Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

I woke up drunk in the middle of the night, and I had a good time.

The bright moon falls on the Forbidden City on a night.

Ugly time. (One o'clock in the morning.)

Zhu Cihong took Zhang Huaibin's eighteen horses, and after leaving the palace, he met with Lu Jian and other five hundred brocade guards who were waiting outside, and the group rushed towards the Beijing camp.

On the streets of the capital at this moment, in addition to the moonlight, there are only people patrolling the city.

"This weather, it's May, it's still cold."

"Patrolling the city at night, I don't even have a place to eat hot noodles."

On the street, two officials wearing official uniforms carried large lanterns in their hands, and on the top of the lanterns, it was written: Five Cities Terracotta Division Five Big Characters.

"There's not even a ghost on this street."

One of them said a little boredly.

"It's good to patrol the city this night, it's just a little boring, it's a loss to two people together, otherwise if it's one person, it will be even more uncomfortable."

The other was also so sleepy that he wanted to doze off.

"Someone."

Suddenly, the two of them froze in place, slowly looked behind them, and saw hundreds of black shadows suddenly appear on the street, moving densely and quickly.

The two of them directly pulled out their weapons and cautiously stared at the dark shadow in front of them.

The footsteps were urgent, but not loud.

"Bow your head, bow your head!"

When the black shadow approached, after the two of them saw it clearly, they immediately withdrew the long knife in fright, retreated to the side of the street and lowered their heads, not daring to look up.

Hundreds of Jinyi guards dispatched, there must be a big action, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has full authority to supervise the country, the Jinyi guards have been busy again, and their power is even stronger than before, and they dare not offend the officials of the soldiers and horses of the small five cities.

I didn't dare to look at it more, and the province saw something that shouldn't be seen, and was implicated.

Eighteen rode in the crowd, carrying a small sedan chair, walking like flying, as if it was not a sedan chair, but an empty shelf.

Zhu Cihong sat in the sedan chair, calm and stable, and did not feel trembling at all, which is enough to show that the kung fu of the eighteen horsemen is indeed the best.

When marching quickly to Shanxi, he couldn't ride a horse, and he must let the horses run in a sedan chair.

"Your Highness, in front of the Jingying Yamen, Gao Yi and others are already waiting."

At this time, the crowd stopped, and Lu Jian ran over and whispered.

"Your Highness, eight thousand people, eight thousand five hundred and twenty war horses, all here."

Zhu Cihong opened the curtain and saw Gao Yi in armor walking over.

"Jinyiwei got on the horse and hurried to Shanxi."

Zhu Cihong stepped off the sedan chair, and then sent someone to buckle the sedan chair on the horse, the sedan chair is light, the war horse will not run slowly, at most it is a little bumpy, but he himself is uncomfortable riding a horse, it is better to sit in the sedan chair and bump a little.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's warrant!"

Gao Yi and the others came to the gate of the city and directly took the warrant to the generals defending the city.

"Open the gates!"

As soon as he took a look at the general, he didn't say a word, and opened the city gate directly, he recognized this person, it was Gao Yi, the governor of Beijing, and there was a warrant from His Royal Highness the Prince, so he naturally didn't dare to ask more, and the fool could see that the other party had a big move.

In the middle of the night, a group of 8,500 people rushed all the way to the Shanxi border pass, without stopping on the road, and galloped fast.

The galloping war horse constantly spewed white heat from its nose, and under the galloping hooves of the war horse, there was a continuous splash.

It rained heavily a few days ago, and it rained for several days and nights, and the road was full of water.

On the official road leading to Shanxi, the road is quite smooth, the ground is relatively flat, and the two war horses dragged Zhu Cihong's sedan chair, galloping all the way, but they didn't shake much.

Now it is the official road, the ground is flat, Zhu Cihong naturally does not feel too shaky when sitting in the sedan chair, but more than 8,000 people, not all of them take the official road, there are thousands of people galloping on the left and right, one is to be able to keep pace with the team on the official road, not too far behind the team, and the other is to prevent thieves from appearing on both sides.

"Is the cotton in your legs okay?!"

Zhu Cihong opened the car window, looked at Zhang Huaibin who was galloping not far away, and asked loudly.

"Your Highness, this cotton is good, the inner thighs will not hurt."

Zhang Huaibin also shouted loudly.

In this crowd, it is not dense, and there is a distance between each person, in order to be able to move better.

This time to Shanxi, Zhu Cihong must go, the oil and water of the eight families in Shanxi is probably an astronomical amount, he wants to go to personally reap the results of the war, and the second is that he really wants to run away, he has been in the capital for ten years, and most of the time is still in the palace, and he has long been bored.

can also get close to the generals of the Beijing camp, and can also brush up their prestige, and when the time comes, these generals will be more loyal.

He doesn't want to be a high-ranking monarch, who only knows the government and not the emperor, and the officers and soldiers only know the general, but not the emperor.

In ancient times, there were many warlords who supported their own troops, and even if they rebelled, the soldiers who ate the national food below followed, just because they only knew the general, not the country, and the king.

As a modern graduate student, he certainly knows how important it is for national leaders to constantly brush up on their presence.

He erected a stone tablet in the Beijing camp school yard, which was engraved with the inspiring words he said when he first patrolled the Beijing camp, and marked it as the declaration of the Ming Army, just to let the soldiers have national faith at all times.

Eight thousand men, day and night, did not stop for a moment, and in the early morning, the troops gradually slowed down.

Zhu Cihong stepped out of the carriage and moved his legs.

"Your Highness, ahead is Bauhinia City."

Lu Jian rode over and dismounted and saluted.

"Go into the city to replenish supplies, rest for two hours, and then set off."

Zhu Cihong walked over, got on the horse and flicked the whip, rode the horse to the front, sat in the carriage all night, and was active.

Two hours later, the team passed through Bauhinia City, hurried on horseback, and in the afternoon, entered the Shanxi boundary.

"Your Highness, go to Pingxing City!"

There was a call ahead.

"Pass the order down, don't go into the city to replenish supplies, and go all the way to Dingyuan!"

Zhu Cihong shouted loudly.

"Go straight to Dingyuan!"

One man rode through the procession, loudly giving orders to the whole army.

Zhu Cihong sat in the carriage and looked at the map, it was a long distance from Pingxing to Dingyuan, but he had to go here.

In fact, Zhangjiakou is not on the side of Dingyuan, but above Datong, outside the Great Wall, but it is impossible for them to step on the Great Wall, and the only place that can get out of the customs is on the side of Dingyuan.

Then go out of the customs from there and go all the way along the east to Zhangjiakou.

Two days later, in the evening, they finally arrived at Dingyuan City, and after everyone replenished, they went out of the city overnight again and came to Guanwai.

Then the crowd rushed all the way to the east, and on the morning of the third day, they finally saw the Zhangjiakou Valley.

"Gao Yi, you arrange to surround this valley and hide it well, so that it cannot be detected."

Zhu Cihong came to the mountain and looked at the narrow valley below, although there is no jungle here, there are still many small forests and bushes, and they can be relatively hidden.

"The order goes down, everyone rests in place, and then arranges for people to take turns to keep watch."

Gao Yi began to arrange, and then arranged 3,000 cavalry in the rear, and 5,000 infantry, in ambush on both sides of the valley.

"Lu Jian."

Zhu Cihong shouted.

"The minister is here."

"There is still one day, immediately go to the Jinyi guards who are monitoring the eight families in Shanxi, to dock the news, and also, send a team of Jinyi guards to spread out, investigate any wind and grass within a radius of 100 miles, and report it in real time."

"Plus the five hundred brocade guards who are monitoring in Shanxi, a total of 1,000 people, if something goes wrong, this palace will cut down all of your 1,000 people, this operation is the top priority, do you know?"

Zhu Cihong patted Lu Jian's shoulder, and there was a piercing chill in his flat tone.

"Minister... understands that the hundred households that are monitoring in Shanxi, even if they have the courage to lie about the military situation, do not dare to lie about the military situation.

When Lu Jian heard this, he immediately said in a panic, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Zhu Cihong nodded, waved his hand, then took out a clairvoyant mirror and looked around, beyond here, there are the Mongolian tribes in the plains, but at this moment, Mongolia has surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, and the imperial court has not talked about cooperation with the Mongolian ministries, but they all ended in failure.

For the first time, he wanted to lead his troops to fight against the Manchu Eight Banners, which was a bit exciting to think about.