Chapter 317: Madness (2-in-1)
The thirty-third year of Jianzhao was a year of disaster for the people of Daliang.
On the third day of the first month, it rained a hail rain in Fengjing, when it rained, it was dark, the thunder was rolling, the common people were all frightened, the day and night were reversed, and the four seasons were out of order, which was a bad omen.
In the first month, Yang Haojian, the king of the Han Dynasty, returned to Shiqin Wang from Baizhou with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the clans and families lost their voices.
Concubine Xian committed suicide, and the second prince's maternal grandfather and a group of cronies only caught Bai Wenrui, who had already been accused, and the others, including the fourth princess, were all missing.
In the middle of the month, Yang Haojian's Qinwang army and the 50,000 Beijing soldiers led by the Qingxiang Marquis met in Yongchang Xingcheng, this battle Qinwang's army was commanded by Zhong Tianzheng, and the two fierce battles lasted all day, and the Beijing division was defeated on all fronts.
Zhao Baoheng, the Marquis of Qingxiang, was the father-in-law of the eldest prince Yang Haoyu, and when he saw that he couldn't beat the other party, he had to give up Xingcheng and ask for help from the court while withdrawing his troops.
At the end of the first month, Yang Haojian killed another team of assassins.
Since he returned to his mentorship of King Qin, there have been many groups of assassins who have been killed in his camp, this time the difference is the identity of the assassins, this time there is a musician master among the assassins, the sound of the piano is full of murder, so that people can't guard against it, it is Mr. Tan San.
Even Mr. Tan San was injured and lost, Yang Haojian really served Zhong Tianzheng, and secretly glad that he didn't deal with him for the fourth princess back then.
Zhong Tianzheng was too well-informed to be the assassin before he arrived, his side was already prepared, and he also had a team of musicians under him, commanded by a sloppy blind old man. Once these people play together, even Mr. Tan San is not an opponent.
Yang Haojian asked his cousin with mixed feelings: "You are also surnamed Yang, when did you change your surname?" ”
Zhong Tianzheng replied with a sneer: "Your Highness Xie cares." But no, it's good for me to take my mother's surname. ”
Yang Haojian saw that his expression didn't seem to be fake, so he put his mind at ease, it seemed that this cousin just wanted revenge, and he didn't have much interest in the throne.
Mr. Tan San's assassination failed, and the Xuanyin Pavilion in Jingli immediately conducted a large-scale inventory.
The musician who had been close to Zhong Tianzheng before was from a powerful family. If it is returned to the family, if there is a letter of recommendation, it will be handed over to the recommender for strict care. In general, Tan Lao Guoshi's treatment of the musicians is still very gentle.
Mr. Tan Er took the blame and resigned from the post of president of the Southern Hospital, and thought about it behind closed doors at home.
Throughout February, the state capitals of Daliang were in chaos. There is a response to the second prince Qin Wang. There are those who support the rebellion of the imperial court, and there are even those who take the opportunity to stand on their own.
Among them, there are those who support the second prince on the surface, but actually have their hearts towards the court, and those who look at the same heart as the court, but in fact, they are the two princes' internal responses, and they can't be more chaotic.
At the end of February, Zhu Ziliang abandoned the camp in Jiangbei. With 100,000 elite soldiers, he returned to Beijing to follow Yang Hao and the thrifty king.
Nan Chong saw that the big bargain sent to the door could not be taken advantage of. The general Lin Shinan took the opportunity to occupy eight counties in Jiangbei, and the entire Jiangbei fell into the hands of Nanchong.
In mid-March, the imperial court invited the respected old lord Yang Yan to take command, and met the enemy at Xionghuai Pass at the Jingding Gate with 80,000 Beijing soldiers.
In the first battle, Tan Jinhua showed his edge, he had bold ideas and flexible use of troops, and gave the Qinwang army a head-on blow all the way.
Not only that, the division commanders of Xuanyin Pavilion, such as Wei Xingjian, Kong Changyi, Shangguan Tai and others, appeared on the battlefield one after another, Zhong Tianzheng was overwhelmed to deal with it, and the war fell into a stalemate.
Let's turn around and talk about Wen Sheng.
Wen Sheng had already joined Ji Nantang, and she had no time to pay too much attention to the war in Jingding.
Yang Haojian wanted to go back to Fengjing to seize power, for fear that the Dongyi people would bite his ass and take away all his descendants, but he left Mi Jingyang's old department behind.
When Mi Jingyang heard the news, the Dongyi army had already been killed, and he was leading thousands of people to carry grain in the rear, and he couldn't help but scold for a while.
After scolding, he had to quickly clean up the mess, and the remaining men and horses gathered together were almost more than 10,000, and they were all scattered everywhere, in this situation, not to mention Mi Jingyang, even if he changed Ji Nantang to command, he had no power to return to the sky, so he had to order the whole army to retreat while sending fast horses to ask Ji Nantang for help.
Ji Nantang realized that the shape was severe, and if the response was not done properly, even he would fall into the encirclement of the two main forces of Dongyi and Lieden, and immediately ordered to abandon the few prefectures and counties that had just been recaptured, and lead the army to meet Mi Jingyang.
A large area of land fell again, and when Ji Nantang met with Mi Jingyang, it was already two or three days later, and Ji's army withdrew from Baizhou almost in one go, and Ji Nantang ordered to deploy defenses in the area of Xiyao Village.
This is the place where Wen Sheng won the first battle when he first came to Baizhou, and the Ji family army held the danger here to prevent the Dongyi and Lieden armies from entering the hinterland of Daliang, which also meant that Baizhou had all fallen.
By the time the situation stabilized, Ji Nantang, Wen Sheng and others had not closed their eyes for a few days.
Wen Shenggang drafted a notice to be sent to the whole country on behalf of Ji Nantang, calling on all forces to hurry to the southeast coast to jointly resist foreign enemies, and showed it to Ji Nantang, and Jing Jie arranged for people to send it to the state capitals.
Late at night, Ji Nantang comforted Mi Jingyang and said to Wen Sheng with concern: "You should go and rest, the situation is no longer bad, and it is not an overnight task to clean up this mess, you must take good care of your body." ”
Wen Sheng nodded, she wanted to say that this notice would tell you that the people summoned must be good and bad, and they have all kinds of thoughts, so they must distinguish well, but suddenly remembered something, and saw that there was no one else in the room, and said: "General, that day in Yunfeng, although I was in charge of burning all the files, I still roughly remember the situation of everyone, and when I write it down, you will have time to investigate and consider it one by one." ”
Ji Nantang knew that the matter was important, and he responded with "good", and saw Wen Sheng pick up the pen and dip it in ink to write, worried about her body, but still sat next to Wen Sheng and looked at the long list of names she wrote.
Ji Nantang is not good at these things, but Du Yuanpu went back to Beijing again, he thought that he still had to call Du Yuanpu to come and deal with the list quietly.
Although there were many files on that day, they were only two pages in Wensheng's case. Those who were forced to surrender and those who preferred to die were less than 200 in all.
Write to the last name, it is Feng Songchuan.
Wen Sheng put down his pen. picked up the piece of paper that had just been written, blew lightly on the ink marks on it, and said, "General, what do you say is going on with Feng Songchuan?" ”
Ji Nantang doesn't know Zhong Tianzheng, and he's not good at conspiracy, Feng Songchuan is his peak anyway, and he hasn't appeared for so long. But he also got a reward from the imperial court, and he and Du Yuanpu and other cronies also had speculations, but look at it now. That's not the case at all.
"He hasn't taken refuge with the guy surnamed Zhong yet?"
Wen Sheng frowned, since he knew that Zhong Tianzheng was a ghost son, his whole person suddenly became strange in her heart.
She groaned: "You said that Zhong Tianzheng and Yang Haojian came together so quickly, is it a bridge for Feng Songchuan to be matched?" ”
Wen Sheng mentioned it. Ji Nantang also felt that the possibility was very high.
Now that we've talked about that. Wen Sheng was not busy resting, and said: "The Lishui side can gather 10,000 horses next month, and Li Junchi will bring them over, I want to ask Qi Lao and Brother Yun to take people back to Beijing quickly, and find a way to take the master and them out and send them to Lishui first." ”
Ji Nantang said: "I asked Yuan Pu to arrange someone to cooperate." If the families of the soldiers are in the capital, they will also be taken out together, so that they will not be tied to their hands and feet in the coming days. ”
Wen Sheng nodded. She could see that although Ji Nantang had been preparing for big things. But in fact, there is no complete determination.
The reason for this should be that until now, he has not found a person who can assist.
In the current situation, it is impossible for Ji Nantang to be a vassal to Yang Haojian, but on the side of Yang Haoyu and the Tan family, he may not have hesitated and swayed in his heart.
"Tan Yaohua has no news yet?"
Ji Nantang shook his head: "I handed over this matter to Jing Jie, you wait for tomorrow to ask him in detail, Tan Yaohua last appeared in Yongchang, it was still last winter, and after that, he didn't know where to go, Jing Jie sent someone to find his fifth uncle in Nanzhong, saying that Tan Yaohua had been to Nanzhong in the autumn, and the two had met, and then Tan Yaohua planned to return to Beijing, so they separated." ”
It's really weird.
If the time has come, now that the Tan family has been involved in the struggle for the throne, the Tan family has even gone into battle from old to young, how can Tan Yaohua be so calm?
Wen Sheng felt uneasy and said, "Where did he appear in Yongchang, otherwise I will go on a trip with Captain Jing tomorrow to see if there are any clues." ”
Several months have passed, and Ji Nantang feels that even if he goes to check it in person, he is afraid that it will be useless, but he already knew that Wen Sheng and Tan Yaohua are incompatible, and it is not good to pour cold water on her, so he just said: "You wait for two days, I will ask Jing Jie to find a few Yongchang locals to accompany you." ”
Wen Sheng responded.
As a result, before she could make the trip, things took a new turn.
On this day, the army came and named Wen Sheng.
The three people who came from the direction of Linzhao looked dusty and wolf-like.
Two strong men protected a man wearing a hat in the middle, and the man's hat was pressed very low, and his facial features could not be seen.
They were surrounded by soldiers, and the rear army of the Ji family army was commanded and dispatched by the deputy general Meng Zhenguo, who rushed to hear the news, and saw at a glance that the two strong men on the opposite side were not weak in martial arts, and did not dare to underestimate them, and asked each other where they came from.
The man in the middle refused to take off the hat, and only said: "I am Gu Leshi's classmate, I have something urgent to find her, and I am bothered that General Meng will send a letter." ”
spoke very politely, knew Meng Zhenguo, but revealed a sense of alienation.
Meng Zhenguo's heart moved, he also felt that the person opposite was a little familiar, and ordered his subordinates to quickly inform Wen Sheng.
Ji Nantang fell out with Yang Haojian and parted ways, he once asked Jing Jie to contact the musicians of Xuanyin Pavilion.
At that time, Wen Sheng and Zhong Tianzheng were not there, only Hua Feizhou was left as a deputy captain, and the majority of the team learned Xinle, Ge Bin, Murong Changxing and others were reluctant to leave, Hua Feizhou also felt that since Yang Haojian was the heir of the saint's will, they should stay and serve him, so he rejected Jing Jie.
Yang Haojian's soldiers, with Zhong Tianzheng here, naturally would not let go of the musicians in the team, whether they wanted to or not, they all went to Beijing with the army.
Yun Lu was not there, Wen Sheng came with Jing Jie.
Everyone arrived at Meng Zhenguo's camp together, and retreated the soldiers who followed, leaving only six or seven people on both sides, Wen Sheng looked at the man wearing a hat again, and hesitated: "...... Senior Brother An? Isn't it Senior Brother An? ”
The man sighed faintly, took off the hat, and sure enough, it was An Minxue, who burned his face in the nest fire.
Wen Sheng was surprised in his heart, and said to Jingjie and Meng Zhenguo: "Since you are Senior Brother An, you don't have to be like a big enemy, I will say a few words alone with Senior Brother." ”
The two strong men over there were still a little hesitant, and An Minxue had already waved his hand: "Go." ”
The two men bowed and retreated.
An Minxue Chong Wensheng explained: "When the news of my face injury came home, my father and mother were not at ease, so they sent a lot of entourage, and these two just came. ”
An Minxue burned most of his face, the wounds were black, and there was pink flesh exposed in some places, which was really shocking, and he occasionally showed an expression, which was also distorted, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Wen Sheng nodded, there were too many questions in his heart, and he didn't know where to start for a while, so he first asked An Minxue to sit down, poured a cup of tea and handed it over.
An Minxue didn't answer, leaned back on the back of the chair, and closed his eyes tiredly: "What, look at my face, isn't it disgusting, does it frighten you?" ”
Wen Sheng placed the tea beside him.
Although she and An Minxue were in the same South Courtyard, they didn't have much contact before, and they didn't know much about him.
An Min was born in a famous family, although he was not very handsome, but he was also clear-eyed and graceful. Now that he has become like this, it is natural that he will be deeply shocked.
Wen Sheng could only comfort with kind words: "The injury on my brother's face is still short, and it should slowly get better after careful conditioning for a period of time, and it is not easy to escape from such a fire. Think about Senior Brother Wen, they ......"
Who thinks that An Minxue's love not only did not improve, but became even more depressed, he leaned back his face, and tears "crackled" down the corners of his eyes.
Wen Sheng was taken aback.
An Minxue also realized that something was wrong, covered his face with his hands, couldn't cry, and said while crying: "Dead, Senior Brother Hua, Senior Brother Lu are dead, only I am alive, why should I live, it is better to burn to death in that fire." ”
Wen Sheng stood up and asked urgently: "What, make it clear!" What happened to Hua Feizhou and Lu Qi? ”
An Minxue whimpered loudly: "It's dead! Woohoo......"
Wen Sheng sat down slowly and muttered, "...... Is it Zhong Tianzheng? It's him. What about the others? ”
An Minxue cried and sobbed, even if his face was burned and disfigured that day, he was not so sad: "Everyone else is fine, Ge Bin and they took refuge in him, and the others who refused to surrender were locked up." He must kill Hua Feizhou and Lu Qi, and even the second prince can't stop him. (To be continued......)
PS: Carvin. After waiting for me to have a good smooth, the next one will be tomorrow.