has become a demon

The Tatar army, which has been unimpeded since entering the town's Beiguan, rushed into the Ningxia vanguard. Thousands of people were able to intimidate the garrison of Ningxia Town and besieged Ningxia Town.

The blood of the massacre makes people excited. Many people here have never entered the country of the Han people, have never passed through the Lingluo, and have never seen such a field... They have arrived on the other side of Lingzhou within three days. Every soldier Every horse is food for robbery.After breaking through the three cities of Songcheng, Shaogang, and Li Jun, the arrogance brought about by victory reached its peak.

On the other side of the Yellow River is Lingzhou.

On the other side of Lingzhou is the Luopu River.

When Ye Xing was enjoying Ningxia's fine wine and Ningxia's cattle and sheep in his tent, and rewarding his women, he seemed to have seen the day when he broke Weizhou and took Qingwang's mansion as his own.

The emperor of Daduan has just ascended the throne. At that time, he only needs to occupy Ningxia and pay tribute to Emperor Daduan. In order to calm things down, Emperor Daduan will definitely give him the title of prince of a foreign race—just like his grandfather Ida once did. , then he can have Fortress Jiangnan forever.Not only that, he may even rely on this fertile land to recuperate, eventually defeat his cousins ​​and cousins, and become the Great Khan of the Tumo tribe.

His dream was brewing on the bank of the Yellow River next to Lingzhou, and it was destined to be shattered by the Yellow River.

Yexing encountered unprecedented obstacles in Lingzhou.

Nearly [-] cavalry could not fight in the way of cavalry because of the ravines on the boundary of Lingzhou, and because the Yellow River was below the Lingzhou city, the distance was too far across the wide river, and the siege catapults were useless.

The soldiers fighting across the river were like autumn pastures, falling into the water of the Yellow River one after another. Even if they crossed the river, the garrison inside the towering Lingzhou city walls frantically harvested the barbarians with stones, black oil, and bows and arrows. head.

The siege of Lingzhou was frustrated.

Ye Xing put his mind on roundabout operations.

The Wuzhong and Xiajiapu battles in the upper and lower reaches also ended in failure.

Wu Zhongcheng lost a Minhan Nayan and the entire thousand-man cavalry.

The battle at Xiajiabao was even more tragic. Just after crossing the Yellow River, he encountered an intercepting army led by Xiao Jiang himself at the foot of Xiajiapu City, and was pressed on the bank of the Yellow River and was forced to fight hand-to-hand.

In the battle of Xiajiabao, with the loss of nearly 2000 people, the head of Boerhua, Yexing's most trusted lieutenant, was beheaded.

Yexing was furious, and immediately attacked Lingzhou with more force.

Lingzhou's existing troops do not exceed 2, but they are holding on to the [-]-strong team.

Yexing withdrew his troops on the eighth morning after arriving across the Lingzhou River.

Bu Xiangming came from the direction of Ningxia Town with [-] reinforcements, forming a siege with the Lingzhou garrison.At the same time, Jimo's two cavalry were also dragged to the central defender and rear guard of Ningxia.

No one can rush to his aid.

If he was late, the Ningxia soldiers would make dumplings on the spot, and the whole army would be wiped out here.

The strategy that had been planned to defeat Lingzhou by means of siege and siege became his predicament.

In the early morning of the Jingzhe day, the sentinels of Lingzhou City saw the yurt disappear on the gentle slope on the opposite bank after the sky was lighted, leaving a mess on the ground.

In addition to the corpses from the battle between the two armies, the seriously wounded in the Yexing Ministry committed suicide and died at the moment, and the horses that could not run were also slaughtered, and the blood flowed like a river.There were also some luggage that could not be taken away, and even two catapults with broken wheels were left behind.

These things are mixed in the mud on the other side of the river, with a strange smell, making the depression north of the Yellow River a place of hell.

Bu Xiangming, Kan Yufeng led 3 horsemen and Xiao Jiang and others met in the camp outside Lingzhou City, and another 5000 cavalrymen lined up to pursue in the direction of Yexing's retreat. Xingbu surrounded the east side of Helan Mountain.

The entire army of the Yexing tribe was wiped out, and Yexing's head was chopped off by Bu Xiangming and sent back to the Tumo tribe.

They seized [-] horses, [-] cattle and sheep, and countless weapons, money and food.

Big win.

From the day when Yexing broke through the Zhenbei Pass, the Ningxia battle report was rushed [-] miles away, and one letter was sent all the way back to Shuntian Mansion the next day.At the beginning, the Li Supervisor dared to stay in the middle school, and the Minister of the Ministry of War, Heng Guanfeng, made a fuss when he was listening to the government at the Yumen. Later, when he received the military information, he was immediately sent to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and no one dared to stop him.

The victory report of the Ningxia Great Victory and Bu Xiangming's memorabilia arrived at the East Nuan Pavilion of the Mental Cultivation Hall in Shuntian Mansion five days after the Waking of Insects. Zhao Ji took a look at the victory report and put it down, then read the memo carefully, and then closed the memo after a long time.

"Shu Liang."

"The servant is here."

"What do you think of this good news?"

Shu Liang bowed and stood at the bottom. After a while, he leaned forward and whispered softly, "Long Live Lord has just entered the Lord's Palace, and he has achieved this great victory in Ningxia. This is God's blessing for me, Daduan, and Long Live Lord. "

"Really?" Zhao Ji knocked on the memorial and asked, "Have you read Bu Xiangming's secret memorial?"

"The secret performance of the Infantry Soldier is a matter of great national importance, how dare the servants take it apart and read it."

"Okay, then I'll tell you what I'm going to tell you." Zhao Ji said, "Bu Xiangming carefully sorted out the dozens of crimes committed by Jin Wu in the secret concert, occupying various royal pastures and fields, cronyism, corruption and bribery, and embezzlement of state funds amounting to millions. His stomach is still not enough for such actions, so he rashly opened a private market to trade weapons and horses with the Tatars, making the Tatars strong and strong, and he made a lot of money. When the Tatars entered the customs, he Detaining military talismans due to personal grievances led to delays in the military situation, resulting in countless casualties in Ningxia and the humiliation of the country.

Shu Liang's expression changed when he heard this, and he said, "If Jin Wu really dared to do such a thing, he would be insane. I beg His Majesty to issue an order to arrest him and send him back to Beijing for interrogation. If there is such a thing, I will serve as an example to others."

"Why, you don't know?" Zhao Ji looked up at him, "Isn't he the eunuch recommended by you?"

Shu Liang lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, throwing the floor and said loudly: "I don't know. If you know that he is such a greedy person, you dare not recommend him."

"You're lying!" Zhao Ji kicked him on the shoulder, kicked him down, and said angrily, "All the tribute money he paid went through your Shuliang mansion, don't you know that he does business with foreigners? I'm Da Duan now Son of Heaven, your slaves and servants are still doing such dirty things! How can the people of the world be willing to surrender when such scandals are spread?"

"Your maidservant really doesn't know! Master clearly!" Shu Liang grabbed the ground with his head and said tremblingly, "Master, this servant is so loyal to you, how could you let him associate with foreign races! Master clearly learned!"

Shu Liang kowtowed heavily, his words were sincere, and at the end his voice choked up and he even shed tears on the gold bricks.

"Jinwu commits a crime, and the person who recommended it should be guilty of the same crime. If the master doesn't believe it...the only thing I can do is to die to prove my innocence!"

Zhao Ji looked at his miserable situation coldly, and after a long while said: "What does his matter in Ningxia have to do with you? Just ask a few questions and you will die or die. You have a lot of affairs in the hands of the supervisor of ceremonies, so don't delay because of such trivial matters. Yes. The palace and the cabinet still need you to take care of them."

Shu Liang broke down in tears and said, "Thank you, Master, for your mercy."

"Get up."

Shu Liang wiped his tears and stood up, and when he stood still, Zhao Ji said again: "Even though Ningxia was in war and its rooms were empty, at any rate it was a great victory against the Tatars, and it should be rewarded for its merits."

"The maidservant discussed a plan with the cabinet and the Ministry of War the day before yesterday, please take a look at it." Shu Liang took out the memorial book from his arms and handed it up with both hands.

Zhao Ji didn't look at it, just said: "Bu Xiangming has made great contributions, it's not impossible to be a Marquis. The rest of you can just figure it out. Let's go."

"Yes..." Shu Liang paused for a moment, "I dare to ask my master, what should I do with Zhao Yuan who killed Jin Wu?"

Zhao Ji's face turned cold: "You still want to ask me about such a thing?"

"The slaves are confused." Shu Liang quickly replied, "Jin Wu should be punished by the court even if he committed a heinous crime. If a common man kills the imperial envoy of the army in public, he can't let it go and let the people have other ideas."

"There is also that Xie Taichu, who resisted the order and disrespected, killed the sergeant and escaped, he should also be arrested and brought to justice." Zhao Ji said.

"Yes, servant girl will do it now."

Shu Liang retreated obediently.

After leading him out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and closing the gate, Zhao Jicai suddenly shattered the teacup in his hand, venting his anger and disgust in his heart.

The teacup shattered and the voice was clear.

After a while, hurried footsteps came, and someone said outside the door: "Master, the servant Yan Dalong is here on duty, are you okay?"

Zhao Ji didn't answer, and stared coldly at the water stains on the ground.

Yan Dalong said again: "Master, the slaves have come in."

After a while, seeing that there was no sound of stopping from inside, he led the eunuchs behind him into the hall and knelt down to worship. Seeing the broken teacups on the ground, he waved his hands to let people clean up the pieces carefully.After sweeping the large fragments, the visitor carefully groped the ground with both hands to pick out the small porcelain fragments. Naturally, scratches were inevitable in the process, and there were bloodshot eyes on his palms. He endured it and kept looking down.

After checking every inch of the ground in the Nuan Pavilion, he got up and stood quietly aside with the tiles in his hand.

During this time, the carpet was replaced with a new one.

Ya Dalong brewed another cup of tea, put it in Zhao Ji's hand, and quietly stood aside.

The anger in Zhao Ji's heart dissipated a bit, he picked up the tea and took a sip, a few jasmine flowers floated in the teacup.Yan Dalong smiled carefully and said: "I know that Long Live Lord loves jasmine fragrance, so I picked some dried flowers from the storehouse and crushed them, and made this embellishment. I beg you to punish me for guessing your mind."

"Serving Your Majesty with sincerity, what is the crime?" Zhao Ji said lightly, and he took another sip of tea, "I'm afraid that some people are sincere on the surface, but secretly serve others and fill their own pockets."

Yan Dalong laughed silently.

Zhao Ji looked at him: "What are you laughing at?"

"The servant laughs at such a stupid person."

"Oh?"

"Don't you know that thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king? The glory, wealth, status and status are all given by the master. If he doesn't sincerely serve the emperor, who else in the world will he sincerely serve? Even if the master is kind, don't care about him at this time. But in the future there will always be a day when he will suffer." Yan Dalong replied, "I don't know current affairs, I don't know how to praise. Things that rely on people's power... are they stupid?"

In this way, it seemed that he was only responding to Zhao Ji, but it entered his heart again.

Every word and every sentence seems to be talking about Shu Liang.

He and Shu Liang were originally bound by interests... For the sake of the position of the Son of Heaven, Shu Liang held so many handles...

It's time to part ways.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji came to a conclusion. He asked Yan Dalong: "The former eunuch in charge of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was old, and Shu Liang asked him to go to Nanhaizi to fight. Now the Hall of Mental Cultivation lacks a smart one. Can your eunuch be a good eunuch?" Anyone choose?"

"Master, why don't you choose someone from the supervisor of ceremonies?"

"It doesn't have to be the person who is the chief of ceremonies."

Yan Dalong waited for his words, and asked with a smile: "What do you think of me wearing this long suit today?"

Zhao Ji looked up.

The palace servant who was standing quietly on one side before quietly took a step forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "Slave Yan Shuanglin, I kowtow to my master, Long Live."

"It's the distant nephew of the servant. The family is struggling to treat his mother's illness, so he enters the palace to seek a future. The servant took him in as a godson, and originally planned to find a job in the inner prison." Yan Dalong was in Shuanglin. Kneeling on his side, he replied, "My servant saw that he grew up as a sincere child. If the master needs a slave to serve tea and change clothes at night, he is perfect."

"Head up."

Yan Shuanglin looked up.

His face is delicate and clean, his eyes are restrained, and he is respectful.Compared with Shu Liang's sly look, he was naturally much more pleasing.He is young and frail, and his posture and demeanor can be regarded as cultivated, which makes Zhao Ji like him a little bit.

"Yan Shuanglin?" Zhao Ji asked, "Are you willing to work in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"

Yan Shuanglin kowtowed: "I am willing."

Zhao Ji nodded: "Let's stay here."

Yan Dalong kowtowed with great joy: "The slaves and sons are able to serve the master, which is the virtue accumulated by the ancestors. The ancestors have been grateful for generations, and thank the master for the grace of shelter. The servants and others will not hesitate!"

From Lingzhou, return to Ningxia Town.

What I saw along the way was another kind of human tragedy.

Those who survived by chance broke their bones and cooked, changed their sons to eat, were homeless, and looked around in a daze.

What kindness is life?

What is the blame for killing?

"What kind of victory is this?" Tao Shaochuan asked, "There is no place for Ningxia Qianwei. Are these barbarians really him?"

"Shaochuan, pay attention to your words in front of the county prince." Kan Yufeng was behind him, protecting Zhao Yuan beside him, frowning and scolding.

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Yuan said, "Shaochuan is right. With such a great victory in Ningxia, it is Cangcangzhengmin who suffer in the end."

When he was in Lingzhou, he had already learned how to ride a horse, but he could keep pace with Xie Taichu in the battle.Now that the big black horse is under his seat, although he is reluctant, he even understands his poor riding skills, and is a little safer than before.

"Without Ningxia, without Ganzhou, Datong, Xuanzhou, Kaiping, etc., the peace and tranquility of Daduanchao, an important town on the nine borders of northern Xinjiang, the Tatar cavalry would have flattened thousands of miles of rivers and mountains." Zhao Yuan said, "Qianwei has 47 towns, half They were all slaughtered, and there are still those who have never died. It is more difficult to live than to die. The people are devastated and devastated... It's not bad that the soldiers of Ningxia are not brave, but they can't do anything without weapons and military pay. There are many evils in the Daduan Dynasty. People in Ningxia are desperate, wondering if there will be another fluke?"

He said this to Xie Taichu while on horseback.

At this time, Ningshan was riding a captured Mongolian horse a little behind him. Hearing his words, he was silent for a moment and said: "I just came from the rear. Ningxia Town There's an urgent report."

"What is it?"

After he asked this question, he saw Bu Xiangming and Xiao Jiang galloping all the way from the rear of the team, and stopped beside them.

Bu Xiangming hesitated to speak, and glanced at Xie Taichu.

"If General Bu has anything to say to His Highness, it's okay to tell His Highness." Xie Taichu said.

Bu Xiangming sighed, looked at Zhao Yuan, then at Kan Yufeng and Tao Shaochuan, and said, "Search the house from Jinwu's mansion, and find out some secrets between him and the supervisor of ceremonies, except for the private market. Stolen money and the like... There is also a letter mentioning the reduction of the feudal clan."

Zhao Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

"Less than [-] days after Emperor Daxing's funeral, the heir emperor has issued frequent decrees to cut down the nine frontier kings..." Bu Xiangming handed the secret letter to Zhao Yuan, "King Gu and King Dai have been imprisoned Xiangshan, King Jin was sent to Yunnan, and the decree to depose King Fu...was almost at Ganzhou before the Waking of Insects."