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8. Emergency military situation

In the evening, Zheng Wen was having a meal with the Queen Mother Wang in Changle Palace.

While having dinner, Zheng Wen said, "Mother, the emperor has been familiar with government affairs these days and has no time to take care of the situation of the inner palace. You are here to take care of it. Moreover, I want to ask you to help me manage the inner palace. What do you think?"

The Queen Mother paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Yes! The Ai family is old. After a few days, she will help you choose a queen. The Ai family will be perfect in this life. If you close your eyes, you can see your father. If you have this great country and country inherited to you, you will feel at ease."

Zheng Wen couldn't help but blush when he heard this. He was a little virgin in his past and present lives. When talking about these things between men and women, Zheng Wen was still a little embarrassed!

Wang was generally satisfied with the new emperor Zheng Wen, except for the fact that he was lame.

Wang's impression of Zheng Wen was that one was benevolence and righteousness, two was diligent, and three was able to be a human being. Benevolence and righteousness was to abolish the burial of his throne and save those poor women; diligence was to have been dealing with the government affairs almost every day in the funeral of the previous emperor. From his almost no use of the power of swearing, he could see that this was not a simple person; he was able to be a human being, he respectfully called himself the queen of his mother, and from the fact that a lame prince ascended the throne for less than a month, almost all the court officials in and outside the country recognized him, it can be seen that he was very good at being a human being.

Compared to the previous emperor, he was more like an emperor, which was the real idea in Wang's mind.

At this time, a guard quickly walked in from outside, holding a painted box, a red feather inserted into it, and said on one knee: "Your Majesty, emergency military information."

Zheng Wen saw it and quickly stood up, took the letter box, ignored it, opened the box, took out a piece of paper, and saw the words on it: Mongolian Kublai Khan raised an army of 300,000 to attack Shanhaiguan, urgent! urgent! urgent! urgent! Zhang Yu, the commander of Shanhaiguan!

Zheng Wen saw it, holding the letter paper in his hand, bowed to the Queen Mother, and said, "My mother, I'm in a hurry. I'm leaving first. I'm sorry. I'll have dinner with you next time."

When Wang saw this, he spoke: "Military information is urgent, I will help you take care of the inner palace, don't worry."

Zheng Wen nodded, limped out of the main hall of Yongle Palace. Suddenly, a large number of people came over. Zheng Wen said as he walked: "Great companion, summon the cabinet ministers, the northern and southern troops in Beijing, and the generals above the Beijing camp lieutenant went to Wuying Hall to discuss matters and ordered the imperial guards to take good care of the palace."

...

At this time, outside Shanhaiguan, there was a luxurious yurt.

Kublai Khan sat on the top, dressed in Mongolian costume, with a round face, and had a few hairs on his hair. He was laughing and said, "The new emperor who was fighting to the throne is said to be a lame man. I don't know if he can sit firmly on the throne. Do you think we can break Shanhaiguan this time, go straight to Yanjing, or even break Yanjing, and capture Gan Emperor alive!"

A minister stood up, bowed to Kublai Khan, and said, "Khan, in my opinion, we will suddenly attack the Yanmen Pass and siege 300,000 troops will besieged together. As long as there are no reinforcements within seven days, it is still possible. As for breaking Yanjing, it is impossible to capture Gandi alive. Dagan has millions of troops in the north. Even if we break Shanhai Pass, we probably won't be able to reach Yanjing City. We can only take advantage of it at most this time."

Kublai Khan drank a sip of wine, sighed, and said, "Yes! There are still too few people, and it's still too hurrying. If there are a million troops, I will definitely be able to break Shanhaiguan this time, and the troops will come to Yanjing, or even break Yanjing. What a pity, I can only take advantage of this time. You said, what conditions should we ask Emperor Gan for breaking Shanhaiguan this time?"

A man who looked like a general stood up and said, "Khan, I see, he will cut a million silver, a million grain, a hundred beautiful women, and a princess who married her and her dowry should not be less than one million taels of silver."

A civil servant stood up and said, "General Duolong said that it was too little. I thought it would be almost the same if I added ten times more money and food."

Another civil servant stood up and retorted: "This is impossible. The emperor who was working hard is not as weak as you think. It is impossible for a relative to pay compensation. In my opinion, it would be great if we could come to some craftsmen. As for the property, we can only break Shanhaiguan and get it by ourselves."

The other retorted immediately and immediately became a quarrel.

Kublai Khan didn't care, but agreed in his heart that "breaking Shanhaiguan and taking it by himself" was the words of "breaking Shanhaiguan, and entering the pass" because he knew that Dagan was a very backbone dynasty. Even if he broke Shanhaiguan, they would never ask for peace from him. Because decades ago, Dagan was shot by a team of thousands of Mongolians and shot several arrows at Shanhaiguan because of a team of thousands of people. This triggered the Ganmeng War for more than ten years. Hundreds of thousands of people died on both sides to truce. If the new emperor had just ascended the throne, he would never have led his army to attack Shanhaiguan. It was not that he did not dare, but that it was not worth it!

At this time, Kublai Khan suddenly spoke, "The army attacked Shanhaiguan overnight, and refused to leave day and night. This time I must capture Shanhaiguan and enter the pass."

"Yes, khan", everyone stood up to answer the orders and went down to prepare.

Kublai Khan sat alone in the big tent, quietly dazed.

...

At this time, Zheng Wen was surrounded by many ministers and generals in Wuying Hall.

Zheng Wen took the lead and said, "Mongol Khan Kublai Khan led a 300,000 army to attack Shanhaiguan. I think you all know. Who knows the basic situation of Shanhaiguan? Let me tell you to understand it."

Privy Councilor Wu Yong stepped out of the line and said, "Your Majesty, ministers, generals, Zhang Yu, the commander of Shanhaiguan, is a veteran. There is no problem with this. However, the defenders are only 80,000, and although they are all elite, if they are besieged by a 300,000 army day and night, they will not be able to defend them for seven days."

When Zheng Wen heard this, he frowned. He had been going from Shanhaiguan to the capital for a day and a night, that is, he had only six days to deal with the crisis. Otherwise, six days later, the Mongolian army would enter the pass. I don’t know how many people in the north would die, and their wives would be separated. I don’t know how much losses would be.

After pondering for a while, Zheng Wen immediately spoke, "General Wu, where are the nearest troops garrisons near Shanhaiguan, how many people are there, and when will they arrive as soon as possible?"

After hearing this, Wu Yong said, "Your Majesty, there is a navy army not far from Shanhaiguan, with about 5,000 people. It can be reached within a day, and it is too late."

After hearing this, Zheng Wen didn't care about that much, so he spoke: "Immediately order them to quickly support Shanhaiguan."

He also said to Wu Yong: "Old General Wu, I appoint you as the commander of the reinforcements, and draw 150,000 troops from the northern and southern armies of the capital, and then draw 50,000 troops from the Beijing camp, a total of 200,000 troops. It is the advanced reinforcements. I will set out tomorrow to quickly support Shanhaiguan. I will appoint you as the general and control all wars in Shanhaiguan. You can take action first and then report."

After saying that, Zheng Wen took out a black jade tiger talisman, took half of it, handed it to Wu Yong, and said, "This is my tiger talisman. You can control the relevant troops around Shanhaiguan."

He untied the Emperor's Sword from his body, handed it to Wu Yong with both hands, and said, "This is the Emperor's Sword, you can kill it first and then report it. I will hand it over to the old general in Shanhaiguan, so don't let it go!"

Wu Yong's eyes were red, he knelt on one knee, took the Emperor's Sword, and said loudly: "Hey, I will never let down Your Majesty's wishes."

To be honest, Wu Yong didn't expect that Zheng Wen trusted him so much, gave him the Emperor's Sword, and gave him completely power. If it were the late emperor, it would be impossible to be so happy. This lame emperor might be a wise monarch!

After Zheng Wen finished speaking, he helped Wu Yong up with both hands.

He turned around and said loudly: "I have been a great man for more than 300 years, fighting against the Liao people, Jin people, and Mongolian people. I have never surrendered for three hundred years. Kublai Khan brought 300,000 troops to attack Shanhaiguan. He is bullying me for my youth, I have just ascended the throne, and I am a lame man."

"But I will not surrender. My blood is still hot, my blood is still hot, and my blood is still hot, and I believe your blood is still hot!"

"From now on, I will serve as Privy Councilor, and all the border troops in the north will be mobilized for me. The garrisons in Hebei will gather in Yanjing today. I will send 300,000 troops to Shanhaiguan again. I will fight with Kublai Khan in Shanhaiguan. This time, I will tell Kublai Khan that although I am lame, I am not so easy to bully. This time, I will beat him up and tell him that my big deeds are ultimately a big deed, and it is not something that the Mongols can get involved."

"From now on, let the people from the north move and transport the materials to Shanhaiguan."

"From now on, let Jiangnan move and transport materials to Yanjing along the Grand Canal."

"Where is Qin Fei, the governor of Jingying?"

"I'm here," Qin Fei knelt on one knee.

"From now on, the Beijing camp will move and block the entire Yanjing. No order is allowed to leave the capital, and no entry is allowed to go out. I want to make Yanjing city solid."

"Here."

"The prime minister and all ministries must cooperate with each other, and all materials and manpower must be in place in one step. I am not allowed to delay any delay. Violators will be punished strictly!

"You guys go down and prepare!"

"Now", "Now", "Now"...

Zheng Wen looked at the ministers' backs as he left, and fell into deep thought. On the one hand, Zheng Wen really wanted to teach the Mongolians a lesson, and on the other hand, he personally served as Privy Councilor. It was indeed for the sake of military power. The emperor without military power was like a toothless tiger. After this great mobilization in the Northland region, the military power was basically held in Zheng Wen's hands. From then on, Zheng Wen could be regarded as a real emperor.

However, Zheng Wen was still very nervous at this time. After all, this was the first major war since he ascended the throne. Hundreds of people on both sides fought on the front line of Shanhaiguan. I wondered how many men in northern China had sprinkled blood on the battlefield, how many fathers had lost their sons for this, how many sons had lost their fathers for this, how many wives had lost their husbands for this.

Zheng Wen suddenly felt a moment of feeling, but in order to do a big deal and for his throne, Zheng Wen forced himself to harden his heart.
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