Chapter 532 531 Fire

Yang Xuan set out from Shanhaiguan and hurried to Sanhe County less than three days after Sun Bin led his army to enter Sanhe County.

During these three days, Yang Xuan suffered a lot.

In the past, he always took a sedan chair when traveling. Even when he led his army to Shanhaiguan, he would only ride a horse occasionally when he felt bored in the sedan chair.

But this time, he rushed back to rush back in time, so he rode a horse all the way and trotted to the meeting.

Not only did his butt hurt, but the inner thighs were also worn out. He could only walk with his legs apart, and his whole body seemed to be falling apart.

However, after entering Sanhe County, he saw Sun Bin in the welcoming crowd, and he became a little anxious.

These two days, he was so busy on the road that he didn't bother to ask Sun Bin where he was and whether he had entered Tongzhou.

Now that he saw people in Sanhe, he knew that Sun Bin must not have moved forward.

Yang Xuan was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

After entering the county government hall and sitting down, he asked, "General Sun, what is the situation of the Tartars now? Are the capital and Tongzhou safe?"

"Report to Lord Yang, the Tartars have only sent a small number of scouts to Tongzhou and the capital. Now most of them are looting around Shunyi and Huairou. Two days ago, some Tartars also entered Sanhe."

Sun Bin hurriedly answered Yang Xuan's question.

"I asked each unit to take the initiative to attack the enemy. How is the battle situation of each unit?"

Yang Xuan was naturally relieved to learn that the Tartars did not attack the capital, although he had a guess in his mind when he saw Sun Bin.

But it was more reassuring to hear Sun Bin say it himself.

"This"

When Sun Bin heard Yang Xuan mention the military order he sent two days ago, his face became a little ugly.

When Yang Xuan was in a hurry to travel, he sent out many messengers to inform the generals of Miyun, Shunyi and Jizhen to take the initiative to fight the Tartars, hoping that the Ming army's pressing tactics would make the Tartars retreat and withdraw from the Great Wall as soon as possible.

Yang Xuan was riding on his horse, and naturally he was also recalling the news he had received. Moreover, because they were in a hurry to travel in those two days, no messengers blocked them.

No new news came to his ears, and Yang Xuan was thinking about the information he already knew on his horse.

The Tartars had insufficient troops to enter the pass, which had been noticed a long time ago.

He also noticed that there seemed to be no backup.

The Tartars did not attack Miyun, but were looting the countryside, which he also noticed.

In summary, the Tartars' intentions gradually became clear.

Now, seeing Sun Bin hesitated when answering his questions, Yang Xuan was naturally very unhappy.

However, he did not get angry immediately. He thought he was still good-tempered. Even if he was facing a warrior, he had to have the cultivation of a civil official.

"The Tartars are obviously short of troops when they enter the pass this time. General Sun will not fail to see that they are powerless to threaten the safety of the capital.

Besides, the Beijing camp is already prepared, and the capital should be safe. It is the time for all the troops to fight bravely. How can we be afraid of the enemy and cowardly? Is this worthy of His Majesty and the court?"

Yang Xuan said in a bad tone.

Before, other officials who saw that Yang Xuan was in a bad mood when they greeted him, such as Sanhe Lieutenant General Fu Jin and Sanhe County Magistrate, were all silent at this time and dared not say a word.

At this time, a personal soldier outside the hall brought the official document of Shuntian Governor Xu Shen to Yang Xuan. He didn't need to read it to know that Xu Shen was probably urging the Jizhen troops to use troops as soon as possible to drive out the Tartars near Shunyi.

Whether the official army can win or not is also not within Xu Shen's authority, but the Tartars are rampant in Shuntian Prefecture, and he, as the governor, has the responsibility to protect the territory and the people.

The pot, of course, cannot be thrown away.

Yang Xuan opened the document and took a look, then handed it to Sun Bin, "Take a look, this should also be the intention of the court. If we don't send troops as soon as possible, I'm afraid the Ministry of War will soon issue a document to supervise the handling."

Yang Xuan just glanced at it and roughly knew the content of the document.

As he said, the court in the capital has gradually calmed down from the shock of hearing the news of the Tartars breaking through the pass.

As information from various parties gathered at the Ministry of War, Yang Bo saw that the Tartars' entry into the pass was unusual, and it seemed to have nothing to do with their initial concerns.

However, despite this, the Beijing camp will not move lightly, because the Beijing camp has few soldiers who can fight, and can only protect the capital.

However, after the Jizhen army entered Sanhe, and confirmed that the Tartars had few troops, Yang Bo naturally thought of letting the Jizhen army immediately attack the enemy and drive the Tartars out.

But considering the imperial edicts that had been issued to all places, Yang Bo thought more.

That is, can we wait a few more days, wait for the Xuanfu army to arrive, gather the forces of Xuanfu and Jizhen, and try to wipe out this group of Tartars.

However, although there is an idea, to turn it into reality, we need to have a more comprehensive understanding of the current situation.

Not only do we need to know the distribution of the Ming army's forces, but also the accurate movements of the Tartar army.

Yang Bo is planning, and he has sent someone to contact Ma Fang on the road to inform him that he does not need to advance towards the capital after leading his troops into Changping, but to go directly to Huairou.

In Yang Bo's consideration, Ma Fang will lead the Xuan army from north to south, while the Jizhen army will go from south to north, so as to achieve a north-south encirclement of this group of Tartar cavalry.

As for Jizhen, whether it is Yang Xuan or Sun Bin, he did not issue orders, because he knew the morality of the Ming army very well.

Under normal circumstances, if it is not necessary, the Ming army should not take the initiative to start a war, and defending the city to the death is their strategy.

As for whether the Shuntian governor would ask the Jizhen troops to attack the Tatars, Yang Bo thought it was a joke. Those generals would not listen to him at this time.

However, he failed to calculate that Yang Xuan was eager to make meritorious deeds at this time and would exert pressure at all costs to order the Ming army to fight the Tatars.

"Governor Yang, please tell me how to use the troops."

Sun Bin read Xu Shen's writing. Although he was a little annoyed, he did not dare to refuse directly.

If you say something when the person is not around, you can find excuses later. Now in front of Yang Xuan, if he refuses to order an attack, Yang Xuan will label him as timid and timid, and then all the responsibility will be thrown on himself. On the head.

"You will lead Ji Town's army to Tongzhou early tomorrow morning and go north from Tongzhou to attack the enemy invaders. At the same time, you will give an order to Miyun and order Hu Town to lead his troops out of the city to attack south and go to Shunyi."

Having said this, Yang Xuan looked at Sanhe General Fu Jin and said, "General Fu will lead his troops to the Sanhe border. We must not let the enemy invade the Sanhe border."

"In this case, the Tatars will look for a pass to the west to retreat."

Sun Bin frowned and said at this time.

If the Ming army sent troops from three sides, the Tatars would not want to be surrounded by the Ming army, even if they thought they could easily break through the Ming army's encirclement.

"You are just in time. Xuan's army is coming from the west. The Tatars should meet them. When they fight, our Ji Zhen three-pronged army can attack the enemy's position from the rear."

Yang Xuan said calmly, "Now the Tatars are dividing their troops to plunder. Our army must attack with thunderous force to hit them hard so that they have no time to worry about anything else."

Having said this, Yang Xuan took another deep breath before saying: "In addition, you and I jointly issue a warrant to strictly order all armies to speed up their march and reach Sanhe, Pinggu and other places as soon as possible. Anyone who delays the war will be punished."

"Are Feng Zhao and Hu Can going to fight with me?"

Generals Feng Zhao and Hu Can are the generals of Jizhen. They were previously taken away by Yang Xuan to command the army of Jizhen. This time they led 5,000 cavalry to Sanhe with Yang Xuan.

If this force did not join, Sun Bin would have to consider whether to send troops from Tongzhou.

With this force, he has nearly 8,000 cavalry in his hands. Although there are still not as many as the Tatars, there are still many Ming troops around, especially those from Miyunhu Town.

In addition, as Yang Xuan said, the Tatars are currently dispersed and looting everywhere. If we attack them at this time, it is actually easier to fight with the Tatars dispersed.

When Yang Xuan heard Sun Bin's question, he immediately nodded and said, "Of course I will act with you."

With Yang Xuan's answer, Sun Bin immediately no longer worried about his safety and happily agreed to his order.

Even if the eight thousand cavalry cannot defeat the Tatars, their own safety is still no problem.

As for whether Hu Zhen, Fu Jin and others will act in accordance with the order, Sun Bin has no control at the moment.

Yang Xuan is in Sanhe, so Fu Jin probably wouldn't dare to disobey orders, but it's hard to say that in Hu Town, which is far away in Miyun.

The Ming army was in action, and in the capital, as the Tatar information became more and more comprehensive, Wei Guangde became more sure of the reality of the Tatar army.

This bunch of people broke in and probably just grabbed a handful and ran away.

However, he didn't tell anyone else.

In fact, there was no shortage of discerning people in the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Guangde asked himself, if he could see things clearly, it was impossible for the big guys in the Ministry of War not to see them.

Of course, he didn't do nothing. At least at the small cabinet meeting in Prince Yu's Mansion, he expressed his judgment.

However, he was neither as bold as Yang Bo, who wanted to encircle and annihilate the Tatars, nor as Yang Xuan, who wanted to squeeze the Tatars westward.

In Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde stood in front of the map and said to Prince Yu and others: "Xuan's army came from the west, Jizhen's army came from the east, facing east and west, and other guards set out from Tongzhou to the north, and besieged them on three sides. , the Tatars will inevitably choose to flee north and escape back to the grassland via the original route."

The area that the Tatars passed through has already been looted by them, so there is no need to worry about them making a second trip. The damage has already been done.

"As long as the escape route in the direction of Miyun is not blocked, if the Tatars know the truth, they will soon push out the Great Wall."

Finally, Wei Guangde analyzed.

"Since the Tatars have insufficient troops, why not gather the Jizhen and Xuanda armies to encircle and annihilate the Tatars?"

King Yu asked at this time.

"Without superior cavalry, it would be difficult to encircle the enemy."

Wei Guangde shook his head and said: "Actually, as long as our troops are mobilized in the east, south and west directions, the Tatars should evacuate immediately."

In fact, this was the conclusion he came to after calculating the time it took Xuan Dajun and Jizhen Army to arrive near Gyeonggi.

If you want to encircle and annihilate, you must set up an ambush before the Tatar army enters the pass. When they reach the gate of Shunyi City, you must launch an encirclement. At that time, you will have the opportunity to complete the siege and annihilation tactics.

The current situation is that the Ministry of War did not expect the Tatars to raid Ji Town in advance, or they had expected it, but they did not have time to make too many preparations.

The time required for the mobilization of the army is actually the time when the Tatars have calculated accurately and can enter the pass to plunder.

The area south of Miyun has dense villages and dense population, and the harvest from looting is also very large. Moreover, for the Tatars, they have looted here more than ten years ago and are familiar with these conditions.

The harvest from attacking Beizhili is indeed much greater than attacking other areas, far exceeding Jidong, Xuanda and other places.

"All actions are planned by the Tatars. It is not surprising that they are passive everywhere."

Zhang Juzheng also tended to agree with Wei Guangde's judgment at this time. The Tatars came to plunder, and the time was before the Ming Dynasty mobilized surrounding troops to arrive.

Perhaps a few days later, when the armies of Xuanda and Jizhen are approaching, the Tatars will choose to flee north with their looted property.

"Is there a way to crack it?"

Prince Yu still asked with some reluctance.

"The Beijing camp and the surrounding cities, order the elite soldiers to go out of the city to attack the scattered looting bandits, or the losses can be reduced."

Wei Guangde said lightly.

Although it is easy to say, just open your mouth, but if you really give such an order, I am afraid that few people will obey it.

"If you want to solve the shock of the Tartars breaking through Miyun to the capital once and for all, you still need a large army that can fight well and be stationed."

Wei Guangde was interrupted by Zhang Juzheng just when he said this.

"That's impossible. If so, you have to draw out the elite soldiers from the nine frontiers. Isn't this restoring the previous dynasty's regiment camp, and your majesty will definitely not agree."

Zhang Juzheng said immediately.

Soon after Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he chose to abolish the regiment camp and the two official halls and restore the old system of the three major camps, which is still the guard system.

The Three Thousand Camps were changed to the Shenshu Camps, and the names of the Three Camps, Sishaoye, and other internal officials were abolished. Instead, a general was appointed as the commander-in-chief, called the governor of the military affairs of the Beijing Camp, and a civil official was appointed as the assistant, called the assistant of the military affairs of the Beijing Camp, under whom there were deputy counselors and other officials.

All the soldiers of the two official offices of the regiment camp were assigned to the Five Military Camps, while the treasure banner and the flag were still under the Shenshu Camp.

In fact, this was a disguised denial of the regiment training system formed since the Jingtai period, and the so-called twelve regiment camps during the Chenghua period and the East and West official offices of the Zhengde Dynasty were actually evolved on the basis of the regiment training system.

At this time, the border troops had to be drawn into the defense. If they were dispersed into the three major camps, the dispute between the new and old people would inevitably break out, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

In fact, these were all precedents, so they were trained separately later to form the so-called "four families outside", which was also the reason for the formation of the East and West official offices, which were actually divided into new and old people.

Whether such a change is good or bad, in fact, no one can tell, but according to Zhang Juzheng's understanding of Emperor Jiajing, this is absolutely impossible to achieve.

If the border troops are transferred to the Beijing camp, the regiment camp system must be re-established, which is equivalent to negating the reform of the Beijing camp in the early Jiajing period.

While Prince Yu's Mansion was still discussing, a team of more than 100 Mongolian cavalrymen on the Wenyu River in the north of Beijing City accidentally found a wooden boat.

The leader coveted the wealth on the other side of the river, and took the risk of using this wooden boat to travel back and forth on the river more than ten times, transporting all his men across the Wenyu River.

In the West Garden at night, Emperor Jiajing always felt depressed after meditating tonight, so he gave up practicing and climbed the high platform of the West Garden to look around, hoping to relieve his mood.

Suddenly, he saw a red light flashing in the distance in the north.

"Huang Jin, come and see if there is a fire over there?"

Emperor Jiajing was not sure whether he was hallucinating, so he called the eunuch behind him and said.

Huang Jin was not young anymore, and he tried to look in the direction indicated by the emperor, but he saw nothing.

Emperor Jiajing looked for a while, and then simply called a few young eunuchs to finally confirm that there was indeed a red light in the distance to the north, which seemed to be a fire.

However, after getting the eunuch's answer, Emperor Jiajing did not say anything, but just walked away.