The 400,000 strong army was finally about to move out.
Before the expedition, Zhu Qiyu had ordered the loyal Marquis Song Bin, his uncle Wu Yi, and the eunuch Cheng Jing to guard the capital.
Loyalty Marquis Song Bin had been on the battlefield for forty years and had countless achievements.
He was a noble general second only to the British Duke Zhang Fu.
He was modest and looked like a gentle and refined old scholar.
As a noble, he was able to make the civil officials respect him.
He was a rare Confucian general.
He was best at defending the city.
In his entire life, there had never been an enemy who could take down a city he defended.
Zhu Qiyu's uncle, Wu Yi, was now the Grand Governor of the Five Armies.
He was in charge of the strongest armed forces in the capital.
All these years, because Consort Wu Xian had not been successful, he had always kept a low profile and served as the Left Governor in the Central Army Governor's Office.
However, he was like his sister. Although he kept a low profile, he was not mediocre.
He was just afraid that his talent would be exposed and cause Zhu Qizhen and Empress Dowager Sun to be suspicious, so he had been holding it in until now.
Only when his nephew Zhu Qiyu became the Emperor of Ming did he dare to reveal his true abilities.
The reason why Zhu Qiyu put this uncle in an important position was actually also because of Yu Qian's recommendation.
Only then did she think of this seemingly honest uncle.
In the past few days, when his uncle went on stage, it was as if he had changed into a different person.
Not only did he win over the hearts of the generals of the five armies in a short period of time.
Moreover, he had used thunderous methods to vigorously implement various measures to correct the weak situation of the five military governors.
Of course, all of this could not be separated from the support of his nephew, the Emperor.
As the emperor's uncle, he was absolutely loyal to his nephew.
He was the most suitable person to be the governor of the five armies and control the armed forces in the capital.
As for Cheng Jing, he was the eunuch supervising the army, assisting the loyal Marquis Song Bin and the five armies 'Governor Wu Yi.
The three of them were a very reliable combination.
Zhu Qiyu believed that with them overseeing the capital, nothing would go wrong.
Hundreds of thousands of Great Ming military strategists, under the leadership of the new emperor, set off for the Zijing Pass.
Of course, as Zhu Qiyu's right-hand man, Yu Qian.
He had to follow them.
These days, he had been the one commanding the 400,000 strong army.
He knew the generals of the various armies and the basic situation like the back of his hand.
It could be said that the prestige of this commander-in-chief, who was a civil official, was second only to the Emperor Zhu Qiyu.
When the generals of the various armies saw Yu Jobao, they couldn't help but lower their proud heads.
Although Zhu Qiyu was personally leading the expedition, all the big and small matters were still handed over to Yu Qian.
Therefore, along the way, Zhu Qiyu was like a mascot.
This made him very unhappy.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers had just traveled a hundred miles.
The scouts at the front reported.
It was said that the Wala Khan Tuotuo Buhua and the other three tribes had already met up with Yexian.
The 30,000 strong army of the Cang Lang tribe had already started their attack on the Zijing Pass.
Zhu Qiyu was no stranger to the Ash Wolf Tribe.
Because this tribe was nominally the tribe of the Wala Khan Tuotuo Buhua.
However, this tribe had a close relationship with Yexian.
It was also because of this tribe that the Wala Khan had no choice but to reconcile with Yexian.
The 180,000 Wala troops launched a general attack on Da Ming.
As the leader of the Wala Blue Wolf tribe, Cang He Li had even taken the initiative to suggest it during the alliance meeting.
Their tribe would be the vanguard to help Wala take down Zijing Pass.
Yexian and Tuotuo Buhua agreed on the spot.
Just like that, the thirty thousand cavalry of the Cang Lang tribe quickly moved from Tongzhou City to Jingzi Pass.
There were only seven thousand Great Ming soldiers guarding the Purple Jing Pass.
Although this pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
But the Great Ming soldiers guarding the city now were all old, weak, sick, and disabled.
As for the elites, they were all killed by the Great Ming War God Zhu Qizhen during the rebellion of the Earth-Wood Fortress.
Facing the nearly two hundred thousand Wala Cavalry heading south.
The general guarding the Purple Thorn Pass could only send people to the capital to rescue them.
At this moment, Cang Lang tribe's leader Cang Heli had already arrived at the city gates of Zijing Pass.
He first asked the surrendered eunuch Xi Ning to stop the soldiers who were defending the city.
Unfortunately, this cowardly eunuch saw dozens of arrows flying towards him before he could even open his mouth.
He was so scared that he crawled and rolled around, only then did he escape.
"Chief, Old Master, that general of the Purple Jing Pass, Ma Ning, is really despicable. He didn't even give this servant a chance to speak.”
The Head Eunuch Xi Ning cried.
"This servant almost couldn't see you again. I hope that the Great Leader and Great Master can flatten the Purple Jing Pass and skin that Ma Ning alive.”
Cang Heli saw the former eunuch of the Great Ming Dynasty and snorted coldly.
"You're indeed a coward.”
He pulled out the scimitar in his hand and picked up the bag on Xi Ning's body.
In that package was the dragon robe of Great Ming Retired Emperor Zhu Qizhen.
He picked up this bright yellow luxurious dragon robe and rode to the safety zone under the pass.
"Big Ming's brat, do you recognize this item?”
Guan Xia's soldiers of the Ming Dynasty saw Guan Xia's bright yellow dragon robe and immediately felt an unconcealable shame rise in their hearts.
One didn't need to think to know that these were the Retired Emperor's clothes.
Cang Lang tribe's leader Cang Heli was holding the dragon robe and constantly swinging it around, humiliating the Ming guards on the city.
"Tsk tsk tsk…shut the door, you bastard. If you know what's good for you, quickly open the door and kneel down to welcome our Wala army.”
"Otherwise, once we break through the city gate, I will slaughter everyone in the Zijing Pass.”
"Just like how I killed 200,000 ants in the Earthwood Fortress.”
Ma Ning, the general guarding the city gate, was so angry that his eyes almost popped out when he heard the humiliation of the Wala people.
He wanted nothing more than to open the city gates and hack that damned Wala leader into a thousand pieces.
"General Ma, you must be rational. That Cang He Li wanted you to lose your mind.”A civil official at the side kept reminding Ma Ning.
"Don't worry, I won't fall for his little tricks.”
Cang Lang tribe leader Cang Heli saw that the Great Ming Guard General wasn't fooled.
After showing off for a while, he ordered his tens of thousands of cavalry to shout together.
"flatten the capital of Great Ming and capture the dog emperor Zhu Qiyu alive.”
"flatten the capital of Great Ming and capture the dog emperor Zhu Qiyu alive.”
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Defending General Ma Ning was furious. He could scold the Retired Emperor, but he could not scold the new Emperor.
Even if the cannons on the city gate could not hit the other party, they had to intimidate him.
"Firearms Battalion, fire!"
"Fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
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