Riding a fast horse to report, "Report, Your Highness, there are Tartar thieves on the other side of the Rotten Pu River!" ”

"Go home quickly, maybe tomorrow you go to the west bank of the Langpu River, and you won't encounter any more Tartar thieves." Zhu Qiming ordered Ma Huo and the others, and then drove Ma Xi to go.

When I came to the bank of the river, I saw that not far in front of me the horse's hooves were flying, and flags were flying all over the field, and the cavalry was advancing rapidly to this side, and there were nearly 2,000 men and horses.

A few miles from the riverbank, the whole cavalry came to a halt, and a small group of horsemen galloped away towards the river.

Wang Lie approached Zhu Qiming's side, "Your Highness, the Tartar thieves are all wearing thick armor, and they must be heavy riders!" ”

There were eleven Tartar thieves in that small group, and the formation was neat, and even when crossing the ravine, the formation was not messy. They did not approach the riverbank, but stopped their horses dozens of feet away from the riverbank, and looked at this side.

"They're confirming the identity of the king."

Zhu Qiming dropped these words, rode away from the crowd, galloped back and forth along the riverbank, thinking that he had fought with Yexian's men and horses many times on the border line of Datong last year, and with this iconic silver armor and gold mask, it seemed that it was not difficult to prove his identity.

The eleventh horse thief looked at Zhu Qiming for a long time, and finally turned to leave, and after a while, the entire Tartar thief cavalry began to move westward.

Zhu Qiming breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the inside of the team, and looked at the direction of Changsheng Fort from afar.

In a place shaped like a snow wave, the figure of six o'clock reached the top of the wave and disappeared on the other side of the snow wave.

At the same place where the figures of Ma Hu and the others disappeared, dozens of horsemen and horses were thrown into the air from the bottom as if they had been thrown into the air by a huge force, and they stepped up the gentle slope and galloped towards this side, among which the figures of Ouyang Tong, Feng Duo, and He Yuan could be vaguely seen.

"Sigh ······"

When they got closer, He Yuan took the lead in reining in the horse, and looked at the corpses of the Tartars all over the ground with a surprised expression, "Could it be the Warat people?" His Royal Highness the King of Yue······" I wanted to ask what happened but didn't dare, so I was stunned.

You must know that it is a great deal to fight with the Warat people on such a large scale in Liaodong, so He Yuan's uneasiness is understandable.

Ouyang Tong then arrived, glanced at the dense figures on the west bank, and then said to He Yuan: "Look at this situation, most of it is that His Highness went out to look for medicine, and encountered a sneak attack by Tartar thieves crossing the border. Tartars are so rampant! Lord He, the Tartar thief is crossing the border, right? ”

He Yuan realized that the location of the Tartar thief's lying body was in Liaodong, "Hey, hey, Your Highness, I'm in a hurry, it turns out that the Tartar thief crossed the border and wants to plot against His Highness, so what else is there to say!" ”

"After a fierce battle, this king is a little tired, you go back and order people to prepare more wine and food."

After He Yuan, Zhu Qiming turned over and dismounted, and Ouyang Tong and Feng Duo dismounted.

"Ouyang Changshi, the Wuliang thieves wantonly drove out the people who crossed the border, it must be because there is a large army assembled over there, and the Tartar thieves don't want to expose their whereabouts too early." Turning to the west bank, he said, "Fang Cai also rushed to the river with heavy horses, probably to confirm the identity of this king, once it is confirmed, they are afraid that they will choose another way." ”

Ouyang Tong nodded, and glanced at Feng Duo inadvertently, "Changsheng Castle is safe, but it won't leave easily first, if you choose another way, other castles will suffer!" ”

Zhu Qiming carefully recalled the record of the landform and troop distribution of Liaodong in the "Seven Strategies of Pingyu", and soon had a certain number in his heart, "I don't dare to choose the road to the south first, the south is too close to the Dingliao Zhuwei, and it is the place where the heavy troops of the Ming Dynasty gathered." This king is expected to choose a road to the north first, but he does not dare to go too far north, and Shenyang and its north are also a heavy army gathering place. Liaodong is the only one in the middle of the hinterland where the army is empty, and the gaps between the scattered castles are very large, which is convenient for the Tartar thieves to sneak around, and once they pass through the mid-hinterland, they can reach the border of the Jurchen in Jianzhou, and then move the troops from there to the Yalu River, so the success of the Tartar thieves is the greatest. ”

"Alas, what's the matter, Liaodong Dusi will really choose a place for us!" Ouyang Tong glanced at Feng Duo again, "Your Highness, this time you may retreat from the difficulties and choose another way, but if we go to block the road again, we will be afraid of anger." If His Royal Highness still wants to meddle in affairs, he can only inform the Liaodong Metropolitan Division of the strange situation here, and it is the duty of Admiral Wang and General Cao to protect the territory and the people! ”

Feng Duo listened to it for a long time, and finally heard a little famous, and immediately approached Zhu Qiming, "Your Highness is only going to find medicine this time, and you can't afford to have the responsibility of making enemies with Wara, and it is not appropriate to communicate with local military and political officials, I hope Your Highness will think twice!" ”

Feng Duo talked about major events for the first time, and it was quite decent. Zhu Qiming nodded when he heard this.

"It is inconvenient for this king to send a letter to Wang Ao, Cao Yiyan and military affairs and diplomatic relations, so let's report to Leng Wuya, the Liaodong Metropolitan Division may not take it seriously. That's it, this king can't control so much, collect troops! ”

Suddenly, I heard the sound of hooves, and saw Leng Wuya galloping with hundreds of people, among whom were more than 20 people in strange costumes, who were obviously people from the rivers and lakes.

The group soon arrived in front of Zhu Qiming, reined in their horses, and looked at the corpse of the Tartar thief on the ground one after another.

Among the people, Pang Zhe was impressively in the column, wearing a brand-new green shirt, wearing a square scarf, his eyes were attentive, and his aura was between seclusion and excitement.

Leng Wuya turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and saluted, "It was Leng's duty to protect the safety of the people, but now he is tired of His Highness experiencing the danger of the war, Leng should die." ”

"The lord of the cold castle is polite."

Zhu Qiming walked straight to Pang Zhe's mount and bowed deeply, "I've seen Mr. Pang." ”

"See His Royal Highness King Yue."

Pang Zhe's dismount was a little clumsy, and he was able to land steadily with the support of two people. However, as soon as Pang Zheren landed, he immediately changed his appearance, and his gestures always left people with a sense of mystery and occasional mystery.

However, Pang Zhe in front of him showed a radiant demeanor for a moment, which made him very different from the Pang Zhe on Zhuolu Mountain back then, and even different from the Pang Zhe in the Tea Yun Pavilion yesterday.

Zhu Qiming keenly captured the changes in Pang Zhe's charm, as the so-called "seeing the subtle and knowing the work", he suddenly remembered the famous poem "After Dengke" written by Meng Jiao at the age of forty-six. "What was filthy in the past is not enough to boast about, but now it is released. There is no end to the thoughts. The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day. ”

Meng Jiao's "dirty past" stems from repeated attempts and embarrassment, and the subsequent "spring breeze pride" comes from the title of the gold list, Jinshi and the first.

And at this moment, Pang Zhe is also a little proud, although he deliberately restrained, but the charm between his eyebrows and eyes has exhausted the downfall of the year. If Pang Zhe's downfall in the past was because he was disappointed by the government, so he looked down on his career, then where did his spring breeze come from today?

Could it be that Pang Zhe has a place to belong and has chosen a tree to live in? However, a strange person like this has a very high vision, except for the emperor, who else in the world can make him belong to his heart?

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Yue. If it weren't for the Lord of Lengbao saying that His Highness had arrived at Changsheng Fort, the mountain people really couldn't believe that they could meet the old man in the remote Liaodong! His Royal Highness is very wise, and he seems to be inadvertently moving, and he can make the Tartars know that the Warat people may not pass through Changsheng Fort again, cross Liaodong, and Chen Bing Yalu River. ”

A master is a master, and in just a few words, he revealed a mystery, as if nothing in the world could escape his calculations.

Zhu Qiming was a little puzzled in his heart, although he was aware of the Tartar thieves' movements, but he still confirmed that Warat was about to enter North Korea after asking He Yuan. And Pang Zhe, a hermit, how can he have insight into all this? Did someone secretly send him a message, or could he pinch it?

Leng Wuyan on the side was puzzled, rolled his eyes, and finally heard the meaning that the Tartar thieves would not invade Changsheng Castle, so he bowed respectfully, and even changed his self-title: "In the next generation of Changsheng Castle people, thank Your Highness for your great kindness!" ”

Over there, Pang Zhe said, "The Lord of Cold Castle can't be too grateful. The Tartar thieves drove away the people of Liaodong who crossed the border on the other side of the Langpu River, just to empty the idle people along the way, so that they could sneak across the border, now that everyone doesn't have to worry about the lives of the people in a city! ”

Leng Wuya smiled, "Mr. is right!" The people of Changsheng Fort are the people in the eyes of the Tartars, and there is nothing to be afraid of! We can't invite the army of Dingliao and Shenyang to go back and forth, Leng originally planned to take the people of a city to find a secret place to hide when he had to do so, but now it seems that His Royal Highness King Yue is here, what are we worried about! ”

Could it be that you have eaten this king? Zhu Qiming muttered in his heart, and said: "The Warat people will choose another way, Changsheng Fort is safe, and other lone castles will inevitably suffer." ”

Pang Zhe nodded slowly, "Your Highness is very right!" In addition to passing through Liaodong, the Tartar thieves had only one option, flying to the Yalu River, so they would also fight other places in Liaodong. After a slight pause, his eyes filled with deep meaning, "Shanren guessed that it was only because the king's order was difficult to disobey, His Royal Highness wanted to stay out of the matter, but he couldn't bear to sit back and watch the lives and souls suffer, so he must have been entangled in this matter for a long time." In fact, His Royal Highness does not need to be entangled, everything but ask for a clear conscience, why look ahead? Mencius said well, 'The people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light'. ”

Is it light? Zhu Qiming's heart was shocked, only to feel that Pang Zhe's words revealed a strange deep meaning, yesterday's cold revelations, coupled with Pang Zhe's blunt words today, made him suspicious.

He put aside his admiration for Pang Zhe for the time being, and wanted to say something to test it.

"It seems inappropriate for Mr. Pang to call himself a mountain man, and there is no mountain in Changsheng Fort."

Pang Zhe's eyes froze, it was only for a moment, and soon his face was light again. "This place is outside the territory, not a mountain, better than a mountain!"

"Where there is no rule today, and what is outside the country of Japan, everything depends on the will of God! Xiao Wang didn't know why, as soon as he arrived at Changsheng Castle, he remembered the allusion of 'Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit'. ”

Leng Wuya's face suddenly changed, but Pang Zhe laughed at it.

Over there, Ouyang Tong and Pang Zhe were old acquaintances, and they came over to say hello during the gap between their conversations.

Zhu Qiming remembered the past when he fled in Zhuolu Mountain, and he also mentioned the "Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit" at that time, but he didn't expect that after eight years, the sound of the waves is still the same!

Now that the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, there will be people who are secretly paying close attention to the evolution of the current situation, and the biggest eyes will naturally not be ordinary people······

it, maybe it's too much of your heart! Zhu Qiming picked up distracting thoughts and pursed his lips vigorously, no one could see it anyway. His mind returned to the business at hand.

"The matter involves military affairs and diplomatic relations, and it is necessary to ask the court for discussion, even the Liaodong Metropolitan Division does not dare to make his own decisions, how can this king dare to act rashly? Do your best and let God do your best! ”

A sharp hoof sounded in the west, and Wang Lie approached and said, "Your Highness, there are hundreds of Tartar thieves galloping towards this side!" ”

Zhu Qiming hurriedly left everyone behind, walked over quickly, stepped on the war horse, and glanced hurriedly towards the west bank, his eyes suddenly brightened.

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