Chapter 131: Use the mace quickly
"Xie Hong, I will also go with you." Seeing the fierce soldiers and horses below, Zhengde's eyes were hot, and he suddenly shouted.
"Your Majesty, you are a ......" Zhang Naizheng smiled proudly, and when he heard this, he pulled off a lot of his beard at once, and he didn't care about the pain, and when he turned around, he fell to the ground and cried.
"You're going too? That's not good, you're not a general. "This boss is too difficult to serve, adding to the chaos, seeing that the tartar has gone away, Xie Hong is in a hurry.
Zhengde said confidently: "You are not a general, and you are not able to fight, of course I can." ”
"This is different......" Xie Hong sweated on his forehead.
"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the last general, if you let Xie Qianhu accompany Your Majesty to watch the battle at the head of the city, this matter of killing the enemy can be handed over to Commander Jiang." It was Zhang Jun who spoke again, and this time Xie Hong somewhat understood, this Zhang Zongbing was showing favor to himself.
"Alright then, I'm ready." Zhengde sighed helplessly and happily agreed.
This kid shouldn't be so easy to convince, Xie Hong was puzzled, turned his head to look at Zhengde's face, but found that the other party was carrying Zhang Nai's back and squeezing his eyebrows at him.
It turned out that Zhengde was deliberate, Xie Hong's heart warmed, he was a scholar, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit firmly when he runs fast on a horse, where can he go into battle to kill the enemy? It's just that he was forced by Zhang Nai's words and worried about the people, so he had no choice but to respond, his face was calm, but in fact, he was also worried in his heart.
Zhengde's trouble, on the contrary, allowed him to stay justifiably, Xie Hong felt a little emotional, he found a good boss, although Zhu Houzhao is usually unreliable, but he is not stupid at all, and he is still very reliable when it is critical.
"Your Majesty, Xie Qianhu said something first, and now he can't retreat, and it will be a big hindrance to his reputation." If Old Man Zhang is in the future, he will definitely be a powerful actor, this tear is sent and received freely, and this acting skill, at least Xie Hong is beyond reach. Hearing that Zhengde was willing not to leave the city, the old man grabbed Xie Hong again.
"What's that? It's just a Tartar, and if I'm here, I don't need Brother Xiaohong to make a move. "Seeing that Old Man Zhang was crying and laughing, the big black man was already impatient, isn't it just more than a thousand Tartar cavalry, just go out and kill them all.
Zhang Nai was taken aback by him, took a few steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "Who are you, how did you ...... here?"
The big black man has been following behind, and Zhengde didn't pay much attention to it, just as a bodyguard and something like that, but after hearing the title of Erniu, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Xie Hong, this person claims to be your brother, could it be that he is younger than you?" ”
Xie Hong nodded to Erniu first, asked Erniu to put on armor and get weapons, and then smiled at Zhengde: "Yes, Weichen's brother is surnamed Zhang, one year younger than Weichen, he is born in Layue, and he is only fifteen today." ”
"Wow, it's smaller than me." Zhengde's eyes were full of envy, and he said in amazement: "How can he grow so tall, Xie Hong, do you know if he has any secrets?" ”
Zhengde was only fourteen years old when he ascended the throne, and he was just fifteen after the New Year, but he was the same age as Erniu, but Erniu was born small, so he was naturally Zhengde big.
Seeing his expression, Xie Hong couldn't help but wonder, children always envy their tall companions, and Zhengde seems to be no exception, but Erniu is purely talented, and it has nothing to do with secrets.
"Brother Erniu was born like this, but it is not difficult for the emperor to grow tall." Xie Hong said mysteriously.
"Sure enough, there is a secret, Xie Hong knows a lot." Zhengde's eyes lit up, "Tell me quickly, what is the secret?" ”
"Actually, it's very simple, just eat more and exercise more." Xie Hong doesn't sell Guan Zi either, this truth is known to future generations, and it is not a secret at all.
Who would have thought that his very ordinary words seemed to touch Zhengde's heart, the young man actually sighed faintly and said, "That's difficult." ”
"It's hard?" Xie Hong was stunned, if ordinary people were still possible, as an emperor, could they still not afford to eat?
"Alas, Xie Hong, you don't know." Zhengde sighed, "The meals in the palace, come and go, and the time is still prescribed, if I pass on the meal one more time, there will be people who are sparse the next day, saying that I am not sympathetic to the hard work of the Li people, extravagant and wasteful, and what do you say, who knows the great truth that the food on the plate is hard......"
Embarrassment, the emperor's life is so hard, Xie Hong was taken aback, didn't he say that the emperor could spend all his time drinking and doing whatever he wanted? It's so hard to eat.
“…… It's even more difficult to exercise more, it's okay when my father is here, and occasionally I go out of the palace with my father, and the ministers won't make trouble. But after I ascended the throne, don't talk about leaving the palace, even if I rode a horse in the palace city, they wouldn't let me. I didn't listen to them last time, but Scholar Xie was whispering in my ear for a month, a month! You don't know, Scholar Xie is so scary. ”
Zhengde patted his chest, looking like he had palpitations. Xie Hong is very sympathetic and understanding, this emperor is too hard, right? Can't eat, can't play, can't you just be a puppet?
"These people are too much, aren't they, aren't they bullying honest people?" Xie Hong frankly expressed his indignation.
"That's it, that's it." Zhengde nodded again and again, expressing his agreement: "I am the most honest, they all bully me, well, that's why I sneaked out this time, I don't know if I don't come out, there are so many delicious and fun things outside, no wonder my father has always wanted to go out of Beijing to see it." I'll tell you, the knife-cut noodles you ate last time in Baoan Zhou......"
It's really pitiful, looking at Zhengde Meimei reminiscing about the snacks he ate on the road, Xie Hong's sympathy rose, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry. Even knives and noodles are regarded as delicious, and those ministers in the court are simply abusing minors, and in later generations, this is a crime.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, in the future, the delicious food will be wrapped on Weichen, and I guarantee that you will eat differently." Xie Hong patted his chest and promised, even if he didn't know how to do it, it was not easy to find some cooks, how could he let the emperor not be satisfied.
"Wow, Xie Hong, you are really the best, or you know me best." Zhengde was very moved and held Xie Hong's hand with tears in his eyes.
"Ahem, Your Majesty, Lord Xie, excuse me, but Jiang commanded them to engage in battle...... the two of them whispered, and the others were blocked by Qian Ning, but Gu Dayong heard them.
Gu Fatzi admires Xie Hong, how can he say every sentence to Long Live Lord's heart? Even if he watched His Majesty grow up since he was a child, he didn't know him so well, how could this Xie Hong be so compatible with Long Live Lord? Could it be that there was a fate in a past life? Gu Da used this shock and admiration in his heart, don't mention it.
He naturally didn't know that Xie Hong was crossed, and the concept of later generations was much more relaxed than in this era, and Zhengde was unwilling to be bound, so of course the two hit it off.
Xie Hong was embarrassed, patronizing and sympathizing with Zhengde, but forgetting that the situation was tense, he raised his eyes and saw that a group of cavalry led by Jiang Bin and Er Niu had already left the city gate, and was slowly speeding up, forcing towards the Tartars.
And the Tartars also saw the movement of the Ming army here, and they were a little flustered at first, and they had some intention of escaping. When he saw that the people and horses coming out here were similar to his own, he was also afraid, shouting and shouting, while moving forward as a team, just waiting to hedge.
Of course, the Tartars were arrogant, but Jiang Bin's subordinates didn't take the other party in their eyes at all, and Xie Hong saw that the Ming army used Jiang Bin as an arrow, and formed a sharp arrow formation in the run. The whole process was orderly, without the slightest panic, and it was much stronger than the chaotic formation on the Tartar side.
"The border army is really elite." Zhengde suddenly sighed: "The forbidden army usually doesn't practice so well, let alone the time to fight." This Commander Jiang is really a fierce general, not bad, not bad. As he spoke, he asked Xie Hong again, "Xie Hong, why don't you see your brother holding a weapon?" ”
Xie Hong didn't pay attention just now, he only cared about whether Erniu had armor on his body, and then looked at the formation of the two sides, at this time Zhengde asked, he stared at it, Jiang Bin had a big knife in his hand, the back of the knife was extremely thick, and the weight was not light, but Erniu was empty-handed, only with a mallet on his back...... Is this a weapon?
"Dare to teach Your Majesty to know that Zhang Zhuangshi thought that ordinary weapons were too light, so he picked a mace and went into battle......" Zhang Zongbing paid attention, he was born in the army, how could he not pay attention to a strong man who could win against Jiang Bin, seeing that Zhengde was puzzled, he explained from the side.
Mace? This thing is quite famous, when the Southern Song Dynasty court did not want to recover their homeland, the people in the north could only spontaneously resist the invasion, helpless to laugh at themselves when they said: Jin Bing has a mace, we have a heavenly spirit cover. Xie Hong understands the suffering, but the Tartars are poor, so they use this thing, but there are few Ming military, and the choice of Erniu is really strange.
But it's okay, it's not bad for Xie Hong to think about it, so it can be regarded as returning the favor to the other in his way, so let the Tartar's Tianling Gai also taste the taste of intimate contact with the mace.
Zhang Nai's face was not very good-looking, he originally planned to borrow a knife to kill someone, but he was left behind by Zhengde General Xie Hong. After that, he thought that it would be good to be able to cut off Xie Hong's wings, who would have thought that it would be difficult to predict the outcome now, although the number of Ming troops was slightly smaller, but it was extremely elite, could it be that he still let that damn Xie Hong make meritorious contributions?
The speed of the two cavalry has been raised, and the distance is getting closer and closer, Xie Hong's eyesight is good enough, and he can even see the bloody mouths of the first few Tartars.
"I think we'll win, right?" Zhengde asked Xie Hong's expectations, Xie Hong found that his palms were full of sweat, he had never experienced such a thing, when he just promised Zhang Nai, he didn't think much about it at all, but now he found that war is such a terrible thing, he can't help but worry about Erniu and Jiang Bin, as well as every soldier.
"It's going to win." Xie Hong nodded vigorously.
As if as a footnote to his words, a brilliant sword light announced the beginning of the battle. Jiang Bin's knife was fast and ruthless, and with a head-on knife, a Tartar fell off his horse in response, and he didn't even have time to parry.
Erniu also picked up the mace, hugged his head and smashed it on the head of the oncoming tartar, this time, the other party parried, but it was still useless, how strong Erniu was, this stick went down, the blocker was invincible, first the knife was broken, and then the brain burst out, and even the people and horses were directly smashed to the ground.
"Good!" Xie Hong and Zhengde at the head of the city were all enthusiastic and cheered in unison.
"Kill!" Jiang Bin's subordinates remained silent, and they did not cheer at this time, but shouted in unison, and as the two unstoppable forwards rushed forward, their murderous aura was revealed. In a short time, this Tartar cavalry had already rushed to the ground and had the upper hand.
Unlike Zhengde, who was shouting loudly beside him, seeing such a situation, Xie Hong was excited at first, and then a little puzzled, and couldn't help but ask Zhang Jun: "Chief soldier Zhang, Xie heard that the Tartars are unequaled, why didn't I see them send arrows just now, and now it seems that this combat power is also very ordinary." ”
"Lord Xie doesn't know, the various tribes of the Tartars are also different, some tribes have more population, greater strength, more resources they can get, and their combat power is stronger, such as the strongest little prince and the fire sieve are like this, the little prince's subordinates are the so-called king tent elite soldiers, and the combat power is the highest, when it is said that the general is ambushed by the little prince's department."
Zhang Jun pointed to the outside of the city again and said, "These people outside are ordinary herdsmen, they should be hungry and anxious, and they rushed in from the side wall that was destroyed last year to fight the autumn wind." ”
"As for riding and shooting, hehe, Lord Xie doesn't know where he heard it, where did he get the right head in the gallop of the fast horse? If it is diffuse, it can still play a disturbing role against the infantry in a dense formation, and it is useless against the cavalry. If you dismount and shoot at the pace, you can get the head accurate, but when the cavalry is hedged, there is no speed, so you can only close your eyes and wait for death. ”
Sure enough, it was rumored to kill people, and later generations said that Tartars could shoot arrows on galloping horses, with high heads and strong power, so that my brother really thought that there was some unparalleled riding and archery, and it turned out that they were all fooling people. Xie Hong said abruptly: "Hehe, Xie is also hearsay, but since Mr. Zhang can see it now, why did he ...... before?"
Zhang Jun's old face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "The last general suffered a defeat last year, and the governor has a strict order to close the four gates of the last general and strictly guard the city...... Lord Xie, if Your Majesty mentions the past, please also ask your Excellency to turn around for the last general, he said that if he is useful to the place of the last general, he will not dare to resign. ”
It's different to have a backer, especially if this backer is the emperor, Xie Hong is very emotional, it's not in vain that Brother has spent so much effort, now we are also a big man, although we rely on the power of the fox and the tiger, and then we can start the plan to strengthen the country.
He nodded imperceptibly, there is also a place to use this chief soldier in his plan, and the previous festival is not big, so you might as well agree to come down first.
Zhang Jun was overjoyed when he saw this, his ability to observe words and emotions was stronger than his ability to fight, and at this time he already felt that Zhengde valued Xie Hong, if Xie Hong was willing to help, the previous little offense would naturally be no problem.
"The Tartars are defeated, the Tartars have fled!" Zhengde cheered loudly again, and Xie Hong also looked at it.
The cavalry of more than 1,000 people defeated the negative score very quickly, Jiang Bin's department was already elite, plus Jiang Bin and Erniu two killing gods, this group of Tartars just came to rob, seeing that the situation was unfavorable, where was there a willingness to fight to the death, at this time they had already fled to the north.
With Zhengde's shouting, there was also a cheer on the city tower, and in a sea of joy, there were also people crying with sad faces, this is the governor Zhang.
From suppressing Xie Hong to borrowing a knife to kill people, and finally wanting to cut off his wings, his plan failed step by step, Zhang Nai was really unwilling in his heart, but what can he do? He raised his eyes to look at Xie Hong, who was high-five with Zhengde, and knew that he couldn't help the other party now, who let him cling to the emperor.
It's just that, hum, the official can't help you, someone can clean you up, he whispered to his entourage: "Go back home quickly, let Mr. Zhao repair the book, send it to the capital, and tell Mr. Zhao that he wants him to focus on the danger of Xie Hong's annihilation in the letter." ”
"Yes."
(To be continued)