Chapter 14

Jiajing heard Ding Rukui say that he hoped to be able to live in two days. Now that the royal army has not arrived, the enemy outside cannot defeat it at all.

At this moment, Jiajing was very angry, of course, not only targeting Ding Rukui, but also targeting the generals outside. The capital was surrounded, so they came to rescue the car quickly, and they were still dragging it away?

"Damn it, there are only a few troops in the city now, and outside the city, there are almost 50,000 Tatar soldiers discovered now, and there are still 70,000 to 80,000 to snatch them from outside. If we go out rashly, defeat is a small matter. The key is that the capital cannot be lost!" Ding Rukui knelt there and said to Jiajing.

When Jiajing heard this, he sat there staring at Ding Rukui.

As soon as the Tatar soldiers came, Jiajing asked Ding Rukui to issue an imperial edict to ask the surrounding troops to come and serve the king. However, there is no movement yet. Is this Ding Rukui's problem or the generals outside?

"Your Majesty, I deserve to die!" Ding Rukui continued to kowtow and said.

"Three days, I will give you three days. If the Tatar soldiers outside the city do not retreat, you can do whatever you want!" Jiajing stared at Ding Rukui and said.

"Yes, I will release the spies to go down tonight and ask them to send messages everywhere!" Ding Rukui touched the sweat beads on his forehead and nodded.

"Go out!" Jiajing said to Ding Rukui irritably.

Ding Rukui kowtowed quickly and went out.

Jiajing was in a depressed mood at the moment. The surrounding army had not arrived yet. Today is the fourth day. Normally, the troops in Baoding, Xuanfu and Hejian should have arrived.

The three towns had more than 30,000 soldiers, and they could also harass the Tatars' army. There were five towns around, and they should be coming soon. At that time, the eight towns and the capital's troops could still fight the Tatars.

Jiajing predicted that the Tatars would not dare to fight the Ming army head-on, and would definitely retreat first, as long as the royal army arrived.

But until now, it has not arrived yet, so why don’t Jiajing get angry?

As soon as Ding Rukui came out of Yuxi Palace, he met Yan Song who was going to the cabinet.

"Gemaster Yan! Gemaster Yan, wait!" Ding Rukui hurriedly called Yan Song.

Yan Song saw that Ding Rukui must have been summoned, so he stopped.

"The servant has met Master Yan Ge, Master Yan Ge, you have to save me. The emperor said that he wanted me to let the Tatars retreat within three days, but how to retreat? The reinforcements outside have not arrived yet. After today, there are only two days left!" Ding Rukui came to Yan Song's side, and said anxiously.

"Are you still two days left? Don't worry! Two days later, I believe reinforcements from all over the country should arrive, and the Tatars will not fight hard with us. Once the reinforcements arrive, they will definitely retreat!" Yan Song said unhurriedly.

"But what if I don't arrive?" Ding Rukui said anxiously.

"If you can, it's not, it's the responsibility of their generals. Why are you anxious? You dare to send troops and fight with the Tatar soldiers outside the city? You can't beat them." Yan Song continued to comfort Ding Rukui and said.

"Yes, then... I can only stick to it now?" Ding Rukui still looked at Yan Song with a little unconfident.

"Yes, I can only stick to it. Remember not to send troops to fight!" Yan Song nodded and reminded him again.

"Yes, I'll remember!" Ding Rukui nodded and bowed his hand and said.

Soon, Ding Rukui arrived at the central army tent under the city wall, and now he can only garrison here.

As soon as I arrived, I saw Zhang Rong waiting for him outside the big tent.

"Duke of England, why are you here?" Ding Rukui immediately went over and bowed his hand and said.

According to military duties, the Secretary of State is definitely the biggest, but Zhang Rong is the Duke of England and has a title.

"Well, Shangshu Ding, I have something to ask you for advice!" Zhang Rong said very politely.

"Please, please come in!" Ding Rukui immediately made a gesture of invitation.

Ding Rukui took Zhang Rong in, and then Zhang Rong reported to Ding Rukui about the matter of leaving the city to fight.

"If it doesn't work, this matter will not be true. The British Duke, the troops in the capital were controlled by you before. Do you know how many people and how powerful they are? Isn't it dangerous to go out of the city to fight now? Once the battle fails and the Tatars attack the capital, what should we do?" Ding Rukui waved his hand and said disagreeably when he heard Zhang Rong say this.

"But, are we going to allow the Tatar soldiers to burn, kill and rob outside? I am sure of going out of the city to fight!" Zhang Rong saw that he was so determined, and was anxious.

"Duke of England, what are you sure about? There are more than 100,000 Tatar soldiers outside, and the defenders on the border before were defeated at once. You don't need to say anything about this, and I definitely won't agree!" Ding Rukui waved his hand to Zhang Rong and said.

"But!"

"No, if you can't win, if you fail to defend the city, who will take this responsibility?" Ding Rukui didn't want to hear Zhang Rong continue.

Yan Song just said that as long as you stick to it, it will be fine.

At this moment, a messenger was sent to the north and the Tatars. Zhang Rong was not at home, and the general who was still guarding here did not dare to make the decision to hang him up.

"What's the point of not daring to do this? He's just alone, hang him up and ask about the situation!" Zhang Hao happened to hear it and immediately said to the general next to him.

"Yes, but if the letter sent up makes the emperor angry, we will be in trouble!" the general next to him said.

"What's the matter with us? Hang it up!" Zhang Hao waved his hand and said.

The letters written by Tatars angered Jiajing, what does it have to do with them?

The general next to him had no choice but to put down the hanging basket and hang the messenger up. After hanging it up, the messenger bowed to the general.

"Hey, you're not a Tatar either!" Zhang Hao went to the messenger and spoke.

"Back... Hui Jun Ye, I am not a Tatar, I am Yang Zeng, the general in charge of Tongzhou! I was captured by Tatars and forced to me..."

"Damn, you are a traitor, where is my hammer!" Zhang Hao was so angry that he was a eunuch from the Ming Dynasty that he was so angry that he was about to find the hammer!

"Major General, Major General, no, it's not possible. They are now messengers, we need to send him to the emperor!" The general next to him immediately hugged Zhang Hao and said anxiously.

"Yes, Major General, it's not possible!" The other captains also came to stop Zhang Hao.

"Okay, okay, send him there, no, I want to send him there personally. When he meets the emperor, I will hammer him to death!" Zhang Hao nodded when he heard this, and said.

"This... OK, you guys, follow the Major General and take him to the emperor. Remember, you must keep an eye on the Major General, don't hammer the messenger to death!"

When the general heard this, Zhang Rong was not there now, and only Zhang Hao was able to see the emperor, and they were not qualified to go there.

Soon, Zhang Hao walked behind, twisting two hammers in his hand, staring at Yang Zeng.

The other lieutenants were staring at Zhang Hao. They were not here to escort Yang Zeng, they were simply here to escort Zhang Hao.

"Hurry up, Yuxi Palace knows how to go? If you don't hurry up, I'll beat you to death!" Zhang Hao shouted angrily when he saw Yang Zeng walking slowly.

"Hey. Hey!" Yang Zeng nodded quickly and speeded up.

Now he also realized that those lieutenants were afraid that they would be beaten to death.

I soon arrived at Yuxi Palace. After the guards asked Zhang Hao for some time, they let Zhang Hao go in.

When he arrived outside Yuxi Palace, Zhang Hao asked the eunuch to inform him.

"Messenger? The messenger of Tatars? The escort from Zhang Manzi?" Jiajing was surprised when he heard this, and then said, "Let Zhang Manzi come in with the messenger!"

"Yes!" The eunuch went out immediately.

After a while, Zhang Hao escorted Yang Zeng in.

"Yang Zeng?" Lu Fang also recognized Yang Zeng, and Jiajing also recognized him.

"I bow to the emperor, long live my emperor!" Yang Zeng came to the bottom of the Taoist platform, immediately knelt down, and cried.

"Come on, you are a traitor, you have become a messenger of Tatars. Your Majesty, when he handed over the letter, you hand him over to me and I will hammer him to death!" Zhang Hao stood there, took a hammer, pointed at Yang Zeng's head, and shouted at Jiajing.

"No, no, Zhang Hao, don't worry, listen to him!" Lu Fang was anxious first. Yang Zeng was the person he recommended before, so why has he become the messenger of the Tatars now?

"Well, Zhang Manzi, sit next to you!" Jiajing also said to Zhang Hao.

"Okay, Your Majesty, remember to hand him over to me!" Zhang Hao said and found a seat to sit down.

Yang Zeng took out the letter and handed it to Lu Fang. Lu Fang opened it and confirmed that there was nothing else, he immediately handed it to Jiajing on the road.

Jiajing opened his eyes and looked at it. The more he looked, the bluer his face became. After a while, all the veins burst out.

"Rareless, bastard, a Tatar, dare to challenge me!" Jiajing stood up in anger.

Lu Fang immediately knelt down, and Zhang Hao was still sitting there at this moment, holding a hammer in his hand and staring at Yang Zeng.

"Come here, convene the six ministers and cabinet officials, and call the Duke of England to come to me quickly!" Jiajing shouted in anger.

"Yes, I'll go now!" Lu Fang got up.

"My father is not in the military camp, so I'm going to find Shangshu Ding!" Zhang Hao immediately reminded Lu Fang and said, and at the same time he stood up and stood beside Yang Zeng.

The meaning is very obvious. If you dare to move, I will hammer you to death. Of course, Jiajing knew Zhang Hao’s intentions and was very grateful in his heart.

"Why are your father looking for Ding Rukui?" Jiajing asked as he looked at Zhang Hao.

"He is a spy, I can't say it!" Zhang Hao said with a hammer and pointed at Yang Zeng.

"Your Majesty, I am not!" Yang Zeng shouted hurriedly.

"Come here, take it out and wait, stay away!" Jiajing shouted to the outside, and soon a guard came over and took Yang Zeng out.

"Can you tell me now?" Jiajing sat down at this moment.

"My father went to find Shangshu Ding and wanted to go out of the city to fight, but I guess Shangshu Ding would not agree. At that time, he would definitely say that the capital was short of troops. When the royal army arrived, the Tatars would naturally retreat, and Fan would not take risks!" Zhang Hao stood there, looking at Jiajing and said.

When Jiajing heard this, he frowned and then asked, "Why are you so sure?"
Chapter completed!