Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 656 Outpost Battle

But the final result disappointed everyone.

Because the Tang newspaper only said one thing: more than 40 slave building troops have gathered in Tongzhou, and the decisive battle between the two armies is imminent.

Apart from this, nothing else was mentioned.

The Tang newspaper finally returned to Lu Zhenfei's hands, and he read it twice again.

After confirming that there was nothing to hide, Lu Zhenfei could only ask: "Prince, before the expedition, did the Holy Majesty mention whether the capital will be returned to Beijing after the victory of the Northern Expedition?"

"No." Zhu Cihong said, "I don't even know."

Although Chongzhen did not mention this matter, it did not prevent everyone from discussing it.

Immediately, someone said loudly: "The emperor guarding the gate of the country is the ancestral motto set by Grandpa Cheng, so after the victory of the Northern Expedition, the capital should be returned to the capital. There is no need to discuss this matter."

No need to ask, this must be an official from the north.

Everyone followed the voice and saw that it was Wang Duo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Wang Duo is from Hongdong County, Shanxi, yes, Hongdong County where there are no good people.

As soon as Wang Duo finished speaking, someone immediately retorted: "The emperor guarding the gate of the country is the ancestral motto left by Grandfather Cheng, but there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the capital must be a gate of the country."

"However, with the great talent and strategy of the current emperor and the bravery of the new army, will it stop at Gyeonggi? Not necessarily?"

After a pause, the man said again: "We might as well take a long-term view and include the Mobei Grassland and the forest, sea and snowfields further north into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so as to complete a great cause that even the grandfather Cheng failed to accomplish. Impossible, in this way the capital will no longer be the gate of the Ming Dynasty, so why would the emperor need to be in charge?"

Everyone looked closely again, but it was Liu Shizhen, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Liu Shizhen is from Wan'an, Jiangxi, so he naturally hopes to stay in Nanjing as an official.

At this time, Liu Lishun, who had been pushed into the cabinet not long ago, said: "If the current emperor can really merge the Mobei Grassland and the forest, sea and snowfields further north into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and complete the great feat that even Cheng Zuzu couldn't complete, then it should be all the more The capital, because it is too far from Nanjing to the Mobei Grassland and the forest, sea and snowfield further north, so it is not conducive to the rule of the imperial court. On the contrary, if you go from Beijing to the Mobei Grassland, it will be much closer, and the government orders will be communicated more smoothly."

"The lower officials don't agree with Mr. Liu Ge's words." Soon someone came out to refute.

When everyone looked closely, it was Chen Zilong from the Agricultural Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Chen Longzi was from Songjiang Prefecture. Naturally, he hoped that Nanjing would become the capital of Ming Dynasty.

Liu Lishun cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear Chen's advice."

Although the grades of the two were very different, Liu Lishun did not show any contempt.

Chen Zilong didn't even have a trace of timidity, and said calmly: "Old Liu Ge said just now that Beijing is more suitable as the capital of the Ming Dynasty than Nanjing for the sake of sound government orders and the rule of the court, but it is absurd."

"With the majestic talents and strategy of today's sage, supplemented by the brilliant military power of the Daming navy, how could the Ming Dynasty only expand its territory in the north?"

"After the victory of the Northern Expedition, our new army of the Ming Dynasty and the navy of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably divide into two groups, going north and south respectively to expand the territory. The land will also belong to Daming, if so, how about going from Beijing to Java? Or from Nanjing to Java?"

Ever since, the officials present expressed their opinions one after another.

There are those who support returning to Beijing, and those who support staying in Nanjing.

The officials of the two factions couldn't stop arguing, and even blushed and thickened their necks.

Sitting on the throne, Zhu Cihong saw it, and couldn't help being speechless.

I said in my heart that the Northern Expedition has not yet won, and you guys are actually arguing?
Is there no one worried about whether the Northern Expedition will go well?

Zhu Cihong was very worried about the safety of Chongzhen and Zhu Cijiong.

He was especially worried about Zhu Cijiong, who was a stunned young man.

……

At this time, Zhu Cijiong was on the rise.

"Bah!" With a muffled sound, Jiannu Ye who rushed to Zhu Cijiong fell off his horse without responding.

Immediately, the dull sound of horseshoes sounded, and Xu Wuniu chased after him with several scout cavalry.

Xu Wuniu approached Zhu Cijiong's horse, and asked with concern: "Prince Ding, are you okay?"

"What's the matter with Gu Neng." Zhu Cijiong took out the cardboard bullets from the magazine and loaded them into the barrel of the short gun, and said casually, "It's just a single Jian slave who doesn't accept him at night."

Xu Wuniu said in a low voice, "I heard the sound of the bowstring just now."

"It didn't shoot." Zhu Cijiong said, "Let Gu avoid it."

Xu Wuniu was still a little worried: "Prince Ding, why don't you go back?"

"What do you mean, do you want Gu to be a deserter to be ridiculed by the world? Wu Niu, what is your intention?" Zhu Cijiong had already reloaded the short gun while speaking.

However, before it was over, Zhu Cijiong pulled out the second short gun from the holster on his waist.

After loading the second short gun, he unloaded the Type [-] from his shoulder.

The scout cavalry of Ming Dynasty, in addition to a [-]-type rifle, is also equipped with two short guns for emergency use in short-hand combat, and each has eight five-jin long-handled grenades.

In addition to weapons, the scout cavalry of the Ming army is also equipped with a solid armor.

The armor includes a hood with a visor, a cotton armor lined with iron sheets, and a cape. Zhu Cijiong also wore an additional breastplate and back armor. Can also carry.

Even so, Xu Wuniu was still worried about Zhu Cijiong's safety, and said again: "Prince Ding, you can go back if you don't want to, but you can't go ahead anymore, otherwise it will be very difficult for us."

Zhu Cijiong didn't continue to embarrass Xu Wuniu and the others.

"Okay, you guys go ahead, and I will follow behind you." Zhu Cijiong said.

Seeing that Zhu Cijiong finally made a step back, Xu Wuniu breathed a sigh of relief, otherwise Zhu Cijiong would always be at the front, and it would be fine if nothing happened, but if something happened, how would they explain it to the Holy Majesty when they went back?
"Let's go!" Xu Wuniu whistled, and the scout cavalry immediately scattered in all directions.

Several cavalry scout cavalry formed a loose arrow formation, Xu Wuniu was in front of the arrow, Zhu Cijiong landed behind the arrow, and then searched forward.

Soon, under the moonlight, several riders appeared in the field ahead.

"Coo coo! Coo!" Xu Wuniu imitated two calls of nighthawks.

The number of horses on the opposite side immediately responded with two wild cat calls: "Meow!"

This is the secret signal of the Daming scout cavalry. This side imitates the cry of a nighthawk, and the other side must imitate the cry of a wild cat.

If the answer is wrong, it means that the night of Jiannu will not be accepted.

"My own." Xu Wuniu breathed a sigh of relief, and rode his horse to meet him.

On the opposite side was another squad of scout cavalry, who said they were chasing and killing a Jiannu Ye Bu received here, and disappeared suddenly after escaping here.

"It's probably because I saw you coming, so I hid." The scout captain on the opposite side scanned the surrounding wilderness with vigilant eyes, "Let's distance ourselves and search again..."

Before the words fell, there was a muffled "bang" sound behind him.

Immediately under the moonlight, Zhu Cijiong groaned: "What a thief!"

"King Ding?!" Xu Wuniu and Shuqi's scouting cavalry suddenly had their livers and gallbladders shattered.

Looking back anxiously, I saw that Zhu Cijiong had fallen headfirst from his horse.

Immediately, a black shadow sprang up from the grass, and rushed towards Zhu Cijiong's war horse.

Needless to say, this must be Jian Nu Yebu, who was being hunted down by another team of scout cavalry.

This Jiannu Yebuyan is quite discerning, knowing that Zhu Cijiong's war horse is a BMW.

Xu Wuniu subconsciously raised the Type [-], but at this distance and it was night, it was basically a blind fight, and several other scout cavalry also raised their rifles at the same time.

However, at this moment, there was a "bang" gunshot under the night sky.

The Jiannu Yebushou who had just pounced on the horse Beishang immediately fell off the horse.

"Scatter, surround!" Xu Wuniu gave an order, and the two scout cavalry squads fanned out immediately, and then quickly closed towards the place where Zhu Cijiong fell from the horse.

Just as Xu Wuniu and the others surrounded him, there was another gunshot.

Then, Zhu Cijiong, who had just fallen off the horse, got up from the ground.

"Prince Ding!" Xu Wuniu roared out, showing how worried he was.

"What mourning?" Zhu Cijiong scolded with a smile, "I'm not dead yet, really."

While the two were talking, Xu Wuniu had already arrived in front of Zhu Cijiong. When he looked intently through the moonlight, he saw a heavy arrow stuck in the center of Zhu Cijiong's breastplate.

Thanks to Zhu Cijiong wearing a breastplate and cotton armor lined with iron sheets.

Otherwise, this single arrow can shoot Zhu Cijiong straight through.

But even so, the arrow dented Zhu Cijiong's breastplate, making him uncomfortable.

Immediately Zhu Cijiong said again: "Wu Niu hurry up, quickly help Gu take off his armor, and he is a thief, so crowded that Gu's chest hurts."

Xu Wuniu hurriedly got off his horse, came forward and hurriedly removed the breastplate and backplate for Zhu Cijiong. When he looked at the removed breastplate again, he saw that the square arrows had shot through the entire breastplate, but fortunately there was no Pass through as a whole, otherwise, the cotton armor under the breastplate may not be able to block it, and Zhu Cijiong may die.

Zhu Cijiong touched the inner iron sheet of the cotton armor, and said with lingering fear: "The thief, the inner iron sheet of the cotton armor was also severely deformed by shooting, this dog Jiannu has such strong physical strength."

At this time, another scout cavalry had already picked up Jiannu's big bow.

"Prince Ding, this is Ba Yala." The scout cavalry raised the big bow in his hand, "This big bow must have a pulling force of at least 150 catties, and the average Jiannu can't pull it a few times at night. Exhausted."

"Really?" Zhu Cijiong smiled, "So Gu's luck is pretty good."

Hunting Yebushou actually killed a Ba Yala, really lucky.

When I went to look at the dead Ba Yala, I saw that the two shots he fired just now, one shot hit the chest, but it was not fatal, because the lead of the short blunderbuss was not enough to penetrate the cotton armor, it just Ba Yala dismounted.

But Zhu Cijiong's second shot hit Ba Yala's neck, and his blood vessels were blown.

(End of this chapter)