Prince Wanli unfolded the letter, and a line of regular script that could be handed down from generation to generation came into view.
"I am leading Jingchu Jian'er out of Pengcheng."
"The original intention is to defeat the unruly and eradicate the evil."
"However, at Zitong Pass, there is a Ming Dynasty minister stationed in Zhengtun with 300,000 troops, preventing the army from entering."
"I also heard that Yunzhou City is high and solid, and Prince Wanli personally leads 400,000 troops, making it difficult for the troops to advance."
"The Wanli men are extremely talented, have profound cultivation skills, and are well versed in military strategy. They have the legacy of Ming Taizu."
"I was almost killed outside Yunmeng Mountain... All these things make me think that the Ming Dynasty has not exhausted its strength and the time to attack the Ming Dynasty has not yet come. Why don't all the armies return early..."
Prince Wanli read Fan Li's autographed letter five times with a smile on his face like a blooming flower.
He summoned several deputy generals and generals from the Zhenbei Ming Army, handed the letter over and asked them to cross in turn.
"hehe."
"Fan Li's regular calligraphy is quite impressive. From the looks of it, he must have practiced facial expressions very hard."
"Generals, what do you think?"
Wanli's words were vague, and he didn't know whether he was asking about Fan Li's calligraphy or the content of the letter.
A lieutenant general with rich combat experience asked cautiously: "According to this letter, the Chu army cannot reach Yunzhou City and the enemy troops outside the city are isolated and helpless? However, there is a lot of flattery for you, the general, in the letter. Could it be a trap to lure you out of the city to fight?"
Wanli's face suddenly darkened after hearing what the deputy general said.
"Are you from Hu Zongxian?" he asked coldly.
Some of the generals in Yunzhou City were supporting Wanli, and the other part were Hu Zongxian's troops.
When the deputy general heard this, he quickly knelt down and said: "The last general, Yunzhou Deputy General Tang Kekuan, is a minister of the Ming Dynasty, not a private soldier of any lord."
"snort!"
"The defeated general!"
"Yunzhou City suffered the previous disastrous defeat because of useless people like you guarding the border!"
"Get out of here quickly!"
"Do you think you are qualified to give advice in front of this great general?"
Tang Kekuan's face turned pale after being scolded, and his eyes were bloodshot.
What is more humiliating than defeat is the complete denial of him by his own people!
Tang Kekuan, a man as tall as an iron tower, staggered when he stood up.
"General...resign..."
All the generals in the tent cast sympathetic glances at him, but who dared to speak to Prince Wanli?
Sudden!
Just a moment after Tang Kekuan walked out of the military tent, he heard a scream!
"Master Tang committed suicide!!!"
The generals in the military tent suddenly became a mess.
Someone said anxiously to Wanli: "General Wang, General Tang is a veteran of hundreds of battles and has outstanding achievements, but he committed suicide because of this..."
"Shut up!"
Wanli interrupted the man angrily.
"The defeated general's survival shows his shamelessness. He should have been killed long ago."
One sentence made several generals around him blush.
Like Tang Kekuan, they were also survivors of Yunzhou's defeated army.
Prince Wanli didn't care at all.
He shifted the topic to the letter again and asked, "Tell me what you think of Fan Li's letter."
With the precedent of Tang Kekuan, how could the generals still not understand Wanli's thoughts?
Especially the generals who are not from the Yunzhou Army would not mind taking the opportunity to flatter him.
"General Wang Weiwu! Your reputation alone makes the Chu army dare not look at our Ming Dynasty."
"The battle has not yet begun, and the bandit army has been scared off. With the general Wang commanding this battle, our army will win!"
"The enemy only has a lone army outside the city. We will follow General Wang to make great achievements and we will be around the corner!"
For a time, there was a flood of flattery, making Prince Wanli laugh repeatedly.
He even said hypocritically: "Gu is just a word for you to evaluate Fan Li. Who asked you to praise Gu? Come on, Gu won't do this."
The generals were obviously very impressed by Wanli's tone.
A bold general said hurriedly: "General King, looking at the current situation, it seems that we should go out of the city to fight the rebels?"
Wanli glanced at him appreciatively.
That's right!
This is exactly what Wanli wants.
What's the point of defending the city?
Can we hold down the 300,000 enemy troops outside the city?
Prince Wanli suffered a setback at Yunmeng Mountain. Not only was he unable to recruit the third generation of Guiguzi, he even lost all his own troops.
During these days, he felt that the way Emperor Jiajing looked at him had changed.
In addition to indifference, there is also a bit of doubt, as if we want to reconsider the candidate for the crown prince?
Therefore, Prince Wanli urgently needs a great achievement to prove that he is worthy of the position of prince!
"Gu is a born emperor, the destiny of the emperor."
"National Master Lan Daoxing once told Gu's fortune, and he was told that Gu was the reincarnation of an ancient emperor."
"The throne of the Ming Dynasty can only belong to Gu!"
The more Prince Wanli thought about it, the more excited he became. He could not wait to leave the general to send troops and wipe out the 300,000 allied troops of Wei, Han and Wu outside the city in one go!
Just at this time, someone announced outside the military account.
"Report to the General King, Hu Zongxian, Governor of the Northern Territory, to request an audience."
Wanli frowned when he heard this.
He had always disliked Hu Zongxian because he had too high a prestige in the Ming army and could not be easily moved.
"Inform him to come in." Wanli said coldly.
Hu Zongxian is here.
He still looks like an old farmer in common clothes like a fisherman, but his expression is serious and his eyes are deep.
When the old generals of Yunzhou City saw this, they almost immediately knelt down to him!
Hu Zongxian shook his head slightly and signaled to his generals to refrain from courtesy.
He knew that the more polite his generals were to him, the more Prince Wanli would hate him.
Then the less likely it is that what he wants to say will be adopted.
"Governor Hu is here?" Prince Wanli said expressionlessly, "My general, the King, and the generals are discussing the dispatch of troops. I wonder what Governor Hu is doing?"
When Hu Zongxian heard this, he sighed in his heart.
He heard that his beloved general Tang Kekuan had committed suicide in shame and anger, so he came to inquire, but he heard that Prince Wanli wanted to go out to fight again.
"Zong Xian begs General Wang to think twice."
"Our army has a new defeat, and its momentum is low. The enemy's new victory, its momentum is like a rainbow."
"The ancients said that once you make great progress, you will be exhausted again and again."
"If our army continues to hold on to Yunzhou City and delays for a while until the enemy's army is exhausted, then we can send out troops to fight, we will win a complete victory."
When Hu Zongxian said these words, he had already made a huge concession.
He no longer stopped Prince Wanli from leaving the city to annihilate the enemy, but only asked him to wait a little longer.
It's a pity that Prince Wanli couldn't listen at all.
The prince threw Fan Li's letter to Hu Zongxian and said with a sneer: "I heard that the governor was a Jinshi, and he is considered to be a rich scholar. Looking at Fan Li's letter, a fighter plane is right in front of him. If Gu Ruo doesn't send troops immediately, could it be that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms have withdrawn on their own initiative? , Are you going to pursue me again?"
Hu Zongxian glanced ten lines at a time and quickly read the letter.
"General King, this letter is fraudulent!"
He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Prince Wanli waving his hand.
Wanli pointed to a corpse in the corner of the military tent: "Governor Hu saw it clearly. This is an elite scout of the Chu army, who came especially to deliver this letter. The scout camp lost half of its men, and it was not easy to intercept and kill this man. What he did How can you deceive the General and the King with a secret message?"
Hu Zongxian frowned when he heard this.
He walked over to Qingyuan's body and looked at it. Sure enough, it was scarred, which shows how tragic his last battle was!
However, Hu Zongxian was silent for a long time, and only slowly uttered three words: "Bitter meat trick..."
(End of chapter)
