The wedding of Zhu Shou and Ma Qinglian was not held as scheduled, because the little prince only took half a day to break through the killing mouth.
As a result of the internal and external cooperation, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties. One general and two guerrillas were killed. The Mongolian army swept eastwards. In just two days, they drove southward, passing through the Pianting Pass and pointing directly at Huairen County.
Huairen County is located between Yingzhou and Datong. The terrain is difficult and strangles the throat of northern Shanxi.
From the sixth year of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Hongwu, in order to guard against the Northern Yuan Dynasty, General Xu Da managed the Shanxi and Hebei areas for nine years. Starting from Liaodong in the east and reaching the Yellow River Loop in the west, Xu Da established a very complete
defensive system.
Therefore, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Mongols rarely brought in from the Shanxi and Hebei areas. Even after the Tumubao Incident, the Ming army's strength was greatly reduced, and the little prince's main attack direction was still in the northern Shaanxi area.
The little prince's tactics of using troops were erratic and very master-like. This Mongol Khan, who had grown up from countless bloody battles, never gave his opponents a chance to breathe.
A beautiful arc passed through the southwest of Datong and hit the Ming army's weakness unexpectedly.
"Yingzhou?" Zhu Shou looked at the local bosses in northern Shanxi with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
He couldn't help but be suspicious. He had dealt with these ruthless civil servants a lot in the past few days. Although the Sanshou moves he learned from the Queen Mother Zhang couldn't deal with geniuses like Boss Liu, Master Yang and Li Viper, they could still be used against them.
It is still very powerful against feudal kings, three envoys, general soldiers and governors.
Don't look at these guys standing in front of you like grandsons and quails now, but as long as you give them a small chance, they will show you as a traitor without hesitation.
The moral integrity of the Ming Dynasty civil servant group can only be used to deceive the common people. In the words of Admiral Zhang Yongzhang, they are: a group of hypocrites and false Taoists who are both prostitutes and want to build memorial arches.
Admiral Chen Jingchen put it more directly: If the eunuchs are the emperor's dogs, then the civil servants are like unfed wolves. If you give them too much meat, they will starve you; if you give them too little meat, they will eat you up.
They will eat you.
Later Qian Qianyi burst into tears: I will not be born until seventy-three years, why do you always make trouble with me?
Xiong Wei, the governor of Datong, stood up timidly. This man from Wanquanwei was actually very tall, but in front of the emperor and a group of big bosses, his official position was so small that it was negligible, so naturally he could not hold his head up.
"Wei Chen received a secret report from his subordinates a few days ago. The little prince was originally stationed in Jiulonggou and had an internal agent in killing Hu. All of them were confirmed." Xiong Wei took out a piece of white silk from his sleeve, which was covered with blood.
, said, "This is the blood report from the spies ahead. According to what it says, the next step for the little prince is definitely not Datong, but Yingzhou."
Mr. Xiong, who was promoted to the governor of Datong last year, is not very senior, but he has considerable power. He can control Yanghe, Zuowei and other four provinces. All counties, states, forts, and cities in Datong Prefecture are under his jurisdiction.
He can be regarded as a born local snake. On weekdays in Datong City, no matter who he meets except Prince Dai, Mr. Xiong always has his nostrils turned upward.
But now that the emperor has entered the city, all the gentlemen from Shanxi's three bureaucracies have no choice but to come with him. The Provincial Envoys' Division, the Prosecution Envoys' Division, and the Du's Commanding Envoys' Division. From these three yamen, any big boss will come out.
Mr. Bear has to pretend to be a grandson.
Therefore, in front of a group of civil servants and eunuchs, Master Xiong had to be careful, careful, and more careful.
Chen Jing stepped forward quickly, took the blood book, glanced at it a few times, and suddenly became interested in the last sentence, because it said "The Bald Ma Ti tribe wants to rebel and stand on its own feet." He walked up to Zhu Shou and whispered in Zhu Shou's ear.
After a few words, he asked: "Who is the spy? Can it be trusted?"
"The spy is from Huyukou. He is fifteen years old and has been a soldier for generations. There is a disabled old father in the family who was also a frontier soldier." Xiong Wei quickly knelt on the ground and said honestly, "Wei Chen Six
I received this bloody letter a few days ago and used all kinds of torture. Before he died, the young man's confession was still completely consistent, and he even named a person. Only then did I dare to submit this military information."
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Chen Jing asked: "Who?"
"Zhou Dai, a former student of the Ming Dynasty Martial Arts Academy and a member of the Hundred Household Examination, once followed Xu Zuocheng and Governor Zhai to the east of Sichuan to suppress the rebellion," Xiong Wei lay on the ground and answered honestly, "When this person came to serve with Wei Chen, he once
Holding the letter of recommendation from Governor Zhai, Weichen had an old relationship with Governor Zhai, so he took him in. He originally appointed him as a personal guard, but unexpectedly he insisted on going to the border. Weichen gave him a trial of 100 households, so he believed what he said.
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When Zhu Shou heard these words, a young man with a tough head and a tough brain suddenly popped into his mind. After the battle at Qianniu Village, he went to inspect the martial arts academy and heard Qian Zhu and others talk about this young man's deeds.
"I have also seen this boy," Zhu Shou asked, "Where is he now?"
Xiong Wei shook his head: "I don't know, but I haven't returned to camp yet. On the third day after the death of the old man, there was military news from Zhenqiang Fort, saying that there was a big avalanche along the Yuhe River, and nearly a thousand Mongolians died.
, According to Wei Chen’s inference, Zhou Dai and others are probably in more danger than good.”
"Loyal minister," Zhu Shou sighed and said, "Xuan, make Zhou Dai the commander of Yang and Wei, the commander of envoys and commander of Qianshi, and choose one of his brothers to inherit the position of one hundred households."
The title of Baihu is the sixth rank, and the command of the general affairs is the fourth rank. Zhu Shou's posthumous title can be regarded as promoting Zhou Dai from a low-level officer to a mid-level bureaucrat, which can be regarded as the ultimate honor after death.
As for Yang Ying, Lu Shaochuan, Ye Twelve, Tang Siqi and others, I'm sorry, the emperor and the governor don't know them, so naturally there will be no rewards. This is the eternal political reality.
After dealing with Zhou Dai's death, Zhu Shou looked at the big bosses and asked slowly: "We are all discussing, what are the strategies to deal with the enemy?"
The big guys looked at me and I looked at you, but they were all silent. Everyone knew that whoever dared to speak must have been sent to defend Yingzhou City to fight against the little prince's 50,000-strong army.
Is it so easy to deal with the little prince who even old man Xu Jinxu has a guilty conscience? He will die as a Taoist friend but not as a poor Taoist. He won't open his mouth to death anyway, that's right.
Everyone present, whether they are civil servants or eunuchs, all have status and status, and there is no need to die for committing a crime.
Zhu Shou had no choice but to turn his attention to Zhang Yong. This loyal dog was an unbeatable choice for the supervisor. He would send him to death. As for the scapegoat, the otaku was willing to help him take the blame.
Zhang Yong had a bitter look on his face, and when he saw the emperor looking over, he had no choice but to leave the queue, kneel on the ground, and loudly said: "I would like to go to Yingzhou to supervise the army."
The supervisory army was a unique system in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. No matter how large the army was, there must be a eunuch who was neither male nor female as the supervisor in order for the army to be successful and the emperors to feel at ease.
There is no way, the integrity of the civil servants is really in disgrace. Let alone the emperor, even they themselves may not be able to trust themselves.
The first fellow Taoist who was sent to die came out, and the second one naturally stepped forward in time.
"The humble minister has a strategy that can be used as a reference for Long Live." Sage Wang, who had always been quiet and willing to be a favored minister, finally stood up at the critical moment.
"Oh, let's hear what Wang Qing's family has to say." Zhu Shou laughed happily, this is my favorite minister.
Saint Wang had just become a saint, but he had not yet understood the unique magic weapon of "unity of knowledge and action", so he was not yet invincible in the world, but he still had a few tricks to deal with the little prince.
"The little prince is like a god in his military skills." Saint Wang first put a high hat on the opponent, and then put one on the emperor, "but in the eyes of the emperor, he is nothing more than a clown."
All the civil servants were stunned: Lao Wang, where has your character gone when you fought against Liu Jin at the Meridian Gate? You are the conscience and hope of our civil service group.
The eunuchs clapped their hands and exclaimed: We are indeed of the same kind, Lao Wang, we will hang out together from now on...
Seeing Zhu Shou's eyes becoming more and more serious, Wang Shengren smiled slightly and said: "He is seeking his own death, no one else can blame him."
Zhang Yong was the first to die. Seeing his comrades say this, he quickly praised him: "How do you say that?"
"To attack from afar, this is the biggest taboo of using troops; to station troops under a fortified city, this is the second taboo; to use cavalry into the mountains, this is the third taboo; to cause internal instability, this is the fourth taboo!
Wang Shouren said decisively: "Your Majesty, with these four taboos, the little prince will definitely fail when he goes south this time. Even if he escapes with his life by chance, his vitality will be greatly damaged, and all the princes will fight for the throne."
The nonsense and falsehoods made the civil servants nod their heads, which was quite inspiring.
However, Zhang Yong, who oversaw the army and became the second most powerful eunuch in the Ming Dynasty, was also a veteran of the war. He had never seen a pig running or eaten pork. When he heard this, he knew that Wang Shouren was bragging, and he quickly asked: "How to deal with the enemy?
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Wang Shengren calmly took out a memorial from his sleeve. The ink on it had dried early and seemed to have been written long ago. He handed it to Zhu Shou and said loudly: "Wei Chen suggests: Within fifteen days, the deputy general of the Changping Army will
Li Xian, Liu Xuan, the general of Chaigoubao on Xiaxi Road of Xuanfu, must lead his troops to the settlement; Yang Yiqing, the general commander of the three sides, and Zhu Cheng, the deputy general of Yansui, are stationed in Pinglu; Zhou Degui, the left military commander of Shanxi Town Taiyuan, is stationed in Ningwu;
Yang Shen, the prefect of Baoding, and Han Bangqi, the governor of Zhending, are stationed in Lingqiu! If there is any delay, they will be beheaded by military law in public and their heads will be sent to nine sides!"
Zhang Yong, who was familiar with the geography of Datong Prefecture and Shanxi Province, immediately thought of a military map in his mind. After thinking about it for a moment, he exclaimed: "Close the door and beat the dog?"
What a Wang Shouren, what a ruthless heart, what a vicious plan, what a stupid plan to wipe out the family!
The civil servants were still confused, and Chen Jing, who was also familiar with military affairs, immediately reacted. Regardless of the etiquette before the emperor, he knelt down in front of Zhu Shou and said loudly: "Wang Shouren has a cruel heart! Please kill this thief to rectify the world!"
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Seeing one younger brother cheering and the other yelling for kill, Zhu Shou couldn't help but wonder: "Wang Zanshan, how did you become a hamster crossing the street when you said these words?"
Wang Shouren was the right praiser of Zhan Shifu's Youchunfang, and Zhu Shou called him an official, which further increased the distance between the two parties. This was a very dangerous signal for the ministers who accompanied the emperor like a tiger.
However, Saint Wang didn't care and said with a smile: "The little prince's plan is enough to keep most of the little prince's 50,000-strong army within the territory of our heaven. However, there is a small surprise, that is, the Holy Lord may suffer a little.
frightened."
Chen Jing glared at the middle-aged man angrily. He wanted to go up and give him a small slap, and then chop him dozens of times in order to relieve the hatred in his heart. He said loudly: "Your Majesty, you cannot listen to this thief's cunning.
He said that he had ulterior motives and put the Holy One in danger, hoping that after the Holy One kills the thief, he will return to the capital from the Great Wall Road immediately!"
Wang Shouren suddenly made a serious face and shouted in a deep voice: "Admiral Chen, you keep accusing the ministers of having bad intentions. Where are your good intentions?"
Chen Jing spat: "My ministers have a loyal heart, and heaven and earth can learn from it."
Seeing that the two were arguing, Zhu Shou slapped Long An and shouted loudly: "That's enough, shut up!"
Seeing that the emperor was angry, Wang Shouren and Chen Jing both knelt in front of the dragon case and did not dare to raise their heads. They only heard Zhu Shou ask: "Zhang Yong, you come to speak."
Admiral Zhang, who had just been forced to the front line, had no choice but to act as a fire extinguisher again, with a bitter look on his face, and replied: "The idea behind Wang Shouren's strategy is to put you, my little ancestor, in the middle, and surround the Mongols with flowers on all sides.
The generals are all good border generals of our Ming Dynasty, and they are also veteran generals who have fought with the little prince for many years; Han and Yang are also loyal people. Although this strategy is dangerous, the chance of success is not small. If Yang Yiqing
If we can arrive in time, the little prince will not be able to escape easily; and as Chen Jing said, we will return to Beijing along the Shanxi-Hebei North Road. If we are ambushed by the little prince on the way, we will just go away."
Admiral Zhang's words were more biased towards Wang Shouren, causing Chen Jing and Su Jin to look at each other angrily.
After Zhu Shou heard this, he did not immediately issue an order. He did not punish Wang Shouren and Chen Jing, nor did he choose to attack the enemy. Instead, he leaned on the dragon chair and seemed thoughtful.
How would the emperor choose?
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