Chapter 221: The Return of the King (5)
"What's the use of saying so much, and what about crossing the river from Mengjin?" Wei Xu said impatiently.
"Mengjin is far away, you need to take a detour, and the prime minister is likely to arrive in time for the reservation, maybe very late. In this way, we have a calm time, and we can immediately scare off the forbidden army, and we can greet everyone without hindering the Prime Minister's Mansion, wouldn't it be better? "Hou Cheng already has a plan.
"So what should I do?" "General Wei has always been the new prince and marquis, and he can pretend to be the prime minister and triumphant army, go to Yangpo to threaten, and say that he is the vanguard immediately. The forbidden army must have some scruples and dare not take it lightly. ”
"What about you?"
"I can lead the army behind the forbidden army, surround its retreat, and lift the palace defenses, which is a plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle."
Wei Xu pondered for a while, only to feel that this plan was wonderful, and the soldiers did not destroy the emperor's forces without blood, and made a great contribution before the prime minister came.
immediately expressed his support, returned to the camp with Hou Cheng, and ordered the generals.
Yangpo is located in the southern suburbs of Anyi, and is named because of the extremely high terrain and large slope. To the north of Yangpo is Anyi, and to the south is a narrow plain, which was formed by the alluvium of the Yellow River over many years. The hilly landform of Zhiyangpo separates Anyi from the Yellow River in the middle, forming a natural barrier to Anyi.
To reach Angeup, you have to go through a sunny slope.
A large road leads to the top of the mountain, with an amazing slope, and the road is flanked by deep ravines and cliffs, all covered by dense forests, which are difficult for people to enter, and are often a paradise for beasts.
At the top of the sunny slope, there is a very small city, the adobe city wall is simple and low, it is the place where the local villagers live, the name of the small town is Pingshang, which means flat land on the slope.
Although it is small, it is inhabited by many people, and the people within a radius of several miles live here. Today, compared with the later generations, the population is already small, and the invasion of wild beasts and rogues in the countryside can only gather in one place, build a city and defend it together, in order to keep the family safe.
On the left side of the small city on the ping, there is a wide road, along the road to the north for a few hundred steps, it is the downhill mountain road again, the mountain road on this side, the slope is much smoother than the slope of the sunny slope, just because the mountain on this side is more steep and straight, the mountain road directly up is impossible to walk, can only be built into a continuous and graceful spiral road like a snake, all the way down the circle, although the slope is reduced, the road is much smoother, but it also increases the distance of walking out of thin air.
It used to take only half an hour to climb up, but now it takes a full hour to walk along the main road. Therefore, for the sake of convenience, the villagers built their own small roads between the circling roads, although the paths are steep and difficult, and there is even the danger of falling into the deep valley, but the villagers have been tempered a lot, and have already walked like flying on the mountain road, but there has never been any disaster.
Since then, the small road has become the main road for the local villagers to walk on a daily basis, and the winding road is rarely walked by the locals in normal times, and only when the harvest is busy, the transportation of vehicles and horses can come in handy.
But this road is the only way to Anyi, is the main road is full of people, pedestrians, cars and horses are endless, so that the villagers on the Ping are also quite patronized, along the road set up a tea shop restaurant, for the passing merchants and horses to temporarily rest to replenish the grain and grass, if you catch up with the large army of merchants passing by, it will naturally make a lot of money, so the small town on the suburb of Ping is also very prosperous.
At this time, on the winding avenue on the north side of Pingshang, there are hundreds of carriages and horses, rolling along the winding road.
There were thousands of cavalry in front of and behind the convoy, scattered on the stretching avenue, like a huge python, surging towards the flat.
More than a dozen children were playing on the side of the road, and when they saw the chariots, horses and cavalry slowly rising at the foot of the mountain in the distance, they cheered loudly: "Soldiers are coming!" Here comes the soldiers! ”
Apparently these children were not frightened by this, but rather rejoiced.
Lu Bu has been using soldiers for many years, and he has a huge favor for households with military registration, not to mention that the military salary is extremely abundant, just because the military registration does not pay food, it has already made countless people rush to it.
Not to mention the countless privileges that military status has, it is also eye-catching, such as the division of land and property, which is also a newborn child, and the military status must be twice as much as that of ordinary people, not to mention that the army has its own tun land, and the grain and grass produced have its own seal.
Therefore, it can be said that once you enter the army, that is, you have no worries about food and clothing, which makes countless young people yearn for it, and joining the army has become something that countless people yearn for when they were children.
Merchants in the roadside tea shops have watched sideways, and many people have exchanged their heads and pointed their fingers.
"I heard that the court has been in chaos recently, and the emperor and the people in the prime minister's mansion are fighting inextricably, and they are all torn apart, but I don't know how to end it. Alas~" A middle-aged businessman-like man sighed.
"But no, after the prime minister's disappearance, the chaos in Anyi has been out of control since then, and it is all about the power that harms people, but it's a pity that the prime minister's wealth has allowed us to enjoy a stable life for more than ten years, and now I'm afraid it's coming to an end." A long-bearded scribe sighed.
At this time, the tea shop guy smiled heartily: "The two guests came from other places, the news of the prime minister's return to the court today has long been known to everyone, this convoy must be the convoy in the prime minister's mansion that wants to go to Fenglingdu to welcome the prime minister's army, I'm afraid they are all powerful people." ”
Several sturdy men in the tea shop couldn't help but change their eyes, and one of them pulled the guy over and asked sharply, "You just said that the prime minister was going to return from Fenglingdu?" Is there any trust? ”
The guy at the tea shop smiled mysteriously and said, "I'm afraid the guest officer doesn't know the survival of our shop, the strange things in the world are the enduring dependence of the shop, and the tea money alone is not enough to support the family." ”
A hardcover man snorted coldly, threw the usual money at the tea shop guy, and shouted angrily: "Can you say it now? ”
The man accepted the money, and said with a smile: "The guest officer is really a generous and open-minded person, and the words of the party are not open-minded, because my proprietress and General Wei's relatives are close relatives, so I know that as early as yesterday morning, there was a fast horse to inform General Wei that the prime minister will cross the river from Fengling at noon today." ”
"Is that true?"
The tea shop guy suddenly turned pale, he is professional, will he still deceive you, and immediately said lightly: "The little one has received the coins of the strong man, and he will not talk nonsense, if you are not at ease, if you find that something is false tomorrow, you will come to me to return the money." ”
Several strong men each looked at each other, without saying a word, and strode towards the sunny slope to the south, a pot of tea was still halfway there, still steaming.
"What a waste, I have all the best tea." The man endured the heartache and poured the remaining half pot of tea on the withered yellow grass on the side of the road.
"Little brother, do you know the origin of these men just now?"
The man's eyes lit up, and the person who spoke was red and white-toothed, although he was dressed as a man, but with his countless experience with people, there was no doubt that this person must be a woman.
"I naturally know where they come from, but this is hiding their deeds, obviously with ulterior motives, I don't dare to harm their good deeds and cause trouble, I advise my son to leave it alone, out of sight is pure." It's rare for a guy to be sincere.
This "son" is naturally Ruyi who came to the first whistle, she incarnated as a man, came first with a large army, and investigated suspicious movements all the way, but there was no gain, so she waited for the arrival of the large army here.
It's just that I didn't expect this guy to know so much "inside information", and actually lured out the horse's feet of a few strong men, just when a few strong men got up to leave, Ruyi obviously saw that they were swollen under their robes, obviously hiding long weapons, and when walking, there was also a sound of gold and iron impacting, this camouflage was really not enough.
"You will be indispensable for your good." Ruyi casually threw a piece of broken gold on the table, which immediately aroused everyone's amazed eyes.
At this time, people used to use five baht coins, gold coins are difficult to have if they are not wealthy families, and gold coins of the same value have far higher purchasing power than five baht coins, even if the people do not allow gold coins to circulate.
The man's eyes flickered, this thing was too precious, but he didn't dare to do it, and said with a smile: "Objectively just ask, if you are kind enough to give me money." Just now those people came from the Gyeonggi garrison camp, they should be General Hou's subordinates, I saw them coming from the east before, and in the middle of the night, the garrison camp had already reached the left near, and the soldiers were ten thousand people, which was really spectacular. ”
"Hou Cheng's people?" Ruyi frowned and confirmed.
"Isn't it? In the past two days, the vicinity of this sunny slope has been really lively, and several people have gathered, but it doesn't take so many people to welcome the prime minister, right? The man shook his head and thought.
"Who else, do you know?" Ruyi asked again.
"Of course I know, there is also a group of people who are also tens of thousands of horses, but they are coming from the direction of Anyi, that armor, that weapon, tsk, looking shining, it is definitely the elite of the elite!" The guy was clearly impressed by the armor of these people.
"But the Black Armor and Silver Helmet?"
"Exactly."
Ruyi suddenly realized that the black armor and silver helmet were the uniform of the forbidden army, and there was no other semicolon in Quan'anyi.
"Where did they go?"
"It's all on the sunny slope not far ahead, and these people, in such a big place, are also strangely uncomfortable. I sneaked here in the middle of the night, thinking that others didn't know, and now I'm still in the woods. "The guy looked gloating.
"It seems that the emperor really set up an ambush here, but marching like this is too child's play, and he can't even hide a tea shop guy, who else can he expect to hide? The eunuch is really useless! Ruyi thought to herself.
I remember that when I was going to bed last night, my mother sent a report to General Wei Xu in the southern suburbs, ordering him to wait for the return of the prime minister at Fenglingdu at noon, and set up a watchtower for hundreds of officials to wait together.
He also clearly informed Wei Xu that the emperor would most likely set up an ambush near Yangpo, so that he could not startle the snake, and after the emperor's forbidden army entered the urn, he would cut off his retreat with a large army and break the enemy in one fell swoop.
Let Wei Xu be wary of Hou Cheng, this person swayed at a critical juncture, and did not order him to come this time, if Hou Cheng had the move of leading the army to the west, it could be seen that the opportunity would act.
Sure enough, just as the brigade was about to leave, Yan Xiuli received a secret report from Wei Xu, clearly stating that Hou Cheng came from Mengjin Port under the banner of encircling the forbidden army, and was even more suspected of luring the Nanyuan soldiers to Yangpo, which was incomprehensible.
Yan Xiuli discussed with the military advisor and decided to follow the plan, and let Wei Xu do what he planned and acted according to the agreement with Hou Cheng.
Yan Xiuli also wanted to know how far Hou Cheng had come and what was the reason why he jumped on the broken royal ship desperately.
The purpose of this trip was to let everyone know that the prime minister's return this time was no longer than usual, and this time he went out to conquer several counties in Xiazhou, recovering a large area of territory, and making the power of the Han court as high as the sky.
It was with great fanfare from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and everyone knew that the Prime Minister would return to the city today.
"Very well, it seems that you really know a lot, this piece of gold should be your reward." Ruyi pushed a small piece of broken gold in front of the guy.
The man knew that the gold coins were valuable, and it was by no means something that a person like him could withstand, but how could he resist the temptation of heavy profits, and greedily put away the broken gold, so he said: "Objective is also a bold person, I will give you a secret thing." ”
Looking around and seeing that no one was looking at the left and right, he leaned closer and said: "I see that the son seems to have an extraordinary background, this news may be of some use to you, the news of the prime minister's return today is fake!" ”
Ruyi was startled, and the news exploded like spring thunder, only to startle Ruyi into a cold sweat.
She naturally knew that the news was false, but the truth of the news, she knew that there were no more than five people who were like it, only her mother, her sister and brother, Sima and Chen, and then Mr. Feng Xiao, a total of these people, have never leaked, and only said that the prime minister returned today.
But just now, Ruyi actually heard such a secret thing from an irrelevant person, it was really shocking and inexplicable, even a guy in a country tea shop knew the secret, the emperor would not know?
"Where did you get the news?" Ruyi lifted the guy from the placket of his front body, and his words were full of murder.
Everyone in the tea shop saw the dispute, but they didn't pay much attention, after all, where people come and go, where can they not move some corners of their mouths.
The guy was taken aback, he didn't expect that a handsome little girl who looked delicate and handsome would have such strength, and she was in the air for a while, and she couldn't exert any strength.
"The son-in-law spares her life, I also heard from the tea guests passing by, and the authenticity of it is impossible to count."
As he saw him, his face was pale and he was half suffocated, threw the man on the ground, and asked sharply, "What kind of tea guest?" ”
"The lady of the man who speaks, the tone should be from the palace."
Looking at the approaching convoy at the foot of the mountain, Ruyi was very anxious at this time, the emperor already knew that his father's return today was fake news!
Then he is still doing it, which is enough to show that the emperor's preparation has been foolproof, at least in the emperor's own opinion, it must be so.
No wonder General Hou Cheng, the garrison battalion who was originally swaying from side to side, would go against the trend and take refuge in the emperor's side, feeling that they already knew the false information that their father came back today, and they had nothing to fear!
This news is too shocking, and I have to urgently tell my mother and military advisor, otherwise I will regret it if I misjudge the situation.
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