Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 470

"Where's the local Jinyiwei?!"

When Zhang Yan was relying on Yuan Xipin to protect herself, inside Jinyiwei North Township Fusi Yamen, Li Ruolian was looking at the dozen or so thousands of households below with a pale face.

More than a dozen thousands of households knelt on the ground, no one dared to look up, only Li Ruolian's confidant Liu Qiao dared to bow and report:

"It's a matter of fact. The Jinyi Guards we deployed among the northern captives have not sent back any news. There are guards from the Jinyi Guards in Kaiping Mansion, and they have all been transferred to Taining Mansion and Duoyan Mansion to change their defenses."

"The news about Kaiping Mansion this time was only transmitted when a surviving Jin Yiwei lit the beacon tower of the stone castle."

"Looking at the posture, it is estimated that the hundred or so Jinyiwei hidden among the northern captives, it is estimated..."

Liu Qiao didn't continue talking, but Li Ruolian's face showed no signs of improving.

It took him a lot of effort to explore the hundred or so Jinyiwei who entered the Beilu Alliance. Now they have not sent back any news, which can only show that they were wiped out by Lin Danhan.

As for the Jinyiwei of the Gongwei camp being transferred away, this also shows that the person who arranged it was ready to do it long ago.

The soldiers and horses of the arch guard battalion and the arrangement of soldiers and horses in the three prefectures of Taining were determined by Zhu Youjian, but where each battalion was stationed was assigned and arranged by the Dudufu of the Five Armies.

All in all, in this conspiracy, Beizhen Fusi lost the most, because all the Jinyiwei that Li Ruolian placed among the northern captives were lost!
Thinking of this, Li Ruolian couldn't help but clenched the armrests of the chair tightly. Even though he was also a member of Prince Qi's Mansion, the problem was that this matter was done by the officials of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion and Yanshan faction.

In the end, what the Yanshan faction officials and the five armies' governor's office did caused him such a huge loss to the Fusi of Beizhen, and even he himself could not escape the responsibility. How could Li Ruolian not be angry?

The only thing he has to determine now is whether someone framed the Yanshan faction and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, or whether the Yanshan faction and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion were stupid on their own.

If it is the former, Li Ruolian will definitely make life worse than death for this group of people after the black hands behind the scenes are found out.

If it is the latter, then he will go to Zhu Youjian and ask Zhu Youjian to help him decide!
"What's the matter, this group of guys obviously took the opportunity to take action after seeing His Highness lead an expedition, but judging from the current situation, there is Jin Qi leading troops guarding Long Live, so it is estimated that nothing will happen."

"Since there is nothing wrong with Long Live, Huduntu will have to withdraw his army if he fights Caogu for at most one round."

"The most important thing right now is to inform His Highness to return to Beijing."

"The carrier pigeon the day before yesterday has sent back the news that the old slave is dead, and there is no obstacle for His Highness to return to the capital. The rest of the matter, Sun Dudu and Jiang Xiabo (Xiong Tingbi) can finish it a little bit."

Liu Qiao gave his own suggestion, and added: "Yesterday, I sent a letter to Jin Yiwei in Yidong River City. According to Tang Qi's speed, I am afraid that His Highness will receive the news this afternoon. "

"As long as His Highness returns to Beijing, the matter will be resolved much easier."

"Besides..." Liu Qiao pondered for a moment, looking at the dozen or so Jinyiwei Qianhu in the yamen, he seemed a little apprehensive.

"Retire." Seeing this, Li Ruolian frowned and signaled all the thousands of households to retreat, and all the thousands of households also retreated after hearing the words.

After they all retreated, Liu Qiao bowed and whispered in Li Ruolian's ear:
"It's inevitable that Wansui directed and acted this incident. Maybe it was to make the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion and the Yanshan faction blamed, and then suppress them. It's not like you don't know their current situation..."

What Liu Qiao said was disrespectful, but he was Li Ruolian's confidant and aide, so Li Ruolian didn't blame him, but frowned and thought about it.

It is true that although the northern captives came fiercely, making the emperor look a little embarrassed, but in reality, the emperor is not in any danger, so it cannot be ruled out that the emperor directed and acted on his own, in order to find an opportunity to attack the Yanshan faction and the commanders of the five armies government.

As Liu Qiao said, the current Yanshan faction and the Five Armies Governor's Mansion are both in a state of being overwhelmed.

If it is said that the emperor Zhu Youxiao liked to eat, drink and have fun from the beginning, that would be fine, but the problem is that before Zhu Youjian did not make military exploits and take control of Liaodong, it was Zhu Youxiao who faced the parties directly.

Could it be that an emperor who was so smart in the early stage couldn't see the situation of the Yanshan faction and the Dudufu of the Five Armies?

If it wasn't for King Qi's pressure, according to the current forces of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Yanshan faction, the Zhejiang Party, the Donglin Party, and the Gu Party could be kicked out of the court, and they could arbitrarily judge the court.

In this way, it is a bit of a situation of a powerful family in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The aristocratic family has its own generals, who can lead the army when they are on horseback, and rule the country when they are off the horseback. The education of the Yanshan School is completely in line with this.

Looking at the five armies' capitals, most of them only know how to lead troops to fight, which is completely in line with the powerful forces and resources.

Although the only existing relatives are not there yet, with the birth of heirs by the six members of Prince Qi's mansion, the rise of relatives is a matter of time without the intervention of King Qi.

Such a complicated situation, for the emperor who is used to balancing the court, it is impossible for Zhu Youxiao to not notice it.

Since this is the case, it seems reasonable for Zhu Youxiao to attack the Five Army Dudufu and the Yanshan faction by directing and acting on his own.

"We can't control this matter, we will talk about it when His Highness comes back."

Li Ruolian thought about it carefully according to Liu Qiao's words, but he stopped after thinking about it, because the following things were out of his mind, so he decided to leave the matter to his highness.

In short, after all, Zhu Youjian still has to return to Beijing to sit in town.

However, Liu Qiao's words also made Li Ruolian think of another possibility, that is, to increase the object of suspicion in this matter from the Yanshan faction and the Five Armies Governor's Mansion to the two of them and the emperor himself.

He could guess, and Cheng De, the current leader of the Yanshan School, could naturally guess it too.

"Is it the emperor..."

In the meeting hall of Guanlifang, Chengde mechanically picked up his teacup and drank tea, thinking about the person who benefited the most from this incident, and the second and third largest people.

As far as the power of the court is concerned, if the northern captives knocked down the pass and successfully captured the emperor, the most benefited would be the reformist officials of the Qi Palace, followed by Zhu Youjian himself, and the unlucky ones would be the emperor and Donglin, Zhejiang Party, Gu Dang and other conservative officials.

If the northern captives fail to knock down the customs, the emperor, Donglin Party, Zhejiang Party, and Gu Party will benefit the most. The unlucky ones will be the reformist officials of the Qi Palace and Zhu Youjian.

Judging from the current situation, the northern captives will definitely fail to knock down the pass, then the faction officials of the Qi Palace will only be unlucky and be implicated, but the emperor and officials from the Donglin, Zhejiang Party, and Gu Party will have an excuse to attack them and occupy them. The official posts left by the fallen Yanshan officials further expanded the party's sphere of influence.

From this point of view, the emperor's suspicion is the biggest...

"Emperor..." Cheng De put down his teacup, frowned and meditated for a few seconds, then got up and walked towards the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At the same time, Fei Xiongwei also arrived in Anjiang Town by train. As the commander of Feixiongwei, Wang Zhao, the nephew of Wang An's family, led his troops towards the town fifty miles away after the whole army arrived in Anjiang Town. Dinggong rushed to.

On the way, they staggered with the Tangqi sent by Zhu Youxiao. After learning that Zhu Youxiao ordered Feixiong and Longhu guards to support them, they didn't dare to rest, and rushed towards Dading Palace without stopping.

"Ugh..."

At the same time, above Dading Palace City, a soldier of the Miyun Battalion guarding the city yawned.

He rubbed his eyes. After two days, he only slept for less than three hours, so his eyes were bloodshot. The other thousands of soldiers on the outside of Dading Palace were also very tired like him. I couldn't stop yawning.

However, just when they were feeling exhausted, a group of Tang cavalry came running wildly from the foot of the mountain in the distance, and when they saw the soldiers at the top of the city, they quickly blew their wooden whistles.

"Beep...beep...beep...beep! beep!"

Three long and two short wooden whistles made the soldiers and horses of the Miyun Camp at the top of the city immediately vigilant, and the soldiers and horses at the city gate also quickly opened the city gate to let Tangqi withdraw into the city.

It seemed to be just the beginning, when this group of Tangqi rushed into the city, other Tangqi from the Miyun camp appeared at the foot of the mountain one after another, retreating towards Dading Palace and blowing their whistle.

"Enemy attack!"

"Clang clang-"

Hearing the whistles of all Tangqi from all sides, the Miyun Battalion guard on duty immediately sounded the alarm.

The bell began to reverberate, and Yanshan County, which was five miles away from Dading Palace and located in the middle of the river valley, also struck the bell at this time.

The people working outside the city rushed to the city one after another, and heard the "bang" sound of horseshoes.

The sound of horseshoes echoed in the valley like continuous thunder, and finally turned into a black line, pouring into the valley from the west road.

The people who saw this scene even discarded their farm tools and rushed into Yanshan County like fleeing for their lives, and a large number of Mongolian cavalry in triple armor also poured into the river valley where Yanshan County is located.

In the middle of the wide valley, Yanshan County stands, and there are tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land built on plains and hillsides near the city.

The tens of thousands of horses who had been tired for a long time were trampled on the fields by the Mongols, chewing the rice that had just been tasseled in the paddy fields, and it was a joy to eat.

Fortunately, the people of Yanshan County poured into the city before they rushed to the moat, and the heavy gate was lowered. Otherwise, when the Mongolian cavalry rushed into Yanshan County, the consequences could be imagined.

"Sorry..."

Lin Danhan rode on a panting horse, looked at Yanshan County in front of him, turned around and looked around, and saw Dading Palace on the top of the hill in the north.

"Khan, we came a step late. There is no trace of the Ming emperor on the road, so we must have already entered Yanshan County or Dading Palace."

A ten thousand households rode a horse to explain to Lin Danhan, Lin Danhan could only frown and ask:

"How far are the battalions of the Ming army from here?"

"The nearest battalion is less than [-] miles away, and the farthest is less than [-] miles." Wan Hu replied honestly, but Lin Danhan was very angry when he heard it:
"Test the defense of Yanshan County and Dading Palace for me, and see where Zhu Youxiao is hiding!"

"Yes!" Wanhu heard the words, and immediately began to divide the surrounding Jingqi into two parts, and went to the Dading Palace in the north and Yanshan County in front of him.

It was just a little probing, and Lin Danhan knew that the emperor was not in Yanshan County before Qianhu from the direction of Dading Palace reported back, because there were too few guards in Yanshan County.

"Go to Dading Palace, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is there!"

Lin Danhan waved his whip, and rushed towards Dading Palace with all the remaining soldiers and horses.

"Boom bang bang-"

"Hissing!!"

On the way he was still going, there was a sudden sound of gunfire on the mountain, and the horses neighing all around him, obviously frightened.

"Woo!" Seeing this, Lin Danhan reined in his horse, and looked at the situation of Dading Palace on the top of the mountain with the captured binoculars, only to find that there were black holes in the walls of Dading Palace.

Previously, they shelled the Mongolian cavalry who were going to test the defense of Dading Palace.

"The defense is so strict, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must be here."

After all, Lin Danhan rode his horse and led the troops to Dading Mountain, and as the alarm bell sounded, Zhu Youxiao, who had only slept for two hours after lying down, was awakened.

"Zhongxian?!"

"The servant is here!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned and got up and shouted, and then heard Wei Zhongxian's response, and saw Wei Zhongxian who pushed the door in from outside the hall and brought Wei Liangqing into the hall in a panic.

As soon as the three of them met, the sound of hundreds of cannons suddenly rang out, making the three people who hadn't fought trembled in fright.

"What's going on? Beilu calling?"

Zhu Youxiao asked with a frown, and Wei Liangqing hurriedly answered: "Long live back, Huduntu led nearly [-] fine riders into the river valley, and now Dading Palace is besieged."

"But don't worry long live, there is plenty of food and grass in Dading Palace, plus the [-] soldiers from Yiluan Guard and Miyun Camp, and King Qin's reinforcements from various ministries, the Hudun Rabbit will not be arrogant for long."

Wei Liangqing comforted Zhu Youxiao, but Zhu Youxiao was still uneasy, especially when he heard that Lin Danhan personally led the troops, so he hurriedly asked:

"Are you sure there are only nearly ten thousand elite cavalry? Could it be just the former army?"

It's not that Zhu Youxiao doesn't understand military affairs at all, otherwise he wouldn't have silenced Yuan Chonghuan's rebuttal.

He was unwilling to go south because he was worried that the south was more dangerous than the north. This was a political matter and had nothing to do with the military.

"This... I don't dare to estimate." Wei Liangqing was a little speechless, because he still couldn't figure out how Lin Danhan appeared in Yanshan County.

"Could it be that which battalion was completely wiped out?"

Wei Liangqing guessed wildly, because in his opinion, there are Gongwei battalions marching on the currently passable government roads and county roads. Unless Lin Danhan wiped out one of them, it is impossible to come so fast.

But here comes the problem. Although the single number of people in the Shangzhi Gongwei camp is not as large as that of Lin Danhan, it is impossible to be wiped out in a few hours, and no news can be sent out, so now Wei Liangqing himself is confused.

"Let someone investigate again!" Zhu Youxiao was a little depressed when he saw this, and at this time there was also a Jingjun outside the door to report:
"Long live, Miyun Battalion Counselor Jin Qi asks to see you."

"Xuan!" Hearing Jin Qi's arrival, Zhu Youxiao hurriedly asked him to come in, and the moment Jin Qi, who had only slept for more than two hours in two days, appeared, he knelt on the ground and said:

"Long live, don't worry, the northern captives have no siege equipment, even if it is built right now, it will take at least an hour."

"The soldiers and horses of the Gongwei Battalions in Shangzhi have already arrived at Yanshan Mountain. The fast ones can arrive in two hours, and the slow ones can only be reached in four or five hours."

"With five thousand soldiers and horses in Miyagi, it is enough to defend ten months!"

Jin Qi fed Zhu Youxiao a peace of mind pill, Zhu Youxiao was also relieved after hearing this, and quickly praised:

"It's all thanks to General Jin to guard the city. If I can return to Beijing safely after this battle, I will reward the whole army of Miyun Camp and Yiluan Guard."

"I... I'm ashamed to be ashamed!" Jin Qi lowered his head in shame. After all, there were only a few times in the history of the Ming Dynasty that the emperor was besieged, and several of them were during Zhu Yuanzhang's entrepreneurial period.

The current Ming Dynasty is stronger than any other period, and the event of the emperor being besieged at this time can be said to be more embarrassing than Li Longji being slapped in public in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

It is estimated that after Zhu Youjian knew about this, he would organize the fourth Northern Expedition non-stop.

At this time, it doesn't matter if the national power is not strong. Lin Danhan's move is tantamount to throwing Daming's face on the ground and stomping on it. After stepping on it, he will have to pee.

If Zhu Youjian doesn't get back this place, I am afraid that in the eyes of princes, nobles, traffickers and pawns, this matter was facilitated by him, with the purpose of killing his brother to seize the throne.

"Woooooo-"

When Jin Qi was thinking about how angry his Royal Highness King Qi would be when he found out about this incident, a horn suddenly sounded outside the palace.

The meaning of the sound of the horn is very obvious, that is, the northern captives want to negotiate, so Jin Qi hurriedly bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Long live, there is news from the soldiers and horses in the city that the northern captives want to negotiate."

"Negotiation?" Zhu Youxiao frowned when he heard this, and Wei Zhongxian said sharply:
"Ridiculous! How can a savage who drinks blood be worthy of negotiating with a saint emperor like Long Live?!"

"The minister refuses first?" Jin Qi ignored Wei Zhongxian, but tentatively asked the emperor.

"Negotiations are impossible. Tell Huduntu that if you withdraw from Kaiping Mansion and Duoyan Mansion at this time, I can canonize him as Daming Shunyi King and guard the border for Daming."

Zhu Youxiao is not Zhu Qizhen, he is sure of choosing to withdraw to Dading Palace, unless the guards watch him being surrounded and don't save him, otherwise he can stay here for a long time, and he can even persist until his younger brother leads troops to help .

As long as my younger brother comes back, what kind of tiger and rabbit, tiger and rabbit, should run away or have to run away.

Therefore, what he asked Jin Qi to tell Lin Danhan was basically full of humiliation.

Although Lin Danhan traded with Daming, in essence he still considers himself the Great Khan of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. It is impossible for him to accept the canonization of Ming Dynasty like I Dahan, and it is even more impossible for him to defend the border of Ming Dynasty and be a gatekeeper.

"The minister leads the decree!" Hearing the emperor's words, Jin Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He was most afraid of Zhu Youxiao's cowardice, so he agreed to negotiate a peace with Lin Danhan.

If that's the case, I'm afraid Daming's face will really be trampled to nothing.

So after saluting and accepting orders, he left the Summer Palace with the nod of Zhu Youxiao, and rushed to the top of the city in a hurry.

Standing on the top of the Dading Palace, he could see a thousand households wearing Mongolian crude armor waiting for the Ming army to respond outside the Dading Palace. Seeing the thousand households step down, they pulled the trigger.

"Bam—"

"Hiss law!"

The lead bullet hit the horse, and the horse backed away in fright. Qianhu was also sweating profusely from fright, and Jin Qi took the opportunity to shout:

"How can a Hu dog make peace with the emperor of Han?!"

"You son of a bitch (Mongolian)!" Lin Danhan couldn't hear Jin Qi's words, but he knew from the action of Jin Qi's shooting that the powerful Ming emperor in the palace city did not agree to negotiate a peace.

"Ready to attack!" Lin Danhan turned his horse's head and shouted at the people, and at this time there were hundreds of cavalry ready.

Following Lin Danhan's order, they rushed towards Dading Palace with a big black ball on their backs.

"Which place gave the enemy of ten thousand people to the northern captives?!"

When they saw the big black ball, Jin Qi and the generals of the Ming army at the top of the city began to curse.

Just because this big black ball is a firearm that was eliminated by the Ming army long ago... Ten thousand enemies.

To put it bluntly, the Ten Thousand Enemy is a large-scale blasting weapon, which generally weighs 120 to [-] kilograms. The outer skin is made of mud. It appeared in the Wanli period and was mainly used to defend the city.

In order to carry it safely, the Ming army usually carried it with a wooden frame box to avoid collisions. It can be regarded as the earliest incendiary bomb in the world.

This thing is buried at the root of the city wall and blasted continuously, it can really blow up the city wall.

Jin Qi didn't know which brave guy gave this thing to Beilu, but he knew he was in trouble.

"Shoot the hundred captives to death!"

"Beep--"

Jin Qi yelled, and the soldiers around him also raised their guns and shot at the hundreds of cavalrymen galloping forward.

Lin Danhan also approached the Ming army's city wall with the remaining soldiers and horses, and then stopped at eighty paces, put on a step bow and shot arrows on the horse's back, trying to suppress the Ming army with the rain of arrows shot upwards.

However, for the Ming army, if the emperor fell, it would be a disaster for the three clans. Therefore, no one was afraid of death at all. The cavalry kept firing.

"Boom bang bang-"

The muffled sound of cannons and the bone-breaking sound of stone bullets hitting the cavalry filled the battlefield with gunpowder and blood. Arrows that flew like locust stones could occasionally pierce the hands of Ming soldiers or scratch their cheeks, causing people to cry. But the lead bullets of the Ming army made the Mongolian cavalry fall into the sand.

No matter how dispersed the hundreds of cavalrymen were, most of them were still killed, and only twenty cavalrymen ran to the city of Dading Palace.

Since it was built on a mountain, Dading Palace did not have a moat, so the cavalry held their shields and easily started digging the soil with one hand, preparing to bury thousands of enemies and then ignite the explosion.

"Throw the gunpowder bag!"

Seeing this, Jin Qi didn't think about any means of saving at all, but used gunpowder simply and rudely.

He had learned at the Yanshan Military Academy that if a gunpowder bag and ten thousand enemies exploded on flat ground, the damage to the city wall would be very limited, but if they were buried at the root of the city wall, the damage to the city wall would be great.

Listening to his military order, many hundreds of households poked a hole in the gunpowder bag by themselves, stuffed it with a matchstick, lit it immediately, and threw it towards the Mongolian rangers below the city.

When the gunpowder package fell, some fuses were too long and did not explode, and were kicked away by the Mongolian Ranger, while others exploded instantly around and above the Mongolian Ranger.

"Boom!"

The shock wave of the explosion stunned and killed these people abruptly, and instantly wiped out the entire army of more than a hundred cavalry sent by Lin Danhan.

In the end, none of Ten Thousand Enemies was ignited, and Lin Dan Khan lost hundreds of elites.

Lin Danhan, who watched this scene, cursed and became stingy in an instant.

If he couldn't break through the Ming army's palace walls in a short time, then his trip would be in vain.

Thinking of this, he said to the people around him: "Take away all the things outside this Dading Palace."

There are many pavilions and pavilions around the Dading Palace. Since it is a royal building, some brass, silver and other items are inevitably used on it.

Although it is not very useful for Lin Danhan to ask for these things, it is better than coming for nothing.

If it doesn't work, they can be exchanged with Wala in Moxi, and then let Wala trade with the Ming Dynasty in the name of Hami and Turpan.

It has to be said that Lin Dan Khan still has a bit of a business mind, so under his urging, the Mongolian cavalry stopped besieging the Dading Palace, but began to use knives and daggers to empty out the pavilions outside the Dading Palace.

The copper ridge beasts and treasure tops on the ridges of the pavilions and pavilions were knocked down one after another, and the silver and copper ritual vessels placed in the courtyard were also robbed.

"These bandits..."

Looking at this scene, Jin Qiqi's teeth ached, but for the emperor's safety, he dared not lead troops out of the city to drive out the group of northern captives.

At this time, he thought of Zhu Youjian instead.

"If King Qi was here, I'm afraid he would have taken us out to chop off the heads of the northern captives..."

It was not Jin Qi who said this, but a guard next to him with a rather resentful expression.

Jin Qi knew him. This man participated in the first Northern Expedition and the Second Northern Expedition. He was transferred to the Gongwei Battalion because the Shangzhi Guards were not promoted.

Listening to these harsh words, although he knew that these words were disrespectful, Jin Qi couldn't arouse his interest in teaching.

The words of defense are not what he wants to say.

After all, having said that, who is a soldier who is willing to see the enemy doing evil under his nose...

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