The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Although he did not plan to attack the capital, he wanted to teach the Ming court a lesson. It would not work without annihilating a Ming army.

When Huang Taiji came in this time, he naturally wanted to achieve greater results, so as to increase his prestige among his tribe.

But since he broke into the Ming Dynasty, all the Ming armies he encountered avoided fighting and defended the city, leaving him nowhere to show his talents.

He knew that the Ming cavalry had appeared in Sanhe, and he happened to know that the Sanhe guard was patrolling the border with his troops, so he could use it to attract them to Zhengguantun and annihilate them. Thinking about it makes him excited.

At this time, Huang Taiji had already begun to recall the scattered soldiers from all walks of life, asking them to suspend looting and prepare a pocket to hold the Ming army cavalry in Jizhen.

For this reason, even though he had Ba Du'er following him and participating in the planning of this matter, he also recalled Da Lai Sun who was leading troops to plunder.

In a small piece of open space that has been smoothed out, a few stones are randomly placed in it.

If Wei Guangde were here, he could easily see that this is the approximate location of several cities north of the capital of Beizhili.

Huang Taiji and the others are now in the Ming Dynasty, and if they are slightly negligent in the battle, they may be in catastrophe.

Although they were prepared to grease their feet at any time, after all, the Ming army had not yet arrived, so they still had enough room to display.

However, now they only have more than 5,000 men and horses at their disposal. They had gathered two batches of looted property before and had already assigned 2,000 men and horses to escort them out of the customs.

There were about 2,000 people who were divided into more than ten groups to loot, and they also served as scouts to monitor the surrounding situation. These 5,000 people were already the largest force he could muster.

However, at this time, the Ming army did not notice that most of the large and small Mongol Tatars that had dispersed in the past had disappeared, and they were only active in a few main directions.

"Taiji, if it's just Mikawa's gang of Minggou, there's really no need to be afraid of them. There are only a few thousand people on either side. As long as we choose the right terrain to launch a surprise attack, we can wipe them out in one go."

Da Lai Sun stared at the placed stones and said, "What I'm most afraid of now is the Ming army in those cities.

If they come out to cause trouble at this time, although I usually look down on them, it would be very annoying if they really show up at a critical moment. "

"That's why I called you back."

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "Over at Shunyi, I left three hundred people to keep an eye on them. They wandered around the city gates every day. In Han Chinese terms, it was a plan to spread suspicion.

On the Pinggu side, there had been a small encounter before. Hundreds of people were killed by the Ming army. They probably did not dare to go out of the city to fight. The only ones left were Huairou and Miyun.

According to those white-skinned people, the Miyun garrison is a deputy general of the Ji Town, responsible for the defense of the Great Wall Pass near Miyun, where there are many soldiers.

Huairou is worse, it doesn't have many soldiers and horses, but with our little strength, we don't have the ability to attack the city. "

When Huang Taiji said this, Sun nodded and agreed with his point of view.

In fact, these words were the conclusions reached by Huang Taiji and Ba Du'er after discussion.

The only people the Ming army could support Zhengguantun at this time were the Jizhen cavalry and the Miyun garrison.

"Leave a thousand men to surround this Ming army. You lead more than a thousand people from your headquarters to hide in the woods northwest of Zhengguantun. Regardless of whether the Ming army comes from Huairou or Miyun, you will find the right opportunity to intercept and kill them.

Ba Du'er and I led 3,000 people and stationed ourselves at Zhengguantun, waiting for the Ming army to come over.

As long as they dare to leave the city, we will find an opportunity to kill them all, and then return to the prairie. "

Huang Taiji opened his mouth and explained their planned combat strategy, and then looked at Lai Sun's opinion.

After calling, Sun stared at Shi Zi and thought for a while, then raised his head and glanced at Ba Du'er, then nodded and said, "It all depends on Tai Ji."

"If the Ming army from Miyun comes, it will naturally increase our achievements. If they don't come, your troops will be cut off from the entire army. I estimate that the troops from Xuanfu are not far from here."

Huang Taiji continued to add.

"Taiji, in fact, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Army in Ji Town are probably coming soon in the next few days."

At this time, Da Lai Sun said, "Let's set up this bag. I think it will take at most two days. If the Ming army does not show up the day after tomorrow, it is better for us to withdraw from the Ming country as planned."

"Well, you're right. We don't want to fight the Ming Dynasty Xuanfu and Jizhen here. That would be too passive.

Where to fight and how big the fight should be are still up to us. "

Huang Taiji nodded and said decisively: "It's settled. If no Ming army appears in the future, we will retreat."

After saying that, he turned to Ba Du'er and ordered: "Send people to keep an eye on the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in the direction of Changping, as well as Sanhe and Pinggu. They will go fifty miles ahead of the horse to detect the movements of the Chinese army."

"Yes, Taiji."

Bao Duer immediately nodded in agreement.

The Mongols were ready, but the Ming army was completely unaware at this moment.

After Sun Bin led the Jizhen cavalry to leave Tongzhou City, they headed towards Sanhe County along the original road. However, they were discovered by Mongolian scouts not long after they left the city, and they urgently reported to Huang Taiji.

At this time in the capital, news that villages and towns along the Wenyu River had been plundered by Tatars had spread in the capital. The people in the city were increasingly frightened and worried that the Tatars would cross the Wenyu River and attack the capital this time.

Whether the emperor in the palace knew what kind of goods Jingying was, the people certainly didn't know, but they knew what kind of goods were in Jingying.

If we really want the Beijing camp to defend the capital, the people actually have no idea.

However, the capital city has city walls that are much taller than the surrounding cities. This is undoubtedly the guarantee of their safety.

With the arrival of a group of Jizhen cavalry outside Dongzhimen, the worries that had previously surrounded the hearts of the people in the capital were gradually eliminated.

Although the capital is under martial law, it is only the common people who are under martial law.

In fact, the dignitaries in the capital, as well as those who serve the palace and government offices, still perform their respective duties.

The water from Yuquan Mountain is delivered to the palace on time every day.

Yexiang's trade is also indispensable in the capital.

Seeing this situation in Wei Guangde's eyes, he didn't know what to say except shaking his head and sighing.

This time Huang Taiji only planned to plunder, but if he really wanted to attack the capital, and if they really found a way to cross the river, they would just need to launch a surprise attack in the early morning, and it would really be possible to rush directly into the city.

Wei Guangde even wondered whether Li Zicheng's troops had broken through the walls of Beijing and captured the capital quickly during the time of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The population of the capital is too large. Even without the people fleeing on the streets, it is still one of the largest cities in the world in this era.

In this era, too many restrictions make urban design unreasonable.

However, Wei Guangde was not a professional, so he couldn't explain it.

Moreover, even if he can think of something, it would still be a lot of effort to make major changes, and the effort may not be thankless.

At noon that day, Wei Guangde received an urgent letter from Ma Fang at Prince Yu's Mansion.

The letter was sent by Ma Fang when he led his troops through Changping. Now he has led his troops to move closer to Huairou. This is also in accordance with the orders of the Ministry of War, intending to use the Xuanfu troops and horses to block the Tatars' northward escape route.

Now the Ministry of War has directly begun to interfere with the command of the various ministries in Northern Zhili. They did not choose to send a letter to Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, but directly issued orders to the soldiers and horses of Jizhen in the name of the Ministry of War.

Some of these orders were consistent with those issued by Yang Xuan, so the general who received the order naturally followed them without hesitation.

However, there are more orders that conflict with each other, but according to the final words of the Ministry of War order, the leading generals naturally know what to choose.

Although Yang Xuan is their immediate superior, his promotion is entirely in the hands of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.

But at this time, Yang Bo was not happy in the duty room. The Ministry of War had received news that Sun Bin led his troops to rescue Zhengguantun in Sanhe.

Sun Bin's cavalry left in Tongzhou has been seriously weakened, and the westward advance of Ji Zhen's army is slow. distance.

As for the large armies to be deployed in Sanhe and Tongzhou, it will take at least two days to be in place.

This is the uncertainty on the battlefield.

According to normal circumstances, the Jizhen army rushed back from Shanhaiguan and should be arriving soon.

But compared to before, they hurried from Santun Camp to Shanhaiguan and then returned the same way.

During this period, the Ming army did not have long-distance training, and it was difficult for the soldiers to gather for long distances.

After working hard for several days, the soldiers in the military camp complained. Under such circumstances, the officers in charge did not dare to criticize too much for fear of triggering a mutiny among the soldiers.

If there is a mutiny at this time, it is no joke.

We can only find various reasons to slow down the progress of the soldiers.

However, after this news was fed back to the Ministry of War, Yang Bo felt bad all over.

In his opinion, Yang Xuan should have done this secretly.

Thinking of the dispute between him and Yang Xuan this year, Yang Bo had the urge to destroy him for the first time.

"Master Yang, Yang Xuan's reply is back."

At this time, Ge Jin, the Minister of War, quickly walked into the room, handed the official document he had just received to Yang Bo and said.

This was the official document that the emperor had previously accused Ji Zhen of guarding the capital against, asking Yang Xuan to tell him what he had done during the period after the Tatars broke the border wall.

Yang Bo took the official document and asked casually: "What did he say?"

"Hey, you can see for yourself."

Ge Jin didn't want to say that he was the assistant manager of the military affairs of the capital, and he spent most of his time patrolling the walls of the capital these days.

It was also a coincidence that when I entered Guangqumen for inspection, I received a reply letter from Sanhe Yangxuan to the Ministry of War.

He was the minister of the Ministry of War and had a high status in the Ministry of War. He immediately received the official letter and was very angry.

"He, how could he say that?"

Yang Bo quickly read Yang Xuan's writing and was immediately furious.

Yang Bo, the governor of Jiliao, Yang Xuan, couldn't accept the defense in his writing. According to his opinion, the soldiers and horses of Jizhen had already fought with the Tatars near Tongzhou under his command. Now the main force of the Tatars has been Force has already fled east, trying to escape from Sanhe to Pinggu.

Not only that, Yang Xuan actually asked the Ministry of War to pray for the soldiers at the end of the text.

To the north of Tongzhou, there was indeed a small-scale battle between Jizhen soldiers and horses and the Tatars, but it was a scout battle and could not be considered a real battle.

But Yang Xuan actually used this to claim credit, saying that he commanded the soldiers and horses of Jizhen to force the Tatars to flee.

"He should also have seen the purpose of this group of Tatars, so he dared to tell this big lie."

Yang Bo threw the official document on the table and sighed.

Yes, the Ministry of War's plan to annihilate this group of Tatars is no longer possible based on the current situation.

The Tatars only came in to plunder. With the appearance of the Xuanfu army, it would not be too long before the Tatars fled north.

Although it is far from the truth, in the end the Tatars withdrew from the Great Wall. It is really difficult to deny his achievements in commanding the army in Jizhen.

This is not to deny one person, it is the contribution of the entire Ji Town, from the soldiers to the generals.

"The safety of the capital cannot be left in his hands."

On the way back, Ge Jin also thought that he had the same thoughts as Yang Bo. Based on this official document alone, he was determined to bring down Yang Xuan.

"The battle report sent to the palace today is written according to the actual situation."

Yang Bo said calmly.

"Then this writing Yang Xuan"

"Copy the original text and put it in front for His Majesty to read."

Before Ge Jin finished speaking, Yang Bo interrupted.

Ge Jin mentioned Yang Xuan's writing and naturally wanted to bring the matter to light, but he did not expect that the good old man Yang Bo would be so determined on the matter.

"I'll go to the cabinet to meet Mr. Xu Ge and the others."

Before Ge Jin could speak, Yang Bo spoke.

The war of words between the Ministry of War and Governor Ji Liao is not enough, and the cabinet must be brought to its side to stand up for itself.

"Don't worry, sir, I know what to do."

Ge Jin immediately cupped his fists and said.

Nodding, Yang Bo stood up and handed the official document to Ge Jin, and walked out of the check-in room with him.

As the Ministry of War began to copy, the contents of Yang Xuan's official documents soon reached Prince Yu's Mansion and fell into the hands of Wei Guangde.

Whether it was King Yu, Yin Shizhen, or Zhang Juzheng, their knowledge of the war situation came from the Ministry of War. Naturally, they could see Yang Xuan's word game, not to mention that Wei Guangde had previously analyzed in detail the purpose of the Tatars' entry into the customs.

They all shook their heads and didn't bother to comment, but no matter what, if this Yang Xuan could get to the position of King Yu, he would definitely have to get out.

King Yu's temper made it absolutely impossible for him to continue to serve as governor of Jiliao.

"The Tatars are running away."

At this time, Wei Guangde said, "The soldiers and horses of Jizhen are not in place yet, but the Xuanfu army is about to arrive in Huairou. It is impossible for the Tatars not to discover it. The plan of the Ministry of War has been lost."

"Is there anything Shandai can do? We can't let Xin Ai'er go back so easily."

Zhang Juzheng said.

Wei Guangde pondered for a moment, then his eyes fell on the map hanging next to him. After thinking for a while, he said: "We can only try our luck and let Ma Fang lead the Xuanfu cavalry to pursue Pinggu directly."

As he said that, Wei Guangde guessed: "Yang Xuan is probably right. The Tatars will probably take the line near Sanhe and Pinggu out of the Great Wall on their way back. There was a report from the Ministry of War before, saying that the Tatars sent the looted goods back the same way. Go out a lot.

The terrain of that section of the Great Wall is complicated and it is a turning point. When I went to inspect it before, I noticed that many of the walls were in disrepair. "

"You mean, let Ma Fang capture the Tatars and cut off the rear troops?"

Zhang Juzheng guessed and asked.

"Exactly, Ma Fang should be able to wipe out all the men behind him. At least a thousand men can still be left behind."

Wei Guangde said.

At this time, in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing was reading the battle report sent by the Ministry of War. Naturally, the first thing that caught his eye was Yang Xuan's official document.