Chapter 144: The King Dies.
"Your Highness!"
Listening to what the people around him were going to say, Zhu Zhanji directly interrupted what they wanted to say.
Again, he said: "There is no need to discuss this matter again. ”
Then he dragged the third brother Zhu Zhanyong over with one hand, and then said, "The big brother of the capital will be handed over to you." ”
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Zhanyong was still in a daze and did not come back to his senses.
"Big brother, I'm ......"
However, when he saw his eldest brother's eyes, Zhu Zhanyong swallowed back what he wanted to say.
"Big brother, don't worry."
Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji smiled.
Then he looked at Yang Rong and Yang Pu.
Especially that Yang Rong, who can make decisions and is old-fashioned, especially good at planning border affairs. History called it "wielding a pound and making a decision when encountering problems".
The reason why he dared to hand over all the affairs in the capital to the third child was because of this person.
Nowadays, the affairs of the Ming Dynasty are most important than the defense over there.
With him by the third child's side, I believe that the situation will be stabilized.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji slowly spoke: "This matter has been decided, everyone should step aside." ”
Although there are still many people who disagree with Zhu Zhanji's plan, they can't stand Zhu Zhanji's mind.
can only follow Zhu Zhanji's words and retreat.
Inside the Shang Study.
After Zhu Zhanji carefully instructed the third child, Zhu Zhanyong, to be optimistic about the court and take care of his mother at home, Zhu Zhanji did not stay, and hurried out of the capital and gathered the 5,000 cavalry that had been formed before.
Let's go towards the desert north.
Zhu Zhanji knows very well that his actions this time are expensive in speed.
If everything can be solved in a short period of time, the big picture can be determined.
If there is still no progress after the second uncle and the third uncle break through Shanhaiguan outside Shanhaiguan, then the defeat is decided.
So I didn't give myself much time to prepare.
Only ordered the people in the army to bring more than half a month's worth of food and sufficient ammunition, and then went straight to the road.
Galloping on the avenue, Zhu Zhanji at this time was unprecedentedly dignified.
This was the first time he had encountered this kind of uncertain situation since he came to the Ming Dynasty.
But there is no way, since you have chosen, you have to admit it!
On the second day after Zhu Zhanji left the capital.
In a farm yard behind Shanhaiguan.
The old man Zhu Di stood in the courtyard and looked at the information sent by Huang Yan, the superintendent of the East Factory, and his brows gradually tightened together.
"Warat, Jurchen, Lili, Wako......"
"Wow, it all popped up all at once, and in that case, it's no wonder that I'm ....."
"And those gentry, it seems that they are too good to them! dared to secretly fund those Diao people to rebel at this time, well, since they all jumped out, then clean up together! ”
As he spoke, the old man Zhu Di squinted his eyes, looked at Zhu Gaochi beside him, and said, "Boss, the current situation, I'm afraid we won't be able to relax....."
Listening to his father's words, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi naturally understood the meaning of these words.
Now there are rebellions in the Ming Dynasty in all directions, which greatly surprised them.
Although this incident itself is that they want to seduce those secret crises to come out on their own, so as to catch them all.
But the original plan was to let Zhu Zhanji's kid do this, and he happened to see what this kid was capable of.
But now, it's not happening.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has enemies in all directions, and there are 500,000 troops led by the second and third men outside the Shanhai Pass, it is obvious that it is no longer something that kid can bear.
If they don't come forward at this time, then the kid won't be driven crazy?
After all, he doesn't have any soldiers.
No matter how great the ability is, it is difficult to deal with it without soldiers in hand.
Immediately, Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "Since you have thought about it, Dad, just do what you want." ”
Hearing this, the old man Zhu Di nodded, and was about to open his mouth to give some order, but Huang Yan on the side hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, there is still a message from the grandson in the imperial court." ”
Hearing Huang Yan's words, although the old man Zhu Di already had his own idea, he still said with a smile: "Come on, come and see what that kid does." ”
As he spoke, he opened the information.
After he looked closely, his brow tightened for a moment, stretched for a moment, and contracted again.
In the end, he handed the information to the boss next to Zhu Gaochi with a frown, and said, "Take a look." ”
Seeing the old man's expression, Zhu Gaochi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly took the information and looked at it.
It wasn't until he read all the information in this information that he suddenly frowned and said, "Dad, how dare this kid go to Mobei with only 5,000 people!" ”
"Five thousand against twenty thousand, isn't this sent to death!"
Zhu Gaochi did not have any objection to Zhu Zhanji's practice of not retreating, but he still felt that it was too dangerous and too reckless for the kid to lead 5,000 cavalry to meet the 20,000 Warat soldiers in Mobei.
Listening to the words of the boss Zhu Gaochi, the old man on the side, Zhu Di, seemed a little calm, and he couldn't see what he thought.
"This kid's bones are really hard, I didn't see it before."
When he said this, the old man Zhu Di had both praise and worry in his heart.
What is praised is that this kid doesn't look at the flamboyant tongue on weekdays, but when it comes to the critical time, it is the child of his old Zhu family, and he has no intention of retreating at all.
Not only did he not follow the words of those ministers, but he retreated to Yingtianfu to sit in order to protect the imperial court.
He also personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to personally fight a bloody road for the Ming Dynasty.
It's quite a bit of a king's death.
And that's exactly what worries you.
Although the problems on the surface of the Ming Dynasty now seem very thorny, as long as his old man Zhu Di has a word of advice, the entire 500,000 troops outside Shanhaiguan will turn the spearhead and exterminate those rebellions.
But these boys don't know.
That kid's line of work is to risk his life to fight a bloody path for the Ming Dynasty.
If something goes wrong, his old man will regret it.
Just when the old man Zhu Di was thinking about this, the prince Zhu Gaochi on the side couldn't help it.
"Dad, that kid is reckless, we can't do it, if something happens to that kid, our father and son will be sinners!"
"Dad, send someone to chase that kid back immediately!"
Now that he learned that his kid's life was in danger, where could Zhu Gaochi take care of so many things, and only hoped that his kid could come back safely.
However, in the face of Zhu Gaochi's words, the old man Zhu Di raised his hand to interrupt Zhu Gaochi's words after thinking carefully for a while.
Then, as if he had made some important decision, he said: "In my opinion, old man, Zhu Zhanji's kid is by no means a reckless person, since he has decided to go to the Warat Department himself, then he must have some confidence. Sending him to death, I'm sure that kid can't do it yet. ”
"Now that kid has led the army to leave for a day, we are going to chase it now, but I'm afraid that most of them won't be able to catch up."
According to that kid's idea, he must have wanted to take the lead in eradicating the threat around the Ming Dynasty before taking action against the army outside Shanhaiguan. forced the second and third to compromise. In that case, why don't we fulfill that kid? ”
"This time, if that kid can lead these 5,000 troops, the current chaos will be calmed, the world will be settled, and no one will shake that kid's throne. On the contrary, if we come forward at this time, what can we do to help that kid? ”
"When the news of the unrest outside Shanhaiguan was pacified, I was afraid that the kid had already met with the Warat people."
"And our appearance will only affect the exploits that that kid should have established."
"Yang Shiqi personally went to quell the chaos of the woe in the east, and Ma Bao's treasure ship fleet cooperated, I believe that it will not be difficult to solve the woe of those pirates. And with Zhang Ben going to the south, it is not difficult to stabilize the situation. Now it depends on the situation of that kid in Mobei......"
Listening to his father's words, although Zhu Gaochi understood what his father meant, he also understood that his father was for the good of that kid.
In order to secure the throne.
However, how can he, a father, watch his children risk death.
"Dad, the sword on the battlefield has no eyes!"
However, the old man Zhu Di seemed to have an iron heart, and said: "Since that kid has decided what he wants to do, we elders should give the child a chance, besides, how can the children and grandchildren of my Zhu family not go to the battlefield." Didn't that kid lead the army for the first time before, and also defeated Mahamu? ”
"Let him go."
But Zhu Gaochi still said: "Dad! ”
"Say no more!"
Looking at his father's face, Zhu Gaochi stood aside and gritted his teeth tightly.
Knowing that it was difficult to convince the old man, Zhu Gaochi could only keep praying for his child in his heart.
When the father and son in this courtyard had a conflict again because of this incident, although Huang Yan, who was standing on the side, must not have said anything at this time, after thinking about it, he still told a piece of news.
"Your Majesty, Crown Prince."
"There's one more news here, Minister."
Hearing Huang Yan's words, Zhu Di, an old man who was a little unhappy because of the boss's dissuasion, suddenly frowned and said, "Say it quickly!" ”
Hearing this, Huang Yan hurriedly nodded, and then said: "Your Majesty, according to the report of the spies from Dongchang, the princess seems to be happy.....
Hearing this news, the two of them, who were originally angry, instantly changed their faces at this time.
Then he glared at one eyeball and said, "What did you say?" Say it again! ”
Huang Yan understood the thoughts of the two in front of him, and hurriedly repeated: "Concubine Taisun, I am ..... happy."
Hearing Huang Yan's words of reconfirmation, the old man Zhu Di on the side suddenly laughed after a short pause.
"Hahaha!"
"Good boy!"
After laughing, standing in the courtyard seemed to feel uncomfortable.
If they were still in the palace at the moment, I was afraid that they would call Zhu Zhanji's kid over to ask as soon as possible.
But now that I'm here, I'm hiding it with fake death.
I was really impatient for a while.
I can't even ask my granddaughter-in-law in person.
........
Mobei.
Dingbei City.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji's younger brother Zhu Zhandong was discussing the current situation with Yu Qian.
"Lord Yu, now we can't just hide in this city every day, we sent out several waves of scouts, all of whom were killed by the people of the Navarat Division, although Dingbei City relied on the potatoes and sweet potatoes that my eldest brother made before, but the food in other cities will definitely not last long."
Listening to the words of the Fifth Emperor Sun Zhu Zhandong, how could Yu Qian not know these things, but now that he is trapped in this Dingbei City and can't even know the news from the outside world, what can he do?
Although the distance between the various cities was not close, the number of troops in Navarat was not too large, only about 20,000.
But his 50,000 troops are scattered in various cities, and who knows where the forces of Navarat are.
The scout teams that had been sent out before were discovered and slaughtered.
Not to mention the infantry in their city.
Once someone finds someone on the way to deliver supplies, you don't have to think much about what the outcome will be.
Thinking of this, Yu Qian also replied to the Fifth Emperor Sun Zhu Zhan with a sad face: "His Royal Highness the Fifth Emperor Sun, although the current situation is very tense, we are in this desert land, and there is no way. Now instead of acting rashly, it is better to wait for the support of the imperial court. ”
"The news from us here has been transmitted back to the imperial court, and I believe that the imperial court will definitely find a way to support us and help us solve the current predicament."
But Zhu Zhan Rong still said: "You and I know the news from the court before, the emperor's grandfather died, my father died, the king of Han and the king of Zhao are still rebelling outside the Shanhaiguan, and now only my eldest brother is in charge of the overall situation in the court, and the court itself has no soldiers available, ensuring that it is a problem, where will there be energy to help us." ”
"I mean, the imperial court will definitely not be able to help us solve these problems in the short term, so we should do something about it rather than sit back and wait. Although the soldiers and horses in our city are all infantry, and the cavalry is only 1,000, our total strength is about 20,000. ”
Yu Qian listened to these words, and he also understood the meaning of the five emperors, but he couldn't.
When I followed the emperor's side and the grandson's side before, I often listened to them chanting that you can't win against yourself, but you can win against the enemy.
He had also read this in the book of war.
Now the two armies are facing each other, the other side knows them, but they don't know the other side.
I don't even know where the other party is and when there will be an attack, how will this battle be fought?
Once you rashly lead your troops out of the city, the result will inevitably be that you will take the initiative to expose your weaknesses to the enemy, as stated in the art of war.
And they decided that once there was any problem with the 20,000 troops in the northern city, then the situation in the entire Mobei would be over.
Although they are trapped in the city now and can't get out, at least they have the 20,000 troops and sufficient food that can be mobilized at any time, which can ensure that they have the ability to use their hands when the fighters appear.