Chapter 206: The Road Meets the Postman
After Zhu Hao and his party left the city gate, although they were anxious, they did not order the whole army to speed up the march.
The reason why Zhu Hao did not speed up the march at this moment was because he was afraid that speeding up the march at this moment would arouse the suspicion of his emperor's eldest brother, so that his eldest brother realized that the battle situation in Liaodong was wrong and ordered him to be summoned back to Beijing.
Therefore, Zhu Hao walked cautiously and unhurriedly for about 100 miles before he began to order the whole army to speed up the march and strive to go to the Liaodong battlefield as soon as possible.
On the afternoon of the third day of Zhu Hao's rapid march, there was still more than 200 miles away from Shanhaiguan, and Zhu Hao's team encountered a post guard who went to the capital to report the news.
At that time, Zhu Hao and his party were burying pots and cooking on the side of the road, which was a coincidence, and ordinary people would not stop them when they saw the post guard, but the general on duty at that time was Guan Yu, Guan Yu looked at the anxious post guard, so he stepped forward to ask, but Guan Yu just stepped forward to ask where the post man went.
The post guard was about to take the road away, and scolded Guan Yu in an unkind tone: "Who are you? Eight hundred miles in an emergency, you dare to stop it, have you lived enough? ”
Guan Yu was originally an arrogant person, he saw this post man, not only wanted to hide and escape, but also spoke so disrespectfully, which immediately made him feel that he was being ignored, Guan Yu did not hesitate at all, even if he stretched out his ape arm, he ripped the post man off the horse, and then put the post man under his armpit and came to see Zhu Hao.
The postman was captured, and even if he was not happy, he shouted again and again:
"Let me go!"
"You dare to block the imperial court for eight hundred miles?"
"The court won't let you go!"
"The capital offense of delaying the military aircraft!"
"Let me go!"
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Guan Yu didn't pay attention to the shouts of this post guard at all, and went straight to Zhu Hao's location, and then said that this person was still on the ground:
"Your Highness, the last general has caught a fine worker!"
"Please dispose of it Your Highness!"
When Zhu Hao heard this, he looked at the post man dressed in the clothes of the Daming Post Station, even if he was a little puzzled, although Liaodong was now at war, it was normal for the two sides to have detailed exchanges with each other, but their own location was still more than two hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, and it was meaningless for the enemy to send detailed work here.
When Zhu Hao was doubting in his heart, the post guard hurriedly shouted:
"I'm not a fine worker!"
"I'm from Liaodong Station!"
"The military situation on the front line is urgent!"
"I'm going to the capital to send eight hundred miles to expedite!"
Zhu Hao listened to the words of this guard, and was shocked in his heart, and stood up and shouted:
"What? Eight hundred miles expedited? ”
The reason why Zhu Hao was so surprised, because Zhu Hao knew that the eight-hundred-mile urgent military report was either a great victory or a big defeat, Zhu Hao, who understood this, couldn't help frowning slightly, and then continued to ask:
"What the hell is going on at the front?"
"Tell the king the truth!"
The post guard, looked at Zhu Hao, his expression was puzzled at first, and then he stiffened his neck, and he refused to say anything, Zhu Hao saw this, knowing that this post soldier was suspicious of his identity and refused to tell him the military situation on the front line.
Zhu Hao now wanted to know what was going on on the front line, so Zhu Hao didn't hide his identity from this post man, and said:
"This king is Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, and he hunted Liaodong on behalf of the heavens by holy order, are you willing to tell this king now, what happened in Liaodong?"
After Zhu Hao's words were finished, he looked at the post pawn, still with a suspicious expression, Zhu Hao beckoned, asked Wei Xiaobao to bring the holy decree given to him by his eldest brother, and then spoke again and said to the post pawn:
"This is the holy decree of the Holy God to this king!"
"You can take a look!"
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he motioned to Wei Xiaobao and handed the holy decree to the post man to see, but after Wei Xiaobao got Zhu Hao's hint, he did not really hand the holy decree to the post man, but opened the holy decree in reverse, so that the post man could read the words on it clearly.
After the post guard finished reading the holy decree, he bowed to Zhu Hao:
"The little one who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, just had a lot of collisions with the prince, and I ask the prince to forgive me!"
Zhu Hao waved his hand at this post man and said:
"Well, those who don't know are not guilty!"
"What's more, these eight hundred miles of military information, this king is indeed inconvenient to watch, your cautious attitude is right!"
"But this king is about to go to Liaodong, please tell this king what happened in Liaodong?"
The postman didn't expect that the king of letters in front of him would be so easy to talk to, and he couldn't help but feel good, so he let go of all his defenses and replied:
"Lord Wang, the barbarians of Liaodong will attack Shenyang City on the thirteenth!"
"On the night of the 14th, the Mongols in the city surrendered to the barbarians, and attacked Shenyang City together with the barbarians outside the city!"
"Three hours later, Shenyang City is lost!"
"Chief military officers He Shixian and You Shigong died in battle!"
"Chief Officers Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghua went to help, but they also died!"
"Yuan Jingluo has now ordered the armies of Fengji and Xianning to retreat and defend Liaoyang with all their might!"
"The little one was ordered to go to the capital to report for help!"
Zhu Hao listened to the report of this post guard, his fists were clenched, his eyes were split, and then he shouted coldly:
"One general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies!"
"Yuan Yingtai, what the hell is he doing?"
"Shenyang City was lost, and I didn't think about how to take it back, but I retreated to defend the city!"
"How many cities does my Daming have, enough to be lost like this?"
Zhu Hao paced back and forth angrily, then took a deep breath, calmed down his agitated mood, and then said to the postman who went to the capital to report the news:
"According to the king, you don't have to go to the capital to report the news!"
"The imperial court has been fighting for many years, and a large amount of military expenses and materials have been pulled to the battlefield in Liaodong!"
"The imperial court has no troops to send at this moment!"
"Even if you go to the capital to report the news, and the imperial court sends reinforcements, I'm afraid that far water will not quench your thirst!"
Zhu Hao pondered for a moment, and then spoke:
"So be it! There are still 5,000 soldiers and horses here in this king, but this king's army knows very little about the terrain of Liaodong, why don't you stay in our army as a guide and go to Liaodong with this king to rescue? ”
The post guard, after hearing Zhu Hao's words, shook his head desperately, and then said:
"Your Highness, this little one is difficult to obey!"
"The little one is carrying eight hundred miles on his back! Don't dare to turn back halfway, otherwise the small one will delay the military plane! ”
Zhu Hao nodded when he heard this, and he didn't force this post man, after all, everyone has their own ambitions, and this post man just wants to do his own job, which is how it should be.
Therefore, Zhu Hao was in this post guard, and after he finished speaking, he sighed and said:
"In that case, the king won't force you!"
Saying that, Zhu Hao looked at Wei Xiaobao on the side and said:
"Xiaobao, change a fast horse for this brother, send him some dry food, and let him go to Beijing to report the news!"
Wei Xiaobao listened to Zhu Hao's words, and hurriedly responded: "The slave obeys the order!" ”
After listening to Zhu Hao's words, the post guard followed Wei Xiaobao and left.