In the cheers of the people around him, Wang Shiqiang couldn't help shouting, "Please come out, what is the will of the imperial court, why can't you announce it in public under the blue sky and white sun, but instead separate us and others to meet separately?"

We shed blood and sacrificed for the court and for Your Majesty, and we fought our way out of the siege and returned, all with our loyalty to Your Majesty. Your Excellency must be discerning, and you must not chill the hearts of your loyal ministers..."

When Wang Shiqiang first started to speak, his heart was still a little weak, but as he continued, he began to be upright, as if what he said was the real truth.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly found that his colleagues around him were quiet, and Wang Shiqiang immediately followed the gaze of his colleagues, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

Although these more than 100 officers did not have the opportunity to go to Beijing to meet the emperor, the first thing they learned as officers was to distinguish the meaning of various uniforms.

The young man who suddenly appeared above the steps of the lobby in the uniform of the Son of Heaven, and the senior generals who stood behind the young man to escort him. Immediately, the officers who noticed this young man realized that this young man should be the Ming Emperor who they kept saying they wanted to be loyal to, Zhu Youzhen.

Wang Shiqiang subconsciously leaned down to the young man on the steps to pay tribute, and with him taking the lead, everyone who was stunned when they saw the emperor on the side also bowed down and saluted.

Zhu Youjian stood on the steps made of blue stone with his hands in his hands, and he glanced at the head of a black crow kneeling in the courtyard, and the originally noisy courtyard had become quiet at this time.

"Keep making trouble? Why don't you keep making trouble? I heard your shouts in the back hall, and seeing you so full of energy, I thought you had returned triumphantly..."

The youngest of these officers was also in his 20s, but when he was reprimanded and scolded by a 19-year-old boy, no one dared to make a sound.

In fact, after recognizing the identity of the emperor, Chongzhen's merciless rebuke reprimanded these officers at ease.

These military attachés, who have been immersed in the army for most of their lives, although they are a little rusty in their combat skills, they have a very thorough understanding of the thoughts of their superiors.

Hearing that the emperor just blindly reprimanded and did not call the guards to escort people out, they knew that their fate was saved, and the next thing was nothing more than some punishment. As long as you don't continue to anger this young son of heaven now, maybe you can still keep your official status.

Zhu Youzhen reprimanded these defeated officers, and looked at these officers with their heads bowed and half-kneeling on the ground silently, and finally vented a little unhappiness in his heart.

"Get up, didn't you hear the order? All the officers are lined up in 10 columns, Battalion Commander Kim, you are keeping an eye here, if they can't line up, let them stand until tomorrow. As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, if you can't even line up in a queue, what's the use of waiting? ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he turned around and crossed the threshold and returned to the lobby. The officers in the courtyard got up in twos and threes, glancing at each other, but they still didn't dare to speak casually.

When the emperor turned to leave, Jin Shengheng, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, straightened up, turned to the group of defeated officers who had lost their momentum, and scolded: "What are you waiting for? Do you really want to stand until tomorrow?

Now listen to my orders, in order of the size of the official position, from the front of me to the left in 10 columns, and immediately give me action..."

These officers also had a good relationship with Jin Shengheng, after all, they had been stationed in Mashen Bridge for nearly 10 days, so they quickly lined up according to his instructions, and after a period of scramble, a 10*15 phalanx was finally formed in the courtyard.

Perhaps realizing that the emperor was in the hall in front of him, these officers who used to be perfunctory even in drills now stood up with a hint of military taste.

Jin Shengheng walked from the head of the team to the end of the team, and then from the end of the team to the head of the team, and finally nodded with satisfaction and said: "The 10 people in the first row listen to my orders, hold their heads high, and the target is in front of the lobby, and walk in unison: one, two, one..."

Wang Shiqiang, who was among the officers in the first row, walked into the lobby in a strange way, only to find that the furnishings in the lobby were very strange. On the left and right sides were a row of tables and chairs, each with a number of people seated, and the emperor sat on the top.

When Wang Shiqiang was thinking about whether to salute the emperor, Jin Shengheng, who followed into the lobby, had already shouted again: "The five people on the left go to the left to register their personal information, and the five people on the right go to the right to register."

According to the questions of the clerk opposite you, answer honestly about the unit to which you belong, your former official position, the men and horses you bring, what specialties you have, and so on. Don't try to hide it, and don't deceive it. Otherwise, once discovered, it will be severely punished..."

Wang Shiqiang sat down in front of a clerk on the left as instructed, and answered the clerk's question carefully, "The lower official's surname is Wang, and his first name..."

When a cadre of the Ming Army officers in the Mashen Bridge was registering their personal information in order, Wen Erdu and the other three were also about to go around to the official road west of the Mashen Bridge.

Wenerdu quickly reined in his horse to observe the terrain, and seven or eight hundred paces to the east was the west gate of the Mashen Bridge. Unlike the east gate, which they had seen closed every day, the west gate was open, except for the two barricades on the official road outside the gate, guarded by more than a dozen soldiers.

The undisguised behavior of Wen Erdu and the other three immediately made these soldiers panic, shouting and running around, and the soldiers in the city also quickly closed the west gate. Looking at these Ming soldiers who were like facing a great enemy, Wen Er pursed his lips, and secretly thought in his heart that the garrison here was really no different from the Malan camp and Shimen Village, and there would be any ambush there, and Brother Batu Zayan was still too careful.

"Wenerdu, do you want to continue to the west to take a look, there seems to be some voice coming from there." A knight stared at the official road to the west for a long time, and suggested to him.

Wenerdu, who only cared about stretching his neck to inquire about the situation of the Ming army in the Ma Shen Bridge, turned back to look at the west side of the official road.

They were now three or forty meters away from the official road leading to the Mashen Bridge to the south, and this official road went seven or eight hundred paces west from their position before disappearing into the forest. From their vantage point, there were no people on the official road, but there was a large pile of felled wood at the entrance to the forest.

Wen Erdu waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "It's just that the Ming army is cutting wood, and they are building a camp in the east of the river, of course they will send people to cut wood."

Well, with the appearance of those Ming troops in Mashenqiao Town, there will be no ambush here. Otherwise, how could they desperately close the city gates?

It's getting late, so let's go back early. They didn't dare to fight us, but it was okay to seal the entrance to the forest with wood. If we were really blocked in the forest by the Ming army, we would have to make a lot of effort to make a detour through the forest.

Let's go back early and report to a few adults and Erji Taiji, it's too late, and those drunkards may have poured all our drinks into our stomachs. ”

After Wen Erdu finished speaking, he turned his horse's head and left in a hurry. The two knights who followed him immediately followed with a smile and said, "Although the wine sent by those Ming people at noon is a little weird, it is much stronger than the wine brewed by those farmers. We didn't dare to drink too much at noon, but we should drink it well tonight..."

With the departure of the three Mongolian sentinels, a group of men and horses slowly walked out of the entrance of the forest, and the leading Ming knight was not wearing the red fat jacket that the Ming army was used to wearing, but a set of leaf armor painted black with black armor.

The knights who followed him were also dressed in this way. Standing in the shade of the trees, a little farther away, it is a little impossible to distinguish the figures.

Lin Shixian put down the telescope in his hand, and said to his subordinates with some uncertainty: "This is the Houjin Sentinel Detective?" They acted so sloppily, it seems that there is something wrong with the rumors? ”

Someone on the side suddenly said, "Is there another way?" One light and one dark, these people just let us let down our guard, and then let the other group take the opportunity to observe? ”

Lin Shixian held the telescope in his right hand and tapped his left hand lightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The first team follows them, stay away, don't alarm them, and wait until they cross the river before returning."

The second team searched south to see if there were any Tartar sentry. The others and I continued to wait here, guarding the safety of the official road.

In addition, Xiao Jin, you go to the town and report to Lord Lian. I did not accept the second squadron at night, and was ordered to guard the entrance to the forest west of Mashen Bridge, and when I applied for it today, I found that the three Houjin sentinels were watching the west gate of Mashen Bridge..."

It took an hour for the 147 defeated officers to finally complete the registration of their profiles. And after each officer registered, he would be summoned by Chongzhen to ask two or three sentences.

When all the officers were registered, although Chongzhen didn't remember the names of most of the officers, he was still familiar with these officers.

Zhu Youzhen walked out of the hall again and began a formal lecture to the officers who had retreated back to the courtyard and were standing.

This time, he walked directly down the stairs, walked back and forth in front of the officers in the first row, and then looked at these officers and said, "The reason why you are here has been explained by you just now, and I will not repeat the names one by one.

All in all, it is clear to everyone that you are all guilty now. When I say that, does anyone feel that they have been wronged? If someone thinks that he is wronged, he will stand up and tell me about it? ”

Obviously, no officer would be so short-sighted and jump out to fight against the emperor. Chongzhen's inquiry, there was naturally silence.

Zhu Youzhen waited for a while before continuing, "No one shouted injustice, it's good." At least you still know the shame, and you finally kept a little bottom line, and didn't lose the face of my Ming soldiers.

If someone loses the battle, leaves the people and his subordinates and flees, and thinks of finding an excuse to exonerate himself. I can't say that, today I will kill a few people to comfort those Ming soldiers and people who were abandoned by you and died. ”