Chapter 118: The Heart of a Youth
About a third of the loss was lost. Zhang Zhiyi replied, "But fortunately, the emperor sent a large army to Jiangzhou with craftsmen and masters in advance, and this piece was unscathed." β
"What?" Zhang Shou was taken aback, and really didn't expect it, "Why is it still the case with the Shenji Battalion?" β
"Things are not as simple as Master Zhang thought," Zhang Zhiyi's expression was a little subtle, he looked away, his expression was a little guilty, "The emperor has firearms to help, and he does have a great chance of winning." But after all, it was in the lair of the blue-robed thieves who had been entrenched for a long time, and the emperor should have had no experience in mountain warfare before, plus it was a back-attack...... It's hard to say how much you're taking advantage of.
"I heard the news that the emperor personally went to suppress the bandits, and the prefect Ram was almost crazy, and we didn't dare to delay for a moment, but the Ram didn't have a tiger talisman in his hand, so he ran to the barracks of Jiangzhou Mansion in the middle of the night with the official seal, and asked the garrison over there to send troops, but it was ......."
Zhang Zhiyi's words came to an abrupt end here.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Shouzhong asked, "The Jiangzhou garrison refuses to help the troops?" β
"Yes." Zhang Zhiyi nodded, he put his little finger and thumb in the palm of his hand, three fingers facing up, and said solemnly, "This is a bit provocative to say, but what Zhiyi said is true, I have seen it with my own eyes." General Li Ran and Li of the Jiangzhou garrison just refused to believe Lord Ram's words.
He said that he recognized the people and did not recognize people, and also said that if the prefect moved out of the emperor and could mobilize the military power, then everyone would be able to use this as a reason to coerce the troops in the future...... Therefore, we will never set this precedent. β
Zhang Shouzhong frowned slightly.
It sounds like an unsympathetic thing, but it should be.
When the two armies are fighting, if the teams in front of the battle are all "adapting" and ignoring military orders, the battle will not be fought.
"That Li Ran is really angry," Zhang Zhiyi mentioned this person, and his anger rushed up, "He said that if a person has a little brain, it is impossible to take a mere five hundred people to break into the lair of the blue-robed thief, which is no different from sending him to death...... He also asked Lord Ram to bring those old masters who claimed that the emperor had broken into the mountain for him to interrogate to see if they were traps for the blue-robed thievesβ"
Zhang Zhiyi took a deep breath, "We were delayed in the Jiangbei military camp for a night, and our hearts were really like ashes, and Lord Ram even had the heart to be martyred...... Fortunately, at dawn the next day, news came from Nancheng, saying that another team of more than 300 people had traveled to the city and wanted to see the prefect of Jiangzhou by name. β
"Is it the emperor who led the troops to triumph?" Zhang Shouzhong asked.
"Exactly!" Zhang Zhiyi nodded again and again, his eyes were slightly hot, and he was emotional, and he couldn't help but raise his hand and wipe his eyes with his sleeve, "We didn't find out where the emperor was at first glance, everyone was covered with mud, and they couldn't see their faces at all."
"Then the emperor himself stepped forward and said to the ram, 'You are the ram of the Jiangzhou prefect?' , we recognized that the person in front of us was Jinshang.
More than 300 people escorted more than 30 suspected leaders of the blue-robed thieves into the city. The people only knew that the emperor was coming that day, so martial law was imposed on the street, but no one expected that the blue-robed thief would be suppressed - up and down the river, everyone was boiling.
"Later, the prefect sent an order to heal and resupply the soldiers accompanying the emperor," Zhang Zhiyi took a deep breath, his voice trembled slightly, "Those swords were personally supervised and collected by the lower officials, and sent to be forged, each one was bloody, and almost all of them were curled up...... It's a fierce battle. β
Zhang Shouzhong listened all the way, and his heart was also churning, and he hurriedly asked, "How is the emperor's health?" Hurt? β
"It's fine." Zhang Zhiyi replied seriously, "The emperor also specially asked me to send a message back, so that Master Zhang and Elder Sun Ge should not worry about him." But speaking of which, there was one thing that really scared the Rams and the Rams. β
"What is it?"
"The emperor didn't wear armor when he came back." Zhang Zhiyi frowned, and his face was a little puzzled, "He is the only one among those hundreds who does not wear armor...... The Shenji Battalion was never short of armor, but the Holy Lord wore nothing but leggings and sand gloves. β
Zhang Shouzhong's throat moved, and it was only then that he realized that his back was wet with sweat.
He was emotional, amazed, and extremely angry.
Earlier, when Chen Yicong was still in Prince Gong's mansion, he saw that the son of the world was not like his father, but more like Emperor Jianxi in the early years, with a brave and enterprising heart...... This is of course a good thing, but if the emperor really made a mistake in this crackdown on bandits, what kind of turmoil will happen in the inner court of Pingjing......
Didn't the emperor think about this himself?
His northern tour this time was not only to transport armaments, but also to comfort the border soldiers in the north, if he died before the division was launched, what kind of blow would it be to the four northern states.
β¦β¦ Didn't the emperor think about this?
As an emperor, Zhang Shouzhong knew that Chen Yicong was not a brave and unscrupulous man, so he could only come to one conclusion - Chen Yicong had thought about these possibilities, but he was going to go!
Zhang Shouzhong woke up suddenly.
ββ¦β¦ No, you'll have to add additional guards. β
Zhang Zhiyi didn't understand for a while, and when he saw Zhang Shouzhong's suddenly pale face, he was a little dazed, "Master Zhang......?" β
"Someone!" Zhang Shouzhong turned around, and the two criminal servants who accompanied him stepped forward, Zhang Shouzhong turned his horse's head and said in a deep voice, "You continue to lead the way, the blue-robed thief is a repeat offender in the imperial court, and there must be no mistake." When all the prisoners are thrown into prison, you will take Zhang Tingshi to stay at the Beijing Post House, and I will be there later. β
The two squires nodded in response.
"Where is Master Zhang going?" Zhang Zhiyi hurriedly asked.
"Zhiyi has been a tiring journey, and it's really hard."
Zhang Shouzhong held the reins, and the horse under his crotch had already felt his intention, and was neighing and exhaling in a low voice.
He frowned, his expression serious, "I have the first urgent matter to do right now, and I will go back when I go." β
Zhang Zhiyi hurriedly bowed his hand, and then watched Zhang Shouzhong leave.
Thinking that Zhang Shouzhong directly called out his name, Zhang Zhiyi was moved again in his heart.
I didn't expect the idol to remember his name!
β¦β¦
Zhang Shouzhong hurried to the military headquarters.
This time he went north, Chen Yicong dispatched 2,000 tomb guards and 500 elite soldiers from the Shenji battalion, and set off from Pingjing.
Earlier, Zhang Shouzhong took the initiative to invite Ying and wanted to follow Chen Yicong on a northern tour this time.
Chen Yicong refused, saying that the government affairs of the DPRK and China were busy, and Sun Ge was old and needed Zhang Shouzhong's support.
Later, Zhang Shouzhong pointed out a few guards in Beijing and asked the emperor to take him with him.
But Chen Yicong also refused - he said that he had sent so many troops north, and the defense of the capital was already more fragile than before, and he should let these experienced guards stay in Beijing.
Besides, it's summer, and you won't encounter gold thieves on the road, so you don't need to be so nervous.
In order to show trust, Chen Yicong left the tiger talisman of the tomb guards to Sun Beiji, and during his absence in the capital, there were more than 3,000 defenders in the capital and more than 3,000 people in the tomb, which could not only check and balance each other, but also cooperate to resist the enemy.
The more Zhang Shouzhong thought about it, the more angry he became.
So what did the emperor go north for this time?
Reward the three armies? Soothing the living?
Or does he have a thousand gaps in his heart that he has to fill in this way?
In this battle of Jiangzhou, the 500 people of the Shenji Battalion were reduced to 300, and the tomb guards were temporarily uninjured.
Further north, if he encounters a rogue, how many men does he plan to charge with him?
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