Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 406 Your Majesty Only Wants Your Life
Zhu Youjian and Zu Dale couldn't help but feel astonished, they didn't expect the imperial guards to appear at this time.

The tens of thousands of Mongol Tartars did not expect that there would suddenly appear a force with strong firepower at this moment. After a few encounters, countless Tartars were shot to the ground.

The Mongolian Tartars had to withdraw from the left and right flanks.

And here, the Western Expeditionary Army, which had rushed to the foot of the Hami Guard City for less than a hundred steps, immediately turned around and rushed towards the Imperial Guard Army when they saw this.

Zu Dale, Zhu Youjian and the others didn't understand why the imperial guards suddenly appeared here, and they didn't have time to think about whether His Majesty chose to forgive them again.

They only knew that they had to rush forward, meet up with this group of imperial guards, and ask them clearly, maybe there was really a possibility of survival.

The Mongolian Tartars are obviously no longer the Mongolian iron cavalry of the Southern Song Dynasty. They have been gradually declining, and they began to retreat naturally when they encountered an army stronger than themselves.

Here, Zhu Youjian, Zu Dale and others have come to the Imperial Guards, and now Zu Dale no longer has any suspicions about the Imperial Guards because he is the Guan Ning Army, so he personally dismounted and bowed his hands to the Imperial Guards. The commander cupped his hands and said, "The last general is Zu Dale, the commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army. Dare I ask this general Gao's name?"

The Commander of the Imperial Guard didn't like Zu Dale very much, so he ignored him, because Zhu Youjian had been in the Imperial Guard for a while, and he was once a commander, so he just went to Zhu Youjian A military salute.

At this time, a gorgeous carriage appeared behind him, and dozens of Imperial Guard infantry guards, as soon as they stopped in front of Zhu Youjian and Zu Dale, these Imperial Guard infantry immediately took this carriage as the center of battle. into a circle.

Zhu You inspected his head and found that there was a battalion of Imperial Guard infantry behind the carriage, and there were several carts of grain, fresh water and other meat.

But at this moment, a person stepped down from the carriage, and the Imperial Guard infantry quickly raised their guns and shouted, "Salute!"

……

The one who stepped down from the carriage was none other than Li Mingrui, the current assistant.

However, the intersection between Zhu Youjian and Li Mingrui is not great. Li Mingrui started to make a fortune in the seventh year of the apocalypse, but Zhu Youjian was left out by Zhu Youxiao precisely in the seventh year of the apocalypse.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian did not know Li Mingrui.

And it is even more impossible for Zu Dale to know Li Mingrui. As a local military aristocrat who has been outside the customs all year round, the biggest civil servant he has ever seen is Liaodong Jinglue. When he made up his mind, he thought that this might also be a strategist, or Sun Chengzong, the trilateral leader of Shaanxi.

And Zhu Youxiao identified this person as a cabinet minister from the number of jade belts around his waist and beams on his crown, so he first asked: "Isn't this the cabinet boss?"

Li Mingrui bowed to Zhu Youjian, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang has good eyesight, and the next official is Li Mingrui, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace."

"It's Mr. Li Ge. I don't know that Mr. Li has traveled thousands of miles to this windy and sandy place in the northwest. What is the so-called matter? Is it possible that the emperor asked you to come to supervise the army and supervise the battle?"

Although Zhu Youjian had never met Li Mingrui, he had heard about Li Mingrui and knew that this person was one of the most trusted ministers around his imperial brother, but now he suddenly appeared here, which really made him curious.

And Zu Dale was also very surprised by the sudden arrival of the cabinet deputy Li Mingrui. Although he was not qualified to meet these emperor's close ministers, he had heard about several cabinet elders in the court.

As far as he knows, Mr. Qian Ge, the current chief assistant, is just a paper old man. He has no appearance except that His Majesty is the leader of the horse, but he is cruel and cruel. , and this Li Ge old man is famous for his smiling face, he is friendly on the surface and thirsty for talents, but in fact he is double-faced and three-handed.

Among the warriors, Lu Xiangsheng is the closest, not only the generals of the imperial guard system, but also the military officers of the non-imperial guard system such as Zu Dale. virtuous minister.

Therefore, from Zu Dale's point of view, even if an old man is coming, it should be old man Lu instead of old Li. Everyone knows that old man Li doesn't join the army, which is a big deal in the court. Ji, Lu Ge is always a scholar of the Martial Arts Hall and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and is the founder of the Imperial Guard. Participating in the army is suspected of trespassing.

But the fact now is that Li Ge old Li Mingrui appeared here.

Li Mingrui naturally knew that they would be puzzled, so he took the initiative to explain: "I came here by His Majesty's order just to ask His Royal Highness Xin Wang a few words, not to lead troops to assist His Highness Xin Wang and Zu Zongbing to go west. Can His Royal Highness have a conversation with the lower officials in the carriage?"

Zhu Youjian was a little stunned, he didn't know what Li Mingrui was selling, and he didn't know what purpose his imperial brother sent Li Mingrui here.

But since he was not afraid of life and death, he had nothing to hesitate, so he nodded.

Li Mingrui waved his hand at Zhu Youjian himself: "Then please invite Wang Xin to get in the car."

Zhu Youjian walked into Li Mingrui's carriage.

Li Mingrui is a cabinet minister with a high status, even the carriage he rides is much more expensive and luxurious than ordinary dignitaries, entering the interior is like entering a boat, spacious and convenient for discussion.

The two sat across from each other centered on the Eight Immortals table, and after they were settled, Li Mingrui asked straight to the point: "His Royal Highness, I'm afraid you already know His Majesty's intention of sending you to participate in the Western Expedition?"

Zhu Youjian didn't expect that Li Mingrui would ask this directly as soon as he came up, and he didn't even think about avoiding it any longer, so he nodded and said: "Brother Huang can't tolerate me, I naturally understand that it is a kind of luck for a man to die well, to be able to fall down wrapped in horse leather It can be regarded as the death of a real man, I would like to ask Mr. Li Ge to convey it to my imperial brother for me, and I would like to thank him for his gift!"

Li Mingrui was a little surprised when he heard Zhu Youjian's words. He didn't expect that His Royal Highness Xinwang would see it so openly, but he came this time under the order of Zhu Youxiao, so naturally he didn't dare to violate Zhu Youjian With the slightest intention of the school, he asked with a smile: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang is quite calm, and the lower official admires it very much, but the lower official has the courage to ask, does His Highness want the more than [-] soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army outside the car to also Follow you in the shroud of horse leather, they fought all the way from Jiayuguan to Hamiwei, after countless vicious battles, if they survived, they would surely build up the achievements of Ming Dynasty! But now they can only be buried here with you, what does His Royal Highness Xin Wang think? Tolerate?"

"It's not that I am willing to let these good men die with me, but that you have never thought about letting them go! They are the same as me, and they are people that His Majesty the Emperor cannot tolerate today, aren't they!"

At this time, Zhu Youjian suddenly broke out and yelled at Li Mingrui.

Li Mingrui smiled lightly: "No, His Majesty didn't want all the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to die, even Zu Dale, His Majesty didn't think about letting him die, His Majesty only wanted your life!"

(End of this chapter)