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Chapter 248 At the end of the chapter, Li Huan's head will be decided to be dedicated to the prince 【Order】

Qiu Ju and Gao Feng were not surprised by the Son of Heaven's reaction.

As the emperor's close servants, how could the two of them not know Zhu Houzhao's plan? Zhu Houzhao even told them not long ago that when Li Huan's army set off, he would definitely go to support the army in person.

Zhu Houzhao even told the two of them not to forget to remind him of this matter.

So not long ago, when Qiu Ju and Gao Feng got the news that Li Huan had led the army to set out, they had already expected such an encounter.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's worried face, the two smiled wryly in their hearts, and they didn't expect that Li Huan would attack overnight.

Even when they got the news, Li Huan had already led the army to set off, and Zhu Houzhao had just rested at that time, so the two of them did not disturb Zhu Houzhao.

With a light cough, Qiu Ju bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I blame the old slave. Dudu Li was worried about the situation in Ningxia and set off overnight. When the old slave got the news, Brother Li Huan had already led the army to set off... ..."

Zhu Houzhao sighed softly, waved his hands at the two of them and said, "Forget it, I don't blame you for this matter, and I never thought that Li Qing would leave in such a hurry."

Gao Feng, who was standing aside, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if Dudu Li leads the cavalry to travel day and night, he will be able to rush to the land of Ningxia in a short time. Presumably, King Anhua will be caught off guard by Dudu Li's magical soldiers at that time. A mere rebellion is a matter of course."

Hearing what Gao Feng said, Zhu Houzhao smiled a little bit, and said with a bit of regret in his eyes: "It's a pity that I, as the Son of Heaven, can't go on a personal expedition, otherwise, I will definitely lead the army this time, galloping battlefield……"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's yearning look, Gao Feng and Qiu Ju, who knew Zhu Houzhao's temperament very well, couldn't help but lower their heads and didn't go to answer Zhu Houzhao's words.

Did they know that Zhu Houzhao had a heart in his heart to be a general and lead an army to gallop on the battlefield.

Back then, Wang Zhen encouraged the emperor to conduct a personal conquest, so that there was a civil fort change, and they would not be foolish to persuade the emperor to conduct a personal conquest.

If we let the civil and military officials above the court know, they will not be impeached to death by these officials by then.

Not to mention the reaction of Zhu Houzhao, who learned that Li Huan sent troops overnight, and the hundreds of officials in the court.

Ningxia
King Anhua rebelled and occupied Anhua City, Qingyang Prefecture, with tens of thousands of troops.

In fact, there were not many frontier soldiers who were really bewitched by King Anhua and set off a rebellion against the banner, they were just a battalion of soldiers and horses in the frontier army.

Ningxia border town has tens of thousands of frontier troops, even if they don't have enough money, there are at least [-] to [-] troops. Otherwise, it is impossible to defend Ningxia town, which is an important town on the nine borders.

And there were almost two thousand soldiers in the first battalion bewitched by King Anhua, plus the soldiers of the local guards, the total number was almost tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of troops, in the territory of Ningxia, especially when the court is unprepared, can really cause quite a storm.

Therefore, in just a few days, the rebels under Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu had already occupied the entire Qingyang Mansion, and even recruited people under the banner of the Qing emperor. The benefits given by Zhu Zhixiu joined the rebels one after another.

In a short period of time, the originally tens of thousands of rebels rapidly expanded to as many as [-] to [-].

It's a pity that although there are many people, they are just a rabble.

Of course, the number of the rebels is also somewhat terrifying. After all, there are so many people that no one dares to underestimate even a mob.

Fortunately, only a small number of people in Ningxia really rebelled with King Anhua. After the news of King Anhua's rebellion spread, not to mention that Yang Yiqing, who was the governor of the three sides, immediately dispatched troops to strengthen the defense of the border town. Waiting for the court's will at any time, dispatch elite soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion.

In the land of Ningxia alone, many generals who commanded the army also responded immediately.

Cao Xiong, the governor who was originally guarding Guyuan, commanded troops to suppress the border immediately, ordered his subordinates to lead an army to occupy Lingzhou, and dispatched Lingzhou garrison to gather all the boats along the Yellow River, contact the troops from all directions, and send the troops under the command of King Anhua. The rebels were vaguely confined to Qingyang Mansion.

Anhua City

In King Anhua's mansion, King Zhu Zhiyu of Anhua, who was dressed in royal clothes, was sitting in the hall at the moment, looking solemnly at the few scribes in front of him.

With a strange look in Zhu Zhiyu's eyes, he said to one of the scribes, "Mr. Wen'an, what did Dayan Khan say, when will his brigade arrive at the capital city?"

The analysis capital is located in the frontier fortress, adjacent to the border of the Ming Dynasty. It used to be a border city built by the Ming Dynasty on the frontier fortress. However, as the power of the Ming Dynasty on the grassland shrunk, the analysis capital city naturally fell into the hands of the lord. .

It became an outpost for the Tatars going south to the Central Plains.

Taking Xidu City as an outpost, it can immediately go south and enter Ningxia territory, and then go southeast and directly enter Shaanxi territory. It can be said that it is an extremely important outpost for the Tatars to invade the Central Plains.

This small town even has a tribe of Tatars nomadic around it all the time, which can be said to be quite important.

If the army of the Tatars arrived at the capital city, then at the speed of the Tatars, they would be able to enter Ningxia within a few days.

That's why Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu is so concerned about the Tatars' movements, because as long as the Tatars' army gathers in the capital city, some of Daming's attention will be attracted by the Tatars. The side pressure will be greatly reduced.

Not to mention other things, at least the elite army of the three sides hanging over his head like a sharp sword will inevitably be restrained by the Tatars, and they will not be able to send elites to encircle him.

Zhu Zhixiu is not a fool, he knows very well that if the imperial court really spared no effort and mobilized a large army to suppress the rebellion, with these troops under him and the barren situation of the Qingyang Mansion occupied by him, it would definitely not be the case. opponents of the court.

Zhu Zhixiu’s real reliance was those Tatars, and it was precisely because the few scribes in front of him helped him contact the Tatars not long ago, and got the promise of the Tatars, that Zhu Zhixiu made up his mind to rebel.

Otherwise, although he has the intention of rebellion, it is impossible for Zhu Zhiyu to make up his mind so quickly. After all, in the real history, Zhu Zhiyu will have to wait at least one or two years before he chooses to rebel, and he will not choose to rebel like he is now. Like a haste.

A scholar of about forty years old, Zheng Ping and Zheng Wen'an, this Zheng Wen'an is one of the most famous people in Ningxia. Last year, because he offended Liu Jin, he was dismissed by Liu Jin and sent back to his hometown. He became a local celebrity without an official and a light body.

Of course, although Zheng Wen'an was dismissed from office, because of his confrontation with Liu Jin, he became famous among literati, especially in Ningxia, where he was regarded as a celebrity by the local literati.

Not long after Zheng Wen'an was dismissed from office, the ambitious Anhua King Zhu Zhixie sent someone to invite him to worship Zheng Wen'an as his confidant and aide.

For Zheng Wen'an, Zhu Zhizhen had great trust, and it was under the persuasion of Zheng Wen'an and others that Zhu Zhizhen made up his mind to unite with the Tatars and rebel.

All contacts with the Tatars were made through Zheng Wen'an.

Zheng Wen'an was stroking his beard, holding a bit of wisdom on his face, seeing Zheng Wen'an's old god-like appearance, Anhua Wang Zhu Zhixiu's heart was a bit more at ease.

"gentlemen!"

Zheng Wen'an raised his head and glanced at Zhu Zhixiu, and said with a smile: "My lord, don't worry, the Tatars have assembled their troops to come south according to the agreement. If there is no accident, they will be able to arrive at the capital city in three days at the most. At that time, the lord will send them to the city. The soldiers and horses who went there should cooperate with each other, open a few gates in the border towns, and let the Tatars enter the customs without any problem."

A light flashed in Zhu Zhiyu's eyes and said: "Okay, as long as the Tatars enter the customs, the court's attention will inevitably be transferred to the Tatars. At that time, we can also take the opportunity to strengthen our own strength, occupy Ningxia first, and then Go down to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shanxi, and unite with the Tatars to break the capital..."

Thinking about his plan, Zhu Zhixiong couldn't help but get excited about it.

Zheng Wen'an saw the reaction of Zhu Zhixiu's expression in his eyes, and a strange look flashed in the depths of his eyes, but he said to Zhu Zhixiu with a smile on his face: "My subordinates first congratulate the lord, and wish the lord can achieve the goal as soon as possible." Wishing you to be honored as a great treasure, rule the world, and be the lord of the world."

Zhu Zhixiu laughed and looked at the civil and military confidantes present, waved his big hand and said: "If this king can be crowned a great treasure, the Japanese king will definitely reward him generously. All the princes and lords will rest with the country for generations to come."

All the people bowed to Zhu Zhixuan together and said, "My subordinates are waiting to thank you, the lord."

After a while, Zhu Zhixie coughed lightly, looked at one of his confidantes and said, "Mr. Sun, what's going on with Qiu Yue, is he willing to work for this king?"

The green-clothed scribe who was seated at the bottom left of Zhu Zhiyu bowed his hands to Zhu Zhiyu and said, "Back to the lord, Qiu Yue is sick and it's hard to get out of bed, I'm afraid he can't be used by the lord."

As soon as Sun Jingwen opened his mouth, a general sitting beside him couldn't help but frowned and said, "Chou Yue isn't pretending to be sick, is he?"

The person who spoke was none other than Zhou Ang, the commander who previously supported Zhu Zhixiu and joined forces with Qianhu He Jin to rebel.

Zhou Ang is now in charge of tens of thousands of troops under the command of King Anhua, and He Jin is on the left and right, and it is King Anhua who controls the rebel army.

And the scribe in Tsing Yi, whose status was obviously higher than that of Zheng Ping and Zheng Wen'an, was Zhu Zhiyu's real confidant, Sun Jingwen.

As for the fact that the Qiu Yue that Zhu Zhiyu was talking about was none other than the guerrilla general stationed in Ningxia, he was quite courageous and resourceful.

Qiu Yue was threatened by Zhu Zhiyu's family members, so that he was trapped in Anhua City.

When Zhou Ang spoke, Zhu Zhixiu couldn't help looking at Sun Jingwen.

Sun Jingwen shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and said, "The doctor has already visited, and it is true that Qiu Yue is seriously ill and cannot stay in bed."

Zhu Zhiyu naturally had great trust in Sun Jingwen, and he couldn't help sighing softly when he heard the words: "It's a pity, if Qiu Yue can be used by this king, this king will definitely increase his strength."

While speaking, Zhu Zhixie said again: "Is there any movement in the imperial court, and is there any movement of soldiers and horses under the command of Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides?"

Compared with others, Zhu Zhixiu is obviously most concerned about these.

Not only Zhu Zhiyu, but also the core of Zhu Zhiyu's rebellion present all turned their eyes to Sun Jingwen.

Sun Jingwen sat there calmly, looked at everyone with a serious expression and said slowly: "Thanks to the gathering of the Tatar army, the attention of Yang Yiqing, who was mobilizing troops to come to attack us at any time, has been captured by the Tatars." People are drawn to it."

Everyone could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As the governor of the three sides, Yang Yiqing has managed the three sides well in the past few years. The generals of the three sides respect and fear Yang Yiqing, the governor.

If it was said that Yang Yiqing personally led the army to quell the rebellion, among the people present, there really was no one who dared to pat their chests to guarantee that they could stop Yang Yiqing.

So now that they heard that Yang Yiqing was held back by the Tatars, the crowd naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and their expressions suddenly became much more relaxed.

Sun Jingwen suddenly said again: "Yang Yiqing needs to be on guard against the Tatars. This is good news for us, but the imperial court sent Li Huan, the governor of the Chinese Army's governor's office, to deal with us."

"What? Li Huan, the governor of the Chinese military governor's mansion, could it be the imperial envoy who killed so many people in Xi'an mansion a few years ago?"

In the hall, someone immediately exclaimed.

Sun Jingwen nodded slightly and said, "It is this person."

Many people looked at each other in blank dismay, with stunned expressions on their faces, obviously they did not expect that the imperial court would send such a number one figure as Li Huan here.

Li Huan did have a bad reputation. His reputation for the massacre in Xi'an mansion spread all over the three sides, so many people in Ningxia had heard of Li Huan's name.

Zheng Ping suddenly burst out laughing, while laughing, he stood up and bowed to King Anhua, saying: "My subordinates congratulate the lord, congratulate the lord, God bless the lord!"

Zheng Ping's actions made many people stunned. They looked at Zheng Ping in puzzlement, not knowing why Zheng Ping acted like this.

On the contrary, Sun Jingwen glanced at Zheng Ping with a thoughtful look on his face.

But Zhu Zhiyu looked at Zheng Ping with a puzzled face, and said with some surprise: "What does Mr. Wen An mean by this, I don't know where the joy comes from?"

Zhu Zhixiu really couldn't think of any happy event. The imperial court sent Li Huan to lead an army to encircle and suppress them. No matter how you look at it, this is not a happy event.

Zheng Ping said with a smile on his face: "Think about it, my lord, if the imperial court really dispatches a veteran who has been through many battles to lead the army, wouldn't it be a bad thing for us?"

Zhu Zhixiu nodded and said: "Mr. Wen An's words are true. It's really not a good thing for the imperial court to send brave veterans here."

Zheng Ping nodded and said: "But the prince also knows that this time the court sent Li Huan, a young man who is only twenty years old and has no experience in commanding troops. What is it if it is not a happy event?"

Sitting there with an angry face, Zhou Ang couldn't help clapping his hands and praised: "Mr. Wen An's words are very true, a mere brat, the general is willing to lead the army at the end, and take his head and present it to the prince."

Everyone who was a little nervous when they heard that the imperial court had sent soldiers and horses felt relieved.

One subconsciously said: "I heard that the governor led thousands of elite cavalry to flatten the Huli and Heihe tribes a few years ago. I'm afraid it's not that easy to deal with."

Zheng Ping said with a bit of disdain: "Haha, it's really funny, it's because of Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, that you flattened Huli and Heihe, you really think it's the work of Li Huan. "

Or it could be preconceived ideas, or Li Huan's age is really difficult to convince the public, coupled with Yang Yiqing's reputation in the trilateral army, so when Zheng Ping said this, he immediately won the approval of the crowd. They all agreed that the destruction of the Huli and Heihe tribes was entirely due to Yang Yiqing's credit, but these credits were taken away by Li Huan, who was an imperial envoy.

Zhu Zhiyu's face was full of joy and said: "It seems that what Mr. Wen'an said is true, that Hunjun actually sent a brat like Li Huan here, God help me, God help us to achieve great things."

"With the help of the sky, the prince will surely accomplish great things."

Everyone yelled at Zhu Zhixie, and Zhu Zhixie was in a high mood for a while.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and a messenger came panting.

"Ningzhou urgent report, Ningzhou urgent report."

When everyone in the hall heard the words, their expressions changed and they looked at the messenger.

The messenger prostrated himself on the ground, holding an urgent letter in both hands, panting, "My lord, urgent report from Ningzhou."

A waiter hurriedly stepped forward to take the letter, and then hurriedly presented it to Ning Wang Zhu Zhixie who almost stood up with a worried expression on his face.

Ningzhou is the border of Qingyang Mansion, and it is also one of the few cities held by the rebels. If Ningzhou is lost, the imperial army can enter Qingyang Mansion and directly threaten Anhua City.

It can be said that Ningzhou is the gateway to the south of Anhua City. If Ningzhou is defended, at least the imperial army will not be able to enter Qingyang Mansion from the south.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Zhixiu is so concerned about the safety of Ningzhou.

Opening the letter, Zhu Zhixie glanced at the ten lines, his face changed immediately, and he exclaimed: "How is it possible, why are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court so fast?"

Speaking of which, Zhu Zhixiu handed the letter to Sun Jingwen, and after Sun Jingwen read it, he passed it on to Zheng Ping, Zhou Ang and others.

Soon many people present learned the contents of the letter.

Just yesterday, Li Huan, the mighty general of military affairs dispatched by the imperial court, led tens of thousands of cavalry to appear under the city of Ningzhou.

Fortunately, the guard of Ningzhou City was He Jin, Zhu Zhixiong's confidant general, so Ningzhou City was not lost.

But even so, the letter also said that Ningzhou City was insufficiently guarded, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to resist the imperial army for too long. I hope that Zhu Zhixiu can dispatch an army to help Ningzhou.

Sun Jingwen said solemnly: "With tens of thousands of cavalry, it's no wonder that the opponent suddenly appeared under the city of Ningzhou in such a short period of time."

Speaking of which, Sun Jingwen said to Zhu Zhiyu: "My lord, there are only [-] defenders in Ningzhou City, please send reinforcements to Ningzhou quickly, otherwise Ningzhou will fall, and Anhua City will be in danger."

Zhou Ang stood up angrily, his whole body filled with evil spirit, and said with some disdain: "He Jin is such a waste, three thousand troops can't even defend a city, Li Huan led cavalry, cavalry attacked The city is nothing short of a joke."

Zhou Ang said to Zhu Zhijiu: "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead an army of [-] to meet Li Huan for a while. He will definitely behead Li Huan, take his head, and present it to the lord."

Seeing Zhou Ang's confident appearance, although he said that he would take away [-] of the only [-] troops left in Anhua City, Zhu Zhiyu just hesitated for a while and nodded immediately: "Okay, since In this way, this king will be invited by the general."

While speaking, Zhu Zhixiu looked at Zhou Ang and said, "I hope the general will win the battle and behead Li Huan for this king, and let the people with lofty ideals know our strength."

Zhou Ang laughed and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely live up to my lord's expectations."

Immediately, Zhou Ang got up and walked towards the outside of the hall with big strides. He said proudly as he walked, "Everyone, just wait for the good news from this general."

Many people couldn't help admiring Zhou Ang's heroic appearance and said, "He's really a tiger general."

"With General Zhou on the way, Li Huan is just a mere man, and he's easily captured."

"The foolish king is so stupid that he sent Li Huan and other juniors who don't understand military affairs. It can be seen that the destiny is in the prince's body."

All of a sudden, the words of flattery sounded, which also dissipated Zhu Zhijiu's worries when he learned that Li Huan had led an army to Ningzhou.

However, although Zhu Zhixiu was being flattered by the crowd, he believed that if his general Zhou Ang came out, he would be able to easily kill Li Huan and destroy the army of the imperial court.

However, Zhu Zhixiu still solemnly said to Zheng Ping: "It is impossible to say that Li Huan is the forward of the army sent by the imperial court. Even if Li Huan can be eliminated, the imperial court's soldiers and horses will continue to come, so we still need to have Tatars. Only the Tartars can help."

Zheng Ping stood up and bowed to Zhu Zhiyu, saying: "My lord, don't worry, my subordinates are willing to visit Dayan Khan again, and I implore Dayan Khan to send troops south as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhixiu breathed a sigh of relief, nodded at Zheng Ping and said, "In this way, Mr. Lao will be here. If you can obtain the great treasure by yourself in the future, you will be able to make great contributions to it."

Ningzhou City

Ningzhou City is actually just a small city, with a radius of only a dozen miles. Otherwise, King Anhua would not have just arranged thousands of troops in Ningzhou City.

After all, Ningzhou City is only so big. Leaving aside the people in the city, it can only support thousands of soldiers and horses to garrison. Such a small city as the city can't bear the consumption of so many people.

A few miles away from Ningzhou, there was a stretch of camps densely packed, and the soldiers and horses of Li Huan's troops who came day and night were stationed.

At this moment, dozens of riders under Ningzhou City were looking at Ningzhou City in the distance. On the city wall, He Jin, who was in armor, was looking solemnly at the densely packed black imperial army in the distance.

He Jin was just an official of a thousand households in the imperial court before. Bewitched by Zhu Zhijiu, he, together with Zhou Ang and others, supported Zhu Zhijiu and rebelled.

Although it is said that Zhu Zhixiu has entrusted him with the important task of guarding Ningzhou, the gateway to Qingyang Mansion, for He Jin, before the imperial army arrived, He Jin was naturally full of ambition and domineering in Ningzhou City .

However, when he stood on the city wall and looked at the imperial army that could not be seen outside the city, He Jin felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head, and he suddenly woke up.

At the same time, infinite fear welled up in his heart, so He Jin immediately sent a messenger to Anhua City to ask for help, and at the same time prayed silently in his heart, praying that the imperial army would not attack the city.

Under the city, Li Huan looked at the Ningzhou City in front of him under the protection of several generals and more than a dozen personal soldiers.

Of course, while there were a large number of Ningzhou cities, Li Huan was also looking at the defenders on the city. After looking at them for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Huan's mouth.

Chen Ang, Xu Ying, etc. are all descendants of honorable families. Although it is said that they have a family background, even if they are entrusted with important tasks by Li Huan, this is really the first time they have actually entered the battlefield.

So at this moment, Chen Ang, Xu Ying and the others were also looking at Ningzhou City in front of them, and inadvertently noticed Li Huan's expression.

With a heart move, Chen Ang and Xu Ying looked at each other, only to hear Xu Ying cup her hands towards Li Huan and said: "The governor has a plan to defeat the enemy?"

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