The seventeenth year of Deqing is in winter

The snow is falling, the sky and the earth are vast, and according to the agreement, this afternoon is the time of the decisive battle between the two armies.

At the end of the day, the soldiers got up to pack their bags and clean up the camp.

The generals discussed and determined the follow-up plan in the tent of the Chinese army for the last time, and the plan that had been passed several times was now just in case, and it was soon over. The generals returned to the army in preparation for the final pre-war mobilization.

Xiaolin's army of more than 100,000 people, relying on the commander-in-chief alone, it is good that a small number of people can hear it, so the pre-war mobilization is the night before by the centurion of each centurion to give a lecture, and the next morning of the expedition or decisive battle, and then the commanders of each army salute the courage and wine and march oath.

Mu Zijin and Xia Qingchen wore armor and pressed their swords together, and returned to the main camp of the former army. The camp tents of the former army have been almost demolished, and a small platform has been erected near the camp tents of the original staff generals, that is, a training platform for a while.

The soldiers had already lined up, and the leaders of each hundred had already distributed the bowls and wine to everyone, and one of them held a bowl in his hand. Zhu Mu'an took the wine jar and the three bowls stacked together, and stood in front of the table waiting for the two of them. Seeing the two coming, they handed over the wine, and the two took the wine bowl and stood on the table.

Gu Yuqing originally wanted to come over early to say a few words of advice to Mu Zijin, but he came a little late, and Mu Zijin had already stood on the stage, so he could only watch people from behind.

Looking at the past from behind, Mu Zijin's back was straight, his left hand pressed the sword, and his right hand held the bowl, and the murderous aura inadvertently revealed in this state was even more set off Mu Zijin's heroic spirit. Compared with the Mu Zijin he saw in the camp before, he really looks like the young general who is dominating on the battlefield.

Mu Zijin didn't notice the people behind him, and after taking the wine bowl, he looked at the 20,000 former soldiers who were lined with flags and wolves below, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that my Xiaolin Army has four killings: those who slaughter my brothers and comrades, kill!" Whoever rapes my wife and sister, kill! Whoever destroys my homeland and land, kill! Whoever offends my Dachen border, kill!

However, the Beiwu people invaded the land of my Dachen, killed the people of my Dachen, and killed tens of thousands of soldiers in my Dachen on the battlefield, and the horse leather shrouded in corpses, everyone said, should they be killed? ”

"Yes!" The shouts of 20,000 warriors pierced the sky and shook the heart.

His blood seemed to be awakened by this shout, and Mu Zijin raised his bowl violently, "Brothers, let's drink this bowl of wine today." When we return to the city in triumph, I will send someone to the capital, find the best wine, buy him a thousand jars, and drink with my brothers to celebrate the triumph of our army! Come on, do it! ”

As the last word fell, Mu Zijin took the lead in drinking the glass of wine, slammed the bowl on the ground, and fell apart.

"Drink with you!" The soldiers raised their bowls in both hands, responded loudly, and then took the bowl of wine in one gulp and smashed it on the ground.

Mu Zijin looked at the soldiers below, and what he saw was all from the steadfastness of these soldiers.

"The front army is out!"

As Mu Zijin gave an order, the herald also passed the order down one by one, "Open up!" ”

The two sides lined up across the river, and Beiwu no longer challenged the formation because of the loss, but beat the drums together. When Mu Changchuan saw Beiwu attacking, he also shouted, "Kill!" ”

Although the river was wide, it was not deep or fast, it was only a shallow stream, and the water had not yet reached the knees of the soldiers. The two armies met in the middle of the river, shouting horses and neighing, and waving flags in the air.

Mu Zijin and Xia Qingchen, as the generals of the former army, took the lead, picked one when they saw one, and cut off a pair when they saw two, and rode their horses deep alone, and the blood stained their robes red.

This battle lasted from noon to the end of Shen Shi, and the blood stained the river red, and the blood red stinged the eyes, and it was extremely heroic. Under the leadership of the two, the Xiaolin soldiers became more and more courageous, and the balance of victory in the war gradually tilted in favor of the Xiaolin army.

As the sun sets, the remnants of the sun shine like blood, shining on the blood-stained rivers all over the corpses, reflecting the whole world in blood-red.

In a fierce battle, the northern forces were defeated, and the remnants of the army were withdrawn to the north.

That night, the torrential rain poured down, washing away the blood-stained armor of the soldiers, Mu Zijin and Xia Qingchen led the front army to pursue Beiwu in the rain all night, until the blade of the knife was curled and the arrows were gone. This pursuit, straight into the territory of Beiwu, cut more than 10,000 enemies, captured no less than 30,000 enemies, captured countless horses and military funds along the way, recovered all the lost land lost before, and returned to the camp with a great victory.

The Beiwu army suffered serious losses, and it was no longer possible to organize an army to attack Dachen in a short period of time, so it was forced to negotiate peace with Dachen.

This time, the delegation of the Northern Martial Arts Peace entered Dachen impartially, and it entered through Tianju Pass, but the situation was completely different.

A year ago, Tianju Pass, although it was not prosperous, but the people were boiling, and the barracks were stationed, but it was not lonely, but overnight, the city was broken and people died, and blood flowed like a river; The current Tianju Pass is just a pass barely built on the ruins, and it is even so simple that a house cannot be built, and there are only military tents built on top of the ruins in the city.

The Xiaolin Army was stationed on the border line a little in front of Tianju Pass, almost watching the Beiwu Peace Negotiation Mission enter the territory of Dachen, and their eyes were blood-red as if they were about to eat that group, which frightened several civil officials who came to negotiate peace, and they did not dare to lift the curtain from beginning to end.

Although the war is over, the Xiaolin army can't just move troops back to the city, Xiaolin still needs to be stationed at the border until the end of the peace talks, and the holy decree of moving troops has come to the front line.

Capital

Emperor Chen looked at the first version of the peace agreement handed over by Honglu Temple and was very satisfied, and was overjoyed, "Okay! Good! It's been a long time since I've fought such a happy battle and signed such a happy agreement. As he spoke, he put the piece in his hand aside, "By the way, what about A-Ning?" I haven't seen him for a few days, this kid, when he grows up, he won't come to me, the royal brother. Tell me to go down, and go to King Chen's mansion to eat today. ”

King Chen Jun Xining, the youngest and only younger brother of His Majesty, Jun Xining was born for a year, Emperor Chen succeeded to the throne, and the brothers were nineteen years apart, so they were very favored by His Majesty. In the ninth year of Deqing, that is, when Jun Xining was ten years old, he was awarded the title of King Chen, and was given the title of King Chen, with the title of the country, which was enough to be favored, and His Majesty authorized King Chen to enter and leave the palace at will, without restraint, with such privileges, Jun Xining is still the first since the founding of the Chen Kingdom.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the attendants next to him changed slightly, "Your Majesty, that, don't you remember?" ...”

Emperor Chen was stunned for a moment, and thought about it carefully, "Look at me, I'm busy with war every day, and I forgot about it." ”

About a year and a half ago, Jun Xining said that he wanted to go out to hang out by himself, and the person who left a letter disappeared, and every month or so he would send a letter back to report his safety. When he first left, Emperor Chen was frightened for fear that something would happen to him, so he secretly sent several groups of guards to find him, but the strength of those guards was not as good as Jun Xining, so he brought Jun Xining back. After a month or two like this, the war broke out, and Emperor Chen was busy dealing with various affairs every day, gradually forgetting about this matter, and only when he received a letter of peace would he smile and scold a few words.

It is also thanks to Jun Xining, although he is the prince, he has never entered the court and does not deal with officials, so that most of the officials in the court and China do not know that their Royal Highness King Chen is no longer in the capital and has disappeared.

"That's it," Emperor Chen waved his hand and rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, "Let's send another group of guards and let him come back sooner." ”

The attendant beside him quieted down and bowed, "Your Majesty, we haven't been investigating for more than a year, and if we investigate it now, it's tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

Emperor Chen choked for a long time before he said, "Forget it, he will naturally go back if he wants to." ”

In the same month, a letter from King Chen was delivered to Emperor Chen, and it was this letter that made Emperor Chen make a decision.

Eighteen years of Deqing

Beiwu negotiated peace, the two sides signed an agreement, Beiwu boycotted the army, no longer invaded the border within ten years, and compensated 500,000 stones of grain, 10,000 horses, 700,000 taels of silver, 200,000 taels of gold, and countless other jewels.

After the agreement was signed, the whole country celebrated.

Emperor Chen issued an order to reward Xiaolin's entire army with 100,000 taels of silver, 3,000 taels of gold, countless wines and meats to reward the three armies, and the pension of the fallen soldiers was twice as much. Mu Changchuan was crowned as the Taishi, and Tianbei City and the surrounding cities were all divided into the territory of the Dingguo Marquis, and the hereditary replacement became the only prince with a different surname to obtain a fief; Mu Xuyun, the son of the Feng Mu family, was the general of the three-grade eagle Yang, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and awarded the Xiaolin Tiger Talisman; Mu Zijin, the second son of the Mu family, was awarded a thousand taels of gold and a nine-song phoenix helmet as the general of Zhaode from the fourth grade; Feng Xia Ze's son Xia Qingchen is a five-grade Xuanwu general, and he will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold; The rest of the generals were awarded the title of general from the five grades, and each was rewarded with three hundred taels of gold; Posthumously awarded Lin Ru and Xia Ze, who died in Tianju Pass, as the captain of the Zhengliupin Zhaowu, with 7,000 subordinate soldiers, the pension was four times the amount, and for 20 years, each family enjoyed an additional one or two silver subsidies per month.

In addition, he summoned the Taifu and promoted him to the secretary of the ministry, and returned to Beijing immediately.

On the day of Gu Taifu's departure, Xia Qingchen did not arrive because he returned to Tianju Pass to pay tribute to his relatives, and the rest of the military staff officers came to see him off.

The reason for coming to see them off was because of the etiquette, and the other point was that at least in front of them, Gu Taifu had never clashed with the army, nor did he put forward unreasonable opinions at will, not to mention that Gu Yuqing was still close to the former army later, and there were not as many suspicions as when he first came.

At that moment, Mu Changchuan and Gu Taifu were chatting, and here Gu Yuqing dragged Mu Zijin out of the team.

"I have to go back to Beijing, if you come to the capital, remember to come to me."

Mu Zijin smiled, "Of course, I still have to rely on you, let you eat me, live with me, and play with me." ”

"Get out," Gu Yuqing scolded with a smile, "You have no conscience, and you still want me to cover everything?" ”

Mu Zijin took people over, "Who called you my 'own brother'?" ”

Gu Yuqing slapped him with an elbow, "You can trap me." ”

"Hahaha." Mu Zijin laughed.

The two of them were making a fuss, when they heard Mrs. Gu shouting over there, "Xiaoqing, it's time to go." ”

"Oh!" Gu Yuqing turned around and responded, "Then I'll go." ”

Mu Zijin nodded, "Go ahead." ”

Gu Taifu and his party got into the carriage, and after setting off, the farewell team dispersed, Mu Zijin leaned against the tree on the side, although his eyes did not look at the carriage, but waited until the carriage disappeared to the point that no sound could be heard, and then the tomb Zijin tidied up his clothes and got up to return to the camp.