Chapter 218: Control nine sides and break through Juyong Pass!
In the more than a month since Yu Shen seized power in the capital, Zhu Youtang has led an army throughout the borders of the Ming Dynasty.
He started from Xuanfu and passed through Datong Town, Taiyuan Town, Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, Suzhou Town, Jizhou Town and Liaodong Town.
Among the nine border towns, the one with the fiercest resistance was Datong Town.
Just like when he was in Xuanfu, after Datong Town learned that Zhu Youtang was coming, not only did they not open the city to welcome him, but they closed the city gate tightly and no one was allowed to stand on the city gate.
They tried to defend Datong Town and prevent Zhu Youtang from entering the city.
Zhu Youtang did not hesitate and directly ordered the attack on Datong Town.
It took less than half a day for an army of 150,000 to break through Datong Town.
After Zhu Youtang entered Datong Town, just like in Xuanfu, he immediately ordered the factory guards to investigate Datong Mansion, arrest all the soldiers who participated in the mutiny, and execute them together.
The person who controlled the military affairs of Datong Prefecture at that time was Guo Pan, the general of Datong Prefecture who colluded with Yang Tong.
Zhu Youtang and his three tribes had their homes confiscated and executed.
In addition to investigating the mutiny, Zhu Youtang also investigated the military affairs of Datong Prefecture, including whether the soldiers were in arrears with their military pay, whether they were paying empty wages, and whether they were smuggling arms, etc.
Datong, like Xuanfu, cannot withstand any scrutiny.
A large number of corrupt and illegal border generals were arrested by factory guards, and together with those who participated in the mutiny, their homes were confiscated and their families exterminated.
Before leaving Datong, Zhu Youtang also made up for the arrears of food and wages to the soldiers in Datong.
Even so, when Zhu Youtang left Datong, the amount of silver he carried had exceeded 25 million taels.
After that, Zhu Youtang passed through several border towns such as Taiyuan Town, Yansui Town, Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town, etc. All the way, there was no resistance from the soldiers guarding the city.
But a large number of border generals abandoned the city and fled.
The commander Pang Yang and Li Yan who were guarding the Red Castle abandoned the city and fled.
The commander of Diao E Fort, Yao Jing, abandoned the city and fled.
Wandu Commandery commanded Qian to serve Huangying, abandoned the city and fled.
Yongning defended Jiang Kui, abandoned the city and fled.
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It was a capital crime for a general in the Ming Dynasty to abandon the city and flee.
Before Zhu Youtang could pass by, these people heard the wind and immediately ran away with their families.
What's the meaning?
It’s because they are eating empty pay, arrears with the wages of the lower-level soldiers, and the accounts in the army are not correct!
And they had no way to stop Zhu Youtang from entering the city to check the accounts, so they simply ran away in advance.
The generals of the Ming Dynasty abandoned the city on a large scale and fled, which happened twice in history.
The first time was when Zhu Di was fighting the Jingnan Campaign.
Wherever Zhu Yunwen's order was issued, the troops there were immediately disbanded.
Not only did these generals run away when they saw Zhu Di coming, they also very considerately left a lot of food and weapons for Zhu Di in the city.
This is to tell Zhu Yunzhen clearly that you are getting together with those Jiangnan civil servants to suppress our generals.
I'm sorry, you don't have to be the emperor anymore.
When Zhu Di led his army to Nanjing, General Li Jinglong stopped acting and ran directly to open the door for Zhu Di.
Of course, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he did not treat these generals badly.
The second time was before the battle to defend the capital, when Emperor Yingzong and Wala Yexian's troops returned to the capital.
From Datong Mansion to Zijingguan, Emperor Yingzong did not fight a single battle. Wherever he went, the generals abandoned the city and fled.
When passing Xuanfu and Zijingguan, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers watched Emperor Yingzong walking towards the capital.
Emperor Yingzong just relied on Wala's 30,000 troops to reach the capital under Yu Qian's control unscathed.
At that time, the military generals abandoned the city and fled because they did not want to wade into this muddy water.
At this time, the generals abandoned the city and fled to save their lives.
Zhu Youtang is not in a hurry to chase them. As long as they are still in the Ming Dynasty, the factory guards under his command will be able to arrest them.
In this way, Zhu Youtang killed wherever he found out.
While killing people and ransacking homes, he also made up for the food owed to the soldiers in the border town.
At the same time, in order to better control the nine borders, Zhu Youtang appointed a loyal person as a general in each border town and promoted him to the chief military officer.
Nine border towns, nine generals were sealed.
Zhu Youtang's border patrol completely established the transcendent military status of these nine military towns.
Historically speaking, it is an important town on nine sides!
In this way, the border military power of the Ming Dynasty was completely taken over by Zhu Youtang.
After that, the entire north was truly brought under Zhu Youtang's rule.
In Liaodong Town, after conferring the title of the last Jiubian General, Zhu Youtang finally issued an order to all the soldiers to return to the city.
“Everyone, listen, class teacher, return to the court!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
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After resting for a night in Liaodong Town, Zhu Youtang returned to the court with 150,000 troops belonging to the capital and 37 million taels of silver.
But as long as he is willing, he can transfer another 500,000 border troops back to Beijing from this important nine-border town at any time!
Six hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and horses, as long as Zhu Youtang thinks about it, is enough to defeat the capital.
After setting off from Liaodong, Zhu Youtang's large army quickly arrived at Juyongguan.
Juyong Pass guard Luo Xin took a breath of air when he saw the dark army outside the pass.
While he sent people back to Beijing immediately to report the situation, he faced the other soldiers defending the city and issued an order to fight to the death and not retreat.
"Everyone, listen, we have no way out. The Emperor already knows everything."
"If the Emperor is allowed to return to the capital, all of us, including our families, will , they will all die badly!"
"If you want to survive, you must do your best to prevent the Supreme Emperor from passing through Juyong Pass!"
"All soldiers at Juyong Pass, fight to the death!"
The people who could be transferred by Yu Shen to guard important places such as Juyongguan were those who knew about the mutiny and participated in it.
They know that running away means death and fighting means death, so it is better to fight to the end. Immediately they all accepted the order: "Yes! Fight to the death and never retreat! Fight to the death and never retreat!"
The so-called sad soldiers will win precisely because the soldiers defending the city at Juyongguan felt desperate. briefly inspired their fighting spirit.
Nearly 20,000 people are stationed at Juyongguan. With the help of natural dangers, it is not impossible to fight.
After Zhu Youtang's emperor's honor guard arrived at Juyongguan, they first called the door as usual.
But the only response they received was a burst of whistling arrows.
The Left Governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, Wuding Marquis Gao Shun, came to Zhu Youtang's dragon sedan, leaned over and reported respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the general at Juyong Pass refused to open the door and shot our troops with arrows."
In the dragon sedan, Zhu Youtang's cold orders came.
"Then fight and conquer Juyong Pass for me!"
"Behead all the soldiers guarding Juyong Pass!"
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Gao Shun looked stern and immediately accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Then Gao Shun got on his horse, came to the center of the army, drew his sword, and pointed it at Juyong Pass!
"The whole army obeys the order and conquers Juyong Pass!"
"Behead all the soldiers guarding the city at Juyong Pass!"
"Charge!"
With Gao Shun's cry With the order, the 150,000 troops behind Gao Shun immediately charged at Juyongguan!
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
The shouts of killing from the 150,000-strong army shook the heaven and the earth!
The 150,000-strong army started running, and the whole ground was shaking!
In the blink of an eye, these 150,000 troops rushed to the Juyong Pass with murderous intent!
The steel torrent composed of 150,000 troops can defend Juyong Pass no matter how favorable the location is.
But in the face of such absolutely overwhelming strength, their defense line is as fragile as a piece of paper.
The morale of the soldiers guarding the city at Juyongguan, which had finally been boosted, disappeared in an instant.
In front of the 150,000-strong and murderous army, each of them felt their own insignificance and had a strong sense of powerlessness in their hearts.
With such a powerful force, who can stop them?
Boom!
The city gate of Juyongguan was blasted open by soldiers from the Fifth Army Camp and the Shenji Camp using siege engines.
Seventy thousand Jinshi who were trapped in the camp rushed into the pass and launched a one-sided massacre of the soldiers defending the city at Juyong Pass.
Wherever the butcher knife of the trapped camp touches, there are only wails and screams.
Blood splatters everywhere, flesh and blood are separated!
“Ahhhhh!!!”
“Don’t be afraid! Don’t run! Fight back! Fight back!”
"Don't come here! Don't come here!"
"Run quickly, run quickly!"
"Don't run! If you run, you will die! Come back and fight back!"
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In Juyong Pass, there was chaos.
Some people want to run, others want to fight, and no effective counterattack can be organized at all.
Luo Xin, the defender of Juyongguan, led his own soldiers and struggled to resist the massacre of the trapped camp.
He deliberately organized a manpower to resist, but these troops temporarily transferred to guard Juyongguan did not have any trust or cooperation with each other.
As long as there is a deserter, these soldiers will also flee.
They were so scared that their minds went blank. They could only live for a while, so they couldn't care less.
A large number of soldiers did not even have the courage to fight with the trapped camp, and fled in droves.
No matter how Luo Xin shouted, it was of no avail.
The army was defeated like a mountain. Luo Xin looked at the defeated defense line with red eyes, feeling anxious, angry, and a little sad.
Juyong Pass is over, and those of them who participated in the mutiny are also over!
It was a foregone conclusion that Juyong Pass had been broken, and Luo Xin was forced to issue a retreat order to his own soldiers.
"Retreat! Juyong Pass has been broken, retreat to the capital first!"
"Bring the news back to the capital that the Wala people have broken through Juyong Pass!"
"Yes, sir!"
Luo Xin wanted to lead his army to retreat, but Gao Shun, who was taking the lead and fighting on the front line, had already discovered him.
"Follow me and kill the general! Charge!"
Following Gao Shun's order, dozens of people who were trapped in the camp following Gao Shun launched a charge towards Luo Xin with Gao Shun!
Luo Xin was shocked and angry, and quickly led his team to fight back.
“You dare!”
The sword and halberd were waved in the air, splashing blood and heads.
With just one charge, Gao Shun had already cut off Luo Xin’s head!
Luo Xin's eyes were staring straight ahead, and he still maintained a frightened expression before he died.
Behead the general and capture the flag!
The soldiers of Juyongguan who witnessed this scene were completely frightened by the killing!
"General Luo is dead! Run!"
"Ahhhh! General Luo is dead! Juyongguan is hopeless, run for your life!"
"Don't kill me! Don't chase me anymore!!!"
"..."
After Luo Xin's death, Juyongguan's defense line collapsed completely, and the remaining Juyongguan soldiers were dead. Die, run away, no one dares to resist anymore.
But this army of 150,000 people obviously did not want to let any of them go.
They continued to chase and kill those soldiers who could not escape until there was no soldier in Yongguan anywhere in sight!
(End of this chapter)