I heard that a vassal king wants to see me? Is Prince Minglu Min happy and worried? I'm glad that I've never seen another vassal king in my life! The worry is that this will violate the laws of the court, but after all, it is not easy to refuse when people come, and Prince Minglu Min himself is also more optimistic and hospitable, so he agreed to come down and pass them in.

After everyone outside the mansion was allowed to leave by the guards, Prince Mingfu strode in, looking at Prince Lu's mansion, which was still as prosperous as before and had not suffered any war, and suddenly reminded His Royal Highness Prince Mingfu of his mansion, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart!

Under the leadership of the next person, Prince Mingfu and Wu Junzhen came to the backyard, and were arranged to sit in the inner hall, and then the next person made a pot of tea for each of them, Yao Qiuyue who was sitting on the chair picked up the tea and smelled it, feeling a faint fragrance, she said happily, "The tea in Prince Lu's mansion is not ordinary, than the slave family was in the Baihua Tea House before...!" ”

Before the words were finished, Yao Qiuyue suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly stopped talking, Wu Junzhen immediately looked at her and asked, "Have you been to Baihua Teahouse?" No wonder I saw a woman in a red robe and a hat on the street downstairs before. Why are you there? Yao Qiuyue, who was asked rhetorically, lowered her head helplessly, blushed and heartbeat, and she whispered, "Because, I'm not, I didn't mean to...?" ”

Seeing this, Ma Wei, who was on the side, immediately interrupted them, pointed to the calligraphy and paintings on the wall and said, "Hey! Look at the two people on this painting, how realistic! Liu Ruilin also stood up and said, "The pieces on this chessboard, it seems that each of them has surrounded the other to death?" But the deception is not dead? Is it a game of life and death? ”

I saw Prince Mingfu, who had taken a sip of tea, put down the teacup and walked over to say, "Hmm! Chess opponent ~ will meet a good talent, some meaning? Could it be that Uncle Lu Wang deliberately put this painting here so that people could crack it? ”

And Wu Junzhen took a closer look at the chessboard on the pattern, and felt that every step surrounded the other party, and he couldn't leave a single piece at all! Only half of the chess pieces can be cracked on this chessboard, so he stretched out his right hand to hold the chess pieces and was about to fall, but suddenly he heard someone chanting, "It rains in the Huangmei season, and the grass pond is full of frogs." ”

Wu Junzhen immediately took the next line of the poem: "If you don't come for the night and a half, you will knock on the chess pieces and drop the lanterns." After finishing the verses, I saw Prince Minglu Min clapping his hands and walking out from behind the curtain and said, "Okay, well, dare to ask, which sage solved the chessboard of the lonely king just now, and took the poems of the lonely king?" Wu Junzhen saluted with everyone and said, "See His Royal Highness Prince Lu!" We accidentally found the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, so I came here to do a thorough consultation and ask His Royal Highness Prince Lu to atone for his sins! ”

However, Prince Minglu Min raised his head and laughed, "Hehehe! Everyone, please get up! The lonely king did not blame you, this chessboard was set up by the lonely king to wait for the destined person to crack it, and it is fate to meet today, so you don't have to be polite and take a seat. ”

Looking at the suave Uncle Lu, Prince Mingfu and Prince Chongyin of Ming and Prince Xiao of Ming Zhou saluted together, "I have seen Uncle Lu and Master Lu", and then His Royal Highness Prince Mingfu said: "I have a reluctant invitation to come this time?" I want Uncle Lu Wang to take me in and give me a place to live! I don't know what Uncle Lu wants? ”

Prince Minglu Min, who had just picked up the teacup, asked, "You call King Gu Uncle Wang, dare to ask you if you are the bloodline of that vassal king's brother?" Prince Mingfu spoke first, "Xiao Wang is a descendant of Prince Fugong. ”

At this moment, the two princes next to him, His Royal Highnesses, also reported their names, and learned that Prince Fu's nephew and the two princes and grandsons were going to take refuge in him, Prince Minglu Min was very happy to receive them and said, "It's just that the lonely king, no one has commented on a new batch of works recently, can the three nephews take a look at the lonely king?" The three of them immediately nodded in agreement.

And Prince Minglu Min looked at the rest of the people around him and asked, "You can all live in the Lonely King's Mansion, but you are not allowed to leave the mansion at will without the order of the Lonely King, except for the two of you?" Wu Junzhen looked at His Royal Highness Prince Lu and pointed at him, he was a little ignorant.

I saw His Royal Highness Prince Minglu continue to say, "The Lone King wants you to be the companion of Prince Lu's Mansion and study the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting with the Lone King, I don't know if you are willing to accept it?" ”

Ma Wei on the side covered his mouth in a low voice and smiled: "Brother Wu is also a deputy thousand households from the fifth grade, and now he is directly demoted to a royal companion from the ninth grade, and has become an official who is not in the stream!" Presumably Brother Wu must be sad when he finds out? ”

Just as Ma Wei was secretly happy, Prince Minglu Min looked at him and said, "How about you come to be the professor of King Lu's Mansion of King Lone?" Liu Ruilin and everyone held back their lips and smiled, Ma Wei thought; Finished! I am a dignified seventh-grade Ningxia Zhongtun Wei General Banner, and now I actually want to be a professor of Luwangfu without grade! Isn't there no official position? He just wanted to pass the buck.

But Yao Qiuyue smiled and said, "I usually see that you are quite unserious, but I didn't expect to be a professor of Luwangfu today, congratulations!" ”

Ma Wei, who wanted to prevaricate, in order to behave in front of Yao Qiuyue, patted his chest righteously and said, "Don't worry, His Royal Highness Prince Lu will be your attendant in the future." ”

On the other side, the general of the right battalion of Dashun is taking the red lady and the general of Dashun right Guoyi to the north, riding into the territory of Yangqu County, the capital of Taiyuan Prefecture, when entering the city, the soldiers of the Shun army saluted when they saw this and said, "The small one is the general of the right battalion system, see the general of the right Guoyi, dare to ask this woman who is?" ”

The general of the right battalion of Dashun immediately explained, "She is here to assist our army, Your Majesty is in the city?" The soldier replied, "Your Majesty, you have been waiting for the two generals in the city for a long time, please!" With that, they rode quickly into the city.

At this time, standing on the stone steps at the entrance of the county yamen, Emperor Dashun, wearing a yellow robe and armor, announced to the generals, "The generals listen to the order, we have rested in the city for eight days, and the food and ordnance have already been prepared, today I will continue the northern expedition to hit the Ming army hard, Zehou stepped forward to listen to the order, I ordered you to capture Tianmen Pass for the left wing, Mianhou stepped forward to listen to the order, I ordered you to capture Shiling Pass for the right wing, and the rest of the people went north with me to take Xinzhou." ”

Just after the decree was issued, the general of the right battalion of Dashun and the general of the right Guoyi of Dashun just returned to the team, and they saluted and said, "The last general will see Your Majesty, dare to ask Your Majesty, are we going to go on an expedition?" Emperor Dashun nodded, and the general of the right battalion of Dashun expressed his willingness to be the vanguard but was refused? Just let him follow the troops.

In this way, a row of horseback soldiers went out of the city gate, followed by soldiers with spears and sabers and musketeers, and at the end were troops pushing artillery and soldiers escorting food and grass.

After they walked a mile north along the official road, they began to divide the road by Dashun Zehou: Tian Jianxiu, led a team of men and horses to quickly start to break to the left, dusty pounced in the direction of Tianmen Pass, looking at the back of his generals in the distance, Emperor Dashun said happily, "The three armies are advancing at full speed!" ”

At this moment, the Ming soldiers guarding the city on the top of the Tianmen Gate Gate Tower were squatting beside the battlements, chatting, "Hey! Brother, how much money did you pay last month? The soldier next to him replied, "Ah! Not to mention that I only got three pieces of silver, which is one less than last year! Now the generals have also begun to deduct military salaries, how can we live! ”

The soldier who asked the question said, "Isn't it? The generals knew that they were deducting money from us, but they didn't dare to report the situation to their superiors! This person deducted one penny, how can it be said that the whole army adds up to one or two silver, right? Ay! I can't live this day. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier stood up. Suddenly, an arrow shot through his throat, and the soldier slowly fell down, blood flowing, and the soldiers next to him exclaimed, "There is an enemy attacking?" Be careful, everyone! ”

When the trumpeter heard this, he hurriedly ran to get the horn and prepared to blow the alarm, but was shot by the arrows of the Liukou army, only to see the Liukou outside the city to press the border, and the leading Dashun Zehou shot three arrows and flew to the city tower, one of the arrows shot down the (tiger and leopard flag) on the city tower and floated down to the city, and the Ming army defending the city just wanted to grab the flag but was shot by the Liukou!

Some Ming soldiers hurriedly ran to report, but the Liukou bombarded with artillery, and then rushed into the city and killed none of the Ming soldiers.

Then Emperor Dashun came to the vicinity of Shiling Pass official road, he looked at the terrain and signaled to let Dashun Mianhou lead the troops to go, he first charged on horseback to let the Shun artillerymen drive the cannons, and when they were almost close to the city gate drawbridge, the soldiers of the Shun army just finished loading, and began to fire cannons (knock, knock, knock, knock) shells fell on the city tower one after another, the Ming army defending the city was simply unable to block and had to retreat to the city, the soldiers of the Shun army rushed into the city with all their might, and slaughtered the fleeing Ming army to occupy Shiling Pass.

After the soldiers of the Shun army quickly ran to Emperor Dashun to report the situation, he also drew his saber and shouted: "The three armies listen to the order, follow me and rush straight to Xinzhou, be sure to break through the city gate before Shenshi!" ”

However, Zhao Shenning, the governor of Xinzhou in Xinzhou, also received the news of the large-scale invasion of the Liukou, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to quickly ride horses and cross Yangwu County to Zhenwuwei to inform the general soldiers of Ming Shanxi: Zhou Yuji, and asked him to lead his troops south to rescue Xinzhou City.

The heralds had to hurry up and rush to Zhenwuwei, and the Liukou side had also quickly approached the city to attack the city with Lu buses and bronze Franky cannons, and the Ming army was powerless to fight back, and the Ming army defending the city hurriedly ran to the state yanei and reported, "Report, Qiyu Zhizhou Lord, something is wrong!" The rogue army has bombarded our army several times, and I am afraid that we will not be able to hold the city gate! ”

I saw the governor of Mingxin Prefecture, who was sitting in the lobby writing a letter, and said, "What are you panicking about? Our reinforcements are about to arrive, so quickly retreat and tell the brothers to continue defending the city. After speaking, he handed the letter to his subordinates and asked him to hand over the letter to his family, if he died in the state city, the wife of the house can remarry someone else, and the people in the house can distribute the family property by themselves without worrying! After the subordinates retreated, the governor of Mingxin Prefecture also picked up (iron whips) and walked to the city tower while loading ammunition.

At this moment, the general soldiers of Mingshan, who are training the Yongwei battalion in the Zhenwu Acropolis, are issuing an order to order the flag waver to command: "The whole army is divided into two wings on the left and right wings, one team turns around and raises a spear, and the other team turns around and raises a gun, each aiming at the scarecrow in front, I will give you half a pillar of incense time, be sure to hit a scarecrow per person to win, otherwise each person will receive twenty military sticks!" ”

After the decree was issued, the soldiers quickly loaded the ammunition and pressed the fire, and the spearmen carefully aimed at the front and prepared to throw the spear, just when the general soldiers of Mingshan West were looking at it, they suddenly saw a soldier running over on horseback, and accidentally fell when he dismounted, and the soldier next to him was just about to help him, and he saw this person get up and run to the general wearing a Wanli helmet and a chain mail and squatted down, guessing; This person must be Lord Zhou? Then he saluted and said, "The little one meets the chief soldier, this is the letter that the Lord Zhizhou asked the small one to hand over to you, saying that it is a hundred thousand urgent matters, please be sure to send troops to rescue Xinzhou quickly!" ”

Seeing that the situation was urgent, the general army of Mingshan West led the generals of the Ming Zhen Xiwei: Zhang Yuzhe, Ming Ninghua Qianhu: Cai Yu, the two generals gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses to meet the enemy, leaving only the commander of the Ming Zhenwu Guard: Du Ping, stationed here.