Zhu Quan was in a daze in the room holding the imperial edict. He suddenly raised his head and shouted: "My king's troops and horses, these are my king's 40,000 troops and horses!"
"And my king's twenty thousand..." Zhu Zhi also looked miserable. You must know that he only has 30,000 troops, and this time he is prepared to send 20,000 troops according to the decree. Now that all 20,000 troops and horses were in Han Du's hands, Zhu Zhi's heart suddenly became empty.
Zhu Quan looked at Han Du's leaving figure, raised his hand and pointed fiercely, "Han Du, stop for me!"
When Han Du heard Zhu Quan's roar behind him, he really wanted to leave, but he knew that he couldn't run away now. If he wanted to hold these soldiers and horses firmly in his hands, it seemed that he needed to do something. effort.
Calm down!
Han Du turned around slowly, straightened his back, smiled slightly, showing eight teeth, and asked pleasantly: "Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
Zhu Quan was young and energetic, so he came up and grabbed Han Du's chest tightly. "You piece of shit, tell me! Are you here to seize my king's military power? I've long heard that the imperial court is planning to cut down the vassal relationship with us, the emperor's brothers. Are you the one who instigated this?"
Zhu Zhi also stepped forward with a gloomy face, feeling extremely uncomfortable having his military power taken away.
Han Du was stunned when he heard this, and asked completely at a loss: "Where did the prince start talking about this?"
"You have already taken away my king's military talisman, and you still ask me where to start?" Zhu Quan's eyes widened and he put more strength into his hands.
Han Du suddenly felt a little difficult to breathe. He knew that Zhu Quan would not let go after being ordered to do so, so he had to reason with him.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, if the Emperor wants to conquer the Tatars, he needs to mobilize the troops and horses from all over the world. Naturally, the Prince's troops and horses are also included in the mobilization. And the Emperor cares about the Prince and does not want the Prince to put himself in danger, so he let I am temporarily in charge of the army, how can I seize the military power?"
"this......"
Zhu Quan suddenly didn't know what to say. From Han Du's point of view, he was indeed acting according to the order from beginning to end, without any arrogance. It was indeed not a deliberate attempt to seize their military power.
In other words, even if someone really wanted to take away their military power, that person would only be the emperor.
Zhu Quan looked at Zhu Zhi. At this time when the six gods were without a master, he could only rely on his brother who had a close relationship with him.
Zhu Zhi pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Zhu Quan immediately let go of Han Du.
Han Du's face turned red, and he took a few deep breaths to regain his composure.
Zhu Zhi asked in a low voice with a straight face: "You just said that you are only temporarily leading our troops and horses. Does that mean that when the Northern Expedition is over, you will return the troops and horses to us?"
"Of course, the Northern Expedition is over, what else will I use your troops for?" Han Du said with a hint of guilt, but with a very sincere face. But I thought in my heart that these two people must not have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms carefully and did not know the allusion of "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou and never returned it."
But that’s right, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was indeed written at this time. But I'm afraid he is not famous at all. It is normal for these two high-ranking princes not to know.
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan thought the same thing. Han Du was not a prince, so it was impossible to allow him to control the army privately. It was indeed impossible not to return it to them.
So, the two of them felt relieved.
His attitude toward Han Du also took a 180-degree turn.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Han Du, please don't tell anyone, we are a family..."
"Yes, yes, sister Anqing takes good care of me. It was all a misunderstanding just now, right, brother-in-law?"
Han Du had a look of indifference on his face, but he secretly thought in his heart: Now you are telling me that it is a misunderstanding, and you are moving out of Anqing to bring in relatives? Since they are relatives, why did he look like he was going to eat him just now?
"The two princes are so polite, of course I won't take it to heart. But..."
Zhu Quan suddenly became happy and laughed loudly: "I knew you wouldn't mind, but what?"
"However, just now, King Ning said that the imperial court was going to reduce the vassalage? I wonder where King Ning heard this from?" Although Han Du still had the same smile on his face as before, his tone was a little cold, "I have been in the court for so long. Why has no one ever heard of it being mentioned? Moreover, it is obvious to all how the emperor treats the princes. As soon as he came to the throne, he increased the royal salary for the princes. Now someone is framing the emperor. Do the two princes think this person has ulterior motives? What else? Please tell me the truth, you two princes. Although I am not talented, I am still willing to share your worries and restore the innocence of the emperor."
The two were immediately stunned by Han Du's words and exchanged glances with each other.
Zhu Zhi immediately laughed and said: "Han Du, it was all a misunderstanding. Prince Ning just said it casually, maybe he heard it from one of the slaves."
Zhu Quan understood immediately and quickly explained in a far-fetched way: "Ah~ yes, yes... which slave did this king hear this from?"
As he spoke, he hit his head twice, shook his head and sighed, "Looking at my memory, I really can't remember anything at all."
Han Du looked at the poor performance of the two and did not believe even a punctuation mark in their mouths. But these two are princes after all. Even if I don't believe it, as long as they insist and don't tell me, what can I do to them?
Besides, my purpose is to steadily deceive the soldiers and horses in their hands. As for the rest, there is no need to delve deeper than necessary.
"Your Majesty, you should think about it carefully when you have time. Your Majesty must not tolerate the rebellious ministers and traitors who drive a wedge between Your Majesty and the Emperor like this next time!"
Zhu Quan pecked at the rice and nodded, "Yes, yes, I will never pay dividends to such a rebellious minister and traitor. Next time I hear such words, I will cut the rumor mongering into eight pieces..."
"Then I will leave first." Han Du bowed slightly.
Both Zhu Quan and Zhu Zhi were a little reluctant to give up, but when they thought that their troops would come back after the Northern Expedition was over, they had no choice but to nod and let Han Du take over.
"Go ahead......"
"You must remember, when the time comes, you must bring back my king's soldiers and horses..."
Han Du said: "My lord, please rest assured."
Then he left without any haste, hands behind his back.
Zhu Zhi and Zhu Quan looked at each other again and again. They didn't look back until Han Du's figure disappeared from the door.
Both of them were a little worried, but they had to obey the emperor's order and hand over military power to Han Du.
Zhu Zhiqian smiled and said: "Brother Xian, I haven't been here for a long time. It's hard to come here this time. Nothing happened..."
This sentence seemed a bit out of place, but Zhu Zhi couldn't care less and continued: "Brother Xian, I will stay here for a few more days so that we can catch up with old times. I don't know when we will meet again next time. ....."
"Okay!" Zhu Quan was also full of depression and agreed neatly.
He originally had a soft spot for war, and this time he thought he could follow the army and have a good fight. But he didn't expect that the emperor's brother was worried about his comfort and prohibited him from going out to fight. But this was the emperor's love and affection, and he couldn't refuse it, let alone say anything.
...
As soon as Han Du walked out of the Liao Palace, he came to Zhu Quan's camp and showed his military symbols to take over the military power. Even if he was delayed for a moment longer, Han Du was afraid that something might happen to Ye Changmeng.
"Stop, who are you? Break into the camp and kill without mercy!" When a group of soldiers saw Han Du walking straight towards the entrance of the camp, they immediately shouted and drew their swords in their hands, hoping that Han Du would surrender. retreat.
Han Du immediately took out the military talisman, raised it high, and shouted: "I, Han Du, have been ordered by King Ning to take over the camp. The military talisman is here!"
The soldier guarding the gate glanced at the military talisman in Han Du's hand, and while quickly sending someone in to inform the general, he gestured to Han Du: "Please come in, Lord Marquis. I have already sent someone to notify the general, please negotiate with the general."
"Yeah!" Han Du raised his head and lowered his eyes slightly.
Faced with such a arrogant attitude, the young general did not dare to feel dissatisfied at all. He was not qualified to check the military symbols, and since Han Du claimed that he had military symbols, Han Du might soon become his immediate boss. He invited Han Du in first to show his goodwill to Han Du. Anyway, Han Du is only one person. Even if the military talisman is fake, he will not be able to cause any trouble in the camp.
Han Du followed the young general towards the camp. Almost all the soldiers he saw along the way were not well-dressed. Even in this freezing cold place, there were actually soldiers wearing single clothes. There are also various weapons in hand, including long knives, steel shields, spears, bows and arrows.
But if you think about Han Du, you will understand that this is the real situation of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army. As for Jingying and Shanziying, those are special cases.
I won’t talk about Shanziying. Because of Han Du, whenever the Ordnance Bureau comes up with something new, it will be the first to take it to Shanziying for them to try out first.
The Beijing Camp was also built with painstaking efforts by Lao Zhu. Whether it was treatment or equipment and weapons, it was not comparable to these frontier troops.
These people are just Zhu Quan's soldiers, and Zhu Quan is just Prince Ning. In terms of financial resources and strength, he is far from being able to close the court. Therefore, this person's treatment and equipment are naturally much worse than those in Jingying.
There are even a large number of people here. In addition to receiving a meager salary as soldiers, they also provide their weapons, equipment and horses themselves.
However, Han Du was quite pleased. Although these people's clothes and equipment are very shabby, their eyes are extremely sharp, and they can tell at a glance that they are an elite force.
"General Zeng Xuan, pay your respects to the Marquis!"
Han Du was concentrating on observing these soldiers, and he didn't notice a group of people approaching them.
It wasn't until he heard the sound that Han Du turned around and saw the person in front of him.
The man in front of me was tall and tall, covered in armor, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was probably about the same age as me, but his chin was smooth and there was no beard.
Such an abnormal appearance made Han Du stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but take a second look at his chin.
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