In ancient times, Dayu set the world into twelve states, and Huailai County was under the jurisdiction of Jizhou. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Huailai belonged to Shanggu County of Yan Kingdom. After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he divided the world into 36 counties, and Huailai was the seat of Shanggu County. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Huailai was called Huairong County, because it was connected to Beirong, and it had the meaning of Huaiyuanrong. When it came to Liao Taizu, Emperor Liao thought that his name was indecent, and he despised his own family, so he changed Huairong County to Huailai County, which means Huaiyuan came back.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was the northern border, and after several major battles at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, so that the land was vast and sparsely populated, only the army was stationed, and there were few people, so Huailai County was changed to Huailaiwei, and it was directly under the jurisdiction of the military governor's office.

Huailaiwei land belongs to the remaining veins of Yanshan, the mountains in the territory are towering, surrounded by four big rivers, Yongding River, Sanggan River, Yanghe River, Fushui River flow through, it is also regarded as a land of abundant water and grass, which can be cultivated and pastured.

There is a big post station in the northwest of Huailaiwei, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty, it is the first big post station after the old road in the west of Dadu (Beiping) from Shangdu (Kaiping), and the Mongolians call it "Zhan Chi". Because it is backed by the Chicken Song Mountain, it is named the Chicken Song Station. This post station is surrounded by brick walls, filled with loess, the circumference is 700 zhang, the height is about four zhang, no less than a small city. The city wall is set up with two gates in the east and west, the corner tower is divided into four corners, there is a big road in the middle, the east and west "horse road" is the passage for the post horse to enter and exit, and the "south official road" in the south of the city is the main road of the post pawn herald.

Xu Miaojin met Tana and little Battle at the Jade Emperor Pavilion in the city.

As soon as Tana saw Xu Miaojin, she hugged her warmly, then took her hand and looked at her carefully, with a smile on her face: "I haven't seen you for many days, and the sisters of the Xu family are becoming more and more handsome." ”

Xu Miaojin also laughed and said: "The Queen Mother is also becoming more and more radiant and radiant." ”

Tana subconsciously stroked her hair and said: "My sister's little mouth is so sweet, I'm already old, where will it shine, don't scare people away Amitabha." ”

Xu Miaojin said with a smile: "My little sister has always been clumsy, where is her mouth sweet, but she is not telling the truth." ”

Tana giggled, and the flowers trembled.

At this time, little Bartel also wanted to hug Xu Miaojin, he was already a ten-year-old boy, and he was not small, Xu Miaojin was a little shy, so he dodged back.

Little Battle was a little unhappy, pursed his lips and muttered, "Sister Xu, don't you like me?" ”

Tana slapped him on the back of his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, call the little aunt." ”

Xu Miaojin blushed even more when she heard this, and said shyly: "It's better to call my sister, don't call me a little aunt, it's even more ugly." ”

Tana seemed to understand something, and said slightly apologetically, "Okay, let's talk about it." Battle, I'll get down to business with your sister, and you go out into the streets. ”

Battle nodded, and went downstairs with the guard.

Tana suddenly suppressed her smile and said to Xu Miaojin: "Say, sister of the Xu family, why did you come here today?" ”

Xu Miaojin said: "Since the queen mother asked, I will not spare the circle, and said straight to the point, King Yan hopes that the queen mother can withdraw from the army, do not continue to harass Juyongguan, and understand the truth of cold lips and teeth." ”

Tana smiled: "I naturally understand, in the words of our grassland, that is, don't kill all the wolves, otherwise the rats will become a plague." ”

Xu Miaojin couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, so he further explained: "The imperial court's move to cut the domain, presumably the queen mother should have heard of it, five princes were abolished for no reason, the family was ruined, and the king of Yan raised troops angrily in order to maintain the system of Emperor Taizu Gao's domain, and also to save the kings from fire and water. I hope that the Queen Mother will not do cannibalism. ”

Tana nodded and said: "King Yan is kind, we understand it, but our King Zhongning has been strictly ordered by the imperial court, and we are small households, so we dare not disobey, and the tyrannical book has given 100,000 treasure bills, for the sake of money, we must also make some moves, so we can make a difference." ”

Xu Miaojin said: "The matter of money is easy to say, King Yan is the head of the clan, and he has always loved the nephew of King Zhongning, so when I was leaving, His Royal Highness King Yan entrusted me to bring King Zhongning 200,000 treasure money for daily use." With that, she waved her hand, and the two attendants opened the two large boxes she carried with her, and inside were stacks of Da Ming treasure banknotes, each with the same face value.

Tana shook her head and said: "These Daming treasure money are useless, we took the 100,000 treasure money, and we wanted to buy some useful things when we went south to Huailai, but who knew that your brother-in-law was too ruthless, and he moved Huailaiwei away, and these money couldn't be spent." We had to come to this chicken station, we wanted to buy some grain and salt with the merchants, but who knew that the post road was not passable, prices were soaring, and these treasure money were like waste paper, and nothing could be bought. I'm worried about this matter, we have traveled thousands of miles, people eat horses and feed, come here, we can't come in vain, I have to go to the vicinity of Juyong Pass to harass it, what can be grabbed is nothing. Girls don't blame. ”

Xu Miaojin said in his heart that this Queen Mother of Zhongning was really ruthless, and the lion opened her mouth widely, and asked: "What is the most lacking King Zhongning at present, His Royal Highness King Yan, as an elder, will definitely try his best to meet it." ”

Tana smiled, "Kids, they're growing their bodies and like to eat meat. "Go to Audiobook.com

Xu Miaojin said: "This is easy to say, I immediately ordered someone to send a thousand sheep to supplement the body of King Zhongning, and another hundred ponies to play with King Zhongning." ”

Tana said: "His Royal Highness King Yan is too polite, I thank him for Battle." She then ordered Arutai to be called.

After a while, Arutai went upstairs, bowed to Tana, and said, "What does the Queen Mother command?" ”

Tana pointed at Xu Miaojin and said: "This is my most honored guest, you will lead a thousand cavalry later, escort her back to Juyong Pass, and then she will deliver you a thousand sheep and a hundred horses, you can send someone to rush back first, and then cut off a hundred adult men's heads back, I will give you a messenger to the court." ”

Arutai didn't frown, and bowed his hand and said, "Obey." With that, he staggered downstairs.

Her words were so lightly remarked, but Xu Miaojin on the side was shocked when she heard it.

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Storm Zhao took a shallow-bottomed boat to transport grain along the Wei River to the west, and came to Shengfang Town in a short day. This place is the famous water and dry wharf in the north of Daming, the water is lined with sails, and the land is noisy with cars and horses. The east lake next to Shengfang town is a big lake, with a radius of 100 miles, and is formed by the overflow of the Daqing River. Because people habitually call Baiyangdian Lake as Xidian, this lake is called Dongdian. Because of its triangular shape, Dongdian is also called "triangular lake".

The lotus flowers are planted all over the lake, slim and elegant, the breeze blows, the fragrance overflows, stretches for dozens of miles, and is as bright as the clouds. It can really be said in the poem of Yang Wanli, a Song person, that "the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red." Therefore, the Song Dynasty named this place Shengfang, taking the meaning of "Shengshui lotus fragrance, eternal fragrance".

Tyrant Zhao rested in Shengfang Town for a day, and saw that the town was still full of people coming and going, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly. He ordered the magistrates to quickly reorganize their armaments, and sent scouts to reconnoiter along both sides of the Daqing River, but no trace of the enemy was found. Could it be that Zhu Di waited for work in Beiping and waited for the southern army to attack? Tyranny's instincts told him that this matter was not so simple, and that there must be some conspiracy hidden in it.

He embarked on the journey again with a nervous mood, and continued to go west along the Daqing River, carefully along the way, walking and stopping, walking for more than ten days, this day he could finally see the city wall of Xiongxian County, and it was estimated that it was only ten miles away from Xiongxian County, so he put his mind at ease.

At this time, the sky is close to dusk, the willows on the moon, it is the fifteenth day of August, the full moon is like jade, the clear light is shining, the storm is standing on the bow of the boat to admire the moon, shaking his head and chanting poetry: "Last night was not round tonight, but it is suspected that the circle is reduced Chanjuan." Twelve degrees a year is missing, and you can get a few more years. ”

Yin was in a happy place, suddenly a rocket flew and plunged into the canopy, which was coated with tung oil, for waterproofing purposes, and was shot by this rocket, and it beeped and burned, and Zhao Zhao was shocked and shouted: "Come on, people, put out the fire." ”

Before the words fell, countless rockets with the howling sound of death swished out from the reeds on the north bank, shooting to the canvas, the mast, the canopy, the cover, and the human body, hundreds of boats caught fire one after another, end to end, like a fire dragon, struggling and twisting in the Daqing River, and the screams, cries for help, and cries of the soldiers on the boat were like the moaning of the dragon after being injured.

Storm Zhao's personal guard hurriedly pulled him into the river, desperately swam to the south bank, in the north of August, the weather turned cold, when the two of them climbed up to the south bank wet, Storm Zhao was so cold that he sneezed a few times, and then looked at the fire on the river, hundreds of boats were burning, and the big and round moon on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was smoked dark red.

Storm Zhao was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "All the 500,000 stone army rations have been burned, so how can I explain to Geng Hou." ”

The personal guard hurriedly stepped forward to cover his mouth, and whispered in his ear: "Shang Shu is silent, presumably the Yan army is close to the left, let's hurry into the city to report the news." ”

After that, he picked up the storm on his back, lowered his body, and ran towards Xiongxian like a smoke.

Xiongxian County was called "Waqiao Pass" in ancient times, and it was one of the "three passes" guarded by Yang Liulang, a famous general in the Song Dynasty. In the sixth year of Zhou Xiande (959 AD), Zhou Shizong conquered Liao, recovered Waqiaoguan, placed a state in this place, and named it Xiongzhou. In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1374 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang reduced Xiongzhou to Xiongxian County, which was named here and belonged to Baoding Mansion.

After they ran into Xiongxian County out of breath, they found that the city was full of lights, the streets and alleys were full of tourists, and everyone was celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before the city gate was closed, Tyrant Zhao jumped down from his entourage and shouted to the gatekeeper: "Close the city gate quickly, the Yan army has arrived." ”

The soldier guarding the gate looked him up and down, and saw that Tyrant Zhao's face was blackened, his clothes were tattered, he was not wearing a black veil, his hair was scattered, and his expression was strange, so he pushed him away and scolded: "Where did the crazy man come from, dare to come to entertain Lao Tzu, the Yan army is far away in Beiping, how did he get here?" Can't it fly? ”

The entourage of Tyrant Zhao stepped forward and slapped the soldier in the face, and scolded: "The dog's eyes look down on people, this is the political envoy of Pingyan Bu, the Yan army has attacked the grain ship, and it has arrived at the city, close the city gate quickly." ”

The sergeant was slapped in the face, and seeing that the attendant was also very embarrassed, he was angry, and immediately beckoned his companion to come up and melee with him.

Seeing that he couldn't tell the difference for a while, he pulled out his legs and ran to the county office.

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