Ding Kuichu did not believe that the south could produce heavy cavalry, and Emperor Yongli did not believe that the south had heavy cavalry either.
However, Emperor Yongli's thoughts were very simple as he looked at Ding Kuichu.
"Lord Ding, this king will temporarily return to being the Gui King and see how the situation develops in the future.”
The other ministers expressed their agreement.
"Lord Embroidered Uniform Guards, this king is willing to temporarily abolish the title of emperor. Your Majesty, please send troops as soon as possible to resist the southern Jian Nu!”
The captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guards took a messenger pigeon and sent back what had happened in Zhaoqing Prefecture.
August 20th.
1,300 soldiers and 10,000 peasants arrived at Zhaoqing Prefecture.
The King of Gui looked at the soldiers in brand new armor and weapons, as well as the energetic peasants and logistics team, and gasped.
"Lord Ding, fortunately this king abolished the title of emperor. Otherwise, our soldiers would have been beaten up!”
Ding Kuichu's expression was complicated. He had thought that if the Leizhou Prefecture's troops were weak, he would destroy them. Now that he saw such a powerful army, Ding Kuichu was so scared that he couldn't speak.
"King Gui, let's go welcome them!"
Ding Kuichu was the kind of person who understood the circumstances.
Now that he saw that Zhu Ciyao's army was so strong, he pulled the Gui King and the others out of the city to welcome Pu Zhenguo's army.
"We welcome Your Majesty's army into Zhaoqing Prefecture!”，Ding Kuichu shouted.
Pu Zhenguo nodded at the King of Gui and the other ministers.
"General, when will His Majesty arrive?" the King asked excitedly.”
"His Majesty's 60,000 strong army will only set off on August 30th!”
The Gui King calculated that it was now the 20th day. He estimated that he would be able to see Emperor Zhu Ci on around the 10th day of the 9th month.
"General, you must be tired from the journey. Please come to the Zhaoqing government. We have already prepared wine and food!”
At the dining table, Pu Zhenguo asked King Gui about the current situation.
The King of Gui frowned.
"General, the current situation is very serious! Slave Jian had probably entered the Fu Zhou Prefecture! Zheng Zhilong led a large number of soldiers and ministers to surrender to Slave Jian! As for Emperor Long Wu and Zheng Chenggong, their whereabouts were unknown!”
Pu Zhenguo gasped. Ten days ago, he had received a message from a messenger pigeon. At that time, Emperor Tang and the others had announced the abolition of the title of emperor. It had only been ten days. How could his whereabouts be unknown?
"Where is the nearest Slave Jian?”
"Chaozhou Prefecture is less than nine hundred li away from Guangzhou Prefecture! Guangzhou Prefecture was less than two hundred miles away from Zhaoqing Prefecture!”
Pu Zhenguo heaved a sigh of relief. It would take ten days to travel a thousand miles at his army's speed.
As for Slave Jian, he would probably need about ten days.
"Who is the commander of Slave Jian?"
"Li Chengdong, the guy who captured Emperor Hongguang alive and defeated Emperor Longwu and the Three Massacres of Jiading! And he had personally supervised Emperor Hong Guang to be killed!”
Pu Zhenguo clenched his fists. His nails dug into his hands, and blood flowed out.
"Li Chengdong, if we don't kill him, it won't be enough to shake up our Great Ming Country's prestige!”
The King of Gui stopped the furious General Pu Zhenguo.
"General, Li Chengdong brought 60,000 Green Army soldiers! Morale was high, and the most important thing was that he was closely followed by Tuoduo. Tuoduo was the Banner Lord of the Bordered White Banner, with 80,000 soldiers, of which 20,000 were from the Bordered White Banner, 60,000 were from the Green Camp, equipped with 135 Red Cannons and 45 General Cannons. There were also two Belenichan and Bolo under him, both extremely ferocious.”
Pu Zhenguo gritted his teeth in anger.
"It's fine, our 5,000 heavy cavalry will arrive soon! At that time, His Majesty's 60,000 troops will arrive! We can start a decisive battle with the vanguard troops of Slave Jian in Guangdong!”
The King of Gui lowered his head, and so did Ding Kuichu.
"General, I'm afraid most of the areas in Guangdong are ready to surrender to Slave Jian! I'm afraid we can't turn the tide. If we can't win, we can only retreat south or west!”
Pu Zhenguo was very depressed. The battle had not even started, and these guys were already thinking of escaping.
"Run? The world is so big. Do we have to keep running? Can't you have even half of His Majesty's courage!”
"Is His Majesty really going to personally lead the army?”
Pu Zhenguo nodded firmly.
"Yes, not only does His Majesty want to personally lead the army, but he also wants to lead us to rebuild the Iron Blood Great Ming!”
The King of Gui was speechless. How could it be easy to rebuild Great Ming?
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang came, he would not be able to save the Ming Empire.
"General, what this king wants to say is that it is already good enough for us to be able to protect half of the southeastern region! There was no need to provoke Slave Jian. If it really couldn't be done, he could make peace with them!”
"Peace talks? King Gui, are you confused? The land of the Ming Empire has been occupied piece by piece. You make it too easy for us to negotiate peace!”
The King of Gui lowered his head, feeling weak.
Slave Jian was rumored to be too cruel, and King Gui had a natural fear of him.
The ministers of King Gui were also afraid of Slave Jian.
Pu Zhenguo was not afraid at all. The moment he was conscripted from the Talent-gathering Hall in the town center, he had already seen through life and death.
The ministers and generals recruited by Talent-Gathering Hall had some advantages.
Their loyalty was 100%. If they were asked to carry out a mission, they would definitely carry it out.
While they were eating, they suddenly felt the ground tremble.
King Gui, Ding Kuichu, and the others were so frightened that they stopped eating.
"General, leave quickly! This was a large number of warhorses running, causing the earth to tremble!”，King Gui was a little flustered.
Ding Kuichu stood at the side." General, it must be the Tartars. There are so many warhorses. The entire earth is shaking!"”
Pu Zhenguo was speechless. He looked at the flustered King Gui and his ministers and really wanted to stab them with a knife.
"Don't panic! Scout, go and take a look at the situation first!"
The scout returned very quickly.
"General, it's our heavy cavalry!”
King Gui heaved a sigh of relief and almost hid under the table.
"General, is it really the heavy cavalry?”
"Yes, the heavy cavalry is here! The five thousand heavy cavalrymen were even more powerful than the elite Eight Banners Army of Slave Jian!”
King Gui's body, which had been trembling just now, suddenly stopped trembling.
"In that case, let's welcome the cavalry into the city immediately!”
The King of Gui and his ministers had long planned to flee westward. Now that they saw the heavy cavalry entering the city, they immediately straightened their backs.
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