The 160,000-strong army stopped in Tongzhou, 60 miles east of the capital, and was blocked by 10,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp. The 10,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp, fully armed, formed an offensive formation on the field to face Li
Zhizhi's 160,000-strong army did not attack. It was like a wild beast baring its teeth and claws but standing still blocking the road.
The nine general soldiers led by Li Zhi stood at the front of the army on horseback, observing the soldiers and horses with binoculars, each of them frowning and saying nothing.
Yang Guozhu looked at it for a while, then stroked his beard and said: "Mr. Yang recognizes this soldier and horse. This is the person who belongs to Huang Degong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp."
It turned out to be Huang Degong's troops, no wonder they looked quite elite. Li Zhi recalled his dealings with Huang Degong during the Anqing battle to kill Zhang Xianzhong. At that time, Huang Degong was still a deputy general, and he was just a guerrilla. After the battle, Huang Degong insisted on arguing with him.
He went to get a flintlock gun and said he would go back and make a copy.
How could Huang Degong lead his troops to stop his army?
Zu Dashou looked at Huang Degong's troops and said in deep thought: "Sending 10,000 lone troops to stop my 160,000-strong army does not seem like the work of the emperor."
Cao Bianjiao pondered and said: "This is definitely not an order from the emperor. Our army of 160,000 people is armed and asking for orders. It is not a rebellion. How could the emperor send a mere 10,000 people to block the road? If these 10,000 people force my army to attack the Beijing camp, how can it be done?
Isn’t it an escalation of the situation? The emperor certainly doesn’t want to see such an ending.”
Wang Pu sighed and cursed: "This must be a private deployment of troops by civilian officials, trying to scare us in the name of rebellion and make us retreat in the face of difficulties!"
Zu Dashou sneered and said: "Private transfer to the Beijing camp is not a minor crime. This must be the high-ranking official involved in the Taipu Temple silver case who jumped over the wall and took the risk to send troops to scare us."
Wang Pu waved his hand and said: "We will report to the emperor and ask him to take back this lone army."
The generals heard Wang Pu's words, but they didn't speak.
Cao Bianjiao shook his head.
Wu Sangui's face turned pale, and he was silent while stroking his horse's mane.
Finally, the warlord Zu Dashou who was entrenched in Jinzhou said: "The emperor will not easily mobilize the Beijing camp to stop our army. However, Huang Degong is already here at this time, and the issue of sending troops from the Beijing camp is a done deal. If we cower in front of the Beijing camp, the matter of military remonstrance will be a done deal."
It’s a joke, the emperor will definitely be optimistic about the success, delay the delay, and continue to let Huang Degong’s troops hold back our army.”
"We used a large army to force the Emperor, but were stopped by a mere 10,000 people. How could the Emperor clear the way for us?"
"My army only has half a month's supply of food and grass. If it is delayed for ten days, the army and horses will collapse."
Wang Pu was stunned for a moment before he figured out what was going on. This idea of mobilizing soldiers and civil servants was really vicious.
Ma Ke, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, shouted angrily: "If you don't do anything, you won't stop. Now that we are here, we will defeat this Beijing camp and fight to the foot of the capital to remonstrate!"
Wu Sangui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and shouted sternly at Ma Ke: "Ma Ke, you are rebelling!"
Marco rolled his eyes and said loudly: "We have an army of 160,000 in our hands. As long as we don't attack the city, who dares to say that we are rebelling?"
Wu Sangui shouted: "Leading troops to attack the Beijing camp is a serious crime, and the court will not take it lightly! We agreed to lead the army to ask for orders, but if we went to war with the Beijing camp, we would have deviated from our original intention, and what we said when we joined the army
What a difference!”
Ma Ke laughed loudly and said: "Wu Sangui, do you want to run away? Those imperial officials almost killed you, so you just become a coward?"
Wu Sangui was choked by Ma Ke and could not speak. He looked at Li Zhi subconsciously.
Everyone looked at each other for a while, then all looked at Li Zhi.
Zu Dashou, the warlord of western Liaoning, raised his hands and said: "Dong Jin, you are the leader of our warriors. At this time, whether to fight or leave, it is up to Duke Jin to make a decision!"
Li Zhi was resting his mind with his eyes closed. He opened his eyes after hearing Zu Dashou's words. Looking at the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp in front, Li Zhi was silent for a while.
Everyone looked at Li Zhi, and after waiting for a while, they heard Li Zhi say word for word: "Chen Jishan of Taipu Temple hid food and salary, Li Daiwen of the Ministry of Revenue deceived the emperor, and now there is Wu Zhi, the assistant to the cabinet.
I mobilized the capital camp to try to force out the rebel army. These three people are worthy of death, and I will kill them for the sake of the world!"
Hearing Li Zhi's murderous words, all the generals' faces froze.
This Li Zhi seems to have never paid attention to anything. As long as he is a sinner who brings disaster to the country and the people, no matter how powerful he is, he seems to be unable to stop Li Zhi from killing people. In Li Zhi's eyes, no matter what the governor, the governor, or the cabinet minister, they are just paper.
The same.
However, Li Zhi had a strong army, with 20,000 soldiers and horses, which could have the fighting power of 100,000 Ming troops, and he did have such strength. Everyone secretly said that such a murderous god was really terrifying and could not be offended easily.
Wang Pu swallowed his saliva and asked: "Duke Jin, what should I do if Huang Degong's soldiers and horses block the road?"
Li Zhi said calmly: "Huang Degong's mantis is using his arms as a chariot, and our army will defeat him."
Wu Sangui's face turned pale, and he cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Jin, we are here to ask for your life. The crime of attacking the Beijing camp is not a small one!"
Li Zhi asked calmly: "What kind of crime is this?"
Wu Sangui's face turned paler and he reluctantly said: "I led a large army to Beijing to attack the Beijing camp. I'm afraid this is considered a rebellion! When the time comes, hundreds of officials from the DPRK and China will be impeached, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get anything done!"
Li Zhi glanced at Wu Sangui coldly and said: "The treacherous ministers in the court were loyal, and 170,000 soldiers were almost killed and the entire army was annihilated. We waited for the army to ask for orders, and only killed the treacherous ministers without asking about the government's affairs. There is no refutation of this Wu Zhi's uprightness.
Those who dare to mobilize troops privately to block the army are worthy of death. How can we stop fighting in the face of such tactics?"
"As for the charge of attacking the Beijing camp, you can rest assured that I will bear it fully. As long as Li Zhi is in Tianjin, you will not be implicated."
Li Zhi said this because he wanted to take the lead and bear the responsibility of attacking the Beijing camp alone.
Li Zhi holds a heavy army in Tianjin. Even if he defeats 10,000 Beijing troops, as long as he steps forward, what can the emperor do to Li Zhi? The generals looked at each other and were eager to try again. Even Wu Sangui, who was hesitant, could not
You can talk, but you won’t say anything while riding on the horse.
"The tricks of several treacherous ministers are like a fool's tricks in front of my master's tiger master!"
Li Zhi waved his hand and asked the generals of Huben Division: "Who will step forward to defeat this Ten Thousand Capital Camp for me?"
Xue Sanku, the acting leader of the selection group, stood out in front of everyone, clasping his fists, and said loudly: "I will bombard these bumpkins for the division commander! Let them see what firepower is!"
Cao Bianjiao rode a few steps towards Li Zhi and said loudly: "Dong Jin, how can we not let Cao Bianjiao reveal his hand in such a big event?"
Zu Dashou laughed loudly and said: "Zu has eight thousand cavalry under his command, so we can't just sit back and watch!".
