Standing on the high tower of Bauhinia Pass, looking at the boundless splendid mountains and rivers, I also had mixed feelings and mixed feelings in my heart.

Haohai Dayu, Mahamu, Tuhuan, and Yexian, the four generations of Warat leaders, struggled for hundreds of years, and finally entered the land of Jinggi in the Ming Dynasty on this day.

The achievement of unifying Mengyuan has been completed, and in three days, the 80,000 troops will return to the former capital of Dayuan.

Nervousness, excitement, and disbelief filled Yexian's heart, if he took back the former capital of the Great Yuan, he would be the greatest hero of Mongolia after Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, and he would become a noble surname comparable to his son.

Zhu Qizhen, who was standing next to Yexian, was thinking about the completely opposite thing: after he was reinstated, the first thing he had to do was to launch a purge of civil and military officials in Shanxi; Then reconstruct the defense line of the Great Wall, which was abolished by the Xuande Dynasty.

In the end, the 200,000 troops of Wang Ji and Chen Mao were transferred back to the south, and the Warat was completely wiped out, and it was a shame.

also thought more long-term with Zhu Qizhen one by one, and the only consensus in their hearts was that they didn't regard the acting emperor Zhu Qiyu as the same thing.

The two were thinking about their hearts, and Polo came to report: "Your Majesty, eldest brother, there is a Ming army camp outside the city, and the Ming army inside has long since disappeared, but there is a lot of supplies left behind that cannot be taken away, which is enough for us to eat several meals beautifully." And there are hundreds of jars of wine in the camp, and I don't know why the generals of the Ming army guarded the pass, why they had to get so much wine. ”

also heard the words and praised: "Okay, well, this should be a general with a heart to His Majesty, who deliberately stayed to treat us, and we can't live up to their hospitality."

Go and order the army to cross the Bauhinia Pass and camp in the open. We're going to have a blast tonight, and we're going full speed tomorrow morning to our old capital. ”

Polo excitedly agreed and hurriedly went to make arrangements.

This night, he also waited for someone to accompany Zhu Qizhen to get drunk, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Early the next morning, the army was mobilized in full force and began a rapid march.

The three brothers of Yexian: Polo, King Datong, and King Saihan, led 20,000 cavalry from their headquarters as the vanguard, riding horses and galloping to clear obstacles for the army.

Boyan Timur led 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard Zhu Qizhen and followed behind Polo.

He also led an army of 50,000 to the end.

At this time, he already had an arrogant and arrogant mentality, thinking that there was no Ming army in the north who dared to fight with his own army, and at most he would hold on to the city. So if you want to come, you can come, if you want to go, you can retreat calmly, and there is no difference whether you leave someone to defend Bauhinia Pass.

At the same time, in order to ensure that there was enough deterrent power for the Ming army in Beijing, he did not divide his troops to stay at Bauhinia Pass, but brought all his troops to Beijing.

Zhu Qizhen rode in a chariot and staggered all the way with the Chinese army.

The two concubines, one on the left and one on the right, hugged Zhu Qizhen on the soft couch in the chariot.

Zhu Qizhen hugged the smooth and delicate nephrite jade warm fragrance, and suddenly asked Ma Liang curiously: "I have always been curious, there is a jade ring fixed on the roof of this car, facing the middle of the soft couch, what is this for?" ”

When Ma Liang heard this, he replied embarrassedly: "At the beginning, Princess Qi ordered the skilled craftsmen in the capital to build this chariot and dedicate it to Your Majesty as the heart of the new monarch. Because he thought that one was built anyway, and two were also made, so Qi Wangfu also built a chariot for his own use.

In this way, the craftsmen built a total of two chariots, one dedicated to His Majesty and one reserved for the use of the new monarch.

Princess Qi made a lot of ingenious designs for Xinjun's car, including the jade ring on the roof.

But the craftsman got confused and loaded the jade ring designed on the new monarch's chariot to His Majesty's chariot. Later, there was no choice but to make the mistake wrong. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he asked curiously: "Then you can tell me, what is this jade ring for?" ”

Ma Liang hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to answer, and under Zhu Qizhen's repeated urging, he had to answer.

Zhu Qizhen was speechless when he heard it: "There are so many fancy intestines in this prince, I can't even dream of such a game." Have you experienced it? ”

Ma Liang replied respectfully: "The minister is guilty, in order to ensure the safety of His Majesty, the queen mother ordered the minister to test it with the concubine, so as to see if this jade ring is strong, so as not to fall and hit Your Majesty." ”

"Hmph, thanks to her thoughtfulness, but I see that Zhou is not such a person on weekdays. Which concubine did you try with that day? ”

Ma Liang pointed to Xia Lan on the soft couch, and Zhu Qizhen nodded when he saw this: "Okay, it's just her, you go and get a silk belt, and I will give it a try." ”

When Ma Liang heard this, he hurriedly arranged.

After Zhu Qizhen experienced it, he was full of praise: "My younger brother still knows a lot, it turns out that a simple bedchamber can still have so many doorways, and can have such enjoyment, I really lived in vain before." ”

Along the way, Zhu Qizhen was unusual, not only no longer complaining about the difficult road, but hoping that the carriage would be more bumpy.

Three days later, all the 80,000 warats came to the city of Beijing.

The Ming army did not make trouble, but just held their camp and let the Warat army calmly set up camp.

Already in a series of low-hanging fruit, some of them were carried away by the succession of victories, and chose a very provocative way of camping:

He also held Zhu Qizhen hostage with Boyan Timur and camped ten miles outside Xizhimen; Polo led 20,000 elite soldiers and camped five miles west of Yuantu City.

The two large camps of Warat were several miles apart, and both were encamped on the west side of the city of Beijing.

The camp of Yexian is facing the Xizhi Gate of Beijing City, and the main force of the 50,000 Ming army in Shixiang outside the Xizhi Gate.

At best, this way of camping is called the trend of fighting each other's horns; At worst, this is arrogance, and the Ming army does not dare to take the initiative to attack Polo's 20,000 army.

Hearing that the Warat army had come to the city, Zhu Qiyu finally walked out of the gentle township, took the civil and military ministers, and climbed the Xizhimen tower to watch the enemy's reality.

Zhu Qiyu ordered the ministers to choose a random position on the city wall to watch, so soon everyone involuntarily divided into camps.

Xu Heng, Marquis of Xing'an, Marquis Wang Tong of Chengshan, Wang Wen of Zuodu Yushi, as well as He Yi, Huang Pu, and Lian Gang, surrounded Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu didn't say much, only listened to Xu Heng and Wang Tong, two battle-hardened veterans, to explain the arrangement of the troops in Wara.

Chen Xun, Yu Qian, Hu Hu, Wang Zhi, Shang Shi, Peng Shi and other ministers gathered in another place, and these people all listened to Yu Qian's talk there.

Shi Heng, Fan Guang, and Sun Bo, these generals, got together alone. Several of the eunuchs, the leaders of the Imperial Horse Prison, got together with the eunuchs of the prison army of the various prison bureaus.

The other nobles, vassal kings, and others also had their own camps.

The men chatted as they waited for the messenger of Warat to come.

Sure enough, after half an hour, Naha rode a horse and came to Xizhi Gate proudly.

(End of chapter)