My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 959 I came to save Ming Dynasty
Yu Qian was stunned by Zhu Zhanhe's rhetorical question. Now that the Han army has reached the gates of Beijing, the other side still doesn't admit that it is invading Ming Dynasty's territory. Isn't this lying with open eyes?

"Your Majesty is coming to the city just to have a look at his hometown?"

Yu Qian reacted quickly and asked with a frown.

"Of course not. The reason why I led my troops here this time is not because I have any plot against the Ming Dynasty. Instead, I came here to save the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Zhanhe stood up straight as he spoke and replied with a righteous expression.

"Save the Ming Dynasty? Your Majesty is not joking, right?"

Yu Qian asked again in disbelief. He even doubted whether the emperor in front of him had a fever. Otherwise, why would he be talking nonsense?
"My nephew is going on a personal expedition. Do you have any news about him now?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't make any more detours and directly asked about Zhu Qizhen's situation.

"This one……"

Yu Qian's heart sank when he heard this, and he had a vague premonition.

"After His Majesty and our Emperor went on the expedition, there were still news coming one after another at first, but after the army arrived in Datong, we lost contact, so now we don't know the situation on my Emperor's side."

Hu Xi, who had been silent for a long time, finally took a step forward and answered.

Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition was a complete farce. Hundreds of thousands of troops were on the road in a hurry without even preparing food and grass. Moreover, there was heavy rain on the road, making the road difficult to travel. The soldiers were hungry, cold, and freezing. Many soldiers died of hunger.

The most important thing is that after Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen arrived in Datong, they never sent anyone to report the situation in the army to the capital. Therefore, the capital has no idea where Zhu Qizhen is now and whether he is at war with Wala. Also clueless.

"Your Majesty, do you know the situation on my emperor's side?"

Yu Qian was silent for a moment, and then finally couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, the northern grassland has always been the focus of my attention. I can even tell you that my big man has been working closely with me, so I am very aware of Wala's every move."

Zhu Zhanhe admitted readily.

"Your Majesty, what's going on with the war on my emperor's side? We are all very worried about this personal expedition. But after thinking about it, our emperor has taken away 200,000 troops, which is almost ten times the strength of Wala. Even if we can't win, we still can't win. It won’t be a defeat, right?”

Hu Xi couldn't help but ask at this time.

"If it's just a defeat, I won't have to send troops!"

Zhu Zhanhe sighed as he spoke, and then told Zhu Qizhen's current situation in detail.

The more they heard, the more shocked Hu Hui and Yu Qian were. When Zhu Qizhen went on a personal expedition, many ministers opposed it, and when the army went out, it was indeed in chaos. However, Hu Hui and Yu Qian never imagined that Zhu Qizhen would actually Indulging Wang Zhen in such chaos, especially after leaving Datong, and actually agreeing to Wang Zhen's change of route to Xuanfu, was simply deliberately heading for a dead end.

"According to the latest intelligence I received, Ye Xian sent Boyan Timur to bypass Xuan Mansion and arrive at Jiming Mountain to intercept the main force of the Ming army, while Ye Xian led another large army to attack Xuan Mansion from the rear. If the Ming army chooses to stay in Xuanfu, there may be a chance of survival! "

Zhu Zhanhe finally introduced again. This was also the latest information he had obtained. However, Zhu Zhanhe knew better than anyone else how Zhu Qizhen would choose next. "Your Majesty should have stayed in Datong before, but he insisted on leaving. Now I'm afraid he won't stay in Xuanfu!"

Hu Hui was worthy of being a veteran of the Four Dynasties, and he could see the key at a glance.

"Your Majesty, if my emperor does not stay in Xuan Mansion, what will be the most serious consequences?"

Yu Qian's face turned pale, and he finally couldn't help asking Zhu Zhanhe.

"The army of 200,000 looks very powerful, but after all the hardships along the way, the soldiers have no fighting spirit and will want to retreat. Although there are veteran generals like the British Duke in the army, they are not able to command the army at all. The same goes for other nobles. , if at this time we encounter the Wala army in the wild and attack from both front and rear..."

Zhu Zhanhe paused deliberately when he said this, and his expression became very solemn.

"The most serious consequence is that the army of 200,000 people collapsed on the spot. To the Wala people, the 200,000 Ming army was just twenty lambs to be slaughtered. As for the Ming emperors and ministers in the army, I am afraid most of them would die in the chaos. Among the soldiers, being a prisoner is one of the luckiest people!”

"Is this... so serious?"

Hu Xi's face changed with fright when he heard this. Although he had been in private contact with the big man for a long time, and even received a warning from the big man before Zhu Qizhen Yujia personally went on the expedition, he did not expect that the consequences would be so serious. After all, there were 200,000 troops. But if something happens to the elites of the Ming Dynasty, plus the civil and military officials in the army, and the emperor Zhu Qizhen, then the country of the Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

"If His Majesty is also captured, then..."

Yu Qian also murmured to himself at this time that he did not dare to imagine the scene of Zhu Qizhen dying in the rebellion, but even if he was captured by luck, it would be a huge shame for Ming Dynasty, and if the other party held Zhu Qi hostage again, The town coerced the border guard to open the city gate, which would probably lead to more serious consequences.

"Now you know why I personally led the army here. Although we Han people have long since separated from the Ming Dynasty, the country of the Ming Dynasty was conquered by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong. As a descendant of the Zhu family, I must not Watching the Ming Dynasty fall into the hands of foreigners! "

Zhu Zhanhe said again in an awe-inspiring manner.

In fact, these words are all the truth, but some truths can be half told and half hidden, and the half of the truth hidden is sometimes more sinister than lies.

"Since His Majesty came to rescue our emperor, why did he raid Tianjin Port for no reason, and take a train from Tianjin to fight all the way to the city of Beijing?"

Yu Qian stared at Zhu Zhanhe's eyes and asked again, as if he wanted to see something in his eyes?
"I also want to kill Xuanfu directly, but this is the Ming Dynasty after all. If we take the normal route, I'm afraid you won't agree to my army's landing at all. As the saying goes, emergency must follow the right, so I can only make this decision. , but I came to Beijing not to attack you, but to tell you the purpose of sending troops to avoid misunderstandings!"

Zhu Zhanhe said very calmly at this time.

"So, Your Majesty, are you going to raise troops to leave Beijing and attack Xuanfu soon?"

Yu Qian did not completely believe Zhu Zhanhe's words, but asked again.

"I know you don't believe me, and I don't believe you either, so although I won't attack the capital, I will leave an army behind to block the entire gate of the capital to prevent you from cutting off my retreat!"

Zhu Zhanhe shook his head and said again.

(End of this chapter)