Chapter 381 Who is this person?
This day was the 42nd year of the Jiajing reign.

It is destined to go down in history.

Because the Ming Dynasty was completely crazy.

Prince Yu, who was the crown prince, went crazy, and then the emperor also went completely crazy.

"Is the Emperor crazy?"

cabinet.

Everyone who had just received the latest news slumped in their chairs.

Gao Gong, who was impatient, slammed the table hard and roared loudly.

Gao Gong began to criticize the emperor by name.

But no one present spoke up to scold.

Because in everyone's eyes, the emperor was really crazy.

Gu Huan, who had just left the cabinet, rushed back after hearing the shocking news.

Looking at the cabinet ministers who have been completely confused.

Gu Huan said in a deep voice: "My Lords, Your Majesty is personally leading 3,000 soldiers out of the city to Changping. No matter what Your Majesty wants, I can only lead my soldiers out of the city."

The emperor can go mad.

But you can't go crazy.

Even if you want to lead troops out of the city, you must go through the cabinet process.

Gao Gong immediately waved his hand and looked at Gu Huan: "Go! Please ask Marquis Gu to quickly mobilize troops and personally catch up with His Majesty and escort His Majesty back to the city. Don't let His Majesty come to Changping in person!"

Xu Jie also frowned at this time: "Marquis Gu, please go quickly. The cabinet will issue a document and send it to the Beijing camp. There is no need to worry about anything at this time. Your Majesty's safety comes first!"

Subsequently.

Yan Song stood up again with some difficulty.

He stared at Gu Huan intently.

"Changping can be lost."

"The Beijing camp can die."

"Even if it costs you your life, you must escort His Majesty back to the capital!"

After saying that.

Yan Song was completely exhausted and slumped back in his chair.

I should have resigned and begged for retirement a long time ago!
I should have understood long ago that being the Prime Minister of the Cabinet is no longer something a human can do!

Now it works.

Even the emperor went mad.

He actually led his troops to fight in person!

Isn't this just a joke?
After receiving instructions from several people, Gu Huan turned around and rushed out of the cabinet classroom without saying much.

He also had to mobilize troops to go out of the city to chase the emperor who had already left the city with his men.

And the whole city of Beijing.

Because of Jiajing's actions, everything was in complete chaos.

Who would have thought.

The emperor had stayed in Xiyuan for decades, and although he had secretly left the city before, it was not a serious matter.

But this time, the emperor actually managed to take the palace guards out of the city, and he did so when the Mongols invaded.

The emperor must have been possessed by an evil spirit because of his practice of Taoism!
After failing to understand the logic behind Jiajing's actions today, the officials in the court could only use this evil theory to explain the matter.

But after Gu Huan left, the cabinet classroom did not calm down.

Yan Song glanced at the four people present.

He walked out first and stood in the middle of the classroom.

"Your Majesty is at the frontline in person. As subjects, we cannot just sit back in the capital."

As he spoke, Yan Song glanced at the four people with an unquestionable look.

What he meant was obvious.

The Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty also had to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

After listening to this, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Yuan Wei and Li Chunfang had a flash of surprise and astonishment in their eyes.

But soon.

The four of them stood up together.

"I am willing to go with the Prime Minister!"

At this moment, no matter how afraid you are of death, you can no longer hide your head.

The emperor ran away with his troops.

As ministers, they no longer had any reason to continue hiding in the heavily guarded city of Beijing.

Especially since these people are the cabinet ministers of the current dynasty.

After getting answers from the four people, Yan Song laughed.

"did not expect."

"I am old now, half buried in the ground. One day I will be able to go to the battlefield with my colleagues and see the heroic figures of our soldiers killing the enemy!"

Yan Song's words seemed to be an attempt to cheer himself up.

But at this time, no one cares about these things anymore.

As the five cabinet ministers also ordered the palace guards to leave the city, the officials of various ministries and government offices in Beijing were completely paralyzed.

First, Prince Yu went crazy.

Then the emperor went mad.

Now even the cabinet ministers are going crazy.

But no matter how panicked the officials in the capital were, and no matter how Yan Song and others went out of the city to chase them.

However, Jiajing actually took Lu Fang with him and, under the protection of three thousand soldiers under Guo Yuchuang, rushed all the way to Changping.

in fact.

Guo Yuchuang was openly opposed to it.

His duty is to protect the emperor, but now the emperor wants to take him to the battlefield.

If I really think about it afterwards, I realized that I had greatly failed in my duty.

If the emperor made any mistakes in this process, he would be sentenced to death.

But that’s all in the past.

Even though he had clearly opposed it when he received the imperial edict, the emperor's direct question of whether he wanted to disobey the order left him speechless.

No matter what happens later, if I had really refused before, I would probably have lost my head.

After risking it all.

Guo Yuchuang was now hoping that the necks of these Mongolians would be softer so that he could chop them faster.

And Jiajing, who was on horseback, was trembling with excitement because it was the first time he personally led the Ming army to war.

But his heart was extremely calm.

There has been no new news from Changping until now, which means the situation should be stable.

On the contrary, the imperial court must have been aware of the urgent military situation and scouts from all sides would have been reporting urgently.

And the Mongols in Changping have not made any progress yet.

This time, he led Guo Yuchuang's troops out of the city, which was an event that went down in history.

There is nothing that can be recorded in history, comfort the ancestors, and demonstrate the emperor's civil and military achievements more than the emperor personally leading the army to fight against the enemy when the capital comes!
And it was after I figured this out.

Jiajing then understood why his son chose to stay in Changping and why he stayed even when Huang Jin brought people to escort him back to Beijing.

This is for the heavenly family.

This is undoubtedly the best opportunity to rally the hearts and minds of the people.

Jiajing took a look at the three thousand soldiers in front of him and behind him, and his mind became clear.

Even if the Mongols are powerful and Changping cannot resist them in the end, he can still rely on Guo Yuchuang's men to return to the capital.

No reason.

Jiajing then thought of Yan Shaoting, who was currently leading his men in Changping to resist the Mongols.

An inadvertent smile appeared on his face.

If it weren't for Yan Shaoting, he probably wouldn't have these three thousand soldiers around him.

Without these three thousand soldiers, he would certainly not have been so reckless and reckless in going out to face the aggressive Mongols.

all.

It all seems to be the most coincidental arrangement.

And in the direction of Changping.

Yan Shaoting did not express as much emotion as the emperor.

Now is the most dangerous moment.

The artillery suppression on the mountain did bring a huge impact on the Mongols in the beginning.

These Mongols obviously didn't expect this.

Behind several strong border walls of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually a powerful weapon like cannon in a tiny corner of the country at the foot of Yanshan Mountain.

Starting from the first day of the new year.

The artillery on Jiashan did cause great trouble to the Mongols.

Because of the roar of artillery, the Mongolian war horses kept neighing.

In the first charge alone, hundreds of people were killed due to artillery bombardment or because their horses were frightened and fell off their horses and were trampled.

But as the two sides engaged in close combat.

The artillery suppression also lost its effect.

When the two sides were fighting, there was no way the artillery on the mountain would ignore its own side and continue to vent its power wantonly.

On the vast plain.

The Changping civilian troops and reserve troops led by Yan Hu, as well as the 200 cavalrymen brought by Huang Jin, had been fighting with the Mongols for more than an hour.

People fell down every moment, and the blood gradually dyed the ground red.

What I saw was corpses everywhere.

But both sides were completely blood-thirsty.

The Mongols could never have imagined that in such a small corner of the Ming Dynasty, there were not only powerful weapons such as artillery, but also these people who were obviously not regular soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could have such bloodiness and tenacious fighting spirit.

The Changping civilian troops, who had been training for several years and were eager to fight, had never imagined that the Mongols outside the Great Wall actually had such terrifying combat power.

But neither side has any intention of a truce.

Because of the fighting in Changping, the Mongols could not retreat even if they wanted to.

If they fail to kill all the people of Changping, these Mongols will not be able to wreak havoc in the heart of the capital.

The militia team also refused to retreat.

Return.

The homes they left behind would inevitably be subjected to bloody massacres and destruction by these bloodthirsty Mongols.

They may have a chance to escape, but their families behind them will definitely not be able to escape and will surely fall under the Mongols' butcher knives.

For both parties.

This is a life-and-death battle with no retreat!

Behind the battle formation, Huang Jin's entire face was already covered with tears.

In his sight, one by one, the good men who were still alive and well fell straight to the ground with anger.

But beside him, Prince Yu did not retreat an inch.

Lu Yi had already tightly grasped the Embroidered Spring Sword in his hand, and led several of his cavalry to protect Yan Shaoting and Prince Yu.

He turned around and glanced at the two people behind him.

"Your Majesty, guests."

"Right now the two sides are entangled, and no one knows what will happen next."

"Let's go back to the academy first."

There are more than a thousand people at the academy, who are Changping's last hope.

Yan Shaoting also did not expect that even two hundred years later, these Mongols would still have such bloodiness and fighting power.

This was also the first time he faced the Mongol charge and conquest head-on.

It was also the first time that he witnessed the power that the Ming people unleashed when defending their homeland.

Faced with Lu Yi's questioning and persuasion, Yan Shaoting did not move.

Zhu Zaigui, who was beside him, snorted coldly.

"Today, the ground beneath my feet is the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty!"

After saying that.

Zhu Zaigui turned his head and looked around.

He rushed straight to the carriage pulling the war drum on the side of the road.

After pushing the drummer away.

Zhu Zaigui then gripped the drumstick tightly with both hands, gritted his teeth and began to hit the drum head hard.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

The drums beat like thunder.

Zhu Zaigui tilted his head, looked at the battlefield ahead, and roared over and over again.

original.

If someone had asked Zhu Zaigui to return to the academy before the fighting began, he might have agreed.

but now.

After witnessing the bloody battlefield with his own eyes, Zhu Zaigui was completely infected and could never take a single step back.

Yan Shaoting glanced at Zhu Zaigui, who was constantly beating the drum and roaring in the carriage, and his eyes gradually became sharp.

He also pulled out the knife he was carrying, rushed to the front of the carriage, and held the knife in front of him.

"I will protect your highness!"

then.

One of the two men stood on the carriage and beat the drum, while the other stood in front of the carriage with a knife to guard it.

And in the front.

On the battlefield.

I heard the thunder of war drums.

Many people turned around and looked behind them.

After seeing Zhu Zaigui and Yan Shaoting, he suddenly felt a surge of strength.

"kill!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

In the battle formation.

Yan Hu's warhorse had long disappeared, and the spear in his hand had also long disappeared.

He held the long sword tightly in both hands, his body was covered in blood, and a huge cut had been made on his visor, exposing the bloody cheek behind it.

But Yan Hu's eyes were bloodshot.

He turned around to look at his brother who was guarding the war drum with a knife.

A bright smile appeared on Yan Hu's face.

He didn't know where the strength came from. He poured strength into his hands, and the long sword, which had become heavy, suddenly became light.

He yelled angrily.

Yan Hu took a quick step and chopped the neck of a Mongolian in front of him, leaving a long bloody mark.

The flesh burst open.

Blood gushed out like a fountain.

The blood sprayed on Yan Hu's face, making him even more furious.

"kill!"

"We swear to live and die with Changping!"

With a roar, Yan Hu swung the long sword in his hand, sweeping across the battlefield like a gust of wind.

At this moment.

Another long horn sound came from outside the battlefield.

The sound of the horn came from the northeast.

On the mountain.

After the artillery became ineffective, Xu Wei could only anxiously observe the situation on the battlefield with his men.

At this moment.

In Xu Wei's sight, a team of more than a thousand people was rushing towards the battlefield from the direction of the imperial mausoleum.

The leader couldn't see clearly.

But one could still vaguely tell that he was not a soldier.

The old foreman at the forging factory next to Xu Wei was even more excited.

"They are the ones guarding the imperial mausoleum!"

"People from the Imperial Mausoleum have arrived!"

Xu Wei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it was obviously not an order from the imperial court, the arrival of troops from the imperial mausoleum finally brought a glimmer of hope on the stalemate battlefield.

And just when Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Behind him.

The sound of even louder horse hooves also reached my ears.

The old foreman took a look and, despite his age, he still jumped violently on the spot.

"It's the capital!"

"The capital has sent reinforcements!"

"Reinforcements are coming!"

As he shouted, tears began to flow down the old foreman's face.

At the back of the battlefield, towards the capital.

Jiajing finally rode his horse and led the three thousand soldiers under Guo Yuchuang to the battlefield.

No need for the emperor to speak.

Guo Yuchuang had already led his officers and soldiers, rushing past Yan Shaoting and Zhu Zaigui towards the battlefield ahead.

Lu Fang, holding a knife that he had gotten from somewhere, stopped in front of the carriage to protect Jiajing.

See the old Taoist priest on horseback.

Yan Shaoting blinked in surprise, then rubbed his eyes as if he was hallucinating.

Jiajing calmly looked at his son who was beating the drum, and Yan Shaoting who was protecting his son with a knife.

Then he looked at the battlefield.

What caught my eye was Yan Hu, who was fighting on the battlefield like a gust of wind, chopping down the Mongols around him one after another.

Jiajing's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Such a fierce general."

"Whose subordinate is he?"

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