Chapter 97

Zhang Hao stood there and began to set up a battlefield. Since the Tatars were about to come, he would wait for it. Zhang Hao was actually very clear about his purpose, which was to attract the Tatars' army and not let them steal the people's.

Zhang Hao arranged soldiers in the central army tent and began to hold horse-reject stakes, putting a lot of wet trees on the periphery of the battlefield, preventing the Tatar cavalry from attacking in quickly. At the same time, he also dug many pits, which made the Tatar cavalry charge and let their war horses stumble.

The soldiers were busy all afternoon. Zhang Hao arrived at the position arranged by the archers, and was now next to a crossbow cart.

I have to say that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are still very powerful. They have killed the crossbow that can fire firecrackers and can shoot out 300 steps. It only takes two people to operate it. The speed is still very fast. Zhang Hao calculated it himself. According to the current time, he can fire 4 people in about a minute. This is a mortar.

Of course, the range is not as far as the mortar, and the speed is not that fast. However, in this era of cold weapons, this is a killer weapon. The engineers prepared more than 2,000 crossbows and all of them were installed.

In front of them, there were archers. In front of the archers were infantry, and the outermost one was heavy cavalry. All the soldiers were equipped with war horses and shields. This was the most elite unit of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Hao's inspection also excited the soldiers.

They know what Zhang Hao's identity is. The son of Duke of England, who is in such an identity, kills the enemy with his soldiers, and is not afraid of death, and the soldiers are even more afraid of death.

At the Duke of England's mansion, Xu was very happy at the moment. He was already preparing the betrothal gifts. Although it was granted by the emperor, the rules that should be left should not be lost, otherwise people would be said to be rude.

"Where is Li'er? I've been to the military camp for so long, why haven't I come back yet?" Xu's busy time and found that Zhang Li had not come back, and the servants he took out had not come back either.

Xu was a little angry. Tomorrow, Xu wanted to send someone to send a betrothal gift to Xu Jie's mansion. He was so busy here that Zhang Li won't come back yet.

At this moment, Zhang Li was sitting in a restaurant in the capital, asking for a private room alone, sitting inside to drink wine.

He just went to the military camp and learned from his father that Zhang Hao had led his troops out to fight. At the same time, he also heard rumors that if Zhang Hao died in battle, Xu Shiyun would need to be buried with him. Zhang Li was not stupid. He knew that Zhang Hao would probably die for a lifetime, because he felt Zhang Hao's danger from Zhang Rong's expression. He felt very uncomfortable and dared not go back. Once his mother asked about his younger brother, he didn't know what to say, so he could only go to this restaurant to drink to relieve his sorrow.

"Master, my wife has sent someone to find you. It's time!" At this time, a personal soldier came to Zhang Li and said to Zhang Li, who was already drunk.

"Okay, go back, go back!" Zhang Li nodded, and the man also stood up, shaking, and was supported by the personal soldiers. When Zhang Li returned to the mansion, Xu was angry when he saw that he was so drunk.

"It's time for you kid, you're still going to drink? Can't you let your mother take some time?" Xu helped Zhang Li and hit Zhang Li and said,

Although Zhang Li was drunk, his mind was clear-headed. He smiled and said to Xu, "Mom, I'm happy, please be happy for my younger brother!"

"This kid, don't get drunk even if you are happy. You will go to the Xu Mansion tomorrow. You are Hao'er's brother. Haoer is not at home, so don't prepare those things? Yuer, hurry up and help Li'er to the bedroom!" Xu said reproachfully, but did not find anything wrong.

Ding Yu also took his servants to support Zhang Li to the small courtyard where he lived. After arriving at the bedroom, he helped Zhang Li lie down.

At this moment, Zhang Li suddenly started to cry.

Ding Yu felt very strange and immediately went over to support Zhang Li.

"My husband, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?" Ding Yu asked Zhang Li and said.

"My brother has gone to the battlefield and is fighting outside the city. He led 30,000 soldiers out of the city to fight. This morning, he won a great victory. Everyone outside knows it, wuwu!" Zhang Li said in a discomfort at this moment.

"What?" Ding Yu was shocked when she heard this. She didn't know that Zhang Hao was on the battlefield.

"Dad is very worried. Although Dad didn't say it, I can see that he is very worried! There are more than 100,000 Tatars outside, and my brother took 30,000 out. I'm really useless. I shouldn't have learned literature, I shouldn't have learned literature, otherwise my brother wouldn't have gone to the battlefield, it's time for me to go to the battlefield!" Zhang Li said crying there.

"My husband, stop talking. You can't tell your mother about this! My mother knows, but what should I do?" Ding Yu also said to Zhang Li worriedly.

Zhang Li nodded, slowly, Zhang Li fell asleep, and Ding Yu was in the bedroom, and didn't know what to do? He has been married to the Duke of England for three years, and he knows Zhang Hao very well, so he is absolutely right to call him Zhang Manzi.

"Hey!" Ding Yu looked at Zhang Li, then sighed,

At this moment, on Jiajing's side, Jiajing summoned Zhang Rong, and Zhang Rong also went to the Danfang.

"Everyone goes out!" Jiajing saw Zhang Rong coming in, so he asked Lu Fang and the others to go out.

All the eunuchs in the entire alchemy room went out.

"You are so cruel!" Jiajing stared at Zhang Rong and said. When Zhang Rong heard this, he knelt down with a thud, and his head hung down.

"Who can't lead the troops out of the city to fight? You let Zhang Manzi lead the troops out of the battle? Well? He is your son, so you can't go there too?" Jiajing stared at Zhang Rong and asked.

"Emperor, I have no choice. The soldiers are extremely poor in morale and are afraid of Tatars. If I send them out, they will think that I have deliberately asked them to die and will be afraid of the battle. Once I am afraid of the battle, how can I win? The victory on the battlefield depends entirely on morale. If I lose morale, how can I fight?

Let Zhang Hao go, just tell the soldiers that they were not asking them to die, but to defeat the Tatars. The Tatars must know the situation of our father and son, and must also know that the last time the Tatars prince was killed by our father and son. This time Zhang Hao went out to attract the enemy and attract the enemy to Zhang Hao. In this way, the people in other places in our Ming Dynasty will not suffer.

As long as Hao'er can hold on for a few days, when the royal army comes, we will be able to fight the Tatars head-on. Even if they fight to the end, I will still be severely injured by the Tatars and will never enter the capital at will!" Zhang Rong knelt there, lowered his head, and said in a choked voice.

Jiajing looked at Zhang Rong who was kneeling there, took a deep breath, and then spoke softly, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rong stood up slowly.

"I have chosen a wife for Zhang Manzi, the daughter of Xu Jie. I have seen it, it's not bad!" Jiajing stood there with his hands behind his back and said.

"I have already known it, thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rong immediately bowed and said.

"The imperial guards will be expanded, from 80,000 to 200,000. You are responsible. I don't expect those troops to support the royal army. The troops from all over the country should also rectify them. At that time, you are responsible. I will be abandoned over the years!" Jiajing said with his hands behind his back.

"Emperor, I know that the emperor has no choice but to have too many sluts. They are afraid that the emperor will take power. They want to harm the emperor. You are not able to guard against it. There is no way, so it is a little safer here!" Zhang Rong said to Jiajing, Jiajing nodded, and then sighed.

"I don't believe it if I can't control the army first, and then deal with them. If I can't deal with them, at worst, I will change all the officials. If there is an army and money, I am not afraid of them!" Jiajing said with his hands behind his back and looking into the distance.

"If the emperor cheers up, I and the Duke of England will go through fire and water, and die again!" Zhang Rong immediately knelt down and said.

"Yan Song will apologize to you in the past two days. It doesn't matter if you don't see him. I want to tell you clearly that he is useful. He can suppress the money from the civil servants and the court, and he also needs to do it. I know that his activities are fine. Then the total account will be settled together. It's not time to kill now.

If he is killed, those civil officials will be even more arrogant and it will be even more difficult for me to deal with. However, I will punish him and will not let him not pay the price. You tell the other dukes, this matter will be the case first!" Jiajing explained to Zhang Rong.

"Yes, the emperor is the only way to make the decision!" Zhang Rong immediately bowed and said.

"Well, hey, no matter what, you have to find a way to protect Zhang Manzi!" Jiajing said to Zhang Rong.

"Your Majesty, the personal soldiers around Zhang Hao are trustworthy people in the mansion. I have already told them that once the defeat is decided, they will find a way to change Hao'er into the clothes of ordinary soldiers and escape! Damn it!" After Zhang Rong said, he said to Jiajing.

"Okay, that's good. Zhang Manzi can't die like this. He can't die like this. He has given me hope. He can't die like this!" Jiajing explained to Zhang Rong.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Rong said kneeling there.

"I'm leaving the imperial guards to you, don't worry, those generals, you should change what you should kill, and kill what you should kill!" Jiajing told Zhang Rong.

"Yes!" Zhang Rong continued to kneel there and said.

"Go, I'm waiting for your good news!" Jiajing said to Zhang Rong.

"I'm asking for your retreat!" Zhang Rong knelt there and kowtowed, stood up, took three steps back, turned around and left.

Jiajing also looked at Zhang Rong and sighed in his heart that the loyalty of the British Duke’s mansion to the Ming Dynasty was beyond doubt.

Jiajing went to the Danfang himself and began to pray there, praying for the Ming Dynasty, praying for the soldiers, and praying for Zhang Hao.

At Xu Jie's mansion, Xu Shiyun also calmed down. She was sitting there embroidering her purse, and the close maid Shu'er next to her was also helping her.

At this time, Xu Jie also came back from the palace again. He was still worried about Xu Shiyun, worried that his daughter would be unable to think about it. Although Zhang Hao was not dead yet, if he died in battle, the daughter would be really unfair.
Chapter completed!