The world is impermanent, often after the turmoil is calm, calm after the turmoil, and then the turmoil, for the country of Yu, which has been relatively calm for a year, suddenly received the Tatar leader in early February. When Ha'er led an army of 180,000 to attack Liaodong, Zhao Qian immediately convened all the ministers, important ministers, and the three dukes and nine kings to discuss countermeasures. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Obviously, the child is only a pound. The reasons for Har'er's attack were twofold: on the one hand, they were dissatisfied with Zhao Gan, the monarch of the state of Cao, for refusing their demands for "crowning the king, paying tribute, and interacting with each other", and second, they were unwilling to submit to the government of the state of Cao, so they tried to restore the old frontier and regain the autonomy of the desert.

At present, the total number of soldiers of the eight guards stationed in the border pass of Liaodong is less than 45,000, and even if they resist desperately, they may not be able to resist for long, so they urgently need the support of the imperial court.

"It's just a bunch of barbarians who don't obey, and if you don't give them some power, you really think we're afraid of him." Zhong Shiqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said angrily.

"Of course, there is something wrong with them in doing this, but if we just blindly suppress them, I am afraid that it is not a way, Your Majesty, why don't you immediately send someone to mediate and promise to give them those leaders the crown? Wechen believes that this can minimize the loss. Li Yunfeng, the head of the household department, hurriedly proposed.

Guo Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, immediately objected: "Weichen's thoughts are the same as that of Lord Zhong, Your Majesty, telling the Tartars about mercy will only make them think that we are afraid of them, and they will definitely gain more inches in the future, so Weichen thinks that this time we must not make peace, but can only go to war." Teach them a hard lesson first, so that they can remember it for a long time. ”

The emperor felt that what they said made sense, and it was not easy to make decisions for a while, so he looked at Yun Yiting, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhao Yuliang, the crown prince.

Zhao Yuliang still looked calm, while Yun Yiting frowned, obviously making a difficult choice.

"Prince, what do you think about this?" The emperor asked the crown prince Zhao Yuliang.

Zhao Yuliang hurriedly came out and said: "The Liaodong region is our territory, and they will never be allowed to attack, and the ministers think that they can send heavy troops to go, and then send people to make peace with them after they get there, if they refuse to make peace, then we will immediately start a war, if they are willing to make peace, then we will give them those leaders to be crowned kings." ”

The crown prince, who has always advocated a peaceful solution to the problem, actually advocated war this time? The emperor was surprised.

What he didn't know was that the prince wanted to take the opportunity of Guo Mao, the secretary of the military department, to go on the expedition to see if Guo Mao would have any contact with the mastermind behind him.

This is an opportunity for Guo Mao to expose his tail, and the prince naturally doesn't want to miss it, not to mention that as long as there are enough people sent by our side in this battle, and the commander sent is Guo Mao, the chance of winning is still very big.

The prince's suggestion was exactly what Guo Mao wanted, so Guo Mao hurriedly said: "Weichen also agrees with His Royal Highness's suggestion. ”

"Yun Aiqing, what do you think?" The emperor asked Yun Yiting.

Yun Yiting has been more inclined to listen to the prince's opinion in the past two years, so he immediately expressed his support for the prince's suggestion.

The emperor then asked the opinions of the other ministers. These ministers are all elites, so they are naturally happy to go with the big team, so everyone also expressed their support for the prince's proposal. Although the emperor couldn't make a decision, seeing that the ministers all supported the prince, he couldn't say anything more, so he ordered Guo Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zheng Yusong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to rush to the border with 150,000 soldiers and horses.

"Your two armies will meet as soon as they reach the border pass, and then go to talk to you. Harr negotiated peace. Let them know that our army has arrived when they negotiate peace, and let them know what to expect. The emperor instructed.

The ministers who had been assigned immediately knelt down to receive the order.

Immediately, the emperor issued an order to send troops.

The 300,000-strong army then marched northeast in two directions at the end of the afternoon of the same day.

Guo Mao's right-hand man Liang Gongyuan also followed Guo Mao on the expedition.

The two men rode forward on a horse, one behind the other, followed by 150,000 armoured soldiers.

The days of the expedition are always very bitter, and life and death are uncertain, but for Guo Mao and Liang Gongyuan, who are used to fighting, they don't feel anything.

The army hurried all the way until it was completely dark, and then stopped at a suburb and set up camp.

"You can sleep in a tent with me tonight." Guo Mao said to Liang Gongyuan.

"Good. As long as adults don't care about the sound of snoring. Liang Gongyuan said with a smile.

Guo Mao stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "I have something to discuss with you at night." ”

Liang Gongyuan immediately nodded happily.

That night, after the soldiers had fallen asleep, Guo Mao said to Liang Gongyuan: "The king's side of our expedition does not know yet, and I don't know what instructions he will give when he knows about it." ”

Liang Gongyuan thought for a while before looking at Guo Mao and said, "Unless he wants to connect with the Tartars, it's better not to do anything." ”

After all, this was something they had planned to do.

Guo Mao shook his head and said, "King Ling is an opportunist, I'm afraid he won't let go of this opportunity." ”

"Then the biggest possibility is that he wants to connect with the Tartars, but this matter is too risky, if the Holy One knows about it, he will be killed." Liang Gongyuan said.

"That's why I'm worried." Guo Mao sighed.

At the same time, he was also worried about the affairs of Zhang Zhaoyi and Kong Wuli.

Kong Wuli didn't catch him for a day, and he didn't dare to settle down for a day. What he was most worried about was that the crown prince would catch Kong Wuli before him. If that were the case, the situation would be very unfavorable for him.

And although Zhang Zhaoyi was extremely favored during this time, she was too young after all to fight Queen Jingzhuang and the crown prince's mother and son, so he was deeply afraid that they would deal with Zhang Zhaoyi during his expedition.

Now Zhang Zhaoyi is the most important chess piece in the hands of him and Ling Wang Zhao Teng, and he can't die.

However, he has secretly installed his own people in the Jinyi Guard, and they will pay attention to the situation on Zhang Zhaoyi's side at any time, and have placed two palace maids who know martial arts by Zhang Zhaoyi's side, so as long as Zhang Zhaoyi is careful, he should not die.

But Guo Mao is still not very relieved, as if something will happen sometime.

That night, Guo Mao slept very restlessly and woke up several times during the night.

Before dawn, Guo Mao woke up from his dream again, and he hurriedly opened his eyes. But it was still dark all around, and all I could hear was the wind blowing outside and the tent was whirring.

The uneasiness struck again, making Guo Mao inexplicably painful. He wanted to drink water, but there was no water in the tent. He reached for the kettle hanging in front of the bed, and found that it was also empty, and immediately felt inexplicably anxious.

He wanted the soldier who was guarding outside to help him get some water, but he was afraid that the soldier would put medicine in the water, so he simply lay down again with thirst.

On this snowy day, it is on a remote plateau, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a water source, he said to himself, and he can't help but be full of worries about tomorrow's trip.

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Dear friends, the second watch is here. (To be continued.) )