When it comes to the palace's guards, many history books usually exaggerate their power. However, according to the comparative analysis of various historical materials, the guards of the king's palace are usually only one or two thousand; the guard army of the Yan king is less than 6,000 people.
In fact, this kind of strength is already very impressive. You know, at that time, in Beiping City, there were only more than 20,000 troops.
Four months ago, the little emperor asked the governor Song Zhong to transfer 5,000 troops from the Yan King's Palace.
At that time, this was a move that the little emperor had won, because most of the guards of the Yan King's Palace had been transferred away from Beiping City. When the little emperor solved the Yan King, it should be relatively easy.
The problem was that the Yan King fought a battle against the water, with the remaining 800 guards, and took control of Beiping City. The 5,000 Yan Wangfu guards who remained with governor Song Zhong became a time bomb, because the political reliability of this army, needless to ask, must be very poor!
When the little emperor sent people to the Yan king's mansion to arrest people, he asked the governor Song Zhong to lead his army closer to the direction of Beiping.
However, before the governor Song Zhong arrived in Beiping, the King of Yan rebelled.
At that time, the governor Song Zhong had only 30,000 soldiers and horses, of which 5,000 were the guards of the Yan King's Palace; and the Yan King had already controlled the city of Beiping, as well as several surrounding military camps, and the strength of the troops was close to 50,000.
In this context, the governor Song Zhong did not dare to go to war with the King of Yan, but crossed juyongguan and arrived in Huailai.
Speaking of this, some people may say that Governor Song Zhong is the commander-in-chief of the group army? Why didn't he mobilize the troops of the nearby barracks and military districts?
The answer is simple, the Governor does not have the power to mobilize troops!
The little emperor would not easily grant this power to the governor. Because the commander-in-chief in the front has this kind of power, I am afraid that it is even more terrifying than the king of the domain.
In general, the military and political system of the Ming Empire had various restrictions on the snare; no one should feel that they were more cattle X. The king of the clan is very bullish X, but many people restrain him; the governor is very bullish X, and he is also subject to many restrictions.
We usually think that Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the founding heroes, so in the face of the rebellion of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, he would not be able to deal with it.
In fact, as long as the little emperor dares to give up power, the invincible commander of Niu X is all over the world. In the simplest terms, the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was in chaos, in a barbaric growth environment, and the invincible general of Niu X was like a leek, cutting stubble after stubble.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's purges, it is difficult to produce invincible generals, not because the excellent generals have been killed, but because the military system of the empire has entered the bureaucratic system of snare, and even if you have great military talent, it will become very mediocre.
In the simplest terms, you are the commander of the army, the chief of staff and political commissar next to you, when you sing the opposite stage, can you kick them aside? If you can't, you'll fight again, and you'll have a fart!
Even so, there are senior generals below, blatantly opposing your command, can you suspend them? If you can't, you'll fight again, and you'll have a fart!
It's like when you play chess, you let the car, horse, cannon go in which direction, have no right to decide, you can play chess again, what is the use?
Zhu Yuanzhang Niu X, because he built a monistic system, Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, who dared to openly disobey, that is, he did not want to live.
The Yan King was able to kill layers of blockades later, and a very important reason was also here.
In the System of the Yan King, under the order of the Yan King, who dared to openly disobey, that is, he did not want to live. However, whether it is Geng Bingwen or Li Jinglong, who dares to put such a big spout?
More importantly, entering the bureaucracy, the military system is usually always suppressed by the civilian system.
In this context, you are the commander of the army, your little brother, and when you rush forward in the face of great danger, you may not dare to promise them that all their efforts, even sacrifices, will be rewarded.
In many cases, don't say your little brother, that is, you have made a battle merit, can you get the corresponding return? No one can guarantee it.
Why do many commanders of large armies know that the emperor will be jealous and still look like a cow X for a long time? Because, many times, he had to convince his little brother that he was definitely the number one person within the empire, and that if he mixed with him, he would never fall behind; if you dared to confront him, no one could save you.
A general, with this image of a cow X coaxing, is an important reason why he can win the battle. Otherwise, your little brother will not obey you, and you will not be able to help them; your little brother will follow you and rush forward, and you will not be able to give him any benefits. In this context, you are really using soldiers like gods, what is the use?
The problem is that after Zhu Yuanzhang was purged with iron blood, the little emperor was still a sharpened sword; which army commander was estimated to have to learn to be a man with his tail between his legs. Because you don't have your tail between your legs, don't say that you may not be able to win the battle, even if you can win the battle, maybe it is a step closer to the guillotine.
It is no exaggeration to say that the little emperor was willing to delegate power, and with the resources held by the central government, he could crush the people of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and that was too much.
Otherwise, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Lan Yu are there, and they are still a sick cat.
The King of Yan said that he was the political commissar of the Beiping Military Region, and there were also envoys and envoys next to him to restrain him.
The Beiping Military Region is very cattle, but near the Beiping Military Region, there are several military regions that compete with the Beiping Military Region.
In the face of such a Yan King, the little emperor was afraid to die.
Now, do you think it is realistic for you to ask the little emperor to hand over the power of three or four military regions to a military big man who dares to seize power and dare to act beyond his authority?
The point is that the little emperor playing like this, in theory, will definitely be able to clean up the Yan King; and even can clean up all the clan kings out. The question is, later on.
The old saying has long been exhausted, your uncle, brother, naturally not credible, the question is, outsiders can be trusted?
In this context, the governor Song Zhong could only lead his own 30,000 troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion of the King of Yan.
This force originally had a little advantage over Beiping City. But by the time he reached the vicinity of Beiping City, Zhu Di had taken over several military camps outside Beiping City.
In this context, Song Zhong's superiority in military strength was gone.
More importantly, within Song Zhong's army, there were still 5,000 guards of the Yan King's Palace, so how dare he lead such an army to attack the Yan King?
Therefore, after Song Zhong approached Beiping City, he continued all the way to the west and arrived at Huailai.
Why did Song Zhong move to Huailai?
It is reasonable to speculate that it is probably because Huailai is separated from Beiping City by JuyongGuan; behind it is the Xuanhua Military Region.
In this context, Song Zhong's move to Huailai was equivalent to grabbing a good place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Before the imperial central government did not carry out specific deployment, Song Zhong, as the local supreme commander, made such a deployment, which should theoretically be correct.
As long as Song Zhong can stick to the central government to send troops, it is equivalent to successfully achieving his strategic goals.
As long as this strategic goal is achieved, the Yan King will be attacked from the stomach and back in the future.
Song Zhong's intentions were well known to the King of Yan, so he had to solve Song Zhong before the government encircled and suppressed the army arrived.
With an army of 30,000 people and relying on the dangerous pass of Juyongguan, it should not be very difficult to achieve this strategic goal.
The problem is, of these thirty thousand troops, five thousand are the guards of the Yan King's Palace!
Song Zhong also knew that there were 5,000 guards in his army, which was always a time bomb. Therefore, he kept teaching the guards of the Yan King's Mansion a big lesson. All in all, because you accepted the transfer of the central government, the King of Yan held a grudge against you, and according to the reliable information we received, the King of Yan has launched various great purges against your families. Now it is time for you to turn your grief into strength, follow the little emperor, and avenge your loved ones.
The problem is that this kind of political propaganda is estimated to be believed by no one.
After all, no one can hear that this is just political propaganda. Because of similar behavior, only the bad people in fairy tales will do it; normal people, who could do such a thing?
The reason why the guards of the Yan Dynasty Palace did not disagree with this kind of political propaganda was probably just waiting for an opportunity.
Now, Prince Yan led a large army.
The point is that their group of relatives and friends rushed to the front and shouted at them in all kinds.
They turned against each other.
30,000 troops, suddenly 5,000 elite defections, what is this scene? As you can imagine. The point is, do other people really want to fight this battle? I guess I don't want to. As a result, the army led by Song Zhong collapsed at that time.
On July 15, Prince Yan led a large army to attack Huailai.
On July 16, the war ended.
On July 18, The yongping mansion also hung the banner of Zhu Di.
Where is Yongping Province, we can understand it as the current Qinhuangdao.
Up to this point, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, had occupied the northern part of Hebei Province.
But only at this time, the Yan King only gained a foothold in the Beiping area.
You know, at this time, the Yan King did not even conquer Baoding.
How far is Baoding from Beiping? That's more than 200 miles!
And how far is Baoding from Henan Province? About 600 miles! In other words, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was still 600 miles away from capturing the entire territory of Hebei Province. And this is the air distance, and the actual distance is even greater than that.
When Zhu Di attacked Huailai, the Datong Military Region also sent troops to reinforce Huailai.
But before they reached Huailai, Huailai was already lost; the point is that as soon as they heard that Huailai had fallen, they turned around and returned to Datong.
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