Ganzhou City, in the palace of King Su.

After hearing Jiang Ning's report, Su Wang Zhu Ao directly dropped the teacup in his hand.

"What does he Zhu Gui mean? Do you want to escape? ”

Jiang Ning hurriedly explained: "The acting king means that he wants to contain the enemy on the periphery. ”

"Hmph, pinning down the enemy? He only brought a hundred soldiers, and he still wanted to contain 30,000 Mongols? Did he think he was Huo Quai? ”

Zhu Ao snorted coldly, obviously not taking Zhu Gui's statement seriously.

The other generals in the room also began to talk.

They really didn't understand, since this acting king was a prison army, how could he stay outside the city?

What's more, he is still a vassal king, if he is captured by the Mongols, it is conceivable that the already demoralized Ming army may be even more difficult to deal with.

At this time, Xu Yingxu got up and said: "His Royal Highness King Su, according to the last general's view of the acting king during the garrison of Datong Mansion, the acting king is not a blind and impulsive person, and he should have his reasons for doing so. ”

Zhu Ao looked at Xu Yingxu, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, but a smile appeared on his face.

There is no way, who let the three thousand Datongfu guards under Xu Yingxu now be the mainstay of the defensive force in Ganzhou City?

Only the Hongyi cannons and firearms he carried could scare the Mongols away.

The Mongols had not attacked the city for a whole day, probably because of the might of this musketeer.

"General Xu, your words can be understood by this king, but at this time, it is a critical period of this war, but Zhu Gui, as a supervisor, did not fulfill his duties, if Ganzhou City is also lost, then whose responsibility is it?"

Zhu Ao said coldly.

Xu Yingxu shook his head helplessly: "Your Royal Highness King Su, according to you, who is responsible for the cities that were lost before the acting king came?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the room.

Everyone couldn't believe that Xu Yingxu dared to talk to King Su so much, some people looked nervous, while others stared at him gloatingly.

Zhu Ao's eyes narrowed even more.

"Okay, that's a good point, it's just the second son of Xu Guogong, I don't know what General Xu thinks about this war?"

Xu Yingxu looked at Jiang Ning, who didn't have the slightest sense of existence on the side, and asked, "Does the acting king have anything else to say?" ”

"Oh, the acting king still said, and said......" Jiang Ning became a little slurred.

"What else did you say?" Zhu Ao shouted loudly.

"The acting king also said that if he wants to win this war, he hopes that King Su will hand over the command of the army to General Xu."

Jiang Ning knelt down after speaking.

"What? Why should it be handed over to him? This is Ganzhou, not Yunzhou. ”

Before Zhu Ao could speak, someone stood up first and said.

"That's right, in terms of qualifications and military merits, which of these people here is not better than him? The last general will be the first to disagree. ”

Someone else stood up and said.

"That's right, just because he is the second son of Xu Guogong, or the maternal uncle of King Yan and King Dai? It's a pity that the last general doesn't have such a relationship. ”

Someone said in a weird way.

For a moment, the house was in chaos.

"Alright."

Zhu Ao slapped the table, stopping everyone from continuing.

"Since this is the meaning of the supervising army, and this is the order of the imperial court, this king is willing to respect, General Xu, this is the tiger talisman of this king, from now on, the prince's guards and all the reinforcements in Ganzhou City are all subject to your orders, I hope you can win this war."

Zhu Ao asked the guards to hand Xu Yingxu a half-piece of tiger talisman in a box.

Xu Yingxu looked solemn, but still took it: "King Xie Su." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Wang Zhu Ao directly got up and left the hall.

The other people present were dumbfounded, but now that King Su had given the order, they had nothing to say, so they could only glance at Xu Yingxu fiercely, and then got up and left.

Soon there was only Xu Yingxu left in the hall.

Xu Yingxu looked at the tiger talisman in the wooden box in his hand, sighed and said, "Acting King, although I know that this is your kindness, why don't you discuss it with me?" But since that's what you mean, I'll just do my best. ”

……

The backyard of King Su's mansion.

"Lord Wang, why did you really give the Tiger Talisman to that General Xu? Do you really think he can win this war? ”

The old butler of King Su's Mansion asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hmph, this king didn't think that this war could be won, but now he just doesn't want to take this responsibility, since the acting king is willing to carry this pot, then let him carry it, and then the responsibility for the unfavorable war will not be blamed on this king."

Zhu Ao said with a smile.

"I see, King Su is wise, but what if Xu Yingxu really wins?" The butler looked stunned.

"Hmph, wouldn't it be better to win? That is naturally the credit of this king, but this king does not think that he has this ability, the court and other vassal kings are waiting to see this king's jokes, and they are unwilling to give out money and food, now it depends on whose jokes. ”

A violent look appeared in Zhu Ao's eyes.

……

A forest two hundred miles east of Ganzhou City.

Zhu Gui was interrogating a dozen Mongol prisoners captured by his own soldiers.

However, to his disappointment, these people did not know anything about the location of the Mongols' grain and pasture.

"Zhu Gui, could it be that the Mongols didn't bring grain and grass at all, they made a living by plundering and fed war by war, maybe we were looking in the wrong direction?"

Xu Yingxu said.

"No, this war has been going on for more than half a month, and the surrounding villages and towns have long been looted, and the Mongols show no signs of chaos, which means that they must have enough food and grass to support, but we haven't found out yet."

Zhu Gui said as he marked the next location on the map.

In this half day, he has traveled hundreds of miles with a cavalry team of nearly 100 people, and has identified several places that may be the grain routes of the Mongols.

However, this also attracted the attention of the Mongols, and the Mongol cavalry pursuing them became more and more numerous, and there were 1,000 cavalry at a time, and they only had a stick of incense at a time.

Zhu Gui was sure that he would be able to ambush and annihilate this cavalry with controlled casualties, but this would only attract more attention from the other party.

Compared with fighting with the other party, Zhu Gui still felt that finding the location of the Mongols' grain and grass was the key to determining the direction of this war.

At this moment, Xu Miaoqing, who was holding a telescope, suddenly shouted: "Come, Zhu Gui, the Mongols are coming in our direction, we may have been discovered, let's prepare for battle." ”

Zhu Gui took the binoculars, and sure enough, he saw a group of almost two hundred Mongolian cavalry rushing straight in their direction.

However, he noticed something unusual, and the men seemed to be being chased by someone.