On February 19, the second year of Shaowu, the morning sun came out of the east and shone in the study of the Ma Mansion.

Ma Shiying's study is still the same study, and Ma Shiying's clothes are still the same, but Ma Shiying's mood is completely different from last night's anxiety and despair. Ma Shiying is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and is captured in history and will never surrender. However, not being afraid of death does not mean that Ma Shiying does not want to live. Last night, when Ma Shiying was about to hang herself, she suddenly received news that the Ming army had won a great victory. How could she not make Ma Shiying happy?

Ma Shiying stroked his goatee beard and said with a smile: "Luan'er, it seems that your second brother is so handsome! When he was a child, he only thought that he was naughty, but now it seems that he is really different!"

Ma Shiying praised his son Ma Cheng here, and Ma Cheng's bad deeds were reasonable. When he was a child, he became a beautiful woman. When he grew up, he became a young hero. When he was a grown-up, he became an unconventional hero. When he was a grown-up, he became unconventional. Anyway, Ma Shiying was satisfied with Ma Cheng's view.

Ma Luan also knew what his father was thinking and smiled and praised: "This is all the best way to train his father, so that his second brother can stand out!"

Ma Shiying nodded after hearing his son say this. His eldest son was a juren at a young age, and his second son is even more outstanding now. Thinking that he was 60 years old and finally had a successor, Ma Shiying couldn't help but feel very satisfied.

Just when the father and son were feeling a lot of emotion in the room, another servant came to report outside the study.

"Master, Master! There is new news in Dongcheng!"

After hearing this, Ma Shiying was happy. It seemed that there was something good news about her second son!

This time, Ma Shiying opened the door himself and asked, "Say, but what good news has come from Cheng'er!"

The servant in the courtyard had a pale face and said stutteringly: "Master, uncle! The second young master took 15,000 people out of the city, saying that he wanted to fight the Tartars to the death!"

Ma Shiying was still praising this son just now. Now, when Ma Cheng took more than 10,000 people out of the city, he couldn't help but curse: "Bastard, this rebellious son, how dare you go out of the city to fight? There are 400,000 northern captives outside the city!"

At this time, Ma Luan didn't care that his younger brother had changed from a young hero to a rebellious son, so he quickly said to Ma Shiying: "Dad, what should I do? The Qing army outside the city was dozens of times more likely to be at a loss. Dad, think of a solution!"

Ma Shiying was also anxious. In addition to worrying about his son, he was also worried about the 15,000 elite soldiers brought out by his son. If these elite soldiers were all lost outside the city, then there would be nothing in Nanjing! But Ma Shiying was anxious and had no choice, because he was the assistant of the cabinet, but he could not control the military.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor was directly responsible for military affairs, and the generals who went to the expedition were directly appointed by the emperor. The Ministry of War in the cabinet was just a logistics department, responsible for food supply.

"Yes, I'm going to find the emperor. Now, only by asking for imperial edicts can this rebellious son return to the city!" Ma Shiying reacted for a long time before he remembered to find the emperor. At this time, Ma Shiying didn't care about the majesty of the officialdom and directly asked the servants to prepare a horse and rode a horse to the palace.

Last night, the Dongcheng City was in a row. At the most dangerous time, the Qing army had all arrived at Di'anmen, so the Jinyiwei guards guarding the palace did not sleep all night and were all on the palace walls to guard against the Qing army.

Fortunately, Ma Cheng's new army was powerful and finally drove the Qing army out of the city at dawn. The Jinyiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, West

A fast horse came outside Anmen Square, and an old man sat on it. However, the old man looked quite terrified. He was wearing a big red dragon robe. Those who could wear this outfit were either nobles or crowns. However, the Jinyiwei was very suspicious. The royal princes in the city were almost dead, and most of the nobles and dukes were executed. Why were there such an arrogant person riding horses and running outside the imperial city?

As the old man walked in, the Jinyiwei Qianhu, who was guarding the city of Xi'an Gate, only appeared. The old man was not an outsider, but a cabinet assistant Ma Shiying.

Logically speaking, as the Duke of Qian, Ma Shiying always carried a large sedan chair when traveling, and was so majestic that he was riding on a horse today?

The Qianhu quickly leaned out and shouted, "Is it Lord Yuan Fu below? I wonder if there is anything?"

Ma Shiying had some leisure to explain at this time, and after getting off the horse, he shouted loudly: "Open the door quickly, I want to see the emperor!"

Logically speaking, today is not the day to go to court. In addition, the Qing Dynasty siege last night. Although the war in Dongcheng is over, there are still sporadic battles that have not stopped. In this case, the city gate is absolutely not allowed to be opened.

But Qianhu knew that Ma Shiying could not afford to offend him. Not to mention his identity as a supporter, even his son could not afford to offend him. Qianhu thought about it and dared not to open the door, so he had to order people to open a gap in the city gate and let Ma Shiying come in.

Ma Shiying handed the horse to the Jinyiwei who was guarding the city, and ignored everything else, and trotted into the Forbidden City.

Emperor Zhu Lunkui and Empress Dowager Ma Hongning were in the Qianqing Palace. At this time, they had already received news that Ma Cheng was victorious and the Qing army was driven out of the city. Zhu Lunkui was very happy to have no need to commit suicide and was chatting with the Empress Dowager. At this time, the little eunuch outside the palace informed that Yuan Fu Ma Shiying was coming!

The emperor is in a good mood now. He heard that Ma Shiying came and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, it seems that Ma Aiqing is here to report the good news!"

Ma Hongning was in a good mood and smiled and said, "Yes! Ma Qing was told to meet him!"

Ma Shiying ran all the way and was covered in sweat. When he walked into the hall and saw the emperor and the empress dowager, he quickly knelt down and saluted. Although Ma Shiying was the father of the empress dowager Ma Hongning, the court rules were here, and he also wanted to perform the rituals of the emperor and the ministers when he saw the empress dowager.

Zhu Lunkui saw Ma Shiying running with sweat on his head, and said with a smile: "Aiqing Ma invites you to get up, and someone will give Ma Qing a seat!"

When the Empress Dowager Ma Hongning saw that his father was sixty, he was sweating all over and felt very distressed. He couldn't help but ask with concern: "Dad, what's wrong with you? Do you want to spread good news? This palace and the emperor already know that the Guiyang Hou Ma Cheng has driven the Northern Territory out of the city!"

Zhu Lunkui was also very happy when talking about this matter, and continued on the side: "The Marquis of Guiyang is a great contribution today! I have sent an imperial edict to reward the meritorious soldiers!"

Ma Shiying was breathing evenly at this time and rushed to say, "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager! It's not because of this incident that the old minister has come! The old minister has received news that Ma Cheng and 15,000 people have left the city, saying that he will fight to the death with the Northern Barbarians and make every effort to achieve his merits!"

Zhu Lunkui was shocked when he heard Ma Shiying say this. Now Ma Cheng is a treasure for Zhu Lunkui. Apart from the position of the emperor, even if Ma Cheng wants Zhu Lunkui's wife, Zhu Lunkui would not blink and hand it over. Because Zhu Lunkui knew that Nanjing City had been siege for more than a year under the siege of the 400,000 Qing army, which was completely due to Ma Cheng.

Now Zhu Lunkui heard that the heroic Ma Cheng and his more than 10,000 people were going out of the city to fight the Qing Dynasty. He was so scared that he was so scared that he was not going to let go

In his pants, although Zhu Lunkui did not understand military affairs, he still knew the simple comparison of the number of people. The Qing army outside the city had 450,000. Even though many died in the siege in more than a year, there were still 370,000 or 80,000.

Ma Cheng dared to leave the city with only 15,000 soldiers, but he had to face more than twenty times the enemy. Zhu Lunkui was really not optimistic about this military adventure.

Zhu Lunkui said angrily: "Ma Shiying, are you a cabinet assistant or Ma Cheng's son, why don't you stop him?" Zhu Lunkui was furious and forgot to respect Ma Shiying and called him his name.

Ma Shiying was also suffering, so he had to explain: "Your Majesty, I am the assistant minister of the cabinet and have no right to command the generals. I was also at home at that time and was not with Ma Cheng's side!"

When Zhu Lunkui heard Ma Shiying say this, he knew that Ma Shiying was wronged and asked quickly: "Ma Qing, what should I do now?"

"The only way now is to ask Your Majesty to issue an imperial edict and strictly order Ma Cheng to return to the city!"

Zhu Lunkui thought about it, so he quickly called the eunuch to write it and issued a stern imperial edict to Ma Cheng, asking Ma Cheng to lead his troops back to the city. However, it was too late when Zhu Lunkui issued the imperial edict. At this time, Ma Cheng had already rushed to Longtan camp with his troops. It was not something that Zhu Lunkui could stop with an imperial edict.

The eunuch who sent the order came to Taiping Gate with the emperor's imperial edict and a hundred Jinyi Guards. He learned from Luo Bingran, who was left behind, that Ma Cheng had been away for half an hour. The eunuch looked at the dead people and chaos everywhere outside the city, so scared that he dared not leave the city.

However, the emperor's imperial edict had to be conveyed. The eunuch had no choice but to discuss it with the guards of Jinyiwei, and gritted his teeth and walked out of Taiping Gate and headed towards Longtan Town.

Ten miles away from Longtan Town, the team that sent the orders did not dare to leave. There was no trace or banner of the Ming army in front of them. Now there were scattered soldiers and wandering soldiers from the Qing army. These Qing troops were completely scared by the Ming army, and hundreds of people fled everywhere.

Seeing the defeated soldiers everywhere, the Jinyiwei Baihu was also frightened. He was just a guard in the palace and had never seen such a scene of killing people. Now the Ming army is missing at all, so this team that was sent to the imperial order had no choice but to return to the city to report.

The little eunuch returned to the palace to tell the emperor the details. When the emperor heard about this outside the city, it seemed that Ma Cheng's more than 10,000 people were in danger. When he learned that Ma Cheng was likely to die in battle, Zhu Lunkui was in a bad mood and vented all his anger on these unlucky eunuchs and Jinyiwei. These unlucky guys were ordered to be imprisoned by the emperor. If Ma Cheng really died in battle and died in the country, he would let these hundred unlucky ghosts be buried with him.

Unknown to the exact news outside the city, the three of them had to wait in the Qianqing Palace. This waited for a whole day, from the sunrise to the east until the sun sets west, and the three of them finally waited for news from Jubaomen.

When Ma Bao led his troops out of the city, in order to appease the people in the city, he sent a personal soldier to pass the specific news to Ma Shiying. However, after the personal soldier went to the Ma family, he learned that Ma Shiying had gone to the palace, so he turned to the palace.

When Zhu Lunkui heard the news, he quickly heard that the personal soldier came in. After entering the Qianqing Palace, the personal soldier shouted: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Guiyang led 15,000 people to defeat the 400,000 Qing troops! Now the Marquis of Guiyang ordered the Nancheng guard General Ma to lead reinforcements out of the city to help the battle!"
Chapter completed!