Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 393 Revenge
The sun is setting and the sky is full of yellow sand.

On the vast plain, Datong City, like a prehistoric behemoth, still stands peacefully on the border of Ming Dynasty.

The battle of Oala caused this important town, which had already experienced many vicissitudes, to suffer a heavy blow, with mottled spots and scars everywhere.

However, after nearly half a year of recuperation, although the scars on the city wall still look horrifying, this ancient military town has already glowed with new vigor and vitality.

On the high city wall, Guo Deng was dressed in armor, standing with his sword pressed, looking to the north in the distance, with a little bit of coldness in his calm eyes.

Behind him is his old partner Zhu Jian.

Since the first battle of Wala, the two of them have cooperated with each other with one article and one military force, successfully defending Datong City, and fought back, defeating the army of Bodu King.

In order to restore the vitality of Datong as soon as possible, the imperial court promoted Zhu Jian as the censor of the right capital, the governor of Shanxi, and presided over all military and political affairs in Shanxi.

After Governor Zhu took office, he continued to focus on the defense of Datong City, and successively added 8000 soldiers and nearly [-] horses from various places.

Today's Datong, together with the troops allocated by the capital, has more than 4 troops, which can be described as strong and strong.

The afterglow of the evening gradually disappeared, a round of red sun completely disappeared on the horizon, and countless torches were lit one after another.

There was a sound of armor colliding, and the tall general came behind Guo Deng and knelt down on one knee, with a trace of irrepressible excitement in his voice.

"Subordinate Sun Dayong, I have met Lord Chief Soldier."

"The front line does not receive news at night, and the army has been dispatched first. There are more than 4000 cavalry in the direction of Shawo. Our vanguard force of [-] people has set up an ambush in two ways under the leadership of Deputy Commander Liu and General Wang Can Yushun Shengchuan, Castanopsis Mountain."

"Now the main force of our army is 7000 people, and it has been assembled. Please show me the commander-in-chief."

Guo Deng glanced at this young man with a simple and honest complexion, who was eager to try and full of enthusiasm, a rare flash of bewilderment flashed in his eyes.

Taking a long breath of relief, Guo Deng's tiger eyes became resolute again, and he turned around and cupped his fists at Zhu Jian.

"If I go here, I will be ashamed of civil engineering, and I will be defeated in one fell swoop. In Datong City, I will leave everything to Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Jian was a little silent. It stands to reason that Guo Deng, as the commander-in-chief of Datong guards, even though he is a general, should not easily go to the field and charge in person.

His duty should be to stick to the city, and even if he goes out to fight, he should not be too far away from Datong City.

After all, as the commander-in-chief, if there is a mistake, there will inevitably be chaos in the military affairs in the city.

Just like in the first battle of Xuanfu, although Yang Hong was sure of winning, he still dispatched Yang Xin to the battle instead of personally, just to ensure that nothing would go wrong.

But this time is different.

Shawo is not far from Datong City, but it is not close either.

Although they had the upper hand, they were not as able to advance, attack, retreat, or defend as backed by Datong City.

Intentionally opening his mouth to persuade him again, Zhu Jian opened his mouth, which finally turned into a sigh.

The two of them have been working together for a long time, so Zhu Jian naturally knows.

At the beginning of the War of Wala, Guo Deng failed to rush to the rescue of Baiyangkou, which eventually led to the death of the guard Xie Zeli and was hanged by the city gate.

This matter has always made him brood on his heart, and he can't let it go, so this time, if he wants to stop him, he will definitely not be able to stop it.

After a while, Zhu Jian returned the salute and said solemnly.

"Guo Zongbing don't worry, I will guard Datong City well, and when Guo Zongbing returns in triumph, I will celebrate for Guo Zongbing and the army!"

Guo Deng took a deep look at Zhu Jian, and nodded lightly, the murderous aura suddenly permeated his body, and his voice was cold and hard.

"Pass my military order, the army will start immediately, the target, Shawo!"

Looking at the quiet night sky in the distance, Guo Deng's eyes seemed to be ignited with raging flames of war.

The scenes in Baiyangkou resurfaced before his eyes.

Xie Ze, your heroic spirit is not far away, watch carefully, the old man is here to avenge you!

In the dark night, the long team came out of the city gate silently, like a beast looking for food, without showing its minions.

Zhu Jian stood on the tower, sighed, and was about to go back, but a subordinate officer came up behind him, with a hurried expression, holding a wax-sealed envelope in his hand, and handing it over, said.

"My lord, the secret edict sent by Jin Yiwei, please open it yourself."

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At the same time, outside the city of Xuanfu.

A group of Oirat soldiers with thousands of people moved forward slowly. Among the group, there were several carriages surrounded by them.

The leader was riding a horse, with a white face and no beard, and dressed in eunuch clothes, which seemed a bit out of place in the team all dressed in tiles.

Beside him, there were a few people with tired looks, wearing Daming's official robes, and also riding horses.

A hundred paces away, the team stopped outside Xuanfu City.

Several guards of the mission in Ming costumes came to the closed gate of the Xuan Mansion on horseback, and said.

"The Ming Mission is returning to Beijing, open the city gate quickly."

On the city wall, Tao Jin, the commander-in-chief, frowned, and behind him, Yang Xin, the deputy commander-in-chief, also stood awe-inspiring, said.

"Tao Zongbing, it really is here, what should we do?"

Tao Jin glanced at the seemingly low-key man beside him, and said, "Follow the plan."

So Yang Xin nodded and shouted towards the bottom.

"I heard that the Supreme Emperor accompanied his eunuch Xi Ning Gonggong to personally escort the mission back. The officials of Xuanfu have prepared food and wine for rewards. Please come and tell me."

When the missionary guards who came to report heard the news, they turned back and told the truth.

Xining was riding on the horse, looking at Xuanfu City in the distance, glanced at Xu Bin and the others beside him, and said.

"Master Xu, are you sure that the Xuanfu has received the imperial edict and is willing to negotiate peace with the grand master and accept the grand master's conditions?"

Thinking of the negotiations a few days ago, Xining always felt a little uneasy.

As Yexian's confidant, Xining knew that Yexian was not reconciled to the Battle of Bauhinia Pass, not to mention the loss of troops, even his younger brother Boyan went in.

Not only that, after finally robbing an emperor, the capital turned around and set up a new one. Except for a little money, they got nothing.

In Ye Xian's heart, he was actually very aggrieved.

Xining saw this point, and suggested that he should continue to detain the Supreme Emperor, and wait until Daming was willing to give in.

But things went a little too smoothly.

It took less than half a month for those people to hang out, and they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, even agreeing to the condition of cutting the city.

Things went so smoothly that the always cautious Xining instinctively felt something was wrong.

However, he had no choice but to believe it first. Even if he didn't want to, he had to obediently come over to negotiate.

However, when he actually arrived at the front of Xuanfu City, Xining still hesitated.

As everyone knows, at this moment, Xu Bin and the others felt nervous for a while.

What went wrong?
Obviously according to the plan, when they crossed Yehu Ridge, there should be a large army rushing out to ambush Xining. As a result, from yesterday to now, the journey was safe and sound, and nothing happened.

Seeing Xining's hesitant expression, Xu Bin suppressed the tension in his heart and said with a smile.

"How dare we lie about such a big matter? What's more, even if the father-in-law doesn't believe us, he should also trust the grand master. If he is not sure, how can he send the father-in-law here?"

Only then did Xining settle down, she turned her body sideways and asked.

"How's the situation with the Grand Master?"

So, a middle-aged man dressed as a small Wala nobleman said in a low voice.

"Before we set off, the spies sent by the grand master had already returned. There are indeed very few troops stationed in Shawo. It seems that they didn't lie to us."

Xining nodded, and said to the guards of the mission: "Go and spread the word, ask Yang Xin to open the city gate to welcome the mission..."

　After struggling for a while, I felt that the big scenes and wars were not well written, so I could only leave it blank...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)