Chapter 264: Hongmen Banquet
In the middle of the night, the room of the celebrant was brightly lit, Zhang Ye approved the last book of excerpts requesting disaster relief, stretched his waist, and the bone knots crackled.
There was the sound of footsteps outside, and there was a smell wafting from it.
"Hehe, senior brother, the people below have cooked some noodles, let's make do with some of them."
It was Wei Zhongxian who walked in, the little eunuch was holding a tray, in which was a large pot of steaming golden silk noodles, and the small plate next to it was sea rice, sesame oil, toon, coriander, leeks, green and fragrant, and I couldn't help but move my index finger.
Zhang Ye walked over with a smile and said, "Father-in-law Wei has a heart, and he knows that our family is from Shandong, so he likes this mouthful!" â
Zhang Ye took the initiative to reach out as he spoke, fished out a large bowl, mixed it with the dishes, and ate it very sweetly. Looking at Lao Wei, it was even more windy, and after a while, the three bowls of noodles were in the stomach, and his face was flushed.
"Comfortable, I haven't eaten so much in more than a month!"
Lao Wei took off his coat, shyly stomach, and his face was full of pride.
"Senior brother, for most of the month, those officials have been attacking Zhang Ke, with an endless posture. No one is a fool, what can a general soldier who does not know life and death! They want to attack Zhang Ke and target us! We are all slaves and maids of the master, to put it bluntly, we want to empty the master and monopolize the power of the court. Heaven is not as good as people, Zhang Yongzhen came back safely, we want to see what else people over there can say! â
* Lao Wei smiled: "Zhang Ke's kid's temperament is retributive, he has the ability, and he dares to toss." If he knew that the gang had arranged him like this, something would happen to him, and it would be hilarious! â
Wei Zhongxian looked gloating, his life was not easy, he was beaten into a eunuch, and he was full of bags. When the time came, Lao Wei couldn't help humming his hometown tune, not to mention how happy it was.
Zhang Ye ate slowly. put down the dishes and chopsticks, but he was not as proud as Lao Wei, squinting his eyes and not saying a word.
"Senior brother, are you still not sure?"
Zhang Ye sighed: "You really can't be careless at the moment, those people are not fuel-efficient lamps, what if Zhang Ke comes back?" If you lose your troops and lose your armor, you will not show your face. They will still participate in the impeachment of Zhang Keyi for delaying the fighter plane and fearing the enemy. Fleeing back from Liaodong, so many soldiers and civil officials. Those with seven mouths and eight tongues, each holding on to one word, even if Yongzhen is here, most of them are fighting a war of words. â
"It's true." Wei Zhongxian, who was frightened by the twist, couldn't help but nodded, he was unwilling, could he just sit back and watch the opportunity to fly away!
"Senior brother, if you don't suppress Donglin right now, I'm afraid that no one will have good fruit to eat, you have to come up with an idea!"
Zhang Ye smiled slightly: "Doesn't the art of war say that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles." We are also half-clawed about the situation in Liaodong, so we should quickly send someone to find Zhang Ke and ask him to tell us the situation first...... By the way, how could the Donglin Party distinguish between the serious and the fake! â
"Suffered!" Zhang Ye suddenly slapped his thigh. Suddenly stood up and said bitterly: "Grandpa Wei, we have been fooled!" â
"Senior brother, what do you say?"
Zhang Ye's facial features are distorted. patiently explained: "Father-in-law Wei, Yongzhen still doesn't know the situation in the capital, if the people of Donglin go to intimidate and threaten. In case Yongzhen mistakenly thinks that the court is going to condemn the crime, loses an inch, and suffers a loss, it will be a big trouble! â
Wei Zhongxian's brain was not slow, and he quickly thought of the key. Zhang Ke came back from Liaodong, and he was a defeated general no matter what, and he lacked confidence. Under the banner of verifying the truth and falsehood, Donglin will definitely be humiliated in every way, and even secretly use his hands and feet to force Zhang Ke to admit his guilt and accept the guilt of the defeat of Liaodong......
A thought arose in the hearts of the two great eunuchs at the same time: what despicable!
Speaking of shamelessness, there are no more bad ideas that come out of 100,000 eunuchs than from millions of literati, and the two big eunuchs also have the anger of being fooled!
"Our family shouldn't have promised them to verify the authenticity of anything at that time, even if they did, they should have sent people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei over and let them intervene, what is this!"
Zhang Ye was much more stable than Lao Wei, and said: "Father-in-law Wei, right now, you immediately ask your master to let Zhu Qi of Jinyiwei go to Tianjin." â
"Well, Zhu Qi is a reliable person!" Lao Wei said: "But the cabinet has been gone for most of the day, I'm afraid it's too late." â
"It's better to be late than not to go!" Zhang Ye clenched his fists and said: "Now I can only hope for Yongzhen, he can withstand it!" â
"That's all there is to it!"
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The capital is treacherous, but the Tianjin wharf is very lively, more than 20 10,000 stone sea ships have entered the port one after another, and a group of soldiers jumped down from above, lined up neatly, standing on the wharf.
The merchant Liba of the port looked at it from a distance, and these soldiers were all neatly walking, sitting and lying down, like an arm command, walking like a person, really neat!
"Good soldier, so powerful!"
The voice of admiration blurted out, and there were lively people asking around.
"Brother and brother, where did the soldiers come from? How have I never seen it before. â
"Who said they hadn't seen it!" A fortune teller who was on the dock squeezed over, pointed to the flag on the ship, and said, "See, there is a letter on it." â
"Yes, there is!"
"Hahaha, do you need to say it, the general surnamed Zhang, and there are such strong soldiers under him, except for Zhang Ke's Yizhou soldiers, who else can there be!"
"Zhang Ke! By the way, didn't he exterminate the White Lotus Sect in Tianjin a few months ago! â
"That's right, that's right, Zhang Ke's soldiers are indeed holding black iron pipes."
"Stupid, that's called a firebolt!"
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When the big guy was discussing, suddenly a young man dressed as a scholar walked over step by step, just in the spring, he was holding a gold-sprinkled fan in his hand, what he wanted was not the temperature, it was that fan!
"Hmph, Zhang Ke is just a rice bucket who is afraid of the enemy and loses the city and land, and it is worth making a fuss! Look at it, you don't need to go to the capital, the imperial court will definitely send a messenger to arrest him, and if he loses his official position, he will lose his head! â
The people were talking about it in full swing, and suddenly such a person appeared, swallowing melon seeds and knocking out bed bugs, and he was suddenly disappointed!
"Don't be ashamed, we don't allow you to slander Lord Zhang!"
"Hahahaha, that is, you fools and stupid women, you still think that Zhang Ke is good, and above the court, all the honest and loyal are participating in him. Zhang Ke can't escape! â
Seeing the angry eyebrows of the common people, the scholar turned around in fright and left, leaving a sentence before leaving: "If you don't believe it, just wait and see!" â
Zhang Ke went to Tianjin for two days, he did not enter the city, but set up a temporary military camp at Dagukou, and a total of 5,000 people returned to Daming with him. There were also a thousand people, Zhang Ke did not bring them back, but stayed on Phi Island and handed them over to Mao Wenlong!
Among the 1,000 centaurs. There are the firecrackers of Yizhou, the cavalry of He Shixian, and the white pole soldiers, all of which are elite forces. Mao Wenlong never expected that Zhang Ke would be so big, and he didn't want to be a strong general.
Mao Wenlong knelt in front of Zhang Ke excitedly, but Zhang Ke stopped him.
"General Mao, the men and horses are left to you in order to let you contain Jiannu and take in the fallen soldiers and people. If you have a heart. I swore to the white mountains and black waters, and swore to fight with Jiannu to the end! â
When Mao Wenlong heard this, he immediately took out a dagger and cut his finger. Blood was dripping between the sea and the sky.
"Heaven and earth learn together, Mao Wenlong swore to guard the Dongjiang River, not regret dying, and not breaking the slaves. Don't give up! â
The two sides shed tears to say goodbye, and after a short contact, Zhang Ke determined that Mao Wenlong was a capable and knowledgeable general. Thinking that he died unjustly in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan, he was embarrassed.
"Lord Mao, when you return to the imperial court, I will ask you to add an official to the knighthood. Hanging alone, it is more important to protect yourself than to kill the enemy, save zĂ i Phi Island for a day, Jiannu will be thorned in the back, anything can be found in me! â
"Thank you, Lord Zhang, please take care of it!" Mao Wenlong said with emotion.
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The scenes of the separation are vivid, and the chess piece of Dongjiang Town has been laid, just waiting for it to blossom and bear fruit!
"My lord, please enter the city for a while!" Ma Biao said hurriedly.
Zhang Ke suddenly wondered, according to common sense, when Zhang Ke arrived in Tianjin, the officials in the city should have invited him, so that he should do his best to be a landlord, but the city only sent a general judge to send 200 stone of brown rice, which was simply a way to send food.
He Shixian and the others shouted that they wanted to go to the city to make trouble, but they were suppressed by Zhang Ke.
"Nothing to do, at this time think of inviting me, there must be no good thing!"
"My lord, why don't we go?"
"Joke, I'm not afraid of the 100,000 army of Jiannu, not to mention a few miscellaneous pieces, you pick up 500 brothers and follow me into the city!"
Ma Biao left, Zhang Ke was still not at ease, and called He Shixian and Yu Weiliang again, and told them to watch the barracks, no matter who came, they must be stable.
After explaining it again and again, Zhang Kecai led the men and horses and drove into the city with high spirits.
After entering the city gate, Zhao Shiyong did not come out to greet him, only the general judge Shen Shixiu waited respectfully.
"Lord Zhang, please come here, Lord Daotai is holding a banquet in the mansion, just waiting for you!"
Zhang Ke followed Shen Shixiu all the way to the military yamen. Looking at the yamen, Zhang Ke suddenly frowned, only to see three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, hundreds of people and horses with weapons, staring at Zhang Ke and them.
"Hahaha, how did this official smell the smell of the Hongmen Banquet?"
Shen Shixiu said embarrassedly and fearfully: "My lord said that he was laughing, please come inside!" â
"Okay, Ma Biao, you take twenty brothers with me, if there is any situation, shoot immediately. This official wants to see who can stop my Yizhou soldiers! â
"Mighty! Mighty! The soldiers shouted together, and the sound was earth-shattering.
Zhang Ke was in the midst of the shouting, striding with his head held high, stepping on the brick road, and came to the hall.
In a flash, in the middle of the crowd, there was a person dressed in a bright red official uniform, and a crane soared in the air on his chest, which was particularly conspicuous in a cyan official uniform. There are soldiers with weapons on both sides, and there are many of them, but in Zhang Ke's opinion, they are just a group of local chickens and dogs, which is not worth mentioning.
"Isn't this Han Ge Lao, Zhang Ke is polite!"
Han Yi stared at the young man standing proudly, and sneered slightly: "Zhang Ke, Wen is dead, and martial arts are fighting to the death!" As the chief soldier of the imperial court, you lost the city and land, lost the commander, did not die in Liaodong, but came back safely, is there still a trace of shame in your heart? â
Zhang Ke saw this posture and knew it clearly in his heart.
"Hahaha, Han Yi, are you here to ask for sin?"
"That's right, right and right, take down this culprit of defeat!" Han Yi shouted fiercely, as if he had a chance to win. (To be continued......) R1292