"The Wuliangha tribes have raised troops, and now they have occupied Zhaozhou and crossed the Nen River to Jilin!"

"What did you say?!"

Zhu Gaoxu was the first to react and stepped forward to help him up.

Zhang Chun, who was slow on the side, also asked eagerly: "Isn't Wu Liangha knocking on the side of Quanningwei?" Why did you come to Zhaozhou? ”

"We don't know, we just know that when we arrived in Zhaozhou, that Wuliangha had already come in crowds." The soldiers were flattered by Zhu Gaoxu's actions to support him, and then continued to report:

"Lin Qianhu led the sailor to return, and now it is less than forty miles away from Jilin City."

"Half of the tribes of the land of the six cities walked to Jilin City, and the remaining cities of Futijin closed their cities to defend themselves."

"Lin Qianhu asked the bid to come and report the news quickly, saying that if the time is calculated, the army of Wuliangha is probably less than three hundred miles away from Jilin City."

Standing on the corridor, Zhu Gaoxu's ears were full of the sound of music beating.

But Rao is like this, and the military situation reported by the soldiers was still listened to by him, and he was deafening.

"Your Highness, the military situation is urgent, but your marriage is also important."

Zhang Chun looked at Zhu Gaoxu for a long time and didn't speak, and immediately said: "The last general will transfer troops and horses to Jixi Fort to prepare for the border now, and you can get married with peace of mind." ”

His voice fell, and without waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to refute, he walked to the front yard first, preparing to transfer troops to Jixi Fort to garrison, but Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and grabbed him.

Zhang Chun turned around nervously, but saw Zhu Gaoxu silent.

After a while, he patted the soldier on the shoulder and said with relief: "It's been the way here, so I found a place to sit down and eat the feast." ”

"Yes......" The soldier was apprehensive, and left cautiously after getting up.

Seeing him leave, Zhu Gaoxu let go of Zhang Chun's arm and briefly analyzed the situation:

"At the moment, there are less than seven hundred old soldiers in the city, and even if you count the thousand people who were determined last week, it is only one thousand seven."

"But we still have more than 600 new military households and more than 1,000 Jurchen followers." Zhang Chun thought of the more than 600 military households that had arrived earlier.

However, as for his thoughts, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and asked: "How many of these more than 1,000 people have been on the battlefield?" Or rather, how many of them have served in the army? ”

He asked Zhang Chun these two questions.

Seeing that Zhang Chun couldn't speak, Zhu Gaoxu took a look at his thoughts by the way.

Although he didn't expect Uliangha to abandon Quanning and come to Jilin, it was not surprising when he thought about it.

Uliangha was originally going to enter the Kou this year, and the goal of the Kou was to grab money, grain, and craftsmen.

Now that he has slaughtered Xiyang, he is still preparing to build a city in Zhaozhou, and the current Jilin City is richer than Quanningwei, and there are not as many soldiers and horses as Quanningwei.

In contrast, it is better to fight Quanning Guard, which has Daning support and 6,000 soldiers and horses stationed there, than to fight Jilin City, which is only garrisoned by one or two thousand people, not to mention that Jilin City is currently isolated and helpless.

"It's okay......" Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but rejoice, if it wasn't for Zhou Ding's escort of grain and grass today, then Jilin City would really have to use hundreds of soldiers and thousands of untrained men to fight against the tens of thousands of Uliangha.

After sorting out all the information, Zhu Gaoxu also began to make arrangements for this upcoming war.

"The big wedding will go on as usual, but I want you to go to Zhou Ding immediately after the canonization of the princess."

"First, ask Zhou Ding if any of the more than 600 military households have ever joined the army, whether it is a civilian household or a military household relocated."

"Second, ask Zhou Ding's headquarters how many soldiers and horses there are, and inform him about Wuliangha's entry into the army."

"If Zhou Ding learns that Wuliangha wants to return to Liaodong after entering the Kou, ask him to leave his soldiers and horses behind, and give him more than ten people to escort him back to the south."

"If Zhou Ding calmly asks me if this matter is true, then you will ask him to gather troops and horses to garrison Jixi Fort."

"After Jixi Fort was reinforced by us last year, it has now become the gateway to Jilin, as long as we hold Jixi Fort can block the enemy army from Jilin, and Jilin can still be cultivated to delay time."

Zhu Gaoxu made a first-hand arrangement, that is, to obtain the military power in Zhou Ding's hands.

After arranging this step, he immediately continued to Zhang Chun: "After finding Zhou Ding, you immediately go and ask Yishaha to send people to the south to take the mountain road to Liaodong for help, and then let Yishaha go to Jixibao to receive the Jurchen tribes in the land of the six cities, and after calculating how many people there are, then calculate how long the food in the treasury is enough to eat." ”

Wu Liangha's entry into the Kou is an extremely dangerous challenge for Zhu Gaoxu, but danger and opportunity coexist.

The small and medium-sized tribes in the land of the Six Cities fled to Jilin City one after another, and they themselves took advantage of this time to receive their armament and eat a large number of Jurchens in one go.

As long as these things can be done in an orderly manner, then Jilin City can pull out at least 2,000 old soldiers and nearly 10,000 men.

In such a situation, it is completely possible to let a small number of soldiers and horses and a large number of men be stationed in Jixi Fort, and he can lead the elite to ambush in the Hada Ridge south of Jixi Fort.

As long as Uliangha did not want to attack the city, or wanted to attack it at the lowest cost, he had to leave his horse and go to Hadarling.

The Mongols were not good at fighting in the mountains and forests, while the old pawns and Jurchens in their hands were good at fighting in the mountains and forests.

As long as they leave their horses and go up to Hadar, they will be able to gain something and then force them back.

"Yes! This is what I will do! ”

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu could arrange everything in a short time, Zhang Chun was stunned at first, but after reacting, he returned the salute with a sense of relief, turned around and walked out of the corridor.

Seeing him leave, Zhu Gaoxu also relaxed a little, and his brows furrowed slightly.

It is impossible to say that the pressure is not great, and it is completely because Xiyangha misjudged the number of his own people and mistakenly thought that he was the vanguard of the Ming army, and then abandoned the city wall and gave up the geographical advantage.

In addition, Fu Rang's ambush was successful, and Xiyangha transferred most of his troops and horses to Fort Kulawin, so that he could successfully defeat Xiyangha, who had only less than 2,000 soldiers.

But now, tens of thousands of Uliangha cavalry are coming, and there are only 2,000 soldiers in his hands.

Although the Ming army was brave and good at fighting, he himself did not have an answer as to whether he could repel Uliangha.

"Alas......" sighed, and after sorting out his mood a little, Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the corridor.

When he came to the front yard, everyone in the front yard was waiting for the wedding to take place.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's arrival, everyone got up and waved at him, smiling and singing "Your Highness".

Looking at those faces, no matter how heavy Zhu Gaoxu's mood was, he still reluctantly pulled out a smile in return: "Eat well, don't drink today." ”

"Huh? It's ......" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words that he was not allowed to drink, everyone was stunned, but the long-term obedience still made them agree.

They didn't think about it deeply, after all, Jilin City was in full swing outside the gate at this moment.

Yisha walked up to Zhu Gaoxu with a smile and said, he didn't know what was going on, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't remind him, after all, Zhang Chun would tell him a little, so he just bowed his head and said that he knew.

Soon, the music class changed the repertoire, and the Guo girl in the side room also walked to the door of the main hall under the guidance of the two maidservants.

She covered her face with a fan, and was wearing a phoenix crown and big sleeves.

It's just that for Zhu Gaoxu, the height difference between the two made him see the appearance of Guo's daughter clearly as soon as he lowered his head.

Maybe it's because I've seen too much makeup magic in later generations, and suddenly I saw a little girl like Guo's girl with light makeup and pretty appearance, Zhu Gaoxu liked it quite a bit.

The only thing that displeased him was the thirteen-year-old age of Guo's daughter.

Compared with his calmness, Guo's daughter and the two maidservants, including the rest of Zhou Ding and others who had never seen Zhu Gaoxu, were shocked by him.

Although a six-foot figure is rare, it is not uncommon in the army, but most of the men above six feet in the army are mediocre or even a little rough, not as tall as Zhu Gaoxu, with a wide nose and a long face, sword eyebrows and long eyes.

He is not handsome, at least compared to Xu Huizu, Zhu Yunwen, and Li Jinglong, but these three together do not have the temperament and momentum of him.

"Entering the Temple......"

When Zhou Ding and the others lost their minds, Yishiha, who was constantly smiling, sang a salute to send the two into the palace when he saw the two protagonists appear.

Normally, when a county king like Zhu Gaoxu marries a wife, he at least needs to prepare the throne, the case, the festival, the brine, the color and so on.

In addition to this, the royal officials were also responsible for placing the gifts from the local officials on the steps of the main hall where the wedding was held.

When it was dawn, Zhu Gaoxu needed to put on his gown and take his seat, and the officials of the palace and fiefdom needed to wear court clothes to salute.

The work of marrying is carried out by the chief and deputy envoys, who need to bow to Zhu Gaoxu four times, and then take the case and the festival case, and go out from the middle door of the main hall, followed by the bride price.

However, because the Bohai Royal Mansion is too small, and there are not so many things in Jilin City, the steps that should be saved and deleted have been deleted, and the whole wedding has become extremely concise.

"Lonely inheritance of the heavenly order, Qin Shao Hongtu. The way of the country, the right family-oriented. The love of husband and wife, the righteousness of Qiankun......"

It was Zhou Ding who read out the wedding words, and after he finished reading the cumbersome hundreds of words of the wedding words, two maidservants appeared holding a wooden plate, and the wooden plate held the crown and crown of the four phoenixes of Kowloon.

"And crown ......"

Zhou Ding sang the salute, and Yizha walked in front of Zhu Gaoxu and his wife, took off the crown for the two with his own hands, and put the crown and the crown of the four phoenixes of Kowloon on their heads.

"Your Royal Highness, Princess Inside, please......"

After doing everything, Yisha signaled that the two could salute each other, and Zhu Gaoxu and Guo's daughter also began to salute each other.

After the ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu and Guo's daughter took over the treasure seal from the hands of the two golden boys and girls who didn't know where Yishiha had recruited them, which also meant that the ceremony was completed.

However, after the ceremony, they still need to go through some cumbersome processes.

For example, after the canonization ceremony was over, Zhu Gaoxu and Guo's daughter walked to the family temple with red satin, and went to pay homage to Zhu Chuyi and Zhu Wusi in the family temple.

After the visitation, it stands to reason that the husband and wife should go on the elephant chariot and then go around the city.

It's just that this cumbersome link was also canceled by Zhu Gaoxu, after all, the people in the city are setting up long tables and feasts, and if they want to pass, they will have to make a big move.

Instead of taking the Guo girl around the city, it is better to invite the people to eat meat.

"Please invite the princess to the third palace......"

Under the singing of Yishiha, the Guo daughter, who officially became the princess of Bohai, was taken to the back house by two maidservants.

At the same time, the soldiers in the back house were also replaced by the more than ten guards brought by the Guo family.

It was only now that Zhu Gaoxu knew that the more than ten guards were not sent by the Marquis of Wuding, but the eunuchs sent by Lao Zhu.

They will act as the pure army of the palace and protect the palace of the palace.

Zhu Gaoxu personally dislikes eunuchs, he is not disgusted with eunuchs themselves, but disgusted with the eunuch system.

For him, the maidservants are better than the eunuchs, but he can't change the status quo for the time being.

"Your Highness......"

Seeing that the wedding was over, Zhou Ding appeared next to Zhu Gaoxu, his face was solemn, obviously he knew about Wu Liangha's entry into the Kou from Zhang Chun.

Zhou Ding looks resolute, he looks like an iron-clad man, and his father is Zhou Xing, Zhu Gaoxu thought that he would choose to stay, but he didn't want him to bow down in shame:

"The northern captives enter the Kou, and the last general is willing to leave the soldiers and horses to defend the city, and lead his relatives to the south to take the trail for help!"

"Let's go......" Zhu Gaoxu was a little disappointed, and sighed in his heart; Sure enough, judging people by their appearance is not feasible. ”

"Your Highness Xie, the last general will retire!" Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu agreed, Zhou Ding hurriedly left the palace with his relatives as if he was afraid that he would regret it.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Zhu Gaoxu knew why a fierce man like Zhou Xing would sink in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

In the final analysis, no one inherits his mantle, which means that the door is in the middle.

This week, even with Zhou Xing's help, at most he will climb to the level of commanders, and the commanders of the Ming Dynasty are hundreds of people.

"Your Highness......"

Following Zhou Ding, Yishiha and the hundreds of officials in the mansion came up one after another, their eyes revealed confusion and nervousness, and Zhu Gaoxu also smiled and comforted:

"Don't worry, Zhang Chun has already mobilized Zhouding's soldiers and horses, before we broke thousands of old slaves with thousands of people, and now we guard more than 10,000 people with 2,000 people."

"What's more, don't forget, there are more than 1,000 Jurchen servants and military men in the city."

"Three thousand men guarding ten thousand, don't you have self-confidence?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked everyone with a smile, he never put pressure on them in front of the generals, so no matter what situation he faced, he mostly smiled.

"Your Highness, don't worry, there are us in front, you can rest assured that you are in the cave room in the back!"

"Hahaha......"

I don't know who said this in the crowd, and everyone laughed.

Zhu Gaoxu was also a little embarrassed, but still coughed and said: "I have already instructed Zhang Chun about the things that should be arranged, and you can listen to his dispatch." ”

"As for the war, if Jixi Fort is broken, what's the use of me marrying more princesses?"

"As soon as the battle begins, you will be able to see me and you defend Jixi Fort together!"

After clarifying his attitude, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yishuha: "The current problem is the amount of food, you are ready to settle the Jurchen tribes that fled south, and calculate that the food is enough to eat for a few days." ”

"Whether I fish from the water or slaughter livestock, in short, I must hold out until Uliangha retreats!"

"Yes!" Yisha straightened his back and answered loudly.

Seeing that everyone had picked up their confidence, Zhu Gaoxu also shouted: "Go, eat!" ”

As soon as he spoke, everyone walked out, everyone returned to their places, and Zhu Gaoxu also sat down and looked at his wedding banquet.

On the dinner table, chicken, duck, fish, sheep and pigs are all kinds of meats, and vegetables such as greens and cabbage are also placed on several plates.

There were not many words, as if knowing that the war was coming, everyone began to eat with their heads bored, and no one mentioned the matter of drinking.

Although Zhu Gaoxu asked them to relax, they all ate quickly, and after eating in silence for a quarter of an hour, they all got up and said goodbye to Zhu Gaoxu with a smile.

But in a quarter of an hour, there was no one in the house except for the music group and Zhu Gaoxu who beat gongs and drums, and Yisha didn't know where he went.

After rinsing his mouth briefly, Zhu Gaoxu walked to the backyard.

The main house in the backyard, which Zhu Gaochu called the Cunxin Palace, was not big, and at this moment two pure soldiers were guarding the door, and after Zhu Gaochu entered, they closed the door.

The house is decorated with lights, red candles and red lanterns, as well as various red paper-cuts and red satin.

The bed where he rested on weekdays was replaced with a stepping bed, with two maidservants standing next to him and Guo's daughter sitting in it.

The two maidservants, who were one year younger than Zhu Gaoxu, blushed their faces, while the Guo girl had a hijab on her head, and she couldn't see her expression.

Zhu Gaoxu walked inside, and every step seemed to touch the hearts of the three women.

He walked into the stepping bed, sat down and used the jade Ruyi rewarded by Lao Zhu to pick up the hijab of the Guo family's daughter.

To tell the truth, Guo's daughter is very good-looking, and Zhu Gaochu likes it very much, but because she is too young, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't have that kind of animal desire for her.

Originally, he thought that he could let the two maidservants sleep and vent the desires that had been accumulated for several years, but Wuliang Ha Jinkou interrupted the matter.

After picking off the hijab, Zhu Gaoxu did not continue according to the life of a normal husband and wife, but explained to Guo's daughter: "Wu Liangha has entered the Kou and is coming to our side." ”

"Huh?" Hearing that Wu Liangha was in the Kou, it was not the Guo girl who was the first to be frightened, but the two maidservants who were three years older than her.

Guo's daughter was very calm, although she was very young, she grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's hand very sensibly.

"Before the concubine went north, Ah Weng told the concubine that Jilin is located outside the Saiwai, bitter cold and frequent wars, so let the concubine not delay His Royal Highness at a critical moment."

"Although the wedding night should be the same bed and spend a good night together, but before the war, if His Highness needs to leave, he doesn't have to take care of the concubines, just do the husband's business."

After all, it was a person from the Marquis of Wuding's mansion, and Guo's daughter calmly said Guo Ying's instructions to her before she got married, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how he felt after hearing it, or he didn't feel it.

Since the night of Fu Youde's death, he has been a little less emotional, and now in the face of Guo's daughter's words, he has nothing to say about it except that Guo's woman is empathetic.

He stretched out his hand to take Guo Girl's hand away, and comforted softly: "Don't worry, I'll come back in a few days, and a little Hu Bing can't help me." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Gaoxu stood up and prepared to change his clothes.

But when he went to the closet, the two maidservants stepped forward and opened the closet for him, and asked him which dress he wanted.

"It's cold at night, so get a thick one."

Zhu Gaoxu said, and raised his hand according to the memory of his predecessor when he was in Yanwangfu.

The two maidservants untied their wide clothes, found a red fat jacket for him to put on, and beckoned the two Jingjun at the door to put on the saddle for the war horse, and put on the cuirass for Zhu Gaoxu, and handed over the Ming armor outside to the two Jingjun.

"I'm leaving, you rest early tonight, I'm afraid I'll have to go for a few days."

Standing at the door, Zhu Gaoxu said to the Guo woman who got up and came to see him off, but the Guo girl didn't say anything when she heard the words, just saluted, and added: "The concubine's name is Guo Yan, I hope His Royal Highness will remember it when he comes back." ”

Guo Yan seemed to explain an ordinary matter, but it gave Zhu Gaoxu a feeling of being talked about when he went far away.

"Don't worry, I remember." didn't say much, Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the back house while it was still dawn.

In the back alley, two soldiers were already holding his weapons and armor waiting for him to get on the horse, without delay, Zhu Gaoxu turned over and dismounted, and rode to Jixi Fort.

Since the wedding feast was not over yet, many people were still eating in the streets laughing and laughing, so Zhu Gaoxu took a detour out of the city through the empty and uninhabited streets.

In about half an hour, he rode a red horse and arrived at Jixi Fort with two guards.

When he arrived, a team of soldiers and horses had just arrived under the city of Jixi Fort.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at it, but it was Zhang Chun, who had led the troops before.

At this moment, they had just arrived at Jixi Fort, only one step faster than themselves.

When he turned over and dismounted, Zhang Chun was also shouting at the thousands of officers and soldiers of Shenyang Zhongwei to prepare for dinner.

When Zhang Chun came, he asked someone to bring fifty stewed mutton, and asked someone to go to Jixi Fort one step ahead to boil rice and boiling water.

As soon as they arrived, Zhang Chun asked people to pour the boiled mutton into the cauldron, and more than 2,000 catties of mutton were put into boiling water, and some salt was added to make it a very delicious meat.

Many officers and soldiers lined up to be assigned, but Zhu Gaoxu greeted Zhang Chun and went up to the arrow tower of Jixi Fort with him.

Standing on the top of the arrow tower, you can take the Hadaling in the southwest and the Songhua River in the northeast into your eyes.

Compared with Zhu Gaoxu's appearance when they came, Jixi Fort at this time has been expanded into a 'Great Wall' blocked between Hadaling and Songhua River with the joint efforts of large numbers of people and cement.

Between the six cement forts, which are 50 paces long and 50 paces wide, a rammed earth is built on the inside and crushed stone and cement on the outside.

The city wall between the six stone forts is 100 steps long, 2 zhang wide, 2 zhang high, more than 300 steps in total length of one mile, connects Hadaling and Songhua River, the place where it does not enter the Songhua River is called the dragon's head, it goes deep into the river water seven or eight steps, and the water is deep.

Although the Great Wall of Jilin is covered with gravel and cement less than two fingers wide, it is more than enough to defend against fishing, hunting and nomads.

It stretches from the water of the Songhua River into the halfway slope of the Hadaling Mountains, and if you want to bypass it, you must climb over the Jilin Mountain in the Hadaling Mountains.

There are many woods on the Jilin Mountain, which is difficult for horses to climb and easy to ambush.

It can be said that Zhu Gaoxu has been preparing since last year, but he originally thought that what he wanted to defend was the Liaodong soldiers and horses in the south, but he didn't want to use it on Uliangha at the moment.

The wind in the north of the river is cold, and the arrow tower is hunting with flags.

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhang Chun looked north, only to see four large ships going upstream, and on the horizon in the distance, there were also many Jurchens who had migrated from their families.

Looking at this scene, Zhang Chun turned his head to look at his Royal Highness, but saw that his Royal Highness was looking at all this directly, calmly.

Infected by him, Zhang Chun also took a deep breath, looking at everything in front of him that was gradually dimming because of the setting of the sun, and he was also ready for it.

"War is coming again......"

Busy with work, even later

(End of chapter)