Just as Zhu Xiong was preparing to gather his men to find a second city building site.
Old Zhu, who was far away in the capital, was furious.
"You mean to say that you were unable to infiltrate the Initial City for two whole months?”
Old Zhu looked at the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander Jiang Meng, who was kneeling on the ground, with a gloomy expression.
Jiang Fou knelt in front of the hall, sweating profusely. He said in a trembling voice:
"Your Majesty, this subject is incompetent. Our people are unable to sneak into the Starting City.”
"The entire Starting City is not open to the public. We have tried to sneak into the city as merchants several times, but the moment we stepped in, we were chased out of their territory.”
"Not only that, within a hundred miles radius of the Starting City, there are soldiers of the Starting City patrolling. They have also set up sentries very densely. As long as our people enter within a hundred miles radius of the Starting City, they will be caught and chased out if they are careless.”
"We've tried our best in the past two months, but we've all failed.”
"The people of the Starting City seem to be able to tell us apart at a glance.”
"No matter how well we disguise ourselves, we can't escape their eyes.”
"To be honest, I really don't know how they did it.”
"If you say that they are few in number and know each other, I will admit it.”
"However, from what I can see, there are no less than two to three hundred thousand people outside the Starting City. There are definitely more people inside the city.”
"With so many people, it's impossible for them to do it. Everyone knows each other, right?”
"But, why are they able to find our people every time?”
Jiang Meng said with a bitter smile.
Old Zhu looked at Jiang Meng coldly and said,"
"In other words, you spent two months and didn't get any useful information?”
Jiang Meng said bitterly:
"Your Majesty, this subject has really done his best. From the situation outside the city, I can only conclude that the population of Starting City is at least a million.”
"As for the army, I really can't be sure. Your Majesty, please punish me!”
After saying that, Jiang Meng kowtowed, prepared for the worst.
Old Zhu's expression was extremely gloomy, and his eyes flickered with uncertainty.
In the end, Old Zhu didn't punish Jiang Meng, but waved his hand and said,"
"Jiang He, you have failed in your work. I will give you a year's salary as a warning to the others.”
Jiang Meng was shocked. The Emperor had actually let him go so easily.
He thought he was dead.
Jiang Meng quickly kowtowed,"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After saying that, he left the hall in fear.
After Jiang Meng left.
Old Zhu fell into deep thought.
This Starting City had truly exceeded his expectations.
In fact, Old Zhu had been paying attention to the Jinyiwei's actions from the beginning to the end.
Otherwise, Old Zhu wouldn't have let Jiang Meng off so easily.
Similarly, Old Zhu also realized that he seemed to have underestimated the people of the Initial City.
He did not expect that even with the Embroidered Uniform Guards 'infiltration abilities, they were unable to enter Initial City.
This was equivalent to wasting two months of time.
However, two months was nothing to Old Zhu.
At the very least, they had a rough idea of the strength of the Initial City.
With a population of more than a million, there were at least 200,000 soldiers.
Although this was all based on inaccurate information and a rough judgment.
However, it also allowed Old Zhu to have a clear position in the Initial City.
This was a new force that was not weaker than the Mongolians.
Moreover, compared to the Mongolians, the people from the Initial City seemed to be even harder to deal with.
A city that was even bigger than Jin Ling City could be built in a month.
What kind of construction ability was this?
Just the crossbow formation alone could force back the 100,000 strong army led by Blue Jade. What kind of powerful combat strength was this?
If such a force could not be eradicated when they were still weak.
He was afraid that what Lan Yu said might really come true.
It wasn't easy for him to chase away the Mongolians, but now, he had such a terrifying neighbor. How could Old Zhu tolerate it?
After thinking for a moment.
Old Zhu said to Eunuch Wang beside him,"
"Prepare a decree to order Blue Jade to send two hundred thousand soldiers north to attack Starting City. At the same time, let King Yan, King Dai, King Ning, King Su, and the Northwest Commander Song Sheng fully cooperate with Blue Jade and listen to Blue Jade's orders.”
"Tell Blue Jade that no matter what method he uses, he must raze this Initial City to the ground!”
"Yes, sir!"
Following Old Zhu's imperial edict, the entire Great Ming Dynasty began to operate completely.
Nearly a million Ming border troops gathered at the frontier fortress.
A storm began to descend.
At this moment, Zhu Xiong did not know that a huge storm was about to descend upon Initial City.
At this moment, he was leading a million citizens and two hundred thousand soldiers of the Starting City out of the Starting City, heading towards the north of the Starting City.
At a certain place north of the Starting City, Zhu Xiong found a place that was extremely suitable for building a city.
He was leading millions of his subjects to build a city!
Only the 600,000 soldiers under the command of the twelve female generals of the Yang Clan and less than a million subjects were left in the Starting City to maintain the daily operations of the Starting City.
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