bookrebus Chapter 468: Battle of Tumubao
Chapter 468: Battle of Tumubao
After hearing Li Wu's words, everyone else became upset. They thought this was outrageous and brainless enough. What else did Zhu Qizhen do?
Oh, by the way, Zhu Qizhen was called the Gate Emperor, well, that's really outrageous.
"At that time, Zhu Qizhen handed over all military and political affairs to Wang Zhen. How could a eunuch like him know how to fight a war?
Even if the ministers and generals had opinions, it was of no use because it was an imperial society at that time and the emperor was the most powerful.
The army marched out of Juyongguan in a mighty manner, arrived at Xuanfu on July 23rd, and arrived at Datong on August 1st.
As a result, it was only at this time that Wang Zhen received the news that as early as in the battle on July 16, Governor Datong, Xining Hou Song Ying and General Zhu Mian were both killed in the battle, and the entire army was wiped out.
The soldiers saw with their own eyes the battlefield littered with bones, causing panic in the army all night long.
Wang Zhen was even more frightened.
There was no preparation for this war in the first place, and we only knew to prepare a month's rations.
So Wang Zhen was too scared and decided to retreat. Yes, he didn't even fight head-on, he just decided to retreat, as if it was a game.
More than 200,000 troops came out for a stroll and then turned around to go back.
At that time, Cabinet Scholar Cao Nai suggested that the army retreat back to the capital from Zijing Pass.
But Wang Zhen was up to no good again, because the place where they were now was not far from Wang Zhen's hometown, and he wanted to take his army back to his hometown to let those people see his power.
Not to mention Wang Zhen's outrageous request, Zhu Qizhen actually agreed to it. The army of more than 200,000 was tired and hungry.
When the army was about to reach Wang Zhen's hometown of Weizhou, Wang started to act up again, and Zhu Qizhen, this idiot, listened to him again, which made me so angry. How could such a person be an emperor? He has no opinion of his own and always listens to a eunuch," Li Wu slammed his hammer on the table and cursed.
If you meet someone with a violent temper, he would have wanted to kill the king long ago.
Those who heard it in front of the sky curtain also found it outrageous. How could there be such a stupid emperor?
The people of the Ming Dynasty felt that they had lost all face.
The Ming Dynasty during the reign of Zhu Qizhen was in a mess. No, was Zhu Qizhen sick? Just go to war, why bring all these ministers with you?
There are more than a hundred of them, and they must be among them. They are civil servants, civil servants. Do they know what civil servants are?
Everyone looked at Zhu Qizhen with a unhappy expression. If it weren't for his identity, they would have slapped him twice.
They didn't need to think about it, because the fate of these ministers would not be good either, they would be half dead if not dead.
"Guess what Wang Zhen did?
He suddenly thought that these hundreds of thousands of troops passing through his hometown would inevitably trample on the crops that were about to mature, so he changed the direction of the army.
The army changed its route via Xuanfu and returned to Beijing. The marching route suddenly changed again, and the army was inevitably panicked.
I think those soldiers were already cursing in their hearts, wishing they could kill that idiot Wang Zhen.
The route changed again and again, and they were almost exhausted after walking for so long.
Just because of his own selfish desire, Xiao wanted to go back to his hometown to take a look, but when he was almost there, he regretted it.
It was like a joke, not taking the lives of more than 200,000 soldiers seriously.
Zhu Qizhen also let Wang Zhen do this. Ha, why don't they get off and walk all by themselves? There are servants to serve them when they are sitting in the carriage, so how can they be tired? Only the army will be tired. "
Li Wu was really angry about the 200,000-strong army.
Not only Li Wuqi, but everyone else was also extremely angry, especially the military generals, who had already started cursing Wang Zhen. No matter whether the immortal would silence them or not, they just couldn't get angry enough without cursing Wang Zhen.
Even if they are banned from speaking, they still curse. Civil servants also curse, but they don't use any swear words, which is more infuriating.
"Tumubao is a post station on the main transportation route from Juyongguan to Xuanfu and Datong.
On August 14, the army retreated to Beijing via Xuanfu and arrived at Tumu Fort.
Wang Zhen ordered the troops to set up camp on high ground and wait for the thousands of supply carts that had not yet arrived.
The Minister of War Kuang Ye requested to send a large number of troops to cover the retreat and allow Emperor Zhu Qizhen to enter the pass first to prevent any accidents. However, Wang Zhen jumped out and disagreed.
The Oirat Mongols had already tracked them down and surrounded the Ming army with an iron wall, cutting off the stream 15 miles upstream from the Ming army camp, leaving more than people without water.
The Ming army was extremely scared because they had no water to drink. Now they were really exhausted.
Even after digging a well of two meters, there was not a drop of water, and the situation was in chaos.
The number of Wala troops was increasing. Although the Ming army had a large number of people, they had no energy to fight and could not even lift their weapons.
At this time, the leader of the Oirat tribe, Yesen, suddenly sent people to negotiate peace and pretended to withdraw his troops.
Zhu Qizhen was overjoyed, thinking that the Wala were afraid of him, and ordered the students in the cabinet to draft an edict to negotiate peace. Wang Zhen took the opportunity to order the camp to be moved to get water.
Yesen finally got his chance. When the Ming army had moved its camp for about three days and four miles, the Oirat cavalry swarmed in and surrounded the Ming army. The Ming army's formation was in chaos, with countless soldiers fleeing east and west. Some were killed by the Oirat soldiers, and most were trampled to death by each other.
The emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured and the army was defeated.
Fan Zhong, the guard general beside Zhu Qizhen, was extremely angry and killed Wang Zhen.
In this battle, the Ming army of 250,000 was almost wiped out, and all the ministers who followed him also died in a foreign land.
This is the famous Battle of Tumubao. It was ridiculous that we were defeated just like that. "
Li Wu's eyes also turned red. Those were the lives of more than 200,000 people, and they were gone just like that. He, Zhu Qizhen, and Wang Zhen were the culprits. Even if he was the emperor, he should be buried with the 200,000 troops.
Yu Qian and the other two widened their eyes. An army of 200,000 was destroyed just like that?
Yu Qian's eyes were red. "How, how could this happen? How could this happen? I should have tried to persuade her properly."
"Master Yu, this is none of your business. It's all the fault of that idiot Zhu Qizhen," Li Wu was extremely disgusted with Zhu Qizhen.
"If I had an army of 200,000, this Northern Expedition wouldn't be so difficult," Zhuge Liang was also furious.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty: "Zhu Qizhen, you deserve to die, you deserve to die beast. That was an army of more than 200,000 soldiers, and he let an official toy with him like that, killing more than 200,000 people. Zhu Qizhen deserves to die, deserves to die," Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were bloodshot, and he finally spat out a mouthful of blood.
The ministers also cursed loudly. Now they didn't care about anything else. The damn Zhu Qizhen was so angry that several generals fainted.
The situation was almost the same during the reigns of Emperor Chengzu, Emperor Renzong, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial physicians were very busy, fearing that they would not be able to save the patients.
Zhu Di even shouted in the barrage that Zhu Qizhen should be chopped off, and his head should be hung on the gate of Tumu Fort to atone for the more than 200,000 soldiers he killed.
Zhu Di's words shocked people from all dynasties. Zhu Di was a ruthless man, but if they had an unfilial descendant like Zhu Qizhen, they would definitely do the same.
Zhu Qizhen was also frightened. No, no, he was not wrong, he was not wrong. How could he be blamed? This was not his fault.
Zhu Qizhen was really scared. He was afraid of death. He knelt on the ground and repented. Of course, no one knew whether he was truly repenting or was afraid of death.