Beacon quenching beauty

In the 16th year of Dayuan Zhizheng, it was winter and late at night.

Henan, Zhangde Mansion.

The government office was brightly lit, and a young man in a brocade robe was sitting in the study room. On the large table in front of him was a cowhide map. The mountains, rivers, and ravines were clearly marked on it. Among them, Kaifeng and Xinyang were impressively marked. It was circled by Zhubi.

On the opposite side of the table stood a bearded general with thick eyebrows and big eyes, about 40 years old, still wearing armor, holding an iron helmet in his hand, his body was covered with dark black blood stains, it looked like he was from the battlefield down.

Bowing to the young man, General Qiuxu said, "My lord, the last general led people to chase him for thirty or forty miles, but unfortunately he still couldn't catch him. The rebel Qi Tianbao fled very quickly, and he had already taken the remnants to I ran in the direction of Kaifeng."

The young man sitting in the room is none other than the current Generalissimo of the Army and Horses of the World, Ruyang King Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao looked down at the map carefully, and after a while, he tapped on the map with two fingers, and whispered to himself, "This is the right place."

General Qiu Xu saw that he was deep in thought and remained silent, standing quietly.

Wang Baobao looked at the map for a while before he raised his head, "Didn't you catch him? He ran so fast!"

"It's the last general who is incompetent, please forgive me, my lord."

"Forget it, let him go. We'll catch him together when we reach Kaifeng in a few days." Wang Baobao didn't care much about the escape of such an unimportant character.

Turning from behind the case, he looked at Qiuxu general and said, "Tuo Yin, next attack Kaifeng, this king intends to continue ordering you to take the lead, may you be qualified?"

Hearing the prince's question, Tuoyin straightened his face immediately, puffed up his chest, and said loudly, "Prince, please rest assured, the general will fight to the death!"

Wang Baobao nodded in satisfaction, "In the past two years, this king has increased his troops many times, but you were still forced to retreat by that Song, and finally lost Henan. This time, this king came in person. As long as you, the vanguard, can fight well, this king Even if you have paid off your merits."

A look of shame appeared on Tuo Yin's face, "It's the last general who is incompetent, so tired that the prince wants to come here in person."

Wang Baobao waved his hands, "I can't blame you entirely. This General Dingbei of the Taiping Kingdom has used his troops strangely since he led the expedition. He has almost never had a defeat. Duandi is a general who leads the army in battle."

Tuo Yin said, "Even if he is a general, this time when he meets a truly handsome talent like you, the prince, he will definitely suffer a big defeat."

Wang Baobao ignored his compliments, walked around the study for a few more steps, and then continued, "I heard from Master Shaomin that this person was from the Wudang sect, and he committed major crimes a few years ago. Cheng was seriously injured and expelled from the division, but somehow went to lead the soldiers again."

Tuoyin opened his mouth in surprise, even though he and Song Qingshu were on fire, and hated him so much, he couldn't help but say, "People from the Wudang faction are a bit short-sighted, and they have to be chased away." come out?"

Wang Baobao said, "It's not that people from the Wudang faction don't have vision. I heard Princess Shaomin say that he made a big mistake. It seems that he killed a master or elder. Central Plains people are very particular about respecting teachers and respecting them." Dao, it is a big taboo to even offend someone who is a master, and he dared to kill the uncle, it is really ruthless, it really is a character!"

A clear female voice sounded, "Brother, what are you talking about with General Tuo Yin behind my back? I can hear you mentioning my name." The curtain outside the study was raised, and a beautiful woman with bright eyes and bright teeth entered, Wearing a Mongolian leather robe and boots, he looks very energetic.

Tuoyin bowed and saluted, "I have met Princess Shaomin."

Zhao Min smiled, "You're welcome, General Tuoyin, today we attacked Zhangde Mansion in one fell swoop, and General Tuoyin should take the lead."

Tuoyin fought against Song Qingshu in Henan for two years, was defeated steadily, and finally was beaten out of Henan. Now that he had to work hard, the prince himself came to help him regain the lost ground, so he was very panicked and did not dare to take credit for it. Said, "It's all thanks to the majesty of the prince's command of the army and the ingenious arrangement of the princess. The final general is just following orders, so there is no credit for it."

Zhao Min said, "You don't have to be too humble, you fought bravely today, and it is obvious to all that you lead the way."

It's hard to be humble because of getting rid of it, so I had to say, "That's the job of the last general."

Wang Baobao said, "You have worked hard today, go to rest earlier."

After Tuo Yin Shili resigned, he said to Zhao Min, "You don't need to praise him, he has lost the whole of Henan, and he dares not work hard now! But my sister, the feint attack strategy you arranged is very effective, otherwise we would not be able to do it so quickly. Take Zhangde Mansion. I said you can stay by my side and help, don't always think about going back to the desert."

Zhao Min shook his head, a trace of pain and loneliness flashed in his eyes, "Brother, don't you understand my temperament? What I have decided will not change easily, so don't persuade me too much. Wait until the war in Henan Once it's over, I'll take people back to the desert."

Wang Baobao stared at her, "You still can't forget that traitor of Mingjiao? Sister, why are you doing this! You are a Mongolian nobleman, what a noble status, why can't princes and royals marry? It must be him! You see you leave In the past two years, has the traitor ever come to you, such a heartless and ungrateful person, why are you thinking about him!"

The loneliness in Zhao Min's eyes was fleeting, his expression flashed, and he changed back to his shrewd look just now, jokingly said, "Brother, how do you know that he never came to see me? You have been sending someone to watch me? I'm going to be mad at that."

Wang Baobao covered his mouth and coughed, "I'm not worried about you, I'm afraid you will be deceived again."

Zhao Min is a Mongolian woman, without the restraint of a Han Chinese. When her elder brother touched her sore spot, she couldn't help sighing, "No one lied to me. I have always been the one who couldn't let him go. Didn't you already know, brother? You sent someone to The reason for watching me is to find a way to get rid of him if he can be caught alone. I advise you not to waste this effort. When I just left him, he chased him to Dadu, and I told him clearly at that time , I want to go back to the Mongolian desert, and I will never return to the Central Plains in this life, so it is impossible for him to come to me again."

Wang Baobao shook his head, feeling very worthless for his sister, "Forget it, I won't force you too much. If you can leave that Mingjiao traitor and come back to my clan, I will be content as an elder brother."

……

Qi Tianbao took the remnants of the army and left Kaifeng in defeat. Fortunately, early in the morning, he held the idea that Zhangde Mansion would not be able to hold on, and arranged for a retreat early on. The original 3 people guarding Zhangde Mansion were not seriously injured. Bring back [-].

Song Qingshu stubbornly allocated 5 people to Xinyang to support Wang Daquan, and it would be good to suddenly be able to supplement Qi Tianbao's 2 people.

He directly called Qi Tianbao to the government office in Kaifeng City to inquire about the situation.

Qi Tianbao looked extremely embarrassed, he threw away his helmet and armor, and he didn't know how he ran all the way. He fled for his life and even his clothes were torn into strands. Guard Zhangde Mansion."

Song Qingshu frowned and said, "I don't blame you. You only have 20 people because of the pressure of 3 troops. It is not easy to persist these days. Tianbao, you are very good. You know how to preserve your strength. Try to bring me back. It's good to rest for two days, and the difficult battle is still to come, I guess the Yuan army will soon take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and come to attack Kaifeng."

Because Qi Tianbao didn't know the specific situation, he was very optimistic, "Don't be afraid, the Yuan army is 20, and our entire army is 10,000+, which is not much worse than them." Wiping the dust and blood on his face, he suddenly burst out a sentence Swearing, "Damn it, Tuo Yin seems to be desperate this time. When he attacked Zhangde Mansion, he actually took the vanguard himself. I withdrew him and he was still chasing after him. Shili! See you next time on the battlefield, I must make him look good!"

Song Qingshu told him, "Tianbao, we don't have so many troops now. Chen Youliang sent 3 troops to attack Xinyang on the southern line. In addition to Wang Daquan's original 5 troops, I sent Yin Dezhu to bring 10 troops to rescue , so we are now stationed in Kaifeng, and there are less than [-] people who can fight head-on with Tuyin's army."

Qi Tianbao opened his mouth wide in surprise, "How could this happen?"

Song Qingshu didn't want to explain further, and he didn't know why Chen Youliang would suddenly turn his back on him, but the strong man is king in this troubled world, the more powerful he is, the more jealous Chen Youliang is bound to be next to him. Sooner or later, I just didn't expect it to be so soon.

In the evening of that day, Haozhou finally received a reply. Song Gaishi received the urgent report, and dared not stop for a moment, he rushed directly to Song Qingshu's bedroom, "Brother, there is news from Mingjiao, and they will send General Deng Yu to lead the army for five days." Wan attack Jiangxi Hongdu!"

Jiangxi is Chen Youliang's lair, Mingjiao's move is to encircle Wei and save Zhao. If Chen Youliang still insists on fighting Song Qingshu in Xinyang, he will inevitably face a two-front battle situation just like him.

Although the Ming Cult did not directly send troops to Xinyang for rescue, it should also be a deterrent to Chen Youliang.

It's just that Chen Youliang's foundation is deep, and he has enough soldiers and food. Mingjiao's attack on Hongdu with 5 people may not immediately attract the main force he sent back in Xinyang.

"So..." Song Qingshu pondered.

Song Gaishi was still yelling, "Brother, it's not over yet! Marshal Zhu of Mingjiao wants us to change their banner immediately. You can no longer call him Marquis of Dingbei, but instead accept his Mingjiao's entrustment to ask for Yuanxi Road Army." Coach."

Song Qingshu sat up from the bed, put on his clothes, and murmured, "Okay, anyway, [-]% of us will be under the command of Mingjiao leader Zhang in the future. At this time, we must make some promises to send troops for no reason, otherwise Zhang leader It’s not easy to explain to his subordinates.”

"It's not that simple. The messenger sent by Marshal Zhu said that I want you to notify the three armies immediately, promise to obey Mingjiao, and ask them to send someone to Henan to preside over the overall situation. The messenger will bring the quasi-letter back, and Marshal Zhu will send someone to take it with you." Tens of thousands of soldiers came to Kaifeng to fight against the Yuan army. Damn, what is this talking about? Isn’t this leading wolves into the house! It is easy for his people to enter Henan, but it is difficult to let them go after the Yuan army is defeated!! Presiding over a bullshit situation, big brother, what are you capable of, you need him to send someone to preside over it! If we tell everyone below that we surrendered to the surname Zhu and invite his people, then our soldiers will Listen to whom, who owns such a large area in Henan!" Song Gaishi was so angry that he was about to jump.

Song Qingshu's heart sank, "Gai Shi, don't bark, let people treat the messenger nicely, don't say you agree, don't say you don't agree, first hold him steady, let me think about it."

Song Gaishi agreed, turned around and ran away cursing again.

Song Qingshu didn't feel sleepy at all, so he just dressed neatly and got up, went out and called the soldiers, "Go and pass an order to the generals in the army, and all of them will go to the Kaifeng government office to discuss matters in an hour."

Song Qingshu knew that Zhang Wuji was different from him. Although he held the Mingjiao in his hands and saw the great achievements of his family, he was not one of the Mingjiao who could count immediately after speaking. There were Yang Xiao, Fan Yao, Yin Yewang and other elders in the Mingjiao. People, when encountering important matters, they need to discuss with them; Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He, Xu Da and other generals in the army control and restrain them, and the relationship is intricate. Now that Mingjiao is fighting with the Yuan army in Shandong, Zhang Wuji can give such an answer immediately. not easy.

But even if he made up his mind that Zhang Wuji belonged to him, he would definitely do his best to help Mingjiao to achieve a great cause in the future. Song Qingshu didn't want to be manipulated like this now. I have sufficient sources of soldiers and food in my hands. If I hand over to others, then the 10,000+ army in my hands will not be able to hold on in the future. The surrounding places are all owned by the owner. Whose territory should I go to grab?

Take the soldiers to go to the government office first and wait.He was the first to arrive, and none of the generals arrived. He sat down to think silently, and suddenly remembered the situation when he talked with Zhou Zhiruo outside Qingfeng Town, Shaanxi Province a few days ago: at the request of Emei disciple Bei Jinyi, he waited in On the side of the road, Zhou Zhiruo came over with a few disciples in a short while, and they used their lightness skills, and several ups and downs flew in front of them, making Yin Dezhu, the captain of the personal army, speechless.

Zhou Zhiruo approached and said, "Young Master Song, I'm sorry to have delayed your journey."

"It doesn't matter." Song Qingshu ordered his soldiers to scatter to guard and surrounded an open space. He and Zhou Zhiruo stood in the middle, "Sect Leader Zhou, please say anything."

Zhou Zhiruo also ordered the disciples accompanying him to disperse around, and then said, "Young Master Song, I know you must be a little strange, why did I suddenly appear in that small town's inn."

Song Qingshu nodded.

Zhou Zhiruo smiled lightly, without explaining first, looked at a small hill in the distance and said softly, "You were forced to leave Wudang back then, you were seriously injured, and you were criticized by your fellow martial artists. It was mostly because of me. I always thought you would Have a grudge against me."

Song Qingshu glanced at her, only to see that her face was beautiful and elegant, and her clothes fluttered gently with the breeze, like a fairy who could not eat fireworks in the world. A little more vicissitudes, not like a young man.

There was a faint pain in his chest, and he turned his head away, "No, how could it be. Those are all things in the past, just forget it, and head Zhou doesn't have to worry about it anymore."

Zhou Zhiruo sighed softly, bowed her head and said to herself, "Yeah, what's hard to let go of, something that can't be let go and can't be solved, just forget it. At the beginning, I thought it was going to be difficult, but when we met after a few years, it turned out to be really difficult. of……"

After being silent for a while, when I raised my head again, the clarity of expression was restored, "Young Master Song, from what you have done in the past two years, I can also see that you have no malice towards the Emei Sect, but care more about it. As an Emei sect, I The head is very grateful, thank you here." Said Wei Wei.

Song Qingshu returned the gift, "I used to be a disciple of the Emei Sect. Sending people to worship the Buddha every year is just a matter of heart, you don't have to take it to heart."

Knowing that Zhou Zhiruo should have something to say after these scenes, she stopped talking and waited quietly for her to continue.

Zhou Zhiruo really had something serious to tell him, seeing that Song Qingshu was listening attentively, she continued, "I did take my disciples to visit Master Nieling at Baolin Nunnery this morning, and I saw your men and horses when I passed by the small town. , I just found out that you were there, and I wanted to have a few words with Mr. Song on the spur of the moment, so I went into the inn, and I didn't want Master Zhang to be there."

Looking at Song Qingshu, "I know that since Zhang Jiaozhu saved you, the friendship between the two of you has been extraordinary, but when I read Zhang Jiaozhu's meaning today, he seemed to be very unwilling to see me alone with you. What is it for?"

"This..." Song Qingshu couldn't answer.

Zhou Zhiruo shook her head and said, "Even I can see that Mr. Song has put aside the past. How could Master Zhang not know that he is often with you? Why should he be so cautious."

Song Qingshu was speechless, and felt that Zhang Wuji was being too careful, and it was really unnecessary, but it felt good to be watched carefully, so he went with Zhang Wuji.

Zhou Zhiruo returned to the main story, "You left early yesterday, and you didn't see the methods Mingjiao used to deal with the beggars. The head of the beggars, Shi Hongshi, was too young, and was immediately thrown into chaos by Yang Zuoshi. The gang leader dealt with those traitors on the spot, and only then calmed down the public anger. However, after this, the strength of the beggar gang was hit again. To be satisfied, you must firmly control the various sects, but those who dare to do right, the beggar gang is an example. This time they elected the leaders of various places with great fanfare in order to lead the world's heroes against the yuan, and these leaders will finally obey Who? It's not Mingjiao." He snorted softly, "It's just that we don't want to be controlled by others for no reason."

Song Qingshu murmured, Mingjiao came from a martial arts sect after all, since it wanted to win the world, it naturally wanted to unify the Jianghu, Zhou Zhiruo's guess must be correct, and persuaded, "Mingjiao led the rebel army to fight bloody battles with the imperial court for many years, and regained the country of our Han people. They deserve some prestige in the arena, Master Zhang is old with you, so he will definitely not intentionally embarrass the Emei faction, as long as you don't fight them, you will be fine."

Zhou Zhiruo said, "Being defensive is essential. If it was three years ago, I would have absolutely trusted Master Zhang as a man, but now I can't see through him, and besides, there are his subordinates, none of whom are easy to deal with." , There are many people who act viciously, and it is not without reason that the six major sects gathered at Guangmingding to eradicate the demon sect back then."

Song Qingshu is silent, he trusts Zhang Wuji wholeheartedly, but what Zhou Zhiruo said is right, he still has a large number of ruthless people who were called demons and heretics in the world, it is impossible for them to change their sex because of the kindness of the leader.

After pondering for a while, he tentatively asked, "Master Zhou came all the way here to say something to me?"

Zhou Zhiruo raised her brows, "I can tell that Mr. Song is a man of temperament. Once he decides who to love, he will do it wholeheartedly. That's why I came here to remind you that you are grateful to Master Zhang and are willing to repay your kindness. It’s a matter of course, there’s nothing wrong with it, just be careful in making wedding dresses for others. Master Zhang is indeed a loyal and benevolent person, but he is also the leader of Mingjiao after all, and he must put Mingjiao first in his actions.”

……

"Brother, brother, the big guys are waiting outside!"

Song Gaishi's loud voice awakened Song Qingshu from his contemplation.

Sighing lightly, he raised his head, "Let them all come in. I want to arrange the defense. The messenger of the Mingjiao will hold him back for two days without replying. We are ready to deal with the 20 yuan army on our own. !!"

Song Gaishi nodded heavily, "Understood, brother!"