Chapter 207 Cutting off one of his arms

During the great uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of the Zhu Dynasty were brutally massacred, and Prince Fu was even made into a dish.

Then why didn't the places where the Ming princes were most concentrated suffer massacres during the chaos during the Zhengde period, which was no less massive than the great uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty?
The biggest reason is that the royal family at that time were still more willing to share the country's worries, which was completely different from the group of stingy people in the late Ming Dynasty.

First, in November of the fifth year of Zhengde, Prince Xing Zhu Youji, as the younger brother of Emperor Xiaozong and uncle of Emperor Wuzong, took the lead and set an example by donating 1,000 taels of white gold to help with military pay.

In March of the following year, Zhu Rangxu, the King of Shu, whose fiefdom was in Chengdu, Sichuan, donated 2,000 taels of silver.

In July, Zhu Youbing, the Prince of Yi, whose fiefdom was in Jianchang, Jiangxi, donated 1,000 taels of silver.

Although compared with the huge number of royal family members, there are still too few princes willing to pay.

In addition, there are also many princes and dukes among the royal family who are brave enough to actively save themselves.

In July of the sixth year of the Zhengde reign, the rebels who entered Shanxi launched a surprise attack on Huozhou, which is located in the south-central part of Shanxi. In the city, there is a branch of the Datong Dai Wangfu: the Huairen Wangfu.

At the critical moment when the rebel army was invading, Prince Huairen Zhu Congshu, his uncle General Zhu Chengxing, the prince's son-in-law Kong Feng and others personally climbed up to the city wall to encourage the defenders to repel the rebel army.

Afterwards, Zhu Congshu presented the city defense map to the court and requested additional garrison troops.

Compared with Chongzhen's teammates who only drag their feet, Zhengde's teammates still have several gold-level assistants.

This also successfully prevented Liu Liu and Liu Qi from planning to elect a relative to the throne and carry out the "one country, two emperors" trick.

Therefore, as soon as Chief Censor Peng Ze arrived in Taiyuan, he first went to the palace to visit Prince Jin Zhu Zhiyang.

Zhu Zhiyang was only 23 years old, with a handsome and elegant appearance and fair complexion. After learning the purpose of Peng Ze's visit, the young Prince of Jin immediately expressed his willingness to take out 1,000 taels of silver to support Censor Peng in suppressing the bandit army.

"If Censor Peng needs any cooperation from the palace, I will give you my full support."

Peng Ze cupped his hands and said calmly, "You are too polite, King Jin. I have received a pigeon message from the Marquis of Xianning, saying that the enemy army will attack Zhending Prefecture. I plan to take away the Taiyuan Left Guard and the Right Guard. The defense of Taiyuan will be in the charge of the Taiyuan Front Guard and the Fenzhou Guard."

After hearing this, Zhu Zhiyang felt unsafe, but he also knew that even if he objected, it would be meaningless, because Pengze came to inform him, not to solicit his opinion.

Therefore, Zhu Zhiyang could only nod and said, "Then I wish Censor Peng a successful start!"

"Thank you, King Jin!"

After bidding farewell to King Jin, Peng Ze immediately set off for Taiyuan Guard. Relying on the imperial edict and the tiger talisman, he successfully gained command of the army. Then he led 10,000 Taiyuan Guards to Pingding Prefecture.

At the same time, on the vast plains of Gaoyang County, a group of cavalrymen flew across the sky like a bird and rushed towards another group of cavalrymen in uniform.

The battle flag fluttered in the cold wind, and the patterns embroidered on it became even more vivid in the sunlight.

Qiu Yue held a spear in his hand, calculated the distance between them and the enemy, then suddenly urged the warhorse under his crotch and rushed towards the enemy army fearlessly.

The distance was shortened in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Yi finally realized that Qiu Yue's horse was faster than theirs!

There is no time to dodge, so I can only charge!

The two armies engaged each other, and the battlefield instantly turned into a fiery inferno.

The iron gun spewed out bullets, ruthlessly reaping lives.

Arrows rained down like rain, cutting through the sky and shooting towards the Three Thousand Camp with a whistling sound.

The next moment, there was a dull echo when it collided with the shield.

The cavalry galloped like thunder and lightning, their hooves shattered the tranquility of the earth, and the dust they raised covered the sky and the sun.

The clash of swords and sticks, the sounds of fighting and tearing, the shouts and the clash of weapons intertwined together, forming a tragic and exciting symphony. Zhang Yi soon saw Qiu Yue, who was tall and looked like a reincarnated devil.

With a swing of Xianningbo's spear, a row of brothers were knocked off their horses. He was so powerful that it was ridiculous.

Under his leadership, the 3,000-man camp was like a no-man's land, and they defeated the large number of bandit troops.

Zhang Yi knew he couldn't go on like this, so he lowered his body, raised his spear, urged his horse, and rushed towards Qiu Yue: "Qiu Yue!!! Take my blow!"

With a "swish", Qiu Yue shot Zhang Yi, who was rushing towards him, off his horse.

"Ouch!" Zhang Yi spat out a mouthful of blood. When he was about to stand up, he was stepped on by the horses' hooves of the soldiers from the Three Thousand Battalion.

Until his death, Qiu Yue never looked at him straight in the eye.
The encounter came suddenly and ended quickly.

After Zhang Yi was killed in battle, the morale of the rebel army dropped greatly and they fled in all directions.

Qiu Yue ordered his men to pursue. He had already gained enough military merit, so it was time for his men to share some of the spoils.

Not long after, the dispersed subordinates came back, and the civil servant in charge of recording military merits directed the people recruited from nearby to clean up the battlefield while recording their respective military merits.

Deputy General Sanhe came up and said, "General! In this battle, we killed 1,145 enemy soldiers, and our side suffered 57 casualties."

"Arrange the injured soldiers to be recuperated in the rear, and record the names of the soldiers who died in battle. Don't get them mixed up." Qiu Yue nodded expressionlessly and gave the order.

"Yes!"

"Have you figured out why this bunch of bandits launched such a mindless surprise attack on me?" Qiu Yue took out a piece of dried meat and asked while chewing it.

Sanhe shook his head and said, "The prisoners we captured were all soldiers. The leaders were all killed in the battle, so no one knows why the leader did this."

"All died in the battle?"

Qiu Yue's expression changed a little. "They are quite courageous. They are capable and courageous. They went to the border to fight the Tartars. I respect them as men. But they ended up coercing the people to cause trouble in the Central Plains. Isn't that more deserving of death?!"

Sanhe nodded. He was the one rescued by Qiu Yue from the Mongolian Tartars and had been with Qiu Yue for almost ten years.

I look down upon people who only know how to bully others at home.

A small group of elite cavalrymen who escaped caught up with Liu Liu's troops and told him the news that the entire army had been annihilated.

Liu Liu was stunned for a while before he spoke: "Didn't I ask Zhang Yi to fish for Qiu Yue from a distance? Can he fish? Can he?!"

Qi Yanming quickly comforted Liu Liu and asked the cavalryman who came back to report the news, "What happened?"

The elite cavalry explained: "Captain Zhang was indeed trying to lure them from a distance, but the imperial court's horses were faster than us. When Chief Zhang discovered it, he was unable to turn around and had to bite the bullet and fight."

"How could Zhang Yi make such a stupid mistake? I only have four cavalry battalions, and we just wasted one! Ah. Is Zhang Yi a pig?!" Liu Liu was so angry that he was mad and stamping his feet. He had been in the industry for three years, and only last year had he been beaten so badly by the border troops.

And Zhang Yi had fought with him for a year, this shouldn't be the case!

Qi Yanming sighed and asked, "Chief, there is no point in talking about this now. Should we continue with the previous plan?"

"continue!"

Liu Liu said viciously: "Qiu Yue killed my entire battalion of cavalry, I will bury him with him!"

After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, then continued, "But we can't be so reckless this time. Send out the infantry battalion and let the old, weak, sick and disabled hold back Qiu Yue and lead them away."

(End of this chapter)