, Chapter 983 Lu Ming Yo Yo

Xia Xun sneered: "You are so bold! ”

Yan Chuan hugged his fists and said: "The only mission assigned to the rank by the imperial court is to protect the safety of the national duke, anyone who tries to harm the national duke, the rank must be filled with his life, as long as we are still here, the national duke will not be harmed!" If the person who intends to harm the Guogong is the Guogong himself, the rank must also be resolutely stopped! After escorting the Guogong to Liaodong Town, he will be killed or killed, and the lowly rank is willing to be governed by the Guogong! But now, the prince wants to listen to us! ”

Xia Xun lowered his eyes slightly, and said after a while: "If I don't go, I'm uneasy!" ”

Zhang Wentao couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard his tone a little loose, and hurriedly said: "But it's really unwise for the Duke of Guo to go like this!" Guogong, go to Liaodong first, lead soldiers and horses and then enter Tatar, if you want to save people, you must first have the power to protect yourself! ”

Xia Xun was silent for a long time, sighed softly, and waved his hand gloomily, Tang Feng saw this, and hurriedly asked the guards to retreat. Xia Xun said calmly: "Being a prince of the country is so boring!" ”

At this time, Shi Yicheng led a group of post guards to bring in with a big bowl, and saw Zhang Wentao and the other four people fanning the Guogong in the middle, a little tense, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

The steaming meal was served, and the tension came to an end.

There are no delicate fine porcelain cups and bowls, it is the kind of coarse porcelain bowls fired in Liaodong, the bowls are all the size of a small basin, there is a large kang table on the top of the kang, Xia Xun is sitting cross-legged in the innermost, with his back to the window. The window lattice is pasted with window paper, just after the New Year, the window lattice is still pasted with red paper-cut window flowers, quite a festive atmosphere.

Tang Feng, Zhang Wentao, He Tianyang, and Yan Chuan sat down, and the five of them didn't speak, just ate silently. There are no exquisite dishes, they are all winter stews in the style of Liaodong, but they are picked up very carefully, and the meat is fragrant. Braised pork with dried beans, fatty river fish shoeed out of the ice cave, stewed chicken with dried mushrooms, pork boiled with Chinese cabbage and tofu, etc., and the staple food is mainly noodles, steamed buns and noodles, in addition to a jar of soju.

After eating most of the meal, Xia Xun and them gradually returned to normal, talking to each other, the atmosphere eased down, and a few people secretly put their minds at ease.

When they arrived at the inn, it was already evening, and the winter was short, and it was very dark, and when they had settled down and had had dinner, it was already dark outside, and the wind howling in the wilderness was like the howl of a wolf, and it was terrible and long, and it was endless.

Although the four guards knew that the possibility of attacking the post house at night was almost zero, the prince did not dare to be careless here, the police post was still tightly arranged, and the four of them were divided into two shifts, and they were personally on duty in the first half of the night and the second half of the night, patrolling the front and back of the room where Xia Xun lived. After Xia Xun had dinner, he asked a few guards to carry a large bucket of hot water into it, took a hot bath, and then changed his clothes and sat widely, and the light was on until nearly three o'clock.

The guards patrolling the front and rear could only see the figure from the window lattice, seeing Guogong sitting upright, thinking that he was thinking about all kinds of matters after going to Liaodong, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he only relaxed his steps and waited quietly.

At dawn, Tang Feng and Zhang Wentao, who were on duty in the middle of the night, saw that the door of the Guogong House was closed and they were still asleep, so they yawned and went to discuss today's itinerary with Shi Qiusheng.

The main reason for the difficult connection with Liaodong in winter, the heavy snow was pervasive, and the time of cutting off contact with each other was as long as three or four months, accounting for a quarter of the year, and the government decrees were not reached, so it was impossible to implement effective rule, and the control of Liaodong was not as effective as in other regions, which was also the main reason. Xia Xun discovered this problem when he passed through Liaodong.

At that time, he had vigorously developed the construction of post roads, and incorporated the climbing plough most commonly used by the Jurchens for winter travel and hunting into the transportation of the Ming military, focusing on construction. Like the previous few times the news came out in Liaodong, it was all transported by climbing plows all the way, and when it was close to Shanhaiguan, it was only transferred to horses in the post house, so each post station on this post road was equipped with a large number of climbing plows.

The climbing plough was originally a common means of transportation for the Jurchens, which could be pulled by people, oxen, horses, dogs, and even deer in some areas. Chief among them are horse plows and dog plows. The horse plough is suitable for plain areas, and when the snow is not very deep, even if it carries a lot of weight, it is not even difficult to travel two or three hundred miles a day, and in special cases, it can even be used as a tool for transporting military rations in winter.

Of course, considering the complexity and changeability of the climate, and the difference of various road sections, some road sections are not suitable for horses to climb the plow, so on the one hand, Liaodong expands agricultural production by itself, and before the scale of production is not enough for self-sufficiency, before the winter comes, through the sea, from the customs to transport enough grain reserves, rarely use this means.

Dogs climb the plough to adapt to all kinds of road conditions, mountains, woodland, deep snow, light snow ......, their weight is not as good as horses, but more adapted to the environment than horses, not only can walk freely in various road conditions, but also take care of it is also convenient. Dogs can eat food, can also eat meat, and can even hunt their own food, it is quite easy to rest overnight in the snow in the wild, and at the same time can also play the role of vigilance, guarding, searching, tracking, etc., while horses are not, to bring enough forage, pay attention to cold measures...... troublesome.

So after comparison, each post station finally made a lot of use of the dog climbing plow, each post station has a large dog, Xia Xun stayed in this post station because it is the first station to connect the upper and lower, contact Liaodong and Guannei, so the dog is especially raised, in the corner of the spacious yard that the post station has been expanded to build a kennel, with a hundred and ten dogs.

Yesterday, Xia Xun's people had already explained to Shi Yicheng that they wanted to change the climbing plow here and continue to go north, anyway, the climbing plow and the dog were ready-made, Shi Yicheng didn't take it too seriously, and now when he saw the two military masters coming to find him, he couldn't help but murmur secretly in his heart: "This is too urgent, right?" ”

In fact, Tang Feng and Zhang Wentao didn't want to go so early, but although they stopped Guogong yesterday, they also knew that Guogong was anxious, since Guogong promised not to be involved in danger again, it was better to rush to Liaodong as soon as possible, and it also saved everyone from worrying, so they came early in the morning to urge.

Shi Yicheng hurriedly said: "The two generals will wait a minute, I will arrange it, the kitchen is preparing food, and when the grandfather and the military masters have breakfast, they can go on the road, and they will definitely not be delayed." ”

While talking, Shi Yicheng beckoned a few post guards and followed him to the backyard to prepare. Led out the dog, put on the hitch, tied the climbing plow, and was busy, suddenly someone said strangely: "Master Yicheng, what about the three deer we raise?" ”

Shi Yicheng turned his head to see that the livestock pen on the other side was really empty, could it be that the three deer had fallen asleep? Shi Yicheng hurriedly ran over and looked into the livestock pen, but it was still empty.

On this side, there are stables, cattle pens, and several deer. The ox is used to pull the ox to climb the plow into the mountains to collect firewood and grass, but the deer was bought from the savage Jurchen, the deer plow and the dog plough are the same, they have an advantage over the horse plow, but there are very few deer plows, that is too luxurious, Shi Yicheng bought these deer, originally just wanted to raise some antler velvet to make some money, but he didn't expect the deer to disappear.

The door is still closed, and the deer is gone? Shi Yicheng entered the livestock pen and looked around carefully, and immediately thought, I am afraid that the guards of Grandpa Guo are making trouble, this is the only reasonable explanation, otherwise why would the few deer in good terms be gone? Shi Yicheng was angry in his heart, and hurriedly came back to the two guards to complain about his grievances.

Tang Feng and the others only felt ridiculous when they heard it, if it was the guards who were making ghosts, where could they get the deer? Could it be that they roasted the deer and ate it last night? Shi Yicheng choked a few words after eating them, but he had no choice but to swallow his anger and leave, and the more he thought about it when he arrived in the kitchen, he opened the lid of the pot and spat a few mouthfuls into the porridge, which calmed down a little.

After a while, the meal was ready, and all the guards got up to wash up and prepare for the meal, at this time, Xia Xun still closed the door and never got up, Tang Feng frowned, and secretly felt strange. He has been serving as the guard of the national prince, naturally knows the work and rest of the national prince, the national prince gets up very early every day, much earlier than the guards, always has to fight a few times, practice swords a few times to wash his face, why did he sleep for so long today?

Tang Feng discussed with the other three leaders, then went to knock on the door, called a few times in a row, there was no movement in the room, Tang Feng and the others suddenly became alert, knocked on the door and knocked on the window to greet for a while, but still no one in the room answered, and several people were in a hurry, so they broke the door and entered. The door was kicked open, rushed in and hurriedly took a look, where was there someone in the inner and outer rooms, the couch was empty, but there was a letter on the table, and a few big words were written on the envelope: "Minister Yang Xu respectfully, His Majesty the Emperor is in the palace!" ”

“…… The minister has a word, from the bottom of his heart, the change in Liaodong is a move by Ji Gang to invite merit and flattery, and he is in a hurry to succeed. The minister has no evidence, and he has no right to hear about it, but the minister is gone, and his life and death are uncertain, so he has to say, I hope the emperor will see it! The minister knows that he should not go! But if the minister doesn't go, his conscience will be uneasy, the minister is not a hero, nor a strong man, nor a qualified courtier, a husband, a man, that's all! ”

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Deer are chirping, snowflakes are flying, and a climbing plow is galloping across the snowfields at dawn.

Mountains, rivers, plains, covered in silver. The jackdaw in the forest cried suddenly, but before it could spread its wings and flee, the climbing plough had already galloped under the tree, and the earth was still bleak and lonely. The gloomy and bleak mountains, between the rugged mountains, the snow is covered and the vast expanse, the roads have disappeared, the ravines are difficult to distinguish, only the howling cold wind, swaying the chill to the bone.

The plow slid over the snow, making a rustling sound, Xia Xun sat on the plow, wrapped thickly, only revealing a pair of eyes, and his head was covered with frost and snow, like a Santa Claus.

There are also two guards sitting in front, who are engrossed in controlling the direction of the plow, these two people are the two people who were called by him to bathe in water last night, Tan Bo and Peng Hao, these are the two hidden dragon secret spies he planted in the guards, at the critical moment, it is still completely controlled by him alone, so he will not question his decision, only obey his fate.

It has come to the moment when the picture is poor, once the news of the Ming army's surprise attack on the rear of Warat reaches the ears of the Warat people who are fighting in front, the purpose of the Ming Dynasty will be obvious, regardless of whether the Wara people know that Sakura is on the side of the Ming army, it is very normal for them to kill people and vent their anger at the end of the road, if he goes to Liaodong first and then to Tatar, it is to deceive himself with a clear conscience, just to collect Sakura's body.

Qing was innocent, it was for him to jump into the fire pit, he either dragged her out of the fire pit, or accompanied her to jump into the fire pit, this is affection and morality!

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