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Three years of the Apocalypse, July. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the midst of the heavy rain and mud, an army was marching rapidly in the direction of Guiyang with heavy rain on its head and mud on its feet.

This was an army sent from Sichuan to Guizhou to assist in quelling the rebellion, and the whole team had a total of 6,000 elite soldiers, consisting of 2,000 white pole soldiers, 2,000 Xulu troops, and 2,000 Zhenxiong soldiers. At this moment, the commander of this army, Sun Yueling, was riding his horse at the front of the line, and the wind and rain had soaked through his armor and drenched the spear on his back.

Yes, he was the commander of this expedition.

On the same day in Yongning County, when Zhu Xieyuan asked who he should send to lead the army to help quell the rebellion, Sun Yueling thought for a long time, and finally took over the task.

He had to do that.

First, he was appointed by the imperial court to Sichuan to patrol the imperial history, supervising the pacification of the chaos, this is his duty second, he also made a heavy oath in front of Ye Xianggao, he will never return to Beijing if he does not sweep the southwest rebellion, he knows that the third year of the Apocalypse is the year of Jingcha, and the partisan struggle in the court will reach ** in this year, if he can't return to Beijing as soon as possible, maybe wait until next year, the ministers in the court may have changed their appearance.

Long before he set out on the expedition, he learned from the palace newspaper issued by the imperial court that Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei were appointed as scholars of Dongge University and became cabinet members.

What does this news mean?

It means that the cabinet, which has always been controlled by the Donglin Party, has begun to gradually fall, and it is no longer held by all Donglin Party members. Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei were both recommended by Wei Zhongxian to join the cabinet, and these two will also become important ministers in the eunuch party, so he has to start worrying about his future.

After all, he had already thrown himself into the Donglin Gate and was in the same boat as the Donglin Party. If Ye Xianggao, ** Xing and other Donglin Party members start to lose power, then his future will also be worried. In particular, he had seen the methods of the eunuch party against the Donglin party from the history books, which was extremely cruel and bloody and inhumane, and if it really came to that point, he didn't know if he could escape the clutches of the eunuch party.

The rain was still falling, but it had subsided, and after the whole army had crossed a mountain range, a large field appeared in front of them, and the winding post road led into the distance, disappearing at the foot of another mountain range in the distance.

The deputy general Qin Minping rushed forward, chased to Sun Yueling's side, and said: "My lord, there is Wujiang Pass in front, as long as you pass this pass, and then go south along the Luguang River, you can reach Guli Station within one day." ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said, "General Qin, order the whole army to speed up its advance, and be sure to arrive at noon tomorrow." This time, their destination was Guliyi, which was located east of the Luguang River and north of the Yachi River, which would be the meeting point between them and the Guizhou army, and after arriving at Guliyi, they would march along the Longchang Eight Stations towards An Bangyan's old nest Dafang City under the command of Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou.

With these 6,000 elite soldiers, Sun Yueling is confident that he can capture An Bangyan's nest generously with the Guizhou army, because as far as he knows, for several months, the Guizhou army has completely besieged An Bangyan to the east of the Yachi River, and the two sides have fought more than ten battles, the Guizhou army has won a complete victory, and the rebels have been short of soldiers and food, and have retreated into the hinterland of Shuixi, trying to use the unique mountains and forests there to block the Ming army.

Although Chu Zhennan of Baishi Mountain City planned to transfer people there, Zhu Xieyuan and Sun Yueling both rejected this opinion. Chu Zhennan, the young city lord of Baishi Mountain City, was seriously injured after being betrayed by the right protector Tu Ping, and almost died Although he survived, under the heavy blow, his martial arts have been completely lost, and he can no longer use the Kunyue swordsmanship in the southwest of the town, and Baishi Mountain City has also lost many brothers in the rebellion, and his strength has been greatly reduced, how can they suffer losses again?

When Sun Yueling rushed to Guliyi with the elite of Sichuan soldiers, Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, had been waiting for a long time, and after seeing Sun Yueling, he laughed and said: "This time, Sun Patrol will lead the troops to help, and I think that the Anbangyan rebels will be broken soon." Sun Xunpress, please come to the tent to speak. ”

Sun Yueling was invited into the tent of the Qianjun barracks, and after meeting with the officials and generals, under the auspices of the governor Wang Sanshan, he began to discuss the direction and steps of the army with everyone, and agreed on some specific coordination and cooperation matters.

Therefore, Sun Yueling took a lot of effort to reach an agreement with the generals of the Guizhou Army to send troops.

But what he didn't know was that at this moment, the Jingshi, who was thousands of miles away, was also having a conversation, although this dialogue was not as good as their military meeting in terms of atmosphere, but it was enough to have a significant impact on the future direction of the Ming Dynasty.

Jingshi, in the Forbidden City, celebrant supervisor.

Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, sat in the center, with a delicate purple sand teapot on his left hand and a gilded birdcage on his right hand.

Behind the tables on both sides of his head sat several eunuchs, all holding their breath with solemn faces.

Today, it is the time for Wei Zhongxian to make personnel appointments in response to the current situation, and the eunuchs present are all worried in their hearts, not knowing how their fate will be arranged next, whether they will be sent to that prosperous and rich place to enjoy happiness, or will they be sent to a bitter cold and cold place to suffer?

Wei Zhongxian played with the birdcage and said casually: "Do you say that this bird is willing to be served and raised, or let it out to forage for food?" ”

"Back to Godfather, this bird, if he stays in the cage when he is young, eats and drinks without worry, and has no worries about wind and rain, then he is naturally willing to be raised, but if he is caught, it is not easy to say." It was Wei Zhongxian's godson Wei San who spoke, he entered the palace since he was a child, and when these words came out of his mouth, it was naturally the eunuch Li Shi who was sitting opposite him with the courage to enter the palace, just like a young man who entered the palace, but a bit like a bird who was unwilling to be locked in a cage.

Li Shi still sat there calmly, seemingly indifferent to Wei San's words with a gun and a stick.

Wei Zhongxian picked up an ivory chopsticks and aimed it at the butt of the bird in the cage, and the starling was stabbed, and with a scream, he jumped up in the cage and floated a few black hairs.

"Hey, lo and behold, it's a restless lord." Wei Zhongxian raised his head and said to Li Shi, "Li Shi, you and Liu Dexi have both been to the border, do you think Jiangnan is better, or is it better to be outside the border?" ”

"Naturally, Jiangnan is good." Li Shi's expression remained unchanged and said without hesitation.

"Oh, you're telling the truth." Wei Zhongxian smashed the bird cage with ivory chopsticks, and the starling inside quieted down, shook the tail feathers on his buttocks, and stopped making a fuss.

"Jiangnan has money, beautiful women, good food, good clothes, and fun, as well as the filial piety of the officials below." Wei Zhongxian said, "What is there outside the gate?" In addition to being a soldier or a soldier, where can you compare with Jiangnan! Ji Yong, you say, isn't this the reason? ”

The red-faced eunuch in his thirties, who was sitting at the bottom of Wei San, was named, and hurriedly said "yes", and then felt that something was wrong, and said "no", and then he was at a loss there.

Wei Zhongxian frowned, glanced at him, and said, "I've been in charge of Wenyin for ten years, why can't I even say anything?" ”

Ji Yong became more and more frightened, and he couldn't say half a word.

"Li Shi." Wei Zhongxian called.

"The minions are here."

"You will take over the Suzhou Weaving Bureau and go to Jiangnan to preside over the situation." Wei Zhongxian turned to the side again and said, "Ji Yong, you just supervise the army in Liaoxi and don't go to Shanhaiguan, you can't play Sun Chengzong Go to Ningyuan to find Yuan Chonghuan, and come back after practicing your courage." ”

The two hurriedly bowed their heads, and Wei San heard that although he was disappointed in his heart, his face did not change at all.

Wei Zhongxian took his eyes off Ji Yong and said, "This time, Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang Town won the battle again, and he asked for food and salary, so he was very happy!" There are supervising troops in all military towns in our Ming Dynasty, but Dongjiang Town is not as strong as I heard that Mao Wenlong is very tough! ”

When Wei San heard this, he hurriedly said: "Mao Wenlong is a husband, it is his duty to serve the court, he even dares to ask the court for money and food, godfather, it is better to change him"

"Replace him, you go?" Wei Zhongxian glared at him.

"According to the ancestral system, Dongjiang Town also has to send people." Liu Dexi, who was sitting at the bottom of Ji Yong, suddenly spoke, this person only took refuge in Wei Zhongxian after the "Daming Gate Change" last year, although he was the oldest, but the ranking was still behind Wei San and others, so he sat in front of the table at the very end.

"Well, that's right!" Wei Zhongxian glanced at him and said lightly, "Liu Dexi, although you are low-key, as far as our family knows, within the Jingshi, your martial arts are probably not under Li Ruobing, Xiong Sifei and others?" ”

Liu Dexi was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but say tentatively: "Then what does Father-in-law Wei mean, send me?" ”

"Dongjiang Town doesn't need to send someone to supervise the army, with Mao Wenlong's person, it's useless to go!" Wei Zhongxian waved the sleeves of his robe and turned to Wei Sandao, "I heard that my fellow ** star is going to wipe out the three parties in Jingcha?" ”

Wei San nodded and said: "Back to Godfather's words, **Xing does have this intention, he not only compared the leaders of the three parties to the "four murderers" and insulted them, but also mobilized the entire Donglin Party to impeach and reprimand the members of the three parties, trying to take the government into their hands. ”

"His appetite is growing." A sneer appeared at the corner of Wei Zhongxian's mouth, and he said, "Tell me, what should we do at this moment?" ”

Wei San lost the opportunity to be released to Suzhou, and wanted to show himself in front of Wei Zhongxian even more, so he hurriedly said: "Godfather, my son thinks this is a great opportunity, we can take advantage of the Donglin Party and the three parties to pinch each other, secretly exert our strength, and uproot the Donglin Party and the three parties, the so-called crabs and mussels compete, and the fishermen benefit."

"Confused!" Wei Zhongxian cut off his words and said, "Pull them all out, do you think you don't die fast enough?" Or do you think that you are more capable than the current saints, and can govern the entire civil and subordinate forces? ”

Wei San's face was red and white, and he hurriedly said: "My son doesn't dare, my son is wrong, and I ask my godfather to instruct." ”

The corners of Li Shi's mouth showed a subtle sneer, he looked down on Wei San and others, except for flattery and sowing discord, he had no other skills.

Wei Zhongxian said to Liu Dexi: "You say, what should we do?" ”

Liu Dexi pondered for a moment and said: "Since Donglin has officially declared war on the three parties, according to the current situation, the three parties are probably not opponents, I think we can unite the members of the three parties to deal with the Donglin Party together." ”

"Makes sense!" Wei Zhongxian bowed his head slightly and said, "However, this is far from enough, even if we unite the three parties, I am afraid we will not be able to bring down Donglin in one fell swoop." ”

"What does Grandpa Wei mean?" Liu Dexi couldn't help but ask.

Wei Zhongxian picked up the purple clay pot and took a sip, and said lightly: "Don't forget, this great tomorrow is not the world of Donglin, nor the world of the three parties, but the world of the saints." What the Holy Lord wants is an obedient courtier, not a courtier who always forces the king to admonish and does not know how to advance or retreat, we just need to do what the Holy God wants. After a pause, he continued, "Wait, wait for Donglin and the three parties to distinguish between high and low, perhaps, it's time for us to make a move." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly nodded in agreement, and praised Wei Zhongxian again.

Wei Zhongxian laughed loudly and said, "That fellow countryman ** star of mine once gave me a sentence called "It is advisable to work hard for good", what does this mean? The meaning of this sentence is that everyone should work hard and not live up to the good years given by God. Today, I will pass on this sentence to you, and you should all work hard for good! With that, in the midst of laughter, he got up and walked out.

Wei San, Ji Yong, Liu Dexi, look at me, I look at you, they are all dumbfounded.

Only Li Shi bowed to Wei Zhongxian's departing back, and then walked calmly. To be continued.