Number of People

  Chapter 1028 Jizi Scroll Gyeonggi Style Cloud (2)

   Seeing his boss come in, Yuan Keli calmed down a little, but still full of anger, and handed the paper lottery to Chai Ke.

"My lord, the news from the two groups of scouts has confirmed that on the third day of October, the Neikalkha and Horqin people marched westward from the city of Qian'an in the starry night, crossed the Luan River, went north from the bank of the Wei River, and attacked Santun camp on the night of the fifth day of October. , The 80,000 army collapsed overnight, only 2,000 people from Qi Jianyao's troops stationed in the forage field in the east of the city escaped, and the 30,000 army in the west of the city collapsed, and some of them fled to Qian'an, and most of them fled to Zunhua."

  Yuan Keli gritted his teeth word by word, "It's a pity that 80,000 pairs of high-quality armor, weapons and brocade clothes are lost!"

   Rao was as angry as he was in his heart, and Chai Ke was also amused by Yuan Keli's last sentence.

   It's not a pity for 80,000 soldiers, but it's a pity for 80,000 sets of armor, weapons and clothes. This shows Yuan Keli's extreme disdain for these Beijing soldiers.

"The 60,000 Neikha people didn't have Qian'an City, so they went to attack the Jingying of the Santun camp?" Chai Ke couldn't help being a little surprised, "They won't be satisfied with taking Qian'an City, they should also go south to Lulong or It is right to go to Changli and Funing in the east, why do you want to go far away to attack the Beijing camp?"

  Yuan Keli had a weird look on his face, and he was silent for a while before he said: "My lord, the Neikalkha people failed to take Qian'an."

   "What?!" Chai Ke, who had just had time to sit down, couldn't help but stand up all of a sudden, "The Nekhalkas failed to capture Qian'an City?"

  Seeing that Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong both nodded, Chai Ke suddenly came to his senses and frowned: "Feng Tang transferred the Liaodong Army or the Shanhaiguan garrison to Qian'an?"

"It's not very clear, but it is said that the army of Nekarka fought fiercely under Qian'an City for a day, and the losses were not small. The Ka people have caused great losses,..." Yuan Keli shook his head, "The director of the office has focused his energy on the line of Shuntian Prefecture, Zunhua, Fengrun, and Yutian, and has been a little negligent on Qian'an. How many troops did Tang send south to Yongping?"

  Chai Ke's face suddenly darkened.

  Feng Tang did this, no matter whether he transferred troops from Liaodong or Shanhaiguan, it was obviously a bit out of line, and he didn't say any hello to the Ministry of War.

Once the censor finds out, he will definitely initiate impeachment. It is difficult for Feng Tang to explain. Even if he is supported by the cabinet of the Ministry of War and the emperor, even if Zhang Huaichang and Qiao Yingjia are under the cover, this kind of thing is very embarrassing. It is often brought up as a target for criticism.

On the contrary, Sun Chengzong frowned, "Feng Tang is a man who knows how to measure, logically speaking, Meng Lang shouldn't be so abrupt, Liaodong Town has set up three new-style firecracker battalions, and his own barracks are also mainly firecrackers, but They have not yet been formed, how much can he send into the customs? I am afraid that one battalion will not be effective, and he will not be so rash with two battalions, right? Nurhachi is still watching over there."

"That's not necessarily true." Yuan Yingtai, the arsenal secretary who walked in, said with a cold face: "Feng Tang is only the only son, how can he not value it? What's more, the Ministry of War and Ji Zhen's plan to give up Yongping can't be hidden from Feng Tang, You Shi. Gong is Feng Tang's direct line, how can we not tell Feng Tang?"

  Yuan Yingtai's words made it difficult for Sun Chengzong to answer, because it was really impossible to explain why the tens of thousands of Kalka and Horqin coalition forces fell under Qian'an City.

   It can’t be said that the people of Neikarka and Horqin played abnormally when fighting Qian’an, but they played supernormally when fighting the Beijing camp, right?

  Chai Ke knew that Yuan Yingtai was not right about people, but it was not entirely against Feng Tang himself.

However, Yuan Yingtai has never looked down upon these generals with martial arts background, including Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, but Feng Tang's performance is not the same as other martial arts such as Niu Jizong and Wang Ziteng, and Feng Ziying is a concubine. Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli had a slightly better impression of Feng Tang because of the blessing of his son halo from Shijia Hanlin.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, but this time there is such a big problem in the Beijing camp, with 80,000 troops, it's too appalling. If this news spreads to Beijing, I'm afraid it will even shake the morale of the people in Beijing." Chai Ke frowned. Said with a frown.

"But my lord, how long can we keep this matter a secret?" Ding Yuanjian, the driver of the car, came in with Yuan Yingtai, "The 80,000 Jingying soldiers, most of them have their ancestral home from Shuntian Mansion and the neighboring Baoding Mansion and Hejian Mansion. And most of them have been in Beijing for several generations, and most of their family members are in Beijing, so many people have suddenly disappeared, how can they hide it from others?"

   What Ding Yuan recommended made Chai Ke feel even more upset.

  The fall of Huairou and Miyun had already caused an uproar in Beijing. The Ministry of Rites even went to say hello to "Today's News" and asked it to avoid this topic, but how long can it be avoided? And the more secretive it is, I'm afraid it will make the people in the capital even more suspicious, and even spread rumors, making it even more out of control.

  So after consultations with the editorial department of "Today's News", the Ministry of Rites, together with the Ministry of War and the Secretary of General Administration, wrote about the progress of the Mongol invasion in order to control public opinion so that it would not ferment.

   "Then Changru, how should you respond to your suggestion?" Chai Ke asked Ding Yuanjian.

Ding Yuanjian hesitated for a moment, "We can't hide this matter, but if it breaks out suddenly, I'm afraid the people in the capital will find it difficult to accept it. It's best to let the people have a vague guess first, and then cooperate with some other favorable news To buffer and offset, so as to avoid excessive shocks."

  Ding Yuanjian's opinion won the approval of Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and Yuan Yingtai.

"Regardless of the First Battle of Qian'an City, at least it severely damaged the coalition forces of the Nekalka and Horqin people. This news can be revealed together with the defeat of the Beijing Camp Santunying in the First Battle. Anyway, there are 20,000 to 30,000 routs gathered in Qian'an and Zunhua one after another, so it doesn't count as annihilation of the whole army."

  Yuan Keli's suggestion is a bit self-deceiving, but it is obviously easier for the people to accept, and it will not cause public unrest.

"That's all there is to it." Chai Ke sighed, "Now Lord Shangshu and all the elders are discussing with the emperor about mobilizing troops from the Xuanfu, Shanxi, and Datong towns to enter Beijing, and the news from Long Jinwei is also a bit late now. , The composition of the army from the Outer Khalkha tribes, the situation of the main leaders, they are all vague, how did Yongning fall when they entered from Zhousigou, and how did they cross the inner Great Wall, they are all vague,..."

The power of Long Jinwei has always been controlled by the royal family itself, but Gu Cheng, the commander of this generation of the Supreme Emperor, has not retreated until now, and still has considerable influence among Long Jinwei, while the emperor's confidant Lu Song has not really grasped the entire Long Jinwei, so this also weakened Long Jinwei's strength, and many things were passed around.

   "Do you want to call Datong and Shanxi soldiers over?" Sun Chengzong frowned, "Is it in time? It will take at least a month for Shanxi soldiers to come, and at least 20 days for Datong. Xuanfu Town can be faster, but..."

"Children, Xuanfu's soldiers dare not finish their transfer. After all, we still don't know if there are any Waikha people on the grassland. The Xuan Mansion is going to be in a hurry again." Chai Ke sighed, "Master Zhang means that the Datong soldiers will be transferred to the Xuan Mansion immediately, and the Xuan Mansion will send troops in immediately, so that the connection can be seamless and avoid trouble."

   "It's easier to make troubles like this." Sun Chengzong said angrily: "Shanxi soldiers are unfamiliar with Datong, and Datong soldiers are here, but there is no way..."

"The emperor also said earlier that the most important thing now is to stabilize the hearts of the people in the capital city. The fall of Huairou and Miyun caused a large number of refugees to flood into the capital city, causing an uproar in the capital. Xuanfu soldiers and Datong soldiers came first, at least to stabilize people's hearts ,..." Chai Ke shook his head, "Now You Shigong is pulling over the Fengrun and Yutian garrisons, but the numbers are not enough. There are 20,000 garrisons in Zunhua, but the 40,000 troops in Neikarka and Horqin are still in the three camps , You Shigong didn't dare to move under the pressure,..."

"The people of Neikalka and Horqin have been staying in Santun camp all the time? What are they going to do?" Yuan Keli was a little curious, "It is said that the leader of the coalition forces of Neikalka and Horqin is Zaisai from the Hongji tribe, the grandson of Wuban. , Boyan’s son, it seems that Zhuoli Ke Tuhun Batulu is about to abdicate and hand over power, we don’t know much about this person.”

"It's really weird, maybe Zaisai is waiting for Lindan Batur's call, or is he negotiating terms with Lindan Batur?" Sun Chengzong also hesitated: "Zai Sai won the battle of Santunying, Moreover, he also occupied the General Military Mansion of Ji Town, so he is indeed qualified to negotiate terms with Lin Danbatur."

"If Zunhua's 20,000-strong army cannot move, the pressure on Pinggu will be great. When You Shilu's troops retreated from Qiangziling-Zhenlu Camp, they discarded a lot of supplies and fodder. The Chahar people and Waika The Erka people took a lot of advantage, and now they can easily besiege You Shilu's tribe."

Chai Ke rubbed his temples, feeling more and more stretched. He knew that he should not have allowed the Denglai Army to go south. Although Wang Ziteng was unreliable internally, he was still unambiguous when facing the Mongols. The gang of waste in the camp are comparable.

"You Shilu's problem is not big in a short period of time, and the trouble is Li Ruzhang's department." Yuan Keli finally returned the topic to the most troublesome problem now, "Once Li Ruzhang's department fails, the Chahar army outside Gubeikou will continue to attack. Entering, there will be no half of our army in the north of Miyun in Huairou, and the Mongols will really be able to loot Miyun and Huairou, as well as Bohai, Chaohe, and Miyun. It has become a piece of white land, and it will cost a lot to rebuild this area in the future, and the key point is that if the people in Huairou and Miyun are taken captive to the grassland, what are we going to do in the future?"

  (end of this chapter)