A letter of express music was quickly sent to the capital.

Zhang Anshi has always felt that his eyelids are always beating, and he is inexplicably flustered.

The situation in Henan's political envoy department seems to have been improving.

But the situation in Guanzhong is a little worrying.

Of course, at this time, Zhang Anshi is still relatively sure.

However, he stationed 300 people by Zhu Zhanji's side, and with these 300 men, as long as he left the customs in time to escort Zhu Zhanji back to Beijing, it would not be a problem.

It's just that...... Now the implementation of the new policy has made it difficult for Zhang Anshi.

On the one hand, His Majesty did not decree that Zhang Anshi should take over the provinces of Henan and Guanzhong.

On the other hand, Zhang Anshi faintly felt that sooner or later, the provinces would still need his contribution.

At this moment, the new commander of the Jinyi Guard made Chen Li come in a hurry.

Zhang Anshi, as the king of the county, wrote several times, asking for resignation from the command of the Jinyi Guard, and Zhu Di finally agreed.

And this new commander naturally fell on Chen Li's head.

Although he handed over the errand of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, this Jinyi Guard is still temporarily under Zhang Anshi's control.

At this time, Chen Li was holding a copy of the express report, looking anxious, panting and saying, "Your Highness, Your Highness, it's not good." ”

Seeing Chen Li's anxious appearance, Zhang Anshi frowned and said, "What are you doing in a panic, don't be so excited." What happened? ”

Chen Li exhaled his breath fiercely, finally relieved his breath, and then hurriedly said: "The urgent performance of Chang'an County in Guanzhong, saying that the emperor and grandson refused to leave Guanzhong, and ordered the Jinyi and model battalion captains of the surrounding prefectures and counties to assemble to fight with the thief army...... Quite a few people......"

Zhang Anshi's eyes were stunned, and he immediately scolded: "What do you mean by smelling fishy flies!" How can this be reasonable, what can this king's own nephew be fishy and smelly? ”

Chen Li hurriedly said: "Ten thousand deaths." ”

Zhang Anshi is also a little anxious, this is his own nephew, he watched him grow up, and it is the hope of the Zhang family in the future!

Zhang Anshi said urgently: "Then, then...... Others agree like that? Damn, Jinyiwei, and the guys from the Model Battalion...... Just let him do this nonsense? He is only the deputy envoy of the railway department, and everyone is willing to listen to his moderation? ”

Chen Li said with a bitter face: "The emperor said that this is your Royal Highness's order, and you asked him to do this." ”

Zhang Anshi's eyes widened, and he immediately waved his big hand and said excitedly: "Impossible, impossible!" ”

Chen Li: "......"

I saw Zhang Anshi roaring filial piety: "This is my dear nephew, how can I blame this matter on this king!" This king watched him grow up, and this child was a little noisy, but he would never be so conscienceless. Has the message been verified? ”

Chen Li looked at Zhang Anshi with a sad and sympathetic look, and said word by word: "It's not verification, but ...... What the humble man received was a handwritten report from the emperor's grandson. Your Highness, you see, this report says...... According to your Royal Highness's orders, you have gathered men and horses, played a banner, attracted rebellious ministers and thieves, just waiting for a decisive battle, vowing to protect the people of Guanzhong, if there is a loss, there is no life. Your Highness, look, you see, this is indeed the emperor's own handwriting, which has been checked...... There can be no mistake. ”

As he spoke, Chen Li stuffed the letter into Zhang Anshi's hand.

Zhang Anshi's face suddenly looked like a swollen pig's liver, he waved his hand and opened the letter, but said: "This king doesn't read it, this king doesn't believe it, this must be fake." ”

Chen Li drooped his head and didn't dare to say anything again.

After a long time, Zhang Anshi finally calmed down and sighed: "That's it, this matter needs to be reported immediately, and I will enter the palace." ”

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Anshi immediately entered the palace to meet him.

waited to see Zhu Di and sent the recital to Zhu Di's hand.

After reading the report, Zhu Di was surprisingly calm, and then said: "Zhan Ji is right to do this, if you go out of the customs, the people's hearts will be greatly lost, and the thieves are in chaos, how can there be a reason to abandon the land and escape." ”

Zhang Anshi said worriedly: "Your Majesty, it's a minister......

Zhu Di said: "Zhanji learned from you, that's right...... You don't have to argue for yourself, the matter of the soldier is up to heaven and death, what is the thief in this pass? ”

Zhang Anshi hesitated, looking a little unspeakable.

Zhu Di looked at him fixedly and said, "You are what you say." ”

Zhang Anshi then said: "There are a lot of thieves in Guanzhong, mainly because they accumulate a lot, and the folk customs in Guanzhong are already strong, and the ministers have heard that many gentry take care of the people who care for the house, most of them are skilled in bowing and horses, and there are many horses, so many people are riding horses, once the crowd is gathered, the ministers are worried, but they are afraid that there can be tens of thousands of cavalry." ”

Zhu Di nodded: "Ma Zheng of the Ming Dynasty, among them, he has a lot of ...... in this pass."

In order to train cavalry, the Ming Dynasty adopted horse administration, such as the law of raising horses in February of the sixth year of Hongwu, so that the people raised horses together, and stipulated the number of horses and the number of fruits. Hongwu's 28th year list shows: "Eleven households in the south of the Yangtze River, five households in the north of the ......"

However, at the beginning, Ma Zheng was mostly carried out in the area of Zhili, and issued an edict to Yingtian, Taiping, Zhenjiang, Luzhou, Fengyang, and Yangzhou six prefectures, except for the people and herdsmen of the two states.

However, Zhili is an agricultural area in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with narrow pasture land and no professional herdsmen, and only farmers are also engaged in the operation, and their number is far from enough to meet the needs of the military. As the war moved north, facing the well-equipped Mengyuan cavalry, Zhu Yuanzhang's thirst for war horses became more urgent.

Guanzhong is not far from the desert, and it is close to raising horses, which can avoid many losses. On the other hand, there is a tradition of raising horses in the north, so this horse government began to move north from Zhili.

For example, in Guanzhong, the local government would distribute the foals and war horses to the people, so that they could be responsible for feeding them, and then requisitioned them in wartime.

It's just that ordinary people can't even support themselves, how can they afford it. In the end, these war horses were fed by the gentry, and the government gave some forage silver.

Nowadays, there is a great chaos in Guanzhong, not to mention the big chaos, it is these gentry and heroes, they not only have people who take care of the family and the courtyard, but also a lot of horses.

What's more, the horse thieves in Guanzhong have been there for a long time, and now they are suddenly in chaos, which is equivalent to sending a cavalry to the rebels all of a sudden.

Zhu Di asked again: "How many people are there around the emperor and grandson?" ”

Zhang Anshi said truthfully: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that there are only three or four hundred people who can really fight. ”

Zhu Di frowned: "He is too reckless." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, it's too reckless, minister...... But I didn't instruct ......"

Zhu Di waved his hand and said worriedly: "Okay, don't say more, find a way...... Go to the rescue, do whatever you can. ”

Zhang Anshi hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

It is said to be helping, but how can it be helped? This report was sent to the capital, but I am afraid that several days have passed, and those horse thieves are extremely fast, maybe at this time, they are almost about to attack Chang'an County.

Zhang Anshi knew that His Majesty was troubled at this time, so he obediently retired.

He thought carefully about it, with the strength of the model battalion, it may not be without the strength of a battle, the problem is that the model battalion is scattered in various places, and there is no commander who can take charge alone, so the victory or defeat is unknown.

Chang'an County ......

A big war is on the way.

As soon as the order was obtained, the model battalion of the nearby prefecture and county assembled towards Chang'an County like crazy.

In just a few days, seven or eight hundred people came.

There was even a group of men and horses who traveled a hundred and forty miles a day and arrived here, and when they arrived, they almost fell asleep, and slept for seven or eight hours before they woke up.

This is the emperor's grandson, and it's not fun if something happens.

The model battalion officers stationed in various places almost issued the same order: If the emperor and grandson are lost, His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County must be on the ground, and if he can't rush to help in time, everyone can do it themselves.

For the lieutenants, this is simply a huge motivation.

Not to mention that His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County is the backbone of the model battalion, the captain in this battalion, which one of his family is not in the Taiping Mansion, relying on His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County, to have today? Once the king of Wuhu is gone, who knows what will happen in the future?

But the land that was distributed had a Lord.

The business at home is said to be saved by yourself, but those who did business in the past, which one of them was not a small official, who could teach you to destroy the family?

What's more, since they entered the camp, in addition to practicing every day, what they have instilled is to make meritorious deeds, and now, meritorious deeds are in front of them.

But even so, there are only so many people who can gather.

After all...... In the entire Guanzhong, there are only 3,000 model battalions stationed, and the other teams are too far away.

Fortunately, the supplies are still sufficient, although the transport of food convoys is often attacked, but for the time being, there is no shortage of food, and ammunition is also sufficient.

Everyone is fighting hard and starting to reorganize.

Zhu Zhanji met with the officers who came from various prefectures and counties one by one.

Jin Yiwei, like a scout, let him out.

The people of the Railway Division explored a high ground in Chang'an County.

To be precise, there are two highlands, showing the trend of turning corners, and in the middle of the two highlands, there happens to be a stream of water passing by.

With the help of the high ground, the impact of the cavalry can be slowed down, and the presence of a river means that the water can be replenished, and the two high ground can gallop to each other and echo each other.

Of course, this kind of place can also be called a dead place, because once you fall into the high ground and are besieged by the group, you may be at risk of being trapped and killed.

And this point is not considered by Zhu Zhanji, because he feels that as long as he persists here for half a month, it will not be a problem, and after half a month, it will not be a problem, as long as he is here, there will definitely be a steady stream of officers and soldiers who will try their best to help.

At this time, countless rebels had begun to assemble, and their horses were quick to learn the news, and they quickly came here to assemble.

For them, Zhu Zhanji is indeed attractive enough, as long as Zhu Zhanji is won, then ...... In any case, it was a huge win for them.

Zhu Zhanji had already begun to observe the thief army on the high ground.

There are quite a few horses, and there are a lot of horses.

Then, the next day.

The engagement began.

Countless cavalry began to storm the heights.

Subsequently, the artillery was fired from the high ground, and these high-achieving students of the arithmetic school were all good at fighting artillery.

It's just a pity that there are not many artillery, and the effect is limited except for some killing and deterrence.

Merely...... As the cavalry approached, the sound of fire was finally heard, followed by the clatter of machine guns.

This dense net of fire instantly brought down the cavalry that rushed forward like a wheat harvest.

"Your Highness, don't waste any more ammunition, the waste of ammunition for this machine gun is really amazing."

"I know what I know."

Zhu Zhanji was not at the apex of the high ground, but appeared not far from the captains.

He said: "Uncle said that we should judge the situation, and try their depth first, everyone compares endurance." ”

The brocade guards had no way to stop Zhu Zhanji's actions, so they could only protect Zhu Zhanji and be extremely careful.

Zhu Zhanji pressed the handle of the knife on his waist and looked at the fallen thieves in the distance.

But...... It seems that the thieves had long anticipated the strength of the Model Battalion. This is obvious...... It was someone who gave them information about the model battalion.

Therefore, after the fall of a group of cavalry, it was not long before another group of cavalry rushed to kill, and they seemed to be cheering each other for something, only this time, their formation was very scattered, and the lethality of the messenger's guns, artillery, and machine guns was sharply reduced.

Zhu Zhanji said: "Who else knows the amount of ammunition we have?" ”

"This ...... Outsiders should not know...... But...... If it is based on the amount we transported at the beginning, it is not difficult to guess ......" The hundred households on the side thought for a while and continued: "If someone secretly cooperates with thieves, then it is not difficult to guess. ”

Zhu Zhanji's face turned a little colder, and he said, "All the officials in Guanzhong should be killed." ”

He didn't continue, but stared at the cavalry that was rushing in.

This cavalry is like a relay, endless, mainly because there are too many people, but because they are scattered, although many people have been killed and wounded, the people behind are still making persistent efforts.

Every cavalry team went into battle, and from afar you could see people cheering for it, as if to say: At this point today, if you don't take the people on the mountain, everyone will be killed in the whole family, and today at this point, for the sake of their wives and children, they will fight to the death.

Zhu Zhanji frowned, but he still didn't move.

The battle between the two sides lasted from noon to evening.

The cavalry under the high ground has made an unknown number of attempts!

But it is clear that they are numerous, and for some reason, they are not discouraged.

quite a bit, vowing to take the high ground.

And for the highlands, the waste of ammunition from machine guns is a big problem, and there have been many times when the opponent has had to get close to the enemy before firing.

As a result, there have been several times when dangers have arisen.

"It's getting dark." A lieutenant beside Zhu Zhanji reminded worriedly.

Zhu Zhanji was still calm and calm, his eyes looked calmly not far away, and he said: "Don't worry, they will definitely do their best to launch a charge next." Pass the order, and then, don't be stingy with ammunition, hit me hard. ”

Sure enough, the mighty thieves came all over the mountains, they trampled on the corpses, some on foot, some on horseback, and rushed towards Zhu Zhanji's highlands.

The bang was loud.

This time the lethality is even more staggering.

Thieves all over the mountains...... Even began to learn to crawl down and keep climbing towards the hills, and some people ...... Holding the door panel, table and chair as a shield, he hid behind it and slowly moved forward.

"We still have too few people, and we have to guard such a large place, and the firepower is not dense, so it is not a way to go on like this! Your Highness, it is better to withdraw from the first line of defense and go to the second line of defense. ”

Zhu Zhanji frowned, only pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

He saw many people falling, and suddenly many people who were lying down suddenly appeared.

At this point, his whole face was tense.

For so many years, everyone treated him like a child, and so did his imperial grandfather.

There is only one person in this world who truly regards him as a man.

That's his uncle.

And now, why isn't he nervous and scared?

But I don't know if it's the stubbornness in his bones, or what he longs for, he sees those thieves getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer, and even can clearly see a person's face.

Suddenly, Zhu Zhanji drew his knife and raised it high, the tip of the knife pointed straight forward with a hint of chill, and he shouted: "Enter his mother, come with me, kill his mother!" ”

This sudden reaction, the surrounding Jinyi guards, as well as the hundreds of guards in the back, were dumbfounded.

But soon, everyone became excited, and the brocade guards on the side also drew their swords.

Zhu Zhanji's eyes stared at the front, and he said fiercely: "Come with me, you have made meritorious contributions to your life, and your uncle's wife, children, and parents are dead." ”

After a loud shout, at this moment, the people on the high ground rushed down in a swarm.

When the lieutenants of the model battalion heard this, they also drew their swords one after another, shouted loudly, and one by one jumped out.

The rebels under the high ground were crawling slowly in this hell at the risk of huge casualties.

They were more frightened than anyone else's hearts, and when they besieged here, most people knew that this time they were really opposed, it turned out that on this high ground, the person besieged was actually the eldest grandson of the Ming Emperor.

It's like every villain who once only wanted to show off his might and only wanted to follow the powerful to bully men and women, they thought it was just a bigger show of power, until they realized that they had been coerced into embarking on the road of rebellion.

But now, there is no choice, and if they want to live, there is only such a way.

What's more, there were already people supervising the battle on the high ground, so they braved the rain of bullets and bullets and kept desperately persevering.

I thought that I would soon be killed in front of these model battalion captains, and I would be able to engage them in close combat, and these guys who only knew how to hide from a distance would definitely not be helpful.

Where did they think, the other party is more fierce than them.

At this time, they looked up and looked at the black man, holding a sharp blade, like a tiger descending a mountain.

This fear, which was hard to suppress, was suddenly released.

The morale that was barely lifted suddenly plummeted.

It's night.

When the sky was dark and the sun was shining, Zhu Zhanji led the army to rush and kill, thieves were chaotic, running in all directions, trampling on each other countless, chasing and killing forty miles overnight, and the blood flowed like a river!

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Chapter 2 is delivered.