After a few days, Zhu Heng received two pieces of good news and one piece of bad news.
These three pieces of news came one after another.
These two pieces of good news were closely related.
The first was a diplomatic mission sent by Emperor Chongzhen from inside the pass.
Compared to last time, the diplomatic mission this time was undoubtedly larger and of a higher standard.
Originally, Zhu Heng thought that the arrival of the diplomatic mission was nothing more than to promote him.
He is the commander of the Commanding Division of Guangning Wei, and is a third-grade military officer.
If it was the early Ming Dynasty or the middle Ming Dynasty.
Perhaps Zhu Heng would happily accept this reward.
Rank-3 was already considered high and powerful, enough to become a local emperor.
But this was the last years of Chongzhen.
The Little Ice Age, the peasant uprising, the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the Donglin Party struggle.
These events had already pushed this huge empire into the abyss, and it was only one step away from collapsing.
Zhu Heng didn't want to be buried together with a corrupt empire.
Besides, Chongzhen could share hardships, but he could not share wealth.
When working under him, she had to constantly worry about whether her head was still on her neck or not.
Therefore, he wanted to overthrow this empire and rebuild a new one.
This country would once again become the Central Empire and the Sun Never Sets Empire.
Zhu Heng wasn't very excited about the reward.
The arrival of another person made Zhu Heng slightly excited.
After Sun Chuanting received the imperial edict, he rushed to Liaodong without stopping.
He had heard of Zhu Heng's deeds.
He knew that this was a good opportunity to make a name for himself.
He had been studying military books all these years, so perhaps he could show his ambitions here.
This time, besides Sun Chuanting, there were four other students. This was also his greeting gift to Zhu Heng.
On the city tower of Guangning City, Zhu Heng finally met the military genius Sun Chuanting, whom he had known for a long time.
Even though Sun Chuanting had only fought with Li Zicheng and the other peasant uprising soldiers.
However, his illustrious battle achievements were also worthy of being a famous general.
Even among the shorter ones, Sun Chuanting was the tallest.
Sun Chuanting was different from what he had imagined.
At first, he thought that Sun Chuanting was a thin and weak scholar.
When he saw Sun Chuanting, who was 1.8 meters tall, he was dumbfounded.
Sun Chuanting was wearing a new official uniform, showing off his physique as a burly man from the northwest.
When he saw Zhu Heng, who was wearing a gorgeous armor and holding the sword hilt with his right hand, he immediately knew the identity of this young man.
He immediately bowed." I am Sun Chuanting, the current prefect of Guangning Prefecture. Greetings, Uncle Pinglu."”
In the Ming Dynasty, military officers had low statuses, but Zhu Heng had a noble title.
Therefore, even though Sun Chuanting had been promoted to the position of magistrate, he still held an idle position in the Ministry of War.
However, he was only a fifth-grade official after all. Naturally, he would ask for Zhu Heng's luggage when he saw him.
Of course, this had something to do with Sun Chuanting being summoned by the system.
With Sun Chuanting's tough personality, he might not be convinced by him, the commander of Guangning Guards.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time.”
Zhu Heng immediately welcomed him warmly and said with a smile.
This time, it was Sun Chuanting's turn to be stunned.
"Did Uncle Pinglu know me before?”
" Of course." Zhu Heng laughed and said," In the third year of Tianqi, when Xu Hongru revolted, if it wasn't for you, Sun Boya, I'm afraid there would have been a huge mess."”
Hearing Zhu Heng mention this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but feel happy.
After the two exchanged greetings, Sun Chuanting immediately said,""I see that Guang Ning City is strong and has so many cannons. I have never seen these soldiers before. The firearms they hold are completely different from the ones in my Ming Dynasty.”
"It seems that Daren has already made preparations to meet Huang Taiji's troops.”
" Indeed," Zhu Heng said, his smile fading." But I still feel that there is something wrong. Boya, you are familiar with military books. Why don't you point out the flaws?"”
Sun Chuanting shook his head and smiled." Uncle Pinglu has been through hundreds of battles and wiped out more than ten thousand Jian Krupps. I'm only familiar with a few military books. I don't dare to play tricks in front of him."”
He was not being polite.
The defense system of Guang Ning City was unbreakable, and there were almost no loopholes.
Just these dozens of cannons were enough to make Slave Jian fear them.
In his opinion, the city defense system of Guangning City was not inferior to that of Jinzhou and Guanning.
If Huang Taiji wanted to take down Guang Ning, he could only rely on a siege.
However, according to what he knew, the situation was different.
The reserves in Guang Ning City were very rich. This could be seen from the fact that there was no limit to the grain stores and the market price was very stable.
With a strong army, sufficient food, and perfect defenses, Huang Taiji would definitely be disappointed.
Soon, bad news came.
Duoyan's three guards found traces of Slave Jian's main force. There were at least fifty thousand of them.
This news made Zhu Heng and Sun Chuanting fall silent.
Even though they were very confident in this defensive battle and had already made preparations.
However, when they really got close, the pressure brought by Huang Taiji was still very great.
After all, they were facing Huang Taiji and his elite Eight Banners Army.
"Don't worry, Uncle Pinglu. We've already fortified the walls and cleared the fields. We have sufficient rations and the people have been mobilized.”
Zhu Heng nodded and sighed." That's right. We've already done what we needed to do. Now, it's up to the methods and strength of both sides."”
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