Niu Gui struggled to block the gun of the person in front of him, and pushed the man to the ground unsteadily; The Ming army behind him was about to rush over, and suddenly an ember beside them seemed to be burning like someone adding firewood, and several Ming soldiers were blocked from the road, and they didn't dare to come over, so they picked up knives and guns from the ground and threw them hard.

Niu Gui and Zhang Yinquan easily pushed it away, and took the opportunity to retreat to the corner of a granary that had not completely collapsed. Niu Gui said to Zhang Yinquan: "I remember that you are only thirty years old this year, and you are in the prime of life, so do you have any complaints to be loyal to Your Majesty now?" If you want to surrender, go ahead, and I will not stop you. ”

"How could I surrender to the Ming army?" Zhang Yinquan said: "I was originally a scoundrel in the market, and one day I was bullying the people and was seen by the emperor. The Emperor Taishang originally wanted to behead me to correct the law of the country, but seeing that I still had some martial arts, he gave me a chance to serve in the army and serve Dayu. ”

"Later, although I made several contributions, but they were all small achievements, and I should not be worried about the emperor, but the emperor actually remembered me as a small person, and specially called me into the hidden mansion to encourage me, and rewarded me with a perfect maid in the palace as a concubine. He also sent someone to teach me to read and reason. ”

"Since then, I have been determined to swear allegiance to the Emperor and never betray him, so how can I surrender to the Ming army now?"

"Okay, since Vice Admiral Zhang is also a loyal minister, let's be loyal to His Majesty together." Niu Gui smiled.

At this time, the two of them recovered some strength after resting, and Zhang Yinquan listened to his words and was about to raise his knife and rush out to fight with the Ming army.

But Niu Gui stopped him. "There's no point in killing these ordinary soldiers, if you want to kill, kill the generals. You block it for me. Saying that, Niu Gui took advantage of Zhang Yinquan's cover and the shining firelight at this time, took down the bow that had been carrying it from behind, picked up an arrow from the ground, and aimed at a person, only to hear the sound of "whoosh" The arrow has left the rank.

"Daddy, Daddy!" Ye Yiwei hugged Ye Zigao's body in his arms and cried loudly.

Ye Zigao had an arrow stuck in his chest, and the arrow went straight into his lungs, and the blood flowed out of the wound like a spring, although the blood flow was not large, but it did not stop, even if it had been wrapped in layers of cloth after cutting the arrow, it was useless.

Ye Zigao raised his hand, as if he wanted to say something to Ye Yiwei, but suddenly a voice came from behind Ye Yiwei: "The doctor is here!" ”

Ye Yiwei immediately turned around and shouted loudly: "Doctor, treat my father's injuries quickly!" ”

The doctor who came in a hurry immediately squatted down, instructed the medical soldiers who came with the stretcher to carefully lift the leaves to the stretcher, untie the layers of cloth, carefully examine the wound, shook his head and said: "The arrow went straight into the lungs, and the blood flowed so much, I can't do anything." ”

"You can't cure my father, you quack!" Ye Yiwei, who lost his mind, immediately said, and stretched out his right hand to grab the collar of the military doctor's clothes, and shouted loudly.

He Wenchang immediately stepped forward to stop: "Yiwei, calm down." Ye Qianhu was injured and dying, we can all feel the same way, but you can't spill your anger on the doctor. ”

Ye Yiwei didn't care about He Wenchang's identity at this time, and was about to shout at him, when he suddenly heard his father Ye Zigao, who was put on a stretcher by the doctor just now, say, "Yiwei, don't mess around." ”

"Daddy." Ye Yiwei immediately put down the dispute with He Wenchang, leaned on the stretcher and said.

"Yiwei, what Master He said is right, and it's not that the doctor used the wrong medicine to kill your father and me, but that I was seriously injured, how can I blame the doctor?"

"But, Daddy." Ye Yiwei was speechless, so he could only lower his head and cry.

After Ye Zigao and Ye Yiwei led the way for He Wenchang together, they followed He Wenchang all the time, and at the same time strictly prevented themselves from being killed by the remnants of the Annan people.

He Wenchang semi-forced Ye Zigao to lead the way, he was very reluctant, afraid that he would die, and he was afraid that his son would die; But the Ming army's offensive was unexpectedly successful, and the remnants of the Annam people were soon almost completely annihilated by the Ming army, and his heart belonging to the official was alive again.

No matter how he shirks it, it is undoubtedly that his thousands of subordinate households were almost completely wiped out, and it is also undoubtedly that he was not with his subordinate soldiers. These two charges are enough to make his future bleak in the Ming Army; Although his daughter is an imperial concubine, she can't interfere in the affairs of the army.

He wasn't very worried about his future: he was in his fifties and didn't care about it, but what about his sons? The second son has no ability, so he can only farm at home; Although the eldest son is annoying, he is still a little clever, and he may not have a future.

So he had a new idea of leading the way for He Wenchang and others. There is no doubt that He Wenchang is the hero of this battle, and his recital will be a very important basis for conviction and reward, and he hopes to please He Wenchang and let him beautify it a little when he recites, not write about his escape from the battle, and keep his current official position.

He not only wanted to compliment He Wenchang himself, but also instructed his son to come forward to compliment He Wenchang. Ye Yiwei was reluctant, but he couldn't hinder his father's words, so he could only agree.

But just as Ye Yiwei approached He Wenchang to compliment him, Ye Zigao turned his head to the side and found that an arrow shot out of the granary, and the arrow pointed straight at his son Ye Yiwei.

Ye Zigao didn't have time to think about it at all, and shouted: "Yiwei be careful!" And he pounced.

Ye Yiwei was frightened by him, but did not dodge the arrow, but froze in place, dumbfounded, seeing that the arrow was about to shoot at him.

Ye Zigao was very anxious when he saw this scene, and he didn't know where he got the strength, so he pounced in front of Ye Yiwei and pushed him to the ground without being shot by the arrow, but he himself was hit by the arrow in his right chest and fell to the ground. Ye Yiwei immediately yelled and ran over to hug Ye Zigao, while crying and looking for a military doctor.

At this time, Ye Zigao saw that his son was just crying with his head down, stretched out his hand to wipe his tears, and said: "After I die, you have to train well in the army, learn more skills, make less trouble, and talk less." You're not a character, you have such a big temper every day, who will stand you? Even if you have a sister, it won't be useful. ”

"Don't mess around. Messing around is just a worry-free life for you in this life, and the next generation will be much different from ordinary people, you must not be like this anymore. ”

"Your brother doesn't have any skills, but he is honest, he won't earn much money and won't cause trouble, our family will be counting on you in the future, you must be motivated!"

“……”

Ye Zigao instructed him a few words, and Ye Yiwei nodded in agreement while crying.

Although Ye Zigao had a thousand words to say to Ye Yiwei, it was the meaning of these few words, at this time, he saw Ye Yiwei agree one by one, smiled, turned his head again, and looked at He Wenchang and Liu Mingzhao.

"He Tongshi, Liu Qianhu, I am going to die, and I beg you for one thing before I die: I know that I was not in proper command when the Annan people attacked, and then I was suspected of escaping from the battle, but these things are only done by me, please don't record Yiwei in it."

"Ye Qianhu, after the Annan people led the troops to fight in the station, in order to keep the food, you commanded the soldiers to fight a bloody battle with the Annan people, and finally died in battle, how can you have any improper command and escape from the battle? The Yiwei brothers also fought with the Annan people to the end, and they were saved by us when they were about to die in battle, what is the crime? He Wenchang said immediately.

He had already regretted his death at this time, he shouldn't, he shouldn't, he shouldn't have forced the leaves to lead the way. At that time, he was just because Ye Zigao escaped from the battle and looked at him unpleasantly, so he pulled him to lead the way and scare him, who knew that he was actually killed in battle!

Even if the paragraph he just said finally became the official content of the will, Ye Yiwei knew the truth, and he didn't tell Concubine Ming when he turned around? Concubine Ming knows it, and she doesn't hate him to death? There is a person next to the emperor's pillow who thinks about revenge on you every day, and according to the laws of history, the probability of success in revenge is more than ninety percent.

Ye Zigao looked at He Wenchang's disgraced face, probably guessed what he was thinking, opened his mouth to say a few words, but finally changed his words: "Brothers, I want to explain a few words to my son one last time." ”

He Wenchang immediately understood what he meant, and took a few other people back a dozen steps to avoid it from a distance.

Ye Zigao knocked a mouthful of blood, and with difficulty asked Ye Yiwei a few more words, explaining the things at home, and Ye Yiwei agreed one by one with tears in his eyes.

In the end, Ye Zigao said: "Yiwei, you, you million, thousand, don't, don't, don't talk to your sister, say, I died in battle, true, true, for sake, ten million, ten million, don't." ”

"Dad, why?" Ye Yiwei asked.

Ye Zigao struggled to explain, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a mouthful of blood spit out, Ye Zigao tilted his head, and died of anger.

Ye Yiwei immediately cried bitterly, and shouted at the same time: "Annan people, I will never stop with you!" ”

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"......, Your Highness, a total of fifty percent of the grain and grass has been burned." The general of the Admiral said in a low voice.

"Fifty percent! Fifty percent of the grain was burned! How did you, the official who supervised the grain and grass, deserve to let the Annan people burn so much grain! Zhu Zanyi shouted at him. Fifty percent of the food! Fifty percent of the grain of the 150,000 army, enough for hundreds of thousands of ordinary people to eat for several days, was burned by a fire, and Zhu Zanyi is now very heartbroken and urgently needs to vent.

The general who commanded the grain and grass didn't dare to say a word, and stood in the tent with his head bowed, bearing Zhu Zanyi's roar.

Zhu Zanyi scolded for a long time, tired of scolding, and sat down again to drink saliva.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Yurong immediately walked over and said, "Your Highness is dissipated. ”

"How do I deflat! Fifty percent of the grain, what a loss! Zhu Zanyi shouted.

"Your Highness, there is still fifty percent of the food left. This time, a total of 150,000 troops were prepared for thirteen days of food, which had been eaten for three days, and there were still ten days left; Half burned again, with five days left. Your Highness, although there are only five days of food left, five days is enough to break through Nanding City, although it is true that there are heavy losses, but it can still bear it. Lin Yurong said.

"I knew I could handle it. But with such a great loss, how can there be no punishment! Zhu Zanyi said.

The reason why Zhu Zanyi became so angry was not only because of the great loss, but also because he was deceived by the Annan people. When the Annamite first attacked his camp, he did not guess at all that it was the Annamite people who were attacking the west, and did not immediately notify the various armies to protect the very important place, which led to such a large loss. So Zhu Zanyi's emotions largely come from dissatisfaction with herself. But he won't take the fire out on himself, he can only send it on this general.

Lin Yurong also understood his thoughts, and carefully persuaded him; The other generals in the tent also persuaded Zhu Zanyi, and it took a long time for his mood to calm down.

"Gu will definitely write it on the fold and report it to His Majesty and Marquis Zhang. However, it is not good to change the generals in the battle, so I will let you continue to supervise the grain and grass for the time being. But if something similar happens next time, Lone will not be spared! Zhu Zanyi said.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" The man immediately knelt on the ground and said.

Zhu Zanyi asked him to get up and asked about the specific situation.

When he heard that He Wenchang had made a lot of contributions, he said: "He Wenchang really has some skills, and he is worthy of being a military general who can be picked into the palace by the emperor's uncle." He said and turned his head sideways to look at Lin Yurong: "Usually the two of you are together, He Wen is often not as quick as your thoughts, and he always falls behind you, but this time without your comparison, he finally showed his ability." ”

"Your Highness has praised it." Lin Yurong immediately bowed down and said.

After that, this staff member will continue to recount the battle, and mention that Liu Mingzhao and the Miao soldiers from the three departments of education from Yunnan have made great contributions.

Zhu Zanyi didn't care much about this. Liu Mingzhao is a person from the Minwang Mansion, and Long Shangdeng is a barbarian soldier, neither of which is an army that he can dispose of.

In the end, the general talked about Ye Zigao's death in battle.

Zhu Zanyi stood up in surprise at that time: "What? Ye Zigao actually died in battle? Then he began to circle around the tent with great trepidation. Ye Zigao was Concubine Ming's biological father, but he died at his hands. Although he is a vassal king, he is also afraid of the pillow wind!

But now that things have happened, they can't be changed. Zhu Zanyi was just about to speak, when he suddenly remembered something: "Gu remembers that his son is in the same thousand households as him, he died in battle, what about his son?" ”

"His Royal Highness, Ye Yiwei fought with the Annan people, and was rescued by He Wenchang with his troops, but he did not die in battle." The general replied immediately.

"That's fine." Zhu Zanyi sighed.

He pondered for a long time, and ordered: "Proposed play: On the night of the 25th day of the lunar month of the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, the Annan garrison stationed in Nanding City went out of the city to attack the camp, sneaked into the vicinity of the grain and grass camp, and burned down three percent of the grain and grass of the army,......, fortunately, He Wenchang, the general secretary, took the opportunity to respond, and led the Miao soldiers of the three departments of education and the Minwangfu musket thousands of households to rescue the grain and grass camp,......, and made great contributions. ......, the grain and grass camp has high leaves, and in order to protect the grain and grass, he led his troops to fight a bloody battle with the Annan people and died in battle; His son Ye Yiwei was in a thousand households with him, and he was almost killed in battle, but fortunately he was rescued by He Wenchang's soldiers to survive. ”