"Urgent! The Japanese army attacked Panjin and slaughtered 100,000 of our soldiers and civilians! Urgent! The Japanese army attacked Panjin and suffered heavy losses, slaughtering 100,000 of our soldiers and civilians in order to vent their anger! An officer waved the telegram in his hand and ran from outside the gate of the Jianji Hall to the door, and then his footsteps were stopped by the Jinyi guard, so he had to hand the telegram in his hand to the officer in charge of transmitting it.

After receiving this telegram, Zhu Mu, who was wearing filial piety clothes, angrily kicked the vase more than one person high placed at the door of the Jianji Hall to the ground, and the sound of shattering came far away, even alarming the new army in charge of the security of the Forbidden Palace, the Jinyi Guard, and the people in Dongchang.

On the telegram, the telegram actually said that those Japanese people actually hung the entire family of Liu Hui, the Panjin guard who refused to surrender, on the head of Panjin City! The old generals are all 60 years old this year...... The whole family's daughter...... The whole family didn't have a corpse in the capital...... I don't have clothes on......" Zhu Mu said as he threw the message in his hand to Wang Jue beside him, and his tone was cold to below zero, which made people shudder.

"Your Highness...... It's time for the emperor to offer incense, please hurry to the mourning hall......" A waiter walked in at this time, bent down at the door, and whispered to remind Zhu Mu that he should go to perform the rituals that the emperor needed to do. Although the wake has canceled a lot of cumbersome procedures because of the state of war, some superficial things still have to be done.

Zhu Mu suddenly laughed miserably with tears, and then he slapped the table and roared at the group of military attachés of the military department around him: "How can this palace go to the emperor's mourning hall?" How does this palace explain to the ancestors and ancestors? Say that my loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty can't even protect the palace of future generations? ”

His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Changle died in the prime of life because of the rebels and Japan's provocation, and now all kinds of generals and ministers have lost their national bodies on the Jiliao front, and the Ming Empire has lost its land and lost people. If Zhu Mu didn't grit his teeth at this time, it would not be a good cultivation, but a faceless and skinless body.

Wang Jue touched the tip of his nose, lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly. It seems that the three-year covenant between him and Prince Zhu Mu to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens may not be completed. He raised his head and just saw the gaze cast by the crown prince Zhu Mu, and he nodded imperceptibly.

"Wang Jue! Time is not waiting, now is the time of life and death of the empire, since the palace has taken over this splendid mountain and river from the hands of his father, he will return the ancestors to a strong Ming Empire! Zhu Mu walked to Wang Jue's side and said slowly in a firm tone: "This palace is here waiting for your triumphant news!" ”

Hearing Zhu Mu say this to him, Wang Jue couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he was not slow to agree, and replied directly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, rest assured, Wang Jue personally commanded the new army to rush to Jinzhou to reverse the situation of the war in Liaodong for His Highness!" ”

Although Wang Jue answered so resolutely and indifferently, everyone knew that this Liaodong battle situation was not such a simple matter. First of all, the imperial court received a secret guarantee, saying that Wang Fu of Liaobei and the general's army were moving slowly southward, which was quite like sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.

It is no secret that this Wang Futong is self-respecting in the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty, so Wang Jue will not get Wang Futong's assistance this time, and the 100,000 Liaobei border guards can only take advantage of the situation but cannot be used for assistance.

On the other hand, Wang Jue does not have many available troops in his hands, except for the 1st Division of the New Army that he has sent to the Shanhaiguan area, the rest is the military headquarters of the 1st Group Army of the New Army, some logistics troops and the 3rd Division of the New Army that has not yet been expanded.

These troops add up to more than 40,000 people, even if you count the defeated troops in Jiliao, Wang Jue can only use 100,000 troops at most. And the rebels and Japanese troops that this force had to face added up to 300,000 at least.

After retreating, Zhu Mu left Wang Jue alone, stood in front of the sand table and asked with some anxiety: "The situation has collapsed to such an extent that I can't find a second candidate to go to Liaodong...... I will hand over Liaodong to you, I will give you people if you want people, and I will give you guns if you want guns...... The country is hated by the family, you Wang Jue helped me to avenge it! ”

"When you were in school, you liked to throw trouble at me." Wang Jue opened his mouth and smiled, he remembered the time when the two of them were incognito in school, the two of them caused a lot of trouble in the school, and in the end, it was Wang Jue who took the responsibility, and Zhu Mu invited guests to dinner afterwards.

"When I was in school...... It's a pity that the good times are gone. Zhu Mu sighed, and then helped Wang Jue turn out the wrinkled collar: "You haven't changed, you're always so sloppy; But I have changed, and I can only be in this palace in the future, and I have become a bird that cannot fly far. ”

"There is a fish in the North Underworld, whose name is Kun, and it turns into a bird, and its name is Peng; Your Highness, you are a Dapeng bird, spreading your wings and riding the wind, soaring up to 90,000 miles. Wang Jue smiled and took two steps back, then turned around and walked out of the Jianji Palace. As he walked, he stretched out his left hand and waved it, and said goodbye to Zhu Mu: "Your Highness, don't be impatient, I, Wang Jue, will go to Liaodong and bring victory for you!" ”

Zhu Mu looked at Wang Jue who was far away, and suddenly felt very relieved. This feeling he had felt countless times in school, it was a feeling of having a reliance and a belief in victory. Unconsciously, he clenched his fists and secretly swore in his heart: Wang Jue, if you win in Liaodong, I, Zhu Mubao, will have a bright future for your Wang family a hundred years ago!

"The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Li Ke Shou Li announced it. Wang Jue has gone to Liaodong, so I naturally can't waste time at home. When Wang Jue left the Jianji Palace, Zhu Mu called Chen Yue, and after giving an order, he went to the mourning hall with his hands behind his back to guard the spirit of his father, Zhu Changle.

Countless vermilion curtains have been replaced, and the main hall where Zhu Changle's coffin is parked has been shrouded in white at this moment. The attendants in white filial piety clothes and the members of the royal family who rushed to Beijing from all over the country all knelt on the ground, their eyes red and wailing.

Unlike the crown prince Zhu Mu, who has been confirmed to be the future emperor and needs to be in charge of state affairs, the other members of the royal family are really on duty in the emperor's mourning hall. Including the emperor's empress concubines and other children, as well as representatives sent by distant relatives, the entire hall was full of almost 300 people.

Of course, many more people were not even qualified to enter this hall, because of the change in etiquette, and because of the current state of war in the Empire, the ministers and other ministers did not keep vigil as usual, but sent some people to be delegates, these people were to kneel outside, but the advantage was that they could go home and rest at night.