In the palace, nervous preparations are also being made.

Compared with the orderliness in Yangjiazhuang, it does seem much more chaotic here.

Afraid that the nights would be long and dreamy, and the ministers would oppose it when they got the news, Zhu Qizhen privately ordered Wang Zhen to make full pre-war preparations, and strive to go out as soon as possible.

This is naturally what Wang Zhen wants, whether he can seize the military power, it depends on the performance this time, he called his apprentices and grandchildren over, and most of the eunuchs began to act, dispatched troops, issued orders, and were very busy.

Wang Zhen, who didn't understand military affairs at all, didn't have enough understanding of Warat's military attack, thinking that letting Yingzong personally recruit would scare the Warat soldiers away. Therefore, in order to win by luck, he took the risk of indiscriminate side work, so when the Ming Dynasty was not fully prepared, he instigated Yingzong's personal expedition, so that Yingzong could follow the example of Song Zhenzong's personal expedition, so as to leave a good name in history. Yingzong usually obeyed Wang Zhenyan, but this time after listening to Wang Zhen's words, he also thought that the pro-conquest was a good opportunity for him to show his talents, so he did not consult with the ministers, made a rash decision to pro-conscript, and announced that he would leave immediately in two days. As soon as the edict of Yingzong's personal expedition was promulgated, the Manchu civil and military forces were taken aback.

When the ministers knew, they immediately said to Kuang Ye, the secretary of the military department, that "the six divisions should not go out lightly", and the king of the ministry directly advised the ministers.

The news of the defeat on the Datong front continued to spread to the Beijing Division, and these military uniforms that used to look annoying were indeed like soul seducers in Zhu Qizhen's eyes at this time, making him ready to move.

Having already made a decision and being attracted by the result of the victory, Yingzong completely favored Wang Zhen, insisted on going his own way, and insisted on conquest himself. For the advice of the ministers, they simply don't ask.

The emperor has a holy will, and after some useless admonitions, all the ministers below can do is to be ordered.

Even if it is the emperor's personal expedition, the civil and military forces that he follows naturally cannot be in the minority, otherwise, it will not make people laugh. Regarding this, Wang Zhen quickly made preparations, and there were more than 100 civil and military ministers and officials in the list.

It's the same as in history, and so is the person who drove with it. If you want to talk about changes, the only one in the Beijing division is missing Yu Qian, the left squire of the military department. Without the mainstay of this critical time, there seems to be a hint of suspense as to whether the battle for the defense of Beijing will start, in what way, and what the outcome will be.

In just a few days, all the soldiers and horses of the Beijing division poured out, and a total of 500,000 soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the northern provinces gathered in the Beijing division, and under the personal command of Zhu Qizhen, they were ready to go out of Beijing to aid Datong on the second day.

It's going to be a big battle, and it's still the emperor's personal expedition. In this regard, of course, the people raised their hands in favor. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty, who have not experienced defeat in foreign warfare, are still full of confidence in their own army.

Compared with ordinary people who don't know what is going on, some important ministers have different views, for example, in the home of Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, they are not optimistic about the emperor's personal conquest.

In the study of the Hu Mansion, Hu Hu was analyzing the battle situation with his eldest son Hu Changning.

On the desk is the battle report of the front line, which is as follows: the eastern road, from Totobuhua and Wuliang Habu to attack Liaodong; On the western route, the faction will attack Ganzhou (Zhangye, Gansu); The middle lane was the focus of the attack, and it was divided into two groups, one led by the Arazhi Academy, which directly attacked the Xuanfu siege of Chicheng, and the other was led by Ye Xian to attack Datong. also attacked Datong all the way first, "the soldiers were very sharp, the Datong soldiers lost, and the castle outside the fortress was sunk." Datong general Wu Hao died in Maoerzhuang. Ming sent four generals, including Ma Duwei and Jing Yuan, to each lead 10,000 troops to resist the enemy.

"Father, the Warat army is prepared, but our army is in a hurry to respond to the battle, in such a situation, we should fight slowly, so with the strong national strength of our Ming Dynasty, we can slowly try to win the victory. I really don't understand why the emperor wants to recruit in person, isn't this too risky move? Although Hu Changning said that he was in Jinyiwei, he also had a good talent in military affairs, and he could be regarded as hitting the nail on the head when he analyzed the situation.

"yes." Very satisfied with his son's insight, Hu Hu nodded approvingly. But soon his expression became very helpless and said: "Kuang Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and other important ministers of our department have all advised and advised, but the emperor didn't listen, so what should I do?" ”

When Hu Hu just showed a helpless look, Hu Yan rushed in outside the study. As soon as he entered the study, he didn't even breathe, so he said anxiously, "Grandfather, father, did he go too?" Can you not let him go? ”

Needless to say, everyone knows who he is referring to. Facing this question, Hu Hu first nodded, and then shook his head, "Yang Xima is indeed on the list of accompanying drivers. But I heard that this was his own request, and that the army would go out tomorrow, and no one could stop it unless he made his own request and needed sufficient reasons. ”

"I'll go find him." After Hu Yan heard this, her lips were tightly pursed, and she wanted to turn around and leave.

"Wait." Hu Changning suddenly stopped his daughter, "Yan'er, you are still a girl after all, don't say that the Yang family has not given you a dowry yet, even if it is, even if it is down, it is not counted if you don't go through the door, what's the matter with you going now?" Honestly stay at home. ”

"Father." Hearing that Hu Changning actually stopped him from going, Hu Yan immediately looked anxious. Although she didn't go through the door, she had already tied her heart to Yang Chendong's body.

seemed to know what kind of character his daughter was, Hu Changning shouted directly outside the study after drinking, "Captain Sun Chuang is here?" ”

"Yes." Sun Chuang, who was in charge of security outside the door, immediately agreed.

"Look at Miss, you are not allowed to leave the house without my order." Hu Changning gave an order in a loud voice. When a man goes to war, he ties his head to his belt, and no one dares to guarantee that he will return safely. If something really goes wrong, the daughter will still have to get married after all, and at this moment, it is natural to take all the famous festivals first.

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Hu Yan's affair was only a small episode, and the next morning, that is, on July 16, 1449, Yingzong ordered his younger brother Zhu Qiyu, the king of Yu, to guard the Jingshi. Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen made up an army of 500,000 within a few days, randomly allocated some grain, grass and weapons, and set off in a hurry.

Yingzong and Wang Zhen were accompanied by more than 100 civil and military officials, including the British Gongzhang Fu, the military secretary Kuang Ye, the household department Shangshu Wang Zuo, and the cabinet scholars Cao Nai, Zhang Yi, and the crown prince Xima Yang Chendong, but Yingzong did not let them participate in military and political affairs, and handed over all military and political power to Wang Zhen alone.

Due to improper organization, all military and political affairs were arbitrarily decided by Wang Zhen, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, was the general, but he knelt forward in front of Wang Zhen; Wang Zuo, the head of the household, asked the emperor to return to the army, and Wang Zhen ordered him to kneel in the grass and not get up until dark. However, the ministers of civil and military affairs who accompanied the expedition did not allow them to participate in military and political affairs, and the army was in turmoil.

Yang Chendong also followed among the ministers, not only that, but he also asked Wang Zhen for a position to join the army.

This is also the benefit given by Wang Zhen in order to thank Yang Chendong for taking the initiative to speak for him in the middle of the immortal house that day. It was in the name of joining the army that the sixth young master was able to arrange for his own people to serve by his side.

The so-called own people naturally refer to Hu Mang, as well as Yang Er, Yang Wu and Qiu Wu's First Guards, as well as the hundred Leng Feng soldiers of the first battalion and one company led by Xiao Feng.

The result of this battle, as long as Yang Chendong does not interfere, the result can be imagined. Once surrounded by the Warat army, it is also very dangerous to not have enough strength to protect it. Only then did Yang Chendong transfer the cold front of the company, and from this time on, he had already begun to show his fangs.

This is one of the advantages of joining the army, although there is no real power, especially under Wang Zhen's power, but it is still possible to arrange some people to be around you. The chaos of the army also brought benefits to his arrangement, at least no one cared about it, no one asked.

Also because of this expedition, the preparations were hasty and improperly organized, and soon after the departure of the army, the army was in turmoil, and before it arrived in Datong, there was already a shortage of food in the army. People were constantly dying, and corpses covered half of the road.

What I want to say here is that because the army was assembled in such a hurry, the 500,000 army was gathered together, and it was chaotic from the beginning. To what extent? Kuang Ye, the secretary of the military department, fell off his horse because of crowding on the way.

The secretary of the military department, which is equivalent to the current post of Minister of Defense, even he has fallen into chaos, you can imagine how bad the organization and discipline of the team will be, and what kind of battle can such an army fight in line?

The situation and practice are that no matter what the enemy's situation is, they do not discuss the battle strategy, they do not even make arrangements for logistical support, and they simply treat the pro-conquest as if they were children playing games. All military and political affairs were arbitrarily decided by Wang Zhen, but the civil and military ministers who accompanied the expedition did not allow them to participate in military and political affairs.

Yang Chendong didn't say anything about Wang Zhen's indiscriminate command, he knew that even if he wanted to say something now, he was afraid that people would not listen. Even so, all we can do is to wait and see what happens, and do what we can. For example, Wang Zuo, the head of the household, is not young, watching him kneel in the grass, he personally sent a thick futon, and Ji Guang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard with the army, saw it really and reported the matter to Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen is busy with affairs, he wants to intervene in big and small things, and wants everyone to do things according to their own ideas, when he heard the report that it was Yang Chendong's doing, he just frowned, and then waved his hand, "Let him go first, write down everything about him first, and then talk about it later." ”

Of course, it was not kindly to let it go, but Wang Zhen wanted to record these things and go back to Yang Chendong to use it to see if he could extort more silver.