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Chapter 535 Entering the capital, you will hunt for the Emperor of Heaven

The faces of Zhu Houzhao and others were full of surprises, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "With such elite soldiers in hand, I am so afraid of them!"

Under Li Huan's guidance, the crowd watched the artillery's artillery training from a distance. At a glance, dozens of hundreds of artillery pieces were lined up neatly. Above is the sound of flames and explosions, which can be described as shaking the earth and making people daunting.

In Yulin Town, an important town on the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, Qingwankou is an important customs defense node adjacent to the Mongolian grassland in Yulin Town, and a team of frontier soldiers has always been stationed.

This day, the few soldiers who were patrolling the fort as usual suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes, and suddenly they followed the prestige and saw two soldiers galloping towards them on horseback in the distance.

At the same time, it was accompanied by a mournful whistle. The soldiers at Qingwankou could not be more familiar with that whistle. It was the warning sound of enemy attack.

Immediately, one of the elders changed his face greatly and exclaimed: "No, the enemy is attacking, light the beacon as a warning."

While speaking, the two soldiers who went out to patrol at the mouth of Qingwan came galloping, and before dismounting their horses, they shouted with a bit of panic: "It's not good, the Tatar army is attacking, and it's less than ten miles away. , at least an hour will kill."

The news of the Tatar invasion was spread in Qingwankou Tunbao in the shortest possible time. There were only 200 soldiers stationed in the entire Tunbao. On the long defense line of Yulin Town, dozens of hundreds of Tunbao In the fort, there are quite a lot of soldiers at Qingwankou.

However, if such a small number of people are only responsible for patrolling on weekdays, it would be enough, but once the Tatar army invades, I dare not say that there is no resistance, but they will not be able to withstand the Tatar army's charge.

After asking about the situation, Li Zhu, the head of the Tunbao at Qingwankou, lit the beacon immediately, and at the same time mobilized all the people in the Tunbao to retreat into the Tunbao, and closed the gate of the Tunbao tightly, waiting for the battle.

Thick smoke rose up, and soon the smoke was seen at every nearby pass, and the smoke was lit immediately.

In less than half an hour, Yu Shilong, who was the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town, looked at the military situation in his hand with a serious expression on his face in the Yulin Town Commander's Mansion hundreds of miles away.

And gathered in the hall were more than a dozen generals, big and small, from Yulin Town, and their eyes all fell on Shilong.

Seeing that Yu Shilong took a deep breath, put down the general report, looked at the group of people with gleams in his eyes, and said, "Everyone, Dayan Khan gathered 15 troops to go south, with ten thousand Fu Chang'an Guli as the partial division to command [-] troops. Come rushing to Yulin Town, you dare to follow me to meet the enemy and kill the enemy to repay your father?"

A burly man wearing a suit of armor immediately laughed and said, "Hahaha, I, Yulin Town, have never been afraid of those Mongolian Tartars. How dare Anguli choose my Yulin Town as a breakthrough point? Blind his dog eyes."

Yulin is an important town on the nine borders of the world, and the Yulin army is very powerful. It can be said that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no Tatars have ever been able to go south from Yulin Town to invade the Central Plains. Heart of fear.

To be precise, in this era, in the face of the Tatars on the grasslands, no matter which town was on the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty, there was no fear of Meng Yuan.

Yu Shilong slapped the table with his big hand and laughed: "That's right, Dayan Khan suffered a big loss at the hands of Qin Guogong back then. He escaped by chance and behaved dishonestly with his tail between his legs. He even wanted to go south to provoke , I really don’t know how to live or die.”

Yu Shilong said with a sneer: "I have sent people eight hundred miles to send an urgent message to the capital, and the imperial court will definitely send a large army to come. Before that, I hope that you can guard the front line of Yulin with me. These Tatars stepped over the Yulin defense line."

On March 11th in the spring of the 15th year of Zhengde, the coldness in the north had not completely subsided. Dayan Khan, who dominated the grasslands, raised his army again, with a total of 30 troops. It was rumored that the 3 troops went south, and the troops were divided into two groups, with [-] people as part of the raid on Yulin. Yu Shilong, the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town, led a group of officers and soldiers from Yulin Town to block it outside Yulin.

However, the 12 main force led by Dayan Khan broke through Xuanda's first line of defense with lightning speed, and went straight into the Central Plains, pointing at the important places in Gyeonggi.

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A group of cavalry desperately whipped the horses under them, shouting the slogan of hurrying up to [-] miles, and retreating at leisure, as they galloped past like a gust of wind.

On the long street, seeing this situation, many people were stunned.

Almost immediately, the Ministry of War, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the Imperial City received urgent military reports from the Xuan Mansion and Datong.

In the imperial study room, the emperor Zhu Houzhao looked solemnly at the cabinet ministers and the people in the five army governors' mansion who rushed over. Seeing that everyone had already arrived, he immediately said: "Your family, Xuanfu, Datong eight hundred Lijia is in a hurry, Dayan Khan leads an army of more than [-] to break through the pass and go south, the Xuanda line is in danger, and troops may come to the city at any time, do you have any countermeasures?"

After the Son of Heaven finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Wang Yangming, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Li Huan, Duke of Qin, who was the governor of the Five Armies.

Back then, Dayan Khan was defeated by the two of them. Now that Dayan Khan came to attack, everyone naturally looked at them.

Wang Yangming glanced at Li Huan, and Li Huan smiled slightly at Wang Yangming and said, "Shoufu, please tell me."

Wang Yangming nodded, and then he said with a serious expression: "A few years ago, the spies we placed on the grassland heard the news that Dayan Khan's troops had changed quite a bit. Years later Kou Bian, now it seems that everything is expected."

Hearing Wang Yangming's mention, many people in the room were stunned. As the real core class of Daming, they knew this news in advance, but they didn't pay too much attention to it, nor did they take it to heart.

Now after Wang Yangming said it, he naturally remembered it, and seeing Wang Yangming and Li Huan's unhurried looks, it was obvious that the two had expected Dayan Khan to lead the army south, so based on their Temperament is absolutely impossible without a way to deal with it.

The British Duke Zhang Lun chuckled and said: "Since Mr. Wang Ge and Qin Guogong have expected it, they must have made arrangements for coming. In this way, it is fine if Dayan does not come. If he dares to come, he will definitely come back. .”

When Li Huan heard the words, he immediately said: "That's right, this time we want him to come and go without returning, and destroy Dayan's troops in one fell swoop."

Everyone couldn't help but be astonished when they heard the words. They obviously didn't expect Li Huan to have such ambitions. You must know that Dayan claims to have 30 troops going south, and despite the exaggeration, there are at least 10,000+. Not 10,000+ pigs, but an army of 10,000+ that really has the power to fight a war. How can it be said that it can be destroyed if it is destroyed!

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with a smile and said, "Oh, I don't know what good strategy Li Qing has!"

The corner of Li Huan's mouth curled up slightly, a cold light flashed in his eyes and he said, "Naturally, it's to lure the enemy to go deep, and then give him a closed door to beat the dog!"

While talking, Li Huan explained: "After Dayan's defeat a few years ago, his prestige on the grassland has plummeted. However, relying on his strong foundation, he annexed some grassland tribes. His prestige is irreparable, so Dayan went south this time and chose Xuanda as a breakthrough, he must want to invade the capital, or he wants to imitate the feat of the Oirat soldiers coming to the capital city in the past, no matter what the result is, As long as he leads the army to the capital, the world will definitely be shocked, and Dayan will bring this momentum, whether it is to capture the capital or retreat to the grassland, he will naturally have the qualifications and confidence to become the co-owner of the grassland."

Many people were dumbfounded when they heard this, and one of them couldn't help but exclaimed: "He, Dayan, is really brave. He actually wants to come to the capital and use us, Da Ming, to brush up his reputation. It's just delusional."

Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "If he didn't have such ambitions, I would have to spend all my time thinking of ways to lure him in, but now we don't need to lure him in, he will take the initiative to go in."

Speaking of which, Li Huan bowed to the emperor and said, "I would like to inform your majesty, I beg your majesty to allow me to preside over this battle. I want to fight the grassland and completely quell the troubles of the grassland."

Zhu Houzhao, who already knew that Li Huan was going to destroy Dayan's troops in the first battle, said without hesitation: "Okay, I will make Qing the Grand Marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and command the world's soldiers and horses to fight against the Tatars."

In less than half a day, a group of fine riders galloped out of Beijing, and rushed to various places with Li Huan's order.

At the same time, the news that Dayan Khan led hundreds of thousands of troops to the south spread widely, and the capital was shocked for a while, but the shock was the shock, and it would not be panic, after all, Dayan Khan also led the army back then He went south, but he was beaten and fled in embarrassment.

There has been news in the palace that the emperor granted Li Huan the title of Grand Marshal of the World's Army and Horses, who will be in charge of the world's soldiers and horses to deal with the Tatar invasion. The cabinet headed by Wang Yangming will do its best to assist Li Huan in winning this battle.

With Li Huan and Wang Yangming present, the people in the capital naturally did not panic.Many good people even offered handicap betting on when the battle would end and how many Tatars would be able to escape from the Central Plains alive.

The commanders of Xuanfu and Datong towns took advantage of the city pass to resist the onslaught of the Tatars, which made Dayan's plan to enter the Central Plains quickly come to naught.

However, just as Li Huan expected, Dayan Khan's invasion of the Central Plains this time is not only for looting, but more importantly, for his political purpose. , What awaits him is the dissension of all parties, and if he wants to call on the grassland, there will be few people who will respond.

So no matter what, Dayan Khan will not give up his plan to enter the capital, even if he pays a certain price for it, as long as he can reach the capital, he will win this battle.

Thinking of the news that came from the front in the past few days, Dayan Khan couldn't help but secretly annoyed when the army stormed several passes going south, and almost couldn't help but ordered the general who commanded the troops ahead to be beheaded.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the big tent, and Dayan Khan saw his fourth son Arsuborot striding forward with a surprised expression, holding a parchment.

"Father Khan, Father Khan, the good news is that the Yanqing Pass has been broken, our vanguard army has broken through and entered, and the road to the south has been opened."

Dayan who was sitting there suddenly got up when he heard the words, his face was full of disbelief and said: "What, you said that Yanqing Pass has been broken, this... this is really great!"

While speaking, Dayan Khan looked at Arsuborot and said, "Quickly tell me, what's going on?"

Arsuborot said: "Father Khan, Ye Quan, the deputy guard of the Yanqing Pass, took our ten thousand taels of gold and secretly opened the gate for us in the dark. The army took advantage of the opportunity to enter, and the Yanqing Pass guards fled. hands."

Dayan Khan was slightly taken aback, then laughed loudly and said: "Okay, okay, most of the generals and officials of the Ming Dynasty are greedy people, for the sake of gold and silver, not to mention asking them to sacrifice the city gates, it is asking them to betray the country, as long as I'm afraid they won't hesitate."

Speaking of this, Dayan Khan said excitedly: "After leaving Yanqing Pass, we will go to Changping and Changping, and we will be able to come to the capital of the Daming Dynasty and reproduce the glory of Oala capturing the son of the Ming Dynasty alive in the past."

Alsubolot and many thousands of households and tribal chiefs in the tent showed excitement on their faces.

"Father Khan, my boy is willing to lead the army and horses of the headquarters as the vanguard, and take Changping directly for Father Khan."

Dayan Khan laughed and said: "Okay, my son, go quickly and remember not to be rash. If you can spend some money and take the pass without bloodshed, that would be great."

Alsubolot patted his chest and said, "Father, don't worry, the child knows how to do it."

Seeing Arsubolot leave excitedly, Dayan Khan's face can be said to be red, and he looked at the crowd in the tent and said: "The capital of the Ming Dynasty is in sight, and I can reproduce the glory of my Mongolian Yuan in the past. By the way, all of you are willing to come with me to give that great emperor a surprise."

"Hahaha, I would like to go with the Great Khan!"

Soon Dayan Khan gave an order, in addition to leaving thousands of people to stay at Yanqing Pass to ensure the safety of the retreat, a mighty 10,000+ army passed through the pass directly and headed straight for the capital.

In the Mansion of the Commanders of the Five Armies, a huge sand table was being placed in the hall. The sand table was so lifelike that one could clearly see the current situation of Ming Dynasty and the Tatars at a glance.

As a messenger came in and out to gather the news from various places, from time to time someone stepped forward to pull out or insert the flags representing the soldiers and horses of the two sides one by one.

Chen Ang, who was dressed in armor, looked at Yanqing Pass being planted with a flag representing the Tatars and couldn't help but said: "Yanqing Pass has fallen into the hands of the Tatars, so the next target of the Tatars is Changping, as long as Changping falls into the hands of the Tatars If it is in the hands of others, then Dayan Khan will definitely come to the capital city with great peace of mind, and the introduction will be the most glorious moment in his life."

Xu Ying on the side laughed lightly and said: "That was indeed the most glorious moment in his life, but it was also the time when he was in a desperate situation and died!"

【Well, it's the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass】

(End of this chapter)