The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

Upon seeing this, generations of the Zhu family were practically grinding their teeth to dust.

Are you really that blind?

How many valiant generals have there been throughout the Ming Dynasty!

When the result is in your hands, you either have to trust a eunuch or a muddle-headed and incompetent person!

Thirty thousand cavalry!

If they were on the main battlefield, they would even have had a chance to annihilate Esen's army!

But it's in Zhu Yong's hands.

Not even a wave could be created.

He crashed headlong into the enemy's trap, with barricades in front and arrows raining down from both sides.

Looking at the images on the screen, one by one, the soldiers who should have been galloping across the battlefield fell from their horses.

Zhu Zhanji had already had Zhu Qizhen brought before him.

He gripped his long sword and stared coldly at his eldest son.

Empress Sun stood to the side, not daring to utter a sound.

Everyone can see everything that happens on the sky.

Even she herself could hardly believe that such an absurd thing could have come from her own son!

"That's 30,000 cavalry! Do you know how much money and grain it would take for the Beijing garrison to raise 30,000 elite cavalry?"

Zhu Zhanji stood up and walked closer step by step.

"Our Great Ming Dynasty is already short of horses. If we lose these 30,000 cavalry, we will be suppressed by the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty for many years to come!"

"If you are destined to become like this, then today I will rid the Ming Dynasty of this scourge!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Zhu Qizhen was already stunned by what he saw.

Empress Sun quickly stepped in front of him.

"Your Majesty, he is Your Majesty's eldest son! Please forgive him!"

"Oh? Spare him? Then who will spare my 30,000 Ming cavalry?"

"Who will spare the millions of people of my Great Ming Dynasty who have been ravaged by the Oirats?"

Zhu Zhanji was already blinded by rage.

He pushed Empress Sun aside and raised his knife to strike her down.

"Your Majesty, you can depose him from his position as Crown Prince. As long as he doesn't inherit the throne, this kind of thing won't happen again!"

Empress Sun cried out pitifully from the side.

On the screen above, Lao Zhu was also sending out comments.

“He’s still a child of our Zhu family. He hasn’t done these things yet. It would be a bit of a miscarriage of justice to kill him.”

Zhu Di thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Remove him from his position as crown prince and demote him to a commoner and exile him."

Zhu Gaochi followed closely behind.

"Let's find a remote place and arrange a house for him. After all, he's of royal blood."

In just a few words, Zhu Qizhen's fate was clearly laid out.

The common thread in their words was that such a person should never sit on the throne of the Ming Dynasty!

As 30,000 cavalrymen were all killed by Esen, the Oirat general stationed at Jiming Mountain received orders to feign weakness and lure the enemy deeper into his territory!

Unaware of what was happening, Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen led their army into their trap with ease.

When we entered Tumu Fort, it was still early.

Many ministers suggested that Zhu Qizhen continue his march to Huailai County, which was more than ten miles away and had well-prepared defenses, to rest.

However, Wang Zhen, who had just relaxed, suddenly remembered that there were still thousands of cartloads of supplies behind him.

Those were his personal belongings that he planned to take back to his hometown.

He was not passing through his hometown because of the change of route, but he absolutely could not lose these valuables!

So, at his suggestion, Zhu Qizhen, who had been traveling for days and was also feeling exhausted, decided to spend the night at Tumu Fort.

Old Zhu: “…”

He was tired of yelling.

Despite being pursued, they managed to spend the night in a place with few defensive facilities.

Anyone with a brain wouldn't do something like that!

"Spare his life; that is the greatest mercy I can show."

"Grandfather, great-grandfather, rest assured, even if I, Zhu Zhanji, am left without an heir, he will never inherit the throne!"

Zhu Zhanji's tone was icy.

If Empress Sun hadn't quickly sent Zhu Qizhen out of the palace, he would probably be drawing his sword again right now!

The emperors of the other major dynasties all suppressed their laughter.

The Ming Dynasty, when it finally made a move, produced an incredibly incompetent and tyrannical ruler.

These little decisions they made made everyone laugh.

The next day, the baggage train arrived at Tumu Fort.

Wang Zhen ordered the entire army to head to Huailai County, but before the army could set off, scouts had already discovered that Esen's Oirat army had completely surrounded the entire Tumu Fortress!

After cutting off the water supply to Tumu Fortress, they surrounded it without attacking.

Even though he knew that the morale of the Ming army had plummeted, Esen still dared not launch a full-scale attack.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; the Ming army still has more than 100,000 soldiers ready to fight.

Even if morale has plummeted, the numbers are still there.

A direct assault would likely result in a lose-lose situation!

"What are you still hesitating for? This is your last chance, launch a full-scale attack!"

Old Zhu roared.

Things have developed to this point in a way that no one could have predicted.

Even now, the Ming army still has a considerable chance of winning!

"It is obvious that if Zhu Qizhen had had this courage, or if Wang Zhen had had this courage, they would not have ended up in such a predicament."

Zhao Kuangyin had laughed enough.

To be honest, he didn't want to see this joke.

It's not hard to tell from Zhu's words that the "remnant Yuan" refers to the Mongol Yuan dynasty that destroyed his Great Song!

If possible, he would like to see the Mongol Yuan dynasty being suppressed, rather than being bullied and oppressed!

Unfortunately, such scenes will obviously not appear in the list of incompetent emperors.

A strong attack still offers a considerable chance of success.

Therefore, he speculated that Zhu Qizhen still dared not launch a full-scale attack.

He will repeatedly miss every opportunity to win this battle.

Thus, the outcome of this battle was named the Tumu Crisis!

Even after the water supply was cut off, the Ming army still held Tumu Fort.

The battle ended in a bizarre stalemate.

Esen clearly understood that if they continued to linger here, even though they had done their best to isolate Tumu Fort from the outside world, it would be disastrous.

But sooner or later, the officials in the Ming court would realize that something was wrong.

Reinforcements will arrive sooner or later; delaying them will only be detrimental to them!

Therefore, he sent an envoy to Zhu Qizhen proposing that he withdraw his troops in exchange for the Ming Dynasty agreeing to make peace.

Upon hearing this news, Zhu Qizhen readily agreed.

He would agree to any request as long as Esen withdrew his troops!

Under the watchful eyes of Ming scouts, Esen indeed led the Oirat army to retreat several miles away.

Wang Zhen, who was extremely thirsty, probably didn't know the meaning of the phrase "all's fair in war," or rather, even if he did, he wasn't thinking about it at that moment.

The army that was originally holding the defensive line was sent out to fetch water.

Just as the Ming army was fetching water, the Oirat ambush troops suddenly attacked.

At the same time, Xian also led his troops back to attack.

Having abandoned their defenses and with the Ming army desperately thirsty, they were completely unable to cope with such a surprise attack.

Under the onslaught of the Oirat army, the Ming army had almost no power to resist.

In the blink of an eye, the defensive lines crumbled one after another.

Countless Ming soldiers were slaughtered without resistance at this moment!