Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 23 Thunderous wrist!

Zhu Youtang was furious, with murderous intent in his heart.

Huai En and Mou Bin had even more grievances.

Strictly speaking, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on their poor supervision.

How long have they been in charge of the Eastern Depot and the Imperial Guard?
Moreover, he has been dealing with the affairs of the capital and has not had time to build an intelligence network covering the entire country.

The intelligence network previously built by the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard has either been abandoned or infiltrated by civil servants and relatives of the emperor, and cannot be activated for the time being.

The most important point is that when the urgent report was sent to the capital from 800 miles away, they were dealing with the affairs of Zhou's party and the harem, and they were indeed too busy to handle it.

Wang Zhi, who had been waiting nearby, volunteered.

"Your Majesty, the Tartars are about to attack the capital. I am willing to lead the three major camps of the capital and go out of the city to meet the enemy!"

"If you fail to repel the Tartars, I will bring my head to you!"

The three major camps in the capital are the Five Army Camp, the Three Thousand Army Camp and the Shenji Camp, which are commanded by the Five Army Commandery.

The three major camps in the capital, the four Tengxiang guards and the three thousand Yulin guards of the capital's imperial guards, one internal and one external, are the main forces to defend the capital.

Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, who were previously executed by lingchi, worked in the Five Military Commandery and had the power to mobilize troops from the Beijing camp.

At that time, they also wanted to mobilize troops from the Beijing camp and break into the Jinyiwei prison, but they were finally captured by Mou Bin in advance. It was a pity that they died!
The three major camps in the capital were officially established during the Yongle period, with a peak population of up to 700,000.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the three major camps in the capital were quite combat-effective.

But in the Battle of Tumu, the main force was almost completely lost.

By the Hongzhi period, the number of troops in the three major camps in the capital had fallen to less than 200,000.

Moreover, its combat effectiveness is still unclear.

Wang Zhi dared to lead the three camps to the battle, so he naturally had enough confidence.

During the Chenghua period, Wang Zhi visited border towns many times, conquered the Haixi Jurchens, and pursued the Oirat Mongols, making many military achievements.

Zhu Youtang looked at Wang Zhi with some emotion.

"If the Western Factory had not sent me the intelligence in time, I would have had to wait until the Tartars reached the capital before I knew about this matter."

After hearing this, Huai En and Mou Bin felt very uncomfortable.

This Wang Zhi is really terrifying.

Only a few days after the Western Factory was reopened, while investigating retired officials in the capital, the Western Factory's intelligence network was rebuilt.

Now he has become the most trusted person in Zhu Youtang's eyes.

This made Huai En and Mou Bin extremely envious.

At the same time, they also vowed in their hearts that they must work harder next time.

This will allow Zhu Youtang to pay more attention to them.

Huai'en and Mou Bin originally thought that Zhu Youtang would naturally hand over the task of fighting against the Tartars to Wang Zhi, but Zhu Youtang did not.

"Wang Zhi, I am very pleased that you are determined to defend the city for me."

"But I have already decided on the person to fight against the Tartars."

Zhu Youtang walked to the desk and sat down. Just as he was about to pick up a pen, he found that the pen holder had been taken away by him to hit Huai'en.

"Huai En, bring me a pen!"

"Here."

Huai En stood up and quickly picked up the pen, pen holder and inkstone on the ground.

Then he walked to Zhu Youtang, placed the pen holder next to him, and began to grind ink for him again.

"Wang Zhi, which direction did the Tartars come from?"

"Your Majesty, after the little Tatar prince entered Xuanfu, he pretended to attack Gubeikou, and led the main force to attack Huangyugou from Pigeon Cave, and then followed the Xuanfu Great Wall to the capital."

"Looking at the direction, we should go to Tumubao first, then to Miyun, attack Changping, and reach Tongzhou."

"Tumubao?"

Zhu Youtang was so angry that he sneered: "Do these Tartars really think that there is no one in my Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Youtang wrote a secret letter on paper and handed it to Wang Zhi.

"Go and give this letter to a commander of the imperial guards in Tongchang named Gao Shun."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Tongchang is an important military town located between Tongzhou and Changping.

A troop of imperial guards is stationed there all year round.

Wang directly wrote the letter. Although he was a little confused, he did not question Zhu Youtang's decision. He was just a little curious about which commander of the imperial guards could gain Zhu Youtang's trust.

Even such an important task as defending the capital was given to him.

After Zhu Youtang made the deployment decision to defend the capital, he began to show his fangs to the officials in the capital.

"Mou Bin Huai'en, this is just the first time. If it happens again, I will peel off your bones and pull out your tendons!"

"I will give you one chance to atone for your sins. If you fail to do so, I will hold you responsible!"

Mou Bin and Huai En were deeply moved and shed tears of gratitude.

"I thank your majesty for your grace! I will never let you down!"

Zhu Youtang nodded with satisfaction, a cruel sneer on his lips.

He immediately issued orders to the commanders of the two factories and one guard.

"Wang Zhi, listen to my orders. I order you to lead the Western Factory soldiers to capture Ma Wensheng for me!"

"Send someone to bring Ma Wensheng's entire family to the capital!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Mu Bin, listen to my orders. I order you to set out immediately to capture Qiu Yue, and bring all of Qiu Yue's nine clans to me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Huai En, listen to my order. I order you to immediately confiscate the property of Wan An, Liu Wei, and Liu Ji. Don't let any of their descendants or family members go!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

All three of them knelt down to accept the order, and then Wang Zhi made a request.

"Your Majesty, Wan An and his family have been detained by the Western Factory."

"Wan'an and I are old friends. I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and give Wan'an to the Western Factory to handle the matter."

Huai En got angry when he heard this!
You are so good, Wang Zhi. The West Factory has so many officials to deal with, and the East Factory only gets three people this time, and you still come to snatch people from us!

Do you really think the East Factory’s knife is not sharp?

"Your Majesty, the East Factory failed to collect intelligence for Your Majesty in a timely manner. It has failed in its duty."

"The West Factory is busy with affairs. Please let me take care of the three former ministers. The East Factory will definitely handle the matter beautifully!"

"Stop fighting!"

Zhu Youtang interrupted them.

"Since the West Factory has already arrested Wan'an's family, let's hand Wan'an over to the West Factory."

"Don't worry now. There will be many opportunities to handle big cases in the future."

"Let's all go back."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youtang only got a moment of leisure after he drove away the commanders of the two factories and one guard.

Thinking of the direction of the Tartars' attack, Zhu Youtang felt so angry that his teeth itched.

"Do these Tartars dare to go to Tumubao?"

"I will make sure they never return!"

For some well-known reasons, Tumu Fort has always been a shame for the emperors of the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

In the 14th year of the Zhengtong reign, the Oirat leader Yesen led various tribes and invaded the interior in four directions.

The journey was smooth and we won every battle.

Emperor Yingzong decided to lead the army in person.

As a result, when they arrived at Tumubao, they encountered the Wala troops.

The Oirat captured Emperor Yingzong alive and brought him back to the grassland.

As a result, Emperor Yingzong was given nicknames such as the God of War of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Baozong of the Ming Dynasty, and the Oirat Student.

But in fact, the Battle of Tumu was not a military defeat, but a mutiny.

There is one most important question, which is why did Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen lead the army to fight in person?

This is by no means the so-called Emperor Yingzong who was ambitious, incompetent, licentious, and favored eunuchs.

It was because Emperor Yingzong wanted to seize power and settle accounts!

(End of this chapter)