Zhu Quan was in a daze in the room holding the imperial edict. He suddenly raised his head and shouted, "My king's troops and horses, these are my king's 40,000 troops and horses!"
"There are also 20,000 from my king." Zhu Zhi also looked miserable. You must know that he only has 30,000 troops, and this time he is prepared to send 20,000 troops according to the order. Now all 20,000 troops are in Han Du's hands, Zhu Zhi
My heart suddenly became empty.
Zhu Quan looked at Han Du's leaving figure, raised his hand and pointed fiercely, "Han Du, stop for me!"
When Han Du heard Zhu Quan's roar behind him, he really wanted to leave, but he knew that he couldn't run away now. If he wanted to hold these soldiers and horses firmly in his hands, it seemed that he still needed to do something.
effort.
Calm down!
Han Du slowly turned around, straightened his back, smiled slightly, showing eight teeth, and asked pleasantly, "Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
Zhu Quan was young and energetic. He came up and grabbed Han Du's chest tightly. "You bitch, tell me! Are you here to seize my king's military power? I have long heard that the imperial court is preparing to attack us."
The brother who is helping the emperor is preparing to cut down the feudal vassalage, are you the one who instigated this piece of shit?"
Zhu Zhi also stepped forward with a gloomy face, feeling extremely uncomfortable having his military power taken away.
Han Du was stunned when he heard this, and asked completely at a loss, "Where did the prince start talking about this?"
"You have already taken away my king's military talisman, and you still ask me where to start?" Zhu Quan's eyes widened and he put more strength into his hands.
Han Du suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe. He knew that Zhu Quan would not let go after being ordered to do so, so he had to reason with him.
"Your Majesty, if the Emperor wants to conquer the Tatars, he needs to mobilize the troops and horses from all over the world. Naturally, the Prince's troops will also be mobilized. The Emperor cares about the Prince and does not want the Prince to put himself in danger, so he allows me to temporarily take charge of the troops. Why?
Come and seize military power?"
"this"
Zhu Quan suddenly didn't know what to say. From Han Du's point of view, he was indeed acting according to the order from beginning to end, without any overstep, and it was indeed not a deliberate attempt to seize their military power.
In other words, even if someone really wanted to take away their military power, that person would only be the emperor.
Zhu Quan looked at Zhu Zhi. At this time when he had no master, he could only rely on his brother who was closely related to him.
Zhu Zhi pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Zhu Quan immediately let go of Han Du.
Han Du's face turned red from holding back, and he took a few deep breaths to regain his composure.
Zhu Zhi asked with a straight face, "You just said that you are only temporarily leading our troops. That means,
When the Northern Expedition is over, will you return the troops and horses to us?"
"Of course, the Northern Expedition is over, what else am I going to do with your soldiers and horses?" Han Du said with a little guilt, but with a very sincere face. But in his heart, he thought, these two people must not have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms carefully.
, I don’t know the allusion of “Liu Bei borrowed money from Jingzhou and never returned what he borrowed”.
But that's right. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was indeed written at this time. But I'm afraid it's not famous at all. It's normal for these two high-ranking princes not to know about it.
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan thought the same thing. Han Du was not a prince, so it was impossible to allow him to control the army privately. It was indeed impossible not to return it to them.
So the two of them felt relieved.
His attitude toward Han Du also took a 180-degree turn.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Han Du, please don't tell anyone, we are a family."
"Yes, yes, sister Anqing takes good care of me. It was all a misunderstanding just now, right, brother-in-law?"
Han Du looked unconcerned on his face, but secretly thought in his heart that it was a misunderstanding to tell him now, and he also moved Anqing out to bring in relatives? Since they are relatives, why did he look like he wanted to eat him just now?
"The two princes are so polite, of course I won't take it to heart. But"
Zhu Quan suddenly became happy and laughed loudly and said, "I knew you wouldn't mind, but what?"
"However, just now, King Ning said that the imperial court was going to reduce the vassalage? I wonder where King Ning heard this from?" Although Han Du still had the same smile on his face as before, his tone was a little cold, "I have been in the court for so long.
Why has no one ever heard of it being mentioned? Moreover, it is obvious to all how the emperor treats the princes. As soon as he ascended the throne, he increased the royal salaries for the princes. Now someone is framing the emperor. Do the two princes think this person has ulterior motives? Still
Please tell me the truth, you two princes. Although I am not talented, I am still willing to share your worries and restore the innocence of the emperor."
The two were immediately stunned by Han Du's words and exchanged glances with each other.
Zhu Zhi immediately burst into laughter and said, "Han Du, it's all a misunderstanding. Prince Ning just said it casually, maybe he heard it from one of the slaves."
Zhu Quan immediately understood and quickly explained in a far-fetched manner, "Ah~ yes, yes, yes, which slave did this king hear this from?"
As he spoke, he hit his head twice, shook his head and sighed, "Looking at my memory, I really can't remember anything at all."
Han Du looked at the poor performance of the two and didn't even believe a single punctuation mark in their mouths. But these two were princes after all. Even if he didn't believe it, as long as they insisted and didn't say anything, what could he do to them?
Besides, my purpose is to seize the troops and horses they have in a sure way. As for the other things, there is no need to delve deeper into them.
"Your Majesty, you should think about it carefully when you have time. Your Majesty must not tolerate the rebellious ministers and traitors who drive a wedge between Your Majesty and the Emperor like this next time!"
Zhu Quan pecked at the rice and nodded, "Yes, yes, I will never pay dividends to such a rebellious minister and traitor. Next time I hear such words, I will cut the rumormonger into eight pieces."
"Then I will leave first." Han Du bowed slightly.
Both Zhu Quan and Zhu Zhi were a little reluctant to give up, but when they thought that their troops would come back after the Northern Expedition was over, they had no choice but to nod and let Han Du take over.
"Go ahead"
"You must remember that you must bring back my king's soldiers and horses when the time comes."
Han Du said, "My lord, please don't worry."
Then he left without haste and with his hands behind his back.
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan looked at each other again and again. They didn't look back until Han Du's figure disappeared from the door.
Both of them were a little worried, but they had to obey the emperor's order and hand over military power to Han Du.
Zhu Zhiqian smiled and said, "Brother Xian, I haven't been here for a long time. I finally came this time and everything happened to be fine."
This sentence seemed a bit inappropriate, but Zhu Zhi couldn't care less and continued, "Brother Xian, I will stay here for a few more days so that we can catch up with old times. I don't know when we will meet again next time."
"Okay!" Zhu Quan was also full of depression and agreed neatly.
He originally had a soft spot for war, and this time he thought he could follow the army and fight hard. However, he did not expect that the emperor's brother was worried about his comfort and prohibited him from going out to fight. However, this was the emperor's care and concern, and he still
I couldn't refuse, let alone say anything.
As soon as Han Du walked out of the Liao Prince's Palace, he came to Zhu Quan's camp and showed his military symbols to take over the military power. Even if he was delayed for a moment, Han Du was afraid that something would happen to Ye Changmengduo.
"Stop, who are you? Breaking into the camp, you will be killed without mercy!" A group of soldiers saw Han Du walking straight towards the entrance of the camp, and immediately shouted, and drew their swords in their hands, hoping that Han Du would surrender.
retreat.
Han Du immediately took out the military talisman and raised it high.
He shouted, "I, Han Du, have been ordered by King Ning to take over the camp. There are military symbols here!"
The soldier guarding the gate glanced at the military talisman in Han Du's hand, and while quickly sending someone in to inform the general, he signaled to Han Du, "Please come in, Mr. Marquis. I have already sent someone to inform the general, please negotiate with the general."
"Yeah!" Han Du raised his head and lowered his eyes slightly.
Faced with such a arrogant attitude, the young general did not dare to be dissatisfied at all. He was not qualified to check the military symbols, and since Han Du claimed that he had military symbols, Han Du might soon become his immediate superior, and he would
Han Du was invited in first to show his goodwill to Han Du. Anyway, Han Du was only one person, and even if the military talisman was fake, he would not be able to cause any trouble in the camp.
Han Du followed the young general and walked towards the camp. Almost all the soldiers he saw along the way were not well-dressed. Even in this cold and freezing place, there were actually some soldiers wearing single clothes.
There are also all kinds of weapons on it, including long knives, steel shields, spears, bows and arrows.
But if you think about Han Du, you will understand that this is the real situation of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. As for Jingying and Shanziying, those are special cases.
I won’t talk about Shanziying. Because of Han Du, whenever the Ordnance Bureau comes up with something new, it will be the first to take it to Shanziying for them to try out first.
The Beijing Camp was also built with painstaking efforts by Lao Zhu. Whether it was treatment or equipment and weapons, these frontier troops could not compare.
These people are just Zhu Quan's soldiers, and Zhu Quan is just Prince Ning. In terms of financial resources and strength, he is far from being able to close the court. Therefore, this person's treatment and equipment are naturally better than those in Beijing.
The camp is too different.
There are even a large number of people here. In addition to receiving a meager food and salary as soldiers, they also provide their weapons, equipment and horses themselves.
However, what pleased Han Du was that although these people's clothes and equipment were very shabby, his eyes were extremely sharp, and he could tell at a glance that they were an elite force.
"The last general, Zeng Xuan, pays homage to the Marquis!"
Han Du was concentrating on observing these soldiers, and he didn't even notice a group of people approaching them.
It wasn't until he heard the sound that Han Du turned around and saw the person in front of him.
I saw that the man in front of me was tall and tall, covered in armor, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was probably about the same age as me, but his chin was smooth and there was no beard at all.
Such an abnormal appearance made Han Du suddenly stunned and couldn't help but take a second look at his chin.