Chapter 52
Twenty miles to the west of Tumubao, there is Huailai City.

When the Oirat army came to attack, the garrison general Kang Neng saw that the situation was not good, so he gave up resistance and fled with hundreds of soldiers defending the city.

But at that time, the [-] soldiers and horses of the Ara Zhiyuan blocked the only way back to Beijing, and they couldn't go back even if they wanted to, so they had to wander around.Without food supplies, they plundered the people along the way. After a period of time like this, one day they suddenly learned that Wala had withdrawn!
Kang Neng thought about it, if he went back to Beijing like this, how would he explain to the emperor?

Simply, I'll go back and "take" Huailai City back!

In this way, the Ming army re-occupied Huailai, but at this time, Huailai had already been looted by the Wala people, and it was devastated.

After Kang Neng took over Huailai again, the first thing he did was not to appease the people, but to lead people to search the city again on the grounds of raising military pay.

The common people have long been miserable, but they did not expect that after the Wala people left, they would be exploited by officers and soldiers.

For a time, the ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Huailai City were full of starvation.

Kang Neng didn't care about the life and death of the people, but he was thinking about how to write beautiful memorials.

At the beginning when the Oirat army was pressing down on the border, I took the lead and resisted desperately. I was helplessly outnumbered and had to withdraw temporarily. Later, I wrote thousands of words about how I dealt with the enemy and finally took the city back.

Sending out this memorandum, it is inevitable to get promoted and get rich. Maybe you can even confer a title on yourself. The fly in the ointment is that what is said in the memorandum about how brave you are and how many enemies you have killed is only oral, and there is no evidence. Pity.

"General, General!"

The door was pushed open, and the commander, Fan Cheng, came in a hurry, and said anxiously: "It is true that there is no grain in the treasury, but the soldiers below are still waiting to be paid, and they can't see the money. But if you don’t agree, if there is a mutiny at that time..."

Kang Neng was thinking about things, and said impatiently: "Didn't I ask you to search the city by yourself?"

"The city has been searched, there is no food for a long time, and the streets are full of starving people."

Kang Neng raised his head suddenly and asked, "What did you say?"

"The humble official said that the city has long run out of food."

"Not this one, the next one!"

"Next sentence?" Fan Cheng scratched his head and said, "The streets are full of starving people."

A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Kang Neng's mouth, and he said, "If you don't have any money, you can ask the imperial court for it!"

"Will the imperial court... give it?"

"Did you just say that the streets are full of starving people?"

"Yes!" Fan Cheng nodded and said, "It seems that there are at least several hundred."

"Not enough!" Kang Neng smiled mysteriously and said, "Counting those who are half dead, how many are there?"

"This... I don't have any statistics for humble jobs. It's estimated to be one or two thousand."

Kang Neng nodded slowly, and said, "It's almost done this time!"

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Early the next morning, Fan Cheng led [-] soldiers and five carts towards the capital.

I thought it would be unimpeded to enter Beijing this time, but who would have imagined that the team had just walked out for half a day, only to hear a rush of horseshoes coming from the mountain depression ahead, Fan Cheng immediately became alert and ordered people to go forward to check.

"Master Fan, it's not good!" The outpost flew a horse to report, "There is a large group of Oirat cavalry ahead!"

Fan Cheng trembled in fright, quickly turned his horse's head, and shouted: "What are you standing there for, run away!"

However, before it was too late, the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, like thunder, and there were a lot of people at the corner of the col, and black cavalry came one after another.

Seeing that they couldn't run away, Fan Cheng pressed his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, his heart sank, he got off his horse, and fell to his knees on the ground.

"Grandpa, spare your life!"

When all the soldiers saw it, the leader knelt down and begged for mercy, so stop struggling and lie flat!
So, Hulala fell to his knees.

Da da da……

The sound of horseshoes came from far to near, and everyone bowed their heads and knelt down. Hearing the sound, their hearts almost jumped out.

The Wala people are cruel by nature. Whether they live or die today depends on their mood.

A horse's four hooves slowly passed through the crowd and came to Fan Cheng.

"Who are you waiting for?"

Fan Cheng thought for a moment, he spoke Chinese, could it be that he is Han?
He looked up cautiously, and immediately lowered his head.

This man was tall and mighty, with a beard and flesh on his face, and wearing leather armor, he looked like a Mongolian.

Probably because people saw that they were Han Chinese, they sent someone who could speak Chinese to communicate.

"The little one is Fan Cheng, the commander of Huailai City. I have seen, seen... the great general!"

I don't know what he's called, but it's okay to call him a general, right?

"Where are you guys going? What's on the car?"

Fan Cheng suddenly trembled, only felt the cold sweat on his forehead, and could not speak a word.

"What about you, are you deaf?"

"Small, small... go to the capital..."

"What are you doing in the capital?"

"Go, go...repay..."

The man kicked the horse's belly lightly, and the horse walked to the front of the car, and immediately after, the tarpaulin on the car was lifted.

"Are these heads belonged to the Oirats?"

"Don't, don't misunderstand!" Fan Cheng was very frightened, and quickly explained, "These are all Han Chinese, the people in Huailai City!"

"Han people? What kind of merit are you going to pay with the heads of Han people?"

"The general doesn't know that Huailai City has been out of food for many days. My lord came up with this method in order to raise military pay. Use the dead in the city to pretend...to pretend..."

"Pretending to be an Oirat?"

"Yes!"

I only heard the general say: "Your Majesty, I have asked you clearly. It turned out that it was the deserters from Huailai City, but now they want to use the heads of the people in the city to pretend to be military leaders!"

emperor?

Fan Cheng was very puzzled, where did the Wala people come from, shouldn't the emperor be called Da Khan?

Da da da……

Another horse approached slowly, Fan Cheng felt uneasy and didn't know what to do.

"Your name is Fan Cheng?"

The person on the horse suddenly spoke. Judging from the voice, it seemed that he was not very old. However, the Chinese words sounded well-spoken, and he did not look like a Wala.

"Yes, little Fan Cheng!"

"Head up!"

"The little ones don't dare, beg the Great Khan to spare their lives!"

"I command you to raise your head!"

I?
Why did the Oirats also start to learn from the Han people and call themselves me?

Fan Cheng was full of doubts, raised his head in fear, and saw a thin and dark face full of anger.

This person looked to be in his early twenties, with disheveled hair and beard, as if he had seen it somewhere?
All of a sudden, he felt his brain humming, as if it exploded!
Isn't this the emperor!
When the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty passed by Huailai when he was on his own conquest, he was lucky enough to meet him once.

This face is much darker than before, and it is full of vicissitudes, but a pair of pupils are full of light.

"My minister kowtows to the emperor, long live my emperor!"

His voice blinded the others, what's the matter?
Zhu Qizhen had a half-smile on his face, and said: "The Oirats are coming, you abandon the city and run away, and the Oirats are gone, you kill the good and take the merits, my Ming's army is really getting better and better!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Now you know how to cry for mercy?" Zhu Qizhen's tone became more and more cold, "Who do the people in Huailai City go to beg for mercy?"

"Forgive your life...forgive your life..."

Fan Cheng was completely hopeless, muttering the word "forgive me" in his mouth, his body was already trembling.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly shouted: "Ha Ming!"

"The end is here!"

"Kill all these disgraceful and scumbags!"

"Yes!"

Fan Cheng's whole body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

He wanted to beg for mercy, but no matter how hard he tried to open and close his mouth, he still couldn't make a sound.

With a wave of Ha Ming's hand, 300 people walked out of the formation, each drawing their sabers.

These people's faces were stern, and three hundred heads rolled to the ground as they raised their knives.

The anger in Zhu Qizhen's eyes did not disappear, and he ordered: "Li Zhen!"

Li Zhen hurriedly urged the horse forward: "My minister is here!"

"Rectify the troops and enter Huailai City!"

"Yes!"

 In order to celebrate the big event that happened today, I updated 5000 words today, I am so amazing~~
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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