On the south bank of the Yellow River, Huamachi, the headquarters of the Ming army to suppress thieves, and Wei Xuezeng, the governor of the three sides, garrisoned the camp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Two people with tattered bodies who could vaguely identify the military uniforms of the Ming army appeared not far in front of the garrison camp and were seen by the Ming army sentry horsemen who were on guard.

"Hey! See! Is it two people there, there? ”

A sentry greeted his comrades.

The comrades-in-arms looked not far away: "Hey! Really! Let's go, go and see! Draw the knife, if it is a spy, cut it directly! is really bold, dare to come to spy on the military in broad daylight? ”

The two sentinels urged their horses and roared towards them.

"Who's coming?! Stop! Don't go ahead! Otherwise, you will not be spared!! ”

They shouted and rushed over.

The two saw that they did not run, but stood still obediently, bowing as if gasping, the two sentry riders were a little strange, and when they looked closer, they found that they were two Han people wearing broken military uniforms.

"Which one are you from? Or a spy?! ”

Two sentry horsemen with swords immediately stood not far away, looking at the two strange men who had no weapons on their bodies, and shouted loudly, and at the barracks, another group of cavalry rushed out, and the camp gate was instantly filled with a team of crossbowmen.

"No...... No...... No...... We...... We are...... It's Pingyu City...... Counselor Xiao ...... Xiao Ruxun's department...... Beg...... Beg...... Ask to see Wei Zhengtai!! ”

A strange man fell to his knees, screaming as hard as he could, both of whom looked exhausted.

"Pingyu City? Xiao Ruxun? Didn't Hexi say that all of them fell? Is there still a city holding on? ”

The two sentry riders were so surprised that they hurriedly beckoned a new group of knights to help the two men on their horses and take them to the barracks, and then sent someone to report to Wei Xuezeng, search their bodies, and there were no weapons left, only a letter was still in the arms of one of them, like some kind of treasure.

"Don't ...... Don't take it...... This is...... This is General Xiao's ...... Autographed ......"

Before he finished speaking, the man fainted, and the other person seemed to be silent, everyone looked at each other, just at this time the herald came, saying that the station wanted to see these two people, but everyone was confused together, and the sentry had to hand the crumpled letter to the herald: "Before this person fainted, he said that this is a handwritten letter from General Xiao of Pingyu City, we are illiterate, you bring it to the station to see?" ”

The herald had no choice but to take the letter and walk quickly to the camp of the commander of the Chinese army.

These days, the Ningxia deputy commander-in-chief Li Yun's department and the guerrilla Zhao Wu department who crossed the Yellow River north to meet the rebels have made progress, regained some lost ground, and beat the rebels' forces back to the west of the river, but the rebels' counterattack posture is also very fierce, and the two sides are fighting fiercely in various cities and forts, and the battle situation is stalemate, which makes Wei Xuezeng hate!

Dozens of cities, forty-seven castles, but as long as a few people hold on for a period of time, they can hold on until they lead the army to counterattack, at least reduce a little pressure, as a result, the entire Hexi is almost completely occupied by the rebels, and the rebels have expanded from a few thousand at the beginning to tens of thousands, how many of them are coerced into rebellion!

It's all non-reusable bastards! A bastard who disregards the emperor's grace! These warriors of the Nine Sides are really unreliable! After quelling the rebellion this time, we will definitely take this opportunity to kill a batch of moths! Hoeing rape for the country!

The stalemate of the war situation made Wei Xuezeng have to write a military order to mobilize Xuanfu, Datong soldiers and horses, Lan and Jing soldiers into Ningxia to help the war, you must know that Ningxia Zhencheng, one of the important towns on the nine sides, has been occupied by the rebels, once the rebels contact the Mongolian captives to go south to help the war, the situation will become more critical, and the important towns of the nine sides must not be lost, this is the line of life and death!

And just now, a piece of news made his eyes light up.

The big tent was opened, and the herald walked in, knelt down on one knee and said: "Make-the-table, those two have fainted, they look exhausted, and they only have this letter on their bodies, saying that it is a handwritten letter from General Xiao of Pingyu City." ”

Wei Xuezeng said "oh", stood up, walked closer, took the letter, and looked at it-Gong Wei personally opened the table.

Wei Xuezeng hurriedly opened the letter and took out the letterhead, read it, and read it quickly, and then looked at the letter and signed it, the third day of the third month of March...... Today is the eighth day of the third month, and the letter was written five days ago, and those two people were probably the messengers who broke out of the siege to deliver the letter, so they were so tired.

Handing the letter to a middle-aged literati staff member standing aside, he walked to the map, and Wei Xuezeng carefully checked the location of Pingyu City.

"What do you think?"

Wei Xue once opened his mouth to ask the middle-aged literati.

"I thought that the nine-sided generals were already a dog with a flipped phoenix falling into the water, but I didn't expect that there were still useful people; This Qiu Ba is not simple, this letter can be transferred to the emperor, ask the emperor to look at it, and tell the emperor that he still has a loyal general, and for us, if Xiao Ruxun is still holding on to Pingyu City, it is tantamount to sticking to a nail in the chest of the rebels, and the rebels have to divide their troops to deal with Pingyu City, and they can't fight us with all their might, Dashan! ”

Wei Xuezeng found Pingyu City, took a closer look, then turned around and took the letter, and said with a smile: "Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Jixin, Yan'an Xiao is not an ordinary Qiu Ba, you listen to the names of the four of their brothers, such as Lan, Ruhui, Ruzhi, Ruxun, where are the names of Zhang San and Li Si Qiu Ba?" His father, Xiao Wenkui, is now an official in Beijing and has dealings with some court officials.

I have also heard people evaluate the four sons of this family, saying that they are all people who read and know etiquette, which is a minority of the few in the northwest generals, especially this Xiao Ruxun, not only has a military strategy, but also the level of poetry and books is not low. Otherwise, how could Yang Gong, the secretary of the Ministry of First Soldiers, value marrying his beloved daughter? Yang Gong is a serious class jinshi, if the Xiao family is only Qiu Ba, how can He De be valued by Yang Gong? ”

The middle-aged literati was a little surprised, and then patted his head: "Earlier, I heard a rumor in Beijing that the daughter of Shixiang actually married a rough man in the army, which is simply ridiculous, so that's what happened?" ”

Wei Xuezeng pursed his lips and smiled and nodded, and then said: "Now it seems that Yang Gong is not wrong, Xiao Ruxun is really not ordinary, the forty-seven forts in Hexi are all ink, but Pingyu City can not hold on, this matter can be publicized to greatly boost the morale of our army, this governor wants to remember Xiao Ruxun, as long as he can hold on until the reinforcements arrive, this governor will personally write a performance table for Xiao Ruxun to ask for credit." ”

"Is there an old relationship between the Taiwan and Yang Gong?"

Wei Xuezeng didn't answer clearly, just smiled: "Yang Gong's face should be given, and those who are meritorious should also be rewarded, the country is in decline, and the fall of the nine-sided generals is to blame, and there are no generals available in the country, so I have to let me wait for the literati to put pen to paper, and it is just a matter of going into battle, and the command of the battle is still dependent on the generals, since the discovery of a talent that can be created, it may not be a good thing in the future, and the governor always feels that something big is going to happen......"

"Gangneung is ink, what else is the big deal? Today, it is not a day or two that the saints are dissatisfied with the civil ministers and the cadres and the cadres are arbitrary, and although the confrontation between the saints and the ministers is becoming more and more intense, it is not to the point of shaking the foundation of the country, right? At most, it's just an imitation of Jiajing's story. ”

The middle-aged literati were confused and confused.

"That's it?"

Wei Xuezeng smiled bitterly, and looked at the middle-aged literati with helplessness and bitterness: "I was too oppressed by Zhang Jiangling when I was young, and now I am in power, and I am extremely dissatisfied with the ministers in my heart. Since ancient times, the emperor was dissatisfied with the ministers, and he would oppress them with power, or set up another power subjects to check and balance, and now he hates the Chinese courtiers, so who should it be? ”

"Emasculating?"

The middle-aged literati were shocked: "Do you want to make the Eight Tigers come back today?" ”