Chapter 129 No one can save us

Taiyuan, Shanxi General Headquarters.

Before Dorgon led a large group of Jiannu to kill outside Datong City, Wang Pu had already condemned several fast horses to send Jiannu into Datong to Taiyuan, Yulin, Guyuan, and all over the capital. Zhou Yuji, the general of Shanxi, received the news the evening before yesterday that the bandits attacked Datong, and Zhou Yuji could pretend to be deaf and mute and ignore it, but Jiannu broke through the pass, but he did not dare to take it lightly.

That night, Zhou Yuji condemned the fast horses to run to the guards in Shanxi, and urgently summoned troops from all over the country to assemble to Taiyuan.

By this morning, the troops of several garrisons had arrived outside Taiyuan City recently. Several garrisons were discussing matters with Zhou Yuji in the general's headquarters. Shanxi Governor Wang Qiaonian hurried in with several local officials in Shanxi and asked anxiously: "General Zhou, did you hear that Jiannu destroyed the pass and invaded Datong?"

Shanxi General Zhou Yuji glanced at Wang Qiaonian coldly, but did not answer immediately.

It was not a matter of a day or two that the thieves attacked Datong in large numbers. Zhou Yuji had already sent someone to the governor's yamen to spread the word, but Wang Qiaonian just hid and refused to see anyone. The reason was very simple. He was afraid that Zhou Yuji would ask for food and salary, but Jiannu would destroy the pass and invade, but the governor could not sit still!

"General Zhou." Wang Qiaonian said anxiously, "I asked you if you were talking to me, did Jiannu have invaded?"

Wang Qiaonian was really anxious. He was not worried no matter how the thief made trouble. With Wang Pu and Zhou Yuji, two tiger generals, were in Taiyuan and Datong respectively. He did not think that the thief could cause any storm. He, as the governor of Shanxi, could still be on the ground steadily, but the Jiannu's invasion was completely different.

Jiannu is much more cruel than the thieves. In fact, the people are making trouble. As long as they are defeated or the years improve, the people will return to their original place and continue to be their obedient people. But Jiannu's invasion is completely different. After Jiannu's death, they will be really a waste of life and no one can be left behind.

At this point, Wang Qiaonian could only reduce his value and take the initiative to meet Zhou Yuji, the martial artist. Now he can only count on Zhou Yuji, the martial artist, to turn the tide and refuse Jiannu outside the Dayuan Mansion. If Zhou Yuji could not defend Taiyuan, then Wang Qiaonian, the governor, would have to end up being the end. If the trouble was not good, he would have to land.

Back then, Jiannu invaded the Central Plains twice, and hundreds of prefectures and counties passed along the way. How many local officials did not die at the hands of Jiannu, but were chopped down by Emperor Chongzhen because they were unable to defend the territory. Wang Qiaonian had to worry about his fate.

"Master Wang." Zhou Yuji said coldly, "Two days ago, the Jiannu army had already reached outside Datong City."

"Ah?" Wang Qiaonian was shocked and said in a lost voice, "So Jiannu is really here?"

Zhou Yuji presented the Tang Dynasty newspaper sent by Wang Pu to Wang Qiaonian, and said coldly: "This is the Jiaotong Provincial Newspaper sent by Wang Pu, the general of Datong. Please check it out."

Wang Qiaonian hurriedly read it in one glance and asked in a trembling voice: "General Zhou. If Jiannu continued to go south to plunder Taiyuan after defeating Datong, I wonder if Taiyuan City could be defended?"

Zhou Yuji sneered in his heart, but on the surface he could not help but give Wang Qiaonian face and replied: "If you can't even defend Datong, then Taiyuan will not need to be defended."

"Ah, what should I do?" Wang Qiaonian changed his face as soon as he heard this and said anxiously, "Then... General Wang quickly asked for help from the nearby three towns of Guyuan, Gansu and Ningxia. Especially General Jiang Xiang of Guyuan, I heard that he was a general of the tiger and had a well-trained elite soldier under his command. General Zhou should send a report from the capital to the rushing pond to the capital, asking the Emperor Long Sui to transfer the Beijing camp to help the war."

"Master Wang." Zhou Yuji couldn't bear it and interrupted Wang Qiaonian, "Do you think it is possible for the three sides of Shaanxi and the capital to send reinforcements?"

Wang Qiaonian was completely confused and said anxiously: "Then recruit people and soldiers quickly. How much food and salary do you want? I will immediately ask someone to transfer from the vassal treasury."

"Okay, this is what Lord Wang said." Zhou Yuji finally heard a word that made him happy. He said at the moment. "General Wang had already said in the Tang newspaper that Jiannu mobilized 200,000 troops this time. It can be said that he was coming in full force. The last general has calculated that if he wants to defend Taiyuan, he needs to raise at least 50,000 people, and at least 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 shi of military rations."

"Okay." Wang Qiaonian gritted his teeth and said, "Leave the money and military rations to the official to prepare for the recruitment of civilians and bravery. Please hurry up and recruit General Zhou before Jiannu broke Datong. Alas, I don't know how long General Wang can last in Datong..."

Yulin, Jiang Family Courtyard.

Jiang Xiang, the general of Guyuan, rode his horse and galloped outside the gate and suddenly pulled the reins. The mount under his crotch suddenly stood up and stopped the rushing. Jiang Xiang turned over and jumped down from the horse's back, throwing the reins at will. A servant had already come forward to take the reins and lead his mount to the horse's house.

Jiang Xiang walked quickly through the doorman, the screen wall, and the corridor headed straight to the upper room.

When he went to the room, Jiang Rang, the general of Yulin, was walking back and forth with his hands on his back. Jiang Xuan stood upright, his eyes following Jiang Rang's figure. The person who was sent by Wang Pu to Yulin to send a message was either someone else, or Jiang Xuan, the third son of the Jiang family. Suddenly, he heard footsteps outside the door. When the two brothers looked back, the burly Jiang Xiang had already entered with great enthusiasm.

"Second brother."

"Second brother."

Jiang Rang and Jiang Xuan came up anxiously.

The Jiang family is the most powerful family in Yulin. Although Jiang Rang is the head of the family, the actual backbone of the Jiang family is Jiang Xiang. Therefore, after receiving Wang Pu's urgent report, Jiang Rang did not dare to make a decision without authorization, so he sent Jiang Xiang in Guyuan with a quick horse and made a decision after Jiang Xiang came back.

"Brother." Jiang Xiang didn't care about the greeting and asked Jiang Rang, "I'm so anxious to recall my younger brother back to Yulin, I don't know what urgent matters?"

Jiang Rang said: "There is a big deal, because it is important, so my elder brother didn't dare to let Lao Jiu tell you the details. He wanted to wait until you return to Yulin before telling you in person."

Jiang Xiang said: "What's the big deal?"

Jiang Rang said: "Jiannu has dispatched 200,000 troops and is besieging Datong. Wang Pu, the general of Datong, has sent a Jiaqitang newspaper and requested that we send reinforcements."

"What!?" Jiang Xiang's color changed his mind, "Jiannu sent out a 200,000 army to besiege Datong. Is this true or false?"

"It's true." Jiang Xuan said loudly, "The Datong border army has already fought with Jiannu's vanguard cavalry. He destroyed more than 2,000 of their cavalry in one go, which is what I witnessed with my own eyes."

"So that's true?" Jiang Xiang's face darkened and he whispered, "Wang Puxi defeated Shengjing and captured Huang Taiji alive. Long Sui Ye cut Huang Taiji into pieces. In order to avenge, Jiannu took all his troops to attack Datong in large quantities. However, after breaking Datong, Jiannu may not divide his troops to attack Yulin west, and it is very likely that the division of troops to plunder the various prefectures in Shanxi will be the next major target. However, Jiannu's next main target must be the capital, so there will be no trouble in Yulin."

“That’s good.”

Jiang Rang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. As long as Jiannu didn't come to attack Yulin, he would be relieved.

Jiang Xuan said: "Second brother, then will we send reinforcements?"

"Third brother, are you stupid?" Jiang Xiang frowned. "Who needs food and money to dispatch the army? Is it that the capital of Shaanxi or Datong? Let our Jiang family pay food and money? What's more, Jiannu is not a thief. This time, another 200,000 Jiannu came. Even if our Jiang family took out all the land and the family's assets, it would be only 200,000,000. Only this small number of people is not enough for Jiannu to get stuck in his teeth. Wouldn't he die if he goes?"

Jiang Xuan said: "So, my second brother is not going to send reinforcements anymore?"

"At present, the three sides of Shaanxi are fully encircling Qingyang, Yan'an and Pingliang's three prefectures, and there are no reinforcements to send." Jiang Xiang said, "But Wang Pu can ask you to return to Yulin at this time. It's very interesting. Our Jiang family owe him a favor. If he can escape this disaster, he will be rewarded in the future."

Jiang Rang nodded and sighed: "The second brother is right, so we can only do this."

The capital, the Ganqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen received Wang Pu's urgent report that the pond was only ten hours later than Zhou Yuji and the Jiang family in Yulin. Emperor Chongzhen had just finished reviewing all the memorials. When he was about to take a sip of ginseng soup to relieve his fatigue, the Minister of War Chen Xinjia stumbled into the Ganqing Palace. This time Chen Xinjia broke in directly, and the two eunuchs were still following behind, trying to stop him from entering the palace to meet the emperor.

This is the power given to the ministers by Emperor Chongzhen.

When Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he set an unprecedented rule that whenever there are military and national affairs, court officials do not have to go to the palace to see the emperor directly after the notice. There is no time and place restrictions. The ministers will not be held accountable afterwards. From this point of view alone, Emperor Chongzhen was actually an amazing wise king, and he also had the determination and courage to eliminate bad habits and revive the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Chen Xinjia's panic look, Emperor Chongzhen was shocked and stood up instinctively.

Just as Chen Xinjia entered the hall, he tripped by the threshold and almost fell to eat shit. Wang Chengen quickly rushed forward to support Chen Xinjia and said sharply: "Oh, Lord Chen, please be careful, don't break your foot."

Chen Xinjia didn't bother to thank Wang Chengen, nor did he wipe the sweat from his forehead. He quickly took out a letter of hot-painted feathers from his sleeve and said indifferently: "Eight...800...li...excited, Datong...tongtang report..."

Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly said to Wang Chengen: "Chengen, come on quickly."

"Sister obeys the order."

Wang Chengen quickly took the urgent letter carefully from Chen Xinjia, carefully smoothed the wrinkles on the letter, and then presented them to Emperor Chongzhen like a treasure. Emperor Chongzhen took the letter of hot paint and chicken feathers, but he didn't bother to check the fire paint and sealed it, so he tore open the envelope.

After reading the urgent letter in a hurry, there was no trace of blood on Emperor Chongzhen's face.

Then Chen Xinjia wiped away the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Long live, has Jiannu been invading Datong?"

"Yes." Emperor Chongzhen nodded solemnly and responded expressionlessly, "Wang Pu said in the letter that 200,000 Jiannu had launched a large-scale attack on the border and had already arrived at Datong City."

"ah?"

"What?"

Wang Chengen and Chen Xinjia were shocked when they heard this. In fact, they had already expected that Jiannu had invaded Datong, but they never expected that Jiannu had mobilized 200,000 troops. You should know that when Jiannu invaded the Central Plains the previous two times, the maximum number of troops was only 100,000, but this time they mobilized a total of 200,000 troops. It seems that the visitor was not good.

Emperor Chongzhen paced back and forth with his hands behind his back for a few steps, and soon recovered his calmness and said to Chen Xinjia: "Aiqing Chen."

Chen Xinjia said: "I am here."

Emperor Chongzhen said: "This time Jiannu attacked all his heart and his intentions were sinister. Datong was just one of their targets. The capital and I were the real targets of Jiannu! You can immediately issue an edict to the world to serve the king, and transfer the troops from the world to serve the king, especially Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, so that they could lead their troops into the capital immediately."

Chen Xinjia said: "Long live the thief in Henan..."

Emperor Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and said with regret: "Henan land thieves can only let them go first."

Chen Xinjia said again: "Long live the Lord. That Datong..."

Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a moment and said, "If Datong can be defended, even if I don't send reinforcements to Wang Pu, I can still defend it. If I can't defend it, even if I send reinforcements to Wang Pu, I can't defend it. Whether Datong can be defended in the end depends on the luck of Wang Pu and the people of Datong."

"well."

Wang Chengen and Chen Xinjia sighed softly at the same time, and a hint of regret appeared on their faces. They suddenly felt that Wang Pu was actually a good young man. At least he was a person with a temperament, and he said whatever he wanted and did whatever he wanted. Unlike these ministers in the court, who had one set in person in front of him and another behind him. They were all tricks of intrigue.

Datong, the general's headquarters.

Wang Pu sat in the main seat honestly and unceremoniously. King Zhu Chuanqi of Dai sat on the left, and the two soldiers of the royal palace and the eunuch Zhang Zi'an sat on the right. The prefect of Datong Wei Dabenjing accompanied the last seat.

Originally, Zhu Chuanqi had been avoiding Wang Pu. He was afraid that Wang Pu would ask him for money and food again, but Jiannu came in a large-scale attack, but Zhu Chuanqi could no longer hide. Jiannu was not a thief, and the two could not be compared at all, not to mention that he returned 200,000 Jiannu's army this time!

Wang Pu glanced at Zhu Chuanqi coldly and said, "Prince, Jiaqitang News had been sent out two days ago. Taiyuan, Yulin and the capital each sent a copy."

"Oh." Zhu Chuanqi's face was flushed with anxiety and said, "I don't know if Zhou Yuji, Jiang Rang and the King of Long Sui will send reinforcements, and how many reinforcements can be sent? If there are fewer reinforcements sent, I'm afraid it won't be a problem. There are too many Jiannu from this place. There are 200,000."

"Prince. Don't dream." Wang Pu said coldly, "Zhou Yuji will not send reinforcements. Jiang Rang will not send reinforcements. It is even more impossible for the Lord to send reinforcements. If the town is not wrong, Lord Wansui has issued an edict to the world to support the king, calling on the troops of the world to enter Beijing to serve the king!"

"Ah?" Zhu Chuanqi said in a lost voice, "This..."

Wang Pu said: "No one can save us now, we can only rely on ourselves!"

Zhu Chuanqi said in a trembling voice: "Just...just...just rely on less than eight thousand people in the city?"

Wang Pu said: "In addition to the eight thousand troops, did Lord Wei still raise more than 10,000 people and strong people in the city? If the prince is willing to give them money to reward them, as the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. This is the case with more than 10,000 people and strong people and strong people, and it is not impossible to defend Datong."

"Ah?" Zhu Chuanqi cried, "I want to get the silver again?"

"It doesn't matter if the prince doesn't want to pay the money." Wang Pu said expressionlessly, "But Datong cannot be defended. Jiannu entered the city, and all the lands of the prince's mansion are going to be replaced by the master. Oh, by the way, I heard that the regent of Jiannu Dorgon was a lustful person. I heard that the prince's two concubines were absolutely beautiful..."

"Stop." Zhu Chuanqi said unhappily, "Although my two concubines are quite beautiful, they are quite inferior to Mrs. Ru of General Wang. Dorgon would steal the beauty and would steal your first. In short, I can give up the silver, but I can't just let me give up. Your Wang family is also the richest man in Shanxi. Your Wang family will also give up, and both of them will share the same."

"Okay." Wang Pu shouted, "Protecting Datong means protecting the Wang family. As the saying goes, there will be no eggs under the collapse of the nest. If Datong is not protected, there will be no Wang family in Shanxi. Therefore, our Wang family decided to pay one million taels of silver. As long as it is a meritorious person to kill slaves, everyone will be rewarded!"

Zhu Chuanqi gritted his teeth and said in pain: "I will also pay one million taels!"

Zhang Zian didn't know what was wrong, but suddenly stood up with a flushed face and shouted sharply: "The prince and the prince consort spared all their wealth for the sake of the harmony. How could I stand by and watch? I also have to donate 200,000 yuan in silver!"

"Eunuch Zhang, you are..."

Wang Pu turned around and looked at Zhang Zi'an in shock. He suddenly looked at the old eunuch with some admiration. Wang Pu was busy slaughtering Zhu Chuanqi's fat pig and had not had time to squeeze Zhang Zi'an, but he never expected that Zhang Zi'an obediently donated the money. Wang Pu knew that Zhang Zi'an's family was, and 200,000 was his entire family.

It seems that the country is in danger, and it is indeed possible to purify a person's soul.
To be continued...