"How many people from the Ming army have come? Why do they come here continuously in the past few days?"
"Who knows? I don't know if it's true or not. Maybe it's fake, right?"
"The truth is not necessarily false! Think about it, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is here, and he only brought a few troops. It seemed impossible at first, but now the follow-up troops have arrived, is this reasonable? Otherwise, you dare Does it mean that the country is so big, but it only has this small army that can defeat it?"
"When you say that, it's really possible. I've always wondered why the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty dared to attack our Dongwu with so few troops. Isn't he afraid of death? Think about it, the emperor has a lot of lives Jin Gui, how can you not be afraid of death, right?"
"Then why didn't you show up earlier or later, but why did the Ming army come continuously in these days?"
"Maybe there was something delayed before, and now we are afraid of the rainy season, so we are all in a hurry, so we all got together. Doesn't this make sense?"
"..."
Everyone in the Dongwu army is speculating like this. Most people think that there must be reinforcements coming from the opposite side. Although the number of people is open to debate, the reinforcements have finally arrived. This is highly likely to be true!
As a result, Togo's army was panicked, and coupled with the previous "surprise", it can be said that the morale of Togo's army was on the verge of collapse.
When King Talong saw that something was wrong, he could no longer hide and disappeared. Otherwise, if some of the troops run away or simply surrender to the Ming army, then he, the King of Dongwu, will probably come to an end.
With this in mind, he immediately sent an order to the clan chiefs to convene a military meeting. This time the location was not in the palace, but in the arrow tower at the top of the city.
Standing at the window, looking at the Ming Army camp in the distance, King Talong said sternly: "You must not be deceived by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You dare to use the throne as a guarantee. The Ming Army outside the city must be just those people." That’s all. Otherwise, why did we drive away our army’s scouts before that?”
What he said makes sense. However, some clan leaders also raised doubts and said: "Your Majesty, the smoke in the Ming army camp increases sharply every day. How to explain this? The camp is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more banners. Could it be that they are all fake?"
"That's right, it's fake!" King Talong said without hesitation after hearing this, "The Ming Emperor is cunning and cunning, and he will definitely not miss these details."
Having said this, he turned around, glanced at the clan leaders of each clan, and said to them sternly: "The rainy season is coming soon. As long as you persevere, this final victory will definitely belong to me, Dongwu. Do you understand?"
"But..." Some clan leaders were dissatisfied and stood up and questioned, "The king said that the national reinforcements were false. Is this just a guess? What if it is true?"
"Nothing is wrong!" After hearing this, King Long stared at the patriarch, his eyes almost burning, and shouted sternly, "What, you dare to suspect that Gu is lying?"
After hearing this, the clan leader turned to look at the clan leaders of other tribes, and saw that none of them could speak for him. Thinking of everything he had done as king over the years, he suddenly lost confidence in his heart, so he took a step back and lowered his head and replied: "Don't dare! "
In the past, King Long would not speak so straight and sternly to show his majesty. He would have already ordered the imperial guards to drag people out and chop them down.
But at this time, he still suppressed his anger in his heart and did not care about the clan leader. He turned around and looked in the direction of the Ming army camp again, and said viciously: "In another ten days and a half, I will wait for God to deal with you Minggu. Punish it!”
Later, he made various promises to defeat the Ming army, gave countless empty benefits, and then threatened them to insist on it, otherwise don't blame him for being ruthless.
After some coercion and inducement, King Talong let these clan leaders go back and asked them to appease their men and continue to persevere.
However, the reason why these clan leaders are clan leaders is that they are all smart people in their respective tribes. He, King Long, was threatening and tempting. How could they not see that King Long's voice was fierce and he was afraid of the Ming army!
As for whether the Ming army had reinforcements coming, of course they didn't believe whatever King Long said. But if they change their minds and do anything outrageous at this time, they still lack the firepower.
The fear of the Ming army in the army is growing day by day, which is not what they, the clan leaders, want to see. Therefore, they just borrowed his name as King Long to appease their respective tribes and wait and see what happens.
But on the second day, another five thousand troops arrived on the Ming army's side. What is different from the past is that this time there is a lot of food and supplies shipped with the army. There are also many civilians, and what is even more surprising is that there are also civil servants among them.
This newly arrived Ming army had the word "Zheng" flying in the wind on its flag, and there was also a sign. Although the sharp-eyed Dongwu soldiers could see it clearly, they didn't recognize it. However, this does not prevent them from finally describing it so that people who can read Chinese characters can see it.
"Zheng, the Governor of the Three Sides of the Ming Dynasty? Hey, is he the Governor of the Three Sides of the Ming Dynasty?"
This has never happened before, so why does it seem to be getting more and more real? It’s impossible, this is also a lie, right?
While they were thinking, they saw the gate of the Ming Army's camp wide open, and groups of Ming Army generals came out to greet them. This was something they had never seen before. Then the Ming army was ushered into the Ming army's camp, but this time, there were no more camp sites and no more smoke.
However, Dongwu's army was even more panicked.
Because whether the previous reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty were real or not, it was impossible to be absolutely sure as the public said it was reasonable and the mother-in-law said so. But this time the Ming army arrived, they were sure that they were new arrivals.
They were right, this time it was real.
Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, was ordered to regain Mengyang, because there were things that Emperor Chongzhen propagated during his stay at Hanlong Pass. It can be said that when the Ming army entered Mengyang, which was farther away from Dongwu than Mubang, it was really a rumor. It depends, it’s not an exaggeration at all.
Originally, Zheng Chongjian could have arrived in Ava some time earlier, but he was ordered to wait for some people, so he was a little late.
Emperor Chongzhen learned about Zheng Chongjian's itinerary from the eavesdropping system, so he started a false strategy, which ended with Zheng Chongjian's actual troops.
At this time, in the large tent of the Chinese army, Emperor Chongzhen was sitting on the throne. After watching the group of people below salute, he looked at the group of low-level officials behind Zheng Chongjian and said, "Where is Yan Yingyuan?"
A middle-aged man in his forties stepped forward and replied, "Wei Chen is here!"
"Have you ever served as the official historian of Jiangyin?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at his figure and felt that this person should be the person in history, so he asked again.
Zheng Chongjian had Class A eavesdropping seeds on his body. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen already knew that Zheng Chongjian was waiting for officials selected from the mainland to come to manage Yunnan and Dongwu. Among the officials, one was named Yan Yingyuan.
It was when he saw this name that he remembered that Jiangyin Kangqingzhong, which did not exist in this plane, was led by Yan Yingyuan, a person he admired in later generations.
In this era, he was busy organizing the government affairs, busy fighting in the south and north, busy writing books and spreading natural knowledge, and Yan Yingyuan's official position was too low to be in front of the emperor. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen always forgot about him.
But now that he saw this name, he naturally wanted to confirm whether this Yan Yingyuan was the same Yan Yingyuan!
Although he asked, he was also a little worried at the same time. After all, he had traveled through time and he didn't even know how loud the butterfly wings were flapping. It's possible that Yan Yingyuan, who was originally supposed to be the Dianshi of Jiangyin in history, might no longer be the Dianshi of Jiangyin.
Besides, Yan Yingyuan was stunned for a moment when he heard Emperor Chongzhen's question. He immediately came back to his senses and replied respectfully: "Weichen took up the post of Jiangyin Dianshi in the 14th year! In the 11th year of the 17th year, his mother was seriously ill, so he resigned. Take care of my mother. My mother passed away last year, so I was waiting for a vacancy in the Ministry of Personnel."
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel happy. Because he vaguely remembered that in the original history, Yan Yingyuan's mother was indeed seriously ill in the year of Ming Dynasty's death, which matched her.
However, he was still a little unsure, and regardless of others, he questioned Yan Yingyuan on the spot. He asked various questions, including governance, military management, measures to calm the people, etc.
And this Yan Yingyuan also answered every question and answered quickly, which seemed very straightforward.
In the Chinese army's tent, for a while, the only voices heard were Emperor Chongzhen and Yan Yingyuan.
Others were secretly surprised when they saw it.
They were surprised why this Yan Yingyuan went to Datian Ting? Obviously, Emperor Chongzhen must have heard of him somewhere, so he directly called him by name, asked about his past, and questioned him like this.
Of course, they were also surprised by Yan Yingyuan's ability, which seemed to be quite impressive. Many of the emperor's problems can be said to be difficult. More importantly, they are both civil and military problems. But this Yan Yingyuan answered fluently, and judging from the emperor's expression, he was also very satisfied!
After hearing this, they all confirmed one thing. This Yan Yingyuan was probably going to be reused.
They were thinking about it when suddenly, they heard Emperor Chongzhen say with excitement: "Come on, let me see how your archery skills are?"
He remembered the story about Yan Yingyuan, the legend that three arrows retreated to three pockmarks. Although at this time, he was basically sure that this Yan Yingyuan was the same Yan Yingyuan, he still wanted to see if the archery skills matched.
After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan felt a little numb as to why the emperor knew him so well. But no matter what, he was overjoyed. He immediately agreed, left the Chinese military tent, and performed his unique skills as a sharp archer.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh a few times. He clearly remembered Yan Yingyuan's desperate poem:
On the 80th day, he pledged his allegiance to the emperor, representing the figures of Taizu's seventeenth dynasty.
One hundred thousand people died together, leaving three hundred miles of Ming Dynasty behind.
Haha, in this life, with me here, there is no need to be tragic, I will give you a life that shows your talents!
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