Early in the morning, Zhang Yue took Xue Wenqian, Gao Zhongyi, An Shouzhong and other twenty or thirty generals to the outside of the Zibei Gate to prepare for a routine court meeting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 When the hour arrived, it was almost time, but the palace gate was not opened, hundreds of civil and military officers were waiting outside the door, and there were many forbidden army generals riding horses behind, and more and more people gathered.

Finally waited for the palace gate to open, and the young eunuch Dong Guangmai came out and shouted: "Pass on Your Majesty's message, now that the war is over, the generals of the Forbidden Army Palace and the Guards will immediately arrange to return to the south, because of the many government affairs in Tokyo, the imperial driver will leave Beiping Mansion tomorrow!" ”

"Alas...... Didn't you say that you would return to Beijing on the 15th, why did you suddenly change your day, and now you have to pack up quickly. "Everyone couldn't help but talk about it when they heard it, especially the generals of the forbidden army, only today began to have the town army go south, and some of the 100,000 people in the forbidden army are still scattered in various places, and it is necessary to make proper arrangements for the withdrawal of troops back to Beijing.

"Everyone is scattered, a few ministers, please follow a certain family to see!" Dong Guangmai shouted again, and asked the attendants to come forward and invite Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, and Dou Yi, and the group entered the palace, and the city gate was closed again.

Zhang Yue was surprised for a while, and a very bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart, secretly guessing that it might be the emperor's relapse, because since he came back from Jizhou, he heard Luo Yanhuan say that he fell ill once during the Northern Expedition at Waqiao Pass, and no one knows if there was another attack during this period.

Now in a hurry to return to Beijing, the remaining troops and money and food in Beiping Mansion have not yet been arranged, and the Lusitai battalion has gathered a large number of warships and heavy military supplies, plus the Cangzhou and Waqiaoguan battalions have reserves, in addition to continuing to support part of the garrison of Beiping Prefecture, the troops returning to the south are naturally eaten back along the way, so the rest is a bad debt.

Everything is a mess in front of you, so what about when you return to Beijing? According to the time and space he remembers, the emperor seems to have little time, the crown prince Zongxun is too young, how can a six or seven-year-old child hold power, relying on the old Confucianism of Fan Zhen, I am afraid that he will go to the established time and space track, and finally cheapen Zhao Kuangyin.

Thinking like this, Zhang Yue only felt that his heart was heavy, and he beckoned a large group of generals such as Xue Wenqian and Gao Zhongyi to return to the left-behind mansion the same way, and then ascended to the hall to arrange the future. Gao Zhongyi, An Shouzhong, Favored Congduo, and Zhang Zangying all remained in office, and they could return to their residences and wait for the follow-up to officially take up their official posts.

Xue Wenqian and Ming Jinpeng haven't received it yet, but they only have more than 15,000 soldiers on hand at hand, so I don't know how many forbidden troops Han Lingkun will bring to stay, and the guards Sibu Army only has Hujie's left and right compartments, these are all their own people, they can't be given to him, it is best to stay in Hebei Zhenjun, but Zhenjun is leaving today. There is also Cangzhou Jiezhen, and I don't know who will take over, so I have to wait for Wei Renpu to come back and inquire, and then find someone to take over.

There were a lot of trivial things to calculate, Zhang Yue had to hurriedly explain a few words, called Yang Xuanli to ride out of the city, and when passing through Yuhe County, he informed Li Duoshou to pack up and go directly to the Lusitai camp, just seeing that the town army of 20,000 or 30,000 people was gathering in Yuanmen, Li Chongjin, Liu Chongjin, Guo Congyi, Chen Sirang and other local marshals also took their personal guards and retinue, and drove the cart to prepare to leave.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Let's wait a while, I will discuss something with a few people! At the right time, Zhang Yue shouted when he entered the gate, and stepped forward to beckon Li Chongjin and several other marshals to sit down in the big tent of the Chinese army, and then said: "Your Majesty has just sent the inner servants to pass the word, and the royal driver will go south tomorrow, but Beiping Mansion is currently an empty shelf, and the garrison has not been arranged. ”

"But we gave a military order in advance, and the soldiers are waiting, is this appropriate?" Li Chongjin said with a little dissatisfaction.

As he was talking, a palace direct attendant came over to announce the edict: Guo Congyi added the school captain to the edict, and moved Cangzhou Henghai Festival envoy; Liu Chongjin inspected the Taibao, moved to Qingzhou Pinglu Jiedu envoy, and went to work on his own after receiving the edict. In addition, 30,000 town troops received the reward first, and then drove into the city, directly under the Beiping Mansion.

Probably this was arranged by Wei and Wang to Guo Rongjinyan, which was in line with what he thought, Zhang Yue was overjoyed, he had dealt with Guo Congyi a few years ago, Cangzhou was taken over by him, and the matter of building the dock warship could continue. At present, he negotiated with Guo Congyi and Guo Chong, and also expanded the Nigu Port in Beiping Mansion and built another sailor.

On the same day, 30,000 town troops entered the city to change defenses, and all departments of the forbidden army gathered back to the Lusitai camp, and Zhang Yue ran back and forth inside and outside the city to arrange the aftermath. When Li Chuyun came back from Changping, he had to meet again.

Zhang Yue was busy and paying attention, thinking that Guo Rong would summon him, but he didn't have it for a day. It stands to reason that if Guo is transferred to Cangzhou, then at least he must issue an edict, let himself return to Beijing with him, or transfer him to another town or something, and he will not be embarrassed or embarrassed to hang it like this.

As a marshal who is also a cardinal minister, it will not be that Guo Rong does not remember, and it is impossible for Wei, Wang, and Dou to miss this kind of thing, Zhang Yue thought about it, and simply pretended not to know, and did not care about anything, and did not go to the transfer envoy to visit Wei, Wang and others, and in the evening he explained the aftermath to Xue Wenqian, and took his entourage and soldiers to move to the residence arranged before the war in Yuhe County.

Early in the morning of March 10, Zhang Yue took Li Duoshou, Zhuang Shao, Ji Pingwen, Yang Xuanli and other 300 personal soldiers, and rushed to the official road five miles outside the Danfeng Gate in the south of the city to wait. Half an hour later, first the deputy commander of the front division of the palace made Zhao Ding, Du Yu Hou Shi Shouxin, Wang Xianqi and others lead their own soldiers out of the city, and when they saw Zhang Yue greeting him on the official road, they didn't say a word, and went first.

Then there were generals in front of the palace who led their own soldiers out of the city, waited for an hour, and finally heard the drum music in the palace city, Zhao Kuangyin and Murong Yanzhao led about 10,000 iron cavalry troops out of the palace, and the two talked and laughed, but they didn't pay attention to themselves.

Followed by the inner hall directly surrounded by the emperor's chariot and honor guard, and then the inner palace people and the civil officials, the long procession out of the city, directly from the front of Zhang Yue Xu outside the land slowly, not far in front of the turn to the west, it is estimated that they will go to the Sanggan River wharf to take a small boat, to Yijin Pass to change to a big boat to go south.

After standing for two hours, it was almost noon, and all the escort soldiers had passed, and still no one paid attention to him, Zhang Yue felt a deep sense of loss in his heart, as if the world had suddenly completely forgotten a major general with great military achievements.

"My lord! I'm afraid that something is wrong! Either someone slandered him, or the emperor deliberately snubbed him, and that's it! Li Duoshou said with an unhappy face.

"Why! There is no waiting for us to seize the door, but I am afraid that the war is still deadlocked, and whether Youzhou can be won or not depends on two words. Zhuang Shao also said indignantly, and said: "Moreover, it is also an embarrassment to give the official position of the lord, say that it is not the prime minister, and it is not yet, say that it is also a privy councilor, and it is just a privy councilor, the name is not right, what is the use of only a prince, the king of the county is not worth a bird in these years!" “

"Alright, alright! No matter how he is, whether it's a blessing or a curse, and he can't avoid it, even if it's a big thing, Zhang Mou is confident that he can hold it, let's go back to Beijing! Zhang Yue had a gloomy face, shouted to Yang Xuanli to pull the mount over, turned over and shouted "drive" on his horse, and set off south by himself.