Chapter 327 Assassin Night Attack
Zhu Youcheng was ignorant of Jiannu's conspiracy and still marched according to the immediate plan.
On August 18, the sixth year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, the Jinyiwei finally arrived at the east gate of Beijing - Tongzhou.
Tongzhou is only more than 40 miles from Beijing. With the speed of the Jinyiwei, it can reach the capital when night falls. However, the army must inform the emperor when entering Beijing. The troops led by Zhu Youcheng have more than 10,000 people. If they enter Beijing directly, they must be impeached by other officials to conspire to rebel.
Zhu Youcheng set up a camp outside Tongzhou City and sent people to Beijing to inform.
The emperor's decree was soon delivered and ordered Zhu Youcheng to enter the capital at noon tomorrow. Noon, the soldiers he led would attend the city entrance ceremony regardless of whether they were injured or not.
This imperial edict shows the trust of Emperor Tianqi in the two brothers Zhu Youcheng and King Xin.
More than 10,000 soldiers, especially elite soldiers who have seen blood and fought bad wars, are enough military forces to change the dynasty.
Isn’t it so great that I can put it all into Beijing?
Zhu Youcheng didn't know this, he was calculating the speed of the Jinyiwei's march.
After doing it for a while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The marching speed of the Jinyiwei is eighty to one hundred miles a day, and now it is forty miles away from Beijing. It takes half a day to reach Beijing and cannot delay the entry ceremony.
If Emperor Tianqi entered the city during the first hour, Zhu Youcheng would suffer. He had to lead his troops to set out overnight and set up a new camp.
It seems that Emperor Tianqi still understands military affairs and does not command indiscriminately.
When he remembered that after entering Beijing, he had to face his mother Wei, who was not his mother and Grandpa Wei, who was not his grandfather, he was in a mess.
The march was very hard, and Zhu Youcheng fell asleep while touching his pillow. But today he couldn't sleep at night.
After barely lying on the bed for a final update, Zhu Youcheng suddenly heard a light shout outside, followed by a ping-pong sound of weapons hitting each other.
Zhu Youcheng was overjoyed that there was an assassin, which was great.
He was upset. But he couldn't find someone else to use as a punching bag, and now he actually came to his door.
The assassin is the enemy. If he doesn’t abuse him, who else will he abuse?
He turned over, put on his clothes quickly, and came to the weapon stand.
Zhu Youcheng was a pragmatist. He did not place eighteen weapons to decorate his weapon rack, but only three commonly used weapons: the eight-edged iron hammer, the bright silver plum blossom gun and the rifled musket.
Zhu Youcheng grabbed the eight-edged iron hammer and rushed outward.
I said it a long time ago that he did not go to kill the enemy, but to abuse the assassin. Let us first shed tears of sympathy for the assassin's tragic fate.
Zhu Youcheng rushed to the vicinity of the camp gate and found two people fighting outside, one was a guard sentry, and the other was a man in black hat, black clothes and black veil mask. Needless to say, this was the assassin who was sneak attacking.
Neither of them shouted loudly. One was because they were afraid that the sound would wake up their comrades' good dream, and the other was because they did not want to attract more reinforcements.
Actually, there is no need to shout. The two of them had already surrounded the Jinyiwei who was watching the fun.
Of course, the onlookers of the Jinyiwei is completely different from the onlookers of the people.
They had already held the weapons in their hands tightly. If the guard lost, they would rush forward and dominate the weak.
The Jinyiwei had been ruined by Zhu Youcheng for a long time, and they never competed with the enemy for force. As long as they could kill the enemy, they would dare to use any insidious moves.
However, today, the Jinyiwei was very calm and had a chivalrous spirit, so he let the two compete one-on-one.
The reason is very simple. Because the black-clad assassin was so stingy that under the attack of the guard Lingli, he only had the ability to resist, but had no power to fight back.
Zhu Youcheng shouted softly: "Get out of the way. Let me meet this bold assassin."
When the guard heard this, he swung his finger and jumped out of the circle.
Zhu Youcheng went down the mountain like an evil tiger, swung the eight-edged iron hammer and rushed towards the assassin.
He made an extremely fierce move when he made a move.
By the way, this pair of octagonal hammers was made by Zhu Youcheng when he participated in the provincial examination a few years ago, and weighed only 60 kilograms.
A few years have passed, Zhu Youcheng has grown up, but the iron hammer has not grown up. Now he is more skillful in using it, and his killer moves are like the rolling Yangtze River, continuous.
The assassin was in a difficult position and was almost avoided.
After a few moves, the assassin refused to support him and retreated quickly. At the same time, he pulled the black cloth on his face and shouted: "It's me, Lord Zhu, stop hitting me."
Under the black cloth is an ugly face that my uncle doesn’t love and grandma doesn’t love, it’s just a football begging.
Zhu Youcheng had to hit Huashan with one move and ended his life, but found that he was asking for the ball and had no time to stop the move, so he had to force the hammer to tilt the side.
The hammer hit the ground hard, smashing a large stone to pieces.
The ball was so scared that his tongue spit out his long legs and could not be taken back for a long time.
Zhu Youcheng said angrily: "Please ask for the ball, what are you doing? Are you bribed and want to attack me?"
Qiuqiu smiled and explained: "Mr. Zhu, you have a kindness to me for being rich and vast. Even if my conscience is eaten by the dog, I will not dare to slap you. Indeed, someone wants to slap you, but it is not me. I found out about this and came to report it to you.
When I came to the military camp, I saw that the defense of the Jinyiwei seemed very relaxed. I mistakenly thought that the adults won the battle and had a desire to underestimate the enemy, so I wanted to remind him. I was going to touch the tent and steal the book "Erke Pai Ban Surprise" you usually like to read, and escape. Then, I ask to see him and dedicate this book to you.
I didn't know that Lord Zhu's military camp was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. As soon as I entered the camp gate, I was discovered by the sentry. I was worried that the adults would misunderstand, so I planned to escape. I didn't know that they were very skilled in martial arts and I was forced to stay here by them, and I couldn't leave even if I wanted to."
It is reasonable to ask for the ball, but Zhu Youcheng is suspicious by nature and refuses to believe his one-sided words.
Zhu Youcheng asked the sentry who fought with the ball, "Is this the case?"
"The situation of this man entering the camp is the same as he said. And when fighting, I felt that he was holding back and did not use many killer moves. During the battle, he fought and retreated. If my martial arts were not slightly better than him, I'm afraid he would have gone far away long ago."
Zhu Youcheng then felt relieved and brought the ball to the coach's account.
This is a small battle. Although the battle is fierce, the sound is not very loud. Except for the last hammer stone, the sound is not very amazing at other times.
The soldiers of the Jinyiwei were very tired after more than forty days of travel. Except for a few people, almost no one was awakened by this battle.
King Xin was also among those who were not awakened by the battle.
It was already late at night, and Zhu Youcheng didn't plan to wake him up.
First, when the king of Xin was growing, he was lacking in consciousness; second, when it involved assassination, Zhu Youcheng did not want to worry about Xin Wang.
He believed that a good brother should take responsibility and face the darkness alone, so that his younger brother could live under the clear sky.
After entering the coach's tent, he asked for the ball to report: "My Lord Zhu, as far as I know, Jiannu is going to send someone to slap you. The person sent is named Nimaha, but he doesn't know his appearance and height."
Zhu Youcheng was shocked. He was either surprised that Jiannu would attack him. Jiannu had nothing but bribed or murdered a trick. For example, Li Rusong, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, died under the plot of Jiannu.
He was surprised at how the ball had found these secret information.
You know, although Qiuqiu is known as a hundred households of intelligence, he has no soldiers or food under his command. How did he get such secret information? He even knows the name of the assassin.
"Is it true? How did you get such a secret news?"
He was proud of the football and said, "Sir, this is all my credit. Since I helped me find out the news about the unspoiled bandits last year, I still hope to make new contributions to you, but you seem to have forgotten the fact that I left me in the imperial village in Xixi of Jing, and I didn't even use me for a big battle."
Zhu Youcheng smiled awkwardly.
"But who am I begging for the ball? That's a person who is absolutely unwilling to eat. Why do other soldiers in the Jinyiwei fight in blood on the front line and I live in the back? Of course, I can't force myself to squeeze into other thousand households to fight. Adults also know that my martial arts skills are low, and I can't pick a lock around the door, but it's useless to give it to me if you have real swords and guns.
Lord, I have appointed me as a hundred intelligence households, and I should work hard from this aspect. I have someone pretended to be a grain merchant and transported grain to Liaodong, and then on the way to traffic, I will find out the information about Jiannu…”
Before he finished speaking for the ball, Zhu Youcheng shouted: "Please ask for the ball, you are so brave, how dare you buy the enemy?" (To be continued)
ps: Starting from May, I have been vacated with the house. Now the decoration finally sees the dawn, but I still live in a relative's house, so there will definitely be some problems with the update time. The outline of this novel has been drafted long ago, so there will definitely be no eunuchs. Even if there is only one person reading it, this novel will be written down. Try to keep updating in October, and strive to be able to update both times in November.
Chapter completed!