In February of the 14th year of Ming Dynasty (1449), the leader of Mongolian Wala tribe also sent more than 2,000 tribute horses, posing as 3,000 horses, so please go to the Ming government. Because eunuch Wang Zhen didn't want to give more, he gave them the actual amount and reduced the price of the horse by four fifths. However, he didn't meet his requirements, so he made trouble. In July this year, he commanded all localities and spent huge sums of money to harass the mainland in four ways.
The main road of the Walla Army is to attack Liaodong from Totobohua and Wuliangha. On the west road, the Walla faction will attack Ganzhou (Zhangye, Gansu); As the key to attack, Zhong Dan was divided into two parts. One was led by Alazhi, and the other was led by Ye Xian to attack the big city.
He also attacked all the way to the big city first. "The soldiers in Datong City are very sharp, and the soldiers in Datong City are defeated. At the edge of the ancient castle, they are surrendered." Wu Hao, a native of Datong, was killed in Xiaomiaozhuang. The defeat of Datong front continued to spread to Beijing, and Ming Yingzong and Zhu Qizhen, instigated and hijacked by Wang Zhen, prepared to lead the army in advance.
Yu Qian, the prime minister and assistant minister of the Ministry of War, thought that the Sixth Division was not suitable for easy work. Wang Shangshu, the official department, was outspoken to officials, but the British Sect was partial and insisted on leading the army. 1449, 16 In July, despite the courtiers' persuasion, Yingzong made Zhu Jianshen, the Crown Prince who was only two years old, the Crown Prince, and ordered his brother Xi King Zhu Qiyu to stay in Beijing. Then he and Wang Zhen led 100 senior officials and 500,000 troops to consider leaving Beijing. Zhang Fu, Prime Minister of Ministry of War Zhu Yong, Minister of Finance Wang Zuo, Cao Tu, Zhang Yi, etc.
Due to the unreasonable organization of the Ming army, all military management was arbitrary by Wang Zhen, with lord protector Zhu Yong as the general, but Wang Zhen was before him. The fact minister Wang Zuo asked the emperor to return to the army, and Wang Zhen ordered him to kneel on the grass until dark. However, the civil and military officials who followed the levy avoided participating in military affairs management, and the army itself was surprised.
1 Leave Juyongguan, cross Huailai and go to Fu Xuan. The Ming army entered the big city. Before the war, Guo Jing, the eunuch stationed in the garrison, reported that the Ming army was lured to a deeper level and voluntarily withdrew from the north. When Wang Zhen saw the Walla army retreating from the north, he still insisted on advancing northward. When he heard that he was defeated in front, he panicked and evacuated. I wanted to make Yingzong "lucky" through his hometown Yuzhou when he retired, showing his strength; However, because of the fear that elite soldiers would destroy their pastoral crops, the marching route of the army changed repeatedly, which led to the soldiers' physical and mental exhaustion. In Fu Xuan, the Vara Brigade was pursued by the enemy, and 30,000 cavalry of the Ming army were "killed and plundered".
At that time, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of War Kuang Ye repeatedly stipulated that Emperor Yingzong should enter Juyong Pass to ensure safety, but Wang Zhen prohibited it. When the logistics management didn't continue to retreat to the civil fort, Wang Zhen gave the order and moved to the camp. The unbearable soldiers rushed over together, and the heart was unbalanced. Valla army took the opportunity to attack. The Ming army rushed to the battle and was defeated. Sixty-six important officials, including the Prime Minister of the Ministry of War Kuang Ye and Wang Zuo of the Ministry of Commerce, were killed.
At that time, the elites of Beijing and China had already fallen into the folk fortress, and the remaining old and weak soldiers did not exceed 100,000. Yu Qian bluntly suggested that Wang Xi be sent to Beijing and Henan to prepare for dealing with the Japanese troops along the coast of Cao Cao and southern Shandong and the grain transport troops in Jiangbei and Beijing. When people's hearts gradually stabilized, they sent Yingzong home first, and agreed that the garrison commander would open the door with fighters. Yu Qian and other statecraft made Wang Xi the emperor, personally guarding the city, and refused to send Yingzong back to Beijing first.
In this incident, the Ming army lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and money, grain and grass were basically gone. Judging from historical data, eunuch Wang Zhen and unidentified Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen should be the initiators of this incident. After careful study, it is found that historical records cannot stand scrutiny. Ming Yingzong and eunuch Wang Zhen did make a resolution mistake on this matter, and brought the Ming army into the encirclement of the enemy. But I don't know, there is a big secret behind this matter. Speaking of this secret, I have to start with the Ming emperor Judy.