Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 185 The second one is called Men Tianzi? !

Zhu Youtang immediately mounted the male Arabian horse and tried riding it twice in laps.

The riding experience of a Ferghana horse is truly incomparable to that of an ordinary horse.

At the same time, Wang Zhi also took over and arranged the more than 4,000 Mongolian horses that Borokhan had presented as tribute.

These more than 4,000 Mongolian horses were supplies that the Ming Dynasty had always been in urgent need of.

The horses presented as tribute by Boluohan solved Zhu Youtang's urgent need.

After offering the horses, Boluohan led his Oirat people into Zhu Youtang's team and was under the command of Wang Zhi.

Afterwards, the team continued to march towards Xuanfu and arrived at the south of Xuanfu city that afternoon.

Zhu Youtang looked up and saw that the walls of Xuanfu were towering into the clouds. The walls were high and strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

But what was strange was that there was not a single soldier stationed on the city wall of Xuanfu.

Moreover, the entire Xuanfu was extremely quiet. The important military town where hundreds of thousands of people lived was like an empty city with no sound at all.

You know, although the Ming Dynasty’s border is very long and there are many border towns.

However, there were only three important military towns, Xuanfu, Datong and Liaodong, which were garrisoned with more than 100,000 troops, collectively known as Xuan-Daliao.

Xuanfu, as the gateway to the capital, is of paramount importance.

The total number of troops stationed there, servants serving the soldiers, soldiers' families, etc., reached hundreds of thousands.

With such a large population, it can be regarded as the most prosperous and lively town in the north.

After Xuanfu, there is Datong, and the worst is Liaodong.

But even in such a huge and prosperous town, there was no one on the city walls and not a sound was heard inside.

Such a strange scene is somewhat self-incriminating.

Zhu Youtang looked at the closed gate of Xuanfu with cold eyes.

"Call the door."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At Zhu Youtang's signal, the emperor's guard of honor walked to the top of the city wall and shouted, "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty has arrived at Xuanfu. General Yang Tong of Xuanfu, please open the gate and receive him!"

The shout was so loud that the sound could be heard far away in Xuanfu.

But what was strange was that Xuanfu did not take any action and remained completely silent.

Not to mention opening the door to welcome him, there was not even anyone to respond.

There was no one on the city wall, not even one person climbed up to check the situation.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty is coming to Xuanfu. General Yang Tong of Xuanfu, please open the gate and welcome him!"

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty is coming to Xuanfu. General Yang Tong of Xuanfu, please open the gate and welcome him!"

"..."

The emperor's guard of honor shouted a few more times, but there was still no response in Xuanfu City.

Yang Tong, the general commander of Xuanfu, avoided meeting the Ming Emperor Zhu Youtang and refused to open the city gate!

……

Inside Xuanfu city.

Yang Tong sat silently on the stairs leading to the city wall, looking blankly ahead, his face ashen and dejected.

He had just peeked out from the city wall.

The emperor had a bright yellow ceremonial guard and tens of thousands of soldiers standing by in battle formation, with more than 2,000 Oirat soldiers guarding him.

The person who came was none other than the Ming Emperor Zhu Youtang!
The fact that Zhu Youtang was able to arrive outside Xuanfu unscathed and with so many soldiers and horses proves that Yang Kui's action was a complete failure!
In addition, he has not received any message from Yang Kui in the past two days.

The possibility of Yang Kui dying in battle is very high!

Thinking of all this, Yang Tong's heart was filled with pain, despair, and regret!
He has been forced into a desperate situation!
Under the city wall of Xuanfu, hundreds of Xuanfu soldiers who were suddenly withdrawn from the city wall looked at each other in confusion.

These soldiers are ordinary soldiers from Xuanfu who are responsible for standing guard on the city wall today according to the duty arrangements.

In any border town, it is impossible not to arrange soldiers to stand guard on the city walls.

These soldiers were standing guard on the city wall.

But just half an hour ago, they suddenly received an order from Yang Tong, asking them to withdraw from the city wall immediately and not allow anyone to stay on the wall. Anyone who violated the order would be executed immediately.

Although they didn't know what was going on, they followed Yang Tong's orders as military orders must be obeyed and retreated from the city wall to the foot of the city wall.

At this moment, they also vaguely heard someone knocking on the door coming from outside the city.

The knocking on the door continued to repeat, and they finally heard clearly what was being said.

Immediately, a soldier exclaimed in astonishment: "Ah?!"

"The Emperor is outside! It's the Emperor who's knocking on the door!"

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and open the door for His Majesty the Emperor!"

After the soldier finished speaking, he quickly ran towards the city gate in front of him, trying to open the door for Zhu Youtang.

But the next moment, Yang Tong, who was in desperate thought, suddenly woke up.

He looked at the soldier who wanted to open the door with bloodshot eyes and let out an almost insane roar!

"Who dares to open the door?!"

"Stand and slash!"

The next moment, Zhou Hongyi, the deputy commander of Xuanfu, rushed out from the side, waving the long sword in his hand, and quickly approached the soldier who wanted to open the door. Before the soldier could react, Zhou Hongyi had already slashed him with a sword and beheaded him on the spot!
Blood spurted out, staining Zhou Hongyi's body scarlet, frightening the other soldiers, who took several steps back and moved away from the Xuanfu city gate.

Zhou Hongyi stood in front of the city gate and shouted at the soldiers fiercely: "The general has ordered that no one is allowed to open the city gate. Anyone who violates the order will be executed!"

"Pan Xingyi!"

"exist!"

"Move your troops here and guard the city gates. Don't let anyone get close!"

"Violators will be killed!"

"Yes, General Zhou!"

The captain-general named Pan Xingyi immediately went to the central army camp, preparing to transfer his subordinates to guard the Xuanfu city gate.

Although Yang Tong's 20,000 most trusted and loyal personal soldiers were led out of the city by Yang Kui and died at the hands of Zhu Youtang, their bodies were built into a mausoleum.

But this does not mean that there are no troops he can command in Xuanfu City.

Although the Xuanfu mutiny was initiated by Yang Tong, all the officers, big and small, in the city of Xuanfu also participated in it.

There is no way! They are on the same boat!

They were involved in all these things: drawing salaries without working, smuggling arms, and withholding food and wages.

Zhu Youtang is here, none of them can escape, they will all lose their heads!
Out of fear of death, these people took the initiative to join Yang Tong's plan and stood with Yang Tong.

These middle-level officers also have a group of loyal soldiers at their command.

Yang Tong now relies on these troops to control the military affairs of Xuanfu.

Although his control over Xuanfu has greatly declined.

But as his prestige accumulated over time, ordinary soldiers did not dare to easily disobey his orders.

Now in Xuanfu City, only the ordinary soldiers at the lowest level are still loyal to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Youtang.

The ordinary soldiers at the city gate watched with their own eyes as their companions were executed in public by Zhou Hongyi.

When they came back to their senses from the shock, their hearts were filled with confusion, fear and terror.

"General! His Majesty is just outside the city, why don't we open the gate?!"

"If you disobey my order, you will lose your head!"

Someone in the crowd boldly asked a question.

Not only were they still loyal to the Ming Emperor in their hearts, but they were also afraid of the consequences of disobeying his orders and being punished by Zhu Youtang.

Yang Tong, standing on the stairs, had a gloomy face and looked down at the soldiers of Xuanfu, with uncontrollable fear in his heart.

But he can no longer turn back, he can only go down this path till the end!
Yang Tong took a deep breath and continued according to plan, shouting the words he had prepared long ago to the soldiers in Xuanfu.

"It's not that I don't want to open the door for Your Majesty! It's not that I'm disobeying Your Majesty's order!"

"It is true... Your Majesty suffered another great defeat at Tumubao and was captured by the Oirat people again!"

"Now, in addition to Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of Wala troops outside the city, ready to rush into the city and seize Xuanfu!"

"Your Majesty was forced to knock on the door! He was forced by the Oirat leader, Boluohan!"

"Your Majesty has privately told me that no matter what, I must not open the door!"

"Because His Majesty has become the second Emperor of the Gate, but he does not want to become a tyrant who will be laughed at by future generations!"

"I don't want to become the eternal sinner of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I have seen through the trick of the Oirat people! I will not open the door and be fooled!"

"As long as we stay indoors and defend Xuanfu, the Wala people will retreat!"

After Yang Tong finished shouting, there was silence in Xuanfu City.

The soldiers looked at each other with shock in their eyes, and many of them were even in panic.

His Majesty the Great Ming has been captured by the Oirat people again. What should we do? !

At this moment, another soldier asked a soul-stirring question.

"Since your majesty has been captured, why don't we open the city and send troops to rescue your majesty?"

"There are tens of thousands of well-equipped and experienced Ming soldiers in Xuanfu!"

"If we go out together, can Wala be our opponent?"

"Since he came to Xuanfu to knock on the door and did not forcefully attack Xuanfu, it proves that he does not have the strength to contend with our Xuanfu army."

"In that case, let's open the city gates and fight the Wala people!"

"Let him know what it means to overestimate one's own abilities!"

When Yang Tong heard this, his heart suddenly felt empty and he felt extremely frightened.

He never expected that there were such smart soldiers in the city who could immediately see through his lies and point out the most obvious loopholes in his words!
Whose subordinate is this? !
Yes, since the Oirat people captured the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they could either go south and attack the capital directly, or go north and bring him back to the grassland and wait for the ransom.

Why did these Wala people come to Xuanfu to knock on the door? !
Even if the gates of Xuanfu were opened, what could the Oirat people get except for the tens of thousands of well-equipped and battle-hardened elite soldiers in Xuanfu?

Besides, if they really have the strength to capture the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of sect would they be called?
Wouldn’t it be enough to just attack Xuanfu directly?
Yang Tong stared at the soldier who asked the question, his fingers clenched tightly, and the murderous intent in his heart reached its peak.

I wish I could take action right away and kill him on the spot!

There is no need for such smart and thoughtful soldiers in Xuanfu!

He only wants soldiers who listen, believe and follow blindly!
These lower-level soldiers only need to believe in the ideas passed down by their upper-level officers!

This kind of low-level soldier who uses his brain must not be allowed to stay!
(End of this chapter)