Luguanling is an important pass in the defense line of Yulin Town. It is hundreds of miles away from the capital city, but it is an important way to enter Yan'an Prefecture in Shaanxi Province.
If the Tatars want to cross the border wall and enter Guanzhong, they can go southwest to Ningxia and attack Qingyang Prefecture. If they go southeast, they can choose to break through the Luguanling defense line and go straight to Yan'an Prefecture.
Compared with Qingyang Mansion, Yan'an Mansion is obviously much more prosperous, and now Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, has moved his headquarters from Yulin Town to Luguanling, a key place.
In a lobby in Luguanling, Yang Yiqing, who was dressed in official uniform, was sitting in the lobby with a somewhat dignified look on his eyebrows. Sitting on the left and right below were the generals from the three sides and the Yan'an Prefecture.
officials, big and small.
The atmosphere in the lobby seemed quite solemn.
These people couldn't help but be disrespectful. Not long ago, they had just received news that Dayan Khan, with Su'er's tribe as the vanguard, broke through Wuning Fort, crossed the border southward, and rushed directly into Ningxia.
The news of the Tatar invasion spread very quickly, but even so, by the time Yang Yiqing and the others received the news, it was already a few days later.
Now Yang Yiqing is full of worries. Although he has long expected that the Tatars may choose to go south and target Qingyang Prefecture, Yang Yiqing does not dare to be careless. After all, Yan'an Prefecture is more important in comparison, because he does not dare to
Guarantee whether Dayan Khan will go south to Qingyang Prefecture or attack Yan'an Prefecture and then rush to Shanxi to threaten the capital.
In contrast, Yang Yiqing would rather have the Tatars invade Ningxia. After all, Ningxia is a barren land. Even if the Tatars could invade Ningxia, they would not get much benefit. On the contrary, it would be convenient for the court to dispatch an army to expel and suppress the Tatars.
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If the Tatars were really allowed to enter Shanshan, or even into the capital, even if the Tatars were finally expelled, the Ming Dynasty would suffer huge losses.
It's not that Yang Yiqing is cruel and wants to give up Ningxia, but that as the governor of the three sides, he is in a high position and must consider the overall situation, so Yang Yiqing pays more attention to the security of Shaanxi.
Of course, since Yang Yiqing guessed that the Tatars were very likely to go south to join King Anhua, Yang Yiqing also mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses to gather in Yan'an Mansion.
At this moment, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Yan'an Mansion. These 50,000 soldiers and horses could be said to be the maximum number of troops that Yang Yiqing could mobilize without having to stay and garrison various passes.
As Yang Yiqing's confidant, Yang Tai glanced at Yang Yiqing who was sitting there and said, "Sir, everyone is here."
Yang Yiqing came back to his senses and glanced at the group of people, while the group of people perked up and looked at Yang Yiqing.
Yang Yiqing could only be heard speaking slowly: "Everyone, I think everyone already knows the news that Wuning Fort was breached. The Tatar vanguard went straight to Qingyang Mansion. If nothing else happens, we should do what I said before.
It turns out that the Tatars want to join forces with King Anhua and support King Anhua in his rebellion."
As the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, Lin Fangyuan stroked his beard and said to Yang Yiqing: "The governor has foresight and has already understood the Tatars' purpose. Dayan Khan falsely claimed to be a hero on the grassland, but he didn't know that his every move was there.
The Governor-General expected it."
Lin Fangyuan praised Yang Yiqing without any trace, and many other civil servants nodded, with smiles on their faces, echoing Lin Fangyuan's words and complimenting Yang Yiqing.
Lin Fangyuan was heard to say again: "Dayan Khan is so unwise. He left the mountains and Shaanxi areas alone and went to the barren Ningxia instead. He was really short-sighted."
Yang Yiqing frowned slightly and glanced at everyone indifferently. He saw that many officials in the hall showed a bit of contempt, as if they looked down on Dayan Khan's decision.
With a slight cough, Yang Yiqing looked at the crowd and said: "Do you really think that Dayan Khan is a fool? He can unify the Tatar tribe on the grassland and order hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry to go south with a single order. Such a majestic figure
Don’t you still see through this?”
When everyone heard what Yang Yiqing said, they couldn't help but look at each other. Lin Fangyuan said subconsciously: "In my opinion, it's just a hero who made Zhu Zi famous. Dayan Khan is just a false name."
Yang Yiqing slowly shook his head and said: "You only see the disadvantages of the Tatars entering Ningxia, but you have never thought about the consequences once King Anhua gets the support of the Tatars.
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A general said angrily: "What consequences can there be? How can a mere King Anhua stir up trouble?"
As he spoke, the general continued: "If you want me to tell you, with a single order from the Governor, the general and his army can march directly into Ping Anhua City, capture King Anhua alive, and present it to His Majesty."
The generals in the border town around them really didn't take Anhua King to heart, because they knew very well how effective the border army was. Just by looking at the rabble under King Anhua, it wasn't that they looked down upon him, but they really
So vulnerable.
Seeing this, the other generals nodded and said, "What General Lu said is true. The generals are also willing to lead the army. The governor only needs to give the generals 10,000 horses to capture King Anhua."
Yang Yiqing glanced at the crowd and slowly shook his head and said: "If it weren't for the imperial court's strict order not to tamper with it, I would have sent people to quell King Anhua's rebellion. It's a pity that our responsibilities are heavier, but we can only temporarily put down the rebellion.
Put aside the matter of King Anhua."
As a general, Lu Ming could be regarded as the number one figure in the hall. Hearing this, he couldn't help but said: "The emperor has sent the mighty general Li Huan to lead the army to suppress the rebellion. I don't know what this mighty general is."
If you have some ability, can you put down King Anhua's rebellion?"
Unlike Li Wu who once conquered the Huli tribe with Li Huan, the generals of the Heihe tribe and the border town generals such as Lu Ming actually despised Li Huan from the bottom of their hearts.
Even though Li Wu and other generals were full of praise for Li Huan, Lu Ming and others did not believe that Li Huan was as powerful as Li Wu and others said. They only believed what they saw with their own eyes. As for speaking what others said, they were not very good at it.
believable.
Therefore, when Lu Ming mentioned Li Huanping's rebellion, his words were somewhat contemptuous.
Li Wu coughed lightly and said: "General Lu, the mighty general has personally taken action. There is no need to worry about King Anhua's rebellion. It is expected that after the mighty general arrives, the rebellion will be settled."
After glancing at Li Wu, Lu Ming said calmly: "I hope it's as General Li said."
At this time, Lin Fangyuan, the governor of Yan'an Prefecture, just glanced at Li Wu, Lu Ming and several other generals, stroking his beard and said to Yang Yiqing: "The governor seems to be quite worried about the Tatars entering Qingyang Prefecture to join King Anhua!
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Yang Yiqing sighed softly and said: "I have never worried about the Tatars entering the land of Ningxia. The land of Ningxia is barren and the Tatars will not get much benefit. As long as the imperial court slows down and mobilizes troops, the Tatars can be defeated."
The Tatars will be driven out."
As he spoke, Yang Yiqing looked at everyone with a serious expression and said: "It is precisely because of this that when Tatars invaded, they rarely chose to use the border areas of Ningxia as a breakthrough point. But this time Dayan Khan gathered more than 100,000 troops in
After analyzing the capital city, it is clear that its purpose is to enter Qingyang Mansion and join King Anhua."
Lin Fangyuan's eyes suddenly opened wide, and his face was filled with horror as he trembled: "What do you mean, Sir, do you mean that the Tatars will support King Anhua to proclaim himself emperor?"
As soon as the word "proclaimed emperor" came out, everyone in the hall immediately burst into an uproar, with looks of horror on their faces.
The Ming Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years. Over the past hundred years, the rule of the Ming Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Not many people have thought about changing dynasties, especially officials who are attached to the Ming Dynasty.
At this moment, Lin Fangyuan suddenly said that the Tatars would support King Anhua in proclaiming himself emperor, but the nature of this was completely different.
You must know that King Anhua's rebellion was only under the banner of Qingjun. Although he was rebelling, he did not dare to proclaim himself emperor.
But if King Anhua really gets the support of the Tatars, then he may not dare to proclaim himself emperor. Once he becomes emperor, his nature will change.
It is said that there are no two emperors in the sky and no two rulers in the people. The Ming Dynasty has only one emperor. However, once King Anhua rebels and proclaims himself emperor, it will inevitably have a very bad impact and even shake the people's hearts.
King Anhua himself would never dare to proclaim himself emperor. However, if the Tatars support him, King Anhua will most likely proclaim himself emperor.
When thinking of this, everyone present was an official, and they knew better than anyone else what the consequences would be if King Anhua proclaimed himself emperor.
Li Wu, Lu Ming and other generals all had angry expressions on their faces, and they all looked up at Yang Yiqing.
As for the civil servants headed by Lin Fangyuan, they also looked at Yang Yiqing.
Yang Yiqing's face was full of solemnity and he said: "This is what I am most worried about. Whether it is King Anhua's rebellion or the Tatar invasion, it is actually not a big problem. The rebellion can be put down, and the Tatar invasion can be
Expulsion, but once the two are combined, whether you want to pacify King Anhua or expel the Tatars, the difficulty will increase tenfold."
Lu Ming frowned and said: "Damn it, King Anhua won't really collude with the Tatars..."
Even Lu Ming himself didn't believe this, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident when he spoke.
Li Wu suddenly said: "Hasn't the imperial court sent a mighty general to put down the rebellion? If nothing happens, the mighty general should have led his people into Ningxia."
As he spoke, Li Wu looked at Yang Yiqing and said, "Doesn't the Governor have any news about the mighty general?"
Yang Yiqing slowly shook his head and said: "I did receive news from the general a few days ago, but there has been no news for several days."
Lin Fangyuan was a civil servant. During the previous great purge led by Li Huan, his predecessor was beheaded by Li Huan, and he was also transferred by the central government to guard the side.
Since Lin Fangyuan came from the capital, he didn't have much favorable impressions of Li Huan. Especially when he learned that the emperor had handed over such an important matter of suppressing the rebellion to a person like Li Huan who did not have much experience in commanding troops, Lin Fangyuan became angry.
He was even more disgusted with Li Huan.
Therefore, after listening to the conversation between Li Wu and Yang Yiqing, Lin Fangyuan snorted coldly and said: "In Lin's opinion, His Majesty should not have entrusted such an important task to Li Huan.
If King Hua rebels and proclaims himself emperor, and the situation becomes difficult to control, I will definitely impeach him severely."
No one present was surprised by Lin Fangyuan's words. It would be strange if Lin Fangyuan had something nice to say for Li Huan.
Looking at Lin Fangyuan, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but said: "Even if Magistrate Lin doesn't have confidence in the mighty general, he should have confidence in the princes of the court."
Lin Fangyuan sneered and said, "If His Majesty hadn't acted on his own will, how could the princes of the imperial court have agreed to let Li Huan lead the army to put down the rebellion?"
As he spoke, Lin Fangyuan sneered and said, "It's not that I look down upon this mighty general. If he can put down the rebellion, Lin is willing to apologize to him personally."
"Yes, what Mr. Lin said is true. The most important thing in the country lies in military service and sacrifice. He, Li Huan, is just a small soldier, so what can he do..."
An official immediately echoed Lin Fangyuan, but before he could finish his words, Yang Yiqing heard a cold shout: "That's enough, the mighty general is an important minister of the imperial court no matter what, how can he be a gentleman if he criticizes an important minister of the imperial court behind his back?"
What you did.”
When the official saw the angry look on Yang Yiqing's face, he couldn't help but shut up angrily, but looking at his expression, it was obvious that he was very unhappy.
When Yang Yiqing saw this, he also sighed in his heart. He didn't know why. It was because Li Huan killed too many corrupt officials, especially his frequent confiscation of homes and annihilations. This only made many officials have a very bad impression of Li Huan. He, the governor of the three sides,
More than once, I heard that many officials privately cursed Li Huan for a good death.
With a slight cough, Li Wu now spoke: "Your Majesty Governor, now that the Tatars have made it clear that they want to go south to Qingyang Mansion, shall we mobilize our troops and try to block the Tatars in Qingyang Mansion?"
Yang Yiqing was about to speak when suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside.
Everyone couldn't help but look up at the entrance of the hall, and saw a messenger rushing towards him, covered with travel dust. Before he arrived, he said: "800 miles away, urgent military report."
Yang Yiqing stood up suddenly, stared at the messenger and said solemnly: "Hurry up and bring the letter up."
Li Wu strode forward and took the letter from the courier, inspected it and quickly presented it to Yang Yiqing.
Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and opened the fire-sealed letter, looking at it with a look of astonishment on his face.
When Yang Yiqing opened the letter, everyone's eyes fell on the letter in Yang Yiqing's hand. Although they could not see the content of the letter, the change in Yang Yiqing's expression was visible to everyone.
Yang Yiqing was shocked at first, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a bit of a smile. This made everyone secretly guess what the content of the letter was that actually made Yang Yiqing, who had never shown a smile in these days, smile.
meaning.
Needless to say, this letter was a good news sent by Li Huan. Even Yang Yiqing did not expect that Li Huan would be so fast.
In just a few days, the rebellion of King Anhua was put down, and thousands of Tatar vanguard troops were even annihilated. If he didn't know that Li Huan would not joke about such a thing, Yang Yiqing would have doubted the content of this letter.
of authenticity.
Thinking that the rebellion of King Anhua was put down, King Anhua died, and his entire family was escorted to the capital, this made Yang Yiqing, who was originally worried that the Tatars would support King Anhua rebel and proclaim himself emperor and split the Ming Dynasty, breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, Yang Yiqing was born as a civil servant, and he knew better than many people how important the rightful name was sometimes. Even if the rightful name was obtained incorrectly, it could have extremely bad effects.
Fortunately, now, King Anhua is dead, and King Anhua's family has been escorted to the capital, which completely eliminates the possibility of the Tatars pushing King Anhua out to cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty.
"Hahahaha, okay, it's really great! The mighty general really did not disappoint."
As soon as Yang Yiqing said these words, the whole audience was shocked, especially Lin Fangyuan and other civil servants who looked at Yang Yiqing who looked happy with astonishment. They wondered if they had heard wrongly.
Some of the generals, including Li Wu who had dealt with Li Huan, were smiling. Although they did not know the content of the letter, they could more or less guess from Yang Yiqing's reaction that Li Huan might be in the letter.
News of victory in the battle.
After thinking about all this, Li Wu said to Lu Ming beside him: "General Lu, I dare say that this must be a victory for the mighty general."
Lu Ming was slightly startled and said: "Just the rebels, if they perform normally, can defeat the rebels."
Li Wu just smiled when he heard this and looked at Yang Yiqing expectantly, wondering what the content was.
At this time, a civil servant said to Yang Yiqing: "The Governor is so happy, what happened?"
After calming down his joyful mood, Yang Yiqing laughed and said: "The news about General Mighty is that General Mighty has broken through Anhua City a few days ago, shot and killed Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu, beheaded Anhua City, and supported King Anhua."
The rebellious rebels led more than 10,000 fine cavalry and completely annihilated thousands of troops from the Suder tribe, the vanguard of the Tatars. Is this a great victory?"
Hearing what Yang Yiqing said, everyone was stunned.
Li Wu subconsciously exclaimed: "So fast?"
When Li Wu thought about it, Li Huan would definitely have no problem dealing with King Anhua, but he did not expect that Li Huan would put down the rebellion so neatly and even wipe out all the Tatar vanguard troops.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Li Huan must have lied about military information..."
Lin Fangyuan shouted almost reflexively.
But Lin Fangyuan soon closed his mouth because Yang Yiqing was staring at him with an unkind expression.
Although Lin Fangyuan was not afraid of Yang Yiqing, he still felt a bit of pressure from being stared at by Yang Yiqing. He took a deep breath and said to Yang Yiqing: "My Lord Governor, I don't have any other intentions. I am just curious. The mighty General Li Huanping rebelled."
Why was it so fast? King Anhua still had tens of thousands of rebels under his command, and with Anhua City as his support, how could they be suppressed in such a short period of time? This is unrealistic."
Even Li Wu felt that Li Huan's speed in quelling the rebellion was astonishing, let alone civil servants like Lin Fangyuan.
In Lin Fangyuan's view, even if King Anhua's subordinates were all a mob, they still had tens of thousands of troops. It would take a month or two for Li Huan to lead an army to quell the rebellion.
But how long has it been? From the time the imperial court issued the decree to when Li Huan Tongbing entered Ningxia, it was only more than a month, and most of the time was spent on the march. The time it took to actually suppress the rebellion was probably only
Just a few days.
Yang Yiqing handed the letter to Lin Fangyuan and said, "Prefect Lin might as well take a look. This good news has been sent to the capital. Do you think Li Huan dares to deceive the emperor with such a thing?"
Lin Fangyuan shook his head subconsciously. With how favored Li Huan was, even if he failed to suppress the rebellion, he would only be punished. The emperor could definitely keep him alive.
But if he dared to joke about such a major military matter, even the emperor would not be able to protect him. Unless Li Huan's head was broken, he would definitely not dare to do anything with this military report.
Thinking of this, Lin Fangyuan's face was changing, and she was holding the letter tightly in one hand, and her heart was filled with waves.
If the content of this letter is completely true, even he knows what kind of credit it will be.
Putting down the rebellion of King Anhua and annihilating thousands of Tatar vanguards, these two points alone were enough to make Li Huan a marquis.
The Ming Dynasty cannot be granted marquisships except for its military merits, and it is not about changing dynasties. So the most important military achievements of the Ming Dynasty now are to put down rebellions and annihilate alien races.
Li Huan used to be favored by the emperor, but because he had no meritorious achievements, he was often regarded as a lucky minister. It can be said that many officials despised Li Huan from the bottom of their hearts.
Just like he had never looked down on Li Huan, it was because Li Huan had no meritorious deeds.
But this time Li Huan put down the rebellion of King Anhua. He believed that given the emperor's favor and trust in Li Huan, he would definitely take the opportunity to grant Li Huan an official title.
Not to mention the official position, the knighthood will definitely be rewarded. By then, Li Huanke will no longer be a rootless duckweed, but will become a truly meritorious figure.
Thinking of this, Lin Fangyuan could almost imagine what kind of sensation and waves this news would cause once it reached the capital.
Lin Fangyuan's expression was changing, but Yang Yiqing didn't care about Lin Fangyuan's thoughts at the moment. Yang Yiqing stood up and said with a solemn look on his face: "Everyone, the mighty general invites this governor to join us.
What do you think about hunting Tatars?"
All the civil servants were still immersed in the news, but now they looked confused when they heard the words. On the contrary, Li Wu, Lu Ming and other military generals looked happy and shouted excitedly: "Mr. Governor
, our officers and soldiers on the three sides are no worse than our brothers in the Beijing camp, and in the battle against the Tatars, we are no weaker than others, so we invite you to fight!"
"The last general is waiting for a fight!"
"Please fight!"
Suddenly all the generals shouted in unison.
Yang Yiqing was in a good mood when he saw this situation. He stroked his beard and nodded slightly and said: "Okay, in that case, I will pass the order of the governor to mobilize 50,000 troops and horses, join forces with the mighty general, and fight the Tatars happily.
field."
According to what Li Huan said, he had previously ordered Guan Zheng, who was training in Xi'an Prefecture, to lead 50,000 soldiers who had been training for more than half a year to Qingyang Prefecture. If more than 50,000 elites from three sides were added, then the Ming Dynasty would be
It is convenient to have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.
What Yang Yiqing didn't know was that when Li Huan left Beijing, Li Huan had already exercised his power to governor the world's troops and ordered 100,000 troops from Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other places to go to Ningxia.
Calculating the time, by the time Yang Yiqing leads the elite troops from three sides to Qingyang Mansion, these soldiers and horses drawn from various places will have almost arrived at Qingyang Mansion.
When the time comes, the Tatars will not only have an army of 100,000 people, but also an army of more than 200,000 people, which will have gathered the strength of several provinces of the Ming Dynasty.
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