capital, what is there to panic about?

The Qianqing Palace was also full of scholars, and when they heard the emperor mention Yu Shaobao, they knew what it meant.

Hanwen, the head of the household department, immediately received the order, "Wechen will mobilize the people to transport grain!" ”

Others don't have an opinion either.

Firearms and food are available.

Then comes the third key, increase the troops!

(End of chapter)