Wang Pu took over the army of the camp in the north of the city without authorization, and the change of military orders soon reached Zhang Zi'an's ears, Zhang Zi'an was cautious, he didn't dare to do anything to Wang Pu, and asked Wei Daben to discuss, feeling that this matter had to come forward on behalf of the king, and the two of them hurriedly came to the palace on behalf of the king.

In fact, sacrificing the people of Datong is exactly what Zhu Chuanqi means on behalf of the king, and Zhu Chuanqi can turn a blind eye to Wang Pu for other things, but Zhu Chuanqi resolutely cannot agree to the fact that all the hundreds of thousands of people in Datong Mansion have moved into the city for refuge! The reason is very simple, it still involves the issue of food.

At present, in Datong City, in addition to the courtyard of the Wang family, there are hundreds of thousands of stone grain stored in the palace on behalf of the king, if these hundreds of thousands of Datong people are really allowed to enter the city, either the Wang family will produce grain or the palace will produce grain.

Zhu Chuanqi is a stingy person, and it is even more uncomfortable to ask him to pay food than to kill him, of course he has to try his best to prevent this.

At a critical juncture, Zhu Chuanqi couldn't take care of the regulations that the vassal king was not allowed to interfere in the local military and political affairs, so he took the guards of the palace and Zhang Zi'an and Wei Daben to the north camp of the city in a hurry, and the group met Wang Pu in the north gate before they left the city, at this time Wang Pu had just finished handling the military affairs of the north camp of the city and was about to return to the city.

"Lord Wang."

Wang Pu didn't get off the horse, he only hugged his fist to Zhu Chuanqi on horseback, which was regarded as a salute, but he didn't pay attention to Zhang Zi'an and Wei Daben behind Zhu Chuanqi, and Wang Pu was now a quasi-imperial prince in terms of identity, of course, there was no need to salute the two, but Wei Daben and Zhang Zi'an didn't dare to slack off, turned over and dismounted and saluted Wang Pu.

"Wang Pu." Zhu Chuanqi held back the unhappiness in his heart, and asked in a deep voice, "You went to the camp in the north of the city?" ”

"yes." Wang Pu asked rhetorically, "Gonggong Zhang and Lord Wei asked me to take over the military power of Datong, and you also know about it, Lord Wang." ”

"The king knows this." Zhu Chuanqi didn't feel good and said, "This king is also in favor, but Gonggong Zhang and Lord Wei didn't let you order the people of Datong Mansion to move into the city, right?" ”

Wang Pu said: "If you don't move the people outside the city into the city, the army of thieves will get supplies from them as soon as they arrive." ”

Zhu Chuanqi said: "It is for this reason that Lord Wei and Gonggong Zhang will give an order to let the border army soldiers gather the rations and livestock of the people of Datong in the city, of course, the government does not do this to compete with the people for food, and when the thieves retreat, these rations and livestock will still be returned to the people." ”

Wang Pu sneered: "Then I have to ask the prince, the rations of the common people are concentrated in the city, but their people can't enter the city, I don't know what the prince plans to let the people outside the city eat?" Let them drink the northwest wind, or let them eat Guanyin soil and gnaw on the bark and grass roots? ”

"Presumptuous, too presumptuous!" Wang Zhan, who was beside Zhu Chuanqi, couldn't bear it anymore, and asked sharply, "Wang Pu, what kind of thing are you?" Did you talk to the prince like this? Do you still have a distinction between superior and inferior in your eyes? ”

"What are you?" Wang Pu asked sharply, "How dare you speak to this horse like this?" Do you have a distinction between superior and inferior in your eyes? ”

"You ......"

Wang Zhanshi was speechless for a moment, and his face immediately turned red.

"Lord Wang." Wang Pu turned his gaze to Zhu Chuanqi and asked in a condensed voice, "Please tell me, after the thieves are killed, what do you plan to let the people outside the city eat?" ”

"Wang Pu!" Zhu Chuanqi couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily, "Don't go too far, this king is also a prince anyway, you are just a concubine, not to mention that you have not officially married Her Royal Highness the princess, it is just a matter of seeing this king so rude, this king doesn't care about you, but you don't have to make an inch." ”

"Lord Wang." Wang Pu said coldly, "I'm just asking you, after the thieves are killed, what do you plan to let the people outside the city eat?" ”

"Eat whatever you have." Zhu Chuanqi said, "Let them figure it out by themselves." ”

"But their food has been robbed." Wang Pu asked, "Let them starve to death?" ”

"What does the life and death of these untouchables have to do with the king?" Zhu Chuanqi Suo's surname made the words clear, and shouted loudly, "In order to defend Datong, what's the big deal about sacrificing hundreds of thousands of untouchables, the Ming Dynasty has Kyushu and ten thousand squares, these untouchables are hundreds of millions, and these hundreds of thousands are dead, are you afraid that no one will be there?" ”

"Lord Wang." Wang Pu shouted and asked, "I want to ask you, where did you and the people in the palace get their usual food, clothing, use, and flowers?" ”

Zhu Chuan Qi Wohuo said: "Of course it was given by the Long Live Lord!" ”

Wang Pu drank again and asked, "Where did the food, clothing, and flowers come from?" ”

Zhu Chuanqi had already come back to his senses and stopped talking.

"Stop talking? No more words! Wang Pu said sharply, "Then let me tell you, Long Live Lord and you, the princes, the princes, the princes, the relatives of the emperor and all the officials of the Ming Dynasty, including the food, clothing, use and flowers of the soldiers of the three armies, are all planted, woven and made by these untouchables as you say!" If the Ming Dynasty didn't have these untouchables in your mouth, would it be okay? ”

Zhu Chuanqi said coldly: "Wang Pu, you are also worthy of teaching this king a lesson?" ”

"Zhu Chuanqi!" Wang Pu directly called Zhu Chuanqi by his name this time, and asked sharply, "Don't forget that you are just a vassal king, not a long live lord!" Who gave you the power to decide the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Datong Mansion without authorization? The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty are the people of the People, what power do you have to decide the life and death of the people? ”

After saying this, Wang Pu asked in a sneering voice: "You don't want to rebel, right?" ”

"You!"

Zhu Chuanqi's color changed, he really didn't expect Wang Pu to dare to buckle the big hat of rebellion on his head.

Wang Pu didn't pay any attention to Zhu Chuanqi, turned his gaze to Wei Daben, and asked sharply: "Lord Wei, you are the prefect of Datong, and you are a well-educated person, the sage Yun 'the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light', the people are the foundation of the country, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, can they be sacrificed casually?" ”

Wei Daben looked ashamed and bowed his head silently.

Of course, Wei Daben has read this sentence of Mencius, and everyone in the world knows this sentence, because this sentence can be said to be the sharpest weapon in the hands of scholars, Confucius's books can only be used to serve the emperor, but only this sentence of Mencius has provided a theoretical basis for later generations of scholars to restrict the power of the monarch.

At this time, Zhu Chuanqi finally came back to his senses, and said angrily: "Someone! ”

Dozens of palace guards hugged each other, and the leading captain of the guard clasped his fists and responded, "What does the prince command?" ”

Zhu Chuanqi stared at Wang Pu with a hideous expression, and shouted: "Wang Pu mobilized the heavy troops of the feudal town without authorization, conspired to rebel, and immediately took it for this king!" ”

"Yes!"

"Who dare!?"

Dozens of palace guards suddenly agreed, and were about to step forward to take people but were stopped by Wang Pu's shout, Lu Liu even hugged him with dozens of riders, protecting Wang Pu behind him, and the guards of the palace and the Wang family's family were tense, and the situation was on the verge of breaking out.

"Ouch." Zhang Zi'an panicked at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade, "Don't mind, it's all your own family, don't hurt your harmony because of a little thing, Lord Wang, you can also dissipate your anger, and you can also dissipate your anger......"

Zhang Zi'an's voice fell, and there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the long street in the east, and when everyone looked back hurriedly, Huo Ran saw a group of Han generals galloping towards a eunuch wearing a red brocade robe, and the pillar that was leading the way on a fast horse suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed forward, and said loudly: "Master Qincha, my third master is there." ”

When the red-robed eunuch heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, rode his horse and galloped forward, shouting in a sharp voice: "The holy decree has arrived, and Wang Pu, the commander of the horses, will receive the decree......"

Wang Pu didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted and knelt down in the dust.

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More than 100 miles south of Datong, Wuli Village.

When Li Yanzheng was leading 8,000 elite soldiers to march quickly to the north, suddenly a fast horse galloped back from the front, and said loudly: "Great marshal, I found a team of officers and soldiers five miles ahead!" ”

Li Yan asked in a deep voice, "How many people are there?" ”

Tan Ma said: "More than 100 people." ”

Ma Shouying said: "Brother Li Yan, I will take 500 people to destroy this group of officers and soldiers. ”

He Jin also said: "Yes, if you don't destroy this group of officers and soldiers, the news will leak." ”

"No, now it's less than two hundred miles away from Datong, and it's impossible to hide people's eyes and ears." Li Yan Huoran raised his hand and said in a deep voice, "It's time to grab it now, and if you arrive in Datong a moment earlier, you will have a better chance of winning, and you will order the whole army to speed up the march, and ignore the small groups of officers and troops along the way." ”

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Datong, North Gate.

“…… Wang Pu temporarily led the rank of general soldier of Datong with the captain of the horse, that is, he led the army to conquer the thieves in Shaanxi, and admired this. The eunuch rolled up the decree and smiled at Wang Pumei, "Master Ma, thank you for the decree." ”

"The minister and the king Pu will lead the decree, long live my emperor, long live long live, long live......"

Wang Pu respectfully kowtowed three times, and then raised his hands to receive the holy decree from the hand of the eunuch, and when he turned around, Wang Pu smiled at Zhu Chuanqi and said: "Lord Wang, right now, my Wang Pu is the chief soldier of Datong Town, do you still want to take people?" ”

"Hmph, let's go."

Zhu Chuanqi snorted and walked away.

Wang Pu said to Zhang Zi'an again: "Father-in-law Zhang." ”

Zhang Zi'an hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The slave is here." ”

Wang Pu said: "Immediately count the money, grain and equipment in the warehouse." ”

Zhang Zi'an replied respectfully: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu said to Wei Daben again: "Lord Wei." ”

Wei Daben stepped forward and clasped his fists, and said respectfully: "The lower official is here." ”

If Wang Pu was only the chief soldier of Datong, Wei Daben could ignore him completely, and there was no need to take him in his eyes at all, but at the moment Wang Pu was not only the general soldier of Datong, he was also the captain of the horse today, and he was a relative of the emperor, he didn't even buy the account of the acting king, and Wei Daben naturally dared not slack off.

Wang Pu said: "There is a huge shortage of money and food in Datong Town, and Lord Wei, as the prefect of Datong, will ask you to raise food and salary." ”

Wei Daben said: "Serving the country is a matter within the duties of the lower officials. ”

Wang Pu said again: "Lu Liu." ”

Lu Liu hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "Yes." ”

Wang Pu said: "Let Tang Sheng and Monk Zhang lead two thousand families to stay in the camp of Lei Gongshan, and then let the bearded, scarface, and Zhao Xin immediately lead three thousand families to settle in Datong and strengthen the garrison!" ”

"Yes."

Lu Liu suddenly agreed, turned over and galloped away.

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Wang Pu's movements are fast enough, but some people's movements are faster than him!

That night, the bearded, scarface, and Zhao Xin had just led three thousand families to settle in Datong, and an astonishing news spread to the general army of the camp in the north of the city, and the vanguard of the thieves was less than 100 miles away from Datong, and it would not be noon tomorrow for this gang of thieves to come to the city!

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The general army marched.

"Awesome!" Wang Pu said again and again, "Amazing! It seems that this gang of thieves is very unusual, it only took less than ten hours to drive nearly two hundred miles, and the thieves also have such a fast marching speed, which is amazing! General Ben led the army to attack Shengjing so quickly! ”

"A miracle, a miracle." Zhen Youcai also sighed, "Our army has traveled a long distance to attack the Sanbula River, and one rider and three riders have only traveled less than 300 miles in one day and night, but this gang of thieves has advanced nearly 200 miles in just ten hours!" It's incredible that two legs of a man can run over four legs of a horse! ”

Wang Pu's heart jumped, why did Zhen Youcai's words sound so awkward?

Wasn't there such a great army in later generations that often outran the enemy's four-wheeled cars on two legs? In terms of the speed of the march alone, this gang of thieves is no longer lost to that great army! As soon as he thought of this, Wang Pu's mood immediately became heavy, and it seemed that there was no shortage of talents among the thieves.

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(To be continued)