Emperor Chongzhen was too extreme.

Chapter 100: With swords and spears, their might is as fierce as a tiger that can swallow ten thousand miles!
On the day.

In the dead of night.

Song Xianze had already ridden his horse to Yansui Military Town.

What Song Xianze didn't expect was...

He had only been away for a year or two, but the changes in Yansui military town had far exceeded his expectations.

Just like.

He had barely caught a glimpse of the outline of the military town outside the pass when he was immediately captured by several scouts patrolling outside.

Fortunately, after explaining his purpose to the scouts...

Those people only took Song Xianze into the military town and temporarily detained him; they did not chop him into minced meat.

After entering the military town.

Song Xianze was even more horrified.

He saw well-equipped, menacing elite soldiers and orderly patrols on the city walls.
All of this would have been an impossible scene before!

I wouldn't even dare to think about it!

Otherwise, so many people wouldn't have been able to easily escape beyond the Great Wall, and the Ming Dynasty wouldn't have been plundered at will by various foreign tribes.

It could even be said that Song Xianze saw the dragon banner, a symbol of imperial power!

The Emperor himself actually visited the military town of Yansui?!

Or did the emperor send his personal guards?!
For a while.

Countless guesses flashed through Song Xianze's mind, making him so impatient that he lost his composure.

So after he was brought into the pass, he grabbed a man who looked like the emperor's personal guard and shouted that he wanted to see His Majesty and had important matters to report.

What Song Xianze didn't expect happened again.

The man neither hit him nor scolded him, nor even reprimanded him, and instead told him that he would report the matter to His Majesty.

As for whether His Majesty will see him or not, that is His Majesty's business; he will relay the message anyway.

Having lived in the Ming Dynasty for two or three decades, Song Xianze had never seen such a scene before.

You should know that the person he was speaking to was one of the emperor's personal guards!
What rank were the emperor's personal guards?
Even the prefect of a prefecture had to treat him with utmost respect.

Ordinary people, let alone a prefect, would not stand up to such a figure.

It's just a county magistrate. They don't even need a county magistrate.

Even a minor official in the county government could force a commoner to kneel down and speak if he didn't like him.

And now, the emperor's personal guards are speaking to him so kindly, with an air of official business and concern for the country and its people?!

It's not that Song Xianze was a scoundrel or anything, but this action was simply too much for his values.

Is this still the Ming Dynasty?!
Song Xianze's breathing became rapid.

Although they didn't know what had happened after the emperor arrived, they could see the imposing imperial guards on the city walls.

A much grander idea had already taken root in Song Xianze's mind.

original.

Song Xianze only wanted to find the Emperor's whereabouts after entering Shaanxi, and then write down the information about the Ordos tribe and give it to someone in the Emperor's entourage.

Because he never imagined he would have the opportunity to meet the emperor.

He was just a nobody, unable to even see a county magistrate, let alone dare to dream of seeing the emperor!

but now.

Song Xianze decided to go all out!

If he could actually meet His Majesty, he would directly advise His Majesty to launch a surprise attack on the Ordos tribe!
Although this sounds like a fantasy.

But in reality, according to Song Xianze, who was familiar with the enemy's situation, it wasn't actually that difficult to handle.

There is no other reason.

The Ordos tribe greatly underestimated the Ming Dynasty.

They underestimated them so much that they wouldn't even bother sending out a scout normally.

Moreover, before each of Erlinchen's planned raids southwards, he would invariably hold a grand banquet.

At such times.

The soldiers in the Ordos region had the lowest level of vigilance and fighting spirit!

And these imperial guards in the Yansui military town.

Although their actual combat strength is still unknown, judging from their mere aura, they appear even more formidable than the elite troops under Erlinchen's command.
Therefore, if His Majesty could heed my advice and launch a surprise attack on the Ordos tribe, then there is a real possibility of a great victory!
of course.

Song Xianze's thinking was also driven by his own selfish motives.

If Your Majesty heeds the advice and achieves a great victory over Ordos, then this will be a great achievement.

Then he could make a request to His Majesty to see if he could dig up the King of Qin so that he could open the coffin and mutilate the corpse again.

There was no other way; he hated that beast so much.

Thinking about these things.

Song Xianze began pacing back and forth in the room, feeling an unbearable itch in his heart.

And then, at dawn the next day...

Zhang Yi, who had rushed from the Chahar tribe overnight, was also captured by scouts patrolling outside the city.

However, Zhang Yi was not as shocked as Song Xianze.

Instead, he secretly rejoiced after being arrested.

Hey! Great! I made the right bet!

The emperor is indeed capable!
In such a short period of time, they managed to govern the border area to this state.

It was definitely worth the long journey I took to come here!

When Zhang Yi saw the soldiers inside the pass, he was even happier.

After he finished explaining why he came, he said...

When he heard that he might be able to meet His Majesty directly.

Zhang Yi was overjoyed, his happiness was boundless!
He re-entered the Ming Dynasty for this very reason!

Moreover, this scene in the Yansui military town...

Zhang Yi also had no idea what the Emperor had done in Shaanxi after arriving there.

But he keenly sensed that His Majesty might be planning to personally lead the army into battle.

This is fucking amazing! It's got so much potential!

Don’t say anything else.

Speaking only of that idiot Lin Danhan.

As long as the emperor is willing to give him some support.

Then Zhang Yi could take advantage of the conflicts between Ligdan Khan and other tribes to play a game of alliances and counter-alliances.

This would buy the Ming Dynasty some valuable time for development.

After all, given Lin Danhan's character...

If you flatter him a few times and give him some benefits, he will definitely turn on his nominal ally in a moment of impulsiveness.

Thinking about these things.

Zhang Yi felt a surge of heat coursing through his body.

no way.

For someone with his personality, life is destined to be about constantly striving and pushing his boundaries in order to achieve his life's ideals.

Now that the opportunity is right in front of him, how could he not be excited?!

Ever since.

Zhang Yi paced back and forth in the room where he was under house arrest, and even though he had been riding a horse for a day and a night, he didn't feel tired at all.

On the day.

Three quarters past noon.

The imperial procession finally appeared in Yansui military town.

And then the Holy Chariot appeared.

The hearts of everyone in the Yansui military town began to stir.

Needless to say, the guards...

The slave soldiers in the military town were also extremely excited.

Since the emperor's men appeared in the military town, their lives have undergone earth-shattering changes.

They can even have enough to eat!

This was a life of paradise that we wouldn't have dared to even dream of before.

So when the emperor arrived...

The slave soldiers in the military town all knelt on the ground with utmost piety.

same.

In the military town, some people are filled with excitement, while others are filled with turmoil.

Take, for example, Du Wenhuan, the General of Yansui, and his confidants, as well as his household servants and private soldiers.

Du Wenhuan also knelt on the ground, feigning extreme piety and horror.

But in his heart, he had already begun to rehearse how to deceive the emperor.

I imagine His Majesty will come over soon to reprimand us.

The method of intimidation is nothing more than first showing power and then showing kindness, a tactic that Du Wenhuan is all too familiar with.

But what Du Wenhuan didn't expect was...

The procession of the emperor didn't even glance at him.

Until the emperor settled down in the military town.

He hasn't received even a single imperial decree summoning him to an audience.

It was as if he, a high-ranking official of the second rank, did not exist at all.

Du Wenhuan, kneeling on the ground, clenched his fists involuntarily.

Even at this point, is the emperor still going to use this psychological warfare tactic on me?!
Du Wenhuan glanced at the place where the emperor was stationed with a venomous look in his eyes.

now.

After Zhu Youjian settled down...

I had also heard about Song Xianze and Zhang Yi.

He came to Yansui Military Town to deal with the affairs of the foreign ethnic groups, so after a short rest, he immediately summoned the two men.

After listening to their respective accounts...

Zhu Youjian nodded.

If what the two people said is true.

The situation outside the military town was much easier to handle than he had imagined.

It was at this time that Zhu Youjian had already conceived a battle plan.

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

This was especially true in the era of cold weapons.

Therefore, the solution to dealing with alien races is simply a matter of blitzkrieg.

However, whether the situation is really as the two people described, Zhu Youjian still needs to go to the border region to see for himself.

Anyway, for Zhu Youjian...

Regardless of the situation with other races, whether it's easy or difficult, it can ultimately be resolved.

It's simply a matter of how to solve it with the least cost and the fastest speed.

Think of this.

Zhu Youjian summoned a subordinate and ordered him directly, "Go and have Sun Chuanting lead the slave soldiers in the town to kill Du Wenhuan and his entire gang."

"This servant obeys the decree!" The subordinate quickly took the order and left.

For Zhu Youjian

Since they were already preparing to set off, there was no way they could leave Du Wenhuan and his group behind.

Actually.

The fate of this group of people was sealed from the very beginning; they were destined to die.

there.

After Sun Chuanting received His Majesty's decree...

Without any hesitation, he immediately went to the slave soldiers and raised his arms to call out.

Because he had previously interacted with these soldiers, as soon as he finished speaking, countless people responded to the call and rushed towards Du Wenhuan's camp.

The ones who bullied these slave soldiers the most were Du Wenhuan and his gang of bastards.

They were just too angry to speak out, but in reality, they had long wanted to kill these beasts.

And now His Majesty has directly issued an order.
His Majesty fed them well, and His Majesty made them live like human beings.

Let alone Du Wenhuan.

Whoever His Majesty orders them to kill, they will kill!

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, who were in the military town, saw this.

He quickly grabbed his weapon and rushed to the front of the group.

It doesn't matter who you're killing. As long as His Majesty orders it, you must be at the forefront.

At this point, they shouldn't be risking their lives.

How can he atone for his crimes and establish meritorious service?!
now.

Du Wenhuan and the others, who had been kneeling on the ground for an hour or two, were filled with resentment and had dry mouths.

But they dared not get up and stretch their limbs or anything—the emperor was ruthless, so they naturally dared not leave out the whole act.

While everyone was cursing inwardly,

Du Wenhuan suddenly heard a noise coming from ahead.

He had initially thought that the emperor had finally sent someone to announce the imperial edict.

But when they saw those crazed slave soldiers charging towards them, they were all instantly dumbfounded.

What is this for? !

How dare these bastards storm the commander's camp?!
After his initial shock, Du Wenhuan immediately thought of the emperor.

It's him!

Only an order from the emperor would cause these slave soldiers to act so frantically!
But how dare he?!
After eliminating our own people, who will guard the Yansui military town?!
Just those people the emperor brought?

How many more attacks from the alien races can they withstand?!
Or is the emperor planning to rely on these slave soldiers?!

But these slave soldiers had absolutely no fighting ability whatsoever.

Even if he were an emperor with unparalleled talent, it would be impossible for him to give these lowly people the strength to fight against foreign races in a short period of time!
What on earth does he want to do? !

Du Wenhuan was in a state of utter confusion.

He couldn't understand why the emperor would do this, let alone why the emperor would kill him.

But now there is no time for Du Wenhuan to think about these things.

His trusted aide's voice was already trembling: "General! What do we do?!"

Looking at the slave soldiers shouting battle cries, Du Wenhuan's eyes flashed with a final madness: "Go back and grab your weapons!"

"Even if we surrender now, that damned emperor won't let us go. We have no chance of survival if we fight them to the death!"

But Du Wenhuan's passionate appeal failed to resonate with the audience.

First, the highly respected emperor arrived in person, followed by a surging wave of slave soldiers rushing in.

In this situation, most of the guards' morale collapsed, and they knelt on the ground, trembling, not daring to get up.

Du Wenhuan had no time to deal with these people anymore and hurriedly led his men, who were still capable of fighting, back to retrieve their weapons.

But how could Du Wenhuan and his men possibly withstand the slaughter of tens of thousands of slave soldiers?

Not long after.

Du Wenhuan was left with only a few dozen men, surrounded by a group of slave soldiers.

And this time.

Xiao Hongzi rode over on horseback, seemingly to watch the spectacle.

Seeing Xiao Hongzi riding a tall horse and swaggering in front of him, Du Wenhuan's eyes immediately turned red with rage.

Before he could even utter a curse, he heard Xiao Hongzi leisurely say:

"Lord Du, there's something I forgot to tell you."

"His Majesty is kind-hearted."

Hearing the words "Your Majesty is kind-hearted."

Du Wenhuan trembled uncontrollably, as if a drowning person had suddenly grasped a lifeline.

As long as the emperor is willing to spare his life, he will immediately devote himself to the emperor's loyalty!
All thoughts of revenge, collusion with foreign races, and disloyalty vanished in that instant.

He's still useful! He knows about the tribes on the grasslands! He can lead troops into battle!

He could be the emperor's most loyal dog!

He wants to live!
"Therefore, His Majesty cannot bear to see you walking alone on the road to the Yellow Springs. In a few days, we will send Lord Du's family down to accompany you."

"Lord Du seems to have a child being raised in Xing'an Prefecture, right? Don't worry, we'll find him."

Du Wenhuan broke down and screamed, "Fuck you!!!"

pity.

Before he could finish speaking, a crossbow bolt pierced his throat.

Before death.

There was still great resentment and incomprehension in Du Wenhuan's eyes.

To this day, he has never actually met the emperor.
Looking at Du Wenhuan's corpse on the ground, Xiao Hongzi spat in disgust, then turned and rode away.

This is the consequence of disrespecting imperial authority.

next moment.

The remaining remnants of the army were completely wiped out by the slave soldiers.

"Lord Sun, what about the rest of those who surrendered?!"

After all the people standing had been killed, the bloodthirsty slave soldiers surrounded Sun Chuanting and asked him questions.

The slave soldiers naturally wanted to kill all of these surrendered people.

These people are now kneeling and surrendering, but they didn't hold back at all when they were bullying them before!

but.

As long as Lord Sun says he won't kill them, they will immediately put down their knives.

Because Lord Sun represents His Majesty.

They did whatever His Majesty told them to do.

Sun Chuanting glanced at the servants and private soldiers kneeling and begging for mercy, and said indifferently, "Ignore them, slaughter them all."

Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.

Now you're thinking of begging for mercy? Where were you before?!
Hear the words.

The slave soldiers, carrying swords, silently approached the remaining private soldiers who were weeping and begging for their lives, their gazes indifferent.

When you used to treat us like animals, did you ever heed our pleas for mercy?

You know you were wrong.

But when His Majesty arrives, you know you are about to die!

In an instant.

All the servants and private soldiers in the Yansui military town were slaughtered.

Faced with corpses strewn all over the ground.

After a moment of stunned silence, everyone in the military town exchanged glances and then burst into laughter.

And among them.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng laughed the most heartily.

Young people.

They already had a lot in common, and as soon as Li Zicheng arrived in the military town, he inquired around and found Zhang Xianzhong.

The two chatted for a while and immediately felt that they were kindred spirits.

In addition, there's the camaraderie forged in the fight alongside each other.

Although they had only known each other for less than half a day, the two had already come to regard each other as confidants.

no way.

Revolutionary friendships forged on the battlefield develop so quickly.

Then.

The revelers began moving items back and forth between Du Wenhuan's and his private soldiers' tents.

These people are dead.

But it also left behind many good things.

Leaving aside money and treasures for now.

Armor, weapons, and the like are all high-quality items; on the border, these things are more precious than gold.

Therefore, their deaths were glorious and meaningful.

The slave soldiers in Yansui garrison were grateful to them from the bottom of their hearts!

The moving work proceeded smoothly.

The celebratory mood subsided slightly in everyone's hearts.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong looked at the city gate not far away.

After exchanging a glance, their expressions turned serious.

Everybody knows.

The fact that all the private soldiers in the military town were killed did not mean that everything was done.

On the grasslands beyond the Great Wall, even more ferocious alien races await them.

How to defend these foreign tribes is up to them and the slave soldiers in the military town.

When foreign tribes invaded.

Your Majesty's precious health should absolutely not be placed in danger, and besides, Your Majesty's entourage cannot remain in Shaanxi indefinitely.

They had no confidence in their ability to hold the Yansui military town.

After all, although the slave soldiers were numerous, their combat strength was too weak after years of devastation, which could not be made up for by morale alone.

But Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were not afraid.

It's nothing more than death.

Having come this far, are we still afraid of dying?!
In any case, the nomadic tribes from the grasslands could not possibly set foot in Shaanxi before their bodies appeared in the military town.

Countless slave soldiers shared the same thought at this moment.

They have had a very hard life.

Although His Majesty enjoyed a few good days after his arrival, everyone knew that this came at a price.

Shaanxi doesn't have enough food to feed them, and those damned foreign tribes come to plunder almost every month.

But so be it, let him die.

Anyway, every time the alien race came before, they would randomly pick a group of scapegoats from this group and throw them out.

At least I'll have had a few good meals before I die.

Moreover.

Having witnessed His Majesty's presence, it was all worth dying on the road guarding the pass for His Majesty.

Although everyone knew that their lives were worthless and that they would inevitably be unable to withstand the attacks of the various tribes of the grasslands.

But it would be enough to tear a piece of flesh off them.

Who knows, after a piece of flesh was cut off.

Their raids on the Ming Dynasty would then decrease from monthly to once every two or three months, or even less frequently.
slowly.

The joy within the military town was overshadowed.

Instead, there is a sense of impending doom and a poignant acceptance of death.

In this oppressive atmosphere.

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Zicheng and joked with a smile, "Kid, killing a few wealthy families is nothing special."

"Don't wet your pants in fear when the foreign tribes on the grasslands actually ride over."

Li Zicheng sneered and retorted, "I'm only worried that the heads you cut off won't even amount to a fraction of mine."

"Hahahaha!"

Although their words were lighthearted, a sense of resolute determination had already emerged between them.

Just as the two were about to say something more...

suddenly.

But then they saw dozens of elite cavalrymen emerge from the palace, and then this large group of people went straight to the gate of the military town.

The person in the lead was none other than His Majesty, and His Majesty was even wearing armor!

Seeing this scene, everyone in the military town stood there, stunned.

When everyone saw the city gate being pushed open, it seemed that His Majesty was preparing to personally leave the pass.

Everyone seemed to wake up from a dream and rushed forward like madmen.

What is His Majesty doing after leaving the pass?!

Does this mean he's going to personally venture into dangerous territory to scout out the enemy's situation, and then launch a preemptive attack to defeat the foreign tribes?!

The entire group didn't have time to think too much.

They didn't know why His Majesty was acting this way, but they were all too aware of the dangers beyond the Great Wall.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng ran the fastest, and upon reaching His Majesty, they knelt on the ground and hurriedly asked:

"Your Majesty! The area beyond the Great Wall is dangerous! Are you not planning to lead men out of the Great Wall to personally investigate the enemy's situation?!"

Zhu Youjian looked at the grassland outside the city gate and nodded slightly.

Just then, the sun shone brightly.

The blinding sunlight shone on Zhu Youjian's armor.

It was truly a scene of clashing swords and galloping horses, with a fierce and overwhelming force.

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