A novel traveling through ancient times

To be honest, when the Ming Dynasty fought the Mongols in the north, Wang Zhen really didn't take the lead.

There were originally three major forces in the Walla Department of Mongolia, one was Mahamu, the other was Taiping, and the third was Baldpolo. During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty named Mahamu King of Shunning, Taiping King of Virtue, and Tupolo King of Happiness. As mentioned earlier, Mahamu was killed and his son was captured when he attacked Arutai in Tatar. In the future, Tuoba was put back, fought back, and finally killed Arutai to avenge his father. He was allowed by the Ming Dynasty to attack his father, also known as "King Shunning". In the early years of British orthodoxy, they killed the "King of Virtue" and the "King of Happiness", and joined forces with various ministries to become strong leaders. He wanted to call himself Khan, but many ministries refused. In desperation, he had to choose a descendant of the royal family of the Yuan Dynasty as "Khan" and "Prime Minister". After four years of orthodoxy, Tuo's domineering died, and his son also took the lead, calling him "Tai Wang Shihuai". In fact, he was the real master of Beiyuan, and Tuotuo was just a figurehead puppet. Every time I pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, I send envoys to Tuotuo Buhua first. The Ming Dynasty treats them equally, and does not put the envoys of Shun Wang under those of Tuotuo Buhua. Let's relax with the father and son first. There is a "company" at home and two "signs" at home, which is not too much trouble.

First of all, the territory is getting bigger and bigger. Not only did it conquer the "30,000 Water Nuzhen", but it also approached the three big guards under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty: Shiyan, Fuyu and Taining.

In the tenth year of British orthodoxy (1445), the Mongols of Shazhou, Han Dong and Jinchi also rallied to attack Hamiwei. The Ming court not only failed to save, but also ordered repairs, which encouraged Xian Ye's ambition. Hami is an important place. If you fall into it, you must master it first. Since then, he has been exploring the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Luo Hengxin, the governor of Fu Xuan, a well-known official in Datong, played on the stage, reminding the Ming court to add Tucheng fortifications at a strategic location north of Zhili. Kuang Ye, a former minister of the Ministry of War, was afraid of Wang Zhen's authority and dared not make a final decision on this matter. It is urgent to join Shi Heng. He wants to be a soldier in four states and seven counties of Datong. Luo Hengxin objected that the border people were exhausted to defend the farming war and the land and food were insufficient. If Shi Heng's proposal is adopted, people will definitely flee for some time.

It was also the first time that the tribute incident was torn from the Ming Dynasty.

Only thirty or fifty envoys paid tribute to Mongolia in the Ming Dynasty. In Beijing and other places, they are always received by the Ming government with high standards, staying in high-end hotels and giving a lot of money each. In the long run, Vala felt that this kind of "autumn wind" paid off a lot and got quick results, so he constantly increased the number of "tribute envoys". In previous times, there were as many as one or two thousand people at a time. The etiquette department in charge of reception in the Ming Dynasty had already discovered this point, and warned many times not to let more and more Wala envoys, but they also went their own way and kept increasing. In the spring of the fourteenth year of Orthodox Church (1447), he also sent 2,000 "tribute envoys" to Beijing in advance, not counting. He also pretended that the number was 3000 in order to get a reward from the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the horses they brought to the Ming Dynasty were exhausted and shoddy. Push your penis to your navel. You are really the first rogue.

When Wang Zhen learned of this incident, his forehead blazed and he cursed the Mongols for being unappreciative. He became more and more courageous and dared to blackmail the Ming Dynasty. He told does: "Only count the money according to the actual situation, not a penny more. As for the price of horses, the price is based on quality, and you must never spend money to buy ginseng to buy radishes. "

Wang Zhen, a great eunuch, made a speech, and the department of rites was naturally courageous and acted according to the teachings, which disappointed the Mongols. I was embarrassed first, too.

In addition, in the process of several tributes, "ordinary people" (diplomatic receptionists) at all levels in the Ming Dynasty accepted a lot of bribes and told the truth to Mongolians at home. First, I asked Mingting to marry the princess to myself. Mingting didn't know, but the senior general manager had agreed. Therefore, this time, "Gongma" also asked the messenger to express to the Ming court that it was a "dowry", and the court knew that there was someone "betrothed" below.

Wang Zhen sent a letter in the name of the emperor, clearly telling the other party that the court had no intention of marriage. "I am also angry first and then angry, looking for Datong."

In August, Mongolia and other tribes outside the Great Wall first assembled and invaded in three ways. First, I unified the Central Army and led the army to attack Datong directly. "Khan" led the army from Wuliangha and invaded Liaodong; Ala Zhiyuan led the army to Fu Xuan (now Xuanhua, Hebei).

In the past few decades, Ming Taizu and Ming Chengzu's soldiers are getting old, and the fighting capacity of the Ming army is far less than before. When the Walla Army first entered Maoerzhuang (now Chahar Right Front Banner, Inner Mongolia), Wu Hao, a general of the Ming Dynasty, lost the battle and died himself. Four days later, Datong Governor Song Ying led tens of thousands of Ming troops to meet the blockade in front of Yanghekou (now Yanggao, Shanxi). Originally, the troops were not weak, but Guo Jing, the eunuch of the prison army, was foolhardy and commanded at random, which caused the Ming army to be defeated and completely annihilated. Hou and others in Xining died in battle, and only Guo Jing, the eunuch of "political commissar", hid in the grass to get back his life.

As a result, the Walla army was in full swing and even fell into various military fortresses outside the Great Wall. The army led by Alazhi of Valla went south from Dushikou and occupied Mayingbao (now Chicheng, Hebei Province). The garrison commander of Mayingbao was frightened and abandoned the fort and fled. Knowing that the Academy had won, Allah captured Yongning City (now Yanqing, Hebei).

Of the three Walla legions, only Khan performed the worst all the way. He led the Eastern Route Army into Pingding Castle (now Heishan, Liaoning Province), and was attacked head-on by the Ming Dynasty general Zhong Zhao. He didn't get any cheap money and came back in a mess. On the way, he had to attack and slaughter some post stations and villages in the Ming Dynasty to vent his anger.

There are many reports of defeat, but Wang Zhenjue in Beijing should seize this opportunity, make great contributions to the demonstrations, go up a storey still higher and make himself famous in China. He first sent four generals (surnamed Xu, who won the martial arts competition) and led more than 40 thousand people to Datong first. Then, Wang Gonggong went into the ouchi and advised Ming Yingzong to "personally expedition".

Ming Yingzong is twenty-three years old at this time. He likes watching military exercises and martial arts since he was a child. Emperor Yingzong was very happy when "Teacher Wang" fled, and felt that he should follow the example of "Grandfather" and cross the horse to go out. The young man's yellow hair hasn't faded yet, and he still wants to jump over the gun, just like the teenagers who play video games and raiders now think they can lead troops to fight. Ming Taizu and Ming Chengzu were soldiers all their lives and fought many wars, while Ming Yingzong was just a golden cage. Where have you seen a real battlefield?

After the news came out, ministers headed by Wang Zhi, the official department minister, remonstrated in succession, urging Yingzong not to "make personal expedition". Indeed, there are tens of thousands of enemies first, and it is not necessary for Emperor Daming to go out in person.

Wang Zhen wouldn't listen. He calculated privately, first, hundreds of thousands of people supported each road to death, and the emperor sent hundreds of thousands of troops. It's a big deal relative to consumption and human life to defeat Vara people by sea tactics recklessly. So he ordered the Ministry of War to mobilize 500,000 troops within two days. "Things were sudden and the earthquake was shocking."

1447 On the 17th day of the seventh lunar month, Wang Zhen and Ming Yingzong led 500,000 randomly assembled troops from Beijing, leaving Zhu Qiyu, the half-brother of Yingzong (assisted by eunuch Jin Ying), to stay in Beijing. As for cabinet ministers Cao Nai, Zhang Yi, Ying Gong Zhang Fu and six ministers of the Ministry of War Kuang Ye, they all joined the army with the coachman. In other words, two-thirds of government officials are with the emperor.

On the same day, the army went to Longhutai Camp. "When the party drums, all the troops are shocked and all think it is ominous." On the occasion of great events, Wang Zhen thought he was Zhuge Liang, cheated two small thin legs and beat a horse. He was determined to "win" but leaving the army required extremely strict layout and timely logistics support. There should be hundreds of thousands of servants accompanying the 500 thousand army. Wang Zhen shrugged off these "chores", in addition, he was too eager to urge, lack of supplies. Just 500 thousand people eating and drinking Lazarus has made the Ming army a mess.

Autumn rain is coming. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops braved the wind and rain, went out of Juyongguan, traveled long distances, crossed Huailai and reached Fu Xuan. "After days of wind and rain, people are embarrassed, and the more urgent they are." Seeing the low morale, his followers went to the army one after another and begged Yingzong to return to Luan. Wang Zhen was furious, and Minister of War Kuang Ye and others were punished by kneeling on the grass. Seeing Grandpa Tianwei furious, Zhu Yong and others became lord protector, they "marched on their knees". Wang Zhen's arrogance is evident.

Cao Nai, a courtier, knelt down and said, "I'm not sorry for my courtier. The Lord cares about the safety of the world, how can I travel light! "

Wang Zhen replied: "If something happens, it is also a fate!"

Wang Zhen hated these people for stopping him from making contributions, so he ordered the ministers to be divided into various armies and "ordered them to plunder this array" in order to let these ministers die as cannon fodder.

Datong has not arrived yet. Due to the lack of food in the army, the Ming army froze to death and starved to death, "corpses everywhere." Peng Deqing, who is also a eunuch, also advised Wang Zhen to return to the team because of unfavorable astronomical phenomena.

On the first day of the eighth lunar month, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops finally arrived in Datong. Walla also saw it first, pretending to avoid it, actually trying to lure the enemy in. The battlefield near Datong has not been cleaned up, and there are bodies of Ming army without arms and legs everywhere, as well as horse bodies, abandoned armor and trench. Wang Zhen, the great eunuch, has never seen these things. His body stinks, and there are mutilated corpses everywhere. His heart was frightened. Yingzong also feels bad. The real battlefield is a picture of hell, which is not funny at all. It can't be compared with Beijing's martial arts venues with loud horns and colorful flags covering the sky. So, he discussed with "Mr. Wang" and wanted to stop in the big city for a while first. However, when Wang Zhen heard the news that he had "withdrawn" first, he cried and urged the emperor to attack the north immediately. Just at this time, the first Ming army such as Jingyuan had actually been defeated.

Wang Zhen has become paranoid, and no one can persuade him to go his own way and insist on marching. Indeed, at this point, it is difficult to ride a tiger and return in vain. Not only embarrassing, but also shameful.

At the critical moment, Wang Zhen's confidant and old colleague Guo Jing met. This Guo Jing has seen the strength of the Walla Army in Yanghekou, and he has made great efforts to win his life, so he really knows the weight. He cried and advised Wang Zhen not to rush for his health. He also told Wang Zhen that he was not afraid to retreat first, but was deceived and waited for the Ming army not far away.

Hearing this, Wang Zhen's heart cooled. Guo Jing also advised: "Leave early, it's just an excuse. If we retreat now, it won't be a failure. If you move forward in vain, there will be no good end at that time. "

You don't have to listen to what others say. Guo is one of our own, and every word touches the heart of Wang Gonggong. He showed his "decisive" side and immediately ordered the withdrawal. The Ming army arrived in Datong on the first day of August, and on the second day of August, it was called "Banshi". It is really "the soldiers are expensive and fast." 500,000 troops, retreat the same way.

The Ming army should have returned to Beijing from Juyongguan via Datong. On the way, Wang Zhen wanted to go back to his hometown, pulling Yingzong back to his hometown in Yuzhou to show off, so he ordered the water to be diverted from Zijingguan (Laiyuan, Hebei) to Beijing. As a result, the army retreated hastily and trampled on crops everywhere. Wang Zhen became a "humanitarian" again, fearing that the fields near his hometown would be trampled. When he left Yuzhou for 40 miles, his old lady changed her mind and ordered the army to move in the direction of Fu Xuan, still returning from Juyongguan. This repeated stealth not only made the vanguard troops catch up, but also exposed the flank of the Ming army to the Vara army.

In this way, it took the Ming army eight days to retreat to Fu Xuan. At the same time, the first cavalry was not slow, and they chased all the way, just keeping up.

Wang Zhen was so angry that he sent four generals, including lord protector and Zhu Yong, to lead two soldiers back first to stop the attack, but they were all defeated, and the soldiers were all dead and suffered heavy losses.

On August 13, the Ming army retreated to the civil fort west of Huailai. Embarrassed to say, 500,000 Ming troops were chased out by tens of thousands of Walla troops. In fact, if the main forces such as Ming Yingzong enter Huailai County and take refuge in the city, they will not be defeated too badly. But father-in-law Wang has to wait for the yellow and white property of more than 1000 cars, and he is too late to leave.

When the Minister of War Kuang Ye hesitated, he begged Yingzong to take over the elite troops and strive to break through. The emperor was persuaded, and the paranoid temper of Wang Zhen, the great eunuch, came up again and resolutely opposed it.

Master Kuang can't see Yingzong, so he wants to go to the temple to persuade him himself. Wang Zhen was furious: "Do corrupt scholars understand military affairs? If you talk nonsense again, I will kill you! "

By this time, Master Kuang was no longer afraid of Father-in-law Wang. He replied, "I have been thinking about my country for a hundred years. Why are you afraid of me with my death! "

Wang Zhen ordered the guards to coax Shangshu out.

During the Ming-Chao War, the first batch of Vara soldiers and horses kept arriving and surrounded the Ming army in the civil fort.

A civilian fortress is not a military fortress. Its original name was Mu Tong, but it was mistakenly called Earth Tomb, Earth Curtain and Civil Engineering. Not only is there no retaining wall pool, but there are no aquatic plants in the wasteland. The Ming army can't dig more than two feet deep. The lack of food for soldiers can be tolerated, and the lack of water is the most deadly. There is a river fifteen miles south of the Tubao, but it has been occupied by the ancestors. The water supply of the Ming army was cut off, and the morale of the army was in chaos.

August 15, Mid-Autumn Festival full moon. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were besieged, hungry and thirsty, and their spirits almost collapsed. First of all, he is very talented in the military. He divided a military horse and attacked the Ming army from Magukou of Tang Baodi. Guo Mao, who was still a man, was commanded by the Ming army who stuck to Taniguchi, and fought all night, but the Vara army failed to break through. However, a steady stream of military forces in Walla caused great pressure on the Ming army. In fact, if General Amin Yang Hong, who was in Fu Xuan at that time, led the troops to attack first, he could give several runners-up a counter-encirclement, attack from inside and outside, and perhaps wipe out all the vanguard troops. After all, the Ming army has an absolute advantage in numbers. In the worst case, if Fu Xuan Ming army attacks, Ming Yingzong can also try to break through and flee. Yang Hongtai is too serious to stay in the fortified city of Fu Xuan.

This man is not only good at fighting, but also very insidious and knows "psychological warfare" In order to paralyze the Ming army, he sent people into the civil fort, saying that he would make peace with the Ming Dynasty. When Ming Yingzong and Wang Zhen heard the news, they were as happy as rain after a long drought. I quickly asked Cao Fu, the cabinet minister, to write a letter immediately, and sent two "general affairs" to consult with special envoy Valla first.

The soldiers of the Ming army were besieged for two or three days and died of thirst. Hearing that the two sides finally made peace, they suddenly relaxed, went out to find water and forage, and left the key defensive locations.

Wang Zhen felt that the general trend was not good, and hurriedly ordered to move the camp. "After crossing the ravine, it will be chaotic." Imagine, 500 thousand Ming army, there are strong enemies outside, not bad luck.

The Ming army was only three or four miles south, and the Walla army set it on all sides. Like hunting, Mongols killed many Ming troops with arrows. Then, Ma Jun went up with the infantry, slashing with knives and axes. The Ming army had little strength to fight back. "The soldiers are scrambling for their lives, which is unstoppable." They have been hungry for two or three days, and there is nothing they can do. It is impossible for these people to risk their lives to go to war again.

Between the melee, the reserve team was sent at the critical moment, all armored soldiers, and rushed into the Ming army. These cavalry held high their long knives and cut at everyone, shouting "Those who disarm will not kill". The soldiers of the Ming army had already had a psychological breakdown and were disarmed. The vara army shouted don't kill people, just talking. The Ming army without armor protection all became white-cut chickens and were slaughtered by Vala soldiers with broadswords. "(Ming army) all died naked and covered the field." People want to be thorough for ten thousand years; Hundreds of people, no boundaries. 500 thousand people, it is estimated that 400 thousand died on the battlefield. Hundreds of civil and military ministers, Duke Zhang Fu, ministers Kuang Ye, Wang Zuo, cabinet ministers Cao Nai and Zhang Yi were all killed in the chaos. Zhang Fu, in particular, fought for Ming Chengzu with his father Zhang Yu from an early age. He made outstanding achievements, went through four dynasties and tried his best. When Yingzong went to war, Zhang Fu was 75 years old. He was "silent, afraid to speak" and had to do it, but Wang Zhen refused to let him intervene in the military and political affairs. At this point, the old man finally couldn't get home.

As for the well-known bodyguard Fan Zhongyan's killing of Wang Zhen, it may not be true, but the Ming History, which was fabricated by people at that time to vent their anger for "fun", said: "(Wang) Zhen was killed by mutinous soldiers", and it should be hacked to death by the Walla army in the melee, or trampled to death when one of their own escaped.

Among the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, only a few people, such as Xiao Weizhen, were killed and fled to Shanhaiguan with thousands of soldiers.

Guo Jing, an old colleague of Wang Zhen, escaped to Beijing by luck this time, but was soon killed by Wang Zhen. In this way, he might as well die in battle, but he can also be called "loyal to the country" anyway. This Guo Jinggong deserved to die At the same time, Wang Zhen instructed him to guard the university. In order to please, he gave dozens of urn arrows to Vala and accepted the bad war horse as a "return". In the battle of Yang Kou, the Ming army was defeated, because it scraped troops and surrendered.

Ming Yingzong was terrified and wanted to break through under the escort of hundreds of guards. After several failures, more and more people were killed around. He was helpless and fainted. He unloaded his sword and sat on the ground in a daze, surrounded by only a dozen guards and eunuchs.

When the Walla Army was cleaning the battlefield, a junior officer saw that Ming Yingzong's shining armor was valuable and ordered him to take it off. Ming Yingzong was shocked. He didn't know what the other person meant by that mouthful of Mongolian. He didn't disarm immediately, which provoked the other party to come over and cut Yingzong's head with a sword. In times of crisis, Mongolian brothers saw Ming Yingzong's extraordinary clothes, so they stopped his brothers from starting work and led several soldiers to escort Ming Yingzong to see Xian Ye's younger brother, King Saikan.

At this moment, Ming Yingzong came to his senses and asked, "Are you the first one? Bo Yan Timur? The king of the tournament? Or King Datong? "

King Saikan saw that the speaker was extraordinary, and immediately flew to Mercedes. The report said, "My men captured a man and his behavior was very different. Is it Daming's son? "

I also immediately sent two envoys who had been to the Ming Dynasty to identify them. Soon, two people ran back like crazy pigs and told them, "It's the son of Daming!" "

Defeating 500 thousand Ming army with tens of thousands of people has exceeded my expectation. Now even if he can capture the son of heaven alive, it is difficult to express his first mood with the word "overjoyed". He himself can't believe it's true.

This time, I just want to kill and plunder while the grass is high and the horse is fat in autumn. One is to find some petty advantages, and the other is to vent their anger. I didn't expect to kill 500,000 Ming troops in one fell swoop, even Ming Chengzu was in my hands. So, he shouted to heaven: "I often pray to heaven and ask Dayuan to unify the world." God bless! " At this time, Xian Ye's ambition was suddenly magnified countless times, and he wanted to recreate "Dayuan". However, for how to deal with the hands of Ming Taizu, but also feel very difficult first. He never dreamed that such a border chief could catch a living emperor.

He consulted the leaders of the left and right tribes. A leader named Naigong shouted loudly: "God gave us enemies, let's kill them!" "

Bo Yan Timur, the leader of the Walla tribe, was very angry. When I went up, I gave Naigong a big mouth and said to him first, "My Lord, why do you have this kind of thing around you?" When the two armies are at war, the troops will be hit by swords and guns, or they will be injured and die. Now Emperor Daming is unscathed, and his attitude towards us is calm, without any gaffes or gaffes. I waited a long time to get the great kindness of Emperor Daming. Although there was anger in the sky, I pushed it to the ground, but I didn't kill it. I can't go against heaven! If you send an envoy to tell China to welcome him back to the son of heaven, can't you win the name of a good man forever? "

When Mongolian leaders heard the news, they all praised it.

Think first, then nod. It's not that he wants to be called "a man of all ages", but that Ming Yingzong is a rare commodity. So, he appointed Bo Yan Timur to be in charge of placing Ming Yingzong under house arrest, and ordered Bin Yuan, the captain of the captured Ming army, to "escort" the daily life of the declining Ming Di. At the same time, people were sent to Huailai City to tell the garrison commander that Ming Chengzu was captured and asked for gold and silk.

Huailai Shoujiang did not dare to open the door, so he hanged the messenger of the advanced city with a rope and immediately transferred to Beijing. On August 17, officials gathered in the palace. Although they all heard the news of the defeat, they were not sure at the moment and did not know the whereabouts of Ming Yingzong. The messenger came first, and everyone knew that the emperor had been captured alive and was frightened.

Ming Yingzong's queen's money is quick of eye and load. She wrapped all the treasures in the palace and sent someone to Yexianying to redeem her husband. The other party does not report.

Seeing that he didn't like coming to the city, he first embraced Ming Yingzong Xuanfu and gave orders to the defenders to open the city in the name of the emperor. At that time, Luo Hengxin, the commander-in-chief of Xuanda University, sent someone to shout down in the city: "We are the defenders of His Majesty's Emperor, and we dare not open the city at dusk."

Seeing that this plan failed again, on August 23rd, he led his troops to kidnap Ming Yingzong back to Datong to ask for gold coins, saying that as long as the gold and silver were sent much, Emperor Daming could return them.

Guo, the governor in charge of guarding the big city, closed the city gate, which conveyed a message: "I was ordered to guard the city and dared not open and close the city gate without authorization."

Ming Yingzong said anxiously, "Deng Guo and I are in-laws. How can he refuse me to go out? " (Deng Guo is the grandson of the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty and is related to the royal family of the Ming Dynasty by marriage. )

Yuan Bin, a captain following Ming Yingzong, saw that the Shoujiang refused to open the door. He was afraid of killing people in a rage without getting the gold and silver first, so he touched the door with his head and cried.

Liu An, the governor of Quang Ninh, and Deng Guo, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, when they saw this, prostrated themselves before the emperor and wept bitterly, and offered tens of thousands of taels of gold and wealth from Song Ying and Guo Jing to "honor" Yingzong. Yingzong gave gold and silver to Bo Yan who saved his life.

The ministers rushed out to meet the enemy, but Datong City was closed, and the defensive measures were sufficient. Seeing that there was no room for manoeuvre, he took Ming Yingzong northbound and went back to his lair to rest.