Chang Yu hurriedly came to the Gongji Gate (the east gate of the North City). Zhou Yuji was already here and looking towards the due north with several generals.
Seeing Chang Yu's arrival, Zhou Yuji came up to greet him: "It was reported that something happened in the north?"
"General Zhou is quite well informed."
Chang Yu smiled lightly: "Nothing happened, it's just that someone is coming and needs help to greet him."
"Are you from the capital?" Zhou Yuji asked, looking northward and seeing no trace of people in the wilderness.
Chang Yu shook his head: "My old friend is back."
"Commander Wu?"
Zhou Yuji instantly realized that Wu Mengming had brought many people out of the city a few days ago. Due to his status, he had no right to intervene. Now that he suddenly came back at this juncture, he was a little surprised.
That's right, Wu Mengming, who went out to the city to make money, is back. He is now in the valley northeast of Taiyuan City. The reason why he did not return directly to the city was because he learned that the bandit army was already outside the city. He was afraid of being blocked, so he sent people to report in advance. , and asked Chang Yu to send someone to respond.
Jia Wai Xiong led his 300 elite Jinwu Guard cavalry out of the city to meet them. At the same time, Chang Yu ordered the guards at the east and south city gates to keep an eye on the movement of the rebels in case of accidents.
Fortunately, today the rebel army could not leave the camp. There were only sporadic probing horses wandering outside the camp, and their footprints did not even cross the line between the east and west city gates. Therefore, Chang Yu sent people out of the city to greet Wu Mengming and was naturally not discovered.
Of course, if he is discovered by the bandit army, I believe that even if the bandit is confused, he will not let Wu Mengming enter the city easily, and there will be another fight.
Coming, coming, Chang Yu braved the cold wind at the head of the city to watch Jia Waixiong's men and horses enter the northeast valley, and returned to the city in about three seconds.
I don’t know how much Lao Wu brought back this time. Seeing the huge team, there were as many as half a hundred carts behind him, Chang Yu suppressed his excitement and couldn’t help but look happy. Next to him, Zhou Yuji observed his words and thought that this group of people didn’t know what to do. What's going on?
As the men and horses got closer and closer, Chang Yu's expression began to become solemn. Zhou Yuji frowned and looked away, and soon realized that something was wrong!
Suddenly, Chang Yu turned around and went down to the city, followed closely by Tu Yuan and Tie Zhu. The three of them got to the city, got on their horses, and rode out of the city.
After crossing the moat, Chang Yu galloped on his horse and arrived in front of the team in a blink of an eye.
"Mr. Factory!" A fast horse galloped towards him. Wu Mengming's eyes were red, his face was full of dust, and he looked frightened, as if he was wronged like a baby: "I am also suffering!"
"What happened? We encountered thieves!"
Chang Yu didn't care about him. As far as he could see, most of the three hundred soldiers of the eunuch army, Fujun Guard and Tengxiang Guard brought out by Wu Mengming were injured and in a miserable state!
"Sir" At this time, Tang Potian, Hu Ling and Cheng Ming also gathered around, and all three of them were injured.
"It's hard to say anything, let's wait until we enter the city!" Wu Mengming sighed.
Regardless, Chang Yu also knew that this was not the time to speak. After all, the bandit army was watching from the side, so a few people hit their horses and ran towards the city gate quickly.
"King Shen is behind"
Just after crossing the moat, Wu Mengming said something.
"What the hell?"
Chang Yu was startled and reined in his horse. He asked Wu Mengming to rob King Shen. This guy actually kidnapped someone?
Why! Wu Mengming let out a long sigh: "This time we stole the chicken but lost the rice!"
Chang Yu suddenly felt that what Wu Mengming encountered on this trip was very special. His subordinates were injured and were attacked, and the fighting was fierce. The man who wanted to rob actually came with the team. The story seemed to be really difficult to tell.
Thinking in his mind, he turned around and looked at the team behind him. He saw a carriage that was particularly wide and beautifully shaped. It should be King Shen's carriage.
"Let's talk in the city." Chang Yu motioned to Wu Mengming and others to move quickly.
As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he met Zhou Yuji and came down. He met Wu Mengming and asked, "But we met a bandit army?"
"We will talk about this later. Prince Shen of Lu'an Mansion is outside, please ask General Zhou to receive him first. Our family has some matters to deal with." With that, he and Wu Mengming and others hurried straight to the city.
Zhou Yuji was confused as to why Prince Shen from Lu'an Mansion was here. He looked at Chang Yu's back and asked loudly: "Master, how do you arrange Prince Shen?"
"Send it to Prince Jin's Mansion first" Chang Yu's voice came from the city.
Tu Yuan and Li Tiezhu led dozens of sword-wielding guards to guard the northeast corner tower of the city, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching.
On the corner tower, Chang Yu leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, watching King Shen's motorcade entering the city. Wu Mengming and others behind him had dejected expressions on their faces.
"The food will be delivered shortly. Let's take this opportunity to talk carefully. What's going on? Why did you rob other people when I asked you to rob money?" Chang Yu said, suppressing his displeasure.
"The thieves have captured Lu'an Mansion, and Lu'an (today's Changzhi) has been occupied by thieves!" Wu Mengming raised his head and said.
Chang Yu was suddenly stunned: "What, shouldn't the bandit army be in Wei Hui Mansion at this time?"
Wu Mengming shook his head: "My lord, the intelligence was wrong. The bandit army did not capture Wei Hui at this time, but captured Lu'an Mansion. When we arrived, we happened to encounter King Shen fleeing, and there were bandits chasing him. We had no choice but to Next, just rescue him bravely and then run away in a hurry!"
Chang Yu was speechless for a moment, but Wu Mengming revealed too much information in just one sentence!
After Liu Fangliang defeated Huaiqing Mansion, he actually gave up attacking Wei Hui Mansion in front of him and went straight to Lu'an. This was something he never remembered!
In fact, in history, after Liu Fangliang defeated Huaiqing Mansion, Wei Hui's King Lu fled in panic, but Liu Thief did not immediately capture Wei Hui. Instead, he first captured Lu'an Mansion and captured Queen Shen alive, and then turned back to capture Wei Hui.
However, Chang Yu lacked this historical data in his memory. He only relied on the inference that Liu Fangliang must attack Wei Hui who was close in front of him first, so he encouraged Wu Mengming to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Shen Wang's Qiufeng.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Wu Mengming arrived at the end of the field, he met King Shen who fled in a hurry, and the bandits had already captured Lu'an.
"This is our family's fault. I didn't expect the information to be wrong!" Chang Yu said with a hint of guilt. In fact, where did he get the information? He relied on later historical data to infer the timeline. However, this time his memory was unclear and he could infer that there was something wrong. The mistake almost caused Wu Mengming's entire army to be wiped out.
Because from what Wu Mengming said about rescuing Queen Shen and escaping in a hurry, we know how fierce the battle was at that time.
"How many casualties are there?" Chang Yu took a breath and glanced at Hu Ling.
"Your Majesty, seven of our brothers from the Gongzi camp have lost their lives. I glanced at Cheng Ming and Tang Potian as I spoke. The other two guards have suffered more than thirty casualties!"
Oh shit! Chang Yu smashed the railing hard, causing the loss of more than 40 people from more than 300 troops. This account was first recorded on Li Zicheng's head.
"Fortunately, I escaped with my life." Wu Mengming rubbed his head. He was timid by nature. Earlier, it was Chang Yu's various guarantees and the provocation of the general that forced him out of the city. Unexpectedly, he encountered a bandit army and the two sides fought fiercely. Although He didn't participate in the war, but he was scared to death. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until outside Taiyuan City.
"But now that Prince Shen is here, let's make some noise," Tang Potian said with a sad look on his face.
"Stealing the chicken will end up losing the rice," Wu Mengming smiled bitterly.
Chang Yu also had a big head. Let alone bringing back a burden, discerning people such as Zhou Yuji and others could guess with just a little thought. How could Wu Mengming be so kind and go all the way to rescue King Shen and leave according to the order? It is even more nonsense. Chongzhen was not so kind to rescue the vassal king in the first place. Secondly, he did not have the foresight to predict in advance that the rebel army would bypass Wei Hui Mansion and attack Lu'an Mansion directly.
To put it bluntly, it was Jin Yiwei and Dongchang who went to fight against the autumn wind...
Even Zhou Yuji could see through this, how could he not see it when it reached the ears of Chongzhen, an old man? Although he would benefit from this matter in the end, Chang Yu's handle was more solid, and he robbed the feudal king. The hat is basically welded to the head. Whenever you want to fix it, it’s just a matter of one sentence.
Oh shit! We can't let this go! Chang Yu was unwilling to accept it: "Since I have become so embarrassed, I must find something affordable."
"How to do it?" Wu Mengming spread his hands: "Is it possible that the factory owner still wants to brazenly rob Prince Shen in Taiyuan City?"
"Robbery is impossible, let's extort the general manager, and get some funeral expenses for the dead brother," Chang Yu said through gritted teeth.
"Blackmail? Sir, think twice, you will be punished. Prince Shen has endured this matter without saying a word. Those civil servants in Taiyuan City can bury you with bribes. Besides, what is your excuse for blackmail?"
"Civil official?" Chang Yu snorted coldly: "Slowly you will find that the status of civil servants will be getting lower and lower." He added: "As for the excuse for blackmail, it must be fair and aboveboard."
"Justice and blackmail?" Wu Mengming was a little confused.
"Protection money!" Chang Yu chuckled: "I traveled thousands of miles to rescue him from Lu'an Mansion, and also lost the lives of many brothers, so why should he pay some protection money?"
"Although this excuse is fair and aboveboard, it still cannot be put on the table. We need to find an opportunity to hammer it out and let him experience it himself," Wu Mengming said.
Chang Yu nodded: "Anyone who understands will agree. If we encounter an iron rooster, our family will fight with him. Unfortunately, our family has never eaten it and we don't want to eat it!"
Seeing Chang Yu's tough words, Wu Mengming and others' eyes lit up, and their expressions finally became more energetic.
"We have seen that he has quite a fleet of cars. It seems that his family is very rich."
Wu Mengming immediately became energetic when he mentioned this, and he pointed out his pen: "Thirty big carts, fully loaded! It is for these big carts that our brothers fight for our lives against the thieves, otherwise who the hell cares about that heavy cart?" The king is dead or alive, he has slipped back long ago."
"Since they are all protected by brothers, how can we be worthy of those dead brothers if we don't take them!" Chang Yu sneered, and Wu Mengming and others also smiled.
"How old is Prince Shen? Don't be afraid of people in your seventies or eighty. It won't be fun if you die." Chang Yu was a little worried. Don't Prince Shen be like Prince Lu, who belched after being frightened.
"Sir, you should really take your time. This King Shen is not young anymore. I don't know how old he is exactly, but I vaguely remember that he was the crown prince in the thirteenth year of Wanli. He is really almost 70 or 80 years old."
The thirteenth year of Wanli was 1585. Chang Yu calculated that King Shen must have been at least ten years old before he was crowned the crown prince, which was really over seventy years old.
"What is Prince Shen's name?"
"Zhu Xiaoyong" Wu Mengming replied.
With a puff, Chang Yu was happy, Zhu Shenxuan's great-grandfather.
Zhu Yuanzhang had too many sons. In order to fear that his descendants would confuse the seniority by giving him the same name, he arranged twenty seniorities for each of his twenty-six sons.
The third son, Jin Wang Zhu Fan, is the eleventh generation after Zhu Shenxuan, while the twenty-first son, Shen Wang Zhu Mo, is the eighth generation after Zhu Xiaoyong. Isn't he the great-grandfather of Zhu Shenxuan.
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