On the Desheng Gate Tower, Yu Qian also looked at the overwhelming Mongolian army in the distance, and Shi Heng and Chen Yichen were standing beside him.

"The Mongolian Tartars were all armed. It seems that the defeat in the Battle of Tumu Fort has improved a lot of their equipment."

Yu Qian once served as the governor of Shanxi. Although he had never led his troops to fight against the Mongolian tribes, he had at least seen soldiers from the three major Mongolian departments on the Jiubian side.

At that time, in addition to the better equipment of the Wats and Tartars, there were very few iron armors in the Tatars and Uryanha tribes, and they were mainly light leather armor and cloth armor. Now, in terms of enemy equipment, they are no less than the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, and they are even ahead of the current capital garrison troops.

"Why do you need to fight Tumu Fort? In the battle of Yanghe, the Wastu army already has equipment such as cavalry, copper guns, etc., all thanks to the profit-loving people in the Xuanfu of Datong. Otherwise, how could we suffer such a crushing defeat!"

Shi Heng replied indignantly, he was always worried about the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yanghe.

You should know that before the Battle of Yanghe, Shi Heng was recognized as a general star in the Ming Dynasty. It was a foregone conclusion that Shi Heng was appointed as the general in the important town of the nine borders without any accident. It is not impossible to be granted titles with justifiable military fame in the future.

As a result, 40,000 Datong soldiers were wiped out in one battle, and he escaped alone and saved his life. Afterwards, he was questioned by the court and was imprisoned in a prison. It can be said that his reputation was ruined for a lifetime.

Shi Heng never thought that Yanghe's crushing defeat was the reason for his improper command, but that someone smuggled capital at the border, which led to serious strategic misjudgment.

What's even more outrageous is that this enemy who is known to everyone in the world. He was impeached by the border generals as early as the eleventh year of Zhengtong, and was even scolded by the court in the twelfth year of Zhengtong. But the result was safe and sound. There are rumors that he would return to Beijing to serve as the 12th supervisor.

It just reflects the saying, "Killing and setting fires, building bridges and roads without corpses!"

Listening to Shi Heng's angry words, Chen Yichen set his sights on him, and was still full of curiosity about this key figure in the history of the Sect Change.

Shi Heng is a standard martial artist, tall, powerful, with a thick face and long beard. Except for not having a blushing face, it looks quite similar to Guan Gong in many portraits.

From the perspective of martial arts alone, Shi Heng is undoubtedly excellent, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a contemporary famous general. Yang He's crushing defeat did not have much impact on him. He fought bravely in the subsequent battle of the capital, perfectly repaying Yu Qian's high hopes for him.

And when he was the general officer, he selected his subordinates to be "unconventional and suppose their merits" and led a team of elite soldiers who were willing to die, which also became the help of the Nangong Incident to help Zhu Qizhen restore the rebellion.

However, many times, once people control the peak power, they are easily invincible and powerful. Shi Heng, with his achievements in the defense of the capital and the subsequent achievements of the Nangong restoration, began to form cliques and unscrupulously interfere in the government affairs, and even extended his hands to important border towns.

He replaced all civilian governors who played the role of supervision and balanced role by him as confidant generals, and worked with his nephew to "capture" tens of thousands of talented officials and men. Half of the generals inside and outside the court were worshipped under the Shi family.

Later, he used the excuse to enter the palace and regarded the rules and regulations of the palace as nothing, becoming a completely powerful minister.

After the restoration, Zhu Qizhen was in a bad situation. The emperor's talent for controlling the government was full of talent. If you want to take over the power and turn the emperor into a puppet, you are really looking for the wrong opponent.

In the third year of Tianshun, Zhu Qizhen used thunder methods to find Shi Heng's nephew for rebellion and insulting the prince, implicated Shi Heng, and all the imperial court members were dismissed.

In the fourth year of Tianshun, he took advantage of his illness and ordered the commander of the Jinyiwei Lu Gao to impeach Shi Heng with ulterior motives and plot against him. Zhu Qizhen seized the opportunity to issue an edict for the crime of treason and executed Shi Heng's sons and nephews at the same time, achieving the effect of killing the roots.

From then on, this powerful military general Xunqi, became a piece of history in the Ming Dynasty.

This is why Chen Yichen always reminds himself to be humble and low-key and not to be complacent. The reason is that weakness and ignorance are never obstacles to survival, arrogance is!

Of course, this is all a story later. Shi Heng may not even dare to imagine that one day he will be able to be in power and have the greatest power.

Yu Qian is upright and does not play with power and tricks, which does not mean that he does not know who the "profit-seeker" in Shi Heng's words is. No one has conclusive evidence for such a thing, and it is easy to offend the eunuchs in the inner court, so it is naturally inconvenient to investigate.

So he deliberately put aside the topic: "The Tartars were not in a hurry to attack, but were building siege equipment. It seems that they are bound to win the capital this time."

Since the defeat of the Dayuan resigned from the grassland, the Mongols have more to rob the invasion of the inland and rarely seriously build equipment to siege the city. This time, Yesen has the dual advantages of military strength and equipment, but he can suppress his fighting spirit and wait for the siege equipment to be in place, which indirectly demonstrates his will and determination.

"What the officials are worried about is not foreign enemies, but will first use the Supreme Emperor to disrupt the morale of the army."

Chen Yichen looked at the main formation of thorns in the distance and replied with some concern.

Although Zhu Qizhen lost his status as an emperor, he was still the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Empress Dowager Sun was eager to love his son in the imperial city, which could easily lead to unpredictable consequences.

"Young Sima's mother needs to worry. As long as the Tartars dare to take the Supreme Emperor to the front, I will definitely lead a large army to kill him and welcome the Supreme Emperor back!"

Shi Heng said incredibly, "The Battle of Yanghe was humiliated for a long time, and he was waiting to make extraordinary achievements to cleanse the shame of defeat and prove that he deserved the title of Wu Qingbo and the general officer of the capital!

"General Shi is brave, so I will know."

Chen Yichen smiled and agreed, not quarreling whether Shi Heng had this ability.

Now Chen Yichen has been ups and downs in the officialdom for several years. He is not inferior to many old Beijing officials in terms of smoothness and flexibility.

"In the battle of the young Sima Tumu Fort, his bravery and good fighting are not inferior to the generals."

Shi Heng took the opportunity to compliment, Chen Yichen now has the power to follow the dragon, and is also a celebrity in front of the emperor, so he naturally would not treat him lightly.

"The soldiers come and the generals stop them, and the water comes and the soil is covered. I believe that the young Sima can handle the matter properly."

Am I?

Hearing Yu Qian's words, Chen Yichen smiled bitterly. To be honest, he didn't know how to lead the peace, so that the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen could not come back, but could not be used by the enemy.

The clouds of war, as time passed, covered the entire capital's sky little by little.

Three days later, the Mongolian army finally created a batch of siege equipment, and they targeted the outer city Guangning Gate. This city gate did not belong to the core nine gates of the inner city of the capital, but one of the seven gates of the outer city, and it was also the only city gate that opened westward.

Compared with the nine gates of the inner city of the capital, the seven gates of the outer city are relatively less important, and the terrain is more conducive to the army's attack.

Tai Shi Yexian had absolute confidence in capturing Guangning Gate, believing that the Mongolian army was strong and strong, and with the complete preparation of siege equipment, it was only a matter of time left to capture this city gate.

But reality slapped Yexian hard. The defenders on the city wall were more tenacious than imagined, and they were almost the kind of fighting to the death. The Mongolian army had climbed up to the top of the city several times, but they were beaten back, shattering the optimistic expectations before the war in an instant.

"Tai Shi, the barbarians are very determined to defend. Should they continue to increase their troops or find another way to attack?"

The Ala Zhiyuan, who retreated from the front line, reported the current situation to Yesen. In just half a day, thousands of people were injured and killed in the attack on Guangning Gate. Even if the Mongolian army is now in great wealth, it cannot withstand such losses.

"Send someone to notify Mingguo, and say that we will return them to the Supreme Emperor and demand peace talks!"

Hearing the words of the Grand Master Yesian, Ala Zhiyuan showed a hesitant expression on his face. The Mongolian side had already learned that the Ming Dynasty had "promoted" Zhu Qizhen as the Supreme Emperor.

In addition, during the period when he escorted Zhu Qizhen to knock on the door, the word "peace talk" had been used by the Mongolians. I don't know how much gold, silver and treasures had been extorted by the Ming Dynasty. Now he said that he wanted peace talks. Even if the Ming Dynasty court was full of fools, it would probably be difficult to work, and it would be even more impossible to open their doors.

"Mingguo probably won't believe in our peace talks."

"I know."

Yesen nodded very calmly. Of course, the Ming court was not a fool, it would be strange if they could accept peace talks.

"What's the peace talks about?"

Ala Zhiyuan asked back, the strategies of Tai Shi Yeshen were really not suitable for the Mongolians who were thinking straightforward.

"There is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty, which is called "building a plank road openly and secretly traveling to Chencang."

"Using peace talks as an excuse, you will lead your troops tonight to take advantage of the night to go around the northwest and head straight to Fucheng Gate in the inner city."

"Fuchengmen?"

When he heard that he was attacking the city gate, the confusion on Ala Zhiyuan's face became even more serious.

"Tai Shi, before the war, did you say that the main attack directions were Deshengmen and Xizhimen. The army of Fuchengmen had to go around for a long distance, which consumed the children's physical strength."

The Guangning Gate of the outer city is in the west direction. Bypassing the outer city defense line to attack Desheng Gate and Xizhi Gate, which are also northwest, the Mongolian army does not need to "travel long distances".

You should know that the capital is not a small city. The walls of the entire inner city are as long as forty-eight miles in circumference. During the war, the soldiers could not unload their armor. They marched in dozens of kilograms of armor and consumed a lot of physical strength, let alone attacking the city immediately.

Therefore, when the Mongolian generals made plans before the war, they never considered attacking Fuchengmen and other places, and this was equivalent to changing their minds in the face of the battle.

"The guard of Fucheng Gate is Gu Xingzu, the former governor of Shenji Camp, and is currently the deputy general of the garrison in the capital. This man is a coward who is afraid of death. He must not have the determination to live and die with the city gate. Attacking this place is the best breakthrough."

Yesen said his reasons calmly, but when he heard these words, he was a little shocked. How did the Grand Master know the deployment of the Nine Gates of the Ming Army's capital, and even the character and qualifications of the guards were well aware of?

"The Master's vision is as sharp as the wolf king!"

Ala Zhiyuan praised him with admiration, "Wata tribe has a leader like Yesen, so why worry about not being able to reappear the glory of the Great Yuan?"

"Prepare to send someone to inform Mingguo of peace talks."

"yes."

Just a quarter of an hour later, the court received Yesen's request for peace talks. Looking at the letter of the country that was also covered with the treasure of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu felt extremely headache, and the most troublesome thing came after all.

"Sheng Jing, what do you think about this?"

Zhu Qiyu did not have enough confidant officials who were close enough to him, so he could only focus on the eunuch Cheng Jing's direction for help.

Cheng Jing was born as a Jinshi. If he had not been involved in the rebellion of the Han King and was subjected to castration, he might have been ranked as the Minister of the Cabinet today.

Just like Zhu Qizhen who looked at Wang Zhen at the beginning, Zhu Qiyu now does not regard Cheng Jing as an ordinary eunuch, and the emotions between teachers and ministers are mixed.

The only difference is that there is no vague "father-son" family affection.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is always concerned about the peace process, and we cannot ignore Wasai's request."

Although Empress Dowager Sun interfered in the affairs of the previous dynasty from time to time, objectively speaking, apart from her son Zhu Qizhen, she really had no desire for power, and was not even interested in ruling the imperial court.

Of course, whether you have interest or not is one thing, and whether you have the ability is another thing.

If Zhu Qiyu ignores Empress Dowager Sun's "love for his son", the consequences will be very serious, and he can even deprive him of his imperial power and rule the country from behind the curtain.

"Then send Chen Yichen to the enemy camp to discuss peace?"

It was something that Zhu Qiyu had planned long ago to make Chen Yichen take on the role of the peace talks, but he had been trying his best to delay it.

After all, the minister on the mission saw Zhu Qizhen, which means there are infinite possibilities. What if the Mongolian Tartars gets angry and really releases the Supreme Emperor back?

In order to avoid this situation, Zhu Qiyu dragged on the peace talks no matter how anxious Empress Dowager Sun was.

As a result, the Mongolian Tartars now took the initiative to mention peace talks, which seemed to be unable to delay.

"I suggest that it is best to send a few low-ranking officials to do it, and there is no need to use the young Sima for the time being."

Anyway, the peace talks are just to give Queen Mother Sun an explanation. Who to send to talk?

Listening to Cheng Jing's suggestion, Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It is indeed a best of both worlds, just as you say."

So Zhu Qiyu ordered Wang Fu, the Minister of Rites, and Zhao Rong, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, to go out of the city to worship the Supreme Emperor, and to have peace talks with the Mongolian Grand Master.
To be continued...