A gentleman takes revenge, relying on his face for ten years

In mid-August, the emperor issued an edict to the world: the nine princes of Datar and Princess Qiudi died of illness in the northern part of the country.

The imperial decree of punishment was also issued quickly.Yan Chongjin was deprived of the title of Marquis of Anguo due to ineffective guards and serious dereliction of duty.Liang Hao ordered him to make up for his mistakes, and sent 15 troops to the north to guard the border, and set off immediately without any mistakes.

This is not even a chance to say goodbye.

Yan Chongjin knew that Liang Han's heart was on fire, and he didn't dare to provoke him anymore, so he took the order and set off.

He left in a hurry, and only had time to deliver a message to his family, which made Yan Buli and Chi Yue quite concerned.

The next day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the emperor doesn't even allow people to celebrate the reunion festival, which is too impersonal.What's more, for a place as far away as Saibei, it takes half a year to go back and forth.Not to mention how hard it is to garrison the fields, if there is another war, when will my son come back?

Chi Yue really wanted to go to the palace to pinch bean sprouts, but Yan Buli persuaded her.

"This time, Baba was punished because he did something wrong. He didn't feel much about it. He even took the initiative to ask for an order to fight. Let us two old things not be confused. The emperor is afraid of you and me. If we come out as elders again, the other party will I only think that the Yan family doesn't distinguish between public and private, and if they don't do it, they will intensify their efforts to control their son."

"Hmph! It's also because Yan Chongjin has no brains. He deserves to be teased." Chi Yue knocked the teacup heavily, imprinting a circle of deep lines on the pear blossom table, "I found a set in his room yesterday. Wedding dress. Hehe, I’ve been kicked to the sky, and I’m still dreaming of becoming a concubine.”

"People who are deeply in love, which one is not stupid?" Yan Buli sighed, "Parents don't know about entering the palace, if the two elders know that the grandson of the Yan family wants to disguise himself as a concubine in the palace, maybe he will How to make a fuss."

"A companion is like a tiger, and the emperor's heart is unreliable. One day he can be punished to go to the border, and tomorrow he can be thrown into limbo." Chi Yue squinted her eyes, "It was not easy for Dou Sprout to survive, and Chong Jin was too deep. I just agreed to the marriage. Now it seems that it is too hasty, and this matter needs to be reconsidered."

Yan Buli rested his chin and said: "No matter what, we have to wait for the son to come back before discussing..."

It's just that none of them expected that it would take four years for Yan Chongjin to leave.

Datar has been a major problem in the northwest of Chun Kingdom since ancient times. Liang Hao had consulted the historical materials of this kingdom when he was the crown prince, so he knew a little about this Datar king.

There is a rumor in the Western Regions: There is no mountain that the eagle cannot fly over, and there is no war that the Tatar King cannot win.

Bale Menggan was brave and good at fighting since he was a child, just like Timur in this era. He fought hundreds of battles in his life and wiped out nearly a hundred small countries in the Western Regions without ever experiencing defeat.The only time the army retreated was against Baishabao 20 years ago. It is said that the young master of the Yin family used a beauty trick to make Datar promise not to violate the border for ten years.

Liang Han knew it in his heart.With the opponent's belligerent personality, he would never let go of this opportunity to raise troops and expand, so he calculated the day when he issued the letter of credence to Datar, which happened to be the season when the desert began to snow.

Upon receiving the news of the death of the crown prince, Balmenggan was really furious.But he was also unable to send troops to attack, because the only eastward passage-Terla Pass was blocked by heavy snow.

If the Datar cavalry wants to march eastward, they must wait for the spring to melt.Invisibly, this bought Chun country half a year of preparation time.

Liang Han thought about building a land battle king, but later found that the tank was too heavy and had to burn oil to run.Not to mention that there is no oil purification technology in this era, even if there is, the internal combustion engine cannot be developed in half a year.

Therefore, he could only prepare a large number of heavy firearms for defending the city, and the guerrilla attack and annihilation in the desert still had to rely on traditional cavalry.

After the autumn harvest, the imperial court began to requisition grain and buy horses across the country. The main targets of exploitation were still the aristocratic families and merchants.

No one dared to complain this time, after all, it was to save their own lives.Otherwise, once the Tatars break through the barrier and enter, no matter how much money you have in your pocket, you will lose your life.

It is easy to raise food for soldiers in agricultural areas, but the number of horses in the Central Plains is too small, and there are even fewer good war horses that can go to the battlefield.

Compared with the configuration of the Datar cavalry with one man and three horses, Chunguo could not even have three men and one horse.Not counting the Saibei family, all the cavalry of the court did not add up to 15.Liang Han had to order the herdsmen in the north to raise more horses and tame horses on the grassland.

There is a problem with raising horses, however.

The traditional horse breed on the grassland is the Mongolian horse. This kind of horse has many advantages, but its growth rate is not fast.Even if Chun's army only started to counterattack last year, the year-old Ma Miao would not be needed.

Later, Jude Yu from Xinzhizhou, the capital of Xichuan Prefecture, offered advice and recommended a Sichuan horse to the imperial court.

Chuanma, as the name suggests, comes from mountains and rivers, and is a special product at the junction of Xichuan and Nanhuang, similar to Yunnan horses of later generations.

The size of this kind of horse is slightly smaller than that of Mongolian horses, but it is more expensive to have cubs to feed them. A one-year-old foal grows almost as tall as a mature horse.Moreover, it can adapt to the severe cold climate of the plateau and mountains, and is known for its camel carrying capacity and endurance, making it the first choice for grain transportation and long-distance raids.

Liang Han was quite satisfied, and ordered Xichuan Mansion to start domesticating Sichuan horses on the spot, and strive to double the number of cavalry in one year.

He was busy in intrigue with the senior ministers in the first court, and he was busy reviewing papers to prepare for the battle in the next court. He kept spinning like a top every day, and it went on for three months without knowing it.Liang Hao didn't realize that it was winter until he received the note from the border customs and saw Yan Zhongjin's instructions to add clothes to keep warm.

This season outside the Great Wall will only be colder than the east. This person is in a place of bitter cold, so I worry about whether he, a person in the imperial city, will freeze.

Listening to the whimpering north wind outside the window, Liang Han shook his head with a smile, and took up a pen to write his heartfelt thoughts densely in the reply letter.Finally, I blew on the ink, looked at it for a while, raised my hand and threw it into the brazier to burn.

After Yan Chongjin was stationed in Saibei, he reported the border situation to the court every month, and even included secret letters in the booklet.

The man was usually reticent, but he had a lot to say to him when he wrote the letter.Sometimes they talked about the customs outside the Great Wall, sometimes they talked about interesting stories in the barracks, and sometimes they complained about the bad food and no cakes to eat.There is a long and eloquent article, there is no sentence I miss you, but between the lines, it is full of concern.

Liang Han never replied, only approved official letters.And one more word is not nonsense, and sometimes I even just stingyly approve a read.

He must let the other party know that his anger is still there, and he must also let Yan Chongjin understand the difference between monarch and minister, what is public affairs and personal friendship, and what is memorable.

The pale paper, the black ink, and those never-said words were all burned to ashes inch by inch on the coals.

Looking at the tired face under the candlelight, Xia Rong persuaded: "Long live Lord, rest early, you have lost a lot of weight recently, and you can't sleep well at night, the imperial doctor has prepared medicine."

Liang Han didn't raise his head: "Wait until I finish approving this book."

Xia Rong couldn't help saying another word: "It's almost the Chinese New Year...how about you answer Yan Shuai a few more words?"

Liang Han suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes were sharp: "Did he use all his strength to get you here?!"

Xia Rong was so frightened that he plopped down on his knees: "Old slave dare not! This old slave is definitely not passing on a message for foreign ministers... But, you are not the one who is tormented by being so cold to that person? The old slave just watched. It hurts!"

Liang Han looked at the letter on the imperial case, and sighed: "Yan Chongjin is arbitrarily arbitrarily powerful, which caused Datar's marriage to fail. In this matter... I also have the responsibility of favoring too much, so I have the right to punish myself."

He didn't want to be tortured by both sides, but only when the pain was severe, the other party would gain wisdom from a fall.Reply two more sentences, that smart guy will be able to capture his emotions, what if he raises his tail outside the Great Wall again?

Yan Chongjin is a general who holds military power. He controls the life and death of tens of thousands of people and shoulders the safety of a country.If you let it go, even if you enter the palace in the future, you will probably use your honor and favor to do politics for personal gain. Sooner or later, you will be labeled as a disaster for the country and the people.

He didn't think he was Tang Xuanzong, so he didn't want the other party to suffer the fate of Concubine Yang.

Furthermore, celebrities are envied by others, and favored ministers are hated by ministers. In this court, it is easy to hide a hidden arrow and it is difficult to guard against it.

Chi Han is now the king of the Far East, Yan Chongjin is holding a heavy army, and Yan Buli is holding the entire Central Plains Wulin. The power of the Yan family has become so powerful that even the courtiers are afraid.As an emperor, how could he not know how to check and balance?

This time, the Marquis and the Jue were kicked far away to Saibei.One is to be vigilant, and the other is to protect the other party.Only by keeping the other party away from the court center and making everyone feel that this person has fallen out of favor can Yan Chongjin be safe.

Liang Han stood up and opened the window.The cold wind blows in with snowflakes, which makes people wake up for a while.

Looking at the deep night outside, he said with a wry smile: "As an emperor, I can't even eat three spoonfuls of food, so how can I hold my favorite thing in my hand all day long? In that case, I might break him at any moment gone."

Because I like it, I can't like it too much.Even if you like it too much, you can't let this kind of like harm the other party.

Xia Rong lowered his head deeply: "This old slave understands."

After the cold wind blew for a while, his mood calmed down a lot. Liang Hao closed the window, turned his head and said, "Prepare some fur coats and leather boots..."

Xia Rong's spirit was shaken: "The old slave complies with the order, and will send a fast horse to the outside of the pass tomorrow!"

"No." Liang Han shook his head, "Send it to Yan Mansion, in the name of the Yan family...Send it there."

Half a year flies by.Yan Chongjin was stationed in Baishabao, training troops while building fortifications, joined hands with the Lou family who guarded Yangmen Pass, and deployed two defensive fronts in Sainan and Saibei.

In the spring of the sixth year of Taihe, the king of Datar used the name of the crown prince to avenge his personal expedition. He poured the power of the whole country, mobilized millions of troops, and marched eastward to Dachun.

The endless blood tide surged from west to east, crossed the Taierla Mountain Pass, crossed the desert, and killed to the Yangmen Pass at the beginning of summer.

Due to the advance warning from the imperial court, the people in various towns in southern Senan entered the pass to seek refuge early.Lou Lianhai also used a sinister trick to clear the walls, so that the Datars couldn't even find a clean well in Senan.

Bale Menggan is not a fool, Senan is not easy to eat, so he naturally brought soldiers to Saibei.Anyway, after entering the grassland, you can still go south, it's nothing more than a long detour.

Compared with Yangmen Pass, which is as difficult and dangerous as the Ghost Gate Pass, Saibei's defense is much weaker.The militiamen of the three great families are not as strong as the soldiers of the Lou family. As long as they concentrate their forces, it is not afraid that he will not be able to eat a mere white sand castle with so many people.

What's more... the man on the king's car squinted his golden-brown eagle eyes, looking at the bright white sand in the distance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.He still remembers the little plum blossom. It is not too late to eat the meat that was not available more than 20 years ago.

The Datar cavalry were all in brown clothes and red armor, and tens of thousands of vanguards came with great momentum.At the end of the horizon, there is billowing smoke and dust, and then there is a line of blood that expands.The red tide rushed from the sky, the black-headed eagle flag fluttered in the strong wind, and the Datar army quickly rushed to the city...

Then he was hit by a series of minefields produced by Shenjiying.

The loud bang shook the ground, and iron sand thunder exploded among the horses one after another, causing the horses to neigh in shock.Thick black smoke mixed with blood mist rose above the Datar cavalry formation.

Before entering the Baisha Castle within a hundred feet, the Datar vanguard team was in chaos, and the coach at the rear immediately retreated.

Yin Meixue, the lord of White Sand Castle, stood on the top of the castle, her phoenix eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

He smiled and patted Yan Chongjin on the shoulder: "If your thunder formation came out a few years earlier, the sand bandits in Saibei would have been wiped out."

"The adoptive father is absurd." Yan Chongjin said, "This is all developed by the emperor and the craftsmen of Shenjiying. How can I have that ability?"

"It's okay, my daughter-in-law is not an outsider."

"..."

Balemengan did not expect that Baishabao had prepared such powerful firearms. Seeing that the vanguard was severely frustrated and morale was severely low, he hesitated for a while whether to continue the attack.

Da Tiyin Si Zebewu next to him remonstrated: "King Khan don't have to worry, just drive a group of horses over and detonate the fire and thunder in the sand, and my cavalry warriors will be unstoppable."

Bale Menggan nodded: "As the Qing family said, drive horses to clear mines, the vanguard and the rear!"

However, Chun Bing was covered with caltrops within a hundred feet of the White Sand Castle, and when he hoofed down, the horse's legs were all crippled.

No matter how the cavalry behind him drove, those horses stopped moving forward. If they were caught in a hurry, they kicked them on the spot and kicked the people behind them.

Now Jebe U was in the same situation, he could only make nonsense that today is not an auspicious time to attack, so it is better to choose another day to fight again.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Balmenggan simply withdrew his troops back and set up a camp ten miles away from Baisha Castle.

In the wide felt tent, suet lamps dance with dim yellow light.

The thin man leaned on the leather couch, resting his handsome cheek with one hand, dozing off in a daze.Hearing the sound of the curtain being raised, Ta Cong Zhanyu opened his eyes, moved his slightly purple lips, and called out in a low voice: "Your Majesty..."

Bale Menggan took off his cold cloak, strode over, lifted his chin and kissed him.

Sensing that the other party's movements were more intense than usual, Ta Cong Zhanyu relaxed his jaw, allowing the tongue to gallop and wreak havoc in his mouth, but finally couldn't help coughing.

"Forget that you are still sick." Bale Menggan let go of the other party, "You are not in good health, and you have to travel long distances with the army, how can you bear it?"

"Following the king, I am not afraid of suffering. Anyway, I have been ill for so many years, and I am used to it." Ta Cong Zhan Yuyang looked up at him, and said with hatred, "I will live and watch the emperor of Chun die with my own eyes. Those Chun people who killed Jiuri were trampled to pieces by Datar cavalry!"

Mentioning his son, Bale Menggan also turned cold, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I will avenge Jiuri."

Da Cong Zhanyu lowered his black jade-like eyes: "I believe in the king's determination, but I heard from the soldiers... In the first battle today, the vanguard battalion encountered a small nail?"

Bale Menggan nodded solemnly, and told the opponent about the setback in the first battle.

The Ta Cong family had been lurking in Saibei for hundreds of years, and knew the other three families in Saibei very well. Ta Cong Zhanyu frowned after hearing the deployment of Baisha Castle.

"How can the Yin family have the strength to deploy a thunder formation? Moreover, such a tight defense would never come from Yin Meixue, that brainless castle master. I'm afraid there are experts behind him."

Ba Lemenggan smiled bitterly: "You still hate Xiao Twelve so much?"

Cong Zhanyu said dissatisfiedly: "What? Are you still treating him as Princess Xue? Yin Meixue has already been married."

"Of course not, I have suffered enough from him, how can I fall twice in one place?" Bale Menggan said with a smile, "Even if Yin Xuemei begged me on her knees, I would never marry him again Yes, at most as a plaything."

"Hmph, it's still impossible to pass his beauty test!" The other party turned his back angrily, "Anyway, Zhanyu can't serve the king now, the king should go find someone else."

Ta Cong Zhanyu has enviable beauty and flattering skills, and is also a beauty who is cold on the outside and flattering on the inside, and is quite loved by King Datar.

He is now the head of eighteen male concubines and has always been favored in the royal court.Even Queen Datar did not dare to compete with him for jealousy, for fear that this person would want to be a male queen one day on a whim.

It's just that after the death of Balejiuri, Ta Cong Zhanyu had no heirs to rely on.Coupled with his heart disease, he was no longer able to accept grace.If Bale Menggan had any sparks with Yin Meixue, his old rival, his end would only be worse than death.

At this time, it is natural to use a bitter and jealous temperament to guard against stubborn defense and firmly hold the husband's heart.

Balmenggan had long been used to this man's little tricks, and even began to feel bored in his heart.But Ta Cong Zhanyu has been with him for 20 years, and he can be regarded as loyal, obedient and well-behaved, but now he is sick on the bed, so he has to be patient and coax him.

"Zhanyu, I'm just joking, don't be angry, or your heart will hurt again." He bent down and kissed the other side's temples, and suddenly found a striking white hair among a handful of black hair.

No matter how good Cong Zhanyu is at maintaining it, he is over forty now.The skin is no longer as tender and delicate as it was many years ago, and wrinkles have begun to appear at the corners of the eyes.There is also this flexible body, more or less showing an old state, and the lower part is so loose that it makes people lack desire.

For a lower-body creature like Balemengan, guarding the tartar cong and sticking jade is almost equivalent to abstinence.He is completely maintained by the friendship of 20 years, but even he doesn't know how long his patience can last.

After calling a few times, Ta Cong Zhanyu still refused to turn around, and Balmeng Gan sighed with displeasure: "Since you are asleep, I'm going out."

As soon as he stood up, his legs were hugged.Da Cong Zhanyu rubbed against his leg like a cat and said, "Who is your Majesty looking for?"

"Don't be so suspicious, okay? I just want to talk to Jebeu about tomorrow's siege!"

Hearing the other party's tone turned cold, Ta Cong Zhanyu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly smiled obsequiously: "If Jebeu wants to have a good idea, he has already dedicated it to the king. The king might as well talk to Zhanyu."

Balemeng Ganmi smiled and said, "You also know how to siege a city?"

"I don't know how to attack the city, but I know how to attack the heart." Da Cong Zhanyu said with dark eyes, "Didn't we capture dozens of slaves along the way? Let them go to Lei to clear the obstacles."

"It's a good way." Bale Menggan hooked his chin and boasted, "Zhanyu is really a femme fatale, quite poisonous."

The femme fatale showed her loyalty in time: "Zhanyu belongs to the king, if the king wants me to poison me, I will poison him, and if the king wants me to die, I will die. I will never complain."

"Very good." Bale Menggan's eyes darkened, "This king needs you to be a puppy now."

Da Cong Zhanyu understood immediately, and obediently crawled under his crotch, stretched out his hand to untie the other's pants, and began to serve him with his mouth familiarly.

The puppy's skills are good, much better than inserting that broken chrysanthemum.Waves of pleasure came under him, Bale Menggan grabbed the opponent's hair, and couldn't help but let out a low growl of satisfaction.

Cong Zhanyu of Ta Cong loves cleanliness by nature, so he was extremely reluctant to give birth to him at first.It's just that as a forbidden man, talking about shame and self-esteem is too ridiculous, and serving the master well is the most important mission.

With his health getting worse and worse, he had to try his best to please the other party.Over time, the former young master of the Tarcong family, one of the two masters in Saibei, lost his arrogance under the crotch of a man, leaving only the servility of submitting to Wang Wei.

Da Cong Zhanyu knew that since 20 years ago, when he committed himself to Balmengan for the sake of his family, he had lost his soul.And the chief culprit of all this is the eldest son of the Yin family——Yin Meixue.

This time, the old and new hatred will be avenged together.

The cold wind blew, and the lights in the handsome tent went out.

In the early morning of the next day, a warning gong sounded over the White Sand Castle, and the enemy from the west attacked again.

Yan Chongjin thought that the Datars would send a group of death squads to rush into the minefield, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't go into battle at all, but drove a group of people from Chunguo over!

These people should be merchants living on the edge of the Saibei Desert. Perhaps they were captured by the Tartars and turned into slaves before they could retreat to the pass.Among the four or fifty people, men, women and children, all in ragged clothes and unkempt faces, were whipped forward by the soldiers behind them.

As they moved forward tremblingly, they cleaned up the barbed wire and tripping ropes on the ground, and approached the White Sand Castle step by step.

The soldiers on the tower were all staring at each other, and Yin Meixue was also extremely nervous, pulling Lin Zhengxuan and saying, "Zhengxuan, what should we do?"

Lin Zhengxuan is his wife and the second in command of the Martial Arts League. He is also the one with the highest IQ among the four wolves in Jianghu.

But Lin Zhiduoxing had no idea at this time.The city is full of minefields, and they can't go out to save people.What's more, the Datar cavalry followed these Chun people. Once the city gate was opened, it was easy for the opponent to take advantage of it.

"Boom!" Finally, someone unfortunately stepped on the thunder, and the other people were so frightened that they cried loudly and did not dare to move forward any more. The Datar soldiers behind raised their whips and whipped them fiercely.

Yan Chongjin raised his hand and bent his bow to set an arrow, and he pulled the whole strong bow to perfection.There was only a whoosh, and the sharp arrow left the string, and the Datar soldier who raised his whip fell to the ground immediately.

Cheers erupted from the top of the city, and the Datar cavalry below were a little dumbfounded.God, there is still nearly a hundred feet away, how can people from Chun shoot their arrows so far? !

They had no choice but to go into battle with their shields on and continue beating the stagnant Chunmin.

Yin Meixue saw that Yan Chongjin took another arrow, but the target was not the Tartars but the people, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "What are you doing?!"

The author has something to say: Yan Chongjin gritted his teeth and replied: "Instead of letting them destroy the defense and then be killed, it is better to let me be the villain."

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Ask a question, if you were the general defending the city, what would you do in this situation?

Note: It is the rule of the Qing emperor to use no more than three spoons of vegetables.