Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51 The King of Qi Leads a Crowd to Patrol the City Defense Impromptu Inspection of the Camp State Guard

The four climbed up the tower and walked on the spacious city wall. Zhu Qiyu took the lead and asked, "Mr. Ding, tell me, if you were the first, where would you camp and which city gate would you attack?"

Xu Yongning replied without hesitation: "If the minister is the first, he will set up camp in the western suburbs and attack Deshengmen and Xizhimen."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu, Yu Qian, and Zhu Yi all looked at Xu Yongning in unison.

No one thought that a ten-year-old child could tell the correct answer.

Yu Qian asked first: "Dare to ask Duke Ding, what is the basis for making this judgment?"

Xu Yongning replied: "The south and east sides of the capital originally had many rivers and lakes, and there were several canals dug by the Jin and Yuan dynasties. The terrain was very unfavorable for the deployment of the army, so the south and east sides were excluded.

Outside the Desheng Gate in the north, there is an earth city left by the Yuan Dynasty, and there are many folk houses. It is also possible to attack tentatively from here first, and if blocked, turn to the west.The terrain outside Xizhimen is open, which is convenient for the army to deploy, so it should be the main attack direction here.

But it’s useless to talk about it. The capital is the second strongest city in the world. Unless the Ming army in the city opens the city and surrenders, it doesn’t matter which gate they attack with the tens of thousands of cavalry.Even if you spend all your life, you still won't be able to climb this city wall. "

Upon hearing this, Yu Qian praised: "Guogong is worthy of being a descendant of the king of Zhongshan. After all, he is the son of a tiger in the general family. His future achievements will be limitless."

Yu Qian also omitted a word and didn't say it: follow Zhu Qiyu, and the future achievements will be limitless.

Once he showed his face in the battle to defend the capital, and went back to follow the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen, he would never be reused again.

Zhu Qiyu ignored the crowd, just leaned against the city wall, blowing the cold wind, staring into the distance from the crenel in a daze.

What bothers Zhu Qiyu the most now is the lack of a direct military talent under his command.

Although the Yu Qian in front of him has good talents, he belongs to the type who can't raise him well no matter how much he spends his heart and soul.

Uncle Jingyuan Wang Ji in the distance is Zhu Qizhen's diehard, and Zhu Qiyu doesn't even have the intention of recruiting him.

As for Shi Heng, it was even more rebellious. I believe he might as well kill himself as soon as possible.

Zhu Qiyu sighed, probably in the end he could only wait bitterly for Wang Yue.

Thinking of Wang Yue, Zhu Qiyu's mood became much better. In the entire Ming Dynasty, there were only three civil servants who were knighted by military merit: Uncle Jingyuan Wang Ji, Uncle Weining Wang Yue, and Uncle Xinjian Wang Yangming.

Wang Ji is Zhu Qizhen's hardcore, so he must have nothing to do with him.

Wang Yangming was not born for more than 20 years. It just so happened that the year Wang Yue passed away, Wang Yangming was a Jinshi and was sent to attend Wang Yue's funeral.Even Wang Yangming, a great talent, can't catch up with himself.

The good news is that in the second year of Jingtai, the first imperial examination of the Jingtai Dynasty happened to be a Jinshi in Wang Yuezhong.God helps to send talents, isn't this just a sign of prosperity.

Zhu Qiyu was lost in thought when Yu Qian and others surrounded him. Zhu Yi pointed to the barracks in the distance and asked, "His Royal Highness, look at the garrison in the distance. It is well-defended and neat. It looks like an elite army, but I don't know which Qin Wang army it is?"

Zhu Qiyu came back to his senses and said with a smile to Zhu Yi: "That's my personal guard, the newly formed Yingzhou Left Guard and Yingzhou Right Guard. It's just that the military discipline is good, and they haven't been tested in war, so they can't be called strong troops.

But this time, I will personally supervise the defense of the capital, and my personal guards will also act as the vanguard to take the lead in killing the enemy. "

Hearing this, Zhu Yi suddenly realized: "No wonder, no wonder, I was still puzzled. Our army was exhausted, but where did such a powerful force emerge. If you don't want to think that it turns out to be His Highness's personal guard, then it is not surprising."

Regarding Zhu Yi's flattery, Zhu Qiyu laughed it off, but asked back: "You said why did our army suffer such a fiasco?"

Zhu Yi heard the words, looked at Yu Qian hesitantly, and stopped talking.

Zhu Qiyu had a panoramic view of everything, understood it, and smiled at Zhu Yi: "I've been too tired recently, I will deal with government affairs tomorrow morning, and you will continue to patrol the city defense with me in the afternoon, the day after tomorrow I will take a day off no matter what.

We have a lot of deer in our house. You bring Mrs. Guo to my house the morning after tomorrow. I will ask the princess to hold a family banquet. Let's roast venison, drink fine wine, and relax for a day.

Although the banquet is not very suitable now, even before the war, I will give you a morale-boosting banquet, and this name is justified to the outside world.Ding Guogong is also here, so we have more people and more excitement. "

Zhu Yi and Xu Yongning quickly took orders, and Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Are you interested in visiting the camp of Yingzhou Guard?"

As soon as they heard that they were going to inspect the army, both Zhu Yi and Xu Yongning became energetic, and even Yu Qian didn't mind going to see this new army.

So a group of people rode horses to the outside of the city. Not far from Desheng Gate, it was an earthen city left over from the Yuan Dynasty, surrounded by a large area of ​​private houses.At this time, Yingzhou Wei has opened up the middle area of ​​this piece of private houses into a camp.

As for the private houses around the camp, horse repelling, hidden stakes, tripwires, and traps were set up everywhere.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu and others approached the residential area, they were stopped by patrol soldiers.

Fortunately, the leading Xiaoqi officer recognized Zhu Qiyu and hurried forward to salute.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I brought two princes and a minister of the Ministry of War to make a surprise inspection. You can take us in for a walk."

Unexpectedly, the Xiaoqi officer replied: "Your Highness, forgive me. The commander has an order. Anyone who wants to enter or leave the camp must report it. Only after the commander approves can he enter."

"Okay, then you go to report, we will wait here."

Hearing this, the little flag officer hurriedly took orders and left.

Not long after, Xu Tong and Gu Zhong hurried over with a few thousand households, and when they saw Zhu Qiyu, they hurriedly confessed.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "It's a good thing that you are strict in interrogation. It is true that no one can come in and out at will."

After Zhu Qiyu introduced each other to everyone, he was about to enter the camp for inspection.

Xu Tong instructed: "The general will lead the way ahead, Your Highness, Yu Shangshu and the two Dukes should follow closely behind the general. There are traps and hidden stakes everywhere, if you make a mistake, you may be injured by mistake. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "That's right. It would be best to use these houses to stop the Oirat cavalry. Once the Oirat cavalry can't charge up, they can attack in the dark with muskets, artillery, and strong bows. They will definitely defeat Oirat's offensive."

Xu Yongning also took advantage of the situation: "Your Highness is right. To break through such a defense, it is best to use heavy artillery bombardment. However, the Navala army is mainly composed of cavalry, and there is no heavy artillery unit.

Relying on the cavalry charge alone, in such a terrain, facing the elite Ming army with well-prepared and well-equipped weapons, it is almost impossible to be defeated.

The two conductors adapted measures to local conditions and arranged them very well. "

Although it was strange to thank a ten-year-old Duke, Xu Tong and Gu Zhong politely thanked Xu Yongning for his compliment.

Yu Qian walked while observing the various defensive arrangements in the dark with great interest.

Zhu Yi shook her head and remained silent.

Zhu Qiyu knew that Zhu Yi had something in his heart. After all, Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong's personal soldiers and servants could not all be killed in battle, and some of them would definitely escape from the front line.Therefore, as the son of Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong, Zhu Yi must know the inside story of the three wars in Shanxi better than Zhu Qiyu.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu patted Zhu Yi on the shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Good duke, don't be so sad. Our family has a hundred years of good wine in the cellar, and we will get drunk the day after tomorrow. When the time comes, three glasses of wine will worry you." It all disappeared."

Hearing this, Zhu Yi calmed down and replied with a smile: "To tell you the truth, our family also has a lot of fine wines that have been stored for hundreds of years."

"That is, that is, your family is the old Duke's mansion that has been passed down for three generations. I, the king of Qi, has only been conferred for less than half a month. How can I compare with your Duke's mansion.

But our family has things that your family doesn't have, you will know when you come. "

Zhu Yi said with a smile: "Then the humble minister should learn from it."

A group of people talked and laughed, and walked into the camp.Xu Tong wanted to lure everyone into the tent of the Chinese army.Zhu Qiyu had nothing to say, but Yu Qian insisted on going to the kitchen first.

(End of this chapter)