Chapter 3: Don't go

In the majestic mountains, a long red dragon slowly writhed towards the north. If you ignore the flags used by the command and the weapons in the hands of the soldiers, no one can connect these people with an army---- but it is easier to think that this is a group of Hanako.

Behind this long dragon, a middle-aged man wrapped in cotton clothes and wearing a silk cloak rode on a one-man high horse, surrounded by at least one meter seven warriors surrounded him, and a yellow axe was held high, declaring the noble status of the man on the horse----- in the Ming Dynasty, there was only one person who could hold the "fake Huang Yue", that is, the national hero of later generations, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin.

Li Dingguo rubbed his beard and stared into the distance on a bumpy horse, not knowing whether he was lamenting the morale of the army or the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps, these two problems are the same problem in the first place. Otherwise, why did the officers and soldiers who were originally in the Ming Dynasty unbearable for a war burst into combat after throwing Tartars? Wu Sangui, a traitor who is now chasing himself, can only shrink in the fortress of Liaoxi during the period of Emperor Lie, but he cast a tartar, but he penetrated the entire map all the way from Shanhaiguan?

Even if Li Dingguo was not a historian of later generations and did not know about the dirty transactions between the Liaoxi generals and the eastern captives, this did not affect Li Dingguo's factual judgment: if the army that took refuge in the Tartars, its combat effectiveness seemed to rise.

The sound of horses' hooves interrupted Li Dingguo's train of thought, and a thin horse galloped along the main road, and the yellow flag on the rider's back declared his identity: a lieutenant carrying the holy decree.

"The Divine Decree has arrived! King Jin takes the order! The man on the horse opened his mouth wide and shouted from afar, and his loud voice was not like a eunuch who should have the voice of a male duck, but like the flower monk in the Water Margin. The soldiers who heard the sound avoided the side of the road to make way for the angels.

Hearing that it was a eunuch, the people around Li Dingguo all showed disdain. It's not because they discriminate against eunuchs like the scholars, but because in their impression, Yongli makes decisions indiscriminately and drags them back because the people around Yongli are blind---- after all, the vast majority of people in this era think that "the emperor is always right, and if the emperor does something wrong, it is a traitor." ”

Li Dingguo turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground, without showing any displeasure, and kept the duty of a loyal minister: "Minister Li Dingguo welcomes the holy decree!" ”

The people around him followed Li Dingguo and bowed their heads and knelt on the ground.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: I decided not to enter Burma and fight against the Dongyu together with the king of Jin. Ordered the king of Jin to camp in place and wait for the car, and admired this. ”

"Commandment." Li Dingguo was stunned and took the holy decree made of silk, and his heart was full of doubts. was about to ask someone to reward the angel with a purse, but he saw the lieutenant come over and say: "Your Majesty has a secret decree, which is only known to the King of Jin." After speaking, he took out a bamboo tube behind his back, opened the fire paint seal, took out a roll of silk and stuffed it into Li Dingguo's hand: "The emperor asked our family to instruct the King of Jin, and this matter must not be known to others." After saying that, he hurried back along the way he came, without asking for the purse.

Li Dingguo asked the flag bearer to wave the flag, and the army of about 10,000 people gradually stopped. Soldiers unloaded tents and cauldrons from carts towed by cattle, set up tents, and buried pots for cooking.

Li Dingguo got into the tent, let his soldiers guard the surroundings, and took out the ball of silk and read it carefully.

"Wen Taifu Temple Shaoqing Lu Guisheng behaved abnormally, there was a plot of misdeeds, please King Jin quickly arrest and search his letters and other things, if there is evidence, make it public, behead, if there is no evidence, make evidence, behead, this person must die. It will be burned immediately after reading. On the left side of the short columns, there are eight red seal characters of "Ordered by the Heavens, Both Shou Yongchang".

Li Dingguo crumpled the ball of silk into a ball and threw it into the blazing brazier in the tent, and the silk was instantly swallowed by the flames. After dividing the matter of arresting people, and the rest of the things were done by the people below, Li Dingguo sat alone in the tent and watched the flames.

"Today's events are really unreasonable. In the past, the decrees were polished by the ministers, and the writing was full of flowers, corresponding to four or six, so that he needed his staff to fully understand them. But today's decree is all in the vernacular, if it is false, but this edict lieutenant has been here more than once..."

Thinking about it, Li Dingguo was a little uneasy, so he asked his staff to bring the holy decree he had received before, and compared it and found that the imprints were completely consistent----- this was not a forgery of the holy decree.

Since the divine decree is true, then this may mean a good thing---- the original indecisive son of heaven has finally been hit by the cruel reality and become pragmatic. Although it is a little late to change at this time, it is better than holding yourself back all the time. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Li Dingguo's face.

Outside the tent, the smell of food came from the tent, and the soldiers, who had not eaten hot rice for a long time, sat around the earthen stove, holding wooden bowls and eating brown rice and various vegetables with salt in a large pot. Although the taste is very bad, it is better than eating dry food. The hot soup, which is similar to water, also warms their bodies in the January cold, and as soon as they finish eating, many people want to get into their tents and sleep well.

Li Dingguo walked out of the tent with a bowl of mushy food, and walked and ate, and briefly inspected the nearby camp. When the soldiers saw Li Dingguo put down their rice bowls, they shouted "King Jin Wansheng" and cheered.

Li Dingguo grinned at them, shouted at them, and won over people's hearts. The soldiers' admiration for him was real, but so was the exhaustion and lack of supplies. For some reason, Li Dingguo really couldn't bear to look at their lack of food and clothing, so he waved his hand and walked into the big tent.

"The order went down, and after lunch, the whole army began to rest." After speaking, Li Dingguo himself got into the quilt and closed his eyes.

Of course, he was not as tired as the soldiers when he had horses, but just lay down and thought about his thoughts. "Food has been saved again and again, and it won't last long to support it, and when the Son of Heaven comes, what should these soldiers under him eat."

He couldn't help but want to get up and hold a military meeting, but reason told him that if there is no food, there is no food, and in this ghost place where the mountains run dead horses, it is much more difficult to collect food than in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, not to mention that the Tusi in Yunnan is still a little loyal, if they are forced to take out the food, they may be forced to vote for the tartars.

"King Jin, this is the letter of Lu Guisheng that we found, please look at it King Jin." A junior walked in.

Li Dingguo got up as soon as he could, took a pile of yellow paper full of words, and threw it aside angrily without looking at it. "Where is that shameless villain Lu Guisheng now?"

"I've been locked up in a tent nearby."

"Okay, break his leg, don't let him run. As soon as His Majesty's car arrives, he will behead this traitor! Did the shameless villain really think that Da Ming was going to die? "Li Dingguo's seven orifices are smoking.

"Yes!"

There was a faint cry of "woo" in the distance, and Li Dingguo fell asleep in this pleasant sound.