Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 234 The War in Ningxia Mansion

In Prince Qin's palace, after Zhu Ming came back, he couldn't help but cursed.

"Damn Zhu Xi, just let him die like this, it's really an advantage for him."

Zhu Ming was extremely angry. He was not angry because the people had blocked his way, nor was he worried that they would rebel or threaten him.

What makes Zhu Ming angry is that such good people can be forced to live like this by him.

This guy is better off dead.

At this time, Zhu Shangbing and his younger brothers and sisters were preparing to take a rest after staying in the mourning hall for Guanyin Nu all night.

When passing by the main hall, I happened to hear Zhu Ming's angry scolding, but he didn't dare to go in. Instead, he grabbed a few younger brothers and sisters and hurried over, pretending that he didn't know.

Now that there is no heir apparent in the Prince of Qin's palace, unless Zhu Shangbing ascends the throne, Zhu Zhen will become the main rebel.

After all, he is the King of Dian, the current vassal king, and he is still wearing Shangfang's sword as if I were here in person, who dares to say anything?
Even Zhu Shangbing did not dare to say or ask more about Zhu Ming's disposal of the shady property in Prince Qin's palace.

He also knows what kind of virtue his father is. If he dares to be greedy again at this time, I am afraid that the eighteenth uncle will never let him go.

He didn't look at how his father, who was also Zhu Zhen's second brother, was scolded by his eighteenth uncle.

Zhu Ming took the account book and started to settle the accounts.

Fortunately, he has experience and experience in Yunnan, and now Zhu Ming can be regarded as handy.

After comparing the account books and household registration in the army, he already knew it well.

"Wang Fu, call me that boy Li Gui," Zhu Zhen said in a bad tone.

Wang Fu knew that Zhu Chu was still angry, and thought about it. Li Gui was asked to announce to the whole city that warehouses were to be opened to release grain, but he could do that?How did you do it?
"Your Highness, after all, Li Gui has never participated in your conversion, so he is not familiar with the process, so he was negligent," Wang Fu also told Li Gui.

"I know, and I don't intend to blame him. It's just that I have one more thing to give him. By the way, prepare the pen and ink," Zhu Zhen cleared the table in front of him, as if he wanted to show off his skills.

Wang Fu was still wondering.

Zhu Ming said angrily: "Silly, what are we doing here now? We are imperial envoys. Since we have investigated the cause of the second brother's death, we naturally have to report to Tianting as soon as possible. My father is still waiting for the results. "

"What's more, now that I am making bold and bold wishes here, I have to give an explanation to my father and explain the causes and consequences. Although these are what the people and the soldiers of the guard station deserve, the situation must also be explained."

"And I have to stay a few more days, and you know why. I can't talk about it, but I need an excuse to stay here."

What's more, since we already know that Li Gui is a Jin Yiwei, it is natural to get rid of him first.

Li Gui was not allowed to stay in Yunnan because he was afraid that he would discover something.

And now that he is far away from Yunnan, he naturally has to find a way to get rid of him.

As for whether Zhu Zhen had ever thought of simply finding a reason to make Li Gui disappear.

That's not necessary. It's better to say that if Li Gui suddenly disappears, first Zhu Yuanzhang will have to doubt himself, and secondly, he will have to develop the guards around him into Jin Yiwei.

And these guards of his are all loyal. If they offend Lao Zhu, he will kill a few of them. Even one of them will be heartbroken.

The most important thing is that Li Gui has exposed his identity, so there is no threat, but he can confuse Zhu Yuanzhang.

Wang Fu first prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone for Zhu Zhen, and then went to call Li Gui.

In fact, Li Gui had not slept for long before he had to get up.

When he came to Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi was still writing, mainly about Zhu Xi's actions, which were simply too difficult to describe.

Even Zhu Xi's calligraphy was affected. Although there was no curse word written on Zhu Xi, there was anger and murderous intent in the handwriting.

Originally, his brushwork was as vigorous and powerful as Bajiquan, but now it seemed to have a murderous aura, which woke Li Gui up.

After a while, Zhu Zhen stopped writing, and the last signature was naturally his name.

It's just that Zhu Zhen doesn't have a seal, so there is no need to stamp it.

Naturally, his vassal seal was left to Mu Qiu. Why would he bring that thing with him? It's very heavy.

"Li Gui, I want you to send this letter back to the capital as soon as possible, because now the people of Xi'an can say that their people have lost their hearts, and I must immediately use all the means I can to appease the people," Zhu Zhen said.

Li Gui collected the letter. Because of the high stakes and time constraints, he did not have time to frame it as a memorial. He just wrapped it in brown paper to avoid blurring the handwriting.

"I will live up to my mission," Li Gui promised, and immediately set off.

And when this letter is delivered to the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang in the capital, we will not tell you how much of a sensation there will be and how angry Zhu Yuanzhang will be.

On his side, Zhu Zhen asked the government office of the prefect of Xi'an to help open warehouses and stock grain to appease the people.

At the same time, Zhu Zhen himself called all the guards, escorted a batch of food and gold and silver money, left the city gate and came to the military camp again.

Everyone in the military camp had already greeted each other, and everyone knew what was going to happen next. When the entire army gathered together, they no longer held hostility, but looked forward to it.

The first is to provide the necessary supplies of food and grass to the military camp. These will first be inventoried by the logistics department and then stored in the military warehouse.

The second step is to issue military pay to the soldiers.

Zhu Ming did not distribute it to everyone personally, but asked three commanders to make arrangements.

The large sums of money were handed out, and everyone's grievances were finally settled.

In fact, the oppression experienced by the army was much less than that of the people in the city.

It is nothing more than the deduction and delay of military pay, arrears in food and grass, etc.

Then there’s the problem of working too much but not getting the pay you deserve.

Unlike the people in the city, they were really forced to the point where their families were ruined and they couldn't survive.

Therefore, the comfort of the army is easier than that of the city.

So before the evening of that day, when all the soldiers in the army had received the military pay that should have belonged to them but had been delayed, everything calmed down.

Zhu Ming called the three commanders over again and gave them some serious instructions. He also asked them to select some people who he said would be of great use.

Great use?

The three commanders didn't know what kind of medicine Zhu Chu was selling in the gourd, so they could only follow the instructions and try their best to find elite soldiers who performed well on weekdays under their command, and only waited for Zhu Chu to make plans later.

Afterwards, Zhu Chu returned to the Qin Prince's Mansion in the city.

For several days in a row, granaries were still being opened in the city to stock up on grain. Finally, even Zhu Zhen personally brought his own guards and some palace maids and eunuchs out to help stock out grain.

As soon as the people heard that even the Dian King personally distributed food to everyone, many people crowded over and made Zhu Ming dumbfounded.

"Dear fellow villagers, there are several food distribution points in the city. We should spread out to get the food as soon as possible so that we can go home and make fires to cook. And the autumn harvest is coming soon, so we can't delay it because of this matter. That is the most important thing. That's the most important thing," Zhu Xi couldn't help but persuade loudly.

It is already October, the time of golden autumn. Although Shaanxi belongs to the north and is close to the grasslands outside the customs, the temperature is a bit cool.

But it’s time for the autumn harvest, and the autumn harvest has even been completed in many places across the country.

It was also at this time of autumn that on the grassland outside the pass, there was a group of cavalry eyeing the Central Plains inside the pass.

This is a large-scale cavalry force, and it was Shen Rong who found out the information and then hurriedly notified it to Zhu Zhen. It was a force composed of more than a dozen tribes.

There are quite a few of these people, more than 3 riders.

This is the cavalry unit that can only be assembled by the Mongolian grassland tribes. Even if you search among all the troops in the Central Plains, it is difficult to find any unit that can have such a big hand.

Unless it was like the pacification of Yunnan or the several northern expeditions to the grasslands, cavalry of this size could only be assembled with the strength of the whole country.

"It's time for the Huza (Han people, a disparaging name) in the Central Plains to remember who their masters are."

"Drink."

With a shout, the cavalry began to gallop, and the target in front of them was Ningxia Mansion.

Ningxia Town is one of the nine important towns, and its main defense areas are along the Helan Mountain and the Yellow River.

At this time, the defense of Guyuan Town had not yet been set up, although the Hetao area was already under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

But these bandits basically appear and disappear in Helan Mountain. They come and go freely.

It can be said that it is impossible to guard against.

In addition, Ningxia Town is now isolated on the fortress, which is a breakthrough point for the south. Once Ningxia is lost, these cavalry can break through the Great Wall and drive straight south to plunder.

This has been the method used by northern nomads to beat the autumn wind since ancient times.

This has always been the case from the Xiongnu, to the Turks, from the Khitan, to the Northern Yuan Dynasty (Mongolia).As soon as Ningxia Town was attacked, Zhu Zhen received the news.

Don’t forget he has a system.

In fact, Ningxia Town did not originally belong to Zhu Chu's territory, but now Zhu Chu is in Xi'an. However, the Ming Dynasty changed Gansu Province to a provincial administration. The province's territory belongs to the Shaanxi Chief Secretary, Shaanxi Dusi, and Shaanxi Xingdu Commandery Division.

In other words, theoretically speaking, the entire province of Gansu today is under Shaanxi and is collectively called Shaanxi-Gansu.

As a result, Zhu Cheng's alarm system immediately issued a warning: "Ningxia Town is being invaded by Tatars."

They called themselves Mongols, but the Ming Dynasty called them Tatars.

The system here is named after the naming method of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Ming was moved in his heart, and immediately called Wang Fu and handed over the task of distributing food here to the palace officials of the Prince of Qin. They called a hundred accompanying guards and went straight to the military camp outside the city.

But walking on the road, Zhu Zhen hesitated again.

Should we immediately lead our troops to Ningxia Town for support, or should we wait?
The reason for this hesitation was that Zhu Zhen could not expose the existence of the system, nor could he explain why he knew that Ningxia Town had been attacked.

How to say?Watching the sky at night?
But it's still daytime.

What's more, Zhu Zhen already knew that he couldn't just use observing the sky at night as an excuse, otherwise he would be easily accused of rebellion.

Why do you, a vassal king, watch the sky at night when you have nothing to do?Want to be an emperor?
He didn't understand it before, but he knows it now.

What's more, although the distance between Ningxia and Xi'an is not as far as that between Xi'an and Yingtian, it is still half the distance.

In other words, it would take at least three days to travel on horseback.

How did you get the news?
Or should we just wait until the news from Ningxia comes?
"But if Ningxia falls, how many people will suffer? My ambition is to be the supreme leader of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and I will be the only one in the world. How can I care about this gain and loss? If anyone questions it, then go ahead and question it," said Zhu Thinking of this, I suddenly became enlightened.

He was not even afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he would fight whenever he needed to. The father and son often hurt each other, and he also made many mistakes.

He is not even afraid of Emperor Hongwu, so why is he afraid of other people's doubts?

At that moment, Zhu Ming also asked Wang Fu to lead people to the [-]-horse field that Shen Rong had left behind when he left, which was in a forest outside the city.

After all, such a large group of livestock would definitely not be able to enter the city easily. In addition to the importance of horses, Shen Rong was smart enough to build a temporary pasture outside the city.

Asking Wang Fu to take care of the horses, Zhu Zhen led the people straight to the military camp.

"Drum roll, sir," Zhu Zhen ordered loudly as soon as he came in.

Now that the soldiers in the military camp are convinced of Zhu Chu, naturally no one questions it.

With the sound of a drum, the military camp became busy and chaotic.

First, the three major commanders came to the Chinese army's tent while wearing armor.

"The Last General Peng Yue", "Qian Shu" and "Niu Sheng"

"Follow your orders."

Having said that, the three of them couldn't help but wonder, why did they suddenly beat the drums?It's afternoon now, not morning.

It's a little baffling.

Zhu Ming was also unambiguous and said: "Now I have received news that the Tatars outside the pass are attacking Ningxia Town. I will quickly gather the troops and horses and let the logistics prepare the supplies and food. Then I will rush to Ningxia with my king."

The three major commanders were shocked.

Did this happen during this autumn harvest season?

However, they also know that the nomadic people outside the Pass have a 'tradition' of fighting the autumn wind. After all, they are not engaged in production. If they lack food and drink, they will inevitably take advantage of the people in the Pass.

But, what does this have to do with them?
After all, in the years since King Qin became the vassal, this kind of thing has happened frequently. However, King Qin will only suppress rebellion under His Majesty's will and will not take the initiative to attack.

But Zhu Xi was not Zhu Xi after all. He raised his eyes and glanced over, frowning and asked: "What's the matter? Are you disobeying my order? Although this is not my fiefdom, I am the king of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the border. The country is my responsibility. As a prince, I enjoy all the glory and wealth, and it is my responsibility to protect my family, my country, and my people."

This means that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. While enjoying the privileges and domineering, you still don’t want to accept the mission?

There is no such thing as a good thing.

What's more, this is the God-given opportunity that Zhu Xi is looking forward to, how can he miss it.

"You will execute the order as soon as possible. If there is any delay, military law will be dealt with." Zhu Qi patted the Shang Fang sword on his waist. He now had the privilege of killing first and then reporting later.

The three major commanders quickly took orders and went out.

"By the way, have you selected the 5000 elite soldiers that the king asked you to select before?" Zhu Zhen suddenly asked.

"It has been selected," Peng Yue replied.

"Very good, call them here first, I want to take them out," Zhu Zhen said.

So the three major commanders went to assemble the troops and arrange logistics and food issues, and at the same time they also gathered five thousand elite soldiers alone.

Zhu Ming was not ambiguous and took the 5000 people directly out of the military camp to join Wang Fu.

At this time, there were [-] good horses, and before Shen Rong left, he had specially prepared saddles and other necessary equipment. Except for the lack of equipment and weapons, everything was available. Even the fodder for the horses could last for a month.

If he had prepared weapons and equipment, he might be rebelling, right?

With the arrival of these 5000 elite soldiers, they were directly 'transferred' to the cavalry on the spot, and Zhu Min unambiguously handed over the command of these [-] men to Wang Fu.

After all, Wang Fu is his true confidant.

As for how to explain to the three commanders, do I need to explain?

Then, when Zhu Chu went out for a tour and came back with five thousand cavalry, everyone's eyes widened.

Especially the three major commanders were even more excited. These were selected from their army. I am afraid not everyone could take advantage of the many cavalry.

Unfortunately, Zhu Zhen said on the spot: "Now that there is a war, I personally serve as the commander-in-chief. All soldiers obey my orders. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed. These five thousand cavalry are now under the command of Wang Fu. Under your command, Peng Yue, Qian Shu, and Niu Sheng, you will redistribute your troops and deploy them, and then divide them into the front army, the middle army, and the rear army. Prepare immediately to go to Ningxia to help without delay."

What else can the three commanders say? Why did you suddenly come to seize power, Your Highness?This is different from the attitude we had when we discussed how to calm the morale of the military a few days ago.

But they have no choice.

Although the vassal king did not have the power to command the army in peacetime, once a war broke out, the vassal king's status was the highest. Even Fu Youde had to bear the name of Yan King Zhu Di.

Even if Xu Da comes, he will still be a general, not a handsome man.

"The whole army is mobilized."

While it was still early, Zhu Zhen led the army directly out of the military camp without any hesitation and headed straight from Xi'an to Ningxia.

As the saying goes, soldiers need to be quick, because knowing that Ningxia Town had been attacked at this time, Zhu Zhen did not dare to be vague and directly asked the troops to advance at full speed. That night, the troops rushed to Qingyang City.

This is more than 100 kilometers of road, and it is still ancient times. There are no highways and no cars.

When Zhu Zhen finally let the entire army rest, many people fell down from exhaustion.

Only the five thousand newly transferred cavalrymen were secretly proud and happy. Fortunately, they were now cavalrymen, which was a relief.

Otherwise, not only would they have to wear thick equipment, but they would also have to carry their own weapons, and they would also have to run forward in a hurry, wouldn't they die from exhaustion?

"The whole army is camped where it is, and you are not allowed to enter the city to harass the people. Again, you are soldiers, and your duty is to protect your home and country and protect the people, not to bully the people," Zhu Xi ordered.

Because the troops carry dry food with them, they can last at least three days, so they can be self-sufficient without waiting for the logistics supply troops to send food and grass.

So the troops quietly rested outside Qingyang City.

The entire Qingyang City was right in front of them, but none of them knew that such a force had come. It wasn't until the city gate was opened the next morning that the defenders were startled by the troops outside.

Good guy, as soon as the defenders opened the city gate, there was a military camp that appeared out of thin air and was cooking pots. The wisps of cooking smoke were so fragrant.

But brother, where are you from?The Eastern Tang Dynasty?

Where did it come from?
The prefect of Qingyang was also alarmed and hurriedly came out to inquire.

While munching hard dry food, Zhu Zhen met the prefect and revealed his identity: "I am Zhu Zhen, the king of Dian. I was originally an imperial envoy to Xi'an for business. Now I heard that Ningxia Town was attacked by Tatars. We are here to provide support. Don’t worry, we are not here to attack you.”

The prefect of Qingyang was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer.

After breakfast, Zhu Zhen asked the entire army to prepare and continue on the road.

(End of this chapter)