Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

"Oh no! The defenders outside the city have rebelled!"

The news of the mutiny spread throughout the city in an instant, and the people began to flee with their families.

This huge commotion soon spread to the gate of the government office.

"What's all the fuss about?"

Hearing the noise outside the door, the officials frowned and asked in confusion.

With such a loud noise, it was hard to figure out what was happening. One could only vaguely hear some cries for life.

"Oh no! The defenders in the west of the city have rebelled!"

The Imperial Guards ran in quickly, knelt in front of Chen Ling and Si Jin, and spoke in a serious tone.

When they heard that the defenders had rebelled, Si Jin and Chen Ling's faces turned serious. This was no joke.

"you sure?"

Chen Ling rushed forward and stared at the Jinyiwei who came to report.

If he didn't trust his men, he would even think he had heard it wrong.

"The army is outside the city, there is absolutely no falsehood!"

In front of Commander Chen Ling, the Jinyiwei did not dare to hesitate and immediately responded affirmatively.

"Eunuch Liu, sir, go inform His Highness. I will continue to watch from here."

Chen Ling wanted to ask something else, but Si Jin beside her frowned and spoke in a cold voice.

As she spoke, she turned to look at the officials outside the window. This was probably what His Highness was talking about, the flaws of these people.

"Okay." Chen Ling and Liu Jin thought for a moment and nodded in response.

The situation was urgent and this was the only thing they could do. "Your Highness, something's wrong." Zhu Ming was sleeping when he heard a panicked shout that made him sit up in shock.

Looking at Chen Ling and Liu Jin standing in front of him, he realized that the matter was unusual.

"The defenders in the west of the city have rebelled, and the army is right outside the gate!" Chen Ling responded immediately.

After hearing Chen Ling's words, Zhu Ming was so frightened that he lost all sleepiness. He jumped out of bed, grabbed a robe and rushed to the west of the city.

The disaster relief efforts had just begun to show some results, so why did a mutiny suddenly break out?

At this moment, the west of Shanxi City had been burned into a scorched earth by the dark mass of rebels.

Countless people fell under their iron hooves, and only a few refugees who were fast enough to run into the city had a chance to survive.

"Wang Ganju is unkind, and the officials are forcing the people to revolt!"

The rebels outside the city raised their weapons under the city wall and shouted in unison. The shouts were so loud that they blocked the entire west side of the city.

The defenders on the city wall looked at this scene and they were all facing a powerful enemy. The archers' bows were already drawn to the limit with arrows on the strings.

As long as the two sides make the slightest move, a war will break out. "What's going on?" Zhu Ming quickly ran up the city wall, looked at the rebels below the city, frowned, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, this place is dangerous, please move somewhere else!" When the guard on the city wall saw Zhu Ming coming in person, he immediately ran over and respectfully extended his hand to ask Zhu Ming to leave.

If anything happens to His Royal Highness the Grandson here, I will have a hard time explaining it to His Majesty.

The rebels were actually the Shanxi garrison, which left the city unguarded. They only came to provide temporary support.

They were not sure about defending Shanxi. "Who are you?" Zhu Ming ignored the general's dissuasion and turned to look at him and asked.

"Wang Xing, the deputy general of the southern city garrison, is wearing armor and cannot perform the salute. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

The guard clasped his hands together towards Zhu Ming as a salute.

"What's the situation of the garrison in the city?" Zhu Ming nodded, turned around and looked at the rebels vigilantly, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, there are 10,000 defenders in Shanxi City. Excluding the part of Shanxi defenders who mutinied, there are more than 7,000 people left." Wang Xing replied immediately.

"How many defenders are there on the city wall now?" Zhu Ming asked again.

In an emergency like this, the only one you can rely on is yourself.

Although I have never led troops, I have learned some military tactics.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy is the key to success. The most important thing now is to understand the situation of both sides.

"Except for the defenders at the other three gates, there are only a thousand people who can defend the west side of the city." Wang Xing hesitated for a moment before responding reluctantly.

If no reinforcements are sent from other places, the garrison force in the west of the city will actually be somewhat stretched.

"Are all the rebels down there?" Zhu Ming asked with a frown, looking at the dark mass under the city wall.

It seems that the situation is worse than I thought.

"Yes."

Wang Xingying said, "These soldiers were originally the defenders of the city. They know the defense arrangements in the city and know that this place is empty and it is impossible to attack the city from other places."

"Chen Ling, quickly send people out of the city through other gates to various counties in Shanxi to mobilize troops for support."

Zhu Ming took a deep breath. It seemed that the most urgent task was to call for troops from all directions to come to support.

Since the troops are temporarily gathered here in the west of the city, let them leave the city from another place.

"Also, inform the capital of the situation here quickly."

After all, a mutiny is a big deal. If it is not handled properly and Shanxi is not taken back, it will be difficult to quell it.

Zhu Ming didn't dare to solve this kind of thing privately by himself. He had to at least let Old Zhu know what happened.

"Yes."

Chen Ling responded simply and disappeared from Zhu Ming's sight in a flash.

"Then what shall we do now..." Wang Xing looked at Zhu Ming, a teenager who was in his early teens, and was amazed at how he could remain so calm in the face of a mutiny for the first time.

I have long heard that your majesty's little grandson is extremely gifted and intelligent, and now it seems that his reputation is well-deserved.

"The garrisons elsewhere should not move rashly. It is better to delay the war."

After another period of silence, Zhu Ming spoke slowly.

With one thousand against three thousand, it is obviously not a wise move to force it. The most important thing now is to delay the people from other states and counties to send troops to support.

"Listen, soldiers under the city!" he thought, and shouted loudly to the soldiers under the city wall.

Hearing the childish voice, all the generals under the city looked up.

After a long silence, a soldier on a black horse slowly stepped forward, looked at Zhu Ming and shouted loudly: "Jinghui, the garrison commander of Shanxi, greets Your Highness."

They also knew that the defenders on the city walls were already prepared, and it would be disadvantageous for them to attack the city at this time. They did not dare to launch an attack before the people above launched an attack.

"You are all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, brothers, why do you have to fight each other?"

Zhu Ming shouted at the soldiers at the top of his voice.

After so many years in the army, facing these officers and soldiers like themselves on the city wall, they should have some brotherhood.

"Your Highness, it's not that we are willing to do this rebellious thing, it's that we really can't survive!"

Jinghui also raised his head and responded loudly to Zhu Ming's call, raising the spear in his hand from time to time.