prosperous age

Chapter 236 Chapter 235

The news that the Anda Department entered Kou Xuan's Mansion had already spread in Beijing, and the common people in the market were extremely nervous at first.

The scene of the Tartar soldiers approaching the city happened only a few years ago, and the time is too short to make it unforgettable.

In a short period of time, the prices of houses in the east and west gates of the capital plummeted, and a large number of people flooded into the south city, making it even more crowded.

Fortunately, the south city wall built in the Ming Dynasty covers a very large area. The south city of the capital is only fully developed near the inner city, which is extremely lively. There is still a large open space near the city wall, allowing these people to flee into the city because of panic. The common people can take a temporary shelter.

When the people in the capital gradually calmed down after several days of panic, as refugees from the Xuanfu entered Changping through Juyongguan and other passes, and some even fled to the capital, the panic of the people in the city was raised again.

During this period of time, the entire capital seemed to be panicked and chaotic.

For such a situation, the imperial court and Shuntian Mansion could only send a large number of yamen servants and Jingying officers and soldiers to patrol the streets every day to suppress lawlessness.

Although the influx of refugees from Xuanfu really shocked the people in the capital, they also brought more credible information, that is, the Ministry of Ida has indeed entered, but it seems that Juyongguan has not yet been attacked. It's still safe.

Hundreds of thousands of imperial court troops will go to encircle and suppress them.

This is the most common sentence spoken by the people of the capital after dinner during this period of time, even though the person who speaks is afraid that he himself does not believe it.

The people near the capital finally settled down, at least until the Alta Ministry did not break through the Juyongguan Great Wall, the capital was still safe.

The people who had flocked to Nancheng due to panic had also returned home one after another. Those who should go to work went to work, and those who should plow the fields.

Vegetable farmers around the capital still get up early every day to sell vegetables in the capital. Everything seems to be back to the original point, but there are many Xuanfu refugees in the capital. They are looking for jobs that can eat or beg along the streets in order to survive.

On this day, the sky was bright, and a large number of people outside the city were already waiting outside Fucheng Gate to enter the city.

Not long after, with the sound of "creaking", the heavy city gate was opened inward, but before they could squeeze in, they were all blocked by a group of soldiers who came out of the city.

It is no surprise to these common people, it is like this every day, the city gate has been opened, and they will be released soon, just need to wait patiently for a while.

Soon, after guarding against horses and other things inside and outside the city gate, the soldiers no longer held up their knives and guns to prevent the people from entering and leaving the city gate, but let them not be crowded and line up.

The first ones to enter the city were naturally a few carriages outside the city gate. Those gorgeously decorated carriages were obviously not owned by ordinary people, so they naturally had the right to enter the city first.

After the carriages entered the city, the people in twos and threes passed through the city gate with their burdens and bamboo baskets on their backs.

"Da da da"

The crisp sound of horseshoes stepping on the stone slabs came from far to near. This was a horse team of the Ming army, and all the horsemen were wearing the red war jackets of the Ming army.

There were seven or eight Ming army cavalry, each carrying something on their backs, or holding a long pole in their hands, and they just rode their horses and rushed towards the city gate. When they approached, the leader stood guard against the city gate. The army shouted: "Xuanfu urgent report, Xuanfu urgent report"

Hearing that it was from the Xuan Mansion, the people in the city did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly hid to the side to make way for them, and the soldiers guarding the city had already begun to clear the way at this time, driving the people inside the city gate to both sides.

"Da da da"

There was a dull sound of horseshoes passing through the city gate, and then they had rushed into the inner city.

Although they had already left and could not be seen in the blink of an eye, the people in the city were indeed asking about the expressions of the soldiers just now, guessing whether they brought good news or bad news.

In the yamen of the Ministry of War in the capital, Nie Bao, Minister of the Ministry of War at this time, was sitting in the public room, looking through the official documents submitted by the guards from various places, and handling daily official duties.

It is actually a kind of luck for the ministers to serve the emperor who is not very in love with the court. They can ask for leave in advance for various reasons, and they don't have to go to Fengtianmen to salute before dawn.

Of course, the ministers couldn't stop going every day. They usually asked for two or three days off after several visits, and then went again. Anyway, they couldn't see the emperor, so they had to go to Xiyuan.

Even if you go to Xiyuan, if it's nothing serious, you usually won't see it.

While looking through the door, footsteps sounded outside the door, it was very chaotic, it seemed that the people who came in were in a hurry, Nie Bao put down the document in his hand and looked up, an official was holding a document and ran from the yard to the public room outside the door.

"what's up?"

As Minister of the Ministry of War, his words and deeds are magnanimous.

"Lord Nie, Lord Xuanfu Weng urgently report."

The scribe quickly bowed and said, offering the official document with both hands.

Nie Bao took the official document and saw that the seal was intact, then nodded and said: "Got it."

After speaking, he opened the official document and looked at it carefully, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

Xuanfu finally won the battle.

Since the 31st year of Jiajing, when Nie Bao was reinstated as Minister of the Ministry of War, he has always been troubled by the southern and northern captives, especially the northern captives, who are just near the capital. If they make a move, the city will be full of storms, and their military department will naturally bear the brunt. Being impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other Qingliu made him, the Minister of the Ministry of War, very annoying.

Nie Bao, courtesy name Wenwei, nicknamed Shuangjiang, is from Yongfeng County, Jiangxi Province, and is also considered one of Wei Guangde's fellow villagers.

Nie Bao was upright all his life. He impeached dozens of "filthy officials". Teaching in Qingyuan Mountain and other academies.

It's just that Nie Bao is over 60 now, but he looks like Qi Lao is 80 years old. This is also caused by the position of the Ministry of War, and there are too many troubles.

It is worth mentioning that Nie Bao is regarded as the orthodox inheritor of Wang Shouren's mind theory. He believes that conscience is not ready-made. , also advocated caution and fear.

After reading the emergency report in his hand, Nie Bao stood up excitedly, but staggered and almost fell because of his excessive movements.

The public clerk next to him hurried forward to support him, and then he heard him ask: "Where is the person who delivered the letter? Are there any other things?"

"Report to Master Nie, the postmen are all outside."

Before the scribe finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him, and then heard Nie Bao's voice at the door, "I'll go and have a look first."

At this time, in the center of the capital, outside the Xiyuan Gate on the west side of the imperial palace, as the palace gate opened, Lu Bing, who was dressed in a python robe, had already walked in first.

He received a secret report from Jinyiwei Xuanfu last night, and he was very excited after reading it.

With the news of this victory, the tense atmosphere in Beijing can finally relax a bit.

It's just that at this time, the palace gate has been locked, even if he has no edict, he is not allowed to enter the palace. He can only wait until dawn to open the palace gate before announcing the good news to Emperor Jiajing.

Yes, from Wei Guangde's point of view, it was an unbeatable battle. After forcing the Alta Khan to retreat, it was a big victory in the eyes of the Ming court.

What happened six years ago, Altan Khan led his troops to plunder near the capital, Jizhen, Xuanfu and other King Qin's troops just gathered in the vicinity and did not dare to fight, and they had to wait until they had finished eating and looting before leaving.

This time it was different, the Tartars entered the Xuanfu, the Xuanfu army finally fought a battle with the Tartars, and they won the battle, so Al Da Khan had to withdraw from the camp and return north.

It's just a pity that this opportunity, if there were more cavalry in the Xuanfu army, it might not be possible to leave Altan Khan, a bandit chieftain, once he is caught, Emperor Jiajing will definitely hold a grand ceremony of offering prisoners to the Taimiao.

Pity.

Lu Bing, who came outside the palace gate early, was thinking about this at the moment, but after the palace gate opened, it didn't affect his speed of entering the palace at all.

Soon he arrived outside the Yongshou Palace, and asked the little eunuch standing beside him if Emperor Jiajing had woken up.

After learning that Emperor Jiajing had gotten up and was washing inside, he hurriedly let the little eunuch go in to report that he asked to see His Majesty, and there was an urgent military report.

Not long after, Lu Bing was allowed to enter the Yongshou Palace. After entering the main hall, he saw Emperor Jiajing dressed in a fairy-like manner. Lu Bing smiled flatteringly: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, I received the announcement last night. There was a secret report from the mansion that Wei Guangde and Wei Chuanlu, appointed by the emperor, commanded the Xuanfu army to win a big victory in Baoan Prefecture this time, and I Dahan was beaten away by him."

"Huh? Really?"

Emperor Jiajing thought he was very smart, so naturally he didn't want to be deceived by his subordinates at will. In fact, what he hated most were those who dared to deceive him, especially those who successfully deceived him.

He trusted Lu Bing very much, but he was a little skeptical when he heard what Lu Bing said just now.

Wei Guangde, children at the age of seventeen or eighteen know how to fight?

It might be more reliable to let his uncle come.

As for the process of the two Japanese wars that Jiujiangwei participated in before, he has already learned clearly through Dongchang and Jinyiwei, but there is one thing he doesn't know, that is the actual combat power of the Japanese pirates.

This thing, no matter whether it is the imperial court maintained by civil servants or the intelligence agencies controlled by internal prisons and cronies, they are unwilling to explain some things too clearly, it is better to be confused.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing knew that the two most outstanding battles were actually led by Wu Zhankui, the commander of the Jiujiang Guard, and Wei Guangde's father also participated in it.

It was precisely because of the accurate information obtained from the intelligence agency that he was convinced that Wei Guangde was really killing people on horseback, so he looked at him differently. Emperor Jiajing would not be stingy with those who were loyal to him.

If all the ministers under him are loyal to him and work hard, he can devote himself to practicing the art of longevity without distracting himself from government affairs.

At this time, the chief eunuch Huang Jin had already received the urgent report from the spies of Jinyiwei Xuanfu from Lu Bing, and then forwarded it to Emperor Jiajing.

This was transcribed from Jin Yiwei's internal documents. Naturally, the emperor could not read the original text.

Emperor Jiajing was not a fool. After reading the above content, he stroked his beard and said, "Victory is victory. At least the bandit chieftain was driven away."

Jinyiwei does not modify and process some things internally, it is very straightforward, and even describes the general battle process and the battle damage of both the enemy and the enemy in detail.

The loss of the Ming army was roughly the same as that of the IDA, but Jin Yiwei's spies didn't know Wei Guangde's real thoughts at that time, and all he could find out were what Wei Guangde said to other people.

Wei Guangde planned to retreat to Bao'an Prefecture to defend with all his strength, but he didn't say that to the outside world. In his words, he quietly withdrew from the Alda camp to Baoan Prefecture in order to lure snakes out of the hole again, disperse Alda Khan's troops, and replicate the previous battle.

For such words, most of the Xuanfu generals believed it.

Why, there are ready-made cases, they really forced me to retreat during the day, and the real results are there, so they can't help but believe it.

Wei Guangde intentionally sent Alta Khan back to the camp, trying to lure him to choose to divide his troops again, and the Ming army would divide into a joint attack, especially after knowing that Alta Khan had retreated, Wei Guangde was still very sorry in front of the generals for a while.

According to Wei Guangde, the next time he fights against Altan Khan, he will definitely not completely copy the previous tactics. In this battle, Wei Guangde will play with Altan Khan the tactics of encircling the spot and fighting for reinforcements.

The Ming army was often beaten by Alta Khan in this way. The Tartars pretended to attack the Ming army's military fort, attracting surrounding reinforcements to ambush in the middle of the road.

Regarding Wei Guangde's performance at that time, introducing his strategic conception for the next battle to the Xuanfu generals, it really fooled some people.

All of these are reflected in the information from Emperor Jiajing.

After reading the whole thing, Emperor Jiajing was in a good mood at the moment, wondering if it was time to pass on the Lan Shenxian, and he wanted to have a feast to celebrate.

However, he suddenly thought of something mentioned in the information he saw before, and he immediately fell in love again.

After reading it again, he said with some insatiable desire: "It's a pity that I almost caught this bandit leader, I Da Khan, because of this opportunity."

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's words, Lu Bing naturally knew what the emperor was talking about, and he also sighed regretfully.

Thinking of the name of a person mentioned in it, Emperor Jiajing asked Lu Bing, "This Ma Fang, do you have a file in Jin Yiwei? Is he really as brave as the above said?"

Hearing the emperor's question, Lu Bing hurriedly bowed and replied: "Reporting to the emperor, Ma Fang is a native of Weizhou, Shanxi. His style name is Dexin, and his nickname is Lanxi. He served as a pawn in the Datong Army.

Since then, he has repeatedly made military exploits and was promoted by Zhou Shangwen Zhou Taifu, then the general of Datong. He was promoted from a small soldier to a thousand households. "

When Emperor Jiajing asked, he naturally wanted to know all the information about Ma Fang, which Lu Bing had already checked last night, and the answers were naturally fluent.

"The process of this battle is stated in official documents, and it has been confirmed by many parties before I dare to report it.

This time Ma Fangma’s guerrilla troops raided Alta Khan’s big tent. According to the surviving sergeants, they hit the vicinity of Alta Khan’s tent twice, and they could see the military tent and representatives of our army. It's just a pity that Al Da Khan's status is great. Later, Al Da Khan left a large group of people by his side, which made them completely lose the chance to capture Al Da Khan alive.

In this battle, Ma Fang's troops did not retreat, and it should be true that they severely injured Alta Khan's royal court guards. Ma Fang led his troops to attack Alta Khan's tent and was seriously injured for this, but he still fought with his life. It should be true."

"You can't be braver than Ma Fang."

During Lu Bing's eloquent narration, his ears suddenly moved, as if he heard what Emperor Jiajing said.

(End of this chapter)