Chapter 549: Ten Thousand Tribulations Are Gone, and Black Clouds Are Heavy

There are 1,000 people stationed in the inner camp of the Chinese army, and there are 3,000 people outside the fence of the inner camp, so that 4,000 people are the imperial horse guards and guards who are completely directly under the emperor in all the military sequences of the Ming Dynasty. Among these people are the brave elite carefully selected from all the guards in the world, and there are also warriors who have fled thousands of miles from Tatar or Warat, and have been selected after strict examination. At present, these 4,000 people are camping from the outside to the inside, protecting the royal tent like an iron bucket.

Like other armies, there is one per 100 households, two general flags, and 10 small flags. As the actual commander of this army, Liu Yongcheng, the eunuch of the imperial horse, did not do everything himself, but put the power that should be delegated one by one. Although he is an old eunuch who is a little yin and yang, he is unambiguous in employing people. One by one, the cronies of Wu Yong were promoted, and the silver money that should be rewarded was handed down, so he was quite popular among the pro-army.

Even so, from the former Yanwang Mansion, he understands a truth better. It's okay to put the nobleman's score in front of his subordinates, but he has to remember the identity he really relies on to survive, that is, the slave of the Son of Heaven! Therefore, now that there is no war, he often serves by Zhu Di's side, and that night, after Yang Rongjin Youzi left, he went to the imperial tent to report to Zhu Di, and served the emperor to bed, until three o'clock in the evening (ten o'clock) before turning his account.

The Ming Dynasty is the most important thing is the eunuchs, since the relocation of the capital, the eunuchs who have been castrated into the palace are more than before, and there are many of them who seek to enter the palace. Therefore, you are the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, even at the moment of this northern expedition, Liu Yongcheng still has two small eunuchs for miscellaneous servants, but he is doubly careful with his tools, and he uses white iron. Now he immersed his feet in the hot water, which was just right, and he sat down with one eunuch washing his feet and the other washing his face.

Why do you want to fight Wu Liangha again? In this way, isn't his letter ordering people to send back to Beijing a false alarm? Forget it, it's okay, the number of horizontal and vertical Duoyan Sanwei is very limited, about twenty or thirty thousand, the army is rushing quickly, and it is always right to let the crown prince take care of it.

"Father-in-law, father-in-law, some people outside say that they are going out of the camp, so I want to ask you for convenience!"

After washing his face and feet, Liu Yongcheng, who was asking someone to wipe his body, heard the call outside, and couldn't help but stand up straight, and after hearing it clearly, he couldn't help but scold angrily: "Who is so ignorant of the rules, what is the place in the camp of the Chinese army, how can you enter and exit casually!" When he was sent away, he said that it didn't matter who it was, stay in the tent at night, and don't play any hellish tricks! ”

"Father-in-law, that's what the little one originally said, but it was Peng Shisan, who was next to Master Xiao Zhang, and said that he had something important and wanted to go out to meet the British father."

Liu Yongcheng, who was full of impatience, heard this, and the angry expression just now suddenly turned strange. Although he was not in the imperial tent at first, he heard a few small eunuchs mention the dispute. It doesn't matter to him whether this Daning Wei is taken back or not, of course, if it is taken back, there will be one more position to guard the general army, and maybe a few more lieutenants will be sent at that time, all in all, it will be advantageous. But Zhang Yue really wants to go to Zhang Fu's door without making sense?

"Hmm, let him in!"

Liu Yongcheng made up his mind in an instant. Although he despised Lu Feng's qualifications and means, Zhang Yue and Lu Feng, the eunuch, may not have any good friendship, besides, after all, they are the cousins of the British duke, if it is not necessary, he does not need to make a fuss instead of stiffening, it is better to do it when it is convenient. Of course, this first depends on whether Zhang Yue is smart and whether he can find a good reason, otherwise it depends on the face of the British public, and he can't be accommodating, and there is no reason to provoke the Son of Heaven to be angry.

And in a moment, the man who came entered the tent. Squinted his eyes and looked at the big man in front of him, who was used to seeing the elite of warriors, he couldn't help but praise in his heart - that is, it is possible to cultivate such a family in the future of such a generation of generals like the British public. When the arrivals stepped forward to salute, he asked with a straight face: "The military regulations of the inner camp of the Chinese army were promulgated by the emperor himself, even if he went to see the British duke, there must be a reason." If you can't tell you to be ugly, no matter who you are, our family can't let you go. ”

"Returning to my father-in-law, this reason ......"

Seeing Peng Shisan's slurping and spitting, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, Liu Yongcheng couldn't help but smile and glanced left and right. After a while, the two little eunuchs tiptoed back. At this time, he said with a smile: "I heard that you are the most proud and loyal of the British princes, I didn't expect that the grandfather would generously lend people to Lord Xiao Zhang." Now that there is no one else, you might as well tell the truth. However, we have to warn you that you have been following the British Duke for so long, and you should know his temperament. He may not be happy to see you pass so late. ”

"My father-in-law reminded me." Peng Shisan responded, raised his head that had just been lowered, and said in a low voice after taking two steps forward, "It's my family that I can't grasp something, so I want to ask the British public for an idea." Just now, I accompanied my family around the camp, and I heard someone muttering, saying something, intercepting the messenger in Kaiping, and so on. Although I only heard about it, my family was really worried, so I wanted to ask the British princess. ”

When he first heard the three words of please, Liu Yongcheng still had a faint smile on his face, and when the eight words "intercept the messenger and get all the stolen goods" drilled into his ears, he immediately gasped, and the joy and anger he had practiced over the years were invisible, and he could hardly maintain his kung fu. Clenching his fists tightly, he had to bite his tongue heavily in horror before he came to his senses.

Staring at Peng Shisan, he was quickly turning all kinds of thoughts in his heart, but in the end, he felt that Zhang Yue and Peng Shisan had heard more than that. Thinking that the imperial grandson has always wanted to transfer Zhang Yue to the East Palace, I heard that Zhang Fuli persuaded the emperor not to bring the imperial grandson with him on this northern expedition, and he would never coax him with this matter, he was a little more determined in his heart, but he still refused to let his guard down.

"It turned out to be such a thing. If you want to talk about the messenger, since the Northern Expedition, there are only people sent by the big battalion to Kaiping Jingshi, and these are all sent to the military newspaper, and someone dares to intercept it? Peng Shisan, since you are a famous warrior, you don't see the other party's appearance clearly? ”

"My father-in-law is really looking down on the small. Because it was dark, and the place was a black ground near the fence, it was impossible to see clearly. In addition, it was vague and inaudible at that time, and by the time he reacted, the two guys had already disappeared. But ......"

At this kind of fatal moment, Liu Yongcheng didn't care about being polite or unkind, and instinctively shouted: "But what! Such an important matter, you dare to be sloppy in front of our family? ”

"But the voices of those two people are too small to hear clearly, and if you can hear them a second time, you will definitely be able to recognize them."

After receiving such an answer, Liu Yongcheng, who originally had high hopes, was suddenly disappointed. However, he knew that the most important thing at the moment was not to find out who was the nail next to him, and who sent the nail from the sacred, but how to make up for it! His letter was sent five days ago, and according to the expedited distance day and night, not to mention Kaiping, I am afraid that the Jingshi has also arrived. If it is really intercepted in Kaiping, I am afraid that it will ...... I'm afraid it's in the palm of someone's hand right now!

In an instant, he finally came to his senses, and for a moment he was nervously clasping his hands, and all the muscles on his face spasmed. Zhang Yue is a smart person, and he heard more than what Peng Shisan said at this time, since this is the case, if he can come to inform him, it will already betray him a big favor. For the rest, he couldn't expect this young man who was also a noble and saintly family member to be good, he had to figure it out on his own!

"Okay, we get it." He casually took out a waist card from his body and gently threw it to Peng Shisan, "Take this out of the camp, no one dares to stop this royal horse supervisor's army." When I went back to see the British princess saying hello to our family, I said that the emperor often praised his riding and archery skills these days! ”

Seeing that Peng Shisan took the waist card with both hands, bowed deeply and turned away, Liu Yongcheng couldn't help but stand there indifferently, and it took a long time to take a few steps back and sit on the cedar chair, and then rubbed his face vigorously with both hands. After just a while, he was already sweating profusely, not only that, but there was no place on his chest and back that he didn't sweat. At the beginning, a trumped-up crime made a group of Donggong officials stay in Jinyiwei for eight years, but this time he has all the stolen goods, and if he wants to plant it, it will be a catastrophe!

And it's useless for him to die even if he's dead...... When he died, he not only had to affect his family, but also was useless to the crown prince. At that time, even if the crown prince survives this pass and ascends the throne safely, he will not be able to ask for any gift because of the good fate he has formed before, and maybe he will be scolded as a chaotic minister and thief. He must cross this level, he must cross it!

Peng Shisan, who was holding the waist card, walked out of the camp smoothly, and then walked quickly in the direction of Zuo Ye. If it weren't night, he would almost want to ride out on his mount, but unfortunately he was still allowed to leave the camp at night, and it was a felony to gallop in the camp at night. At this time, it was already close to Hai, and Zuo Ye had already been under martial law, but with the identity of the British public general and Liu Yongcheng's waist card, Peng Shisan still entered the camp smoothly. At that time, the British public Zhang Fu had not yet gone to bed, and when he heard that Peng Shisan was coming, he was suddenly very surprised.

"He ran out so late, he was temperamental, why did you still listen to him messing around?"

"Master, it's really a difficult thing to solve." Peng 13 remembered Zhang Yue's clumsy excuse to hide from others, so he had to explain the matter of hitting a soft nail in the emperor's place because of the incident in the old city of Daning, and without waiting for Zhang Fu to open his mouth, he took advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders in the tent to repeat the words he heard in the camp of the Chinese army tonight, and then said with a solemn face, "What Young Master Yue means is that if this matter is true, I am afraid that it is not only Liu Yongcheng who has fallen from power." ”

Zhang Fu didn't expect Peng Shisan to bring such tricky news, and his brows suddenly twisted into a big pimple. Most people have always been suspicious, and today is not the first one, nor is it the most suspicious. Compared with Emperor Taizu, Zhu Di is quite protective of the heroes, even if the civil officials are locked up more and kill less, the three sons should be tolerated. But at least in the past, no one has ever put his hand in the army, if people bite the prince to collude with Liu Yongcheng and want to move the imperial horse prison army, I am afraid that the emperor will not tolerate it.

"Liu Yongcheng has always been cautious, but this time he is so careless, even if he just writes a few words casually, it will be a big trouble to be caught!"

After walking a few steps back and forth in the big tent, Zhang Fu suddenly stopped and glanced at Peng Shisan: "Brother Yue shouldn't let you pass on such news, what else did he say?" ”

"Young Master Yue said that this incident is a big crisis for the East Palace. He can only remind Liu Yongcheng, but maybe someone will lobby on the master's side. This Northern Expedition is different from before, the emperor is already in his early sixties, although it has been healthy all the way to the present, but I am afraid that there will be a case. Now there is such a thing, I am afraid that it is the Ping An Xuan Division, and the Beijing Division will also make a big move. Seeing the emperor's intentions, he will divide his troops to attack Wuliangha in the near future......"

"When the time comes, I will send someone to Kaiping to ask for news."

Without waiting for Peng Shisan to finish speaking, Zhang Fu categorically put down this sentence. If he really divided his troops to attack Wuliangha, he would definitely not be a striker, nor could he be outflanked with Zhu Di's army, at most he would lead the troops to respond, and at that time there would be few people who paid attention to him, and it would be much easier to do anything. After thinking about it, he added: "Brother Yue is not a general, and it is useless to follow Wu Liangha. Tomorrow, I will personally mention it to the emperor to see if I can send him back to Kaiping first, and then go back to Beijing directly. ”

After the plan was agreed, Peng Shisan went to meet Xiang Long and Liu Bao, who accompanied him as Zhang Fu's general, explained the matter to the two, and immediately appeased Niu Dare Zhang Bu, who had no battle to fight and was restless, and waited until the night was dark before turning back to the inner camp of the Chinese army. Although there were a lot of sergeants patrolling along the way, with Liu Yongcheng's waist card, he finally went all the way unimpeded.

However, I thought that with Zhang Fu's advice, I didn't have to go to Wuliangha, but Zhang Yue never expected that the emperor would personally lead the army to outflank him and let him and Yang Rongjin Youzi accompany him, but he didn't say a word about whether to take back the old city of Daning. And Zhang Fu also expected the emperor's mistreatment of himself, and it was Zheng Heng, Marquis of Wu'an, who stayed behind to lead the brigade, but he led more than 4,000 people under his command among the five people who were ordered to sweep the nest of the Wuliangha people.

It was naturally Zhang Fu's wish to have the opportunity to fight on the battlefield, so although he was worried about what Zhang Yue said, he just found an excuse to leave Xianglong Liu Bao, who Zhang Yue had entrusted to him, in the back team, and said hello to Wu'an Hou Zheng Heng. As for Xiang Long and Liu Bao, they learned from Peng Shisan last night, and they were sent back to Kaiping by Zhang Fu at the moment of dividing the troops.

The black clouds of war instantly enveloped the three guards who were attached to the rebellion, and the invisible dark clouds also pressed on the Jingshi at the same time.