Chapter 34: The War
After Chu Xiangwan left, Sun Liuyun appeared. She said to Huangfu Jingyao: "The prince's affection is really touching. ”
"Liuyun, after this king leaves, I hope you can help me take care of her." Huangfu Jingyao knew Sun Liuyun's intentions, but he never took it to heart. People are sometimes so cruel, and they never care about whether they will hurt each other if they don't love each other.
"Don't worry, the prince is the prince's beloved, and Liuyun will do his best to take care of her." Sun Liuyun also clearly knew that it was impossible for her and Huangfu Jingyao to be together, there was a difference between them, and only a woman like Chu Xiangwan could be worthy of him.
Above the court, the emperor came out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen recently handed over an excerpt and asked to return to the border to deal with military affairs, I don't know if the emperor can grant permission?" "The excerpt has been pressed on Huangfu Jingwen for almost half a month, Huangfu Jingwen has been compromised, Huangfu Jingyao directly proposed it in the early dynasty today, just to see Huangfu Jingwen's attitude.
"I just saw it the day before yesterday, and it hasn't been wholesaled yet, so it's time to take it out and let the ministers discuss it." Huangfu Jingwen threw the question out.
Weichen thought that this matter still needed to be considered in the long run. At present, there is no war at the border pass, and the military situation is not urgent, so King Rui can deal with it in the capital mansion. "The first to speak was Fang Tinglou, the Queen Mother had already summoned him a few days ago and asked him to stop this. When he said these words at this time, the implication was that Huangfu Jingyao could not leave the capital.
"Weichen also thinks so, the border pass is important, the security of Gyeonggi is more important, not long after the assassination on the outskirts of Beijing, King Rui needs to be in the capital to be proper." Now it is Fu Zhaoyuan's father Jiang Junfan who is speaking out, and he is also standing on the side of Fang Tinglou.
"Your Majesty, you just let King Rui go back to the border pass, staying in the capital every day is about to suffocate people to death, Weichen hasn't danced a knife for a long time, and his hands are itchy." Out of the ranks is the general Qi Youshan, he has been following Huangfu Jingyao, starting from a small firehead soldier, all the way to become the deputy commander with military exploits. It has been almost a year since he came back from the border pass because of the new emperor's accession to the throne and Huangfu Jingyao, he is a rough man, he really doesn't understand these intrigues in the court, he just wants to return to the border pass as soon as possible and kill the Huns.
"Hmph, martial artists don't know how to write and ink, and there are no rules for speaking." Qiu Wang, the young secretary of Dali Temple, muttered.
Huangfu Jingyao glanced at him, and he immediately bowed his head weakly, not daring to speak again.
Chu Huaifeng didn't speak the whole time, he knew the concerns of the emperor and the queen mother, but he didn't know Huangfu Jingyao's plans, at this time, he didn't want to speak rashly.
"Rong Zhen will think about this matter again, King Rui, the matter of returning to the border pass is not in a hurry, just after the New Year, it is better to recuperate for a while, and it is not too late to leave when the weather warms up." Huangfu Jingwen said this, which is equivalent to refuting Huangfu Jingyao's request. In fact, Huangfu Jingwen hoped that Huangfu Jingyao would leave, and having him in front of him always reminded him of the relationship between Huangfu Jingyao and Chu Xiangwan, which made Huangfu Jingwen feel like a fish in his throat. Especially Chu Xiangwan's frequent trance, always made him feel that Chu Xiangwan remembered Huangfu Jingyao again. Therefore, if Huangfu Jingyao goes far, he can rest assured. But the Queen Mother also said that Huangfu Jingyao could not let the tiger return to the mountain, and once he returned to the border and regained control of the troops, it would be even more difficult to control.
"Yes, Wechen obeys." Huangfu Jingyao didn't ask again, he knew that this matter was not so easy.
On the tenth day of Huangfu Jingwen's rejection of Huangfu Jingyao's request, there were 800 miles of urgent transmission to Huangfu Jingwen's hands at the border pass: Helian City actually made a comeback, led the troops to burn and loot all the way, slaughtered several border towns, and the people in the town suffered heavy casualties, and the border guards could not resist it at all. When the news came, the court was in an uproar. Helian City is really not simple, two years ago Huangfu Jingyao killed his father and caused the Xiongnu to fall apart, the various forces occupied the mountain as the king, and he, the next Xiongnu king, also existed in name only. Although he wanted revenge, he also brought people into Beijing to assassinate the emperor, but without the backing of a strong army and the support of the unified ministries, it was impossible for him to confront the Great Zhou. Therefore, he took refuge in the Tata Department, which is now the strongest Xiongnu, and borrowed the Tata's troops to regain the lost territory, and gradually, the various departments were unified again, which will happen to violate the border of the Great Zhou.
"I didn't expect the border guards to be so useless, and they were defeated by the Huns in just such a short time. What are the 200,000 troops for, and the imperial court gives them food and salaries, is it for them to fight like this? The Queen Mother was furious and slapped the table heavily in the Cihe Palace.
"The queen mother is angry, I'm afraid this matter is not the fault of the soldiers, but Hua Yuhe is really overwhelmed." Huangfu Jingwen was also angry.
Yunlu General Hua Yuhe is Hua Chongyuan's uncle, and he is the guard general at the border pass second only to Huangfu Jingyao. Originally, he was old, and Huangfu Jingwen hoped to take advantage of Huangfu Jingyao's absence at the border pass to let Hua Yuhe buy the military heart at the border pass, so as to shake Huangfu Jingyao's status in the army. In this battle, I know that Hua Yuhe has been pressed under Huangfu Jingyao all these years, not only because he was born in a high-ranking family and is unwilling to share weal and butter with the soldiers, but more importantly, because his ability to march and fight is fundamentally difficult to compare with Huangfu Jingyao.
"Hmph, the mourning family doesn't believe it, except for Huangfu Jingyao, there is no available general in this big week!" The Queen Mother is still thinking about controlling Huangfu Jingyao in the capital and getting rid of him at every opportunity. It's just that what the Queen Mother didn't understand was that Huangfu Jingyao's great military achievements could not be replaced so easily.
"I'm afraid this matter can't be delayed any longer. This time, we can only let Huangfu Jingyao go back to the border pass, don't worry, the queen mother, the son's words have not been finished yet," Seeing that the queen mother's face changed, Huangfu Jingwen soothed, "An Nei must go outside first, and the first priority at this time is not to let the Huns advance one step further." Moreover, it's okay to let Huangfu Jingyao go, I will send someone back with him, plus Hua Yuhe is hindered on both sides of the border at the same time, I believe that even at the border pass, Huangfu Jingyao can't do whatever he wants. ”
"Who to send, does the emperor have an idea?" The Queen Mother was smooth.
"Erchen has already thought about it, so he will send Shao Zhou, and I will promote his sister Lu Xiuyi to Lu Zhaoyi in a few days, so that he can work harder after he goes to the border pass."
"Okay, now that the emperor has a plan, the mourning family is relieved. Huangfu Jingyao, when he solves the Huns, the mourning family wants him to disappear completely. The Queen Mother's eyes were full of murder.
Five days later, Huangfu Jingwen issued an edict, ordering Huangfu Jingyao, Shao Zhou, Qi Youshan and others to rush to the border on the first day of February to fight against the Xiongnu. When Huangfu Jingyao heard this will, he knelt down and shouted long live, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Once he returns to the border pass and regains military power, his plan can begin, however, he has to deal with Helian City first, and assassinate him on the outskirts of Beijing, Helian City dares to hurt Chu Xiangwan, and he will not let it go.