As Zhu Xianfeng's 70,000 troops entered the Great Stone Pass, the soldiers guarding the pass finally felt reassured.
He brought a group of people to patrol the city defense of the Great Stone Pass.
After Zhu Xianfeng returned to the City Commandery, he immediately summoned his generals.
"Soldiers, the imperial court's 200,000-strong army is already outside the pass. You must not relax at all and strictly guard the pass day and night to prevent the enemy from attacking!”
After the generals greeted him, Zhu Xianfeng admonished him with a solemn expression.
"I will obey Your Highness 'orders!"
The generals hurriedly replied in unison.
Zhu Xianfeng continued," Dashi Pass is narrow and the roads are narrow. It is not suitable for storing grain. I have decided to store the grain in Tianping Valley, which is 20 miles away from Dashi Pass. After the military discussion is over, quickly transport the grain inside the pass to Tianping Valley!"”
"Your Highness, this…this is not appropriate!”
Zhang Ran, the general guarding the Great Stone Pass, immediately stood up.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Xianfeng asked lightly.”
Zhang Ran hurriedly replied," Your Highness, you may not know this. The Heavenly Peace Valley is located in the Whole Cattle Mountain outside the pass. If the imperial court's army turns around and crosses the Whole Cattle Mountain, how can our army protect our provisions?"”
"Food is the most important thing in a militarist. This king will naturally send a large number of troops to defend it. Moreover, the terrain of the whole cow mountain is steep, and the Heavenly Peace Valley has a natural advantage.”
Zhu Xianfeng smiled mysteriously, his tone filled with indifference.
This made Zhang Ran extremely anxious." This is an important place to store grain. It is related to the victory or defeat of the entire army. I request Your Highness to carefully consider moving grain to the Balance Valley!”
"Yes!"
Zhu Xianfeng's expression suddenly turned cold as he shouted,""This king knows the military like the back of his hand. Why do I need a mere garrison general like you to teach me? Hurry up and retreat. This king still has military matters to attend to!”
"Your Highness, you must not act so recklessly. Otherwise, our army will definitely be defeated!”
Zhang Ran was so anxious that his face turned red, but he still tried to persuade him.
"What did you say?"
Zhu Xianfeng narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Ran with killing intent.
At this moment.
An oppressive and tense atmosphere suddenly rose in the hall. All the generals looked at each other and kept quiet out of fear.
Only a general who was close to Zhang Ran hurriedly pulled Zhang Ran's armor to remind him.
Zhang Ran didn't seem to notice it and continued to do as he pleased."This general said that if we move the rations to the Heavenly Peace Valley, our army will definitely be defeated!”
"How dare you! How dare you disturb the morale of my army!"
Zhu Xianfeng slammed his hand on the table and said with killing intent,""Men, quickly push Zhang Ran down and behead him for public display!”
"Your Highness…Your Highness, please forgive General Zhang for his nonsense!”
"Now that the war is about to begin, it is time to use people. Your Highness, please let General Zhang atone for his crimes!”
"Killing a general in front of the army is not good for the morale of the army. Your Highness, please retract your order!”
"We agree!"
The generals hurriedly bowed to Zhu Xianfeng.
"If not for the generals pleading for you, this king would definitely kill you today.”
Zhu Xianfeng glared at Zhang Ran and said,""But the death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment can't be avoided. Men, quickly take this idiot away and give this king fifty military strokes!”
"Hahaha…King of Morons, King of Morons, I, Zhang Ran, am not convinced!”
As Zhang Ran laughed maniacally, two soldiers rushed in and took him away.
"You're not convinced, right? Give Zhang Ran another ten military sticks. If anyone dares to cheat, this king will not let them off easily!”
Zhu Xianfeng changed his usual attitude and seemed to be at loggerheads with Zhang Ran.
Seeing this, the generals could only mourn for Zhang Ran in their hearts.
After all, even a strong person would have to lie in bed for at least half a month after being beaten sixty times.
"Report!"
At this moment, a scout rushed in from outside the manor. He came to Zhu Xianfeng and bowed,""Reporting to Your Highness, there are seven people outside the pass who claim to be imperial court envoys and wish to enter the pass to seek an audience with Your Highness!”
"An envoy from the Imperial Court?"
Zhu Xianfeng's eyes lit up, and his angry face instantly turned into a smile."Hehe, they came at the right time. Quickly go and welcome the imperial court's emissary into the pass.”
"This subordinate will obey!"
The scout immediately left.
"Your Highness, it seems that the imperial court's army has a guilty conscience for the imperial court's envoy to enter the pass at this time.”
"In my opinion, they must have come here to negotiate peace.”
"General Gao is right. My Great Stone Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even the imperial court's army will have to flinch!”
"With such an imperial court and such an army, what is there to fear? Your Highness, please do not agree to the imperial court's peace negotiations.”
Hearing that the imperial court's emissary was about to arrive, all the generals began to rub their fists and rub their palms in excitement.
Zhu Xianfeng smiled noncommittally and did not refute the generals.
In his opinion, the emissary of the Imperial Court had come for three reasons.
The first was to numb himself by caressing him.
The second was to inquire about the military situation in the Great Stone Pass.
The third was to check the morale of his generals.
As long as the emissaries understood everything inside the Great Stone Pass, the 200,000-strong army of the imperial court would launch an attack.
However, for Zhu Xianfeng, the arrival of the envoy was likely to be an opportunity for him to defeat the imperial court's army.
Because intelligence was sometimes a double-edged sword.
It could be an opportunity to attack the enemy, but it could also be a trap to hurt oneself.
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