At the end of May, the Central Plains is the hot time of summer, and in the area of the Hindu Kush mountain range, although it is also summer, but every night, the gusts of mountain wind still bring the cold air on the snow-capped mountains, which makes people feel a little chilly.

In the northern part of the Hindu Kush, you can see fortresses of various sizes everywhere, and these forts are without exception the fortresses of the "pigtail army".

Because in the past few years, the conflict between the Qing army and the Afghan mountain people has been intense, and for several years intermittently, the Qing army and the mountain people stationed in the south have faced each other, fighting in the mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, facing the looting of the pigtail army.

The garrison flag battalions without exception are centered on the fortress, they are stationed in the fortress, the interior of the fortress is full of crooked houses, everywhere is black smoke and miasma, everywhere there is a pile of firewood and charcoal, donkeys, mules, camels, horse manure all over the street, all the fortresses are like this, the chaos is like a dung field, the air in the fortress, there is a foul smell.

It is said that such a place is not suitable for people to live in at all, but there are hundreds or thousands of flag soldiers and their slaves and maids and their families who live here, often not in brick and stone houses, but in dense shacks built at will, and then live like this. Every day, when the bannermen practiced outside the fortress, the women inside the fortress did their laundry and cooking, and the children ran around, all of which brought a little bit of human smoke to these murderous fortresses.

However, if the city is larger, it will not be like those fortresses, like a dung pit, it will be a little cleaner, but even so, the roads are muddy and water, and the water is less cow and horse dung, and the sewage flows sideways, after all, the banner people themselves do not pay attention to these, in their opinion, only those Han people will pay attention to hygiene and other things.

However, for Yin, who is the crown prince, when he came to enter such a city, he was almost not choked, he didn't expect that the smell in this city would be so strong, and there were dense flies everywhere.

Heller, who was facing him, saw the prince frowning and explained.

"Your Highness, this southern garrison is a group of rough people who don't pay attention to it, and besides, our banner people don't pay so much attention to it, so it doesn't look good here, in fact, this is also no way, after all, those mountain people attack every now and then, and the big guys don't have time to clean up these ......"

The mountain people have been killed?

Of course not, many mountain people fled, they fled, it doesn't mean that they will give up resistance, they will always appear near the fortress out of nowhere, attacking the scattered Qing army and their families, the southern garrison flag soldiers, maybe robbing many mountain women, but also have to face the attack of the mountain people.

"Don't get in the way, this hall is also a flag person, back then, when the ancestors were in Jianzhou, slash and burn, it is better to designate there than this, our flag people are not so particular!"

Yin showed an indifferent appearance, and even deliberately took the opportunity to mention to Heller and others the old things when the ancestors raised the army, of course, the reason why he said this was to tell everyone that he loved Xinjue Luo Yin was the real prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Along the way, when those flag men saw Yin's honor guard, they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and they all looked very excited, after all, the prince and the emperor are their masters. When the minions saw their masters, they naturally seemed very happy.

With the guards to the front of the Yamen of Prince Li, there is still a stone's throw away, Yin raised his eyes, only to see a big flag in the open space in front of the Yamen shaking in the cold wind, embroidered "Fengzhi Zhennan General" six big characters, in front of the yamen stood a team of neatly arranged sergeants, different from ordinary soldiers, they wore the Bao Ding armor of the Qing Dynasty, and the yellow flag of the yellow flag of the Yellow Flag looked fresh and neat.

They stood on either side of the gate. One by one, they pressed their waist knives, stood there without squinting and energetically, it seemed that for them, there was still a cold weapon era of swords, if it weren't for a team of flag soldiers holding firearms standing on the side, I am afraid it would only make people think that it was back to decades ago.

This pomp and circumstance is the pomp of Huang Ama!

Yin thought of the honor guard when Huang Ama personally marched earlier, but weren't these guards wearing helmets and armor, how could he be so virtuous, and he actually put on such a show?

What a thief!

Not to mention anything else, just by looking at these, you can also see his wolf ambitions.

However, despite the sneer in his heart, Yin still looked appreciative, and seeing that the military appearance was so neat, Yin nodded and praised again and again.

"Okay, Prince Li can bring the garrison flag soldiers into this appearance, it's really rare, I am a talented general like Prince Li in the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, God blesses it!"

Heller, who was next to him, was about to answer, when he suddenly heard a hearty laugh from in front of him.

"The prince is here, and he can't meet him far away due to his busy military affairs, so I ask the prince to forgive me!"

Jieshu, who walked out of the gate, laughed while greeting the prince. As the general of Zhennan, Jieshu is the uncle of the prince according to his generation, and he is a cousin with the emperor, so it is naturally impossible to greet the prince outside the city, but he is waiting here at the Yuanmen.

"Oh, my nephew has seen Uncle Huang."

As soon as he saw Jie Shu coming out, Yin hurriedly jumped off the horse and said politely.

"Uncle Lao Huang went out to greet him. It's really terrifying for my nephew! ”

Yin's politeness was beyond Jieshu's expectations, after all, when he was in Jingnan, he had never seen the prince so polite to anyone, but after thinking about it, he immediately understood why the prince was so polite, it must be because of the emperor's will.

"Haha, you and my uncle and nephew's family, you still need to be so polite there. Please come in, Mingzhu, Wang Yukun. Please! ”

As he spoke, Jie Shu looked back again and said curiously.

"What? What about Wang Huaxing? I haven't seen him in a while, why didn't that kid come, I just happened to have something to ask him. ”

"Back to the prince, General Wang is in Herat, after all, there are no people there, and someone has to be in charge."

Wang Yukun hurriedly explained on the side, sometimes things can't be known to Wang Huaxing.

"Come on, that kid must be thinking, when he comes to this king, this king will annoy him, turn back, this king will write a letter to him, this matter, it still has to be that kid to do it."

Hearing Prince Li's mention of Wang Huaxing's closeness, Yin's heart sank, and he was secretly glad that he didn't pick up Wang Huaxing at that time, otherwise, with the relationship between the two, it would definitely be a big thing that would hurt him.

Just when he was rejoicing, when he saw Wang Yukun's eyes, Yin smiled.

"Uncle Huang also wrote to him there, if Uncle Huang has any instructions, when his nephew goes back, let him come over and listen to your old orders."

"Haha, this relationship is good,"

Jie Shu laughed.

"When the time comes, that kid won't say anything about the emperor's order or not, but don't worry, the prince doesn't want to take him under his command, because the current matter here really gives the emperor a headache, and only that kid can help me......"

Then, he led the prince and his party into the yamen.

When the prince sat down and finished serving tea, Jie Shu said with a smile.

"Prince, actually, if you don't come, I know your intentions. I have also received a secret decree from the emperor here, what virtue and merit am I to bear such a commission from the emperor? In fact, in the final analysis, the emperor still thinks about the world of the Qing Dynasty in his heart, he is thinking, the prince is young, I am afraid that the prince is inexperienced, so he deliberately asked Uncle Wei and me to take care of it, this will or something, it can't be true, it can't be true! ”

Jieshu also received a secret decree from Jingnan, for that secret decree, he understood very simply, the emperor was afraid that the prince would make a big mistake because of his youth, so he let him, the uncle, preside over the overall situation, and he did not object to this.

"The king is the king, the minister is the minister, although the imperial uncle is the elder, but the prince is the prince of my Great Qing Kingdom after all, in the future, this errand will be done for the uncle, and the rest will still have to listen to the prince's orders......"

These words were said with deep affection, and his attitude was extremely sincere, and there was no trace of uncontrollable sorrow, at least for a moment, Yin felt that things were not as bad as he had imagined, so he said.

"Oh, Uncle Huang is polite, after all, this is Huang Ama's will, Uncle Huang, you have fought for the Qing Kingdom for many years in this poor country, it can be said that you have worked hard and made great achievements, in terms of military merits, among the royal family, who can catch up with Uncle Huang? This Emperor Ama let the Emperor Uncle lead the army, that is also a matter of course,"

Then Yin said:

"This time my nephew came over, firstly, I had something to discuss with the imperial uncle, but secondly, what about this? It is also a decree, Mingzhu invited the emperor's edict and read it to the emperor's uncle. ”

The emperor's edict, although Jie Shu felt a little surprised by this, he did not have the slightest doubt. It's just that he didn't know that this arrangement had been discussed by Yin and his party before they came.

According to the normal procedure, Jie Shu has to kneel down and listen to Mingzhu read it, but because Jie Shu is the Prince of Li, he can completely hand it over to him and let him see it himself, after all, it is just a handwritten message. However, Mingzhu knew in their hearts that this holy faint was simply fake, and if it was handed over to Prince Li, I was afraid that it would be recognized, and it would definitely provoke changes. Therefore, on the way, they discussed several times, and then decided to use regular etiquette to pressure the prince and coax him to kneel down and obey the order.

Yin spoke, Mingzhu hurriedly picked up the holy decree with both hands, walked to Jie Shu, and saw Mingzhu holding the holy decree, Jie Shu hurriedly got up and left his seat to stand down, shook his sleeves and robe, and said.

"Accept the decree of God. Long live the emperor, long live it! ”

Then, he knelt three times and bowed nine times.

Opening the decree, Mingzhu read aloud.

"Prince Li, the emperor has something to ask you......"

The emperor's handwritten edict is very direct:

"Why is Jingnan now under the siege of Mingkou, as the general of Zhennan, you lead 100,000 troops under your command, but you do not move and delay sending troops to rescue Jingnan?"

Mingzhu is also acting, the holy decree is fake, of course he knows, he just plays it to Jieshu.

"Back to the emperor, the reason why the minister did not send troops, because recently the mountain people have attacked everywhere, and the flag soldiers are stationed in various places, and it is really difficult to mobilize, although there are 100,000 troops under the command of the minister, but they are distributed in hundreds of passes and checkpoints......

In the face of this problem, Jie Shu is still the same as in the past, making the same answer, what he said is indeed the truth, the southern garrison flag soldiers, it seems that there are 100,000 people, but they are scattered all over the place, as little as hundreds of people, more than 1,000 people, like sprinkling sesame seeds distributed all over the place, if you want to call them back, it is not easy in itself, not to mention the attack of mountain people, this is also why, Jie Shu did not see Wang Huaxing and felt a little disappointed, after all, no one in the whole Qing Dynasty is better at dealing with those mountain people than Wang Huaxing.

It's just that he doesn't know that the so-called "will", the so-called "hand-message", and even the current questioning are all fake, just to make him kneel there.

"Prince Li, he is reluctant to mobilize the garrison flag soldiers, the court and China are already talking, some people say, Prince Li wants to support the army and respect himself, I naturally will not believe it, you and I are cousins, now is the time when the country is in trouble, and I also ask Prince Li to plan for the Qing Dynasty, quickly mobilize the garrison flag soldiers, and rush to the aid of Jingnan, in order to relieve the siege of Jingnan......"

Mingzhu's voice fell on Jieshu's ears, only making him speechless in shock, what's going on? Why did the emperor ask that?

Jie Shu raised his head in confusion, he looked at the pearl of the proclamation, puzzled.

"Your Majesty, doesn't the emperor know that the current situation on the minister's side is like this, and it is really ...... if the ministers are willing to support the army and respect themselves, and they are unwilling to rescue Jingnan."

Could it be that there are traitors in the court?

I'm afraid it must be, it must be a traitor in the court, seeing that the emperor values himself so much, let the prince obey his orders, he will be given such a hat, and after figuring out the reason, Jie Shu immediately had a bottom in his heart.

Then, turning his gaze back to the crown prince, he explained.

"Prince, you came just in time this time, Uncle Huang has to talk to you well, the current situation here is even a little worse than what Uncle Huang said before......"

Jieshu still wants to explain it to the prince as in the past, and then the prince will explain it to the emperor. It's just that he didn't know that all of this was planned by Yin.

Seeing that Jieshu wanted to explain, Yin smiled and bowed down to help Jieshu and said.

"The reason why the main hall came here this time is to hear what Uncle Huang said about these things, right now...... At this time, Uncle Huang also saw that Jingnan was under siege, and Uncle Huang led hundreds of thousands of troops but did not move, this, this ......"

The words suddenly sharpened, and Yin said coldly.

"This is not self-respect and misdeeds, what is self-respect and misdeeds?"

The prince's sudden and sharp question made Jie Shu stunned, and before he could react, he heard Yin shouting.

"Don't kill this traitor yet!"

As soon as the prince's words fell, and before Heller and the others could react, the guards who followed the prince had already drawn their knives and slashed at Jieshu's head......