Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 156 What a pity

"You're crazy, that's the emperor!"

On the high city wall, Ren Li and Wang Wen stood opposite each other, neither willing to give in.

Under the city wall, loud and clear horns sounded continuously, and the torrent-like army kept approaching. From a distance, the appearance of the vanguard could already be vaguely seen.

"One thousand five hundred steps!"

The high-pitched voice of the messenger rang out, one after another, resounding through the entire city wall of Zijingguan.

The sound of "creaking" sounded.

At the city gate, the wide winch was turned, and the heavy gate was slowly lowered.

Behind the city gate, a cavalry team of 3000 is ready to go.

Looking at the Wala army that was getting closer, Wang Wen's face completely sank, and he said coldly.

"Ren Zongbing, let me say it again, that's not the Supreme Emperor, it's just a suspected soldier who was previously announced. It is impossible for him to really put the Supreme Emperor before the battle!"

However, Ren Li also refused to budge, said.

"It's just a possibility. If you also lose your mind first, neither you nor I can afford the price."

"That can't be!"

Wang Wen put down a sentence, directly bypassed Ren Li, and said to the general who was at a loss.

"I order you, as the admiral of Zijingguan, as the Minister of Military Affairs, to go immediately and prepare the artillery and crossbowmen. When the captives cross a thousand steps, fire immediately."

"Don't go!"

Ren Li also became ruthless, and directly reached out to block the general who wanted to take orders, and said.

"This general is the commander-in-chief appointed by the imperial court. Without the order of this general, no one is allowed to mobilize a single soldier."

After finishing speaking, Ren Li turned around, stared at Wang Wen with a cold face, and said.

"My lord, according to the rules, the army goes out to fight. The admiral only has the right to supervise and make suggestions. Although the general will discuss with you about the strategic direction, you don't have the right to deploy troops. Is it possible that you want to go beyond the rules now?"

The military system of the Ming Dynasty was different from that of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Emperor Taizu abolished the Zhongshu and dismissed the prime minister, which affected not only the civil servants, but also the military generals.

According to the system, whenever a large army goes out, there is a general officer in charge of dispatching troops, admirals in charge of military affairs, and middle officials in charge of supervising the army.

Although it was to guard the Bauhinia Pass this time, the court followed the specifications of the army going out.

To put it bluntly, in this system, the commander-in-chief is responsible for leading the troops to fight, while the admiral is responsible for logistics and general direction.

Of course, if that's all it is, the admiral is just a logistics officer. The so-called grasp of the general direction is basically useless when encountering a strong general officer.

The real function of the admiral is to control the commander-in-chief on behalf of the imperial court, prevent them from buying people's hearts without authorization, support the soldiers' self-respect, and take the opportunity to cause chaos.

But in the same way, if the commander-in-chief is making the necessary strategic deployment, then the admiral does not have the power to directly order the army.

Of course, this was before Chenghua, and after Chenghua, civil servants became powerful, and admirals gradually became the real controllers of the army, taking away the military command from the commander-in-chief.

But at least for now, the power of the commander-in-chief is still slightly greater than that of the admiral.

Although nominally speaking, the determination of the strategy requires the general officer and the admiral to discuss and decide.

But the right to deploy troops is in the hands of Ren Li. If he wants to go his own way, theoretically speaking, Wang Wen has nothing to do with him on the spot. At most, he can only impeach him afterwards.

As soon as Ren Li's words came out, he basically turned the table with Wang Wen completely.

The two big bosses would not let the other go, and the two generals on one side were miserable, and they didn't know whether to stay or go.

"Thirteen hundred steps!"

The voice of the messenger sounded again, Wang Wen took a deep breath, his face suddenly calmed down, and he nodded.

"What Zongbing Ren said is reasonable. As an admiral, I really shouldn't directly intervene in the deployment of soldiers, but..."

At this point, Wang Wen's expression also became cold and hard.

Now that the other party has turned his back on him, there's no need for him to negotiate.

Taking a step back, Wang Wen raised his hand and pulled out a round token, saying loudly.

"Please ask the king to order the flag card!"

So standing silently behind Wang Wen, the tall soldier carrying a small burden on his back immediately stood in awe, took the burden on his back, and respectfully held out a small mahogany box.

Raising his hand to open the box, the soldier took out a silk flag with a blue background, with countless dark patterns all over it, and a big "Ling" character embroidered with gold thread in the middle.

The flag is not big, no more than four feet long and two feet wide.

Held in the hands of the tall flag officer, the wind blows and flutters with the wind.

As the command flag was taken out of the box, the surrounding generals and officers, after a short period of astonishment, all bowed down and said.

"The last general waits to greet Sheng An!"

The banner of Wang Ming is as if you are here in person!
Ren Li stood there with a livid face. The reason why he didn't kneel down was because he also had such a command flag in his hand.

But as soon as the command flag in Wang Wen's hand came out, he knew that he couldn't stop him today.

He didn't know why, Wang Wen had a troop transfer flag in his hand that shouldn't have been there.

But there is no doubt about it.

No matter where it came from, holding this order flag, Wang Wen has the power to mobilize the army.

If the token in his hand is added and the flag becomes one, then even he, the commander-in-chief, needs to obey orders.

Wang Wen shook his head, passed Ren Li directly, and gave instructions to the generals below.

"According to what the official said, immediately prepare artillery, bows and crossbows, and be ready to attack at any time!"

One of the compulsory courses for military generals above participating generals is to recognize the flag of Wang Ming.

With Wang Wenyou's order flag in his hand, the group of generals stopped hesitating immediately, bowed their hands and gave a military salute, and then went down separately, ready to go.

Ren Li looked gloomy, looked at Wang Wen, and said coldly.

"Aren't you afraid that the court will blame you for doing this?"

Wang Wen's face was calm: "I said, it's not the Supreme Emperor. If it's not, why should the court blame it?"

For this kind of person who only believed in himself, Ren Li was too lazy to argue with him, so he sneered and said.

"If I remember correctly, you came directly to Bauhinia Pass from Liaodong, right? After this battle, I will definitely impeach you for the crime of usurpation for using flags indiscriminately."

Leaving behind such endless words, Ren Li turned around and went to the city wall to direct the battle.

Regarding Ren Li's threats, Wang Wen remained calm.

"Ren Zongbing, don't worry, after this battle, I will also impeach you for the crime of shrinking back, being coerced by captives, and not daring to send troops."

Seeing the back of Ren Li going away, Wang Wen heaved a sigh of relief.

He waved his hand, signaling the flag officer behind him to put away the command flag, and turned to look at the battle situation in the distance, his heart was also full of worries.

What Ren Li said was right, he was the one who overstepped!

This does not mean that he uses the flag to command the army, but that at this moment, he does not have the right to use the flag at all.

The flag of Wang Ming has always been used for one thing, and it will be returned when it is used up.

The Wang Ming Banner in his hand was granted when he was an envoy to Liaodong. At the same time, he was also granted by the admiral Xuanfu and the dispatch of the Liaodong military affairs.

Logically speaking, this matter has ended since he went on a mission, and the flag should be returned to the Ministry of War immediately.

So this time, he was indeed the one who overstepped.

However, with the flag in his hands, Ren Li couldn't prove to the generals below why the imperial court gave it to him, so he had to obey orders.

But after this incident, there will inevitably be a disturbance in the court.

But now, he couldn't care less...

Wala's army had already stepped a thousand paces away, and before the Bauhinia Pass, the heavy gate was completely lowered.

Countless cavalry swarmed out from the city gate, accompanied by several shells fired from the city wall.

A thousand steps is too far, only cannons can be used, and because the cannons are too bulky, they are all set up in advance, and they start quickly.

Wang Wen looked at a cannonball that fell squarely on the bright yellow carriage. The airflow from the explosion directly overturned the entire carriage, fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

Less than a thousand steps away, it could be clearly seen that a man in a ochre-yellow robe was blown out of the carriage.

However, the Oirat soldiers around them only retreated by themselves, and did not seem to rescue the carriage at all.

So, Wang Wen stood on the high city wall, a hint of imperceptible disappointment and relief flashed in his eyes.

Sure enough, the Taishanghuang in the carriage was a fake!
　It was a pleasant surprise to receive the first alliance leader, but it was also a bit painful. I really didn’t save the manuscript~
　　When the testimonial was originally posted, it was said that the leader added five chapters at a time. Later, some book friends suggested adding ten chapters, but for a handicapped party like the author, ten chapters at a time is too difficult.

　　So in the future, if there is a leader of the boss, the ten chapters may have to be updated in two days.

　　Finally, I don’t know how much I can code today, but I should be able to post six chapters today. I will post as much as I code, and I will post it after coding~~~
　　
　
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