This winter's snow came particularly early, only in the middle of November, the west and north of the place has been heavy snow, frozen thousands of miles, it is really not a suitable season for war, because of this, Luo Bu Zang Danjin suddenly launched a surprise attack, the old tooth pass defenders were caught off guard, by Luo Bu Zang Danjin's subordinates Mu Tuo So's night attack success, break through the pass, although the defenders of the pass fought desperately and bloodily, but they were outnumbered, the defender Kening died on the spot, in addition to more than 100 defeated soldiers escaped back to Hezhou, more than 2,500 elite troops were killed, soon after, Luo Bu Zang Danjin personally led the main force of 130,000 troops to Hezhou, and Chen Jie, the prefect of Hezhou, led the whole city of soldiers and civilians to resist, desperately resisting the rounds of strong attacks of Luo Bu Zang Danjin's troops, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Prepare for the grain and straw, and make sure that once Hezhou is lost, it will go all out to defend Lanzhou.

On November 19 of the first year of Chengde, when Yanxin desperately gathered troops, Sichuan Governor Li Minxing personally led the Sichuan army of 20,000 to rush to Lanzhou, and at this time, the Qing army gathered in the front line of Lanzhou has reached as many as 50,000, however, on the matter of whether to reinforce Hezhou, Yanxin and Li Minxing two generals had a dispute - Yanxin wanted to seek stability, and decided that under such a cold and snowy situation, it was beneficial to hold on, and it was not conducive to attacking the city. While waiting for the snow to melt in spring, and then going out on a large scale, the enemy will be defeated in a battle, and Li Minxing believes that Hezhou can not be lost, otherwise, all the provinces in Gansu are in danger, once Gansu is eroded, the arrogance of the thief army must be even more rampant, and it is not conducive to the war, and he insists on leading his troops out of Hezhou.

Both strategic ideas have their reasonableness, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, but the two generals are stubborn, no one can convince anyone, even if Yanxin is the nominal host of the Northwest War, the official rank is also a line higher than Li Minxing, but he is afraid that Li Minxing is Hongqing's henchman, but he does not dare to use his power to press, after a day of argument between the two sides, and finally reluctantly reached a compromise plan - Li Minxing led his troops and horses to reinforce Hezhou, while Yanxin stayed in Lanzhou and continued to consolidate the city defense, As for the baggage and grain of the Li Division, it was provided by the provinces along the way, and once Hezhou was lost, the Li Department could not fall into battle, and must withdraw to Lanzhou to assist in the defense.

The Sichuan army has been one of the most hard-working troops in the world since ancient times, even if the heavy snow closed the road, but also blocked the march of the Sichuan army, all the way to the hurry, although the frostbite people who fell behind due to the cold and the ground were as many as thousands, but Li Minxing completely ignored it, and still led the troops to Hezhou to march forward, and finally arrived in Hezhou on December 11 of the first year of Chengde. At the cost of losing nearly 5,000 people, he defeated the army of Luobuzang Danjin, which was also tired, killed more than 10,000 enemies, captured thousands, and stabilized the defense line of Hezhou.

It was a battle, Li Bu even fell behind with nearly 10,000 soldiers killed in battle, even Li Minxing himself suffered several wounds, and the battle loss ratio of Luo Buzang Danjin Department is actually roughly the same, as far as the results of the battle itself are concerned, it can only be said to be a tragic victory, however, from a strategic point of view, it is an out-and-out huge victory, not only to protect most of Gansu from the invasion of war, but also to win valuable time for the new army training, the good news was transmitted to the Beijing Division, Emperor Chengde was very happy, issued an edict to reward meritorious soldiers, and promoted Li Min to act as a third-class marquis, Yin Yizi.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, it has reached the New Year's Pass, compared to the tension before and after the death of the old man last year, this year's New Year's Pass is obviously much easier, coupled with the news of the great victory in Hezhou, the festive atmosphere in the Beijing Division is really strong, although Emperor Chengde is deep in the nine, but also obviously infected by such an optimistic festive atmosphere, and issued a clear edict early, saying that it is to have a family banquet in the Qianqing Palace, in order to show the meaning of the whole world to celebrate.

Emperor Chengde wants to celebrate together, the children of the Heavenly Family dare not slack off, they have gathered outside the palace gate before the time is less, from the fourth master to the youngest twenty-third master Yinyuan is not lacking, and among the brothers, in addition to a few little brothers who are still mixed in the elder brother, they are all here, in contrast, it is also Hongqing and the old thirteen arrived late, no side, they have been staying in the Fengtai camp now, although they have been rushing to the imperial city as soon as they received the will, but the snow road is difficult to travel, even if the uncle and nephew are riding horses and galloping, but when they arrive, It's already a regular card.

"Your Majesty's dictation, Xuan, all the masters and all the elder brothers are all waiting for the ride in the Qianqing Palace, thank you!"

Please see that the signs are handed in early in the morning, but there is no reaction inside, a group of people waiting for no way, can only wait in the snow in the square in front of the palace gate, the weather is cold and panicked, even if there is a canopy to cover, but it is difficult to withstand the cold wind, a group of people in addition to the beginning of the warm greetings for a while, to the later, but all numb, one by one in the cold wind shivering, finally, just when everyone was almost unable to stand up, Li Dequan finally led the two little eunuchs to hurry over, One by one, he pronounced the dictation of Emperor Chengde.

"The ministers and other (sons, ministers, etc.) are grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Does it take so much time for such a simple dictation? Obviously, there is no doubt that the reason why Emperor Chengde has not issued an edict is to let everyone feel the majesty of the emperor, in this regard, most of the people present have a lot of hearts in their hearts, but they understand that in the face of the emperor's authority, even if there is anger in their hearts, there is nowhere to sprinkle, so they can only honestly kneel in the snow, according to the rules of the court three shouts long live, the voice of gratitude is loud, but what everyone is thinking in their hearts, then only God knows.

"Gentlemen, please."

Li Dequan is a fine person, he knows that everyone is already waiting for resentment and anger in the snowstorm, at this moment, if anyone dares to make a little teasing, then he will definitely bear the anger of everyone, not to mention that he is just a eunuch, even those military ministers must be made to death, since they refuse to talk more at this time, they don't wait for everyone to get up, drop a sentence of explanation, and run away without a shadow.

"Grandma is a bear, this old gelding dog runs fast, damn, bad luck!"

Not to mention, Li Dequan is shrewd, no, he dared to slip away, the tenth master was already scolding, there is no doubt that if Li Dequan didn't leave, then he would really become the scapegoat for the tenth master to vent his anger.

"Forget it, tenth brother, have a lot of trouble with a lackey, let's go, go into the palace to warm up."

Being hung in the wind and snow by Emperor Chengde for no reason for so long, the ninth master was also full of complaints, and he also wanted to take Li Dequan to do it, but unfortunately Li Dequan slipped faster than a loach, and the anger in his heart had nowhere to go.

Oh, Dad's pattern is still on the small side, even if he wears a dragon robe, he still lacks grandeur!

The ninth master and the tenth master can see Emperor Chengde's intention, it seems that Hongqing is such a wise person, how can he not guess the thoughts of Emperor Chengde, the difference is that Hongqing is not annoyed, but a lot of emotion and disdain, there is no other, in Hongqing's view, relying on tricks to show his own authority, it is really a way to wait and go, there is no merit, and Emperor Chengde and other people with a small pattern will do it.

"Brother Qing, what do you want, let's go."

The wind and snow are very strong, and the square outside the palace gate is a ventilated place, and a group of people don't want to stay longer for a moment, and after complaining a few words, they are already swarming towards the palace gate, but the fifteenth master and the sixteenth master are not in a hurry to move, and they all come to Hongqing's side, but when they saw that the sixteenth master stretched out his hand and patted Hongqing, he yelled loudly.

"Well, let's enter the palace."

Hongqing smiled, didn't mind the disturbance of the sixteenth master at all, shook his big sleeves, raised his feet and walked towards the palace gate, the old fifteen brothers saw this, and didn't say any more, and followed behind Hongqing step by step, just like the two generals who escorted him.

Twenty years, a full twenty years have passed, once again walking on the avenue in the palace, Hongqing's face is calm as usual, but the bottom of his heart is a lot of feelings, twenty years ago, when he first entered the palace to meet the old man, he also walked this road, and now, twenty years have passed in a snap of his fingers, and countless major events that have happened during this period have flashed in front of him like a movie, and the mood is agitated, Hongqing's eyes can't help but moisten a little, and an inexplicable emotion is diffused in his heart, and he can't tell whether he is happy, Is it sorrow or worry.

Under mixed feelings, Hongqing's footsteps inevitably slowed down a little, and also a little heavier, in this regard, the grinning old sixteen was unaware, but the old fifteen, who was as careful as a hair, saw some clues, and a trace of doubt immediately flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth moved a few times, as if he wanted to speak, but at the end he still didn't speak, just looked at Hongqing's back thoughtfully......