Chapter 185 Duke Cheng’s decision

Ye Xian's decision was very timely.

Almost on the second day after Ye Xian withdrew his troops, the vanguard of the army had already arrived.

Before the third day, Duke Cheng Guo had already arrived.

Although the infantry who were dragged behind were still trudging hard. After all, the baggage required by hundreds of thousands of people had already been transported to the front line. Therefore, the march was relatively slow, and it took several days to fall behind.

The Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yong, who was leading the Chinese army, wanted to catch Wa Ci off guard, so he came with light equipment and even walked in front of the Three Thousand Battalion and arrived at the foot of Datong City.

It's a pity that by this time, the Wasi army had already retreated on a large scale.

He just grabbed a tail.

After crossing Datong and pursuing for dozens of miles, Duke Cheng Zhu Yong withdrew his troops.

After all, although Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng, looked down on Wa Ci, he also understood very well that the army came in multiple directions and could only attack with one blow.

When the army left Zijingguan, it had already accelerated its advance, but when he marched northward with light equipment from the south of Datong, he was already in decline.

Although the army's morale is still high.

After all, the opponent fled in the face of the wind, and the army forced Waqi back with almost no blood. The whole army's contempt for Waqi will only become more serious, but the morale is still available.

But morale is not directly proportional to physical and energy consumption.

In the view of Duke Cheng, the morale of the soldiers is weak.

So he didn't dare to chase anymore. After all, everyone knew the Mongols' routine of luring the army into pursuit and then setting up an ambush.

He wanted to repair it in Datong first and wait for the large group of people behind.

At this time, Duke Cheng Guo was not idle either. He first reported the victory to the capital, but it was only to report Yang Hong's battle under Datong City. He did not add any jealousy to it, but he did give a lot of credit to Wu Jin's troops.

Even this battle should be considered.

There is no other reason.

Yang Hong is a figure in the heart of the emperor. If he really takes away the credit from Yang Hong, it will not end well. But with such great unity, the Beijing camp will not be able to share it at all. Not to mention what Zhu Yong, the Duke of Cheng, thinks, it is the Beijing camp.

The soldiers were a little unconvinced.

Wu Jin was the only general from the Beijing camp who participated in this battle, so he naturally needed to be praised.

As for the situation in various places in Datong, they were also reported to Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong.

For a moment, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, felt a shocking feeling.

It can be said that the south of Datong is miserable enough, but the north of Datong has become a white land, no man's land. There are three piles of corpses with more than 10,000 people.

As for the corpses scattered in the village, there is no telling how many there are.

It was truly the heaviest loss after the defeat of Qiu Fu in the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers did not suffer much loss, but the civilian casualties must have been over 100,000, which cannot even be counted.

Beginning with Emperor Taizong, three generations recuperated, restored the vitality around Datong, and suddenly returned to the Hongwu period.

In the early years of Hongwu, wars between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia were frequent, and Mongolia frequently moved south. In view of this, Emperor Taizu moved all the population from Xuanda to the Beijing area.

After Taizong ascended the throne, military households were used to immigrate back.

It took decades of operation to get what it is today. The prosperity of Datong border areas has also strongly supported Datong Town, the first town in the Ming Dynasty. Datong Town is much better than the equally important Xuanfu Town.

Now all this no longer exists.

Military disaster, military disaster.

Although there were natural disasters such as floods, droughts, locusts, hail, tides, and hurricanes in ancient times, the most lethal and destructive ones were military disasters.

No one is better at killing people than humans themselves.

After Cheng Guogong took a closer look, his heart dropped.

Such a huge loss, such a tragic and inhumane military disaster, cannot be concealed. The current emperor is not a mediocre king, and he may not be good in other aspects, but his eyes and ears are all over the world.

Although the Jinyiwei were almost invisible in the government after Wang Zhen, it was as if the Ming Dynasty did not have such a part at all. But those who were truly at the peak of power could see the daily intelligence summary that the Jinyiwei handed over to the cabinet, and even the cabinet sometimes

When something happens, you can also send a message to Jinyiwei for help.

They were just assisting, thinking that the cabinet had nothing to do with Jin Yiwei. Generally speaking, in response to the cabinet's requests, Jin Yiwei would check the intelligence database, and if they had nothing to do with Jin Yiwei's secrets, they would summarize them and hand them over to the cabinet.

If there is none, there is none.

We will not investigate anything for the orders of the cabinet, unless the cabinet asks Zhu Qizhen to give the order.

The cabinet never asked Zhu Qizhen to issue an order, because generally major cases would be handled by Jin Yiwei. In many major cases, Jin Yiwei is like an entourage of the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple and never speaks.

Because what the Jin Yiwei wants to investigate is never the truth. They are just His Majesty's eyes and ears. Even if the enemy makes a wrong case, the Jin Yiwei will not reverse the case, but will only report it to Zhu Qizhen.

The ordinary officials below thought that Jin Yiwei had completely lost power after Wang Zhen. But they didn't know that Jin Yiwei had compromised on many functions and concentrated on being an eye.

Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Yong knew very well that he could not find out how many eyes like this there were in Jiubian. There were even some in Duke Cheng Guo's palace.

Therefore, it is impossible to cover up such a major event.

Someone must be responsible?

So who is responsible?

After much thought, Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo, decided that it could only be him.

Yang Hong had fought several battles with Wasi, and the casualties were equal, and the victory and defeat were equal. It can be said that the merits and demerits were equal. After all, Yang Hong did not have enough troops. Facing Wasi in its heyday, it was understandable that he retreated to protect Datong.

Not to mention that Yang Hong has been on the emperor's line for a long time, and he can also fight.

Yang Hong is determined not to take the main responsibility.

The only person who can bear this great responsibility is Duke Zhu Yong.

Are there many reasons?

Who was in charge of the war? It was Zhu Yong, Duke of Chengguo. Yan Guan would not have thought that he was not at the border at that time.

And how grand Zhu Qizhen's courtesy was to Duke Cheng, then how much criticism Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, had to bear. Now Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, accepted the courtesy that Emperor Taizu gave to King Xu Da of Zhongshan. But he faced the enemy.

Submit such an answer sheet.

None of the civil and military officials in the dynasty would be satisfied.

Therefore, this battle must be fought without end. He must use a brilliant victory to cover up these losses so that he can retreat safely.

This is another thought that Zhu Qizhen had.

During the break in the march, Zhu Yong actually wanted to understand something. This battle was the most glorious moment in Zhu Yong's life, and it was also his last battle.

If he really cripples the tile thorn this time, it will take decades to throw the tile thorn and it will not recover, and the grassland will fall into the previous chaos again.

The merit is great, and his determination is no less than that of Zhang Fu who destroyed Annan.

Now if he stops fighting now, then the Wacic border troubles will definitely become long-term. It will probably continue uninterrupted from now on. Even if he dies, he will add stain to the Chengguo Palace, and his descendants will probably be affected as well.

In both public and private matters, even if he adhered to Duke Cheng's innermost thoughts, he would not be able to let Wa Ci leave like this.

Moreover, letting Wa Ci leave like this made not only Duke Cheng Zhu Yong feel unhappy, but also the whole army would not be willing to accept it. There were all kinds of ideas in the army, but they did not back down.

In the heart of Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong, when I followed Emperor Taizong to defeat his grandfather, I was probably not even born yet. How could I let this little brat show off his power on the border of Ming Dynasty now?

I really thought that the Ming Dynasty would not kill people, or thought that all the people in the Northern Expedition died.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen was so well prepared for this battle. It was so well prepared that even the Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yong, and his subordinates had no worries. It was so well prepared that even Duke Zhu Yong of Cheng, down to the most ordinary pawn, had taken the lead before sending out troops.

Rewarded with money.

Everyone is eager to make a contribution, so how can they want to quit?

Zhu Qizhen spent a day repairing in Datong, and immediately beat the gathering drum at the Shanxi Dusi Yamen, and gathered all the generals in the army in the lobby.

At one time, the main generals of hundreds of thousands of troops were listed among them. The generals were gathered together, and the princes were everywhere. Even among the Datong frontier troops, only Yang Hong was qualified to be among them. So I asked you to sit down with me in the corner.

There's just one chair.

The "rumbling" drum sound suddenly stopped, and for a moment the clanging sound of armor came, and a general shouted loudly: "General Zhengpi, Commander-in-Chief Xuanda, the Three Thousand Battalion, the Fifth Army Camp and the Beijing Camp
Chapter completed!