Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

Chapter 104

A few days later, Tianhong Hall.

"You mean, after all these days, there is still no movement in Yuanzhou?"

The main hall was golden and clear, and a faint ambergris was being smoked from the censer. Minghui sat at the head seat, gently stroking the dragon head carved on the armrest with his fingertips, with a look of prey in his eyes, staring at the kneeling The spy in front of him.

"Yes, His Royal Highness."

A bead of sweat dripped from the spy's forehead, but he didn't dare to raise his head at all, and hurriedly kowtowed: "It seems that when Princess Yonghui was enfeoffed, there was a vision from the sky, as if inspired by a god, so the emperor decided to stay a little longer On this day, I specially offered incense to Yuanshan and all the gods and gods, and prayed for the princess..."

Minghui was still a little vigilant at first, and was still thinking about something with a frown, but now when the spy mentioned Mingtan's being made the princess of Zhenguo, a burst of anger surged up in his heart, his face became more gloomy, and he stared at him. Looking at the other party's eyes, he almost wants to peel off his cramps.

Even the maid who was serving tea at the side couldn't help but tremble with fear when she saw this situation, and quietly sighed for the spy who couldn't wink.

A few days ago, as soon as the news of Princess Yonghui's canonization came back, His Highness was so angry that he smashed half of the side hall, so that the whole palace seemed to have their tongue pulled out. The word "princess" is avoided, but now...

But what was unexpected was that she thought Minghui would be furious, but the latter just stared at the spy with cold eyes, looked at the spy until his whole body was terrified, and couldn't help but kowtow deeper, then suddenly Laughed, and his tone sounded a little weird: "Okay, you go down."

As soon as the words fell, the spy breathed a sigh of relief visibly, and just as Xie En was about to leave, he suddenly heard Minghui say again: "Wait a minute. You did a good job this time, and this king deserves a reward. Receive the reward from the rain."

——When hearing that name, the hand of the maid holding the teapot couldn't help shaking slightly, and the lid of the pot made a slight bumping sound, which immediately attracted Minghui's faint glance.

The maid bit her tongue suddenly, and hurriedly fell to her knees, her tone trembling: "It's all because of the maidservant's clumsiness, please punish me, Your Highness..."

"It's okay, get up." Probably in front of other subordinates, Minghui didn't let her down, he just waved his hand to get the maid to get up, then turned to the spy and said calmly, "Okay, the king is tired, you just retreat Next is."

This spy left Beijing earlier, and has been lurking outside Yuanzhou City for a long time. He only knows that Su Yu is a maid transferred from Guangyang Palace Wangui Concubine, but he doesn't know what position she holds under Qian Wang.Hearing what Minghui said at this moment, he only thought that the other party was in charge of rewards, and immediately smiled, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for the reward, Your Highness! This servant will step down!"

Minghui rested his hand on his forehead, his eyes stayed at the corners of his eyes for a long time, staring at the back of the spy who left happily, and only after a while did he sneer inexplicably.

But the maid didn't dare to shake her hands this time, she could only sigh in her heart.

It is true that Su Yu was transferred from Guangyang Palace, but she is not a female official in charge of rewards.She is a palace servant that Minghui specially asked Concubine Wangui for, she has a weird and ruthless personality, and she is carrying a variety of strange poisons stored in Guangyang Palace...

If someone claims to go to her to "receive the reward", Su Yu will immediately understand, and send his eunuchs and guards to hold him down, and pour poison on the other party without hesitation—

Where is this reward?It was clearly death!

The maid couldn't help biting the tip of her tongue, and when she was trying to restrain her trembling, she saw Ming Hui standing up suddenly, with a gloomy face as if dripping water, took two steps forward, and kicked over the censer, Cursed angrily: "Damn it! Damn it!"

With a sound of "clang", the incense burner fell to the ground, and the ashes sprinkled on the red velvet carpet like splashed ink.Fortunately, the incense had burned out before, and no sparks came out, but it still surprised the maid, so she quickly bowed down again, "Your Highness, calm down!"

"Get out, get out of here too!"

Ming Hui's expression was terrifyingly ferocious, his eyes were red, he was gasping for breath, while raising his hand, he pushed down the jade carving and landscape ornaments on the table next to him, and said bitterly: "Ming Tan, it's Ming Hui again. Tan! Could it be that she owed some evil debt in her previous life? Why does she insist on haunting my ears!"

"...Ouch, Your Highness, why are you getting angry here again?"

At the same time, Shi Shiran walked in from outside the door, a slightly elderly figure, who didn't even have a biography, drove straight all the way, stepped on the messy ground, and came directly in front of Minghui.

"Tsk tsk," Cheng Guogong smacked his lips, picked up the jade fragments on the ground, looked at them for a moment, and said with a smile, "This is the jade ornament that His Majesty likes the most. It is said that the Ninth Princess took a long time to find it from Kunzhou , It’s such a pity that it was smashed like this.”

Minghui looked at Cheng Guogong coldly, and after a while he squeezed out a laugh, "Heh, if he doesn't like it, I wouldn't hesitate to smash it."

"Hahaha, why is His Royal Highness so angry?" Cheng Guogong smiled, and rarely persuaded him generously, "Now that the capital is in our hands, you are only one step away from the throne, so why bother?" Doesn't the Nine Princesses belong to Yonghui or Zhenguo?"

"...One step away?" Minghui raised the corners of his lips ironically, "Hmph, the Duke really knows how to joke."

He walked with his hands behind his back, walked around a pool of broken jade on the ground, walked up to Duke Cheng, stared condescendingly at his gradually stiffening smile, and said coldly: "You also know that we are short of manpower. And Lu Xun, the leader of Xiaoqi, brought a large number of troops, which was more than sufficient compared with the group of forbidden troops left in the capital, but it was difficult to allocate sufficient manpower to deal with Geng Jing—the big trouble has not yet been eliminated!"

"Hmph, the imperial army in Yuanzhou is only a dozen or so troops, His Highness is too cautious!" Cheng Guogong didn't take it seriously at all, and said with contempt in his eyes, "There has long been a saying in the art of war, 'The law of siege is I have no other choice'. As long as we guard the capital well, even if the emperor does his best, he won't be able to touch us at all! At that time, you will add a yellow robe... won't you win without a fight?"

When defending the city, there was a high wall to protect it, and the loss of weapons and other equipment was negligible compared to that of the attacking party; what's more, the group of forbidden troops escorted the emperor to Yuanshan to perform the ceremony of enshrining Zen, and there was no proper siege equipment at hand. —Unless they put on their wings and fly into the city, how could they have a chance of winning?

Thinking of this, even Minghui, who was full of anxiety, couldn't help but gradually relax.

Yes, they have the innate advantage of geographical advantage, as long as they guard the city well.Even if Father Huang and Ming Tan really brought someone to call the door, they would definitely do nothing to him...

Just thinking about this, Ming Hui just let out a sigh of relief when he saw a eunuch rushing into the hall in a panic, screaming in horror, "Your Highness! Something is wrong!"

His face was terrified, and his movements were hasty and reckless, which could be called rolling and crawling.Ming Hui has always disliked servants not following the rules. He just frowned, and before he could speak, Cheng Guogong scolded him first: "You slave, trespassing on the inner palace, panicked, what's wrong with you? Do you understand? Is it the etiquette?"

"..." Minghui's eyes were slightly cold, and while he thought that you might not know much better than him, he reached out his hand unceremoniously to brush away the old man holding the rack, and asked coldly, "What happened?"

"Please forgive me, Lord Qianwang!" The eunuch trembled and panicked at the same time, "Commander Lu just sent someone to send an urgent report, saying that it is... that it is..."

He hesitated for a long time, unable to speak completely, which caused Minghui's heart palpitations, subconsciously clenched his fists, "What urgent report did Commander Lu send? Hurry up and say it!"

"He said," the eunuch said with a trembling voice as he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, "the news came from the scouts outside the city—it is the Ninth Princess, His Royal Highness the Ninth Princess who led the troops to fight over!"

Ming Hui didn't even have time to put on a decent outer shirt, so he rode horses all the way to the edge of the city gate with Cheng Guogong, and saw that the brigade led by Lu Xun was waiting in full force, some of them had already climbed the tower, and some of them were standing in front of the city gate. Standing behind the city gate, all of them were pale, and the reflection of sweat from their palms could be seen on the weapons they held in their hands.

What the rebels did was to rebel against their superiors. They had ghosts in their hearts, and their momentum was weakened by three points before the war started.Seeing this scene, Minghui couldn't help but glared at the coach Lu Xun, resenting him for not stabilizing the military spirit, and cursed in a low voice: "Trash!"

Lu Xun's face changed slightly, but he didn't dare to refute. He hurriedly told Minghui about the information sent by the scouts, "His Royal Highness, the Ninth Princess is now forty miles away, and the troops and horses are very heavy, and the armor and iron shields are complete. There are about 7000 people, which is far beyond my previous expectations! There are even a few big guys at the back of the team, probably gun carts, ladders and the like—Your Highness, this, this..."

This is not the same as what was said!

Which army escorting the emperor on a long trip to worship Zen would carry a cannon cart ladder with him?

Minghui was also dumbfounded when he heard it, and couldn't understand it.

He has never had much military talent, and Cheng Guogong is also half a catty.It was okay for the two of them to stir up the muddy water in the court hall, but now they looked at each other without speaking for a long time, and could only see the deep bewilderment in each other's eyes.

"Leaving aside the siege equipment, where did she get so many soldiers?"

You know, the imperial army brought out by the emperor was only about one or two thousand at the beginning, but now it has increased several times-what is this doing?Big changes to weapons are not enough, but also big changes to living people?

Moreover, he obviously placed eyeliner on the road from Yuanzhou to the capital in advance, so why didn't he receive any news?

Several people present thought hard for a long time, finally Lu Xun had some brains, his eyes widened suddenly, and he tentatively said: "Could it be that it is Qu Gong Pass..."

"Frontier Army?" Minghui's eyes widened, and he reacted immediately, but still shook his head in disbelief, "The Frontier Army guards the northern part of the border, so foreigners will take advantage of it and cannot be easily transferred. This is the ancestral system! Mingtan her How dare-"

Ah, this... the capital city is rebelling, so it's not easy to transfer, right?

However, Lu Xun didn't have the courage to say this, so he could only put this aside for the time being and solve the most urgent problem first, "Your Highness, since the nine princesses have gathered all the soldiers and horses, they must prepare to attack the city. How should we deal with it?" enemy?"

"There is no reason for the city to be indestructible. Our army just needs to guard the city gate." Ming Hui pursed his lips and glanced at Lu Xun, "What is the main force of the enemy's soldiers and horses?"

"Most of them are shield bearers. I haven't seen many horses. They have always been mainly infantry." Lu Xun replied.

"Okay." Ming Hui nodded, waved his big hand, and ordered confidently, "The outside of the city is the outskirts of Beijing, and the terrain is open, so it is most suitable for a counterattack. Send people to prepare bows, arrows and rolling logs for the tower, and then quickly go from Taizhou Pusi brought the horses, and when the enemy's troops were exhausted, we immediately dispatched the cavalry to destroy the formation and encircle and kill them!"

He raised his head, his eyes were dark and terrifying, as if he could see through the city gate and see Ming Tan, who was leading the army dozens of miles away.

"Sister Nine Emperors," Minghui parted the corners of his lips, and laughed heavily, "This king will definitely let you——come back and forth!"