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Before scattering the court, he took a deep look at the four-character plaque of "Lying on Salary and Tasting Courage" hanging high in the middle of the "Council and Government Hall", and then faced the ministers and delivered a speech:

"In the past, the Yue Kingdom was defeated by the Wu State, the Yue King Gou Jian was a prisoner of the Wu Wangfucha, his wife, and the ministers were all hostages of the Wu State.

Today, my Daming mountains and rivers are broken, the north and south are all fallen to thieves, and there is a corner of Lingnan left, Chongzhen, Hongguang, and Longwu emperors have been martyred, and the national fortune is similar to that of Yue back then!

During the two years I ascended the throne, the Tartars pursued and fought fiercely, and went south several times, fighting two wars in Guangzhou, Jiangxi in World War II, and Huguang in three wars, intending to destroy my Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop!

So much so that the Son of Heaven had to follow the example of the martial arts, fight hard, do not avoid the blade, risk the arrows and stones, put himself in danger several times, take care of his life, and his fate is stronger than that of the Yue King Goujian? ”

Everyone listened to Zhu Youlang's words, their hearts were very sad, there were already a large handful of incense lit by the waiter, distributed to everyone, Zhu Youlang took the incense, to the "lying salary taste gall" four words salute, said: "The national shame is Zhaozhao, every day is Zhaozhao, I am willing to learn from the Yue Wang Goujian, lie down and taste the courage, work hard, recover the rivers and mountains, and restore the Central Plains!" ”

The ministers raised incense and worshiped and shouted: "Lie down and taste the gall!" Restore the Central Plains! Lie down and taste the courage to restore the Central Plains! ”

"I have a basic judgment about the current situation." Zhu Youlang put the incense in his hand, turned around and continued: "The Battle of Huguang and the Battle of Jiangxi have made the Tartars see that I still have the strength to fight in the Ming Dynasty, so that the Tartars will not dare to underestimate my Ming Dynasty from now on. ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Yiyang fought a battle, defeated the strong captives, Nanchang has been tugging for several months, and the Tartars have tried their best to finally break the city down, which shows the people's aspirations and unity!" Qu Shiyun agreed.

Zhu Youlang nodded: "Since what you see is slightly the same, then the strategy of the imperial court in the future will be clear, first concentrate the forces of all parties, resist the sharp soldiers of the Tartars, hold the frontline important places such as Huguang and Jiangxi, and then recruit talents, rectify and measure the acres of land, reform internal affairs, develop (economic and military) strength, and at the same time build the Nanyang vassal states, unite forces, and wait for the imperial court to establish a stable rear, and then send elite troops to recover Jinling, then the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected!" ”

"We will obey the Hadith!"

The ministers obeyed the order, thinking that the court should be dispersed here, but Zhu Youlang suddenly bowed to the ministers and said something heart-wrenching:

"I am determined to rejuvenate the country, when Taizu started a business, I will rule the world immediately, and I hope that all the ministers will work together and help each other in the same boat."

When the ministers saw the emperor saluting like this, their hearts were hot, and they played in unison: "Your Majesty is heroic, and the ministers will share the hardships and hardships with Your Majesty, and advance and retreat together!" ”

After everyone gave the salute, Zhu Youlang retreated.

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After Jiao Lian bid farewell to the emperor and left the school, he rode the starry night with nearly 10,000 steps to help Chen Hu, the guard general.

In ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, and the march of the army was very time-consuming, and it was the middle of August when Jiao Lian led nearly 10,000 soldiers into the boundary of Chaozhou Prefecture.

In the era of war and chaos, there were almost no pedestrians on the road, Jiao Lian led the army to rush day and night, and all the pedestrians encountered along the way were engulfed into the army, so as to prevent leakage of the army's march.

When approaching the water dividing pass, in order to achieve the purpose of taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared, Jiao Lian specially pulled the team closer to Baisong Ridge and hid the traces of the team in the dense forest.

The ancient trees on the mountain are towering, the grass is luxuriant, and nearly 10,000 horses and horses do not have to worry about being discovered. More importantly, Baisongling is only seven or eight miles away from the water dividing pass, which is an ideal hiding place for surprising victory.

The men and horses led by Jiao Lian this time are all the best in the pro-army personally trained and trained by the Son of Heaven, with outstanding martial arts, high morale, and extremely strong combat effectiveness, but if you want to defeat the Qing army several times your own with more than 8,000 horses, there is no certainty of victory in attacking and attacking.

After all, the commander of the Qing army besieging the water division was the Han Army's Eight Banners Gushan Ezhen Jin Li, and Jin Li's subordinates also had a force that was good at using firearms, named Wuzhen Hachao, equipped with a large number of artillery and bird guns, firearms were very sharp, and the combat power of more than 10,000 Han Eight Banners was very good, not much worse than Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and other Dongjiang veterans of the Sanshun King.

In addition to more than 12,000 headquarters Han Eight Banners, there are more than 20,000 elite green battalion soldiers transferred from Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi, with a total strength of no less than 30,000, which is definitely the fierce opponent of the Yulin Army of the Imperial Camp!

Therefore, Jiao Lian had already thought of countermeasures on the road, preparing to attack the Qing army camp at night with surprise soldiers, and strive to inflict heavy losses on the Qing army to lift the siege of the water dividing pass.

Since the first battle of Qingyuan, the night attack on Li Chengdong's army failed, and the three or four thousand men and horses of the headquarters were almost wiped out, Jiao Lian obviously restrained the arrogant mood of underestimating the enemy, and was reprimanded by the emperor, and was much more cautious and cautious when marching and fighting, and no longer dared to act recklessly.

After arranging the light and dark sentinels, Jiao Lian strictly ordered his subordinates to seize the time to rest, recuperate and prepare for the night battle, and he and his cronies climbed the mountain to overlook the city of Fenshui Guan. At this moment, what he was most worried about was that the city had fallen to the enemy.

It was nearly noon, the weather was sunny and warm, and the visibility was excellent. Jiao Lian and the newly promoted deputy general Liu Muzhi were condescending, and they could vaguely see that the Qing army was trying their best to attack Fenshui Guancheng. Jiao Lian was determined in his heart, thinking that no matter whether he could win tonight's surprise attack or not, at least he would be at the best of time.

Liu Muzhi is the son of the late general Liu Fangliang, who is in his thirties, not tall, dark-skinned, and has bright eyes.

In the first battle of Yiyang, he was brave and brave, and took more than 600 cronies of the cavalry left by his father to kill the enemy bravely, and defeated the majesty of the Dongjiang elite cavalry of the king of Sanshun in the field battle of the cavalry, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.

Later, with the tiger general Li Dingguo desperately intercepted the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners who intended to raid on both sides, and in the end, there were less than 200 of the more than 600 cronies and knights in the department, and there were heavy casualties, everyone was wounded, and each saw blood, but still did not flinch, and finally waited for reinforcements, repelled more than 5,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, and made outstanding achievements.

Zhu Youlang thanked him for his merits and loyalty, and after the war, he was exceptionally promoted to the deputy general of Yulin Town, as the deputy of the chief military officer Jiao Lian, in charge of the cavalry team of Yulin Town, and all the elite cavalry of the department were merged into the Yulin Army.

Under the kindness and affection of the Son of Heaven, Liu Muzhi and his subordinates were completely subdued, and the military spirit was stable, and they rushed to be the first to drive the king. Before serving in the army.

"Liu Deputy Rong, how many people do you estimate to be in the Tartars?"