At this time, in Taiyuan Prefecture, there was a camp of intruders.
"I heard that the prince wants to come and destroy us?"
With a sneer on his face, Li Zicheng said to the courtiers beside him.
Everyone around them had smiles on their faces.
"Your Majesty! Let me meet that Ming prince!"
A general in the bandit camp smiled and said to Li Zicheng in front of him.
"I will help you catch him!"
"You? Just forget it!"
Li Zicheng said angrily to the general in front of him.
"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty not only asked his prince to come out, but also transferred Huang Degong from Anhui! This man is not that easy to mess with! But he doesn't have many troops under his command! This is good news for us.
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After hearing the name Huang Degong, the faces of everyone around him became much more serious, and their eyes showed solemnity.
"What does your Majesty mean?"
Niu Jinxing on the side asked Li Zicheng in front of him while hesitating.
"I'll go meet him myself!"
There was a glint in Li Zicheng's eyes. The corner of his mouth was slightly raised. He looked at De Niu Jinxing and said, "Military advisor, if we can capture this Ming prince alive, we should be able to win a lot of things for us!"
"kindness!"
Niu Jinxing nodded.
"At least, our army can get a lot of benefits, and once the Ming Dynasty's prince is captured alive, the Ming Dynasty's army will basically have no idea of fighting! This will be of great benefit to us in unifying the entire north!"
Hearing Niu Jinxing's words, Li Zicheng smiled on his face.
"Then I have to go out! Catch the Ming Prince!"
"Seize the Ming Prince!"
Many generals who broke into the camp shouted fanatically.
Zhu Cixiang knew nothing about these things, and of course it cannot be said that he knew nothing about them. In fact, Zhu Cixiang knew it the moment he left Beijing.
Li Zicheng will never let him go!
When he came out of the city, Li Zicheng definitely wanted to capture him alive!
There is no way to avoid this!
"Report! Your Highness, the Shunde Mansion is ten miles ahead! The gate of Shunde Mansion is still closed now, we..."
At this time, the spy looked at Zhu Cihong in front of him with hesitation in his eyes.
"No problem!"
Zhu Cixiang looked calm.
"There are already traces of intruders around here. It's a good thing for Zhu Yihuai to be more vigilant! The army keeps moving forward!"
"keep going!"
"keep going!"
The mighty troops continued to advance on the path.
At this time, in Shunde Mansion.
"Master Fu, why don't you open the city to welcome His Highness the Crown Prince! You are like this..."
The master looked at Zhu Yihuai in front of him with hesitation in his eyes and said.
"Kaicheng? Are you kidding!"
Zhu Yihuai looked at the master in front of him calmly and said.
"At this time, how can you tell clearly whether the ones below are the intruders or the Crown Prince's army? What if we open the city gate and it turns out to be the intruders' army? After all, we have seen the intruders before
Traces of the army!”
"But, you will offend His Highness the Crown Prince. What if..."
The master looked at Zhu Yihuai in front of him with hesitation in his eyes.
"Don't worry, His Highness the Crown Prince is not so petty. Haven't you heard of the rumors in the capital? His Highness the Crown Prince is very happy with the people. When he was defending the city, he even shared the same pot of rice with those mud-legged people!
And more importantly, His Highness the Crown Prince likes people who do practical things! If I open the city gate at such a time, His Highness the Crown Prince will not like it!"
A smile flashed in Zhu Yihuai's eyes and he said to the master beside him.
"Goodbye, Your Majesty!"
After hearing Zhu Yihuai's words, the master in front of him showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Let people keep an eye on the city wall. If it is really His Royal Highness, send someone to notify me immediately!"
Zhu Yihuai looked at the master in front of him and said.
"Yes! Sir!"
The master in front of him quickly stepped back respectfully.
Soon, Zhu Cixi's army slowly walked under the city wall of Shunde Mansion.
The master on the city wall saw the emperor's honor guard produced by this army. The master was a discerning man. When he saw this honor guard, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he immediately went to inform Zhu Yihuai.
And he himself stood on the top of the city wall and shouted towards the army under the city wall.
"Who is coming? Can you prove your identity first?"
The master shouted towards Zhu Cixiang's army under the city wall.
"We are His Royal Highness's army!"
With that said, a hanging basket on the top of the city wall was slowly lowered, and a soldier quickly ran over and placed a written official document on the hanging basket.
The hanging basket is slowly pulled up.
Soon, the master glanced at the official document and nodded.
"Open the city gate!!"
Under the city wall, the city gate slowly opened.
At this time, Zhu Yihuai was already leading dozens of officials to guard the city gate.
When the city gate opened, Zhu Yihuai quickly walked out of the city, quickly walked in front of Zhu Cihong's car, and led dozens of officials to kneel down in front of Zhu Cihong.
"Due to the incident of the intruder, I was unable to see him from afar. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will forgive me!"
Zhu Yihuai said respectfully to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
After hearing Zhu Yihuai's words, Zhu Cixiang looked calm.
"Get up!"
Zhu Cihong said to Zhu Yihuai in front of him.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhu Yihuai stood up from the ground with the surrounding officials of Shunde Prefecture.
"Army, enter the city!"
Zhu Cixiang said calmly to the attendants beside him.
"Army! Enter the city!"
"Army! Enter the city!"
There were sounds one after another, and horses and people slowly entered the city.
Zhu Yihuai and the officials on the side looked at the troops in front of them with a hint of surprise in their eyes.
They originally thought that the imperial court should not have any decent troops now. After all, the imperial court's powerful army had been used to suppress bandits and fight against the Manchus in recent years.
There were too many losses, especially the defeat of Governor Sun Chuanting in Shaanxi, which directly destroyed the imperial court's last 100,000 soldiers in the north.
Moreover, I heard that all the elites among the three major battalions in the capital were wiped out before the intruders attacked Beijing. I didn’t expect that there would be such a strong and brave army.
It seems that the appearance is completely different from those of the intruders and other officers and soldiers!
Zhu Yihuai had a curious look in his eyes.
Where did this army come from?
Before Zhu Yihuai could get curious, soon, the 1st Army of the Prince's Guards had basically entered the city slowly, and Zhu Yihuai saw the army behind...
Uh! This is the kind of army that we used to have!
Zhu Yihuai had a strange look on his face.
But apart from being weird, Zhu Yihuai's eyes showed a hint of thoughtfulness.
He thought of some of the rumors about His Royal Highness in the city.