Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 103: A Restless Night, Sharing a Common Enemy
"Your Highness is plotting treason, intending to rebel?"

"What a big hat."

Li Chongwu calmly adjusted his armor and stared at Ying Wuqiu and the other Jinyiwei with murderous intent. "My life and the lives of my entire family were saved by Your Highness when he fought on the battlefield. It wasn't the imperial court, the Ministry of War, or the Five Military Commandery."

"You want to use the imperial edict and the Ministry of War to pressure me?"

"Let me help you bunch of bastards deal with His Royal Highness Prince Su?"

Li Chongwu snorted coldly and lightly pointed his finger forward. The next moment, more than a dozen officers of the Left Guard who had been ready to move rushed forward like wolves and tigers as if they had received permission.

"How dare you? We are the imperial envoys. Anyone who attacks and kills the imperial envoy shall be punished by death and all nine generations of his clan shall be punished." Ying Wuqiu was still stern in his expression. He did not believe that in the Ming Dynasty, there were still people who dared to be so disrespectful to the emperor and his father and not take the imperial edict and the imperial envoy seriously.

"Noisy."

"You dare to mess with Prince Su's Mansion? I think you are tired of living."

"The imperial seal and the troop mobilization cards are useless to us."

When the Mongols and Liao invaded the border, the situation in Shaanxi became a mess. More than half of the twelve guards of Shaanxi were killed in the battle. Now, almost all the middle-level and above generals of the Shaanxi Command were promoted by Zhu Jinzhen.

Ninety-nine percent of the officers above the rank of hundred households are loyal generals under the command of Prince Su’s Palace.

At least 70% of the remaining high-ranking officials were former generals of Tian Ce and Cang Yun.

Imperial edict? Troop deployment order?
Not to mention it was fake, even if it was true and the emperor came in person, Li Chongwu would still ignore them.

Ying Wuqiu and other Jinyiwei were quite powerful, with three of them in the Vajra Realm and four second-grade warriors. However, when facing the officers and soldiers in the Ganzhou Left Guard camp, they were like chickens and dogs. After a few rounds, they all had knives at their necks.

"Li Chongwu, you dared to disobey the imperial order and attack and kill the imperial envoy. This is a grave crime punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of your clan. Wait for the court to punish you."

"Noisy."

Li Chongwu put the things in his arms and said lightly.

A captain from Ganzhou Zuowei directly hit Ying Wuqiu in the face with the butt of his knife, causing his face to twist and spit out bloody teeth.

A captain strode out and gave Ying Wuqiu, who was glaring at him with disbelief, a fierce challenge. He spat in his face and said, "Jinyiwei pacification envoy? Imperial edict? Military token? Only the words of His Highness in Shaanxi are the imperial edict."

Not to mention the imperial edict, even if the Minister of War and the left and right commanders of the Five Military Commanderies came in person, it would be useless.

"Press them down and keep them under strict surveillance. If they make any movement, kill them."

"Yes!"

Several people dragged Ying Wuqiu and his group away like dead dogs.

Li Chongwu handed the whistling arrow that he had just taken out of Ying Wuqiu's arms to a guard. The guard walked out of the tent and shot it at the sky. The whistling arrow instantly cut through the night sky, like some kind of signal.

"Those bastards actually dared to set their sights on Your Highness. I won't be able to quell my hatred unless I skin them alive." Li Chongwu gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, "Pass the order down. Gather the Left Guard, Right Guard, Center Guard, Front Guard, and Rear Guard at midnight. I want to see what those bastards are planning to do."

"Yes!"

The generals of the Left Guard received the order and began to assemble the troops of the Left Guard.

Two general flag officers, carrying Li Chongwu's orders, quickly rushed to Ganzhou's right guard, vanguard, rear guard, and center guard.

The same thing happened at the same time in all the twelve guards of Shaanxi overnight.

Chen Yannian, commander of the Ningxia Guard, returned on the snow wrapped in a fox fur coat, and his personal guards handed him a secret letter sealed with wax.

"An urgent order from the Five Armies Commander-in-Chief's Office orders the Ningxia Guard to break camp immediately and arrive at the eastern outskirts of Lanzhou before dawn to await further orders." Chen Yannian finished reading the last word, his brow furrowed. "Who sent this?"

"General, they are from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office."

"Where are they?"

"Inside the central military tent."

Chen Yannian strode towards the central army tent. As he opened the tent, the candlelight, flickering in the cold wind, revealed the figures of two crimson-robed civil servants. It was Zhang Wenyuan, the military commissioner. A half-inch of snow accumulated on his fur hat, yet he remained upright. The cloud and goose patterns embroidered in gold thread on his sleeves shone brightly in the firelight.

"Come here!" Chen Yannian's eyes flashed as he turned and shouted outside, "Seal off the camp. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed."

"Yes!"

The Ningxia Guard gathered together and in an instant the surroundings were illuminated as bright as day.

Chen Yannian carefully put away the sealed letter and placed it in his arms. He then drew his sword and walked towards the two men in front of him with a sneer: "You bold thieves, how dare you impersonate an official of the imperial court and attempt to murder Your Highness..."

"you……"

Zhang Wenyuan's throat rolled over, his eyes wide open, staring in horror at Chen Yannian who was approaching with a knife.

A moment later, Chen Yannian walked out of the tent holding his blood-stained sword.

Send a message to Ningxia Guard to assemble quickly.

……

On the same night, in the Xi'an Zuowei Yamen, Lieutenant General Yang Huan suddenly overturned a copper furnace.

"Bullshit! Will His Highness rebel?" The charcoal fire splashed onto the deerskin boots of Wang Chun, the envoy of the Ministry of War, burning him so much that he staggered back.

"Lieutenant General Yang!" Wang Chun shouted sharply, flicking out a secret order from his sleeve. "Look carefully! The Ministry of War and the Five Military Commandery want the Twelve Guards to encircle Lanzhou, not your loyalty to the traitor!"

"Snapped!"

Wang Chun was whipped so hard that he spun like a top three times before falling heavily to the ground.

Outside the hall, the wind and snow howled, and Yang Huan's murderous intent intensified: "Someone come here."

Several small flag officers of the Xi'an Left Guard walked in quickly.

"General."

"Who do you think you are? How dare you call His Highness a traitor?" Yang Huan gave a secret order, pointing at Wang Chun, who had just shouted at him. "Drag him away and slap him in the face until all his teeth are knocked out."

"Yes!"

When several small flag officers heard this, they were shocked and looked at Wang Chun, the envoy from the Ministry of War, with extremely unfriendly eyes.

Ever since their Highness came to power and repelled the Mongol-Liao invasion several years ago, he generously raised the salaries of the soldiers of the Twelve Guards of Shaanxi tenfold, and also built houses for these soldiers and distributed land.

In the past four years, the monthly salary has never been less than that, and has never been delayed for more than half a day. There has been no more exploitation of soldiers' blood or eating up the vacancies, and those who have made contributions will be rewarded.

There are also generous benefits during the Chinese New Year and other holidays.

In the past, soldiers could not even support their families, but now they can have two meals a day. In the past, they could not eat meat once a year, but now their families can get about one pound of meat every month.

Anyone who dares to touch their Highness will be called a traitor.

Whoever is their enemy.

Life and death enemy!!
"What are you doing? I'm just following orders..."

"Snapped."

A small flag officer couldn't help but slap him. As he dragged Wang Chun out, he kept slapping his face: "Don't say you are following orders. Even if you are worthless, you can't do it. You dare to say that His Highness is a traitor, you are looking for death."

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

The other small flag officers and people from the Xi'an Zuowei Yamen, who all knew what Wang Chun had just said, jumped up and slapped him a few more times.

In the end, before Wang Chun had even reached ten feet, all his teeth had been pulled out and his face was swollen like a pig's head.

(End of this chapter)