On the bank of the Yellow River, the soldiers and horses of the Chengde army were waiting for Wang Rong, and they were also looking at the military city waiting on the opposite side, as well as the young men and women who were crying and crying under the city and were dressed in strings and captured and left; In his heart, he was thinking about the explanation from Wang Jingchong, the envoy of his father's Chengde Army.

Just before the oath was sworn out, Wang Jingchong, who was white-haired as snow but resolute in spirit, and could still accommodate concubines, loudly reprimanded him in his ear:

"This goes, you don't want to conquer the city or capture or plunder, as long as you make a big fanfare to order the towns in Henan, it will be convenient to be uneasy. . . ."

"Don't you understand why you want to send troops to help the thieves at this time? , the world knows that Heshuo Fang Town is domineering, and often intersects with swords and soldiers; But who knows that my generation has been trapped by the righteous name of the imperial court for generations, and I can't get rid of the suffering. ”

"My generation is not born with a backbone, nor is it without the desire to serve the country; It's just that once the ancestor sits on this seat; Becoming the leader of hundreds of thousands of generals, soldiers and civilians is destined to have different thoughts of oneself. Not only was the imperial court deeply jealous, but the subordinate generals were also coerced from time to time, coercing and persecuting them. ”

"If we don't have enough control strategy and enterprising and pioneering heart, and even the scheming methods of playing and wrestling with the imperial court, no matter how we advance or retreat, we will be the overthrow of the dead people in the south."

"Yes, although there are strong soldiers and horses, and tens of millions of armor, they can only sit in the land of several states for generations, and the slightest move will be a situation of siege from all sides; and even connected to each other to protect themselves for a while. What's the point of what I, the vain King of Changshan, do?"

"As long as there is this name, my generation will never be able to act at will, but we must continue to respect the unification of this imperial court, otherwise once the dissidents and ambitious people under their respective commands take advantage of the situation and be recognized by the imperial court and want to do that prosperous thing, it will be a period of extinction like the Ziqingtian clan."

"Because no matter how weak and weak the court is in the past dynasties, there are still many people in the world who have the righteousness of the country in their hearts; No matter who jumps out and raises that anti-flag, I'm afraid it's not like Pang Xun and his ilk for a while, but it's the first bird and the cornerstone of other people's achievements. ”

"But today, there is such a group of reckless thieves who can break the shackles and barriers from the imperial court; For the sake of long-term plans in the future, why can't we take risks and win such a hand? ”

"Now, it's not just a matter of the Cheng German army family that I am bearing the brunt of; It's the common interests and losses of the millions of soldiers and civilians in the towns of Heshuo, and the common interests and losses of dozens of large and small families. If you want to take over the position behind me safely, you need to do such a big thing with all your heart. ”

Thinking that in the future, he might inherit the false King of Changshan, and he might become the real "King Chengde", Wang Rong's mind became hot again, and he raised his horsewhip.

"The sons and daughters worked harder, and they all snatched it carefully for me, and if they couldn't take it away, they were all burned. You must know, why are you here to beg for thieves for the court?"

"Who told us that now the imperial court does not give us money and food out of bounds, then we can only eat well in the places along the way, so that we can have enough spare strength to go to difficulties for the country."

With his words, the soldiers of the German army laughed louder and more arrogantly, and became unscrupulous.

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In Chang'an City, shrouded in the scorching summer heat, the Taiye Pond with clear waves rippling and cool breeze in Peking University is specially used to cool the summer in front of the Hanliang Palace; Once again, there was a long-awaited fierce galloping of horses' hooves, shouting and shouting, and a steady wave of shouts.

After a period of diligent government and particularly boring court discussions, the young son of heaven still couldn't help but sprout and retired early; He also refused the pilgrimage of the little queen who was discussed by the prime minister for another time. I went straight to this specially opened up place to fulfill my long-cherished wish of not holding a polo pole for a long time.

And for this playful young son of heaven, it is the eighth year of succession, and it is also the seventh year that the Wanghuang Rebellion that broke out in Henan has continued.

For the original in the mouths of many courtiers and eunuchs, he was especially puzzled by the fact that he had not gotten the essentials and was very puzzled by how the world of Fengheng and Yuda and everything was exhausted.

In particular, the thieves who were plagued by scabies were exterminated again and again in the Song Lubu and Tang Bao of the imperial court, broken for a while and again again, and rewarded many times for meritorious service; From a corner of Henan, it was exterminated to the south of the Yangtze River, and then recovered from the south of the Yangtze River to the outside of the mountains;

As a result, now he has actually returned to Jiangxi from outside the mountains, and from Jiangxi to Jiangdong, and Jiangdong has passed Huainan; I am afraid that the thieves killed by the officials and soldiers in various places are enough to throw themselves into the river and cut off the flow, but under the help of the Gao Junwang, who can be called a famous general of the dynasty, he is going to send all kinds of troops and horses to fight Henan.

However, this did not prevent him from understanding and observing, and having limited contact with the ministers through the contacts and observations at the court meetings, and thus grasping and driving them to meet and fulfill his own likes and needs.

At least in his field of interest, he is intelligent and studious; Therefore, in addition to his favorite polo and keju, he is also proficient in riding, archery, dancing lance, fencing, music, arithmetic, qingbo, cockfighting, goose fighting, chess and more than a dozen other skills.

Therefore, this time he just wanted to play a game of polo happily, to forget all kinds of negative emotions such as heavy contemplation, pessimism and loss, majesty and dignity, and strong voices on the faces of those courtiers.

At the very least, he could find a moment of pleasure in the competition and defeat without any pretense and intrigue, and temporarily forget that he was the Holy Lord and the Son of Heaven who needed to bear the hope of billions of trillions in the world and needed to deal with the great plans of the military kingdom like a mountain.

Therefore, for the rare interest of the Holy Lord this time, the eunuchs in charge of this matter also changed their methods to curry favor with him; Not only did the ground of the polo field be dug and filled in again, but also several layers were plastered with clean sand, soot and sieved river mud; After pouring dozens of buckets of grease and drying, it is repeatedly flattened and compacted with a stone mill, and polished with a stone plate to make it smooth and shiny without dust, which makes people feel comfortable at a glance.

Although the land of Guanzhong outside is already everywhere, "the birds are dying of bitter heat, and the pond fish are drying up their mud." "Scenes of extreme heat and drought; But here is still a cool and shady scene of mountain streams gushing and spring water rushing.

In particular, the thick weft yarn and large dark curtains that were cleverly stitched together to shade most of the sun and the wind and dust raised. This is even more transformed into a cool and clean venue.

In the pergola dedicated to resting, there are more cellar ice piled up and carved into the appearance of Penglai Xianshan, as well as seasonal fruits and drinks placed during the period, under the gentle wave of the Qingluo Palace people holding the big leaf fan, exuding a burst of refreshing coolness.

Therefore, the young man, dressed in a light and transparent silk dress, also galloped with excitement and lust on his horse, allowing the wind to blow his robe and cling to every contour and fold of his emaciated figure.

At least in the field he is familiar with and good at, he is the invincible master and invincible leader, not the Holy Lord Supreme who is revered and admired in the court, but is haunted by all kinds of complex thoughts and desires, and surrounded by all kinds of hateful faces and hypocritical language.

The last time he was able to have such a good time was in that polo match of Dingmikawa; With a temporary upset of additional matches, the attribution of the three towns of Xichuan, Dongchuan and Shanxi was designated. He still vaguely remembered that it was Chen Jingxuan, the elder brother of his father Tian, who was so skilled that he was the first choice to be the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu.

However, even his brief susceptibility was doomed to be fruitless; For just as he was struggling to take the lead in dialing the polo decorated with brocades and bells to the edge of the colorful silk banner for the third time, he suddenly could not hear the sound of the drum that helped the excitement and urged the formation.

He could not help but look at his pale, flushed face with a slight bag under his eyes, and a little disgraced and irritated; I saw that the eunuchs and palace people around the polo field seemed to have been forbidden by magic, and only the sound of cicadas was intensifying.

"Why, why. Stopped. ”

The questioning voice of the young emperor echoed in the wide field, and it also made these people around them suddenly rush to the bottom and bow down in fear. Then he saw the figures of several people who were exposed with purple crowns and golden turtle bags on their waists.

It was the ministers on duty who he was supposed to meet with and stay in. It's just that these ministers did not show some kind of bitter exhortation as always, nor did they make a generous statement bitterly. They just took Dou Lu Yuan, a subordinate of the Tongzhong Shumen, as the leader, and said in a deep voice:

"There is a change in the momentum of the thief ahead, please move the Holy Lord"

Subsequently, in the Yanying Palace, where the atmosphere became dull again, the young emperor knew and understood the bad news called "The thief has changed"; The soldiers and horses of the towns and towns that went to Huaishang to prepare for the enemy had already been defeated or retreated because of the "unsuitable thief situation".

So much so that now the Eastern Capital Liusi and the Zhudao Thief Camp presided over by Zheng and Cui, there are not many available soldiers and foreign aid, and they can only rely on the hastily recruited soldiers on the spot to guard the Heluo Pass; So much so that they came together to what the book called; I am afraid that there will be chaos in Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi back then.

However, there is an even worse situation: that Huang Yi actually sent people to spread posters everywhere in the Kwantung region, and issued notices to officials and soldiers in various places, stating that he would enter Chang'an to ask for the guilt, and had nothing to do with everyone, so that they should guard their own borders, and not obey the dispatch of the imperial court and cause trouble.

Even worse was the reaction of the feudal towns in the Kanto region. Whether it is those who have always been unruly or secretly alienated from the yang and yin, or those who have obeyed and been close to the court for generations, or even obeyed the orders of the court, it is difficult to lose their voices unanimously at this time.

Among them, it naturally also includes Zhuge Shuang, the envoy of the Heyang Festival who came from the thief anyway.