Ming Empire

Chapter 183
Auntie Zhu's originally rosy face turned pale in an instant. "Husband, Brother Yue, what's going on?"

Cao Yue also told Zhu Wei about the current situation. After hearing Cao Yue's words, Zhu Wei's pretty face became even paler, and tears fell from her eyes.

"Husband, then you should lead the army to the north as soon as possible to serve the king. You must find a way to rescue the father and mother, as well as the crown prince, Ding Wang, and my son. They are all the closest people to my son," Zhu Yu said, and threw herself into Cao Yue's arms. In the middle of the night, tears rolled down, and continued to sob: "I don't want my father and queen mother to suffer, nor do I want the prince's brother and Jiong'er brother, and my son to suffer."

Mi'er is Zhu Yu, who was named Princess Zhaoren, and she was also born to Empress Zhou.

Cao Yue held Zhu Wei in his arms, stroked her head and comforted her, "Don't worry if you don't cry, your husband is the most heroic general in the world. It was rescued by your siblings!"

"Husband, my son is very scared!" Aunt Zhu hugged Cao Yue tightly, crying very sadly: "I know, the matter must be very critical, otherwise you wouldn't have said that!"

"Yes, the situation is very critical." Cao Yue did not intend to hide anything, and told Auntie Zhu some truths, "My son, I will not hide some things from you as a husband. In fact, the situation is already very critical. I asked the court to report , asked to lead the army to conquer Henan and Shaanxi, but your father did not agree, let me train in Nanjing all the time, and the Nanjing new army was not allowed to transfer without permission. Maybe he did this to guard against me, but his doing so also caused It has a very serious consequence, that is, the long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst. Perhaps the rogues arrived in Beijing earlier than our Qin Wang's division, and I only hope that the defenders of Beijing can last for a while."

"Ah?! How could the father be like this?" Zhu Wei couldn't help but raised her head and looked at Cao Yue in disbelief, "Why would the father be wary of you?"

"Your father's suspicion is very serious. This is a well-known secret. He doesn't trust anyone, including me, my son-in-law. That's why I was relieved of my position as the commander-in-chief of Datong and sent me to Nanjing for military training. If it wasn't The situation is critical, and after the Nanjing New Army takes shape, he will dismiss my military post again, throw me elsewhere, and let other generals lead the Nanjing New Army!"

In order to prepare Aimee Zhu for some things, Cao Yue had no choice but to speak ill of his father-in-law in front of his wife.

"How could the father be like this?" Zhu Wei was still shocked. She thought that her father trusted Cao Yue, so she asked him to come to Nanjing to train soldiers, and let her come with her.Unexpectedly, such a secret was hidden behind it. After the victory of the Battle of Datong, Cao Yue no longer served in Datong. The reason behind it turned out to be this.

"Okay, don't worry about it. No matter what, your father is the emperor of Ming Dynasty. As a subject, he will do his best to save you no matter what." Cao Yue held up Aimee Zhu's head and faced her on all sides. Said softly: "I will definitely do my best to rescue, and I hope to rescue your father and mother from Beijing!"

Cao Yue's words moved Zhu Yu very much. She hugged Cao Yue tightly and said emotionally: "Husband, I thank you. No matter what the final result is, I will be grateful to you. You should also be careful, you must Return safely, my son and our son need you, no matter what, you must return safely, okay?"

"Okay, I assure you, I will return safely!" Cao Yue agreed very solemnly.

Cao Yue returned to the mansion to spend the night with Aunt Zhu, and after saying goodbye to his family, he never returned to the mansion.

There is a lot of preparation work to be done for the expedition. Although the Nanjing New Army has been preparing for the war due to the changes in the world situation, there are still many things to do if they really want to go on an expedition. Cao Yue must establish a command system of 10,000+ troops, which is the most important thing to win.

In the usual training, Cao Yue has established his own command system, and has enough guarantees to put all the troops under his command.But the current means of communication are very backward, and it is not easy for hundreds of thousands of troops to coordinate well.

Also, the addition of Sun Chuanting made it difficult for Cao Yue to add a branch system to the original command system.

Sun Chuanting must give him sufficient authority and provide him with sufficient support staff.

Of course, all of this is not difficult to do, and two days later, the two sets of command team members were formed, but the number of people belonging to Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting was obviously insufficient, but fortunately, it basically did not affect the command system. run.

Moreover, most of Sun Chuanting's subordinates are still Cao Yue's cronies, and he is not worried that this team will be abducted by Sun Chuanting.

In addition to the deployment of the army, there are many important matters in the war. The follow-up supply of military supplies such as food and grass is a matter that Cao Yue attaches great importance to.During this period of time, he and Shi Kefa had a lot of contacts, and the relationship with this famous historical official was not bad, and could even be described as sympathy.After the army was launched, Cao Yue handed over the important task of supplying food and grass to Shi Kefa.

At Gao Hongtu's place, Cao Yue has already shown favor and power a few times, and the Minister of the Household Department in Nanjing can only obediently obey orders.Other Nanjing officials basically did not dare to disobey Cao Yue's wishes, and it was such an advantage to take advantage of others.

However, Cao Yue was still worried. He didn't know how these officials would behave after he led the army to leave Nanjing.He ordered his second brother Cao Chao, Chang Yanling, Guo Peimin, Zhang Shize and others to try their best to control the situation and not let these officials in Nanjing get out of control.

Just in case, Cao Yue left behind 5000 troops and a detachment of more than [-] people in the Special Guard Battalion, which he handed over to his second brother Cao Chao to command. If the situation changed, he would use force to deal with it.In troubled times, the barrel of a gun is the hardest, and many things can be resolved by force.

Before the army set off, Cao Yue ordered the 800 sergeants of the Special Guard Battalion to set off first, as the vanguard of the entire army, to investigate the military situation ahead, remove obstacles, and ensure the safety of the army.The special guard battalion has been expanded to 600 people. Except for the more than [-] people who stayed in Nanjing, the rest all followed the army.Now there is a unit of [-] people around him, commanded by him personally.

Prior to this, Cao Yue had already dispatched hundreds of soldiers from the Special Guard Battalion to sneak into Xi'an, Kaifeng, Beijing, and Tianjin Wei to take on the tasks of investigating the military situation and establishing contact points to prepare for the response.It's just that the role of these sergeants was not well reflected because of the inconvenient communication, but Cao Yue believed that these advance personnel would play a role.

The army will go out soon!
(End of this chapter)