But just after Zhang Wuji drove the horse away, Yun Zhi seemed to come back from her fear and said loudly: "No, you can't let the bandits be near the city, you have to send troops to exterminate them immediately!" ”

"At present, most of the bandits who besieged Ganzhou City two months ago heard that His Majesty was in Lanzhou City, and rushed to besiege it. They are now rushing to Lanzhou City in batches, and they will attack the city when all the men and horses are gathered! ”

"The leaders of the bandits, Ma Buxiang and Soraha, have both been ......" Guo Guard was about to say, 'They have all been caught and executed', when Yun Zhi interrupted his words: "It just so happens that the Jinwu guard is stationed here, Yu Guard, you immediately go in and give an order to Commander Liu, and ask him to send five thousand households to annihilate the bandits!" ”

"Your Highness," the guard surnamed Yu, who was randomly ordered by Yun Zhi, whispered, "Your Majesty is in the city, and you must not order the unauthorized mobilization of soldiers to form complicity in rebellion, and Commander Liu will not listen to the words of the ministers." ”

"Then go in and give the order in person." Yun Zhi thought for a while and thought that Yu Guard's words were indeed reasonable, so she said this, and then rode towards the camp where the Jinwu guards were temporarily stationed.

The guards looked at each other and flicked their fingers, and hurriedly followed. These guards who escorted Yun Zhi, except for Zhang Wuji, could not be considered powerful in front of Yun Xi, and did not dare to disobey the princess's orders.

Yun Zhi claimed to be a guard sent by the emperor to deliver the will, and the people guarding the camp gate did not dare to slack off, so she let five or six people in, and hurriedly went in to report. Not long after, several people wearing the uniforms of three or four military generals came out of the backyard, and the person at the head was tall, it was Liu Mingzhao, the commander of the Jinwu guard Zhengsanpin. At this time, he walked briskly and muttered, "What does Your Majesty tell me at this time?" ”

As he was muttering, he had already walked to the front hall, glanced at the five 'guards', and saw no familiar faces, and his heart suddenly became puzzled, but he still bowed and saluted: "I've seen a few guards." I wonder what His Majesty's will will be passed on to the ministers? ”

"Your Majesty, more than 10,000 bandits have been found thirty miles north of the city, and you are ordered to lead five thousand households out of the city to exterminate the bandits!" The guard shouted.

When Liu Mingzhao heard that they had no will but an oracle, he was even more puzzled in his heart, and said: "A few guards, can you hold Your Majesty's edict?" ”

"The matter is urgent, and Your Majesty is summoning the King of Mongolia and Ning, and there is no time to write an edict. Obey Your Majesty's instructions and send troops out of the city to exterminate the bandits!" ”

"Several guards, according to the regulations set by the first emperor, need to hold His Majesty's edict to proclaim the edict; Several guards did not hold an edict, not to mention such a major event as the transfer of five thousand households, and the ministers did not dare to obey the order. Liu Mingzhao said.

Yu Guards said a few more words, but Liu Mingzhao insisted on not obeying orders. In fact, Liu Mingzhao now suspects that they are pretending to be guards, and they have sent someone to secretly ambush outside the house, if they propose to leave, they will be arrested immediately, and sent to Xingzai to ask the two guards to lead Song Liang and Song Qingshu to see if they are real guards.

Just when Liu Mingzhao had gradually lost patience and wanted to let the soldiers guarding outside the house come in and arrest them, he suddenly heard a voice say: "Commander Liu, do you dare to obey Your Majesty's will?" ”

Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly raised his head to look at the 'guard' in front of him. The words are not unexpected, but this voice is a woman's voice!

This time, Liu Mingzhao's observation was much more careful, and he immediately recognized that two of them were a little slim, and their faces were very soft, like women. He was about to make an inquiry, when one of the women said, "Bold! Get down on your knees! ”

Hearing this, Liu Mingzhao suddenly became angry. As the commander of the Shangzhi Guard, he was personally named by Yun Xi to ask for it from King Min, and it was clear that he was a close confidant of His Majesty, even Wei Guogong had never scolded himself like this, what kind of person is this woman, dare to speak to herself like this!

He opened his mouth and was about to scold, but at this moment, he suddenly heard Chen Lijie's voice from behind him: "Chen Lijie has seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Huainan!" ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Mingzhao and the other generals were stunned for a moment, but then they immediately knelt down and said loudly: "Jinwu Guard Commander Liu Mingzhao / Commander Tongzhi Li Cheng / ...... I've seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Huainan! Liu Mingzhao himself kowtowed again and again and said: "The minister didn't know that Her Royal Highness the princess had arrived, and she was offended, so please forgive your Highness." ”

Chen Lijie was only sent to Jinwu Guard last month to 'see the world' because of his merits in Ganzhou City, and everyone heard that he was going to go to school in the martial arts hall after the New Year, thinking that he was fortunate to advance, and they didn't think much of him. But he was born as a royal guard, and he must have seen all the princesses, and with such a solemn salute at this time, he must be sure that this woman is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Huainan.

"Excuse me. Commander Liu makes you not guilty of ignorance, and Lone will not be blamed. The woman said, who had not spoken just now. The crowd kowtowed twice more before they stood up.

"Commander Liu said that according to the regulations set by the emperor's grandfather, the edict must be held by His Majesty. But this matter was really in a hurry, and it happened to be alone, so the imperial brother asked Lone to come and preach the message. Lone didn't want to reveal his identity, but because of the fact that it was not in accordance with the regulations, Lone had to speak and give orders. Please also ask the commander to immediately dispatch troops and horses out of the city to suppress the bandits! Yun Zhi said.

Liu Mingzhao hesitated for a moment, bowed down and agreed: "The minister's decree." "If Zhu Yuanzhang was reigning at this time, and a princess came to read the holy decree to him, he would never agree; But now that His Majesty is on the throne, he thinks it is better to receive the decree.

Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who has formulated countless rules and etiquette, and has very strict requirements for the people of the harem, the princes and grandsons, and the ministers, Yunxi is still very strict with everyone in terms of serious work, but the etiquette is relaxed, and when the high-ranking officials meet him, as long as they are not just wrong, they are all exempted, and the control of the princess is also much looser, and 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 him.

Of course, the ministers were not satisfied with this, at first there were quite a few words and officials, but they were all left in the middle, and the officials who gave advice would not be sent to positions with bleak prospects in a short time, and over time everyone knew the emperor's attitude, and Yun Xi's actions did not exceed the practice of the people who favored their daughters, and the ministers were not okay to find a disease.

In this case, although there is no precedent for His Majesty to let a princess come to deliver the decree, it is not necessarily impossible, so he agreed.

Liu Mingzhao thought for a moment and ordered five thousand households. After a while, the soldiers of these five thousand households gathered in the school yard with weapons and went out to fight according to the orders of the generals.

The guards hesitated as they passed through the gate, but let them go. If the army enters the city, the order that does not come from the line is absolutely impossible at this time, but there is no need to be so strict when leaving the city.

After all, the Kingo rearguard was an army that had just come down from the battlefield, and although it was a little slack, as soon as it heard the order to go out of the city to fight the bandits, it immediately boosted its morale, and left the city as fast as possible, and crossed the river in the boats that had been prepared.

Soon, a thousand soldiers had all 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 a voice came from beside him: "Commander Liu, Lone will also go with the commander to annihilate the bandits." ”

"Your Highness, no!" Liu Mingzhao did not hesitate at all, and said loudly: "Your Highness's golden body, how can you take risks. ”

"This is Your Majesty's will." Yun Zhi just lightly threw out this sentence.

Liu Mingzhao's hands trembled, not knowing how to respond. Princess Shicai came to pass on His Majesty's message, even if she was a false messenger, the emperor blamed herself, and it was nothing; But at this time, she said that she was going out of the city to annihilate the bandits, and if this was false, it would be a big mistake for him to obey.

But if it's true, no, even if it's fake, offending Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Huainan is also a bad thing for him. It is said that the emperor treated this princess like his own daughter, and offended her, and if he said something in the emperor's ear, he couldn't eat and walk around.

Liu Mingzhao didn't dare to make a decision for a while, waved his hand to let the soldiers of the next thousand households board the boat, and stood by the river to think.

At the same time, Zhang Wuji, who had already returned, said to Yun Zhi: "Your Highness, no, you can't go out of the city to fight!" ”

"Guard Zhang, Lone must go with Commander Liu to eliminate the bandits." Yun Zhi said in a low voice, but very firmly.

The bandits besieging the city in Ganzhou City have become a nightmare in her heart, and if she can't eliminate them all, she will always be pressed on this matter.

"Your Highness, the people outside the city may not be the bandits who besieged Ganzhou City that day." Zhang Wuji said anxiously: "The robbers who besieged that day were Tibetans and Han Chinese, and there were quite a few, but the soldiers said that the people who are now in the north of the city are all Mongols. ”

"There were 40,000 or 50,000 bandits who besieged Ganzhou City that day and finally managed to escape, and among them, 10,000 Mongols, why not?" Yun Zhi pushed back.

"However, since ancient times, there has been no precedent for a woman to lead an army into battle!" Zhang Wuji said a little unscrupulously. This is already very inappropriate, if you do the math, but it is a sin.

But he is Yun Zhi's own chosen husband, how can he blame? Yi Yunzhi just smiled and said: "Guard Zhang, you are wrong, there is a precedent for this!" Princess Pingyang, the third daughter of Tang Gaozu, once led the troops into battle. There is a cloud in the "New Tang Dynasty Book": the Lord ran to the city, made a fortune and recruited Nanshan to die, and hundreds of people were killed by the emperor. ......, it is to swear to the public, prohibit plagiarism, attach it from far and near, strangle 70,000 soldiers, and Weizhen Guanzhong. Didu River, Shao with hundreds of horsemen and the South Mountain to welcome, the main lead to the elite soldiers and the King of Qin will be Weibei. Shao and the Lord opposed the shogunate, divided the Beijing Division, and called the "Women's Army". How can you say that no princess has ever led an army to battle? Isn't Shanxi's Niangziguan named because Princess Pingyang once led troops to garrison? ”

Zhang Wuji was refuted by her, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "The minister can't say that His Highness, and he can't stop His Highness at this time, but the minister will send someone to go back immediately to report this matter to His Majesty." ”

"Why don't you go back to Your Majesty yourself?"

"As the head of the guard guarding His Highness, how can he not protect His Highness without His Majesty's will!" Zhang Wuji said.

"Okay, okay." Yun Zhi said with a different look in her eyes.