Chapter 238: The Day Before the New Year

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In November of the ninth year of the Great Cause, there was a heavy rain in Jiangdu, and the whole sky became gray and uncomfortable to look at, and the heavy rain made people fearful. It was precisely because of this that His Majesty the Emperor's plan to travel had to be postponed. The new dragon boat has been idle after being created, and the emperor was a little tired of playing in Jiangdu for a few months, so he decided to take the dragon boat to the north, go all the way slowly, and be able to reach Zhuojun after the New Year.

After returning from the withdrawal of troops in Liaodong in June, the emperor did not return to the capital.

The civil and military officials were ready to drive north, but the heavy rain had been pouring for several days and had no intention of stopping. Emperor Yang Guang paced back and forth in the palace hall with some annoyance, looking up at the rain outside from time to time, and then frowned and muttered in a low voice.

Empress Xiao sat on the chair and quietly looked at her husband and children, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Your Majesty, you are the Heavenly Khan." ”

She reminded softly.

"Heavenly Khan?"

Yang Guang said angrily: "Tian Khan can't control the sky!" When I was about to go on patrol, it rained heavily for three days and three nights, isn't this sincere against me? ”

Empress Xiao stood up and walked to Yang Guang's side and said softly: "It's not yet Layue, why should Your Majesty be anxious?" ”

"It's already snowing in the north!"

Yang Guang said angrily: "I missed the snow scene, and waited for the rain to stop before leaving, I can't say that after crossing the Yellow River, the snow in the north has melted, and I suddenly remembered that I was hunting in the snow in Zhuojun last winter, and my hands were itchy very much." ”

"There is no shortage of snow in the north in winter, just as there is never a shortage of rain in the river capital."

Empress Xiao coaxed a child and said patiently: "Your Majesty can think like this, when you cross the Yellow River, maybe you will just catch up with a goose feather snow flying and floating, and the snow scenery on both sides of the river is picturesque, wouldn't it be more beautiful?" ”

"That's right, the snow is majestic, and the people on both sides of the strait are walking in the snow, which is also a magnificent picture!"

Yang Guangmei said with a flying color: "Walking on the snow, magnificent!" ”

Empress Xiao was stunned, and the picture outlined by the emperor appeared in her mind, but there was no magnificent beauty at all, she thought of the snow and mud, and the body of the people on the shore who pulled the fiber ** was difficult, staggering step by step, and I don't know how many people were frozen to the soles of their feet, and I don't know how many people fell in the snow and couldn't get up again.

It's just that His Majesty's mood is a little better, and Empress Xiao won't say such a disappointing thing.

"Alas......"

Yang Guang suddenly sighed and said: "Yidao's body has not recovered yet, I am wondering if I should let him follow this time on the northern tour, the north is bitter cold, his injury is not yet healed, and it will not be good if he catches the wind cold again." ”

Who said Your Majesty was not merciful?

The corners of Empress Xiao's mouth picked, sweeping all the unpleasant things in her mind just now into the corner. If Your Majesty is not merciful, will you be concerned about the injury of a eunuch? Your Majesty has always been kind to those around him. It can even be said that there have been very few emperors who have been more benevolent than His Majesty throughout the ages. Yuwenshu made a big mistake in Liaodong, but the emperor only dismissed him from office for less than half a year before reactivating it, and the official title was even more grand than before! There are also Yang Yichen, Su Wei, Yu Zhongwen, Wang Rengong, Xue Shixiong...... There are also those children of the family who rebelled with Yang Xuangan, His Majesty is all merciful.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I also sent someone to visit yesterday, and the wound of the knife healed quickly, and now I can get out of bed and walk."

"Oh?"

Yang Guang was pleasantly surprised: "When the rain stops, I want to go and see him." ”

Speaking of Wen Jiao, Yang Guang suddenly thought that he had transferred Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Hou Wei, to avenge Wen Jiao and exterminate the thieves in Juye Zeyan Yunzhai, and now that almost two months have passed, and I don't know how Feng Xiaoci fought. Now that he had thought of it, he was going to ask about it. was about to send someone to summon Pei Ju, but it happened that Pei Ju himself came. Pei Ju stood outside the door in a robe, but he couldn't stop the pouring rain, his clothes were actually soaked inside and out, and there was a chill all over his body.

It's just that he doesn't feel a chill in his heart at all.

He held a piece of music in his hand, and it was difficult to travel from Dongping County to the road because of banditry, and he was delayed for a while before he sent it.

Yang Guang let him in, Pei Ju took off his coat and put it at the door of the main hall, bowed down and stood aside, and soon, the water flowing down his clothes formed a small puddle at his feet, Yang Guang looked at his embarrassed appearance and laughed, and then instructed the chamberlain to find a dry dress for Pei Ju to change. Pei Ju excused himself in fear, Yang Guang waved his hand and said, "How can I sit idly by while watching the important ministers of the court being drenched in the rain?" Just find a set of my regular clothes, and let the waiter change it for the time being! ”

Pei Ju was even more frightened, he hurriedly lowered his head and persuaded him, how could the courtiers wear His Majesty's clothes? Yang Guang insisted on letting him change, Empress Xiao frowned, and said in her heart, Your Majesty, what kind of confusion is this again? Even if it's a regular dress, is it something that courtiers can wear? So she smiled and persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't you still have the clothes you used to wear when you went out on patrol, and you can let Master Pei change them first." ”

Pei Ju thanked him for his kindness, and then changed into an ordinary cloth dress in the side hall.

"You have come just in time, and I am about to send you a word of it. Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Hou Wei, led the army to clear the anti-thieves in Yanyun Village, did any war report come back to the imperial court? ”

Yang Guang sat down on the dragon chair and asked.

Pei Ju took a slow breath, took a step forward and bowed and said, "Minister, I was about to report to Your Majesty about the matter of the right marquis." ”

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According to the usual practice, the soldiers who entered the various guards of Layue began to return home one after another for the New Year. But the soldiers of the right Hou Wei obviously couldn't go home to reunite with their families this year, and the rebels in Juye Zeyan Yunzhai were not exterminated, and the imperial court said that they would stay in Dongping County for a while if they did not issue an order to collect the troops. More than two months have passed since the beginning of October, and Dongping County is so cold that it can hardly pull out its hands, and there is no way to fight this battle.

"It has been more than a month since the official document to the Ministry of War and the memo presented to His Majesty have been sent."

Feng Xiaoci sat next to the fire, listening to the whistling north wind outside the big tent and sighed: "If you can't find enough ships, no guides, and no other way up the mountain, Juyeze will be extremely difficult to capture." Although the food supplied by Dongping County has never been cut off, the soldiers lack winter clothes, how can they fight in this weather? ”

"I knew that Junozawa would be difficult to fight, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult!"

Cui Zhi took a sip of wine, and while sitting on the stove, he still felt that the cold invaded from outside his body little by little, which not only chilled his body, but also his heart.

"The military department doesn't do anything at all!"

He said angrily: "The general's official document is sent back, maybe the military department can't see it at all, and even if he sees it, he may pretend not to see it!" As for the folds...... The subordinates heard that His Majesty had not personally reviewed the fold for a long time. His Majesty asked Pei Ju and Yu Shiji to preside over the government, even if it could be sent to His Majesty, the two of them picked it out! ”

Feng Xiaoci knew what Cui Zhi meant, he sighed and said, "If you rush to Jiangdu now, I'm afraid that the soldiers won't have time to go home for the New Year." ”

Cui Zhi was stunned for a moment, and guessed what the general was going to do: "Those two!" But the white-eyed wolf that can't be filled. No amount of meat and good silver was sent over, but it couldn't fill the big hole. Instead of begging them, it is better to tell Dongping County Shouwu Province that the general took us into the city to avoid the cold. The county soldiers have already returned home, and it just so happens that the school barracks have been vacated for us to live in. Although it is also hard, it is not without benefits, doesn't Your Majesty still plan to go east, let's not say that we don't have to go to Liaodong because of the bandits in Dongping County! ”

"Tomorrow you can go into the city yourself."

Feng Xiaoci sighed and said: "The soldiers can't stand the cold anymore, how much money did the few villages that we wiped out along the road collect when we came north?" You check, Ming said that he also sent it to Wu Xingzhi, and now what our right Hou Wei lacks most is not food but winter clothes, let Wu Xingzhi think of a way. ”

"That's not a good thing either!"

Maybe because of the unfavorable war, or maybe because of the cold weather, Cui Zhi's temper became more and more irritable, but he was very much like Liu Shibao who fell to his death on Juyeze Mountain.

"To suppress bandits in Dongping County, you can't help but look at the face of the local government."

Feng Xiaoci sighed and said, "If you are so cold, the soldiers are afraid that they won't be able to hold on for long." ”

"I'll go tomorrow!"

Cui Zhi drank all the wine in the jug, stood up and hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates will go down and inspect the barracks." ”

"Go ahead and tell the soldiers that it's me Feng Xiaoci who is tired and they are suffering."

Cui Zhi's nose was sour, he gave a military salute and turned around and walked out of the military tent. As soon as I went out, I saw a few people in the distance running towards this side very quickly, against the wind, and their steps were very hurried but a little staggering. These people were wearing the winter clothes of ordinary people, so Cui Zhi recognized them at a glance as scouts sent out. Now the right Hou Wei is also a scout who goes out to investigate the news in order to have thicker clothes to wear.

"General!"

The scout team led by the scout team was excited to see Cui Zhi and said, "Found it!" ”

Cui Zhi was stunned for a moment, looking at the scout team who was red from the cold and still had snot on his nose and asked, "What did you find?" ”

The team was gasping for breath and eagerly said, "We have been wandering around the mountains for more than 20 days, and we have finally found a path into the mountains!" From there, you will find the back mountain of Juye Ze Yanyun Village! ”

Cui Zhi's eyes lit up, and then he burst out laughing.

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On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, the scouts sent by Feng Xiaoci worked tirelessly to sneak into the mountains to explore the way, and the hard work paid off, and finally found a hidden path for them. From here, you can go up the mountain to the back mountain of Yanyun Village, and if you attack it by surprise, Yanyun Village will definitely lose.

Feng Xiaoci dragged his injured leg and stump arm to convene his generals to discuss the matter, and when everyone got the news, some even cried excitedly.

"Finally found a way to break the thief!"

Cui Zhi rubbed his sour nose, hugged his fists and said to Feng Xiaoci: "Congratulations to the general!" ”

Feng Xiaoci waved his hand and said with some sadness: "You have been suffering the sins of following me here for more than two months, and you have finally come to an end. ”

He said with a gleng look in his eyes: "Since we have found the way, the shame of Yanyunzhai's failure in the first battle, we will find it back as it is, and if we don't step on Yanyunzhai to the ground, we will be sorry for the dead brothers." ”

The generals stood up and clenched their fists and said, "Obey the general's orders!" ”

"Let the soldiers rest for a few more days."

Feng Xiaoci couldn't hide his excitement and said: "On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, let's go out, march at night, and enter the mountain on the thirtieth night!" It is estimated that the thieves in Yanyun Village had already drunk too much wine at that time, and it was a good time to kill the enemy. ”

Five days passed quickly, and the soldiers ate a fragrant stew and drove away. The army stopped to rest after walking for a long time, and waited until it was dark before continuing to hurry, and on the night of the twenty-eighth they walked all night, and on the twenty-ninth day they rested in the dense forest to recover their strength, and the soldiers slept in the open air, and when they were about to enter the mountain, suddenly a group of cavalrymen wearing different iron armor found them.

Someone recognized it, it was the cavalry of the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven.

A man with a male duck voice was so cold that he found Feng Xiaoci and read out the holy decree: "Check that Feng Xiaoci, the general of the right Hou Wei, colluded with the thief and wanted to rebel, his heart can be punished, and his crime is unforgivable. ”

Feng Xiaoci let out a sad cry, and then fell to the ground.