But just after Zhang Wuji drove his horse away, Yun Zhi seemed to have recovered from her fear and said loudly: "No, we cannot allow the bandits to be near the city. We must send troops to destroy them immediately!"
"The bandits who besieged Ganzhou City two months ago are probably the ones who heard that His Majesty was in Lanzhou City and came to besiege him again. They are now coming to Lanzhou City in batches and will attack the city when all the troops are gathered!"
"Both the bandit leaders Ma Buxiang and Solaha have been..." Guard Guo was about to say, 'They have both been caught and executed', but his words were interrupted by Yun Zhi: "It happens that Jinwu's guard is stationed here, Guard Yu, you
Go in immediately and send an order to Commander Liu, asking him to send five thousand households to annihilate the bandits!"
"Your Highness," the guard surnamed Yu, who was casually called by Yunzhi, whispered: "Your Majesty is in the city. You are not allowed to give orders to mobilize soldiers without permission, which is tantamount to conspiracy. Commander Liu will not listen to my words."
"Then go in and deliver the order alone." Yun Zhi thought for a moment and realized that what the guard Yu said was indeed true. She said this and then rode towards the camp where Jin Wu's guard was temporarily stationed.
The guards looked at each other and flicked their fingers, then hurriedly followed. Except for Zhang Wuji, none of the guards escorting Yun Zhi could be considered powerful in front of Yun Zhi, and they did not dare to disobey the princess's order.
Yunzhi claimed to be a guard sent by the emperor to convey the decree. The people guarding the camp gate did not dare to neglect, and while letting five or six people in, they hurriedly went in to report. After a while, several people wearing the official uniforms of third- and fourth-grade military generals came from
Walking out of the backyard, the tall man at the head was none other than Liu Mingzhao, the third-rank commander of Jinwu's rear guard. At this time, he walked quickly and murmured: "What does your majesty have to tell me at this time?"
Just as he was muttering, he had already walked to the front hall and glanced at the five 'guards'. He didn't see any familiar faces. He suddenly became confused, but he still bowed and saluted: "I have seen a few guards. I don't know what your majesty is like."
The will is conveyed to the minister?"
"Your Majesty ordered that more than ten thousand bandits were found thirty miles north of the city. You are ordered to lead five thousand households out of the city to exterminate the bandits!" Guard Yu shouted.
When Liu Mingzhao heard that they had no decree but only oral instructions, he became even more puzzled and asked: "How many guards can hold your majesty's edict?"
"The matter is urgent. Your Majesty is summoning King Hening of Mongolia and has no time to write a handwritten edict. Please follow your Majesty's instructions quickly and send troops out of the city to exterminate the bandits!"
"Several bodyguards, in accordance with the regulations set by the late emperor, must hold His Majesty's hand edicts when pronouncing orders; several bodyguards have never held hand edicts, let alone such a major event as mobilizing five thousand households, I dare not obey orders." Liu Mingzhao.
said.
The guard Yu spoke a few more words, but Liu Mingzhao insisted on not obeying the order. In fact, Liu Mingzhao now suspected that they were guards pretending to be guards, and had already sent people to ambush outside the house. If they asked to leave, they would be arrested immediately and sent away.
When I arrive, I will ask the two guards, Song Liang and Song Qingshu, to see if they are real guards.
Just when Liu Mingzhao was gradually losing his patience and wanted the soldiers guarding outside the house to come in and catch them, he suddenly heard a voice saying: "Commander Liu, do you dare to disobey His Majesty's order?"
Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly raised his head and looked at the 'guard' in front of him. The words were not surprising, but the voice was a woman's voice!
This time Liu Mingzhao observed much more carefully, and he immediately recognized that two of them had slimmer figures and softer faces, like women. He was about to ask when he heard one of the women say: "Bold! Hurry!
Lower your head and kneel down!”
Hearing this, Liu Mingzhao immediately became angry. As the commander of the Shangzhi Guards, he was personally requested from King Min by name, making it clear that he was a close associate of His Majesty. Even Wei Guogong had never scolded him like this.
Ask yourself, who is this woman, dare to talk to yourself like this!
He opened his mouth to curse, but at this moment, he suddenly heard Chen Lijie's voice coming from behind: "Your Majesty, Chen Lijie, has met Her Royal Highness the Princess of Huainan!"
As soon as he said these words, Liu Mingzhao and other generals were stunned for a moment, but then they immediately knelt down and said loudly: "Jinwu rear guard commander Liu Mingzhao/commander Li Cheng/... I have seen Huainan Chang
Your Highness the Princess!" Liu Mingzhao himself kowtowed repeatedly and said: "I didn't know that Your Highness the Princess was here, so I offended you so much. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Chen Lijie was sent to the Jinwu Guards last month to "see the world" for his meritorious service in Ganzhou City. Everyone heard that he was going to attend the Wushu Hall after the Chinese New Year. They thought he was lucky enough to be admitted and didn't think much of him.
.But he is a former imperial guard, and he must have met all the princesses. With such a solemn salute at this time, he must be sure that this woman is Her Royal Highness the Princess of Huainan.
"Ignore the ceremony and be free. Commander Liu told you that you will not be guilty if you don't know, and you will not be blamed." The woman who had not spoken just now said. Everyone kowtowed twice more before standing up.
"Just now, Commander Liu said that according to the regulations set by the emperor, the oral edict must be issued by His Majesty. But the matter was really in a hurry, and I happened to be here, so the emperor asked me to come and deliver the edict. I didn't want to reveal my identity.
, but because this matter is not in accordance with the regulations, I have no choice but to issue an order. Please also ask the commander to immediately mobilize troops and horses to go out of the city to suppress the bandits!" Yunzhi said.
Liu Mingzhao hesitated for a moment, then bowed and agreed: "I accept the decree." If Zhu Yuanzhang was in power at this time, and a princess came to read the imperial edict to him, he would never agree; but now that His Majesty is in office, he feels that
It's better to follow the instructions.
Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who had formulated countless rules and etiquette and had very strict requirements for the people in the harem, the princes, grandsons, and ministers, Yun still had strict requirements for everyone to work seriously, but he was more relaxed about etiquette.
When you see him, you will be exempted from courtesy as long as you have not just made a mistake, and your control over the princess has been relaxed a lot. It is said that he has taken several eldest princesses out of the city many times, especially the eldest princess of Huainan in front of you.
Of course, the ministers were not satisfied with this. At the beginning, some officials came to remonstrate with him, but they all stayed on the side. Moreover, the officials who came to remonstrate would be sent to positions with bleak prospects in a short time. As time went by, everyone knew about the emperor's plans.
Attitude, and what Yun did did not go beyond the behavior of people who doted on their daughters, so the ministers had nothing to do with it.
In this case, although there is no precedent for His Majesty to ask a princess to come to convey the decree, it is not necessarily impossible, so he agreed.
Liu Mingzhao thought for a while and ordered five thousand households. After a while, the soldiers of these five thousand households gathered in the school field and gathered in the school field, following the generals' orders to go out to fight.
When passing the city gate, the man guarding the city gate hesitated, but still let him go. If the army enters the city, it is absolutely impossible to do so without an order from the army, but there is no need to be so strict when leaving the city.
After all, Jinwu's rear guard was an army that had just come off the battlefield. Although they were a little slack during this period, they immediately boosted their morale as soon as they heard the order to go out of the city to fight against the bandits. They left the city as quickly as possible and sat on the prepared vehicles.
Good boats cross the river.
Soon, all the soldiers from a thousand families had crossed the river and set up a defensive formation on the other side of the river. Liu Mingzhao was about to cross the river by boat when suddenly another voice came from beside him: "Commander Liu, Gu Ye wants to
Go with the commander to annihilate the bandits."
"Your Highness, no!" Liu Mingzhao said loudly without any hesitation: "How can you risk your Highness's rich body?"
"This is His Majesty's will." Yunzhi just said these words lightly.
Liu Mingzhao's hands trembled, not knowing how to respond. Just now Princess came to pass on His Majesty's oral instructions. Even if she was falsely conveying the imperial edict, it would be okay if the Emperor blamed her; but now she said that she was going to go out of the city to annihilate the bandits. If this was false, he
It would be a big mistake to obey.
But if it is true, no, even if it is false, offending Her Royal Highness the Princess of Huainan will be a bad thing for him. It is said that the emperor treats this princess like his own daughter, and if he offends her, what if he says something in the emperor's ear?
I can't eat and walk around.
Liu Mingzhao did not dare to make a decision for a while, so he waved the next Qianhu soldiers to board the boat, and stood by the river to think.
At the same time, Zhang Wuji, who had returned, said to Yunzhi: "Your Highness, no, you cannot go out of the city to fight!"
"Wei Zhang, I must go with Commander Liu to eliminate the bandits." Yunzhi said in a low but firm voice.
The bandits besieging the city in Ganzhou City have become a nightmare in her heart. If she cannot eliminate them all, she will always worry about this matter in her heart.
"Your Highness, the people outside the city may not be the bandits who besieged Ganzhou City that day." Zhang Wuji said anxiously: "The bandits who besieged Ganzhou City that day were Tibetan and Han people, and there were quite a few. But Napu Bing said that the ones in the north of the city are all now.
Mongol."
"There were 40,000 to 50,000 bandits who succeeded in escaping the siege of Ganzhou City that day, so why not if there were 10,000 Mongolians among them?" Yunzhi pushed back.
"But, since ancient times, there is no precedent for a woman to lead troops on an expedition!" Zhang Wuji said a little unceremoniously. This was already very inappropriate. If you were to force it, it would be a sin.
But he was the husband chosen by Yun Zhi herself, how could he be blamed? So Yun Zhi just smiled and said: "You are wrong, Guard Zhang, there is a precedent for this! Princess Pingyang, the third daughter of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, once led troops into battle.
"New Book of Tang" says: The Lord rushed to make a fortune and recruited Nanshan to flee, and got hundreds of people to respond to the emperor... He then declared the law and swore an oath to the people, banned plagiarism, gathered people from far and near, gathered 70,000 soldiers, and powerfully vibrated Guanzhong.
When the emperor crossed the river, Shao led hundreds of cavalry to Nanshan to welcome him, and the leader led thousands of elite troops to join the King of Qin in the north of Wei. Shao and his leader faced the shogunate, divided the capital, and named it the "Women's Army". How can it be said that no princess has ever led an army on an expedition?
?Isn’t the Niangzi Pass in Shanxi named after Princess Pingyang once led troops to garrison it?”
Zhang Wuji was refuted by her and didn't know what to say. He could only say: "I can't speak to Your Highness, and I can't stop Your Highness at this time, but I will send someone back immediately to report the matter to Your Majesty."
"Why don't you go and report to His Majesty yourself?"
"As the leader of the bodyguards who protect His Highness, how can I not protect His Highness without Your Majesty's will?" Zhang Wuji said.
"Okay, okay." Yunzhi said with a different look in her eyes.