Chapter 338: Suzaku Guards vs. Du Mingyu's Troops
Bai Ze walked around Zhu Qiyu who was sweeping the floor and came to the inner hall of the ancestral temple.
As soon as he entered the inner hall, Bai Ze felt four extremely powerful auras.
Feeling these auras that were at the level of Hua Jin, Bai Ze couldn't help but take a deep breath.
As Bai Ze walked into the inner hall, four figures wearing armor of different colors turned their eyes to him at the same time.
"Who are you? Don't you know that you are not allowed to enter or leave the ancestral temple as you please?"
The leader, a man wearing green armor, directly questioned Bai Ze.
Facing the gaze of the man in green armor, he felt the oppressive aura of him and the other three people.
A few beads of sweat , and he tremblingly fell out of his arms.
He took out the golden token given to him by Zhu Gaosui and spoke to the four people.
"My Lords, I am the Prime Minister."
"I am here on the orders of Emperor Zhu Gaozu to ask the four commanders for help."
"The northern army has begun to attack Chunning City. Please ask the four commanders to quickly lead their men to the four city gates!"
Bai Ze said this while bowing to the four people.
Looking at the token in Bai Ze's hand, the four of them frowned and looked at each other.
The figure in white armor spoke to Bai Ze first.
"Since it is the order from Emperor Gaozu himself, we will certainly obey it."
"You go back first. I will bring people to support you after we prepare."
Seeing that the other party had agreed to help him, Bai Ze turned around and left the ancestral hall with a respectful look on his face.
After walking out of the inner hall, Bai Ze saw Zhu Qiyu again.
This time Zhu Qiyu did not choose to remain silent, but stood in front of Bai Ze.
Looking at Zhu Qiyu who was blocking his way, Bai Ze bowed and saluted.
"Your Majesty, I am here to pay my respects to you. If you have nothing to say, please."
"Please don't stop me, I have something important to do!"
Bai Ze spoke to Zhu Qiyu impatiently, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.
Hearing the tone of voice Bai Ze used when speaking to him, Zhu Qiyu suddenly became furious.
Even though he has been deprived of the throne by his ancestor Zhu Gaosui.
But after all, he is still the only heir to the Ming royal family in this world!
Bai Ze is just a subject, how dare he treat him like this! ?
Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu scolded Bai Ze with an angry look on his face.
"Bai Ze, you are truly my good subject!"
"I have only been away from the throne for a few days, and you already dare to speak disrespectfully to me."
"It seems that I was too good to you before!"
Facing Zhu Qiyu's reprimand, Bai Ze frowned unhappily.
Bai Ze believed that he was not the kind of villain who would forget his principles for the sake of profit, but he could hear the implicit meaning of Zhu Qiyu's words.
But they all regarded themselves as villains who ran to lick Zhu Gaosui after Zhu Qiyu lost power!
Seeing Zhu Qiyu still looking condescending, Bai Ze couldn't help but retort angrily.
"Zhu Qiyu, don't forget!"
"It was me, Bai Ze, who pushed you to the throne against all the opinions of the Bai family."
"If I, Bai Ze, were not there, what would you, Zhu Qiyu, be?"
"I hope you understand that I, Bai Ze, do not work for your Zhu family."
"I, Bai Ze, only serve one person, and that's the people of Beiming!"
After saying that, Bai Ze strode out of the ancestral temple without even looking back.
Zhu Qiyu was left with a blurry back view.
Looking at Bai Ze's departing back, Zhu Qiyu gritted his teeth unwillingly.
"Damn it, Bai Ze, how dare he speak to me like that!"
"Hmph, wait until I ascend the throne again, Bai Ze, Granduncle, you two just wait!"
The extremely angry Zhu Qiyu hated both Bai Ze for disrespecting him and Zhu Gaosui for depriving him of the throne.
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After leaving the palace, Bai Ze returned to the carriage and sat in it.
After leaving the imperial city, he rushed towards the west gate.
The West Gate, as the main gate of Chunning City, is guarded by Bai Ze himself with 10,000 imperial guards.
In addition, there are residential buildings that originally belonged to the vicinity of the West City Gate.
All of them were requisitioned by Bai Ze, and 10,000 city guards were stationed near the west gate.
As for the other four city walls, Bai Ze arranged 10,000 imperial guards to guard each one.
The remaining 20,000 city guards were divided into four parts and deployed at three city gates and outside the imperial city.
After making these arrangements, Bai Ze began to deal with the offensive of the Northern Army with all his strength.
Facing the west gate of Chunning City was the veteran general Xiong Kehui!
As one of the few generals under Jiang Chen who was good at defense, Xiong Kehui did not appear to be in a panic.
On the contrary, under his command, the 50,000 northern troops appeared to be very orderly in the face of the offensive against Chunning City.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Chen, who was supervising the battle behind Xiong Kehui with Li Yuanyi and the Royal Guard Battalion, seemed a little surprised.
"I didn't expect that Xiong Kehui is not only good at defense, but also very good at attack."
Jiang Chen said to Li Yuanyi who was standing beside him with a smile.
In response to Jiang Chen's praise for Xiong Kehui, Li Yuanyi nodded in approval.
"My lord, it seems you don't need to worry too much about General Xiong."
"Yes, I originally thought that General Xiong was the one who needed my personal supervision the most."
"But now it seems that Du Mingyu is the one I should pay more attention to."
Jiang Chen said, smiling helplessly and shaking his head.
For Jiang Chen, what he is most worried about is Xiong Kehui, who is known for his defensive skills, and Du Mingyu, whose leadership style is rather reckless.
But now it is obvious that Xiong Kehui doesn't need him to worry too much.
So Jiang Chen took Li Yuanyi with him, under the protection of the soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion.
They arrived at the rear of Du Mingyu's troops who were responsible for attacking the South Gate.
But to Jiang Chen's surprise, Du Mingyu used his reckless style.
The Northern Ming imperial guards on the city wall were caught off guard!
Indistinctly, the 50,000 northern troops led by Du Mingyu were about to capture the south gate of Chunning City!
Looking at this unexpected result, Jiang Chen couldn't help but finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The two generals that worried him the most both exceeded his expectations.
Gongsun Liang's strategy was successfully implemented, attracting the attention of the Northern Ming defenders in the city.
Seeing that the imperial guards at the South City Gate were about to collapse, the four secret guards who had been hiding in the dark finally took action!
The commander of the secret guards wearing fiery red armor appeared at the south gate of Chunning City.
Looking at the Northern Army that was about to rush to the top of the city, the commander of the secret guards wearing fiery red armor waved his hand.
"Suzaku Guards, follow me and kill all these reckless men from the northern border!"
Following a loud shout from the leader of the secret guards named "Suzaku Guards", ten thousand Beiming soldiers in fiery red armor rushed to the top of the city.
