Chapter 23 Thunder Wrist!
Zhu Youtang was furious, with murderous intent surging in his heart.
Hua En and Mou Bin are even more miserable.
Actually, strictly speaking, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on their poor supervision.
How long have they been in charge of Dongchang and Jinyiwei?
Moreover, he has been dealing with affairs in the capital city and has not yet had time to build a nationwide intelligence network.
The intelligence network established by Dongchang and Jinyiwei has either been abandoned or has been infiltrated by civil servants and relatives, and cannot be activated for the time being.
The most important point is that when Babaili urgently reported to Beijing, they were dealing with the affairs of the Zhou Party and the harem, and they were indeed too busy.
Wang Zhi, who had been waiting beside him, took the initiative to ask for help.
"Your Majesty, now the Tatars are about to attack the capital. I would like to lead the three major battalions of the capital to go out of the city to meet the enemy!"
"If the Tatars cannot be driven back, I will raise my head to see you!"
The three major camps in the capital are the Fifth Army Camp, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Camp, which are commanded by the Fifth Army Governor's Office.
The three major battalions of the capital, the four Tengxiang guards and the three thousand Yulin guards of the capital's forbidden army, one inside and one outside, are the main forces defending the capital.
Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, who were previously executed by Ling Chi, served in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and had the power to mobilize soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp.
At that time, they also wanted to mobilize soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp to break into the Jinyiwei prison. In the end, they were captured by Mou Bin in advance. It would be a shame to die!
The three major camps of the capital were officially established during the Yongle period, with a population of 700,000 at their peak.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the three major battalions of the capital had considerable combat effectiveness.
But in the Tumubao Incident, the main force was exhausted.
By the Hongzhi period, the number of soldiers and horses in the three major battalions of the capital was less than 200,000.
And the geometry of its combat power is still unclear.
Wang Zhi dared to lead the three battalions to the expedition, so he was naturally confident.
During the Chenghua period, Wang Zhi patrolled the border towns many times, attacked the Haixi Jurchens, and also pursued the Wala, and made many military exploits.
Zhu Youtang looked at Wang Zhi with some emotion.
"If it weren't for the timely intelligence from the West Factory this time, I'm afraid I would have to wait until the Tatars came to the capital to find out about this."
Huaien and Mou Bin After hearing this, I felt very uncomfortable.
This Wang Zhi is really terrifying.
It had only been a few days since the West Factory reopened. While investigating the officials who had resigned in the capital, they had also rebuilt the West Factory's intelligence network.
Now he has become the most trusted celebrity in Zhu Youtang's eyes.
This made Hua En and Mou Bin envious.
At the same time, they also vowed in their hearts that they must work harder in the future.
Let Zhu Youtang's attention fall more on them.
Huaien and Mou Bin originally thought that Zhu Youtang would naturally hand over the task of fighting against the Tatars to Wang Zhi, but Zhu Youtang did not.
"Wang Zhi, I am very pleased that you have the determination to defend the city for me."
"But I have already decided on the candidate to fight against the Tatars."
Zhu Youtang walked to the case and sat down. When he was about to pick up a pen, he found that he had taken the pen holder and hit Hua En.
"Wynn, bring me a pen!"
"Here."
Wynn stood up and quickly picked up the pen, pen holder and inkstone on the ground.
Then he walked to Zhu Youtang, put the pen holder in his hand, and began to grind ink for it again.
“Wang Zhi, which direction did the Tatars come from?”
"Back to Your Majesty, after the little Tatar prince entered Xuanfu, he pretended to attack Gubeikou, led the main force to sneak attack Huangyugou from Pigeon Cave, and then followed the Xuanfu Great Wall towards the capital."
"Look at the direction. We should go to Tumubao first, then go to Miyun, attack Changping, and arrive in Tongzhou. "
"Tumu Fort?"
Zhu Youtang was so angry that he sneered: "Do these Tatars really think that my Ming Dynasty has no one?"
Zhu You Tang swiped ink on the paper, quickly wrote a secret letter, and handed it to Wang Zhi.
"Go and give this letter to the commander of the imperial army named Gao Shun in Tongchang."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Tongchang is a place located in Tongzhou, between Hechangping and Changping. A military stronghold between the two countries.
There is a Forbidden Army stationed inside all year round.
Wang wrote directly. Although he had some doubts in his heart, he did not question Zhu Youtang's decision. He was just curious as to which commander of the Forbidden Army could gain Zhu Youtang's trust so much.
Even the important task of defending the capital was given to him.
After Zhu Youtang made the deployment decision to defend the capital, he began to show his fangs to the officials in the capital.
"Mo Bin Huai'en, this is just this once, and next time, I will strip you to your bones and cramp you!"
"I will give you a chance to atone for your sins. If you don't do it well, I will We are the only ones asking!”
Mou Bin and Hua En were filled with excitement and tears of gratitude.
"Thank you for your majesty's grace! I will never let down your majesty's high expectations!"
Zhu Youtang nodded with satisfaction, with a cruel sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Immediately issue an order to the commanders of the two factories and one guard.
"Wang Zhi, listen to the order. I order you to personally lead the Xichang team to capture Ma Wensheng for me!"
"Send people to escort Ma Wensheng and his family to the capital for me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Mu Bin listens to the order, I order you to set off immediately to capture Qiu Yue, give all the nine Qiu Yue clans I’ll catch you!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“Hua En, I order you to confiscate your home in Wan’an immediately, and don’t let any of Liu Jue, Liu Ji, and their family members go. Pass! ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The three of them knelt down to accept the order, and then Wang Zhi made a request.
"Your Majesty, Wan'an's family has been imprisoned by Xichang."
"Wan'an has an old relationship with me. I ask your majesty to show mercy and reward Wan'an to Xichang. ."
Wynn was anxious!
Well, Wang Zhi, there are so many officials to handle in the West Factory, and the East Factory is only allocated three people this time, and you are here to steal people from our family!
Is it true that Dongchang’s knife is not fast?
"Your Majesty, Dongchang has failed to collect intelligence for Your Majesty in time, which is a dereliction of duty."
"Xichang is busy with affairs, please let me handle the affairs of the three front cabinet elders, Dongchang We must do things beautifully!”
“Stop arguing!”
Zhu Youtang interrupted them.
“Since Xichang has arrested Wan’an’s family, let’s leave Wan’an to Xichang.”
“Don’t be anxious now. There will still be opportunities to handle major cases in the future. There are many.”
“Please step back.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After Zhu Youtang drove away the leaders of the two factories and one guard, he had a moment of leisure.
Remembering the direction in which the Tatars were attacking, Zhu Youtang felt itching with hatred.
“These Tatars still dare to go to Tumubao?”
“I will make it impossible for them to come back!”
For some well-known reasons, Tumubao This place has always been a shame to the emperors of the middle and late Ming Dynasty.
In the 14th year of Zhengtong, Wala also led various ministries and invaded the hinterland in four directions.
The journey is smooth and smooth, and we win every battle.
Emperor Yingzong decided to lead the expedition himself.
As a result, when we walked to Tumubao, we met the Wala troops.
Wala captured Emperor Yingzong alive and brought him back to the grassland.
As a result, Emperor Yingzong was given nicknames such as the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, the Mingbao Zong, and the overseas student of Wala.
But in fact, the Tumubao Incident was not a defeat, but a mutiny.
One of the most important questions is that Emperor Yingzong, Zhu Qizhen, why did he want to conquer personally?
This is by no means the so-called Emperor Yingzong who was overjoyed in his achievements, mediocre and dissolute, and favored eunuchs.
It’s because Emperor Yingzong wants to seize power and settle accounts!
(End of this chapter)