Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 220 Exposure
Mu Tianbo returned to his home and apologized to Emperor Chongzhen.Because he knew very well that the previous military orders were not allowed to go to war. From the emperor's side, it was more or less unjustifiable: "When the general saw his enemy in front of him, he was so angry that he wanted to take revenge. Please punish him!"

For Du Yinxi, this kind of failure to obey military orders may lead to bad consequences.Just like last time, his soldiers didn't listen to his orders and ended up being defeated in a greedy manner.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention. The other side asked for a duel, and someone came here to challenge him. The process was reasonable.Sha Dingzhou did not dare to fight, which weakened the morale of the rebels.

At this time, he was not more concerned about this, so he asked: "I saw that you were going to fight King Nathalong in a duel, why did you stop later?"

Seeing that the emperor seemed to have no intention of pursuing the case, Mu Tianbo felt relieved and quickly replied: "Then Prince Talong said he must compete on the official road! And he must ride a war elephant..."

As soon as he heard this, Fang Zhenghua understood and hurriedly reminded Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live my lord, the conspiracy of the traitor army is probably on both sides of the official road!"

When Mu Tianbo heard this, a question mark appeared on his forehead.What conspiracy, what two sides of officialdom?
Although Fan Jingwen and Du Yinxi didn't know much about it, they also knew that the rebels wanted to challenge the emperor alone. Once they heard about it, they immediately understood what was going on.

So, the two of them immediately agreed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it seems that the rebels must have dug a trap somewhere on both sides of the official road!"

"There is another possibility, that is, there are ambushes buried in the fields on both sides of the official road!"

"..."

Hearing their speculations, Mu Tianbo couldn't help but feel a little scared.If that were the case, he would have run down the official road, fearing that he would not be able to come back!

When Emperor Chongzhen was about to say something, he suddenly saw another cavalryman running over from the opposite side and shouted loudly: "Prince Long wants to challenge Emperor Ming to a duel. If he doesn't dare to challenge, just roll back to the Central Plains with his tail between his legs." go!"

After hearing such insulting words, all the generals were immediately furious.Chen Yongfu, the commander of the Longwei Battalion, rode up to Emperor Chongzhen and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I will go and choose King Natalong!"

Obviously, he is different from Mu Tianbo. He knows that he must first obtain the emperor's will before doing anything.

Emperor Chongzhen was not trying to be a hero. Hearing his invitation to fight, he nodded and said, "There may be ambushes on both sides of the official road. Be careful."

After hearing this, Chen Yongfu immediately clasped his fists and replied: "The general will obey the order!"

After saying that, he clapped his horse to greet him, pointed at him, King Long, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, are you and other barbarians qualified to fight in a duel? A certain person is the commander of the Longwei Camp directly under the imperial court, and the uncle of Kaifeng, Chen Yongfu. How dare you If you come here to provoke me, I will make you a ghost!"

In terms of status, King Talong was just the king of a vassal country, and it was still a small and remote country. He was not worthy enough to challenge the emperor of the Celestial Kingdom in a duel.Chen Yongfu is the commander of the Longwei Camp directly under the imperial court, and he also holds the title of earl. From a certain point of view, his status is more noble than that of King Long.

He didn't even need a title from the Ming Dynasty, he was just a feudal official. For example, the former governor of Shandong was in charge of the king of Korea.If a general is sent to North Korea, the King of North Korea must personally greet him and treat him as an honored guest.

However, the goal of the coalition is the current emperor and not anyone else. He, Prince Long, is not the one who suffers the consequences. He has no intention of doing a one-on-one duel that is not part of the plan.

Therefore, after hearing Chen Yongfu's words, he turned his head and looked at Sha Dingzhou, which meant that it was his turn to step forward.

Both Sha Dingzhou and Li Zicheng were eager to kill the current emperor to turn things around, and of course they did not want any accidents to occur.

Therefore, Sha Dingzhou immediately ordered and acted in accordance with the established plan.

As a result, the rebel army formation was seen to be separated, and many people were pushed to the front of the formation, almost thousands of people in a steady stream.

Chen Yongfu was stunned by this situation. He didn't know what was going on with the rebels.Then he looked over carefully.

He is an expert archer and his eyesight is naturally very good.At this glance, he immediately discovered that those escorted out by the rebels were men, women, old and young, and many of them were even wearing official uniforms. There were even some wearing scarlet robes. Needless to say, these were Governor of Yunnan.

While he was looking around, he saw Sha Dingzhou, Li Zicheng and others riding out and coming to his side, King Long.

Several people looked at each other, but Sha Dingzhou had no choice, so he finally shouted: "I heard that the current emperor is a benevolent emperor through the ages and loves the people very much. Now these are not only Han people, but also Yunnan officials at all levels and their families. Today we have to see whether the current emperor is a deceitful person, or is he really like the legend? If the current emperor does not accept the challenge, we will kill these people immediately! "

After finishing speaking, he began to talk about the more important figures among the hostages, such as the governor of Yunnan, the inspector and other officials who were captured when Kunming fell.

You know, Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province, and there are the most floating officials here.

Chen Yongfu didn't expect that these bandits would use these people as hostages to force the emperor to accept a duel before the battle. He was really angry, but he had no choice. Such a big matter could only be decided by the emperor himself.

So, he rode back and reported to Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen indeed attached great importance to the people's support. For this reason, he had been creating a persona that loved the people, and thus won the love of the people. Many thieves returned to the court anyway.The entire Ming Dynasty was in chaos, but it only took two or three years to basically put an end to the war.

If he hadn't been a person who loves the people, couldn't get the support of the people, and the thieves were stubbornly resisting him as a tyrant, not to mention he only had 10 troops, even 50, as big as the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't be enough use.Not to mention, it needs to be settled quickly!

This time he personally led the troops to pacify Yunnan and Guizhou. He also told the people in the original Tusi territory that they could live better under the rule of the imperial court!

He is doing this, dividing the land, exempting from taxes, etc., and he is indeed fulfilling his promise.

However, there are still about [-] rebels in front of us, and most places in Yunnan have not yet been pacified.These people must have heard of his reputation as a benevolent king, and their will to resist the court would not be strong.

However, if he sits back and watches thousands of people being killed without doing anything, who else will believe him?

Aren't you brave and brave?Why are you afraid of a duel before the formation?There are rumors that you had a one-on-one match before. Could it be that they are all false?

These officials and common people in front of you are basically working for the imperial court. In the eyes of your emperor, they are like trivial matters and you don't care about their lives at all. Who can believe that you will give those who have rebelled a good life?Even if it's okay for now, will there be a reckoning later?

This is the vicious plan that Li Zicheng, Sha Dingzhou and others came up with based on the current emperor.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was already very popular at this time. Liu Bei created a character who loved the people. Therefore, when Cao Cao's army attacked, he had to take the people to escape. In the end, he slowed down his marching speed and was overtaken by Cao Cao's army. , so much so that a heavy price was paid.Perhaps, they got the inspiration from it to threaten the current emperor with the lives of thousands of people.

At this time, Fan Jingwen was furious when he heard this, and immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the bandits are using such a vicious trick to force Your Majesty to agree to a duel in front of the battle, so their ambush must be very powerful and they are sure to harm Your Majesty. Therefore, Your Majesty must never agree!"

Du Yinxi was also anxious and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, no matter what, the murderer must bear the fault of murder. How can it be that Your Majesty should bear it? He is so vicious and deserves to be killed!"

Chen Yongfu understood clearly. It turned out that the traitor army had an ambush and wanted to harm the emperor, so they used such a vicious trick. In anger, he immediately knelt down on one knee and asked for battle: "Your Majesty, the last general to lead Longwei Camp to fight will kill the traitor army." Avenge those people!"

Fang Zhenghua was also panicked. He was afraid that the emperor would agree, so he quickly knelt down and admonished: "Long live my lord, you must not be fooled. I am willing to fight on your majesty's behalf!"

Jin Zhensun and others, who were directly under the command of Biaoying in front of the emperor, naturally did not fall behind and knelt down one after another to ask for a fight.

Suddenly, a large number of people knelt around Emperor Chongzhen, worried that the emperor would fight regardless of their own safety.

The one-on-one duel in front of the formation originally attracted people's attention, and the movements on the other side attracted even more attention from the imperial officers and soldiers here.Therefore, other generals also pricked their ears, wanting to know the situation.

Whether it was Fan Jingwen, Du Yinxi, or Chen Yongfu, they were all angry and loud. Coupled with the invitations of Jin Zhensun, Fang Zhenghua and others, the vicious plan of the bandit army spread quickly.

Suddenly, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court were very angry: Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, but the bandits are so vicious, and they use this to threaten you?Is this still a human being?

Even on the thief side, after understanding what happened, there were actually many people who were not ashamed of it.But at this time, they didn't dare to say anything. They just looked at the opposite side, curious in their hearts, wondering what the current emperor would do?
As for Sha Dingzhou, Li Zicheng and others, their faces are all tempered. As long as they can achieve their goals, they don't care about the means! Otherwise, they may not be able to survive now.

At this time, when they saw the situation of the officers and soldiers of the opposite court, they became a little worried, fearing that the Ming Emperor would not accept the battle despite the admonitions of the entire army.

So, after Li Zicheng thought for a while, he whispered a few words to Sha Dingzhou.

When Sha Dingzhou heard this, he was a little surprised and seemed to hesitate.

When Li Zicheng saw it, he quickly reminded him: "As long as he dares to come, what promise can he make after killing him? Those who do big things don't care about small details!"

When Sha Dingzhou heard this, he felt it made sense and agreed.

So, they sent someone to shout: "As long as the emperor dares to challenge one another and can win, it proves that the emperor is not only brave and brave, but also really cares for the people and is a benevolent king. There is no point in us rebelling. We should obey the emperor." Get frustrated!"

"If the emperor dares not come to challenge you, it means you are a hypocrite at all. Don't be deceived by him. Don't look at the fact that you are now pardoned and appointed as officials by the imperial court. You may not be able to do it again after the world is at peace. Settle accounts with you!"

There is some truth to this statement. Even the Ming Dynasty had a tradition. Emperor Taizu of that year, no matter what his reasons were, had some killings of heroes.The current emperor has said that he has pardoned so many people, which is already surprising, and he has granted so many titles. Will he settle the scores afterwards and engage in a wave of massacres like Emperor Taizu?

However, most of the imperial officers and soldiers at this time had been with the emperor for a while, and they would not believe that the emperor would do this.However, most of these bandits who have not yet surrendered are doubtful.

After the words from the thief were conveyed, everyone's eyes were focused on the emperor.

It can be said that Fang Zhenghua knew Emperor Chongzhen best among all the people. As soon as he saw Emperor Chongzhen's expression, he knew something was wrong and hurriedly said: "Long live Lord, you must not do it. The bandit army is trying every possible means to use words to suppress him. I just want to harm Lord Long Live!"

After hearing this, the others wanted to say more, but Emperor Chongzhen raised his hand to stop their conversation and said: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I'm not stupid. How could it be that the thieves just take whatever they say?"

Upon hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

But before they could continue talking, they heard Emperor Chongzhen call his name: "Chen Yongfu?"

When Chen Yongfu heard this, he thought the emperor wanted him to challenge him, so he immediately shouted back: "The general is here!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and ordered: "You will lead the Longwei camp out, screen the duel venue for me, break their trap, and then I will go out to duel again!"

After hearing this, Fang Zhenghua felt relieved.

As long as the opponent is not using any conspiracy and is just fighting in a duel, regardless of whether the opponent is riding a war elephant, in the eyes of Long Live Lord, it is not a problem at all!

After hearing this, Chen Yongfu immediately agreed. When he was about to leave, he listened to Emperor Chongzhen's instructions: "Longweiying shows his hand to scare the thieves!"

"The general obeys the order!" After hearing this, Chen Yongfu hurriedly agreed again, and then immediately returned to his formation and immediately issued an order. The five hundred Longwei camp soldiers, except for the heavy armored soldiers, immediately rode on horseback to support them. out.

Li Zicheng was immediately disappointed when he saw this scene.He didn't expect that the current emperor would not be fooled even though he was talking about it.

So, he, Sha Dingzhou, Prince Long and others quickly returned to their own camp.

Hundreds of riders were galloping, and the rumble of horse hooves was quite impressive.

Before Chen Yongfu and others could rush into the middle of the two armies, they saw many people suddenly appearing in the fields on both sides of the official road where King Long was standing just now. They panicked and fled back to the rebel formation.

They were the trump card that Li Zicheng, Sha Dingzhou and others came up with. They dug a hole at night and hid about fifty people. If the emperor came to challenge him, they would jump out and surround him and kill him.

As a result, the emperor did not come, and the cavalry of the imperial court officers and soldiers rushed over. If they did not escape, they would become meat patties under the iron hooves.

As soon as they escaped, most of them suddenly realized.It turns out that the reason why the bandits insisted on challenging the emperor was because there was an ambush!
As a result, the imperial officers and soldiers were afraid, while many people on the rebel army were ashamed.

In a duel in front of the battle, but you use such methods, doesn't it mean that talking is like farting, and you can still believe it?

(End of this chapter)