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Chapter 103 Changing the Emperor and Fighting Again, Yu Qian Extends the Life of the Ming Dynasty

To be able to become an imperial physician, their medical skills can be said to be superb.

It didn't take long.

Lao Zhu and his companions all woke up.

Old Zhu's eyes were red: "It is unfortunate for our family and our country to have such an emperor. It is a shame for the Ming Dynasty!"

"If you can cut your own throat, we will look up to you."

"Bringing foreigners to knock on the door of your own home, even the Song Dynasty has never played this game before!"

"Old Four, these are all your offspring. I'm going to beat you bastard to death today!"

"It would be better to let Zhu Yunwen be the emperor. Maybe there wouldn't be such a bastard."

Zhu Di was hit several times.

"Father, don't worry. I will issue an imperial decree when I return. Anyone who dares to call Zhu Qizhen will be demoted to a commoner!"

The First Emperor was stunned: "Xiao Zhu, if you keep doing this, I guess there will be no one in the Ming Dynasty royal family with this name in the future."

Zhu Di thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

"Brother has other descendants. If all else fails, I will pass the throne to your descendants. I cannot allow this scourge to be the emperor."

Old Yang was stunned for a moment: "My descendants?"

Zhu Di was stunned again: "Brother, I am talking about my deceased elder brother, my dear elder brother."

Old Yang smacked his lips and said, "As expected, I am not your relative. You can actually ask Mr. Potato for help. Maybe one day you can go back to Zhu Qizhen's era and destroy him directly!"

Zhu Di realized: "Marquis Potato, no, you are now Duke Potato. When will you take me to the Zhengtong period? I will destroy this grandson!"

Zhu Ming shrugged: "I don't know when I'll meet him. If he's already knocked on the door by then, it will be too late."

Zhao Kuangyin said, "Let's get rid of his father's era first. Mr. Potato, take me to the era of Emperor Qinzong and Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty one day, and I will personally abolish these two things!"

Zhu Ming blinked and said, "I haven't even been to your Song Dynasty, how come I'm a potato man?"

Zhao Kuangyin said proudly: "If I say so, then it is so. If you don't believe me, just ask them!"

When Zhao Pu and Shi Shouxin learned about Zhu Ming's abilities, they were amazed.

Zhao Pu, in particular, instantly realized what Zhu Ming's abilities meant to the Song Dynasty.

After the Song Dynasty, he might not send gifts anymore and become a big shot.

"I can guarantee that what your majesty said is true. From now on, Brother Zhu is the Potato Prince of the Song Dynasty. Meet the Potato Prince!"

Shi Shouxin bit his finger and dripped some water into the wine: "From now on, Brother Zhu is the Potato King of the Song Dynasty. If anyone dares to disobey, my fist is actually very hard. I will make them face the reality!"

Old Zhu immediately changed his tone: "We have to keep up. You are also a potato man in Hongwu."

"Little Potato, continue playing. We need to see what happened to the Ming Dynasty. I hope it won't be the same as the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, future generations will poke holes in the Ming Dynasty's spine."

The more Old Zhu thought about it, the more scared he became.

The Jingkang Shame of the Song Dynasty is still fresh in our memory. The Ming emperor was captured and his fate would certainly not be any better.

Thinking that all the city gates had been opened, the Wala Mongols marched straight in.

Even if the Ming Dynasty had not perished, it would probably not be much better.

Old Zhu knew clearly where the capital was during the time of Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Old Zhu, I guess you are so angry that you have forgotten what I told you. Forget it, just take a look for yourself."

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Yesen got the big fish Zhu Qizhen, so naturally he wanted to make good use of it.

On August 17, the 14th year of the Zhengtong reign, Yesen brought Emperor Yingzong of Ming to the town of Xuanfu.

This time, Yesen did not choose to attack the city, but instead sent people to deliver Yingzong's handwritten order to the Ming army in the city - to open the city gates to welcome the emperor.

Yang Hong, the general commander of Xuanfu, neither accepted the order nor dared to respond, and simply slept at home.

At the same time, he strictly ordered his subordinates not to open the door without his order.

By the way, I mentioned three reasons.

First, it was too dark to tell whether the emperor was outside the city;

2. The door shall not be opened after the curfew time has expired;
3. Yang Hong is not in the city, so no one can make the final decision.

Yesen naturally understood that Yang Hong was unwilling to open the door and continued to threaten Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen cooperated fully, but he just couldn't get the door to open.

I also knew that this place was not going to work.

Staying any longer would be a waste of time.

Just change place.

Went to Datong.

Guo Deng, the defender of Datong, was a man of great integrity and flatly refused the traitorous order from Emperor Yingzong of Ming.

You should know that Guo Deng and Emperor Yingzong of Ming were related by marriage. At that time, Emperor Yingzong of Ming tried to build a relationship with him in order to get him to open the city.

Guo Deng flatly refused: "I have been ordered to guard the city, I dare not open or close it without permission!"

If the defenders of the two places really open the city walls, the nine border defense lines of the Ming Dynasty will collapse completely, and the Mongolian cavalry will gallop across the North China Plain. At that time, it will not be impossible for Mongolia to regain control of the Central Plains.

Even if it eventually recedes, it will still cause great suffering to the people.

The Oirat attacked Zijing Pass and still held Emperor Yingzong of Ming hostage and knocked on the gate, but the guard also did not respond.

Zijing Pass was breached, the defending general Sun Xiang was killed in the battle, and the Oirat army marched straight into the capital.

Old Zhu laughed happily: "Good, they are all great!"

"He's called Men Tianzi, it's best to shoot him on the spot!"

Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that he would really open the door: "Even a guard knows the righteousness of the country. As an emperor, he is not even as good as a guard. Such a person is not qualified to be an emperor!"

Old Zhao couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you two hear that the foreigners are all heading for the capital."

Old Zhu snorted coldly: "Little Zhu reminded me just now, and now I remember that the Ming Dynasty is nearly three hundred years old, and it's only been a few years now."

"It doesn't matter if the border is breached, we believe that the Ming Dynasty will survive!"

Zhu Di nodded: "My son thinks the same as my father. There are winners and losers in war, but we must not lose our integrity. The Ming Dynasty is not the Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he wanted to curse, but knowing the Jingkang Shame, Zhao Kuangyin really couldn't muster up the courage.

Old Yang nodded: "Yes, there are winners and losers in war. I heard that in history, I was besieged by hundreds of thousands of Turks in Yanmen, but I also did not surrender."

Qin Shi Huang: "I, the Great Qin, have never been afraid of foreign races. I can cut my head and bleed, but I cannot bend my spine!"

The news of Zhu Qizhen's capture spread back to the capital.

Shocked the entire government and the public!

Empress Dowager Sun actively raised money to redeem Zhu Qizhen.

How could Yesen possibly agree to that?

Some people advocated moving south, and at this time, Yu Qian stood up.

"Anyone who talks about moving south should be killed!"

"The capital is the foundation of the world. If it moves, everything will be ruined. Haven't you seen the Song Dynasty's migration to the south?" After Yu Qian said this, many ministers were directly awakened. The literati of the Ming Dynasty were actually very proud, but they easily followed the crowd. When someone said to migrate south, they also thought that they should migrate south. However, after Yu Qian said this, they began to think about one thing: if we run away, it would really be a disgrace to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty cannot become the Southern Ming. If it becomes the Southern Ming, wouldn't it be the end?
Amid opposition from the Minister of War Yu Qian and the Minister of Personnel Wang Wen.

The matter had to be dropped.

But now that the emperor has been captured, he must find a leader.

With the encouragement of court officials such as Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne and became the new emperor, and respected Yingzong as the Supreme Emperor.

What it means is that the emperor doesn’t want it anymore and is giving it to you.

It is impossible to threaten the emperor!

This directly reduced Zhu Qizhen’s value.

After Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he immediately issued an edict ordering the border guards not to believe the lie that the Oirat Mongols were using Zhu Qizhen as a hostage to extort money.

The border guards were reluctant to open the gate in the first place, and now they have no scruples at all!

The county magistrate is not as good as the current one. The words of the retired emperor cannot be as effective as those of the emperor.

At that time, the capital's most combat-capable troops and elite cavalry had already fallen in Tumu Fortress, leaving less than 100,000 exhausted soldiers. People were in panic, and there was no firm confidence in the court.

Yu Qian was promoted to Minister of War and began to be fully responsible for planning the defense of the capital.

First, punish the generals who failed to perform their duties in the Battle of Tumu, strengthen military training (including the palace guards), and tighten the already weakened military discipline and morale.

Second, in view of the fact that the original three camps had been completely defeated, 10 regiments were reorganized in the capital. The source of soldiers mainly came from two aspects. One was to dispatch troops for drills and preparations against Japanese invaders from Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Nanzhili, Jiangsu and other places. The other was to urgently recruit soldiers from Henan, Shandong, Jingji, Shanxi and other places. In order to boost the morale of the new army, all military salaries were advanced by half a year.

Third, people were sent to the battlefield to collect weapons discarded by the Ming army in the Battle of Tumu (3.3 muskets, 44 rockets, 800 cannons, etc.), and 12 pieces of stockpiled weapons and ordnance were transported from Nanjing to Beijing.

Fourth, organize manpower and material resources to transport grain from the Tongzhou granary to the capital in preparation for the siege.

Fifth, organize personnel to reinforce the city walls of the capital, and dig trenches, build chevaux de frise and other defensive fortifications around the capital.

At the same time, he called on the loyal troops to come to support.

Cut off the retreat route of the Wala and defeat this entire Wala army!
Deployment is a good strategy, but it takes time.

Yu Qian could not give this time, and there was no reason for Oirat and Yesen to give it.

You can only fight for it on your own.

Although the Oirat may seem large, its strength cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty.

It was only because he met an opponent he had been waiting for, Zhu Qizhen, that he was able to fight his way to the capital.

Once the troops arrived to support the king, Yesen would have no way out.

There is not much time left for Yesen!
At that time, there were few soldiers in Beijing, so the famous general Shi Heng suggested withdrawing the soldiers in the outer city to the inner city and then fighting a defensive battle, using the strength of the city to buy time, hoping to delay the Oirat army and wait for the arrival of the royal reinforcements for the Oirat to retreat without a fight.

Yu Qian cursed:

The city of Beijing is easy to attack but difficult to defend. It is simply wishful thinking to rely on the city walls to resist the Wala army. If we show weakness and hide in the city, the Wala will become more aggressive and will attack the city at all costs. In that case, the city will be captured in an instant!

At that time, Yu Qian ordered all the troops to march out of the nine gates and deploy their troops: Governor Tao Jin was at Anding Gate, Guangning Earl Liu And was at Dongzhi Gate, Wujin Earl Zhu Ying was at Chaoyang Gate, Governor Liu Ju was at Xizhi Gate, Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Xingzu was at Fucheng Gate, Commander-in-Chief Li Duan was at Zhengyang Gate, Governor Liu Dexin was at Chongwen Gate, and Commander-in-Chief Tang Lu was at Xuancheng Gate.

After Yu Qian arranged the troops at the gates, he went to Deshengmen himself and ordered the gate officers to close all the gates. No one was allowed to open them without orders!

It was a fight to the death. He wanted to tell his soldiers that retreat was impossible and if they wanted to survive, they had to defeat the Wala army.

Yu Qian also issued a decree that if a general ignored his soldiers and retreated during a war, he would be beheaded, and if a soldier ignored his general, he would also be beheaded.

Whether the generals or the soldiers retreated, they would be beheaded.

If you don't want to be killed, then fight with Yesen to the death. Only if you win can everyone survive.

This alone is not enough, Yu Qian gives the soldiers a boost!

"Hundreds of thousands of troops were destroyed in an instant, the emperor was captured, and the enemy is at the gates of the city. The country has reached such a situation, is there anything else to worry about? If we lose this battle, the Ming Dynasty will be on the verge of collapse like the former Song Dynasty. How can you face the people of the world?"

After these arrangements were made, the capital city was like an iron barrel.

Yesen from the Oirat wanted to curse when he saw this.

They are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming army before them is different from Zhu Qizhen’s Ming army.

Not on the same level at all!
So they could only use Zhu Qizhen to threaten the negotiations.

Yu Qian directly responded: I am just a soldier who leads troops to fight in battles. I have no right to interfere in what you are talking about!

Zhu Qiyu said that he had no money but he had his life.

Yesen is not stupid. Killing you will make the throne more stable.

So he sent out 10,000 cavalry to attack.

Yu Qian had already prepared a trap for Yesen, and repelled Yesen at Xizhimen, where almost all of his 10,000 cavalrymen were wiped out.

Seeing his elite troops being wiped out in one battle, Yesen became angry.

He personally led his troops to attack Anding Gate, but the defending general there was Shi Heng.

Shi Heng had lost Datong before, and had been thinking about how to wash away the shame. After receiving the order to guard Anding Gate, he trained an elite cavalry.

Now is the chance for revenge.

Before Yesen launched the charge, Shi Heng personally led the cavalry to charge. As a result, Yesen's army was caught off guard and was directly defeated.

After a stalemate of several days, Yesen failed in the negotiations and suffered defeat in the battle, and realized that it was impossible to achieve his goal.

The most important thing is that troops from all over the country will arrive soon to support the king.

Once his way back is cut off, it would be like catching a turtle in a jar.

He had no choice but to leave with Zhu Qizhen.

Yu Qian ordered his generals to pursue the enemy, but they only returned after reaching Juyong Pass.

Old Zhu listened and took a deep breath: "Good, good Yu Qian, and whoever dares to say that we should move south will be executed!"

"This is the backbone of our Ming Dynasty. We will never be like the Song Dynasty!"

"Yu Qian played a great role in this battle, and he helped extend the life of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years. When we meet Yu Qian someday, we will definitely thank him!"

Zhu Di clenched his fist and stood up: "This is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is so lucky to have Yu Qian!"

"My Daming is just so tough!"

"If he was born in Yongle, I would ensure that he would rise to the top!"

"In Yongle, you can walk sideways. I said so!"

The First Emperor praised: "I thought the Ming Dynasty was in danger, but I didn't expect that they would fight a beautiful battle to defend the capital!"

"Old Zhu, you have to thank Yu Qian very much. You can say that you have extended the life of the Ming Dynasty."

Old Yang said with emotion: "As expected of the Ming Dynasty, which is known as the toughest, there is still no compromise in this situation."

"Yu Qian is an important minister of the country. If there is such a person in the Sui Dynasty, I can let him run rampant in the Sui Dynasty!"

Zhao Kuangyin was very envious: "The Ming Dynasty is really tough, unlike those two weaklings, Emperor Qinzong and Emperor Huizong of Song. Why don't you dare to fight?"

"If the Song Dynasty had a minister like Yu Qian, the Jingkang Shame would probably not have happened."

Zhu Ming: "Yu Qian can be said to have extended the life of the Ming Dynasty by 200 years, and his name will go down in history!"

"Of course, we also need good teammates. I think it might be more difficult to meet someone like Emperor Qinzong or Emperor Huizong of Song!"

"Old Zhu, I have said before that Zhu Di, as the emperor, fought all the way to Mount Langjuxu."

"There was another emperor of the Ming Dynasty who went to a place even further away. Of course he didn't fight his way there, he was captured!"

(End of this chapter)