Chapter 33: Heading South
"Your Highness, Lord Zhu and Master Su are right! You are also a descendant of Taizu, a royal noble, and now that the Ming Dynasty has suffered this catastrophe, you should take on this heavy responsibility! "Tang Wang's Mansion, Pang Yue said to Zhu Yujian sincerely. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Just now, Zhu Dadian saw that Pang Yue and Wang Dongri had expressed their attitude, so he led them to the Tang King's mansion to meet the Tang King. There, Su Guansheng and other officials had clearly expressed their support to Zhu Yujian, but Zhu Yujian was slow to express his position, neither accepting nor opposing it.
"If His Highness does not dislike it, he is willing to follow His Highness!" Wang Dongri's tone was also sincere.
Zhu Yujian didn't speak immediately, but walked a few steps, came to Pang Yue and Zhu Yujian, stared at the faces of the two of them quietly, and said with a smile on his face for a long time: "The people who persuaded this king to supervise the country just now were just some civil officials. And now, you two generals are also involved. Pang Yue, if this king is not mistaken, you made up your mind before Zhang Guerrilla. ”
"Back to Your Highness, that's right!" Pang Yue replied without hesitation.
"You're honest enough. However, this king wants to know, what are you really for? If you're just for your own glory and wealth, then there's no need to talk about it. Although this king is a distant vassal, he doesn't want to be a stepping stone for you to become an official and a knight. Zhu Yujian still had a faint smile on his face, and his tone was very flat, but his eyes were already sharp.
Pang Yue had already guessed that Zhu Yujian's words were probably not just asking him, but asking everyone in the house, but it was probably because the civil officials had a better face that Zhu Yujian chose himself as a military general to ask questions.
"Go back to Your Highness, don't dare to be humble!" Pang Yue replied calmly, "As a military general of the Ming Dynasty, I am deeply favored by the imperial court, and I dare not have the slightest disobedience. Everything that the humble duty has done is because the humble duty can't bear to see the Ming Dynasty sink like this, and the people of China are struggling under the iron hooves of the alien race, and in addition, they dare not have other distracting thoughts! If you have two hearts, you will be punished by God! If His Royal Highness is willing to shoulder the heavy responsibility of supervising the country, then I will have the same heart as the Ming monarch and ministers, and there will be a day when the world will be cleared and cleared! ”
"What General Pang said is very true! Now the national disaster is at the head, and all the people are in the midst of fire and water! The old minister also asked His Royal Highness the King of Tang to shoulder the heavy responsibility of supervising the country to save the world! Zhu Dadian looked at Zhu Yujian to the end, looking excited.
"The ministers have no two hearts, but they just implore His Highness to take on the heavy responsibility of supervising the country to save the Ming Dynasty!" Su Guansheng and other officials also persuaded one after another.
Zhu Yujian still didn't speak, just silently walked to the window and stared at the white clouds in the sky. Why doesn't he want to be in charge of the government? He was discriminated against since he was born, and at the age of 12, he was imprisoned by his grandfather and his father for no reason, and was almost starved to death for many years. From then on, he gritted his teeth and was determined to learn a practical skill to fight for himself and his father, and studied hard day and night in captivity with the help of Buddhist lamps. Later, his father was poisoned by his uncle, and under the strong insistence of Chen Qiyu, who participated in politics on the right, his grandfather reluctantly made him his grandson. After inheriting the throne, he thought that he could use his skills to achieve his ambition to serve the country, but the cruel reality ruthlessly shattered his dream, and he was demoted to a concubine by Emperor Chongzhen and imprisoned again for privately recruiting troops to the king of Qin. After Emperor Hongguang ascended the throne, he was able to regain his freedom and princehood, but he was forcibly assigned to move to Pingle Mansion in Guangxi. After experiencing so many changes, Zhu Yujian gradually became disheartened, but in the dead of night, the pain of having no way to serve the country and being repeatedly misunderstood often tortured him to toss and turn and find it difficult to sleep. Now, with the opportunity to ascend to the pinnacle of power and control the government in front of him, how can he be indifferent? …,
Under the expectant gaze of Zhu Dadian and others, Zhu Yujian slowly paced back and forth, and no one knew what he was thinking at the moment. Finally, when Zhu Dadian was about to ask again, Zhu Yujian slowly stopped.
After breathing a long sigh of relief, Zhu Yujian said to everyone: "Thank you for your trust in this king. If you are brave and loyal, and you are worried about the affairs of the state, then the king should no longer stand idly by. ”
Hearing this, everyone's hearts were filled with ecstasy.
But Zhu Yujian's words were not finished: "However, since King Lu is ready to surrender, this Hangzhou City naturally can't stay any longer." According to this king, I should leave Hangzhou first, and then discuss the matter of supervising the country when we settle down. ”
Since Zhu Yujian has acquiesced in his appointment as a prisoner, the specific time is not a big problem. Thinking of this, everyone was full of joy and saluted Zhu Yujian one after another: "Your Highness Mingjian!" "Your Highness is wise!" ……
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After coming out of the Tang Palace, Pang Yue and Wang Dongri hurriedly returned to the camp in the north of the city to mobilize troops and horses to escort Zhu Yujian south.
Just now, after Zhu Yujian politely accepted the request to serve as a prisoner, he began to discuss with everyone where to go next. To Pang Yue's surprise, Zhu Dadian, Su Guansheng and others actually asked Tang Wang to go to Fuzhou in unison, and Zhu Yujian himself also deeply agreed. Originally, Pang Yue wanted to take advantage of the fact that Zheng Hongkui, the younger brother of the traitor pirate king, had not yet appeared, and asked Zhu Yujian to go to Jiangxi or Huguang to get rid of the control of the Zheng family. But seeing that Zhu Yujian, Zhu Dadian and others were so unanimous, Pang Yue did not express his different opinions, after all, if Emperor Longwu wants to leave Fujian in the future, there are many ways, and he is not in a hurry at this time.
On the way back to the camp, seeing Wang Dongri pondering without saying a word, Pang Yue couldn't help asking, "Brother Xu, what do you want?" ”
Wang Dongri laughed dryly: "Brother Muyuan is still courageous!" I don't even blink my eyelids when I participate in this kind of big event, brother, I'm ashamed of myself! ”
Pang Yue smiled: "Hahaha...... It doesn't matter if you have courage or not, in short, Brother Xu, in the future, you and I will both be heroes of decision-making! ”
"But why do I always feel like I don't know the bottom of my heart?" Wang Dongri's tone was a little worried.
"What does Brother Xu think of King Tang?"
"I can't tell." Wang Dongri shook his head, "But I think Tang Wang has the bearing and self-cultivation, and at a glance, I know that he is not an ordinary person." ”
"That's right! Brother Asahi Zhi, believe my decision, that's right! Now we just have to do what we need to do and don't think about the rest! Pang Yue said solemnly.
"Well, what Brother Mu Yuan said is, let's hurry back to the camp! Don't let Tang Wang and Lord Zhu wait too long! ”
"Good! Hahaha......"
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In the afternoon, Pang Yue and Wang Dongri gathered their troops and horses and rushed to the east gate, where Zhu Dadian and Tang Wang and his entourage were already waiting. After the two sides converged, they began to head south.
After leaving the city, Pang Yue couldn't help but feel a strong sense of guilt in his heart. Although he kept saying that he wanted to fight against Jiannu and protect the people, but now that Jiannu has not come, he wants to abandon the city and flee first, which is really shameful to say. I used to look down on those runaway generals, but how different is my behavior from them now? Alas! But what can I do? At present, his strength is too weak, and his subordinates are afraid that it is not enough to stuff Jiannu's teeth.
It's better to protect your useful body first, and then take revenge later! Hangzhou, my Pang Yue will definitely come back again, and I will definitely come back to wash away the shame I left this time! Looking at Hangzhou City behind him, Pang Yue said hatefully in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the party had only gone a few miles south when they saw a dusty gathering of dust ahead, and another army had flanked them and blocked their way. …,
"Which army is this? What do you want to do? Pang Yue was suddenly vigilant and ordered to prepare for battle.
After a while, the Tanma in front came to report: the army in front was also the Ming army, and the main commander was Zheng Hongkui, who was defeated on the Yangtze River front just now. They claimed that they had no malicious intentions and wanted to ask where the Flying Tiger Battalion and the Zhenwei Battalion were going, so that they could go together.
Zheng Hongkui? He finally showed up! After Pang Yue asked Zhu Yujian, he told Tanma where his soldiers and horses were going and the news that Tang Wang was also in the army.
After a short time, I saw a few horsemen galloping out of Zheng Hongkui's army and heading straight for the Flying Tiger Camp.
"Who's coming?" The horse team at the front of the queue of the Flying Tiger Battalion, Qian Zongshi, shouted.
A man in his early thirties in the lead grabbed the horse's head and said with a kind face: "I am the general soldier of the Daming River Defense, Zheng Hongkui, Jinglu Bo, I heard that the Tang King is here, come to see!" I'm tired of reporting it! ”
Without waiting for Shi Youliang to answer, Pang Yue rushed over and immediately saluted Zheng Hongkui with a fist: "It turned out to be Jing Yubo!" Pang Yue, the counselor general of Luzhou Town, is polite here! ”
Although Zheng Hongkui's official rank is higher than Pang Yue, he is loyal, and in addition to the battle with the Qing army this time, his own strength has been greatly damaged, and there are only 2,000 tired soldiers left under him, and he sees that the thousands of troops under Pang Yue are still neat and tidy, so he naturally does not dare to have the slightest contempt. Therefore, Zheng Hongkui also hugged his fist at Pang Yue and smiled: "General Pang! Fortunately, fortunately! I heard that Pang Shen was going to escort the Tang King to Fuzhou, and he dared to go with your army to escort the Tang King to Fuzhou, how about it? There are people from Fujian Province below, and the terrain on this road is really familiar! ”
Pang Yue said with a smile: "With Jing Yubo walking with our army, it is naturally the best!" However, how to be specific, you have to ask King Tang first! In this way, how about Jing Yubo and Zai Xia go to meet the Tang King together? ”
Zheng Hongkui smiled and nodded: "Okay!" Then bother Pang Shen to lead the way! ”
After Zheng Hongkui came to Zhu Yujian and explained his request, Zhu Yujian quickly agreed and praised Zheng Hongkui. In Zhu Yujian's view, he was about to go to Fuzhou to build a country, and the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong, a powerful figure in Fujian, took the initiative to lead the way, which was naturally the best! At present, he has not yet arrived in Fujian, so he naturally will not realize the future of the Zheng family brothers.
After meeting Zheng Zhilong's troops, the soldiers and horses escorting Tang King Zhu Yujian reached nearly 7,000 people, and a large army marched towards Fujian.
At this time, Pang Yue, looking at the distant scenery, his eyes were full of expectation, and at the same time, he was silently sighing: It has been more than a month since he came to this era, but he seems to have changed nothing...... Everything is the same as the original history. Because his strength is too weak, he can only be a poor bystander! This time to Fujian, the Tang King is about to ascend the throne, he must take this opportunity to work hard to develop his strength, and do his best to change the tragic ending of the Chinese nation! Certain!
The military flag fluttered, the war horse neighed, and an army full of hatred for Jiannu embarked on a new journey......
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