In the nineteenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, on November 13, Xiangben.

The battle ended with a great victory for the Tiance army three days ago, with more than 1,000 casualties, more than 5,000 Jin troops killed, and more than 3,000 prisoners.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the Tiance army was stationed in the city, but fortunately, the seriously injured generals of the Tiance army have gradually improved. Among them, those who were slightly injured, such as Li Songlin, Gonggou, Magu and others, only had one move with Liu Yu at that time. Although he lost his combat effectiveness on the spot, he was not seriously injured, and he was able to move freely at the moment.

If there is any special good news, it is the people of Xiangben. Perhaps because he was worried that the smell of blood in the city was too strong to arouse the suspicion of the Tiance army, Liu Yu did not massacre the people in Xiangben City, but sent them to a mountain on the outskirts of the city to guard, intending to move these people to the Eastern Jin Dynasty after luring and destroying the Tiance army - these are all information that was prying out of the mouths of the captured Jin army, Pei Shengqin had already sent Magu out of the city to pick up the people of Xiangben and return home. This was also a bold attempt by Pei Shengqin, before that, he didn't dare to let Magu lead the troops out alone.

At three o'clock in the morning, Magu returned to the city with a large number of people.

"The lower officials are waiting for Fu Mo, thank you Xiao Pei Gongzi for rescuing me."

A middle-aged man in an official uniform stood in front of Pei Shengqin and saluted, he was the real Fu County Order. Pei Shengqin didn't know until now that this Xiangben County Commander from the clan still had a marquis on his head, and it seemed that his status in the clan was not low. Fortunately, Liu Yu didn't kill him and saved a marquis of the clan, which was another brilliant stroke in the good news.

Fu Mo said again: "The eldest daughter, the second daughter, I haven't thanked Xiao Pei Gongzi for saving his life." ”

At this time, two timid girls came out behind Fu Mo. Although the two girls are gray-faced, they are still eye-catching at a glance, and if they are dressed cleanly, they must be the country's natural fragrance.

"Fu Jiao'e thanked Xiao Pei Gongzi."

"Fu Xunying thanked Xiao Pei Gongzi."

"This is the duty of the last general, Master Fu and the two daughters don't have to be polite." Pei Shengqin only felt that the names of Fu Mo's two daughters seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember them all the time. He said: "Since Lord Fu is the parent official of this side, the resettlement of these Xiangben people will be handed over to Lord Fu. If there is a shortage of food, you can come to our army to get it. ”

Not only the Tiance army, but now all the Qin troops on the Xiangcheng side are not short of food, and if the food is not enough, they only need to write a piece of paper, and Xiangcheng can transport grain again. At this time, the former Qin was already rich and prosperous, and the imperial court prepared sufficient grain and grass for the southern expedition. As a result, in the Battle of Weishui, the Qin army lost five or six hundred thousand troops. There are so many fewer mouths, and the extra food is hoarded around Xiangcheng, which is enough to temporarily feed the people affected by the army.

Fu Mo said: "Xiao Pei Gongzi rest assured, the next official will settle the people of Xiangben." ”

"In this way, I will hand it over to Lord Fu!"

Pei Shengqin nodded and left, handing over a large number of people brought back by Magu to Fu Mo to deal with.

came and went in such a hurry, it was not that Pei Sheng Qin was too busy, but he was too busy now.

Not only did he have to deal with the more than 2,000 Jin army prisoners in the city, but he also had to write a good news and send it back to Xiangcheng. This good news is not only a good report, but also the losses in Xiangben City, as well as the battle damage compensation of the Tiance Army, etc., must be clearly reported. In addition, it is necessary to find a way to replenish the source of troops for the Tiance Army, and after fighting a battle, one-fifth of the head will be broken, and a few more hard battles will be won?

"What are these brutes left to do, kill them." Magu yawned and made a ruthless suggestion. This was the first time she had participated in the internal military meeting of the Tiance Army, and she naturally saw the change in Pei Shengqin's attitude towards her. In this regard, Magu was disdainful in her heart. Do you think this girl is saving you for you and saving you, don't be sentimental, this girl is just afraid that no one will take me to see Emperor Qin if you die. Well, yes, that's it.

"It's a pity to kill, this is more than 2,000 young people." Shun Qiang slammed his mouth and said.

"What if you don't kill it, there are only 4,000 people left in our army, is it possible that we can still send more than 2,000 soldiers back to Xiangcheng as coolies?" Magu sneered and said, unconsciously using "our army".

Pei Shengqin immediately shook his head and said: "This is impossible, we have to escort more than 2,000 young and strong troops to surrender, and if there are fewer people, I am afraid that the troops will be surrendered on the road." If there are many more people, we don't have to continue this battle. ”

If you really send two or three thousand people to escort the surrendered troops back to Xiangcheng, can the remaining Tiance army, which is in its early 1,000s, continue to advance, wouldn't this person give Liu Gaozhi a head?

"Yes, I have a way!" The male dog slapped his thigh and said, "Zhuwen, Zhuwen!" ”

"What inscription?"

The male dog blinked and said, "Did you forget?" Last time in Huiji City, Gongzi asked those Huiji officials and gentry to write a text to discuss the pseudo-emperor Sima Yao! ”

"Since I wrote the papers, those officials and gentry have been obedient, and they are simply amazing. Now we can also ask these soldiers to write an article against the puppet emperor Sima Yao, and then ask them to walk back to Xiangcheng to work as coolies, and forgive them and dare not disobey. ”

Pei Shengqin was stunned by the male dog, opened his mouth, and before he could speak, Shi Yue on the side was already laughing angrily. This male dog is really simple-minded, unlearned!

Shi Yue said: "That's the way to deal with scholars, where can I use it to deal with military men?" Scholars camp in the court, whether voluntarily or not, if they are stained with insults to the monarch's father, they will suffer for life. The soldiers are different, as long as they can fight, the king has to let them. Believe it or not, even if those soldiers are allowed to write a proclamation, as long as they are willing to re-surrender to Jin, the Nanban court will applaud and welcome them! ”

The male dog didn't seem to understand, Pei Shengqin saw it in his eyes, and said with a dumb smile: "Uncle Shi, he can't understand what you said is so complicated, it's simple, just one sentence." Most of these big-headed soldiers don't even know how to write, and they haven't touched the pen, so you still expect them to write a pen? What do you think! ”

The male dog understood this time, so he buried his head in shame and stopped talking. The reason why the male dog thought of this has to be mentioned is that Pei Shengqin was really sassy last time. A bunch of inscriptions were written down, and those gentry obediently followed the Tiance Army all the way to the dark, and now they are all staying in Xiangcheng. Among them, people with high ideological consciousness such as Huan Bucai have even been promoted to junior officials and have begun to participate in some basic government affairs management - after all, all the concerts in the world are sent to Xiangcheng, and Xiangcheng is really short of civil officials now.

After another discussion, Pei Shengqin finally decided to kill all these Jin troops. This is also a helpless move, if you leave this group of people, maybe you will raise tigers.

"Stay with the team above, and kill the others!"

The generals above the team were naturally left to torture the intelligence of the Jin army. Although Liu Yu himself is only a small member of the army, and the level of generals below him is only the size of sesame mung beans, he is also a general after all, and he knows more or less than the soldiers.

From the beginning to the end, no one proposed to accept these troops into the Tiance Army. Although most of the people in the Tiance army were also surrendered by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the meanings of the two are completely different. The original Huiji garrison did not fight with the remnants of the Yizhou Water Division, and there was no hatred between the two, so they could easily blend together. And this time, the Beifu troops just fought a bloody battle with the Tiance army, and both sides suffered heavy losses, with this blood feud, how difficult it is to integrate. Moreover, the families of the Tiance Army all returned to Qin by boat with the Pei family and his son, and now they are all settled in Linyi County. The homes of the soldiers of the Tiance Army are all in Qianqin, so naturally there will be no changes. And at present, more than 2,000 surrendered soldiers, and their families are all in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is doomed to their loyalty cannot be guaranteed. Only killing is the safest.

After discussing the handling of the surrender of troops, Pei Shengqin carefully asked Liu Zhecun about the specific battle losses of the Tiance army this time. Later, he will write these data into the good news in detail to ensure the compensation of the casualties.

While the meeting was still going on, the voice of the guards came from the door: "Childe, Princess Nan'an and Lord Ao are ready to leave, let the villain pass a message to Childe to say goodbye!" ”

Pei Shengqin got up suddenly: "You continue to discuss, I will send Princess Nan'an and Lord Yu." ”

Since Fu Deng led the army south to King Qin, Mao Qiuqing missed her husband, and after several soft grinding, she finally said that she moved Mao Xing, the assassin of Hezhou, and asked her to take her female guards to the south. By the time he reached Xiangcheng, Fu Deng had already led his army to Donghai County. Emperor Qin learned that Mao Qiuqing was eager to find a husband, so he allowed her to enter the East China Sea to join Fu Deng and fight together. I was afraid that he would come from a long way in Longxi and be unfamiliar with the road, so he asked the green flies to guide him.

It can also be seen from here that the original historical trajectory has changed a lot. In the original history, the first batch of Qinwang troops of Fu Deng did not arrive in Xiangcheng, and the Qin Emperor returned to Luan Chang'an, and then Fu Deng had to return to Longxi by the same route. And now, the Qin Emperor is not in a hurry to return to Luan Chang'an, Fu Deng's Longxi Qinwang army arrived in Xiangcheng and participated in the battle, and even Mao Qiuqing has now participated in the war, which is completely different from the original history.

Mao Qiuqing would not have passed through Xiangben, but Pei Shengqin was lucky, and although the grenade he made did not kill Liu Yu, the sound was not small. It was this huge sound that attracted Mao Qiuqing to come, and it turned defeat into victory in this battle. Now that the matter is over, Pei Shengqin wants to continue to advance, and Mao Qiuqing wants to go south directly to find Fu Deng. The next time we see you will be when the two armies will meet in Lanling.

"Thank you, Princess, and thank you. If the two hadn't arrived in time, the battle would have been suspended! In the future, the two of them will be sent, and the sword will be incumbent on them! Pei Shengqin bowed his hand and bowed deeply to the second daughter. Pei Shengqin is really grateful to the second daughter, if the second daughter hadn't come in time, three days ago, I am afraid it would have been his death.

Mao Qiuqing is still wearing a full set of armor, covering her face with iron sheets. After all, she is a dignified princess, and it is not good to say it all day long, and sealing the front of the helmet with iron pieces is also a compromise method, and it can also prevent cold arrows. She smiled heartily and said: "Xiao Pei Gongzi is serious, speaking of which, the Tiance Army is now also under my husband's account." If you say that you will repay, you will clear the Nanban as soon as possible, join my husband and join forces, and attack Lanling together! ”

Pei Shengqin said seriously: "I will!" ”

Qi Qing has been silent, and when she saw Pei Shengqin casting her grateful gaze on her, she waved her hand casually and said: "It was Princess Nan'an who decided to come to Xiangben to take a look, these soldiers are also soldiers of Longxi, you have thanked the princess, you don't have to thank me!" ”

Pei Shengqin said with a smile: "If it weren't for Lord Yu appearing in front of the last general in time and blocking Liu Yu's knife, there would be no last general today." Lord Ao is also as kind to the last general, and the last general will never forget! At the end, it will be clearly written in the good news, and this battle is really for the princess and the princess. ”

Listening to Pei Shengqin's words, Qi Qing couldn't help but have a good impression of him. This young man is not yet at the age of a weak crown, and in the face of great victories, he can still maintain his heart, not greedy for merit, not arrogant, which is really rare. Qi Qing suddenly planned to mention this young man, she smiled slightly, and said, "Little Pei Gongzi sent a private letter to Xie An at the beginning?" ”

Pei Shengqin was stunned for a moment, and said truthfully: "Exactly, the last general wrote a scolding speech and sent it to Xie Lao Thief." ”

Mao Qiuqing became interested and asked on the side: "What is the scolding word?" ”

Pei Shengqin said innocently: "The old thief with the gray hair, the first horseman of Hao..."

"Hahahaha..."Mao Qiuqing laughed and said: "But there are really yours, then Xie An's status in Nanban is so respected, where has he suffered such grievances, I am afraid that I will be half angry to death!" ”

Pei Shengqin looked at Qi Qing and asked, "Why did Lord Qi suddenly mention this matter?" ”

A faint smile also hung on the corner of her mouth at this time, and she said: "Little Pei Gongzi may not know yet, Xie An read this letter, and he was seriously ill and has not recovered yet. Nanban blocked the news of this matter, and it took me a lot of time to confirm it. Your Majesty heard about this, Long Yan Dayue, Xiao Pei Gongzi is like using soldiers, and he should make persistent efforts! ”

Mao Qiuqing and Qi Qing left with the female cavalry team, Pei Shengqin was still thinking about Qi Qing's words before leaving, and he always felt that there was something in Qi Qing's words.

"The pen is like a soldier... Keep up the good work..."Pei Shengqin chewed on the words left by Qi Qing repeatedly, and his expression gradually became weird: "Could it be that Lord Qi is hinting at me..."

In the 11th year of Jianyuan, November 20, Jiankang.

In the prime minister's mansion of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a distinguished guest came today.

Sima Yao, dressed in regular clothes, came to the hospital bed and sat down.

Xie An turned his head slightly, and when he saw Sima Yao, he hummed and pretended to get up: "Old minister Xie An, please say hello to Your Majesty!" ”

Sima Yao hurriedly held him down and said, "The prime minister doesn't have to be polite, I just came to see the prime minister's condition." ”

Xie An didn't really plan to get out of bed to say goodbye, but when he saw Sima Yao say this, he was okay again, and hummed and chirped: "Your Majesty, these days, every time the old minister thinks about the humiliation he has suffered, his heart is like a knife. Lao Chen has lived for so long, and he has never suffered such grievances! ”

Can Pei Shengqin's scolding really make Xie An so angry that he has been in bed for so long, of course it is impossible, if Xie An is really so glassy, he will not be the prime minister. Maybe Xie An was able to attack Xie An in a hurry at that time, and he was indeed sick, but at most he was sick for a few days. So why is Xie An still sick in bed? Sima Yao has a compelling number in his heart.

This old man just wanted to take the opportunity to deliberately pretend to be sick and create a kind of public opinion that the court could not do without him, forcing the emperor to visit him in the palace in person, so as to increase his power and prestige. Sima Yao is also considered a wise and martial artist, and he can't see his routine, so he deliberately ignored it before, and saw how long this old thing could be installed. Who knew that Xie An was a really ruthless person, seeing that the advantages played in the Battle of Weishui gradually disappeared with time, and seeing that the Qin army on the front line began to counterattack, this old man just couldn't get up.

In the final analysis, this Great Jin Dynasty belongs to the Sima family, not his Xie family. So in the end, Sima Yao still compromised, and with the respect of the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, he personally went out of the palace to visit Xie An. Sima Yao looked at Xie An with a complicated expression, it was foreseeable that in the near future, the news that "the prime minister is sick, and His Majesty will personally enter the palace to serve the sick" will circulate in the whole of Dajin, and the prestige of this old thing will go further.

However, Sima Yao can't expose him now, and he has to cooperate with his words to comfort him. So Sima Yao said: "The prime minister is right, the Pei father and son are indeed despicable and shameless. Attacking me and plotting against my soldiers, the Pei family dared to insult the prime minister. One day, the imperial court destroyed the tyrannical Qin and restored the Central Plains, and I decided to cut the Pei family and his son with a thousand knives to vent his anger for the prime minister. ”

Xie An tilted his head and did not speak.

Seeing this, Sima Yao secretly scolded the old thief in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "That Pei family child also taught the officials and gentry to write a crusade against me that day, didn't I endure it." Now the violent Qin army is divided into four ways to attack Xuzhou, Xiangyang is also recaptured by the Qin Dynasty, I heard that the Pei family child is still in Xiangben recently eliminated 8,000 soldiers and horses of our dynasty. State affairs are like stalks, and the prime minister is needed to preside over the overall situation at this moment, and the prime minister must not fall! ”

You must know that the countless "Essays on Seeking the Pseudo-Emperor Sima Yao" have long been spread in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and this has always been a thorn in Sima Yao's heart. At this time, in order to comfort Xie An, Sima Yao even did not hesitate to talk about his sadness, Sima Yao said another thing in his heart: If it weren't for the fact that you were scheduling the southeast war situation, and others would not be able to take over, how would I allow you, an old dog, to be presumptuous! If I have the chance in the future, I will be the first to kill you old dog!

Xie An saw that he was almost done, and the emperor softened, and his prestige was brushed up. The casual pretended to sigh: "Alas, since Your Majesty relies on the old minister so much, the old minister has no choice but to go to the court with illness and do his best for the Great Jin Dynasty." ”

At this moment, I saw a little eunuch break in and said, "Your Majesty, the little thief has sent a message again." Teng copied hundreds of copies, sent people to distribute them everywhere, and spread them all across the border! ”

Sima Yao saw the roll of silk paper in the little eunuch's hand, only to feel his eyelids jump, and said, "Read it to me." ”

Pei Shengqin had a criminal record, and Sima Yao had already guessed that there must be no good words in this letter, but he was confident that he could withstand it.

Sima Yao sneered in his heart, at most, it was another "article to discuss the pseudo-emperor Sima Yao"! I've read hundreds of articles, and I don't care about one more, but I want to see what new tricks the Pei family child can play. At most, the scolding sentence is mediocre, the scolding sentence is brutal, or the scolding sentence is scolding, what else can it be?

I have to say that the barren swearing vocabulary of this era limits Sima Yao's imagination.

The little eunuch naturally did not dare to resist the decree, and if His Majesty wants to listen, then read it well.

"Those who are pseudo-in the Niu clan are not harmonious in nature, and the ground is cold and cold. In the past, King Langya was under Chen, and he once served the princess. In the late season, the spring palace is filthy...... Let's see whose world is in today's domain! ”

After reading hundreds of words, the little eunuch didn't think there was anything, and he was still wondering who Niu's was. But Xie An and the few Xie clan people who accompanied him all heard it with their eyelids jumping wildly, and they broke out in a cold sweat.

Who is Niu? There is a very famous allusion in later generations, called "the cow follows the horse". It is said that there was a small official surnamed Niu in the mansion of Sima Jin, the king of Langya in the Western Jin Dynasty, who committed adultery with the princess, and the princess gave birth to the son of the little official, but lied that it was Sima Jin's species. Sima Jin still believed it, and really thought that this was his son, and named the child Sima Rui.

Who is Sima Rui? This is Emperor Zongyuan of the Great Jin Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty! That is to say, according to the allusion of Niu Jima, Sima Rui is actually Niu Rui, and he is the breed of the little official surnamed Niu. By analogy, the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family is not the Sima clan, but the Niu clan! Because of this statement, many historians who believed in this statement in later generations called the Eastern Jin Dynasty "Southern Dynasty Niu Jin Clan".

Since the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this statement has always existed. Of course, whether it is true or not, no one knows now, and no one will know in future generations. For this statement, the Eastern Jin Dynasty court resolutely "refuted the rumors", after all, this is a serious issue involving the legitimacy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

But today, Pei Shengqin said it, not only did he say it, but he also wrote it into a text!

Even, he still used the template of the famous "Seeking Wu Cao" by King Luo Bin in the later generations.

I have to say that there is also a gap between scolding and scolding. The previous essay Sima Yao could endure and forbear, but now this essay is not only written about the "rumors" that the Eastern Jin Dynasty court resolutely did not admit, but also wrote so brilliantly, so natural, and so fascinating!

Xie An secretly glanced at Sima Yao, and he could feel that His Majesty the Emperor was on the verge of rage. Pei Shengqin, are you the devil!

"Ah, Pei family child, it's very good to bully me!"

Sima Yao suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, and then with a "poof", he spurted out a mouthful of blood and leaned back.

"Ah, Your Majesty!" The situation was not right, Xie An didn't care about pretending to be sick, and jumped up from the bed like a monkey and caught Sima Yao from behind.

If something happens to the emperor in his palace, he will be in trouble, which he can't even wash away by jumping into the Yellow River. Don't look at Xie An's high position now, but the emperor is the emperor after all, and if something happens to the emperor, he will have to do it!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, how are you, Your Majesty, don't scare the old minister!"