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Chapter 541: Zhu Qizhen leads the army to fight in person

Chapter 541: Zhu Qizhen leads the army in person and returns to the court
On the canopy.

The young emperor looked at the ministers who were kneeling on the ground below.

He said with high spirits:
"Emperor Taizong made six expeditions to Mobei, and the late emperor personally led the expedition against the King of Han!"

"It's just a small Wala."

"My Great Ming King's teacher has arrived!"

"It immediately turned into powder!"

……

【The news of Datong's defeat shocked the government and the public.】

[The imperial court responded quickly, with the son-in-law Jing Yuan leading an army of 40,000 to attack Datong.]

【However, Jingyuan's army had just set out. 】

[On July 15, under Wang Zhen's instigation, Zhu Qizhen immediately made a decision to lead the army in person.]

[Grand Tutor Zhang Fu, Duke of Ying, Grand Tutor Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng, Minister of Revenue Wang Zuo, Minister of War Kuang Ye, and scholars Cao Nai and Zhang Yi accompanied the expedition.]

[Because the imperial edict was too hasty, the whole court was shocked, and the Minister of Personnel Wang Zhili's ministers' persuasion was ineffective.]

[On the 17th, Zhu Qizhen ordered the eunuch Jin Ying to assist his younger brother, Prince Zhu Qiyu of Qin, to stay in Beijing, while he personally led more than 500,000 people to the battle.]

[Zhu Qizhen's decision sent two-thirds of the Ming Dynasty's central-level officials to the battlefield.]

[No matter from which angle you look at it, such a decision is absurd. ]

[An emperor who doesn't understand military affairs, and a eunuch who thinks he's stupid.]

【They jointly directed such a farce-like expedition. 】

[Such a situation is unimaginable in any dynasty with a mature political system.]

……

Great Qin.

"Does he think fighting is fun?"

Meng Tian was shocked!

How come a fool suddenly appeared?

You didn’t say that before!
"War is a dangerous thing."

Wei Liao stroked his beard and said:
"War has always been a dangerous matter. Ancient sages were extremely cautious about it and should not be taken lightly."

Feng Quji also stroked his beard and said:

"The emperor's job is to reward and punish, employ good generals, fortify the walls and clear the fields, and keep the troops in reserve."

"Make the enemy unable to fight when advancing, and unable to plunder when retreating. When their men and horses are exhausted, strike them with all your might, and you will surely win."

"There is no need to personally lead the expedition."

Xiao He couldn't understand it.

"The water and grass are not abundant, and the logistics are not sustained."

"The emperor himself led the army, and urgent matters of state could not be dealt with in a timely manner."

"It is difficult to guarantee safety when the emperor is traveling through dangerous places."

Ying Zheng looked at the people whispering over there, then looked at Liu Bang.

"Do you think this battle can be won?"

Liu Bang did not hesitate.

“You will definitely lose!”

……

{The trigger of this war was the "mutual market" trade dispute between the Ming Dynasty and the Oirat.}
{However, the deeper reason is that Yesen had been preparing for this war for a long time.}
{As early as the 1446th year of the Zhengtong reign (), Yesen launched a massive invasion of the Liaodong Jurchens.}
{At that time, many ministers had already been alert to Yesen's ambitions.}
{During the Luchuan Campaign, many court officials strongly opposed it, one of the main reasons being that they were alert to the threat to the northern border.}
{But in this matter, Wang Zhen had a very short-sighted vision.}
{This man is a first-rate political strategist, but his vision of national affairs is only second-rate. Over the years, the Oirat Mongols have been expanding rapidly, and the Ming Dynasty has basically ignored it.}
{The fact is that this invasion by the Oirat Mongols was a huge test faced by the Ming Dynasty in the north since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.}
｛Because even when Zhu Di was in power, he only attacked and captured Mongolian tribes one by one, and never went to war with the entire Mongolian grassland.｝
{But the Oirat this time was different. The three invading armies included not only the Oirat's own troops, but also the troops of the Tatars who had already surrendered to the Oirat and were led by the puppet Khan Toghtobuka.}
{In other words, this was the first time the Ming dynasty faced a joint invasion by Mongolian steppe tribes since the collapse of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.}
{On one side are the Mongolian cavalrymen who have been tempered by years of war and are full of confidence.}
{On one side is the Ming border army, which has been weak and full of problems for many years.}
{After the war started, the course of events was as expected, with the military stronghold of Datong suffering the heaviest losses.}
{The local garrison took the initiative to send troops to resist, but was defeated in Maoerzhuang and Yanghekou successively.}
{It is worth mentioning that the Ming army performed very bravely in these two battles, and the two main generals Wu Hao and Song Ying both died for their country.}
……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Heng looked at the sky, thoughtful.

The obvious condition for Wang Zhen's autocracy was the talent gap in the early Ming Dynasty.

Empress Dowager Zhang, the Three Yangs and others were of similar age and died at the same time.

This made it impossible for anyone in the court to restrain or check Wang Zhen, allowing Wang Zhen to monopolize power.

This also indirectly proves that Wang Zhen was able to exercise power even when the imperial power was extremely weak.

The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty also had enough power to deal with the power of the prime minister.

The key reason for this situation was that Emperor Yingzong of Ming was young.

It also proves that when the emperor cannot control the royal power, he can take back the ruling power from any strong prime minister if he wants.

In other words.

"This matter still depends on Zhu Qizhen's own will."

……

Tang Dynasty and Gaozong period
Li Zhi stood up and stretched his body.

Then he stared at the sky in a trance.

It seems that although the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty had the blessing of the inner study hall and the red-inked documents, they were ultimately just the emperor's eunuchs.

Their experience and importance were far less than those of the eunuchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty who participated in the elimination of foreign relatives and swore an oath with the emperor, or the eunuchs of the late Tang Dynasty who controlled the Shence Army and became the emperor's important or even the only reliance.

"Want to get some military merit?"

He could understand this feeling.

After all, the glory of our ancestors is so dazzling, and I always want to prove something.

"But it is so hasty to send troops to fight in person."

"I can only say that this person has been spoiled."

……

[At this time, the regent team left by Zhu Zhanji had already been defeated.]

[The eunuchs headed by Wang Zhen were the only ones in power, completely overwhelming the civil service group.]

[The cabinet and the six ministries, which previously had great say, now all became pawns of Eunuch Wang.]

[An important function of the checks and balances system of the civil service system is to restrict the autocratic emperor.]

[Especially when faced with important decisions, this kind of constraint can often correct mistakes.]

【However, at this time, this became empty talk. 】【So, the expedition began on July 17th, and the tragic plot began. 】

[After the army set out, they encountered a series of troubles. They encountered rain all the way, and the roads were muddy, making the journey very difficult.]

[Soon, they ran out of food again, and the ministers were starving.]

[The soldiers' morale was even lower, and corpses were everywhere along the way. ]

……

On the canopy.

Zhu Qizhen was wearing golden armor.

He stood on the wall and looked at the tragic scene outside, his face pale.

"Sir... we... we..."

Outside the city wall.

The Ming soldiers in red robes fell to the ground.

It's really scattered.

It was because there was not a single intact body to be found in the endless forest of corpses.

Wang Zhen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Whisper to:
"Your Majesty, there is an old saying that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

"Your Majesty is a noble man, so you should stay in the capital and coordinate the delicate matters."

Zhu Qizhen seemed to come back to life from a dream and nodded repeatedly.

"Sir is right!"

"Send an order! Return to the capital!"

……

[After more than ten days of difficult travel, we finally arrived at our destination: Datong on the first day of August.]

[At this time, the troops of the imperial consort Jing Yuan, who was sent by the Ming Dynasty earlier, had been wiped out by the Oirat.]

[When the Oirat heard that the Ming army had arrived, they retreated twenty miles, trying to lure the Ming army out of the border to pursue and annihilate them completely.]

[However, after arriving in Datong, Zhu Qizhen saw the tragic scene on the battlefield with his own eyes and was shocked. ]

[The real war is far from being as easy as imagined. ]

【Wang Zhen was also shocked. Did he run up here with such enthusiasm to die?】

[As a result, the absurd scene happened again. ]

[The army had not even had time to catch its breath after arriving at Datong. The next day, at the instigation of Wang Zhen, Zhu Qizhen issued another order.]

【The army returned to the capital. 】

【So, the rear team became the front team and returned along the same path they came.】

[At this time, Wang Zhen suddenly had an idea and wanted the emperor to lead hundreds of thousands of people to his hometown of Weizhou so that he could show off.]

[Then the army changed its route.]

……

Ming dynasty.

"Fuck you son of a bitch!"

Zhu Yuanzhang threw the teacup into the sky!
"What do you think war is?"

"Is this a joke?!"

"Son of a bitch! Bastard!"

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di sat on the stone pier with a gloomy face.

The other three didn't dare to breathe.

Can only pray.

This little bastard is really making trouble.