Chapter 534 533 Yang Xuan Prays for Reward

Although he did not plan to attack the capital, he wanted to teach the Ming court a lesson. It would not work without annihilating a Ming army.

When Huang Taiji came in this time, he naturally wanted to achieve greater results, so as to increase his prestige among his tribe.

But since he broke into the Ming Dynasty, all the Ming armies he encountered avoided fighting and defended the city, leaving him nowhere to show his talents.

He knew that the Ming cavalry had appeared in Sanhe, and he happened to know that the Sanhe guard was patrolling the border with his troops, so he could use it to attract them to Zhengguantun and annihilate them. Thinking about it makes him excited.

At this time, Huang Taiji had already begun to recall the scattered soldiers from all walks of life, asking them to suspend looting and prepare a pocket to hold the Ming army cavalry in Jizhen.

For this reason, even though he had Ba Du'er following him and participating in the planning of this matter, he also recalled Da Lai Sun who was leading troops to plunder.

In a small piece of open space that has been smoothed out, several stones are randomly placed in it.

If Wei Guangde were here, he could easily see that this is the approximate location of several cities north of the capital of Beizhili.

Huang Taiji and the others are now in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. A slight negligence in the battle may lead to disaster.

Although they were prepared to grease their feet at any time, after all, the Ming army had not yet arrived, so they still had enough room to display.

However, now they only have more than 5,000 men and horses at their disposal. After collecting two batches of looted property, 2,000 men and horses have been escorted out of the customs.

There were about 2,000 people who were divided into more than ten groups to loot, and they also served as scouts to monitor the surrounding situation. These 5,000 people were already the largest force he could muster.

However, at this time, the Ming army did not notice that most of the large and small Mongol Tatars that had dispersed in the past had disappeared, and they were only active in a few main directions.

"Taiji, if it's just Mikawa's Minggu gang, there's really no need to be afraid of them. There are only a few thousand people on either side. As long as we choose the right terrain to launch a surprise attack, we can wipe them out in one go."

Da Lai Sun stared at the placed stones and said, "What I'm most afraid of now is the Ming army in those cities.

If they come out to cause trouble at this time, although I usually look down on them, it would be very annoying if they really show up at a critical moment. "

"That's why I called you back."

Huang Taiji smiled and said, "Over at Shunyi, I left three hundred people to keep an eye on them. They wandered around the city gates every day. In Han Chinese terms, it was a plan to spread suspicion.

On the Pinggu side, there had been a small encounter before. Hundreds of people were killed by the Ming army. They probably did not dare to go out of the city to fight. The only ones left were Huairou and Miyun.

According to those white-skinned people, the Miyun garrison is a deputy general of the Ji Town, responsible for the defense of the Great Wall Pass near Miyun, where there are many soldiers.

Huairou is worse, it doesn't have many soldiers and horses, but with our little strength, we don't have the ability to attack the city. "

When Huang Taiji said this, Sun nodded and agreed with his point of view.

In fact, these words were the conclusions reached by Huang Taiji and Ba Du'er after discussion.

The only people the Ming army could support Zhengguantun at this time were the Jizhen cavalry and the Miyun garrison.

"Leave a thousand men to surround this Ming army. You lead more than a thousand men from your headquarters to hide in the woods northwest of Zhengguantun. Regardless of whether the Ming army comes from Huairou or Miyun, you will find the right opportunity to intercept and kill them.

Badu'er and I led 3,000 men and stationed ourselves at Zhengguantun, waiting for the Ming army to come over.

As long as they dare to leave the city, we will find an opportunity to kill them all, and then return to the prairie. "

Huang Taiji opened his mouth and explained their planned combat strategy, and then looked at Lai Sun's opinion.

After calling, Sun stared at Shi Zi and thought for a while, then raised his head and glanced at Ba Du'er, then nodded and said, "It all depends on Tai Ji."

"If the Ming army from Miyun comes, it will naturally increase our achievements. If they don't come, your troops will be cut off from the entire army. I estimate that the troops from Xuanfu are not far from here."

Huang Taiji continued to add.

"Taiji, in fact, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Army in Ji Town are probably coming soon in the next few days."

At this time, Da Lai Sun said, "Let's set up this bag. I think it will take at most two days. If the Ming army does not show up the day after tomorrow, it is better for us to withdraw from the Ming country as planned."

"Well, you're right, we won't fight the Ming Dynasty Xuanfu and Jizhen here, that would be too passive.

Where to fight and how big the fight should be are still up to us. "

Huang Taiji nodded and said decisively: "It's settled. If no Ming army appears in the future, we will retreat."

After saying that, he turned to Ba Du'er and ordered: "Send people to keep an eye on the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in the direction of Changping, as well as Sanhe and Pinggu. They will go fifty miles in front of the horse to detect the movements of the Chinese army."

"Yes, Taiji."

Bao Duer immediately nodded in agreement.

The Mongols were ready, but the Ming army was completely unaware at this moment.

After Sun Bin led the Jizhen cavalry to leave Tongzhou City, they headed towards Sanhe County along the original road. However, they were discovered by Mongolian scouts shortly after leaving the city, and they urgently reported to Huang Taiji.

At this time in the capital, news that villages and towns along the Wenyu River had been plundered by Tatars had spread in the capital. The people in the city were increasingly frightened and worried that the Tatars would cross the Wenyu River and attack the capital this time.

Does the emperor in the palace know what kind of goods Jingying is? Of course the people don't know, but they do know what kind of goods are in Jingying.

If we really want the Beijing camp to defend the capital, the people actually have no idea.

However, the capital city has city walls that are much taller than the surrounding cities. This is undoubtedly the guarantee of their safety.

With the arrival of a cavalry from Jizhen outside Dongzhimen, the worries that had previously surrounded the people in the capital gradually disappeared.

Although the capital was under martial law, it was only the people who were under martial law.

In fact, the dignitaries in the capital, as well as the people who served the palace and government offices, still performed their duties.

The water from Yuquan Mountain was delivered to the palace on time every day.

The business of Yexiang was also indispensable to the capital.

Seeing this situation, Wei Guangde didn't know what to say except shaking his head and sighing.

This time Huang Taiji only planned to rob, but if he really wanted to attack the capital, if they really found a way to cross the river, they only needed to launch a surprise attack in the early morning, and it was really possible to rush into the city directly.

Even Wei Guangde was wondering whether Li Zicheng's troops broke the city wall of Beijing and quickly captured the capital during the time of Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The population of the capital was too large. Even without the people fleeing on the streets, it was the largest city in the world at this time, without a doubt.

In this era, there are too many restrictions, which makes the urban design unreasonable.

However, Wei Guangde is not a professional, so he can't explain it.

Moreover, even if he can think of some, it would be a waste of time to make major changes, and the effort might not be appreciated.

At noon that day, Wei Guangde received an urgent letter from Ma Fang in Prince Yu's Mansion.

The letter was sent when Ma Fang led his troops through Changping. Now he has led his troops to Huairou. This is also in accordance with the order of the Ministry of War, intending to block the escape route of the Tartars to the north with Xuanfu troops.

The current Ministry of War has directly begun to interfere with the command of the various departments in Northern Zhili. They did not choose to send a letter to Yang Xuan, the governor of Ji Liao, but directly issued orders to the Jizhen troops in the name of the Ministry of War.

Some of these orders are consistent with the orders issued by Yang Xuan, and the generals who received the orders naturally followed them without hesitation.

However, there are more orders that conflict with each other, but according to the last text of the Ministry of War's order, those generals naturally know how to choose.

Although Yang Xuan was their immediate superior, his promotion was entirely in the hands of the Military Selection Division of the Ministry of War.

However, at this time, Yang Bo was not happy in the duty room, because the Ministry of War had received news that Sun Bin led troops to rescue Zhengguantun in Sanhe.

The cavalry left by Sun Bin in Tongzhou had been severely weakened, and the speed of the Jizhen army's westward advance was slow. The Xuanfu army was almost in place, but the Jizhen army was still more than 50 miles away from Pinggu County, more than a day's journey away.

As for the army to be deployed in Sanhe and Tongzhou, it would take at least two days to be in place.

This is the uncertainty on the battlefield.

Under normal circumstances, the Jizhen army should have arrived soon after returning from Shanhaiguan.

But they hurriedly rushed from Santunying to Shanhaiguan before returning the same way.

The Ming army during this period did not have long-distance training, and it was difficult for soldiers to gather for a long journey.

After working hard for several days, the soldiers in the barracks complained. Under such circumstances, the military officials did not dare to criticize too much, fearing that they would cause a mutiny among the soldiers.

A mutiny at this time was no joke.

They could only find many reasons to slow down the soldiers' advance.

However, after the news was fed back to the Ministry of War, Yang Bo felt unwell all over.

In his opinion, this should be Yang Xuan's secret move.

Thinking of the dispute between him and Yang Xuan this year, Yang Bo had the urge to destroy him for the first time.

"Sir Yang, Yang Xuan's reply is back."

At this time, Ge Jin, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, walked into the room quickly and handed the official document he had just received to Yang Bo.

This was the official document that the emperor had previously questioned about the disadvantages of Jizhen in defending the capital, asking Yang Xuan to say what he had done during this period after the Tartars broke the border wall.

Yang Bo took the official document and asked casually, "What did he say?"

"Well, read it yourself."

Ge Jin was reluctant to say that he was assisting the military affairs of the Beijing camp, and he spent most of his time patrolling on the walls of the capital these days.

It was also a coincidence that when he entered the Guangqu Gate for patrol, he received a reply from Yang Xuan of Sanhe to the Ministry of War.

He was the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and his status in the Ministry of War was not low. He immediately took the official letter and was very angry.

"He, how could he say that?"

Yang Bo quickly read Yang Xuan's letter and was immediately furious.

Yang Bo could not accept the excuses of Yang Xuan, the governor of Ji Liao, in the letter. According to him, the Jizhen troops had fought with the Tartars near Tongzhou under his command, and now the main force of the Tartars had been forced to flee eastward, and wanted to escape from Sanhe to Pinggu.

Not only that, Yang Xuan even asked the Ministry of War to pray for rewards for the soldiers at the end of the letter.

To the north of Tongzhou, there was indeed a small-scale battle between the Jizhen troops and the Tartars, but it was a scout battle, not a real fight.

But Yang Xuan actually took credit for it, saying that he commanded the Jizhen troops to force the Tartars to flee.

"He should have seen the purpose of this group of Tartars, so he dared to tell such a big lie."

Yang Bo threw the official document on the table and sighed.

Yes, the plan of the Ministry of War to annihilate this group of Tartars is impossible to achieve based on the current situation.

The Tartars entered only to plunder, and with the appearance of the Xuanfu Army, it would not be too long before the Tartars fled north.

Although it is far from the truth, it is really hard to deny his achievements in commanding the Jizhen army when the Tartars withdrew from the Great Wall in the end.

This is not to deny one person, it is the contribution of the entire Ji Town, from the soldiers to the generals.

"The safety of the capital cannot be left in his hands."

On the way back, Ge Jin also thought that he had the same thoughts as Yang Bo. Based on this official document alone, he was determined to bring down Yang Xuan.

"The battle report sent to the palace today is written according to the actual situation."

Yang Bo said calmly.

"Then this article Yang Xuan"

"Copy the original text and put it in front for His Majesty to read."

Before Ge Jin finished speaking, Yang Bo interrupted.

Ge Jin mentioned Yang Xuan's writing and naturally wanted to bring the matter to light, but he did not expect that the good old man Yang Bo would be so determined on the matter.

"I'll go to the cabinet to meet Mr. Xu Ge and the others."

Before Ge Jin could speak, Yang Bo spoke.

The war of words between the Ministry of War and Governor Ji Liao is not enough, and the cabinet must be brought to its side to stand up for itself.

"Don't worry, sir, I know what to do."

Ge Jin immediately cupped his fists and said.

Nodding, Yang Bo stood up and handed the official document to Ge Jin, and walked out of the check-in room with him.

As the Ministry of War began to copy, the contents of Yang Xuan's official documents soon reached Prince Yu's Mansion and fell into the hands of Wei Guangde.

Whether it was King Yu, Yin Shizhen, or Zhang Juzheng, their knowledge of the battle situation came from the Ministry of War. Naturally, they could see Yang Xuan's word game, not to mention that Wei Guangde had also analyzed in detail the purpose of the Tatars' entry into the customs before.

They all shook their heads and didn't bother to comment, but no matter what, if this Yang Xuan could get to the position of King Yu, he would definitely have to get out.

King Yu's temper made it absolutely impossible for him to continue to serve as governor of Jiliao.

"The Tatars are running away."

At this time, Wei Guangde said, "The soldiers and horses of Jizhen are not in place yet, but the Xuanfu army is about to arrive in Huairou. It is impossible for the Tatars not to discover it. The plan of the Ministry of War has been lost."

"Is there anything Shandai can do? We can't let Xin Ai'er go back so easily."

Zhang Juzheng said.

Wei Guangde pondered for a moment, then his eyes fell on the map hanging next to him. After thinking for a while, he said: "We can only try our luck and let Ma Fang lead the Xuanfu cavalry to pursue Pinggu directly."

As he said that, Wei Guangde guessed: "Yang Xuan is probably right. The Tatars' return journey is likely to take the line near Sanhe and Pinggu out of the Great Wall. There was a report from the Ministry of War before, saying that the Tatars sent the stolen goods back the same way. Go out a lot.

The terrain of that section of the Great Wall is complicated and it is a turning point. When I went to inspect it before, I noticed that many of the walls were in disrepair. "

"You mean, let Ma Fang capture the Tatars and cut off the rear troops?"

Zhang Juzheng guessed and asked.

"Exactly, Ma Fang should be able to wipe out all the men behind him. At least a thousand men can still be left behind."

Wei Guangde said.

At this time, in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, Emperor Jiajing was reading the battle report sent by the Ministry of War. The first thing that caught his eye was naturally Yang Xuan's official document.