Chapter 903: The Honorable Misled the Country
On the eighth day of September in the fourth year of Jiajing, Zhang Yin, the general soldier of Datong, opened the city of Hukou Pass in the early morning, and the leader of the Tatar Tumert Department, I Daqin, led 100,000 iron cavalry to the south to kill the Ming through the killing of Hukou, under the leadership of Zhao Quan, the head of the White Lotus Sect, to kill the Bauhinia Pass with lightning speed, and successfully broke through the pass, and then defeated Sun Bo, the general soldier of Baoding, who led the army to help.
Baoding general soldier Sun Bo originally led more than 20,000 troops to support Bauhinia Pass, but with the cavalry of my answer was crushed at the first touch, thousands of dead and wounded, and the rest were scattered as birds and beasts, and Sun Bo, the general soldier of Baoding, finally only led 5,000 remnants to flee back to Baoding City and closed the door.
I did not pursue the Baoding army, but continued to lead the main force to the capital approach, all the way invincible, Fangshan County held out in less than an hour before falling, and then Liangxiang was also occupied by the Tartar army, the prosperous town was looted, and burned.
Xiangliang is only thirty or forty miles away from the capital, and there is a palace here for the emperor to travel normally, and I have occupied the palace and stayed here, forcing the eunuchs and palace maids here to serve him with the emperor's courtesy.
In the evening, in the Liangxiang Palace to enjoy the treatment of the Ming Emperor, I finally led a large army to the city of Beijing, and set up camp outside the Fucheng Gate and You'an Gate, 100,000 cavalry, the camp tent stretched for seven or eight miles, the end is terrifying, the whole capital is trembling, up to the powerful officials and gentry, down to the people of Limin, all panic all day long.
It is said that since the "change of the civil fort", the Ming capital has been around the city for nearly 80 years without war, when the tile spur Taishi also captured the Ming Yingzong alive in the civil fort, the Ming 200,000 elite soldiers were almost lost, and then the tile spur army was even more soldiers under the city of Beijing, and the Ming Dynasty reached the point of life and death.
Fortunately, at this time, a bull man who turned the tide appeared in the sky, he was Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, Yu Qian responded calmly, he urgently transferred the armed forces of Henan and Shandong and other places into Beijing, and quickly rushed to transport the grain of Tongzhou, so the capital had more soldiers and enough food, which greatly stabilized the hearts of the people.
Subsequently, Yu Qian supported Wang Zhu Qiyu, the owner of the country, and the people's hearts were further stabilized, and then Yu Shilang turned decay into magic, and defeated the tile spur army outside Desheng Gate, Xizhi Gate, and Zhangyi Gate respectively, and then fought more and more smoothly, and finally killed the tile spur army and withdrew from the fortress in embarrassment.
Eighty years ago, there was a generation of famous ministers Yu Qian to turn the tide, to save the Ming Dynasty when the building was about to fall, 80 years later, history seems to be repeating itself, the life and death of the Ming Dynasty is only between a line, will God still favor the Ming Dynasty who has enjoyed the country for 150 years, and once again descend a Yu Qian who turned the tide?
The night power is like ink, the crescent moon is like a hook, and the autumn frost is dark. Outside Beijing, the tents of the Tartars are continuous, and there are many people under the firelight, and the neighing of horses comes and goes. Torches were lit at intervals on the top of the capital, and the defenders were nervously patrolling back and forth.
In the capital of one million people, there is silence at this moment, almost all the houses are blackly lit, and the people are strictly ordered to stay at home and not to walk around the streets at will.
At this moment, the government offices and the palace in the inner city were brightly lit, and from time to time you could see hurried officials walking back and forth between the government offices, and the atmosphere was tense like a stretched bowstring, and fear was everywhere like a ghost.
The 100,000 army of the Tartars is outside the city, once the city is broken, it will inevitably be ruined, in it, who can not worry? Who can not be afraid?
Zhu Hou's mood at the moment is not only fear, but also anger, the anger of departure, he smashed a chicken bowl cup in the Chenghua period, and a precious inkstone, if it weren't for the little eunuchs to protect it, I'm afraid that the jade seal on the imperial case was broken by him.
The Tartar army is coming to the city, there is no doubt that it is a great shame for the Ming Dynasty, and it is a great shame for Emperor Jiajing, which is equivalent to a resounding slap in his face, even if I am repulsed in the end, this incident will be remembered in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be a shame that Emperor Jiajing will not be able to get rid of in his life!
However, this is not the reason why Zhu Houfa is so angry, what really makes him angry and chilling is the performance of the Jingying Forbidden Army.
Originally, when the soldiers came to the city this evening, Zhu Hou ordered the Beijing battalion to fight, as the so-called loser does not lose the battle, this face must be fought for, who knows that no one in the 12th regiment and battalion of the forbidden army dares to take the order to fight.
Zhu Hou blackened his face on the spot and gave a very high reward, but there was still no military general willing to lead the troops out of the city, and finally Zhu Hou had to name Guo Xun to fight, the latter was almost scared and refused to accept his life.
Zhu Hou was furious, and ordered Jinyi Wei to arrest Guo Xun on the spot, and cut off his head for disobeying the king's orders. The Wuxun group is all one, so Dingguo Gong, Wei Guogong, and British Gong have come forward to intercede for Guo Xun, and Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao and others have also come forward to intercede.
However, Zhu Hou was angry and had to cut Guo Xun, and in the end, the Wuxun Group was forced to be unable to tell the truth, which suddenly made Zhu Hou's heart cold.
It turned out that the 12 regiments and battalions in the capital added up to only more than 40,000 people who could fight, and the rest were old, weak, sick and disabled, or the children of the Xungui family.
Zhu Hou was so angry when he knew about this situation, if it weren't for the fact that it was the time to employ people, he would immediately dismiss all these nobles and put them in prison to be punished.
But now the 100,000 army of my answer is eyeing the outside of the city, and if these martial arts are disposed of at this time, there will be no one to lead the troops to defend the city, so Emperor Jiajing can only knock out his front teeth and swallow it in his stomach, endure it, but after returning to the Qianqing Palace, he finally couldn't control his emotions, his eyes were red, and he threw things like an angry beast.
"Xungui mistakenly, Xungui mistakenly, is the Ming Dynasty really going to be lost in my hands?" Zhu Hou sat down on the carpet in front of the imperial case dejectedly, his hands and feet were cold, and his heart was even colder!
The palace people were so frightened that they all knelt down and touched the ground with their foreheads, like frightened ostriches burying their heads in the sand.
The sound of footsteps in the hall sounded, and Lu Bing walked into the Heart Nourishing Hall from the outside, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the scene in front of him, and fell to his knees: "The emperor must take care of the dragon body!" ”
Zhu Hou suddenly jumped up as if he was rejuvenated, and asked eagerly, "Ah Bing, where is Xu Jin?" Did the brocade guard catch up with him? ”
A trace of imperceptible jealousy flashed in Lu Bing's eyes, and he shook his head and said: "The Tartars are now storming Tongzhou City, and the Jinyi Guards don't dare to approach, but listening to the people who escaped by luck, the Tartars slaughtered thousands of people at the Tongzhou Wharf, and Xu Jin is probably among them!" ”
Emperor Jiajing was like a thunderbolt on the spot, there was no blood on his face, he staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground again.
"Your Majesty!" Lu Bing couldn't help but shout.
"I'm fine, Ah Bing, stand down, I want to be quiet!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Stand down!" Zhu Hou's voice suddenly raised an octave, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was quite hideous. Seeing this, Lu Bing's heart sank, and he didn't dare to say more, so he retreated cautiously.
Zhu Hou sat for a moment, and suddenly whispered like a self-deprecation: "The scenery of the green mountains is secluded, and the fields of the predecessors are collected by the later." The descendants will rejoice in the harvest, and there will be descendants behind...... Is my country going to be harvested by the Tartars? ”
Zhu Hou staggered to his feet, and walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall in despair, and the palace people didn't dare to ask more when they saw this, so they hurriedly carried the lantern and followed.
Zhu Hou walked aimlessly in the palace, and unconsciously arrived at Cining Palace, only then did he wake up and say hello to the queen mother today, and now I am in the city, the queen mother and Yongfu Yongchun They are probably also frightened!
Zhu Hou quickly stepped into Cining Palace, but as soon as he arrived at the palace gate, he heard the sound of crying and crying inside, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, and hurriedly ran in: "Queen Mother......"
Zhu Hou entered the house, and the scene in front of him stunned him, only to see the queen mother Jiang sitting on the main seat in a good manner, Yongfu and Yongchun sitting on both sides, neither of them crying, but a few women kneeling on the ground crying and crying.
These women Zhu Hou all knew, they were the Yuan match Deng of Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, the Yuan match of Dingguo Gong Ma, the daughter-in-law of Dingguo Gong Tang, and the Yuan of Lingbi Marquis Jiang.
"The emperor is here!" When Empress Jiang saw her haggard son, she was a little distressed.
"See the emperor!" Several women kowtowed to Zhu Hou one after another.
Zhu Hou hated these nobles very much now, frowned and said coldly: "Why are you crying here?" ”
Dingguo Gong's Yuan and Ma's mouth was fast, and he wiped his tears and said: "Emperor Qiqi, this morning, the concubine's grandson Wenbi and Wudinghou's eldest son Qiange'er, as well as the third son stepbrother of Lingbi Marquis, went to Tongzhou, and there is no news yet, I heard that Tartar is now storming Tongzhou City, and I beg the emperor to send troops to rescue Tongzhou immediately!" ”
Zhu Hou was unhappy in his heart, and said coldly: "What did they do when they went to Tongzhou?" ”
Ma Shi was speechless for a while, but her daughter-in-law Tang was simple-minded and said bluntly: "Back to the emperor, I heard from the subordinates that Wen Bi, Brother Qian'er and stepbrother wanted to catch up with Xu Jin and humiliate him...... Ouch! ”
Before Tang finished speaking, he was secretly pinched by Ma and screamed on the spot!
Zhu Houjian raised his eyebrows, and immediately erupted, shouting: "Come on, drive them out of the palace!" ”
Zhu Hou was already annoyed by the nobles, but at this moment, when he heard that Guo Shouqian, Tang Xianji and Xu Wenbi had fallen into the well and tried to humiliate Xu Jin on the way, he was angry on the spot, and evil was born in his guts!
Zhu Hou gave an order, and several Yu Lin guards rushed out outside, and several women were frightened, and kowtowed and begged for mercy!
"Emperor, you are, you have something to say!" Empress Dowager Jiang hurriedly dissuaded.
However, Zhu Hou was angry and didn't listen at all, so he asked Yu Linwei to drive out all the noble ladies.
"Alas, the Emperor, what are you...... Why is there such a fire? Empress Dowager Jiang reproached.
Zhu Hou said with a calm face: "These nobles have misled the country, and it is already merciful if I don't cut off their heads, the queen mother, like Tang Xianji, if he is recruited as a concubine and insults the royal princess, his marriage with Sister Yongfu will be canceled!" ”
"Ahh Yongchun snorted softly and pulled the sleeve of his sister Yongfu in surprise, and the latter's small mouth opened slightly into an "O" shape, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes.