Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Zhu Di's judgment, but very dissatisfied with the performance of his descendants on the giant screen.

He was raised by women and had little exposure to military affairs, but he had always fantasized that he could become an emperor on horseback like his ancestors.

What a fool.

The fourth brother is right. If we are not careful, it will be even worse for the Ming Dynasty.

The civil and military officials did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang and kept giving him advice and persuasion.

Although in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, their suggestion of clearing the countryside was too conservative, and they did not even dare to send troops to fight against them, and could only be forced to defend. Has the army of the Ming Dynasty reached such a state of complacency?

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there was nothing wrong with being conservative. At least it was much better than his descendants who had never been beaten.

However, Zhu Qizhen ignored the advice and trusted Wang Zhen, and decided to lead the army himself.

Duke of Yingguo Zhang Fu, the Minister of War, the Minister of Revenue, cabinet scholars and other civil and military officials accompanied the emperor on the expedition. Zhang Fu was the head of the civil and military officials, but he was not allowed to participate in military and political affairs.

All military and political affairs were decided by Wang Zhen.

For such a large-scale military operation, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen had to make all preparations for the expedition in just a few days as if it were a joke.

The king and his ministers knew to reward these people in advance, but unfortunately due to the rush of time, the distribution of these supplies was very chaotic and ordinary soldiers might not be able to receive them.

Such poor material conditions were of course very unfavorable for military operations, but Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen, the foolish and arrogant monarch and minister, insisted on having their own way.

"Five hundred thousand people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sneered: "To be honest, I have never brought such a large group of people."

"It's probably just bluffing."

Zhu Di retorted that if he really mobilized so many troops, he would have to bring the soldiers who were stationed in the fields along as well.

But the group of soldiers who went up to farm were just serving as laborers.

fight.

Then don't have any expectations.

Emperor Zhu Qizhen left Beijing with the goal of passing through the inner city wall of Juyongguan to Xuanfu, and then marching westward to Datong.

Then he planned to lead his army from Datong to deep into the grasslands, and then return to Beijing via Weizhou and Zijingguan along a less exposed route to the south.

The return route was planned in this way partly to avoid harassing the countryside by having a large army pass through it twice in a quarter, and partly because the eunuch commander Wang Zhen's hometown and property were near Weizhou.

"Wang Zhen is a qualified fellow villager who knows how to sympathize with the people of his hometown."

Wang Bulihuan looked around and laughed a few times.

"Damn it." Zhu Di couldn't help but clenched his fists:

"All the major affairs of the country are handled by eunuchs. Is this Ming Dynasty still the Zhu family's rule?"

Wang Buli thought to himself that the eunuchs’ power would rise in the future, and you couldn’t bear this?

Zhu Qizhen will give you a big show soon, you will probably be so angry that you will vomit blood!

Zhu Di attached great importance to war, and he never imagined that his descendants would treat war so frivolously. This really touched his sore spot.

The children in the future will really have no idea how hard it is for them to conquer the world.

Without doing any homework, he just fantasizes that he can be as great as his ancestors.

The Ming army carried enough food for a month's campaign, so any strikes deep into the grasslands had to be short and fierce.

Unfortunately, things went against one's wishes, and even God did not approve of Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition.

It was raining heavily, the roads were muddy, and people in the camp were often frightened at night.

Due to the hasty dispatch of troops, the army had run out of food in less than ten days. The Minister of War fell off his horse during the march, was seriously injured, and barely managed to stay on the march.

In addition, the army's morale was unstable, and every soldier was suspicious and fearful, resulting in escapes from time to time.

"grass."

Zhu Di had always dreamed of leading a large army to become the General of the Northern Expedition. After seeing his grandson marching like this, he was really discouraged.

He had worked hard in the military camp since he was a child, and he didn't have the courage to lead so many people and go out to fight without any preparation.

This is not only the behavior of a prodigal son, but also a disgrace to the dignity of the Ming Dynasty and the face of all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

The prestige that the Ming Dynasty had built up over nearly a hundred years through external warfare fell into the hands of the little emperor, but he didn't know how to cherish it?

Zhu Di was sure that the Mongols would seize the opportunity to retaliate.

Zhu Di had already seen Yesen's abilities just now.

"sit down."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Di was making a fuss out of nothing, although he was also extremely dissatisfied with the matter.

However, those who will become emperors in the future must remain calm even when faced with a catastrophe.

As the commander of an army, how could you allow others to easily discover your flaws?

The reason he has been able to win over the years is that he makes it difficult for others to guess his thoughts.

And Liu Bowen, the man who liked to guess people's minds, had died long ago.

"That's right." Wang Buli said leisurely, "This is a typical case of a son selling his father's land without feeling any pain. It's just a beginning. You just wait and see."

Facing the repeated lectures from Zhu Yuanzhang and Wang Buli, Zhu Di could only keep calm, but unfortunately he still clenched his fists.

He wanted to see what earth-shaking things his grandson Zhu Qizhen could do.

On the contrary, Xu Miaoyun felt that her husband was overreacting.

The accompanying ministers repeatedly requested to return to the army, but were all rejected by Wang Zhen.

At this time, Wang Zhen acted even more unscrupulously.

Duke Chengguo Zhu Yong and others explained the situation and all knelt down to obey orders.

The ministers disobeyed Zhenyi and were punished by being made to kneel in the grass until dark.

When the army arrived at the south of Yanghe (now Yanggao, Shanxi), Yesen had already led his troops to withdraw from the border.

The Ming army was chilled to the bone when they saw the corpses of their former battle dead scattered all over the ground.

Peng Deqing, the director of the Imperial Observatory, was originally a member of Wang Zhen's party. He advised Wang Zhen:

"The enemy's strength is so great that we cannot advance any further. If we are careless, the emperor will be trapped in the wilderness."

As a result, he was severely scolded by Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen still wanted to advance, but his confidants secretly reported the disastrous defeat in Yanghe and other places.

When they arrived in Datong, heavy rain suddenly hit, and everyone was shocked and confused. Only then did Wang Zhen decide to withdraw his troops.

There are two main roads from Datong back to Beijing.

One passes through Zijing Pass (on Zijingling in the west of Yi County, Hebei Province today), and the other passes through Xuanfu.

The journey back to Beijing via Zijing Pass is a bit long, but it is easy to avoid the Tatar troops and is relatively safe.

At first, Wang Zhen decided to go through Zijing Pass and planned to take Zhu Qizhen to his hometown of Weizhou.

When the army had traveled forty miles and was heading towards Yuzhou, the soldiers became increasingly restless and undisciplined.

Wang Zhen was afraid that the army would damage the crops in his hometown and harm the folks in his hometown when passing by, so he ordered the entire army to move north and return to Beijing via Xuanfu.

In this way, the Ming army's flanks were exposed to the attack of the Tatar army.

The imperial carriage should go through Zijing Pass to ensure safety.

Not only the civil officials in the court, but also many of his followers gave suggestions to Wang Zhen.

Wang Zhen refused to listen and continued walking towards Xuanfu.

When Yesen learned that the Ming army was retreating from the north, he immediately led his troops to break in and pursue them.

At this time, the enemy report from Xuanfu said that the enemy had attacked the rear guard.

Wang Zhen, who had originally insisted on leading the army personally, did not organize a battle when the enemy was chasing him. Instead, he ordered the army to pause and retreat, and sent Gongshun Earl Wu Kezhong, Governor Wu Keqin and Keqin's son Jin to lead troops to resist the enemy.

Wu Kezhong and others were the rear guard, when enemy troops suddenly arrived and occupied the mountain. Arrows and stones rained down on them, killing and wounding all the government troops.

Wu Kezhong fought at Mali and killed several people even when his arrows were exhausted. Finally, he and his brother Keqin were killed in the battle. Keqin's son Wu Jin was captured and the entire army was wiped out.

Before nightfall that day, news of Wu Kezhong's defeat arrived, and he sent Duke Cheng Zhu Yong and Earl Yongshun Xue Shou to lead 40,000 troops to meet the enemy.

Zhu Yong was brave but not wise. He led his troops directly into the Mongolian ambush circle at Yaoerling. Zhu Yong and Xue Shou were both killed in the battle, and the entire army was wiped out.

Zhu Di's heart skipped a beat and he felt nervous.

The Ming army has become so weak that tens of thousands of people can be wiped out, right?

Not to mention that among so many civil and military officials, not a single one killed the eunuchs on the battlefield.

What made Zhu Di most angry was that his great-grandson was credulous and acted like a hidden person in such a situation.

It would have been fine if Zhu Qizhen had no idea about the large number of dead soldiers, but he didn't even know that an important court official like the Duke was killed by the Mongols?

Is it really God who wants to destroy the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Di was already a little restless.

He could not accept that so many Ming soldiers were heading towards destruction under the leadership of a fool, especially a eunuch!

"Traitor, evil thief, dog thief!"

Zhu Di cursed loudly, pointed at the screen and even wanted to reach for his knife to chop the eunuch.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who was usually calm, could no longer sit still.

Even though we were lured into a trap by Wang Baobao during the expedition in the fifth year of Hongwu, we did not lose so many troops!

The death of tens of thousands of people in battle was, not to mention heartbreaking, an extremely painful thing for the Ming Dynasty!

Wang Buli glanced at the expressions of Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.

Where are you now?

The best is yet to come.

The Ming army retreated to Tumubao, only twenty miles away from Huailai City.

The distance was so close that officials urged the emperor to seek refuge in the city.

But Wang Zhen again refused, because this would mean giving up a large amount of his own luggage, so he suppressed his ministers.

It was not yet dark, and the army did not enter Huailai City because they were waiting for more than a thousand baggage carts from Wang Zhen.

The ministers petitioned Zhu Qizhen to rush into Juyong Pass and send elite troops to cover the retreat, but Wang Zhen did not report this to Zhu Qizhen.

The minister went to the emperor again to make a request, but Wang Zhen rebuked him, saying:

"How can a corrupt scholar know about military affairs? Anyone who says so again will be killed!"

As a result, the ministers argued vigorously, and Wang Zhen actually had him dragged out.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen and hundreds of thousands of troops camped in the wilderness.

That night, Yesen's troops attacked from different directions, one of which broke through from Mayukou.

At that time, the commander of Shoukou, Guo Mao, fought fiercely with the enemy all night, but was finally breached because the enemy's numbers were increasing.

Tumubao is an important post station from Xuanfu to Juyongguan. It is located on the western foot of Langshan Mountain. There are towering peaks within a hundred miles around it and the terrain is relatively high.

The Ming army dug two feet into the ground but found no water. Fifteen miles south of the fort there was a river, which had been controlled by the Oirat army.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to break camp and return eastward, but he saw that the Oirat army was lurking around the camp, so he stopped the action.

The Ming army had no water and was hungry and thirsty.

The Oirat army pretended to retreat and sent an envoy with a letter to negotiate peace.

Zhu Qizhen then had someone draft an imperial edict to negotiate peace with them, and ordered two interpreters to go to the Oirat camp with the envoy.

Wang Zhen thought that peace talks would soon be reached, so he ordered the camp to be moved south to the water, but the battle line was already in disarray.

The Ming army had moved less than three or four miles south when the Oirat cavalry attacked from all sides.

The Ming army soldiers fled in a hurry and could not form an army.

The Oirat cavalry charged into the Ming army, hacking and killing people wantonly, and "shouted that those who took off their armor and threw down their swords would not be killed!"

The Ming army suffered heavy casualties. More than 50 of its followers, including Duke Yingguo Zhang Fu, died in the chaos, and the Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured.

Before Zhu Qizhen was captured, the guard general Fan Zhong was very angry about Wang Zhen's crime of disrupting the army and government, and cursed: "I will kill this thief for the world!"

He then killed Wang Zhen with a hammer, rushed towards the Tatar army alone, killed dozens of enemies, and finally died in battle.

Wang Zhen and the emperor's dream was shattered.