Chapter 929: Desperately
Zhu Youzhuo can no longer understand His Highness, his father.
Although he lived in the palace, the court's strategy has always been sticking to it. It is understandable to stick to it. At least all civil and military officials agreed unanimously.
But now, Zhu Xu suddenly asked the emperor to lead the army in person, which really surprised Zhu Youzhu.
But today's Zhu Xi changed his gentle impression and said seriously: "Your Majesty, this world belongs to Your Majesty. I have a word, but I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to listen to it?"
"But... but it's okay." Zhu Youzun was completely confused at this time. When he heard the emperor's personal command, he obviously looked very bad.
Zhu Qi said coldly: "Now, the main force of the Langshan Army has surrounded Jiujiang. In less than a few months, it can reach the city of Jinling. At that time, hundreds of thousands of Langshan Army and Hao Fenglou's troops gather together. Why should Jinling resist and how can it rely on to defend? At this point, the only way is to take risks. Your Majesty will bring out all the elite Jinling troops, fight against time to siege Zhenjiang, destroy the enemy of Zhenjiang, and hold Hao Fenglou. This is to boost the morale of the three armies, and the second is to capture Hao Fenglou, so that the thieves are afraid. Taizu is difficult to establish a foundation, and our descendants are not worthy, but this country must not fall into the hands of a different surname..."
"I didn't deliberately touch the Xu family before, but it was not the kindness of a woman. First, it was just to stabilize all officials. And the second was to try every means to stabilize Hao Fenglou, so that they had an illusion that they mistakenly thought that Wei was just an indecisive and kind person. For this reason, Xu Jingming came back, whether he was a detailed work of the Langshan Army or was really a loyal minister of the court, it was actually not important at all. What was important was to make a misjudgment for the Langshan bandits. As for Hao Fenglou's book, I asked Empress Dowager Xu to reply to the peace. This is also the reason."
"And now, all kinds of signs indicate that the thieves in Zhenjiang have indeed made a wrong judgment. They did not expect that such an indecisive person as Weichen, or a person who is illusory and eager to seek peace, would take risks, know yourself and your enemy, and be victorious, and never be defeated in a hundred battles. Now, the bandits know themselves but not in an enemy. As long as all the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty are released, your Majesty will be willing to lead the army in person. Inspire the morale of the three armies, hundreds of thousands of troops crush a small Zhenjiang, and win this battle. If Zhenjiang is captured, all the troops and horses in the world will be deeply encouraged. At that time, Your Majesty uses Hao Fenglou as a threat to order the bandits to retreat. Or calmly order the remnants of the Jiangxi camp to first drag the enemy in Jiujiang, and then all the elite death-death soldiers in Jinling to advance together on land and water to encircle them. Is there any reason to forgive the bandits?"
"What is Father's meaning? Is Xu Jingming a detailed work?" Zhu Yu's words impressed Zhu Youzhu too deeply, and he never expected that. Just when his father was so happy that he was like spring breeze, a layout had quietly unfolded. Even the emperor was kept in the dark.
Zhu Xu smiled and said, "Actually, what does it matter if Xu Jingming did it carefully?"
Zhu Youzhun was speechless for a moment and fell into silence.
The emperor personally led the army to fight, and the risks he took were imagined. He was not a courageous person, and he had to think about this matter again.
Zhu Qi said: "Why is Your Majesty silent?"
Zhu Youzhun smiled bitterly and said, "Will your father go with me?"
Zhu Shi shook his head and said, "At that time, Jinling is empty, I am afraid that someone will make a mistake. I am afraid that someone will be in charge of a slut. Your Majesty is the magistrate of the Nine Five. If you fight in person, you will definitely be able to inspire the morale of the three armies and make the soldiers bravely move forward. Although the officials in the court are boasted by all officials, it seems that everyone is a loyal and brave man, but Your Majesty must understand that compared with the bandits, the morale of the officials has always been unstable. Only when Your Majesty appears in Zhenjiang can the soldiers move forward bravely. Your Majesty, now the country is in danger. Who should not take risks if you want to accomplish great things? The traitor is right in front of you. Can Your Majesty still sit high in Jinling?"
Zhu Xi couldn't help but show a bit of ferocious look at this time and continued: "The emperor guards the country and the king dies in the country. This is natural. Everyone can kill the traitors. How can Your Majesty still be indecisive until now? Your Majesty..." Zhu Xixiu said nothing and fell to the ground.
When Zhu Youzun saw it, he was immediately panicked. He took a step forward and helped Zhu Su up, but he still did not let go: "But it takes at least half a month to go all out to advance together and arrive in Zhenjiang. At that time, what if the thief army was frightened and retreated from Zhenjiang and fled far away to Changxing?"
Zhu Shi smiled slightly and said, "I have asked King Qi. King Zhao led his headquarters to attack Zhenjiang in a surprise. In a few days, they will arrive at the city of Zhenjiang. Although their guards are not elite, they can barely have some combat power. There are many cavalry, with more than 4,000. I have already instructed them not to have to fight the enemy in Zhenjiang. If the bandits go out of the city to fight, they can retreat dozens of miles. But if the enemy in Zhenjiang wants to retreat, they will immediately pursue them. Even if the bandits want to retreat, it will not be so easy."
Everything was immediately clear.
This was a plan carefully arranged by Zhu Xu. On the one hand, he began to show weakness and did not move the Xu family, which proved to Hao Fenglou that the division in Jinling was extremely serious, so that the dignified King of Zhou did not dare to attack the Xu family. This means that the power of the Xu family is still there, which undoubtedly gave Hao Fenglou a wrong idea, that is, to sow discord and achieve a misjudgment of defeating the army without fighting.
In addition, he made every effort to defend Jinling and built fortifications everywhere, so that Langshan bandits believed that the King of Zhou was cautious and determined to defend against the enemy, so as to paralyze Hao Fenglou.
More importantly, Zhu Xu instigated Empress Dowager Xu to prepare for peace and peace, and brought Zhu Xu's "cautious" character to the fullest. All of this was just an illusion, and the real battle had just begun.
Seeing that the emperor was still looking embarrassed, Zhu Wei finally smiled, smiling coldly, and said in an unquestionable tone: "At this point, Your Majesty can no longer to weigh the pros and cons. Your Majesty, everything is ready, only the east wind is needed."
After saying that, he swung over and stepped out of the warm chalet.
After coming out of the warm-up pavilion, an eunuch was waiting for a long time. Zhu Shi looked at him calmly and said word by word: "Empress Xu is closely monitored. As for Xu Jingming, he will immediately ask someone to take it down."
"yes."
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Outside Zhenjiang, a military horse suddenly appeared.
It's the Ming army.
When the scout came to report, Hao Fenglou was stunned. This army had 20,000 horses. Although the number was small, they were all elite, because their cavalry had as many as 5,000.
You know, this horse is a rare thing. The Lang Son Army once wanted to form a cavalry, but the scale has always been limited. The reason is that the horse is very expensive and not as affordable as the musket. More importantly, the consumption of this horse material is also a huge expense.
Raising a cavalry, even spends more than five infantry, but now, five thousand cavalry actually appear.
This made Hao Fenglou never naively think that these are just small groups of harassing troops, and this is an elite force.
It was obvious that the other party would not have let such a military horse come to die. The only possibility was that this was a vanguard of the other party. In this way, Hao Fenglou began to be cautious. He suddenly realized that it was unusual, so he immediately summoned the generals to start discussing.
The final conclusion was that the court made a big move. In order to judge the other party's intentions, the Lang San army of the two battalions began to attack, but soon, they returned without success, because when the scouts of these guys saw the Lang San army attack, they immediately issued a warning message, and immediately afterwards, they ran away.
That's right, he ran faster than a rabbit when he ran for dozens of miles, and his integrity was broken all over the ground.
But when the two battalions returned in vain, they began to move forward and ran back.
It should be noted that such people are the most disgusting, but these disgusting people make Hao Fenglou keenly feel that something is going to happen, and something is going to happen.
A huge controversy began to take place within the army.
Almost everyone has determined that the court's subsequent actions must be even more astonishing, because the Ming army outside the city is obviously just an appetizer, and their purpose is obviously to monitor the Lang San army, or to delay the Lang San army in order to prevent the Lang San army from retreating.
So, the upcoming one is most likely the elite of the imperial court, so what should the Lang Son Army do?
Retreat and return to Changxing, it is certainly good. If you want to get rid of this army and prevent them from pursuing, you will have to send thousands of troops to cut off the rear. Once these thousands of troops wait until most of the Lang Son army escapes from the sea, they will be isolated and will inevitably be wiped out. If you firmly stick to it, what will you face next?
Most of the military officers of the Lang Son Army were adventurers, which was not taught by Hao Fenglou. In fact, these people followed Hao Fenglou and won many battles. Because they had always despised the official army, in the following discussion, most of them firmly opposed and held back, making them cut off their arm and abandon thousands of brothers' robes. Obviously, it would be better to give the Ming army a head-on attack outside the city to make them excited.
During the endless debate, Hao Fenglou also began to hesitate. It was not that he could not make a wise judgment. In fact, the Ming army immediately abandoned an elite soldier and fled far away to the sea, which was probably a great impact on morale and even caused his prestige to fall to the bottom.
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