Chapter VII: Border Fortresses

Those who had not received any words from the Ming court couldn't sit still, and personally led all the way to the Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen and began to force the Ming Dynasty.

Soon after, the army also came to Xuanfu.

Outside the Xuanfu, the banner was displayed, the murderous spirit was offset, and the first army was fierce and mighty with the momentum of victory, which made people daunting.

But he did not order the attack, he knew that the Warat army was dominated by cavalry, siege warfare was their weakness, and Xuanfu was easy to defend and difficult to attack, otherwise he would not have returned several times in the past.

So, his plan began to be implemented.

He ordered someone to take the floating Zhu Qizhen to the gate of Xuanfu, and coerced Zhu Qizhen to issue an order to open the gate and surrender to the defenders of Xuanfu.

If the city gate is opened, the Jingshi will be surrounded by many people, this Zhu Qizhen naturally knows, but he did not rather die than give in, but opened his mouth with some anticipation, and ordered the Xuanfu guards to open the door.

Zhu Qizhen is actually very helpless, as the king of a country, being coerced to open his own country is really embarrassing and angry.

But there was no way, the steel knife was on his neck, and the chill made the goosebumps on his neck rise layer after layer for no reason.

Under the threat of death, he had no choice but to comply.

There was no way, he glared at Xi Ning, who was looking at him triumphantly beside him, and reluctantly opened his mouth to call the door: "I am the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, open the city gate quickly." ”

On the city tower, Yang Hong naturally saw the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen, who was not far from the city gate, and also heard his order, but this door really couldn't be opened, and it couldn't be opened.

Opening the door is naturally to lure the wolf into the room, and the entire Jingshi will be in danger, but as soon as the emperor (at this time is still) Chrysostom opened, he issued a holy decree, and it seems unreasonable not to open the door.

Guo Ying is in a dilemma.

It's a dead end, and no matter how you choose, it's hard to do.

Beside him, several so-called staff officers who came by order looked at him expressionlessly, everyone's hands were already pressed on the hilt of the knife, maybe as long as he dared to order the door to be opened, what was waiting for him was a different place.

Yang Hong is naturally not stupid, and he will not open this city gate even if he dies.

Faced with the situation in front of them, everyone was helpless for a while.

The reason why Yang Hong is called a wise general is naturally that his brain is better than others, and to deal with this dilemma, he has a countermeasure after just a little contemplation.

As a result, a herald shouted, "It's getting late, and those who open the city gate of the Ming Dynasty will be killed, and they dare not open the city gate!" (It's really history)

Of course, this time is naturally not night, but such an answer makes people unable to find any other way but resentment.

In ancient times, it was a policy not to open the city gates at night, which is naturally a clever move, regardless of whether you are day or night, I say it is night and it is night.

It is almost a scoundrel, but it is extremely effective, it is not considered to resist the will, and at the same time it shatters the other party's plan.

"I'm mad at me!"

also jumped to his feet and scolded angrily, opening his eyes so much that he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood. snatched the weapons of his guards, personally coerced Zhu Qizhen, and said viciously: "If you want to live, let Yang Hong speak in person and open the city gate, otherwise Ben Shuai will kill you now!"

"Didn't Qing care about my life?" Helpless, Zhu Qizhen had to speak again, compared to his life, the old face is really not worth mentioning.

In a word, the hearts of all the people in the entire Xuanfu were raised again, and all the staff officers were sweaty and nervous to the extreme.

At this time, even if Yang Hong ordered the city gate to be opened, they would not be able to stop it except for fighting to the death.

This is a ruthless move, no matter how arrogant Yang Hong is, he really sees the emperor, and he does not dare to disobey the holy decree order in person.

However, the reason why the wise general is referred to as a wise general is that he has excellent intelligence and quick wit in times of difficulty.

"The Ministry of War has urgently ordered, and the chief military officer has entered Beijing to discuss the military omission!"

"Vertical Zi'an dares to deceive me!" When he heard this, his face turned red, and his hand holding the weapon was shaken with anger, which made Zhu Qizhen tremble, for fear that the other party would lose his mind and stab himself.

Zhu Qizhen was also a little angry at this time, if you don't take the money to redeem yourself, forget it if you don't open the city gate, you are an obvious excuse to deceive a three-year-old child, if you annoy it, first, I want my life.

No matter how angry he is in his heart, there is no way to do it at this time.

The other party's attitude is obviously and resolute, and he won't open the city gate even if he is killed, what can you do with him.

Those who lost one after another also turned their eyes red, like a fierce beast that chooses people to devour, exuding a terrifying murderous aura all over their bodies.

The plan didn't seem to work as well as he imagined, but he didn't lose his mind and slash Zhu Qizhen with a knife, but angrily led the other party to retreat, and then ordered the siege to begin.

He also lost his mind, and it was not advisable to attack the city at all. This is the gateway of the Beijing Division, although there are not many soldiers, but it is in a dangerous position, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Wara cavalry under the first command to attack the city, can only look for death.

But at this time, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, where could he take care of so much.

So, the drums of war sounded, and a pair of men and horses began to attack Xuanfu.

In fact, not only did they not even touch a single hair of the defenders of Xuanfu, but they also left dozens of corpses, and the gate of Xuanfu did not move at all, as stable as a rock.

This door doesn't work!

Those who gradually came to their senses also knew that there was no hope of capturing this city in a short period of time. Besides, he didn't have many troops in the first place, and he didn't want to lose a lot of troops, so he could only order the withdrawal of troops!

also took advantage of the excitement first, and returned with defeat.

So, turning the horse's head, he began to set off towards Datong.

He didn't believe it, if it doesn't open here, Datong won't open either?

He didn't believe it, could it be that Da Ming really didn't even want his own emperor.

However, the result made him depressed and wanted to die.

The result of Datong is the same as that of Xuanfu, not to mention these two important military towns, other places, but all the places that can go first, the result is the same, and not a single city gate is opened.

This result was thousands of miles away from what he guessed at the beginning, so that he couldn't help scolding anymore, and his attitude towards Zhu Qizhen was also a thousand miles away, and at this time he wanted to kill his heart.

The successive defeats made Yexian's mood more and more irritable, and even Xining, who had contributed to his advice, was beaten and scolded several times.

Zhu Qiyu's mood at this time was not much better.

has been rejected all the way, even if you play the family card, it is useless, and pretending to be pitiful has no effect. Even if he becomes a captive, he is not in a much better mood if he always refuses to be so rejected.

What's more, he is still the emperor, and his attitude towards him is getting worse and worse, and Xining, who was also scolded first, also disgusted him from time to time, which made the anger and killing intent in Zhu Qizhen's heart more and more intense.

He secretly thought in his heart that when he returned to the palace in the future, he must let these guys who don't save themselves all have a memory.

All those who say that as long as people have a temper and are offended, no matter what you are for, whether you have merit or not, those who should hold grudges and take revenge will also greet you without pulling it.

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In late September, we are about to enter October, and the climate in Beijing is not bad at this time, although it is still a little hot and dry, but the morning and evening are also cool and breezy, which is quite refreshing.

In the backyard of the palace, in a courtyard, Zhu Qiyu sat on a rocking chair with his eyes slightly closed, very leisurely and comfortable to close his eyes and recuperate.

This courtyard belongs to the east side of the imperial palace harem and is known as the East Sixth Palace. The concubines who originally lived here moved to the West Sixth Palace after Zhu Qiyu was designated as the emperor, that is, the side where the queen mother lived.

At this time, the eastern harem was deserted, not to mention the eunuchs, not even the palace maids, all of them were driven to the queen mother's side.

Zhu Qiyu, who is familiar with the trend of history, knows that if Zhu Qizhen is released back first and then gives up the throne after another year, the two brothers, who originally had a good relationship, will definitely turn against each other.

And the Empress Dowager Sun naturally trusts her son Zhu Qizhen more, although Zhu Qizhen is not her biological son.

In history, since Zhu Qiyu entered the palace, not only did the prince die of inexplicable illness, but even several concubines could not give birth or have miscarriages, resulting in him having no heirs.

Later, Zhu Qiyu died of illness inexplicably, and the result made people think about it.

Zhu Qiyu doesn't want to be the same result as this Zhu Qiyu in history, and everything is still necessary to prevent problems before they happen. After all, people are harmless and have murderous intentions, so it is not a big mistake to be cautious and careful.

It's rare to rest, and after a few days of tiredness, I wanted to take a break, but I couldn't sleep because there were so many things in my head. Simply, Zhu Qiyu carefully sorted out the various ideas in his mind.

Behind him, a woman in palace clothes, with a beautiful face, a well-proportioned and tall figure, only eighteen or nineteen years old, but with a beautiful face that people will never see at first sight. Looking at the man frowning slightly, her eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly, and her expression of distress and pity was unobstructed.

Not long after, a woman who was also dressed in a capable palace dress walked briskly, her beautiful face also had an admirable charm, looking at the man lying on the rocking chair, her bright eyes had a look of admiration that could not be concealed.

"Sister." The woman who came shouted at each other in a low voice, and then whispered to each other.

With the woman's words later, the expression of the woman who was called her sister became more and more gloomy. After the other party finished speaking, a thin layer of killing intent had already appeared on her face.

"What's wrong?"

As if sensing the woman's killing intent, Zhu Qiyu still didn't open his eyes, and changed to a more comfortable posture and asked: "What happened to make Shen Yu, who has always been calm, can't help but be angry!" ”

At the same time, he beckoned to another woman and said, "Little Luoyan, come on, my son has been missing you to death these days, you are not here, no one has pinched my shoulders and beaten my back, I miss it very much." ”

The woman known as Xiao Luoyan spit out her fragrant tongue when she heard the words, and glanced at her sister who was a little spoiled and helpless, walked quickly behind Zhu Qiyu, and reached out with a jade hand that was very skillful and kneaded on Zhu Qiyu's shoulder.

"Comfortable! This is the enjoyment of the gods! ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said very pleasantly.

Looking at the two of them, who were exactly as big and small as before, Shen Yu's face also showed a smile.

The sinking fish and the wild goose are the names of the two of them. Of course, that's not their real name.

They were all once the daughters of the official eunuchs, and their families were ruined for various reasons, and they were sold or lived on the streets or punished into the official tutors, but fortunately they were rescued and adopted by Zhu Qiyu, and the name was also given by Zhu Qiyu, as for the surname, there is naturally no surname.

When they were living on the streets, they couldn't help themselves, and their surnames didn't matter anymore, and they didn't need them anymore.

There are many others like them, all of whom are Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne at the age of nine in Zhu Qizhen, and he was named the team that was collected and cultivated after the king left the big cage of the palace at the age of eight. , most of them are beggars or young boys and girls who have been trafficked, and there are also some young ladies and nobles from official eunuchs who are in distress like sunken fish and geese.

He is familiar with the trend of history, so he naturally does not wait for the time to come, but secretly makes a lot of preparations in advance for the preparation of becoming the seventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

These people are all cultivated by Zhu Qiyu himself, and it took more than ten years to teach, and the things taught are even more varied.

Shen Yu Luoyan has outstanding ability and good appearance, and he is also the earliest with Zhu Qiyu, and he has always been by his side to take care of his daily life.

Of course, this is not the reason why he didn't marry the princess, because he has been secretly making some preparations, but once he was found out, his head was ironclad, so he never dared to marry, for fear that if the consequences were exposed, no one in the Zongren Mansion would care about him after a long time.

Although a prince who doesn't want to marry has never appeared in history, it is not impossible, and then it will be gone.

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"Your Royal Highness, the queen sent someone to bring a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to Yexian, hoping to exchange it for the emperor!" Shen Yu opened his mouth, with a hint of murderous intent on his face, now that the prince is about to ascend the throne as the emperor, Queen Qian's doing this is obviously not good for her own prince.

For them, everything that is unfavorable to their own prince should be killed.

Empress Qian is not the empress of Zhu Qiyu, but the empress of the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly, but forgot about Queen Qian, which is famous in history. He had a very good relationship with Zhu Qizhen, and after Zhu Qizhen was captured, he tried many ways to save Zhu Qizhen, but later he cried blind in one eye, which is extremely rare in history.

Thinking of the record of Queen Qian, who had been seen in the history books, Zhu Qiyu chuckled and said: "Forget it, don't mind, even if you send it, you won't let it go first!" Let her go! ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head, not ready to pursue this matter.

Although he is very ambitious and has good ability, but his strength is really not good, if it weren't for Zhu Qizhen's belief in Wang Zhen, the big eunuch who didn't know anything and liked to pretend to be coerced, and changed to the command of the British Gong Zhang Fu, there would be no second way except for defeat and escape.

It may be a little difficult to clean up now, but after this transition period, the fate of Yexian is just like those nomads in history, either fleeing or dying.

As for Queen Qian, she is just an ordinary woman who wants to save her husband, and there is no need to pursue it. It's nothing more than the loss of some money, and when the time comes, you can get back even the principal and interest first.

"But 、、、、、、!"

Shen Yu wanted to say something, seeing Zhu Qiyu's indifferent look, with her understanding of Zhu Qiyu, she knew that Zhu Qiyu really didn't plan to pursue it.

Zhu Qiyu didn't pursue it, Shen Yu thought that her prince was broad-minded, and she didn't have such a big mind, and after she had some calculations in her heart, she didn't mention it.

Then, she reported the situation of the surrounding prefectures and cities, as well as the information she had gathered from the route of the march.

Shen Yu and Luo Yan jointly hold a secret force, there are a lot of people, mainly to find out the news, Zhu Qiyu has begun to form a long time ago, and now the strength is not small, although it is still not as well-informed as Jinyiwei, but it is not far behind.

Zhu Qiyu silently listened to Shen Yu's return, and from time to time Luo Yan would also interject to fill in the gaps, and soon the things about the direction of Datong and Xuanfu reached Zhu Qiyu's ears.

When he heard the subtle answer of the chief military officer of the Xuanfu Mansion when he faced Zhu Qizhen, the rest was admiration, except for being stunned and laughing

"This Yang Hong is a great talent!" Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but praise

"Hee-hee, isn't it! In that moment of crisis, he gave such a witty answer, not only to keep the city gates, but also to protect himself. Luo Yan grinned, and when she first heard the news, she was also surprised and couldn't close her mouth.

"Yes, he is indeed a wise general, and his name is well deserved." Shen Yu also exclaimed;

"It's a lot of use." Zhu Qiyu gave affirmation.

He was not mistaken, this Yang Hong is indeed not simple, such a general will be his right-hand man in the future!

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A convoy carrying a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, disguised and holding the certificate issued by the queen, left the capital unimpeded, and drove in the direction of Datong.

The leader of the team was a eunuch, deeply trusted by the queen, and the escorts were also some palace eunuchs and some forbidden soldiers. There are not many people, and their skills are extremely good, plus there is a certificate issued by the queen, no one dares to stop them along the way.

Soon after they left the city, a group of figures wrapped in darkness followed them silently, unnoticed.

Three days later, already far away from the capital, in a relatively deserted place, all the eunuchs and forbidden soldiers from the palace who escorted the ransom to redeem Zhu Qizhen back to the palace were all killed.

The quantity is huge, and the gold, silver and jewelry naturally disappeared with it, and its whereabouts are unknown.

When the news reached the palace, Queen Qian's face turned pale, and her tears suddenly became like a river that had opened the floodgates, and she couldn't stop it.

Zhu Qiyu naturally got the news when he heard it, showing that he was surprised, and then as if he had thought of something, he turned around and glared fiercely at Shen Yuluoyan, who was shouting to catch the thief, and then ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, which can be regarded as an explanation to Queen Qian.

As for arresting the murderer and recovering the lost gold, silver and jewelry, he glared at the two of them fiercely, looking at the sinking fish and goose who lowered his head and looked like he had done something wrong and let it be disposed of, Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly and shook his head, could he still hand over these two bold murderers, and in the end, it would naturally be over.