Gu Zi'an has been bored here for eight years, and he also knows that in the past eight years, Beiyang's vitality has recovered little by little, recovering the occupied city, and settling the people who have lost their lives.

However, his past eight years ago still lingers in everyone's hearts.

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In the spring of the beginning of the fifth year of Tianjia, it was still snowing, and the people enjoyed the drizzle of early spring, and the grass grew and the warbler flew.

The sound of horses' hooves tore through the quiet spring day, and an officer and soldier hurried to the capital city, Yangshang.

He panted and said a piece of news: Xiaoguochuan, south of Beiyang, its general led 10,000 people, camped ten miles outside Zhaolian County, a city on the border of Beiyang, and only surrounded it without fighting, I don't know what it means.

Jing Cheng convened the military generals of Wenchen overnight to discuss, and in the debate, the minister Qian Bin took the initiative to ask Ying to send an envoy to Sichuan to explore the meaning.

When Jing Cheng hesitated, Qian Bin said: "For many years, although Sichuan has been harassed, it has never concentrated so many troops, and no one knows what the meaning of this matter is. Sichuan is only the size of the four counties of Beiyang, and it is unable to compete with Beiyang, but we don't know who is behind it. I went to see the king of Sichuan, and if there is no news on the 15th, His Majesty can treat me as if I have been killed, and attack the Sichuan army. ”

Qian Bin's great sacrifice and courage made Gu Zhang very emotional.

Qian Bin is over fifty years old, diligent in political affairs, and is cherished by the emperor, he has been alone without a wife and children, and Gu Zhang rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold.

It's just that for a person who sees death as his home, none of this has any effect.

However, the envoy to Sichuan will never return.

Fifteen days passed, and there was not a word of the news, but the head of the attendant was sent back.

Gu Zhang was furious, and Qian Bin's friend General Wei Yong personally led 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard and vowed to set foot in the Sichuan Kingdom.

Black clouds covered the sky, morale was high, and gunsmoke was everywhere, avenging Qian Bin and bloodbathing the humiliation of the siege.

Beiyang soldiers can fight well, ride war horses, wear armor, have red eyes, and roar like a storm in the sky.

The yellow sand of the wasteland, the iron armor is strong.

Wei Yong wore an iron sword at his waist, held a black fierce horse, and his sideburns flew in the cold wind. He stared at the Sichuan army in the distance, took a deep breath, and raised his right hand.

The rough palm felt that it was colder than usual on a spring day.

In an instant, there was silence in the army.

His hand paused in mid-air for a moment, then lowered vertically with an expressionless face. The war drums of Beiyang in the rear sounded, shaking the heavens and the earth.

The clouds are rolling and the drums are beating.

"Kill—" one soldier roared, raising his cool knife and pointing to the sky.

All the soldiers echoed the voice, and the sound of killing shook the sky. Wei Yong's brows furrowed, and his chest heaved.

The drums beat fiercely, and the sound of horses gasping echoed around.

"All the soldiers listen to the order - follow me to charge into battle and kill all the Sichuan Kou!"

The horses' hooves were bursting, and the soldiers of Beiyang rushed towards the Sichuan army like a rushing river. The archers threw round after round of feathered arrows, and the black pressure covered the sky and the sun.

The feather arrows broke through the armor, and the soldiers of the Sichuan Kingdom fell one after another.

The Beiyang cavalry quickly rushed to kill, and between the swords and swords, blood was dripping.

Wei Yong took a bow, took out an arrow from the quiver, and without the slightest hesitation took aim, shooting the soldiers who were being broken up by the cavalry and snatching the shield.

The soldiers of Beiyang have always been brave, and they attacked the border town of Sichuan all the way.

While resting at night, the armies of Yanrong, Great Xia, Wei, Sichuan, and Chunning poured down from the hillside like a flood.

The torch in his hand illuminates the sky, as graceful as day. In an instant, Wei Yong's 10,000 people were surrounded.

The situation took a turn for the worse, and the Beiyang Army was in danger.

Beiyang led the army to occupy the territory of Sichuan and brutalized the people of Sichuan, which became the reason for being encircled. Wei Yong stood on the city tower and shouted, Chuan first beheaded Beiyang to make Qian Bin, surrounded the Beiyang border formation, why can't Beiyang send troops?

At this time, a person slowly walked out of the Sichuan army, riding a brown horse and looking up at Wei Yong, saying that he had only lived in Sichuan for half a month, and had not been treated harshly by the king of Sichuan.

Later, Beiyang learned that Qian Bin had been lying on salary for fifteen years, just for today's scene.

Wei Yong led 10,000 men to resist desperately, and finally only 428 people returned to Beiyang. And behind them was the mighty Five-Nation Alliance. In the following year, he swept through Beiyang and fought all the way to the capital Yang.

When Beiyang was defeated and the country was lost, Zhang Ji made a plan to let students secretly contact Yan Rong and spread rumors that Yan Rong wanted to annex Beiyang and dominate the northwest.

In the end, the Fifth Army collapsed and agreed to withdraw from Beiyang.

Jing Cheng was able to breathe, and quickly selected the son from among his children, sent Gu Zi'an away, and rebuilt the capital.

The past is not like smoke.

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Xiao Zimu's old voice hummed a small song from Beiyang.

"Back then, Yan Rong was ambitious and wanted to replace Beiyang as the overlord. Qian Bin went to Sichuan, changed his identity, and entered Beiyang as a Sichuan person. In the battle of Zhaolian County, the soldiers thought he was from Sichuan.

Meng Yining drank tea and looked at the sky by the window: "Spring and summer are still hurting, what is delicious in Beiyang today, I'll take it back." ”

Xiao Zimu smiled: "Bring a cook, and let him make a black lamb soup and send it back in a while." ”

Zhang Ji didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Can you still hide it from Queen Zhao?"

Xiao Zimu's face sank, and he responded: "I shouldn't know yet, but I have also been out for six days, and although I am sick at home, I want to come soon." ”

Gu Zi'an and Meng Yining looked at each other and nodded, knowing each other.

His father died, Queen Zhao was in power, and although he was the nominal son, he was far away in Great Xia. If Gu Chongwu wanted to ascend to the throne, he had to step over his corpse. Queen Zhao and Yan Rong had a close relationship.

Gu Zi'an's life is Yan Rong's sincerity to Queen Zhao.

The situation is precipitous, "Even if we can leave Great Xia smoothly and go back to wait for us, I don't know what it is?" Meng Yining said.

Gu Zi'an said: "Beiyang used to be so powerful, if Gu Chongwu and Yan Rong were united, Great Xia would definitely not allow it." ”

"Queen Zhao and Yan Rong colluded, on one side it was to lure wolves into the house, and on the other side was tigers and leopards were intolerable." Meng Yining said disdainfully.

Gu Zi'an looked at her, "Queen Zhao is lustful for profit, although she is vicious but short-sighted. Listening to the government in the court, it seems that he is in power, but the chaos has never stopped. The two brothers, Zhao Yien, and Zhao Erze seem to be in charge of public affairs, but the old ministers are not convinced."

"Gu Chongwu didn't have this life." Meng Yining took a sip of tea and said lightly.

"Chongwu Chongwu, the name of the emperor is loud. It's a pity that although Queen Zhao is scheming, her child is stupid and stunned. Neither martial nor literary. The girl laughed, giggling and covering her mouth.

Gu Zi'an frowned, and whispered, "Yi Ning." ”

Meng Yining held back a smile and looked at him.

Zhang Ji watched the two of them arguing and interjected: "The Zhao family has four generations of ministers, with a deep foundation, and she has learned a lot from her father and her brother's methods?" It's not like you're going back to face a Queen Zhao."

Queen Zhao is not very beautiful, but extremely distinctive. In the support of the 3,000 beauties in the harem, there are still means to allocate thousands of pounds.

In the past, the Wei Kingdom once sent five singers, all of them charming and colorful, like blooming flowers, Gu Zhang naturally liked them. But it didn't take long to hear that three of the five singers had died of illness, one was half crazy and half stupid, and the other was punished with a rod and died in the palace because of his disrespectful remarks to Queen Zhao.

According to legend, Queen Zhao used a trick to make the five people have a gap.

As the eldest sister of the past, she cared about every singer and told them in a timely manner, Gu Zhang only loved her, but her good deeds with the emperor were jealous of the other four and wanted to harm her. After coming and going, these five sisters began to kill each other.

Later, a singer girl learned the truth, she didn't dare to beat, she didn't dare to scold, she stabbed the villain at home, was arrested, and beat to death with a stick.

Gu Zi'an's mother Meng is Gu Zhang's childhood sweetheart, and the two grew up together.

She followed him into the palace and accompanied him.

Zhao Chai began to make friends with the Meng family, and even wore sister shirts of the same color. But three years later, Meng suddenly broke with Gu Zhang and moved out of the palace.

Brother Zhao Erze held the power of the army, and it was very easy to intercept and kill dozens of them on the way. The eldest brother Zhao Yien has been in the court for 30 years, coming and going between countries, and there are more than 100 strategists and strategists in the house.

Meng Yining muttered, "If only King Xia could help us?" ”

Gu Zi'an smiled and said, "Yi Ning, do you have a way?" ”

She smiled, "Give me some time." ”