Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 892 The war is about to begin
Ma Ye's backup plan soon came. On the second morning after Zhu Su entered Guiyang City, he originally planned to beat the drum to gather the generals, and replace the generals close to Ma Ye in Guizhou Guard and Guizhou Vanguard Guard to purge them, in order to seize Ma Ye's military power... Unexpectedly, before he gathered the officers and soldiers of the two guards to the parade ground and had time to find a reason to take back the military power, he heard a shocking news.

"Sir Tongzhi, Your Highness, a large number of troops are coming thirty miles outside the city. The situation is critical!" A garrison in the city hurried to the parade ground to report.

"What?" Zhu Su's pupils suddenly trembled. Beside Zhu Su, Ma Ye also exclaimed in surprise, exaggerating his surprise. "Who dares to gather a crowd to cause chaos? Do you want to attack the city?"

"According to the scouts, it seems... it is..." The soldier glanced at Zhu Su. "It is from the west of the water!"

"Oh! How could it be Shuixi!" Ma Ye was "surprised". "Ah, these prisoners, your Highness has helped them get back their chieftains. Now they know that your Highness is in the city, but they still want to repay kindness with enmity?"

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you have fallen into Shuixi's trap... They are pretending to be nice just to trick their chieftain back... Once their evil plot succeeds, they will raise their flags and rebel again!" Ma Ye immediately "saw through" the whole process and "regretted it deeply". "Alas, I have already told you that Shuixi has evil ambitions. If Ai Cui is still in their hands, these thieves will definitely be afraid to act rashly..."

His performance, coupled with the news of the gathering of people from Shuixi West, made some soldiers think that he was a foresighted person who discovered the treacherous plot of Shuixi West and arrested Ai Cui just now... Some people looked at Zhu Su with strange eyes.

"Your Highness, this..." Beside Zhu Su, Di Meng looked at him with some concern.

"... Let's go up to the city and take a look first." Facing Ma Ye's aggressiveness, Zhu Su only frowned deeply. He didn't want to set a precedent for the Ming Dynasty that a prince could kill a general without authorization, but Ma Ye was jumping up and down without stopping.

He already had murderous intent in his heart.

A large group of people hurried up to the city. The city gates had already been closed again. On the city walls, the officers and soldiers were all ready to face the enemy. Seeing Ma Ye and Zhu Su coming, the worried city gate officer quickly gave up his position. Zhu Su spread his hands and said, "Look at the tube."

Just as Di Meng was about to step forward, Ma Ye took a step forward and provocatively placed his telescope in Zhu Su's hand.

Zhu Su's face was not angry, which disappointed Ma Ye. He picked up the telescope and put it in front of his eyes, looking at the group of people outside the city. Although those people did not raise flags, judging from their clothes, they were undoubtedly Yi people. When they got closer, through the telescope, Zhu Su could even distinguish a few Shuixi leaders he had seen before.

"Your Highness, how is it?" Ma Ye asked deliberately. "Are those outside the city really the Shuixi tribes?"

"Why does Ma Tongzhi ask when he already knows the answer?" Zhu Su asked. "When the enemy comes, the generals will fight back. That's all. Ma Tongzhi still wants to continue to be so nagging on the tower?"

Ma Ye really wanted to continue to express his views on his foresight and Zhu Su's argument of letting the tiger return to the mountains on the city wall, but after hearing what Zhu Su said, he felt that he had hit a snag, so he frowned and kept silent.

He was not afraid that Zhu Su would attack him... After all, His Royal Highness Prince Zhou was a prince of the Ming Dynasty court. As long as the Shuixi tribes really rebelled, even if Prince Zhou had wanted to win over Shuixi before, and even still suspected that Shuixi had some difficulties... he would definitely stand with him, Ma Ye, and destroy Shuixi with thundering means.

The dignity of the Ming Dynasty cannot be trampled upon! This is the bottom line! Even if there is an inside story, His Royal Highness the King of Zhou will definitely suppress the rebellion for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and conceal the reason to the end.

Otherwise, once this precedent is set, there will definitely be many ambitious people ready to make a move. After all, if you can surrender after rebelling, then why should you be afraid of rebelling?

The large number of troops slowly stopped when they were within the range of an arrow. Zhu Su's face was serious. He had indeed made preparations. No matter what the situation was, as long as Shuixi dared to take action, he would mobilize the army and completely destroy it. At worst, he could find a way to kill Ma Ye later.

However, when the Shuixi tribes arrived at the city, they did not immediately make any specific hostile moves. Not long after they stopped, the crowd split to both sides, and then several leaders surrounded Mrs. Shezi and walked out of the crowd, facing Zhu Su, Ma Ye and others on the city wall from a distance.

"Mrs. Shezi." Before they could speak first, Zhu Su spoke first. "You have come here without a warrant. Don't you know that this has violated the law?"

"Retreat immediately! Return to our camp! I can still regard you as being confused for a moment. If there is anything else, the court will investigate. Otherwise, there will be no mercy!"

Zhu Su spoke harshly, and he wanted to persuade these people to return to the village first, and then solve the problem after understanding what happened. Unexpectedly, his harsh words did not frighten the Yi people under the city. Madam Shezi showed a stubborn look, stepped forward alone, and said to the people on the city wall: "Your Highness, King Zhou, we have no intention of being enemies with the court."

"But no matter what, today, please hand over the thief Ma Ye! Otherwise, even if it is like an egg hitting a rock, we will not hesitate to die!"

The resolute and sad look on her face made Zhu Su feel solemn even though he was dozens of feet away.

"Madam, why do you talk about life and death so lightly? What happened in your department?" Zhu Su asked.

"…Your Highness, you may not know that my husband, Ai Cui, has…here…" Mrs. Shezi said this with a sad look on her face. "Here…he passed away!"

"Ah!" Zhu Su was stunned. He just noticed that these Yi people who used to wear blue robes were all wearing black clothes today, which was very different from usual.

"My husband died because of this villain Ma Ye. I hope His Royal Highness Prince Zhou can hand over this villain. We will definitely retreat. I want... I want to cut this villain into pieces!" Mrs. Shez was a woman, but at this moment her eyes were bloodshot and she looked very imposing.

"You woman, stop throwing dirty water on me." Ma Ye shouted loudly on the wall. "It's obvious that Ai Cui's health is not good, and your village's medical skills are not good enough, so you killed him... What does it have to do with me?"

"I warn you all, don't forget your identities! If you dare to attack the Guiyang city wall, you will all be turned into dust!"

"Come on, shoot!"

On the city wall, a hail of arrows poured down, hitting Mrs. Shezi in front of her. Several chieftains from the western part of the water rushed over to pull Shezi back into the formation. One of the chieftains, whose hair and beard were all white, was so angry that his whole body was trembling. His eyes were red with anger, and he shouted at the city wall: "Horse thief! Just wait! We will definitely grind you to dust!"

"Hahahaha, come here, I'll be waiting for you!" The angrier these people were, the more pleased Ma Ye was because his plan had already succeeded.

A war may be inevitable.

(End of this chapter)