Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1299 The emperor guards the gate

  On the shore, those stationed at Dagukou are the Jinwu Guards.

  The prince dispatched them here, obviously to let them guard against enemies at sea.

  But...there are no enemies at sea.

  Jin Wuwei is the personal guard, the servant of His Majesty.

  Because of this, only Liang Jiazi is in charge.

  The so-called good family sons are mostly hereditary relatives and noble children.

  They were all tall and burly, wearing unicorn suits bestowed by the imperial court, just like the big Han generals of the Jinyiwei, they were used as guards of honor.

  The prince obviously also thinks that this group of people is useless.

  After all...they are all a bunch of fluff.

  But in Zhu Houzhao's heart, the one who can really fight is the Xiaoqi Battalion, which is the real tiger and cardinal division stationed in the capital. Zhu Houzhao determined that Frangji's greatest possibility was to land in Tanggu.

Therefore…

   Xiaoqi is the real main force.

  The commander of the Jinwu Guard heard the shouts outside, and was momentarily stunned.

  He came out in a hurry and saw countless ships on the sea.

  His heart skipped a beat, and he immediately shouted, meet the enemy, meet the enemy.

   There are thousands of Jinwu Guards, and there is no hesitation. Fortunately, His Royal Highness ordered them to stand ready and gather quickly.

   But all of a sudden, everyone was dumbfounded.

In fact, they are similar to the Jinyiwei, and do not belong to the real army. Fortunately, with the blood in their chests, many lieutenants and wrestlers are all eager to try, but they can line up troops, and the Jinwuwei command, no matter what. Also do not move.

  The commander of the Jinwu Guard is a veteran at any rate, a person who has been on the battlefield, but the captain and the wrestler don't understand anything.

  He was a little anxious, and shouted: "The thieves are coming, I don't know how many, come, report to His Majesty immediately, and ask for help! I have received the grace of the country, and the time has come to repay you today, come..."

  The commander gritted his teeth, got on the horse himself, and patted his broadsword to boost morale.

   Immediately afterwards, blowing the horn, woo woo woo...

  The lieutenant and wrestlers were still in a mess.

  The Spanish Legion has already arrived. They are approaching slowly with neat steps. Soon after, the boom...

   A cannon rang.

  Suddenly, the artillery shells fell into the Jinwu Guard's formation. Although these iron cannons were not powerful, they were magical weapons that disrupted the infantry's line.

   All of a sudden, Jin Wuwei became confused.

   "Where is the fort, go to the fort..."

   "Master Hou, those damned fellows never used artillery."

   Here at Dagukou, a fort has been set up, but...it has been a long time ago. The Jinwu Guards are only used as guards of honor. Artillery operations in field battles require skilled gunners, which is not handled by these school lieutenants and wrestlers.

  The conductor gritted his teeth, and suddenly felt a little bad.

  The other party has been killed.

  Some heroic Jinwu Guards rushed up screaming.

   Immediately afterwards, there was a salvo of matchlock guns.

  In an instant, dozens of people fell down.

  But the huge panic caused by this spread instantly.

  A large number of Jinwu Guards no longer dared to raise their knives, and retreated one after another.

   so that... began to collapse.

   "It's not good." The commander has realized something. With these three-legged cat captains and wrestlers, it is impossible to be the opponent of the incoming enemy.

  He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "To this day... let's fight to the death."

  With his horse on his shoulders and his broadsword in hand, he rushed into the enemy line with his personal guards without hesitation.

  At the port, there are shouts of killing everywhere...

  …

  Tianjin Weili…

  When a group of stragglers appeared below the city, after a while, the silence of the entire Tianjin Wei was broken.

  Emperor Hongzhi quickly met a Jinwu Guard captain.

  The school lieutenant was tearful, dressed in rags, and bowed down: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Dagukou, attacked."

   Walking within, there was an uproar, and all the officials were stunned.

   "Where is the thief?"

   "Francobot."

  Emperor Hongzhi took a breath and sneered: "They are here again! Where are they now? How is the battle going?"

   "Jinwuwei, has... been planned, Lord Hou...he took the lead, so far, his life and death are unknown...Franji, he has occupied Dagukou!"

  Emperor Hongzhi gasped.

  Hundred officials were stunned.

In Zhu Houzhao's eyes, the Jinwu Guards are just a bunch of ostentatious people who have no fighting power at all, and are not even considered a real army. But in the eyes of the officials, the Jinwu Guards are all elites selected from the Beijing camp. Da, isn’t he the elite of Ming Dynasty?

  Even the Jinwu Guard collapsed in an instant, and the commander of the Jinwu Guard was Marquis of Chenzhou.

   Someone immediately said: "Your Majesty, retreat immediately and go back to Beijing, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time."

   Someone began to agree sporadically, nodding their heads.

The voice fell, but someone said angrily: "Doesn't a gentleman build a dangerous wall? Chen Yan, you are so courageous. Tianjin Wei is the gate of the country. If you retreat, you will be the capital. If your majesty withdraws, it will be tantamount to surrendering the entire Tianjin Wei." , the emperor is the father of the monarch, the father of the subjects, at this moment, the fire is imminent, how can there be any reason to avoid the war and retreat?"

Everyone saw that it was Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War. Ma Wensheng was so angry that he wanted to kill Chen Yan who had such a bad idea. In fact, he had already started to roll up his sleeves: "Your Majesty, you must never retreat. In order to defend the holy driver, it is bound to withdraw, so how many troops are left for Tianjin Wei, whoever proposes to withdraw, is a traitor who secretly liaised with Franz, I implore Your Majesty, kill Chen Yan immediately, as an example to others .”

   "No retreat!" A group of Qingliu and Yushi also began to explode.

   "Your Majesty, the king guards the gates of the country and dies in the community. This is the righteousness that should be expected. If the emperor avoids the war, what are the thousands of subjects? This is where the people of Tianjin Wei are going to be placed."

   "If Your Majesty withdraws, how can he be worthy of his ancestors?"

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Especially a group of young Hanlin and censors, all of them began to open their eyes wide, as if they were looking for someone to fight at any time, and they were ready to fight.

   This is a tradition of the Ming Dynasty. In history, not to mention the change of the Tumu Fortress, the emperor was taken away, and the officials in the capital immediately established a new emperor. They were beaten to death and refused to move south. It was at the end of the Ming Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Chongzhen, under internal and external troubles, Chongzhen once thought about the idea of ​​negotiating peace with the Jurchen, but as soon as this idea came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the court. At the request of the emperor, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to kill the minister in charge of the secret peace negotiation, and did not dare to propose peace even until his death.

  Xie Qian's face was also pale at this time. He never expected that when he came to Tianjin Wei, he encountered such danger.

He calmed down: "That's right, you must not retreat. Franji is a lone army. Since they dare to come, they must have something to rely on, but... At this time, Tianjin Wei still has a warrior camp, Tanggu, and a Xiaoqi camp. Elite, enough to counteract the rebellion, even if God does not bless me, Ming, I will wait with your majesty to guard Tianjin Wei, and your majesty will issue an order to the five battalions of the capital, King Ma Qin, who is a mere Francois, what a shame. I dare to act arbitrarily on behalf of your majesty, now From now on, send out scouts, close the gates of Tianjin Guard, and issue an edict to stick to it, and if anyone claims that His Majesty will send you back to the palace, they will be killed without mercy!"

  Xie Qian is still very prestigious among the officials, everyone calmed down and said: "Observe the order."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Xie Qian... is equivalent to helping Emperor Hongzhi make an order.

  Hundred officials were also willing to accept such a will, and directly ignored Emperor Hongzhi's opinion and accepted it.

   "Besides that..." Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, if you dare to dare..."

"You don't have to be bold." Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly: "If you make an order, go to the capital immediately to strengthen the defense of the capital. The capital is more important. The soldiers and horses defending the capital, one soldier and one soldier, will not be able to rescue Tianjin. The local army issued an order to serve the king. Liu Jian, a cabinet scholar, was ordered to enter the palace to meet the queen... If something happens to me and the prince, the emperor's grandson is in Beijing now, and he is ordered to ascend the throne at another time!"

  Hoo...

  This is exactly what Xie Qian wanted to say, Xie Qian nodded towards Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty is holy."

  Emperor Hongzhi stood up, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, he seemed a little nervous: "Where are the crown prince and the Duke of Qi, please order them to come to see you immediately. I can't wait to see you. Where did they go?"

   "Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing prostrated himself with a patter, and said tremblingly, "I heard that the prince and the Duke of Qi, they... they... have left the city."

   "Out of town...to..."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

   "Where did you go? It's said to be inspecting Changping Guard."

  Changping Wei…

  At this time, everyone remembered that this time, there was also Changping Wei who accompanied him.

  However, compared to the majestic Jinwu Guard and the famous Warrior Battalion and Xiaoqi Battalion, this Changping Guard...is no different from Gou X.

  Emperor Hongzhi was a little anxious. Even if he was in danger now, his son and son-in-law must not be in danger.

  He even wanted to let the prince and Qi Guogong return to Beijing immediately to preside over the overall situation.

  He couldn't help asking: "Where is Changping Guard?"

   "Your Majesty...in the Ninghe area, the crown prince said that if he is stationed there, if there is any loss in Tanggu, he can go down the river to help Tanggu."

  Emperor Hongzhi: "..."

  Ning River is in the northeast corner of Tianjin Wei, and it is a long distance from Dagukou, but...

  Emperor Hongzhi was convinced, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "How do they know that there will be enemies coming."

"this…"

   But then, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't care less about these things anymore, he immediately said: "Decree, order these two guys to return to Beijing from Ninghe immediately, without delay for a moment, if you dare to stay, I will never forgive you lightly."

  Xiao Jing was busy kowtowing like garlic: "Your servant obeys the order, and my servant will order someone to report it."

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at Xiao Jing sternly: "Tell them, this time, if they dare to disobey my will, I will let them know how powerful I am, and I mean what I say!"

  ...

  Chapter 4 is delivered, I have a headache, it will be updated tomorrow, and I will finish this story in one breath, then, it’s the end of the month, the monthly pass is about to be invalidated, let’s smash it on the tiger.

  (end of this chapter)