Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

"The Admiral also said that the court has reached such a predicament today because loyal ministers like Lord Lu have been buried. Even if the country is destroyed, it is not unfair."

Wei Shuangyong imitated Zhang Shikang's tone, but he still grinned when he mentioned the word "national destruction".

In the entire capital, the only one who dares to mention the word "national destruction" in front of others is probably their admiral.

“In fact, more than half a month ago, the Admiral met with His Majesty and requested to leave the city in order to rescue Lord Lu.

But His Majesty did not agree, so the admiral had to go to the palace to negotiate whenever he had free time. It took him more than half a month and he went there several times before he finally got His Majesty's agreement.

Now it seems that the Admiral is really as good as a god!"

As a senior general of the Beijing Camp, he had long heard the admiral say that he was worried that Lu Xiangsheng might meet with an unexpected disaster in this conflict.

At that time, Wei Shuangyong only thought that the admiral was just looking for a reason to fight against the Jianlu. He never expected that the admiral had really guessed that Governor Lu would be in danger.

Thinking of the scene just now, Wei Shuangyong was still frightened. If he had arrived half an hour later, it would be hard to say whether Lu Xiangsheng would still be alive.

Seeing Wei Shuangyong's confident words, Lu Xiangsheng no longer had any doubts, but he was also frightened by the admiral's reckless words.

"I have no merit or ability to receive such praise from Admiral Zhang. I am truly unworthy of it.

However, I have been in the officialdom for many years, so you should advise Admiral Zhang to be careful with his words. If those words were to reach His Majesty, it would cause gossip.

well. "

Lu Xiangsheng sighed after he finished speaking. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was the most complicated. Those officials and censors loved to make groundless accusations. In order to show their abilities, they would often quote others out of context and impeach them.

When he first entered the officialdom in his early years, he was impeached by court officials because of some of the things he said. Later, in order to stay away from those people, he chose another path, which is his current path.

I thought I could stay away from trouble by commanding troops outside, but with the military supervisors inside making trouble and high-ranking officials outside hindering me, it was really difficult to accomplish anything.

What Lu Xiangsheng said was from his heart. From what Wei Shuangyong repeated, he roughly guessed that this young admiral was a passionate young man.

If this group of Beijing cavalrymen were really trained by him, they must have the talent. He was just worried that they would fail after a short time.

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was so concerned about his master, Wei Shuangyong smiled with relief and said:

“Haha, Master Lu, don’t worry. My master has always been like this, even in front of Your Majesty. Your Majesty is used to it.”

After saying this, Lu Xiangsheng was stunned.

He thought he had some speculations about this admiral, but Wei Shuangyong's words overturned all his previous speculations about Zhang Shikang.

What kind of person is this? Even Yang Sichang doesn't have the guts to say in front of His Majesty that the Ming Dynasty is going to fall.

Your Majesty is used to it? How could such an outrageous thing happen?

"Lord Lu, there is no need to be confused. The admiral will be here in an hour and a half at the latest. But if you have any questions, just ask directly." Wei Shuangyong said.

"Why not break out now?" Hu Dawei on the side frowned.

Wei Shuangyong received the order to protect Lu Xiangsheng. The men he led were all cavalrymen, so if they wanted to run away they could, but those who stayed behind might have to pay a price.

Lu Xiangsheng had served as governor for many years and had much more experience in battle than Wei Shuangyong. Wei Shuangyong naturally knew this and wanted to hear Lu Xiangsheng's opinion.

Lu Xiangsheng hesitated for a moment and shook his head.

"The troops led by Admiral Zhang are all infantry, right?"

"Yes, but the admiral has trained a musket battalion. He likes firearms the most. If there is a war, this musket battalion will probably be the main force." Wei Shuangyong replied.

"Then we can't break out. Let's wait for reinforcements here."

The fire musketeers paid the most attention to formation, while the Jiannu were strong in cavalry. If they broke through, they would inevitably end up in a chase battle with the Jiannu, which would be very unfavorable for the fire musketeers to perform well.

On the contrary, here, they have a camp and a chariot formation as cover, so the Jiannu cavalry cannot take advantage of their impact.

When the Beijing troops arrived here, they could attack the Jiannu from both inside and outside.

In the last battle, Lu Xiangsheng killed so many Tartars. He knew that Yuetuo was actually coming to vent his anger on him, and he would not let him go easily.

It seems that there will be a war with the Jiannu.

"I will listen to Lord Lu." Wei Shuangyong said cooperatively.

He also didn't want to break out directly, the reason was not that complicated. He roughly guessed that the admiral's expedition this time, in addition to rescuing Lu Xiangsheng, actually also wanted to fight the Jiannu Tartars.

In fact, it is not just the admiral who thinks this. This should be the thought of all the soldiers as well. After all, they have been eating well and receiving adequate food and pay for so long. Of course, they have to prove that they are worthy when they have the chance.

After drawing up the plan, Lu Xiangsheng began to deploy the defense. As the position was reduced and the cavalry's advantage could not be brought into play, Wei Shuangyong ordered the cavalry to dismount and fight.

During the training in the Beijing Camp, both the cavalry and the musketeers underwent rigorous training in close combat. Even when they dismounted from their horses, the combat effectiveness of the Beijing Camp cavalry was not inferior to that of regular infantry.

Surprisingly, after Kong Youde's troops retreated, the Jiannu did not continue to attack.

In the Jiannu camp, Yuetuo had a sullen face, while Kong Youde stood aside with a slightly awkward look.

Everyone thought that Lu Xiangsheng's troops were already at the end of their strength, but unexpectedly, a group of cavalry appeared out of nowhere.

The speed of this cavalry was so fast that the scouts he sent out did not have time to send back the news.

The worse news was that in addition to this cavalry, scouts reported that another Ming army of about 20,000 had passed Zhao County and was heading here.

I heard that they were soldiers from the Ming Dynasty's Beijing camp, and they could arrive here in an hour at most, and that cavalry was just the advance unit of this Ming army.

Jian Nu also faced a choice. Kong Youde spoke first:

"Your Highness, why don't I charge again and try to eliminate them all before the Beijing camp arrives here."

In the attack half an hour ago, Kong Youde wanted to show off in front of Yue Tuo, and he was about to succeed, but was suddenly disrupted by the cavalry.

Kong Youde was used to seeing the elite cavalry of the Qing Dynasty and had originally looked down upon the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty. However, the scene in the morning really frightened him. He had been wondering when other cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry, became so brave.

He was generally unwilling to accept the defeat, but the incident happened suddenly. Now that he knew that the number of cavalrymen who came was at most 3,000, he wanted to get back at the place.

"No need for that. The enemy general is very good at using troops. He was able to stop you for so long with only 2,000 men. Now 3,000 new troops have arrived. How can you defeat him in such a short time?"

Yue Tuo frowned, unable to hide the disappointment in his tone. If he had known earlier, he would have sent his elite troops to attack directly. Perhaps the war would have been over by now.

"My Lord, don't worry. The Ming army's troops have been wasting time for a long time and don't have much fighting power at all.

They are in a hurry to reinforce here, and they must have become exhausted along the way. As long as the general's warriors charge, the Beijing camp will be defeated!"

At this time, a Han Chinese staff officer in the big tent said that although this man had a Han Chinese accent, the hair on his head had been shaved off, leaving an extremely ugly rat-tail braid.

"Lord Sun is wrong. The fighting power of the Beijing Cavalry is not weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty's Guanning Army. Your Highness should not underestimate it."

Kong Youde said that he really disliked this counselor named Sun Zhixie. Saying that the soldiers in the Beijing camp were not good, wasn't that just mocking his incompetence?

Seeing the two men start arguing again, Yuetuo frowned. He despised these Han officials very much, and especially hated them attacking each other in battle, so he stopped them with dissatisfaction.

"Rest here and wait for the arrival of the Beijing Camp soldiers. I want to see how powerful the Ming Dynasty's Beijing Camp soldiers are.

Shaman spirits be above me, I have Lu Xiangsheng in my hands."

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