Volume 1: The Wind Rises in Tumubao Chapter 33 I am the emperor, open the door!
"No, Your Majesty, absolutely not!"
Zhang Fu hurriedly stopped them and advised: "Once the city gate is opened, the blood of the soldiers these days will be shed in vain!"
Zhu Qizhen certainly knew what opening the city gates meant, but how could he turn a blind eye to the Ming people who were being driven and slaughtered by the Oirat people under the city walls?
He took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I now demand that you open the city gates!"
"Your Majesty, you can't open it!"
Zhang Fu knelt down immediately, and Chen Ying and others also stepped forward to dissuade him. It was not that they were indifferent to life, but they just wanted to choose the lesser of two evils. After all, the importance of these refugees was far less than that of the soldiers defending the city, let alone a city gate.
"You are the Duke of Ying of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Qizhen pointed at the people under the city and said firmly, "Your salary is the blood and sweat of the people. Your duty is to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty from foreign invasion. Now they are under the city and are being slaughtered by the enemy. If you abandon them, how can your family be worthy of the title of Duke?"
"Old minister...die!"
Zhang Fu was scolded by Zhu Qizhen and felt ashamed.
Zhu Qizhen drew his and shouted, "Pass on my order, open the city gate!"
This time, there was a cold light in his eyes, showing the majesty of the Ming Emperor.
Under the majesty of heaven, the ministers finally gave up their insistence.
The gate of Badaling City slowly opened, and the captured people under the city suddenly saw hope and ran forward desperately.
How could the Oirat people let these people go? They immediately raised their butcher knives and longbows and slaughtered these unarmed captives at will.
In fact, the Oirat people did not return to attack the city. Their purpose this time was simply to take revenge.
Withdraw from the Great Wall and keep Paul’s body intact!
These eight words are not very harmful, but they are extremely insulting.
Yesen was a vengeful person, and he could not swallow the ridicule from the Ming army, so he sent 3,000 cavalrymen to drive out the 5,000 captives looted along the way. He wanted to slaughter these people one by one in front of the Ming army!
I can't hit you, but I can kill your people!
But they never expected that the Ming army would actually open the city gate.
The people ran towards the city gate like crazy, and the Wala people were chasing them from behind. One life after another fell in a pool of blood.
Judging from the situation, no one can reach the city gate alive.
On the city wall, Zhu Qizhen's teeth were almost broken.
"Li Zhen!"
Xiangcheng Bo Li Zhen immediately stepped forward and said, "I am here!"
"Three thousand battalions assembled!"
"yes!"
In this battle to defend the city, the Five Army Battalion and the Shenji Battalion were the main forces, and the Three Thousand Battalion's main task was to defend the city gates.
As the assembly order was issued, the only sound was the neighing of horses and men, and three thousand soldiers immediately got ready.
"Reporting to the Emperor, the three thousand troops have been assembled!"
Zhu Qizhen came down from the city wall, mounted his horse, and came to the front of the battle.
He glanced at the formation and suddenly asked, "Can you ride a horse?"
"meeting!"
Three thousand soldiers shouted in unison.
"Do you have a sword?"
"have!"
"That's good!" Zhu Qizhen raised the dragon-patterned sword in his hand and shouted, "Follow me out of the pass and kill the enemy!"
Buzz!
The crowd was in an uproar. Everyone thought that the emperor was here to cheer them up, but they didn't expect that he would actually lead the team out to kill the enemy.
Li Zhen hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please let me go! You are the commander-in-chief, you should stay and take charge of the situation!"
Zhu Qizhen did not hesitate at all. He pulled the reins and the warhorse neighed as it ran towards the city gate.
Fan Zhong had no time to think and immediately chased after him.
Li Zhen didn't dare to hesitate and followed closely.
Then came the soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion.
Only after these people left the city gate did Zhang Fu realize something was wrong.
Where is the emperor?
When he looked down, he saw that Zhu Qizhen was already outside the city.
He thought he was seeing things, so he rubbed his eyes and looked again, and it was really the emperor!
"emperor!"
Zhang Fu is going crazy, what are you going to do?
Not only Zhang Fu, but also Kuang Ye, Chen Ying, Luo Tong... everyone went crazy.
You opened the city gate, so we did. You asked the Three Thousand Battalion to go out and rescue people, and we agreed. But why did you run away by yourself?
Zhang Fu felt his mind go blank and he subconsciously walked away, intending to chase after him.
Suddenly, a voice came from the city.
"Gentlemen, please accept my order!"
Zhang Fu turned around and saw Zhu Qizhen reined in his horse and was looking up at him.
He quickly knelt down and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, we respectfully welcome your Imperial Edict!"
The others followed closely behind, kneeling down in greeting.
Zhu Qizhen said loudly: "Except for the three thousand troops, no one is allowed to leave the city gate! When I am not here, the Duke of Ying will lead the entire army. I hope you will consider the overall situation and not act on impulse!"
After saying this, he turned his horse around and rushed towards the refugees and the Wala people.
On the city wall, Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment, then shouted loudly: "I obey your order!"
Kuang Ye said anxiously: "Duke Ying, don't just stand there, send troops quickly, it will be too late if you delay any longer!"
Zhang Fu asked back, "Didn't you hear what the emperor just said?"
"But the Emperor is still outside!"
Zhang Fu said angrily, "Do you want me to disobey your order?"
"It's already this late, and you're still thinking about your own head?" Kuang Ye was also angry, and shouted, "If anything happens to the emperor, even if we have a hundred heads, it won't be enough to lose them!"
Zhang Fu sighed and said, "Minister Kuang, I am not cherishing my life. Look for yourself , the emperor is leading 3,000 troops. Cavalry is fast and flexible. If I lead five battalions to support him, I will become a burden to the emperor!"
Of course Kuang Ye understood this logic, and although he was anxious, he had no choice but to give up.
Under the city wall, Zhu Qizhen personally led a large army to charge forward. The Oirat people never expected that the Ming army would dare to come out and fight back. They were caught off guard and no longer entangled with the captives , but instead raised their swords and charged towards the Ming army.
The two sides soon became entangled in a fight. When the people saw the soldiers coming out to rescue them, they immediately saw hope again and took advantage of the battle between the two sides to run towards the city gate.
Now it is three thousand against three thousand, cavalry against cavalry. Logically, the Oirat are good at riding and shooting, and they should have the upper hand. But the current situation is that the Ming army is filled with righteous indignation, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they are actually defeating the Oirat people step by step.
Zhu Qizhen took the lead, fighting hard with a sword in hand, killing several people in a row, and his courage was unstoppable.
In fact, it was Fan Zhong who was guarding beside him, and if any enemy approached, he would hit him with a hammer first.
This man's arms are incredibly powerful. If you are hit by his hammer, you will either be killed or seriously injured. Even if you can barely block it, your arms will become numb, your knuckles will bleed, and you will lose your combat effectiveness within a short period of time.
However, in the chaos of battle, there are always times of negligence.
Fan Zhong had just knocked one man to the ground when he saw another enemy slashing at Zhu Qizhen with a knife from behind!
