"Concubine Hui is here." As soon as Mu Linxiao left, Concubine Hui arrived at Yongning Palace.

"The concubine greets Your Majesty." Concubine Hui bowed her knees.

"Sit, I'm looking for you." Emperor Ning waved his hand and motioned for Concubine Hui to sit beside him, "Wen Zhaogang wrote an excerpt for me. ”

"Wen Zhao has a letter?" Counting the days, Luo Wenzhao has been away from Yunjing for some days, and now that she can hear his news, Concubine Hui is naturally overjoyed.

"Hmm...... It can also be read as a letter. Emperor Ning smiled, "However, Wen Zhao didn't mention family matters, he just asked me to move the Jing Navy garrison from the original north of the Honghe River to the south of the Honghe River, firstly, it can better control the four counties of Hongnan, and secondly, it can also more effectively deter Mingjiang to prevent them from making any changes." I'm ready to play. Speaking of this, Emperor Ning was a little relieved, "Unless the cabinet or the military department gives an order, there are generally few garrison generals who will take the initiative to take on heavier tasks, I ...... That's right. ”

"Your Majesty treats him like a mountain, and it is natural for him to share his worries for His Majesty." Concubine Hui was also pleased with her brother's move.

Hearing Concubine Hui's words, Emperor Ning's sighed, and he wrapped his arms around Concubine Hui's shoulder with one hand, "Concubine Hui, these years...... I have wronged you, you are virtuous and virtuous, and you have been in charge of the harem for many years, making the harem a new atmosphere, these ...... I see it in my eyes, but since Xiao'er was born, Daning has not had a queen for more than ten years, I want to ......"

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Hui immediately interrupted Emperor Ning's words, "Luo Qin was born in a small family, thanks to His Majesty's love, there is today, the emperor's grace is vast, and the concubines and ministers may not be able to repay them in this life. If Your Majesty decrees because of his concubines...... The concubine died and could not be redeemed, and the concubine begged His Majesty not to mention this matter again. After Concubine Hui finished speaking, she "pounced" and knelt on the ground.

"You, why are you on your knees again...... Get up. ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't agree, the concubines won't get up."

"I ...... I promise you. Emperor Ning said helplessly and distressedly: "Okay, you can not have a title, but Wen Zhao can't, he is now a first-class marshal of the imperial court, how can he not have a corresponding title." ”

The next day, the news of Luo Wenzhao's entry into Feng Yan Bohou was announced to the world.

Since then, Emperor Ning has never mentioned the matter of the establishment to Concubine Hui. In the twenty years of Yuyu, the knighthood is something that Emperor Ning is very familiar with, he has always thought that what the people in the world want to get the most is his supreme reward, but Concubine Hui made him understand a truth, not everyone likes those false names, what they value is real affection.

Before the autumn leaves on the branches of Yunjing fell, snowflakes had already fallen on the grassland outside the Chilly Wind Pass in the northern border of Daning. Under the cloudy sky, the black-pressed Yuan Su Iron Rider wore an iron hood, a black ring lock armor, a scimitar at his waist, and a long ge. Lined up on the grassland, in front of them was a shivering army of demons, sweat oozing from the foreheads of the mutuals, their eyes full of fear of death.

With the low roar of the yak horns in the hands of the Yuan Su soldiers, the Yuan Su Iron Cavalry, who was waiting for the battle, rushed towards the evil army like a flood.

The dust in the sky carried the snowflakes in the air, and that was the last thing this world left for those evil soldiers.

Behind the Yuan Su Iron Cavalry, Yan Tunan, who was wearing an ink-colored mink fur, calmly looked at the slaughter on the side in front of him, and he said to the young Yan Changfeng on the side: "Feng'er, do you want to go into battle to kill the enemy?" ”

"Yes." Yan Changfeng pulled the reins in his hand fiercely, and the white foal couldn't help but raise his front body.

"Haha, okay, it's not my Yuan's man." Yan Tu Nan was very proud, "Don't worry, sooner or later, one day, you will be like them, ignoring life and death, and there is only the word "rush and kill" in your eyes, but if you want to dominate the entire grassland, you must have a strong army, and if you want to have a strong army, then you ...... You have to be stronger than anyone in this army, and you have to be the first to do whatever you need...... Do you understand? Yan Tunan looked at his son on the side seriously and hopefully.

"Changfeng understands." A snowflake melted at the tip of Yan Changfeng's nose, emitting a strong smell of blood. The angular side face was extraordinary, and the sixteen-year-old clenched the long knife in his hand, boiling blood all over his body.

Yan Changfeng caught up with a good era, which was an era that belonged to the Yuansu tribe.

Prior to this, the Yuansu tribe had been ruled by the slaves of the Mixed Evil Khanate, and when the Mixed Evil Khanate was at its strongest, they treated the Yuansu tribe no different from the cattle and sheep on the steppe.

However, after a large-scale battle with Daning, the Mixed Evil Khanate gradually declined, and its rule over the Yuan Su became more and more brutal, and the Yuan Su people finally had no patience and launched a rebellion against the Mixed Evil Khanate under the leadership of the new tribal khan Yan Tunan.

A hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, after all, the Mixed Evil Khanate once had the strength to compete with Daning. Therefore, the early stage of the war was very tragic, and the Yuansu tribe also paid great sacrifices for it, but when the hatred of the family and the country that had accumulated for many years was released on this warlike nation, it would burst out with unprecedented strength.

Finally, in the first battle of the Shanbei grassland, the eight thousand iron cavalry of the Yuansu tribe broke the main force of the mixed evil army of 100,000, and since then the decadent mixed evil khanate can no longer organize effective resistance, coupled with the failure of the Ning Dynasty's request for help, the mixed evil khanate that was once invincible in the north was defeated and retreated by the Yuansu tribe, and its demise has become a certainty.

The battle lasted less than an hour, and all the besieged soldiers were killed. Since then, Yan Tu Nan has never been in the battle in person, and he has given the task of exterminating the remnants of the Mixed Evil Sect and capturing and killing the Last Emperor of the Mixed Evil to his younger brother Yan Shanhu and his son Yan Changfeng.

In the next few years, Yan Changfeng ushered in his long-awaited career as a horseman. Born to be a formidable man, he quickly demonstrated his military prowess.

In the bloody battle of Xushan, Yan Changfeng lured the enemy to go deeper, and beheaded the famous evil general Wan Qilie off his horse, and became famous in a battle.

Two years later, Yan Changfeng led the army of Yuan Su to attack the chaotic Zhongjing Mansion, broke the city on three days, the chaotic evil khanate was declared annihilated, and the last emperor of the chaotic evil fled to the Xishan desert with the royal family. Eight hundred enemies and five thousand, Yan Changfeng was hit by several knives in his body, and led his troops to fight a bloody battle with the evil army in the desert for three days, and finally waited for the support of his uncle Yan Shanhu, and finally annihilated the remnants of the evil in one fell swoop, and captured the last emperor of the evil in one fell swoop.

In the twenty-seventh year of Chengping in Daning, the Yuan tribe set the capital of Beiye, which was the Yuan Su Khanate.

Two years later, Daning also ushered in its own significant year, because this year coincided with Emperor Ning's fiftieth birthday.

Yunjing, Yongning Palace.

"Your Majesty's birthday is approaching, this is the congratulatory recital of the ministers and the gift list of the envoys of various countries." Cao Fu, whose temples were already a little white, brought a lot of folds and gift lists, and his face was full of spring breeze and smiles.

"Hmph, these sycophants." Although Emperor Ning said this verbally, he immediately looked at it happily, "Heh, this year is different, even Qin Zhenkui...... I'm starting to follow suit. Emperor Ning picked up An Guogong's letter.

"Although An Guogong is far away in the south, every year His Majesty's birthday, he will send a congratulatory message for his birthday." Cao Fu

Laughing and starting a round.

"Oh? Then why didn't I see his congratulatory message in previous years? ”

"Perhaps...... Maybe it was the negligence of the minions and they lost it. Cao Fu laughed awkwardly.

"Hmph, you, don't excuse him, I know him too well." Emperor Ning pointed at Cao Fu with his finger and recalled, "When I was still in the East Palace, he was my companion, I still remember that there was an exam at that time, and the master's test questions were too difficult, and I kept giving him a look, but this elm didn't help me no matter what, and finally said to me seriously, 'As a monarch, you are righteous and the world is right.' 'I'm angry. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Ning opened An Guogong's copy of the chapter with his hand, and his long-lost handwriting and loyal and sincere words made his eyes a little red.

"Your Majesty......" Cao Fu noticed Emperor Ning's strangeness.

"It's nothing, I just miss him a little......" Emperor Ning fell into a memory, "In the second year of Chengping, there was a great drought in the south, and the silver for disaster relief was swallowed up by the local state capital, which provoked a popular uprising. Later, I adopted his strategy of 'giving priority to relief, and those who surrender will not be killed', which saved my people from a military disaster. ”

"I still remember when the class teacher returned to Beijing, the people there blocked the road and stopped the horses, and wept for a long time. I couldn't bear it, so I let Qin Zhenkui stay, and reorganized the army and the local people who surrendered, and this army is now the Zhennan Army. In these years, the southern border has been stable and peaceful, and the people have lived a prosperous life, all of which are the credit of him and the Zhennan army, but I haven't seen him for more than 20 years, and he should be like me...... I guess I have a lot of gray hair. ”

"Report, the Beiping Army is 400 miles urgent." A shout outside the hall interrupted Emperor Ning's thoughts.

Emperor Ning gave Cao Fu a look, and Cao Fu cleared his throat and shouted outside the hall, "Xuan." ”

"Just say it." Emperor Ning glanced at the dusty Beiping military captain.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Khan Yan Tunan asks to enter the customs to congratulate Your Majesty on his birthday." The captain knelt on one knee, and the wind in the hall slowly blew the Beiping military flag on his back.

"This is a good thing, the Yuan Khanate still knows the etiquette than the previous Mixed Evil Khanate, what important things did I have in Daning before, and the Mixed Evil Khanate pretended to be stupid, but I didn't expect that now the Yuan Khan actually came to congratulate me on my birthday." Emperor Ning said with a smile.

"It's just...... They asked to bring 3,000 iron horsemen into the pass. The captain's expression was a little embarrassed.

"Why?" Emperor Ning's expression immediately became solemn.

"It is said that a large number of cattle and sheep were brought as congratulatory gifts, and personnel need to be taken care of along the way."

"Where's Yuan Su's gift list?" Emperor Ning turned his head and asked Cao Fu.

Cao Fu quickly found the gift list and handed it to Emperor Ning, who opened the gift list, and the gift list read, "50,000 cattle and sheep; 30,000 horses, 8,000 horses in Shanbei; There are 100 Haidongqing, and a large number of precious jade jewelry outside the Guan. ”

Compared with other countries, the weight of Yuan Su's gift list is indeed not light, whether it is the Ming Jiang Kingdom on the rich side, or the Nanzhao Kingdom, which is famous for its rare treasures, it has been compared with it this time. Among them, the most attractive to Emperor Ning are Shanbei Khan Blood and Haidongqing, both of which are unattainable things for Daning and even the whole world.

Shanbei sweat blood is produced in the Shanbei grassland, traveling thousands of miles a day, is the top grade of sweat and blood, even in the herds of cattle and horses outside the plug is very rare.

Although the Ning Dynasty was rich all over the world, it lacked natural horse farms, and in order to form cavalry, horse farms have always been artificially cultivated, which is not only a huge financial expense, but also the output of horses is also unsatisfactory. The tens of thousands of horses sent by Yuan Su this time naturally fell into the hands of Emperor Ning.

The Haidongqing is an extremely rare and difficult to tame falcon, and the ancient saying goes, "The eagle goes out of the sea, and the top one is called the Haidongqing." "With its razor-sharp claws and wingspan of more than six feet, it has always been the first choice for hunting and military reconnaissance by nobles outside the Guanwai.

"I'm right...... Oh, by the way, let the King of Beiyang send a group of men and horses to follow them, they are a bit crowded, don't disturb the people along the way. Emperor Ning slowly closed the gift list in his hand.

"No."

The northern border of Daning, the wind pass.

The chains as wide as an adult's back made a crisp sound, and the huge door was slowly lowered. Yuan soldiers dressed in strange clothes poured into the pass with a large number of cattle, sheep and horses.

The officers and men of the Beiping Army on duty at the Rinfeng Pass looked at this group of people curiously, this was the first time they had such close contact with people outside the pass in a way other than war.

"There are so many people here at once, and there is still a scimitar hanging from their waists, is this here to celebrate their birthday or to show off their might." On the city wall, a burly lieutenant held the battlements with both hands, looking a little angry.

"Of course, I'm here to celebrate my birthday." A hearty voice came from behind him, and the deputy general turned around and hurriedly saluted, "I've seen the prince." ”

"See, they sent five hundred horses of sweat and blood, haha, counting the tiger head battalion and the mount of the father, there are at most fifty such good horses in the stables of the entire Beiping Army, it seems that in order to please my Daning, they have made a lot of money this time." Wearing a purple and gold crown and wearing red black light armor, Lu Ziyu pointed to the horses in the distance, under the handsome sword eyebrows, a pair of starry eyes were smart and focused, and the slight rise of the corners of his mouth was full of pride on the angular side face.

"Lord Shizi, you really have a big heart, just let them enter Beijing, and there are so many state capitals and people along the way.

Ah," the lieutenant was still worried.

"Of course not, Your Majesty has an order to let our Beiping Army send a team of men and horses to escort the whole process, and my father arranged this errand for me."

"What about you...... How many people do you plan to bring? ”

"Eight hundred." Lu Ziyu said lightly.

"That's all? Then what if they ...... "In the past many years, the side provocations provoked by the Mixed Evil Khanate from time to time have made the deputy general always have a negative attitude towards people outside the Guan.

"Don't worry, the Beiping army is not much, this is Daning's territory, they don't dare to act rashly. Besides, if I bring so many more people, this will add up to nearly tens of thousands of troops into Beijing, even if Your Majesty is not annoying, and all the matters will be enough for the Imperial Forest Army to worry about. After saying this, Lu Ziyu raised his eyebrows again and quipped: "Why, don't you dare to go with me?" ”

"......" The honest lieutenant general was choked by this sentence for a while, his face flushed, for him who has been on the battlefield for a long time, courage and loyalty are the two things that cannot be doubted, he paused, and said in a very serious tone: "Shangguan Xunyi swears to follow His Royal Highness the Prince to the death." ”