Looking at the Ming army divided into two teams to outflank the formation, Ma Hamu knew that he had to make a choice, he would definitely die in the future, and the three of them couldn't do it if they wanted to pull a cushion in front of tens of thousands of Ming troops; What about the future? Even if he escapes the encirclement of the Ming army, he will probably die at the hands of Arutai.

Ma Hamu looked back at Zhuo Ri Getu and Rising Sun Gan, who were pale faces around him, and sighed secretly, but he also knew that he couldn't blame them. As the saying goes, it is easy to die generously, but it is difficult to be righteous calmly, and in the face of a certain death, few people can persist to the end. Just like the Jingjing in another time and space, Ping'an, Sheng Yong and others chose to surrender at most, and did not calmly take justice, only Zhang Lun did this among the generals, in the face of Zhu Di's recruitment, he killed himself with a knife, and he can be called the backbone of the generals.

Ma Hamu bit his lip out of blood, clenched his fist and released it, clenched it and released it again, and after doing so several times, he sighed: "Dismount and surrender to the Ming army!" At that moment, Mahamu seemed to hear Rising Sun and the others breathe a sigh of relief, and his heart was even more sad.

"I am the Mongolian horse Mahamu, surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"

"I'm the Mongolian horse Maham, don't kill me!"

……

Since the decision was made, Mahamu's movements were very fast, he immediately dismounted, threw away his blade, and then led the two to shout loudly to the Ming army in Chinese, Mongolian, and Jurchen.

Mahamu's decision was right, which saved their lives and prevented them from being beheaded by the Ming army. Because before Zhuo Rigetu's Jurchen words were finished, the first Jurchen Mordr had already raised his saber and slashed at the head of Rising Sun Gan, who was standing on the right, and after he understood the identity of Mahamu, he was already too late, and in a hurry, he could only change the saber to a beat, and slapped it heavily on Rising Sungan's shoulder, and with a scream, Rising Sun fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.

Modri pulled the saber in his hand into a knife flower, swept over the head of Mahamu, and laughed: "Which of you is Mahamu?" Is that the unlucky one? As he spoke, he pointed with his saber at Sunrise, who was trying to get up from the ground.

"No, I'm Mahamu." Maha's wooden face did not change, and he looked up at this vulgar Jurchen with an indifferent expression.

When Modri was excited, his boss Qianhu Shijianu arrived, and after asking about the situation, Shijianu was also overjoyed, and he hurriedly asked Mahamu to look at him, and then personally reported to Wang Zhong, the commander of the First Army of the Guards Cavalry Army.

By the time Wang Zhong arrived, his cavalry had caught up with the 300 cavalry sent by Arutai to pursue Mahamu, and killed most of them, with only a few dozen fleeing north.

But Wang Zhong did not stay long, and immediately ordered Shi Jianu to lead a thousand cavalry, the cavalry of Arutai, in order to annihilate them all. Then he stretched out his hand, felt the wind in the north, and laughed: "Mahamu, are you acting with General Ben, or will General Ben send someone to send you to Shenyang?" ”

Ma Hamu hesitated for a long time, then hugged his fists and said, "General Wang, I don't know how many people the general brought here?" ”

Wang Zhong laughed and said: "Mahamu, please rest assured, General Ben led 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard, Yi Guogong led 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry as the follow-up, plus Wei Guogong's army, it will not be a problem to eliminate Arutai and Tieleba." ”

"Well, Arutai and Tieleba are not in harmony with him, and I am willing to assist the general in destroying them and avenge my fallen brethren." Maham hated the way.

Wang Zhong carefully observed Mahamu's expression, and said with a hearty smile: "Very good, come here, protect the leader of Mahamu, and don't let him be hurt in the slightest; As for your two servants, let them follow the army, can you? ”

Ma Hamu glanced back at Rising Sun Gan and Zhuo Rigetu, then turned back to Wang Zhong and said with a wry smile: "But it depends on the general's arrangement." ”

In the end, all of Mahamu's weapons were confiscated and he followed Wang Zhong into action, while Rising Sun and others were temporarily incorporated into the army and left Mahamu's side.

Wang Zhong sent people to inform the peace behind, and then led the cavalry day and night to chase Arutai.

After hearing the news, Ping An immediately led 20,000 cavalry to the north, and ordered Wu Sheng to lead the infantry as a successor.

……

Beijing, Mandarin Palace.

Zhu Yunwen flipped through the folds in front of him, and suddenly said: "Zhong Jing, with this Cao Guogong's folds, I'm afraid there are more than 30 folds for me to return to the capital, right?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are thirty-two copies in total."

"Yes, the founding princes, Qi Tai, and Yu Xindu left behind in the Jingshi have written to ask me to return the capital, as well as Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and the officials of various ministries, it seems that I have to consider going back."

"The Emperor Shengming!" Liu Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "But the minister thinks that now is not the best time, and in a few days, it will not be too late to wait for the war situation in the Northeast to be clear." ”

"Well, I'm going to do the same, by the way, what about Zhang Fu? Where now? ”

"Back to the emperor, Zhang Fu encountered the Mongol army going south when he went north, according to the captives, these Mongol troops were to welcome back the Mongol Khan Elbok, so the battle was like not dying, General Zhang suffered a lot of losses, so he had to retreat to the Jidu Mountain, unable to go north to meet the Duke of Wei, and the Duke of Wei could only rely on himself."

"Alas," Zhu Yunwen sighed: "It seems that I have underestimated the Mongols, if there is any mistake in Wei Guogong, I will really regret it." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this expedition is very successful, and it is inevitable that some losses will be able to destroy the Golden Family."

Looking at Liu Jing's indifferent face, Zhu Yunwen's heart was bright, in Liu Jing's opinion, exchanging Xu Huizu for Erlebok is very cost-effective and worth doing, even if Xu Huizu dies in battle, it is just a "little loss". When the news of Erlebok's capture came, he was also ecstatic, and the government and the opposition were also thunderous, believing that this was the greatest victory over Mongolia since the first emperor conquered Dadu. For a time, there were endless pieces of praise for Zhu Yunwen's merits, and many ministers took this opportunity to persuade Zhu Yunwen to return to the capital and sacrifice the Taimiao to comfort the emperor's soul in the sky.

Zhu Yunwen shook his head, did not refute Liu Jing's words, but diverted the topic: "Zhong Jing, is there anything else?" ”

"Yes, the scholar who wrote the book has been escorted outside the palace, didn't the emperor say that he wanted to see him?"

"Scholar?" Zhu Yunwen rubbed his temples: "Oh, I think about it, it's called Ji Gang, tell him to come in." ”

"Yes!"

After a short time, a young man wearing shackles, shackles, and unkempt hair walked in. When he came in, although he wore a shackle around his neck and could not kneel, he saluted without any ambiguity.

"Look up."

"Yes."

Zhu Yunwen looked intently and found that this person was about thirty years old, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, not like a scholar, but more like a practitioner, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and bright eyes, it can be said that he looks dignified, like a righteous gentleman. Zhu Yunwen sighed secretly in his heart, he really can't be a person, such a person turned out to be the terrifying commander of the Jinyi Guard in another time and space, known for his ruthlessness, and his power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and even finally made the matter of "pointing the deer as a horse", planning to rebel, and was finally executed by Zhu Di Lingchi.

"Ji Gang, are you guilty?"

"The minister is guilty."

"What are you guilty of?"

"The first emperor had a will, and all the benefits of the army and the people were not allowed to make suggestions."

"Hehe, then since you know, why did you knowingly commit it?"

Listening to Zhu Yunwen's voice, cold sweat broke out on Ji Gang's forehead, could he have thought wrong? But after thinking about it, no, if the emperor wants to dispose of himself, why should he bring himself to the Qianqing Palace?

Thinking of this, he straightened up and said loudly: "Back to the emperor, the minister is loyal to the emperor, as long as the emperor can listen to the minister's words, even if the minister dies, the minister will have no complaints!" As he spoke, he stood in shackles and kowtowed.

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while, with the experience of later generations, he understands what kind of person Ji Gang is, but he also understands that he needs such a person, especially today, when there are great changes. Thinking of this, he waved his hand and said, "Come on, remove his shackles." ”

"Yes!" "Emperor Xie!"

After the shackles were removed, Ji Gang's body was a lot more comfortable, and he thanked him again and again, while Liu Jing next to him frowned. In all fairness, he hates Ji Gang, a villain who drills camps, and Ji Gang is not an ordinary drill camp, they all drill camps on the emperor, and he is also a little puzzled, can't the emperor see this?

"Ji Gang, you said in your book that the vassal king's self-respect for his troops will threaten the imperial power; And there is a force in the DPRK that opposes the Law of Change, but is there such a thing? ”

"Yes, the minister does think so."

"Tell me about it."

"Back to the emperor, the vassal king's support of troops is the source of the country's troubles, and the rebellion of the Yanshu people has greatly damaged the country's vitality, otherwise the use of troops in Korea and the development of the Northeast will never be as overstretched as it is now."

In addition, the emperor's collection of commercial taxes and the establishment of customs are all actions for the benefit of the country and the people, but according to the news in the newspapers and newspapers, in the collection of commercial taxes, officials have repeatedly bent the law for personal gain and filled their pockets under the banner of not competing with the people; As for the customs, this is even more so, after Xia Tian, the director of Songjiang Customs, reached last year's quota, he opened the door of convenience, all of which shows that there are people in the imperial court who secretly support him, otherwise it would never be so. ”

"You're so bold, Ji Gang!" Zhu Yunwen was furious, slapped the table heavily, and said sharply: "Do you know that you are dividing the clan and slandering the courtiers?" ”

"Every word of the minister's words comes from the bottom of his heart, and if there is half a lie, the minister is willing to accept the guilt." As he spoke, Ji Gang leaned down deeply.

……

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen sneered: "Ji Gang, are you really not afraid of death?" ”

"The minister is afraid, but he dies for the emperor, and the minister is willing!"

"Okay, summon Hu Ying."

"Yes!"

……

After that, Zhu Yunwen ordered everyone to step down, and explained to Hu Ying and Ji Gang for a long time, and only let them come out for about an hour. After coming out, Hu Ying walked in front, with his head down, his brows furrowed, silent, as if he had something difficult; And Ji Gang behind him was happy, looking forward to it, his face was bright, as if he had picked up a treasure......