Chapter 155: Drag on, cut off in the street

Datong, I returned to the building drunk.

Jiannu was defeated, the bandits retreated to Shaanxi, and the victory of the Datong Defense Battle ended.

The King of Dai Zhu Chuanqi included all the VIP seats on the third floor of the Zuiguilou, and held a banquet for Wang Pu, Zhang Zi'an, Wei Daben, Zhao Liujin, Chen Wei, Li Fu, Yang Lin, Zhao Yang and other civil servants and generals from Datong Town.

"Everyone." Zhu Chuanqi looked around with his fat belly, and said loudly, "In this battle of defense of Datong, General Wang was not afraid of danger, and was determined to command, leading Datong soldiers and civilians to repel Jiannu in one fell swoop, killing more than 70,000 enemies, and seizing countless. This is the greatest victory of our Ming Dynasty since the Liao incident. Come, let us respect General Wang together."

Zhang Zian, Wei Daben, Zhao Liujin and others stood up one after another and raised their glasses to respect Wang Pu.

"I dare not." Wang Pu raised his glass and said calmly, "It is not my Wang Pu who can win the Datong defense battle, but it is not my Datong military and civilians who work together to fight the enemy bravely. Of course, the prince and Eunuch Zhang generously donated money and used the resources and food to reward the three armies, which was also a great contribution."

"Done."

"Done."

Wang Pu and Zhu Chuanqi clinked their glasses heavily, held them in a circle and drank them all.

"General Wang." Chen Wei, the guard of Gaoshanwei, came to Wang Pu with a glass of wine, and smiled, "I want to toast you with a glass of wine. After toasting this glass of wine, I have something to say."

Wang Pu said calmly: "If you have anything to say, just say it first. It will not be too late to drink after you finish it."

"Okay, please feel free." Chen Wei took out his right hand and raised his thumb and said loudly, "General Wang, the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty set up garrisons to protect the place. This is a regulation set by Master Hongwu. It has been almost three hundred years since today. General Wang has neither the will of the Emperor Long Live nor the official documents of the Ministry of War. How could he lay off the garrisons and fortresses in Datong Town just as he said it was cut?"

"Extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times." Wang Pu said calmly, "As the general of Datong, the highest general town on the side, of course, has the right to do so!"

Chen Wei said: "General Wang's meaning is not to use the decree of the Emperor and the Ministry of War?"

Wang Pu smiled and said coldly: "This town said that extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times. There is no need to follow the rules in everything."

Chen Wei said: "Then I have to ask, is this Datong belonging to you, General Wang, or Long Live the Emperor?"

"Of course it's the Master Long live." Wang Pu said this and suddenly asked, "This town also wants to ask Chen Shoujie back, whose Master Long live is this?"

Chen Wei replied without thinking, "Of course it belongs to all the people in the world."

"It's said well," Wang Pu said, "Long live the king and the people of the world.Long live the king and the father. How can you not cherish the people as a king and the country is the king and the king and the king are the king and the king is the least. From this we can see that as long as it is a thing that is beneficial to the people of Datong, our town can do it, and Long live the king will fully support it!"

Wei Daben couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this. Although Wang Pu's approach was a bit overstepping his authority, the truth was indeed the case.

Chen Wei said coldly: "General Wang, the garrison was abolished as you wish for the people of Datong. If you have abolished the garrison army, what is the reason for the sake of the people of Datong, then you have to ask a question: If you have abolished the garrison army, if there is a horse thief, a refugee cause trouble, or a Mongolian, a Jiannu destroyed the pass and invaded the enemy, who will rely on to protect the people of Datong? Are you considering the people of Datong?"

"Hmph. Protect the people?" Wang Pu said coldly, "Just relying on the group of vulnerable mobs under your command to protect the people. In the battle of Yanyehai, more than 10,000 people fought against three thousand Mongolian cavalry. As a result, you all collapsed after one charge. Not long ago, you were asked to escort the forage, and there were more than 10,000 people. Four thousand Jiannu collapsed. Such a tofu army was also worthy of protecting the people. What else would you do besides burning, killing, looting, harming the people? What else would you do besides bullying and exploiting the people? You scumbags, you are not even as good as thieves. You have the face to shout in front of this town, aren't you tired of living?"

"Bang!"

Zhao Liujin suddenly stood up, threw the wine glass in his hand heavily on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Come here!"

With the rapid footsteps, a team of officials rushed to the third floor, quickly blocking the door, window and stair exit, surrounding everyone present.

"Hahaha." Chen Wei smiled three times at the sky, and when he lowered his head, he had already revealed murderous intent in his eyes. He looked at Wang Pu and said word by word, "Wang Pu, what I'm tired of living is not the humble position, but you! Do you know? Today's banquet is the Hongmen Banquet set by the prince. Wang Pu, you are dead!"

"Prince." Wang Pu turned his eyes to Zhu Chuanqi and asked coldly, "Is that true?"

"Cough..." Zhu Chuanqi stood up and said to Wang Pu, "General Wang, you have neither the decree nor the official documents of the Ministry of War, so you have abolition of local garrisons without authorization. This place is indeed inconsistent with the regulations of the court. Although I am a vassal king, I cannot interfere in local military affairs, but I also have the responsibility to safeguard the dignity of the royal family. I will definitely not sit idly by if I despise the Emperor of Long live, but you don't have to worry, I will not kill you. I just want to send you to the capital and hand it over to Emperor of Long live."

"Uh...this!" Wei Daben stood up with shock and asked in a sniff, "Prince, what's going on?"

Zhang Zian was also kept in the dark and stood up and said silly: "Prince, I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to do this?"

"What's wrong?" Chen Wei said sternly, "Wang Pumu cannot tell the truth. It's not an exaggeration to even kill Tianwei!"

"Yes, kill him!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

Yanghe Guard Li Fu, Tiancheng Guard Yang Lin, And Andong Zhongtun Guard Zhao Yang followed suit and started clamoring.

Chen Wei turned his eyes to Zhao Liujin and said sternly: "Deputy General Zhao, what are you waiting for? Take action!"

Zhao Liujin looked fierce and shouted loudly: "Come on!"

"exist!"

Dozens of official troops formed a circle of land and took a step forward at the same time and responded with a loud bang.

"Take the four traitors, Chen Wei, Li Fu, Yang Lin and Zhao Yang!"

"yes!"

Dozens of officials responded to the promise and quickly rushed forward to push Chen Wei and the other four to the ground. This slap was so cruel. Chen Wei, Li Fu, Yang Lin and Zhao Yang were stunned. Zhu Chuanqi was also dumbfounded and looked at Zhao Liujin in disbelief. He said with a sniff: "Deputy General Zhao, you are... you are..."

"Do you don't want to live, Deputy General Zhao?" Wang Zhanshi, who was sitting next to Zhu Chuanqi, stood up and shouted sternly, "How dare you betray the prince? Don't forget the prince's three hundred dead soldiers ambushing the prince's under the restaurant. As long as the prince gives the order, neither you nor Wang Pu can survive!"

"Hehe." Zhao Liujin grinned, pointed at Wang Zhanshi, shouted again. "Come on, take the dog's head!"

"yes!"

The two officials agreed and rushed up like a tiger and wolf and pushed Wang Zhan to the ground. Wang Zhan could not escape. He turned his head and looked at Zhu Chuanqi quickly and said sarcastically: "Prince, where is the prince..."

"Come, come quickly!" Zhu Chuanqi shouted in an urgent voice. "Come quickly..."

"Don't shout, prince." Wang Puzi sucked the wine in his glass and stood up and said coldly, "The three hundred dead men in your mansion have now gone to the King of Hell to drink. Even if you shout out, they can't hear it."

"Ah?" Zhu Chuanqi said miserably. "You..."

Zhao Liujin stepped forward and asked, "General, how to deal with these dog heads?"

Wang Pu asked lightly: "The following is the best and the murder of Yifang Zongzhen. What do you think should be dealt with?"

"I understand." Zhao Liujin turned around and turned around and shouted, "Come on, drag these dog heads down and cut them down in the street!"

"yes."

Dozens of official troops responded with a loud bang, dragging Chen Wei, Wang Zhanshi and others away, and Wang Zhanshi suddenly howled like a pig: "Prince, help me, help me..."

Zhu Chuanqi was about to stop him, but as soon as he touched Wang Pu's cold gaze, he swallowed his words back into his stomach. This time he really believed it. Wang Pu is really a landlord who is not afraid of heaven and earth. Oh no, he is a landlord who dares to stab the sky in a hole. If this guy acts like a rude, it is not impossible for him to slaughter him with Zhu Chuanqi.

People say that they are so stunned that they are afraid of being arrogant. They are so arrogant that they are afraid of being desperate. Zhu Chuanqi is a vassal king and usually walks sideways in Datong. But this time, when they meet someone as brave as Wang Pu, they are really scared. In front of Wang Pu, Prince Zhu Chuanqi's majesty cannot be shaken at all.

"Your Majesty, you gathered Chen Wei and Li Fu and his gang to rebel and conspired to kill this town, which has violated the laws of the vassal kings not allowed to interfere in the local military, political and local areas!" Wang Pu smiled sinisterly, turned his eyes to Zhang Zi'an, and asked, "Eunuch Zhang, what should I punish if the vassal king violates the laws of the vassal kings not allowed to interfere in the local military, political and local areas?"

"There are imprisonments at the least, and the vassals should be reduced..." Zhang Zi'an said this and hurriedly explained, "But this must be reported to the capital, and the sect's office will rule, and then the order will be issued by the Emperor Long Sui."

"Now the army is in chaos, there is no need to report to the capital." Wang Pu said coldly, "Zhao Liujin, please bring someone to the prince back home, and then put all the front, back and side doors of the royal palace to be destroyed. Send troops to guard it strictly, and no one is allowed to enter and exit. As for the daily needs of the royal palace, people will be sent by Datong Palace to provide it."

"yes!"

"yes!"

Wei Daben and Zhao Liujin responded in unison. After Zhao Liujin finished, he said to Zhu Chuanqi Su's hand: "Prince, please."

Zhao Liujin could see that although Wang Pu had not blatantly raising the flag to rebel, the things he did were no different from rebellion. Wang Pu is now the local emperor of Datong. He has money and guns, and a brave and invincible strong soldier who is brave and capable of fighting. If he is right with him, he will be seeking death!

After Zhao Liujin took Zhu Chuanqi away, Zhang Zi'an said to Wang Pu: "Mr. Prince Concubine, is it a bit inappropriate for you to do this?"

"This town has already said that extraordinary means should be used in extraordinary times. This is for the sake of the people of Datong and to protect Datong for Master Wansui." Wang Pu sighed and suddenly said irrelevant words, "Of course, you can truthfully report to the palace in this matter. If Master Wansui blames him, he will be responsible for it."

Zhang Zian rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Wei Daben is still a good official, but he is also a sleek man. Wang Pu has already said this. What else can he say? Besides, even Zhu Chuanqi was imprisoned, and Zhang Zi'an's words didn't work. Even if he was a small prefect, could he intervene?

As long as Wang Pu does not rebel, as long as Wang Pu does not get along with the people of Datong, Wei Daben does not want to sing a counter-topic tune with Wang Pu.

Wang Pu's eyes suddenly turned to Wei Daben and smiled and said, "Mr. Wei."

Wei Daben quickly hugged his fists and bowed, "The emperor is here."

Wang Pu said: "I will trouble you by measuring and distributing the dry lands of the garrisons and forts."

Wei Daben said: "This is a matter for the lower officials, and the lower officials should do their best."

"Haha." Wang Pu laughed and sat down again, saying, "Kill what should be killed, and catch the floor as well, but this banquet cannot be wasted. Come on, Eunuch Zhang, Lord Wei, let's continue drinking."

Beijing, Forbidden City.

There is a Taoist sect between Jianji Palace and Ganqing Palace, called Yuntai Gate, which is a famous platform. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have always had a system of summoning ministers to ask for advice on the platform. Emperor Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan twice here, and Yuan Chonghuan's big talk "Five years can pacify Liao" was released here.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen had just ascended the throne and was just an 18-year-old young man. After hearing this big talk, he was really excited. At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was appointed as the Ji Liao army and the title of Minister of War. He was given Shangfang's sword, and the local officials under his rule had the power to kill first and then report to life and death.

Unfortunately, Yuan Chonghuan, the scholar, was unable to pacify Liao within five years. Instead, he took the initiative to kill Mao Wenlong, the general of Dongjiang Town. After no worries, Jiannu broke through the pass the next year. Without military command capabilities, Yuan Chonghuan made a series of military command mistakes, causing the Jiannu army to go straight to the capital, causing great shock to the young Emperor Chongzhen and the people in the capital, and eventually caused himself to be killed.

By heart, Yuan Chonghuan was a feudal Confucian scholar who was deeply influenced by Confucian Neo-Confucianism. The idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor had long been deeply rooted in his mind. He could not let him be a good minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he took the initiative to surrender to Jiannu as a slave. Yuan Chonghuan was not a warlord with self-respecting troops. If Yuan Chonghuan really wanted to be a warlord with self-respecting troops, it would not be so easy for Emperor Chongzhen to kill him, and he would not persuade Zu Dashou to return to the capital in prison.

Yuan Chonghuan was considered a loyal minister with courage and knowledge. His sorrow was that he could only bear a hundred pounds of ability. However, he was overestimated and forced to bear a thousand pounds of burden. In the end, he was crushed. The reason why he was promoted by some so-called "historians" as a national hero of great benevolence, wisdom, courage and integrity was actually because his fate was too miserable and worthy of sympathy, that's all.

Emperor Chongzhen was going to summon ministers on the platform again, this time it was Sun Chuanting.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chuanting sitting in front of him and felt a complicated mood. On the one hand, he hoped that Sun Chuanting could turn the tide and repel Jiannu outside Beijing. But on the other hand, if Sun Chuanting really repels Jiannu, wouldn’t it be wrong for Emperor Chongzhen to support Yang Sichang but put Sun Chuanting in prison?

Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Sun Aiqing, 300,000 Jiannu gathered under the city of Beijing, and the situation was as dangerous as it was. I wonder if my Aiqing had any good plans to defeat Jiannu?"

Sun Chuanting said confidently: "Long live, although Jiannu is known as 300,000, I think it is only 100,000 at most. If Jiannu just wanted to plunder the Central Plains like the previous two times of destroying the pass and invading, I might not be able to do anything to them. But if Jiannu did not overestimate his ability and wanted to attack Beijing, I would be very sure to make him return in a defeat!"

Ni Yuanlu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, asked: "Why is Lord Sun sure that Jiannu is only 100,000 at most?"

Sun Chuanting said: "Jiannu is just a savage tribe in Liaodong, with a population of only more than 200,000. In addition, the number of strong men in the tribe is only 50,000 to 60,000. In addition, the so-called Eight Banners of the Han Army and Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army is only 150,000 or 60,000. In the battle of Datong, General Wang beheaded more than 40,000. From this, it can be concluded that the maximum number of Jiannu outside Beijing is only about 100,000."

The ministers nodded repeatedly when they heard this. Sun Chuanting's words were reasonable and well-founded, at least they sounded like a thing.

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Even if Jiannu only has 100,000, that's not a trivial matter. My dear friend hasn't told me about his plan to retreat to the enemy."
To be continued...