Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 685: Japanese pirate soldiers sneaked into Xiaoling and the deposed emperor was forced to write a reply in his own hand

Wang Ji did see through the Japanese pirates' plan, but he never expected that the Japanese pirates had planned a plan from the beginning.

The Ming army believed that the Japanese pirates were divided into two groups, but in fact the Japanese pirates were divided into three groups: one in the light, one in the dark, and one hidden, hoping that the mantis would catch the cicada and the oriole behind.

Due to the repeated turmoil in the Nanjing Jingying and Shangzhiwei, the intelligence capabilities of the Ming army were greatly reduced, and they were unable to grasp the movements of Japanese pirates in a timely manner.

Facing the Japanese raid, the Ming army misjudged again and focused all its attention east of Zhongshan.The area south of Zhongshan was temporarily ignored.

The 500 most elite Japanese pirates were hiding in the col of Bao Mountain, south of Zhongshan Mountain.

The government also issued an early warning, so people outside the city closed their doors and hid in their homes and did not dare to go out.

As a result, the Ming army did not conduct reconnaissance on the Leopard Mountain, and the people did not visit it. The five hundred Japanese pirates hiding here were completely ignored.

Things will go well if things are slow, and mistakes will be made while busy.

Wang Ji also neglected something for a while.

However, Xu Chengzong and Yan Li were both convinced of Wang Ji's commanding ability. After careful discussion, Yan Li went to arrange tasks for the thousand most elite cavalry in the Xiaoling Guard.

These thousand elites eat early and go to bed early, waiting to deal with the Japanese ambush in the morning.

Late at night, there was thunder and lightning, and it actually started to rain.

In the early morning of the next day, just as Wang Ji expected, Japanese pirates attacked the camp and the sound of killing was loud.

Thousands of auxiliary soldiers pretended to be defeated and lured the Japanese pirates deep into the Ming army's camp.

When the Japanese pirates reached the Chinese army's tent, thousands of Xiaoling Guards soldiers wearing heavy armor suddenly rushed out.

Heavy armor kills light armor, and Japanese pirates are naturally no match.Fortunately, the real purpose of the Japanese pirates is to waste time.It's best if the attack on the camp can succeed, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't.

The Japanese pirates fought and retreated, but the Ming army pursued them closely.

When it comes to running and chasing, those wearing heavy armor will definitely not be able to come and go as freely as those wearing light armor.

You chased me for more than an hour, and the Japanese pirates ran to Baohua Mountain.When the Ming army followed the mountain col and pursued them halfway up the mountain, the Japanese pirates sent out a signal, and more than 700 ambush soldiers fought out from another mountain col, cutting off the Ming army's retreat.

The Ming army was blocked on the mountainside. The main force of the Japanese pirates was on the mountain, and the Japanese ambush was at the foot of the mountain. They were attacked from both sides, and the situation suddenly fell into a stalemate.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

In the early morning, when the main force of Japanese pirates went to attack the camp, five hundred elite Japanese pirates who were ambushing in Leopard Mountain took advantage of the heavy rain and darkness to kill towards Xiaoling.

Now the disaster is serious.

After a discussion among the Nanjing garrison yesterday, [-] other guards were recruited to temporarily replace the Xiaoling Guards.

According to the defenders' thinking, it would definitely not be possible for these three thousand guardsmen to go into battle to kill the enemy, but relying on fortifications to guard Xiaoling Tomb for a few days should not be a big problem.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

It would be better if it didn't rain. When it rains, the soldiers all fall asleep under the covers.

A few officers on duty just stayed in the duty room to warm themselves over the fire and drink wine.

There is no patrol anyway. It is raining continuously in the early morning, and even a stupid dog will not go out for a walk in the rain.

Five hundred Japanese pirates climbed over the wall and went straight to Xiaoling Minglou.

The Ming Tower is a city-tower-style building in front of the tomb of the imperial mausoleum. It is also the most important above-ground building of the imperial mausoleum.

There are also sensible people among the Japanese pirates. According to normal reasoning, this is also the most likely place where the deposed emperor Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned.

When the Japanese pirates knocked out the little eunuch who was guarding here, they entered the building and they were not disappointed. The deposed emperor of Ming Dynasty was indeed here.

When Zhu Qizhen woke up, the Japanese pirates had already put a knife on his neck.

It was useless to scream at this time. The Minglou was so tall and deep that it could not be heard from outside, not to mention that there was no one patrolling it on a rainy night.

The Muromachi shogunate had made sufficient preparations in advance, and there were still leaders among these Japanese pirates who were proficient in Chinese.

The leader stared at Zhu Qizhen for a while. The deposed emperor of the Ming Dynasty was nearly thirty years old. The man in front of him looked gloomy and sickly, as if he was in his forties.The leader asked: "Are you the deposed emperor of the Ming Dynasty, His Highness King Yi?"

Zhu Qizhen asked in a trembling voice: "Who are you, and why do you dare to break into Xiaoling? Are you sent by my younger brother to kill me?"

The leader smiled. The rumors were indeed true. The two brothers, the Emperor of Heaven and the Deposed Emperor, were fighting to the death. There was no room for two tigers in one mountain.

So the leader replied: "We are here to rescue His Royal Highness King Yi on the orders of the Emperor of Japan. We will protect you to Japan, and then help you restore the throne, return to Beijing, and overthrow the emperor today."

Although Zhu Qizhen was under house arrest, Yan Li disclosed the Japanese war to him.Zhu Qizhen knew that the war between Ming Dynasty and Japan was in full swing, and he also believed that Japan would support him and overthrow Zhu Qiyu's theory.

However, now that Zhu Qiyu's power is stable, Zhu Qizhen has become discouraged and has no expectations.

So Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "My good brother is already in power. I can't fight him, and you can't fight him either.

That's it, don't bother anymore. "

When the leader heard this, he didn't care. He took out a secret letter from his arms and said with a faint smile: "This is a personal letter written by the Emperor of the Back Garden to His Highness. Please read it and then reply in your own hand."

Zhu Qizhen read the letter, and when the Japanese pirates were unaware, he tore it into pieces to avoid leaving evidence. Then he stared at the Japanese pirate leader as if he was a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

The two Japanese pirates quickly placed the steel knife on Zhu Qizhen's neck again.

The leader was not angry, but took out four letters from his arms with a smile: "Tear it up, I know you will tear it up. It's a pity that I tore one letter, and there are four more."

These are the personal letters written by the Emperor of the Back Garden and the General of the Muromachi Shogunate to conquer the barbarians, respectively, to you and the Crown Prince.You don’t need to read them one by one. Now please write two replies in your own handwriting to our Emperor and General Zhengyi. "

Zhu Qizhen was really amazed at the caution and shamelessness of the Japanese pirate leader. He even prepared five secret letters, even taking such details into consideration.

In a daze, Zhu Qizhen felt that the Japanese pirates behaved like his good brother.

Two Japanese pirates have already found pens, ink, paper and inkstones. The leader smiled and said: "Your Highness King Yi, I advise you to write it down as fast as you can. If you have to force me to torture, it will be disrespectful."

Zhu Qizhen shook his head. If this was really written, his whole family would be ruined.

The leader, still smiling, ordered his men: "The emperor cannot see blood. Take a copper basin and fill it with rainwater outside."

After a while, two Japanese pirates came in carrying a copper basin filled with rainwater.

The leader waved his hand, and the Japanese pirates imprisoned Zhu Qizhen and pressed his head into the copper basin.

I don’t know who I learned this method from. Anyway, drowning is a very painful thing. Repeated drowning and near death are even more terrifying.

The leader was still advising from the side: "Your Highness, King Yi, stop struggling. If you don't write, we will have to send you to see Emperor Taizu behind the Ming Tower.

Anyway, if I kill you, I can put the blame on today's emperor and cause chaos tomorrow.

I also don’t want to kill the former Ming Emperor.But if you insist on forcing me to be disgraceful, then I will have no choice but to be disgraceful. "

After repeated drowning five or six times, Zhu Qizhen figured out that the Japanese pirate was really ready to kill him, so he had to compromise.

When you are a prisoner, surviving is the most important thing.

Zhu Qizhen gasped and asked: "The crown prince, my only son, is still in Nanjing. I need you to take him with you."

The leader shook his head: "No, when we get to Japan, the emperor and the general will arrange a large group of women for His Highness King Yi. You are only less than 30 years old, and you can have a lot of sons in the future.

We need a prince of Japanese descent to be your prince. This is the price you have to pay, and we cannot support you in vain.

Okay, hurry up and write. If you wait any longer, it will be dawn. "

Zhu Qizhen was helpless, and under the coercion and inducement of the Japanese pirates, he wrote a personal reply to the Emperor of the Back Garden and the General Zhengyi, and stamped it with the gold seal of King Yi.

After doing all this, the leader packed up the four letters from the emperor and the general, plus two replies from Zhu Qizhen, and the torn one under the quilt.

This is blatant framing.

Zhu Qizhen understood that after doing this, he would never look back. He couldn't help lamenting in his heart: You are really unworthy of a human being. You Japanese pirates are worse than my biological brother.

(End of this chapter)