The Ugly Empress

Yu Chen's troops retreated for twenty miles, and ordered people to set up camp along the river bank, stretching for a hundred miles to resist Zhang Hong's advance with a city wall formation.

It's just that Yu Chen forgot one thing, that is, the longer the camp is stretched, the more difficult it is to save himself. Although he also thought of this, the distance between camps is not far, which causes more disadvantages. Once the enemy sets fire, the hundred-mile camp will be destroyed. There was no reason for Zhang Hong not to attack with fire one after another. This could be said to be a good solution once and for all.

Lang Jing persuaded Yu Chen, but Yu Chen was furious. He scolded Lang Jing for being young and ignorant of the heights of heaven and earth.

Not only did Yu Chen not listen to Lang Jing's advice, but he also ordered someone to arrest him and push him out to behead him, saying that he disturbed the morale of the army. The master Zhang Mo and the generals begged bitterly, saying that Lang Jing was the one ordered by His Majesty. Moreover, he was Xue Yu's confidant, if he killed his head, he would offend many people at once, so Yu Chen let Lang Jing go in a fit of indignation.

Lang Jing knew that this battle was bound to be lost, but it was a pity that the news might spread to the capital, and King Xue would implicate the Marquis of Zhuangzhang in a fit of anger.

In a few days, some soldiers came to send the imperial decree, ordering everyone to bow down and receive the decree, saying that Yu Chen was careless in using troops, which led to the retreat. King Xue had already dismissed him as the commander-in-chief, and demanded to hand over the military talisman and commander's seal immediately and then return to the capital. General Teng Ying is rushing to Mingshui.

Yu Chen was not happy to hear this, and then heard that it was Teng Ying, a little boy, who made trouble. He refused to accept the order, and even detained the guards who read out the imperial order.

Yu Chen's resistance made the army panic, but no one dared to stand up and resist, for fear of being the second Lang Jing.

Yu Chen ordered a thousand elite soldiers, asked them to put on armor and helmets, hold spears in their hands, and go with Yu Chen to meet the new general.

Zhang Mo, the master secretary, was also a general before, but it was a pity that he lost his right hand when he went into battle to kill the enemy. Although he could hold a pen and write without any hindrance, he couldn't hold heavy objects, so he had to retire and become a civil servant. He ran to ask Lang Jing for advice. Lang Jing just said, "When Teng Ying comes, he can retreat from the enemy."

When Teng Yun arrived at Mingshui with the army, he heard the soldiers near the front suddenly say: "General, there seems to be a group of troops ahead."

At this time, there was a thick fog, and the distance could not be seen clearly. Teng Yun was afraid that Zhang Hong was in ambush, so he did not dare to let everyone march, but the team of troops came this way, and the leader who walked closer was Yu Chen.

Holding a spear in his hand, Yu Chen sneered when he saw Teng Yun, and said, "Concubine Teng is here."

Hearing his first sentence, Teng Yun knew that Yu Chen was dissatisfied with himself, and said, "Is General Yu here to submit the official seal of the military talisman?"

After hearing this, Yu Chen sneered again, spat out a mouthful of phlegm, and said, "What are you, you came here to lead the army in Mingshui?"

As he spoke, he raised his spear, pointed it at Teng Yun, and said arrogantly: "If you can fight from here today, you will be a general. If you can't even pass the gun in my hand, what kind of general are you? Hurry up!" Go back to Shangjing and be your shitty male concubine."

Teng Yun said: "Before the battle, I'm afraid it will disturb the morale of the army."

Yu Chen smiled and said: "If you don't dare, just go back honestly, there is no need to talk about him!"

Zhang Mo stood up at this time and said: "Now we are confronting Zhang Hong. If the two generals make a move, it will indeed make all the soldiers suspicious. How about this... All the soldiers present are witnesses. The two generals each hold a commander-in-chief. Qiu Weijie, whoever is the first to plant the commander-in-chief flag on the hill will be the commander-in-chief of Mingshui, and all the soldiers will be convinced."

Yu Chen raised his eyes and looked at Teng Yun, seeming to be very disdainful. If he said that the other party was a civil servant, it would be fine, but if he wanted to compete with him for the commander-in-chief flag, wouldn't he be joking?

Teng Yun glanced at Shuai Qi. Although the flag was heavy and his body was half-strength, it might not be impossible to plant the flag with ingenuity.

The two sides are meaningless, and the soldiers of each will present the commander-in-chief flag.

Teng Yun weighed the handsome flag in his hand. It would be a bit difficult to play with the flag on the horse.

Yu Chen took over the commander-in-chief flag, immediately grabbed the reins of the horse, and took the first step to drink the horse before leaving. Teng Yun held the big flag with his left hand, and grasped the rein with the other hand, and chased after him.

The two horses are naturally good horses, and for a while they were neck and neck. Yu Chen disdained each other, swung the big flag vigorously with his arms, and stabbed Teng Yun with the tip of the flag. Teng Yun leaned on the horse's back and dodged , was not provoked by the other party, but urged the horse to the hill with all his strength.

The hill was not very far away, and Yu Chen was a little behind in swinging the flag, so impatiently he took down his spear and joined the big flag, and stabbed Teng Yun again.

Teng Yun never responded positively. Seeing that he was rushing up the hill, Teng Yun suddenly got off his horse and was about to plant the flag. Yu Chen also arrived, and he stretched out his spear to block it.

In just a blink of an eye, just hearing a "chi", a big flag had been deeply inserted into the soil, and the big flag in Yu Chen's hand was cut in half by the tiger wing knife.

Although the fog was thick, the soldiers stood not far away, and they didn't understand what happened. The handsome flag with the words "Mingshui General Yu" slanted suddenly and collapsed on the ground. Naturally, everyone knew that the victory and defeat had been decided. .

Yu Chen was taken advantage of by the brat, and he was so angry that he wanted to make a killing move. At this time, Lang Jing rushed over with someone, and said with a smile: "General Yu keeps his promises, so naturally he won't argue with the younger generation."

Yu Chen was surrounded by his subordinates, and he was even more ashamed to have so many eyes watching him.

Teng Yun just clasped his fists and said: "King Xue has an order, please return to the capital soon after General Yu rectifies."

No matter how dissatisfied Yu Chen could not speak out, he threw away the spear, rode his horse and returned to the tent.

Teng Yun entered the camp and immediately recruited his subordinates to discuss how to deal with Zhang Hong.

On the table were a camp layout map and a map of Zhang Hong’s camp found by the spies. Lang Jing said: “Any fire attack must rely on wind power. The sky north of Mingshui is dry and the wind is constant. The reason why Zhang Hong didn’t set fire immediately is because the wind direction is wrong. If you set fire rashly, your own army will definitely be hurt.”

Looking at the barracks stretching for hundreds of miles, Teng Yun felt a little confused for a moment, and said, "The camp must not be so secure, but if you want to change now, it must be too late."

Lang Jing interjected: "Lang once studied astronomy and astrology. Within three days there will be strong winds. Zhang Hong will definitely take advantage of the wind and set the fire on fire. If he camps again, it will definitely not be enough within three days."

Teng Yun stroked the map with his fingers, and said, "What is this canyon?"

Zhang Mo said: "This place is called Broken Heart Valley. The canyon is named like a narrow road. Food and salaries are supplied from the nearest state and county. Only passing through Broken Heart Valley can it be sent to Mingshui. Much longer."

Teng Yun reached out and tapped the map, and suddenly smiled and said, "There is a way."

Lang Jing also nodded in surprise at this time, his cold face that has remained unchanged all year round unexpectedly changed, and said: "I don't know if the general's method is the same as what Lang thinks."

Teng Yun picked up the pen on the table and wrote a word in the palm of his hand, Lang Jing also picked up the pen and wrote a word, the two of them spread out their palms at the same time, and all the generals saw the word "fire".

Zhang Mo said: "What kind of fire attack method?"

Pointing to the canyon on the map, Teng Yun said, "There is not enough time to re-arrange the camp. Let's use Broken Heart Valley to lure Zhang Hong into the plan and delay the time."

He paused, "Zhang Hong has been away from the hinterland to garrison Mingshui for a long time, and the supply of food and grass must be insufficient. If there is a team of food trucks that are not properly defended at this time, Zhang Hong will definitely go for the cheap...especially the terrain of Broken Heart Valley It is dangerous, Zhang Hong will definitely send troops to ambush here in advance. Ask the grain transport officer to pile straw that is easy to catch fire in the grain cart. Once the ambushes come out and light the straw, the enemy army will naturally be in chaos in the narrow Heartbroken Valley, and dozens of grain carts will be nailed to each other. Lian, block the exits at both ends, so that Zhang Hong will definitely lose his troops and lose his generals, so he dare not attack rashly."

When the generals heard it, it was indeed a good idea. In this way, if Zhang Hong failed to ambush, he would fall into the trap. Naturally, the soldiers would not be able to escape from the chaos.

Lang Jing thought exactly the same, so Teng Yun sent someone to spread the rumors, and revealed the food delivery from Broken Heart Valley to Zhang Hong on the other side of the Mingshui River.

Zhang Hongting

Wen Daxi, you must know that many soldiers have complained about the lack of food and salaries in their army. Although Zhang Hong killed a few people, everyone dare not say anything now, but after all, the problem of food still needs to be solved.

Zhang Hongzu lived as a nomad in the past dynasties. Although he was brave, he was a person who drank and ate meat. Now he is on an expedition, and the wine is okay. The meat is perishable and it is not easy to transport it. Everyone can only eat grain to fill their stomachs.

How can the soldiers go to battle and kill the enemy if they don't have enough to eat?

Zhang Hong didn't even think about it, and immediately sent a thousand elite soldiers to lead an ambush in Broken Heart Valley, and then sent another two thousand elite soldiers to follow up to make sure everything was safe!

Zhang Mo took the initiative to ask Ying to pretend to be a grain guard. Hundreds of grain carts pushed mountains of "grain" into the canyon, and were detained by ambushes in the grass as soon as they entered.

Zhang Mo was about to light the fire, but when he saw that someone was leading soldiers to respond, Zhang Mo was secretly delighted, he did not expect that Zhang Hong would send so many people, so he pretended to be alarmed, and waited for the other two thousand elite soldiers to enter the canyon before igniting the grain truck .

One of the grain carts was loaded, and the rest caught fire one after another. The enemy army panicked. Zhang Mo and others took advantage of their panic and fled out of the valley. A group of grain carts pushed out to block the entrance of the valley, and the enemy troops who were chased by the fire rushed out to clash. When they rushed to the entrance of the valley, they saw that there was also a big fire.

Teng Yun personally led the troops over, and captured all the escaped fish alive.

Zhang Hong himself waited happily for the delivery of food and grass, and specially distributed the remaining wine and meat to the soldiers. Everyone celebrated in advance, but when they were drinking happily, a soldier suddenly rushed into the tent.

Zhang Hong grabbed the soldier to drink with him, and the soldier knelt on the ground and shouted, "Commander, the sentry tower noticed that the fire was burning in the north, and I'm afraid Broken Heart Valley is on fire!"

Zhang Hong shouted, "What?!"

He absolutely didn't believe it, and said that the soldiers were the enemy trying to disturb the morale of the soldiers. Because they were drunk, they even grabbed the big knife from the side and chopped off the soldiers who came to report the news.

The banquet broke up due to the unhappiness of beheading people. Zhang Hong didn't wake up until noon the next day, but none of the [-] elite soldiers he sent out came back.

Zhang Hong realized that it was not good at this time, and sent spies to the Broken Heart Valley to investigate. The spies soon reported back, saying that the fire in the Broken Heart Valley had killed three thousand elite soldiers. It was not until this time that Zhang Hong knew that it was a trick. fell to the ground.

The victory report of the first battle was quickly sent to the capital. General Teng Ying wiped out more than [-] enemy troops and captured more than [-] enemy soldiers alive, including a general who was Zhang Hong's deputy general.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were shocked by Teng Yun's style when they heard the good news. It was just a few days after arriving in Mingshui that he made such a great contribution. Not only did he win a battle, but he also won it so neatly. Small, for a while the name of the general shocked the entire ruling and opposition parties.

Xue Junliang smiled and said: "It seems that Teng Qing did not disappoint Gu, and even proved her ability to everyone. It is this kind of talent that Gu lacks."

All the officials kowtowed and shouted "Your Majesty is wise", then Shen Yi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although the general has won the battle right now, there is still one more urgent matter."

Xue Junliang glanced at him and said, "Oh? What is it?"

Shen Yi said: "General Yu Chen still hasn't returned to the court... If you continue to let General Yu Chen stay in Mingshui, I'm afraid one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and the army's morale will be divided. I'm afraid that Zhang Hong will take the opportunity to enter, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss."

Xue Junliang nodded and said, "That's true, but..."

He said with some hesitation on his face, and pretended to be very tired: "You also know that although Gu is above everyone, sometimes he can't help himself. If he doesn't come back, do you have any good solutions?"

All the ministers were a little silent when they heard it. The military power in Yu Chen's hands should not be underestimated, and Xue Houyang is in the southern border. No one can compete with Yu Chen. If he is not careful, he will have internal troubles.

Shen Yi didn't speak, Xue Junliang ordered people to disperse, and then called Shen Yi to the Nuan Pavilion.

Only then did Shen Yi say: "I do have a plan."

Xue Junliang sat on the big chair in the Nuan Pavilion, and said with a smile: "I know you have a lot of tricks, Gu asked you to teach the little prince to read, you won't teach Gu's son to death, right?"

Shen Yi laughed dryly and said: "The crown prince is smart and can tell right from wrong, how could a humble minister be able to teach him badly, Your Majesty just listen to the plan, and stop mocking the humble minister."

He said without waiting for Xue Junliang to speak, and hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty will definitely not be willing to invite Yu Chen back like this. After all, he has lost the battle. His Majesty may not prevent you from being promoted to the concubine, and then take this opportunity to invite Yu Chen back to the capital." , Yu Chen has no doubt about him, so he will come back naturally. As long as Yu Chen returns to the capital, what are His Majesty afraid of his soldiers doing?"

Xue Junliang nodded and said with a smile, "That's it."

While he was talking, Jiang Yu came in and presented a memorial, saying: "Your Majesty, this was brought back to Beijing by a flying horse after ten thousand years, and it is said that it will be presented to Your Majesty."

Xue Junliang didn't know what Xue Houyang was up to, so he asked Jiang Yu to bring it over, unfolded the playbook, and was stunned.

Shen Yi hadn't retreated yet, thinking that Wannian Hou encountered some difficulties, it was the first time he saw King Xue's appearance, and said, "Your Majesty?"

Xue Junliang came back to his senses after hearing the sound, spread out the memorial, and showed it to Shen Yi, there were only three words "Bixue Pavilion" written on it.

Xue Junliang said: "You have extensive knowledge, do you know who wrote these three words?"

Shen Yi didn't understand Xue Junliang's meaning, so he just replied: "Naturally, I know, Wei Chen lived in Teng Country for a while...there is another story behind the words Bixue Pavilion, but it might be a bit outrageous to tell it now."

"Oh? How can you be so rebellious?"

Shen Yi said: "Because Teng Nan was still Teng country back then."

"Say it."

After obtaining King Xue's permission, Shen Yi continued: "Back then, Teng Kingdom was still fighting against the King, and there was an iron general named Teng Yun in Teng Country. His Majesty must have known about it. That year, because Teng King was fatuous and incompetent, he only knew that he was in the middle of the capital. Having fun, he squandered the food and salaries that should have been used for the military. The eunuch seized the urgent residence to please King Teng and reported it. Retreating to an abandoned small pavilion, General Teng Yun vowed not to surrender, and wrote the words "Bixue Pavilion" on the pillars of the pavilion with blood. Later, the people living nearby copied his words to commemorate Teng Yun's vow to guard to the death. It was built into a plaque, and that’s how the Jade Blood Pavilion came about.”

Xue Junliang narrowed his eyes, tapped on the notebook, and said, "Is that the three words?"

Shen Yi just nodded.

Xue Junliang didn't speak any more, just stood up, walked to the bookcase in the Nuan Pavilion, took out a book, opened a page and handed it to Shen Yi.

Shen Yi didn't know what King Xue meant, so he could only open it to read. Some of the tactics written on it, circled and dotted, were all strategies and marching plans against Cheng Tian. Now Cheng Tian had been killed by Zhang Hong long ago. s things.

Shen Yi turned to the back, and couldn't help but be taken aback, only to see that in the corner of one page, there were two small characters "Bright Blood", which was exactly the same as the handwriting of the previous "Bright Blood Pavilion", not bad at all.

If it is a different character, just looking at the handwriting, there may be some imitation, but even if you imitate it again, it is impossible to be exact.

At this time, Xue Junliang said calmly: "The one in Shen Qing's hand is the queen's calligraphy."

Shen Yi's hand trembled, and he dropped the booklet on the ground with a "click". Jiang Yu stood aside and hurriedly picked up the booklet and wiped it clean. This is the queen's calligraphy, and if it is damaged, the crime can be serious or minor.

Xue Junliang squinted his eyes at the memorial on the table, and said, "Shen Qing has always been extremely smart, what do you think about these two words?"

"This... Weichen..."

Shen Yi naturally guessed that Teng

Yun and the Queen are alone, but because Shen Yi has learned a lot about Teng Country and stayed in Feng Country for a long time, he naturally knows that there are many unreasonable things in it, so he went to the Queen to find out the truth after guessing.

Although the empress did not admit anything, she remained silent. Now that these "old things" were suddenly brought up, but by King Xue, Shen Yi was a little at a loss. If he was asked to say something, it might be a bit awkward. Ridiculous, but that's the truth.

Obviously, Xue Junliang also began to doubt this ridiculous fact.

The only woman he ever trusted in his life turned out to be the enemy he killed with his own hands. If this was the truth, then all the doubts he had had for a long time would be solved immediately. It turned out to be so simple...