669 Tatars entered the customs

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At the end of August of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, there is a Gaojiabao in the north of Miyun in Shuntian Prefecture, which is close to the Baima Pass of the Great Wall in the north, the nearest village fort, but only more than 100 Ming troops are stationed.

"Ahh

In the wee hours of the morning, a Ming soldier in tattered armor came out of the fort behind him yawning, ready to pee.

As a result, the moment he stood on the towering fortress wall to pee and opened his eyes to look north, his hands trembled and he peed directly into his pants.

And this Ming sergeant, at this time, looked frightened, not only his hands were trembling, his legs were trembling, and he was still concerned about whether the urine was on his pants.

"Tartar ...... Child. ”

The Ming sergeant said in a trembling voice, his eyes looked at the ground to the north, and the cavalry team that had been pressed in the dark rushed towards them at a very fast speed.

"Here comes the Tartars!"

After a while, the Ming sergeant immediately turned around and ran back, and shouted to the police.

The Great Wall in the north of the Great Wall in the area of Baima Pass, because of disrepair, has long appeared a wide range of gaps, this time the Tartar Western Route Army, chose to enter the customs from here.

Half a day later, smoke rose from this Gaojia Fort, chickens and dogs jumped in the fort, and a large number of Tartar cavalry rushed into the fort, killing them wantonly, and at the same time plundering money and food, and taking away all the women and children.

Soon, the Ming army of the Chaohe Guard, which was closest to Gaojiabao, was the first to get the news that the Tartars had entered the pass from Baima Pass.

As a result, Li Youtun, a thousand households in this guard station, simply led his troops and fled back to Miyun, and he didn't even dare to send out the people who sent people to reconnoiter the Tartars.

And a day later, smoke also rose from Miyun City, and the city was in a mess, and the Tartars broke the city.

Fortunately, before Miyun City was broken by the Tartars, they finally knew that they would send someone to Yingzhou Zuotunwei to report the news of the Tartars' entry into the customs, and then the defenders of Zuotunwei immediately sent someone to the capital to report to the imperial court.

"Urgent! 100,000 urgent! ”

It wasn't until the morning of the next day that a fast horse galloped all the way into the capital, and rushed all the way to the Forbidden City before dismounting.

"What? Did the Tartars enter the pass from the north of the White Horse Pass? ”

But Lu Xiangsheng, the current chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, was also shocked when he heard the news and shouted loudly.

In the spring of this year, Chongzhen finally made a correct decision to promote Lu Xiang to the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

After Lu Xiangsheng served as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, with the help of the money and grain he got from Li Zixiao, he quickly stabilized the chaotic military in Hebei, and even prepared to reset the border defense in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng served as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, but only half a year has passed, and the Tartars have entered the customs again.

This made Lu Xiangsheng, who got the news, more unwilling than shocked.

"Damn, why are the Tartars attacking again so quickly, damn it, give me another year!"

Lu Xiangsheng's face was annoyed, and he said unwillingly.

Lu Xiangsheng felt that although the imperial court was in a difficult situation at this time, as long as he was given two years, he was absolutely sure that he would reset the border defense of the Ming Dynasty in the north and prevent the Tartars from going south easily.

But as a result, the Tartars didn't give him this opportunity, and it was only more than half a year after the end of the Songjin War, and the Tartars entered the customs on a large scale again, and they were menacing.

"Come on, prepare a horse for the master, I want to enter the palace to face the saint." Lu Xiangsheng shouted at his servants.

"The Tartars have entered the pass from the White Horse Pass in the north?"

And just when Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Xinjia, Zhou Yanru and other ministers of the imperial court rushed to the palace after getting the news, Chongzhen in the palace also received the news of the Tartars entering the customs at this time.

Then, Chongzhen felt that his eyes were dark and he passed out.

"Holy, holy!"

This frightened Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was holding the pen next to him, picked up the unconscious Chongzhen and shook it, but he still didn't wake up for a long time.

Wang Chengen turned around and shouted to the group of little eunuchs behind him: "You guys, go and pass on the imperial doctor, remember not to leak the news of the Holy Lord's coma to anyone, otherwise you will not be spared." ”

Half an hour later, Chongzhen slowly woke up, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and his spirit was sluggish.

Chongzhen, who was only in his thirties at this time, looked more like a sixty-year-old man, and his sideburns and hair were already gray.

"Holy Lord, you have to keep the dragon body!"

Lu Xiangsheng, Chen Xinjia and Zhou Yanru and other important ministers of the imperial court, when they saw Chongzhen in the palace, they were also taken aback by Chongzhen's appearance, and they knelt down and shouted.

"Alright, don't talk nonsense, if any of you can defeat the Tartars now, my illness will be cured immediately."

Chongzhen waved his hand weakly and said weakly.

"Tell me, what's going on in the north? Where are the Tartars now? Chongzhen then looked at Lu Xiangsheng and the others and asked.

"Back to the Holy Shrine, according to the news sent back by the Yingzhou Zuotun Guard, the army of the Tartars, as well as the capture of Miyun and Huairou, are heading towards Shunyi."

"How many people have entered the customs this time?"

"I don't know this ...... for the time being."

"Can Yingzhou Zuotunwei withstand it?"

When Chongzhen asked this question, he himself felt that it was nonsense, and of course he couldn't stand it.

At this time, Yingzhou Zuotun Wei was full of more than 10,000 Ming troops, and it was estimated that they would not be able to hold even a day, and all this was a lesson.

Immediately, Chongzhen didn't wait for Lu Xiangsheng and the others to answer, and directly asked the next question: "Ladies and gentlemen, what is the best way to stop the Tartars?" ”

Below, Zhou Yanru, an old thing, stood there looking at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, looking like an old monk in his meditation, and he didn't open a mouthful.

And Chen Xinjia hesitated for a moment, still sighed, and didn't speak.

Only Lu Xiangsheng frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he stepped forward and said to Chongzhen: "Holy Lord, Yingzhou Zuotunwei should not be able to hold out for two days.

If the Tartars entered the customs this time and came to the capital, they would be able to come to the capital within three days at most.

Now only send someone to inform that the Yingzhou Qiantun Guard, the Middle Tun Guard, the Right Tun Guard, the Hou Tun Guard, and the Xingzhou Tun Guard's men and horses all rushed to defend the capital immediately.

At the same time, the forbidden army in our capital should also take action, first defend the capital, and then send orders to the troops from all over the city to rush to King Qin. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's proposal to let a few officers and soldiers of the Ming army around the capital of the Ming Dynasty lead the army to defend the capital, which is actually very stupid, but it is also a helpless move.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know whether the Tartars were coming to the capital when they entered the customs this time, but at least at present, judging from the route of the Tartars' march south, the Tartars seemed to have the idea of encircling the capital.

In this case, the most important thing that Lu Xiangsheng thought of was to protect the safety of the capital first, and he really couldn't take care of other places.

Because, he knows very well the combat strength of the guards of the Ming Dynasty at this time, if they are allowed to disperse, I am afraid that they will only be scattered by the Tartars.

Even the guards around the capital were originally the most elite guards in the Ming Dynasty, but now they are basically rotten, and their combat power makes people unbearable to look at directly.

The first few times, every time the Tartars entered the customs, they basically came to the Daming capital first, but in fact, they didn't think about conquering the Daming capital every time, and they still had the idea of plundering everywhere.

But every time, Chongzhen and those court ministers were powerless in the face of Tartar's approach, and they could only let hundreds of thousands of troops surround the capital to protect the safety of the capital.

When those Tartar armies quickly scattered and plundered the surrounding areas, the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops surrounding the capital were also helpless.

Every time the Tartars enter the customs, they will repeat the same tricks, but no one on the side of the Ming Dynasty can crack it, and the last time Lu Xiangsheng dared to lead the army to fight the Tartars.

But the result was defeat, if Li Zixiao hadn't led the army to rescue him in time, Lu Xiangsheng would have died in battle at this time.

"Holy Lord, shouldn't you transfer Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Horse in Ningyuan City to enter the pass!"

After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, Chen Xinjia next to him immediately put forward his own opinions.

Every time the Tartars enter the customs, the imperial court transfers back to Guanning Iron Cavalry to protect the capital, which has basically become a fixed formula, and at this time the only army that the Ming Dynasty can handle and dare to fight with the Tartars, that is, the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

"No."

After Chen Xinjia finished speaking, Chongzhen fell into thought, and before he could answer, Lu Xiangsheng immediately stopped.

"Why not? Lord Lu, do you want to watch the Tartars invade the capital? ”

Chen Xinjia was very dissatisfied with Lu Xiangsheng's opposition, glared at him and asked.

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Chen Xinjia, his eyes were full of disdain, and he was very dissatisfied with this military secretary, and sneered: "Lord Chen, the Tartars haven't been killed yet, and you are starting to be alarmist."

If the Tartars were killed in the city, would Lord Chen be too frightened to leave the house? ”

"Lu Xiangsheng, you ......"

Chen Xinjia was ridiculed by Lu Xiangsheng like this, and his face turned red.

"Okay, you still have a psychological quarrel at this time, Chen Aiqing, you step down and listen to what Lu Aiqing has to say."

At this time, Chongzhen was also waiting for Lu Xiangsheng's statement, and he was also hesitating just now whether to immediately transfer back to Guanning Tieqi.

"Lu Aiqing, why can't you immediately transfer back to Guanning Tieqi to enter the customs now, are you worried that the Tartars who entered the customs from the White Horse Pass this time are a cover.

Is the real purpose of the Tartars to be transferred back to Guanning Iron Cavalry and take the opportunity to seize Shanhaiguan? ”

"Holy Wisdom, this is exactly what Wechen is worried about. So, before figuring out how many people there were in the Tartars from the White Horse Pass.

The Holy Lord must not give an order to let Wu Sangui take Guan Ning Tieqi into the pass!

As long as Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan City are still in our hands, even if the Tartars enter the customs from other places for a while and can't beat the capital, they won't be able to stay in the customs for long, and they will have to pass the customs sooner or later.

But if Shanhaiguan is lost, the Tartars can really drive south, and we are no longer powerless to stop it.

The four cities of Songjin have been lost, and Shanhaiguan must not be lost, otherwise it will ......"

Lu Xiangsheng's words were sincere, and he said to Chongzhen seriously, he didn't dare to say the word 'dead country' behind the last one.

"Well, Lu Aiqing is reasonable, Guanning Tieqi will not be transferred into the pass for the time being, and immediately send someone to find out how many people and horses there are in this group of Tartars who entered the pass from Baima Pass.

Then, according to Lu Aiqing's suggestion, let the generals of Yingzhou and Xingzhou to Tunwei immediately lead their troops to defend the Beijing division without delay.

In addition, he gave orders to Jia Changming, the chief soldier of Shanxi, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, and Li Zixiao, the general soldier of Henan, so that they could prepare to go north to King Qin. ”

Chongzhen thought about it and agreed with Lu Xiangsheng's proposal, and at the same time, although Chongzhen was reluctant to do so, he still decided to let Li Zixiao lead the army north to King Qin this time.

At the same time, Chongzhen also made up his mind in his heart, once he found out whether the Tartars' attack on the capital this time was fake, or whether it was mainly to loot everywhere.

Then when the time comes, he will immediately transfer Li Zixiao to lead the army to pursue Tartar, so that Li Zixiao and Tartar will fight to the death, killing two birds with one stone.

Two days later, news came from the north that the Tartar army had broken through Shunyi, and more than 10,000 troops of Yingzhou Zuotunwei fled back to the capital without a fight.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng sent out at night, and also secretly checked the traces left by the Tartar march and the traces of the camping place.

It is roughly estimated that the Tatar troops who entered the pass were at least more than 50,000 people, including many Han and Mongol troops.

These nights are not collected, which can be regarded as one of the few elites in the Ming Dynasty, and Lu Xiangsheng has a preliminary understanding of the number of Tartar troops who entered the pass from Baima Pass this time.

In fact, hundreds of Ming troops from Gaojiabao went all the way south to more than 10,000 Ming troops of Zuotunwei in Shunyi Yingzhou, and when they saw the Tartar army, they immediately fled.

So that they don't even have a chance to figure out the specific strength of the Tartars, it's not that they don't have a chance, but they don't dare, and no one wants to send them to death.

In the past ten years, the Tatars have entered the customs four or five times, which has made the soldiers in many guards in the imperial court around the northern capital division of the Ming Dynasty almost to the point of talking about the color change of the Tartars.

In the face of the menacing Tartar army, they did not even dare to defend the city, let alone go to the field battle with the Tartars.

At this time, in the Ming court, there are really not many generals who dare to lead the army to fight against the Tartars.

Similarly, there are not many generals who are capable of leading the Ming army and the Tartars to fight.

The rest are all a group of moths who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and only want to keep their glory and wealth, regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty perishes or not.

At this time, in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, among the thousands of officials, large and small, most of them have done a good job in their hearts, once the capital cannot be defended, and the Tartars have broken through the capital, they will immediately turn to the idea of serving the Tartars now.

On September 1, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Tartar West Route Army led by Azig fought all the way to Shunyi after entering the pass from Baima Pass.

Even then they crossed the Yu River, only a dozen miles away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and encountered several Ming armies around.

The Tartar army and the generals of the Daming Guard Army were forced by Chongzhen's death order even if they didn't want to fight with the Tartars.

They could no longer let the Tartar army continue to kill smoothly in the capital, and the three Daming Guard armies that arrived first, totaling more than 90,000 people, blocked the front of the Azig army.

It was only by this time that Azig gave the order to halt the advance of the Tartar army.

Of course, Azig didn't really plan to storm the Daming capital this time, they were the same as usual, after entering the customs, they would kill the Daming capital first, scaring and scaring Chongzhen.

All the troops around Daming were transferred to the vicinity of Daming's capital, and then they turned around and left, plundering everywhere.