Zhu Youzhen and Zu Dale couldn't help but feel stunned, they didn't expect the Praetorian Guards to appear at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tens of thousands of Mongolian Tartars didn't expect that a living force would suddenly appear at this moment, and it was also a very powerful force, and in a few faces, countless Tartars were shot to the ground.

The Mongol Tatars had to withdraw from the left and right flanks.

And here, the Western Expeditionary Army, which had rushed to the Acropolis of Hami less than a hundred paces, saw this and immediately turned around and killed the Praetorian Guard.

Zu Dale and Zhu Youzhen didn't understand why the Praetorian Guards suddenly appeared here, and they didn't have time to think about whether His Majesty had chosen to forgive them again.

All they knew was that they had to rush forward, join up with the Praetorian Guards, and ask if there was a real chance of survival.

The Mongol Tatars were obviously no longer the Mongol iron cavalry of the Southern Song Dynasty, and they began to retreat naturally as soon as they encountered an army stronger than themselves.

Here, Zhu Youzhen and Zu Dale have already come to the Praetorian Guard, and Zu Dale now has no dislike for the Praetorian Guard because he is the Guanning Army, so he personally dismounted and arched his hand to the commander of the Praetorian Guard and said: "The last general is Zu Dale, the chief officer of the Western Expeditionary Army, dare to ask this general's surname?" ”

The commander of the Praetorian Guard didn't have a good impression of Zu Dale, so he didn't pay attention to him, because Zhu Youzhen had been in the Praetorian Guard for a few days, and he had also mixed up to the level of commander, so he just gave a military salute to Zhu Youzhen.

At this time, a gorgeous carriage appeared behind him, and dozens of Praetorian Guard infantry guards, as soon as they stopped in front of Zhu Youzhen and Zu Dale, these Praetorian Guard infantry immediately formed a circle with this carriage as the center.

Zhu Youzhen took a look and found that there was a battalion of Praetorian infantry behind the carriage, and there were also several carts of grain, fresh water and other meat.

But at this moment, a man walked down from the carriage, and the Janissaries infantry hurriedly raised their guns and shouted: "Salute!" ”

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It was Li Mingrui, the current assistant, who stepped down from the carriage.

However, the intersection between Zhu Youzhen and Li Mingrui is not large, Li Mingrui started his career in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, but Zhu Youzhen was snubbed by Zhu Youxiao in the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not know Li Mingrui.

And Zu Dale is even more unlikely to know Li Mingrui, as a local military aristocrat who has been outside the customs all the year round, the biggest civil official he has ever seen is Liaodong Jingluo, so when he saw that this person was also wearing a red robe and his chest was also a Yunhe complement, he thought that this might also be a Jinglu, or Sun Chengzong, the trilateral general system of Shaanxi.

And Zhu Youxiao identified this person as a cabinet minister from the number of jade belts around his waist and the number of beams on his crown, so he first asked: "No, this pavilion elder?" ”

Li Mingrui saluted Zhu Youzhen, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Xin has good eyesight, and the next official is Li Mingrui, a scholar of Wenhua Palace." ”

"Dare to love Li Ge Lao, I don't know that Li Ge Lao is thousands of miles away, coming to this northwest wind and sand land, what is the so-called matter, is it possible that the imperial brother will let you come to supervise the army and supervise the war?"

Although Zhu Youzhen had never met Li Mingrui, he had also heard of Li Mingrui, and he also knew that this person was one of the most trusted ministers around his imperial brother, but now he suddenly appeared here, which really couldn't help but make him curious.

And Zu Dale was also very surprised by the sudden arrival of Li Mingrui, the second assistant of the cabinet, although he was not qualified to meet these close ministers, but he also heard about several cabinet elders in the court.

As far as he knows, today's Shoufu Qian Ge Lao is a papier-mâché pavilion elder, except for His Majesty's horse head is Zhan, he has no other appearance, but he is ruthless, unscrupulous means to achieve personal goals, not to mention that he also burned Donglin Academy, and this Li Ge Lao is a well-known smiling tiger, who is kind on the surface, and thirsty for talent, but in fact it is two-faced and three-stabbed, and the case of Confucius in the Northern Sect was planned by this person.

The closest to the martial artists is Lu Xiangsheng, not only the generals of the Praetorian Guard system, but also the military attaches of the non-Praetorian Guard system such as Zu Dale, who also think that Lu Ge Lao is the real virtuous minister who can govern the army and the people.

Therefore, in Zu Dale's view, even if there is a pavilion elder, it should be Lu Ge Lao and not this Li Ge Lao, everyone knows that Li Ge Lao does not participate in the army, which is a big taboo in the court, Lu Ge Lao is a scholar of Wuyingdian University and a scholar of the military department, and is the founder of the Praetorian Guard, his participation in the army is understandable, but other cabinet ministers of the Ministry of Household Management or the Ministry of Etiquette or the Ministry of Officials suddenly participate in the army, they are suspected of trespassing.

But the current fact is that Li Ge's old Li Mingrui appeared here.

Li Mingrui naturally knew that they would be puzzled, so he took the initiative to explain: "This official came here by His Majesty's decree just to ask His Royal Highness King Xin a few words, not to lead troops to assist His Royal Highness King Xin and General Zu's army in the westward expedition, I wonder if His Royal Highness King Xin can talk to His Royal Highness King Xin in the carriage with His Royal Highness?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little stunned, he didn't know what kind of pass this Li Mingrui was selling, and he didn't understand what the purpose of his imperial brother sent Li Mingrui here.

But since he was not afraid of life and death, he had nothing to hesitate about, so he nodded.

Li Mingrui personally waved his hand at Zhu Youzhen: "Then please ask King Xin to get into the car." ”

Zhu Youzhen walked into Li Mingrui's carriage.

Li Mingrui is a cabinet minister, a high-ranking nobleman, even if he rides in a carriage, its specifications are much more high-end and spacious than ordinary dignitaries, and entering the inner room is like entering a boat, spacious and convenient for deliberations.

The two of them sat opposite each other with the Eight Immortals Table as the center, and after they sat down, Li Mingrui asked directly to the point: "His Royal Highness King Xin is afraid that he already knows His Majesty's intention to send you to participate in the Western Expedition, right?" ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect this Li Mingrui to ask this directly as soon as he came up, and he didn't think about avoiding it anymore, so he nodded and said: "The imperial brother can't tolerate me, I naturally understand that the eldest husband died as he deserved, and it can be regarded as a kind of luck, and being able to shroud the horse leather is also regarded as the death of the eldest husband. ”

Li Mingrui was also a little surprised when he heard Zhu Youzhen's words, he didn't expect that His Royal Highness King Xinwang would see it so openly, but he came this time to follow Zhu Youxiao's edict, and naturally he didn't dare to go against Zhu Youxiao's will, so he asked with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Xinwang is also calm, and the lower officials admire it tightly, but the lower officials dare to ask, does His Royal Highness want to let the more than 3,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army outside the car also follow you with the horse leather shroud, they fought all the way from Jiayuguan to Hamiwei, and experienced countless fierce battles, If I can survive, I will be able to establish a territory for my Ming Dynasty! Now I can only be buried here with you, how can His Royal Highness believe in his heart? ”

"It's not that I'm willing to let these good boys die with me, but you didn't think about letting them go! They're just like me, they're all people His Majesty the Emperor can't tolerate, aren't they! ”

At this time, Zhu Youzhen suddenly broke out and yelled at Li Mingrui.

Li Mingrui smiled faintly: "No, Your Majesty didn't want all the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to die, even Zu Dale, Your Majesty didn't want him to die, Your Majesty only wants your life alone!" ”