Chapter 202: In the Valley of the Hidden Soldiers
"Fortunately, I'm not the only one who has arranged it with them," a hint of fierceness flashed in the masked woman's eyes, "Do you think Yuan Qi'er trusts you very much?" In fact, she has been suspicious of you for a long time. Otherwise, how could she leave you in the capital and personally escort the ordnance materials that were privately resold from the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry out of the capital? β
"The ordnance materials of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry have been resold to Beijing?" Lin Mei'er said in surprise: "How is this possible? The Mongol mission remained in the capital, and Sangar said that it would take three days to collect all the supplies...... and then it dawned on him, "It was Sai Lost, and the Chagatai Khanate mission smuggled all the ordnance and supplies." Yesterday's clash with the Mongols was just a show for someone else. β
"And many people believe it," said the masked woman, "and even the emperor is afraid that they will make trouble again, so he allows the members of the Chagatai Khanate to leave at any time." And last night's heavy rain provided just enough cover for them. β
"Master," Lin Mei'er's face showed a look of panic, "then what now?" Yuan Qi'er and them have already left Beijing, and the closest road to the capital is only more than 200 miles, and they may have ...... by now."
"Not necessarily," the masked woman interrupted, "the heavy rain that fell last night has not stopped until now, and the roads leading to the Great Wall Pass must be muddy and difficult to walk, and it must be difficult for them to walk with their loads full of supplies, and if a light horse goes out of the city now, it may not be impossible to intercept them before they reach the Great Wall Pass." β
"That's what Master said." Lin Meier's eyes lit up.
"There are several roads from the capital to the Great Wall Pass, and I can't be sure which one they took here," the masked woman had a hint of worry in her eyes, "and to mobilize soldiers and horses, you must have the emperor's will, and now I am afraid it will be too late to report to the emperor and then mobilize soldiers and horses." Looking at Lin Mei'er and said: "I have told the prince about this, he has already started to send Dongchang and Jinyiwei's people into several groups to go on the road first, you will go to the Fucheng Gate to meet Qiao Ziliang now, and then go out of the city to find their traces......" Speaking of this, his voice became stern, "Remember, if you catch up with them and are not defeated, you must drag them, and you must not let them smuggle this batch of ordnance and materials outside the customs again." β
"Yes, Master!" Lin Meier said.
......
Jingshi, outside the gate of Fucheng.
"Senior sister, you're here." As soon as Qiao Ziliang saw Lin Meier, he jumped off the horse and came up to greet her warmly.
Lin Meier responded coldly.
"These are the brothers of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town......" Qiao Ziliang pointed to the more than 100 men in civilian clothes wearing hats, wearing robes, and carrying waist knives next to him, and then his eyes fell on a handsome and capable young man in the lead, "He is Lord Zhu Ji Zhu of Jinyi Weiqianhu." β
"Lord Zhu" Lin Meier stepped forward and saluted him.
"This is ......" Zhu Ji looked at Qiao Ziliang, as if asking.
"She is my junior sister Lin Mei'er," Qiao Ziliang said, "and my master wants her to act with us." β
"Oh, it turned out to be Miss Lin," Zhu Ji arched his hand, "Fortunately, I will be lucky!" Then he said, "Now that the people have arrived, let us set out quickly." β
Lin Meier and Qiao Ziliang got on the horse together, and the group of people beat their horses and whipped, and galloped towards the northwest.
Outside the pass, not far from the Great Wall Pass, on both sides of the stream in a valley, there are gray tents, which blend with the gray sky in the morning and the blue-gray rocks in the valley, if you don't look closely, people are very difficult to distinguish.
A tall and thin young man wearing a wide-brimmed felt hat, leather armor, and a poncho stood high in the valley, staring at the gray wall between the mountains in the distance, which was built by the Ming Dynasty to prevent the Mongols from moving south.
The young people scoffed at this section of the wall, and generations of Han Chinese always built this meaningless thing in vain, thinking that it could really stop the warriors from the north on horses. The young man shook his head, a sneer on the corner of his mouth, if this is the case, how could Genghis Khan and his descendants enter the Central Plains and sit in the Dragon Court of Dadu for a hundred years? O cowardly man, he always thinks that he is safe by hiding within the high walls, but he does not know,
No matter how high and large the walls were, they were nothing more than a fragile barrier for a true Mongol warrior, which could be easily crushed by a sharp saber. Thinking of this, the string of red coral beads on the top of his hat shook slightly.
"Second prince," a burly man with three hairties, braided hair, and a round face and short beard came to his side, looking up at the sky, "It's raining heavily, you better go back to the felt tent, if the county lord's letter eagle arrives, his subordinates will definitely be handed over to you soon." β
"Nachar," the young man, motionless, glanced sideways at him and stretched out his hand, "Is it raining heavily?" Only weak Han people would avoid this gift of immortality," the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he looked into the distance, "Don't you think this is a good time to hunt?" If we rush over now, the Han people on the other side of the city wall will not notice us at all. β
"Yes, Second Prince," Nachar said, bowing slightly, "You are the god of war on the steppe, and as long as you wield your sword, all the warriors are willing to be driven by you." β
"Really? Do you think so if you don't spend it? The second prince raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Nachar hung her head and remained silent.
"If you don't speak, do you think that the people of their family are born to be the proud sons of heaven on the grassland?" The second prince had a hint of ridicule on his face.
"In Nachar's heart, you are the eagle that flies highest on the grassland, and I only follow your orders from the second prince." Natzal bowed her head and said.
"That's good," the second prince smiled and said solemnly, "Then I will order you to use your saber to cut off the head that is not spoiled, can you do it?" β
"What?" Nachar said in surprise: "He is the Great Khan of all the tribes of the steppe, how can I do such a thing that is so angry with heaven and man?" β
"And what if I order you to do it?" The second prince's words were still aggressive.
"Na Na Cha'er can only cut off his head and give it to His Royal Highness the Second Prince." Natzal said without hesitation.
The second prince stared at him for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh, "Nachar, in your eyes, I am the eagle that flies the highest on the grassland, but I don't have a noble bloodline, so I will never be able to become the eagle king who is high above." β
"Second Prince," Nachar said, "Arutai supported Genghis Khan's second brother Hasar's descendant Adaitaiji as the Great Khan of the steppe, and the old lady thought that this broke the rules of the steppe, so he supported the direct descendant of Genghis Khan's grandson Kublai Khan, Tokhtobuhua, as the Great Khan. The old lady was able to integrate the power of the grassland, defeat Arutai and the Adaitaiji he established, and unify the entire grassland......" said and glanced at the second prince, "In the hearts of all the tribesmen on the grassland, non-direct descendants of Genghis Khan cannot be called Khan, otherwise they will be attacked and spurned by everyone...... Second Prince, although you and the Taishi can't be called Khan, the power of the Khan's court is in the hands of the Taishi and you, so why care too much about this false name? β
"My faithful servant Nachar," the second prince did not have the slightest look of displeasure on his face, but smiled at him, "You are right, we are fighting in the name of the Great Khan, and we will unite all the people of the steppe around us, so that we can fight against the Ming on the other side of the Great Wall." His gaze turned to the winding gray city wall between the mountains, "Nachar, do you think we can defeat them now and restore the glory of the Great Yuan?" β
"Why not?" As soon as he said that he would start a war with the Ming Dynasty, Nachaer seemed to be aroused full of pride, "Their military strength is not as strong as it was a few decades ago, and we are united under the leadership of Taishi as Genghis Khan did back then, as long as we open a gap in their city wall, we can drive straight in, overcome the Central Plains, recover Dadu, and repeat the glory of the Great Yuan back then." β
"Good!" The second prince said happily: "Nacha'er, if one day I can really sit in the Dragon Court in Dadu, I will definitely let you be my master!" β
"Second Prince......" Looking at his excited face, Nachar'er frowned, "The second prince is a little too carried away, does he really think that the Ross family can replace the Erjin family?" β
At this time, there was a sound of eagles in the sky, and the two couldn't help but raise their heads, and in the gloomy sky, a goshawk was facing the wind and rain
Spread your wings and soar.
"Zizik's letter has arrived." The second prince said excitedly, he put his fingers to his lips and let out a sharp and long whistle.
The goshawk in the sky flapped its wings and circled down the valley......
The second prince raised his right arm, and the flickering wings of the goshawk rushed forward, and the sharp claws firmly grasped the second prince's elbow.
The second prince's arm did not move at all, he patted the wings of the goshawk, took out a piece of meat from the skin pouch around his waist and fed it to his beak, and said with a smile: "Baby, I have worked hard for you, and when I welcome back the county lord, I will reward you well!" "I took a small bamboo tube from the top of the eagle's foot, opened the lid, and pulled out a roll of silk paper from it.
"Has His Royal Highness the County Lord succeeded?" Natzal asked.
The second prince frowned and said, "It seems that there is some trouble," he closed the silk paper and said to Nachar, "Let's go, let's go back first, Nachar, you gather all the generals to my tent, I have important military information to discuss with them." β
Yang Muyun was taken out of Yuan Qi'er's room by Eritu, and walked along a long corridor through a magnificent Buddhist hall towards a row of quiet houses in the southwest corner.
"Ning Gongzi is not a servant in life and death, and Zisu and I are in prison again, how can this be good?" Yang Muyun was secretly worried in his heart, "I don't know if anyone in the Jingshi side has noticed the abnormal behavior of the Chagatai Khanate Mission, if no one sees through it, it will be bad." He was not so naΓ―ve as to really think that Yuan Qi'er would return the ordnance and materials smuggled out of Jingshi with all his might and generously, Yuan Qi'er's words simply coaxed him for a fool. But Yang Muyun was not a fool, his eyes kept looking around the places he was passing by, thinking hard about how to get out. "This monastery is so remote, how can we get in touch with the outside world?"
Walking into a square courtyard gate, I heard a noise in front of me. Yang Muyun looked up, and a blue-clothed girl with a double bun on her head was holding an oil-paper umbrella and arguing with two men in Tsing Yi.
"If you don't let my young lady leave the temple, don't you even have to stop me from going to the main hall to worship the Buddha?" The girl in blue glared at them and shouted, "You are simply robbers, I will go to the government to sue you." That fierce appearance made the two men in green clothes with knives at their waists unable to help but take two steps back.
"It's her, why is she here?" Yang Muyun was stunned for a moment, stopped, and couldn't help but feel a wild beat in his heart, "Could it be ...... Could it be that she is also in this temple? β
Erotu stepped forward with a frown, "What's the matter?" β
The two men in green clothes bowed down and saluted him, "Lord Erritu"
"This girl said that her young lady was going to the main hall to worship the Buddha." A man said.
"Didn't the little boy have ordered?" Eritu said with a straight face: "No one in the temple is allowed to leave the room for half a step, and if anyone disobeys, there will be no forgiveness." β
"Yes!" The man said.
"Yo, you bearded man," the blue-clothed girl glanced at Eritu, "Are you going to kill someone when you go out?" Do you know who my young lady is? β
"I miss that you are young and ignorant, now go back to the room, I am not to blame for the past." Eritu met her gaze and said coldly: "Otherwise, ......" The voice stopped, and with a "choking" sound, a knife body came out of the sheath, emitting a cold cold light.
"You" The girl in blue took two steps back, a hint of fear on her face.
At this moment, the door behind them creaked open, and a woman of about fifteen or sixteen years old, with extremely white complexion, a stunning countenance, and gorgeous clothes walked out. Yang Muyun's eyes widened suddenly, and he almost exclaimed, "It's her, it's really her!" "This woman is none other than Chen Siyu, who saved herself in Nandu. She was still wearing the snow-blue skirt, looking noble and graceful, her beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, and a shallow displeasure appeared on her delicate face, which made her originally surprisingly beautiful appearance add a touch of pity to me.
"Jing Lian," she said to the girl in blue, "shouting here, what kind of system, don't let me enter the house." β
"Miss......" The girl in blue pursed her lips and turned away stupidly.