Outside the south gate of Ningxia Town at dawn, a long procession slowly arrived, their clothes were ragged and their bodies were stained with blood, their legs and feet were intact and they were limping with injuries, and those who lost their legs and feet were lying on the flat plate of the ox cart and carriage; Their expressions were blank, their faces were gray, and although they were still alive and panting, they were like dead people.

The soldiers at the head of the city asked in panic, He Jin rode his horse from the rear, and revealed his identity loudly, and the city gate defenders hurriedly lowered the drawbridge to let He Jin enter the city. He Jin instructed his subordinates to lead the wounded soldiers into the city slowly, and he rode his horse into the city at a gallop straight into the Qingwang Mansion.

Zhu Ningxiao got up very early, and his face was slightly red after playing a set of five poultry plays in the courtyard, he has always gotten up early and gone to bed early, that is, to have a good body, in order to achieve great things, and to ascend to the treasure in the future, at least to be an emperor for decades to enjoy.

The maid brought hot water and put it on the shelf under the corridor for Zhu Ningxiao to wipe his sweat, Zhu Ningxiao wiped his head and face with a hot towel, and when he was sighing comfortably, he saw Sun Jingwen rushing in from outside the courtyard with a panicked face. Zhu Ningyan frowned, he was very reluctant to see this kind of panicked expression recently, because at this time, it must be bad news coming, he would rather not see Sun Jingwen and Zhou Ang for a day, which means that nothing has happened, and a peaceful day.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang."

"What's the alarm, Jingwen, you are not stable now, you have to be calm to do big things."

"What the prince said is, but his subordinates can't not panic about this matter, Xiya...... West Cliff ......"

"What's wrong with West Cliff? Lost? Zhu Ningyan was startled, shook his hand and knocked over the copper basin, and there was a sound of hot water flowing all over the ground.

"It's not...... The West Cliff was not lost, but He Jin ran back to move the rescue soldiers, and brought 2,000 wounded soldiers into the city, and the families of the wounded soldiers in the city were crying and greeting them on the street. ”

"What? What's going on? Zhu Ningxuan said angrily.

He Jin waited in the front hall, and the prince personally went to ask him.

Zhu Ningxiao threw away the towel and hurriedly walked towards the front hall, Sun Jingwen followed closely behind, and soon after, he came to the front hall, and from outside the door, he saw He Jin kneeling straight in the front hall, hanging his head like a sinner through the ages.

"He Jin, what the hell is going on." Zhu Ningxiao scolded loudly.

He Jin's body trembled, and while kowtowing, he told the situation yesterday, and finally said: "The lowly position is incompetent, but the lowly position has done its best, and it seems that the Shenji battalion has arrived, and the general Zhankou bombardment has no foothold, in order to prevent them from forcibly crossing, we have to brave the bombardment of the general Zhankou to guard the cliff mountain, and the casualties are extremely heavy; Please ask the prince to send rescue troops to support the West Cliff as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that the West Cliff will not be protected. ”

Zhu Ningxiao's face was pale and shaky, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold the table and fixed his mind: "Shenji Camp?" This is really tricky, isn't the Shenji Battalion out of the capital? The last time I went out of Beijing was when the emperor was attacked by Tartars in Xinpingbao, this time he actually dispatched for us, which is unlikely. ”

He Jindao: "The prince went to see those wounded soldiers and knew that they were all blown up and had missing arms and legs and were not human-shaped, if it weren't for the Shenji Battalion, who in the guards in Shaanxi would have a general cannon?" Who can have such ferocious firepower? ”

Zhu Ningxiao slowly sat down and said, "If this is the case, I am afraid that the whole city will be sent to defend the West Cliff, but why did you bring back those two thousand wounded soldiers?" Now the families of the wounded soldiers in the city are crying and screaming, and you are moving the hearts of our army and the people, which is simply unforgivable. ”

He Jin was stunned and said: "The wounded soldiers can't fight, so they can only be brought back to the city, otherwise they will all die in the West Cliff camp, and at least they can be treated after returning to the city." ”

Zhu Ningxiao said coldly: "Stupid, these wastes can't be fought or cultivated, so what's the point of keeping them?" In vain to consume the grain of my Ningxia town; If we have to stick to it for a long time, food and materials will be extremely valuable, so will we waste these on these wastes? Don't you have a brain? ”

He Jin said dumbly: "Is it possible to abandon them all?" These are all children of military families. ”

Zhu Ningxiao snorted coldly and said: "You are an elm pimple head, I can't tell you this reason, I will talk about this matter later; Jingwen immediately summoned Zhou Ang, Qiu Yue, Zhang Qin and others to come to discuss the matter. ”

Sun Jingwen immediately sent someone to pass the order, and soon after everyone arrived, but Qiu Yue did not come, Zhu Ningxiao asked: "Qiu Yue's illness is not cured yet?" ”

Meng Bin said: "When his subordinates invited him, he was still coughing on the bed, and there were still blood stains on his lips, which seemed to be not light. ”

Zhu Ningxiao frowned and said, "It's really useless; He Jin, inform you of the situation in the West Cliff, and you will give you an idea. ”

He Jin recounted Ai Ai's account again, and Zhou Ang sneered: "General He is really a bottomless pit, and you can lose as many soldiers and horses as you give." 15,000 soldiers and horses were handed over to you, but you couldn't even defend the West Cliff, which is really speechless. ”

He Jin said angrily: "You should go and watch and see how long you can survive." ”

Zhou Ang said: "It's a mess now, so I want me to help you guard it, your abacus is full of essence, I won't wipe your ass for you." ”

Zhu Ningxuan shouted angrily: "Who will say this nonsense and beat him to death." ”

Zhou Ang and He Jin hurriedly stopped talking, and the prince seemed to be really angry.

"Lord Wang, if it is really what the general said, if the officers and soldiers we met this time are the Shenji Battalion, we must quickly send reinforcements, no matter what, the West Cliff cannot be lost, that is our last barrier, once the West Cliff is lost, the imperial court soldiers and horses will drive straight in, and there will be no danger to defend." Zhang Qin, the defender of Pingyu City, said angrily.

"Send troops, send troops, where is there still many soldiers and horses in this king, there are only more than 10,000 people and horses in the city now, if it is really a god machine battalion, it is not sent to death?"

"Sending is death, not sending is a dead end, the Shenji Battalion only relies on General Zhankou and the distance can bomb across the river, but General Zhankou's shells are limited and very easy to damage, yesterday my subordinates saw with their own eyes that a Zhankou General Cannon exploded on its own when it was fired. Even if they take their lives to block, they can exhaust their ammunition, and they can't lose the West Cliff, Lord Wang, this is the only way. He Jin pleaded in a trembling voice.

Zhu Ningxiao sighed, his eyes swept around everyone's faces, knowing that in fact, the discussion was in vain, and it could only be a way to increase the troops, could it be that he couldn't see the West Cliff being broken through?

"Zhou Ang, how many soldiers and horses are there in the city?"

Zhou Ang thought for a while and said: "There are still 2,000 soldiers and horses in the humble position, Qiu Yue still has 2,000 on hand, plus 3,000 guards in the hands of the prince, plus more than 4,000 people have been forcibly recruited in the past few days, barely more than 10,000 people." The people did not yet have the ability to fight, and they thought that since they were going to die, it was really not possible, and it was better to send a bow and arrow to force them to guard the cliff than to use soldiers to be artillery. ”

Zhu Ningxiao nodded and said: "It's okay, these 4,000 people will be handed over to He Jin, and Qiu Yue's 2,000 soldiers and horses and your 2,000 soldiers and horses will also be sent, plus the 6,000 people still in He Jin's hands, the total number is equivalent to the number of officers and soldiers on the south bank of the West Cliff, even if the West Cliff is broken through, it also has the power to counterattack." The king's 3,000 guards were transferred to Zhou Ang to take charge of the security of the city, in case anyone took advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. It's not a problem for Qiu Yue to be so sick. Jingwen, you take the famous doctor in my house to take a look, if he can live, I will take a look for him, if he can't live, his personal guards don't have to be put in his hands, at this time, it is good to have hundreds of troops. ”

Sun Jingwen arched his hand and said: "Respect the life of the prince." ”

Zhu Ningyan sighed, and said solemnly: "Everyone, the shape is already very critical, at this time we must work together to tide over the difficulties, before this king moved, I thought that the Shaanxi provinces would obey me, but they let this king down." However, since we have reached this point, it is useless to regret and fear, the court will not tolerate us, and we can only survive by fighting to the death. Don't be selfish, the court will not bypass any of us, remember. ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the prince can rest assured, we have no two hearts, and we swear to follow the prince to the death." ”

Zhu Ningxiao nodded slowly and said: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much, we actually have another way to go, but this king will never do this unless it is absolutely necessary; Someone from the north came to contact him, and when it came to a critical moment, the king probably couldn't take care of much, and had to rely on the strength of others; Zhu Houzhao didn't let this king live, and this king could only do anything to make him sit on the throne more unstable. ”

Everyone was shocked to see each other, the prince had such a mind, and the northerners in his mouth were the most clear, that is, the Tartars in the north of Helan Mountain, and the prince actually had the intention of uniting the Tartars, which was really incredible; What about the battle for the throne? How can you be so unscrupulous, do you have to be reviled for eternity?

The hearts of the people were terrified, but no one dared to say a word.

In the afternoon, the four thousand soldiers and horses in the city drove the four thousand people on the road with He Jin, the soldiers and the people were all with a panicked expression, they had already learned that a large group of wounded soldiers from the West Cliff had been withdrawn from the city in the morning, and the tragic situation was simply unimaginable what had happened to them, and now it was their turn, how could it not be frightening.

But in any case, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, their fate will not be in their own hands, tens of thousands of women and children at the city gate gathered together with tears, watching their relatives go away, their hearts hate Zhu Ningxiao to the bone, and the slander in their hearts soon turned into public curses and vicious curses, and then developed into a riot in the crowd; Zhou Ang led a thousand palace guards to whip and drive away, and after slashing and killing dozens of people, he was able to disperse the commotion.