The emperor passed away, and the entire Ming Dynasty was trembling. It was even more desolate when entering the city. All the small merchants and hawkers who usually bought things on the street had disappeared. All kinds of restaurants and restaurants were closed, not to mention other brothels and brothels. Dare to open!
The appearance of all the people's homes in the capital has changed. All the people are wearing white mourning clothes, and all the white spirits are hung at the door. No one will go out unless there is anything special!
The streets were deserted, with not a single pedestrian in sight, and there were yellow paper money on the streets. Even in the capital, it made people feel the feeling of July 15th in advance!
In the palace, all the civil and military officials wore white cloths and were kneeling on the ground. On one side of the hall, hundreds of eminent monks were sitting, performing rituals! The wooden fish kept making crisp sounds, and all the monks chanted Buddhist scriptures!
At this moment, Zhu Chufeng's body has been placed in the coffin. Dozens of concubines and queens came to mourn. Everyone burst into tears. After all, their men were gone, and their lives would never go back to the past. !
Zhu Wenyu knelt on the ground, dressed in white mourning clothes, holding paper money in his hand, and threw Zhiqiang into the brazier while crying! Zhu Wenyu couldn't let go of anything at this moment, and her mind was filled with the words that her father said to her when he parted!
Zhu Zhelin was kneeling aside, also burning paper money, but his eyes became very sharp. He couldn't see much sadness, but more calculations!
Zhang Huairu on the side has almost fainted from crying. The couple has been through ups and downs for decades. Now that Zhu Chufeng has passed away, how can Zhang Huairu not be sad?
Zhu Yuejun kept wiping her tears and looking elsewhere. She saw Nanzhu running to Zhu Yuejun in a white mourning dress. "Princess Qi, King Yong'an has moved! He is leading all the soldiers to march towards the capital!"
"What? This bastard!" Zhu Yuejun said through gritted teeth.
Zhu Wenyu and Zhu Zhelin turned their heads when they heard Zhu Yuejun's words, "Elder Princess, what happened?" Zhu Wenyu asked.
"King Yong'an's army is marching towards the capital!" Zhu Yuejun gritted his teeth and said, his eyes full of hatred!
"What?" Zhu Wenyu was so angry that his chest was almost on fire. "Does this King Yong'an still have humanity? His father just passed away, and he is making trouble?"
"He hasn't been waiting for this day for a year or two!"
"What...what should I do?" Zhu Zhelin asked.
"I will lead the army to fight immediately!" Zhu Wenyu stood up and shouted.
"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuejun shouted loudly, "You are the emperor who is about to succeed now, what if you make mistakes? You just stay here and you don't have to worry about outside things!"
When Zhu Wenyu heard Zhu Yuejun's words, she remembered that she wanted to be the emperor. At this time, she was no longer the prince, and she couldn't just go out and lead troops to fight!
Zhu Yuejun looked at Nanzhu, "Immediately order all the Qilin Guards and Far Eastern Army in the military camp to meet the enemy immediately. Tell them that the Lord Protector is already on his way back. Just let them hold on for one day!"
Nanzhu frowned after hearing this: "Elder Princess, that is an army of more than 200,000 people! Now there are only 7,000 Qilin Guards and 10,000 border guards outside the city. This...?"
"The Qilin Guards must withstand it! No need to talk nonsense, how many people are there in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion now?" Zhu Yuejun asked coldly.
"thirteen thousands!"
"Send them all out and give them to Li Hanrui's command. Tell him that he must wait until the Lord Protector returns to the capital. This is a death order. The emperor is doing something. Don't let other filthy things enter the capital. Spare the emperor's heroic spirit!"
"Yes!" Nan Zhu immediately went to convey the order!
At the Guanghua Gate of the capital, Li Hanrui tied a white cloth on his arm, and then looked in the direction outside the city. He knew that the emperor had passed away. It is estimated that the whole world is in chaos now, and it is time for those ambitious people. With his fangs and claws exposed, the capital city is already a dangerous place at this moment!
"General Li!" Nan Zhu quickly ran up the city wall!
Li Hanrui walked over quickly, and before he could say anything, he saw many soldiers coming under the city gate. They had already blocked the city gate. There seemed to be tens of thousands of people!
"Miss Nanzhu, what's going on?" Li Hanrui asked.
"These are all the soldiers from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. The eldest princess will hand them all over to you and ask you to lead them. As well as the Qilin Guards and border guards outside the city, they must defend to the death. At this moment, the Lord Protector is already on his way back. , we must stop King Yong'an, and we must not let these rebellious bastards come to the capital to spare the Holy Spirit! This is a death order from the eldest princess!"
After hearing this, Li Hanrui clasped his fists and said, "Please report back to the eldest princess. I will definitely use my life to ensure that King Yong'an cannot enter the capital!"
"Yes! Thank you, General Li. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!" Nan Zhu said.
"Okay!" After Li Hanrui finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the soldiers around him. "Immediately pass on my order. All gates in the capital will be closed at this moment. No matter day or night, no one can go out without my military order!"
"yes!"
Li Hanrui turned to look at the soldiers below the city, his face was not very good, and he thought to himself that it would be better if there were 10,000 Qilin Guards. Are these from the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies? A group of young soldiers who can't fight or resist can probably just make up the number!
"Everyone, listen to my order and leave the city immediately to join the army outside the city. Remember, you are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. I don't care whose son or young master you are. Now the enemy has attacked. If you don’t want to die, there is only one way, and that is to kill the enemy!”
"If you are kind to the enemy, that would be interesting. You will get a special honor, that is, accompanying the emperor to the Western Paradise! I think many of you will embark on this journey. The only choice you have The way not to go is to ask the other party to escort the emperor, do you hear me?" Li Hanrui shouted loudly.
"I heard it!" all the soldiers shouted.
Li Hanrui looked at the soldiers on the city wall, his eyes full of seriousness, "Remember, if I fail to defend the outside of the city, you must be on guard. When the time comes, go to the Protector's Mansion and the General's Mansion and call all the guards and servants. , we must wait until the Lord Protector comes back!"
"General, you don't need to be so afraid. What can King Yong'an do? Isn't he just a prince in a safe place? It's just that he has more troops. You don't need to be so worried!"
"Hopefully!" Li Hanrui turned around and walked down the city wall. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a woman's voice calling.
"Erlang, Erlang, wait!"
Li Hanrui turned his head and saw a fast horse rushing over in the distance. There were two people, one big and one small, on the horse. When the horse came in front of Li Hanrui, he immediately pulled the reins!
Chen Xue jumped off the horse and then hugged his son down. "Erlang, what are you going to do?"
Li Hanrui hurriedly walked over, picked up his son, and then looked at Chen Xue, "If you are not staying with your mother at home, what are you doing here?"
"Let's ask daddy to eat!" Li Minan said in that childish voice.
Li Hanrui looked at his son, feeling indescribably happy in his heart: "Son, be good, you go back and have dinner with your mother and grandma first. Dad has other things to do. Let's go home and have dinner together in the evening!"
Chen Xue frowned after hearing this, "Now King Yong'an's army is outside the city. What are you doing out now?"
Li Hanrui frowned and glared at Chen Xue, "Shut up, how can you continue to talk nonsense about national affairs? Take your son home immediately, and don't come out if you have nothing to do!"
"But……?"
"Be obedient! Now my brother-in-law has come to the capital. Don't be afraid. Just wait for me at home. Don't ask any more questions!" Li Hanrui said with dignity as a husband.
Chen Xue bit her lip, knowing that it must be very dangerous for Li Hanrui to go out of the city at this moment, but she had no reason and couldn't stop it. All her worries turned into tears, her pretty face turned, and the tears fell like raindrops!
Li Hanrui saw his wife crying and felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He hurriedly put the child on the ground and grabbed Chen Xue's arm. "What are you doing? I'm just going out to take a look. There's no danger!"
Chen Xue shook off Li Hanrui's hand and said nothing!
Li Hanrui coughed lightly, "Stop making trouble, I promise you, nothing will happen to me, okay? Don't cry here, as if I'm bullying you!"
Chen Xue wiped her tears and said, "You promise!"
"I promise, I will go home for dinner tonight, okay? Take your son back quickly and tell your mother, don't worry about me, nothing will happen!"
Chen Xue sniffed. As the wife of a general, Chen Xue knew very well how heavy the responsibility and burden was on Li Hanrui. She sighed helplessly, raised her head and looked at Li Hanrui, "Be careful!"
"Okay!" Li Hanrui looked down at his son and reached out to touch Li Minan's little head. "Listen to mother, you know?"
"Kid knows!"
Li Hanrui smiled slightly, then got on his horse and quickly rushed out of the city gate. Once outside the city gate, he quickly ran towards the distance. When Li Hanrui stepped out of the city gate, the Guanghua Gate slowly closed!
Chen Xue picked up her son. Although Li Hanrui could no longer be seen, it seemed that Li Hanrui could still be seen in her eyes, and then she took her son on horseback and ran towards the general's mansion!
When Li Hanrui arrived five kilometers outside the capital, he saw that all the troops had gathered together, 7,000 Qilin Guards, 10,000 border guards, and 13,000 people from the Military Governor's Mansion. There were only 30,000 people in total. !
If you want to rely on these 30,000 people to fight against 200,000 people, it is simply a fantasy! But there is nothing we can do now! Although you can't win, you can just hold the opponent back!
"Listen to my order. Ten thousand border guards are ambushing in the woods ahead. You can ambush however you like. Whether you lie down in a mud puddle or hide in a tree, it's up to you. As long as the enemy approaches, you can just hunt and kill them!"
"Remember, we are not as numerous as the enemies, so make more use of the complex terrain of the woods and the hiding places of the trees. Don't rush out of the woods and don't compete head-on with them!" Li Hanrui ordered loudly.
"Yes!" Ten thousand border guards immediately got into the woods and began to ambush. Some were digging holes, and some were using vines to make ropes. They seemed to be planning to make traps!
Li Hanrui looked at the Qilin Guards, "You leave a thousand people with me. We will be a ground emergency force and attack wherever needed! The remaining six thousand people are divided into three teams, each team has two thousand people, and they are on the two high mountains on the left and right. Hidden inside, if anyone dares to launch a charge, he will be killed immediately with bows and arrows, no need to show mercy, let alone save arrows, we have enough arrows!"
"Leave a team of 2,000 people behind the border guards to prepare for the enemies charging head-on. Use bows and arrows if you can, but if you can't, let's fight in close quarters. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Qilin Guard shouted loudly.
"Detach your team immediately!" Li Hanrui said! Finally seeing the 13,000 soldiers behind him, Li Hanrui sighed. If it weren't for the fact that there was no one available, he really didn't want to use these soldiers. It was really not easy to use them!
"There are more than 10,000 of you, divided into five teams, each team has about 2,500 people, just behind the border guards' woods. When the border guards die, or the enemy breaks through the blockade, I will give you Order, you rush forward to fill positions as a team, do you understand?"
"Yes!" all the soldiers shouted.
"Very good, separate into teams immediately. You can allocate yourselves into five teams!" Li Hanrui shouted loudly!
In this way, Li Hanrui led everyone to lay an ambush in the mountains and forests outside the city. Although Li Hanrui didn't know how long this would last, time was the most precious at this moment, and every moment was delayed!
When everyone is ready, the long wait begins. Waiting is the slowest time, and waiting for such a battle with a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is even slower!
Fortunately, the Qilin Guards and the Border Guards were both battle-hardened. Even if they sacrificed their lives in service to the country, they had no regrets. However, the new recruits were a little restless. They had not seen the enemy yet. This group of soldiers I'm a little scared!
