[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The queen played cards so unreasonably, and the second hero was limited by his status and could not force it, and they were also afraid of kidnapping the queen by force. These 3000 people would cause trouble, increase innocent casualties, and instead mess up the relationship.

The two heroes discussed in private and listened to everything in the public. In fact, they were still a little bit biased towards the queen in their hearts.Although the empress has amnesia, one thing is right, the etiquette is very good, when the empress lived in the rivers and lakes for a few years, will she really not be gossiped by the whole upper class when she returns?There is nothing wrong with the emperor loving the empress deeply, but at this time and at that time, does the emperor really not mind the experience of the empress?

If she was only "died of illness" and "chased" when she went back, then, as the empress said, it is better to stay here, the emperor can find another empress.

If the emperor sent any other subordinates down to find the queen, Xin Xiuyan would not be able to get into their thinking, but they were the second heroes who had a very good personal relationship with her.Er Xia is not such a pedantic moralist who pays attention to etiquette, but a chic and uninhibited rivers and lakes.

Therefore, it was agreed that Ouyang Lei would go back to Beijing to play the heaven in person, while Chunyu Bai stayed to protect the empress, and some people in Sichuan and Shu were called to help Chunyu Bai.

In fact, many spies in the territory of Shu not only inquired about the whereabouts of the empress, but also inquired about the depth of the White Lotus Sect.

Tu Yuanyi didn't want to travel long distances to mobilize the army. After half a year of preparing food, grass and equipment, the Imperial Guards in Kyoto only sent [-] red-shirted troops to the south, and ordered Xiao Jingyun and other new recruits to train the new army in Wuchang as a reserve.

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of War has also arrived in Wuchang, and the Red Shirt Army has entered Chengdu to sit in the town. Later, they used both suppression and appeasement to gradually eliminate the White Lotus Rebellion Army in Sichuan and Sichuan.

Because Sichuan is too big, if we want to chase all the White Lotus Sect rebels and wipe them out one by one, the imperial court may need to send all the Imperial Guards from Kyoto.

But after a few days, another twenty or so young warriors came to Zhangjiacun, or Zhangjiazhai. They obeyed the second hero, but they were very respectful when they saw her.

What is exaggerated is that when she received these warriors in the lobby "Loyalty Hall", she knelt down on one knee and recited to her one by one: "My subordinates refer to Madam, Madam Wanan!"

Seeing these people confirmed what Chen Yi thought at the beginning, Yanxiu's origin was really not simple, just say that his Chen family would never be able to recruit these warriors.

Of course, Xin Xiuyan also wants to get her ex-husband who is probably super rich, but it's not her husband. With so many experts, when her ex-husband sees her in the future and finds out that she is a monster, isn't she finished?

Xin Xiu still pretended to be serious, and said: "Brothers have come from afar, so don't be too polite!"

These warriors didn't know what to do when they heard such words that didn't fit the queen's personality, and they thanked them only after the second hero gave them a wink.

Xin Xiuyan said again: "Company Commander Chen, please take care of the food and daily life of these brothers."

Chen Yi said with a smile: "Leader, don't worry, we have expanded many houses just now, so we can free up some new rooms to entertain distinguished guests."

Xin Xiuyan thought for a while and said, "Let's deduct the entertainment expenses from my salary. They are all my friends. It's not nice to use public accounts."

Xin Xiuyan thought to herself, she said that they would make her spend money if they lived here for a long time, they would be embarrassed, and it was best to leave.The ex-husband figured it out, she was not what she used to be, and she had her own life, so it would be clean.

Chen Yi didn't know what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Everyone who comes here is a guest, and the friends of the head's family are also friends of the whole Datong army. How can the head of the group bear it alone?"

Xin Xiuyan gave him a blank look, but Chunyu Bai suddenly stood up, took out two bank notes from his pocket, and said, "We have brought money, we won't eat and drink for free."

After speaking, it was handed over to Chen Yi. Chen Yi looked at it and said in surprise: "5000 taels?" It was a bank note of 2000 taels and a bank note of 3000 taels.

The members of the Datong Army who were present were also taken aback. In this era, ten taels of silver are enough for a family in the countryside to eat for a year, and 5000 taels is really a huge sum of money.Even Chen Yi himself was not so unrestrained in the past.

Chen Yi wanted to decline, Chunyu Bai said: "We are here to protect Madam, not to cause trouble for Madam, so you can keep the money."

Xin Xiuyan felt more and more troublesome.The most exaggerated thing is that when she got up the next day and walked out of the house, she saw four warriors guarding the yard. After asking, her original guards were "persuaded" by them instead.

Xin Xiuyan's heart was broken, and she decided to have a frank communication with the second hero again.When asking them to talk, Ouyang Lei also offered to leave, saying that he was going back to meet the master.

Xin Xiuyan was finally curious, and asked: "Well... your master is rich? Where is his home? I said... his wife, the old me... why did I sink into the river?"

The two heroes looked at each other, and finally took out the emperor's handwritten letter and handed it to her, but Xin Xiuyan felt a little heavy.

After thinking about it, she took it apart and read it, but when she saw that handwriting, she felt inexplicably familiar, because it was very similar to her current running script, but it was more aggressive and domineering.

[Xiuxiu: See words like faces.No matter what happens, please take care and come back well.No matter what kind of difficulties we face together, after so many years, is there anyone in the world who is more trustworthy than each other?We have nothing to fear, and you said that people fear out of ignorance, and we are not ignorant.No power, wealth, honor, fame or clean rules can compare to being by your side.The letter is very inconvenient, and I will talk to you about other things when you come back.Think of all the time we've spent together, and experiences beyond life and death, trust me, trust us.I'm waiting for you.Qilang character]

If Xin Xiuyan hadn't lost her memory, of course she could understand all the points, but it's a pity that she lost her memory.

Therefore, she only saw that the relationship between her ex and her husband should be very good, so that her husband's letter stated that "fairness and cleanliness" are not important.Xin Xiuyan felt that if it was true, she would have a lover like Yang Guo.But in the face of this kind of lover, she, who has taken up the body of his wife, is even more afraid.

Er Xia heard that Xin Xiuyan said that the emperor's letter did not disclose their identity, and remembered that they also came to the Jianghu to search for them under a secret order. After all, it is not a good thing for the queen to be reduced to the Jianghu and make the world know, and she does not recognize anyone at all, and the Er Xia is not good. Nonsense.Royal is no small matter.

Then, they gave Daiyu a letter, calling her "Jingyun's daughter-in-law" and "her sworn sister".

Daiyu also wrote about "sisterhood", "endless longing", "Tiezhu, Dazhu, Yuanyuan, stepmother, sister Fu'er and so on".Of course she would not write the emperor's thoughts on her in the letter, how could a married woman talk about a saint?Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan are more presumptuous, but they are very cautious towards others.The name left in the letter is also "Yu'er".

Therefore, Xin Xiuyan only grasped one important point, waved the letter in front of Er Xia, her eyes protruded, and said, "Children, one, two, three, three! Three children! Are they hers? Don't tell me." Said she gave birth! No... I mean the old me, I gave birth to children before? Three?"

Er Xia looked at the woman in front of him with wide eyes, and compared them with three fingers, he couldn't help sweating profusely.

Chunyu Bai spoke with difficulty: "Madam is the triplets born in the seventh year of Qianyuan, don't you have any impression?"

Xin Xiuyan only felt a thunderbolt from the blue sky, she felt that she was still in the Mood for Love, not only had a husband, but also ran out with three brats.

Triplets!terrible!

When Xin Xiuyan was still like a wandering spirit, the two warriors and the spies of the Datong Army came back to ask for an interview.Xin Xiuyan quickly put away her emotions and summoned them in the "Loyalty Hall".

To defend the current foundation, the Datong Army would of course send scouts for dozens of miles around the village, otherwise it would not be able to successfully resolve several attacks by the rebel army.Since the people sent by the emperor knew that the queen was here, of course they were not at ease and sent sentry guards.

According to the scouts of the Datong Army, a rebel army of the White Lotus Sect has already stationed in another big village [-] miles away, and they have to rest after a long march.

The members of the Datong Army have a clear heart, don't look at them as "classmates", but whenever they come here, they want to seize the food and supplies that others have worked so hard to save. If they don't give it to them, they are probably murderers.

Xin Xiuyan urgently called a military meeting, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the members of the committee had arrived, because the two warriors under Er Xia also participated in the spying work, so they had to be allowed to sit in on it.

Xin Xiuyan asked the "scouts" of the Datong Army to introduce the situation. Those who can be "scouts" are all clever figures in the army, and over the past year, these "scouts" have been trained/taught to be very experienced in how to report.

The soldier of medium build paid a military salute, stood upright, and said, "Report sir, there are probably more than 5000 people on the other side, and they are playing General Li's flag. The troops look like they came from the northwest."

Chen Yi was taken aback, and said: "I heard that Li Song is the three biggest leaders of the White Lotus Sect. He was the elder of the White Lotus Sect when it first started its army. Liu Qing and Commander Wang were all his subordinates. The other party brought 5000 troops. We There are only 2000 soldiers capable of fighting, and the rest are just old and weak women and children."

Zhang Shandao: "Regimental Commander, General Li's people will definitely not let us go. I'm afraid they will use the name of fellow teachers, regardless of food and clothing, to occupy the food we have worked so hard to grow. Why don't we still Like last time, we escaped to the mountains first, and then took the opportunity to attack at night."

Xin Xiuyan frowned slightly, shook her head, and said: "Last time, I faced Wu Gui and his like. He has a reputation for killing too much. He can deal with unrighteous people by all means. However, since General Li is the elder of the White Lotus Sect, I'm afraid He has some prestige in the religion, and if we don’t say anything, we will be accused of injustice if it gets out in the Jianghu.”

Wu Dafu said: "Leader, is this 'unjust name' so powerful?"

Xin Xiuyan smiled bitterly and said, "Sometimes this is too powerful."

Wu Dafu scratched his head and said, "I don't quite understand."

Xin Xiuyan said: "If you don't talk about morality at all, then others will not talk about morality with you at all. The long-term vision that our Datong Army must have is recognized by our colleagues and favored by the common people, so we have to play the title of 'Teacher of Benevolence and Righteousness'." Come to the name, make more friends and less enemies. Because we have more friends, we can cooperate with them to do business, and everyone will get greater benefits. But if there are more enemies, they will all beat us and eat us. Even if everyone is the reincarnation of God of War, they won't be able to handle it!"

Xu Changgui said: "Leader, as long as you lead us, we can win the battle, we can bear it!"

Zhang Shan looked at Xu Changgui contemptuously, and thought to himself: I'm a sycophant!

Duan Zhi said: "Then what is the commander's intention?"

Xin Xiuyan touched her chin, thought for a long time, and said, "The mechanism traps in the aisle are fully activated, and all the good things made by the logistics equipment department this year are also here."

Duan Zhi said: "Head, what about the 'Teacher of Benevolence and Righteousness'?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "As long as they don't attack, these are just decorations. If they attack us, they are looking for death, so how do you stop them?"

Zhang Shan said, "Is that different from a night attack?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "Of course there is a difference! Attacking the unjust army at night, calling you to enter the urn, our deliberate purpose is to wipe out the enemy, there is no room for peace talks. If Li Song wants to come here this time to share our things and women, we will fight A 'self-defense counterattack', defending our hometown, if they don't come to attack us, we will still be friends. Strategically, we still stand on the moral high ground."

Duan Zhi said: "Leader, let's talk about tactics."

Xin Xiuyan propped her hands on the conference table, thought for a while, and said, "It shouldn't be that fast, but we still have to figure out a solution first."

She led several officers to another table next to the conference table. The security officer lifted the curtain, and it was a topographic map with a radius of hundreds of miles that everyone made with mud.

"If the other party pays respects first, then I, as the head of the regiment, will first invite General Li to go up the mountain to have a drink and discuss. If he dares to come, the request is not too much, and this time we can only suffer a small loss. If he dares to attack directly We, we will fight an ambush. If they turn their backs and retreat one after another to prepare for battle, let the first battalion harass the enemy, but don't engage in direct confrontation immediately. If they chase after them, run away quickly. A battalion of 5000 people is not enough for a battalion. "

Chen Yi said: "Then what should we do if they chase after us?"

Xin Xiuyan said: "The Second Battalion set up an ambush to block the robbery at this mountain pass. At this time, the enemy is exhausted. The Second Battalion is still in good spirits, but it will be a small round. After killing hundreds of people, they should retreat. If they really don't retreat, the Second Battalion The camp led them to this original corn field, and let them try the mandarin duck formations of the third and fourth camps."

Ouyang Lei suddenly said: "Ma'am, the other party is an important leader of the White Lotus Sect. If he is captured and offered to the court, the Datong Army will also make great contributions. This will also benefit Madam's reputation. If Madam can't hold him, I would like to help Madam A helping hand."

Xin Xiuyan said: "Although we have no intention of rebelling against the imperial court, we also intend to accept the imperial court's appeasement, but after all, many of our brothers believed in the White Lotus Sect. If we do this at this time, wouldn't we be betraying our old friends for the sake of high-ranking officials? ? If you are not conferred by the imperial court at this time, it is a matter of the Datong Army and the White Lotus Sect, which has nothing to do with the imperial court. If you are entrusted with the conferment, then it is a matter of eating the emperor and being loyal to the emperor."

Chunyu Bai burst out laughing suddenly, and couldn't help it all at once, the members of the Datong Military Committee couldn't help but glared at him angrily when he laughed on such a serious occasion.

Chunyu Baiqiang stopped laughing, coughed, and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry."

Xin Xiuyan couldn't help asking: "Is it funny that we have a military meeting?"

Chunyu Bai quickly denied: "That's not what I mean, it's just... I just found out... Madam's behavior... is so particular."

Ouyang Lei also coughed, and Xin Xiuyan's face was full of displeasure, but she ignored them and told all the officers to go down and prepare for the war.

At that moment, Xin Xiuyan personally wrote an invitation card to General Li. Chunyu Bai apologized and said that he could pass the letter on his behalf, and explore the truth.

When the letter passed, General Li verbally agreed very well, but the man did not come for a long time, but this also made it difficult for Xin Xiuyan to send troops to harass the enemy, because she had not yet torn her face.

They sent out scouts one after another in the next few days, but none of the people they sent went anywhere.

But this white lotus rebel army desperately wants to "equalize the money of the Datong army and share their food and grass", so everyone is gearing up.

General Li sent a vanguard named Deng Bao to set off with a thousand elites, and was ambushed by the Second Battalion at the mountain pass outside the village.The gravel rolled down, bone arrows were fired, and a "old sow cannon" "invented" by Xin Xiuyan appeared on the stage in a more formal way-the last time I attacked a gangster, it was a squib.

The old sow cannon is to hollow out the middle of a thick old elm tree, soak it in oil, and fill it with gunpowder, broken plow blades, vat ballast, foreign nails and the like.The gun body is short and thick, and the memory is huge, so it is called the old sow gun.This gun has a large amount of charge and a large caliber. In terms of coverage alone, no gun can surpass it.Of course, there are many disadvantages. One is that it can only be shot once, and it will be useless after firing one shot.

The Datong Army also needs to be economical. This thing has just been tested and matured, and the entire Datong Army doesn't have a few barrels.

Because Xin Xiuyan came to supervise the battle, Ouyang Lei and Chunyu Bai had to bring warriors to protect them. When they saw the other party coming, they wanted to go down and kill them, but Xin Xiuyan ordered them to suppress them.

Then, they heard a loud bang, and saw from a distance that thick round strange tree stump rolled into the enemy army and exploded, and the enemy's flesh and blood flew horizontally and fell down a large piece.

They stunned a few quack masters, and then another bomb detonated the fuze, and this time they all fell down again. Deng Bao's people were all frightened, and they all ran back like crazy.

Xin Xiuyan drew out her sword and shouted: "Brothers! Come with me!"

"Come on!"

The generals of the second battalion and the warriors who protected her took knives/spears (ancient spears/spears) and chased after the enemy's remnant army.The enemy army was exhausted and fearful, and in a short while hundreds of people from the second battalion caught up with them, and each of them used the hard-practiced "snake poking sword technique" to beat anyone they saw, concise, quick and ruthless.

The remnant army of the White Lotus Cult numbered almost [-] people, and they were either killed or surrendered in less than a quarter of an hour, and the pioneer Deng Bao was also captured.

Xin Xiuyan was very depressed, she never encountered an enemy at all, but if the enemy was within ten meters of her, the second hero and more than two dozen warriors would definitely take care of them.

Xin Xiuyan is not easy to kill, but as the team leader, her record is zero, where is her face?

After tying Deng Bao to her, Deng Bao hated her from the heart, spat at her, and said, "Shameless slut!"

Xin Xiuyan was already furious, and scolded: "Damn it! How dare you scold me! Are you going to surrender?"

Deng Bao showed his "proudness", snorted coldly, and said, "You traitors, do you still want Grandpa to surrender?"

Xin Xiuyan looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and said, "Grandma, I really don't want you to surrender at all! I want to be a hero, so I'll let you do it! You're welcome!"

As he said that, he drew out the sword, held it in both hands, and slashed quickly, the sword light flashed, the head fell to the ground with a snap, and blood gushed out.

Xin Xiuyan asked the other remnant soldiers, "Do you want to surrender?"

Everyone was scared to pee, how could they dare to say no, they all fell to the ground and begged: "The Queen, spare your life! Let's surrender!"

Xin Xiuyan said: "We are born from the same root, so why bother with each other? You don't work, you are greedy, you kill and steal, and you should be rewarded!"

Chunyu Bai and Ouyang Lei were completely stunned, they couldn't believe that the rude, ruthless female bandit leader in front of them was the kind of gentle, beautiful, generous, talented empress in their minds.

What did the Empress go through to become like this?

The annihilation of Deng Bao's vanguard completely angered General Li, but there was only one way to enter the village, so they wanted to use a night attack, but they happened to be encountered by the Datong army who was going to harass the enemy at night.They also thought they were in an ambush and panicked, so under the leadership of Zhang Hu, the first battalion of the Datong Army went back and forth, killing more than 100 people.

The two sides confronted each other for about half a month, but it was the officers and soldiers from Leshan who came to kill them, and General Li ran away with the rest of the troops.

However, Xin Xiuyan was even more distressed, because General Li from the White Lotus Sect thirty miles away had left, and in exchange for the imperial army.

Their recruiting plan hasn't started yet, but Ouyang Lei suddenly told her: Master is an official in the court, so we can make some adjustments.He wants to go back and explain to the master, the master will not leave his wife alone.

Xin Xiuyan couldn't help being startled, and said, "Well, how high is the master's official residence? Do you think the master will really clear it up for me?"

Ouyang Lei said: "Master will definitely not bear to see Madam become a bandit for a long time, Madam can rest assured about this."

Xin Xiuyan said: "This... If the imperial court recruits me and makes me an official higher than the master, he will be unhappy. You tell him, although I don't remember anything, if I become an official in the same court in the future, I will also take care of each other with him."

Ouyang Lei really wanted to open her mind to see what kind of way of thinking this is.

"Madam, don't worry, even if... Madam becomes a high official in the imperial court, Master... won't... be jealous."

Xin Xiuyan recruited Chen Yi again, and said: "Chen Yi is very familiar with all aspects of the Datong Army. His family is an imperial merchant, and there are officials in the same clan of the Chen family. Let him and you should be able to help."

Ouyang Lei twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Madam, don't worry, leave it to the master, and let Battalion Commander Chen stay and help you."

Ouyang Lei took two warriors and left, but Xin Xiuyan fell into greater anxiety. On the one hand, she hoped that her ex-husband would help her recruit smoothly so that she could become an official.On the other hand, it means that in the future, if you look up and see you down, if you change the core, the other party will always know, what should you do then?

No, as long as she becomes an official and has soldiers in her hands, she will no longer be flattened and rounded by her husband's family.Even if they said she was an evildoer, she would beat her to death and deny it, claiming that she was forced by the social environment after losing her memory, so her temperament changed drastically.