If Shi Dayong was there, he could see at a glance that this person was Zuo Liangyu.

On the same day, Zuo Liangyu was ordered by Changping General You Shiwei to lead 300 troops to aid the Guanwai, the battle of the Daling River, Zuo Liangyu took advantage of the wind direction to favor the Ming army to bravely pursue the Jin army, and then the wind direction changed sharply, and it was the first to retreat, and the speed was not slower than Wu Xiang and others.

After escaping back to Jinzhou, Zuo Liangyu was originally preparing to lead the remnants to flee back to Guannei, but was pulled by Shi Dayong to defend Jinzhou together. Zuo Liangyu didn't have a lot of bravery, and the soldiers didn't have a lot of soldiers, if he didn't agree to Shi Dayong, he would be able to fight him on the spot, there was no way, he could only go to the city to help the battle.

Shi Dayong entered Beijing to report the rebellion of Pingdengzhou in the south, Zuo Liangyu was also promoted to the deputy general of Changping because of the merits of the Battle of Jinzhou, and led 2450 Changping soldiers to Henan to quell the rebellion, because his troops participated in the Battle of the Great and Small Ling River and the Battle of Jinzhou, and the combat effectiveness was much stronger than the local officers and troops in Henan, so he exterminated many thieves and became famous in Henan. The military discipline of its headquarters, Changping, was also very strict, and the local gentry were quite appreciative.

(Author's note: After the destruction of Zuo Liangyu's military discipline in his headquarters Changping soldiers, hundreds of thousands of left troops in the future were composed of thieves, bandits, and ruffians, and there were not many children of the good family.) At this time, Zuo Liangyu is also a good general, and he has a monarch father in his heart. ）

With his merits in Henan, Zuo Liangyu had great hopes of being promoted to the rank of chief military officer, but it was a pity that his court, central and backstage Hou Xun offended the first assistant Wen Tiren, and lost his right to speak in his promotion. Later, Zuo Liangyu was transferred from Henan to Shaanxi Governor Lian Guoshi by Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, and became a veritable guest army.

The practice of state affairs does not attach importance to the left, only the left part is used as cannon fodder, and the generals under the command of the meritorious practice of state affairs have made mistakes but want Zuo Liangyu to top, which makes Zuo Liangyu very depressed, but he does not dare to attack.

Zuo Liangyu, a heroic young lieutenant, has also become a strong man under the tempering of the wind and rain in the past two years, if he is brave enough to see the current Zuo Liangyu, I am afraid that he will also sigh: The years are really a pig-killing knife.

This time, Chen Qiyu's policy was implemented in the practice of state affairs, and it was necessary to choose a person with courage and insight to lure the thieves into the carriage gap, and promised to sponsor the imperial court after the matter was completed. Zuo Liangyu thought about it, and if he wanted to become the chief soldier of a town, he no longer had to send people under the fence, so he had to go out of his way, gritted his teeth and asked himself to be the one who lured the thief.

Zuo Liangyu is willing to go, practicing state affairs is naturally unwanted, although he does not attach importance to Zuo Liangyu, but he also knows that this person has the ability, if he can go, this matter will become the majority

Li Zicheng found out that the arrow wound on his body, Zuo Liangyu was a little panicked, and was thinking about how to say something, when he saw a white and tall man come over to ask, those thieves and strong men were very respectful to this person, knowing that this person must be a big man of thieves, he hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted: "This uncle's vision is really outstanding!" The villain's name is Zhang Debao, who was originally in Liaodong Garrison, and was originally the general under the command of Lord Yuan Chonghuan of Liaodong Economic Strategy. But it was difficult to return home, so I had to hide in this deep mountain and make a living by collecting firewood. To tell the truth, the arrow wound that this uncle said was shot at the Dongyu Tartar soldiers when he followed Lord Yuan to fight Ning Yuan, and the villain lay down for a whole month. ”

In addition to the name, what Zuo Liangyu said was basically the truth, but he also concealed a lot. Yuan Chonghuan quelled the Ningyuan mutiny and beat him with 200 military sticks, and he was willing to be punished and waited for the crime to be killed. After Yuan Chonghuan's death, he was disheartened and ran to Guannai and became a colonel in the Changping garrison. Because of his outstanding martial arts, he was appreciated by the commander-in-chief You Shiwei and recommended to Hou Xun, who was the governor of the Changping garrison with the rank of squire of the military department, and Hou Xun promoted him to be a deputy general. As for the arrow wound, it was shot by the Tartar soldiers during the Battle of the Daling River.

Gao Yingxiang heard that his origin was true, secretly admired, and his suspicion was gone, and he hugged his fists and saluted back: "Brother Zhang originally followed Inspector Yuan to resist the Tartars outside the pass, and he was disrespectful!" Looks like you've been here for a long time. ”

"More than five years."

"Brother Zhang, would you like to do my brother a favor and show us the way?"

"My brother is so honest with others, he will never give up." Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed in his heart, his face was impassive, and he bowed down and said: "This is Nuwa Mountain, although the mountains are heavy and the roads are difficult to distinguish, but compared to the Daba Mountain you have crossed, it is not tall and steep. There is a valley in front of Phoenix Mountain, known as the carriage gorge, the terrain is low and flat and open, it is the only way for ordinary merchants to enter and exit, and the front of the valley is Xing'an City. ”

Gao Yingxiang didn't doubt it, he wasn't a person with a bold temperament, and Zuo Liangyu made it clear that he wouldn't be suspicious. At that moment, Zuo Liangyu was ordered to lead the way, and tens of thousands of troops slowly marched towards Phoenix Mountain. After walking for less than half an hour, I saw a low mountain, which seemed to be a phoenix with wings ready to fly, and the mountain road gradually became flat and open.

Gao Yingxiang and the others got on their horses and walked, and the leader of the road exploration in front passed the word, and it was less than a mile away from the carriage gorge. Gao Yingxiang gave the order to go down, rush there tonight to camp, and capture Xing'an City at dawn tomorrow

At this time, the city of Xing'an was already full of officers and soldiers, Chen Qiyu built his line in Xing'an County, divided his troops and went out, sitting alone in the signing room with his eyes closed, and the Chinese army, staff, and personal soldiers were waiting outside the door.

A few thick candles were lit in the house, and it was brightly lit. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the carved leak on the table, which was extremely delicately made, with a brass phoenix bird pouring water, and a golden lotus bearing a floating arrow below, and the water floating arrow rose.

Next to the carved leak is a cowhide letter sleeve stamped with the fire paint of the military department, which has been sealed. He listened and asked, "What time is it?" ”

The Chinese army, staff, and soldiers outside the door also surrounded a leak, and hurriedly replied: "It's just time." ”

"Why hasn't the Bell and Drum Tower moved?

"I think it's a little different from the old man's carving......"

As he spoke, the sound of bells and drums continued to be extremely long.

Zhongjun was surprised: "Isn't there a lotus leak in front of the master, how can you ask?" ”

"Dong Weng has such a big thing in his heart, and he can sit still in the house, which is an extraordinary person. Don't you remember that Xie An heard that his nephew was in a hurry before Qin Fujian, and the clogs on his feet were broken by the threshold? ”

"It seems that the master's bearing is better than Xie An!" The Chinese army glanced at the staff and nodded in admiration.

The sound of bells and drums stopped, and everyone was talking to each other, but they heard a few cannons in the distance to the south of the city, which shook the roofs.

When everyone was stunned, the door of the house suddenly opened, Chen Qiyu came out with a sword, his eyes were blazing at everyone, and he said loudly: "The recital on the table, the headquarters has been sent out, and the horse will fly to the emperor with six hundred miles quickly." Mr. Cao, Mr. Wang, and a few of you, tonight I will watch the main hall kill the thief-"

After speaking, he jumped out of the crowd with his sword, and everyone shouted, and each got on his war horse and went out of the city

The Forbidden City of Beijing, inside the Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen sat alone behind the imperial case to review the folds, and after the review of the large stack of folds, it was already dark at night outside.

Chongzhen stretched his waist, slapped his back, took a breath, took a breath, took a fold left aside, and after reading it, he was in a bad mood, and scolded angrily: "Yue Fei can still use ten gold medals to recall, do you Shi Dayong also want me to use twelve gold medals to call you back!" In a fit of rage, he smashed the red pen on the table.

Hearing the movement, Wang Chengen, who was waiting outside the door, hurriedly came in lightly, carefully packed up the red pen, wiped the ink, and didn't say anything, only persuaded: "Long live the lord, it's time to rest..."

"When did you see me go to bed so early?"

"Long Live Lord has eaten less than usual these days, and the queen and the concubine both told the slaves and maids not to forget to give Long Live Lord a wake-up call, so as not to be too tired. The slave maid saw that the long-lived master had finished approving the folding...... "Wang Chengen said, his eyes were a little red, the emperor has really been bitter these days.

Chongzhen listened to his rambling words, waved his hand and said, "I didn't say that I wouldn't stop, I wanted to go outside." ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, he burst into tears and laughed, and hurriedly said, "The slave and maid went to call the guards on duty." ”

"No need. I'm just walking on the terrace outside," Chongzhen said as he stepped out the door.

The crescent moon has long since disappeared, leaving only the sky full of stars, twinkling, and the silver ribbon-like Milky Way stretches across the sky, like a large bag of scattered pearls.

A faint mist shrouded the surrounding palace pavilions, and the haze became more and more supreme dignity.

Chongzhen walked to the gilded bronze pavilion on the right side of the terrace, stretched out his hand and touched the top of the pavilion, it was warm and moist, and the golden palace of Jiangshan Sheji was also a little confused.

How could the country left by my ancestors be so dilapidated in my hands? Chongzhen is very sentimental.

"What does the DPRK say about the peace talks?"

"Except for Chen Xinjia, the right attendant of the military department, who agreed with the Dongyu to negotiate the money, none of the other courtiers agreed."

"Chen Xinjia? Is that Chen Xinjia recommended by Yang Sichang? ”

"That's the man."

Chongzhen nodded, since Yang Sichang went on the request to die on behalf of his father, Chongzhen greatly appreciated this person, he firmly believed that the great filial piety must be the great loyalty, and broke the rules to mention him as the right to the imperial history, governor Yongping, Shanhaiguan, Yang Sichang's recital is also a must read, and most of his suggestions are adopted, and the people he recommends are also reused.

"What does the Cabinet say?"

"The cabinet said that even Shenyang was burned by Shi Dayong, and the big and small princes of Baylor sent hundreds of heads, which is the sign of defeat, and I should take advantage of the weakness to attack, and never suffer in the future, how can I negotiate peace with them and raise tigers for trouble."

"It's all people who understand, hmph, I'm a fool." Chongzhen snorted coldly, obviously dissatisfied with the cabinet's measures.

Wang Chengen was a little surprised, what the cabinet said was the truth, why was Long Live Lord dissatisfied?

Seeing Wang Chengen's puzzled face, Chongzhen sighed and asked him: "Is this battle really fought by our Ming army?" ”

"This" Wang Chengen squeaked.

"I can't even call people back, what can I take advantage of the situation to attack, it's nice to say, in addition to Shi Dayong's Jinzhou army, do I still have soldiers and horses who can fight with Dongyu?"

Thinking that he had sent several groups of people to summon Shi Dayong into Beijing, but they were all sunk in the sea, Chongzhen couldn't help but be even more angry. He is not Song Gaozong, and Shi Dayong is not Yue Wumu, but what is happening now is extremely similar to those two, which makes him feel powerless.

Wang Chengen didn't dare to speak, and stood there silently looking at Chongzhen.

After calming down, Chongzhen turned around and asked, "Is Cao Huachun back?" ”

"It's been to Tongzhou."

"As soon as a man enters the palace, he will be called to see me."

"Yes, the slave has written it down."

Wang Chengen nodded in response, wondering what Cao Huachun was doing in Jiangnan, and what he would say to the emperor after returning to Beijing, but listened

The sound of "dangdang dang ......" came from afar.

The three cloud boards were loud, Chongzhen's heart tightened, and Wang Chengen, who was holding the palace lamp on the side, also changed his face greatly, and ran quickly towards the corner of the Qianqing Palace leading to Yangdezhai.

This is the palace rule that Chongzhen has set up a long time ago, if there is a very urgent military document at night, no matter what time it is, it must be played quickly.

The cabinet, the general administration department, and the celebrant are on duty all year round at night, and the cabinet scholar and the eunuch on duty receive the urgent paperwork, and then go to the corner to ring the cloud board, and the eunuch palace maid who is on duty at night takes it and sends it to the door of Chongzhen's dormitory, and hands it over to the eunuch and palace maid who is on duty outside the dormitory, and kneels in front of the royal couch.

Chongzhen took the cowhide envelope, pulled it twice, and then tore a small opening, opened it, took out the document, and read it under the lamp, couldn't help but smile, and sighed to the sky: "Ten years of suppressing bandits, all in one battle." Chen Qiyu really lived up to my expectations and trapped the thieves in the carriage gorge! ”