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Volume 1: Young People¡¯s Struggle for Loyalty Chapter 413: Leaving Seclusion to Defend the Enemy

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    "Wang Shangshu, how many troops and horses are there?" Emperor Tianqi heard this and asked a big man sitting under Zhao Nanxing.  "Originally there were only five thousand. After Governor Wang's defeat, I urgently ordered people to transfer another 60,000 from other places. Adding in the original scattered soldiers who returned from Liaodong, there should be no less than one hundred thousand." Wang Shangshu stood up and said.  Yu Ren nodded.  "With one hundred thousand against five thousand, and the natural barrier of Shanhaiguan, the Jurchens will never be able to defeat them." "But as the old saying goes, if the Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand, they will be invincible if they have ten thousand! Prince Consort Yu must not underestimate these five  Qiannv Zhenren!" the Minister of War said with a worried look on his face.  Zhu Youxiao's face had already relaxed a lot after listening to Yu Ren's words, but when he heard these words from the Minister of War, his expression became tense again.  Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but turn his eyes to his teacher Sun Chengzong.  Sun Chengzong glanced at Yu Ren, "Although Yu Ren is young, he is experienced in battles and is the number one general in our new dynasty. Naturally, these five thousand Jurchens will not take it seriously. In my opinion, it is better to just let it go.  Prince Consort Yu took 50,000 elite soldiers and went north to Shanhaiguan to stop these Jurchens. I wonder what the emperor thought? " Zhu Youxiao nodded quickly when he heard the teacher's idea.  "That's very good! I just wonder what Prince Consort Yu wants?" Yu Ren glanced at Sun Chengzong and thought to himself, I knew it would be no good for you, the old boy, to come to the door in person.  Sure enough, he pushed me into the fire pit!  I only said that with one hundred thousand against five thousand, it is easy to defend by relying on the pass, but I did not say that it is easy to fight against the pass.  These Jurchen cavalry are all brave, and it is not easy to fight with them in the wild!  Yu Ren was about to vote, but turned around and saw Zhao Nanxing.  At this time, Zhao Nanxing was looking at him expectantly.  This suddenly made Yu Ren think that since he had delegated this job, the emperor could not do anything to him because he had no official position.  But Zhao Nanxing is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.  If he was rejected, his father-in-law would definitely be reprimanded by the emperor, and he might even be dismissed from his post because of this.  In Zhao Nanxing¡¯s heart, he also believed that only Yu Ren had the ability to resist the Jurchens.  Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, he also hoped that Yu Ren could take over this task.  You know, although this matter is risky, if you win, it will be a rare achievement.  Yu Ren lowered his head and thought for a moment.  "Okay! But our Ming army has never been good at horse warfare, and it is very difficult to fight against the Jurchens in a field battle on horseback. Throughout the Ming Dynasty's century-old war history, only General Qi has defeated this kind of battle several times.  . At present, Yu Ren has not led any soldiers around Shanhaiguan. If Yu Ren is allowed to lead the troops to guard the pass, I have a 90% chance of stopping the Jurchens. But if I lead the troops out of the pass and take the initiative to fight with the Jurchens in the wild,  I am only 30% sure that I can defeat them. And the Jurchen cavalry are fast and have flexible tactics. Even if we lose, if we can't hit them hard, they still won't retreat easily with our current teams.  Cavalry, this is almost impossible." After hearing this, Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but look at the teacher Sun Chengzong with a questioning look.  In fact, when he heard that the Jurchen soldiers and horses were approaching Shanhaiguan, he had already lost his bearings. In this regard, Sun Chengzong was actually making decisions for him.  Therefore, after hearing Yu Ren's words, Emperor Tianqi naturally turned his attention to Sun Chengzong.  Sun Chengzong glanced at Yu Ren, and he knew very well that what Yu Ren said was the truth.  Therefore, he was also in a bit of trouble.  He also knew that it would not be difficult to guard the Shanhaiguan Pass. After all, there were only five thousand Jurchen cavalry.  At this time, the person guarding Shanhaiguan was Zhang Heming, the former Minister of War.  After Wang Huazhen and Xiong Tingbi were defeated, no one in Shanhaiguan dared to guard the pass anymore. Zhang Heming was impatient and had to go and guard the pass himself.  At present, the imperial court has decided to remove Zhang Heming from the post of Minister of War and replace it with Wang Zaijin.  This Wang Shangshu is the Minister of War sitting at the scene.  Since Wang Zaijin was appointed Minister of War, he was certainly bound to take on the task of defending Shanhaiguan.  Therefore, whether to use Yu Ren to guard Shanhaiguan or to send troops outside the Shanhaiguan to defend the enemy outside the Shanhaiguan, Sun Chengzong had to listen to the opinion of Wang Shangshu.  "Wang Shangshu, what do you think?" Wang Zaijin glanced at Yu Ren, and then said to Emperor Tianqi, "Your Majesty, since Prince Consort Yu is not 100% sure that he can guard Shanhaiguan, in my opinion, it is better for the lower official to take charge personally!  As for the Prince Consort, the lower official can allocate another 20,000 troops to the Prince Consort and send troops outside the pass to wait for an opportunity to fight against the Jurchens. It would be best if they can win, but it doesn't matter if they fail to win.  A general, but this time we must face the Jurchens. In front of the Jurchens, our Ming Dynasty has lost many famous generals." The meaning of Wang Zaijin's words is obvious: Isn't your boy known as the number one general?  Then you can't say that you can't beat the Jurchens.  The most important purpose of letting Yu Ren come out to stop the Jurchens was Wang Zai.In fact, he wanted to use Yu Ren's hand to consume the Jurchens, so that his Shanhaiguan would be easier to defend.  As for whether Yu Ren won the fight or whether he would die, he didn't care.  His mission now is to use words to catch Yu Ren so that he has to go.  Emperor Tianqi looked at Sun Chengzong, and when he saw the teacher nodding to him, he stood up.  "Okay, then follow Wang Shangshu's method! You and Prince Consort Yu will get up and go to Shanhaiguan tomorrow. Prince Consort Yu will be responsible for defending the enemy outside the pass, and you will be responsible for guarding Shanhaiguan. Remember. Shanhaiguan is already my last road in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty.  It's a barrier. It must not be lost. If it is lost, I will destroy your nine tribes." Wang Zaijin was frightened by Emperor Tianqi's words and quickly stood up and bowed to Emperor Tianqi.  "I swear to guard Shanhaiguan to the death and never let down the Holy Master's expectations of me." Emperor Tianqi nodded to Wang Zaijin with satisfaction and turned his eyes to Yu Ren.  Yu Ren felt so bitter. He had already sent greetings to Wang Zaijin's whole family in his stomach.  Wang Zaijin, an old cunning man, took away the easy task of guarding the border and gave himself the almost impossible task of attacking.  He is now riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off.  Don¡¯t go!  Others will definitely laugh at him for being timid.  More importantly, it will also implicate his father-in-law Zhao Nanxing.  Go for it!  He knew this battle better than anyone else. If this group of Jurchens really came for Shanhaiguan, and he wanted to drive them away with the frightened 20,000 people in Shanhaiguan, it would be almost impossible.  possible.  If he could bring the 10,000 horses he had on patrol in Zhenjiang, he believed he could still compete with the 5,000 Jurchens, but this was obviously impossible.  Not to mention that Zhenjiang Fort needs men and horses to defend at this time. Even if no men and horses are left behind, it will take at least more than half a month to mobilize so many troops from Zhenjiang to Shanhaiguan.  By the time the people arrived, the battle at Shanhaiguan had already been over.  But because of the relationship between Zhu Yueyue and Zhao Rui, he had to accept this task.  In the end, Yu Ren had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept it.  However, he also made a request, that is, Wang Zaijin should allocate a Shenji battalion of 3,000 people and a cavalry of 2,000 people no matter what.  Wang Zaijin grimaced, "There is absolutely no problem with the Shenji Camp. But the cavalry, you also know Yu Ma, our Ming Dynasty has never been good at horse fighting, and the number of horses is originally small. We just suffered a big defeat in Liaodong, and almost all the cavalry were there  They were defeated in the Battle of Guangning. I don¡¯t know if there are still 2,000 cavalry around Shanhaiguan. Where can I get another 2,000 cavalry for the Prince Consort?¡± Yu Ren heard this answer.  I had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and get the Shen Ji Feng first.  With Wang Zaijin¡¯s repeated assurances, the two set off that night to Shanhaiguan.  When Wang Zaijin arrived at Shanhaiguan and replaced Zhang Heming, he did not make a mistake and immediately assigned Yu Ren 20,000 troops.  Yu Ren did not go to reorganize his troops immediately, because he wanted to understand the enemy's situation first.  On the battlefield, intelligence is crucial.  Yu Ren knows this better than anyone else.  A few days ago, Nurhachi was misled by one of his wrong intelligence and missed the opportunity to capture Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop.  However, the detailed information reported made Yu Ren and Wang Zaijin very confused.  According to detailed reports, this group of about 5,000 Jurchen cavalry arrived three days ago. However, they did not approach Shanhaiguan. Instead, they set up camp dozens of miles outside Shanhaiguan.  Judging from the summary obtained from other detailed sources, this group of 5,000 Jurchen cavalry should have come from Guangning City.  "Do you know what they did after setting up camp?" Yu Ren has always been meticulous in intelligence, because he believes that only by analyzing details can he correctly judge the opponent's intentions.  "Are you preparing to attack it into a tool?" Wang Zaijin asked.  Sezuo shook his head.  "According to our observations in the past few days, this group of Jurchens did not make any big moves after setting up camp, let alone building siege equipment. Instead, they sent several teams of people into the mountains every day. Each team had ten to twenty people.  Wait. I will bring a few mountain people back when I come back. "What do they want to do?" Wang Zaijin turned to look at Yu Ren.
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