Chapter 683: Altan Goes South
In just fifty breaths, the three hundred soldiers of the Huben Zuowei defeated the enemy.
The people from the Five Military Commandery looked unhappy, and some even turned around and left.
"People like this will only be a burden if they go into battle." Jiang Qingzhi said coldly: "Pull personnel from the Beijing Guards to train them. Just say it's my words and train them to death."
No one responded, Jiang Qingzhi turned around. "Huh!?"
The generals of the Five Military Commandery stood up straight subconsciously and said, "I obey your orders!"
Jiang Qingzhi glanced at everyone and said, "I don't want to start a war before the war, but if someone is blind, the flag will lose some color."
Jiang Qingzhi was surrounded by people and left.
Everyone then felt relieved.
"Damn it, training them to death, it sounds good, but will these people listen to us?" someone complained.
"Didn't you understand what he meant?" Someone sneered, "The flag is missing some color. What color?"
"color!"
Sacrifice the flag before the war!
What is the best thing to use?
Head!
Human blood!
Instantly, everyone shuddered.
"Quick! Let them practice."
"Go to the Jingwei to ask for people, go to the Huben Zuowei, and ask Yan Xu to send some people to train these idiots!"
Jiang Qingzhi then went to another place, and when he saw the perfunctory training, his anger suddenly burst out.
"Thirty heavy penalties!"
The leading general was severely punished with thirty lashes and could not speak that day.
"Those soldiers who came to Beijing all complained that Long Wei Bo was too harsh on them."
Yongshou Palace, Zhao Wenhua said exactly what he said.
"I understand." Emperor Jiajing didn't care at all.
Zhao Wenhua went to Zhilu. Yan Song was not there, but Yan Shifan was.
"Donglou, the soldiers transferred from other places are quite dissatisfied with Jiang Qingzhi."
Yan Shifan looked away from the memorial and looked at him, suddenly sighing, "You have to understand one thing. After the reconstruction of the Beijing Guard, the relationship with the local guards was clearly separated. Those people seemed dissatisfied with Jiang Qingzhi, but in fact they were worried that the rectification and reconstruction would fall on their heads."
Zhao Wenhua was stunned. "You mean, they are using this to vent... No, they are using this to fight back."
Yan Shifan nodded, "If we reorganize the local garrisons in the future, most of those generals will probably be replaced. The old and weak will also be laid off."
Zhao Wenhua suddenly realized. "Those so-called tough soldiers were specially selected by them."
"They are the elite troops under their command." Yan Shifan nodded. "The local guards want these elite troops to compete with the imperial guards, so that His Majesty and the court can see that they are still useful."
That's it!
Zhao Wenhua knew that it was not because he was stupid, but because he was standing at a different height and naturally saw things differently.
He thought of the reaction of Emperor Jiajing. It seemed that he didn't care, but in fact he was just allowing Jiang Qingzhi to attack the local garrisons.
When will I also have a duty room in Zhilu?
Zhao Wenhua walked out of the duty room with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
As prime minister, he entered the imperial court and gave instructions on state affairs...
To do this, he must gain merit in this war!
Jiang Qingzhi has arrived at the Ministry of War at this moment.
"Is there any news about the Altan tribe?"
Wang Yiqi was so busy that he said to him anxiously, "It would be better if you go to the Jinyiwei to ask."
The secret agent of the Embroidered Uniform Guard made great contributions this time, and the Taoist praised Lu Bing in public.
Jiang Qingzhi sat down, "Old Wang."
Wang Yiqi looked up from the documents and asked, "What's the matter?"
“You must learn to delegate authority!”
Wang Yiqi was stunned.
Jiang Qingzhi said seriously: "Remember, if you don't trust your subordinates to do everything yourself, it's not your subordinates who are stupid, it's you who are stupid."
Jiang Qingzhi is gone.
Wang Yiqi was silent for a moment and called someone.
"Send these documents to each of them and let them handle it on their own and report the results to me."
Jiang Qingzhi had high hopes for Wang Yiqi. He hoped that within three to five years, the Mohist School would be able to produce a prime minister.
And this person is best to be Wang Yiqi.
Jiang Qingzhi's going to the Jinyiwei was like going home, he felt very comfortable.
"Lao Lu!"
Lu Bing has been very busy recently. When he saw him come in, he said, "Officers and soldiers from all over the country are coming to Beijing, and food and grass are constantly being sent to the north. There are people coming and going every day, and the convoys are busy. Your leader, Wei Bo, left a message in the court: We must block the scouts of the Altan tribe. It's easy to say, but my Jinyiwei has so few people, how can we take care of everything?"
"Is there any news from Altan?" Jiang Qingzhi ignored his complaints.
"Let me see." Lu Bing searched through the documents. "Here is one... Recently, the number of scouts and rangers from the Altan tribe has increased... and they have had many conflicts with Ming soldiers in Xuanfu and other places."
"Has anyone died?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"A scout went missing a while ago."
Jiang Qingzhi turned around and left.
He went to Yongshou Palace.
"No one was killed, which means that Altan was not ready and needed to play along with the Nine Frontiers. The scout was killed because he had discovered the unusual movements of Altan's tribe. Your Majesty, Altan... is about to come."
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Emperor Jiajing.
He wanted to see how the emperor would react when faced with a powerful enemy.
This is related to the future strategic direction of the Ming Dynasty.
A conservative emperor could not lead the Ming Dynasty to revival.
Emperor Jiajing stroked the jade cone and said, "I thought of the Tumu Incident and Yesen's siege of the capital... The Ming Dynasty has suffered many disasters, but all these disasters came from ourselves. There are tigers and wolves spying outside and people hindering us inside. How difficult it is for an emperor."
Jiang Qingzhi said nothing.
"I have been looking for an opportunity to break this deadlock. Now the opportunity has come."
The Taoist priest actually regarded Altan Khan’s move south as an opportunity... Jiang Qingzhi was delighted.
"There are obstacles inside, but I am here!" Emperor Jiajing looked at Jiang Qingzhi with sharp eyes, "There are tigers and wolves outside..."
Emperor Jiajing stood up and walked to Jiang Qingzhi. "Can my Marquis of Guanjun drive away the tigers and wolves for me and the Ming Dynasty?"
Jiang Qingzhi felt his blood boiling, "I, your servant, will not hesitate to sacrifice my life!"
Afterwards, Emperor Jiajing sent people on fast horses to the nine borders.
……
"alert!"
In Datong, Zhang Da received the briefest imperial edict in history.
"Is it coming?" Zhang Da stood on the top of the city wall, watching the scouts returning from afar. As soon as the scouts entered the city, someone came to report.
"General, more than ten miles away, we found many traces of the Altan tribe."
"Approximately how many people?"
"Judging from the horse manure, there must be at least a thousand horses."
One thousand riders!
Is this cruising in search of opportunity?
The atmosphere on the city wall suddenly froze.
"Hurry and report to the capital, Altan... is coming."
Zhang Da turned around and said to the generals, "This battle is inevitable. Are you willing to die?"
"Have!"
The generals responded loudly.
……
A team of Ming army scouts were riding slowly on the grassland.
The sun was shining brightly in the sky, and the people and horses were basking in the sun and looked lazy.
Zhang Yi, the leader of the flag officers, stretched out his hand and built a canopy in front of him. "Damn it, they are the people of the Altan tribe. Be careful."
In the distance, more than twenty riders were cruising aimlessly. When they saw the Ming army scouts, they began to speed up.
"alert!"
Zhang Yi shouted, and he looked back, "Ma Huan."
"Xiaoqi!" A clever-looking young soldier rode over. Zhang Yi said, "You stay behind."
Ma Huan was stunned, "Xiao Qi is worried about those bastards?"
Zhang Yi said in a deep voice: "Old Wang is such a steady man, but he and his scouts are nowhere to be found alive or dead. I suspect that he was tricked by Altan's tribe. You stay behind, and turn back if anything happens."
"Xiaoqi, how about you..."
Snapped!
Zhang Yi slapped Ma Huan and said, "If it were a war, I would chop you to pieces with one blow."
"Yes." Ma Huan curled his lips and stopped his horse.
"Don't be scared to death!"
"Boy, Xiaoqi wants to recruit you as his son-in-law, hahahaha!"
Amidst the laughter, the leader of the opposing team suddenly drew his sword and shouted, "Kill!"
In an instant, Zhang Yi subconsciously looked around.
There were cavalry looming in the distance, and they were rapidly encircling us.
Zhang Yi drew his sword: "Ma Huan, run!"
Ma Huan was stunned for a moment, and an old soldier turned around and cursed: "Damn it, run! Run now!"
Ma Huan turned his horse around and fled madly.
"Little flag, it's a large group of enemy cavalry!"
"Three thousand cavalry! At least three thousand cavalry! No, this is the vanguard!"
"Ma Huan!" Zhang Yi raised his knife and shouted, "Tell the general that Altan... is coming."
"Little Flag!" Ma Huan looked back and saw only the enemy cavalry swarming in, while Zhang Yi and others looked like a small boat under the huge waves.
"Brothers!" Zhang Yi glanced at his subordinates, "Do you dare to follow me to meet Altan?"
"Xiao Qi's order!" There was calmness in every pair of eyes.
Zhang Yi rode his horse in a circle and said, "Brothers, follow me... and fight your way out."
"kill!"
Ma Huan looked back on his horse and saw ten riders with long swords raised, led by Zhang Yi, rushing towards the endless enemy army.
No turning back!
"Little Flag!"
Ma Huan screamed.
The long sword shook, as if responding to him.
Then, I was drowned in the crowd.
"It's a Ming army scout."
The enemy general reined in his horse, looked at Ma Huan who was fleeing, frowned and asked: "How did you let him escape?"
"The enemy scouts are cunning and have been left behind early on," said the general at the outpost.
Snapped!
The leader of the 3,000 cavalry was called Chen Siyuan. He whipped the general in the face with his horse whip and said, "Fool! You ruined the Khan's plan, and you deserve to die."
"kill!"
Zhang Yi was fighting hard, and when a gap appeared in front of him, he looked back and saw that only two of his subordinates were left.
His eyes darkened, and then he raised his knife and shouted, "Brothers!"
Two sergeants shouted, "In!"
"For the Ming Dynasty... Fight bravely and kill the enemy!"
This was the slogan of the Ming army when they went out of the border many years ago. At that time, the people enthusiastically saw the army off and shouted this sentence one after another.
After many years, this sentence once again echoed outside the Great Wall.
"kill!"
The enemy is retreating, avoiding...
In front, dozens of riders drew their bows and arrows, and someone shouted, "Get off your horses and kneel on the ground, and you won't be killed!"
Zhang Yi laughed loudly, "Brothers, do you want to bend your knees?"
"A man would rather die than bend his knees!"
"Then...see you in the next life!"
Zhang Yi raised his sword, stood up in his stirrups, and shouted, "Zhang Yi, the Ming man, will not surrender!"
"Ming man Huang Yue, will not surrender!"
"Ming people Dou Shun will not surrender!"
The general's eyes were cold, "Send them on their way!"
"Fire arrows!"
The three men and three horses turned into hedgehogs.
Zhang Yi fell to the ground, an arrow stuck in his left eye. He panted and watched the foreign cavalry passing by him.
"They are coming..."
Zhang Yi raised his head and looked towards the south, "My son, Daddy... is gone."
A horse hoof stepped down heavily.
(End of this chapter)
