Bright Spring

Zhu Yunwen was furious.The official army was defeated all the way from Shandong, Huaibei, and Huainan, and they never really won a battle!

Sheng Yong is only interested in Puzikou, a new city built during the Hongwu period. It seems that he has chosen a place long ago, and he said he would go to Puzikou when he was still on the Huaihe River.Now I finally got my wish, I went straight to this city and looked at the riverside.

At that time, Fang Xiaoru said that he still followed the opinion of the front-line general Sheng Yong, that he must gather elite troops to defeat Yan Shi in order to stabilize people's hearts.It is advocated to transfer a group of elite soldiers from the Beijing camp to join the guards who have already arrived in the capital, and transport them across the river together with Sheng Yong, in order to fight decisively.

Zhu Yunxuan was unwilling, if he wanted to disturb the last foundation of the Beijing camp, why did he have to be transferred back from Lingbi?

So Fang Xiaoru proposed another strategy, sending Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan to escort King Yan's cousin Princess Qingcheng across the river, pretending to negotiate peace with King Yan, and delaying Yan's division by delaying troops, so as to buy time for the reinforcements from the provinces to gather.The emperor allowed it.

But Yan Wang is obviously not so easy to be fooled.A few days later, the strategy of delaying the army failed. King Yan saw through the court's strategy when he met, and said in public: "The treacherous officials of the court want to slow me down and wait for the ears of foreign soldiers."

Xue Yan went to the enemy's camp and saw that Yan's army was strong and strong. After returning to Beijing, he even persuaded the emperor to give Yan Ni more benefits and cut off all the territory north of the river to seek peace.

So Fang Xiaoru scolded Xue Yan like a bloody dog!

Fang Xiaoru once again advised Sheng to raise the reinforcements of the Jingying and Weisuo to immediately reinforce Sheng Yong.This time the Holy Majesty finally agreed.

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Xue Yan was not Fang Xiaoru's opponent at all in the scolding battle. He was dubbed disloyal, unfilial, and spineless.So he wrote a secret letter to King Yan in private, wanting to surrender to him.

King Yan responded immediately after receiving the secret letter, praising Xue Yan for abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, and good birds choosing trees to live in Yunyun.I don't know how King Yan learned that Xue Yan had a close personal relationship with Wuding Hou Guo Ying, so he asked Xue Yan to persuade Guo Ying to surrender together in a letter.

Xue Yan then ventured to visit Guo Ying's mansion, wanting to test Guo Ying's attitude first.

Xue Yan complained loudly in front of Guo Ying, and when he talked about his discussions and experiences, he deliberately emphasized that Yan's army was huge and strong, implying that King Yan could win.

But Guo Ying was unmoved, he sighed: "This old man has lived on the state's salary for decades, now he is too old to serve the country, he has to die for the country."

...Guo Ying's second son, Guo Ming, was originally an official in the Liao Palace. When the Liao King was recalled to Beijing, Guo Ming also came back.

After he came back from Liaodong, the whole family lived in his father's Houfu.Xue Yan's words didn't have much effect on Guo Ying, but Guo Ming listened very carefully.

Guo Ming paced back and forth under the eaves outside the hall, blushing anxiously.

King Liao had lost his power, and he must not be able to hold the big tree anymore. Now Guo Ming has nothing to do all day long.But the current situation is not the worst. The worst thing is that if the king of Yan enters the capital and my father does not surrender, what will the son do?

Guo Ming is sure that his father will not surrender!Father is already old, and he is wise and wise, and will not bear the reputation of being unfaithful just because of his dying years.As for future generations?Marquis Wu Ding couldn't control the twelve sons, but the eldest son Guo Zhen took the princess's...

What can Guo Ming have that time?You can't rely on your father. If King Yan ascends the throne, even the ass of the Guo family is wrong, so it's fine if you don't get liquidated!

At this moment, Wu Dinghou's voice came from the hall: "Come, see off!"

Guo Ming hurried to the door, cupped his hands and said, "Xue Siqing, please."

"The etiquette of the old Hou Ye's family is considerate." Xue Yan smiled, "Don't send it away, don't send it away, please."

Guo Ming led the way, walked up a corridor, turned around and said with a forced smile: "My father is old, and he likes to be quiet and rarely sees guests. If Xue Siqing comes here again, I am afraid that you will be left out in the cold, Xue Siqing can go straight to him. I am, I am idle."

Xue Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay, okay. The house is also welcoming Guo Dianbao at any time."

This Xue Siqing came to the door and said how powerful King Yan was.Guo Ming suspected that this guy had already taken refuge in King Yan, but Guo Ming didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to go back and forth first and see the situation before talking.

Xue Yan's voice said again: "The old Hou Ye is in good health, it's not that he can't fight for the court, but..." He stopped for a while, and said in a deep voice, "The princes in the court don't believe in the Hou Ye. Back then, the Hou Ye In Zhending City, didn’t the King of Yan send someone to seek marriage? Chaoli already knew about these things.”

"Ah?" Guo Ming didn't react for a moment.

Xue Yan smiled and said, "Mrs. Ling, isn't she from the Xu family?"

Guo Ming suddenly realized: "Yes, there is a little bit of kinship."

Xue Yan shook his head without saying a word, and continued walking forward.

Guo Ming really didn't expect this to be considered a relative!His wife's surname is indeed Xu, how did he get close to King Yan... He thought for a long time before he finally figured out that the relationship between the Guo family and King Yan was mainly connected through the relationship between Zhongshan King Xu Da.Xu Da's daughter is Princess Yan; and Xu Da's uncle's daughter is Guo Ming's wife.

Guo Ming pondered for a long time, but felt dizzy.

He sent Xue Yan away, and returned to the small courtyard where the Hou's mansion lived, and saw his wife Xu was washing clothes there with her sleeves rolled up.Guo Ming immediately walked over and said, "It's snowing, it's so cold, and there are so many servants in my father's house, how can Madam do the laundry herself?"

Mrs. Xu raised her head and said: "Although we are at the husband's parents' house, we all depend on the Marquis's house for food and drink, and my father-in-law has so many children who are watching... We have to be a little self-aware."

Guo Ming looked up to the sky and sighed, "I didn't expect that I, the son of a dignified marquis, would end up here!" He said apologetically, "My lady was born in the Xu family, but she followed me to suffer like this, alas!"

Mrs. Xu shook her head and said, "It's just because of King Zhongshan's honor. How much does Zhongshan Wang's family have anything to do with our family? Before I married my husband, my family was not a big family, so please don't say that."

"Guo Yan and Guo Wei?" Guo Ming said.

Xu said: "They are doing other things, the weather is cold, don't freeze them."

"You are too pampered." Guo Ming strode towards the boudoir of the two daughters, opened the door and saw the two girls were doing needlework.They stood up one after another and said, "Father is back."

"What are you two doing?" Guo Ming asked.

The second daughter, Guo Wei, just turned 13 years old, she raised her head and said with a childish face, "It's almost Chinese New Year, mother told us to make new clothes for dad, mother said that dad wants to socialize with dignitaries and wear silk and satin."

After hearing this, Guo Ming stood there in a daze. Seeing that his two daughters were both wearing cotton jackets and skirts, his heart suddenly felt sore.He still received a salary, but after he became powerless and powerless, he was living in a very difficult situation on that little official salary alone.

Guo Wei touched the slippery and shiny silk material, raised her head and said, "When Daddy gets promoted, can you also buy us new silk clothes?"

"Don't talk too much, dad is busy with business." Guo Yan tugged on her sister's sleeve and warned in a low voice.

Guo Wei looked aggrieved, pouted her mouth and remained silent.

The eldest daughter is 16 years old, and she is indeed quite sensible.She was born to Guo Ming's concubine. That concubine passed away a long time ago and was adopted by Mrs. Xu...but Mrs. Xu treated her well, because she was afraid that she would not be her own daughter, but she would love and accommodate Guo Yan more.

The two daughters are not the same mother, and they don't look alike.Guo Yan is more charming when she is older, Guo Wei's body is not fully grown, and her bones are not thin and slender, but she is also pretty and pleasant.

Guo Ming sighed again, unable to say anything, turned around and walked out of the room, came to Xu's side again, and asked: "Is the salary I received at the beginning of the month still available? It's almost Chinese New Year, and I bought a new suit for the two girls." Clothes."

Xu said: "They don't go out, why are they dressed so well? Husband, don't worry about these trivial matters."

After hearing this, Guo Ming didn't say much, he just paced back and forth on the eaves.He put his hands into his sleeves, lowered his head in thought, and when he looked up occasionally, he could see the lady who was washing clothes silently looking at him.

There was hope in Madam's eyes, and her expectations could only be pinned on Guo Ming.

"Huh, huh, huh..." Mrs. Xu rubbed her clothes vigorously. She silently took care of the children's housework and never complained since returning to Beijing.But just like this, Guo Ming felt heavy in his heart, unable to hang around like this.

Chapter 137 Dare to Ask Where the Nine Cauldrons Are

Corpses littered the fields outside Puzikou City, and snowflakes floated on the messy corpses, which was extremely chilling and desolate.A large flag fell down on the ground, and the word "Ming" on it was blurred in the mud and snow.

A soldier wearing a wide-brimmed hat ran desperately in the snow, accidentally kicked a corpse, and fell to the ground.He immediately turned over and stared at the roaring iron horse with terrified eyes. He pressed his hands on the snow behind his back, kicked his feet wildly, and moved his body backwards.

A banner with the words "King Gaoyang" floated in, and in front of a big brown horse, Zhu Gaoxu in full armor stabbed at the soldiers on the ground with a cherry gun.But Yingqiang stopped suddenly, and Zhu Gaoxu shouted loudly on his horseback: "Surrender, you can avoid death!"

"General, spare your life!" the soldier finally shouted.

Zhu Gaoxu then took the cherry gun.The soldier turned over from his supine position, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed: "Thank you, General, for not killing me, thank you for not killing me!"