At the emperor's order, the entire city of Beijing fell into chaos.
Officials from Shuntian Prefecture, Wanping County, and Daxing County took the household registration lists and, under the leadership of the security chief and Li Zheng, began to recruit civilian husbands from house to house.
Before the common people could figure out what was going on, they were dragged out of bed by the officers, put on clothes randomly, and gathered in the streets and alleys. When they got to the streets, the officers were replaced by fully armed officers and soldiers, and they would not tell them what to do.
What were they going to do? He drove the fearful people out of the city.
On the broad official road, torches were shining in the sky. Young men with childlike faces and old men with gray hair, pushing carts and carrying burdens, were escorted by a mighty army and rushed overnight to Tongzhou, fifty miles away.
It was an extremely cold night, and countless people froze to death on the way, but the escorting officers and soldiers didn't care and just drove them on their way.
At dawn, the first wave of people who set off had already arrived in Tongzhou City, while the last wave of people who set off had just left Beijing...
Tongzhou City has been the end point of the Grand Canal since ancient times. Although Emperor Yongle dredged the Tonghui River so that canal ships could reach Jishuitan in the capital, the transportation capacity was limited after all, and the capital had nowhere to build a vast granary, so from the south
The unloaded grain and other materials will be unloaded and warehoused in Tongzhou, and then the capital will ship as much as it needs.
In order to manage the more than 100 treasury in Tongzhou, the imperial court established Cangchang Yamen in Tongzhou, which was headed by a Minister of Household Affairs who was responsible for the collection, storage and transportation of grain from all over the world. The four guards were also responsible for protection. The importance of Tongzhou is evident.
Since the Hongxi period, the imperial court has emphasized agriculture and encouraged mulberry production, and the grain and grass delivered to the capital every year has amounted to four million dan. In addition to meeting the consumption of the soldiers and civilians in the capital, there will also be a surplus of one million dan every year, plus more than half of the grain has not been consumed this year.
There are currently more than six million stones of grain stored in Tongzhou City. If all of it is transported back to the capital, it will be enough to feed the entire army and civilians for eighteen months!
As long as there is food, the city of Beijing cannot be conquered. A full year and a half is enough to wear out Wang Xian until he is defeated and killed!
Therefore, this is indeed the key to the success or failure of the imperial court today!
Yang Rong was personally responsible for the escort, and the leader of the ten armies was Li Xian, Marquis of Fengcheng. Before leaving the city, the prince warned Li Xian that he must obey Yang Rong's words and never make arbitrary opinions. In fact, Li Xian himself had no opinions, and he was naturally happy with everything.
Listen to Yang Rong's deployment.
Yang Rong knew that the success or failure of the overall situation was at stake, so he was naturally extremely vigilant. He sent countless scouts to closely monitor the goings-on. He couldn't help but be alert. Wang Xian's army was hundreds of miles away from the capital, and it would take a long time to transport Wang Xian's army.
He may attack Tongzhou at any time. If he cannot stop his attack, all the food will fall into Wang Xian's hands!
Who knows what they are afraid of? That morning, scouts came galloping to report that a large group of cavalry with unknown origins was found in the southwest, heading towards Tongzhou!
"Why did you come so fast?!" Yang Rong looked tense.
Li Xian was so frightened that he asked out loud: "Did the Daxing defense line fall so quickly?!" He was the son of Li Bin, the Marquis of Fengcheng, a famous general in Jingnan, and had a very good relationship with Zhu Zhanji, so he was entrusted with the important task. But he didn't know what he was doing.
He had never been on the battlefield. When he heard the news that Wang Xian had been killed, he immediately panicked and said, "What should we do?!"
"Don't panic. If Daxing is in emergency, he would have reported it already. Wang Xian came so quickly, so his army must not be large," Yang Rong calmed down and said, "We only need to transport our food, and leave the rest to the escorting army."
"Okay." Li Xian thought the same thing. There were a hundred thousand troops between Tongzhou and Beijing. As long as Wang Xian had only a few troops, he probably wouldn't dare to act rashly.
The two ordered the army to enter a fighting state, and then anxiously waited for the follow-up news in Tongzhou...
The army that appeared in the southwest of Tongzhou was the five thousand cavalry led by Xu Huaiqing.
Last night, Wang Xian's army marched north. The vast and flat North China Plain was extremely suitable for cavalry to gallop. At dawn, the army arrived at Daxing, sixty miles away!
Daxing is Yiguo County in the capital, known as the capital of the world. Half of Beijing is under the jurisdiction of Daxing County. The importance of its position can be imagined. After Zhu Zhanji came to power, in order to guard against Shandong on his side,
Three lines of defense were set up south of the capital. The first two lines were Cangzhou and Langfang, and the third line was Daxing.
This Daxing defense line, which is only 80 miles away from the south gate of the capital, is the last barrier of the capital. It is naturally the top priority of the defense. Zhu Zhanji sent an army of 50,000 and conquered tens of thousands of migrant workers, starting from the end of Daxing County.
From Yufa Town in the south to Changzi Camp in the west, a trench sixty miles long and more than one foot deep was built. Outside the trench, deer villages were widely deployed to resist horses. On the inside of the trench, dense enemy towers and watch posts were built.
.As soon as there is any disturbance, the 50,000 troops stationed along the trenches can rush there as soon as possible.
The news that Wang Xian's army appeared in Zhuozhou had reached Daxing yesterday. Late at night, the imperial court issued a strict order, ordering the officers and soldiers to fight to the last man, and Wang Xian would never be allowed to cross the Daxing defense line. In addition, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also
The general will lead 50,000 soldiers and horses and come quickly to take charge. He can arrive in one day at the latest.
Zhang Fu, the guard general of Daxing, was the third brother of Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu. This guy was the vanguard of the Han Dynasty's party. When the Han Dynasty first rebelled, he was ordered to seize the Nanjing city gate and almost killed the prince who was still the prince at the time.
Zhu Gaochi captured him. Later, the king of Han was defeated and Zhang Fu was naturally arrested. However, with Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu around, he still managed to save his life. He was locked up at home from then on, unable to leave the house.
In order to deal with Wang Xian's party, Zhu Zhanji really didn't mind it. Even this kind of thing that had been in the corner for so many years was turned out and entrusted with important tasks. Of course, His Highness the Crown Prince is not unreasonable. After all, he is also Lao Zhang
His family's bloodline and ability to lead troops in war are excellent. More importantly, he hates Wang Xian to the core and will never fall to the royal party!
When he learned that Wang Xian appeared in front of him, Zhang Fu was in an extremely excited state. Others were afraid of Wang Xian, but he was not afraid. He blamed Wang Xian for all the reasons why he had not seen the light of day for so many years, and he couldn't wait to kill him.
Wang Xian’s head is a way to vent the hatred in my heart!
So Zhang Fu inspected the Daxing defense line all night, urging all the watchtowers in the enemy towers to keep their eyes wide open and not let go of any disturbance! He also ordered all the soldiers to stay on guard and arrive immediately as soon as there was any military situation! This guy was a little perverted to begin with, and he was
After being imprisoned for several years, he became even more brutal. After coming out of the mountain, he killed countless officers and soldiers who dared to disobey him. The officers and soldiers under his command were so silent that they dared not slack off in the slightest to his orders.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Xian's forward army appeared near the trench, the sentries in the watchtower immediately lit the beacon fire. The first-guard army stationed several miles away rushed over immediately, and the rest of the distant armies also immediately dispatched, and they arrived in a moment.
Come.
Wang Xian and Mo Wen were riding at the front of the team. They looked solemn when they saw this. They didn't expect the officers and soldiers to react so quickly.
Time waited for no one and there was no time to make other plans. While urging their soldiers to move the roadblock quickly, the two men dismounted their horses and braved the severe cold with the soldiers to rush to the trench carrying a log two to three feet long.
On the other side, lay a bridge across the ditch!
At this time, before the nearest guard arrived, the five hundred officers and soldiers stationed in the enemy tower saw that Wang Xian and others were actually trying to build a bridge, and they rushed out desperately to prevent the bridge from being built!
Zhang Fu had already issued a strict order that if Wang Xian was allowed to break through their defense area, all the officers and soldiers stationed there would be beheaded! No officers and soldiers dared to doubt the cruelty of the madman, and even if they risked their lives, they could not let Wang Xian pass by them!
Wang Xian's soldiers had been waiting for a long time, and immediately blocked the officers and soldiers with a dense rain of bullets and bows and arrows! The officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses, but they still insisted on fighting back with muskets and bows and arrows, and they were also shot down!
This unexpected fierce battle obviously showed that the previous battles as easy as the cooks and cattle were gone forever!
On Wang Xian's side, as soon as a log was set up, he was pushed hard by the officers and soldiers who rushed over under the rain of arrows. Although the officers and soldiers were immediately shot into hedgehogs, the log also slipped in
The trench!
This happened several times, but Wang Xianjun was still unable to build a bridge, and for a while the soldiers were at a loss.
Wang Xian's face turned livid. He knew that he had underestimated the enemy. Although he had always reminded himself to be cautious and walk on thin ice, since the Great King's City, he had conquered every battle and played with the enemy in the palm of his hand. Still, he could not help but develop the emotion of underestimating the enemy.
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Wang Xian originally thought that it was extremely cold tonight, and the officers and soldiers did not expect him to arrive so quickly. They would probably hide in the fortress and not come out. They could take advantage of the darkness before dawn and use the rapid bridge-building tool developed by the Jinyiwei Sixth Office.
In a short time, you can build a bridge and cross the trench secretly. Once you cross the trench, you have nothing to fear.
Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers actually used countless fires to illuminate the sixty-mile defense line as brightly as white, giving them no chance to take advantage of it! And they reacted so fast that they rushed out before they could build a bridge!
Wang Xian didn't bother to review at all. The guards and horses were already in front of him. If he delayed any longer, the bridge would not be built!
He was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and shouted: "This can't be done!"
Behind him, Xinci and Xinyan looked at each other and waved to several junior brothers to jump on the log. Xinyan himself jumped on it and shouted to the soldiers carrying the log: "Send us over!"
The soldiers cheered up, roared, rushed to the edge of the trench carrying the logs, and then threw them forward!
The heavy log flew up into the air, and several monks actually stood firmly on it and flew to the other side with the log!
"Shoot, shoot them down!" Only half of the five hundred officers and soldiers were left, but the reinforcements were close at hand. How could they waste all their efforts? Seeing a monk flying over with Yuanmu, he was not surprised. The deputy Qian who led the team
Huben pointed at them and shouted: "We can't let them come!"
The archers no longer paid attention to the other side and shot their arrows at the monks on the log!