high official

Chapter 712
But the soldiers were not satisfied, because the one who shot the arrow was His Highness the King of Han, a mythical being who was said to be able to hit the target at a thousand steps!It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, only Han Wang and the Duke of England could do this, but none of the soldiers had seen it.This time I don't know who picked the head, the soldiers shouted in unison:

"A thousand steps! A thousand steps! A thousand steps!"

"A thousand steps! A thousand steps! A thousand steps!"

"Hahaha..." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help laughing loudly: "You are my army!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Maofang reprimanded hurriedly.

"Hey, since the soldiers have opened their mouths, how can the lonely king follow their wishes?" Zhu Gaoxu pretended to reprimand Li Maofang a few words, and then said as if he had made up his mind: "Okay, a thousand steps will be a thousand steps!"

"Aw! Aw! Aw!" The soldiers cheered excitedly.

Zhu Gaoxu gave an order, and the generals got busy immediately. This time, instead of setting up a target, they set up a painted halberd a thousand steps away, stuck a candle on the twig of the painted halberd, and lit the candle again. .

His Highness the King of Han bowed his bow and set his arrows again, and the soldiers once again held their breaths, looking forward to this miracle with great anticipation.

At this moment, the heaven and the earth also seemed to feel something, unexpectedly there was no wind, and the candlelight was able to continue to shine, although there was only a little bit, it could be seen clearly by everyone.

Just when the officers and soldiers felt that the bowstring was about to break, His Royal Highness finally let go of the finger that was pulling the string, and the long silver arrow turned into a straight lightning bolt and flew out!

The officers and soldiers turned their heads in unison, their gazes couldn't even keep up with the speed of the arrow, but everyone could see clearly that although the arrow flew a thousand steps, it missed the target by more than two feet!

The officers and soldiers were like ducks being choked, and they all burst into applause, which was choked back abruptly.Fangshan climbed up and down in a deathly silence, and everyone was stunned, not knowing how the following plot should continue.

Li Maofang was just about to go over and put out the candle, when a gust of wind suddenly blew out the candle... From Hanwang's point of view, this was really a miracle!Li Maofang and the others immediately cheered uncontrollably, and the guards of the palace also cheered, shouting loudly together: "Your Majesty's amazing shot! The world is unparalleled! My Lord's amazing shot! The world's unparalleled!"

The soldiers in the rest of the army looked at each other in blank dismay. Although the candle was extinguished, everyone could see that it was at least one breath after the arrow was shot before it was blown out by the wind.Everyone is not blind, knowing that it was not shot by the King of Han at all...

But the cheers had already risen, and the officers and soldiers couldn't afford to think about it any longer, so they had to shout along:

"Your Majesty shoots! Invincible!"

"Your Majesty shoots! Invincible!"

"Your Majesty shoots! Invincible!"

Hearing the cheers that were not neat at first, and then became more apparent later, Zhu Gaoxu secretly regretted it. He felt that it was not worth the loss to take the risk of his own prestige... In fact, he didn't miss the shot on purpose just now, but The original injury still had an impact, making him unable to control his body as well as before.

However, these miscellaneous thoughts are just passing through his mind. As a veteran general who has experienced many battles, he understands the truth that there is no turning back when he shoots a bow.So he suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart, his cold eyes glanced across the group of honorable generals, all the people who looked at him were hairy, and just now he smiled and said: "Everyone, did this single arrow hit?"

There was a silence in the field... Those who knew the prince's plan would naturally not speak first, but waited for the subjects to speak.And those who don't know the prince's plan, now all understand that the reason why the prince deliberately missed the arrow is to let them express their opinion!
If they turn black and white to cater to the King of Han, it means that they have completely succumbed to the King of Han's despotic power, so no matter what the King of Han does next, they will not object...

If he refuses to cater to the King of Han, even though he doesn't have a knife and axe at his side, I'm afraid he will die on the spot the next moment...

Zhu Gaoxu didn't speak, just quietly waiting for everyone to express their opinions. The autumn wind howled, making the bloody banner behind him rattle.It was also like a whip on the hearts of all the noble generals, making their hearts twitch, and they dared not express their opinions quickly...

"What does your lord think?" Finally, someone spoke.

"Lonely, it seems to have been shot." Zhu Gaoxu narrowed his eyes, and gently tapped his index finger on his right hand resting on the hilt of the sword.

"That's a shot." The man said simply.With the first one, there will be the second, third, and fourth... Finally, everyone said together: "Your Highness has indeed hit the target."

"Hahahaha..." Zhu Gaoxu laughed loudly, and the big banner behind him was fluttering, making him more and more burly and mighty like a demon. "Everyone, I will live and die together!"

"Will go through fire and water for the prince..." This time, Han Wang's confidant took the lead in shouting, and not only shouted, but also took the lead in kneeling down.The rest of the generals have already succumbed to the King of Han's despotic power... As long as there is a first time to submit to such a thing, the second time will be much less difficult.So all the generals knelt down involuntarily, and shouted together with the King of Han and his confidants:

"Will go through fire and water for the prince!"

"Okay! Gu announces that the military exercise has officially started!" Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand, and three cannons fired, and dozens of heralds conveyed their respective missions to the generals.A dozen more rode down the mountain on flying horses, and conveyed the mission to the generals who did not go up the mountain with various excuses.

After the generals took the order, they saluted the prince one after another and prepared to go down the mountain. Who knew that before going down the mountain, they were all asked to sign their names on a blank piece of paper.At this time, the generals will naturally know what the prince means... If they dare to turn their backs, this blank paper will be written on this blank paper with enough things to make them punish the nine clans and give it to Zhu Di.If the King of Han succeeds, the names left on the paper are evidence that they have made great contributions to the dragon.

And the reason why he didn't write the words of refuge on paper now is another kindness of His Highness the King of Han.As long as they don't turn their backs, even if the King of Han fails in the future, they won't be implicated... This is undoubtedly much better than directly forcing them to write their names. At least those who are forced to express their opinions will not be too disgusted. On the contrary, extremes must be reversed.

But even so, all the officers walked heavily on the way down the mountain.Letting the mountain wind blow, their minds cleared up a lot. They all felt that His Highness the King of Han had cast an evil spell just now, so they knelt down in such a daze, and even signed their names. This is great!There is no room for regret... Looking at the long mountain road winding down, leading directly to the barracks.But they don't know where their road will go... They can only be coerced to go on, and it doesn't matter where they go...

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Not to mention the distraught generals, but only to say that the king of Han and his confidants on Fangshan Mountain were relieved to enter the camp.Although the fly in the ointment is that because the crown prince didn't come, some generals...such as the group of the army's avant-garde...sense of the danger, they found various reasons to refuse to go up the mountain, did not participate in this test, and did not give them a chance to catch them all .

But at least in this way, the overt or covert enemies also showed their true colors, allowing them to target these guys in a targeted manner.After all, the strength of the enemy and ourselves is still very different, and before the King of Han did not really make a move, even the avant-garde of the government army did not dare to start a real battle.Not to mention Zhang Yong and Wang Ning!

The king of Han still looked tensely at the huge detailed topographic map of Gyeonggi in front of him. There were small yellow and green flags on it, and each flag had the name of the Yiwei army written on it, representing the distribution of all the troops in the Gyeonggi area.

It can be seen directly from the map that the number of yellow flags is twice that of green flags, and the green flags have been mobilized to the side away from the capital.

But this does not reassure the King of Han, because he knows very well that no matter how great his advantage outside the city is, it will not be decisive in winning or losing this battle. Instead of setting up a battlefield, they stayed in the capital, which determined the real winner, who was still in the capital!
When the King of Han's gaze turned to the capital, his pupils couldn't help shrinking—there were three flags in the capital, including two yellow flags and one green flag.On the two yellow flags are written the left guard of the government army and the rear guard of the government army, and on the green flag is written the right guard of the government army.These three guards are responsible for the defense of the capital, so naturally they will not participate in this military exercise, so they still did not come to Fangshan in the capital.

Although it seems that two of the three guards are standing on their side, and there are three yellow flags that are constantly being moved by the army, approaching the direction of the capital. If they march at full speed, they will arrive in about an hour and a half Beijing!But after all, the distance cannot quench the near thirst. If a conflict breaks out in the capital right now, the three guards can't count on the reinforcements for the time being.

So at this point in time, the focus of the outcome is on the three guards of the government army guarding the nine gates of the capital!However, the seemingly two-to-one advantage of our own side is not so safe.Because Xu Yelu, the commander of the left guard of the government army, has pledged allegiance to himself and written a letter of allegiance, but after all, he is not his own, and he has some suspicions with his own forces, so it is not so safe.

Before, the King of Han felt that with his two lieutenants and a group of generals on his side, he forgave the wild donkey not to dare to do anything wrong.So I didn't worry much about the left guard of the government army, so I marked it as a yellow flag as a matter of course.But when it was time to see each other and die, he discovered that all hidden dangers would be magnified infinitely, and might even become the decisive factor leading to failure.

The king of Han regretted it, why didn't he listen to Mr. Zhuang's words, and made Xu Yelu the day before yesterday... At that time, the idea was that the main battlefield this time was in Fangshan, and all problems would be solved in Fangshan, so there was no need to startle the snake. .Besides, if it was self-defeating and forced Xu Yelu, who had already shown his loyalty, to the prince, it would be self-defeating and the loss outweighs the gain.

The King of Han couldn't help sighing. It was the seemingly safe decision the day before yesterday that caused today's uncertainty... I blame myself for seeing the avant-garde of the government army coming to Fangshan, so I was sure that the prince would definitely come. In order to ensure everything was safe, All the power is concentrated here.If only one guard stayed in the capital at this time, I wouldn't be so uneasy...

(End of this chapter)