Chapter 360: Asking for help
A red sun rose slowly from the eastern sky, shining on the old and devastated walls of Datong, and with the order of the garrison officer, the gates of the city, which had been closed all night, slowly opened, making a heavy, grinding crunch. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
There are many people waiting in front of the city gate, and even in a border place like Datong, the people still have to live their own lives, and they always have to go in and out of the city. Fortunately, in recent years, there have been many fewer wars between the Ming Dynasty and the Tartars, so that everyone can go out of the city to do things with more confidence.
At the north gate, there are not only people in the city waiting to go out, but also a lot of people waiting to enter the city, some of them are even dressed as foreigners, most of them are Mongolians. However, the ordinary people are not the slightest stranger to stand next to them, and they have been with these bold Mongolian men for a long time, and the two countries are fighting less and less, so their attitude towards the Mongolian people has also changed, and many people still talk to these Mongolian people who come to Datong to do business.
On this most normal morning, the sound of horses' hooves from the north broke the calm. Hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked towards the north, and saw more than a dozen horsemen and horses running towards Datong with all their might, as if something terrible was chasing them behind them. In fact, there was nothing behind them.
The people, who had just wanted to enter the city, panicked when they saw the knights rushing like crazy, and hurried to the side to avoid them. Seeing this, the faces of several soldiers who maintained order at the city gate changed, and a few of them hurriedly picked up spears to stop these bold people who broke through the city gate, and some even ran to the side to move the antlers to block the horses.
But as the dozen or so horsemen rushed into the gate of the city and let the soldiers see their clothes clearly, the soldiers who wanted to block them quickly got out of the way, and at the same time shouted at the people behind them, telling them to quickly get out of the way, so that these people could pass quickly.
Although these soldiers had a low status, they also had some knowledge, otherwise it would be easy to offend people by guarding the city gates. They had only to look at the armor they were wearing, which was similar to their own, but somewhat different, and they could already guess that they were members of the Chincha Guard. This realization, coupled with seeing their anxious appearance like a fish that has slipped through the net, the hearts of these men are tight: "It can't be something big and big, right?" β
Regarding their reaction, the more than ten horsemen and horses did not pay much attention to it at all, and still kept their speed and went straight to the south of the city. After the horse's hooves galloped quickly, the smoke and dust raised made everyone cough.
The people's knowledge is not as good as that of the men, they only recognized those were the clothes of the Ming army, and their hearts also beat drums: "This situation ...... But I haven't seen each other for many years, so what's going on in the north? β
"Yes, a few years ago, there was also such a situation, but there were many more people coming back than today, could it be that our Ming army suffered a big defeat this time, and only came back so many people?"
"This ...... How good is that? Can Datong City still hold on? β
The people immediately talked about it, and those who had thought of going out of the city to do business had long since lost the heart and courage to leave the fortified city, and each turned back to go home to see if he could flee to the south before the Tartars had yet to attack, away from the land of right and wrong.
When the people at the city gate were panicked and soon spread the astonishing news to the whole city, the more than ten horsemen had already come to the governor's yamen, and under the surprised gaze of the gatekeepers, Zhong Yu, who was the leader, jumped off the horse. But because his skills were really not good, he rode his horse and galloped for a long time, and after getting off the horse, he stumbled and almost fell to the ground. If it weren't for the soldiers on the side who saw it and hurriedly stepped forward, this ugliness would have been very big.
But Zhong Yu didn't care about these at all, and after being held by someone, he immediately broke free from the man's hand, and asked while breaking inside: "Can Liu Yingji be inside?" β
Those guards were obviously stunned for a moment, they had never seen anyone dare to call their own lord by his name like this, it was this Zhong Qincha, hadn't he always been polite and respectful to the governor before? But he didn't dare not answer, and said softly: "Lord Futai is in the second hall, he ......" Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Zhong Yu had already stepped into the door. The other knights were in unison, following him straight in, and from the faces of these people, the guards could see a sense of anger that made them panic, but they didn't know what was going on.
Under the strange gaze of a group of subordinates in the yamen, Zhong Yu went straight to the second hall, swept his eyes, and saw Liu Yingji who was talking and laughing with several officials. Seeing his relaxed appearance, and thinking of the scene where Yang Zhen and the others swore to the death to storm the Tartar camp in order to help him get out, the anger in Zhong Yu's heart burned even more violently, and he immediately broke in directly regardless of any officialdom etiquette.
Thinking that this time he would be able to use the hands of the Tatars to put Zhong Yu and others to death, Liu Yingji's mood is extremely relaxed now, and he is discussing with his cronies how to explain and explain to the court about the killing of Qin Cha next. Your own sins are inevitably indispensable, and how to phrase and find reasons to minimize your own responsibilities is also a matter worth discussing.
Unexpectedly, they hadn't yet discussed a proper way to come up, but Zhong Yu, who was certain to die, suddenly broke in, and stared at him with an angry face, which made Liu Yingji's heart feel cold, and he actually gave birth to the strange illusion that this was the soul of the dead Zhong Yu who came to take revenge.
But fortunately, he is also a person who has experienced storms, even if there is a ghost in his heart, he did not lose an inch, and only said in surprise: "Lord Zhong, what's wrong with you, why are you so embarrassed?" Of course, there was no need to pretend to be surprised, he was enough to be surprised when he saw Zhong Yu come to the door instead of dying.
Zhong Yu looked at his pretending appearance, his heart was even more angry, and he snorted: "Lord Liu, do you still have to pretend to be stupid at this time?" Didn't you tell me to go to Yinchuan Fort? You are really calculating, what a vicious method! β
At this time, it was impossible to admit that he was trying to kill Zhong Yu by killing Liu Yingji, so he continued to say with a surprised face: "Lord Zhong doesn't understand what the officials said, could it be that something happened to Yinchuan Fort, and the officials have to quickly gather troops to deal with the next battle." He said with an eager look.
Seeing him pretending to gather people, Zhong Yu was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while. After a while, he said in a sullen voice: "Liu Yingji, at this time, do you dare to say that everything is not from your instructions?" β
"Lord Zhong, what the hell is going on, why do you keep counting the officials, aren't you? Even if you are a Qincha, you can't escape a single word, how can it be like this! Liu Yingji knew that blindly changing the topic would only make him appear more passive, so he simply took advance as retreat, and the wicked person sued first: "Xia Guan has been in Datong, how can he know what is going on in front of him, and I hope that my lord can return Xia Guan to a clean slate." β
This remark was so straightforward that it was a little difficult for Zhong Yu to refute. After all, he is an upright official, and he still knows very little about this kind of villainous behavior, and it is even more clumsy to deal with it. So after being silent again, he said: "This official will not worry about you about these things, the top priority is that you quickly send someone to Baishan Mountain to rescue the rest of the Qincha Guard, etc., there must be no mistake." β
"How did those Tatars do things, they couldn't even take a powerless civil official, and let him run back to my Datong!" Liu Yingji scolded the unreliability of the tartar in his heart, but his face was full of doubts: "What did the adults say?" What white mountaineering, didn't you go to the fortress in the north? This is incomprehensible. β
Thinking that Yang Zhen and the others were still fighting with the Tartars at the moment, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead, how could Zhong Yu be entangled with him in this matter again, and immediately put on the prestige of Qin Cha and shouted: "Hugh said these superfluous words, hurry up and do what I want, there must be no mistake!" β
Liu Yingji saw that Zhong Yu had fled back, and he was naturally unhappy, so he thought of getting rid of all the other members of the Qincha Guard, so he pretended to be stupid here, hoping to delay it for a while. But seeing that Zhong Yudu was talking like this, he knew that he couldn't delay like this anymore, so he smiled: "Since Lord Qincha is so impatient, then the lower official should obey his orders." General Lu ...... Guo Rong's deputy he called and ordered: "Hurry up and go to the barracks to order all the people and horses, and go to Baishan Mountain to see what is going on." As he spoke, he glanced at the general who stepped forward.
That person was also Liu Yingji's confidant, how could he not know his intentions, so he immediately agreed loudly, and walked out of the hall in a hurry. It was only after coming to the outer room that the pace slowed down. Since Liu Futai meant to let him take his time and delay as much as possible, it was naturally impossible for him to rush to the barracks to order troops.
Zhong Yuke didn't know that the other party still had this idea, and wanted to put others to death, and after seeing Liu Yingji send people out, he once again stared at Governor Liu and a few others: "Liu Yingji, you are really a vicious method, and you actually thought of using the hand of the Tartar to deal with us." β
"Tartar? What the hell are adults talking about, why do you always can't understand it? Liu Yingji had stabilized his mind at this time, and said indifferently: "Xia Guan is an official of the imperial court, and he is the governor who was ordered to garrison Datong, how can it have anything to do with Tartar?" β
"Do you still have to quibble? Do you really know nothing about it? The letters you wrote to those Tartars are still in the hands of the Official, and as long as I send them to Beijing, it will be enough to punish you for your serious crimes!" At this time, Zhong Yu was already angry and couldn't care about anything.
After hearing his words, several officials in the hall showed strange looks on their faces......
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