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The horn sounded in the middle ......of the night. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The camps within a radius of nearly ten miles were woken up by this trumpet, and the battalions were immediately alerted, and then the officers hurriedly assembled their men.

Fortunately, the new army was trained and strict in peace, and when the horn sounded, the battalions reacted quickly, and they were assembled one after another in a flash.

This is Liu Chengfeng's Chinese army, and the next army horse is still left behind and going one after another, so they are all new army horses, 100,000 new troops, plus tens of thousands of people, all of them were woken up by this inexplicable horn at this time, and they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

Soon, the battalions received orders and all of them were ready to meet the enemy.

When the news came out, although no one questioned it, everyone already understood that the Mongols were coming.

But this place is only thirty or forty miles away from Jingshi, how can there be hostility here?

Some people even luckily thought that this was just an urgent exercise as usual, but soon, everyone dispelled this ridiculous idea.

The officers and men of the battalions received orders and began to carry torches into the designated places to garrison, and all the units demanded that the gunpowder be loaded, and even the people were awakened and asked to assist in digging deep trenches and arranging tripping rope locks.

All this is becoming more and more unusual.

In the camp of the Chinese army, Liu Chengfeng received several reports from scouts one after another, and the Mongols really launched an attack, they first feinted to attack Jinzhou, and made a gesture of trying to capture Liaodong, but they killed a horse pistol and rushed straight to Guannei.

Originally, all the units of the Ming army were stationed in the fortresses and fortresses, but in the face of the Mongols' vigorous offensive, many generals at the border pass were at a loss, and the final result was that a large number of fortresses were easily captured by the Mongols, which caused panic among the people on the entire front, and the border troops with low morale actually began to flee, and finally there were more and more such routs, and finally the Mongols were almost everywhere there were rumors and countless deserters.

Morale is a very mysterious mind, and the most important thing for a good military attache is to be able to understand the thoughts and concerns of soldiers at all times, and then prescribe the right medicine to boost their morale. However, some confused military attachés not only failed to boost their morale, but were frightened and uneasy after encountering an incident, and they would be the courage of the soldiers, and the generals would be frightened, and the people below would naturally be moved.

In the final analysis, this is inseparable from Liu Jin's appointment of private individuals at that time, this group of military attachés who are not qualified at all have stolen their official positions, and they have not long been in office, and there is already an estrangement between them and their subordinates.

More importantly, it is said that even Jixian has been broken by the Mongols, Zhu Houzhao sat in Jixian and gathered 30,000 troops, but the Mongols suddenly launched an offensive, and the emperor originally wanted to use Jixian to attract the Mongol army, and then mobilized various nearby armies to encircle the Mongols.

It stands to reason that this strategy is indeed correct, but Zhu Houzhao obviously forgot that no matter how good a strategy is, it also needs people with sufficient ability to implement it, so Jixian City was broken, and the emperor was nowhere to be found.

After such a big incident, Liu Chengfeng was in no mood at all, but he knew that the Mongols were really coming, and now he had to cheer up and stop the Mongols here, and at the same time immediately send someone to Jingshi to deliver a letter so that Jingshi could get ready.

After midnight, a large number of Mongol rangers began to appear frequently in the vicinity, and in addition, many routs also appeared, and the new army remained unmoved, continuing to wait with bated breath.

Cabinet.

An urgent report arrived early in the morning.

Immediately after, the three ministers were dumbfounded.

The border towns collapsed on all fronts, and the emperor was nowhere to be found.

This news was that Jiao Fang couldn't help but be moved.

Jiao Fang couldn't help but say, "What about His Royal Highness the King of Chu?" Where is His Royal Highness the King of Chu? ”

"It is clear in the book that at the moment, we can only search for His Majesty's whereabouts on the one hand, and defend the Jingshi on the other hand, but the military horses of His Royal Highness the King of Chu are too close to the Mongols and dare not move lightly, and once they retreat, they may be pursued, so they can only temporarily drag the Mongols on the boundary bridge, and at the same time let the Jingshi take precautions. Ay...... How could things get so bad, is this another civil fort? I just hope that the emperor can be safe and sound, otherwise we will all die and will be guilty. ”

It was Li Dongyang who spoke, Li Dongyang's whole person was almost paralyzed on the chair, he had been barely maintaining the overall situation, Liu Jin appeared on the stage, Liu Jian and others resigned, he didn't go, he didn't leave not because Zhan Lianzhan was a scholar, but he knew that the more this time, the more he couldn't go.

There are more and more people messing around in the Ming Dynasty, and there is always a need for a few people to do things, Li Dongyang intends to continue to stay, continue to do things, and support this already festering situation.

But now, the news from today has hit his last bit of confidence, can the Ming Dynasty still hold it? Now it seems that this is no different from Tumu Fort, but where is Yu Qian? Even if there is Yu Qian, can Daming still be so lucky?

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly and smiled bitterly.

"It's better to go to the palace immediately to discuss with the Queen Mother, at this time, only the Queen Mother will come forward." Yang Tinghe stood up and couldn't help but sigh.

The three of them entered the palace and told the truth to the Empress Dowager Zhang after arriving at the Kunning Palace, which was different from what they expected, they thought that even if the Empress Dowager Zhang did not faint in fright, at least she would cry and cry, and even Yang Tinghe thought of a lot of comforting words, but he underestimated the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang did pull her face down, and the panic on her face disappeared in a flash.

She was worried, she was worried about her son, she was worried about her family's social welfare, but she didn't show it.

In other words, she is the most painful, she lost her husband, and now she seems to have lost her son, the pain in her heart can be said to be incomprehensible, but she still can't let outsiders see the pain in her heart.

She knew that the situation had completely eroded, if she showed this, if she couldn't stand up and give her courtiers and the military and civilians expectations, everything would be over in the Ming Dynasty, and how could a hundred years of the dynasty be buried in the hands of her son?

Her eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, without any sense of color, she pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is Liu Chengfeng, the king of Chu?" ”

"Back to Niangniang, the king of Chu garrisoned the boundary bridge, and immediately sent someone to report to the imperial court after hearing the news, and led 100,000 new troops to deploy at the boundary bridge, intending to delay the Mongols."

"Really?" Empress Dowager Zhang sighed and said, "He is taking a risk to prepare the Jingshi, so now that the time is limited, the defense of the Jingshi needs to be deployed, and there must be no more mistakes." Also, try your best to find out the news from the emperor's side, if the emperor falls into the hands of the Mongols......" Empress Dowager Zhang paused here for a moment, and said with a calm face: "Then let Liu Chengfeng negotiate with the Mongols as hard as possible, as long as the conditions are not harsh and I can accept it, then it will be okay to rescue the emperor." But if the Mongolian lion opens his mouth and wants me to use Jiangshan Sheji as a ransom, then the Mongolian people will accept their delusional hearts, so the top priority is to fight against the Mongols, as long as they can win, don't be afraid of what the Mongols threaten. ”

When she said this, as a mother, her whole heart was almost broken, but she still said this, in fact, she knew that these ministers came to look for her, and this was what they wanted to hear the most.

If the Mongols use the emperor as a threat, then the Ming army will fight and tie their hands and feet, and what will they do to expel foreign enemies? Therefore, Empress Dowager Zhang deliberately said this, that is, so that everyone does not have any scruples, the Ming Dynasty has no emperor, and another one can be established, but once the Jingshi is broken by the Mongols, the country will not be protected, and the society will be overturned.

The three cabinet ministers hurriedly said, "The Queen Mother Shengming." ”

"Shengming?" Empress Dowager Zhang smiled, smiled a little bitterly, and said, "What kind of saint is the mourning family?" The mourning family is not a qualified mother, I just want to be a qualified queen mother, the mourning family does not understand, the mourning family will not care, these are all entrusted to the king of Chu, what about you, help him well, try your best to rescue your emperor, try your best to drive the Mongols away, go down! ”

"Niangniang, the minister has something to do." At this time, Yang Tinghe couldn't help but say: "In fact, if the emperor falls into the hands of the Mongols, it is not impossible to rescue him, Weichen heard that the Mongolian Khan has a great relationship with His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if the King of Chu comes forward, maybe there is room for redemption." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled and said: "Yang Qing doesn't know women too well, there are two kinds of women in this world, one is willing to do anything for a man, and the other is to hope that men all over the world will go to the trouble for her." The Mongol Khan you are talking about, even if he has an old relationship with the King of Chu? She wouldn't be the first kind of woman, and if she was that kind of woman, how could she lead the troops to commit it? This woman is ambitious, first to unify Mongolia, and then impatient to declare war against my Ming Dynasty, such a person will not be bound by the old feelings, you take it for granted. But it's okay to try, the next edict is to Liu Chengfeng, let him choose the opportunity to move, whether to fight or peace, the mourning family gives him full power, and he will make his own decision. ”

Yang Tinghe smiled bitterly: "The Queen Mother Shengming." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang pursed her lips, her eyes were empty, and she sighed: "There is one more, all Liu Jin's henchmen and relatives, all let Yousi take it, this Liu Jin is the bane, he harmed the emperor, what the mourning family can do is to execute these people to avenge the emperor's hatred, these people, all of them will be executed!" ”

After she finished speaking, she felt that if she stayed here, tears would soon burst out of her eyes, so she stood up, her figure was already a little rickety, and she had too many warm memories in the first half of her life, but who would have thought that the second half of her life would be so miserable, one bad news after another, so that she couldn't breathe and couldn't cry.

(To be continued)