Taizi River, the place name comes from the Warring States Period Yan Taizi Dan, is a tributary of the Hunhe River, its upstream has two sources, the north source is out of the south of Xinbin County, and the south source is out of the east of Benxi County.

The Taizi River is gentle, with little sand, and the river water is clear, which is nourished by the river water, and the water and grass are lush and the woods are numerous.

Since the beginning of the Han and Tang dynasties, it has been the main route of the march in Liaodi.

Within a few days, the army of Quang Ninh was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were caught in flames, and news came one after another from the direction of the Taizi River.

Xiong Tingbi was worried, but he could only stick to Liaoyang and brake quietly.

On this day, Xiong Tingbi was dressed in scale armor, his expression was grim, and there were two generals on the left and right to escort him.

Hearing the news, he spit out the city with a head of phlegm in his mouth.

"Nearly 70,000 armor soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Liao people, were wiped out in one fell swoop, Wang Huazhen's strategy, what is it like now?"

Xiong Tingbi's words were full of ridicule of his former rival Wang Huazhen, but also half pity, Xue Laiyin looked at him, and he couldn't cry or laugh.

Although the Houjin army has withdrawn, Guangning and Shenyang are still plundered by them, and it is not easy to build them again.

After complaining, Xiong Tingbi was silent.

Guangning and Shenyang have become scorched earth, and as a strategy for Liaodong, he has too many things to deal with, and he has no time to celebrate the victory of Yizhou.

In his opinion, more than 200,000 Liaodi soldiers and civilians have been exchanged for a border of Yizhou that may not be able to be defended, and this "great victory" is really sad!

The only remarkable thing is that Mao Wenlong captured Mang Gurtai, the fifth son of the slave chieftain.

But these words, he pressed in his heart, not that his temperament had changed, but that he was really tired, and he was tired like gold.

Xiong Tingbi, who is known for his arrogance and loneliness, and his unforgiving tongue, behaved unusually calmly for several days after the war.

As soon as Wang Huazhen came, Wang Huazhen moved lightly, and Guangning rekindled the flames of war, which he expected.

Second, after several years of Liao, this is not the first time that such a loss has occurred, and he has become numb.

He was just worried, the court and the central government were quite resentful of him, meritorious punishment, merit and merit, this tragic victory, the six departments of science and technology were only afraid that they would have to play the crown to celebrate again, and sharpen the pen.

......

Forbidden City, Kunning Palace.

The four-by-one dragon and phoenix golden chariot stopped outside the big high hall, and a column of palace people led the lanterns to stand in a row, Zhang Yan slowly walked into the palace and accepted the congratulations of the woman.

After receiving the congratulations, she changed into a regular dress and went to the Banzai Mountain Temple to pray for blessings.

Not long ago, with Zhu Youxiao's "Lin Xing", Zhang Yan became a veritable queen of the Middle Palace.

After that, when Xi Li left the palace, Concubine Liu did not once deduct the money of the palace people in Kunning Palace, and every time Zhang Yan walked, the attendants took care of them even more.

I heard that the queen was going to climb the Banzai Mountain to pray for the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, as early as the night before, the vermilion lacquer railing on the road from Kunning Palace to the Banzai Mountain had been carefully wiped by the palace people.

At this time, Zhang Yan held on to the railing, joined hands with Concubine Yu, and slowly entered the temple.

The two women clasped their hands together and prayed according to the rites, wishing that the Ming Dynasty could be under the control of the emperor in the coming year, with smooth wind and rain and clear Haiyan River.

I also wish His Majesty the Emperor a healthy dragon, a long life and happiness, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

After the ceremony, the two girls went to the glass pavilion on the Long Live Mountain to rest for a while, and when Zhang Yan sat down with a slight breath, Concubine Yu sat down in order, very well-behaved.

Concubine Yu entered the glazed pavilion, her expression changed constantly, and after sitting down, she just looked at the white jade steps under her feet in a daze, thoughtful.

Zhang Yan waved her hand to signal the palace people to go away, and asked with a light smile, "Concubine Yu, what are you thinking?" ”

Tong Jing'er suddenly came back to her senses, and instantly blushed her cheeks, it turned out that she remembered the past of Zhu Youxiao and her in Xinuan Pavilion that day.

Zhang Yan saw that there was an autumn wave in her eyes, as if she understood something, her eyes turned slightly, and she didn't poke it, just quietly waiting for her to mention it to herself first.

"The concubine remembered that day, the emperor came to the Xinuan Pavilion with the concubine."

"The emperor started Longxing that day, and the concubine was still a slave at the time, and cleaned up the wounds on his hands for him..."

"Since then, the emperor has been smiling less and less..."

Zhang Yan had never heard of these things, but just sat there and listened quietly.

Curiosity gradually grew in her heart, and she also thought that if she was just an ordinary woman, she would definitely have to listen to her husband's interesting story with Concubine Yu at this time.

But as the mother of the country, in addition to continuing the imperial heir for the country, she must always be careful to follow the precepts, to cultivate virtue and righteousness.

These worldly pleasures must be buried in the heart and bloom only for the emperor alone.

Quietly erasing the throbbing in her heart, Zhang Yan gently stroked the blue cat in her arms, raised her eyes again, looked at Concubine Yu, and said dignifiedly:

"You are now the imperial concubine of the Ming Dynasty, these things should not be talked about often, you are not choosing a concubine to enter the palace, you must pay more attention to etiquette, and you must not insult the national body."

Tong Jing'er was stunned for a moment, and then snorted: "Yes..."

Zhang Yan nodded, and was about to get up to leave, when she was just halfway up, but suddenly covered her mouth, looking disgusted and wanting to vomit.

Looking at her, Concubine Yu's face was full of surprise.

......

After the retreat of Houjin, the war report on Liao affairs was sorted out by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Liaodong, and Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, and sent to Beijing in late May.

On a sunny afternoon, Zhu Youxiao, who had lunch, was watching the Yongwei Battalion's martial arts performance in the inner school field.

The government is bored, and he is always pulling back and forth with civil officials, and only by coming to this shouting school can Zhu Youxiao feel that he is really doing things.

Most of the Liao troops of Tong Zhonghua and Chen Ce were composed of the Sichuan and Zhejiang armies that had been fighting for a long time.

Historically, this 7,000-strong army of good fighters was killed in the Hunhe River, and since Zhu Youxiao knew about this, he should have sent them to Beijing from the road to aid Liao and incorporated them into the Yongwei battalion.

In front of everyone, a soldier was trying his hand.

Zhu Youxiao set up the Ordnance Department and asked Bi Maokang to select his own people and develop the self-generated bird gun, which was later called the Suifa gun.

Up to now, Cheng Gong has been produced many times, but most of the time it is a failed test, but the internal Weapons Department has not stopped copying and researching.

He continued to improve and overcome all kinds of difficulties, and finally delivered the first test shot today, without any accidents.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know how exciting it was when this auto-born bird gun fired that shot at the test site of the Ordnance Division.

Few people in the Ordnance Division can understand the mood of the people.

The advent of the first self-generated bird gun of the Ming Dynasty is not only a return to the long-term investment of the imperial court, but also an affirmation of the Ordnance Division.

At this time, Bi Maokang was standing beside Zhu Youxiao, seeing the emperor watching intently, he was also a little apprehensive in his heart.

This shot into a gun, the cost alone is more than three taels, this is not counting the losses caused by the failure of the previous several test guns, I hope there will be no accidents today.

Otherwise, he was really afraid that the emperor would be unwilling, so he would stop the project of developing the autogenous bird gun, and then his previous efforts would be wasted.

"Bang!"

In the martial arts arena, a loud noise was suddenly heard.

Everyone saw that the head of the straw man more than 100 steps away flew into the air, and fell heavily to the ground in an instant.

Bi Maokang cried with joy, secretly glanced at Zhu Youxiao, and saw the latter with a smile on his face, so he was completely relieved.

"Good!"

"Well played!"

There was silence for a moment in the field, and Tong Zhonghua, Chen Ce, Qi Jin and others glanced at each other, all of them cheering.

Even many of the soldiers of the Brave Guard Battalion, who had been fighting for a long time, began to talk to each other, and they had never seen such a powerful shotgun.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes moved slightly, and his breathing gradually became short.

If this kind of shotgun can be distributed to the whole army, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army will definitely be increased by several grades!