Section Thirty-Third: Beginning to Take Military Power
Chapter 33 - Begins to Take Military Power
Chapter 33: Beginning to Take Military Power
Perhaps God really opened his eyes, and the troops sent by Zhou Dazhong actually pursued the wrong direction. They thought that Zhu Tianjiang, the fourth prince and others must have fled towards the capital. Didn't they know that the Zhennan army bypassed the Central Capital?
, Zhu Tianjiang’s walking route was exactly opposite to that of the person he was chasing.
They kept walking and walking like this until dawn, when they saw a group of fast horses galloping in front of them.
Zhu Tianjiang quickly ordered people to hide. At this time, no one could tell which wave of people came from the other party. When he saw Zhu Yi riding a horse and running at the front, Zhu Tianjiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. The people around him had already
I couldn't help it anymore and cheered excitedly.
There were not many people in this group. Behind Zhu Yi, a general was riding on a tall horse holding a spear. Before the general could speak, Guo Ying ran over excitedly.
"Uncle Wen, it's me~Guo Ying."
Guo Ying has lived in the Zhennan Camp for many years, and he knows almost all the camp officers above centurion. The person who came here is one of the two major arms of Guo Tianxin in the Zhennan Camp, General Wen Ruhai.
"Girl Ying, can Uncle Wen not be anxious when I learn that you are trapped in Shutian Mansion? Fortunately, you are all safe and sound, otherwise Uncle Wen will destroy Shutian Mansion." Wen Ruhai said in a deep voice.
After saying that, Wen Ruhai rode up to Zhu Tianjiang and others. After a brief glance, he could identify the other party's identity from his clothes.
Wen Ruhai clasped his fists at Zhu Tianjiang and said, "Wen Ruhai, the general of Zhennan, is here to greet the tax superintendent."
Zhu Tianjiang clasped his fists and said, "General Wen, you don't have to be polite. Junior Zhu Tianjiang is polite." Guo Ying called him uncle, and Zhu Tianjiang said that it was appropriate for him to be a junior.
Even though the fourth prince had a royal status, in terms of official position, Zhu Tianjiang was the highest among them. After Wen Ruhai greeted Zhu Tianjiang, he gave the courtesy of a military attache to the fourth prince and Yu Gege.
"Prince Princess, you have worked hard all the way, and you will be polite in the end."
The fourth prince and Yu Gege each gave a salute. At this time, everyone was running all the way, their faces were all stained, and they looked like a group of people fleeing from famine, without the majesty of the royal family.
Everyone stopped walking. The army behind them was coming this way, so there was no need to go any further. Zhu Tianjiang and others were exhausted and rested on the spot. Zhu Yi and others continued to move forward to meet Zhu Er and others.
Yu Gege looked at the sweat on Zhu Tianjiang's face, took out the silk scarf, and handed it over carefully, "Brother Tianjiang, wipe off the sweat."
Zhu Tianjiang looked at Guo Ying and found that she was busy greeting the officers and soldiers of the Zhennan camp. Zhu Tianjiang took the silk scarf and couldn't help but smile mischievously, "Yu Gege, I carried you all the way, no matter what, I have to let you go."
Let me give you a kiss." Now that it was completely safe, Zhu Tianjiang felt much more relaxed.
Yu Gege looked at Zhu Tianjiang in surprise and was stunned for a long time before she remembered his shameful words.
"You're going to die, let others hear it, how can I see anyone?" Yu Gege felt as if she had kicked a little rabbit, and she quickly looked around.
Zhu Tianjiang wanted to say a few words, but Yu Gege blushed and slapped her angrily, turned around and ran towards Guo Ying.
As soon as the Zhennan army arrived, Wen Ruhai ordered troops to set up camp on the spot and sent scouts to monitor the nearby situation. Zhu Tianjiang's heart dropped. With this army, Zhu Tianjiang also felt confident.
When the fourth prince saw the majestic soldiers, the fear he had felt for so many days finally passed, and his pale face became a little more human.
In the big tent, Zhu Tianjiang changed his clothes. Since he didn't bring any clothes, he wore the uniform of a military attaché.
"General Wen, I wonder what General Guo has planned?" Zhu Tianjiang asked Wen Ruhai.
What he wants now is military power. It would be boring if the other party just comes here to rescue people and then leaves.
Wen Ruhai looked at Zhu Tianjiang and said, "There are no detailed arrangements in the general's secret letter. It just tells the general to send 20,000 troops to Shutian Mansion to protect your safety. And there is an order in the general's secret letter.
The troops and horses can be temporarily placed under Lord Zhu's control."
Wen Ruhai also wondered at the time why Guo Tianxin issued this order. In fact, Guo Tianxin could not tell the Zhou family's affairs in the secret letter. After all, the Zhou family had not rebelled yet. But Guo Tianxin did so because he believed that Zhu Tianjiang was staying in Shutian Mansion.
After such a long time, he will definitely be aware of it. Giving him 20,000 troops and horses is to allow Zhu Tianjiang to suppress the forces of Shutian and Zhongdu. Once the Zhou family forces the palace and Shutian and Zhongdu are captured,
It will also put a lot of pressure on the old uncle. Of course, Zhu Tianjiang can make arrangements, but the specific command power still belongs to Wen Ruhai.
Zhu Tianjiang was overjoyed, "Okay!" After Zhu Tianjiang said "good", he pulled out the imperial gold pen with a "swish".
"General Wen listened to the decree and conveyed the emperor's oral instructions. The two palaces of Shu and Tian in the central capital were plotting a rebellion. He specially ordered the secret envoy Zhu Tianjiang to hold the golden pen given by the emperor and deal with the situation according to the situation. Any military station can be called upon and no order can be violated. Qin
this!"
When the fourth prince heard this, he became paralyzed again. He would have died if he had not falsely preached the imperial edict. However, the fourth prince was already completely convinced of Zhu Tianjiang, so he loved him as much as he liked.
When Wen Ruhai heard this, he was stunned and quickly knelt down on one knee, "I obey your order!"
Yu Gege and Guo Ying gave Zhu Tianjiang a strange look, but in their hearts, the two girls never expected that Zhu Tianjiang was a forger. They really thought that the emperor had secretly passed down the oral instructions before coming.
Zhu Tianjiang put away his gold pen and quickly helped Wen Ruhai up, "General Wen, please get up."
Zhu Tianjiang let Wen Ruhai sit down and said, "General Wen, this junior doesn't know anything about marching and fighting. I have forgotten General Wen's great help."
"Don't worry, Master Zhu. Since the two houses of Zhongdu and Shutian are plotting to rebel, we will definitely do our best to eradicate the rebels." Wen Ruhai said with great righteousness.
Zhu Tianjiang nodded. It was easier to deal with such a military attache with well-developed limbs and a simple mind than those literati.
"General Wen, I don't know the deployment of troops in these two places. Which one do you think we should attack first?" Zhu Tianjiang is indeed an amateur when it comes to fighting. In his previous life, he only focused on digging up scandals.
The military rarely interferes. The paparazzi world also has its own rules. If you secretly take photos of people in the literary and art circles, it's okay, but if you go to a military base and even pull a tractor, you may be convicted of leaking secrets.
Wen Ruhai ordered people to bring maps. These were military maps distributed by the Ministry of War, which marked the deployment of troops in various cities. In this era, military maps were extremely confidential. Once the enemy was defeated, they were destroyed first.
It's the map.
"Sir, you see, Zhongdu has 5,000 troops and Shutian has 8,000 troops. This does not include the patrols and arrests in the city. It is estimated that the total strength of the two mansions is no less than 20,000 troops. Zhongdu and Shutian have
They are not far apart. Once the city is attacked, the other side can come to the rescue within three hours. Both cities are easy to defend and difficult to attack. With our current strength, it will be difficult to attack the city." Wen Ruhai said this time
They came in a hurry, not to mention the large-scale siege equipment, not even the ladders.
Zhu Tian lowered his head and looked at the map. In fact, he couldn't understand such a map at all. However, he still pretended to be very knowledgeable, pointed to a place and said, "General Wen, there is no city wall in Zhongdu Mansion. We have an army of 20,000 people."
You can rush in from this place and capture them in one fell swoop."
Wen Ruhai glanced at it with an embarrassed look on his face. Guo Ying stretched out her head to look at it, raised her foot and stepped on it, "That's a lake, you have the ability to let the horse fly over." Guo Ying rolled her eyes.
Zhu Tianjiang was startled and said, "Okay, we can transport it by ship~!" When he said this, Zhu Tianjiang laughed sheepishly. The Zhennan army was all men on horseback, let alone no ships.
If ships are shipped over, it will be a mess and there will be no fighting ability.
Wen Ruhai didn't mind at all. After all, in his eyes, Zhu Tianjiang and others were just children, and besides, they were still civil servants.
"Sir, if we want to fight, then the general should observe it personally. Now that our army has not been exposed, we should immediately move to the no-man's land in the mountain stream. If possible, we will conduct a surprise attack." Wen Ruhai said with rich experience.
He already had a preliminary plan in his mind for this kind of offensive and defensive battle.
"Okay! Let's move immediately while it's dawn. If Zhou Dazhong discovers that we have so many troops, I'm afraid they will also take countermeasures."
After Zhu Tianjiang finished speaking, Wen Ruhai acted resolutely and immediately ordered the evacuation of the camp. Zhu San and others also brought a small team of people to clean up traces of horse dung and other traces. For these, they are very good at covering up the sticks. Otherwise, they have a little experience in military camps.
People who saw horse dung and other debris everywhere knew that a large army had been stationed here.
The fourth prince quietly came to Zhu Tianjiang and said, "I don't object to your kid pretending to pass the imperial edict, but by doing this, aren't you deliberately forcing the Zhou family to rebel? Now we don't know what is going on in the capital. If the Zhou family has nothing
Shit, if you privately lead troops to kill the officials of the two governments, that would be a serious crime to destroy the nine clans."
Zhu Tianjiang looked around and said in a low voice, "You know nothing, Zhou Dazhong dares to put a few of us under house arrest. He no longer has the emperor in his eyes. If such people are not eliminated, sooner or later they will create trouble. The fourth child will become a big deal."
If you don't stick to trivial matters, don't be blinded by these rigid rules. If you don't have a far-sighted vision, sooner or later others will step on you. To tell you the truth, even if the Zhou family doesn't rebel, I will force them to do so. If this cancer is not removed,
Never think of peace in the Dafeng Dynasty."
"Don't forget, behind them, there is the old queen. If the old queen makes a decree, you will also be punished by death."
"Tch! Those old losers are the biggest scourge. Your emperor wants to maintain his filial piety, but makes the people of the world suffer. I think it is best for your Li family to get out of the imperial city as soon as possible. Find a place where no one is around, you emperor
Even if dad fulfills his filial piety, he doesn’t have to worry all the officials in the world." Zhu Tianjiang said unkindly.
Zhu Tianjiang was also a little surprised. Why was this dynasty so different from any other dynasty in the history of his previous life? The mother and son still lived in the same palace peacefully despite fighting each other. In the previous life, they would have been beaten to the head and bleeding.
Zhu Tianjiang's thinking was not so rigid. Guo Tianxin dared to let Wen Ruhai come with 20,000 troops, which was enough to illustrate the crisis in the capital. And Guo Tianxin took the initiative to give him the military power, which further proved that the Queen Mother and Emperor Chengwu must have a battle.
.Otherwise, with Guo Tianxin's composure, he would never have rashly changed hands. In Zhu Tianjiang's view, General Guo's intention was to let him act according to changes in the situation.
The fourth prince looked at Zhu Tianjiang strangely, wondering who this guy was, and why he was scolding the emperor after scolding the queen mother. The fourth prince sighed. After these days, the fourth prince gradually got used to Zhu Tianjiang's treason. If he...
Listing the crimes, let alone the extermination of nine tribes, eighteen tribes are too few.
That night, after Wen Ruhai returned, he and Zhu Tianjiang began to conspire. After Wen Ruhai's on-the-spot observation, he discovered that the defense of Zhongdu Mansion was very loose, and the officers and soldiers at the city gate had almost no combat effectiveness in Wen Ruhai's eyes.
"Sir, we can first send a small team and disperse into the city to lurk. It would be best if Zhongdu Mansion voluntarily surrenders and gives up resistance. Once they resist, the ambushers can quickly seize the city gate. The Zhennan army is powerful in combat, but
He is not good at siege warfare. As soon as the city gate is opened, Zhongdu Mansion will basically be finished." Wen Ruhai said his plan.
"General Wen, I agree with this plan. I wonder when we will be ready to take action?"
"Early tomorrow morning, let our people follow the nearby vegetable farmers and sneak into the city."
Zhu Tianjiang thought for a while and shouted outside, "Zhu Er, come here!"
Zhu Er walked in in response. Now they were all dressed in military uniforms and became Zhu Tianjiang's personal soldiers. But Guo Ying appointed herself as the captain of Zhu Tianjiang's personal soldiers and specially selected a group of military experts to establish a
Guards Corps.
"General Wen, I still have a force in my hand that can help us." After Zhu Tianjiang finished speaking, he briefly introduced the plan to Zhu Er, "Zhu Er, tomorrow you will sneak into the Zhongdu Mansion and the army will leave as soon as noon.
Begin the siege of the city. If the Zhongdu Prefecture does not surrender, order all sticky posts in the city to be concealed and cooperate with the army."
"I understand!" Zhu Er nodded.
When Guo Tianxin requested an order from the palace, Wei Zhan said that the people at Sticky Headquarters would be responsible for contacting Zhu Tianjiang, but Guo Tianxin did not know that Zhu Tianjiang had the identity of Sticky Headquarters. Therefore, Guo Tianxin only told Wen Ru in a secret letter
Hai, the stick office will help contact the people under house arrest in the city and ask them to cooperate.
Wen Ruhai looked at Zhu Tianjiang in surprise. He didn't understand how Zhu Tianjiang could instruct the people at the stick. As for this mysterious organization, it seemed that no official except the emperor could order anything.
Zhu Tianjiang looked at Wen Ruhai and smiled mysteriously, "Haha, don't be surprised, General Wen. My other identity is that of the third boss of the sticking post."
After Zhu Tianjiang finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Er secretly and said to himself, don't let me expose this kid. Zhu Er didn't think anything was wrong. According to the rules of the sticky rod, Zhu Tianjiang only had to wear the Mo ring.
Then you can exercise the power of Master Wei. To say "three bosses" is a bit modest.
Wen Ruhai was shocked. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him was from the stick position and was the third in charge.
"Lord Zhu, I'm sorry, no wonder, as soon as our army entered the territory of Zhongdu, there were people from Sticking Post who came to help deliver the message." Wen Ruhai stood up and clasped his fists and said.
"Haha, General Wen, if you don't mind, I will follow Yingzi and call you uncle. From now on, we will share the joys and sorrows."
"How can that be done? This is against the rules." Although Wen Ruhai's official rank was higher than that of Zhu Tianjiang, he was considered a "superior".
"Uncle Wen, Yingzi and I are family sooner or later, so don't be polite." Zhu Tianjiang said boldly.
Once the team was in his hands, Zhu Tianjiang had no intention of returning it to Guo Tianxin. Therefore, he had to fool Wen Ruhai.
Wen Ruhai was startled and laughed, "Hahaha, why is the general so anxious? It turns out that he not only saved his daughter, but also his son-in-law. Tianxiang, since he is the son-in-law of the Guo family, then we are our own.
At first, I thought you were a member of the civil service class, so I didn’t treat you very well." Wen Ruhai said cheerfully.
"Uncle Wen, the Zhennan Camp is far away from the capital, and you don't know my style in the capital. I was so angry at those rotten people like Taifu Wang in the court. The civil servants in the capital wished they could step on me before dragging me down.
There are two poops on it." Zhu Daguan kept talking about his heroic deeds.
When Wen Ruhai heard this, he was so happy that the relationship between the two suddenly became intimate.
At this time, the capital city was already enveloped by an impending storm. The news that the northern camp was moving south alarmed everyone. Li Hong, Minister of the Ministry of War, sat in the Shangshu Hall with deep thoughts. He looked for King Jing, but
Prince Jing, the old fox, played charades with him and asked Li Hong to choose.
There was a noise outside. Li Hong frowned and was about to yell angrily when he heard a high-pitched voice shouting, "The Emperor has an edict. Li Hong, Minister of War, accepts the edict!"
When Li Hong heard this, he thought in his heart that what was supposed to come was coming, and he couldn't hide. Li Hong adjusted his court clothes and was about to take a step when he heard another shout from outside.
"The Queen Mother has a decree~Li Hong, Minister of the Ministry of War~accepts the decree~!"