"Actually, it was Yingzong himself who changed the march route. Although Wang Zhen was very favored by Yingzong, he did not have the authority to command the army."
Yang Fan was a little strange and asked: "Why did he do this? Since he has decided to return to Beijing from Zijingguan, there is no need to go back to Datong and go back the way he came."
Zhang Shize said: "Everyone around the emperor died at that time, and no one knows how the decision was made. The family member who escaped from my family only said that it was the emperor's wish."
Yang Fan thought for a while and asked: "Do you know the specific itinerary after leaving Juyongguan?"
Zhang Shize nodded and said, "I have specifically looked for relevant information. I am also very curious about this matter and have combed through it carefully."
"On July 17, the 14th year of Zhengtong, Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty ignored the objections of Wang Zhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and other ministers, and together with Wang Zhen led a large army to march in person."
Zhang Size introduced in detail the detailed itinerary of Yingzong's departure from the fortress. Yang Fan used a red pencil to gradually outline on the map, writing the situation at each node.
On the 16th day of the seventh lunar month, the chariot departed from the capital and stopped at Kangjialing in the evening.
On the 17th day of the seventh lunar month, I had a night terror at Longhutai.
On the 19th day of the seventh lunar month, Dingyou passed Juyongguan. It was stormy and rainy. The six armies were suffering, and the civil and military officers and soldiers were undisciplined. The ministers asked to stay, but they were not allowed.
Yang Fan marked this point and sighed. It seemed that the Jingying camp at that time was really in ruins. It took three days to reach Juyongguan. Later generations drove out of Deshengmen, which was only more than an hour away.
And this time it was very unfavorable. It had been raining for the past three days, and the army was marching in the rain. The army at this time was no longer the elite it was during Chengzu's time. When it rained, he asked to set up camp and refused to continue marching.
July 20th, 1898, Ci Yulin Station.
On July 21st, Jihai became pregnant again.
This time, Yang Fan and Zhang Shize led the army on the same road. But it is winter now, and the snow on the road has been taken care of by the engineering corps. The marching speed is still very fast, and it is estimated that they can get out of the thirty-two miles tonight.
Valley Passage.
Exiting this passage is Yanqing. Then the army will not go to Yanqing County, but will take a U-shaped route northwest and go directly to Huailai. As long as you leave the mountains here, there will be a large area of ​​mountainous plains. All the way to Zhangjiakou.
No need to walk through the mountains.
Therefore, Juyong Pass is extremely important. There are plains in front and behind it and there is no danger to defend it.
On July 22nd, Gengzi came to Leijia Station.
On July 23rd, Xin Chou drove to the Xuan Mansion. The storm was coming, and the report became more and more urgent. The retinue and all the ministers asked to stay in the palace after paying their dues. The king was angry and ordered them all to report.
After leaving the valley passage, it was obvious that the marching speed of the Beijing camp had accelerated. However, they were soon hit by a storm. The three armies were all exhausted. At this time, new emergency information from the front line came.
The Central Army also led 90,000 troops to invade Datong, and later added more than 30,000 troops to the headquarters. Alazhiyuan led more than 30,000 troops (some say 20,000) to invade the Xuan Mansion at Juyong Pass.
Previously, intelligence said there were 30,000 Mongolians. However, they first annihilated the Ming army in Maoerzhuang, and then annihilated more than 40,000 Ming army border troops in Yanghe.
At this time, the situation became clear. The Ora people were also heading this way. The actual strength was 90,000 people. They also recruited 30,000 people from the grassland first. At the same time, there were also 30,000 people from Asashi Academy. The main force of the Ora people actually attacked Datong.
The army consisted of 150,000 cavalry.
At this time, in order to bring peace to Burma, the Beijing camp transferred a large number of elites to Yunnan. At the same time, in order to suppress Deng Maoqi of Fujian, another 70,000 elites were transferred. At this time, the number of people in the Beijing camp who could actually fight was actually only more than 50,000.
Human cavalry.
The rest of the people were either free earners or impostors. Many of them were not soldiers at all. Just like Yang Fan this time, at least 20,000 of the 80,000 people were hired to make ends meet.
In addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are people of unknown origin in the capital camp. Although they look quite strong, they do not have enough combat experience and do not know how to fight.
This was the reason why they kept asking to camp after not going very far. They had to camp when it rained, they had to camp under dark clouds, and they had to camp when it was windy. Later, Wang Zhen got angry, and they became honest.
This is also the reason why the civil servants desperately opposed Yingzong's personal expedition. At this time, the Beijing camp was already a meal for the civil servants. Not only did the military pay go away, but the men in the Ministry of War also colluded with the nobles to eat up the pay and hire replacements.
How could the Ministry of War not know what the Beijing camp was like? Can such an army fight?
Before, when the Beijing camp did not mobilize large-scale troops to Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Yunnan, there were at least 200,000 fighting troops. The total number was 400,000. They caused half of the damage, and the situation was still able to hold on.
But now, there are actually only more than 50,000 soldiers left in the Beijing camp. The remaining soldiers are either old, weak, disabled, or civilians hired temporarily. Yingzong doesn't understand military affairs at all, and he doesn't know the tricks here.
However, the emperor was determined to go on an expedition. The ministers and other officials of the Ministry of War and Ministry of Households did not dare to tell the truth to the emperor, so they had no choice but to go. However, they knew clearly that relying on the strong walls of the capital, the Wala people could not fight at all.
Don't come in.
If one of them takes the initiative to go out for a wander, it would be hard to say.
If such an army confronts the main force of Wala, something big will happen.
Then, they tried their best to find excuses and stalled. They thought that the Huala people had looted enough and they would retreat. They encouraged the soldiers to cause trouble, and it took them three days to reach Juyongguan.
Later, when Wang Zhen wanted to deal with them, they got scared, so they speeded up.
On the 24th day of the seventh lunar month, Renyin came to Ji Cing Mountain. Everyone was in danger and fear. The superior used his deeds to invigorate the troops and strengthened his authority. He said that if he humiliated the ministers, he would advance to the army. Our army was advancing gradually, and the enemy was gradually retreating and ambushing outside the fortress.
When we arrived at Jimingyi, Jimingyi was a solid castle. When Yang Fan was scrolling through Douyin, he often saw short videos taken by drones of that majestic city.
These people started making trouble again, demanding to stop here and refusing to move forward.
At this time, both the civil servants and the generals in the Beijing camp were the initiators of empty pay and hollowing out the Beijing camp. They knew everything in their minds.
Now, the intelligence sent back by the scouts shows that Ye Xian's headquarters, plus Asashi Academy, have a total of 150,000 cavalry. If these corrupt elements are not frightened to death, how dare they continue to move forward.
As a result, they all made trouble and demanded that they stop in the strong city of Jimingyi.
Since Wang Zhen was a vicious dog raised by the emperor, it was natural to release Wang Zhen at this time to deal with them. Wang Zhen's methods were not limited, and he quickly made him docile and got out of the turtle shell of Jimingyi.
, bite the bullet and move on.
Fortunately, at this time, I didn't know whether the Beijing camp was real or not. Seeing the overwhelming force of 200,000 troops coming, I felt a little scared. So I gradually withdrew from the entrance of the Great Wall and returned to the outside of the Great Wall to observe the situation.
