Chapter 15: One Man Against a Thousand Armies [4,000 Words]

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Zhu Cihong was dressed in a white robe like snow, and the long sword in his waist collided with Peiyu, which was pleasant to the ear, accompanied by the handsomeness of the dust.

At this moment, the camp suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Except for the footsteps of Zhu Cihong and a few entourages, they all began to fall into a strange tension inexplicably.

The soldiers looked at their commanders, and the commanders stared anxiously at their generals. When he arrived at Zhang Yingyuan, he was even more at a loss, mixed with all kinds of emotions.

In this way, Zhang Yingyuan was stunned.

Seeing Zhu Cihong's arrival, many thoughts suddenly popped up in Zhang Yingyuan's mind.

Why did Zhu Cihong come suddenly? Wasn't it still in Beijing before, even if you came to Jiangnan, you should be the first time to go to Nanjing!

He suddenly recalled Zuo Liangyu's words to Zhu Cihong in the tent, and he thought of Zuo Liangyu's bitter hatred and jealousy towards Zhu Cihong.

He even recalled the hasty loss on the left and the triumph of the Royal Guards in the first battle of Kaifeng. In the past, the generals on the left were extremely close to the spring breeze, instead of being driven to Wuchang from Xiangyang by Li Zicheng, a defeated general, and Zhang Xianzhong was so frightened that he fled from Wuchang to Chizhou.

Thinking of so many successive defeats, Zhang Yingyuan suddenly became frightened, and finally mustered up a little courage to rush over and stop Zhu Cihong.

It's just that just when he was about to make a move, he suddenly found the vigilant gaze of a man standing next to Zhu Cihong.

He didn't recognize how much energy this man named Wei Yunshan had.

But he soon noticed the strange charm in the man's gaze staring at him.

Zhang Yingyuan's lieutenant general, his nephew Zhang Fengshan, suddenly walked over and stared at Zhang Yingyuan with extreme nervousness and sweating: "Uncle...... Don't be rash......"

"Fengshan?" Zhang Yingyuan glanced at Zhang Fengshan's eyes and saw the determination in the other party's eyes. After a long time, he lowered his gaze and saw a cold light in Zhang Fengshan's hand on his waist.

"Your Highness...... I have been prepared for a long time......" Thinking of this, Zhang Yingyuan smiled bitterly, looked at Zhu Cihong's handsome back, and watched Zhu Cihong walk into the tent step by step: "But where is it, it is the general's pro-army." General Zuo Mengeng is not a person who can instigate......"

Sure enough, when Zhu Cihong finally walked into the core camp, Zuo Mengeng rushed out.

Strictly speaking, none of Zuo Liangyu's generals, including Zuo Liangyu, had ever seen Zhu Cihong.

But Zuo Liangyu, who was very attentive, found a portrait of Zhu Cihong and asked a cadre of generals to recognize him.

And Zuo Mengeng immediately recognized that the person was the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty who had been chattered by Zuo Liangyu for half a year - Zhu Cihong.

"You...... You...... Come on, stop them for me! Zuo Mengeng was also simply and immediately summoned his own soldiers.

In the distance, Zhang Yingyuan, who was watching this scene, sighed lightly, looked at Zhang Fengshan beside him and said, "I'll just say it...... The little general's personal soldiers are still there. How can a dozen or so people resist it? ”

Zhu Cihong did not speak.

It was a veteran Hu Dawei next to him who spoke.

I saw Hu Dawei step out, glanced coldly at the generals left and right, and snorted coldly: "The little rabbit cub dares to be rough in front of the old man?" The old man is here, and the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty is here, and that kid is presumptuous? ”

Hu Dawei said a word, but it really made Zhang Yingyuan stunned.

On the side, Zhang Fengshan said in a low voice: "Our roots are also from the border town, the border army veterans in Shanxi are here, where can't those pro-army soldiers recognize them?" We're not thieves. When you see the officers and generals, do you still want to fight and kill? ”

Zhang Yingyuan was silent.

Even more silent was Zuo Menggeng.

A chief officer came out to block the way. The other soldiers also looked at each other immediately, not daring to make a move. The left has already lost one after another, and its morale is low, and it is not a strong soldier who is forbidden by order. After so many defeats, the soldiers couldn't help but think about it.

In this way, how can Zuo Mengeng's indiscriminate arrest give them the courage to arrest a chief military officer?

Just when Zuo Mengeng was sitting on wax. Zhu Cihong finally opened his mouth: "Let Zuo Liangyu come to see me." Since I personally came to the camp of my Daming Ping thief general, this sincerity is not enough to let Zuo Liangyu out of the camp? ”

Inside the tent, the curtain was disgusted, and Zuo Liangyu strode forward. looked at Zhu Cihong and arched his hand slightly: "Your Highness, it is inconvenient for the last general to salute with his armor in his body." ”

"I see that the general's barracks are diligent, and he is still puzzled in the inner tent, so he is always ready to fight for the country." Zhu Cihong put his hands behind his back, staring at this handsome marksman, and he didn't expect that he would promote a warlord.

"Thieves are rampant. The last general strictly guards military law, just to prevent thieves from attacking. Zuo Liangyu did not have any psychological disadvantages to the crown prince, but threw out a playful nail: "The little thief with a few people is not afraid, but he is afraid that someone will oppress people." ”

Zhu Cihong looked at the few people around him and smiled: "Then Gu won't talk nonsense." Ask General Zuo to beat drums and gather generals and soldiers. As a prisoner in Nanjing, he was about to solve the Huguang Rebellion, and he would also solve the problems that had been unresolved in the left department. Of course...... As the crown prince of the prison country, he promised like a thief general that you would be satisfied with this holy decree. ”

After speaking, Zhu Cihong patted Hu Dawei's shoulder and asked him to signal him to stop insisting.

When Hu Dawei heard this, he snorted angrily and retreated: "As long as a certain general is not afraid of a few of us in his group, then he should do it." ”

When Zuo Liangyu heard it, it was indeed the same truth. There are 100,000 soldiers and horses in his tent, not to mention the people who forcibly captured him and the bandits who tried his best to recruit in, but he said that he still has thousands of backbones waiting by his side at any time, and if he is in a hurry, he can arrest Zhu Cihong as soon as he rushes up, what are you afraid of?

Thinking like this, Zuo Liangyu ordered the soldiers and generals under his command to begin to gather.

When Zuo Liangyu finished giving the order, he also felt that there was something wrong with being so hostile to Zhu Cihong. As the crown prince and the eunuch of the country, Zhu Cihong's credibility is similar to that of the emperor. A mouthful of spit and a nail, I don't think I will be deceived by it.

After all, what is said in public is heard by all.

Thinking that Zhu Cihong would give him a very satisfactory decree, he was suddenly full of anticipation.

"It seems that I let my subordinate fight to the west. It really made the Fusha people succeed. Otherwise, how could the prince come here? Obviously, this is to appease me and let me lead my troops to recover Wuchang. This time, I was finally able to find the court to get a sum of money. I just don't know, can I take advantage of the situation to ask for another knight...... What a thief general. It's been two or three years since a seal was hung, why don't you change to a higher official? Zuo Liangyu looked at Zhu Cihong, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and immediately invited Zhu Cihong to sit on the high platform of the university.

Speaking of a big school field, it is actually a small platform built urgently. For Zuo Liangyu, there is no concept of drilling, but he just found a spacious open space as a large school field.

Soon, the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived at the Chizhou military camp spread in the military camp.

The military discipline on the left was not strict in the first place, and he had already ordered them to gather. For a while, news about the arrangements of the Royal Guards Legion, the crown prince and Zuo Liangyu was flying all over the barracks.

Of course, Zuo Liangyu is concerned about his own treatment, and most of the other generals are also like this, and they are discussing how the court will appease Zuo this time.

As for the soldiers, the discussion is even more practical.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here in person, I think this time it should be a lot of money, right? I heard that the general has always wanted to be promoted, but the general of the thief is basically at the top, and it seems that he wants to be knighted. If you don't give it this time, you will definitely give it after recovering Wuchang. ”

"What about our camp? Anyway, I need a few chief officers. There is none. There has to be a deputy editor-in-chief, right? ”

"That's it...... And the money and food...... According to His Royal Highness the Prince's generosity, there must be hundreds of thousands of taels. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has personally said that he will satisfy the general!"

Listening to the crowd talking. Zhang Yingyuan looked at Zhang Fengshan's calm appearance, and a fear suddenly appeared in his heart.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yingyuan casually walked to the side of those soldiers and listened to the discussion.

Sure enough, the conversation here has changed dramatically.

"It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to recover Huguang this time. Is this going to beat Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong? ”

"We've all become officers and soldiers, aren't we fighting thieves or what?"

"Brother Li. Is it against your heart to say this? I didn't see those veterans, one by one I heard Li Thief Zhang Thief or something, and I was scared. Just listening to the way to the east, I was very excited, and they were all going to the people's homes with knives to grab things. If you want me to say ......"

"Three sons. Don't want to die? ”

"Uncle Wang, don't persuade me! But I've heard that the rebels are coming, and they should be good to the people! If we were still in our hometown and could wait for the rebels to come, maybe it would be better than under the rule of this bird court! ”

"Alas...... Sanzi, what you think about is good, is it possible to do it? Is the rebel army really good? Listen to Uncle Wang, the prince who came this time is different. Have you heard of the Royal Guard? If you can get in there, you can really be a soldier. I eat white flour steamed buns every day, and there are meat for three or five days. If you have a hard hand, you can still study in a military school. This is where you really get ahead. Moreover, that part of the soldiers learned from Grandpa Yue, freezing to death without demolishing the house, starving to death without plundering, and serving them are all good men! ”

"Hmph, as long as we follow the surname Zuo, none of us can become good men. What if Prince Laoshizi came, he could beat Zhang Xianzhong, recover the lost land, and cure those who were not frozen and wanted finances, and who were not hungry to be plundered? ”

"Hey, don't say it yet. I've heard that this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to Chizhou to make Huguang feel better. is to beat Zhang Xianzhong. It's about ...... Put...... Checkmate? ”

"General......

Zhang Yingyuan looked at his nephew in embarrassment, and found that his eavesdropping had been discovered by a group of soldiers.

"Uncle, General Zuo called you over." Zhang Fengshan smiled, but Zhang Yingyuan felt as if he had fallen into a black hole.

The big school field.

Zhu Cihong stood on the high platform and nodded towards Wei Yunshan in the distance, and then said to Zuo Liangyu: "General Zuo, prepare to receive the order." ”

Zuo Liangyu led a group of generals to line up left and right, and they all stood under the stage and waited. Only Zuo Mengeng suddenly felt a little uneasy, and wanted to say something to Zuo Liangyu, but he couldn't speak in such a situation.

Only Wei Yunshan quietly relaxed, slightly feeling a little incredible.

The water of this 100,000-strong army is too large.

I have to say that Zuo Liangyu is self-aware. Therefore, he did not put those newly captured soldiers to his side, but arranged the stations of each department in concentric circles layer by layer.

It is precisely because of this that the barracks are filled with tens of thousands of strangers who do not know each other, but they have not caused any major trouble.

Now, those new soldiers have quietly gathered at the innermost level. In this regard, Zuo Liangyu and his generals were at a loss.

Zhu Cihong stood on the high platform, looked at the golden holy decree embroidered with dragon patterns in his hand, and did not take it out in a hurry, but carried his hands behind his back, looked at them one by one, and sighed with some emotion.

"I, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, stand here today, and I have many things I want to say before I announce the decree." Zhu Cihong said: "I saw the eyes of the present, and many people were uneasy. I deeply understand this uneasiness. This uneasiness was felt when I had a premonition that the Ming Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles, and everyone's fate was precarious. Today, I am here for the sake of his millions of compatriots whose lives and safety are at risk in Huguang, and for the sake of the 100,000 people here who are in danger. This decree in my hand will surely solve all this. ”

Zhu Cihong's words made Zuo Liangyu feel strange, such a big vernacular is not like the style of those officials. However, seeing the holy decree, Zuo Liangyu was inexplicably relieved.

"In Henan, I said to the soldiers of the Royal Guards. A soldier is a glorious identity and a noble profession. It is the natural obligation of all of us to be a good man. To defend the stability of this country and to put an end to all evils against our homeland with the force in our hands. ”

"In Shandong, I led my soldiers to the battlefield. I, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong! As the most simple Daming Erlang, like all soldiers, I practice the words I promised at the beginning. Fight for the safety of this country, for all the people of this land. This is the belief in our fighting. It is the reason why we are military soldiers. The scene was extremely quiet, and the simple vernacular made everyone listen very seriously, only Zhu Cihong's clear voice.

"Father...... It's a little weird......" Zuo Mengeng said quietly.

Zuo Liangyu turned his head and saw dirty faces, this is not his pro-army!

Soon, Zuo Liangyu thought of a possibility that he was most unwilling to believe: "Could it be that Zhu Cihong really wants to do himself among the thousands of troops?" I have an army of 100,000! (To be continued.) )

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