Yang Chendong personally went to Wang Zuo and sent the thick futon to the leg of this household scholar, just this small action caused the sixty-five-year-old man to have tears in his eyes. Don't underestimate this small action, but no one dares to do it in the other accompanying officials, they don't even have the ability to keep themselves, let alone help others.

"Yang Xima, it's not worth it for you to do this, Wang Zhen will definitely hold a grudge against you when you turn back, I'm afraid that after returning to the dynasty, everything will be liquidated." Wang Zuo kindly reminded Yang Chendong.

"It doesn't matter, respecting the old and loving the young is one of the virtues, even if he has someone to blame me, just defend him." Yang Chendong smiled indifferently. But I was thinking in my heart, could Wang Zhen still return to the dynasty?

Hearing Yang Chendong talk about virtue, Wang Zuo was even more in tears, at this moment he was really moved and didn't know what to say.

Seeing that the old man was crying like a child at the moment, Yang Chendong squatted down, took out a handkerchief he was carrying, and handed it over, "Lord Wang, you still have to take care of your body, it's windy and sandy outside, wipe away your tears quickly, it's not good to have eye disease when you make trouble." ”

"Okay, okay, thank you Yang Xima." Wang Zuo took the handkerchief and wiped it towards his eyes, grateful in his heart.

People say that adversity sees the truth, and it has only been not far from the capital that Yang Chendong has already begun to buy people's hearts, and this is just the beginning, and it can only be described as seeing the first sight.

On the 19th, the army left Juyong Pass, passed through the arms, and went to Xuanfu. On the 28th, he went to the south of Yanghe City, and came all the way, and it should be said that the marching speed was still very fast.

Yanghe City is one of the 72 castles of Datong, an important town in the Ming Dynasty, more than 4,600 meters long, the city wall is 11.6 meters high, there is a trench ten meters deep, there is an urn city built inside and outside the city gate, that is, the ancient battlefield where Liu Bang encountered the siege of Baideng, it was called Baideng County in the Yuan Dynasty.

Ten days before the arrival of Yingzong's army, on July 15, the Ming army had a fierce battle with Yexian here, a total of 40,000 Ming troops were defeated by the Wara army, and even Song Ying, the governor of Datong, Jing Yuan, the commander of the horses, and Zhu Mian, the chief military officer, and other senior generals were killed in the battle, which shows that the casualties were heavy.

When Yingzong's army arrived here, the battlefield had not yet been cleaned, and the corpses of the Ming army were all over the field, and the corpses were full of flesh, with a bad smell and an atmosphere of fear, which also dealt a heavy blow to the psychology of the Ming army, and some timid people began to desert.

Yingzong continued to advance, wanting to find the main force of Warat for a decisive battle, but at this time, he also shrank his forces and retreated to the outside of the fortress to avoid the edge.

On 1 August, the Ming army entered Datong, an important border town, in order to achieve a state of confrontation with the Warat army.

Whoever thought about it, he did not choose to fight head-on, but took the initiative to retreat north to lure the Ming army into depth. Although Datong is an important town, it is simply unable to afford such a huge logistical supply, and seeing that there is little hope of decisive war, the army will continue to stay here, not only will it not have the slightest effect, but the loss of every day is not a small number, and the ministers who followed it have proposed to move back to the court.

Yang Chendong did not follow the ministers to petition the emperor, he watched all this coldly.

Judging from the situation at that time, the decision to move back to Korea was undoubtedly very correct. Although this time the army mobilized the masses and worked in vain, at least the army did not suffer major losses.

At this time, not only Yang Chendong saw this, but also Zhu Qizhen, even Wang Zhen, the actual commander of the army, saw this.

Before the battle of Datong, it was Wang Zhen who started at the behest of him, and he sent Song Ying, the chief soldier of Datong, and Shi Heng, the governor of Datong, to fight Warat first. In his imagination, these two people were enough to clean up and take care of the first, so that as soon as he arrived, he could pretend and swagger, and he didn't have to really fight down.

Having said that, if it really starts, I'm afraid that Wang Zhen may not have such guts.

Wang Zhen was worried that Song Ying and Shi Heng would dare not do their best, and also arranged for his henchman eunuch Guo Jing to be the supervisor. Then under the urging of this eunuch, the two sides fought, because of the eagerness to fight, they were ambushed first, and even because of Guo Jing's containment, part of Song Ying's army was annihilated, Shi Heng and Guo Jing fled back, and when they talked about the power of Wara, they really scared Wang Zhen. This coincided with the fact that all the civil and military officials were admonishing the class teacher, so he rarely chose to agree with everyone's wishes.

It was decided to withdraw the army, which was not far from Datong at this time, and there would be no danger in withdrawing the army at this time, and it would be just a tour for 500,000 people to work and lose money.

On the third day of the first month of August, the Ming army decided to divide the division, and Guo Deng, deputy commander of Datong, suggested that returning to Beijing from the Bauhinia Pass could be far away from the route of Warat's possible attack, which was relatively safe, and it should be said that this route was more feasible, but Wang Zhen once again stood up and put forward different suggestions.

To say that Wang Zhen can have his current status, it is indeed suspected of speculation. But it is precisely because of this that he has the appearance of a villain, and he is used to showing off well wherever he goes. Now I know the strength of the Warat cavalry, and I also know that I can't fight. But I went back like this, and I regretted it a little, so I decided to satisfy my heart of showing off everywhere, and proposed not to go back to Datong, but to go back to Ulzhou, Shanxi (Wang Zhen's hometown) to use it to "ride the luck" and show his majesty.

When he came out of Ulzhou, Shanxi, Wang Zhen was still a broken household, but now the scenery is infinite and the power is in his hands, so he has to go back to his hometown and show off.

Because of Wang Zhen's insistence, and because he didn't know how to move Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to agree, the army had to go to Ulzhou, Shanxi.

But just when he was about to arrive in Ulzhou, forty miles away from Bauhinia Pass, Wang Zhen suddenly changed his mind and stopped going to Ulzhou, asking everyone to stop, because he was afraid that the army would trample on the crops of Ulzhou. A few years ago, he got a large number of potato seeds from Yangjiazhuang and Hubu and planted them here.

In order to preserve this high-yielding crop, the army was not allowed to move forward. This reason once again persuaded Zhu Qizhen, and the army marched towards Xuanfu instead.

In this regard, Yang Chendong remained silent. At this moment, what can he do if he persuades him? With his current identity and status, it is impossible for his words to be adopted by Yingzong and Wang Zhen, and rashly proposing them will only attract their disgust.

The Ming army had already marched towards Xuanfu, and those who had been following behind him also thought about it.

The main cavalry of the first was about 30,000 people, and in the face of the main force of the Ming army of 500,000, it had no score in its heart, and it was not sure that it would win a battle, and followed the Ming army for more than ten days, watching the Ming army twist around like a stupid green worm, and gradually, let him feel full of confidence. It seemed that these 500,000 people were not strong in combat and were vulnerable to attack, so the order to attack was issued.

Warat elite cavalry raided the Ming army brigade in two ways, Wang Zhen who heard the news was very nervous, urgently contracted the army, and sent Gongshun Hou Wu Kezhong, the governor Wu Keqin and other troops to resist the battle, the result was a big defeat, Wu Kezhong as the rear guard of the Ming army, the strength should be more than 10,000 people, but it is still vulnerable.

After the defeat in the first battle, he sent Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, and Yongshun Boxue Shou to lead 40,000 horses to Harrier Ridge to fight with Yexian, but the result was ambushed and the whole army was annihilated.

After the defeat of this army, the Ming army has actually lost the capital of the decisive battle with the first battle, and at the same time, the morale of the army has begun to slacken. In this way, the day before the Ming army arrived at Tumubao, it had already suffered heavy losses, the reduction should be more than 50,000, the actual strength (excluding the transports and the civilians used in the war) was less than 200,000, and the elite cavalry had been lost.

When Zhu Yong led 30,000 iron horsemen to ambush first, and the news that the piece of armor did not return came, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen were directly scared to pee, and they ran back.

On 13 August, the army entered the fort.

When the army reached the fort, it was not yet dark and the sun had not set. At this time, it was only twenty miles away from the county seat of Huailai, and a rapid march could be reached. Once the army enters the county town and fights against the city, the Warat cavalry will be helpless.

At this point, it's a matter of life and death. Wang Zhen raised the moth again and ordered the army to stop and stop advancing.

It turned out that more than 1,000 baggage vehicles belonging to Wang Zhen's sole production had not yet arrived, but these were all things that the border army gave to Wang Zhen along the way, and the price was millions of taels. As the actual speaker of this northern expedition, the gift of the magistrate's "Zhuangxing" was of course accepted by Wang Zhenxiao.

The gifts of officials along the way were too rich, so Wang Zhen gave up his life and wealth and gave up the great opportunity to enter Jiancheng.

Wang Zhen asked everyone to wait for the car to arrive before they walked together. So in the place of Tumubao, Yingzong Zhuqi Town, hundreds of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of troops waited here stupidly all night.

By dawn, more than 1,000 vehicles had not yet arrived, and Wang Zhen couldn't wait, he knew in his heart that the car would not come, and he wanted to leave at this time. It's a pity that at this time, I can't go anymore, and there is enough time for one night, and the 30,000 elite cavalry of Wara have already surrounded the Ming army on several sides.

As a result, hundreds of thousands of troops were "surrounded" by 20,000 Warat cavalry in a civil fort without a water source.

To say that 30,000 surround hundreds of thousands, it is impossible to do it in normal times, but after these days of tossing, the army has long become a frightened bird, with no morale, and completely lost most of its original combat effectiveness.

Wang Zhen was also frightened by the rushing Warat cavalry at this time, and in a panic, he dug a trench and set up a fence with the Tumu Fort as the center in order to protect himself.

It's a pity that Wang Zhen doesn't know how to fight, he doesn't know how to soldier, and he can't even understand the terrain. The place here is high, there is no spring and no water, so it is not a place that can be defended. So in the next step, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were also surrounded and beaten first, for two days and three nights, and the worry of no water became more and more serious.

The Ming army could not dig a drop of water after digging three feet into the ground, the morale of the army was completely lost, and the army's mind changed.

On 15 August, the troops were also abruptly withdrawn. He said that he would not fight, and he also sent a messenger to say that he wanted to negotiate peace, which was simply a plan to capture and indulge.