Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

"Thank you for your hard work, sir." Fang Zhenghua reached out and patted Zhang Luojun on the shoulder.

Speaking of which, Fang Zhenghua and the Zhang family were old acquaintances.

Zhang Luojun's father, Zhang Chunchen, was a martial arts scholar. He started as a general and reached the high position of the left deputy general of the Shenji Camp in the capital. He was regarded as the top position among a generation of military generals.

You must know that Liaodong Li Rusong, with such a good family background and having fought so many great victories, is only the right lieutenant of the Shenji Battalion...

Shenji Camp is one of the three major battalions in the capital. As the deputy general of the left, Zhang Chunchen, a senior general, is naturally familiar to Fang Zhenghua. After all, the two families can be regarded as family friends.

The six brothers of the Zhang family are all good men. The eldest Zhang Luojun just passed the Jinshi exam last year. The second brother Zhang Luoyan passed the Jinshi exam as early as the second year of Chongzhen. The youngest Zhang Luofu went to Beijing with his eldest brother and passed the Wu Jinshi exam last year. .

The seven fathers and sons of the Zhang family actually had four Jinshi and two candidates!

To have four Jinshi in one discipline is an eternal miracle in Baoding!

With such a reputation, the Zhang family has developed rapidly in Baoding. In recent years, it has been vaguely known as the first family in Baoding.

After Fang Zhenghua came to Baoding, he immediately summoned the Zhang brothers who had not yet become officials and explained his intention.

The emperor had already emptied his inner treasury, not to mention money and food, and even the army could not come up with it.

Fang Zhenghua had no choice but to rely on his past connections to get the Zhang family to contribute.

At this time, Zhang Chunchen was dead. On the surface, Zhang Luojun was the boss of Zhang Jiaming, but in fact it was Zhang Luoyan who was making suggestions.

Zhang Luoyan originally worked as a noble Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple in the imperial court, and he was always upright and upright as an official.

There had been a scandal in the Ministry of Civil Affairs where he previously served, but Zhang Luoyan was the only one who was innocent.

Later, because of the impeachment of Yang Sichang, he was framed by Yang Sichang's party members, and he lost his official position and returned home.

In the late Ming Dynasty, officials who devoted themselves to the imperial court were either squeezed out and lost their posts, or were killed early. Zhang Luoyan was just one of them!

Even though he was outside the court, Zhang Luoyan was still dedicated to the country.

As soon as Fang Zhenghua mentioned his intention, the six brothers of the Zhang family immediately agreed——

Country, country, without a country, where would a home be?

Sell ​​your property and recruit troops to save the country!

With the support of local snakes, Fang Zhenghua was able to defend Baoding.

Because most of the [-] soldiers and horses in his hands were recruited by the Zhang family at their own expense.

It is precisely because the Zhang family is so loyal and patriotic that Fang Zhenghua, a big shot in the inner court, is treated like an uncle and nephew to brothers Zhang Luojun.

The Zhang family repays their loyalty to the country, and Fang Zhenghua regards the Zhang family as his confidants!

Zhang Luojun cupped his fists and saluted, and said, "Whatever my uncle said is my nephew's responsibility."

Fang Zhenghua had already understood that the Zhang family's intentions did not need words to encourage him, so he nodded and pointed to the outside of the city:

"Da Lang, look over there..."

Outside the city, that small wave of reinforcements was about to be wiped out...

Zhang Luojun looked at it, frowned and said, "Uncle, this reinforcements may be more dangerous than good!"

Baoding City has been besieged for half a month and has long been cut off from the outside world.

Fang Zhenghua pointed at the bright yellow Chinese dragon flag and said, puzzled:

"I can't figure it out. Logically speaking, the one carrying the Chinese military flag is either His Majesty or the Crown Prince. However, why do they only have so few troops?"

There was still something left unsaid in his mind.

As a eunuch who was born in a martial arts school, he is familiar with various firearms of the Ming Dynasty!

However, he had never seen the firearms used by that small wave of Ming troops!

Because of this, he was undecided whether to risk the enemy taking the opportunity to rob the city and go out to rescue them.

If he makes a mistake in judgment, if this group of Ming soldiers are pretending to be Chuang Jun, they will become eternal sinners!

Zhang Luojun looked at it carefully for a while and affirmed:

"Uncle, look, although I haven't seen them fighting before, neither the tenacity of the Ming army outside the city nor the casualties of the invading army seems to be fake."

He pointed at the dead bodies lying on the ground: "If the intruder army is willing to use thousands of cavalry to lure us into being deceived, I am willing to accept this loss."

Fang Zhenghua raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean by the wise nephew?"

Zhang Luojun slapped his hand on the battlement, leaving a semi-solidified bloody handprint:

"My nephew just heard from his younger brother that Li Jiantai's guy was missing, and he became suspicious, so he led the reserve team to the north gate where there was no invasion force.

The nephew thought that he was overthinking it, but before he arrived, he heard fierce shouts of killing coming from the north gate. When he looked carefully, he saw that it was Li Jiantai's soldiers! "

"Li Jiantai is missing?" Fang Zhenghua was shocked. He didn't know about Li Jiantai's absconding yet.

Fang Zhenghua originally thought that those who attacked the city gate were just stragglers...

If Li Jiantai was missing, this matter would be worth pondering!

"I haven't seen this person yet, so my nephew has asked his younger brother to look for him. If he can't be found, I'm afraid..."

"That thief deserves to die!" Fang Zhenghua punched the city ultimatum with a fist, and the skin on the back of his hand was scratched. He ignored it and said angrily:

"Our family shouldn't be soft-hearted and let him in!"

At this time, these hindsight remarks were no longer helpful. Fang Zhenghua's face turned pale and he said, "Keep talking!"

"Why should uncle be angry?" Zhang Luojun laughed: "The intruder deceived Li Jiantai into offering the city, which just shows one thing!"

He was extremely confident: "It means the thieves can't do anything to us, so they want to use crooked tricks."

Hearing what Zhang Luojun said, Fang Zhenghua thought the same thing.

Although Li Jiantai betrayed Ming Dynasty at this time, although it made him very chilling, in the long run, it was not a good thing!

This kind of traitor was exposed early. From another perspective - didn't it just eliminate the unstable factors in the army?

"Uncle, look," Zhang Luojun pointed at the Ming army fighting endlessly outside the city:

"The thieves have already used the secret ambush in advance, and this wave of Ming troops will lead out the intruders who are preparing to cooperate with Li Jiantai's rebels to seize the city..."

Fang Zhenghua suddenly turned around and looked directly into Zhang Luojun's eyes:

"You mean - they are really my reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhang Luojun shook his head slightly: "Whether it is reinforcements or not, we have to wait until my brother is convinced. If Li Jiantai is really missing, it means that these intruders have colluded with Li Jiantai!

Then, it proves from the side that these people must be my Ming sergeants. "

"It's a pity that my second brother is fighting fiercely at the south gate, but my nephew's brain is not as good as my second brother's, so I don't dare to confirm it for a while."

As soon as Zhang Luojun explained his guess, Fang Zhenghua believed [-]% of the identity of the Ming army outside the city.

He muttered to himself:

"Under the banner of the Chinese Army..." Fang Zhenghua frowned and thought, "Who is it?"

As one of the emperor's closest confidants, Fang Zhenghua naturally understood the emperor's plan.

Your Majesty will not let the prince go to the south to be a puppet!

And every time His Majesty hinted that loyal ministers would propose moving south, they would be rejected by the courtiers...

From this inference, this wave of Ming troops must not be the prince...