At the turn of the spring and summer of the thirty-third year of Dayu Jingyun, the Rong State raised troops to attack Yu. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although facing the enemy's 200,000 iron cavalry, they were finally able to defend the situation for the time being, and started a battle with the Rong army in front of the Jinmen Pass.

Jinmen Pass is located in the northern part of Dayu within the boundary of Yongzhou, which is the first pass on the border between Yu and Rong, and is also the first line of defense for Yuguo to resist the enemy's attack.

More than 30 years ago, Yongzhou was the fief of Yongwang Haoxing Xiaoyin, and later Haoxing Xiaoyin died due to rebellion, the title was abolished, the fief was lost, and the northern army under his command was also controlled by Dingwang Haoxing Xiaoyu.

In the eleventh year of Jingyun, King Ding led the northern army to annihilate the 200,000 southern invasion army of the Rong State in the area of Qingfengling outside Jinmen Pass, which laid the foundation for more than 20 years of peace and stability in the northern border of Dayu.

After this battle, Haoxing Xiaoyu, who was crowned the prince because of his military exploits, had to hand over the handsome seal due to injuries, and since then he has been recuperating in the mansion without asking about foreign affairs. The Northern Frontier Army also temporarily returned to King Gyeongju, whose fief was in Gyeongju, but he did not expect this "temporary return" to be temporarily returned for more than 20 years.

Speaking of this, this Qing prince should be the cousin of the current emperor, and he inherited the ancestral fief of Gyeongju. Gyeongju is originally in the south of Yongju and does not share the border with Rongguo, so there is no border disturbance, and it can be regarded as a piece of paradise.

Qing Wangye was originally an idle prince who was poetic and drunk, although he could also be called a feudal king of the powerful side, but he had always had no ambitions and never cared about political affairs. Although he was ordered to supervise the Northern Army, this Qing Wangye, who did not understand military affairs at all, never seriously asked about the Northern Army, but asked General Fang Sheng, the deputy commander of the original army, to take care of it for him.

Fortunately, in the past 20 years, Yu and Rong have always been peaceful, and this General Fang Sheng is also an old and serious person, and the northern army has not had any major chaos under his rule. It is only because of the stability of the border that the imperial court has gradually become careless and inconsiderate, and the army's food and salary are often withheld, and the weapons and equipment are even more insufficient, resulting in the army's morale becoming more and more dissipated, the continuous loss of troops, and the establishment of all armies has reached the point of serious insufficiency.

Today's Northern Army, although it claims to have 100,000 people, is actually less than 70,000 men and horses who can really fight, and there is a lack of fierce generals in the army who can fight habitually. In the face of the 200,000 strong army of the Rong State, this extremely unstable Dayu army was only struggling to support, and after a few battles, it no longer dared to confront the Rong army head-on, so it could only defend the city and wait for reinforcements sent by the imperial court. The Yu army here can't shrink, but it is to boost the morale of the Rong army, and they will continue to attack the city every day, and they will be able to take Jinmen Pass in less than a month.

Fang Sheng had served under King Ding, and he could be regarded as an experienced brave general, but after all, he was not a commander, and he was very old, so it was really difficult to support such a crisis. The military intelligence report was delivered to King Qing, and King Qing was even more panicked, and hurriedly sent 800 miles overnight to send it to the imperial front.

Since the war in the north began, the Dayu court has been in chaos.

Previously, although the DPRK had received a secret report from the Zhongyi League and found that the Rong army had signs of southern invasion, the Dayu monarchs and ministers, who had long been accustomed to a peaceful and happy life, still had a bit of a fluke mentality, thinking that the Rong State was only forced by the serious disaster to send a small number of troops to carry out a small-scale sneak attack, hoping to plunder some wealth and grain from Dayu to go back to tide over the immediate difficulties.

Based on these ideas, although the military headquarters allocated an additional batch of armaments and materials to the Northern Frontier Army, it only temporarily made up for what it owed in the past, and the old problem of a serious shortage of the Northern Frontier Army has still not been effectively resolved.

Now that the army of Rongguo is pressing the border and the news that Jinmen Pass may be lost at any time has come back, this has completely awakened the dream of peace and happiness of the courtiers. For a while, everyone was in danger, rumors were spreading, and everyone was discussing, but no one could put forward a constructive opinion.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the emperor urgently summoned the left prime minister, the privy envoy and the secretary of the military department to be selected for the deliberations of the Dedian.

The three adults hurriedly entered the main hall, but saw that one of them was already bowing down to answer the emperor's question.

"The emperor's brother is very worried! I only hate that although my brother has the heart to serve the country, how can he be old and sick, and it is really difficult to take on this great responsibility!"

Emperor Haoxing sat there with a frown, listened to the man's words, just waved his hand, and said: "You are injured and sick, but you still don't forget to worry about me, which shows your loyalty." As for this expedition to the north, I will never let you go into battle to kill the enemy again, and I will have to choose another good general. ”

At this time, the three courtiers who had just come in had already come to the front of the palace and knelt down to salute, and after the emperor ordered them to be even, Fang pointed to the person who had just spoken in the palace and said to them: "The three Qing family have not seen my seventh emperor brother, Prince Ding, right?"

The three ministers hurriedly bowed to the man and said, "The ministers have seen Prince Ding. ”

The prince hurriedly replied: "You are all important ministers of the court who are relied on by the emperor's brother, so you don't need to be so polite to this king. ”

Because the three ministers were urgently summoned by the emperor, of course they did not dare to say more nonsense that was purely polite in front of the palace, so they once again respectfully bowed to the prince Ding, whom they had never met, and then they all stood aside and listened to the emperor's orders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the war on the front line in the north is tight, and the urgent document is coming three times a day, and I have summoned you and others today, just to hear what good strategies you can have to solve the danger in the north?"

The privy envoy Tang Huan hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, as soon as I received the report from the palace, the minister has urgently dispatched 100,000 troops from the armies of the state capitals, and we can arrive in Beijing within three days, and after we assemble and reorganize, we can immediately rush to the north to help." ”

Zhang Guangshi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has prepared weapons, horses, and grain and grass materials for the 100,000 army, and all of them can be transferred to the northern army tomorrow." ”

Haoxing Xiaoqi just nodded slightly, and his gaze turned to Prime Minister Zuo Leng Yiqing.

"Prime Minister Zuo, as the chief assistant of the current dynasty, what do you think of this army reinforcement to the north?"

Leng Yiqing hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time Beirong has waved a heavy army to invade the south, which is really the intention of destroying our great prosperity! If our army fails to meet the attack in time, it will definitely make it even more arrogant, and the consequences will be terrible." Since receiving the urgent document from the north, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War responded in a timely manner, and Lord Tang and Lord Zhang did their best, and it only took a very short time to form and equip a 100,000-strong army to aid the north.

Haoxing Xiaoqi nodded slightly, "Well, this time the Privy Council and the Ministry of War acted quickly, and this matter was indeed very well done. ”

"It's just-" Leng Yi glanced at the look on the emperor's face without a trace, and then said, "It's just that what the minister is worried about is that there are only elite soldiers, but no good generals, and everything is in vain!"

Haoxing Xiaoqi pinched his painful eyebrows, and sighed: "Good general! I think I have hundreds of thousands of troops in Dayukong, but I can't find a good general who can lead troops to fight! I think that back then, King Ding led 100,000 heroes in the north to gather and annihilate the 200,000 troops of Beirong on Qingfeng Ridge, what a feat it was! I remember the day when his squad triumphed, I stood at the head of Jingyang City to greet him, and the grand occasion of all the people cheering and lifting the empty alleys of the city at that time is still vivid in my mind today! But now that I'm old, and my seventh brother is also old, where can I find another Flame General to fight for me and annihilate the enemy?!"