Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-One: Desperate
Lu Xiangsheng's words made Zhang Jingyi feel another meaning.
So Zhang Jingyi looked at Lu Xiangsheng suspiciously and said, "Mr. Lu means, is there a thief?"
"How could there be no thief?" Lu Xiangsheng showed a melancholy look and then said, "If not, my Ming Dynasty clearly cut off trade with the Jiannu people, but why did the Jiannu people's weapons become more and more refined and the supplies are getting more and more abundant? Well, if you don't talk about these things now, the most urgent thing is that the students want to ask for advice. What can Zhang Baihu do to deal with the current situation?"
"Then what do you think?" Zhang Jing looked at Lu Xiangsheng.
Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a moment before saying, "It is enough to protect himself in Changping. There are city walls here, and these Jiannu people do not seem to have the intention to attack the city and the village. At most ten days, or at least three or four days, they will retreat."
Zhang Jing thought about it and said with reluctance: "If this is the case... then you and I will try our best to raise soldiers... No, what should I do to run a school? This school has been running for nearly four months. If you leave these Jiannu people here for a day, the number of people killed and injured will increase day by day. If you sit here, can you and I be at ease?"
Zhang Jingyi has always known what she wants and what she should do!
From time to time traveling to the present, isn’t it just for today’s moment? He has hollowed out his mind and wants to climb upwards and intrigue with others... Isn’t it just because he is afraid that something like this will happen today?
Now...it's time to give it a try.
Although... you may spend all your capital in it, and you may even take risks.
But now, can you still sit idly?
Many times, it is difficult to judge whether a person is good or bad. Zhang Jingyi believes that he is an ordinary person, and he also has greed and has various thoughts!
After all, he is not a saint.
But Zhang Jingyi felt that it is not scary to have selfishness, but what is scary is that at critical moments, he is still looking forward and making plans.
A trace of murderous intent flashed through Zhang Jing's eyes and said, "I want to mess with them, do you think it will work?"
Lu Xiangsheng: "..."
After thinking for a while, Lu Xiangsheng said: "The combat power of the Jiannu people is extraordinary, and now they are in the limelight, and they are all brave and fearless... If they really want to... do it, it seems that the students are a bit risky... However, everything is followed by Zhang Baihu's arrangements. If Zhang Baihu has made up his mind, students will be the pioneer."
Zhang Jing was calm and showed a firm look on his face, saying, "It's so great, I'd rather break my jade than be a complete one!"
After discussing, other things will be easier to handle.
Then, it was the question of how to fight.
Zhang Jingyi’s suggestion is to directly choose to attack at dawn, and it is best to attack him without any precaution.
The Jiannu people should only be able to move around the Badaogou area. The reason for making this judgment is that Badaogou can attack and retreat or defend. There are Ming troops everywhere here, and they are obviously afraid of being surrounded.
As for the layout of the Jiannu people's camp, people can observe it in advance.
I don’t care about anything else. I will definitely take risks when advancing, but this risk... is worth taking.
"If this battle cannot show its might, all your and my previous efforts will be wasted."
Zhang Jing looked at Lu Xiangsheng and continued, "But if he can show his might, this will tell the world that the Jiannu people are not invincible. As long as we are willing to let out a sigh, we can also make the thief scared."
Lu Xiangsheng nodded. In fact, he was not as proud as Zhang Jingyi.
Because he knew very well that this was a life-and-death war. Even though Lu Xiangsheng was a irritable and fearless person, after all, he personally taught the students in the military academy for more than four months, and the teachers and students had already had feelings. Now he took them to death, how could he have no compassion at all?
But Lu Xiangsheng finally agreed.
In fact, he was not very sure. The Jiannu people were not fools, they must be prepared for it at night.
But now that I am determined to take a gamble, there is nothing to say. I am ready to gather people and prepare.
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On the other end, Zhang Shun returned to the Forbidden City.
When he met Emperor Tianqi, he presented Zhang Jingyi's original words.
Emperor Tianqi met his ministers in the warm pavilion.
At this time, when he heard Zhang Jingyi's refusal to obey the imperial edict, the ministers suddenly had different expressions.
Emperor Tianqi frowned and said, "He dared not to obey the imperial edict? He was simply bold and arrogant. What did he know at a young age? Now there are chaos outside. Not to mention Jiannu, even those thieves who took advantage of the situation may have taken his life."
Zhang Shun said with a bitter face: "Zhang Baihu said he wanted to protect the imperial tomb and dared not leave."
Emperor Tianqi didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, he was like an ant on a hot pan. He even wanted to send troops and horses for a while, so he simply left the city and fought to the death.
But obviously... the ministers will never agree.
All officials are afraid of a slight mistake. Once the city is opened, they know if something will happen.
They listed the examples of Emperor Huizong of Song at that time. Now we must put the country first and we must not allow any mistakes.
After all, everyone's lives are all in this capital. God knows... what it looks like outside.
Even though a lot of information can already indicate that there are not many Jiannu people entering the pass, the problem is... who dares to take this risk?
At this time, Emperor Tianqi was in a very bad mood, so he angrily said to Zhang Shun: "Go again, take my order and order Zhang Jing to return to Beijing. You can go there again immediately. This time, be sure to let him come back."
"Ah..." Zhang Shun's face turned green.
I was so worried about going there, but I still have to go there?
But when His Majesty opened his golden mouth, he had no choice but to say, "Abide by the order."
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In the warm pavilion.
Huang Liji looked at the worry-prone Emperor Tianqi and said, "Your Majesty, now, the matter is urgent. Your Majesty should issue an edict to let all prefectures and counties serve the king."
Emperor Tianqi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, I expected that this was just an attack... The matter was not serious enough to issue an imperial edict to serve the king. Let's wait a minute."
"What if your Majesty makes a wrong judgment?" At this time, the Minister of War couldn't help but stand up: "If you delay any further, it's probably going to be too late."
Emperor Tianqi stopped talking.
At this time, he hoped that there would be Zhang Jingyi by his side. If Zhang Jingyi was by his side, he would definitely support his views.
Finally, Emperor Tianqi waved his hand and said, "A enemy attacked, all the civil and military officials and counties in Zhili, and the Jing camps were in a hurry, as if the sky had fallen. It's no wonder that the military, civilians and people were like headless flies. How can the people calm down like this? Let's discuss this matter again. The most urgent task at the moment is to calm people's hearts!"
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When Zhang Shun arrived in Changping again, he... cried.
because……
This place is empty, and there is no need to find Zhang Jingyi.
After searching for someone, I asked, but said I had left with the military academy's men.
The direction is Jixian.
This is so fucking...
Zhang Shun knew that he could not catch up at this time, so of course, he did not dare to chase him, as Jixian was even more dangerous.
So I had to continue to return to Beijing.
But...there are now a lot of rioters everywhere. On the way back, he was stopped by a group of thieves because he rode a horse. After being beaten up, the horse was gone and his clothes were stripped clean.
He had no choice but to take large leaves, cover his naked body, and then trek along the way.
Along the way, I was hungry and finally arrived in the capital. I asked the officers and soldiers on the city tower to put down the hanging basket and hang themselves up.
But he had no identity certificate and was naked all over. Zhang Shun was panicked and almost shouted at the bottom of the city tower. Finally, a guard came to patrol the city. He heard that it was a person from the palace and he also talked about Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs, so he was hung up.
Zhang Shun did not dare to neglect and hurried back to the palace...
He was anxious to report the latest situation to His Majesty, so he hurriedly changed into a coat that other eunuchs took off.
When he arrived at the warm pavilion and saw Emperor Tianqi, he cried loudly: "Your Majesty, I almost couldn't see Your Majesty. I... How miserable... I was beaten..."
He raised his face. At this time, he was indeed bruised and swollen, his front teeth were knocked off, and his words were leaking.
A coat covered his body, and because it didn't fit, his snow-white arms and legs were half-covered.
At this time, he kowtowed to Emperor Tianqi like pounding garlic... he looked extremely desolate.
Emperor Tianqi said, "Who cares whether you see me or not? I ask you, where did Zhang Jingyi go?"
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Shun said: "When I arrived in Changping, Zhang Baihu had already set out."
"Setting out?" Emperor Tianqi said anxiously: "Have you returned to Beijing?"
"I said I was taking my troops and horses straight to Ji County. I also heard that... they were under the banner of tying to fight against the thieves."
Suddenly, Emperor Aoki felt a little dizzy.
In the past few days, he had not had a good sleep and was worried. The chaos caused by a group of Jianshu made him even more worried. But the civil and military officials in the court all changed their colors and just urged him to guard the capital and call for the king. This made Emperor Tianqi unable to help but feel disappointed!
Zhang Jingyi was at the other extreme. Everyone was hiding in the city, but he ran out. Now he became more and more serious and actually went to Jixian.
"How many men did he bring?" Emperor Aoki asked with a gloomy face.
Zhang Shundao: "I heard that they are all his students...three hundred people..."
"It's over." Emperor Aoki sat down powerlessly.
If he had a trace of expectations at the beginning, but until he heard that there were three hundred people and a group of students, Emperor Tianqi probably understood that things could not be saved.
Zhang Shun thought His Majesty would be furious.
But who knows...
Emperor Aoki had a solemn expression, but he was indescribably calm.
At this moment, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then said, "Parent Wei..."
Wei Zhongxian stood aside, feeling regretful, poor Zhang Jingyi...is still too young, isn't it good to live? He has to commit suicide?
Hearing the call of Emperor Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I am here."
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The third chapter is delivered today, and there are two more chapters.
Chapter completed!