Xuanfu Border Town, there are many border troops here, including countless fire road piers, and the leaders of these fire road piers are castles to prevent the invasion of Houjin.

Four years after Chongzhen, this has become a place to talk about the tiger's color change, the officials of the imperial court are not willing to be sent here, and the military generals are even more reluctant to go to the Xuanfu Sanwei, because it is adjacent to Mongolia, Mongolia has been conquered by the Later Jin, and it has also become the forefront of dealing with the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Manchuria.

The news from the seventh year of Chongzhen was even more depressing, Huang Taiji specially established the Mengbaqi, and the combat effectiveness of Houjin was stronger.

Fortunately, the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Mengbai Eight Banners have a fatal shortcoming, that is, they are not good at attacking cities, although their cavalry is fierce, and no one can beat them in field combat, but the Ming Dynasty is still dominated by towns, and as long as the soldiers desperately hold the city, the problem is not too big.

In mid-July, the battle to exterminate the Liukou in Shaanxi was in full swing, and the attention of the imperial court was all put over there, but no one paid attention to Xuanfu anymore.

Later, the Jin Emperor Taiji personally inspected Har, and the news also spread sporadically to Xuanfu and Datong.

No one was alarmed, including officers at all levels, who believed that the battle of the Later Jin expedition to Chahar must have been fierce, whether it was the Manchurian Eight Banners of the Later Jin or the Chahar army, they must have suffered heavy losses, and in this case, the Xuanfu and Datong areas were safe, although these two areas were not very far from Chahar.

When the beacon fire of the fire pier was suddenly ignited, many officers had not yet reflected on it.

Huang Taiji conquered Chahar, and on the way back to the division, he actually said that the officers of the border towns of the Ming Dynasty had harassed the Mongolian area. Killing its people, hiding the rebellion of the Later Jin and the Mongols, he suddenly launched an attack on many castles in Xuanfu and the border towns of Datong.

Although the guards of the castle are good, there is still a certain gap compared with the county seat.

The Emperor Taiji soldiers are divided into four routes. Raid Xuanfu and Datong area respectively.

A few days later, the news of the capture of the upper fort of Xuanfu and the victorious fort of Datong spread quickly.

These two castles, the location is quite important, especially the upper fort of Xuanfu, which is the key defense place of the three guards of Xuanfu, if it can not be recaptured, the Houjin sergeant can drive straight into it, facing the plain of Pingchuan. Kill directly to the Jingshi.

The officers of the three guards of Xuanfu, in a panic, did not forget to use the Shenji Battalion, and the Houjin sergeants ran long distances and conquered Chahar, it was impossible to bring too many ordnance, this time, the Shenji Battalion played a role. After being bombarded by heavy artillery, Sergeant Houjin abandoned the upper fort. Retreat to the Yingzhou area.

In late July, the Houjin soldiers met again and entered Datong Mansion.

Even more shocking news came.

Lingqiu County, Ulzhou, under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture, was broken by Houjin, and Jiang Bingcai, the magistrate of Lingqiu, Chen Shiqi, Chen Shiqi, the general Chen Yanwu, Zhang Biao, and Lu Dengfu, the commander of the county, swore to defend the county seat. Recruited many sergeants and launched a bloody battle with the Houjin soldiers, but the strength was not good, and all the officials below Jiang Bingcai of the county were killed.

After the city was broken, Jiang Bingcai, the magistrate of the county, hanged himself to death. The whole family committed suicide and was buried.

After the Houjin army broke through the county seat, it was inhumane, slaughtering the people, burning and looting, and doing everything.

The county town in the Datong area, because it is located in the border pass, the guards are strict, the city walls are also tall, and most of them are equipped with cannons and other devices, under normal circumstances, it is impossible to break through.

After Lingqiu County was breached, the nearby Fuzhou County was extremely shocked, they always thought that it was safe to defend the city, and the thinking was completely disrupted.

The news quickly spread to the Kyoshi.

Zhu Youzhen's face was pale, in the early days, in the face of many ministers, he couldn't hold his breath, stood up from the throne of Jinluan, and kept walking around, and many ministers below were silent.

He was tempted to lose his temper.

Chen Qiyu exterminated the Liukou, suffered a teasing, it can be described as a fiasco, spent so much silver, in the end it was a void, but at this time, Houjin invaded Xuanfu and Datong, who knows what Lu Dao will do next, wouldn't this be worse.

But this temper, he released it, who can he blame.

"All Aiqing have said, when will Houjin learn to attack the city, Xuanfu and Datong area, the city is very strong, and the garrison is also very strong, Lingqiu County has been broken in this way, and the officials of the city have all died, so if it goes on, how can the border town ensure peace."

Zhu Youzhen was questioned, and the first person to speak was naturally Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of War got the report, this time the Houjin expedition to Chahar, exhausted the strength of the whole country, want to come to the formation is very big, on the way back to the division, find an excuse, invade my Xuanfu, Datong area, is also well prepared, Lingqiu County Magistrate Jiang Bingcai, recruited sergeants to resist, bravely killed the enemy, and finally martyred, and the family also followed, they gave Houjin a lot of casualties, the minister thought that the court should be rewarded."

"Wen Aiqing, such things, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, come up with a strip Chen, Jiang Bingcai, the magistrate of Lingqiu County, should be rewarded, he died to serve the country, I am very pleased, I am now asking about two things, first, since Houjin is preparing to attack Xuanfu and Datong, why does the military department not know any news, and is not prepared, second, when did Houjin start, learned to attack the city, if they really mastered the method of attacking the city, how should the imperial court respond. Third, how Houjin is going to act next. ”

The court was silent again.

After a while, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, spoke.

"The minister is guilty, and I implore the emperor to punish him."

"Now is not the time to punish, Zhang Aiqing, you can answer the three questions I raised."

Zhang Fengyi had to answer, he thought about it for a while.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Houjin expedition to Chahar is premeditated, the army is dispatched, it will inevitably consume money and grain, Houjin is located in a remote area, the weather is cold, and it has always been barren, in this case, thinking of invading Xuanfu, Datong area, must be thinking of supplementing money and grain, besides, Houjin's expedition to Chahar, its own casualties are also very large, it should not intrude on other places, the minister suggested, strengthen the defense of Juyong Pass and Yanmen, and investigate Houjin's next move."

"Houjin broke through Lingqiu County, the information obtained by the Ministry of War, this siege, the traitor Kong Youde and Shang Kexi all participated, and among the troops besieging the city, there are Han troops, and the minister judged that the Houjin sergeant has no ability to attack the city and pull out the village, but the traitor Kong Youde and others assisted in breaking the city."

Zhu Youzhen's face became very ugly, obviously thinking about losing his temper, Kong Youde monk Kexi and others, it was a pain in his heart, as a general of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the rebellion, but also took refuge in the foreign barbarians, such a crime, it is not too much to exterminate the nine clans.

However, Zhang Fengyi analyzed that Houjin would not make any moves next, which made Zhu Youzhen a little more relieved.

After trying to suppress his temper, Zhu Youzhen spoke.

"Zhang Aiqing's analysis, there is a certain truth, I see, the Ministry of War will immediately plan to make a setback, Juyongguan, Yanmen, Shanhaiguan area, must strengthen vigilance, to prevent Houjin from having greater action, you Aiqing, now I am worried about internal and external troubles, in this case, you must work together."

Speaking of which, Zhu Youzhen couldn't say any more, the struggle within the court still existed, and he hated this kind of party struggle, but there was no good way to stop it, and he couldn't punish all the ministers.

After the early dynasty, Zhu Youzhen returned to the Yangxin Palace.

Wen Tiren took the cabinet ministers and followed them to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Wen Aiqing, the imperial court is making every effort to exterminate the Liukou, at such a critical moment, the Houjin invasion, this is not a good thing, the deployment of troops to strengthen the defense in the area of Juyong Pass, Yanmen and Shanhaiguan, such as affecting the extermination of the Liukou, I really have a headache."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Zhang said is reasonable, Houjin does not have the ability to attack on a large scale for the time being, and the current plan is to strengthen the encirclement and suppression of the Liukou, which can make Hong Chengchou speed up his action, and he must pacify the Liukou in the shortest possible time."

Zhu Youzhen listened to such words a lot, not long ago, Chen Qiyu exterminated the Liukou, seeing that the situation was getting better and better, inside and outside the court, there was a lot of joy, but what was the ending.

Suddenly, he thought of Jiangning Ying.

This thought disappeared in an instant, Chen Qiyu's extermination of the Liukou was just negligence, if he could hold on for a while, it would not end like this, which shows that the army of the guard still has good combat effectiveness, in this case, do not move the Jiangning camp for the time being.

The responsibility of the Jiangning battalion was to focus on dealing with the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners of the Later Jin.

"That Zhang Pu, Wen Aiqing thinks, how to deal with it?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Zhang Pu's crime was unforgivable, and he had been punished for meddling in the affairs of the army before, but he did not repent, and openly interfered in the military affairs of the imperial court to exterminate the rogues, resulting in such an ending, Zhang Pu is an important staff member of Chen Qiyu, and several twists and turns are from his hands, in this case, the three divisions should be ordered to be tried, and all kinds of punishments should be given."

The look on Zhu Youzhen's face looked a little strange, he looked at the rest of the cabinet ministers, no one spoke, it seemed that everyone agreed with Wen Tiren's opinion.

"This matter, let it go for the time being, Zhang Pu is earnest, the previous record is still good, but in the last stage, there was negligence, after all, Zhang Pu is the person in charge of the Restoration Society, the leader of the scholars, and the court still needs to pay attention."

After saying this, Zhu Youzhen's face immediately became serious.

"The cabinet must pay close attention to the matter of preventing Houjin harassment and exterminating the rogue, and there can be no more negligence. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )