(7,000 words.) Layout Jianzhou, Asu River, expedition to northern Liaobei, a big storm that swept the entire Guanwai, has risen. ）

"Lao Qiu, get up quickly." Li Tiesan stepped forward in two steps, helped Qiu Jiu up with his own hands, and said angrily: "We were stirring rice in a horse spoon at the beginning, what are we doing with this?" If you let your adults know that you, a veteran with a medal on your chest, are kowtowing to me, you will have to be in a row. ”

Qiu Jiu felt embarrassed, but he also knew that Li Tie was saying kind words, so he hurriedly bowed his waist and said with a smile: "Adults lift, the number of etiquette can't be abolished, you want to ......"

"On the orders of my uncle, I will interrogate Peng Shanhu and the thieves."

Li Tie took out a warrant from his sleeve and shook it in front of Qiu Jiu, and the bright red slave Gandu on it commanded the Great Seal to be impressive.

"Thieves?" Qiu Jiu was trembling again, and he only knew the identities of these people at this time.

"Lao Qiu, there are some things, it's better not to know." Li Tie smiled faintly, patted Qiu Jiu's shoulder, walked to the edge of the fence, glanced at Peng Shanhu up and down, and asked, "You are Peng Shanhu?" ”

These prisoners naturally didn't know Li Tie, but they had also heard the name of the famous MI6 counselor, and they couldn't help but be a little flustered when they saw him, but Peng Shanhu let out a long breath and said lightly: "The grass people are." ”

Li Tie smiled slightly: "It's a bit generous." Peng Shanhu, today is your creation, whether you are dead or alive, whether you are flying or life is better than death, it is all in your thoughts. ”

Peng Shanhu's heart beat violently: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Tie stopped talking, and waved his hand: "Bring them up." ”

April 14, 53rd year of Zhengde, early morning. Lian Zining met Peng Shanhu in his study in the General's Mansion.

He had just finished a meeting with the officers, and he was a little tired. Leaned back in the chair and squinted for a while, drank a cup of herbal tea to wake up. I heard a noisy sound outside the door, and then Li Tie's voice came: "My lord, the culprit has been brought." ”

"Hmm!" Lian Zining's spirit was shocked, he took the towel handed by Ye Nai on the side and wiped his face, felt that the whole person was a lot more sober, and said, "Come in." ”

The door was pushed open, Li Tie was in front, and the two soldiers behind him pushed Peng Shanhu in. They did not leave, but stood right behind Peng Shanhu. With a look of vigilance, it was obviously very jealous of him, for fear that he would break out and hurt people.

Through the open door, Lian Zining could see that there were many people in the courtyard, and a large number of soldiers surrounded them.

For Peng Shanhu, Lian Zining has long heard of it.

When he learned the news of the White Lotus Sect's uprising, he immediately ordered Li Tie to thoroughly investigate the White Lotus Sect forces on both sides of the Songjiang River, originally thinking that there would be nothing to discover, but he didn't expect that there was really a big fish hidden in his own jurisdiction! This result made Lian Zining angry inexplicably. Immediately, a strict search was ordered, and all the unsettling factors must be found out.

MI6 searched the world exhaustively, and the harvest was also extremely rich, except for the core of Peng Shanhu. In addition, he also followed the vine and caught thousands of Peng Shanhu's die-hard believers.

For these people, Lian Zining didn't think of how to deal with them for a while. It was all locked up first, but when Fu Yuwei entered the war. After the news of the White Lotus Sect's power came out, Lian Zining immediately found an excellent opportunity.

If it's good. These people may be able to become an extremely useful chess piece in their hands.

He glanced Peng Shanhu up and down, but he didn't expect that this heavyweight of the White Lotus Sect, the head of the Red Lotus lineage, turned out to be a yellow-skinned man who looked sick. But soon Lian Zining knew that he was very human - I don't know when he could be so calm in front of him, but he was not an ordinary person.

Peng Shanhu was also looking at Lian Zining.

This adult, not only outside the Guan, has become a legend in the entire Ming Dynasty, but he didn't expect him to be so young.

The young man is ambitious, in a high position, both civil and military, and the pillar of the country. Such a person who is perfect and close to a legend also makes Peng Shanhu feel unspeakably jealous in his heart.

"Go down, all of you! Li Tie stayed. Lian Zining waved his hand.

The guard hesitated: "My lord, this traitor ......"

"I know, I heard that he is good at kung fu." Lian Zining interrupted him: "With sixty pounds of shackles on his hands and feet, if he can still do anything to me, isn't this official too incompetent?" Let's talk ...... again."

He patted Ye Na's hand: "There is Ye Na here, he can't help me, go down!" ”

"Yes!" The two guards retreated, and Li Tie stayed.

"Peng Shanhu, the sect leader of the Red Lotus Sect of the White Lotus Sect, and the descendant of Peng Yingyu, the general of the Red Turban Army in the past." Lian Zining looked at Peng Shanhu and smiled slightly: "Is the family background quite prominent!" ”

"Adults have won prizes." Peng Shanhu's waist was straight, neither humble nor arrogant: "My lord's cloth in the capital, from the cold, with three years of work, and promoted to the commander of the slave gandu, the super earl, this is really admirable." In comparison, the grass people have the shade of their ancestors, but they have fallen to this point, which is really incompetent. ”

He wasn't telling a lie, after all, he thought to himself that he would die this time - although he didn't know what method Wu Yibo would use to kill himself - then there was no need to tell a lie. At this moment, he remembered Xu Hongru, who is also in the White Lotus Sect, and his side is prosperous, but he is in prison here, and he is really ashamed to see his ancestors.

Lian Zining glanced at him with some surprise: "You are honest." ”

He spread his hands and suddenly asked, "Do you want to be like Xu Hongru?" Smell the world, hold heavy troops, and rush into battle to make the prestige of the ancestors? ”

Peng Shanhu's heart moved, and he frowned: "What do you mean, sir?" ”

"There is an errand for you to do right now, if you do it well, your name as Peng Shanhu, I'm afraid it can spread all over the world."

Lian Zining leaned on the back of the chair with his arms crossed, and said neatly: "You and these henchmen under your hands, about thirteen or fourteen people, this official let you go to the territory of General Jianzhou to promote your White Lotus Sect teachings, and this official will also allocate a large amount of gold and silver money to you." Rice grain weapons, armored war horses and other support. Help you to get up quickly, and put the banner of the White Lotus Sect to start up. Erected on the territory of the general of Jianzhou. When the time comes, you Peng Shanhu will be a big thief like Xu Hongru, are you still worried that you can't reach the world? ”

"Of course." Lian Zining smiled faintly: "This official will have someone to accompany you." ”

"What?" After listening to Lian Zining's words, Peng Shanhu's face changed greatly, and he looked at Lian Zining in disbelief.

This Wu Yibo is the Wu Yibo of the Ming Dynasty! Is he crazy? He even instigated himself to go to the territory under the jurisdiction of the general of Jianzhou to rebel? No, this is not instigation at all, but control.

Peng Shanhu understood very well in his heart. This lord clearly wants to take all of his people into his hands—otherwise what are the troops accompanying him doing?

Don't? A thought came to him that he couldn't even believe.

Wu Yibo, is it difficult to ......

"You heard me wrong." Lian Zining said lightly: "Let's go, do it or not!" ”

Peng Shanhu is a masterpiece after all, and he has calmed down at this time, he looked at Lian Zining and said, "What if I don't do it?" ”

"Easy!" Lian Zining said without hesitation: "In addition to you, your White Lotus Sect's Red Lotus lineage has thirteen backbone incense masters, two hundred and forty-nine people such as the hall masters, senior brothers and sisters, and one thousand four hundred and fifty-five backbone believers. Together with their families, there were more than 6,000 people. ”

"Now they've all been arrested, and if you don't do it, you'll all have people. will all die. And in the most cruel way, like every rebel who tries to rebel, he is tied to a wooden shelf. Slice of flesh slice by knife until the last 3,600 knives were cut. Just life and death! ”

The lives of thousands of people, and Lian Zining's tone was as light as if he was talking about what to eat at noon today: "And." It doesn't matter if you don't do it, not all of your people are not afraid of death after all, as long as there are one or two, it will be. ”

Now Lian Zining no longer needs to use any persuasion or persuasion and other means to make others work for him - that is a weak method that the weak will only adopt when dealing with people with the same strength as himself. The powerful side is like Lian Zining, and now if he wants to sell his life for himself, what he needs to do is very simple - naked death threats!

If you serve me, you live, and if you don't, you die.

Your death and life, I have a thought

Just like what he is doing to Peng Shanhu now.

Peng Shanhu looked at Lian Zining fixedly, he knew that the other party was definitely not an illusory threat, he could hear the other party's ruthlessness and disregard for life from that understated tone - maybe in the eyes of this handsome Wu Yibo, the lives of a thousand people were not heavier than a few ants.

An indescribable humiliation swelled up in his heart, as the dignified Red Lotus Sect Master, the descendant of Master Peng, he was threatened like this?

Of course, even Peng Shanhu himself didn't notice it, and even a faint fear had risen in his heart.

No one is not afraid of death.

The reason why some people can calmly face death is because in their hearts, some things are more important than death, and some consequences are more serious than death.

Peng Shanhu is not afraid of death, but Lian Zining's words just now made him realize that his death is not worth it. Yes, since someone will do it if you die, why should you die? What's the point of your own death?

And I have to admit that Lian Zining can always hit the other party's key point with a word, and there seems to be a devil lurking in his words. On the one hand, Peng Shanhu cares about the lives of his die-hard believers, on the other hand, he can't resist the temptation that Lian Zining said that has reached the world—if he can really revive the prestige of the Red Lotus lineage as Lian Zining said, so that no one in the world knows about my Peng Shanhu's words, it will really be worth dying!

He finally gritted his teeth, stared at Lian Zining and said, "I did it!" ”

"Good!"

Lian Zining laughed and clapped his hands: "Come out!" ”

The door of the inner room of the study was pushed open, and a person quickly walked out of it, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said respectfully: "The grass people knock to meet your lord." ”

Peng Shanhu saw his face clearly, and his eyes could almost spew fire - this was actually Xiucai Wang Xiucai.

Wang Xiucai was not afraid of him at all, and smiled at him.

Lian Zining naturally saw through their relationship at a glance, smiled slightly, and said, "This time, the two of you will go together." Everything is naturally Peng Shanhu's decision, but the specific errands are done. Wang Xiucai, do you understand? ”

"Yes!" Wang Xiucai glanced at Peng Shanhu. Said respectfully: "Those small things, you don't need to bother Brother Peng to do it, you have your own grass people to do it." ”

"Hmm." Lian Zining was very satisfied with his acquaintance: "Rewarding and punishing parties is the king's way, this time, I will first entrust you with the title of one hundred households, and all the treatment is the same as that of one hundred households in my Wuyi army." As for Peng Shanhu, you also hang the title of a hundred households, and the incense masters under you are all small flags. When you come back after a great achievement. This official will definitely add an official to you to the knighthood! Great reward! ”

Wang Xiucai looked flattered, and quickly kowtowed a few more times: "Mark that you are willing to die for adults." ”

Lian Zining stared at Peng Shanhu.

Peng Shanhu understood what he meant. He finally took a deep breath, slowly knelt on the ground, and said in a difficult voice: "Mark, I am willing to die for the adult!" ”

April 15, 53rd year of Zhengde.

As soon as the sky was bright, a large group of people came out of the south gate of Zhenyuan Mansion, and the number was about 200 people.

Everyone is dressed as ordinary people, but it can still be seen from their temperament that these people are by no means ordinary people. He is a well-trained and elite soldier.

Lian Zining attached great importance to Peng Shanhu, and sent two hundred soldiers to accompany him on this trip, and they were all the most loyal and elite dragon lancers. even sent Chen Tong to lead the team. Although Chen Tong is not very old, he is also brave and good at fighting, and he has a lot of wisdom. With him, he is enough to dominate the overall situation. Peng Shanhu's cronies are only about a dozen people. Two hundred people staring at it is enough, to put it bluntly. They were making wedding clothes for Wu Yijun - they pulled up the White Lotus Sect's team, but it was impossible to say if this team was not under their control.

These men will go south to the great city of Zhubang, where they will be picked up and dispersed to the territory of the general of Jianzhou through the channels that have already been laid by MI6.

Lian Zining sprinkled a spark of fire, and in time, it will definitely become a prairie fire.

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Zhenyuan Mansion University Campus.

In the large school field within a radius of dozens of miles, the ground is extremely thick, and it is a piece of white flowers in the sun, but at this moment, it is a fiery red.

On the colonel's field, there were already soldiers wearing big red fat jackets, and according to their respective formations, they stood in a phalanx one by one, and the small flags formed a hundred households, a hundred households formed a thousand households, and a thousand households formed a guard. One guard is a huge phalanx, and at this time, more than a dozen guards are spread out on this large school field.

At this time, the sun was already rising, and the heavens and the earth were brilliant.

The pro-barracks, the first army, the third army, the first cavalry army, the second cavalry army, the third cavalry army, the fifth army, the eighth army, the ninth army, the fourth cavalry army, the twelfth army, the fifth cavalry army, the sixth cavalry army, a total of 12 armies, 24 military units of the guard level, the whole 160,000 troops lined up in a neat queue, and twenty-four huge phalanxes were spread out on the vast colonel's field, which was extremely magnificent.

At a glance, the mountains of soldiers will be sea, boundless, the flag is waving, and the sky and earth are brilliant between the sharp reflection of the light!

As soon as the number of people is thousands, it is already completely overwhelming, not to mention that the 160,000 troops are arranged here, which makes people feel endless at a glance, as if facing the vast ocean, the monstrous waves, the fear and awe that are terrifying and irresistible.

Twenty-four phalanxes, with the infantry in the center and the cavalry protecting the two wings.

The current Wu Yi Army is already very different from other officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, not only in terms of weapons and equipment, spiritual temperament and combat effectiveness, but also in terms of clothing and dress.

The big red fat jackets of all the soldiers are new, and on their chests, there is a black circle, and there are two big black characters in it - Wu Yi.

At a glance, you can tell that Wu Yijun belongs.

And this color is also exquisite, not only because the black is eye-catching - the Ming Dynasty Shang Zhu, Shang Chi, Shang Huo, but the fire virtue. And Lian Zining is from the white mountain and black water, where the fortune is located, is the bank of the Songhua River, is to Shang Shuide, worship black.

The five elements are shengke, water extinguishes fire, but water virtue is the nemesis of fire virtue. This coincidence, if it is just a coincidence, is too unbelievable. Lian Zining's ambition is also vividly reflected in this.

The soldiers also took off their felt hats and changed their helmets. The helmet was made of pig iron, and it didn't require much skill. It's quite low in cost, but it's hard enough. Moreover, Wu Yijun's leather bureau is not like those bureaus under the Ming Dynasty's military department, who dare to embezzle unscrupulously. Cut corners. The materials are all ten, the iron wall of this helmet is three points thick, and the weight has reached an astonishing ten catties, which is a little heavier, but it will have great protection for the lives of the soldiers. After all, the power of the bow is not comparable to that of a bullet, and with the protection of this helmet, as long as it is not directly shot in the face, then it will not be a big problem.

Cavalry on both flanks, at a glance. It is clear that those wearing cotton armor and holding big guns in their hands must be Han cavalry, while those wearing leather armor and holding heavy weapons such as maces or iron bones are the wild Jurchen and the newly returned Jiangbei cavalry.

These days of training have made their military appearance neat, and the huge school field is audible.

Knights, spearmen, flintlock musketeers, halberders, artillerymen. Everyone stood up straight, their eyes fixed on the high platform at the front of the campus.

There's adoration in the eyes, there's excitement, and more. It's awe and gratitude.

The high platform is about 10 zhang high, and it is made of large stones, and it stands solemnly.

On top of the high platform. At this time, there were already more than a dozen people standing.

At the front is naturally Lian Zining. The son of a daughter can't sit down, and he hasn't personally charged into battle for a long time. Now he doesn't wear much armor, he wears a bright red python robe, and the outside is covered with a black coat.

It is also black to cover red, and its meaning is self-evident.

Next to him is Zhu Zaiyuan, the king of Liang.

This lord is wearing a helmet and armor today, just like he is the commander of the army. He wore an extremely gorgeous gold chain armor, and Lian Zining looked at it and found that this thing was really made of gold. The chain armor is made of countless extremely thin small gold pieces interlocking together, and it takes more than 8,700 pieces of gold pieces the size of copper coins to make a pair of chain armor, and a pair of chain armor weighs nearly 30 catties. Such a heavy gold is worth enough, not to mention that the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, and the chest is also twisted into a pattern of eight coiled dragons intertwined with gold wire, and the shoulders are swallowed by the golden dragon head, and the dragon's eyes on it are the best beads.

It is no exaggeration to say that this armor is priceless.

Generally speaking, when it comes to defense, chain armor is one line different from bad silver plate armor, especially to prevent sharp weapon slashing and slashing, and that power can be unloaded. But this gold armor is heavier than rotten silver plate armor, and because of the soft gold, the defense can be regarded as better than nothing.

At the back of the shoulders of the chain mail, there are two copper rings, tied with a bright yellow gold silk cloak, on which are also tattooed with eight coiled dragons.

This set of flashy armor falls in the eyes of the discerning people, that is, it only has the word 'good-looking', and Zhu Zaiyuan is still a little proud, looking left and right, quite a bit looking forward to the meaning of being a hero.

He has never left the capital for hundreds of miles in his life, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is an otaku, how can he have seen such a scene?

Every man has dreams of conscription and killing in his heart.

At this time, hundreds of thousands of troops are ready to go out to fight the rebellion, and I can not only have the honor to witness this scene, but also participate in it. Every time he thought of this, King Liang was so excited that he almost trembled. It seems that every cell of the body is shouting and shouting to fight.

Lian Zining glanced at him a little strangely, feeling that His Royal Highness King Liang, who had always been calm and deep, was a little strange today.

King Liang smiled and said, "Uncle Wu Yi, what do you think of this king's armor?" ”

Lian Zining smiled slightly: "How gorgeous? It's just that if you appear on the battlefield, you are afraid of the opponent's swords and guns or something, and you will greet Your Highness. ”

King Liang's face changed, and he sneered: "This is a gift from my father when I learned that this king is going to come to the battlefield to supervise the battle. ”

The generals behind Lian Zining didn't know who it was, and there was a low disdainful snicker. Listening to the voice, it seems to be Zhao Nanjin, and he is the only one who has the courage.

Seeing that His Royal Highness King Liang's face was a little red, Lian Zining glared at Zhao Nanjin fiercely, and relieved King Liang of the siege: "The son of a daughter can't sit down, although His Royal Highness has personally conquered the enemy in front of the battle, but he can win a thousand miles in the middle of a strategy, why take risks?" However, if His Highness wants to, His Highness has an idea here. ”

"What do you mean?" King Liang keenly discovered the unfinished meaning of Lian Zining's words, and hurriedly asked.

Lian Zining smiled mysteriously: "I'll talk about it later." ”

With that, he turned his head and looked down at the vast army below.

I felt a lot of emotion in my heart for a while.

This is the fourth time I have led the army to the battle!

The first time was in the camp in Jingnan, on the order of the king, to go south to fight against the white-robed rebellion.

The second time was in Beidaying, Le*Ling* County, leading the army to the north, accompanied by Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, to conquer the Jurchens in the north.

The third time was to go on an expedition to defeat Houjin.

In the first battle, he controlled the land of the six counties of Shandong, and the official residence commanded the affairs. In the second battle, he gained a firm foothold in the Northeast and was promoted to General Songhuajiang, which was also the beginning of his real rise. In the third battle, he completely subdued the Houjin State, expanded the land for 2,000 miles north of the Songhua River, and was also promoted to the commander of Nuer Gandu because of his merits.

"I'm really the broken star in the sky! Every time there is a war and killing, it will inevitably rise step by step, stepping on the blood of tens of millions of people to pick up the first-class power in the world. ”

Lian Zining took a deep breath, and his blood boiled in his chest: "Then this time, I want to take the splendid rivers and mountains outside this pass, six thousand miles of beautiful mountains and rivers, into my bag!" ”

"Brethren!"

Lian Zining looked at the army below, suddenly pointed to the west, and shouted loudly: "This time, our Wu Yi army is going to cross the Jiangxi expedition!" Do you know why? ”

In such an era, there is no advanced scientific and technological means, and the campus is dozens of miles away, and Lian Zining's words are naturally impossible to spread all over and let everyone hear them. Although there are already some mechanisms set up in this high platform - at the feet of Lian Zining and others, dozens of large urns are buried in the high platform, these large urns are upside down, and they are neatly stacked side by side, so that the hollow under the stage can form overlapping sounds and echoes, so that the words of the people above can be transmitted farther.

The stage in Heshen's house is such a setting.

But in this way, it can only allow Lian Zining's words to reach the dozens of loud-voiced sergeants standing in front of the high platform, otherwise, from such a long distance, dozens of meters, his words are estimated to only be heard by a few people standing on the platform.

His words were shouted out by the sergeants, and then in the guards below, there were people who passed on the words to ensure that everyone could hear them.

There was silence below, and no one dared to speak.

"That's because, right now, west of Songjiang, the White Lotus Sect's rebels and Amin's Jurchen rebels are raging! And Yang Xuezhong, the general of Liaobei, is mediocre and incompetent, so he can only sit idly by! Lian Zining's gaze slowly scanned below: "And we, we are the Wu Yi Army, the strongest army outside the entire Guanxi!" Sweeping away the rebellion and saving the people of Lebanon from danger is the unshirkable duty of our Wu Yi Army! ”

No matter how dirty the purpose of the war, it is always a high-sounding excuse for it.

Lian Zining is doing this now.

With his current character, if it weren't for the sake of interests and benefits, he would never have sent troops into this quagmire.

Lian Zining pulled out the long sword at his waist with a bang, and the bright blade of the sword flashed with the cold light of Aomori in the sun, Lian Zining pointed his long sword to the west and said loudly: "Expedition to the west!" ”

"Expedition to the West!"

The 160,000 soldiers shouted in unison, converging into a huge sound wave, and for a while, there was only one voice echoing in the heavens and the earth, and no other noise could be heard, and people's eardrums were shaken and buzzed.

The heavens and the earth were all discolored, and the white clouds in the sky seemed to be shaken into wisps of fragments by this sound.

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