"Your Majesty, the Wala Army has about fifty thousand men, all of them cavalry!" Wangliang replied respectfully. The speed is very fast, and the army is in full swing. Your Majesty, please make preparations!”
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said," I understand. You can return immediately. Tell Zhen Gang to follow my orders and delay the Wala Cavalry as much as possible."”
"Your subordinate will obey!"
Upon hearing this, the Wangliang once again respectfully replied to Zhu Qizhen. After which, it bowed and cupped its hands before turning around and quickly leaving.
After the Wangliang left, Zhu Qizhen looked at Fan Zhong." How many men does my army have now? And how many cavalrymen?"
Fan Zhong replied respectfully," Your Majesty, although the army claims to be 500,000, there are only 200,000 or so people in reality. Previously, we even sent out tens of thousands of people to block the enemy. Now, there are only about 180,000 people. Among them, there were less than five thousand cavalrymen.”
Zhu Qizhen frowned when he heard this." Less than 5,000 cavalrymen?”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Fan Zhong said with a sorrowful expression. Previously, Duke of Cheng Zhu Yong and Yongshun Bo Xue Shou had been ordered to lead 40,000 cavalry to block the enemy. Now that they had not returned, they were probably already in danger. The remaining cavalrymen were only left to protect the emperor.”
Fan Zhong put it nicely, but in reality, Zhu Qizhen understood that it was just a precaution to use it to escort him away.
However, with less than five thousand cavalrymen, it was too difficult to make waves.
In the era of cold weapons, ordinary infantrymen had no ability to stop the charge of cavalrymen, unless it was the heavy infantrymen.
Moreover, the Ming army had suffered successive defeats, and the military supplies could not be received in time, and because of Wang Zhen's mischief, the entire army was exhausted.
Right now, Ming's 180,000 infantrymen had no chance of winning against Wala's 50,000 cavalry.
Although Zhu Qi Zhen had the power of the network and his own strength had also been greatly improved, the current situation of the Great Ming Army was still extremely tense!
"This subject Zhao Gao greets Your Majesty!"
Right at this time, Zhao Gao received Xuan Jian's order and hurried over.
"There's no need for these formalities. Just tell me directly, do you have any information about Huailai City? Was Huailai City still in Great Ming's hands?”
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said in a deep voice.
When Fan Zhong and the others heard Zhu Qizhen's words, their expressions immediately changed. Then, they turned their gazes to Zhao Gao.
"Your Majesty," Zhao Gao replied respectfully,"my men have been ordered to investigate. We have just received news that Huailai City has been conquered by the Wala."”
"Whoosh!"
As soon as Zhao Gao's voice fell, the crowd around Zhu Qi Town burst into an uproar. Many officials could not help but start discussing.
"What is it? Huailai City has fallen?"
"What should we do? We really have no way out now!”
"That's right, it's all that damned Wang Zhen's fault. He made the army walk countless wasted roads. Not only did he tire the army out, he also wasted time!”
"There's a wolf in front and a tiger behind. This time, it's really over!”
“……”
"Enough, shut up!"
Zhu Qizhen frowned as he looked at the panicking crowd and shouted coldly.
Hearing Zhu Qizhen's words, everyone instantly fell silent.
Zhu Qizhen said lightly," Things have already come to this. You don't think about how to solve the problem, but only want to pursue responsibility or give up directly. Is this the style of an important official of the Ming Dynasty?”
"Also, what are the Embroidered Uniform Guards doing? Such important information had yet to be leaked out! Are you all good-for-nothings?"
"I know my sins!"
When Yuan Bin heard Zhu Qizhen's words, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee and apologized.
The other officials also shut their mouths and didn't dare to say anything.
Zhu Qizhen said coldly," I've said it before. Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. I'll deal with the Jinyiwei's crimes after this war is over!" Now, he had to think about how to solve the predicament in front of him! Fan Zhong, tell me!"
Hearing Zhu Qizhen's name, Fan Zhong said in a deep voice,""In the current situation, we can only gather all our forces and fight to the death with the Wala Cavalry. Our side has 180,000 troops. Even if they are exhausted and their combat strength has decreased, they might still be able to fight!”
Zhu Qizhen didn't comment. He then looked at Minister of War Kuang Ye." Minister Kuang, do you have any objections?”
Kuang Ye pondered for a moment and continued,"In the current situation, I think we can follow General Fan's words. Fortunately, the emperor was wise and allowed the army to regroup. Our Ming soldiers are not afraid of battle!”
"What about the others?”After Kuang Ye finished speaking, Zhu Qizhen glanced at everyone and asked again.
Hearing this, the other ministers expressed their willingness to fight Wala to the death.
Zhang Fu, the Duke of England, pondered for a moment before taking a step forward and raising a different opinion." Your Majesty, I have an idea, but I'm afraid it'll be difficult to realize."”
"State Duke, please speak." Zhu Qizhen said.
When Fan Zhong and the others heard this, they also looked at Zhang Fu.
Zhang Fu considered his words and said in a deep voice,"Our current situation is that we lack cavalry. However, we don't need cavalry in the battle of attacking and defending the city.”
"If we can recapture Huailai City before the Wala Cavalry catch up, we can defend the city and wait for reinforcements.”
When everyone heard Zhang Fu's words, their eyes first lit up, then they shook their heads helplessly.
If everything went smoothly, the Great Ming army would at most reach Huailai City an hour earlier than the Wala Cavalry.
In fact, it might not even take an hour.
It would be a fool's dream to take back Huailai City in such a short time!
Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment before looking at Zhao Gao and asking,""Have you investigated how many Wala soldiers there are in Huailai City?”
Hearing Zhu Qizhen's question, everyone's hearts trembled violently, as if they understood Zhu Qizhen's choice.
Everyone looked at Zhao Gao, waiting for his answer.
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