In this way, Zhu Qizhen personally wrote a holy decree, asking the emperor and the imperial court to send envoys to negotiate peace, restore Yexian's tributary rights, and order Arahe Totobuhua to stop attacking Yexian.

Now it's okay, the Son of Heaven knocked on the door and called the door, and then the emperor forced peace.

Since Zhu Qizhen did not have a seal in his hand, this so-called 'holy decree' did not use a seal, so it was handed over to Naha.

After Naha looked at it, he nodded with satisfaction and handed the 'holy decree' to Li Xian.

Li Xian and Li Shi had mixed feelings in their hearts, humiliation, humiliation, too humiliation. Obviously, the battle was won, why did Da Ming take the initiative to negotiate peace with him first, as if Da Ming was the defeated party.

Without waiting for the three of them to communicate again, Naha ordered his guards to invite Zhu Qizhen to the new felt tent.

This new felt tent is ordinary, tattered, and very different from the felt tent before Zhu Qizhen.

There were just a few sheepskins on the floor, even a simple bed.

When Li Xian and Li Shi saw this scene, tears fell.

Zhu Qizhen was even more defeated, but he was helpless.

Naha left Zhu Qizhen alone in a felt tent, and urged Li Xian and Li Shi to leave immediately with the mission and supplies.

Two hours later, the mission departed and returned to the capital.

Zhu Qizhen stayed in the tent, these two months were like a dream, and in the end it was empty. The handmaidens, the concubines, the felt tents, and the chariots were all lost again.

……

On March 12, the weather was fine.

slept lazily until almost noon, and Zhu Qiyu got up. Push open the door, walk twenty or thirty steps, and you will reach the lake.

Today, Zhu Qiyu's plan is to fish, and then grill fish with the concubines.

It's so simple, this quiet and leisurely life, it's beautiful to think about.

It's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu tied the fishing line, Xiao Yahuan ran in panting and reported: "Your Majesty, Master He, please go out immediately to discuss it." ”

After speaking, Xiao Yahuan emphasized again: "Master He seems to be in a hurry. ”

Helpless, Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily, handed the fishing rod to the favorite concubine on the side, and followed the little girl to the West Pavilion.

As soon as he sat down on the third floor, He Yi immediately handed over the eight-hundred-mile expedited military report.

Zhu Qiyu didn't look at it and knew that there must be no good thing, and now there are two armies outside the imperial court, among which the battle of the Ningyang Marquis army is nearing the end, and there is no need to issue any urgent military reports.

So what happened must be Jing Yuanbo's army.

After opening the military newspaper with apprehension, and after glancing at it, Zhu Qiyu was almost frightened: Isn't this Jingtai's version of the 'Battle of Sarhu'?

Wang Ji divided the army into three routes, he himself had just arrived in Guilin with the main army, and the two armies of Liu Pu, Marquis of Anyuan and Marquis Shi Heng of Wuqing, were attacked in succession and were broken by the Miao people one by one.

The South Road army was annihilated, and Liu Pu died in the chaos; The original Xuanfu army on the north road was attacked and routed, and fled backwards without a life, directly crushing the main force of Shi Heng's five army battalions.

The Miao people, who are good at mountain warfare, occupy the favorable terrain and rush to the death.

Due to the complex terrain and the dangerous terrain, Liu Yongcheng and Sun Bo were unable to lead the army to rescue in time.

In the end, only Shi Heng and Shi Biao led hundreds of personal soldiers to protect Yang Shan, Jin Ying, Xing'an and other civil officials and eunuchs of the supervising army, and broke out of the siege.

After this battle, the Ming army lost 100,000 casualties.

The Miao people have also paid a great price. Even if they occupied a favorable location and had the advantage of a surprise attack, the casualties of the Miao people even greatly exceeded that of the Ming army.

According to Wang Ji, the number of Miao people killed in the battle alone was more than 120,000, and the number of injured and disabled people was even more numerous.

Therefore, in this battle, although the Ming army was ambushed, it could still be regarded as a miserable victory.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and smiled bitterly, what's the use of this miserable victory. When the Ming army fought, it was attacked and ambushed at every turn, and then the whole army of 50,000 to 100,000 people was annihilated. This was the case during the Northern Expedition to Mengyuan, and it was also the case during the Southern Expedition.

It's really evil, Zhu Qiyu is now beginning to suspect that there is something wrong with the Ming army's tactics, and he is ambushed and attacked at every turn, and it happens again and again, never teaching a long lesson, never changing.

Zhu Qiyu continued to look behind, and there was even more terrifying behind: after the victory of the Miao people, they were greatly encouraged and their prestige was shocked.

The Miao people of all departments responded one after another, taking advantage of the collapse of the Ming army, and rushed into the hinterland of the Huguang plain.

The Ming army divided its troops into three routes and marched towards Guiyang at the same time, resulting in the emptiness of Huguang's troops, and the Miao people tended to enter directly, and no one could stop them.

General Zhu Qiyu flipped through the newspaper and read it carefully a few times before he looked at He Yi: "This, you say this, oops...... Ay! ”

He Yi comforted: "Your Majesty, please be relieved, the Miao people have suffered the same heavy losses, and the minister thinks that it is already the end of the crossbow."

And Jing Yuanbo's main army not only did not suffer the slightest damage, but also left 50,000 new troops to garrison Xiangyang.

His Majesty only needs to transfer Guizhou to settle Guizhou, and then cooperate with Jing Yuanbo's 150,000 troops to encircle and suppress Xianghu from the three directions of Guiyang, Guilin, and Xiangyang, and it will be completed in no time.

Moreover, in this war, the Miao people were so radical, but it gave us the opportunity to completely quell the Miao rebellion. It's much better than spending decades and engaging in endless tug-of-war. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded, yes, he still has a hand of cards that are useless, that is Mu Bin, the prince of Qianguo in Yunnan.

Although the Miao people were brave, they had limited troops and backward weapons after all.

If the Miao people hide in the deep mountains and old forests, they really don't have much to do with them.

But now that they have struck into the plains, isn't it because of their own shortcomings, but not by their own strengths?

He Yi added: "The Miao people are not stupid, the reason why they invaded the plain area should be to get the news that the garrison of the Huguang Ming army is empty.

So the two sides were rushing for time, and the Miao people thought of grabbing enough supplies and weapons, and then quickly retreated to the deep mountains.

We are to gather a great army and encircle it on the plains.

The soldiers are fast, and now it's up to them to see which side moves faster. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded, and suddenly reacted again: "In other words, the intelligence of the Ming army was leaked to the enemy again?" ”

He Yi smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid this is an old problem." ”

"Hey, I'm scared to death. If we do it like this, when we regain Cochin in the future, I guess I won't be able to sleep at night. ”

The two were chatting, and Chen Xun, Wang Wen and other cabinet scholars and six Shangshu also rushed over.

Zhu Qiyu looked at everyone and was very embarrassed.

In the first year of Jingtai, it was really unpeaceful.

In the first month, most of the Forbidden City was burned down.

In February, a battle that I don't know whether it was a crushing defeat or a crushing victory lost another 100,000 Ming troops.

I don't know what's going to happen next.

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly at everyone: "Otherwise, I'll make another edict." ”

Chen Xun replied when he heard this: "How can you blame Your Majesty for this, it is obviously the commander-in-chief of the front line who is derelict in his duties." Now it is imperative to quickly redeploy the army and completely encircle and suppress the Miao people who have entered Huguang. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "It can only be like this, in Wang Ji's military report, he only said that he wanted the main force to return to the division and march to Huguang." There is also no talk of specific deployment.

Let's talk about what's next. ”

(End of chapter)