Hearing King Zhu Qiyu's words of staying in the capital, a hint of surprise flashed across Queen Mother Sun's face, but it soon turned into a complicated smile and said, "Okay, it's worthy of being the blood of the late emperor, and it has not lost the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.

face."

After saying that, the Empress Dowager Sun stood up again, walked to the front of the imperial platform, looked at the ministers in Fengtian Hall and said, "When this time of national crisis, the Imperial Family's Imperial Imperialization will be issued to King Hui to formally supervise the country from now on, and the Minister of War

Yu Qian acted as Minister of War and supervised the army and horses of various battalions!"

Before the Ming Dynasty Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen personally led the army to appoint King Zhu Qiyu to "guard" the capital, which was a bit unreasonable.

There is not much problem with the stability of the dynasty. After all, the cabinet and the six ministries can fully ensure the normal operation of the Ming Empire, and King Zhu Qiyu of the King of Huang was only named.

But now the country is in trouble, and the name and authority of "staying in" the capital cannot be legally ordered to help the soldiers and horses in the world to support the king. This imperial decree by Empress Dowager Sun was temporarily transferred to the power of the Ming Empire to Zhu Qiyu, the King of Hui.

"The Queen Mother's Holy Wisdom!"

Many of the ministers in the palace were relieved when they heard the two appointments of Empress Dowager Sun. You should know that in the eyes of all officials, in addition to being noble in their status, Empress Dowager Sun was just an ordinary woman in politics, and even had her own sects.

The short-sightedness of family and country.

What the enemy is most afraid of at present is internal turmoil, which will really go to the brink of the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, Empress Dowager Sun "understands the righteousness" and is willing to delegate power to King Zhu Qiyu at critical moments, rather than to go for the throne of his son.

Beware of suppression.

This may also be one of the advantages of the Empress Dowager Sun, that is, although she has small courtesy but no righteousness, cleverness but no wisdom, at least the bottom line of doing things is to harm others and benefit oneself.

Instead of being like a certain empress dowager in power in later generations, she would rather be with a friendly country than with a slave!

"My son thanked my mother!"

"I thank the Queen Mother!"

King Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian saluted to Queen Mother Sun. Regardless of whether she was really willing to delegate power, she could at least be able to let go of her hands and feet to guard the capital at this stage.

"In addition, for the young Sima, he ordered Wang Ji, the boss of Jingyuan, to return to the court."

Empress Dowager Sun then issued another order, which was to ask Wang Ji, who was conquering Luchuan, to come back.

Although the Beicao Army in Northern Zhili, Henan, and the Beiya Army in Shandong, were urgently recruited to Beijing to serve the king. However, Empress Dowager Sun knew very well that the Ming Dynasty's military system had been corrupted over the years, and the real combat effectiveness of the Pan army had long been

He had already gone to the fortification and was destroyed, and these nominal soldiers were actually no different from peasants.

Apart from Chen Yichenchi's reinforcements with "unexplained motives", the only army that could be called elite and had strong combat effectiveness was the Southern Expedition Army formed by Jingyuan Bo, who dispatched Ningxia border troops and Jiangnan soldiers.

In addition to the great military achievements of the Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji in recent years, I believe that if he returns to the court to defend the capital, he will be able to protect the Ming Dynasty without worries!

But when this command was heard in Yu Qian's ears, he looked embarrassed.

Empress Dowager Sun’s understanding is correct in a sense. Wang Ji, the Bo of Jingyuan, was indeed a famous general in the world, and the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army can also deserve the reputation of elite troops.

But the problem lies in the fact that Empress Dowager Sun had only a little understanding and did not know the difficulties of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army. Besides, did the army go back as soon as they wanted to go back on the expedition?

The southern border is full of miasma and snakes and insects. The soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army have suffered heavy casualties for more than a year. The war is also very anxious and has fallen into a stalemate. The Ming Dynasty has invested countless financial and material resources to achieve the revival of Luchuan Thinking Method.

To suppress it, to return to the court now means that the early efforts will be wasted.

Besides, the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army returned to the capital without rest and rest. These are unknowns. Letting Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji lead his troops back to Beijing is equivalent to choosing between the Southern Xinjiang and the capital.

question.

But southern Xinjiang can give up, but the capital cannot fall. After weighing the pros and cons, Yu Qian finally chose to protect the capital and bowed to the order and said, "My minister, obey the order!"

"Young Sima, the Ai family will entrust the capital to you, don't let me down."

The Empress Dowager Sun finally gave a meaningful instruction.

She handed over the power of governing the country to King Zhu Qiyu, but the ministers must understand who the loyalty is.

After all, Zhu Qizhen is the legitimate son of his bloodline!

However, this time, Empress Dowager Sun's plan was wrong. The biggest difference between Yu Qian and other ministers in the country was that he was not stupid and loyal.

Yu Qian never loyal to him allegiance to a certain emperor, but to his family, country and the world.

The country is important to the king, and the king is inferior to the king, and follow the Tao but not the king!

"I will definitely live up to my entrustedness."

As Yu Qian took on the heavy responsibility, Chen Yichen also suffered heavy pressure in Huailai City, Xuanfu, more than a hundred miles away.

Huailai City is not a big city, but it is just a military acropolis that cannot be small. Most of the time, there are no more than a thousand soldiers stationed, which means that there is insufficient food and grass supply and cannot accommodate tens of thousands of materials.

The defeated troops in the personal expedition, as well as the tens of thousands of reinforcements led by Chen Yichen.

Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen, commanded a 220,000 army in person. Apart from the 60,000 cavalry led by Duke Cheng Guo, Wu Kezhong, Wu Kezhong, the Tumu Fort originally had a 160,000 army garrison.

However, Chen Yichen tried his best to gather the wounded soldiers, except for the more than 10,000 cavalrymen from the Duke of Chengguo, there were only more than 30,000. Even if the subsequent defeated soldiers who fled back to the pass, Chen Yichen estimated the total number of people.

There will be no more than 50,000 people.

This means that only one-third of the 220,000 soldiers of the personal expedition returned alive.

More than 100,000 Chinese men are buried in Tumu Fort outside the Frontier!

Moreover, this was just a casualty from the personal expedition. The 60,000 Fujian Guards and Shandong Guards led by Chen Yichen, after several battles in Liaodong and Tumu Fort, the casualties were also extremely heavy.

Even if the wounded were counted, there were only more than 40,000 left after counting the number of people.

Such a painful casualties resulted in the small Huailai City, where wounded people were everywhere and howled everywhere. Chen Yichen felt an indescribable feeling and torment in his heart.

How many men here have handed their lives to their own hands and rushed thousands of miles to fight outside the pass. But I couldn't take them home again, face their parents, wives and children, and even retreated urgently that I could not even take back my body.

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Only explain the country's death on the battlefield, why do you need to wear a horse and a corpse? It is a kind of freedom and heroism, and it is not a kind of sadness and sorrow?

"Master, you should bandage the wound as soon as possible, and the soldiers will naturally have military doctors to take care of!"

After Cang Huotou looked at Chen Yichen withdrew from Huailai City, he had been inspecting the wounded and rectifying the troops. So far, he had not even taken off his armor, let alone deal with and bandage the wound.

The blood on the stomach and the inner clothes turned dark after being stained with dust. He was really worried that Chen Yichen's body would not be able to hold on.

"It's okay, how is Duke Cheng Guoyu now?"

Chen Yichen disagreed with his injury, but instead asked Canghuotou about Duke Cheng's situation.

Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, suffered several heavy damage in Yaoerling, but still gritted his teeth and led his army to aid Tumu Fort and fought a bloody battle with the Mongolian cavalry. Until the retreat to Huailai City, he lost the hard work of his body.

I couldn't help but fall off the horse and fell into a coma.

Chen Yichen didn't know how many father-son affection was for Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Yong. But he never wanted to see the veteran fall in Huailai City like this, without avenging his former shame to the Mongolian Tartars.

"I just woke up and my physical condition was still very poor. The doctor said that the old man had already buried secret diseases after years of war. This time, he suffered heavy damage and broke out in a concentrated manner."

"After all, the master is no longer young."

When talking about it later, Cang Huotou's tone was a little emotional.

The years he followed Chen Yichen were just a few years when he watched Duke Cheng Zhu Yong grow old quickly.

The once popular Duke of the Ming Dynasty is now lying behind the sickbed and old, which is really sad.

Listening to Canghuotou's words, Chen Yichen was also in a complicated mood. He was silent for a long time before replying: "Then I'll go and have a look."

In this way, Chen Yichen led Cang Huotou and others to the front of the Chengguo Public Camp. Wu Rui was stationed at the door of the camp at this moment. When he saw Chen Yichen coming over, he subconsciously wanted to salute, but was interrupted by the latter.

Through the gaps in the curtains of the camp, Chen Yichen saw Duke Cheng lying on the couch. A year after the admiral Fujian quelled the rebellion, compared to the appearance of his separation, Duke Cheng's hair and beard are now white.

I can't feel the sharp momentum that belongs to the Duke of Ming Dynasty.

After lifting a corner of the tent door, Chen Yichen slowly walked in. Zhu Yi was waiting by the bed. Hearing the footsteps coming from behind, he turned his head and took a look.

"To the north, you are here."

Hearing Zhu Yi shouted the word "To the North", Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng Guo, turned his head and looked at Chen Yichen, opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say anything at the end of his mouth.

"Master."

Chen Yichen bowed lightly, then stood beside the couch, looking at the weak and old Zhu Yong on the bed, feeling extremely complicated for a moment and didn't know what to say.

In Chen Yichen's memory, Duke Cheng will always have an extremely majestic image. Even though he was hit hard by the great changes in the Duke's Mansion, he still did not show any weakness in front of outsiders, and always maintained the dignity of the Duke and the glory of the family.

Now that he is old, he can no longer hold on to the appearance of a "tough guy", and he cannot influence the outcome of the battlefield.

His former great military achievements and lifetime reputation were all defeated in the battle of Yaoerling.

Now Chen Yichen understands a little why Zhu Yi said those words to him, and he will indeed bear the glory and responsibility of the Duke's Mansion in the future.

"Is there any news about His Majesty?"

Duke Cheng was still the same Duke Cheng, and he did not reminisce about Chen Yichen. The first sentence was to ask about the news about Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty Zhu Qizhen.

As the most elite troops led by the Duke of Ming Dynasty, but failed to protect the Emperor Zhou Quan, Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong felt ashamed of the emperor, ashamed of the soldiers, and even more ashamed of the Ming Dynasty!

“No news yet.”

Chen Yichen shook his head. In fact, he knew in his heart that if the historical trajectory had not changed, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen would probably become a prisoner, rather than be killed in Tumu Fort.

Hearing Chen Yichen's answer, Zhu Yong's expression suddenly became dim. Judging from the defeat of Tumu Fort, it is difficult for His Majesty to survive alone.

"To the north, how could you show up at Tumu Fort?"

After asking about the whereabouts of Zhu Qizhen, who was most concerned, Zhu Yong asked another thing he was puzzled. Chen Yichen, who had gone from Fujian thousands of miles away, suddenly appeared on the battlefield of Tumu Fort, which was really a bit too surprising.

"I led my army north to suppress the Japanese. I heard that His Majesty personally conquered the northern border, and was worried, so I landed at Dagukou to prepare for assistance."
To be continued...