Chapter 145: Farewell (Part II)
Looking at his wife, who was already crying, King Mizhen tried to calm down, and then asked bitterly: "Good girl, how much do you care about me, so much so that you think that your sleeping brother is the kind of loyal minister who will live and die with Yizhou City when he is so brainless that he will live and die with Yizhou City?!"
He sighed helplessly, "Although I am my grandfather's grandson-in-law, I am really not of the Sheng family's bloodline, okay?"
Do you really think that there are many people like Mrs. Sheng who "sacrificed their lives to go to the country, and looked at death as if they were going home"?
Even if it's really a lot, he definitely doesn't let the sleeping crane be among them, okay?
After all, there are people in this world who come out of the mud and are not stained, but more of them are still with the light.
Anyway, with the growth experience of the sleeping crane, he basically can't understand the feelings of sacrifice.
He has a lot of experience in plundering, robbing, and so on......
Thinking about his wife's thoughts at this moment, the corners of his mouth twitched and added, "Besides, you touch your conscience and think about it, your sleeping brother is willing to leave you?!"
Are you kidding!
It was not easy for him to marry this little ancestor, and he hasn't turned around this year, so he wants to be eternal?
Is he really an old lady?
Now there is a stable life like flowers and thousands of family properties, but I have to go to serve the country, get an injury and illness and die early, and end up with a lifelong regret...... To put it mildly, if it weren't for the fact that Old Lady Sheng had never been bad to him, and he was Sheng Weiqiao's grandfather, he actually wanted to ask this person, did he enter a sea in his head back then?
It's just that Sheng Weiqiao obviously couldn't understand his thoughts, and his attitude was very resolute: "You can't stop Ruru at all!
"......" Rong Sleeping Crane calmed down again, and then said quietly, "Good girl, you should say that Yizhou City at this moment can't be stopped." ”
Sheng Weiqiao heard the meaning of the words, and said in surprise: "Could it be that in addition to the five thousand elite horsemen who just arrived outside the city, you have other reinforcements?!"
She asked, puzzled, "But where did these reinforcements come from?"
"Have you forgotten that your sleeping brother only came to Chang'an two years ago, and he had been in the south before?" Rong Sleeping Crane took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Then after arriving in Chang'an, can I remember to persuade Uncle Xu Shi to help, do you think I was in the south...... Will you do nothing?"
He implicitly reminded Sheng Weiqiao, "Especially, when Li Shengxu's kid went south to visit his three sisters and brothers-in-law, not only did his father-in-law send him a steward guide to accompany him, but I also sent someone to be his guard...... If you think there's no purpose, I'll be so kind to that kid?"
Just because that kid loves to entangle with Sheng Weiqiao if he is fine, let alone send someone to protect this cousin, and if he doesn't let his subordinates kill Li Shengxu, he will miss the cousin's love!
"Could it be the Southern Xinjiang Army?" Sheng Weiqiao said in surprise, "But not to mention that the main force of the Southern Xinjiang Army is thousands of miles away from the western Xinjiang, and how inconvenient it is to come and go, just say that the army has no edict and left the garrison without permission and is complicit in rebellion...... How do you fix it?"
"The edict is easy to do. Rong Sleepy Crane chuckled lightly and said, "Before I left Chang'an, didn't I go to the palace to say goodbye to Ershu? At that time, I asked them for a few blank secret decrees with seals, and on the way to Xijiang, I imitated the imperial pen of Jinshang, wrote down the content of the secret tune for the southern Xinjiang army, and asked someone to send it over. ”
Sheng Weiqiao was speechless for a while, and said in his heart No wonder there are few people who like the Shu sisters up and down, but there are no ones who are not afraid of them, they are so favored, Emperor Xuanjing is invincible in one day!
"Since you already have the idea of fighting the Southern Xinjiang Army, why don't you just let the Shu sisters convince Your Majesty and simply give you a real secret decree?" After thinking about it for a while, she asked, "Even if the Shu sisters give you the top, Your Majesty may not deny your fake secret decree, but once the flaws in the matter of the edict are exposed, there will be trouble after all." ”
Rong Sleepy Crane stretched out his hand and touched her head, and said with a smile: "Good girl, you really think that Your Majesty has been addicted to wine for so many years, and the whole world has slandered him for being mediocre behind his back, so he really doesn't have a long brain? Even if His Majesty favors the Shu sisters, it is the Shu sisters who want the military power, and His Majesty will laugh at the Pomeranians. As for me, I'm just his nephew, or the nephew I haven't seen a few times so far. Even if the Shu sisters hinted openly and secretly that they wanted me to be their heirs in the future, you just saw that Your Majesty has not said anything, and you will know that Your Majesty is either dissatisfied with me or has no interest in me. ”
"In this case, hand over the Southern Xinjiang Army to me to send at will?"
"He just got in the way of the Shu sisters' face, so he had to nod, turn around and 'not be careful', or 'accidentally' leak it to the Meng family, what do you think the consequences will be?"
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned and said: "But if he cheats you, won't he also cheat the Shu sisters?
It is said that according to Emperor Xuanjing's favor for the Shu sisters, shouldn't it?
"However, the reason why the Shu sisters are willing to help me is, in the final analysis, because they think that I will be their support in their old age. Rong Sleeping Crane said disapprehantly, "It's not because of how deep their feelings are for me." So once someone gives them other guarantees to rely on, do you think they will continue to stand on my side? You must know that Your Majesty is on the side of the Shu sisters in the conflict between the Shu sisters and the Queen Mother, but the whole world is just a special case of the Shu sisters, and if someone else fights with the Queen Mother, do you see if Your Majesty will continue not to help the Queen Mother?"
"In this way, since Your Majesty's affection for me is not as deep as that for the Queen Mother, how can I let him know about my plans, especially the key ones?"
"Besides, even if it is a secret decree drafted by His Majesty himself, the wording, writing, and tone may not be as suitable as what I wrote myself, anyway, his handwriting is not difficult to imitate, and the Shu sisters also took the pen and ink used by His Majesty from the imperial study to give it to me...... Why don't you come yourself?"
"......" Sheng Weiqiao was speechless and said, "Then how long will it take for the Southern Xinjiang Army to arrive?"
"They are already in the territory of Western Xinjiang, but they are just lurking in the deep mountains and dense forests in inaccessible places, and they do not show their faces. Rong Sleeping Crane squinted, thought for a while, and felt that it was better to let her feel at ease, otherwise even if he persuaded this ancestor to embark on the road, he was afraid that he would have to worry about his stomach on the way, and what should he do if he couldn't support it under such bumps and fatigue?
Then he lowered his head and whispered, "The subordinates I sent to Li Shengxu as guards before are not only to contact the Southern Xinjiang Army, but also to find an unknown secret path from Southern Xinjiang to Western Xinjiang that can be used by the army. ”
Sheng Weiqiao was surprised: "There is such a road?"
If it is not known, it proves that there are few people passing by, or even no trace at all, even if there is such a road, the grass and trees in southern Xinjiang will soon be covered by crazy grass and trees, and there will be no traces at all.
Isn't it a contradiction to let the army pass, let alone to allow the passage of the army!
"Anyway, at that time, we didn't even officially put the matter of coming to Xijiang on the agenda, so we had plenty of time. Rong Sleepy Crane explained, "So even if there is an occasional road that is not passed, it is too late to send a small group of soldiers and horses to try to get through." ”
smiled and said Sheng Weiqiao, "Good girl, you really don't care about business matters, otherwise how could you not know, there are many such roads, and most of them are in the hands of businessmen?"
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses: "You mean those smugglers or something?"
Since ancient times, things such as salt and iron have been sold by officials, and private individuals have interfered without authorization, and the punishment has been extremely severe, ranging from exile to beheading.
It's just that the wealth is moving, and these officially sold industries are often extremely profitable, so there is no shortage of people who are willing to take risks in all dynasties.
In order to avoid the investigation of the government, these people will deliberately choose inaccessible routes when transporting, and then for the sake of profit and the reduction of transportation costs, they will also repair and maintain this path to a certain extent.
Even if the size of their passage is not comparable to that of a large army, it is enough when there is enough time.
"However, how many of the Southern Xinjiang Army have you transferred?" Sheng Weiqiao pondered for a while and said in surprise, "Could it be that there is no rumor from the Southern Xinjiang Army to make the imperial court wake up?"
Rong Mianhe said: "Over the years, the Great Mu Dynasty has been thinking about the Northern Frontier Army. The Western Xinjiang Army is still a father who doesn't love his mother, let alone the Southern Xinjiang Army, which has no sense of existence than the Western Xinjiang Army?"
Sheng Weiqiao felt that this reason was too prevaricating: "It's because there is no sense of existence, and generally speaking, the combat power is not very good! As far as the situation in Western Xinjiang is concerned, it is meaningless to come less, and if there are too many people, no matter how stupid the Southern Xinjiang Army is, will it not notice?"
"The total number of troops in southern Xinjiang is 400,000, and it is known to the outside world as 800,000. Rong Sleeping Crane said calmly, "Among them, the elite who can be called the main force is probably less than 100,000." Because there are many mountains and grasses in southern Xinjiang, the cavalry cannot be used at all, so most of the elites are the ones who control the strings. At this time, most of these 100,000 archers are in the western frontier. ”
"As for how to cover up the empty camp, the Southern Xinjiang Army has its own methods. ”
He didn't mean that he deliberately sold Guanzi, mainly, "Good girl, it's not too early, it's okay to go back and let Ah Xi tell you about these things." We can't continue to waste our tongues, we have to hurry up and invite my aunt back to discuss the matter of leaving!"
"......" Sheng Weiqiao was silent for a moment and said, "Let's go, you really know how to protect yourself?"
"All the people in the Western Xinjiang are dead, and your sleeping brother won't die, okay?" Rong Sleeping Crane tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said a little helplessly, "You don't want to think about it, the old sea lord died in the battle before, and I escaped in such a dangerous situation, what is the situation now?"
Sheng Weiqiao snorted coldly: "It's still intact! I don't want to think about who has a white face all day long, and I don't know how to close the door when I change the dressing!
Thinking of the quarrel between the two in the past, Rong Sleeping Crane was about to have a comprehensible smile, but when he saw the princess of the county who had a disgusted look on him, he shed tears without warning: "You really won't have an accident, will it really be intact?"